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Bharat Desai: IIT Alumnus, Syntel Co-Founder, and Billionaire

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...

IIT Kharagpur Honors Its U’khand Alumnus, Yatindra Pal Singh Suri

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...

IIT Alumni Council Unveils GAP: Accelerating Non-Fiction Book and OTT Series Creation with Generative AI

by Narasimhan Santhanam | Feb 25, 2025 | Events & Programmes

The IIT Alumni Council has introduced the Generative AI Platform (GAP) to speed up the creation of non-fiction books and OTT video documentaries, revolutionizing storytelling by leveraging advanced AI tools. Beta tests have shown impressive turnaround times for...

U.S. Department of the Interior Recognizes Dr. Kishor Jaiswal’s Exceptional Contributions

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...

From Samsung to Civil Services: Meet the IIT Alumnus Who Left a High-Paying Job to Crack UPSC

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...

Aravind Srinivas: From IIT Madras to the Founder of Perplexity AI

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...