Dear Friend,

Greetings from IIT, Bombay!

The agreeable month of June serves as a promise of cooler, rainy days to come, an escape from the unforgiving month of scorching month of May. This month marks the joining of another batch of alumni as our ambassadors to the world. We wish all of them a great and successful life ahead.

The Institute Technical Summer Project (ITSP) kickstarted in this month with a new set of inquisitive technical enthusiasts. The ITSP started in 2012 with the motivation of providing institute’s freshmen an opportunity to gain firsthand experience on a technical project. ITSP has been a huge success among students over the years and some really interesting projects have come out of it.

After relentlessly chasing their envious inspiration and powering through days of perspiration, IIT-Bombay Racing Team launched their sixth generation electric race car, ‘EVo X’ on May 26th. The car was officially unveiled by Prof. Devang Khakkar, Director, IITB. The team guided by Prof. Amber Shrivastava, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, has earlier won Formula Bharat's "Electric Vehicle Concept Challenge" in January 2017 and "Formula Student" award for 4th consecutive year organized by Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IMECHE). The car will race in Formula Student Competition, to be held at the home of British Grand Prix, Silverstone Circuit, UK in July 2018, the international parallel of Formula One at the engineering college level.

I am happy to share that IIT Bombay has won the Clarivate Analytics India Innovation Award 2018 in the Academic Institutions category. The award places IIT Bombay in the top 12 innovators in India. Prof. A.K. Suresh, Deputy Director (AIA) received the award on behalf of IIT Bombay at a ceremony hosted by Clarivate Analytics on May 16, 2018 in Bengaluru.

With great pleasure do I inform you that Prof. Krishna P. Kaliappan, Department of Chemistry, has been appointed as the Dean (Faculty Affairs) vice Prof. Abhay Karandikar,  who was appointed as the Director, IIT Kanpur. Prof. Kaliappan has taken over the charge w.e.f. today, 10th May, 2018.

I feel great pride in reminiscing Late Mr. Satyendra K. Dubey, a 1994 IIT Kanpur alumnus with B.Tech degree of Civil Engineering, who sacrificed his life while upholding the integrity and dignity of his profession. Nominations for the Satyendra K. Dubey Memorial Award are invited in his memory. Kindly note that this award is open to Alumni of any IIT.

Kindly take a few minutes of your valuable time to nominate by clicking this link.

Details of past recipients which include Mr. Arvind Kejriwal, Prof. G. P. Bagaria, Mr. Shailesh R. Gandhi among others are available here.

The generous contribution received from our alumni, corporate entities, and other friends of the Institute helps on making an important difference in our endeavor to pursue global excellence. The contribution towards Institute Development, Infrastructure Development, Young Faculty Awards, Chair Professorships, Hostel Development, Student Development, etc. are examples of utilization of these funds for the betterment of the Institute. We invite you to contribute to the Institute’s betterment to the best of your ability.

Suhas Joshi,

Dean, Alumni and Corporate Relations.

Tel: +91-22-2576-7023, E-Mail: dean.acr.office@iitb.ac.in