Hurun's list of self-made entrepreneurs: IITs lead the way in shaping India's top foundersIITs dominate as the premier breeding ground for India's top self-made entrepreneurs, according to a recent report. IIT Delhi leads with 36...
18 Dec, 2024, 03.57 PM IST
SINE, IIT Bombay to scale up the number of startups it supports four-fold to 1,000 over the next 10 yearsThe Society for Innovation & Entrepreneurship (SINE) at IIT Bombay is dramatically expanding its support for startups, aiming to nurture 1,...
21 Nov, 2024, 05.54 PM IST
ChatGPT Effect? 7,000 IIT students still jobless as placement season ends; Institute sends SOS to alumni for helpOver 7,000 IIT students remain unplaced as the 2023-24 placement season ends. IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, and BITS are seeking help from alumni ...
23 May, 2024, 03.26 PM IST
IITs step up efforts to raise donations from alumniIIT Delhi, which currently has a total endowment reserve of Rs 350 crore from its alumni, looks to add another Rs 250 crore in the next two...
20 Jan, 2024, 08.11 PM IST
IIT Bombay alumni gift Rs 57 crore to instituteThis is the highest sum given by a batch of alumni to the institute, exceeding Rs 41 crore in donations that the class of 1971 had made dur...
24 Dec, 2023, 05.43 PM IST
IITs step up fundraising campaign to drive expansionThe IITs of Kanpur, Delhi, Madras, Bombay, Roorkee and Hyderabad, among others, are stepping up initiatives to engage with alumni, corporat...
24 Apr, 2022, 07.46 PM IST
Teacher's pet: IIT-B professors take a trip down memory lane, remember Parag Agrawal as a 'typical topper'The Twitter CEO's former teachers said he had focus & innovation to make him stand out.
01 Dec, 2021, 12.14 PM IST
IIT Bombay silver Jubilee batch of 1995 pledges Rs 20.3 crore towards legacy projectThe event witnessed exchange of MoU with Ashank Desai, an IIT Bombay alumnus (Class of 1974) and founder, Vice-Chairman and MD of Mastek/ M...
27 Dec, 2020, 08.09 PM IST
IITs now turn more to alumni for fundingWith insufficient govt funding, institutes are setting up alumni development offices, forming alumni boards to reach out. From setting up a...
13 Jan, 2020, 12.38 PM IST
IIT Alumni association to support financially-disadvantaged studentsFAP is an honor-based system of sustainable peer-to-peer support. Scholarships are available to all undergraduate and postgraduate students...
02 Feb, 2018, 06.58 PM IST
Missing your alma mater? Try out their online, offline stores selling stuff that carry monogram of top institutesMerchandise that carry monogram of educational institutes, online and at times offline in-campus are enabling people to wear the legacy of ...
29 Jul, 2015, 04.09 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
IITs creating 'tinkering labs' to bake ideas into productsThat's precisely the kind of 'tinkering labs' that many IITs at Kharagpur, Mumbai, Kanpur, Chennai etc are now creating or have just create...
23 Oct, 2013, 11.30 AM IST
- Virtual centre at IIT-B mooted to provide climate solutions
Alumni and directors of all IITs have proposed a virtual centre at IIT-Bombay for Climate Change Science which would co-ordinate work of al...
07 Feb, 2011, 02.47 PM IST
- IIT Bombay Golden Jubilee Conference in New York
Alumni of prestigious Indian Institute of Technology Bombay have decided to celebrate their alma mater's 50th birthday with a Golden Jubile...
05 Jul, 2008, 04.31 AM IST
- What's IITs contribution to Indian economy?
In the run-up to the IIT Alumni Global Conference scheduled in Mumbai between December 23-25, the Pan-IIT 2006 committee has taken the init...
30 Aug, 2006, 08.10 PM 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