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Dr. Mas Subramanian is a graduate of University of Madras with Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Chemistry earned in 1975 and 1977, respectively. In 1982, he completed his doctoral research from IIT Madras in Materials Chemistry, and joined Texas A&M University as a Post-Doctoral Fellow. He worked at DuPont Company from 1984 to 2006 as a Research Scientist. Since 2006, he is the Milton Harris Chair Professor of Materials Science at Oregon State University. Since 2006, he is also the Signature Faculty Fellow of Oregon Nano science and Micro technologies Institute. He has served as…

Shri Lazar T. Chitilappilly graduated from IIT Madras with a Bachelor’s degree in Aerospace Engineering in 1983. In 1985, he obtained his Master’s from IISc Bangalore. As a scientist-engineer at VSSC / ISRO from 1985, he has been contributing to the field of propulsion for more than three decades with his landmark work on various aspects of High-Speed Air Breathing Propulsion (HSABP) covering design, modeling/analysis, manufacturing, system integration, testing and flying. As Project Director for Air Breathing Propulsion since 2006, he has played an instrumental role in the execution of the…

Dr. Noshir S. Contractor graduated from IIT Madras in 1983 with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. He received his Master's degree in Communication from the Annenberg School of Communication at the University of Southern California where he also carried out his doctoral research in Communication, obtaining his Ph.D. in 1987. Having served on the faculty of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign till 2007, he is currently the Jane S. & William J. White Professor of Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University, USA.Dr. Contractor is well known for the Multi-Theoretical…

Dr. Sridhar R. Tayur graduated from IIT Madras with a Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering in the year 1986. He went on to pursue his Master’s and Ph.D. in Operations Research and Industrial Engineering from Cornell University. Currently, he is Ford Distinguished Research Professor of Operations Management, Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA. Prior to this, he has held positions at IBM, AT&T and Cornell University, and has carried out many consulting projects with a wide spectrum of industries.Dr. Tayur has been a serial entrepreneur and an…

Dr. Seeram Ramakrishna graduated with a Master’s degree from IIT Madras in 1988, after having obtained a Bachelor of Engineering Degree from Andhra University. Subsequently, he pursued a Ph.D. from the University of Cambridge, UK, and the General Management Program from Harvard University, USA. He is currently a Professor and Director of the Center for Nanofibers and Nanotechnology in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS).Dr. Ramakrishna's leadership experience includes NUS' University Vice-President (Research Strategy); Dean of Faculty of…

Shri Rajesh Jha received his Bachelor’s in Computer Science from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1988, and an M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst in 1990. He serves on the Advisory Board for the College of Information and Computer Sciences at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and the Jagran Foundation in Bellevue, Washington. He is the holder of multiple patents from his early days as a software engineer.Shri Jha joined Microsoft in 1990, developing multiple product releases with the Microsoft Works team. He moved on to create multimedia…

Dr. Naga Bhushan graduated from IIT Madras in 1989 with a Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering. Later, he obtained a Master’s and Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. With more than two decades of contributions in the telecommunications sector, he is responsible for advancement of communication theory and for innovative implementation leading to the commercial realization of Broadband Wireless Technologies such as 3G (EV-DO) and 4G (UMB, LTE, LTE-A, LTE-U). His role as the Vice President, Technology at Qualcomm Inc. places him at the helm of…

Dr. Sudhir Kumar Mishra graduated with a Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from IIT Madras in 1995, after having obtained his Bachelor’s from University of Jabalpur. Subsequently, he obtained his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Warangal. Since August 2014, he has served as Distinguished Scientist & Director General (BrahMos), DRDO, Ministry of Defence, and CEO & MD, BrahMos Aerospace, leading an R&D team to design, develop, test, produce and maintain the world's fastest supersonic cruise missile BrahMos, encompassing its complete life cycle.With more than 33 years…

Shri Puttige Ramadas obtained his B.E. in mechanical engineering from Karnataka Regional Engineering College (KREC), Surathkal (today's NITK) in 1968. He did his M.Tech. in Machine Tools from IIT Madras, in 1970.He started his career as a Design Engineer in Machine Tool Company of India, HMT Bangalore and was a member of the first NC Lathe Design team in 1972 – 73. He was the recipient of the first “Best Design” Award given to the best machine tool design for a machine exhibited in the Indian Machine Tool Exhibition (IMTEX) 1979, for the Slant Bed CNC Lathe. He also led a design team to…

Shri Harcharan (Harry) Singh graduated from IIT Madras with a Bachelor's Degree from the Department of Metallurgy in 1970. In 1972, he obtained a MBA from Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad (IIM-A). Shri Singh has exceptional leadership and management achievements in both the corporate and entrepreneurial arena in the Pharmaceutical Industry. In the Corporate world, after commencing his career in 1972 as Product Manager in Warner Lambert India, Shri Singh served as General Manager, Tata Pharma. He later was Director of Lederle International, India/USA – a global pharmaceutical company…

Dr. Cherukuri Murali Krishna graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Physics from Loyola College in 1976 and a Master's degree in Physics in 1978 from Andhra University, Waltair, Andhra Pradesh. In 1984, he obtained his Ph.D. in Physics from Indian Institute of Technology Madras with guidance from Professor Sankaran Subramanian (Department of Chemistry).After his Ph.D 1984, he joined the National Cancer Institute (NCI), NIH, a US Federal Government establishment the world's largest and premier clinical research establishment, as a post-doctoral fellow. He went on to become one of the youngest…

Dr. Kanniks Kannikeswaran graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Madras in 1984. He went on to finish his Master's in Materials Engineering from University of Cincinnati in 1986 followed by an MBA from the same university in 1988. His love and passion for Music resulted in a Doctorate degree in Indian Music from the University of Madras in 2014. Dr. Kannikeswaran is referred to as the “Magic Musician from Madras”. He is credited with creating a new territory in music – of melding Indian classical music with traditional western choirs. He is the…

Prof. Srinivas Devadas graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras in 1985, and later, with a Master's degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley in 1986. In 1988, he obtained his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. He is known for his outstanding and widely cited research, recognized by several top awards from both IEEE and ACM due to his pioneering work on Physical Unclonable Functions (PUFs).He has had an exceptional teaching and mentoring career of over 30 years as a professor in…

Shri Vivek Sankaran's career illustrates how perseverance, taking risks, a mindset of learning forever, and leading with humility has led to professional and personal growth and success.Shri Vivek Sankaran graduated from IIT Madras in 1985 with a Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering. He obtained his Master's degree in Industrial Engineering from Georgia Tech in 1988. In 1993, he obtained his MBA from the University of Michigan.Shri Vivek Sankaran is the CEO of Frito-Lay North America of PepsiCo. He was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer, Frito-Lay North America, effective…

Kaushik Bhattacharya is Howell N. Tyson, Sr., Professor of Mechanics and Professor of Materials Science as well as Vice-Provost (Research) at the California Institute of Technology. He received his B. Tech. degree from the Indian Institute of Technology Madras in 1986, his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in 1991 and received post-doctoral training at the Courant Institute for Mathematical Sciences during 1991-1993. He joined Caltech in 1993. He has held visiting positions at Cornell University, Heriot-Watt University in Scotland, Max-Planck-Institute at Leipzig, Isaac Newton Institute…