Karan Patel is a 5th-year Dual Degree student in the Dept. of Electrical Engineering and is minoring in Operations Management. He did his summer research internship at the end of his 4th-year at the Operations Research Center, MIT Sloan School of Management. Chennai 36 got an opportunity to talk to him. The gist of the interview is as follows: Hello Karan! Can you tell us about your internship experience and about the topic that you worked on? My internship at the ORC, MIT Sl

Dr. Seeram Ramakrishna , Director of Centre for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology at the National University of Singapore, completed his post graduation from Department of Mechanical Engineering in the year 1988. He is the co-founder of Global Engineering Deans Council and also an editorial board member of international journals. It was a matter of immense pride for Chennai36 to interact with him a day before he was conferred the Distinguished Alumnus Award for 2018. Read on to k

Isha Singh, from the Department of Biological Engineering,  did her summer internship at Flipkart. In an interview with Chennai36, she talks about the selection process, her projects and gives some preparation guidelines. How is your insti life? What are the activities that you take part in? I just completed my third year in Biological Engineering. I recently became a Core in Shaastra’s Shows and Exhibitions. I usually go out cycling in the evening, or Netflix when I have no

Hello Devashish. Can you please tell us where you are currently doing your internship and on what topic are you focusing on? Hi. So right now I am working at the University of Tokyo. The internship I am doing comes under the IJEP program, which is organized by the University of Tokyo. I am working in the Department of Mechanical Engineering under Prof. Shigeo Maruyama on carbon nanotubes and related one-dimensional Van-der Waals heterostructures. My topic focuses on small dia

Dr. Satya Gupta is among one of the DAAs of this year. He is a graduate from the Department of Chemical Engineering , the batch of ‘74. He currently works as a Technology fellow at Baker Hughes, a GE company. He takes us on a ride through the journey of his life. Could you recollect your journey at IITM? Yeah, It was sort of strange. IIT was never in my plans. And it so happened that I’m glad it happened. More than the education we got here, the friendships we made here as we

Shri. V.M Thomas graduated in 1973 with a B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering from IITM. After graduation, he went on to work with HAL, TI DIamonds, and Johnson Lifts, where he is now the Joint Managing Director. He was awarded the prestigious Distinguished Alumni Award on 26th April 2018. The Chennai36 team caught up with him for a short interview! Congratulations on being conferred the “Distinguished Alumni Award 2018”! What thought/feelings are running through your mind on th

Mr. Lazar T. Chittilapilly was just one among many students who graduated in ‘83 with a B.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering, just an ordinary student, or so he claims. After completing his post graduation at IISc Bangalore, he now works as the the Project Manager  in the Air Breathing Propulsion Project. His involvement has helped the project progress by leaps and bounds. An awardee of the Distinguished Alumni Award 2018, he has given an interview to Chennai36 where he talks abo

Dr. Nagabhushana Sindushayana graduated with a BTech degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras in the year 1989. He completed his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University and is presently the Vice President of Technology in Qualcomm Inc. With more than two decades of contributions in the telecommunications sector, he is responsible for the advancement of communication theory and for innovative implementation leading to the commercial realization of Broad

Dr. Sridhar R. Tayur, a Mechanical Engineering alumnus from the Batch of 1986 is an American business professor, entrepreneur, and management thinker. He is Ford Distinguished Research Chair and Professor of Operations Management at Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University the founder of SmartOps Corporation and OrganJet Corporation, and served as the CEO of SmartOps from 2000 to 2011. Also a proud recipient of the Distinguished Alumni Award on Institute Day 2018

Dr. Chandy graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering (Electronics) from IIT Madras in 1965, and later, with a Master’s degree from the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn in 1966. In 1969, he obtained his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Electrical Engineering at the Operations Research Center. After working for Honeywell and IBM, Dr. Chandy joined the Computer Science Department of the University of Texas at Austin and served from 1970-1

Dr. Sudhir Kumar Mishra graduated with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras in 1995. Since August 2014, he has served as Distinguished Scientist & Director General (BrahMos), DRDO, Ministry of Defence, and CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace, leading an R&D team to design, develop, test, produce and maintain the world’s fastest supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, encompassing its complete life cycle. Chennai36 had the opportunity to interview him when he came do

Anshuman Karthik from the Department of Mechanical Engineering did his summer internship at Goldman Sachs. In an interview with Chennai36, he talks about the project, the selection procedure and shares some preparation guidelines. Read on to know more about the much coveted Go Tell us something about the Summer Analyst Programme that you are a part of. Actually, I am not entirely sure yet! It will take me a while before I fully understand the programme. What I know is that th

Tanmay Bagree from the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering did his summer internship at Nomura. In an interview with Chennai36, he talks about his profile at Nomura, the selection procedure and shares some preparation guidelines. Read on to know more about getting an intern at one of India’s most reputed NBFCs (google NBFC to kick-start your finance prep :p) Why finance and why Nomura? “I’ve had some finance background because of my family and I was also int

In an interview with Chennai 36, ITC KITES intern and Mechie, Keerthana shares her experiences and tips for aspirants. You’re part of the KITES programme. Maybe you could tell us something about the programme itself? KITES expands to Knowledge Innovation Talent Excellence Series. It is a recruitment series. Interns, as well as employees, are hired under this programme. Usually, the KITES interns are restricted to the top IITs and IIMs, as well as a few NITs. At the company,

Pranjali Manjarekar from the Departement of Mechanical Engineering talks about her internship experience at Hindustan Unilever Limited. Read on to know about the selection process for the FMCG profile, her workspace experience, about working in a new city and much more. Tell us about your insti life? What are the various activities you take part in insti? I’m a third-year Mechanical Engineering Dual Degree student. My insti life is pretty chill. I’m a part of the cultural fes

Vishal Mohanty from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering was among the 50 students selected out of the 53000 applicants to intern at Google. In this interview, he talks extensively about his preparation methods and his experience working on projects which had an impact on millions of users. How is your insti life and what are the various activities that you take part in at insti? My insti life is pretty simple. Apart from acads and stuff I really don’t do much.

Could you tell us something about yourself? My name is Pradeep. I am a fourth-year chemical engineering student. In my free time, I usually watch Anime and TV series. I also play badminton. You had done a research intern at IISc after your second year. Did it help you with your third-year internship? My idea was to first explore research before going into anything else. My second-year intern just made me realize that I am not ready for research. It’s slow paced. It just gives

Vishnuwardhan Srikanth from the Department of Electrical Engineering did his summer internship with Amazon Web Services. In an interview with Chennai36, he talks about life at Amazon, the selection procedure and the key takeaways from this internship. Tell us a little something about your internship- work location, your work profile and the work culture over there. My internship was based in Chennai and the profile was Software engineering development intern. The work culture

Satya Sundar Patra from the Department of Civil Engineering did his summer research internship at the prestigious Purdue University in Indiana USA. The Chennai36 team caught up with him through an interview where he talks about getting interested in research, how to apply for foreign interns, life at Purdue and much more. Were you interested in research beforehand or Did you want to explore it? In my second year, I founded a startup called CAVAL, and then from the institute

Saket Kumar Jha from the Department of Chemical Engineering did his summer internship with Schlumberger. In an interview with Chennai36, he talks about life at Schlumberger, the selection procedure and what one can expect to gain from this internship. Tell us a little something about your intern- work location, your work profile. I got an internship in Schlumberger as a field engineer trainee. Schlumberger is an Oil and Gas services provider, so my work was more or less relat