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 | 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 | Feb 24, 2025 | 2022, 2027, Achievements, Computer Science, IIT Delhi, IIT Indore, M.Tech/MS, PhD
IIT Delhi alumnus Rupesh Kumar has launched PiFy, India’s first AI-powered WhatsApp-based education tool for instant academic support. Supported by DRIIV, Office of the PSA, Government of India, and hosted at IIT Delhi, PiFy uses AI with NLP and image recognition to...
