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New symbol for Indian Rupee designed by IIT Bombay alum

The Indian rupee will soon have a unique symbol - a blend of the Devanagri 'Ra' and Roman 'R' — joining elite currencies like the US dollar, euro, British pound and Japanese yen in having a distinct identity. The new symbol, designed by Bombay IIT post-graduate D Udaya Kumar, was approved by the cabinet reflecting the fact that the Indian currency, backed by an over-trillion dollar economy, was finally making its presence felt on the international scene.

Alumni in News, July 14

Today's Pithy, Cautionary Note on Economic Trends | Starwood on the ascendant | Ramesh refuses to guarantee clearance for Navi Mumbai Airport | The aesthetics of visual effects | Philanthropy can be profit in disguise for corporates | India needs more entrepreneurs: Ashank Desai

After decades of leniency, IIT-B gets tough about attendance

The Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (IIT-B) has got serious about attendance. Its classrooms will soon be fitted with biometric systems, which will take thumbprint records to mark students' attendance. This will be a shift in culture for the Powai institute, which two decades ago did not even have compulsory attendance.

At 22, wonder boy joins IIT faculty At 22, wonder boy joins IIT faculty

BANGALORE: Tathagat Tulsi, 22 years, Assistant Professor, IIT Bombay.Find it unbelievable? It would have been if it was not Tulsi. For a boy who finished high school (Class X) at the age of 9, this is just another feather on his cap. "I will join IIT Bombay on 19 July. Besides that, I have offers from Waterloo University, Canada, and IISER, Bhopal," he said. "But I chose IITBombay because of my desire to work at a wellestablished institute in India."Tulsi will teach students of his age or elder than him at the Indian Institute of Technology in Bombay.

Artisans get sales tips from IIT-B

Mumbai: Technology is not just about developing humanoids and sending rockets into space. At a recent workshop conducted by IIT Bombay's Industrial Design Centre (IDC), a motley bunch of 24 artisans from Assam learnt how to weave innovative ideas into their craft.

Innovations 2011 - Pune

Innovations is an event organized by IITBAA - Pune Chapter every year to foster innovation in society - the last date for entries is Oct 6. The event showcases selected novel ideas in practice, and provides a platform for the innovators to disseminate their ideas to a wider and well-connected audience. Innovations 2011 is being held on 8th January 2011 at Pune. Meet the innovators, watch their innovations in action, listen to successful innovators who have scaled up their ideas to commercial success. Be there!

IIT Bombay magnet for JEE top rankers again

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay, continues to be the preferred destination for top ranking candidates of the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) 2010. After the first round of course allotment, 68 of the top 99 rankers, considered to be the elite, have chosen IIT Bombay. Twenty-four of the ‘elite’ chose IIT Delhi, a marginal increase from 16 in 2009.

Alumni in the news, June 26

Swami Pragyapad shares the secret of centered, calm living at the Neshoba Unitarian Universalist Church in Cordova| P.V. Krishna joins IEEMA as Director General

IIT-B design batch displays creations

From a host of mobile applications to portable incubators that help the elderly keep in touch with their families, the exhibition at the Industrial Design Centre at the Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay showcased cutting edge student innovations.

IITB alum's musical wins Tony

IIT Bombay alum Vijay Vashee ('74) and his wife Sita are Executive Producers of the musical "Memphis" which was selected as "best musical" at the Tony Awards 2010, beating out alternative fare like “American Idiot,” based on the music of rock band Green Day, and “Fela!” about Afrobeat legend Fela Kuti. “Memphis” did get a boost in March when First Lady Michelle Obama took her daughters Sasha and Malia to a performance.

Alumni in the News - June 15

Sunil Bopardikar appointed VP of Engineering at Coupons.com. He will oversee Coupons.com's product development functions, including engineering, quality assurance, databases and infrastructure. | Satish Jamdar, Managing Director, Blue Star Ltd., India's largest central airconditioning company interviewed on Leader Speak

IITB's Green Campus Initiative

IIT Bombay's 550-acre Powai campus, nestled between hills and a lake, is one of the first educational institutions to attempt to create an environmentally sustainable campus on a large scale. Sustainability means relying on resources generated on campus. The institute is committed to becoming a model campus with regard to environmental conservation.

IITB Startups in the News - June 12

Tarun Mishra heads Covacsis, a technology start-up located on the IITB campus, which has built a solution called ‘Real time production diagnostics (RTPD)’ which "helps organizations avoid inevitable changes on the production floor" | Dr. Chandrashekar from Vision Healthcare provides clean river quality water at a lower cost | Anil Bahuman is hoping to release the stress farmers face every year as they wait for the seasons to change having co-founded Agrocom a spin off from IIT Bombay.

Yahoo India collaborates with IIT Bombay

Rajeev Rastogi, VP and head of Yahoo! Labs India, said that "We are doing research with IIT Bombay on collaboration of search and information extraction." Search will evolve beyond 10 blue links and users will be presented with rich results instead of generic text.”

Alumni in the News - June 12

Dr. Subu Iyer honored with IBM's highest technical award as an IBM Fellow | Rahul Dash on WSJ India Debate page | Saurabh Vyas and Gaurav Rathore, graduates of IIT Bombay, have founded PoliticalEDGE, a consultancy that uses statistical modeling to help politicians forecast their chances of winning an election | Saumil Majmudar at the helm of EduSports which provides fitness-management programs for children | University of Toronto hosting undergraduate IITBian Ashwin Raghavan for a summer research project | Dr. Bhatia appointed Director of Trinity Institute of Technology in Bhopal

IIT-B enters space age with satellite tracker

IIT-B literally zoomed into the space age with the formal commissioning of a satellite-tracking ground station on the terrace of the aerospace engineering department. The primary role of the new space-age outfit will be to track IIT-B’s eight-kg micro satellite built by students.

IITians bag prize for social change

Avanti Fellows, a not-for-profit organisation founded by six IIT Bombay students and alumni, won first place at the Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students (BASES) Social Entrepreneurship Challenge last month.Having tied up with IIT-B, Akanksha Foundation and a IIT-JEE coaching institute, Avanti Fellows helps underprivileged students by providing free coaching for the IIT-JEE entrance test.

Alumni in the news, June 6

AMD Appoints Manju Hegde to Lead Fusion Experience Program| Virtify names Jawahar Tembulkar as vice president of engineering| Energy Recovery Inc Hires Prominent Industry Expert Joseph D'Souza as Cleantech Business Director| Former Disney IP Executive Joins Chadbourne & Parke's Expanding IP Group

'Green brick' awarded top honour at IIT-Bombay

Growing vegetation in bricks may sound futuristic, but this idea has won Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay’s competition — ‘10 great ideas to change the world in the next 50 years’.

Alumni in the news, May 21

Distinguished Alumnus Award conferred to Sri. Madhu Pandit Dasa, Chairman, Akshaya Patra Foundation by IIT Mumbai.| GE (NYSE: GE) and the National University of Singapore (NUS) names Adil Dhalla as the new co-chair and director for the NUS-GE Singapore Water Technology Center.| Eko announces the appointment of Harish C lodwal as Chief Technology Officer.