IIMA Endowment Fund Appoints Sucheta Mahapatra as CEO
IIMA Endowment Fund names alumna Sucheta Mahapatra as CEO to expand alumni engagement, strengthen philanthropic partnerships, and mobilise long-term resources for strategic priorities.
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High Court Restores IIT‑Ropar Scholar’s PhD Seat, Rules Resignation Was ‘Involuntary’ After Unaddressed Harassment Complaint
Punjab and Haryana High Court sets aside IIT‑Ropar’s acceptance of a research scholar’s resignation, directing the institute to reinstate her after finding resignation tendered under compelling circumstances.
IIT‑IIM Alumnus Prabhjeet Singh Appointed OpenAI’s Managing Director for India
OpenAI names IIT Kharagpur–IIM Ahmedabad alumnus Prabhjeet Singh as Managing Director for India to lead growth, partnerships, regulation and enterprise adoption.
IIT Kanpur Alumnus Jainendra K. Jain Becomes First Indian-Origin Scientist to Win the Wolf Prize in Physics
Jainendra K. Jain won the Wolf Prize in Physics for discovering composite fermions, a breakthrough that transformed quantum theory and inspired future quantum computing research.
IIT Roorkee Alumna Vinita Gupta Became the First Indian-Origin Woman to Take Her Silicon Valley Company Public
IIT Roorkee alumna Vinita Gupta made history by taking Digital Link public on Nasdaq, inspiring women engineers with her innovation, leadership, and perseverance.
IIM Bangalore Announces 2026 Distinguished Alumni Awards
IIM Bangalore confers 2026 Distinguished Alumni Awards on Arun Pai, Rashmi Mohanty, Manish Tiwary, Karthik Reddy, and Dipesh Shah for exceptional achievements in Civic Service, Finance, Corporate Leadership, Venture Capital, and Technology respectively.
Grab‑and‑Go Coffee Chain abcoffee Bags ₹61 Crore Pre‑Series B
Tech‑enabled grab‑and‑go coffee chain abcoffee has raised ₹61 crore in Pre‑Series B funding led by Kliff Ventures to expand across metro markets and strengthen its tech and supply chain.
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad Team Bags Second Place at Prestigious Imperial Barrel Award Asia Pacific 2026
A student team from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad has secured second place at the Imperial Barrel Award 2026 Asia Pacific Regional Competition, a top global contest for geoscience and petroleum‑engineering students.
Global Rank Puts NITK Faculty in Spotlight
Associate Professor Dr. Sreevalsa Kolathayar of National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK) Surathkal has been recognised in the global list “50 Influential Thought Leaders in Civil Engineering – 2026.”
IIT Kharagpur Students Turn Storm‑Fallen Mangoes into Homemade Achar Inside Hostel
After a storm shook IIT Kharagpur, hostel students collected fallen raw mangoes and turned them into aromatic homemade pickle, turning campus life into a viral social‑media story.