by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 28, 2025 | 1989, B.Tech, Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Videos
A virtual interaction session with Mr Sharad Sanghi, who has been recognized with the Distinguished Alumnus Award of IITB 2021, on 25th November 2021. Mr Sanghi graduated from IITB EE in 1989. He founded Netmagic in July 1998, now an NTT company. He is a pioneer in...
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 25, 2025 | 1994, 1995, B.Tech, Civil Engg, Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay
IIT Bombay alumni Jitendra Mohan and Swapna Samant have pledged $11 million (₹95 crore) to their alma mater. The donation will fund SemiX Research in semiconductor technology, establish the Vidya Sharma Chair Professorship to support women in STEM, and redevelop...
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 25, 2025 | 1997, Achievements, B.Tech, Electrical Engineering, IIT Roorkee
Inspired by his father’s resilience and the competitive spirit at IIT, Rishi Das quit his corporate job without a concrete plan, embracing the uncertainty of entrepreneurship with strong family support. At 24, he co-founded CareerNet with his brother in 1999,...
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 25, 2025 | 1975, Achievements, B.Tech, Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay
Bharat Desai transitioned from a Tata Consultancy Services employee to co-founding Syntel with his wife Neerja, paving the way for his self-made billionaire status. Desai’s academic credentials include an electrical engineering degree from IIT Bombay and an MBA from...
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 24, 2025 | 2017, Achievements, Dual Degree (B.Tech and M.Tech), Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras
Aravind Srinivas, an IIT Madras graduate, is making waves in AI as the co-founder and CEO of Perplexity AI, an AI-powered search engine poised to rival Google. He honed his expertise at OpenAI, Google, and DeepMind, contributing to groundbreaking AI models like DALL-E...
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Sep 28, 2024 | 1978, B.Tech, Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Videos
In this engaging video, Nandan Nilekani Co-Founder and Chairman of Infosys Technologies Limited, shares his unique journey to IIT—explaining how he bypassed the typical coaching route by relying on invaluable textbooks from his IIT alumni cousins and the unwavering...
