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IIT D Alumni e-Digest - August Issue #2

 

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Web Version  |  Update preferences  |  Unsubscribe Like Tweet Forward SPOT LIGHT • FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK • SOCIETY OUTREACH - IITDAA initiative - Be a Bridge between a child and his future: • Rendezvous with Alumni – Speranza 2013 from 13-15 Sept • A Conversation with Vinod Khosla • Vinod Khosla hosts President Obama at home: • FORTHCOMING EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS • TECHNOLOGY UPDATE - What's New at IITs • TECHNOLOGY UPDATE - Around the World ALUMNI HONOURS & AWARDS Dr. Ashish Nanda, B.Tech, EE, 1981, New Director, IIMA Dr. Raghuram G. Rajan, B.Tech, EE, 1985, New RBI Governor Rajan on a high, Re at a Low Sunil Jain, B.Tech, ME, 1978 - Ambassador to Kuwait ALUMNI IN LIMELIGHT Mr. Chitranjan Dar - ITC’s ‘Noodle Man’ is a Patient Leader: IITD 2010 batch alumni startup Langhar wins $150,000 funding Mr. Brij Chandok from 1967 Batch, Executive Producer of Indo - U.S. Movie: CHOICES to Live & Die for NATIONAL HEADLINES - Cabinet moves to keep parties out of RTI - Politicians Close Ranks to Protect Themselves SOCIETY OUTREACH - A Nationalist Appeal - Real story of American Dollar v/s Indian Rupee ... An Advice to all who Love their Country & their children/Grand Children   ADVERTISEMENT FROM THE EDITOR’S DESK Here is the 2nd issue of the e-Newsletter this year for you......A rechristening of the newsletter is also on the cards... readers are invited to rack their brains & come up with some innovative & creative names that reflect the character of the newsletter. We would choose a name from your suggestions, give you creative credit for it and a gift would be sent to the deserving cases....more SOCIETY OUTREACH - IITDAA initiative - Be a Bridge between a child and his future: IITDAA would support this project by providing all possible assistance through Alumni channels to Sabka Ghar.  IITDAA will encourage the alumni to contribute funds for infrastructure for the school at sabka ghar and facilitate the required bridge building between the members of alumni ...more Rendezvous with Alumni – Speranza 2013 from 13-15 Sept We cordially invite you, on behalf of the BSW and the IITDAA, for ‘Rendezvous with Alumni’, an enriching confluence of current students and experienced alumni takes place. It is an informal...more A Conversation with Vinod Khosla The event was organized on 2nd September- during the minors for some - at 6pm in the Seminar Hall. The Hall was packed with students-both UG and PG- professors and IITD Alumni ...more Vinod Khosla hosts President Obama at home: Hosting a dinner for the president of the United States is a feast very few people can claim to ...more FORTHCOMING EVENTS & ANNOUNCEMENTS Literati 2013 from 13-15 September Rendezvous with Alumni – Speranza 2013 on 13-15 September 2013 IIT Alumni Association, Kolkata Chapter -Annual Gala Get-together & Dinner and AGM Interaction with the CM of Goa, an IIT Alumnus - 22nd September IITD AA Mumbai Chapter Picnic @ Powai, Sep 22nd 11.30 am onwards IIT Delhi Alumni Award Felicitation Function  - 9th November 1st RAY Games 2013 (Indoor Games Competition)  23-24 November,  2013  Class of 66 – Get-together 14th December 2013  2nd Asian Congress on Biotechnology (ACB 2013) 15-19 Dec Silver Jubilee Reunion Batch of 1989 on  27-29 Dec.`13 TECHNOLOGY UPDATE - What's New at IITs State Govt. has roped in IITD  to set technical parameters for the motor or battery-powered rickshaws IIT - Kharagpur devises filter for village schools A -200° C refrigerator developed by IITM IISc, IIT-B make jet engines quieter Canadian firm takes IIT to SC over Aakash deal TECHNOLOGY UPDATE - Around the World From SF to LA in 30min. California Billionaire Unveils Vision Of Futuristic Train? First ‘electric’ road charges buses in S Korea New-Age Spellcheck Model Solar Village; all households get solar power THE MONTH THAT WAS - REVIEW OF EVENTS Lecture on Right To Information & Democratic Survival by Aruna Roy held on 7th Aug. IITDAA Kolkata Chapter get-together held on 10th Aug. Independence Day celebrations at IIT Delhi held on 15th Aug Institute Day held on 16th August 2013: 13th Sustainable Energy Summit Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia @ IIT Delhi IITD EDC’s orientation cum lecture session: 4th September, 2013 Prof. Partha Pratim Chakraborty new IIT-Kharagpur Director, finally! After a gap of almost one year, the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur received a new director Remembering Dr. B. K. Ahuja many of you will recall that and I can almost imagine many of us copying the way he spoke! IIT NEWS ROUND UP -IITD Campus now boasts a 10G capable network -Enactus IIT Delhi's Project Aanch - Because Cooking Shouldn’t Kill -IIT tuition fees just 26.5% of expense on students -Seven IITs, Infosys, TCS, Cognizant and Nasscom team up to provide free online courses -HRD ministry launches all-India survey on higher education -CCEA approves collaboration between IIT Hyd. and Japan - Foreigners not impreseed by IIT Note: The views expressed in the newsletter are those of the authors in their individual capacity only. The Alumni Association does not subscribe to these views in any way. Questions or comments: Please email to edi...@iitdalumni.com or call us on 91-11-26868523. IIT Delh Alumni Association, Nalanda House, IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016. Email: off...@iitdalumni.com Website: www.iitdalumni.com Edit your subscription | Unsubscribe CHIEF EDITOR - C.K.Jain,67/BT/CE EDITORS - Atul Bal, 92/MT/MG, Satish Chauhan, IITDAA Office Note: If you have any news/ideas/articles, which might be interesting for the alumni community, please share them with us.

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