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IIT Madras Launches Global Hyperloop Competition 2025

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...

IIT-Bombay Unveils Two New Courses Launching in July 2025

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,...

Electrify Your Career: IIT Bombay Launches an 18-Month e-Mobility e-Postgrad Diploma

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...

IIT Power: Founders from IITs Represent a Third of India’s Top Startups

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...

Indian-Origin Engineer Sanjeev Sharma Fuels SpaceX’s Reusable Rocket Triumph

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...

From Stealth Resignation to Rs 1,000 Crore Success: The IIT Grad’s Journey

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,...