IIT’s Bay Area alumni getting AI math right: ExecIIT Bay Area alumni-founded ventures are showing strong momentum across applied and enterprise AI orchestration, verticalised AI in healthc...
19 Feb, 2026, 08.16 AM IST
IIT Kanpur receives over 1,000 job offers in the first week of placements Phase-1The Phase-1 placement session at IIT Kanpur, which began on December 1, 2024, has seen over 1036 job offers by Day 7, with 963 offers accep...
10 Dec, 2024, 10.48 AM IST
IIT Madras gets largest single donation of Rs 228 crore from alumnus Dr Krishna ChivukulaIIT Madras received a record donation of Rs. 228 Crore from alumnus Dr. Krishna Chivukula. The funds will support scholarships, research, a...
06 Aug, 2024, 08.48 PM IST
IIT Madras raises 513 crore from alumni, corporates and donors in FY 23-24The alumni did most of the heavy lifting, contributing Rs 368.19 crore, followed by the CSR segment contributing Rs 95.53 crore, with the r...
08 May, 2024, 02.49 PM IST
Alumni funding on the rise at IITsAs many as 171 members contributed to the corpus, which will be used towards research centres, campus infrastructure, faculty and student d...
29 Jan, 2018, 11.16 PM IST
Off blacklist, but are startups going back to college?A number of startups say they are happy with the hires they've made at IITs but don't rely entirely on premier institutes for talent.
22 Oct, 2017, 11.46 AM IST
With initial target within reach, IvyCap Ventures plans to double size of second fundThe Mumbai-based, early-to-midstage investment firm is currently in the process of raising its second investment vehicle of Rs 600 crore.
06 Jun, 2016, 10.03 AM IST
IvyCap Fund 2 hits the target, raises Rs 300 croreVenture Capital firm Ivy-Cap Ventures has achieved the first close for its second fund of Rs 600 crore. The fund raised Rs 300 crore with s...
11 Apr, 2016, 04.00 AM IST
How IIT alumni are turning funders and founders to create their own unique startup ecosystemET Magazine analyses how founders and funders who are the alumni of India's premier institutes of technology are creating their own, unique...
23 Aug, 2015, 03.07 PM IST
IvyCap invests Rs 25-30 crore in online lingerie retailer CloviaWhile both, IvyCap Ventures and Clovia, confirmed the investment, they declined to disclose the exact size of the transaction.
09 Jun, 2015, 12.01 PM IST
Startup chiefs tap alumni networks for senior-level hiringMany startup founders leverage alumni networks through social media to recruit peers or juniors or getting references and leads from fellow...
05 Jun, 2015, 03.37 PM IST
How IITs, IIMs are lending a voice to LGBT issuesAt IIM-B, the conversations will be built into the incoming batch’s orientation programme as a first step towards the formation of an LGBT ...
02 Jun, 2015, 06.01 AM IST
Why big givers like Kris Gopalakrishnan are stepping in to fund areas of science and technologySome big givers like Kris Gopalakrishnan are stepping in to fund areas of science and technology conspicuous by their absence in India.
08 Oct, 2014, 01.27 PM IST
- IIT faculties attack Kharagpur Director for backing govt move
The war within IITs over Centre's 'one-nation one-test' proposal escalated today with faculties of all IITs attacking IIT-K director for ba...
10 Jun, 2012, 09.02 PM IST
Common entrance examination a breach of trust: IIT Kanpur faculty federationIt said the format announced is a “piecemeal patch-work” with “serious academic and organisational lacunae” in each of the components of th...
04 Jun, 2012, 06.36 AM IST
- Former Home Secretary GK Pillai to head venture cap fund for IIT, IIM graduates
Former Home Secretary GK Pillai has become the chairman of a first-of-its-kind venture capital fund that will focus exclusively on financin...
26 Aug, 2011, 12.26 AM IST
- IIT, IIM alumni associations do their bit and more for alma mater, society
IIT and IIM alumni associations are increasingly becoming more than just a convenient way of keeping in touch with batchmates.
26 Jun, 2006, 02.15 AM IST