From its humble beginning as a College of Engineering on August 16, 1961, the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi entered the 50th glorious year of its academic life. It was a time to celebrate, to introspect, to consolidate and to plan for its future. This could not have been a better choice than the Hon’ble President of India and the Visitor of the Institute – Smt. Partibha Devisingh Patil to be the Chief Guest of the Inaugural Function of the Golden Jubilee Year celebrations on 16th August 2010. The Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development – Shri Kapil Sibal was the Guest of Honour and Sh. R.P. Agrawal, Chaiman, Board of Governors presided over the function. .... more
Link to Golden Jubilee website www.goldenjubilee.iitd.ac.in
Link to Golden Jubilee website www.goldenjubilee.iitd.ac.in
August 16, 1961 was a special day in the lives of the 120 odd students as the Institution they were to join, and which was to be their home for the next five years, was inaugurated in a solemn ceremony in the Textile Block. An unusually heavy downpour marked the occasion as Prof. Humayun Kabir, then Minister for Education, lit the lamp that shines brighter with each passing year. We had been selected through an interview process based on our marks in the school leaving examination – though some of those who joined had cleared the JEE for the other IITs. Wonder what percentage of those who had not appeared for the JEE would have made it through. The JEE became the test for entrance after conversion of the College of Engineering & Technology to IIT Delhi in1963. .... more
41st convocation of IIT Delhi was held on 7th-8th August 2010. Shri Mohammad Hamid Ansari, Hon'ble Vice President of India and Prof. Goverdhan Mehta, Former Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore and Lily-Jubiliant Chair Professor, School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad were the Chief Guests on 7th and 8th August respectively. A total of 1371 degrees were awarded in the convocation which included B.Tech. - 359, five year Dual Degree (M.Tech. and B.Tech.) - 80, five year integrated M.Tech. in Maths & Computing - 26, M.Tech. - 499, M.Sc. - 94, M.S. (Research) – 6, M.Des. – 20, MBA – 108, Ph.D. – 138, DIIT – 18 & PG Diploma (Metro Rail Transport) - 23. Three alumni were honoured with Distinguished Alumni Awards on this occasion... more
The following three Alumni were honoured with the Distinguished Alumni Award for the year 2010 at the 41st Convocation of the Institute held on 7th-8th August, 2010 :
- Prof. Harbir Singh (B.Tech. Electrical, 1975), Vice Dean for Global Initiatives, Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
- Prof. Rahul Pandit (MS - 5 yr. Integrated - Physics, 1977), Professor of Physics & Chairman, Div. of Physical & Mathematical Sc. IISc. Bangalore
- Dr. Jai Prakash Menon (B.Tech. Mechanical, 1986), Director, Bharti Airtel & Group CIO, Bharti Enterprises
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Distinguished Alumnus Manvinder Singh (Vindi) Banga was felicitated for his achievement of receiving the Padma Bhushan award this year for his contribtuions to Trade and Industry. Mr. Banga visited the Institute on 9th April 2010. He delivered a lecture on 'IIT and Beyond' on this day which was very much appreciated by all.
Distinguished Alumnus Prof. A.J. Paulraj was felicitated for his achievement of receiving the Padma Bhushan award this year for his contribtuions to Science and Engineering. Prof. Paulraj visited the Institute on 21st June 2010 and addressed the faculty, students and alumni. The topic of his talk was 'Why we need high tech industry'.
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IIT Delhi is proud of the recognitions bestowed on its following alumni:-
Distinguished Alumus Mr. Vinod Khosla (B.Tech., Elect., 1976) among Forbes' 'greenest billionaires' .... more Distinguished Alumnus Mr. Hari S. Bhartia (B.Tech., Chemical, 1979) elected as President of apex business chamber Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) for 2010-11.... more Ms. Shashi Chawla (MS, Maths, 1977) appointed to the "Ëducation and Engagement Committee" at the Harvard Art Museum Mr. Sanjiv Batra (B.Tech., Elect., 1971) & Mr. B.M. Bansal (B.Tech., Chem., 1971) received IIT Delhi Alumni Award for Outstanding Contribution to National Development 2009-2010 .... more Dr. Pawan Sinha's (B.Tech., Comp.Sc., 1984) and the Prakash foundation's great work on giving prakash to those who are deprived of this most valuable gift of God.... more Please share with us information about achievements of our alumni. Recent Books by Alumni "Heartbreaks & Dreams! The Girls @ IIT" by Parul A. Mittal (95 Batch) "Marketing Management" by Mr. Biplab S.Bose (B.Tech., Chemical, 1969) “Cracking the MBA Admissions Interview and GD” by Dr. Dhruv Nath (B.Tech, 1977 & Ph.D. 1982) |
Mr. Ashok Mrig (B.Tech., Mechanical, 1988) contributes 60 lacs for instituting "Budhwanti Mrig Memorial Educational Scholarship" ...... more Mr. Saurabh Mittal (B.Tech., Elect. Engg., 1995) contributes Rs. 12 lacs for instituting "Mittal Reneissance Scholarships" Prof. Sanjeev Saxena (B.Tech., Civil Engg., 1983, M.Tech., Elect. Engg., 1985 & Ph.D. CS&E, 1990) contributes Rs.2 lacs for instituting "Krishna Hari Saxena Award" Mrs. Bhasin w/o late alumnus G.S. Bhasin (B.Tech., Chem., 1972) contributes Rs. 15 lacs for instituting "G.S. Bhasin Scholarship" Dr. Lila G. Keswani m/o alumnus Mr. Patanjali Keswani (B.Tech., Elect. Engg., 1981) contributes Rs. 30 lacs for instituting "Gobind H. Keswani Scholarship" Mr. Hitesh Harnal (Dual Degree, Elect., 2007) contributes USD 5000 for instituting "Koul Basu Research Travel Award" Mr. Sunil Gokhale (B.Tech., Mech., 1985) contributes Rs. 2.5 lacs for instituting "Sadashiv Shankar Gokhale Scholarship" Batch of 1966 contributes Rs. 5 lacs (approx.) of committed Rs. 10 lacs. Mr. Patanjali Keswani (B.Tech., Elect. Engg., 1981) contributes Rs. 25 lacs of committed of Rs. 20 crores for "Lemon Tree-IITD Golden Jubilee Research Centre". see more contributions. We look forward to more such contributions. See: Options & Guidelines for Contributions |
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This biosketch is the second in a series of profiles of our IITD alumni that are currently being done by Dr. Vibha Arora (Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, aurora@hss.iitd.ac.in; vibhaaurora@yahoo.com) as part of her ongoing research project on the sociological history of IITD and its alumni. This profiling is going to be a regular feature of e-Connections. We request volunteers to send their CV's and contact Dr. Vibha Arora in this regard. In this issue of e-Connection, we are featuring - Distinguished Alumnus Dr. Amarpreet Sawhney. |
AGM of IITDAA & Annual Get-Together 2010 ...more Reminiscence : A student interaction with DAA's 2010 ... more Swarn Swagatam @ Chapters of IITDAA - 5th September, 2010 ... more PANIIT 2010 Conclave, 29th - 31st Oct 2010, Delhi .... more Silver Reunion of 1986 Batch (Dec' 24-26, 2010) Pearl Reunion of 1974 & 1975 Batches (March' 2011) |
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Dr. Anurag S Rathore (Chem. Engg.) appointed as the Editor-in-Chief for Preparative Biochemistry and Biotechnology (PBB) in July, 2010.
Prof. N.K. Gupta (Applied Mech.) conferred with J.C. Bose Memorial Award by the Prime Minister of India on January 3, 2010. Prof. S. Basu (Chem. Engg.) received distinguished alumni award from Deptt. of Chemical Engineering, Calcutta University on Jan 16, 2010 Prof. J. Nanda (Elect. Engg.) felicitated with Life Time Achievement Award in System Engineering at the International Conference on System Engineering. at DEI , Dayalbagh Dr. P. V. Ilavarasan (HUSS) invited by the INSEAD Business School (Abu Dhabi Campus) to deliver three research seminars during 9-11 May 2010. more awards Major Research Projects...details |
Tryst 2010 (12th - 14th Mar'2010).... more IIT Delhi Open House (24 April 2010) .... more Technocracy .... more Bharath Hariharan and Swati Trehan receive President's Gold Medal & Director's Gold Medal respectively at Convocation 2010.... more The Batch of Seventy Seven (BOSS) Awards for the year 2009-10... more Infinity - an e-magazine by Board of Student Publications Forthcoming Events Rendezvous 2010 ... more |
Third Issue of IIT Delhi Research Review on "Advanced Materials" SWAT Workshops in India (Oct'11-15, 2010) 3-Day Workshop on Cleaner Power Generation- Challenges Ahead (Oct' 06-08, 2010) International conference on Technical Textiles and Nonwovens, (Nov' 11-13, 2010) 16th ISME Conference on Mechanical Engineering for Sustainable Development (Dec' 02-04, 2010) more workshops/conferences more Short-Term Courses |
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