President's address Leadership Conclave Session A & B

Friends, It is a great privilege for me to speak before this august gathering of achievers. You belong to a section of the population which has had the privilege of having studied and/or taughtat the IITs, a good fortune which less than 0.1% of our population has secured. The five Indian Institutes of Technology set up in the 50s and 60s at Kharagpur, Mumbai, Chennai, Kanpur and Delhi created a brand which has been recognized worldwide. ...

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Nominations for IITDAA Executive Committee 2012-13

Dear Alumni, The following nominations have been received for election to the EC to be held on 28th Apr.`12. There are seven regular vacancies for a three year term and two vacancies for a one year term.  The first seven candidates obtaining the highest number of votes will be eligible for regular vacancies. The nominations are listed as per the year of graduation. Regards, H.R. Vaish Returning Officer  IIT Delhi Alumni AssociationNalanda House, IIT Delhi,Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110 016Tel: 2686 8523/2659 7178/2659 6953 Fax:...

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IIT Delhi passout Prince Dhawan bags third positionin UPSC exam in his first attempt

As soon as you enter the room, you know. It is quite obvious. Half the room is taken up by piles of books and a desk, and the other half is divided between a bed and a mountain of The Hindu newspaper. The room belongs to a winner, somebody who does not think of losing or of plan B. It is 22-year-old Prince Dhawan, who aced this year's UPSC examinations, coming third among 2,43,003 candidates. “I never had a second plan because if you do then that makes you comfortable with failure,” says Prince matter-of-factly. He has never let failure...

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IITs revolt on joint engineering test, will take Union HRD ministry to court

NEW DELHI: Opinion is growing against the Union human resource development (HRD) ministry's decision to introduce a common engineering test for central engineering institutions including IITs, NITs and IIITs with the IIT alumni on Friday deciding to move court against it. Faculty members from IIT Kanpur are also planning to boycott the institute's convocation ceremony on Saturday as a mark of protest. While efforts have been made by...

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Ford buys software startup Livio

Ford Motor Co. said Thursday that it acquired the startup company Livio in a bid to accelerate its efforts to help drivers safely access content on their smartphone while on the road. Livio, which is based in the Detroit suburb of Ferndale, Michigan, develops software that lets drivers connect to their smartphones through their car radios or dashboard infotainment systems. It was founded five years ago by Jake Sigal, a former employee of parts supplier Delphi Corp. Ford paid less than $10 million for the 11-person startup, said Paul Mascarenas,...

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IIT-Kanpur opens office in New York.

With an aim to hunt for qualified and capable faculty abroad, IIT-Kanpur  has set up an office in New York  with alumnus Sanjeev Khosla designated as the overseas brand ambassador of the institute. The office will also try to amass funds through the alumni based there, IIT-Kanpur Director Indranil Manna said. The office will help in connecting foreign faculty with IIT-K. More than a dozen teachers teaching in foreign institutions have expressed an interest in associating with IIT-K, Manna said. Also, ex-IITians posted at good positions...

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81-year-old IIT professor gives up water to save Ganga river

Pradesh: Environmental engineer and former IIT professor GD Agarwal, continuing his fast unto death to save the Ganga river for the 102nd day on Sunday, has now given up water too, a close aide said. Agarwal, 81, has been on fast in the Matr Sadan Ashram of Haridwar in Uttarakhand. He has been demanding that the government take steps to save the Ganga river and its ecology, and ensure that the flow of the river water is uninterrupted. "He is a noted scientist and has been fasting so many days for saving the Ganga. It is so shameful that the government...

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Gautam Biswas takes over as IIT-Guwahati director.

Former professor of Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur Gautam Biswas  took charge as the new director of IIT-Guwahati by replacing Gautam Baruah. Biswas, before joining IIT-Guwahati, was the director of Central Mechanical Engineering Research Institute (CMERI), Durgapur. Speaking to the press after assuming charge here, Biswas said, "Our institute has the potential to be the number one IIT in the country and I will put in all efforts by taking...

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Ravi Kumar IIT-M Alumnus , appointed Dean of Nanyang Business School, Singapore

Kumar, an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology -Madras (IIT-M), has been appointed dean of the Nanyang Business School (NBS) in Singapore's Nanyang Technological University (NTU), it was announced Tuesday. In a press release issued by the university, Kumar, 61, has been described as "an academic heavyweight with a good blend of east-west experience". Ravi Kumar comes to Singapore from the University of South California's (USC) Marshall Business School, where he served in several key positions, including that of vice dean for international...

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Chandrashekhar IIT-B Alumnus, appointed President of NASSCOM

Chandrasekhar, who has also headed the department of information technology and put in place the national e-governance programme, will be Nasscom’s fourth president. Previous presidents to head Nasscom were Dewang Mehta and Kiran Karni...

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Speranza IIT Delhi

Speranza IIT Delhi with Ravish Kumar on NDTV. ...

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Speranza IIT Delhi

Annual socio-welfare fest of IIT Delhi. For more info visit:- Speranza IIT Delhi or www.speranza-iitd.com ...

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Honda demonstrates new technology to prevent cars hitting pedestrians

(Phys.org) —Honda Motor Company Ltd has posted a video on its website demonstrating new technology it's developing to help prevent cars from running into pedestrians. Based on already existing vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) network technology, the system called by Honda an advanced vehicle-to-pedestrian (V2P) safety system aims to warn both drivers and pedestrians carrying smartphones of a possible collision. V2P, like V2V uses the Dedicated Short Range Communications...

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Intel readying to take on Kinect with 3D depth cameras

(Phys.org) —Anil Nanduri, director of perceptual products and solutions at Intel has revealed to IDG News that the company is hard at work developing camera systems that will not only replicate what users have come to expect from products like Microsoft Kinect, but will surpass them in ways that until now have only been seen in science fiction movies. He says new 3D camera systems will be geared towards people and objects that are much closer, and...

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Japan's maglev train runs test at over 310 mph

(Phys.org) —Moving toward its goal of building a high-speed magnetic levitation (maglev) train line between Tokyo and Osaka, Central Japan Railway Co has resumed testing of its L0 (L Zero) train—demonstrating speeds just above 310 miles per hour (500 km per hour). That makes it the longest and fastest maglev train in the world. Maglev trains are able to travel very fast all while using less energy than conventional trains because they allow the train to ride on a cushion of air—friction from the wheels on the track is eliminated. Most in the field expect...

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Restoration of GSLV-D5 Mission

The launch of GSLV-D5 (with Indian Cryogenic Stage), scheduled for 1650 hrs on August 19, 2013, had to be called off due to a leak observed in the UH25 Fuel system of the Liquid Second Stage, during the last lap of the countdown. At the time of calling off the Countdown, the GSLV Vehicle was loaded with 210 tons of liquid and cryogenic propellants. About 750 kg of UH25 Fuel had leaked out, leading to contamination of the area around the launch pad. It took 6 days of round-the- clock operations before the contamination could be reduced to the safe...

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India's Advanced Communication Satellite GSAT-7 Launched Successfully

India's advanced multi-band communication satellite, GSAT-7, was successfully launched at 0200 hrs IST today (August 30, 2013) by the Ariane-5 launch vehicle of Arianespace from Kourou, French Guiana. Ariane-5 precisely placed GSAT-7 into the intended Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit (GTO) after a flight of 34 minutes 25 seconds duration. As planned, ISRO's Master Control Facility (MCF) at Hassan in Karnataka started acquiring the signals five minutes prior to the separation of GSAT-7 from Ariane-5 launch vehicle. The solar panels of the satellite...

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IIT Delhi Director R K Shevgaonkar & his students' proud moment

battery-operated wheelchair that helps the physically-challenged use western toilets, a biochip that tests milk for pesticide residue, nanotechnology that keeps garments fresh and anti-microbial even when one is sweating. The unique models that the students of IIT-Delhi showcased at their annual innovation fest, i2Tech 2013 Open House, in April this year are ample proof of the innovation encouraged at the premier institute that has given it a sharp edge...

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IIT-Kharagpur gets new director

"Partha Pratim Chakraborty has taken charge as a director of the institute after the convocation," former acting director S K Som announced here. Speaking to reporters, Chakraborty said the board would chart out a five year road-map with priority focus continuing in research. Speaking about the proposed medical education at IIT-Kharagpur, Chakraborty said the institute was looking into issues like amendment of the IIT Act to incorporate medical education....

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Raghuram Rajan to be next RBI governor

Raghuram Rajan was named the next governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as the nation contends with the rupee near a record low, one of the world’s fastest inflation rates and the weakest economic growth in a decade. Rajan, 50, the top adviser in the finance ministry since 2012, will succeed incumbent Duvvuri Subbarao for a period of three years, the government said in a statement in New Delhi on Tuesday. Subbarao’s term at RBI is due to expire 4 September. Rajan told reporters that there is no magic wand to pull the country instantly out...

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Conversation with Vinod Khosla

Seminar Hall September 2, 2013; 6 pm Vinod Khosla is an entrepreneur, investor, and technology fan. He is the founder of Khosla Ventures, focused on impactful clean technology and information technology investments. Mr. Khosla was a co-founder of Daisy systems and founding CEO of Sun Microsystems where he pioneered open systems and commercial RISC processors. One of Mr. Khosla’s greatest passions is being a mentor to entrepreneurs, assisting entrepreneurs...

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