Category: Alumni in News

Mr. Sudarshan Saraf is the co-owner of the Technocraft Group of Industries which he founded along with his brother Mr. Sharad Saraf (Alumnus, IITB, 1969, Electrical Engineering).nnMr. Sudarshan Saraf helped raise Rs. 12 lakhs during the silver jubilee celebrations of the class of 1969 in 1994 as Alumni contribution. He has also interacted this year with a private trust controlled by large industrialists to donate Rs. 1 crore for the school of Management at IIT Bombay. Besides, he has been very actively involved with Alumni networking. Mr. Saraf started his Techocraft Group of Industries in a modest way with his brother which has now grown into a 100% Export Unit with turn over of nearly 200 crores. It was the first company in the world to break the monopoly of an American multinational in Sheet Metal closures and related equipments. It is also the second largest drum closure producer in the world.

Mr. Badami says, his getting Internet literate helped him to revive the alumni activities in Mumbai, and of the IIT Bombay Alumni Mumbai Monthly Meet, or simply the IITB-MMM. This has ensured that they meet every month maintaining the interest levels about their alma mater. This is perhaps the major contribution that he has made to the Institute.nn 

Mr. Ashok Kamath is currently Chairman of the Akshara Foundation, a public-private partnership, whose motto is ‘Every Child in School and Learning Well’. He is also a Trustee of Pratham Books – a public charitable trust – that publishes low-cost, high-quality books for children in multiple Indian languages.nnImmediately after obtaining his M.Sc. from IIT Bombay, Mr. Ashok Kamath joined Analog Devices Inc., a Boston-based manufacturer of integrated circuits. Later he set up the Analog Devices India, and retired as its Managing Director in March 2004. Ever since, his focus has been on social initiatives.