Alumni in the news - August 1

Zishaan Hayath ('05) ... Web18’s In.com and South African Tourism have announced the winner of Fantastic Five( The South Africa Chapter) as Zishaan Hayath ('05). The spirited 27 year graduate from IIT Bombay who spends life split between work, travel, photography and reading outperformed 4 other contestants in India’s first online travel reality show. As the winner of FANTASTIC FIVE, Zishaan will get to work on an assignment with the prestigious ‘Better Photography’ magazine, coupled with some cool gadgets in store for the winner on the go ... more.

Purushottam Mishra ('03), an UK-based hardware engineer, has established an organisation Future and Light for Young (FLY) that bear the cost of education of 100 meritorious students coming from humble background. Son of a teacher, Mishra lived in Dhanbad and studied in a nondescript school. He later moved to Tata DAV Jamadoba where he studied science. After his graduation he went on to complete his MTech from IIT Bombay ... more.

Web 18 announced the appointment of Keshaw Sinha ('95) as VP & Head, Technology at Web18 ... Keshaw will be in charge of the entire gamut of web development, design, support and technology infrastructure at Web18. Before joining Web18, he was Head of the technology team at Zapak and was instrumental in positioning it as the one of the leading casual gaming portals in India ... more.