Newsmakers

Jairam Ramesh is All Praises for ‘Reach for India’

The day when the first batch of students pass out from the hallowed precincts of an academic institute is always etched as a red letter day. Rejoicing the memorable achievement of first batch of students graduating from the newly established IIT Bhubaneswar, Pan IIT Alumni Bhubaneswar organized a meet on 5th May, 2012. The PanIIT Meet also included an outreach program for the Pan IIT Alumni Global

IIT Mentors Launches ‘Fund a Month’

In order to make more alumni members avail the benefit of its mentorship program, IIT Mentors has unveiled a unique ‘Fund-a-Month’ patrons program— a new initiative that would help this PanIIT initiative sustain itself. IIT Mentors, which aims at unlocking the network of the IIT alumni for the benefit of the alumni, has invited its well-established alumni network to sponsor the program’s

Govt of Karnataka Seeks More Investment from PanIITians

With iconic IITians like Narayana Murthy, Nandan Nilekani and Kris Gopalakrishnan fuelling the spiralling growth story of the state of Karnataka, the state Government has displayed interest in engaging with PanIITians, inviting them to pump in investments in the state. This emerged after Anil Vij, Head, Government Project, PanIIT, met Vandana Gurnani, Resident Commissioner & Secretary to Gover

Building India’s First Student Satellite

Giving a fillip to satellite and space technology, India’s first student satellite project is being built at the prestigious IIT Bombay. Aptly named ‘Pratham’, the student initiative is three years into the making. Pratham is the brainchild of IIT Bombay Student Satellite Project, which has set the target of  launching no less than five satellites in the coming years. These satellites coul

IITMAA Institutes Two Awards

IITMAA has recently announced two awards to be given to the faculty and alumni of IIT Madras respectively. As part of this initiative, IITMAA will recognize faculty of IIT Madras on Alumni Day, which is to be held on July 22nd this year with a "Distinguished Service to IIT Madras" Award. The Award would be given to current or retired IITM faculty (alumnus or non-alumnus) during the AGM of IITMAA

Topper in UPSC Exam Gushes About IIT Delhi

This year’s third position holder in the civil service examinations, IIT-Delhi alumnus Prince Dhawan has given due credit to his alma mater for his sterling success. Dhawan, who has done both his BTech (electrical engineering) and MTech (information and communication technology) from Delhi IIT, has stated that it was in IIT-Delhi that he first thought he might become a good civil servant. In an

IIT KGP Alumnus Appointed as 8th Chancellor of University of California

Pradeep K Khosla (IIT-KGP, 1980), presently Dean of Carnegie Mellon University’s College of Engineering, has been selected as the eighth chancellor of the University of California, San Diego. His previous positions include: Founding Director, Carnegie Mellon CyLab; Head, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Director, Information Networking Institute; Founding Director, Institute

PIAI Appeals HRD Ministry to Review Proposed Engineering Admission Process

In an appeal addressed to HRD Ministry, PanIIT Alumni India (PIAI) has vehemently opposed the Government’s proposed changes to revamp engineering admission process. Opposing the recommendations of The Ramasami Committee for restructuring admission process to engineering institutions including NITs and IITs, the appeal by Hari Padmanabhan, Chairman, PIAI to HRD Minister Kapil Sibal states that mo

IIT-M Alumnus Appointed President & COO Of Cleartrip

Samyukth Sridharan (IIT-M, 1991) has been appointed as President and Chief Operating Officer of Cleartrip, the travel booking website. At Cleartrip, Sridharan will be responsible for providing leadership across all its businesses. Prior to this, Sridharan has been was working as the Chief Commercial Officer of Spicejt, where he led the business expansion- making it one of the leading low cost air

Bill Passed by Parliament Accords IIT Status to New IITs

The Institutes of Technology (Amendment) Bill, 2011, which sought to declare the eight new IITs as well as Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IT-BHU) as IITs, was passed by the Rajya Sabha by voice vote on April 30,2012. The Act allows the new IITs grant degrees to the engineers that pass out. The bill was already passed by the Lok Sabha on March 24, 2011. The Institute of Techn