The Indian Institute of Technology - Madras’ Alumni Association has organised a series of events to mark the institute’s diamond jubilee celebrations.
As part of it, a ‘research roadshow @ IIT Madras’ will be held on Friday.
Students from other engineering colleges will get to visit some of the cutting-edge facilities at the institute such as the student-run centre for innovation, National Centre for Combustion Research and Development (NCCRD), Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIT Madras Incubation Cell and Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre (HTIC).
On Saturday, the association is holding the IITMAA Sangam - Confluence for Impact - that will feature Puducherry Lt. Governor Kiran Bedi, cricketer Anil Kumble, actor Rana Daggubati, astronaut Rakesh Sharma, Indu bhushan, chief executive officer of Ayushman Bharat and Nachiket Mor, country director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, among others.
Association president Shuba Kumar said the event would become “an annual ritual for IIT Madras alumni to discuss new ideas, collaborate to deliver impact and reconnect with each other as well as the IIT Madras ecosystem.”
The association will also honour alumni and faculty involved in projects of social impact.
Social projects
The IITMAA aims to impact 10,000 people in a year and involve at least 1,000 alumni across the country in social projects through its various chapters.
For more details and to register visit https://iitmaa.org/sangam or call +91 73972 84362 / 044- 22578391.
