Shri Swaminathan Sivakumar graduated from IIT Madras in 1987 with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering. He obtained his Master of Science degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign in 1989. Shri Sivakumar joined Intel in 1990 as a lithography process engineer and has dedicated his career to the lithography area, working on photo-resists, patterning equipment, and process development. His contributions to lithography development, characterization and transfer to high-volume manufacturing have spanned every sub-micron process…
Dr. G. Ayyappan is a liquid propulsion specialist and a systems engineer in the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). He completed his B.Sc. (Engg.) from College of Engineering, Kerala University in 1982, M.Tech from IIT Madras in 1987 and his Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Kerala University in 2017. Since joining ISRO in 1982, he has spearheaded some of the most important projects crucial for the country's space research. He led the 'Team ISRO' as Vehicle Director for GSLV MK-III experimental flight-LVM3-X/CARE Mission to a successful flight on December 18, 2014. He was…
Prof. Srinivas Peeta obtained his B. Tech. in Civil engineering from IIT Madras in 1988. He went on to pursue his M.S. in the same discipline at Caltech in 1989 and earned his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (transportation) from the University of Texas, Austin.He has worked as a faculty member of the School of Civil Engineering at Purdue University during which time he has been keen to both propagate knowledge to the next generation and find its application for advancements in the US and in India. After 24 years at Purdue University, where he was also the Jack and Kay Hockema Professor from 2015-…
Shri Ashish Dikshit graduated from IIT Madras with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering in 1990. In 1992, he got his Post Graduate Diploma in Management from IIM Bangalore and subsequently completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. Shri Ashish Dikshit started his career in Asian Paints and was one of the youngest branch managers trusted with turning around two complex, issue-ridden, under-performing branches in Guwahati and then in Kolkata.Subsequent to his stint with Asian Paints, he has spent a large part of his career in the fashion retail industry.…
Dr. Parthasarathy Ranganathan graduated from IIT Madras in 1994 with a B.Tech in Electrical Engineering. He received his M.S. and Ph.D. in Electrical and Computing Engineering from Rice University. He worked at Hewlett-Packard Laboratories from 2000 to 2013 and held several positions including as HP Fellow and Chief Technologist, and led their research on next-generation systems including Project Moonshot and the Data-Centric Data Center program. As a Google Distinguished Engineer & Area Tech Lead, he is currently driving new technical directions and incubating innovations for the…