Congratulations to Prof. Nitin Gupta on receiving the S. Ramachandran National Bioscience Award. This #award is given by the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India, to recognize #scientists below 45 years of age who have made outstanding #contributions in basic...

Our heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Smita Hashim on joining Zoom as the Chief Product Officer. She earlier served as Director & Head of Product Management, Google Cloud Maps Platform at Google, California. She is a Distinguished Alumna of @IITKanpur

Congratulations to our Young Alumnus Awardee 2022, Dr. Deepak Pathak for getting awarded the 2022 Okawa Research Grant. He is one of seven professors in the U.S. to receive the prestigious grant from the Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications.

We extend our heartfelt gratitude to our alumnus, Mr. Deepak Narula for generously donating to the Gangwal School of Medical Sciences & Technology. Mr. Narula is the Founder and Managing Partner of Metacapital Management.

Congratulations to our alumnus Mr. Amit Choudhury for getting appointed as the Chief Operating Officer of @Wipro

Congratulations to Prof. Yashwant Gupta (BT/EE/1985) for getting elected as the Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (#INAE). He is the Distinguished Professor, and Center Director at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, TIFR.

Congratulations to our alumnus, Prof. K. K. Pant on getting appointed as the Director of the Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee. He has earlier served as the Dean of Faculty at IIT Delhi. He is also the Petrotech (FIPI) Chair Professor...

Congratulations to our Distinguished alumnus and IITK faculty, Prof. Nitin Saxena for getting elected as the Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (#INAE). This is in #recognition of his distinguished contribution to the fields of #engineering and #technology.

Congratulations to our alumnus, Mr. Amit Kumar on getting appointed as the next Ambassador of India to the Republic of (South) Korea. Mr. Kumar (IFS: 1995) currently serves as Consul General, Consulate General of India, Chicago.

Our Distinguished alumnus, Prof. K V Subramanian has been named as the Executive Director (India) at the International Monetary Fund.

Congratulations to our Distinguished alumnus, Dr. Rakesh K. Jain for being selected to receive 2022 Szent-Gyorgyi Prize for Progress in Cancer Research.

Heartiest congratulations to Prof Ashutosh Sharma (BT/CHE/1982) Department of Chemical Engineering

Dr. Arvind Krishna (BT/EE/1985) has been elected to Board of Directors of Federal Reserve Bank of New York.

Congratulations to Shri Pradeep Goyal (BT/MME/1978) for getting elected as the Senior VP of ASM International.

It is with deep sorrow and regret, we inform you the demise of Shri Umang Gupta.

Mr. Bindra's contributions to @IITKanpur are invaluable.

As our another alumnus, Mr. Anil Bansal contributes towards the medical school project.

Congratulations to Mr. Rahul Shekhar for securing All India Rank 3 in UPSC- Indian Engineering Services 2021!

Congratulations to our alumnus, Mr. Sanjay Pandey for getting appointed as the new Chief of Mumbai Police. He is a 1986 batch IPS officer.

Prof. Arvind Agarwal gets selected as the Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (#AAAS). Prof. Agarwal was elected for his distinguished contributions to advanced #materials, #plasma spraying and carbon nanotube composites...

We are extremely proud to announce that our alumnus, Prof. Deepak Dhar (MSC2/PHY/1973) has been selected for the prestigious Boltzmann Medal 2022 in Physics! He is the first Indian to receive this honor.

Congratulations to our alumnus, Dr. Pravesh K Kothari (@praveshkkothari ) for getting elected as the 2022 Sloan Research Fellow! Dr. Kothari is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University.

Congratulations to our alumna, Dr. Jayati Sengupta (MSC2/CHM/1990) for getting the prestigious SERB Power Fellowship! Dr. Sengupta is a Senior Principal Scientist at CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata.

Our alumnus, Shri Sanjay Malhotra (BT/CSE/1989), gets appointed as the Financial Services Secretary. The Department of Financial Services comes under the Ministry of #Finance, and its mandate covers the functioning of #banks, financial institutions...

Our Distinguished Alumnus 2021, Prof. Abhay Deshpande, has been named a 2021 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

We take great pride in announcing that our alumnus, Dr. Anil K. Rajvanshi (@akraj59 ) has been honored with Padma Shri 2022 by the Government of India!

Congratulations to our alumnus, Prof. Tarun Souradeep for taking charge as the Director of Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru. He is a Senior gravitational waves and cosmology physicist. He was earlier a professor and Chair of the Physics Dept. of IISER, Pune.

Prof. Devesh Tiwari gets awarded NSF CAREER grant for "Qurious: Methods for Making Erroneous Near-term Quantum Computers More Usable." Prof. Tiwari is an Assistant Professor at Northeastern University College of Engineering.

Mr. Piyush Arora gets appointed as the Managing Director of Skoda Auto Volkswagen India. Congratulations! Mr. Arora has over 30 years of experience in the #automotive industry and has extensive knowledge of the Indian #market.

Congratulations to our alumnus, Dr. K. Sriram and his team for receiving the US Department of Commerce Gold Medal Award 2021. The team is recognized for outstanding contributions in the #design, standardization, and widespread deployment of #technologies that resolve critical..

Shri Puneet Kumar Goel (BT/EE/1987) gets appointed as the Chief Secretary of Goa. He is an IAS officer of 1991 batch (AGMU Cadre).

Air Marshal Raj Karan Singh Shera (MT/EE/1990) was honored with Param Vishisht Seva Medal by the Hon'ble President Shri Ram Nath Kovind Ji. Air Marshal Shera is a Distinguished Alumnus (2020)

We thank Dr. Dev Joneja and Mr. Hemant Jalan for this support. This is indeed a huge boost to our #SMRT project. This project has gained momentum due to the generosity shown by our alumni, well-wishers and corporates.

Congratulations to our alumnus, Prof. Thirumalai Venkatesan for getting elected as the Fellow of National Academy of Inventors!

Developed by Prof. Jayant Singh (@SinghIITK ) and his team, Bhu Parikshak will provide assistance to farmers by determining soil nutrient contents with prediction of fertilizers for particular crop with specific field size.

We are delighted to announce that Dr. Neeraj Kayal has been awarded the Infosys Prize 2021 in Mathematical Sciences for his outstanding contributions to Computational Complexity.

Congratulations to our alumnus, Prof. Jayant K. Singh ( @SinghIITK ) on receiving the Herdillia Award 2021 for Excellence in Basic Research and Engineering!

Our heartfelt congratulations to our alumni, Prof. S.A. Ramakrishna, Prof. Jayant K. Singh ( @SinghIITK ), and Prof. Nitin Saxena ( @NitinInTheory ) for getting selected for the prestigious Fellowship of the National Academy of Sciences, India (#NASI).

We congratulate our alumnus, Dr. Raghvendra Chaudhary, on getting selected for the prestigious Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award of the National Academy of Sciences, India (#NASI), 2021.

Hearty Congratulations to Prof Nitin Gupta, Dept of BSBE @IITKanpur for being selected for the prestigious Swarnajayanti Fellowship in Life Sciences from the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India.

Through the generosity of Mr. Lokvir Kapoor, our alumnus, @IITKanpur has instituted 'Bright Minds Scholarships' program to top 100 AIR students in #JEEAdvanced2021 ! These #scholarships would cover tuition and other expenses.

Congratulations to our alumna, Dr. Renu Mehra, on getting selected for the prestigious Marie R. Pistilli Women in Engineering Achievement Award. This award honors her work as a #pioneer in design #automation for Power Management.

Our heartfelt congratulations to our alumnus, Prof. Yogesh Singh Chauhan ( @yogeshs36114738 ) on getting elected as Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering(#INAE) for the year 2021.

We thank our esteemed alumnus, Mr. Muktesh Pant, for donating USD 1 million for setting up Shivani Centre for the Nurture and Re-Integration of Hindi and Other Indian Languages at IIT Kanpur. Being established with a grant of USD 1 million ...

Congratulations to our alumnus, Mr. Rajat Dhawan (BT/CHE/1994) for getting appointed as the Managing Partner of McKinsey India. Mr. Dhawan also leads McKinsey's Advanced Industries Practice in Asia.

Prof. Jayant Singh ( @SinghIITK ), the Dean of Resources and Alumni, extends his sincere thanks to Mr. Sudhakar Kesavan for establishing Chandrakanta Kesavan Centre for Energy Policy and Climate Solutions at IIT Kanpur.

Mr. Satish Kumar, IITK alumnus, co-founded Edulastic/Snapwiz to empower K-12 educators to transform digital learning in the US. The idea of the company was built on a deeply rooted conviction that #education is the greatest equalizer in a society

Congratulations to our alumnus, Dr. Sanjay Ranka (BT/CSE/1985) for getting promoted to Distinguished Professor at the University of Florida in the Department of Computer Information Science and Engineering.

Our alumnus, Mr. Dheeraj Mekala was awarded UCSD CSE MS Student Achievement for Excellence in Research, 2021. He an MS student majoring in Computer Science at the University of California, San Diego.

We express our sincere gratitude to our esteemed alumnus, Dr. Dev Joneja for the #contribution. Dr. Joneja has instituted Faculty Chair in his Mother's name, Smt. Pavitar Joneja in the HSS Dept. of IITK. He is one of the top benefactors of our Institute.

Our alumni keep striding new heights. Congratulations to Dr. Kamesh Subbarao on getting elected as the American Astronautical Society Fellow 2020.

IITK alumnus, Mr. Pankaj Agarwal, gets featured in Fortune India 40 Under 40, 2021. He is the Founder and CEO @taghive Inc. Founded in 2017, TagHive is a Samsung-funded #education #technology company with headquarters in South Korea and India.

Our heartfelt congratulations to Mr. Satya Gupta on getting honored with the CTO of the Year Award 2021. Mr. Gupta is the Founder and CTO of Virsec Systems. He did his http://B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from @IITKanpur in 1982.

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.

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 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 takes charge as the Chairman & Managing Director at Engineers India Limited. She is going to be the first woman CMD of EIL.

Congratulations to our alumnus, Dr. Eshan Chattopadhyay on getting selected for the prestigious National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Awards.

Congratulations to our alumnus, Dr. Pravesh K Kothari , on getting selected for the National Science Foundation Faculty Early Career Development Program Award.

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.

Congratulations to our alumnus, Dr. Ashutosh Tiwari (PhD/PHY/2000) for getting elected as National Academy of Inventors (#NAI) Senior Member for 2021.

Congratulations to Prof. Thirumalai Venkatesan for getting appointed at the Director Designate at the Oklahoma University (OU) Center for Quantum Research & Technology.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

Congratulations to our alumnus, Prof. Yogesh Singh Chauhan (MT/EE/2003) and Prof. S.C. Srivastava for getting selected for IEEE Fellowship!

We are happy to announce that Mr. Udai P. Singh became the new Secretary General of the Asian Civil Engineering Coordinating Council (ACECC) on 6th October 2020.

We are proud to announce that our alumna, Prof. Jyotirmayee Dash won the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, 2020 in Chemical Sciences. Hearty congratulations !

Our alumni are reaching new heights. Dr. Arvind Agarwal (BT/MME/1993) was recently elected to the National Academy of Inventors August 2020 Class of Senior Members. Dr. Agarwal is one of the 38 newly elected NAI Senior Members from 24 different universities across the country. He is the Chairman and a Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering (MME) at the Florida International University. Congratulations!

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.

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.

Our alumni have always come forward to help the institute in times of need. In one such example, Mr. Mahesh Gupta, Founder-Chairman, #Kent RO has extended a helping hand by donating Rs. 20 lacs for #OneAlumnusOneStudent campaign. #iitkalumni #campaign #IT #CSR

Proud Moment: IIT Kanpur alumna, Ms Vartika Shukla has been appointed as the Director (Technical) of Engineers India Limited (EIL), a Navratna PSU under the administrative control of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoPNG). Congratulations Ma'am!

We are delighted to have our distinguished alumnus, Dr Mahesh Gupta, Chairman & MD, Kent RO Systems Ltd. as a nominee of the UP Government on @IITKanpur BoG. Thanks to @UPGovt @CMOfficeUP for nominating him! Welcome, Mahesh Gupta.

Mr Chanchal Kumar a Bihar cadre IAS officer, has won the 'Award of Excellence' under the Digital India Initiative called 'Bihar Pravasi Sahayta Yojna'

It saddens us to share the demise of Prof. Prasad Dhurjati (BT/CHE/1977). He was the professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with joint appointments in the Department of Mathematical Sciences and Biological Sciences at the University of Delaware.

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

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.

Dr. V. Palaniappan (PHD/CHM/1988) on getting appointed as the CTO of Aruvant Science Inc.

IIT Kanpur alumnus Mr Sirish Bajpai(BT/EE/88) has been appointed as the Chief Technical Officer(CTO) for Pitstop.

Dr. Abdul Qayum(BT/CE/2008) achieves yet another feat. On National Civil Service Day, 21st April, 2020 Dr. Qayum was honored as 'India's Noted Officers'. He was was recognized and honored for his relentless service and commitment to the Nation.

Mr. Amit Singh Chauhan (IITK alumnus) creates a NatureS Box, a bin with special coating that would kill pathogens living in bins. NatureS Box would be effective in managing cleanliness of litter bins especially in public places.

Prof. Srivatsan Seergazhi Gopalan (PhD/CHM/2003) on receiving the Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) Bronze medal for 2020. The Medal recognizes his eminent contributions in the area of biophysics and chemistry of nucleic acids.

Prof. Rishikesha Krishnan(MSc/PHY/1986) has been appointed as the Director of IIM, Bangalore. Prof Krishnan is an author, columnist & professor of management who focuses on strategy & innovation.

Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey has been appointed as the new Finance Secretary. He has successfully run important institutions like, the Department of Revenue, the Goods and Services Tax Network and the Unique Identification Authority of India. He brought in many crucial reforms and new policies in in these institutions.

It gives us a great pleasure to announce that our alumnus, Dr. Abdul Qayum (BT/CE/2008) has been felicitated with National Awards for eGovernance 2020. This award is in recognition of the work he did in Arunachal Pradesh towards reducing the number of forests fire cases.

It is with great pleasure Alumni association announces that our Distinguished Alumnus Awardee 2019, Dr Arvind Krishna (BT/EE/1985) has been named as the CEO of IBM Corp.