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Prof Gaindhar's Homage - July 10th 2021
 July 10th 12:00 PM Eastern / 9:30 PM IST It is with deep sadness that we send this message about the loss of our respected Professor Jawahar Lal Gaindhar, former Professor Mech. & Ind. Engg. Dept IIT Roorkee. Please join friends, colleagues and students of Prof Gaindhar on July 10th 12:00 PM Eastern / 9:30 PM Indian Time to pay homage to him. The program will be hosted by Prof. Harpreet Singh and Anoop Verma. Please contact Dr. Vivek Varma to speak. |
IIT Startups presents "Ed-Tech panel" on 18th Mar
 Join our Ed Tech Round Table! Dear
friends: In view of a number of US and India Startups in Cohort #6 in
the Education Technology sector, IIT STARTUPS is pleased
to host a panel discussion with some key experts, successful entrepreneurs, and
investors in this area. Those of you interested in the Ed Tech sector
are invited to attend:
DATE & TIME: Thursday Mar 18th @ 6:30-7:30pm PST (California time zone) / Friday Mar 19th @ 7:00-8:00am IST (India time zone) TOPICS:
PANEL: · Moderator: Dr. Nisha Talagala, Founder & CEO, Pyxeda AI, USA · Deborah Quazzo, Managing Partner, GSV Ventures USA · Kunal Phalak (IIT Bombay), Associate Director, Vertex Ventures, Bangalore · Dr. Surya Mantha (IIT Kanpur), Senior Partner, Unitus Ventures, Chennai · Manish Kothari, Entrepreneur, Board Member, Musafir, co-founder of Root-1 (acquired by Edmodo in 2018) · Vipul Redey, Chief Excellence Officer, Lead School, Bangalore. TED-Ed Innovator, Khan Academy ZOOM LINK: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2808841308?pwd=Qkc2dWpEY3FvOVc4Q1dGY3B6NTRjZz09 Meeting ID: 280 884 1308 ; Passcode: 2021 Looking forward to your participation. Thank You, - Sohag Desai, co-host of Ed-Tech panel & Coach, IIT Startups - Charu Rudrakshi, co-host of Ed-Tech panel & Coach, IIT Startups - Manoj Goel, President, IIT Startups IITStartups is a 501c3 non-profit Organization www.iitstartups.org Copyright © 2021 IITStartups, All rights reserved. |
Dr Bhupinder Singh Homage
 Dr Bhupinder Singh HomageDecember 12th 12:00 PM Eastern / 10:30 PM IST It is with deep sadness that we send this message about the loss of our respected professor, Dr Bhupinder Singh, former Professor ME dept IIT Roorkee.Please join friends, colleagues and students of Dr Bhupinder Singh on December 12th 12:00 PM Eastern / 10:30 PM Indian Time to pay homage to him. Conference call details: Join Zoom Meeting : https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82108740907?pwd=eFRoSnNJbldMRXdkQVJFRGpCUW5iZz09 Please contact Prof Harpreet Singh to speak. |
PanIIT USA Global Conference Dec 4-5 2020: Future Is Now
 IIT2020: Future Is Now, Global Summit. DATE: December 4th - 5th, 2020. OPEN TO ALL
We are bringing together some of the world’s preeminent experts across technology, economy, education, and food. In fact, hear from experts in OUT OF THIS WORLD tech also – yes, we have NASA speaking as well! Our speakers include Dr. Vivek Murthy (former U.S. Surgeon General), Rohini Srivathsa (CTO, Microsoft India), Prith Banerjee (CTO, ANSYS), Pradeep Khosla (Chancellor, UC San Diego), Manoj Kumar (CTO, Ripple Foods) and many more! We are at the threshold of a new normal, a new world. Which direction do we move towards going further and how can we help define and mold that direction to create a better future for humanity? How do we create sustainable solutions for over 10 billion global citizens? Start your quest – and hopefully, find some answers – at IIT 2020. With built-in networking opportunities, we hope you get the chance to meet your friends – and even more so – make new enduring connections, both personal and professional. We are expecting over 50,000 engineers and futurists to attend the event – will you be one of them?
Get more details and register here: https://www.iit2020.org/ |
First Global Musinar Aug 15th 2020
NEW: Click here to watch the video of the fantastic performances in the event.
First Global Musinar (Virtual Music Event) was held under the aegis of Prof Harpreet Singh by IIT-RAANA. It was a music filled program honored by Director Ajit Chaturvedi, Mrs. Chaturvedi, Prof Prem Krishna, Mrs Lata Krishna, esteemed alumni and friends performing in a virtual setting. As always with our events, the event attracted alumni with over 50 years of graduation dates. Prof. Singh rejuvenated the audiences with his memories of Roorkee,
Director Ajit Chaturvedi wished everyone a happy Independence Day and shared pictures of the celebration at Roorkee maintaining the safeguards needed for COVID-19.
  
  Program:
It was exciting to to have esteemed Director Ajit Chaturvedi, Mrs Chaturvedi, Professor Prem Krishna, Mrs Lata Krishna and alumnus leading Artificial Intelligence participate in the musinar.
| Alumni in North America (US / Canada) There is a global initiative to establish a worldwide alumni directory. So, you can share your information with high confidence. |
| Attachments:
CV - Mridula Chakraborty (mod).docx
First Global Musinar - Aug 15th 2020
NEW: Click here to watch the video of the fantastic performances in the event.
First Global Musinar (Virtual Music Event) was held under the aegis of Prof Harpreet Singh by IIT-RAANA. It was a music filled program honored by Director Ajit Chaturvedi, Mrs. Chaturvedi, Prof Prem Krishna, Mrs Lata Krishna, esteemed alumni and friends performing in a virtual setting. As always with our events, the event attracted alumni with over 50 years of graduation dates. Prof. Singh rejuvenated the audiences with his memories of Roorkee,
Director Ajit Chaturvedi wished everyone a happy Independence Day and shared pictures of the celebration at Roorkee maintaining the safeguards needed for COVID-19.
Program:
It was exciting to to have esteemed Director Ajit Chaturvedi, Mrs Chaturvedi, Professor Prem Krishna, Mrs Lata Krishna and alumnus leading Artificial Intelligence participate in the musinar.
| Alumni in North America (US / Canada) There is a global initiative to establish a worldwide alumni directory. So, you can share your information with high confidence. |
| Attachments:
CV - Mridula Chakraborty (mod).docx
Tribute to Late Dr. J. S Tomar, Roorkee Professor (Courtesy: Prof Atma Sahu)
Message from Prof Atma Sahu  A Tribute to Late Dr. J. S Tomar Zoom Meeting, Sunday, August 9,
2020. Greetings from Mr. Ravinder Jain TX and Atma Sahu Maryland; As you already know that we have lost our exceptional teacher, researcher, and the best but simple Guru Late Dr. J. S Tomar on July 27, 2020. Many of us in the Roorkee alumni community has been touched by Prof. Tomar. A tribute is being planned on Sunday, August 9, 2020, for his Roorkee family and friends. Dr. Tomar’s daughter and other prominent alumni to share memories and offer prayers. If you would like to participate and share your memories of him then please send an email to Ravinderkamini@yahoo.com or sahuatma@yahoo.com and join the zoom meeting. The login information is: https://us04web.zoom.us/j/3414387423?pwd=M3hOUUd1Z0tXTlhSdzlmMVVxYjl6UT09 Zoom meeting ID 3414387423 Password 2TWJ8Z Date: Sunday, August 9, 2020 Time: New Delhi: 7:30pm; NY/Washington DC: 10am; Dallas TX 9:00am; CA :7:00am Suggestions: Please take 5 minutes or so to do a dry run test on your computer. This will help start the event in a timely manner. The event may not go over 40 minutes. Also, please consider keeping your microphones off and video on during the event. Tentative Agenda: Mr. Ravinder Jain—Open the meeting as a host Atma Sahu---Welcome & Intro to Dr. Tomar’s Daughter Mrs. Nidhi Tomar Nidhi Tomar--- Personal blessings and legacy Atma Sahu--- Personal reflection … Names To be decided---Past colleagues and Alumni gratitude for Late Dr. Tomar …. Niraj Gupta, IITR graduate, Washington DC/MD area Resident -- Shanti Path Mr. Ravinder Jain—Closing Remarks _______________ Atma Sahu, Ph.D Professor of Mathematics Coppin State University MD USA 240 354 1268 (cell) Dr Tomar's Photos (Courtesy: Prof Atma Sahu) |
THE NEW GLOBAL FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY (FINTECH) NORM: Post COVID-19
 THE NEW GLOBAL FINANCIAL TECHNOLOGY (FINTECH) NORM: Post COVID-19 ….. Conducting Financial Transactions using Technology… https://www.iit.org/e/the-new-fintech-norm-post-covid-19 PanIIT USA in association with WHEELS/PiTech announces, the next virtual conference with frequent Bloomberg News guest Vinay Nair, and Bombay Stock Exchange MD Ashish Chauhan discussing the impact of COVID-19 on FINTECH; the way of conducting financial transactions using Technology … what is the new Norm? DATE: Thursday, September 10, 2020 TIME: 9:00-10:30am PDT /12:00pm-1:30pm EDT/ 09:30-11:00pm/ IST Speakers Vinay Nair – Serial entrepreneur (Tifin, Magnify, 55ip …) IIT Madras Gold Medalist, NYU Stern, professor at Wharton, Sloan, INSEAD, ISB Ashish Chauhan – MD, CEO, Bombay Stock Exchange, IIT Bombay, IIM Kolkata, CEO Mumbai Indians NEW GLOBAL FINTECH NORM: POST COVID-19
Registration Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_lL_uT6XiS3OuShWyuIdkeA Any problems, please contact rongupta@aol.com or c_srinath@yahoo.com Please send any questions for the speakers to Ron Gupta rongupta@aol.com E-Certificates of participation will be issued upon request after the event. Please send your request to alumni@iit.org. PanIIT USA: Ron (Ranbir) Gupta (Kharagpur), C. Srinath (Madras), Anoop Verma (Roorkee), Animesh Pathak (BHU), Arun Jain (Guwahati), Witty Bindra (Delhi), Sanjiv Goyal (Delhi), Rounak Mehta (Gandhinagar) and Sundy Srinivasan (Delhi). WHEELS Global/PiTech: Suresh Shenoy (Bombay) Speakers Vinay Nair
Dr. Vinay Nair is the Founder and Chairman of The TIFIN Group. A serial entrepreneur, investor and academic, Vinay has started, as an advisor or board member in several companies in financial services. Vinay has always sought to challenge the status quo in investing. He has founded numerous companies linking investments and technology (55ip, Magnifi, MIO, Positivly) as well as run a quantitative hedge fund (Ada Investments). As a finance faculty member at Wharton, with teaching experience at schools such as MIT and Columbia, he focuses on venture capital, private equity and entrepreneurship. He is passionate about the power financial markets have to effect change in the world and in 2008, co-authored “Investing for Change”. His academic background includes a PhD in Financial Economics from the Stern School of Business at NYU with an award for the best thesis, and a Bachelors of Technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras with a gold medal award. Ashish Chauhan
Ashish Chauhan is the MD & CEO of Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE,) Asia’s oldest exchange, World’s fastest exchange with 6 Micro seconds response time, World’s largest exchange with 5,000 plus listed companies and India’s first universal exchange to offer trading across all asset classes. He is credited with reviving BSE and completing its IPO - which was oversubscribed more than 51 times. He was instrumental in setting up India’s first International Exchange, India International Exchange, inaugurated by India’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi in January 2017. Prior to joining BSE, from 2000 to 2009, Ashish worked at Reliance Industries, India’s largest conglomerate as President and Group CIO, Head of Corporate communications and CEO of Cricket team Mumbai Indians in its formative years. From 1993 to 2000, he set up India’s National Stock Exchange (NSE), primarily on technology, Screen based trading system, satellite communications network, equities and derivatives businesses, and Nifty index amongst his many responsibilities. He is considered the father of modern financial derivatives in India due to his work at NSE. He received several Indian and International awards including Distinguished Alumnus Awards from both his Alma Mater IIT Bombay and IIM Kolkata, a rare achievement. He has also been awarded “Digital Icon of Year” by Indian Express Group and ranked amongst the top CEOs in financial markets by Asian Banker, and amongst top 50 CIOs in the world by Information Week US. He is a member of several committees of Government, Regulators and international associations. He is a member on the Board of Directors at IIM Raipur and NIFM Faridabad and served as the chairman of NIT Manipur. He is a distinguished visiting faculty at Ryerson University in Toronto and Honorary Professor at Nottingham University Business School. He co-authored a book on the history of the BSE titled “The Temple of Wealth Creation”. |
NEW GLOBAL ECONOMIC NORM: POST COVID-19
 PanIIT USA in association with WHEELS Global Foundation announces, the next virtual conference series with former RBI & SBI heads discussing the impact of COVID-19 on Global Economics … what is the new Norm? Dipak Jain moderates. NEW GLOBAL ECONOMIC NORM: POST COVID-19 Thursday, July 23, 2020 9:00-10:30am PDT /12:00pm-1:30pm EDT/ 09:30-11:00pm/ IST Registration Link https://www.iit.org/e/the-new-global-economic-norm-post-covid-19/ Any problems, please contact rongupta@aol.com or anoopkverma@gmail.com Speakers:
NEW GLOBAL ECONOMIC NORM: POST COVID-19
Registration Link: https://www.iit.org/e/the-new-global-economic-norm-post-covid-19/ Any problems, please contact rongupta@aol.com or anoopkverma@gmail.com Pan IIT Alumni USA: Ron (Ranbir) Gupta (Kharagpur), Anoop Verma (Roorkee), Animesh Pathak (BHU), Arun Jain (Guwahati), Witty Bindra (Delhi), Sanjiv Goyal (Delhi) and Sundy Srinivasan (Delhi). WHEELS Global Foundation: Suresh Shenoy (Bombay) SPEAKERS Arundhati Bhattacharya Chairperson & CEO Salesforce India, Former Chairperson of the State Bank of India.  Arundhati Bhattacharya is the Chairperson and Chief Executive Officer for Salesforce, India. In her role, Arundhati oversees the growth strategy of the company and plays an integral role in defining Salesforce’s relationship with the ecosystem of customers, partners and community across India. Prior to Salesforce, Arundhati Bhattacharya was the first woman chairperson at the State Bank of India (SBI;) where she was credited with ushering in the digital transformation era at SBI. Under her leadership, SBI went on to be voted as one of India's top 3 Best Places to work in India. With 40+ years of rich experience in India's financial sector working across varied roles and diverse national & international locations; Arundhati has also earned a string of accolades to her name, most notably -- "The World's 100 Most Powerful Women" by Forbes, “Top 50 globally most powerful women in business” and “World’s 50 Greatest Leaders" list by Fortune. Arundhati is also Member of the Board of Governors of the first and the largest of the Indian Institutes of Technology at Kharagpur. Arundhati is an alumna of Lady Brabourne College and Jadhavpur University in Kolkata. Raghuram Rajan Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance, The University of Chicago Booth School of Business; and former Governor, The Reserve Bank of India.  Raghuram Rajan is the Katherine Dusak Miller Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at Chicago Booth. He was the 23rd Governor of the Reserve Bank of India between September 2013 and September 2016. Between 2003 and 2006, Dr. Rajan was the Chief Economist and Director of Research at the International Monetary Fund. Dr. Rajan’s research interests are in banking, corporate finance, and economic development, especially the role finance plays in it. The books he has written include The Third Pillar: How the State and Markets are leaving Communities Behind 2019, I do What I do: On Reform, Rhetoric, and Resolve, 2017, and Fault Lines: How Hidden Fractures Still Threaten the World Economy, for which he was awarded the Financial Times-Goldman Sachs prize for best business book in 2010. Dr. Rajan is a member of the Group of Thirty. He was the President of the American Finance Association in 2011 and is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. In January 2003, the American Finance Association awarded Dr. Rajan the inaugural Fischer Black Prize for the best finance researcher under the age of 40. The other awards he has received include the Infosys prize for the Economic Sciences in 2012, the Deutsche Bank Prize for Financial Economics in 2013, Euromoney Central Banker Governor of the Year 2014, and Banker Magazine (FT Group) Central Bank Governor of the Year 2016. B. Tech (Electrical Engineering), Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, 1985; MBA, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, 1987; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1991. Dipak C. Jain President (European) of the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), Former-Dean Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.  Dipak Jain is the President (European) of the China Europe International Business School (CEIBS), since September 2018. He is best known for leading Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, widely recognized as one of the finest graduate business programs in the world, for eight years during which Kellogg’s prestigious MBA program was twice ranked first by Businessweek in 2002 and 2004. Prior to joining CEIBS in 2017, he was Director of the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration from August 2014 to November 2017 and Chaired Professor of Marketing at international business school INSEAD from March 2013 to August 2014. From 2011-2013, Prof. Jain was the Dean of the INSEAD, responsible for all three campuses – Europe (France), Asia (Singapore,) and the Middle East (Abu Dhabi.) INSEAD, often referred to as ‘The business School of the World,’ originated as an acronym of Institut Europeen d’Administration des Affaires. Prof. Jain has been a member of review committees at Harvard, UCLA, University of Hong Kong, and Northwestern. He has been on international advisory boards and councils such as the Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration (Chulalongkorn University), the Carey Business School (Johns Hopkins), and American University in Cairo, and Nyenrode University (Netherlands). He has consulted with such companies as IBM, UBS, AT&T, Nestle, Abbott, Boeing, Accenture, Thompson Electronics, and American Express. Prof. Jain received a Bachelor's degree in Statistics, and a Master's in Mathematical Statistics from Guwahati University, India. He received a Master's Degree in Management Science and a Doctorate in Marketing from the University of Texas at Dallas. |
PanIIT Inaugural Virtual Conference: Eminent Alumni Director Sudhir Jain joins Chancellor Khosla and Provost Hajela
 THE NEW EDUCATION NORM: Post COVID-19 Thursday, June 25, 2020 https://www.iit.org/e/the-new-education-norm-post-covid-19 For any problem with the registration, please contact rongupta@aol.com or anoopverma1987@iitroorkeealumni.org Pan IIT Alumni USA announces the inaugural virtual conference series with two eminent alumni discussing the impact of COVID-19 on EDUCATION … what is the new Norm? Speakers:
Pan IIT Alumni USA: Ron (Ranbir) Gupta (Kharagpur), Anoop Verma (Roorkee), Animesh Pathak (BHU), Arun Jain (Guwahati), Witty Bindra (Delhi), Sanjiv Goyal (Delhi) and Sundy Srinivasan (Delhi). THE NEW EDUCATION NORM, POST COVID-1
For any problem with the registration, please contact rongupta@aol.com or anoopverma1987@iitroorkeealumni.org Speakers  Professor Pradeep K. Khosla Professor Khosla, an internationally renowned electrical and computer engineer, is the eighth Chancellor of the University of California, San Diego. Khosla initiated and led UC San Diego’s first-ever Strategic Plan, and recently launched the public phase of the Campaign for UC San Diego—an ambitious and bold $2 billion endeavor—aimed at transforming the university, physically and intellectually. As UC San Diego’s chief executive officer, he leads a campus with more than 35,000 students, six undergraduate colleges, five academic divisions, and five graduate and professional schools. Pradeep is a frequent keynote speaker at international conferences, and invited to participate in thought leadership forums organized by Fortune Magazine, AMD, the Milken Institute, the World Economic Forum, Techonomy, and the Blouin Foundation, amongst others. Pradeep Khosla received a Bachelor’s degree in technology from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and a Masters and a PhD from the Carnegie Mellon University (CMU.) Prior to UCSD, Pradeep was the Dean of Engineering, and the Philip and Marsha Dowd Professor of Engineering and Robotics at CMU. He is also the Jury Chair for the Infosys Prize in Engineering and Computer Science.  Professor Sudhir K. Jain Director, Indian Institute of
Technology, Gandhinagar, Gujrat, India Professor Jain is an internationally reputed scholar of earthquake engineering and recognized as one of the most dynamic educators in India. He is currently serving his third 5-year term as director of the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, which he joined as founder director in June 2009. He was on the faculty of IIT Kanpur for 35 years from 1984-2019. IITGN debuted among the top 600 institutions in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2020. The institute promotes critical thinking, interdisciplinarity, the liberal arts, project-oriented learning, diversity and globalization. Its five-week Foundation Program for all new in-coming students has been emulated widely by numerous colleges in India, including many IITs. Over 40% of IITGN students receive study abroad or other overseas opportunities during their academic career. Prof Jain received a Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from the University of Roorkee (now IIT Roorkee) and a Masters and a PhD from the California Institute of Technology. He served as President of the International Association for Earthquake Engineering during 2014 to 2018. He was elected Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering in 2003, and conferred Padma Shri by the President of India in 2020. Moderator  Prabhat Hajela Provost, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York Prabhat Hajela has been serving as the Provost at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) since 2012. Prabhat has held research assignments at NASA’s Langley and Glenn Research Centers, and at the US Air Force Armament Laboratory. In 2003, he served as a Congressional Fellow responsible for Science and Technology Policy in the Office of U.S. Senator Conrad Burns, where he worked on several legislative issues related to aerospace and telecommunications policy. Prabhat received a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur; MS from Iowa State University; and a MS and a Ph.D. from Stanford University. |
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