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 | Events & Programmes, IIT Bombay
IIT Bombay is launching two innovative courses in July 2025—a BS in Applied Geophysics and an M.Tech in Climate & Sustainability—to meet today’s evolving educational needs. At its interim 63rd Convocation, IIT Bombay awarded 354 degrees (including 219 PhDs,...
by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 25, 2025 | Events & Programmes, IIT Bombay
IIT Bombay introduces an 18-month e-Postgraduate Diploma in E-Mobility starting March 2025, targeting professionals and recent graduates in electric vehicle technology. The course, delivered in partnership with Great Learning, combines theoretical concepts with...
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 | 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...
