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Who are some of the most famous IIT Bombay alumni?

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Sumit Bose Posted On : March 17th, 2023
IIT Bombay (2019)

IIT Bombay boasts a long list of notable alumni in various industries. Some of the most eminent figures have been listed below 

  1. Nandan Nilekani: Chairman of UID and ex-head of Infosys.
  2. Manohar Parrikar: Present Chief Minister of the state of Goa
  3. Kanwal Rekhi: Ex-chairman of Citicorp, who has a building named after him at IIT Bombay.
  4. Jairam Ramesh: He is an Indian Economist and Politician belonging to the Indian National Congress in the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) ruling coalition of center-left political parties heading the Government of India.
  5. Bharat Desai:  He is currently a chairman of Syntel, a KPO and IT organization. His current net worth is around 1.4 billion Dollars.
  6. Udaya Kumar: He designed the Indian rupee sign.

These famous alumni from IIT Bombay have made the institution's name and are highly considered idols by many IITians.

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Who are the most famous/successful IIT (BHU) Varanasi alumni?

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Prajukta Ghose Posted On : June 15th, 2023
Studied at the Indian Institute of Technology Varanasi

IIT (BHU) has a long list when it comes to successful and famous alumni. Some have already been mentioned- Nikesh Arora, Gyanesh Pandey, Vinod Kumar Bansal, P.M. Ajayan, Sandeep Pandey, T. Anantharaman, and Varun Grover.

Other famous alumni from IIT (BHU) include-

  • Nandita Sinha - Nandita Sinha is the CEO of Myntra, since January 1, 2022. With Nandita Sinha’s appointment, Flipkart got its first female CEO. She pursued her Ceramic Engineering degree from IIT(BHU) and graduated in the year 2003. She holds 15 years of experience across E-commerce and FMCG. Her area of expertise is P&L management and marketing
  • Nikku Madhusudhan- Madhusudan completed his B.Tech in Mining Engineering in 2002 and went on to pursue his MS from MIT (2004) and finally his Ph.D. at MIT (2009). He gained fame and recognition after his discovery of a diamond-studded planet in 2012
  • Ram Charan- ( BTech in Mechanical Engineering- 1959) Ram Charan went on to pursue an MBA (1965) and a Ph.D. (1967) at Harvard Business School. Charan is an Indian American business consultant. He is among the most prominent business consultants and has regularly been featured on the Thinkers’ 50 List. Charan has coached some of the most well-known and successful CEOs and for more than 35 years, he has worked for companies like Dell, GE, KLM, and Bank of America, among others 
  • Thomas Anantharaman- Thomas Anantharaman’s father, TR Anantharaman, was one of the finest materials scientists and former director, of IT-BHU (IIT BHU). Anantharaman’s brilliance was marked by his AIR 2 in the IIT-JEE 1977 examination. He obtained his B.Tech degree in ECE in 1982. He is best known for his work on the Chip Test and Deep Thought on chess-playing computers at Carnegie Mellon University as his Ph.D. dissertation. Anantharaman’s work laid the foundation for the IBM chess-playing computer Deep Blue.
  • Deepak Ahuja- Deepak Ahuja did his B. Tech in Ceramic Engineering (1985). , his MS in Materials Engineering from Northwestern University (1987), and his MBA from Carnegie Mellon University(1993). He was the former CFO at Tesla. In 2010, after Tesla’s successful IPO, he was named Silicon Valley Business Journal’s CFO of the Year.
  1. Sridhar Manthani: Manthani is a well-known technology entrepreneur and investor. He did his B. Tech in ECE (1982). He was the Senior Director at NVIDIA's Bangalore Design Centre. Before this, he was the Vice President of Engineering for S3 Inc. Under Manthani’s leadership, his business unit made revenues of $500 Million. Presently, he is the Co-Founder and Chairman/CEO of Streamoid Technologies Inc. He also worked for Intel and Western Digital. Sridhar’s field of expertise is software development processes and personnel growth. 

The list of well-known alumni from IIT-BHU is endless. These were just a handful that inspired the youth and intelligentsia with their success and achievement in various fields.

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Who are the most famous/distinguished alumni from IIT Guwahati?

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Shubhangi Dutt Posted On : April 29th, 2023
B.Tech from Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati (2022)

Here are a few notable alumni from IIT Guwahati that contribute to the worth and credibility of the institute 

  • Vivek Ramachandran, Founder of Welcome to SecurityTube.net. He is a world-renowned security researcher and evangelist. He is also the author of the books – “Wireless Penetration Testing using Backtrack” and “The Metasploit Megaprimer”
  • Vikram Rana, Author of The Equation of My Love and Its Parameters 
  • Ankit Nagori, VP (categories), Flipkart

IIT Guwahati has an extensive alumni pool of many more talented professionals.

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Who are some of the famous alumni of IME IIT Kanpur?

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Disha Das Posted On : January 7th, 2022
studied at The Heritage Institute of Technology Kolkata (2019)

Some of the famous alumni of IME IIT Kanpur include:

  • Abir Mukherjee : Vice-President, CitiGroup, India.
  • Ajay Pal Singh : Vice President, Nomura Securities, India.
  • Gagandeep Malhotra : Assistant Vice President, CITI Bank, India.
  • Manish Gupta : Director at Microsoft.
  • Mukul Srivastava : General Manager, Crompton Greaves, India.
  • Shashi Kumar : Assistant Vice President, Nomura Securities, India.
  • Upendra Kumar Earle : Assistant Vice President, HSBC, India.
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Who are some of the most famous IIT Kanpur alumni?

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Neha Ghosh Posted On : April 19th, 2023
Studied at Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (2020)

IIT Kanpur has produced many accomplished alumni, some of whom have gained significant fame in various fields. Here are a few examples in specific fields.

Notable Professors and Researchers

  • Rajeev Motwani, computer scientist, Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. 
  • Jitendra Malik, Arthur J. Chick Professor of EECS University of California at Berkeley. 
  • Manindra Agrawal, Nitin Saxena, and Neeraj Kayal Clay Research Award, 2002, Godel Prize, 2006. Manindra Agrawal is currently a Professor at IIT Kanpur.
  • Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Padma Shri and Professor, Dept of Electrical Engineering, IIT Madras
  • Abhay Bhushan, author of File Transfer Protocol
  • Ashoke Sen, FRS, and Padma Shri, string theorist.
  • Chandra Kintala, Professor and Director of Software Engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology; Director(Retd.), Bell Labs, USA
  • Mriganka Sur, neuroscientist, Sherman Fairchild Professor of Neuroscience, Head, Dept of Brain and Cognitive Science MIT, Fellow of Royal Society

Entrepreneurs/Global Leaders

  • N.R. Narayana Murthy, founder of software corporation Infosys.
  • Pradeep Sindhu, founder of Juniper Networks

Entertainment

  • Rahul Ram, Indian bass guitarist, social activist, and music composer, Indian Ocean (band). 

Social Activists/ Politicians/ IAS/ IPS and other notable positions

  • Amitabh Thakur, an officer of the Indian Police Service, social activist, writer
  • Duvvuri Subbarao, 22nd Governor of Reserve Bank of India
  • Prem Das Rai, the first IIT and IIM-educated member of Parliament Lok Sabha.
  • Ved Arya, Chief Executive Officer of Srijan (Self-Reliant Initiatives through Joint Action)


 

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Where are NMIMS Alumni?

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Anumita Mitra Posted On : May 14th, 2021
MBA Finance & Analytics, SVKM's NMIMS (2018)

NMIMS has a great alumni base. Alumni of this institute are well-settled across the world. Here is a list of some of the notable alumni of the institute.

  • Aruna Jayanthi: Aruna Jayanthi is the managing director for the Asia Pacific and Latin America business unit in Capgemini and she is also a group executive committee member. 
  • Arijit Sarkar: Arijit Sarkar is the director of global campaigns on Google. 
  • Kaku Nakhate: Kaku Nakhate is the president and country head, India, Bank of America. 
  • Raghu Iyer: Raghu Iyer is the CEO of the IPL franchise Rajasthan Royals, and he has been with RR since 2007. 
  • Shailesh Chaturvedi: Shailesh Chaturvedi is Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Tommy Hilfiger Apparels India.

A few of the other well-known alumni of the institute are Avani Davda, Richa Kar, Rakesh Khanna, Harish Iyer, Vikas Bahl, Ravi Makhija. Besides the mentioned names there are also many others.

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Whom do students from BIT Mesra look up to the most among their seniors (or alumni)?

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Shruti Tyagi Posted On : August 9th, 2023
B.E. from Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra

BIT Mesra is a well-respected engineering college in India, and many of its students and alumni have gone on to have successful careers in a variety of fields. Some of the most notable alumni of BIT Mesra include

Mr. Avinash P. Gandhi

  • The Chairman of the Board of Directors of Fag Bearings India Ltd.
  • Independent & Non-Executive Director of Havells India Ltd.
  • Director of Uniproducts (India) Ltd.
  • Member of Advisory Board of NuVeda Learning Pvt. Ltd.

Mr. S. N. Agarwal

  • The Chairman of the BHORUKA Group.
  • A Senior Executive Committee Member of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry, (FICCI) since 1985. 
  • The Chairman of various National Committees of FICCI on Power, Non-conventional energy, Logistics, etc. 
  • The President of Karnataka State Council of FICCI-New Delhi 
  • The Vice President of SAARC Chamber of Commerce & Industry representing India.

Dr. Ganesh Natarajan

  • The Deputy Chairman and Managing Director of Zensar Technologies Limited.
  • The author of three McGraw Hill Books on Business Process Reengineering and Knowledge Management.
  • The chairman of the Outsourcing Forum of the Confederation of Indian Industries in Western India
  • A member of the Executive Council of NASSCOM

These are just a few examples of the many accomplished alumni of BIT Mesra. The students might look up to any one of these alumni and to the many other successful people who have graduated from this institution.

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Who are the most Famous/distinguished Alumni From NSIT?

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Simran Arora Posted On : August 22nd, 2023
Studied CS from NSIT (2019)

NSUT Delhi has churned out a number of successful alumni both in and outside India that have contributed to improving the brand image of the institute. A few that deserve a mention here are

Name

Designation

Company

Ashok Gaur

Chief Operating Officer

IInterchange Systems Private Limited

Deeksha Joshi

Managing Director

Liberty Mutual Insurance

Gagan Bhatia

Co-Founder and CEO

Diaspora


 

Krishan Saxena

Chief Information Officer

Apollo Munich Health Insurance Company Ltd.

Rajat Bansal

Senior Manager, Software Development - Amazon Instant Video Team

Amazon.com Inc.

Saurabh Aggarwal

CEO and President

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The above list is not exhaustive and there are many more notable alumni of NSUT.

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Who are some well-known or succesful alumni of VNIT, Nagpur?

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Arjita Shivaji Ray Posted On : November 18th, 2023
VNIT Nagpur - Mechanical Engineering

Some well known and successful alumni of VNIT Nagpur are-

  • Ramesh Jain- He is a scientist and entrepreneur in the field of Information and Computer Science. 

He is a Bren Professor in Information & Computer Sciences, at Donald Bren School of Information and Computer Sciences, University of California, Irvine. 

Previously, he has served as a professor of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Michigan and the University of California.

He is the founding Editor-in-Chief of IEEE MultiMedia magazine and the Machine Vision and Applications journal. 

  • Dinesh Keskar (Mechanical Engineering)- He is the President of Boeing India, and VP of Boeing International Trading.
  • Jayarama Chalasani- He is the Chief Executive at Reliance Power Limited. He was previously a full-time Director of Reliance Infrastructure Limited.
  • M.S. Unnikrishnan (Mechanical Engineering)-He is the Managing Director of Thermax Ltd. Additionally, he serves as its Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Executive Council.
  • Dr. Nemkumar Banthia (UBC Civil Engineering)- He is the Professor of Civil Engineering, Distinguished University Scholar, and a Canada Research Chair at the University of British Columbia. 

He is credited for his contributions to the fundamental understanding of sprayed concrete including particle and fiber kinematics, rebound modeling, in-situ quality control and performance characterization.

  • Shashikant Chaudhary - He is the India Managing Director at GlobalLogic. He is the CEO, President and Co-founder, Lambent Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
  • Rajdeep Endow (Computer Science Engineering)- He is the Managing Director, India and Global Delivery Lead, SapientNitro. 

These are just a few of the many alumni of VNIT Nagpur who have a remarkable contribution in various fields.

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Who are some of the most famous IISc Bangalore alumni?

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Gaurav Shaha Posted On : July 14th, 2023
Studied at IISC Banglore

No Indian institute can be compared to IISc in terms of research in Physics, Mathematics, Aerospace, Materials Science, and Biological and Chemical Sciences. It has, as a result, produced a number of notable alumni. Some of the most famous include:

  • Sunil Kumar, the Dean of The University of Chicago Booth School of Business
  • Umeshwar Dayal, the director of the HP Labs Information Analytics Lab
  • Shamkant Navathe, the co-author of the famous Elmasri-Navathe book on databases.
  • C Pandu Rangan well-known for Cryptography
  • Sargur N. Srihari well-recognized for pattern recognition
  • Narendra Ahuja Computer Vision and Robotics Laboratory, Beckman Institute, UIUC
  • Ram Akella, known for Data Mining, and e-commerce
  • B.L.Deekshatulu, famous for his work in neural nets and AI
  • Professor Raj Jain, the author of the famous book ''' Art of Computer Systems Performance Analysis''

It’s important to note that this list is not exhaustive and these are just a few examples of the many accomplished alumni from IISc Bangalore.

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