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

Dr. Noshir Contractor is an alumnus of the batch of 1983, Department of Electrical Engineering . He was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Award on this institute day. He is the Jane S. & William J. Professor of Behavioral Sciences at the Northwestern University, USA . In an interview with Chennai 36, he talks about his unconventional research on behavioral science and organization research and reminisces about his insti days. How would you describe your time at IIT Madras? Are

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

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

Swaminathan (Sam) Sivakumar is an Intel Senior Fellow in the Technology and Manufacturing Group and Director of Lithography in the Portland Technology Development organization at Intel Corporation, leading the definition, development and deployment of Intel’s next-generation lithography processes. He is also responsible for developing resolution-enhancement technique s and optical proximity correction technologies in support of Intel’s leading-edge patterning solutions. Chenn