IIT Power: Founders from IITs Represent a Third of India’s Top Startups
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 25, 2025 | Achievements, IIT
About one-third of the 388 founders of India’s top 200 companies (founded since 2000) are IITians, with IIT Delhi leading with 36 alumni founders, followed by IIT Bombay (20) and IIT Kharagpur (19). These IIT-founded startups have a combined valuation of...Chennai Roots: Usha Vance’s Dad, an IIT-Madras Alumnus
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 25, 2025 | IIT, IIT Madras
Usha Vance, wife of US Vice President-designate J D Vance, carries a Chennai connection through IIT-Madras. Her father, Radhakrishan, was an M.Tech student and her grandfather, Rama Sastri, the first Head of the IIT-Madras Physics Department. The family later migrated...Indian-Origin Engineer Sanjeev Sharma Fuels SpaceX’s Reusable Rocket Triumph
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 25, 2025 | Achievements, B.Tech, IIT Roorkee, Mechanical Engg
Sanjeev Sharma, an Indian-origin engineer at SpaceX, has gained viral attention for his pivotal role in developing a fully reusable rocket system. Contributing to SpaceX’s recent historic achievement of successfully capturing its Starship rocket’s super...IIT Alum Turned Monk Acharya Jaishankar Narayanan Shines at Maha Kumbh 2025
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 25, 2025 | 1992, B.Tech, IIT BHU
IIT-BHU alum Acharya Narayanan left a corporate path at Tata Steel to embrace Vedanta, transforming his life into one of spiritual teaching and deep introspection. Inspired by a life-changing encounter with Swami Dayanand Saraswati, he has spent over 20 years guiding...