by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 28, 2025 | 1975, Achievements, IIT Madras, M.Tech/MS
Jaishree Deshpande, an IIT Madras alumna with an M.Sc. in Physics, is honored with the IIT Madras Distinguished Alumni Award 2025. She founded the Boston-based Deshpande Foundation, which fosters sustainable innovation and entrepreneurship across the US, Canada, and...
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 28, 2025 | 1971, Achievements, B.Tech, Chemical Engg, IIT Madras
IIT Madras alumnus and Fairfax Financial Chairman Prem Watsa donates $5 million (~₹41 crore) to the Sudha Gopalakrishnan Brain Centre for cutting-edge human brain research. The Centre’s high-resolution brain imaging technology is generating unprecedented...
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 26, 2025 | 1993, Achievements, B.Tech, Computer Science, IIT Madras
Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, a senior Microsoft executive, has been appointed as the first CEO of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation (ANRF), India’s top research funding body. Currently serving as CTO, Energy Industry, Asia at Microsoft, Kalyanaraman brings...
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 26, 2025 | Events & Programmes, IIT Madras
IIT Madras has kicked off Asia’s first international Global Hyperloop Competition 2025, hosting ten teams (200 students) and 150 industry delegates from the mobility, research, and hyperloop sectors at its Discovery campus in Thaiyur. The event aims to unite global...
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...
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...
