CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
Share Your Voice with the IIT Bombay Greater New York Magazine
The IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation’s Greater New York Chapter (GNY) Magazine has grown into a meaningful platform that brings together stories, perspectives, and experiences from the IIT Bombay community across the United States. Through thoughtful essays, professional insights, personal reflections, and stories of innovation, leadership, and impact, the magazine captures the diverse journeys of IIT Bombay alumni, faculty, researchers, and friends of the Institute. It serves as a space where members of the community can share their expertise, experiences, and ideas with a wider audience.
As the next edition takes shape, the IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation is inviting contributions from the broader IIT Bombay community. Whether you have a professional perspective to share, a research insight to highlight, a personal journey to reflect upon, or a story that can inspire others, this is an opportunity to contribute to a publication that celebrates the voices and experiences of the IIT Bombay ecosystem. We invite our alumni, faculty, researchers, students, and friends of IIT Bombay to explore the themes below and consider sharing their stories with the GNY Magazine editorial team.
The details below have been provided by the GNY Magazine editorial team, including the themes they are seeking contributions on, eligibility criteria, submission process, guidelines, and timelines for prospective authors.
IIT Bombay Heritage Foundation – Greater New York Chapter
What We Are Looking For
We invite submissions across a broad range of themes, including:
– Technology, AI & Digital Transformation
– Healthcare, Life Sciences & Biosciences
– Finance, Markets & Business
– Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital & Private Markets
– Energy, Climate & Sustainability
– Engineering, Robotics & Manufacturing
– Research & Academia
– Public Policy, Geopolitics & Society
– Social Impact & Giving Back
– Leadership, Careers & Professional Journeys
– Living in the U.S.: Immigration, Careers & Community
– Arts, Culture, Travel & Life Beyond Work
If your idea does not fit neatly into one of these themes, the editorial team would still be happy to consider submissions that bring a unique perspective or sit at the intersection of disciplines.
Who Can Contribute?
The call for contributions is open to IIT Bombay alumni, faculty, researchers, students, industry professionals, and friends of the IIT Bombay community. Contributors are encouraged to share professional insights, research highlights, founder journeys, personal experiences, and thought leadership pieces.
Why Contribute?
Selected articles will be published in the IIT Bombay Greater New York Magazine, distributed digitally to over 9,000 IIT Bombay alumni across the United States, and may be featured in a special print edition tied to the Director’s visit to New York.
Submission Process
Authors may submit a completed draft or share a brief description of their proposed article idea. The editorial team will work with selected contributors to refine submissions for publication while preserving the author’s original voice and perspective.
Submission guidelines
Submission deadline: August 31, 2026
Recommended article length: Up to 2,000 words
Format: Word document or Google Doc preferred
Images: Please include relevant photographs, illustrations, charts, or visuals if available
Author details: Please include a short bio, headshot, current role, affiliation, and any context or accomplishments you would like readers to know
A note on originality and AI tools
You are welcome to use tools such as ChatGPT or other AI platforms for brainstorming, outlining, or refining your writing. However, the originality of the idea, perspective, argument, and lived experience must come from you.
Please send your draft, article idea, or contributor nomination to: gNY-Point-Magazine-group@iitbombay.org