The alumni of IIT Kharagpur have achieved prominence in various fields. Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya was awarded the CBE, a knighthood,[45] and Padma Bhushan; and V. C. Kulandaiswamy was awarded Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.[46] Mani Lal Bhaumik invented the excimer laser. Srikumar bannerjee became the Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre[47] and Kirit Parikh was the founder director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) and a member of Union Planning Commission of India. In the corporate world, Suhas Patil founded Cirrus Logic, Arjun Malhotra co-founded HCL Technologies, Vinod Gupta founded InfoUSA, Ajit Jain became president of Berkshire Hathaway's Reinsurance Group, and Arun Sarin became the CEO of Vodafone.[48], Ramesh Chandra founded Unitech Group, India's second largest real estate company[49]. R. Gopalakrishnan is the Director of Tata Motors and Tata Power.[50] Prith Banerjee has been appointed as the worldwide director of HP Labs, the research wing of Hewlett-Packard.[51] The Vinod Gupta School of Management and Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law were established with donated funds from Vinod Gupta. Other centres built by funding from alumni include the G.S. Sanyal School of Telecommunication and VLSI-CAD laboratory. The IIT Foundation, started by Vinod Gupta in 1992, is the alumni association of the institute having chapters in many cities in India and abroad. Dr. Subrata Gupta IAS is the Director of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation.[52] The alumni association publishes the quarterly newsletter KGPian for the alumni.[53] The institute also publishes a monthly e-newsletter titled KGP Konnexion for alumni.[54] IIT Kharagpur has a dean for alumni affairs to manage liaisons with alumni. The institute organises an annual alumni meet in January. The US-based alumni of IIT Kharagpur have started the Vision 2020 fundraiser, intending to provide infrastructure (like labs and equipment) and attract and retain faculty and students. The objective of Vision 2020 is to raise a US$200 million endowment fund by the year 2020 for technology education, research and innovation related growth of the institute.[55]Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur - Alumni initiatives
The alumni of IIT Kharagpur have achieved prominence in various fields. Sushantha Kumar Bhattacharyya was awarded the CBE, a knighthood,[45] and Padma Bhushan; and V. C. Kulandaiswamy was awarded Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan.[46] Mani Lal Bhaumik invented the excimer laser. Srikumar bannerjee became the Director of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre[47] and Kirit Parikh was the founder director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research (IGIDR) and a member of Union Planning Commission of India. In the corporate world, Suhas Patil founded Cirrus Logic, Arjun Malhotra co-founded HCL Technologies, Vinod Gupta founded InfoUSA, Ajit Jain became president of Berkshire Hathaway's Reinsurance Group, and Arun Sarin became the CEO of Vodafone.[48], Ramesh Chandra founded Unitech Group, India's second largest real estate company[49]. R. Gopalakrishnan is the Director of Tata Motors and Tata Power.[50] Prith Banerjee has been appointed as the worldwide director of HP Labs, the research wing of Hewlett-Packard.[51] The Vinod Gupta School of Management and Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law were established with donated funds from Vinod Gupta. Other centres built by funding from alumni include the G.S. Sanyal School of Telecommunication and VLSI-CAD laboratory. The IIT Foundation, started by Vinod Gupta in 1992, is the alumni association of the institute having chapters in many cities in India and abroad. Dr. Subrata Gupta IAS is the Director of West Bengal Industrial Development Corporation.[52] The alumni association publishes the quarterly newsletter KGPian for the alumni.[53] The institute also publishes a monthly e-newsletter titled KGP Konnexion for alumni.[54] IIT Kharagpur has a dean for alumni affairs to manage liaisons with alumni. The institute organises an annual alumni meet in January. The US-based alumni of IIT Kharagpur have started the Vision 2020 fundraiser, intending to provide infrastructure (like labs and equipment) and attract and retain faculty and students. The objective of Vision 2020 is to raise a US$200 million endowment fund by the year 2020 for technology education, research and innovation related growth of the institute.[55]
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