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Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director, IIT Bombay, will be accompanied by a team from the Dean ACR and DRF office to Canada for an alumni roadshow-cum-reunion event in July. The team will meet IITB alumni in Toronto and Vancouver. Apart from an interactive session with the director, it is a chance for the Institute and its alumni to reconnect, reminisce, and revel in the company of old friends and learn about the exciting new developments at the Institute.

The Electrical Engineering Alumni and Corporate Engagement cell (EE ACE) will host all IITB alumni and their families for the annual Summer Lab Tour organized by the Electrical Engineering Department, IIT Bombay. This full-day event includes lab tours, a lab exhibit, and lunch. IITB alumna, Dr. Shreya Agrawal, will deliver a wellness talk which will be followed by an interactive session.

The EE ACE’s Summer Lab Tour is a nostalgic journey where alumni can look through the EE labs including the Power, Analog, Signal-Processing, etc. The tour aims to showcase the diverse range of projects that leverage electrical engineering principles in conjunction with other fields like computer science, biomedical engineering, and telecommunications.

Whether IITB alumni are seasoned industry professionals or simply curious about the advancements in this rapidly evolving field, this event promises to reignite their passion for innovation and highlight the significant growth of the EE department in the past decade. 

Labs that will be part of the tour include the Wadhwani Electronics Laboratory, the NCPRE Solar Module Lab, and the Nanofabrication Facility.

During the tour, alumni can also engage with EE faculty members – old and new –  and brilliant student researchers who are pushing the boundaries of electrical engineering. 

The next edition of the Faculty Alumni Network (FAN) and the Distinguished Alumni Meet (DAM) in 2023 will be held in the US at the Northwestern University Campus in Chicago. The event will bring several of our highly accomplished alumni who are in leading positions in academia and industry in the US, together with the senior administration and faculty of IIT Bombay. They will deliberate on several strategic matters related to Institute growth as well as emerging areas of research, to nucleate collaborative programs for mutual impact, and to create opportunities and explore innovative ways to take IIT Bombay to greater heights.

July 7, 2023

Time	Particulars	Venue
6.30 pm – 8.30 pm	Dinner	Hilton Orrington in Evanston

July 8, 2023 | Venue: Norris University Center

Time	Particulars	Details	Venue
7.30 am – 8.00 am	Breakfast		Louis North
8.00 am – 9.00 am	Opening Session	Welcome address by Prof. Neelesh A. Patankar, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, NU Remarks by Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi, Representative from Illinois, United States Remarks by Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director, IIT Bombay Remarks by Prof. Ravindra D. Gudi, Dean – Alumni and Corporate Relations, IIT Bombay Remarks by Provost Kathleen Hagerty, NU Signing of MOU between NU and IIT Bombay Plenary talk: “What happens when we join the thinking spaces of art, technology, and science?” by Prof. Julio Ottino, Dean of Engineering and Applied Science, NU	McCormick Auditorium
9.00 am – 10.00 am	Panel Discussion	Topic: Collaborations on India-USA Higher Education Moderator: Prof. Pratim Biswas, Dean of the University of Miami College of Engineering	McCormick Auditorium
10.00 am – 10.30 am	Coffee Break		Louis North
10.30 am – 12.30 am	Breakout Session: Parallel Sessions (3)	Session 1: Microelectronics Moderator: Prof. Subramanian Iyer, Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering, UCLA Co-moderator: Prof. Udayan Ganguly, Dept. of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay	McCormick Auditorium
	Breakout Session: Parallel Sessions (3)	Session 2: Sustainability and Circular Economy Moderator: Prof. Upal Ghosh, Dept. of Chemical, Biochemical and Environmental Engineering, University of Maryland Co-moderator: Prof. Sanjay Mahajani, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay	Northwestern Room
	Breakout Session: Parallel Sessions (3)	Session 3: Engineering Medicine Moderator: Prof. Jayesh Bellare, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay Co-moderator: Prof. Neelesh Patankar, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, NU	Lake Room
12.30 am – 1.30 pm	Lunch and networking		Louis North
1:30 pm-2:45 pm	Breakout Session: Session 4	Session 4: Design in Engineering and Education Moderator: Mr. Bharat Desai, Co-founder Syntel Inc. Co-moderator: Prof. Aniruddha Joshi, Industrial Design Centre, IIT Bombay	McCormick Auditorium
2:45 pm-4:15 pm	Reporting back on all 4 sessions	Session moderators of: 1. Microelectronics 2. Sustainability and Circular Economy 3. Engineering Medicine 4. Design in Engineering and Education	McCormick Auditorium
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm	Coffee break		Louis North
4:30 pm – 6:30 pm	Annual Distinguished Alumni Meet/ Networking	By Invitation	Northwestern Room
4:45 pm – 6:00 pm	Campus tour	Student led	Gather at Norris Center entrance
7:00 pm onwards	Dinner	Welcome by Mr. Vinay Karle, President IITB HF Remarks by Ambassador Somnath Ghosh, Consul General of India in Chicago Dinner talk by Prof. Barbara Snyder, former President Case Western Reserve University	Hilton Garden Inn Chicago North Shore/Evanston 1818 Maple Ave, Evanston, IL 6021

IIT Bombay will hold its 61st Convocation Ceremony and the Departmental Degree Award Functions (DDAF) in August 2023. Medals and degrees will be awarded at several venues decided by the respective academic units.

Link to the invitation: https://bighome.iitb.ac.in/index.php/s/53K7CxaCPCNoswQ

Prof Vinothan Manoharan is the Wagner Family Professor of Chemical Engineering and a Professor of Physics at Harvard. Prof. Manoharan will deliver the Institute Lecture on Braiding And Weaving Microscopic Fibers Using Water in August 2023.

Prof. Manoharan is one of the foremost exponents of experimental soft matter research globally with a focus on colloidal assembly and soft matter science. His group has advanced the use of optical methods and microscopy to study colloidal dispersions.

Prof. Manoharan has a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara, where he worked with Professor David J. Pine. He did his postdoc research with Professor John Crocker at the University of Pennsylvania before joining the faculty at Harvard in 2005.

IIT Bombay is committed to spearheading innovative technology solutions towards mitigating the global climate crisis. The Institute will partner with Stanford University to host a joint workshop on sustainability and climate change. The Institute will host an exclusive interactive session with corporates, industry experts, academicians, and researchers involved in climate science and solutions. The session will facilitate the exchange of knowledge and serve as a catalyst to discuss collaborative opportunities toward forging sustainable practices, policies, and technologies that will shape the future of our planet for generations to come. 

Date: September 4-7, 2023

Time: 9 am Onwards

Venue: VMCC, IIT Bombay

IIT Bombay will celebrate Teacher’s Day on campus in early September.

Prof. Arunava Majumdar, Dean, Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, the Jay Precourt Professor, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, will be the Chief Guest on the occasion.

The event will see the conferring of several prestigious awards to the academic community including:

-The IIT Bombay International Award for Excellence in Research Engineering and Technology (instituted by Mr. Sandeep Naik and Mr. Shantanu Rastogi)

-The Prof. S. P. Sukhatme Awards for Excellence in Teaching

-The Dr. P. K. Patwardhan Technology Development Award 2022

-Institute Academic Prizes to students

Date: September 5, 2023

Time: 3 pm onwards

Venue: VMCC, IIT Bombay Campus

The IIT Bombay Alumni Association will host an Alumni Meet in Nashik in September 2023. The event will include an exclusive dinner with Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director, IIT Bombay.

Date: September 16, 2023

Time: 6:30 pm onwards

Venue: TBA

IIT Bombay will inaugurate the INOX Cryogenic Research Lab on campus during the first week of October 2023.

Established through the generous support from INOX Group of Companies this lab will provide students with the opportunity to perform experiments, understand the concepts and processes, and develop breakthrough technologies in Cryogenics. The objective is to enable hands-on, experiment-based learning that can equip students to deal with real-world industrial setups.  

It is a matter of great pride for the Institute to collaborate with INOX India Ltd., a leading Cryogenic equipment manufacturing company in India. This partnership forms an integral part of IIT Bombay’s goal of leveraging academia-industry partnerships to foster research and academic excellence.

Date: October 5, 2023
Time: 4:00 pm onwards
Venue: Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay

IIT Bombay will host the HSBC Green Hydrogen Workshop on campus.  

HSBC’s commitment to promoting sustainable and low-carbon energy aligns with the Institute’s goal of driving innovation and accelerating the deployment of Green Hydrogen technologies in the country. An important component of the program involves

The objective of this workshop is to provide an open forum for researchers across the country working in the space of Green Hydrogen. Among the key goals of the workshop include seed-funding 3-5 collaborative research projects in identified areas, as well as forming inter-institutional collaborative research groups interested in participating in the program.

Dates: December 2, 2023

Time: TBA

Venue: TBA