IIT Alumni
        iit Alumni Newsletter July, 2013      
 
 
PANIIT ALUMNI AWARDS 2013
NOMINATIONS ARE NOW OPEN


Dear fellow alumni,

  

  

 The call for nominations for PanIIT Alumni Awards 2013 was sent out to the IIT Alumni on August 3, 2013. Every year PanIIT Alumni Awards are presented to honor those who have made their mark as an academician, entrepreneur, technologist, corporate leader, social entrepreneur as well as someone who has brought recognition to IIT brand through his/her individual accomplishments. The awards will be presented at IIT 2013 Global Conference in December 6-8, 2013 in Houston, TX, USA.

 

 

All the IIT affiliates, alumni and friends of IITs are requested to identify deserving candiadtes and submit their nominations and supporting materials for candidates by September 2, 2013.  
The nomination form can be found at the following link http://iit.org/paniit-alumni-award-nomination/

 

The winners will be announced at the IIT 2013 GLOBAL CONFERENCE being held in Houston Dec 6-8, 2013.  And after you nominate an alumni, make sure you register for the IIT Alumni Global Conference at Houston, to cheer your nominee by  registering for the conference at IIT2013.ORG/REGISTER-NOW/ 
 

  

Looking forward to celebrating the accomplishments of our alumni at the conference.

 

Thanks

  

Sid Chowdhary

President, PanIIT USA 

GOLF.... WITH FELLOW IITIANS!  NOW WE GOT YOUR ATTENTION!!!

Experience IIT2013 Golf at its best 

MARK THE DATE ON YOUR CALENDAR
DATE: 5th DECEMBER, 2013 - THURSDAY (Day before the conference starts)

To register, visit the IIT 2013 Conference Site at  HTTP://IIT2013.ORG/REGISTER-NOW/ 

Do not miss out this event as we have limited openings.  There will be an East vs West match, and every other fights for bragging rights. So work on your game and show up in Houston a day early, for Masti in true IIT style.

The Wildcat Experience: It's like no other golf experience in the Southeast Texas area as the Wildcat Golf Club (http://www.wildcatgolfclub.com/courses/lakes) The preferred golf club of Houston's professional sports teams, Wildcat's two spectacular golf courses - designed by Roy Case - are located just south of Houston. Both courses feature elevations up to 100 feet providing spectacular views of Houston's downtown skyline, the Galleria and the Reliant Stadium complex. Wildcat combines links layouts with Texas Hill Country topography, Houston hospitality and the fun, competitive spirit of Houston's sports teams. 

Top Ten Luxury Courses
Top Five "Best Service"
Rated 9.3 out of 10 by Texas Outdoor


Maximum number of participants - 80 (Entry on first come first serve basis)

TEE OFF: (Shotgun Start) 11:30 AM

BUS LEAVES HILTON AMERICAS AT: 10:15 AM

PARTICIPATION FEE: US $100
(Includes Lunch & Transportation from Hilton)

CLUB RENTAL: (Please contact the golf club directly)

IIT 2013 Golf Tournament Committee:
  • Chairperson: Hiten Ghosh e: Hitendra.Ghosh@hughes.com
  • Co-Presidents: Sudhakar Shenoy e: shenoy@imc.com & Monishi Sanyal e: monishi@sanyals.com
  • Coordinators: Sid Chowdhary e: schowdhary@credence-llc.com, Witty Bindra e: Wbindra@iitagh.org & Arjun Sen e: arjun@zenmango.com
 
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Amit Kumar, Founder and CEO of Lexity, PanIIT USA Board Member and President at IIT Delhi Alumni Association, NA sells firm to Yahoo

Amit Kumar said, "We're thrilled to announce that we are joining Yahoo!. All Lexity products, services and initiatives will transition seamlessly and get even better, faster and stronger.  Four years ago (to the day!) we founded Lexity with the goal of helping small businesses succeed. Since then, we've built an amazing set of simple, affordable and effective apps-some our own, some by our developer partners-and made them available for all merchants, including those hosted by our ecommerce platforms partners. Today, we serve tens of thousands of customers across 114 countries. And, we've been humbled by the overwhelming positive response.  Today, we are excited to join forces with Yahoo! and to continue building on our vision. Together, we are committed to doing whatever it takes to help make small businesses even more successful."

 

"The IIT Alumni (PanIIT) network was very helpful", adds Amit. "From leaning on fellow IIT entrepreneurs going through the journey, to getting 1-on-1 advice from senior alumni, to incorporating lessons from countless entrepreneurship panels and talks, the PanIIT network was always there to lean upon."

 

PanIIT USA president, Sid Chowdhary adds " the PanIIT community is very proud of Amit's accomplishment and we all applaud him for his success. Also, this and other similar success stories show the power of the IIT alumni network and we encourage all our Alumni to get involved with PanIIT. To volunteer for PanIIT USA or to engage with your Campus or Chapter alumni association, please write to newsletter@iit.org orpresident@iit.org.

 

 

KGPian Amit Padhi named as the most outstanding PhD graduate at University of Wyoming

 

 

KGPian Amit Padhi (2009/MSc/GG) just completed his PhD from the Department of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming. He not only graduated with flying colors, but he is also named as the "most outstanding PhD graduate" from his department for the 2012-2013 academic year.

Amit graduated with an Integrated M. Sc in Exploration Geophysics in 2009 from IIT Kharagpur. He joined the PhD program in Geophysics at the Dept of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming and completed his doctoral research in 2013. He was a recipient of the summer research fellowship by the Indian Academy of Science in 2007. Some of the significant achievements during his years at the University of Wyoming include the first prize at the SEG (Society of Exploration Geophysicists) challenge bowl in 2009 at the international level. He also received internationally competitive scholarships from SEG in 2011 and 2012 and other scholarships sponsored by oil companies like Encana for 2012-2013.

Additionally he was recently adjudged as the outstanding PhD student of the Dept of Geology and Geophysics, University of Wyoming upon graduation. He has interned with Reliance, Rock Solid Images, and Schlumberger in the past and is currently working with Halliburton as a scientist (Principal Physics)

  

 

WHEELS is the PanIIT initiative designed to facilitate "the common solutions to common problems"

 

 

This Economic Times article says that this is fueled by the "the common problems-common solutions" theme.

 
http://cirrus.co.in/cirrus/PDFView.action?articleid=22000706&clientid=IIT&mail=Y&type=M&loginreq=N  WHEELS is the PanIIT initiative that is making a difference.
IIT Campuses

Three IIT Gandhinagar Undergrads File Patents for Mobile Visual Search Applications

 

Three IIT Gandhinagar Undergrads File Patents for Mobile Visual Search Applications

IIT Gandhinagar has inculcated a research culture among its undergraduate students, several of whom have published in reputed research journals and some have even patent applications pending on their summer research projects.

 

Read article in Business Standard
http://www.business-standard.com/article/management/iit-gn-students-file-patents-for-mobile-visual-search-applications-113070800338_1.html

 

  

IIT Delhi Alumni, IG Ashok Kumar awarded President's Police Medal

Mr. Ashok Kumar, current Executive Committee Member and Alumnus of Batch of 1986, IIT Delhi has been awarded the President's Police Medal for Distinguished Service on Republic Day this year. For more details on this news event, please click the link below:

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151382661462446&set=a.101506134...

 

IIT-B & IISc make jet engines quieter make jet engines quieter

BANGALORE: Scientists at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore and IIT Bombay have helped Rolls-Royce develop low-noise technology for aircraft engines that are fitted in longhaul planes such as Boeing 747s and Dreamliners.

An 11-member team led by U Ramamurthy of the department of materials engineering began research in 2006 in collaboration with the UK company and recently delivered the technology. This technology, developed using shape memory alloys, brings down engine noise during landing and take-off. Noise levels of aircraft have triggered protests in many cities and residents near airports have forced adoption of rules such as ban on nighttime landings.

 

R&DE(E), in collaboration with IIT, Bombay, has developed UAV 'Netra

PUNE: The Research & Development Establishment (Engineers), Dighi, near here, will be the nodal agency for the Defence Research and Development Organisation's (DRDO) ambitious long-term programme of developing robotic soldiers for the Indian Army.

"We are developing capabilities for the robotic soldier programme that involves multidisciplinary technologies, to be developed in various institutes and later integrated. R&DE(E) will lead the project," DRDO director general Avinash Chander told reporters on Thursday.

Read article in TOI

http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2013-07-05/pune/40390632_1_drdo-uavs-indian-army

 
 

Dr. Chandan Chakraboty, Assistant Professor, School of Medical Science and Technology, has been selected for the prestigious IBM-Shared University Research (SUR) Award for 2013.

 

 

IIT Gandhinagar First IIT to Launch Masters in Cognitive Science

  

  

IIT Gandhinagar is the first IIT to launch a master's program in cognitive science, the interdisciplinary study of cognition, brain and behavior. Program coordinator Prof Jaison Manjaly said: "IIT-Gn would like to establish itself as one of the centers of excellence in Cognitive Science, which is accepted as one of the four pillars of knowledge of the twenty first century along with nanotechnology, biotechnology and information technology." 

 

Read article in Business Standard

http://www.business-standard.com/article/management/iit-gandhinagar-becomes-first-iit-to-launch-masters-program-in-cognitive-science-113061900357_1.html

  

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Dateiitians.Com is the brainchild of three graduates from IIT Kharagpur -- Layak Singh, Kinshuk Bairagi and Nikhil Kaushik. 
 
While Singh is the chief of operations and business management, the other two are co-founders of the portal that now boasts of 7,000 users, 35 per cent of whom are girls. 

The website, which was launched in February, aims at bringing quintessential geeks to one platform and introduces them with others and share information.
 
 IIT 2013 Global Conference

  

IIT 2013 GLOBAL CONFERENCE

HOUSTON, TEXAS

 

IT 2013 Global Conference being held in Houston Dec 6-8, 2013 continues to make tremendous progress. The IIT 2013 Conference's theme is Inspiring Innovation for Tomorrow.

This conference is focused on five threads that will weave a tapestry of innovations for this not-so-distant future. These five are Sustainability, Technology, Energy, Education and Life Sciences (STEEL). Conference team continues to make great progress in signing up sponsors and speakers. The current program includes luminaries, and business- and thought-leaders who will illuminate various braids of STEEL. Latest additions to star speakers include Blake Irving, Vinod Khosla, Peter Diamandis, Ashok Belani, Bharat Desai and many others.

In short, it will be an exciting conference, giving you ample opportunity to network, learn, inspire, innovate and also, have fun. So, please make plans to attend the IIT 2013 conference, where fun, funda and future mix!

For further details, please visit www.iit2013.org or email Witty Bindra @ chairman@iit2013.org or outreach@iit2013.org

ONLINE REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN AT:  HTTP://IIT2013.ORG/REGISTER-NOW/ 
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IIT Alumni - Join us on LinkedIn

 

IIT Alumni Linkedin Group has emerged as a very vibrant resource for our community. We are now 21400+ strong and growing. The group is a great way to connect with fellow IITans living in your area, working in your industry or from your batch. It is great resource to find employers, employees, contacts or customers via qualified introductions on an opt-in basis. The members are finding it as a great place to discuss their ideas or to promote their products.

Recently, the whole IIT community came together to support IIT Bombay Heritage Fund for a noble goal of securing donation worth $10K from Chase Community Giving contest, where engaging fellow IITians through Linkedin played a key role.  Congratulations IIT Bombay Heritage FundThank you all who should IIT Tempo and voted.  

 

Click here to join the LinkedIn Group. 

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