FORTHCOMING PROGRAMS

1. Convocation 2009

You will be happy to know that the 40^th Annual Convocation of the Institute will be held on 8^th and 9^th August 2009. As per schedule, students of UG & PG will be eligible to receive your Degree on one of these dates depending upon the Deptt./Centre they have graduated from IITD.

IIT Delhi Distinguished Alumni Award 2009

It gives us a great pleasure to learn that our alma mater has decided to confer upon following the Distinguished Alumni Award for this year. On behalf of IIT Delhi Alumni Association, we extend to them our heartiest congratulations on this prestigious honour conferred on them.

It has been a tradition of IIT Delhi Alumni Association to felicitate the Distinguished Alumni Awardees at a function held normally on the evening prior to the Convocation day. This year Convocation is scheduled to be held on two days i.e. on 8^th & 9^th August 2009 for Under Graduate and Post Graduate students respectively. We plan to organize the felicitation function on the evening of 8^th Aug.

IITDAA recognizes the outstanding contributions made by them as an alumnus of IIT Delhi through their achievements and brought glory to the name of the Institute.

IIT Delhi Distinguished Alumni Awardees for the year 2009:

• Dr. Alex Pothen

Director, Computing Research Institute &

Professor, Deptt. of Computer Science

Purdue University, USA

(MS Chemistry, 1978)

• Prof. Sharad Malik

George Van Ness Lothrop Prof. of Engg.

Deptt. of Electrical Engg.

Princeton University, USA

(B.Tech. Electrical, 1985)

• Mr. K. Ananth Krishnan

Vice President & Chief Technology Officer

Tata Consultancy Services, Chennai, India

(M.Sc. Physics, 1985 & M.Tech. CS&E 1988)

• Dr. Amarpreet S. Sawhney

President & CEO of i-Therapeutix, USA

(B.Tech. Chemical, 1987)

2. Pan IIT 2009 Global Conference, Chicago, October 9-11 2009

PanIIT 2009 Global Conference ( http://www.paniit2009.org )

October 9-11 in Chicago, IL

Aneesh Chopra, the first Chief Technology Officer of the US and Associate Director for Technology in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, will be a keynote speaker at PanIIT 2009 to be held in Chicago from October 9-11, 2009. Attendees will get to meet the nation’s CTO in person and learn how he plans to help build a next-generation digital infrastructure and drive innovation through policy.

Register NOW for PanIIT 2009 and visit http://www.paniit2009.org to learn more about the event. Special rates expire shortly and you have until August 15 to change your mind and get a full refund.

The PanIIT Global Conference 2009 will focus on the theme of “Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Global Economy.” The conference will bring together a diverse group of thought leaders from industry, academia and government, including alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology, to address challenges and opportunities in key industries such as Alternative Energy, Healthcare, Digital Infrastructure and Climate Change.

The conference agenda includes numerous informative workshops and panel discussions on current topics, and extensive networking opportunities to meet with technologists, investors, academics and entrepreneurs.

PanIIT Conferences have become one of the leading technology summits for executives looking to build partnerships with thought leaders across the globe. Past keynote speakers at PanIIT Conferences have included Bill Gates, Jack Welch, Larry Summers, Hillary Clinton, and Jeffrey Immelt. The 2009 conference will once again bring together many of the world’s top public and private sector technology leaders to forge new initiatives in a wide range of advanced technologies.

Attendees also include many entrepreneurs in various stages of venture evolution looking for capital and resources. The conference site will feature a dedicated Entrepreneurship Networking Zone with booths for Venture Capitalists.

Besides Mr. Chopra, other speakers at the event include James W. Owens, Chairman and CEO of Caterpillar Inc.; Sharon M. Oster, Dean and Frederic D. Wolfe Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at the Yale School of Management; Sam Pitroda, Chairman of India’s National Knowledge Commission; Meera Shankar, Ambassador of India to the United States; Tulsi Tanti, Chairman of Suzlon Energy; Carl Shramm, President and CEO of the Kauffman Foundation, the world's largest foundation devoted to entrepreneurship; and Raghuram G. Rajan, Eric J. Gleacher Distinguished Service Professor of Finance at the University of Chicago and Former Chief Economist of the IMF.

To register for the conference please visit http://paniit2009.org/registration

3. Silver Jubilee Reunion Class of 1985

Initial Announcement

The Silver reunion of 1985 batches is scheduled for 26(Saturday), 27(Sunday) and 28^th (Monday) December, 2009. In 1985 there were two batches of B. Tech i.e. 1980 – 85 (5 yr) and 1981 – 85 ( 4 yr). Graduates of these batches, as well as M. Tech and Ph. D students who passed out of the portals of IIT in 1985 are welcome to join the event.

While a formal announcement along with a tentative programme will be made following the AGM on 25^th April, 09. This initial announcement is to get you to block the dates and include them in your travel plans. We would be starting around 4 pm on 26^th and ending by 6:30pm on 28^th Dec.’09.

Naturally such an event will require collaborative efforts. All volunteers are requested to drop in a line of interest to Mr. Satish Chauhan, office@iitdalumni.com. Alumni Association (at office@iitdalumni.com).