News Section
Mr. Saurabh Tiwari, Mr. Sanjiv Puri, Mr. Ashwini Vaishnaw
Ecstatic to announce that three of our distinguished alumni, Mr. Saurabh Tiwari (BT/MME/2000), Mr. Sanjiv Puri (BT/ME/1985), Mr. Ashwini Vaishnaw, IAS (MT/IME/1994), have been nominated among India Top 100 Influential People in Technology and Innovation by MIT Sloan Management Review India; a recognition of those transforming India digital future with bold ideas and real impact.
June 16, 2025
Mr. Eshan Chattopadhyay
We are delighted to share that our esteemed alumnus, Mr. Eshan Chattopadhyay (BT/CSE/2011), Associate Professor at Cornell University, has been coawarded the prestigious Godel Prize for the year 2025 alongside his Ph.D. advisor, Prof. David Zuckerman, University of Texas at Austin. Wishing him continued success and happiness in all his endeavors.
June 16, 2025
Ms. Bhawna Garg
We are delighted to share that our esteemed alumna, Ms. Bhawna Garg (BT/CHE/1998), IAS, has been appointed as Principal Secretary, Jails, Government of Punjab.
Wishing her continued success and happiness in all her endeavors.
Mr. Ajay Kumar
We are delighted to share that our alumnus and former Defence Secretary, Mr. Ajay Kumar (BT/EE/1984), IAS (Retd.), Kerala cadre, has been appointed as the Chairman of UPSC by the honorable President of India for a tenure of two years.
Heartiest congratulations on this prestigious appointment!
Mr. K. Ramakrishna Rao
Congratulations to our alumnus K. Ramakrishna Rao on being appointed as the new Chief Secretary of Telangana!
May 1, 2025
Mr. Gyanesh Kumar
Congratulations to our alumnus Mr. Gyanesh Kumar (BT/CE/1985) on being appointed as the 26th Chief Election Commissioner of India.
March 8, 2025
Prof. Ashutosh Sharma
Prof. Ashutosh Sharma (BT/CHE/82) has been awarded the Padma Shri 2025 for his distinguished contributions to the field of Nanosciences and Nanotechnology.
Feb 4, 2025
Mr. Sanjay Malhotra
Mr. Sanjay Malhotra (BT/CSE/1989), was appointed as the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), with a tenure of three years.
Dec 20, 2024
Dr. Nilesh Pandey
Dr. Nilesh Pandey (PhD/EE/2022) was awarded the prestigious IEEE-EDS 2024 Early Career Award.
Dec 20, 2024
Prof. Sandhya S. Visweswariah
Prof. Sandhya S. Visweswariah (MSC2/CHM/1980), became the President-elect of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (IUBMB) at the 26th Ordinary General Assembly.
Dec 20, 2024
Mr. Rakesh Gangwal
IITK alumnus and IndiGo co-founder, Mr. Rakesh Gangwal (BT/ME/1975), has been appointed as the Chairman of Southwest Airlines.
Dec 20, 2024
Mr. Srinivas Bettadpur
Congratulations to our alumnus Mr. Srinivas Bettadpur(MT/AE/1985) on Receiving the AGU’s 2024 Whitten Medal!
Sep 20, 2024
Dr. Mohit Kumar Jolly
Congratulations to Dr. Mohit Kumar Jolly(BT/MT/BSBE/2010/2012) recipient of the prestigious Arthur T. Winfree Prize 2024!
Sep 12, 2024
Dr. Digendranath Swain
Dr. Digendranath Swain has been awarded the prestigious Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar 2024 in the category of Space Science and Technology.
Aug 28, 2024
Mr. Rahul Navin
Mr. Rahul Navin, an esteemed alumnus of IIT Kanpur, has been appointed as the Director of the Enforcement Directorate, Government of India.
Aug 28, 2024
Prof. Rajeev Alur
Congratulations to IITK Distinguished Alumnus, Prof. Rajeev Alur, on being awarded the prestigious Knuth Prize 2024.
Aug 28, 2024
Prof. Raj N. Singh(BT/MME/1967)
Congratulations to Prof. Raj N. Singh(BT/MME/1967) on being elected as a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
June 03, 2024
Mr. Sharat Sinha
Congratulations to our alumnus Mr. Sharat Sinha on being appointed as the CEO of Airtel Business!
June 03, 2024
Prof. Senthil Todadri and Prof. Ashvin Vishwanath
Congratulations to Prof. Senthil Todadri and Prof. Ashvin Vishwanath on getting elected to the National Academy of Sciences, USA.
June 03, 2024
Professor Manindra Agrawal (BT/PhD/CSE/1986/1991)
has been appointed as the Director of IIT Kanpur. We extend our heartfelt congratulations and best wishes to him on their new role.
Apr 24, 2024
Naveen Tewari(BT/ME/2001)
Congratulations to our alumnus Naveen Tewari(BT/ME/2001) on being awarded the Uttar Pradesh Gaurav Samman!
Mar 07, 2024
Ms. Deeksha Awasthi(MT/BSBE/2005)
Our alumna, Ms. Deeksha Awasthi(MT/BSBE/2005) has been recognized as a "Top Most Leader in Mental Health" at the World Wellness & Health Congress and Awards 2024.
Mar 07, 2024
Dr. Raj N. Singh(BT/MSE/1967)
Congratulations to Dr. Raj N. Singh(BT/MSE/1967) on his remarkable achievement of being selected as a Member of the National Academy of Engineering. Dr. Singh, currently serving as the Regents Professor, Williams Companies Distinguished Chair Professor, Director of Energy Technologies Programs, and Head of School of Materials Science and Engineering at Oklahoma State University.
Mar 07, 2024
Ms. Vartika Shukla (BT/CHE/1988)
Congratulations to our alumna, Ms. Vartika Shukla (BT/CHE/1988), for being honored with the prestigious "CMD of the Year" award under the Navratna category at the 13th PSE Excellence Awards. Additionally, she has been featured in 'The She List' of the Top 100 Women of India in the special issue of India Today!
Dec 30, 2023
Mr. Ashish Karandikar (BT/EE/1995)
currently serving as the Vice President of Engineering at NVIDIA, USA, donated generously to his alma mater to establish three endowed programs at the Department of Electrical Engineering.
Dec 17, 2023
Prof. Jayant K. Singh (BT/CHE/1997)
has been honored with the prestigious INAE-SERB Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship for the year 2023.
Oct 03, 2023
Prof. Nitin Saxena (BT/PhD/CSE/2002/2007)
has been awarded the prestigious J.C. Bose Fellowship..
Sep 27, 2023
Dr. Rahul Mangal(BT-MT/DUAL/CHE/2010)
is elected as an Associate Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy.
Sep 27, 2023
Dr. Neeraj Kayal(BT/PhD/CSE/2002/2007)
have been awarded the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science & Technology 2022.
Sep 20, 2023
Dr. Dipti Ranjan Sahoo(MT/PhD/CE/2004/2008)
have been awarded the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science & Technology 2022.
Sep 20, 2023
Prof. Abhay Karandikar(MT/PhD/EE/ 1988/1994)
Director of IIT Kanpur, has taken on the role of Secretary, DST, Government of India.
Sep 20, 2023
Prof. Nitin Saxena (BT/PhD/CSE/2002/2007)
from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering has been honored with the IIT Bombay International Award for Excellence in Research in Engineering and Technology.
Sep 20, 2023
Prof. Nitin Gupta(BT/CSE/2004)
Department of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering, has received the prestigious S. Ramachandran National Bioscience Award.
Sep 20, 2023Mr. Vijay Parthasarathy
has launched his insightful self-help book, "The Golden Ladder." This book provides valuable insights on achieving success in both business and life, with numerous real-life case studies.
Sep 20, 2023
Dr. Smita Hashim
Congratulations to Dr. Smita Hashim on her new role as Chief Product Officer at Zoom. She earlier served in the positions of Director and Head of Product Management at Google's Cloud Maps Platform in California. She is a distinguished alumna of IIT Kanpur.
Feb 16, 2023
Mr. Anil Bansal
Mr. Anil Bansal has been chosen as The South Asian Times Person of the Year 2022. He is an entrepreneur and a seasoned investor.
Feb 16, 2023
Shri. Raj Kumar
Shri Raj Kumar has been named Gujarat's next chief secretary. He was a member of the 1987 IAS cadre batch and has also held the positions of joint secretary for economic affairs and principal secretary for the department of food and supply for the Gujarat government.
Feb 16, 2023
Prof. Deepak Dhar
Prof. Deepak Dhar was conferred with the prestigious Padma Bhushan 2023 award by the Govt. of India in the field of Science & Engineering. He is a theoretical physicist and a distinguished professor in the Physics department of IISER Pune.
Feb 16, 2023
Mr. Pawan Kumar
Mr. Pawan Kumar, a distinguished alumnus of IITK, passed away on 6th February 2023. He did his graduation in Civil Engineering from the institute in 1969. He was an Angel investor, mentor and advisor.
Feb 16, 2023
Mr. Amit Choudhary
Mr. Amit Choudhary(BT/EE/1995) has been appointed as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Wipro. Heartiest congratulations !!
Nov 11, 2022
Mr. Rajinder Singh
Mr. Rajinder (Raj) Singh gets appointed as the Chief Risk Officer (#CRO) at NewRez LLC. He will oversee all aspects of risk, including the development and implementation of scalable #infrastructure, #analytics, processes, and systems for enterprise-wide risk management.
May 12, 2021
Prof. Thirumalai Venkatesan
Hearty congratulations to our alumnus, Professor Thirumalai Venkatesan (MSC2/PHY/1971), for getting
elected as the Fellow of the Royal Society, UK.
Prof. Jainendra K. Jain
Prof. Jainendra K. Jain gets inducted as a member of the National Academy of Sciences, USA! He is a
Distinguished Alumnus of IITK. Congratulations to our alumnus!
Ms. Vartika Shukla
Ms. Vartika Shukla takes charge as the Chairman & Managing Director at Engineers India Limited. She is
going to be the first woman CMD of EIL. Ms. Shukla currently works as the Director (Technical). She has
been associated with EIL for about 32 years.
Dr. Eshan Chattopadhyay
Congratulations to our alumnus, Dr. Eshan Chattopadhyay (BT/CSE/2011) on getting selected for the
prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.
Dr. Pravesh K Kothari
Congratulations to our alumnus, Dr. Pravesh K Kothari (BT/EE/2010) , on getting selected for the National
Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program Award
Dr. Manudeo Singh
Our alumnus, Dr. Manudeo Singh (@manudeo) gets awarded the most
coveted post-doctoral fellowships - Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship. Dr. Singh is an experienced
Geomorphologist with a demonstrated history of working on the surface hydrological systems.
He is skilled in remote-sensing & GIS for earth surface process and dynamics.
Dr. Ashutosh Tiwari
Congratulations to our alumnus, Dr. Ashutosh Tiwari (PhD/PHY/2000) for getting elected as National Academy of Inventors (#NAI) Senior Member for 2021.
Feb 17, 2021
Prof. Thirumalai Venkatesan
Congratulations to Prof. Thirumalai Venkatesan for getting appointed at the Director Designate at the Oklahoma University (OU) Center for Quantum Research & Technology.
Feb 17, 2021
Dr. Umakant Dash
Congratulations! Dr. Umakant Dash (PhD/HSS/1997) gets appointed as the Director of The Institute of Rural Management- Anand (IRMA), Gujarat. He has served as the Head of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at IIT- Madras and as Adjunct Professor at IIM - Tiruchirappalli.
Feb 16, 2021
Mr. Bipin Singh
Congratulations to Mr. Bipin Singh @bipins3 for getting appointed as VP Marketing at #Nexla to support rapid growth. Mr. Singh joins Nexla from TIBCO, where he managed product marketing for all of TIBCO's data management, analytics, and data science portfolio.
Feb 13, 2021
Dr. Achintya K. Bhowmik
Congratulations to our alumnus, Dr. @AchinBhowmik, IITK/ME/BTech, 1996, has been elected a Fellow of the #IEEE. Dr. Bhowmik is the Chief Technology Officer and Executive Vice President of engineering at Starkey Hearing.
Feb 11, 2021
Congratulations to our former faculty Prof. Sudhir Jain for getting elected as the Foreign Member of US National Academy of Engineering, and alumnus, Dr Murty VVS Yalla for getting elected as Member of NAE. Congratulations!
#iitkalumni #iitk #NAE #engineering
Feb 10, 2021
25th Reunion of Class 1996
The virtual Silver Jubilee Reunion of Class of 1996, held on Feb. 06, 2021, gave a platform to all our alumni to reconnect and relive their memories of IITK days. Over 100 alums attended the event from across the globe.
Feb 07, 2021
Dr. Deepak Sherlekar
It gives us a great pleasure to announce that our alumnus, Dr. Deepak Sherlekar (MT/CSE/1981) has been elected as a Fellow at Synopsys.
January 18, 2021
Mr Lalit Jalan
Mr Lalit Jalan @ljalan (BT/EE/1979) our distinguished alumnus and among the prestigious IITK@50 has been appointed as the Indian Chairman of 3Lines Venture Capital. My heartfelt congratulations and best wishes for his new role!
January 14, 2021
Ms. Riya Bhattacharya
Ms. Riya Bhattacharya gets listed as Top 25 Women Leaders in Financial Technology of Asia for 2020. She is the Head of Strategy and Corporate Development at Navi Technologies.
January 08, 2021
Prof. Nitin Saxena
With a glorious start to 2021, my Heartiest Congratulations to Prof Nitin Saxena (BT/PhD/CSE/2002/2007) for being elected as the Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences.
January 02, 2021
Mr. Dharmendra N. Choudhary
Congratulations to our alumnus, Mr. Dharmendra N. Choudhary (BT/ME/1988) for becoming a partner in GDLSK LLP. He is probably the first IITK alumnus to be appointed as a Partner in a US law firm.
January 02, 2021
Prof. Srivatsan S Gopalan
Our alumnus, Prof. Srivatsan S Gopalan (PHD/CHM/2003), gets selected for the Sun Pharma Research Award 2020 under Pharmaceutical Sciences category.
Dr. Gopalan is Professor in Department of Chemistry at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune.
December 30, 2020
Dr. Arvind Krishna
Dr. Arvind Krishna achieves yet another milestone. He has been appointed as the Chairman #IBM. He was appointed as the CEO of IBM in January this year.
December 18, 2020
Dr. Samanvaya Srivastava
It gives us a great pleasure to announce that our alumnus, Dr. Samanvaya Srivastava (@samanvaya), Assistant Professor at UCLA Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science, has received National Science Foundation Career Award.
December 10, 2020
Prof. Jyotirmayee Dash
We are proud to announce that our alumna, Prof. Jyotirmayee Dash won the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, 2020 in Chemical Sciences. Hearty congratulations !
September 28, 2020
Prof. Saikat Guha
Proud moment for IITK as its alumnus, Prof. Saikat Guha (BT/EE/2002), gets appointed as the Director of Center for Quantum Networks. The University of Arizona received a $26 million, five-year grant from the National Science Foundation to create the Center for Quantum Networks.
August 30, 2020
Mr. Yadupati Singhania (BT/CE/1977)
With profound grief and sorrow, we regret to inform you that one of the most esteemed alumni of IITK, Mr. Yadupati Singhania, passed away in Singapore today. Mr. Singhania was a well-renowned industrialist. He was the Managing Director of J.K. Cement Ltd.
August 13, 2020
Mr. Alok Srivastava (BT/ME/1985)
Loss of alumnus Shri Atul Srivastava. He was serving as the Director (Personnel), SAIL. Known for his leadership qualities & his work in the field of HR
Ms. Kalpana Mehta
Remembering our alumna Ms Kalpana Mehta, first women graduate from the AE, Dept. An indomitable women's rights activist, she will be remembered for the lifelong work she did for the women empowerment & right