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| 50% OF ECONOMIC TIMES' STARTUPS OF THE YEAR HAVE IITIAN FOUNDERS
Founded in 2008 by Deepinder Goyal (IITD05) and Pankaj Chaddah (IITD07), it already has a presence in 16 countries. Aside from Zomato, 4 other companies in ET's 10 Startups of the Year list have IITian founders. * Attero Recycling: Founded by Nitin Gupta (IITD00), this innovative startup has won multiple accolades such as "NASA's top 9 innovators", the CleanTech Award, "Technology Pioneer 2012" and a mention in the Limca Book of Records * Druva Software - Founded by Jaspreet Singh (IITG04), this data security startup counts NASA as amongst its first clients. Having recently relocated the company to Mountain View, California, Mr. Singh expects the company to reach a valuation of $1 Billion within 2 years. * Greendust - Founded by Hitendra Chaturvedi (IIT Roorkee, 1990), this company is currently one of the few providers of refurbished products (with warranty) in India and is currently in talks to raise $100 million in a second round of funding. * Firstcry - Co-Founded by Amitava Saha (IIT (BHU), 1997), this company caters to new parents in providing products for toddlers and kids. With a registered user base of over 5 lakh and a huge presence in Tier-II and Tier-III cities, it is considered a leader in its segment. ~*~ * Flipkart - The IIT Delhi boys' Flipkart. While not a contender this year, Flipkart recent raised $1 billion in a single round of funding, the largest by any e-Commerce company in the world. The founders have plans to make the company India's first $100 billion one within 5 years. And with a valuation north of $7 Billion already, they are quickly paving their way to that lofty goal. Source IIT-B ALUMNI BODY LAUNCHES GLOBAL BUSINESS FORUM Karan Bajaj,TNN | Apr 10, 2015, 11.47 PM IST MUMBAI: The IIT-Bombay Alumni Association launched its global business forum in the city on Friday. The forum aims to drive innovation by bringing together industry leaders, policy-makers and the IIT-B community, including teachers, students and alumni.
The forum will also provide a platform to showcase original technologies and research.
The goal is to make a business model easily accessible and affordable. The forum will work through its eight special interest groups (SIGs). Every SIG will have a specialist mentor. The aim is to introduce 10 start-ups by each of the SIGs.
IIt-B professor DB Pathak, economist Ajit Ranade, and Ashank Desai, founder and former chairman of Mastek Ltd attended the launch. Read full article at Times of India. ALL-WOMAN IIT ALUMNI MEET TO BAT FOR MODI PLAN Abhinav Malhotra,TNN | Apr 10, 2015, 02.59 PM IST KANPUR: The Alumni Association of IIT-Kanpur is set to organise first all-women alumni convention on Saturday, where ex-girl students of the institute will come together on a common platform to discuss on how IITs can play a role in "Make in India" campaign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Two of the main sessions will be web-enabled to allow more number of women to participate at the meet, claimed to be first of its kind in the IITs by the association.
A panel discussion on "Make In India" will also be held. It will also throw light on women in technology and extremely poor female ratio in admission to IITs. The percentage of women that get selected has shown huge difference as 6 to 7 per cent of male candidates get selected in comparison to only 1 to 2 per cent female candidates. Read full article at Times of India. 'MAKE IN INDIA' GETS A BOOST FROM IITIANS Alumni from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay have come together to launch Global Business Forum (GBF) where alumni, faculty and students will form special interest groups to study and identify solutions to many challenges across key sectors including for Prime Minister's Narendra Modi's pet Make In India intiative. During the launch here on Friday, alumni who represented business houses as well as academia, explained that they would collaborate to come up with business models which, besides yielding profits, would provide cost effective solutions in eight areas they have earmarked: energy, education & skill development, healthcare, environment (water), infrastructure, smart cities, information & communication technology and Make-in-India (manufacturing). Read full article at The Hindu. |
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IITS WERE FORMED ON THE LINES OF MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY TNN Mar 30, 2015, 11.15AM IST What was the idea behind establishing the Indian Institutes of Technology? During the late 1940s, just before India's independence, it was realized that technology would play an important role in the country's development and so the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) was conceptualized. In 1945, a 22-member committee headed by Nalini Ranjan Sarkar was constituted to prepare the proposal. In its report, the committee recommended establishing four higher technical institutes on the line of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology . The first IIT was established at Kharagpur, followed by Mumbai, Madras, Kanpur and Delhi by 1961. IIT Guwahati was established in 1994. In 2001, the University of Roorkee was converted into an IIT. At present there are 16 IITs. In the re cent budget, ISM, Dha cent budget, ISM, Dhanbad was also turned into an IIT.The IITs are funded by the ministry of human resource and development. Read full article at Economic Times.
IIT LEADS THE WAY TO A 'GREEN REVOLUTION' Jhimli Mukherjee Pandey,TNN | Apr 10, 2015, 04.21 AM IST KHARAGPUR: A patch of 14 acres in Kenthia village of Kharagpur-II block, which was written off by everyone, has suddenly turned lush green. Go closer and you will see paddy, soybean, groundnuts, sweet corn and sesame plants there.
The Kenthia experiment started with three departments of IIT-Kharagpur - agriculture and food technology, biotechnology and industrial engineering - about six months ago.
The challenge was to turn a barren patch green with the help of institute-bred technology and then transfer it to farmers. Read full article at Times of India. AT IIT-DELHI, YOUNG MINDS TOUCH THE SKY AS TOY SQUADRONS TAKE OFF NEW DELHI: Giving wings to their ideas, 12 teams, comprising young engineers from across the country, showcased their aeromodelling skills - expertise in building an aircraft and an array of manoeuvres, including airdropping - on Saturday at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. And as the real machines flew past to land at the Delhi airport, the mini-versions, made right from plywood to fibre, displayed the passion of these budding engineers to make it big in the aviation sector. Read full article at Times of India. IIT-KANPUR TO HOST MAIN NAQI SERVER Abhinav Malhotra | 9 Apr 2015, 00:28 IST Indian Institute of Technology in the city will house the main server of National Air Quality Index (NAQI) that will monitor air quality of 10 cities in the country. NAQI, developed by IIT-Kanpur scientists along with the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi on Monday. Read full article at Times of India.
IIT-M IS INDIA'S STANFORD
Sindhu Hariharan,TNN | Mar 22, 2015, 06.39 AM IST Strong bonds between industry and academia are critical for the emergence of a vibrant startup ecosystem. IIT Madras has taken pioneering steps that are beginning to deeply influence startup growth and innovativeness, and others are beginning to follow its lead
If you look at some of the more prominent e-commerce and market place ventures of today - be it Flip kart, Snapdeal, Zomato, Quikr, Ola, or Housing - you will find that many have founders who did engineering degrees at IIT Delhi or IIT Mumbai.
Read full article at Times of India. SOLAR ENERGY, INNOVATION MAY HELP END INDIA'S POWER PANGS' TNN | Mar 27, 2015, 06.56 AM IST CHANDIGARH: Decentralized solar energy and power-efficient appliances are the answers to India's power woes, said Ashok Jhunjhunwala, an Padma Shri award-winner and IIT-Madras professor who gave a lecture on the campus of PEC University of Technology, here on Thursday.
The lecture - titled 'Towards Next-Gen Powering of Indian Homes: Capitalizing on Decentralized Solar Green Energy, Energy-Efficient DC Appliances and Smart-Load Management' - was organized in the memory of professor Jagdish Kumar Arora, a former faculty member of PEC University of Technology.
Having made a mark in telecom, Jhunjhunwala has, in the past couple of years, focussed on power and has come up with innovative solutions to India's power problems. Read full article at Times of India. THESE CLASS OF 2015 GRADUATES BUILT HOME AWAY FROM HOME Priyanka Kachhava,TNN | Apr 12, 2015, 12.40 AM IST CHANDIGARH: When Gautam Chawla, who had been married for just a little over a year decided to take a break from his five-year-old career and get a management degree, his wife Sonal decided to accompany him on campus. With the facility available, the two stayed at the Mohali campus of Indian School of Business (ISB) for a year - a stay termed a 'rejuvenating break' by Chawla, which also earned him the 'Scholar of Excellence' award. Read full article at Times of India. TECHNEX' 15 CONCLUDES AT IIT-BHU TNN | Mar 2, 2015, 12.25 PM IST VARANASI: The three-day annual techno-management fest Technex'15 of Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU) concluded on Sunday, showcasing competitive and technical skills of the participants from across the country.
While finals of a few events and workshops were held on Saturday, other events witnessed participation of several students. The Swatantrata Bhawan was jam-packed with spectators witnessing finals of events, including Hurdlemania, Hydracs and RoboWars, a part of RoboNEX. The robotic events and Axelerate were lauded by the audience. Read full article at Times of India. RAIL BUDGET 2015: 'MALAVIYA CHAIR' AT IIT-BHU BRINGS CHEER TNN | Feb 27, 2015, 04.05 PM IST VARANASI: Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu's announcement of 'Malaviya Chair' for Railway Technology at the Indian Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU) was received with cheers by the BHU family and also local citizens. It also somewhat cushioned the disappointment for Prime Minister's constituency not getting any new train or big project.
"We welcome this gift of the Central government and railway minister. It will motivate us to deliver the best," said BHU vice chancellor Prof G C Tripathi. Read full article at Times of India. IIT TEAM DEVELOPS AFFORDABLE DIALYSIS TECHNOLOGY 
Kolkata: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur have engineered an indigenous, cost-effective kidney dialysis technology. The innovative technology was recently recognised with the National Award, a statement said today.
Haemodialysis is administered to patients suffering from various stages of kidney failure. Commonly referred to as "artificial kidney", it is a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body.
"Administering haemodialysis is a very expensive affair for an average Indian. Haemodialysis cartridges are not manufactured in India and are imported from Germany, Korea or Japan," said Anirban Roy, a research scholar at the IIT's department of chemical engineering and co-inventor of the technology.
Read full article at NDTV. GRADUATE COURSE IN DESIGN BY IIT BOMBAY
This is the first time that the IDC has made available Design courses for under-graduates.
IIT Bombay's premier design institute, the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) will launch a new four-year Bachelor of Design (B. Des) course from this academic year enabling students inclined towards to Design to pursue the discipline after completing their Class XII.
This is the first time that the IDC has made available Design courses for under-graduates. So far IDC offers specialization in industrial design, visual communication, animation, interaction design, and mobility & vehicle design, but they were accessible only to post-graduates.
Announcing new courses IIT Bombay earlier this week, Prof BK Chakravarthy, Head of IDC, said the centre already offers Masters and PhD programmes in design, and adding a Bachelor's programme would make design academics and practice at IDC more rigorous.
"As we progress from the Knowledge Economy towards Creative Economy, there is an increasing need in India for skilled professionals in the area of design. Design can play a crucial role in the development of the nation and work towards improvement of quality of life for all," he said.
Video News
ROBOTICS COMPETITION HELD AT MUMBAI IIT
HOW IIT GRADS HELPED A KANPUR MECHANIC'S SON TO GET INTO MIT In a house in Kanpur, calorie counting has been abandoned for a large box of mithai after Ayush Sharma, 17, discovered that he has been accepted at the world-famous Massachusetts's Institute of Technology or MIT. http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/how-iit-grads-helped-a-kanpur-mechanic-s-son-to-get-into-mit/363081 SOON, CHECK YOUR CITY'S AIR POLLUTION ON YOUR MOBILE, THANKS TO THIS TEAM http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/soon-check-your-city-s-air-pollution-on-your-mobile-thanks-to-this-team/362754
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An exclusive interview with Dr. Manu Vora,
IIT (BHU), B. Tech. (Honors), Chemical Engineering, 1968
Life is a Journey: Enjoy the Ride, and Make a Difference ABOUT DR. MANU VORA: An expert in quality management field, Manu Vora has over 40 years of professional experience guiding Fortune 500 Companies in leadership excellence, customer delight, employee engagement, and operational excellence. He has worked in chemical, telecommunications, and financial processing sectors. In 2000, he established Business Excellence, Inc., a global quality management consulting firm in Naperville, Illinois, USA. Please tell us briefly about your journey and the genesis of spark to start in your field? I joined BHU (IIT (BHU)) in 1964 and developed a passion for teaching and consulting during four years at the campus by sharing subject notes and fielding tough questions from my classmates. After losing my parents by the age of six, I received much help from family and friends. I came to the United State in 1968 as a Tata Scholar to complete my M.S. and Ph.D. in chemical engineering at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. I then received my MBA in marketing management from the Keller Graduate School of Management in Chicago. Concerned about lack of soft skills and quality principles/practices knowledge among IIT students, in 2014, we launched a Leadership Excellence Series with 12 topics at IIT (BHU). This free gift of knowledge transfer project leverages Google Hangouts On Air where session recordings via YouTube are shared widely with 6.5000 students, faculty, and administration at the IIT (BHU) campus. For more information visit http://iit.org/blog/2015/03/15/free-knowledge-transfer-using-technology/ Further, I served as an Advisor for TEDxIIT BHU Programs in 2013 and 2015 and gave two TEDx talks in 2013. On April 7, 2013 at TEDxIIT BHU on "Leveraging Social Responsibility to Unite the World", atIIT (BHU), Varanasi campus via video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94kXi9WTl04). On April 13, 2013 at TEDxIIT Chicago on "Exponential Power of the Gift of Giving", at IIT Chicago campus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-fmkivYcVg&feature=share). Since 2011, I have been leading the IIT (BHU) Global Giving Committee and the team has raised over $500,000 to benefit students, and the Institute (http://giving.iitbhuglobal.org/). Leveraging my 30 years of conference management experience, I also served in the leading capacity for four IIT (BHU) Global Alumni Meets in 2011-2014. I have served on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) for six years and for my outstanding life-long service to Society, ASQ has bestowed me with five medals and I have received 2011 Ellis Island Medal of Honor and 2010 US President's Volunteer Service Award. I am serving as an adjunct professor for the last 22 years at various business schools globally teaching operations management and quality management courses. I am affiliated with over 33 educational institutions around the world and taught well over 9,000 people globally through academic teaching and executive training. I have published over 50 articles in professional journals and made over 425 presentations on business excellence and quality management topics at local, regional, national, and international levels. I was invited to be an ASQ Influential Voice and published 40 blog posts (http://voraonquality.blogspot.com). For over 45 years, I have dedicated my life to community service. In 1989, I established the Blind Foundation for India (BFI) to serve over 15 million visually impaired people in India which accounts for one third of the world's blind population. BFI team has raised over $4 million to support 120,000 free Cataract operations, distributed over 10,000 Braille Kits to blind children for their education, donated 111 mobile vans for transporting eye doctors and patients, and examined over 750,000 school-going children for their eye sight and provided necessary interventions. So far, over one million people in India have their eye sight checked through the BFI (http://www.blindfoundation.org/). How do you think your IIT life/education prepared you and contributed to your success? Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya opened the Temple of Learning at BHU in 1916 with a great vision of preparing students to be technically competent as well as serve the lowest strata of the Society in Nation Building. I have understood the real meaning of Malaviyaji's mission and am fulfilling it by serving in corporate, academic, professional, and philanthropic sectors. At IIT (BHU), we learned to focus on education and understood the importance of Dedication, Determination, and Discipline. These traits from IIT days have served well throughout my career. How was the IIT life back then? What activities/instances you fondly recall and will like to share?
The life at IIT BHU was lot of fun - learning from caring faculty, many excursions in North India during campus strikes by Arts and Science students, and building great network of life-long friends. Your biggest challenges so far in entrepreneurship/academics in US? The biggest challenges faced in my professional career include subtle discrimination, lack of respect, and glass ceiling. Through assertiveness, hard work, and professional networks, I overcame all the challenges. What advice do you have for IITians in the US to be successful in their career? In June 2003, I was invited to deliver a Commencement Address at the Keller Graduate School of Management (my alma mater) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Here are key points of my commencement address entitled "Life is a Journey: Enjoy the Ride, and Make a Difference" (it was published in ASQ's Quality Engineering magazine in 2004):
- Be positive and self confident
- Be ready to help others
- Continue to improve and renew yourself
- Exhibit ethical leadership
- Learn, apply, and share your knowledge
- Maintain the balance between work and family
- Make a difference
- Harness the power of expectations
Enjoy today - as yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, that is why they call it the present! Take a few moments to smell the roses, as it is soothing for your mind, body, and soul.
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Michigan Chapter Upcoming Event, April 18
Dear friend,
Reminder: Our 3rd Saturday Mixer of IITans is coming up on Saturday, April 18, 2015 (12-2 pm)
Location: Aahar Indian Restaurant, 35564 Grand River Ave, Farmington Hills, MI 48335 [Buffet is ~$11] -- Grand River Ave@ Drake Rd.
Stop by, meet old friends, make new ones ...
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