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 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...
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...
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 25, 2025 | 1975, Achievements, B.Tech, IIT Kharagpur, Mechanical Engg
IIT Kharagpur honored alumnus Yatindra Pal Singh Suri (B.Tech ’75) with the Distinguished Alumni Award for his significant contributions to the steel industry, corrosion management, alumni engagement, and social development.As Co-Chair of the CII Corrosion...
