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 25, 2025 | IIT, IIT Bombay
IIT Bombay’s Research Hub for Green Energy and Sustainability (GESH) received $18.6 million (over ₹159 crore) from a US-based alumnus, announced during the campus sustainability policy launch. The donation will support initiatives that bridge academic research and...
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 25, 2025 | 1974, IIT Bombay
The IIT-B 1974 alumni launched HEARTS’74 to build 1 lakh climate-resilient, affordable homes for underserved communities across India by 2034. A total of Rs 14 crore was pledged, with Rs 10 crore already raised—Rs 8 crore of which is dedicated to the housing...
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 24, 2025 | 2006, Achievements, B.Tech, Civil Engg, IIT Bombay
Dr. Kishor Jaiswal, an IIT Bombay alumnus, has received the prestigious Meritorious Service Award from the U.S. Department of the Interior for his contributions to earthquake risk assessment. As Chief of Engineering and Risk Projects at USGS, he played a key role in...
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 24, 2025 | 2014, Achievements, B.Tech, Computer Science, Department, IIT, IIT Bombay, Programme, Update Type, Year
Kanishak Kataria after excelling at IIT Bombay with an AIR 44 in JEE Advanced 2010, he worked as a data scientist at Samsung in South Korea and later at a startup in Bengaluru. However, driven by a desire to contribute to society, he took the unconventional path of...
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...
