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Branding IITs: Call new IITs by another name, say directors
General topics animeshyadav writes "Directors of some Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are understood to have written to Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia urging the government to give the proposed IITs some other name"
Posted by gops on Friday, April 04 @ 10:41:59 MST (88 reads)
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IIT Roorkee alumni appointed CEO of BALCO
Alumni related topics Anonymous writes "Mr. Gunjan Gupta, class of 1989, IITR has been appointed as the CEO of Bharat Aluminium Company (BALCO), a subsidiary of vedanta resources plc. "
Posted by gops on Sunday, March 23 @ 23:17:47 MST (120 reads)
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'More and more jobs are shifting to India'
Alumni related topics ajay_iitr writes "Ranjan Sinha is the founder of Summit HR Worldwide. Engaged in human resource and recruitment process outsourcing services, the firm helps companies in the US, Europe and India to hire the 'right people'. "
Posted by gops on Tuesday, February 12 @ 18:41:45 MST (161 reads)
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IITR Alumni meet to be held on 05.04.2008 in Mumbai
IITR - Bombay News ajaysaroj writes "Dear Thomsonians,

It is to inform you all that we are organizing ‘Mumbai Chapter of IITR Alumni Association’ on 05th April 2008. We are in the process of updating our data-base of Thomsonians. "
Posted by gops on Tuesday, February 12 @ 18:41:21 MST (162 reads)
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Alok Fund - please help fellow alumni
IITR - Lucknow News One of fellow thomsonians, Alok Singh (BE Roorkee 97) and his family are really facing hardships due to some unfortunate events. Please go through mails below.

Alok is alumnus of IIM Lucknow, 2001 batch also. IIML Alumni is trying to help Alok and has already created Alok fund.. I request all Roorkee alumni to help Alok financially at this stage. Below mentioned mail gives details about fund transfer mechanisms.
Posted by gops on Tuesday, February 05 @ 23:09:21 MST (192 reads)
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SK Agarwal - IITR-1975, contributed to Nuclear Reactor construction in India
IITR - Bombay News Many villagers around Koodankulam named their children after him. Shri SKAgarwal was responsible for the construction of all nuclear reactors in the country and those about to come up, including six coastal projects involving imported reactors.
Posted by gops on Friday, January 18 @ 12:07:23 MST (410 reads)
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Fed Govt. looking to hire 40 Electrical Engineers in DC (pay $51K-$159K)
IITR - VA/DC/MD News pradeep_agarwal writes "Our agency (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - part of Dept. of Energy) is looking to hire 40 power systems engineers in Washington, DC. Entry level as well as experienced professionals are welcome to apply. U.S. citizenship is a must. "
Posted by gops on Tuesday, January 15 @ 00:04:28 MST (190 reads)
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IITR - Mumbai chapter get-together
IITR - Bombay News Anonymous writes "IITRoorkee Alumni Association in Mumbai recently celebrated a get together on Dec-24. Pictures from the get-together are attached below."
Posted by gops on Thursday, January 03 @ 13:16:51 MST (291 reads)
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SUTRA 2007 - IITR ALUMNI - OFFICIAL NORTH INDIA MEET
Alumni related topics NaradMuni writes "December 22-23, 2007. Hotel Mela Plaza, Ghaziabad. SUTRA 2007 is an attempt at updating the decision–makers, Architects and Engineers, Industry leaders, Corporate heads, Academicians, Administrators, Business Leaders, Scientists, Administrators, Govt Officials and Entrepreneurs."
Posted by gops on Thursday, November 29 @ 00:18:38 MST (327 reads)
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IIT Roorkee Alumni Annual Meet, Hyderabad Chapter
IITR - Hyderabad News sandeepgiri writes "We are please to inform about the upcoming meet of IIT Roorkee Alumni Assoc. Hyderabad.
Event Details:

When?

December 7th 2007 (Friday)
7:30 PM to 10:30 PM
"
Posted by gops on Thursday, November 29 @ 00:15:19 MST (279 reads)
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IITR Campus video on rediff
Campus related topics Manish Agarwal has put together a video of various campus activites. Click on Read More to check it out.
Posted by gops on Thursday, November 01 @ 14:04:43 MST (394 reads)
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IIT Roorkee Team Wins Big at Yeh Shaam Mastaani
IITR - Illinois News Roorkee Alums made history by lifting the trophy in the first inter-iit dance competition held this Saturday, Oct 20, 2007 at the prestigious White Eagle Club in Naperville, IL.
Posted by gops on Thursday, November 01 @ 14:04:23 MST (297 reads)
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Annual day celebration at Lucknow
IITR - Lucknow News sewa writes "The Lucknow chapter of IITR Alumni Association celebrated its annual day on 7th oct 07. Dr. Premvrat former director IITR was the chief guest. "
Posted by gops on Thursday, October 25 @ 21:10:32 MST (331 reads)
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IIT Roorkee Heritage fund is now fully set-up and functional
Alumni related topics Dear Chapter Presidents and office Bearers,
Please circulate the message below to your membership and help me grow IITR Heritage Fund for the intended noble cause.
Regards,
Harish Goyal
President - IITRAANA
President - IITR Heritage Fund
Posted by gops on Wednesday, October 24 @ 16:22:37 MST (304 reads)
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Alumni Day will be on Nov 3-4, 2007 this year
Alumni related topics pradeep_agarwal writes "IITR has decided to celebrate Alumni day this year and in coming years on the first weekend of November. "
Posted by gops on Monday, October 08 @ 18:34:25 MST (350 reads)
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India Abroad selects Roorkeeite as 1 of the 50 most influential Indian Americans
Alumni related topics pradeep_agarwal writes "It is not for nothing that Google is extra-cautious about allowing Amit Singhal to talk to the news media; neither it is surprising that it rarely allows outsiders inside its Search Quality department, where Singhal works."
Posted by gops on Monday, October 08 @ 18:33:43 MST (409 reads)
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Global Meet of IIT Roorkee Alumni at New Delhi
IITR - Delhi News Anonymous writes "Jan 13, 2008 New Delhi Details... You are requested to Register online.
Click here for queries. "
Posted by gops on Thursday, September 13 @ 14:47:23 MST (352 reads)
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IIT-Roorkee wants its research to be filmed
Campus related topics sardi writes "The Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee has approached Discovery Channel to make a documentary film on their field studies on the 'disappearance of dinosaurs' from India. A team comprising of Discovery Channel members is going to shoot a film on dinosaurs' disappearance in December this year. "
Posted by gops on Thursday, September 13 @ 14:46:47 MST (357 reads)
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Immigrants as Entrepreneurs: creating jobs, enhancing prosperity in the USA
General topics DeepakSeth writes "Immigrants as Entrepreneurs: creating jobs, enhancing prosperity

The immigration debate over the last few months has been focused on illegal immigration, the burdens it places on local economies and the plight of illegal immigrants. What has got sidelined is the continued contribution of legal immigrants in creating jobs and enhancing prosperity. Immigrants have been and continue to be the lifeblood of the US economy. By their entrepreneurial zeal and work ethic they have contributed to the unparalleled stature of the US as a colossus in the global economy."
Posted by gops on Sunday, August 19 @ 09:26:59 MST (351 reads)
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Guest Lecture: From caterpillar to Guerrilla
IITR - Hyderabad News sandeepgiri writes "Transforming an Idea into sustainable business organization
by Pavan Nigam

The discussion will focus on entrepreneurship and creating sustainable business in the field of Information Technology. "
Posted by gops on Sunday, July 29 @ 19:05:34 MST (390 reads)
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IIT Roorkee Heritage Fund - Launched!
Alumni related topics Dear Roorkeeites,

On behalf of Roorkee Alumni Association of North America, I am proud to announce the birth of IIT Roorkee Heritage Fund.

Posted by gops on Wednesday, July 25 @ 21:22:32 MST (1107 reads)
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Thomso'07
Campus related topics Anonymous writes "Thomso is one of the biggest youth festivals of India. The scale and importance of the fest in this region is apparent with its declaration as the " Annual Youth Festival of Uttaranchal", by the Government of Uttaranchal.
"
Posted by gops on Friday, July 20 @ 19:49:11 MST (592 reads)
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Get Together at Dhola-ri-Dhani
IITR - Hyderabad News sandeepgiri writes "We recently had an awesome outing at Dhola-ri-Dhani.

The details are available at:
IITR Hyderabad Wiki
"
Posted by gops on Monday, July 09 @ 07:52:53 MST (462 reads)
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'Innovation is the Key' says Shri Shailendra Joshi, Roorkee-1981, IAS - 1984
IITR - Hyderabad News Shri Joshi graduated from Roorkee in 1981 from E&C department. He pursued Masters at IIT-Delhi in Communications engineering during 1981-1983 and soon after joined the IAS. Currently he serves as Secretary to Andhra Pradesh Government for the IT and Communications department.

Recently Sridhar Gopaluni (SG) had an opportunity to meet with Shri Shailendra Joshi (SKJ) in Hyderabad. Here’s an excerpt from the conversation:
Posted by gops on Friday, July 06 @ 10:24:04 MST (466 reads)
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Non Profit Organization by Roorkee Grads
IITR - California News Anonymous writes "IITR 2001 graduates Surjendu and Chirantan have started a non profit organization called Codearmory.com . This site solves J2ee and open source problems by furnishing code snippets to developers around the world.

Check Out www.codearmory.com"
Posted by gops on Tuesday, April 24 @ 23:15:41 MST (780 reads)
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Attn: Roorkee Alumni in North America
Alumni related topics Dear Roorkee Alumni:
The North American Chapter of IIT Roorkee has a Yahoo Group with several hundred members from North America.
Posted by gops on Thursday, April 12 @ 09:20:53 MST (586 reads)
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Chaos '07 - the gaming carnival of Cognizance
Campus related topics sardi writes "Coordinators Mr. Ankit Bhageria and Mr. Bineet Bhasin said, “It was really an experience of a lifetime to organize and be part of an event of this magnitude. The participation was overwhelming. Although there were a minor glitches but our highly experienced team handled all the problems really nicely. The way Chaos is going, it’s all set to become an international event in the years to come.” "
Posted by gops on Monday, April 09 @ 23:59:01 MST (444 reads)
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IIT Roorkee goes wireless
Campus related topics Anonymous writes "Congratulations to all and thanks to our present director, almost all the hostels are now given wireless internet access. This brings an end to the perennial students demand of having net in the rooms. "
Posted by gops on Sunday, April 01 @ 21:29:07 MST (502 reads)
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Books by Roorkee alumni
Alumni related topics We are pleased to announce release of two books written by IITR Alumni Mr.Praveen Gupta and Mr.Arvin Sri (Arvind Srivastava):

1. Business Innovation in the 21st Century (406 pages)
2. Stat Free Six Sigma (128 pages)
Posted by gops on Wednesday, March 14 @ 22:44:56 MST (504 reads)
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The Social worker
Alumni related topics Anonymous writes "Shri S.K. Choudhury, Alumni, IIT Roorkee
His work for the poors speaks for himself.
In a sleepy village near Mumbai, one individual has quietly and tirelessly worked to transform the lives of many young people from the poorest of poor families. "
Posted by gops on Saturday, March 10 @ 13:57:25 MST (452 reads)
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· Invitation: IIT Roorkee Alumni Global Meet-2007 at New Delhi, January 7
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