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The premier technological institute in India and one of the leading universities of the world.
Mumbai, India
Joined February 2009
Congratulations to our alumnus Dr. Parag Agrawal for being appointed the new CEO of Twitter. Dr. Agrawal obtained his degree in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay in 2005. He started working at Twitter in 2011 & became the CTO in 2017. #iitb
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IIT Bombay demonstrates conversion of Nitrogen generator to Oxygen generator: A simple and fast solution for the current oxygen crisis. We request various government authorities, NGOs, and private companies to contact Prof. Milind Atrey (dean.rnd@iitb.ac.in).
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Lately there has been news that over 30% of IITB students do not get jobs! An exit survey among graduating students in 2022-23 says only 6.1% are still looking for jobs. Here is the survey result for you to decide.
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Shruti Kanitkar, a Ph.D. scholar working with Prof. Malhar Kulkarni, has received the Young Poet Award (Sanskrit) for 2022 from the Sahitya Academy. Shruti composed a Mahakavya (long poem) titled श्रीमतीचरित्रम् śrīmatīcaritram!
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IIT Bombay alumnus and Young Alumni Achiever Awardee (2019) @paraga is the newly appointed CEO of Twitter. Before joining Twitter, he worked at Microsoft, Yahoo!, and AT&T Labs. IIT Bombay wishes him the best for his new journey!. #iitbombay #paragagrawal #TwitterCEO
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Heartiest Congratulations to Prof. Ramasubramanian for being awarded the "Mahakavi Kalidas Sanskrit-Vrati National Award 2021" by Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit University. Wish you more success.
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Great to see a lot of opportunities for our future students. Hope this NEP will usher in excellence in academics in India. @HRDMinistry @Hrdminister @DrRPNishank #NewEducationPolicy2020 @SanjayDhotreMP.
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The enthusiasm and pride felt by IIT Bombay community was to be seen to be believed!. Congratulations @isro . A big day for India!.#Chandrayaan3Landing #Chandrayaan3 #VikramLander #ISRO #chandrayaan3mission #MoonMission #space #moonlanding
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#IITBombay is delighted to share that its distinguished alumnus Mr. Rajesh Subramaniam ( ChE, 1987) has been appointed as the CEO of #FedEx! We congratulate him on this tremendous achievement and wish him the very best in his new role.
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#IITB receives donation of INR 315 Cr. from @NandanNilekani . This donation builds upon his previous grants of INR 85 Cr. to IITB; cumulative value of support INR 400 Cr. One of the largest donations made by an alumnus in India!. @RNP_Foundation
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The Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, is India’s highest ranked university among top 200 global universities, according to the QS World University Rankings.
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Vrunda Dave, a PhD student of Prof. S. Krishna from the Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Bombay, has been chosen as runner up for the prestigious Beth Outstanding Dissertation Prize (BODP) 2022. Congratulations!
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Congratulations to Dr. Paramvir Singh, Postdoctoral Fellow with Prof. Sudarshan Kumar, Combustion Research Laboratory, Aerospace Engineering Department for being selected for the International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability Young Scientists Award.
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Honouring an Extraordinary Alumnus!. Mr. @SomayMunde, an esteemed alumnus (B. Tech., ChE 2013) & IPS officer, awarded the prestigious Shaurya Chakra by the President of India! His exceptional bravery against Naxals in Gadchiroli makes us very proud. Heartfelt congratulations!
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IITB has been ranked 1st in India and has moved significantly up from 172nd rank last year to 149th rank this year in QS World University Rankings. For the first time ever, IITB has been ranked within top 150 and top 10% in QS rankings.
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IIT Bombay wishes to thank IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation (IITBHF) for a grant of Rs 2.35 cr to purchase 500 laptops and broadband support for 500 needy undergraduate students.
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Misleading figures are circulating about no. of faculty from various reserved categories recruited at IITB. Correct figures: 27 SC, 6 ST, 29 OBC NC, 1 EWS have been offered since 2021. Many have joined. Some are yet to join. We are still interviewing candidates for certain depts.
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Congrats to Apeksha Fernandes, daughter of Prof. BG Fernandes, for setting a new national record in swimming.
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Prof. Debabrata Maiti has been elected to the fellowship of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore. Our hearty congratulations to Prof. Maiti for this great achievement and wish him more laurels in the near future. @maiti_iitb @dm_lab
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IIT Bombay has secured first position in India and 177th rank this year in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (2022).
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Former Director of IIT Bombay Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Department of Electrical Engineering, has been appointed as the Chairman on the board of Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd. by Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI).
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IIT Bombay wishes to thank Batch of 1994 for its generous contribution of Rs. 1.25 crore towards our campaign to provide IT infrastructure to needy students."
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Prof. Rohit Srivastava (BSBE) has been awarded the prestigious Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2021 in Medical Sciences. Heartiest Congratulations to Prof. Srivastava.
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New research led by the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, in collaboration with IIT-Bombay, has reported “unequivocal evidence” there existed a perennial river on the plains of northwestern India.
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A group from Physics Dept could detect two giant black holes colliding and follow the corresponding gravitational wave originating from one of the farthest corners in the universe where such a collision took place. Congratulations to Prof. Pai and team.
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Rohinee Joshi, 3rd year BS Mathematics student at IIT Bombay, was an observer of the Indian team at the European Girls Mathematical Olympiad 2022 held at Eger, Hungary, during 6-12 April 2022. The team won 4 bronze medals and secured overall 18th rank.
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Congratulations to Prof. Suhas Joshi (Mechanical Engineering) and Prof. Sunoj Raghavan (Chemistry) for being elected as Fellows of National Academy of Sciences (NASI) 2021.
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IIT Bombay has been ranked 1st in India and 118th in the world this year in the QS World University Rankings, with an overall score of 56.3 out of 100. It is for the first time ever since its participation that IITB has been ranked within top 150 in QS rankings.
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As part of #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav (75 years of India's Independence), IIT Bombay is extremely glad to have recreated the Dandi Memorial on campus. 24 murals of Gandhiji and Satyagrahis have been placed at the lawn facing the Main Building.
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Dr. Santosh Anusmali is the first-ever recipient of the ‘IIT Bombay International Award for Excellence in Research in Engineering & Technology’. The Institute congratulates Dr. Ansumali & will present him a cash prize of Rs.10 lakhs & a citation on Teacher's Day, Sept 5th, 2022.
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Prof. Debabrata Maity has been selected for the Sun Pharma Science Foundation Research Awards 2021- Pharmaceutical Sciences. Heartiest congratulations to Prof. Maity.
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#Didyouknow #MaulanaAbulKalamAzad, the first education minister of Independent India, was posthumously awarded Bharat Ratna in 1992?.On November 11, India remembers the visionary.
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IIT Bombay has secured second position in India and 172nd rank this year in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings (2023). Overall, the Institute has improved on its 2022 performance by five places.
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IIT Bombay campus resident Ms. Apeksha Fernandes has won 4 gold medals in individual events, one gold and a silver medal in two team events in the recent Khelo India youth games held at Ambala. In one of the individual events (200 m butterfly), she clocked 'Indian best timing'.
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Dear alumni,. Do you remember monsoons on campus?. The aroma of wet earth, dew-kissed trees, lively "nukkads” brimming with conversations and steaming tea, Samir Hill treks, colorful umbrellas, and students dancing in the rain. Let's cherish these precious monsoon memories!
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IIT Bombay is excited to announce the launch of its new Economics Department with 13 faculty across varied specializations. Prof. K. Narayanan will be the first head of this new department.
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Congratulations to Prof. Debabrata Maiti for receiving the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology 2022 for his contributions to developing transition-metal catalysis which has had a key impact in the agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals industry.
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IIT Bombay's Distinguished Alumnus, Goa CM and former Defence.Minister Shri. Manohar Parrikar passed away yesterday. The.Institute condoles the demise of Shri Parrikar with deep sorrow. A condolence meeting will be held today at 5pm in the PCS Auditorium. Please attend.
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Many congratulations to Prof. Samir K. Maji. He has received the P. B. Rama Rao Memorial Award for the year 2021 for his contributions in the field of Biochemistry and Allied Sciences from the Society of Biological Chemists (India).
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IIT Bombay’s Prof. Ganesh Ramakrishnan made a presentation to all the Vice Chancellors of Universities in Maharashtra today, explaining how the UDAAN platform ( is an end-to-end Machine Translation framework that enables rapid translation of documents.
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Congratulations to Prof. Shobhna Kapoor (Chemistry), recipient of the SERB Women Excellence Award-2021. This award is given by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) to support the basic research in the frontier areas of science and engineering.
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Nostalgia Corner: IITB's first girl student attends a workshop training! . 1 female student back in the day to 2800+ female students in 2023!. Take a trip down memory lane every week with the "Nostalgia Corner" featuring old pics from our archives. Stay tuned!. From IITB website
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A poster submitted by final year Ph.D. student Mr. Ankur Sharma under guidance of Prof. Amartya Mukhopadhyay, Dept. of MEMS, IIT Bombay has been chosen as being particularly standout by the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), UK in RSC Batteries Poster event. #rscbatteriesposter
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Prof. Raghavan B Sunoj from IIT Bombay has been awarded the National Award to Teachers 2023 for Higher Education. He will be awarded on the occasion of Teachers’ Day 2023 on Sept. 5 by the Hon’ble President of India during a ceremony to be held at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi.
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IITB has entered into a partnership with TCS to develop India’s first Quantum Diamond Microchip Imager. This advanced sensing tool will unlock new levels of precision in examination of semiconductor chips, reduce chip failures & improve the energy efficiency of electronic devices
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We are happy to announce that Prof. Shireesh Kedare, Professor in the Department of Energy Science and Engineering, has been appointed as the new Director of IIT Bombay! 🌟.He will assume charge as Director on May 6, 2024.
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Hon’ble President of India Smt Droupadi Murmu today dedicated to the nation, the new anti-Cancer CAR-T cell therapy NexCAR19, in the presence of the Hon’ble Governor of Maharashtra Shri Ramesh Bais, Director of IITB Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri & Director of TMC Prof. Sudeep Gupta.
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GATE 2021 results are just announced. IIT Bombay congratulates all the qualified candidates. You can view your result in GOAPS portal.
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Professor Roop Malik from the Department of Bio Sciences and Bio Engineering, IIT Bombay, is the fifth scientist from India to be elected as an EMBO Associate Member.
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IIT Bombay handed over the responsibility of organizing GATE 2022 to IIT Kharagpur after successful completion of GATE 2021 on schedule in spite of the pandemic.
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The Class of 1998 pledges Rs. 57 crores towards IIT Bombay - highest by a silver jubilee batch!.The funds raised by the Class of 1998 will help the Institute support key academic projects and the research landscape at IIT Bombay.
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Engineering Design - 1st.Cost and Manufacturing - 6th.Business Presentation - 21st.Overall - 4th.That's the achievement of our IIT Bombay Racing. They competed against 73 teams from 21 countries at the Formula Student UK 2020. They are the first Indian team ever to do so.
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Congratulations to Prof. Samir Maji for receiving the SASTRA – Obaid Siddiqi Award for Life Science.
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Students (past and current), staff of IIT Bombay, affiliated with TCTD, Chemical Engg., and Nex Robotics, have designed a mask prototype which reuses oxygen present in exhaled air. Details of this solution, placed in the public domain, can be obtained at.
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Congratulations to Prof. Aparna Singh for being selected for the INAE young engineer award 2022.
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2 IIT-Bombay students in international team that identified asteroid that flew past close to Earth.
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With help from the Indian Army, Aseem Foundation and GS Lab Pune, Mr. Ganesh Hegde, senior PhD student at CTARA, IIT Bombay has successfully commissioned and handed over the first Solar Micro-Grid in a remote village Ghaggarhill, located 6000 ft above sea level in J&K.
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IIT Bombay is pleased to announce the establishment of Cafe' 92 through the generous donation from the Silver Jubilee batch of 1992. The cafe will serve as a hangout destination for IIT Bombay community. #iitbombay #cafe92
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Congratulations to our PhD student Mr. Tathagata Pal and his guide Prof. Soumyo Mukherji. Pal has received the best Poster presentation award from the HOPE program. HOPE Meetings are organized by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science since 2008.
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Prof. Arnab Dutta has been selected as a member of the Indian National Young Academy of Sciences for a period of 5 years (2022-2026). Heartiest congratulations!
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IIT Bombay is pleased to appoint Mr Rajesh Gopinathan, former CEO and MD of TCS, as Head, Translational Research and Entrepreneurship, and Professor of Practice, at IIT Bombay.
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Rediscovering the Heartbeat of IITB - the Infinity Corridor!. A 450 meters long passageway, built over 60 years ago, connecting all academic departments of the Institute. Paying a tribute to this iconic monument that binds us together, echoing our spirit & passion for learning.
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Prof. Ruchi Anand (Chemistry), Prof. Samir K. Maji (BSBE), Prof. Sunita Sarawagi (CSE) and Prof. S. Sudarshan (CSE) have been admitted as Fellows of Indian Academy of Sciences. Heartiest congratulations to our faculty.
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We are happy to announce that Prof. Suryakant Waghmore of HSS is a recipient of New India Fellowships. It's a very prestigious fellowship where 11 are selected out of more than 900 candidates. This is the link:
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We are very proud to announce that CII has selected 3 of our faculty members as women achievers in STEM this year from all over India in both academia and industry - Late Prof. Rinti Banerjee, Professors Maryam Shojaei and Suparna Mukherjee.
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We are extremely proud of our alumnus Dr K Sivan, Chairman of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) who has been awarded Dr A P J Abdul Kalam award by the Tamil Nadu government on 73rd Independence Day.
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Thank you Sir!.
Glad to receive a painting of Lord Jagannath, Lord Balabhadra and Devi Subhadra printed on Jeevodaya silk, from former bureaucrat and Prof. Satish Agnihotri. Happy to know that Jeevodaya silk production method developed by M Tech student Sashwat Ghai and Prof Agnihotri team of
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IIT Bombay has been ranked 45th in Engineering and Technology with an overall score of 79.1 out of 100 in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject for 2024. The Institution improved on its 2023 performance by two places in Engineering and Technology.
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Many congratulations to Prof. Abhay Karandikar for being appointed as Secretary of Department of Science and Technology.
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Introducing the "IITB's iconic locations" series featuring IITB's most popular spots!. Kickstarting the series with Sameer Hill!. A trekking delight, this hill holds a special place in our alumni's hearts. Relive your student days through these stunning visuals of Sameer Hill!
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We wish to bring to your immediate attention a fraudulent website that is cheating persons of money by impersonating IIT Bombay. The site is collecting ideas from participants for a hackathon. This site has nothing to do with IIT Bombay and is not authorized by the Institute.
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IIT Bombay is ranked 3rd in engineering category & 4th in overall category in NIRF.
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On this beautiful rainy day, let's take a trip down memory lane and relive those cherished monsoon moments on campus! Share your memories of Monsoon on campus in the comments. #IITB #MonsoonMagic
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Researchers from IIT Bombay install a solar microgrid with a hybrid storage system in a high altitude site in Sikkim.
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IIT Bombay is pleased to share that its Distinguished Alumnus Prof. Rajesh Gokhale is appointed as Secretary, Department of Biotechnology. He is currently Professor of Biology at IISER, Pune. #iitbombay #iitb.Picture credit: Biospectrum India
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Today, IIT Bombay Director Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri and Prof. Rahul Purwar had a meeting with the Hon'ble President of India to invite her to campus and to dedicate the CAR-T cell therapy, developed at IIT Bombay, for Cancer treatment to the nation. @EduMinOfIndia
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Congratulations to IIT Bombay's Ph.D. student Ms. Sayoni Sarkar for her selection in the prestigious CAS Future Leaders Program 2023.
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#IITB is grateful to the class of '95 for their generous pledge of Rs. 21 crores to the Institute! The batch announced this pledge during their silver jubilee reunion held from Dec 26-Dec 28, 2022, on campus.
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We are delighted to inform that IIT Bombay will bestow Mr. Nandan Nilekani, a name that does not need any introduction, with Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) degree during its 57th Convocation tomorrow. Mr Nilekani is a distinguished alumnus of IIT Bombay.
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Nearly 100 participants ran in the Freedom Run 2.0 today morning at the IIT Bombay campus . #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav #Run4India #PMOIndia @dpradhanbjp @narendramodi
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Prof. Subimal Ghosh (Civil Engineering) has been awarded the Cray’s Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam High-Performance Computing award 2020 in the area of R&D in HPC applications. Congratulations to Prof. Ghosh and his team.
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Congratulations to Prof. Ruchi Anand for being selected as one of the three recipients of Sun Pharma Science Foundation Research Fellowship, 2023.
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Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) secured the first position in India and 40th rank this year in the QS Asia University Rankings 2024. The results were released on November 8, 2023, by QS, a British company
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The deadline for JEE (ADV) registration is extended till 8:00 PM IST, 12th Aug, 2022. This is the FINAL deadline, and students MUST UPLOAD their documents and exam city centre choices at by 8:00 PM today. @EduMinOfIndia @dpradhanbjp.
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Big News!.Reason to cheer!.IIT Bombay ranked as India’s top institute: QS Rankings.
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We are delighted to announce that Team AeRoVe from the Unmesh Mashruwala Innovation Cell represented IIT Bombay at the International Aerial Robotics Competition - Simulation Challenge 2020, and after a long and arduous journey, secured the first position globally.
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ONOS will be over and above the journals subscribed by different institutes.
During my time at IIT Bombay, whenever we had to write a paper or just needed some help with our coursework, we had access to world class resources and journals. All at our fingertips. With the coming “One Nation One Subscription” scheme, this could perhaps change. (1/5).
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Honor for IIT Bombay to present our achievements to Hon'ble PM Shri. Narendra Modi this morning and get to listen to his advice. Thank you Sir for spending your valuable time and for your appreciation.
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Amreen Khan has been awarded the 2024 Student Award for outstanding research from the Society For Biomaterials. She works under the guidance of Prof. Rohit Shrivastava, Prof Jayesh Bellare and Dr. Mayuri Gandhi.
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#IITBombay congratulates its alumnus Mr. Alok Maskara (, ChE, 1992) for being appointed as the CEO of Lennox International Inc. We wish him all the best for this new chapter in his professional journey. Pic credit: Cooling Post
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A breakthrough result of Professors Nutan Limaye, Srikanth Srinivasan (currently at Aarhus University, Denmark) and Sébastien Tavenas from CNRS, France has been accepted for publishing at prestigious conference Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science. Congratulations!
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The Director of IIT Bombay Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri unfurled the National Flag and addressed the IIT Bombay community today on campus, in the presence of limited number of functionaries keeping with the Covid guidelines issued by the Government of India.
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India’s first gene therapy, CAR-T cell therapy, developed at IIT Bombay: safe and shows promising early sign of efficacy in a Phase I trial conducted at TMH, Mumbai
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IIT Bombay declared as Institute of Eminence. The Ministry of Human Resource Development granted the Institution of Eminence (IoE) status to Indian Institute of Technology Bombay (IIT Bombay) along with IIT Delhi and IISc Bangalore on July 9, 2018.
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Hearty Congratulations to IIT Bombay's former Director Prof. Devang V. Khakhar! Prof. Khakhar has been selected as INAE Chair Professor for the period April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2025.
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Team Abhyuday, IIT Bombay successfully conducted Powai Lake Cleanup and Awareness campaign on Sunday, June 5, 2022. 300 volunteers from IIT Bombay cleared approximately 2.5 tonnes of garbage on a 2 km stretch along the Powai lake on the occasion of World Environment Day.
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