Alumni in the news - Oct 1
Romesh Wadhwani ('69) ranks 277 in the Forbes list of 400 richest Americans this year || Hari Nair ('72) - Global Director of Whirlpool Global Consumer Design || OEM newsmaker Q&A: Compact Power's Prabhakar Patil ('72) speaks out | IIT Bombay incubated firm SECLORE in DRM agreement - Vishal Gupta ('00), CEO
62-yr-old Romesh Wadhwani is an IIT-Bombay passout and moved to US in 1969 to pursue his Ph.D. in electrical engineering at Carnegie Mellon. He founded a software firm, Aspect in 1991 and sold it off during the dot-com exuberance. He ranks 277 in the Forbes list of 400 richest Americans this year. His net worth is $1,400 million ... more.
Next time you walk into a household appliance showroom, know that the Whirlpool washing machine or refrigerator there has been designed by a team of experts led by a Malayali. Hari Nair ('72), with a mechanical engineering degree from Kerala University and higher studies from IIT Mumbai and Syracuse University, US, is the global director of Whirlpool Global Consumer Design ... more.
Dr. Prabhakar Patil, CEO of Compact Power, Inc. (CPI), the North American subsidiary of South Korean lithium-ion battery maker LG Chem.
What are the advantages of lithium-ion batteries over Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries?
Lithium-ion batteries provide a number of advantages over NiMH and other batteries, including:
• Higher voltage (need fewer cells)
• Lower weight
• Smaller volume (size of pack)
• Greater power and performance – NiMH has limitations in meeting the power and energy density demands of Hybrid Electric Vehicles
• Longer life
• Able to withstand a wider range of temperatures
• Less environmental impact.
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In its endeavour to further the cause of informationcentric security, Seclore (an IIT Bombay company) has entered into apartnership with Softcell Technologies.
The alliance will help Seclore to strengthen its marketpresence with Softcell's sales and delivery force. It will also allow Softcellto bring the leading rights management technology to its customers.
On the eve of the kickoff of this alliance Peter Theobald(Sr, VP Enterprises Sales)- Softcell Technologies said “We at SoftcellTechnologies are very excited to partner with Seclore to bring their offeringto market. We do feel that digital rights management of documents is a verycritical security issue and most companies in India would like to have somekind of solution in this area. The challenge so far has been to implement asolution that is truly cross platform, and which can do the job without beingunduly intrusive. We do feel that Seclore has struck the right balance betweenfeature set requirements, security and usability, and we look forward to workingclosely with the Seclore team to help our customers secure their sensitivedocuments.”
Vishal Gupta ('00), CEO of Seclore Technology, said “For over20 years now Softcell has been delivering value to its customers by providingthe cutting edge technologies and services to its customers. This experienceshows in Softcell's understanding of enterprises, processes and issues. It is apleasure to have Softcell as our alliance partner.”
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