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Content - Alumni Association, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur
IITK 90 Yearbook
Celebrating 25 years of the batch of
1986-1990
Director’s Message
Dear Batch of 1986-1990/91,
It is my pleasure to welcome you all to IIT Kanpur on the 25th anniversary of your graduation.
Since graduation, you have made significant progress in your professional career and made
us proud of your achievements. Your accomplishments are an inspiration for current and future
students of IIT Kanpur. I am thankful to IITK Alumni Association who has kept us informed about
your contributions and maintained active link between us.
While some of you might have visited IITK in recent years, the rest may be returning to this
campus after many years. Regardless of the frequency of your contact with IITK, I am inclined to
believe that your bond with your alma mater has remained and will remain as strong and alive
as ever.
I am sure that you will have a great time on campus during your Silver Jubilee celebration.
Please enjoy your stay, keep in touch, and make bigger strides in your career and life to make
your alma mater more proud.
Sincerely,
Indranil Manna
Director, IIT Kanpur
Dec 27, 2014 A word from a friend
Dear Batchmate,
I am delighted to present to you the IITK 90 yearbook. The objective of this book is two-fold. The first
is to take you back in time to relive fond memories as you browse through it. Second is to get you
to call or email a batchmate that you have not communicated with in years.
The effort to put the book together started in June 2014. While working on it, I admit that I drew
a lot of “inspiration” from the IITK89 yearbook (old habits die hard ). The alumni association had
sparse and often outdated information on about 262 roll numbers. We requested data and
photos from all batchmates. Approximately 90 responded with detailed information. We tried our
best to maintain the accuracy of the contents of the book. However, if you still see some see
errors/inconsistencies, please accept my sincere apologies.
Kartikeya Mishra, Navpreet Singh and Pravin Bhagwat were a great help in making this book happen.
Thanks to Milind Hambarde (milind.hambarde@gmail.com) who designed the layout of the book.
I hope you enjoy the yearbook.
Samir Palnitkar - 86167
+91-98509-91355
samir.palnitkar@gmail.com
Ajay Singh | 86006
Mechanical Engineering
Aditya Thadani | 86004
ajays001@gmail.com
+919886707535, 080-41218510
Mechanical Engineering
athadani@umich.edu
Ajay Tripathi | 86007
Mechanical Engineering
ajay.tripathi@gail.co.in
+915683280388, +919411017907
Alok Gupta | 86011
Electrical Engineering
Akshay Goel | 86008
Chemical Engineering
020-30452061, +919881464672
alok_107@yahoo.com
91-172-2638190,
9872108885
86005 | Ajay Shanker Tewari | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Top
ajaytewari93@gmail.com
+91 96780 01977
Spouse: Anamika - Guwahati
Children: Ashrant 16, Aryaman 14, Aryan 14, Arhant 11
Commissioner of Sports
Indian Administrative Service
Birthdate: Aug 5
Anniversary: Feb 28
House No. 14, L.P.School Lane, Chilarai Nagar,
Bhangagarh, Guwahati 781032
Assam India
Favorite Activity: Writing Hindi Poetry, Travel, Movies
Memorable IITK Moments: Winning Choreography event in Galaxy, Playing cards
nonstop in the Quadrangle of Hall 3, Getting selected in IAS
Life Lesson: Life is beautiful. Live it with a purpose.
Don’t expect anything in return.
86012 | Alok Kumar Gupta | Civil Engineering | Hall 1 - E Mid
alok_24367@yahoo.com
91-22-66760112
Spouse: Rajani Gupta
Children: Aditya 19, Akshat 12
Chief Engineer
Tecnimont ICB Pvt Ltd.
EMP69-304, Evershine
Millennium Paradise,
Thakur Village, Kandivli East
Mumbai 400101
Maharashtra
India
Birthdate: March 24
Anniversary: May 18
Favorite Activity: Travel
Memorable IITK Moments: Enjoying Watching movies
in Lecture Hall 7
Life Lesson: Special children are the God’s gift to the parents.
Always treat them at par with the normal kids.
Alok Sinha | 86013
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
01143095670, 09312311432
Anand Kumar | 86020
Civil Engineering
Amit Neogi | 86017
Physics
amit.neogi@gmail.com
913241257009, 919413839224
Amitabh Gupta | 86018
Electrical Engineering
amitabhgupta69@gmail.com,
912222839595, 919930084101
86014 | Amit Baranwal | Computer Science & Engineering | Hall 1 - B Mid
amit.baranwal@gmail.com
+1 954 559 7068
Director, Product Development
Citrix Systems Inc.
17434 SW 31st CT,
Florida,
United States
Spouse: Bhavna Baranwal, Lucknow
Children: Navya 16, Amogh 9, Aarna 6
Birthdate: June 12
Anniversary: April 26
Favorite Activity: Travel, & Spending time on beach
Memorable IITK Moments: Putting fake clues in Treasure Hunt at Culfest
Life Lesson: Do your best at your role. Be on lookout for making things better.
Stretch yourself but then understand your limits. Invest time in building
relations with people.
86015 | Amit Goel | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - F Top
amit@goels.in
91-9899985001
Spouse: Pallavi Goel
Children: Sharvil 21, Alina 5
Chairman
ASP Media And Infotainment
Birthdate: Jul 1
Anniversary: Apr 20
F 601 , Pearl Gateway Tower
Sector 44 Noida - 201301
Uttar Pradesh
India
Favorite Activity: Still Bulla
Memorable IITK Moments: Running to faculty building to see F list
Life Lesson: Take it easy. Allow life to drift.
86016 | Amit Kumar Agrawal | Chemical Engineering | Hall 1 - D Bot
abha.amit92@gmail.com
+91 98390 38226
Spouse: Abha Didwania, Gorakhpur
Children: Devang 20, Vaibhav 12
Co-founder
A R Digitech
19, Tagore Road, Girdhar Kunj
Cantonment, Kanpur,
Uttar Pradesh
India
Birthdate: Nov 7
Favorite Activity: Playing Squash, Hanging out with friends
Memorable IITK Moments:
1. Getting a chocolate in the IIT Marathon
2. Getting a fellowship from U of Minnesota
Life Lesson:
1. Appreciate & enjoy the life that you are living, as it is a dream for millions.
2. Pursue a hobby.
3. Spend time with your family.
86019 | Anand Agarwal | Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
| Hall 1 - F Top
Spouse: Shalini Agarwal, Lucknow
Children: Aninditaa 17, Alisha 11, Rhea 9
Birthdate: Aug 7
Anniversary: Mar 10
Favorite Activity: Fooling around with family & friends
anand1968@yahoo.com
+91-9860069424
CEO
Sterlite Technologies
G602 Waterfront, South Avenue
Kalyaninagar, Pune 411006
Maharashtra, India
Memorable IITK Moments:
1 Sleeping overnight on the large Audio Club speakers post Culfest day-4
rock concert and waking up in an empty field in early morning.
2 Getting a zero in the first ever IITK quiz (Physics) in First Semester and being
told by the section prof that I was not fit for IIT, Kanpur.
Life Lesson:
1. Be in the moment.
2. Don’t over-plan for the future and don’t live in the past.
3. Today’s stressful situation is not worth the time and stress being spent on it
(will realise this tomorrow). 4. Live for yourself - nothing to prove to anybody.
Anil Varma | 86024
Mechanical Engineering
Anand Kumar Balmiki | 86021
510-643-8146
Civil Engineering
Anirudha Vaidya | 86025
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
rubyfirst@yahoo.com
16313271953
Ananda Chakravorty | 86022
Electrical Engineering
hkrcac@yahoo.com
Anu Rastogi | 86026
Anil Kumar Das | 86023
Electrical Engineering
akdas1@gmail.com
91-11-2542755, 91-120-2356583
Mechanical Engineering
anu_rastogi@hotmail.com
16472819673, 14168748673
86027 | Anuj Kumar | Chemical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Top
anujkumar1967@yahoo.com
+1 408 203 9035
Spouse: Dr Sanjiwani Meharda, Los Angeles
Children: Anmol 10, Saumya 9
Founder
KNM Services, AppsTecCorp.
Birthdate: December 25
Favorite Activity: Cooking, gardening, sports , brewing etc.
3366 Clearing Lane
Corona, CA 92882,
California
United States
Memorable IITK Moments: Secy. Films society, Waiting in front of DOSA office after
“EndSem”, Bulla with friends & many more..
Life Lesson: Once the storm is over, you won’t remember how you made it through,
how you managed to survive. You won’t even be sure, whether the storm is really over.
But one thing is certain. When you come out of the storm, you won’t be the same
person.
86032 | Anurag Goyal | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Bot
anuraag.goyal@gmail.com
+919868514422
Spouse: Sunita singh
Children: Smriti 15, Pari 13
Additional Commissioner
Govt of India - IRS
Birthdate: 23 Nov
Anniversary: Feb 18
Bungalow No.1, Flying Club
Road, Safdarjung,
New Delhi -110003
India
Favorite Activity: Outdoors, Movies
Memorable IITK Moments: Lots of good memories, but the late night
bicycle trips to the Dhabas on the GT Road with friends for some of the
best food ever, is worth special mention.
Life Lesson: It is OK to plan for the future, but live always in the present
86033 | Anurag Srivastava | Electrical Engineering
anusriv4u@gmail.com
+91-9867450122
Spouse: Saloni Gupta, Dehradun
Children: Aarya 13, Aadhiyaa 13
Additional Commissioner
Income Tax
Govt. of India
53, Cassi
Metha Central Revenue Apartments,
Narayan Dabholkar Road,
Off Napean Sea Road, Malabar Hill,
Mumbai - 400006,
Maharashtra
India
Birthdate: Feb 20
Anniversary: Feb 20
Favorite Activity: Travel, Reading
Memorable IITK Moments: Made to crawl on the L-7 stage in a Play in the 1st year,
after wearing a dhoti for the first time in life !!
Begging and copying assignments!! Lala’s chai and egg bhujiya in Hall 3 canteen!!
Life Lesson: Life is short and future is uncertain- live it up everyday to the best
extent possible.
Anup Bagchi | 86028
Chemical Engineering
anup.bagchi@icicibank.com
91-22-6704339, 919821144095
Anurag Vishnoi | 86035
Anupam Shukla| 86030
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
anurag.vishnoi1900@gmail.com
shukla.anupam6@gmail.com
Anupam | 86029
Mechanical Engineering
Anurag Srivastava | 86034
Civil Engineering
91-80-3312966
Destiny
Is everything predestined?
I wish to briefly describe incidents of my life which will force you to think about it:
After graduating from IIT, I was travelling across India spending time with my relatives while mentally preparing myself for move to the US for my
MS. In July I was in Allahabad staying with my mausaji, where I had the chance to meet a friend of his Mr. Rajan who was an employee with the
Indian Railways. I was meeting him for the first time, so after our introduction, I was told that Mr. Rajan had the ability to predict one’s future by
just looking at a person. While we were having small talks, Mr. Rajan suddenly said that he had a “flash” and pronounced that I will not be going
to the US for my Master’s but will start my business in Kanpur. I laughed at him and said I have a fellowship from University of Minnesota & have
already received my I20 etc.. He simply responded by saying “well this is what I see”. Quite a few of you already know that this is what actually
happened.
In 1984 I had the good fortune of meeting Mr. K D Tripathi who used to sit in “Kanpur Hotel”, Birhana Road. He was a palmist by profession. He
took the hand print of both my hands by smearing black ink on them and then asked me a few dates related to my past, which he said were for
correlation & time correction. After a week he gave a hand written booklet of about 10 pages which he called “Jivan Chakra” for the life span.
Out of the numerous things he wrote which have unfolded to be true to quite an extent, I will mention 2 which are quite striking.
1. He wrote my marriage date as 17.11.92, I got married on 07.11.92. Taking in account it was written 8 years ago I think it is fairly accurate.
2. Earning in foreign currency from 2005 onwards: The businesses I was doing had no potential for export so there was no possibility of any
earning in foreign currency. In January 2005 a friend of mine who is a doctor in UK asked me if I would be interested in doing some Medical
transcription for him, we started with it and the foreign currency earnings started, then of course we moved to an engineering KPO but that’s
another story.
Are we simply characters playing our part in a stage play as Shakespeare said “All the world’s a stage, and all the men
and women merely players…”
Amit Kumar Agrawal - 86016
86036 | Apurb Anand | Civil Engineering | Hall 1 - D Top
apurb@rediffmail.com
+91-8800998283
Spouse: Anita Anand, Varanasi
Children: Arushi 13 years & Anusha 9 years
General Manager
Soma Isolux
Birthdate: June 05
Anniversary: Nov 23
B - 402, Plot 3C, AG Bros,
Spring Valley Apartment,
Sector 11, Dwarka,
Delhi - 110075
India
Favorite Activity: Music
Memorable IITK Moments: I still remember the incident in 1st year when, during a power cut, I
put on a gorilla mask and went about scaring my wing mates. DPC would certainly recollect the
incident. He was studying next to window in Hall 2, B Bot and I rose slowly from below the window
just behind the candle kept on window sill. DPC rose from seat, took a few step backwards and then
charged at me with a broom in his hand. I ran away to save myself from a thrashing.
Life Lesson: Take it as it comes!
86037 | Archana Bhatnagar | Chemical Engineering | Girl’s Hostel
archana23bhatnagar@gmail.com
+91-9822026575
Spouse: Ajai Bhatnagar
Children: Aviral 22, Abhinav 17
Consultant
Self Employed
J-022,Forest County
Kharadi
Pune Maharashtra
India
Birthdate: 23 july
Anniversary: Feb 18
Favorite Activity: Teaching my children
Memorable IITK Moments: Meeting my husband,Ajai
Life Lesson: Don’t resist change. It may not be exactly what we want
but it is what we need to move ahead and move on.
86039 | Arnab Mukherjea | Computer Science & Engineering | Hall 1 - C Mid
arnab.mukherjea@gmail.com
+852-6684-4057
+65-8403-1792
Spouse: Soundari Mukherjea, Chennai
Children: Arundhati 15, Arjun 12
Birthdate: Apr 11
Anniversary: Dec 3
Chief Risk Officer
RV Capital Management Pvt Ltd
19B William Mansion
16-18 Macdonnell Road
Hong Kong
86040 | Arun Kumar | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - E Top
arunkumarwa@hotmail.com
3608670293
Spouse: Priti Gairola, Roorkee
Children: Shreya 16, Eshaan 12
Director, Client Platform Enabling
Intel Corp.
Birthdate: Sept 28
Anniversary: Dec 10
2325 NW Stoney Creek Dr,
Issaquah, WA, 98027
Washington
United States
Favorite Activity: Reading, Movies, Hiking, Running
Memorable IITK Moments: Manali Trek in first year. We went over a pass around 14000ft
and had no clue what we were doing. Red Rose (since changed) eat outs. Early morning
bike rides to Bithoor. All Culfests - I never took a major part, in hind sight I would rectify.
Life Lesson: Approach life with an open mind. Adapt and be flexible. Always trust first and
give people the benefit of doubt - most people mean well and try hard. And remember
nothing is as important as putting ‘life’ (whatever that means to you) in life.
Arunesh Kumar | 86042
Arun Kumar Nagarkoti | 86041
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
arunksnagarkoti@gmail.com
+91-99103-45207
Ashu Jindal | 86049
Electrical Engineering
ashujin@gmail.com,
+91-99870-93391
Ashok Kumar Verma| 86048
Electrical Engineering
Atanu Kumar Deb Baruah | 86052
Aerospace Engineering
adebbaruah@yahoo.com
1-414-688-8368
86043 | Arvind Kumar Sinha | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Top
arvind67@gmail.com
+91-98192-68387
Scientific Officer “F”
Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, MUMBAI
15- C , Gulmarg , Anushaktinagar ,
Mumbai -94
Maharashtra
India
Favorite Activity: Trekking mountainous terrains , movies , reading
Memorable IITK Moments: Winning scholarship for study at IITK from
TATA STEEL.
Life Lesson: Never let what you can’t do stop you from doing what
you can do.
86045 | Ashish A Gupta | Chemical Engineering | Hall 1 - F Bot
ashish2612@gmail.com
+91-9891744722
Spouse: Anshu Gupta, Indore
Children: Arunim 14, Anika 5
Chief Marketing Manager Gas Business
GAIL (India) Ltd.
Birthdate: Apr 26
Anniversary: Jan 26
Favorite Activity: Travel
A-403, The Gandhi Ashram
CGHS Ltd., Plot-9, Sector-10,
Dwarka,
New Delhi - 110075
India
Memorable IITK Moments: Bulla Sessions of F-Bot & Group Dinings outside
Gliding at Aero Club, Watching movies in Lecture Halls
Life Lesson: Balance between Personal Life and Professional Life is must. Enjoy the
Present to the fullest.
86050 | Ashutosh Goel | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - E Top
ashu0212@gmail.com
+91-98926-34011
Spouse: Meenal Agrawal, Nagpur
Children: Atharv 12, Vidit 6
Sr GM - New Business Development
Mahindra & Mahindra
Birthdate: Dec 2
Anniversary: May 6
D-1004, Great Eastern Gardens,
LBS Road, Kanjur Marg (W),
Mumbai 400078.
Maharashtra,
India.
Favorite Activity: Travel, reading, badminton
Memorable IITK Moments: Walking into a psychology class with 4-5 guys with
faces covered by vests to protest against the prof’s approach on something.
Life Lesson: Keep the big picture - If you optimise at each node, overall outcome
may still be sub-optimal.
86051 | Ashutosh Joglekar | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - F Bot
ashu.joglekar@gmail.com
+1-203-434-6450
Spouse: Ujwala Joglekar
Children: Akshay 12, Anousha 7
Managing Director
Deutsche Bank
Birthdate: May 19
Anniversary: Dec 30
58 Lockwood Lane,
Riverside, CT 06878
Connecticut
United States
Favorite Activity: Music, Books, Movies, Travel, Nature
Memorable IITK Moments: Great friends, Culfest ‘87, Powder Baba, and of course eccentric
professors - Trishul instead of the symbol Psi; hand gestures depicting intersecting 3D surfaces on
our very first day;
Life Lesson: Find something you are deeply passionate about and get a job in that field. Keep
learning,! Make plans, set goals, but be flexible! Nothing is as bad as it seems at first or as good
as it seems at first -- try to be level headed and dispassionate.
86053 | Avaneesh Dubey | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Bot
dubey.avan@gmail.com
+919886484527
Spouse: Rinku Dubey, Patna
Children: Aadi 9
SVP
SAP
Birthdate: Aug 5
Favorite Activity: DIY, Coaching
1062, Sobha Jasmine,
Outer Ring Road,
Bellandur,Bangalore - 560103
Karnataka,
India
Memorable IITK Moments: The placement season
the parties after every job offer and after every
scholarship.
Life Lesson: Life is full of interesting twists and turns, ups and downs. Every stage has
something interesting to offer, something challenging to overcome, but above all,
something surprising ahead!
Avik Prasun Chatterjee |86054
Chemistry
Avinash Shivani | 86056
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
91-517-451703
Charu Lata Kumar | 86063
Chemical Engineering
Avinash Kumar | 86055
csardana@altera.com
408-544-7536, 408-263-4332
Electrical Engineering
avinash86055@yahoo.com Bijay Kumar Pandey | 86059
Civil Engineering
86060 | Binay Kumar Choudhary | Electrical Engineering
binaykumar.choudhary@sms-demag.de
00492118816619
004915158243689
86061 | Chanchal Kumar | Computer Science & Engineering | Hall 1 - E Top
chanchal_kr@yahoo.co.uk
+91-9473191410
Spouse: Snigdha, Hazaribagh
Children: Shambhavi 16,Shashwat 11
Secretary
Building Construction & Art, Culture&Youth,
CEO Bihar Foundation
Indian Administrative Service
Birthdate: 11 March
A3/1, Bailey Road,
Near Hanuman Mandir,
Rajbansinagar,
Patna, Bihar
India
Favorite Activity: Appreciating archaeological artefacts
Memorable IITK Moments: Enjoying French toast with Tomato ketchup
on Sunday mornings.
Life Lesson: Be positive.
There are so many good things to be done in life. Contribute and move forward.
86064 | Charutosh Dixit | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - D Top
charu_dixit@yahoo.com
+1 408 203 4327
Birthdate: Mar 25
Favorite Activity: Singing
Principal Engineer
Avago Corp
867 Transill Circle
Santa Clara CA 95054, California
United States
Life Lesson: Achieving something significant takes
a lot of persistence and commitment
C Ramakrishna Prasad | 86066
Chemical Engineering
Tan Weingken Chow | 86065
crk_prasad@hotmail.com
Aerospace Engineering
ctweingken@gmail.com
9871088933
Deepak Bisht | 86072
Aerospace Engineering
deepakbisht01@gmail.com
912240597994, 912240000386
Debjit Biswas | 86071
Electrical Engineering
debjit.biswas@gmail.com
David Nevin Panna| 86067
Electrical Engineering
86069 | Debashis Parida | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - B Bot
debashisparida.can@gmail.com
+1-647-525-7066
Spouse: Ruchirangana B Parida
Children: Lara Parida 13
Senior IT Manager
Birthdate: Oct 2
Anniversary: May 7
100 Great Oak Drive
Toronto M9A1N5
Ontario
Canada
Favorite Activity: Big Bang Theory, Friends,
Painting, Squash
Memorable IITK Moments: Some of my most memorable moments are Rock nights at Culfest,
Tennis at dusk, first “Bloody Mary” in the final year, Saturday NCC sessions - rifles, riding those
gigantic Army Trucks, the beaches of Goa during summer field trip (wink - wink)
Life Lesson: ”Seek opportunities everyday to help everyone around you.
SMILE, Live and let live.”
86073 | Deepak Gangal | Materials and Metallurgical Engineering | Hall 1 - D Mid
dgangal3@gmail.com
+919535937796
Senior Engineer
Shell
Flat I-404, Springfields Apartments,
Belandur, Opp Spencer’s,
Sarjapur Road,
Bangalore - 560102
Karnataka
India
Spouse: Anita Sethia Gangal, Kanpur
Children: Sagar 18, Priyanka 15
Birthdate: 20 Mar
Anniversary: 24 Feb
Favorite Activity: Reading, Movies, Travel
Memorable IITK Moments: Running to faculty building to see F list
Life Lesson: Take it easy. Allow life to drift.
86074 | Deepak Gupta | Computer Science & Engineering | Hall 1 - C Mid
deepak_gupta_17@yahoo.com
+91-98904-93087
Spouse: Madhvi Gupta, Ghaziabad
Children: Mrityunjay 17, Drishti 13
Chief Architect
AirTight Networks
Birthdate: Dec 3
Favorite Activity: Reading
C-404 Pristine Grandeur
SN 239, Wakad
Pune 411057 Maharashtra
India
Memorable IITK Moments: Swigging daru from a bucket after jobs/schols of
friends, rivalry with 2-top in Hall-3
Life Lesson: Do in life what your heart says, forget what the herd thinks.
Deepak Kumar | 86076
Mathematics
Deepak Jain | 86075
deepakkumarifs@rediffmail.com
0512-2222108, 919412287068
Electrical Engineering
deepakjain1968@yahoo.co.in
919820211430, 91 22 66328801
Diljit Singh | 86080
Electrical Engineering
diljitsingh71@hotmail.com
1722264002, 919999600985
Deepak Saxena| 86077
Statistics
Bandhu Kishan Dukha | 86081
Electrical Engineering
86078 | Depankar Neogi | Mechanical Engineering
dneogi@copanion.com,
dneogi@hotmail.com,
dneogi05@gsb.columbia.edu
978-657-9601, 978-828-8412,
86082 | Durga Prasad Choudhury | Physics | Hall 1 - F Mid
dpchoudh@gmail.com
+1-603-459-8113
Spouse: Sharmistha Nanda, Bhubaneswar
Children: Bharat 10
Consultant
self-employed/Broadcom
Corporation
Birthdate: Apr 29
37 Georgetown Drive
Nashua, NH 03062
New Hampshire
United States
Memorable IITK Moments: The hike to Roopkund during the third year.
It had a permanent impact in my life.
Favorite Activity: Travel and hiking
Life Lesson: Just going through life is an achievement.
86083 | Praveen Kumar Gautam | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - C Mid
praveen.gautam@gmail.com
16303004239
Spouse: Neeta Rupani, Hyderabad
Children: Rahul 16, Siddharth 13
VP, IT
Brambles
Birthdate: Oct 29
Anniversary: Dec 9
4235 Falls Ridge Drive
Johns Creek, GA 30022
Georgia
United States
Favorite Activity: Golf, Tennis, Travel
Memorable IITK Moments: Getting my first job early in the 4th year, Taekwondo
practice & bulla sessions with wing mates
Life Lesson: Life is too short; live it up and make good friends!
Gautam Vasisht |86084
Electrical Engineering
Himanshu Agrawal | 86092
818-354-6979
Aerospace Engineering
Ram Hansa | 86088
Civil Engineering
himanshu@bits-pilani.ac.in
himag@hotmail.com
Gopal Tandon | 86086
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
Harish Parthasarathy| 86090
Electrical Engineering
86091 | Harmendra Gandhi | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - E Mid
harmendra@gmail.com
+919820225303
consultant
primus investments
1402 moru mahal ambedkar road,
bandra west mumbai 400050
Maharastra
India
Spouse: Sunita Gandhi
Children: Medhavi 16
Birthdate: October 15
Anniversary: May 25
Favorite Activity: Urdu poetry
Memorable IITK Moments: Great time with wingmates- drinking, watching
movies and doing bulla especially in last 2 years of our stay in campus
Life Lesson: Live life as it comes to you- all iitians will do well in life so be
patient and focussed on what u like to do and results will follow
86093 | Himanshu Tewari | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Bot
himanshu.tewari@bmradvisors.com
+919820447448
Spouse: Niharika, Mumbai
Children: Ojasvi 11, Unmani 9
Partner
BMR & Associates LLP
Birthdate: July 19
Anniversary: May 9
Flat No C - 1201, Lodha Bellissimo
Apollo Mill Compound,
N M Joshi Marg Mahalaxmi
Mumbai - 400 011
Maharashtra
India
Favorite Activity: Exploring mystical experiences
Memorable IITK Moments: Enjoying trivia on the campus
Life Lesson: Fundamental definitions also change, so be adaptable, always walk your path with
passion, but be open to the opposite being equally true and worth exploring
86095 | Indermohan Singh Monga | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - C Top
imonga@gmail.com
+1 510 499 8065
Spouse: Reshma Singh, Delhi
Children: Ronak 10, Sufi 13
CTO
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
Birthdate: Feb 2
Favorite Activity: Travel, Hiking, Reading, Squash
2091 Middlefield Road
Palo Alto, CA 94301
California
United States
Memorable IITK Moments: 4th year Culfest, Sports trip to BITS Pilani and
riding on top of the bus overnight, Playing bridge, Eating at Chungi
Life Lesson: You have one life, experience it and just do it! Find your
passion, work and home - you will be much happier!
86097 | Ajith Kumar J | Materials and Metallurgical Engineering | Hall 1 - F Bot
ajithkumar108@yahoo.com
+91-77601-87375
Spouse: Shashikala Kamath, Mysore
Children: Hari 5
Professor
XLRI Xavier School of Management
Birthdate: May 12
Anniversary: May 2
Production, Operations and Decision Sciences,
XLRI Xavier School of Management,
Jamshedpur, Jharkhand 831001
India
Favorite Activity: Playing Cricket, Running, Photography
Memorable IITK Moments: Covering Culfest with STV, Visiting Bandhavgarh with
friends, Doing astronomy, Dire Straits, Pink Floyd + a bit of academics in whatever
time was left.
Life Lesson: Happiness seeks out those who are eager to give it to others, and
carefully avoids those who want to keep it to themselves.
86098 | Jaideep Arora | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - C Top
jaideep@sharekhan.com
919821092198
Director
Sharekhan Ltd.
The Ruby, 18th Floor,
29 Senapati Bapat Marg, Dadar(West)
Mumbai 400028
Maharashtra, India
Spouse: Sheetal Arora, Vadodara
Birthdate: March12
Anniversary: July26
Favorite Activity: Running Long Distance
Memorable IITK Moments:
1. Hanging out with friends at Night Canteen eating tasty junk food like Maggi etc and cribbing about life and professors
2. Being part of security team in Culfest and being part of beauty contest (as as team
due to lack of participants) under leadership of dear Saboo
3. The sports track of campus and running trail across campus (5.6 kms I think) where
I developed a passion of running. Had not heard of Marathon etc so that 2 times the
track is maximum any human can run I believed. Limited vision I guess
Life Lesson:
Don’t waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind.
The race is long and, in the end, it’s only with yourself.
Don’t worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying
to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are
apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind
There is no cure for birth and death save enjoy the interval in between
86100 | Jitendra Kumar | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Mid
jitendra_ips@yahoo.co.in
+91 9431800122
+91 89869 12827
Spouse: Renuka Pushkar, Jhansi
Inspector General of Police
Indian Police Service, Bihar
Cadre
Birthdate: April 01
Anniversary: Nov 22
Children: Mokshin 15
Favorite Activity: Travel to wilderness, Photography
B-3/58, Officers’ Colony,
Bailey Road, Near Patna Zoo,
Patna - 800 023
Bihar
India
Memorable IITK Moments: Midnight sessions, Parathas at Lala canteen, Library
Life Lesson: Jeevan chalne ka naam... chalte raho subah aur shaam
86103 | Joydeep Dey | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Bot
joydeepdey@hotmail.com
+447834569442
Spouse: Padmasana Ghosh, Kolkata
Children: Mayukh 13, Anusha 10
Senior Vice President
Citigroup
103 Tubbenden Lane
Orpington Kent BR6 9PP
United Kingdom
Birthdate: Oct 16
Anniversary: May 26
Favorite Activity: Music, Movies, Football
Memorable IITK Moments: Late night bulla sessions, Lala’s samosas, SFS movie nights,
participating in Culfest
Life Lesson: Focus on the stuff that makes you happy. Don’t take yourself too seriously.
Have a sense of humour.
Imtiyaz Ahmed |86094
Mechanical Engineering
imti7860@yahoo.com
Jitendra Kumar Lall | 86102
Jayant Neogi | 86099
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
Civil Engineering
jklal@hotmail.com
9415074344, 9335136682,
Indraneel Ghosh | 86096
Electrical Engineering
indyghosh@yahoo.com
Jitendra Kumar| 86101
Physics
jitenkg@rediffmail.com
03262235402
86105 | K.C.Joshi | Civil Engineering | Hall 1 - B Bot
joshi.kcmaths@gmail.com
9415002477
Spouse:Nita
Children: Sarthak 20
Director
Joshi classes pvt.ltd.
Krishna bhawan, 54-B
Prag narayan road
Near kalyan bhawan
Lucknow 226001
U.P. India
Birthdate: Nov 2
Favorite Activity: Hiking, Playing keyboard
Memorable IITK Moments: Gullabazi with friends
Life Lesson: Life is an exam without a well defined syllabus.
In this exam every candidate has to solve different problems of different
difficulty level.There are no perfect solutions of the problems.
86108 | Kartikeya Misra| Physics | Hall 1 - F Mid
kartikeya_msr@yahoo.co.in
+91-94142-38197
Spouse: Neekee Chaturvedi, Jaipur
Children: Kaustubh 11
Deputy Registrar, Cooperative Department Birthdate: November 5
Government of Rajasthan, India
Anniversary: May 12
3 DA 14, Ratan Dugar Marg,
Jawahar Nagar,
Jaipur, 302004
Rajasthan India
Favorite Activity: Music, Travel, Theatre
Memorable IITK Moments: Election as President, Students’ Gymkhana, IITK, Winning Hindi Debate & English Elocution at Culfest in final year, Singing with Surbhi
Kaul on stage during Galaxy.
Life Lesson: Life is beautiful. It isn’t about achieving laurels, but about living each
moment fully & completely. Life is not over till it is finally over.
Jung Bahadur Singh Bhurji | 86104
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
jbsingh@barc.gov.in
919969658105
Kamalesh Kumar Pant | 86107
Mechanical Engineering
agourav@gmail.com
K Mohan | 86109
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
mohan.kalyanaraman@gmail.com
908-730-3908
Kamalesh Kumar | 86106
Civil Engineering
kamalesh@bits-pilani.ac.in
91-1596-44570, 01596-245073
Krishan Kumar Kannojia | 86111
Civil Engineering
krishnakkannojia@gmail.com
915222454496, 919760530750
The Survival Kit
(Excerpts from the Book ‘There is Life after Cancer’ by Kartikeya Misra)
Cancer today is more widespread than ever before; there are cancer patients everywhere – yet there is
still not much awareness about the fact that it is no more the same lethal disease it used to be In fact,
for many, it is still a stigma – people refuse to talk about it; they try to conceal if they or their dear ones
are afflicted by it, as if it is shameful and deplorable; as if they are to blame for it..
My story may inspire others to give their best in their own struggle – whether against cancer or any
other seemingly insurmountable medical or worldly challenge. My book may help cancer patients and
their loved ones to fight this disease with a greater sense of conviction that cancer is curable.
It really helps to be passionate about whatever you do. A passionate person can defy all odds; he/she
can overcome all obstacles…..
Life is full of miracles….It is just that we are too busy to observe them…..However, if we stop even for a moment and observe intently, a beautiful world
of everlasting miracles will unfold right in front of us.
..positive attitude…can see you through any challenge, howsoever insurmountable it may appear, including the ‘incurable’ disease called cancer. Life is
worth living – let us resolve to live our lives fully and completely till we actually die.
…..the most determined people die too….there is nothing shameful about death….we will all die one day….the ones who decide to pursue their existence with a positive attitude will not ‘die’ again and again in the fear of death before they actually meet their end.
…..no one who does enough to impact the lives of others around him/her ever dies – he/she continues to live in their memories forever.
Life is a gift from God. We live till He so ordains; we breathe till He desires. What is important is that we live fully and completely till we are not actually dead; whatever the circumstances that afflict us.
You may or may not believe in God. If you do, pray for His mercy, especially in times of crisis. Nothing is beyond Him; your faith and prayers can move
mountains. Even if you do not believe in Him, it is o.k. - He will still take care of you.
It is the attitude that counts. It is the outlook that matters. If you think you can, you most certainly will. The power of attitude is enormous; if you have
attitude, the sky is the limit for you. Remember: It is not over till it is finally over.
Kartikeya Mishra – 86108
Yaadein – Tab aur Ab
It is with nostalgia that I dive into the memories of some of my best days in life - my life at IITK
I wasn’t clear on why I wanted to come to IIT (or IITK) after 12th. Someone had pointed out at school that engineering
is one of the better-paying options and JEE is the best among them. So, I appeared in JEE. The initial euphoria of
having ‘cracked’ it soon came to a halt, when interactions with seniors began in earnest. Having done very well at
school,
I had assumed that 4 years will be a cake-walk. Little did I know that this was just one step in the hard work,
dedication and later application of knowledge.
I was learning new terms - Chaap diya, Tel ho gaya, Kholu, Bakait, Hawa (AIR), Arbit, RG, Fundu. New friendships were
taking place – in the hostel-wing, labs, tutorial-sections and other extra-curricular activities on the campus.
I was going to the library to study subjects, preparing for exams – all in the cool and comfortable environs. It took
sometime to get adjusted to the new life.
The set of friends was increasing, as we moved to various optional courses, and onto participating in different extra-curricular activities.
Life appeared to flow smoothly, except for frequent academic shocks (0 in quizzes, lower grades in courses etc.) – I was contented.
As I grew more confident, I volunteered to work in the Control-Room during the Culfest in 1988. I also tried running for a students’
representative position for our batch in the Students’ Gymkhana elections unsuccessfully. Later, I took up the responsibility of heading
the control-room in Culfest ’89. I remember those stickers which proudly announced ‘I was there – Culfest 89’.
Those wing-discussions, room-chats and leisurely walks on the campus roads were special. I worked with juniors in a lot of activities and
most of them are still friends with me.
What amazes me is that whenever we (IITK90 group) meet up in any reunion, we just pick up the thread from where we left in 1990. It doesn’t
matter whether we knew each other very well or fleetingly during our IIT days. Such is the bond of friendship and togetherness that
I see as a major ‘take-away’.
It has been a pleasure to be a part of this dynamic and versatile group (IITK90) – and has been a true privilege. Spread happiness!! Cheers!!!
Makrand Dekhane - 86120
Ravi Krishnamurthy | 86112
Aerospace Engineering
kiravi@yahoo.com
817-860-6372
Kuntal Sengupta | 86115
Electrical Engineering
kuntal_sen@hotmail.com
Lokesh Kumar Juneja | 86117
Mechanical Engineering
Kuldip Singh | 86113
Mechanical Engineering
kuldipss@yahoo.com
919869617639
Aswathanarayana Kumar | 86114
Physics
Madhu Kiran Alur | 86118
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
madhualur@yahoo.com
+1 408 219 3293
86120 | Makrand Dekhane | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - C Top
mdekhane@maadhyam.net
+91-98900-35069
Spouse: Bhagyashri Dekhane
Children: Ankita 16
Managing Partner, Co-founder
Nextstra Consulting LLP
Flat No. 3, Padmini, Lane No. 10,
Prabhat Road, Near Hotel Swaroop,
Pune, 411 004
Maharashtra
India
Birthdate: 11 Mar
Anniversary: 9 Feb
Favorite Activity: Travel, Reading fiction, Movies, Advising
Memorable IITK Moments: Branch change to Mech Engg in 2nd year; Being an active part of
Culfest ‘89. Losing Students’ Council election in 1989 (I guess)
Life Lesson: One should plan a little, and then go with the flow. Learn --> apply --> re-learn -->
share. Spend time with youngsters, so you learn from them, and sometimes they benefit from
your experience. Don’t let success go to your head and don’t let the disappointment go to your
heart.Enjoy life in the present and spend as much time with family and friends as possible.
Make a conscious effort to do this.
Manas Kumar Das | 86121
Chemical Engineering
manasdas@gail.co.in
Manish Kumar Verma | 86127
Mechanical Engineering
manishverma@infosys.com
16309224090, 16304825008
Maneesh Singh | 86123
Chemical Engineering
maneesh@ludd.ltu.se
0047-51113797, 0047-90029288
Manish Huddar | 86125
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
86122 | Maneesh Jhawar | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - F Top
maneesh@qualitykiosk.com
+919821039937
Founder and CEO
QualityKiosk Technologies
302, Nishant Terrace
Sec 29, Plot no 89, Vashi
Navi Mumbai
Maharashtra
India
Spouse: Pratiksha Godani, Aligarh
Children: Aditi 21, Soumya 18, Rahulraj 11
Birthdate: 8th January
Anniversary: 28th June
Favorite Activity: Reading,
Memorable IITK Moments: Megatons of Fun in Organizing the Industrial Tour, Getting Placed
with P&G and HLL, Winning Best B.Tech Project, Playing Bridge.
Life Lesson: I learnt the hard way that Life is a Game in which goal posts keep changing, there
are unfair players and unfair play, you may be from a great academy but you only know a few
good techniques and not all.
All that is their in our hands is to keep adapting from experience, one has to take risks to create
chances, keep surrounding oneself with players who complement you, cover you and keep
self-reflecting to stay relevant.
86126 | Manish Agrawal | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Bot
manish.agrawal@gmail.com
8139942161
Spouse: Aradhana, Patna
Children: Kireet 17
Associate Professor
University of South Florida
9408 Azalea Ridge Circle
Tampa, Fl, USA 33647
Florida
United States
Birthdate: Jan 23
Favorite Activity: Music, Writing
Memorable IITK Moments: Volleyball games during graduate studies, wing bulla
Life Lesson: Engineering is a way of thinking about problems. Most trained engineers
end up managing people, not machines. Learn to enjoy dealing with people.
86132 | Manoj Kumar | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - E Top
Spouse: Anju Jaiswal, Kanpur
Children: Pujika 16, Pranav 8
Birthdate: Oct 12
Favorite Activity: Reading, Yoga
Memorable IITK Moments:
1) Winning students gymkhana elections as senator,
Taking role of Parliametarian as well as elections officer
for the next elections.
manojkumarz@gmail.com
+919616980052
General Manager (IT)
Lohia Corp Limited
243-B, Lakhanpur Housing
Society, Kanpur 208024
Uttar Pradesh
India
2) Swami entering into the Chemistry class and introducing the
Trishul sign in Schrodinger wave equation.
3) Using the old spring-loaded table clock to create an electric
alarm that keeps on ringing till I wake up.”
Life Lesson: When you accept the process of transformation
as a primary hypothesis, then you should also be prepared to
experience everything that follows the transformation.
86133 | Manoj Devashish| Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - D Top
manoj.devashish@gmail.com
+1 713 589 2630
Spouse: Maneesha Sharma, Ranchi
Children: Kartik 13, Pragya 10, Gautam 7
Petroleum Engineer
Citigroup
Birthdate: Oct 22
Anniversary: Jan 22
2332 Wordsworth St,
Houston, TX 77030
Texas
United States
Favorite Activity: Hiking, Travel, Gardening, Swimming, DIY-Projects
Memorable IITK Moments: Winning Best Project with Saurabh,
D-top Rooftop Parties, Mukesh’s pranks, Binay and Aditya’s
never-ending arguments
Life Lesson:
Live in the present
Manoj Gopinathan Vellaikal | 86129
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
Manoj Govil | 86130
Computer Science & Engineering
manojgovil@gmail.com
Manzour Gibran Ali | 86135
Computer Science & Engineering
manzourali@yahoo.com
Manoj Kumar | 86131
Mechanical Engineering
dycmmgkxh@gmail.com
91-33-4450962, 9779241702
Manoj Kumar Tiwari | 86134
Chemistry
mtiwari68@gmail.com
915222472860, 915222235509
86137 | Mukesh Kumar | Materials and Metallurgical Engineering | Hall 1 - D Top
mukeshk@excite.com
+1 574 306 6761
Spouse: Jing Xie (Beijing,China)
Favorite Activity: Arduino, 3DPrinting, Food, Drink, Friends
Director, Advanced Process
Technology
Biomet
3189 North Ashford Court
Warsaw, IN 46582
Indiana
United States
Memorable IITK Moments:
1. Made lifelong friends on the first day at campus
2. Math 101 - Oblate to Prolate Coordinate system transformation system. Still no clue!!
3. Industrial Tour with Metallurgical Dept
4. 4th year on campus - there was a party for every occasion.”
Life Lesson: Friends are for life - some I was able to keep in touch with through the years.
Most I lost contacts with ... but when I met these lost friends, it was as if there was never
a beat lost.
86142 | Bhasker Natarajan | Chemical Engineering | Hall 1 - F Top
Spouse: Teresa, Denver
Children: Divya 11,Rohan 8
Birthdate: November 5 Anniversary: February 27
Favorite Activity: Travel, movies, musical instruments
Bhasker.natarajan@gmail.com
+16175300012
Executive Vice President
Liberty Mutual Insurance Group
119 Stony Brook Road, Belmont,
MA 02478
Massachusetts
United States
Memorable IITK Moments:
1. Antics involving Anything related to Sandeep Trivedi
2. An open book exam set by a professor from the solved examples
of a random mass transfer book that I happen to mistakenly bring
to the exam hall instead of the prescribed book...rest is history as
they say.
3. First year ragging
Life Lesson: Overachievement in studies or high AIR alone is not
necessarily correlated with success in the corporate or business
world, many other softer and tactical skills need to be appended to
that skill set.
Mukesh Kumar Singh |86139
Mechanical Engineering
Murali Niverthi | 86141
singhmukeshkumar@hotmail.com
09350212081
qualreli@hotmail.com
Statistics
Nagendra Kumar | 86144
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
Mukesh Paswan |
86140
Civil Engineering
mpaswan@gmail.com
9560989092, 911141793365
N Ganapathi Subramanian | 86143
Chemical Engineering
narayanaga@yahoo.com
203-776-5583, 203-432-5787
nagendrakumar_vizagsteel@yahoo.com
913364501163, 919231003519
Narendra Singh Shaktishiromani | 86148
Mechanical Engineering
Narayan Dash | 86146
Electrical Engineering
ndash@hotmail.com
Naveen Jaiswal | 86149
Mechanical Engineering
naveenjaiswal210@yahoo.co.in
912232905327, 912267051458
Navneet Kishore Dixit | 86150
Civil Engineering
Narendra Singh Negi | 86147
Civil Engineering
Coincidence
My father is also an IITian who graduated from IIT Kharagpur in
1963, making me a second generation IITian. He was among
the first students from the state of Bihar into the IIT.
More interestingly, father of my batch-mate Manish Jhawar
also graduated from IIT Kharagpur the same year. Thus the two
batch-mates from IIT Kharagpur have their sons as batch-mates
in IIT Kanpur - probably a unique coincidence.
Manoj Kumar – 86132
Navpreet Singh - 86151
86151| Navpreet Singh | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Bot
navi@iitk.ac.in
91-9532094842
Chief Engineer
IIT Kanpur
H. No. 672, IIT Kanpur,
Kanpur - 208016
Uttar Pradesh; India
Spouse: Jugnu Singh, Kanpur
Children: Gurpreet 17, Amrit 5
Birthdate: Jan 4
Anniversary: May 21
Favorite Activity:
Travelling, Gardening, Cooking, Biking, Poetry
Memorable IITK Moments:
1. Eating Aaloo patties in Lala’s hall 3 canteen
2. Females of Miranda House and Lady Sriram college during Culfest
3. Goa (Anjuna Beach) trip during industrial tour
Life Lesson:
1. Life is controlled by mysterious forces, most often, beyond our
control. The best way to lead this life is to just go with the flow.
2. I don’t think one should have goals in life. Life is an unending journey
and the only way to live a good and happy life is to enjoy this
journey. The journey can be more or as enjoyable as the destination.
3. Just relax and enjoy your life!
Neeraj Gupta | 86154
Electrical Engineering
Niraj Kumar Srivastava | 86158
Aerospace Engineering
nirajsri@gmail.com
Neeraj Agrawal | 86152
Civil Engineering
neeraj15@sify.com
911204114692, 918322530718
Niraj Kumar | 86157
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
86155 | Nilesh Parate| Computer Science & Engineering | Hall 1 - A Bot
nparate@hotmail.com
+1 408-891-7871
Spouse: Joycie Parate
Children: Ishaan 10, Riya 4
General Manager
Sierra Circuits, Inc.
Favorite Activity: Camping, Cricket, NFL, Poker, BikramYoga
16570 Shady View Lane
Los Gatos
CA 95032
California
United States
Memorable IITK Moments: Dinners at Red Rose, ACA trip to Agra, Culfest, Late nights working on programming projects at the CC (Computer Centre), Hanging out with A-bot wing mates!
Life Lesson:
1. You get multiple chances at almost everything in life. Don’t fret if you don’t get something in the first try--it wasn’t
meant to be. And truly something better may be around the corner waiting for you to try again.
2. Success in life is so often determined by being able to see the big picture, and in our 20’s
3. We just cannot see it. What got you here won’t get you there. Fresh graduates need to keep evolving and improving.
4. The #1 quality of a true entrepreneur is resilience, and IITK grads have plenty of that.
86156 | Nimish Sanghi | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - C Mid
nimish.sanghi@gmail.com
+91-98805-69920
Spouse: Suman Sanghi, Delhi
Children: Harshvardhan - 16, Yashvardhan - 6
Founder CEO
SOA IT Solutions Pvt Ltd
Birthdate: Oct 13
Anniversary: Dec 4
C 703 UKN Esperanza
Thubrahalli, Ramagondanhalli
Post Varthur Hobli,
Bangalore 560066
Karnataka
India
Favorite Activity: Reading, HAM Radio, Learning new things
Memorable IITK Moments: Organizing live cable TV (STV) coverage at Culfest and Sports
Fest, Entering Dr S Kar’s lab, First Lecture in L7 by Dr Ashwini Kumar
Life Lesson: Follow your passion irrespective of how weird/risky it looks. And give it 100% of
your time and energy.
Pallob Kumar Nag | 86166
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
Niraj Verma | 86159
Electrical Engineering
pallobnag@gmail.com
4087057661, 4085679553
nverma2000@gmail.com
011-23022400, 011-23022401
Pankaj Agarwal | 86168
Chemical Engineering
N V Subrahmanyam | 86164
Chemical Engineering
nanduri.subbu@gmail.com
0919789488525
pankaj_pep@yahoo.co.in
0512-2306315, 01672274613
86163 | Nitin Vaid | Chemical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Top
nitincharu@gmail.com
+91-98390-81398
Spouse: Charu Jain, Delhi
Children: Chaitanya 16, Shantanu 12
Managing Partner
Radhika Industries
Birthdate: April 29
Anniversary: Dec 14
”Radha Kripa”
23-B, Sarvodaya Nagar,
Kanpur 208005
Uttar Pradesh
India
Favorite Activity: Learning Vocal Music, Travel, Design
Memorable IITK Moments: Life at IITK was all together “Out of the World” literally,
participation in the X country, the daily jog and the Mallika Sarrukai performance were
memorable....
Life Lesson: To continue to learn and explore beyond formal education and work, keeps
one young, whatever the biological age...
86165 | D. Srinivas Padmanabhuni | Computer Science & Engineering | Hall 1 - E Mid
Spadmanabhuni@gmail.com
+91 9845116391
Spouse: Neelima Vobugari, mahbubnagar
Children: Tarini 10, rahini 6
Associate Vice President
Infosys ltd
Birthdate: Sep 12
Anniversary: Aug 16
3102 prestige Notting hill
Survey no 9, Kalena agrahara
Bannerghatta road
Bangalore 560076
Karnataka
India
Favorite Activity: Movies, research
Memorable IITK Moments: Going on food purchase trip for hall 1 mess, midnight movies to gurdev palace,
trip to Agra with batch
Life Lesson: Follow your passion. If your passion is pursuing your favorite subject though it is taboo for
society and friends as it may mean pursuing higher calling like phd at a huge financial opportunity cost/ loss.
Have also always beloved in power of giving especially the power of giving knowledge it is a great feeling to
impart education to kids
86167 | Samir Palnitkar | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - B Top
samir.palnitkar@gmail.com
+91-98509-91355
Spouse: Anuradha Patwardhan, Delhi
Children: Aditya 17, Sahil 15
President
ShopSocially
Birthdate: Dec 4,
Anniversary: May 22
B-1001, Rohan Tapovan,
Gokhalenagar
Pune, 411016
Maharashtra
India
Favorite Activity: Travel, Movies, Hiking
Memorable IITK Moments: Winning Dumb Charades at Culfest, Scholarship to North
Carolina State Univ., Eating Maggi at Lala’s canteen
Life Lesson: It is impossible to predict where life will take you. Don’t plan or over-analyze.
Go with the flow. Don’t compare your life with others. Their success is not your failure.
Their failure is not your success.
Pankaj Kumar Mishra|86169
Statistics
Prashant Kumar Behara | 86176
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
Praveen Kumar Tiwari | 86181
Mechanical Engineering
Parag A Patankar | 86170
Electrical Engineering
vppatankar@gmail.com
91-22-26187403, 9821024916
Praveen Kumar Sinha | 86180
Electrical Engineering
praveen.sinha@intel.com
480-814-7157, 480-554-2194
pktewari@yahoo.com
91-11-2165945, 91-11-3319941
86171 | Peeyush Sonkar| Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - F Bot
peeyush_sonkar@yahoo.com
+919969238170
Spouse: Sneh Sonkar, Satna
Children: Swapnil 15, Srijan 12
Additional Commissioner of
Income Tax
Income Tax Department
Birthdate: Sep 10
Anniversary: Nov 21
Favorite Activity: Cricket, Photography, Travel
H-5, Hyderabad Estate,
Napean Sea Road,
Mumbai-400036,
Maharashtra
India
Memorable IITK Moments: Passing out Daaru party and stripping,
Bulla sessions,SFS and Le Montage Movies....
Life Lesson: Don’t take things too seriously. Enjoy the small moments and swim
with the flow. Most importantly, enjoy and spread happiness.
86172 | Pradyumna Agrawal | Materials and Metallurgical Engineering | Hall 1 - C Top
pradyumnaa@hotmail.com
+1 571 425 1852
Spouse: Jugnu Swarup, Muzaffarnagar
Children: Radhika 14
Specialist Senior
Deloitte
Birthdate: Jan 15
Anniversary: April 5
4116 Flower Box Ct, Fairfax,
VA 22030
Virginia
United States
Favorite Activity: Cricket
Memorable IITK Moments: Watching 3 movies in a single night between L7 and Le
Montage; Eating at the dhaba at the gate
Life Lesson: Even though we get quite a head start with IIT, one doesn’t know what life has
in store for you. There is still a lot of luck that needs to go your way.
86179 | Praveen Dua | Physics| Hall 1 - C Mid
pdua@yahoo.com, dua@writeme.com, dua@atheros.com
+14085294264
86182 | Praveen Rai Bhalla | Materials and Metallurgical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Top
mebhalla@yahoo.com
+919407981915
Spouse: Kajal Bhalla, Nagpur
Children: Pratishtha Bhalla 17
DGM
SAIL
Birthdate: 18 OCT
Favorite Activity: Music, Travel
317 Maitri Kunj Near Shilp
Sagar Apptts. Risali
Bhilai -490006
Chattisgarh
India
Memorable IITK Moments: we were known as lth of hall-2
Life Lesson: Make the fullest of life.Make friends and live life. IITK was
the best thing which could happen in our life.
86183 | Pravin Bhagwat | Computer Science & Engineering | Hall 1 - F Bot
pravin@acm.org
+91 9890302208
CTO & Co-founder
AirTight Networks
Spouse: Aparna Nakhre, Kanpur
Children: Medha 14, Nidhi 11
Birthdate: March 2
Anniversary: Jan 3
Favorite Activity: Farming, Hiking, Exploring new possibilities
A 502, Swojas Anand
Anand Park, Aundh
Pune 411007
Maharashtra
India
Memorable IITK Moments: The first lectures in L7; the first glider ride; the first ‘B’ grade.
Sense freedom, opening of mind to big possibilities and friendships which would last the lifetime.
Life Lesson:
1) Alignment is the most difficult thing in life – be it at work, home or in any social setting.
2) When you put your 100% in any activity, it becomes immensely enjoyable.
In the end you either get lucky or acquire plenty of wisdom. Either way it is not a bad bargain.
86185 | Pulak Sinha | Civil Engineering
psinha@xenoninfotek.com,
psinha04@gsb.columbia.edu,
732-651-1749, 732-339-1400,
86186 | Puneet Ranjan | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - C Top
puneet2232@yahoo.com
+6581633371
Spouse: Pratibha Prasad, Bangalore
Children: Apoorv 17
Senior Director
Oracle Financial Services
Software Ltd
Birthdate: 7 Mar
Anniversary 11 Jun
94 Flora Road,
Unit 01-43, Edelweiss Park
Singapore 507006
Favorite Activity: Travel, Movies, Trekking
Memorable IITK Moments: Basketball, Inter IIT , Culfest and night canteen.
Life Lesson: Believe in yourself, define your own goals and feel satisfied at end of the day that you
have contributed to the betterment of self, family, society and country.
Daughter of Praveen Rai Bhalla - 86182
My two cents
Rajeev Thakur – 86197
•
Manish Verma threw an anda at Subhojit Kar (AIR 125) at 2 AM in the morning, while he was studying under the table lamp. He was psyched during his
entire stay in IIT after this event. So were Ram Sajeewan & Arunesh Kumar,
when Varun Kapoor & Avaneesh Dube tried to scare them by knocking at their
window on a winter night with ghost masks.
•
I am still not in terms with how Puneet Ranjan got 128 AIR.
•
Ethyl and Methyl were amongst the most funny and popular nicknames.
•
I preserved for a long time after graduation the pen which GMS had bor
rowed from me in the library.
•
First academic shock was in M101 during first mid-sem, when I scored 20 out
of 150. Deepak Gupta scored full marks.
•
My roommate Inder scored 9.1 in the first sem. I was almost 2 points below
him.
•
Inder had put the label on our door – “Beware, this room is occupied by a sex
maniac”. Imagine my embarrassment when my father made an unannounced
visit once.
•
Whenever I see the Infinity symbol ( ), I recall Ashwini Kumar’s M101 class
and the psi symbol (ψ)always reminds me of the tantric episode in the Chem01
class.
•
I used to relish playing carom with Anand Barry (’83 batch) & loved his lifestyle.
•
Kisine Jaideep Arora ko mota keh diya. He became obsessed and started
running in the campus.
•
I used to scoff at the Pran guide referred by our neighbour Anurag
Srivastava (Civil Engg) for preparing for Civil services. He topped the UPSC exam
using the guide.
• After JEE results, I was in a stage of bliss and felt that I had mukti from studies and exams.
My dream crashed on Day 0 and I came to
terms with reality with English exam in L-7.
• I returned to Hall 3, was enroute caught by
Rajesh Khanna (’85 batch), who took me to
his room and asked me to search for 5 types
of ants. When I failed, he gave me a Maths
problem
o Given x^2 = x + x+ x….. x times
o Differentiate both sides
o You get, 2x = x; or 2 = 1,
which is not logical. Please explain. When I could not provide the answer, I was
actually made to sit on the top of the cupboard.
•
•
•
•
Talking about ragging, nothing beats Sirshendu De (now IITKGP professor and
recipient of the prestigious Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar prize). He took a freshie
to his room, asked him to wear his lungi and go to sleep in his cot for 3 hours.
Mr. De was a chain smoker; he could do anything for a pack of fag. I recall losing
a bet with him wherein he agreed to strip in ShopC for a packet of Goldflake.
He actually stripped - Prof. Kunzru’s family was in the vicinity.
During Culfest ’88, there were a stream of girls arriving on campus. Our man,
Uday Shankar had joined Transport and was responsible to escort the visitors
to the campus. Enroute, he was offered a cigarette. Jisne sutte ko jindagi bhar
haath nahin lagaya tha, woh cigarette peene laga. It is another matter that he
was smoking from the non-filter end.
Some people seemed to wear the same clothes throughout the year – Chako
wore brown sweater and blue jeans, Kuldip Singh a yellow-black cheque shirt.
I recall travelling by BEST bus in Mumbai in the early 90’s and seeing this yellowblack cheque shirt wearing person from a distance in the Kalina area; he was
Kuldip.
Puneet Tandon |86187
Mechanical Engineering
Raghavendra Singh | 86190
Civil Engineering
Rahul Navin | 86192
Civil Engineering
navinrahul2004@yahoo.com
Puranjoy Bhattacharya | 86188
Electrical Engineering
91-80-5276100, 5276108 (4057)EXT
Raghu Subramanian| 86191
Electrical Engineering
raghu_subramanian_2003@yahoo.com
14089266720 14082030435
Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay | 86194
Mathematics
91-118-571438
86193 | Raja Sekhar Reddy | Computer Science & Engineering | Hall 1 - A Bot
reddyrs@hotmail.com
+91-98202-94464
Spouse:Leenuka
Children: Aakash 15
Director & COO
Global Innovsource Solutions Pvt Ltd
Birthdate: Dec 7
Anniversary: Dec 7
202B Apollo, Hiranandani Estate
Thane, Maharashtra
India
Favorite Activity: Travel
Memorable IITK Moments: Sunday breakfast. Making to classes, Hard work pays
Life Lesson: Life happens automatically, just give it your best shot at each stage.
And its not as complex as we make it out to be.
86195 | Rajeev K Ranjan | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - C Top
rajeev.ranjan@gmail.com
+1 408-318-0493
Spouse: Renu Mehra, Jamshedpur
Children: Rishabh 12, Riya 10
Distinguished Engineer
Cadence Design
Birthdate: August 14
Favorite Activity: Piano, Poker, Movies, Photography, NFL
21837 Gardenview Ln
Cupertino
CA 95014
California
United States
Memorable IITK Moments: Getting ragged, Overnight bridge sessions, SFS movies, Getting scared by S Kar, Perfect 10 on few occasions, Culfest professional programs, Scholarship from UIUC
Life Lesson: Having passion for what you do at any given moment is the single most
important gift that you can have
86197 | Rajeev Thakur | Chemical Engineering | Hall 1 - C Top
thakur.rajeev@gmail.com
+91-9810266657
Spouse: Shobhana, Ranchi
Children: Ishaan 15, Akshara 10
Principal Advisor
Rio Tinto
Birthdate: Mar 27
Anniversary: Nov 26
163, Vigyapan Lok,
Mayur Vihar Phase 1,
Delhi 110091
India
Favorite Activity: Day-1 viewing of Bollywood movies
Memorable IITK Moments: Witnessing the famous bicycle pulley-jacking incident of a frequent Hall-3, 4 bot lady visitor,
and the temper of the host thereafter. No prize for guessing the names; circa 1988-89.
Life Lesson:
1. Social skills are more important than technical/analytical skills and IITK should focus on this in the B.Tech. program.
2. Don’t underestimate others without IITK tag.”
86198 | Rajesh Singh | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Top
rajeshxsingh@gmail.com
+852 63325900
Investor
Independent Investor
Apt-12A, Block-1,
The Grand Panorama,
10 Robinson Road, Mid-Levels
Hong Kong
Birthdate: Aug 1
Favorite Activity: Golf, Movies
Memorable IITK Moments: Movie night highs.
Dampened by revelation of finding first-year
roommate jerking-off on my clothes.
Life Lesson: Life is lot more fun when you do
what you love. Believe in youself and don’t be
afraid to go it alone.
86199 | Rajesh Narang | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - F Top
narang.rajesh1969@gmail.com
+919810707631
Children: Garvit 16, Harshul 13
Birthdate: March 9
CAE
Air India
L30-A Malviya Nagar
Near Gurudwara
New Delhi
India
Memorable IITK Moments: ”Bulla sessions”
Life Lesson: Discipline and Hard work are a must!
Rajeev Sabharwal | 86196
Mechanical Engineering
Rajneesh Rawat | 86207
Rajiv Mishra | 86202
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
rajiv.rajivm@gmail.com
919886350440
Electrical Engineering
cit_meerut@yahoo.co.in
09837032927, 09837032924
Rajiv Kumar| 86201
Aerospace Engineering
rajiv_ap@rediffmail.com
919821466563
Rajiv Sharma| 86205
Mechanical Engineering
chetanrajiv@yahoo.com
07882858270, 919329009635
86204| Rajiv Saxena | Aerospace Engineering | Hall 1 - F Top
rajiv2109@gmail.com
91-9810905843
Asst. General Manager (Engineering)
Air India Ltd
C-403, Happy Home Apartments,
Plot No.12A, Sector-7, Dwarka,
New Delhi 110075
India
Spouse: Vibha Saxena, Gorakhpur
Children: Animesh 16, Aditi 11
Birthdate: Sep 21
Anniversary: Dec 4
Favorite Activity: Movies, Books and Music
Memorable IITK Moments:
1) Just before ‘Nostalgia’, we had a bucket full of liquor, a cocktail of (gin, rum, whiskey....).
No body kept count of intake. Do not remember much of what happened in the programme
that followed. K.Ravi brought me to the room.
2) First Flight Lab early in the morning remember being towed by one of the two piston engine
aircraft. Suddenly, at around 9000 ft Captain disengaged our glider in the tow as the piper
in the front started to smoke. Can’t forget the freaky descent the glider made from that height.
3) Scoring F in Dr.K.N.Sharma’s Sociology course.”
Life Lesson:
1) Work Hard but do not get emotionally involved with your work. Emotions often strain
relations with your colleagues at work.
2) Do not accumulate your leaves for if you are doing so, you are neglecting your family
and yourself.
3) Sab Maya hai. Mayajaal mein fasna inevitable hai. :-)
86206 | Rajiv Tandon | Materials and Metallurgical Engineering | Hall 1 - F Bot
rajiv.tandon09@gmail.com
+1-707-338-3308
Spouse: Mala Tandon
Children: Shrikanth 15, Shreya 9
Manager, R&D
Magnesium Elektron
Birthdate: Sept 2
Anniversary: Dec 13
35 Ketley Place
Princeton NJ 08540
New Jersey
United States
Favorite Activity: Photography, travel
Memorable IITK Moments: Bulla sessions late night outside canteen listening to
classic rock
Life Lesson: Perception is not often reality while reality is often difficult to perceive
Sajeewan Ram | 86210
Mechanical Engineering
rs01810@gail.co.in
02652761678, 9825363038
Raman Pal Singh | 86212
Mechanical Engineering
rpsingh@mac.com
Ranjan Patnaik | 86217
Chemical Engineering
ranjan.patnaik@dupont.com
13022235280, 04066247000,
86211 | Rama Prasad | Mechanical Engineering
prasad2013.rama@gmail.com
+1-541-619-4644
86214 | Ramesh Chandra Pathak | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - C Mid
pathak.ramesh@gmail.com
+919845220383
Senior Technical Staff Member (STSM)
and Associate Director
IBM
PK-302,Purva Panorama Apartments;
Kalena Agrahara;
Banerghatta Road;
Bangalore 560 076
Karnataka
India
Spouse: Aishwarya Rajlaxmi, Patna
Children: Priyansha 18, Yash 11
Birthday: Aug 01
Anniversary: Nov 24
Favorite Activity: Travelling, Cricket, Reading, Current affairs
Memorable IITK Moments: Professor’s ways of introducing new concepts
(Trishul for Psi, ellipse), Elected Senator, Actively participated in Culfest, Blue
belt in Taekwondo and of course making so many friends
Life Lesson: Make best use of the present. Have long term vision. Break the
status quo and take calculated risks. Enjoy learning life long! Invest in
developing long term relationships. Keep family first and spend time with
kids before they are on their own.
86215 | Raminder Singh Ahlawat | Mechanical Engineering
rsahlawat@yahoo.com
+919811424886
86216 | Ranjan Mukhopadhyay | Physics | Hall 1 - F Mid
ranjan@clarku.edu
Associate Professor
Clark University
17 Moore Ave
Worcester, MA 01602
Massachusetts
United States
Spouse: Rupa Chatterjee
Children: Aritro 10, Sutej 5
Birthday: Nov 28
Favorite Activity: Reading, hiking
Memorable IITK Moments: Long (sometimes overnight) chat sessions with friends/batchmates
about everything under the sun. Iced coffee at Canteen on spring and summer nights with
friends.My first graduate school acceptance from Cornell.
Life Lesson: Life has its ups and downs; we should try not to get too perturbed when things don’t
go our way, live our lives in accordance with our visions and principles, and place high value on
personal relationships.
86218 | Ranodeb Roy | Computer Science & Engineering | Hall 1 - A Bot
Children: Noyna 12
Birthdate: Mar 31
Favorite Activity: Attending MOOCS courses
Memorable IITK Moments:
There are too many interesting stories ranging from
- my room mate Manoj Govil’s mind popping brilliance
- Swagato Basumallick’s feet recogntion contest
- Sitting on top of Swimming pool Tank top for hours
doing nothing
- Ragging period ( getting ragged) in Hall1 on account of
wanting to sing in the middle of the night
Life Lesson: Twists and turns indeed. One thing my parents
used to say “ Dont get too happy about success or too sad
about failures”. Sure enough life dishes out a good quantity
of both, and just as everything looks rosy or cosy, a twist in
life is probably around the corner.
roy.ranodeb@gmail.com
+65-9114-0872
CEO
RV Capital Management Pvt. Ltd.
Flat No. 4E/1 Megha Mallar,
18/3 Gariahat Road
Kolkata - 700019
West Bengal India
RV Capital Management Pvt Ltd.
3 Phillip Street,
#15-05 Royal Group Building
Singapore 04869
Sanjay Bhattacharya | 86225
Civil Engineering
Ratna Shekhar |86219
Chemical Engineering
shekhar_r@hotmail.com
484-865-6637
Varghese Sanjay Chacko | 86226
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
sanjay_varghese@yahoo.com
My stuff
Sandeep Trivedi – 86224
1986 till date - beginning of a journey that will probably never end. What I started in the summer of 1986 as
86224 still goes on. I had some great beginnings upon my arrival at IITK. My roommate was Ajay Singh and
my next door neighbor - Anand Barry. Looking back it was a great start for my little brain that went through a
major expansion in those years.
I don’t know why I took Physics but the decision to join IITK did work out. Within the first week, Ajay Singh had
found a snake in his wardrobe and blamed it on me for leaving the door open. Most of the seniors knew me as
the freshie who smoked and walked around in a swimming trunk. I thought I was really smart. But 5 years later,
neither did I have the grades nor any GH wali. But I had made friends that will last a lifetime.
By the end of my first year, I had exploded diwali bombs under Jogis bed, on Jimmos glass (breaking it), tried
daru (ended up throwing up all night), learned how to bunk classes, had a few Fs and made a few hundred
friends. I had figured out that mess food was crap, that Lala rocked, that CPA was for losers and finally, that
it doesn’t matter how much you study, you will never get an A. Somehow, I dragged my way to the fourth
semester only to be hit by Esc 207 and Esc 204. Thanks to Sony, we all passed the Computer course, but 207
was a nightmare. Tried it again in the
following summer and flunked. Our section A4 probably had the lowest CPI and more than half the section
would copy from Charu to pass any course.
Time in IITK flied; between teen patti, sutta, roof top daru parties and tension to not get a F, my tiny brain kept busy. Then, in 3rd year, I had to do
Quantum Mechanics, another course which I had to take 3 times before the instructors decided to let me go with a D. Somehow, I managed my way to
the final year for our MSc project in Laser. I got a D and my CPI went south. By that time, my academic life was at the peak of nowhere. In one of my
final exams, I saw the question paper, found out that I knew nothing and told the instructor that I was having a nervous breakdown. I ended up in the
Health Center for a few days with the entire Physics faculty coming to meet me. Sometime during 1990s, I was finally able to graduate after ’n’ years at
IITK. I received my degree from a clerk in the Dean’s office; I remember little else as I was stoned. If today I was to repeat those years, I think I will do it
the same way. I will surely need Charu and Duaji to help me graduate though.
Third year happened to be the most colorful, in fact. One day Katto came to my room around noon and asked me to accompany him to Pilani. I was
wearing shorts and t-shirt and had 50 paise in cash. I went to Pilani like that with the IITK team, enjoyed the Games festival, the food at Pilani mess
and returned on the bus roof with Rs. 1.25 in my pocket. A few weeks later, the Physics department people were going to Delhi for some astrophysics
workshop. I boarded the train with them, got down at the station and went to attend LSR Cultural Festival (Tarang). Those 4 days were probably the
most colorful days of my life. I took many more trips to Nepal, Nainital, Khajuraho etc. - all were finalized at the last moment and the memories have
still not faded away.
We all studied for the IIT entrance exam, planning to study. That plan failed miserably, not only for me but for most of us. But we all made great
friends. These few words are just an icing on the cake of what happened in those years. What actually happened there may take many years to
be documented, a lot of which may even be unpublishable – only to remain in the hearts of those who witnessed it.
86220| C.Ravindran Swamy | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - F Top
ravindranswamy@yahoo.com
+919824576282
Sinhal: Senior Lec,
Kartik Academy: zProprietor
Sinhal Classes/Kartik Academy
Flat no A5 , Basant Bahar Appartments,
Behind Rajasthan hospital, Shahibaugh,
Ahmedabad-380004
Gujarat
India
Spouse: Lalita Ravindran
Children: Kartik 14, Kaveri 8
Birthdate: July 5
Favorite Activity: Travel, hiking
Memorable IITK Moments: Not d best but in an informal dumb charades we had at hall2 in 2nd
year i had guessed a word which manish jhanwar knows well a complicated word which took d
shortest time, which told whd we were obsessed with in those days
Life Lesson: U realise much later where ur real passion ( more appropriately atma tripti lies).
86222 | Sachin Johri | Electrical Engineering| Hall 1 - C Top
sachin.johri@yahoo.com
+91 98921 99897
Partner
IDFC Alternatives Ltd.
3001, ERA 3, Marathon
Lower Parel
Mumbai 400013
Maharashtra
India
Spouse: Tanu Srivastava, Allahabad
Children: Arnav 16, Aarushi 10
Birthdate: 18 August
Anniversary: 7 June
Favorite Activity: Golf, Tennis, Music, Travel
Memorable IITK Moments: Being one of the first ones to complete 4th year exam.
Life Lesson: Take care of family and friends, and also keep some time for yourself.
86223 | Sandeep Juneja | Mechanical Engineering
sandeep_juneja@yahoo.com
+41798255330
Business Development Director
Medicines Patent Pool
Children: Ishani 12, Yash 6
Birthdate: Oct 30
Anniversary: May 17
Favorite Activity: Cooking, Travel
2nd Floor, rue de Vermont 11,
Geneva 1202
Switzerland
Memorable IITK Moments: Galaxy buzz; miming with Puneet Prakash and Jung Bahadur hanging from the
ceiling to give light effects! L-7 movies: latest bollywood flicks arranged from Gurdev Palace;
shouting ”abe takle, focus!”
Life Lesson: Three ingredients for success in life: be happy in any situation; family/friends; some brains.
What you make of life is totally in your hands. Any one else: just incidental.
86224 | Sandeep Trivedi | Physics | Hall 1 - F Mid
Spouse: Monica Trivedi, Lucknow
Children: Neelabh 17, Rishabh 16
Birthdate: Dec 25
Anniversary: Feb 20
Favorite Activity: Travel Cooking ParTay
Memorable IITK Moments: In Hall I, I was checking the
mess bill on notice board. It was 400 rupees for that
month, I use to hardly eat at mess. I got so mad,
I broke the notice board glass. DOSA called me and put
me on DP.
samoneri@gmail.com
1 617 504 5834
SVP, Global Risk Management
Citigroup
2 Saveria Ct
Howell, NJ 07731
United States
The most memorable is when I found out that I have
passed Quantum Mechanics II, I realized I have graduated.
I was happy, but really sad at the same time not knowing
what will I do now.
Life Lesson: Never give up, so what if you go to IITK and
meet super smart kids of your age who are so much better
in academics. For every kid, there is always a place under
the sun on planet earth. You just have to find it.
Bharati Sanjay Kumar | 86228
Civil Engineering
sanjay24969@yahoo.co.in
2213-6737
Sanjay Kalra| 86227
Mechanical Engineering
Sanjiv Kumar | 86233
Aerospace Engineering
Sanjay Kumar Singh | 86229
Mechanical Engineering
s_k_usa@yahoo.com
91-22-8239944
Sanjay Rajshekharan Pillai | 86230
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
86231 | Sanjeev Arora | Computer Science & Engineering | Hall 1 - C Top
arora@cs.princeton.edu
609-258-3869
Professor
Princeton University
New Jersey
United States
Satyajit Ranganathan | 86238
Mechanical Engineering
satranga@yahoo.com
Santanu Chaudhuri | 86235
Electrical Engineering
santanuchaudhuri@yahoo.com
Satyendra Kumar | 86240
Civil Engineering
satyendra_kumar@yahoo.com
512-532-5446
512-905-1690
Sardar Bhagat Singh | 86237
Civil Engineering
9221 Spicebrush Drive
Austin, TX 78759 USA
86241 | Saurabh Goel | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - E Top
s_goel123@rediffmail.com
+919810333834
Spouse: Geeta Dutta Goel, Delhi
Children: Adit 15, Devansh 9
COO - UPW & Uttarakhand
Bharti Airtel Limited
Birthdate: Jun 28
Anniversary: Sep 24
293, Sector A, Pocket C
Vasant Kunj
New Delhi 110070
India
Favorite Activity: Distance running
Memorable IITK Moments: Chief Election Officer - quite a storm in a tea cup, Getting Usha Uthup, Peenaz
masani and Talat Aziz to the campus as Professional Programme head, in the Culfest, Bulla with E-top gang,
Hanging a poster from the 6th floor of the Faculty Building during inter Hall competition....
Life Lesson: Exactly that.....go with the flow and don’t over analyse anything....
it just wont matter in some time......cheers!!
86242 | Saurabh Verma | Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - C Bot
verma_saurabh@hotmail.com
1-650-430-4410
Spouse: Pradgnya Kulkarni, Bhopal
Children: Adya 17, Advika 12
Vice President
Software Development
Oracle
Birthdate: Jul 16
Anniversary: Mar 6
Favorite Activity: Music
11700 Timber Spring Ct
Cupertino CA 95014
United States
Memorable IITK Moments: Friends, Culfest, ganne ka juice,
SFS, ShopC, L7, Mess food, Hall Day etc
Prakash Shaiva | 86245
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
prshaiva@gmail.com
Shailesh Kumar Singh | 86244
Physics
Siddharth Dey | 86252
Chemical Engineering
Siddey2000@yahoo.com
911126892943, 919811304661
Shikhar Agrawal | 86248
Civil Engineering
shik_30@yahoo.com
Shishir Nigam | 86249
Mechanical Engineering
shishirnig@yahoo.com
912040789601
86246 | Shalini Yajnik | Electrical Engineering | Girl’s Hostel
shaliniy@comcast.net
+1 908 490 0028
Senior Research Scientist
Avaya Labs Research
48 Whitney Drive
Berkeley Heights, NJ 07922
United States
Spouse: RB. Narendran, Chennai
Children: Sameer, 11
Favorite Activity: Reading, Travel
86251 | Shyam Sunder Gupta | Electrical Engineering
shyamradha@rediffmail.com, guptashyam69@gmail.com,
022-23070557, 022-22842862, +91-98690-52816
Sirshendu De | 86254
Chemical Engineering
sde@che.iitkgp.ernet.in
913222283926
Somdutt Dixit | 86256
Siddhartha Valluri | 86253
Aerospace Engineering
sid_valluri@hotmail.com 6267981418
Sitanshu Seth | 86255
Electrical Engineering
Subhojit Kar | 86258
Electrical Engineering
Soumen Roy Sarkar | 86257
Electrical Engineering
Subrata Kumar Rajak | 86259
Mechanical Engineering
Sudatta Mandal | 86262
Electrical Engineering
skrajak@gmail.com
Sudarshan Varshney | 86261
Electrical Engineering
86260 | Sudarshan V. Lakvalli | Chemical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Top
slakvalli@yahoo.com
+91-8495031240
Head - Product
Development
Mindcom Consulting
18, Jnanadeep,
Swayamprabha Mantap road
Cauverynagar, NHCS Layout,
Basaveshwaranagar post
Bangalore 560079
Karnataka, India
Spouse: Indumati Sudarshan, Bangalore
Children: Chetan 17, Manish 13
Birthdate: Mar 15
Anniversary: Dec 23
Favorite Activity: Travel, TV, Sports, Organizing
Memorable IITK Moments: Magazine related activities- memories of the days
spent on Outreach in Hall-2, then The Presidential Newsletter, later Spark and
finally The Campus Magazine will always be cherished. In the final year,
organizing Gym-Lec-Disc - There were several cerebral lectures - who would
have thought Usha Uthup would enthrall the audience along with
Kuldip Nayar and Dr.PRK Rao and the gentleman from Kanpur.
Life Lesson:
The best life lesson I have learnt is from my then future wife (in 1994) when we
met for the first time formally - Take it as it goes and never plan too far ahead.
A chemical engineer turned into an IT professional to a professor of computer
science, I have seen most things, yet in the same breath- ain’t seen anything
yet. Man proposes, God disposes and everything happens for a reason.
86263 | Sudhanshu Thakur| Chemical Engineering | Hall 1 - B Top
Spouse: Jennifer Thakur, Little Rock
Children: Ryan 16, Dylan 11
Birthdate: Nov 25
Anniversary: Aug 1
sthakur100@gmail.com
+1 919 259 5311
Program Manager
GlaxoSmithKline
201 Elshur Way Morrisville, NC 27560
North Carolina United States
Favorite Activity: Singing
Memorable IITK Moments: Monkeys - they were everywhere. At first we were all a bit scared but over a period of time we learnt
to live in perfect harmony together. The way they would fight with their monkey siblings were almost human like.
Life Lesson: One of my colleagues was telling me this great story that during his first ever job interview, the guy interviewing him
said, “I am making sure you’re someone who can work as part of my team, who I can work with ON a team, or work FOR in future.”
Treat everyone with respect. This is a big world and tides do turn. You have to make sure you surround yourself with people who
are with you in good times and in bad times. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
Sukanta Bose | 86266
Sudheer Thakur |86264
Physics
Computer Science & Engineering
sukantabose@hotmail.com
Sumeer Sadhuram Goyal | 86268
Computer Science & Engineering
Sudhir Kumar Mishra | 86265
Civil Engineering
sudhirk200@yahoo.com
919434735928
Suman Palit | 86267
Aerospace Engineering
sumanpalit@gmail.com
sumeer.goyal@gmail.com
91-9818286365
91-120-2444711 EXT-34458
86269 | Sumeet Agrawal| Electrical Engineering | Hall 1 - F Bot
sumeet.agrawal@intel.com
+919845153774
Spouse: Bindu Agrawal, Punjab
Children: Vishakha 21, Sahil 15
Director of Engineering
Intel India Tech Pvt Ltd
Birthdate: April 27
Favorite Activity: Travel, Music, Novels, Sports, Hiking
166 Adarsh Vista
Vignananagar Main Road
Vibhutipura
Bangalore 560037 Karnataka
India
Memorable IITK Moments: Entry into IITK amidst heavy rain, music secy
in Hall 1, scholarship to UWashington, F-bot fun
Sumeet Vohra |86270
Mechanical Engineering
vohra.s@pg.com
919820611937, 02228267322
S Suneeta | 86272
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
Sunil Paliwal | 86274
Computer Science & Engineering
sunilpaliwall@yahoo.co.uk
91-423-30709, 91-423-30429
Sumit Kishore | 86271
Chemical Engineering
skishore@gail.co.in
919818463801, 011-26194184
Sunil K P James | 86273
Aerospace Engineering
2suniljames@gmail.com
Seven Tweets to Achieve Escape Velocity in Career
I thought I’d write about career journey and its uniqueness. Many of us experience these thoughts “Oh I have hit the ceiling
in my career. I don’t have a future”. “I don’t know what to do and the organization is not helping me in any way..”
Let me give you my 7 tweets. Well, these are not my original ideas. I am fortunate to have heard from some great people and
this is my humble attempt to condense and mix them all to create a magic potion.
Tweet+ 2: Have Sharp focus: It is not ‘doing something’
when millions of thoughts emerge from our minds. Catch
that ‘One Thought’ and convert to action and execution to
achieve “Sharp Focus”. It is hard but not impossible.
But we need to strive with commitment.
Tweet+ 3: Commitment before excellence:
For majority of Human beings, commitment is more important
than excellence. If you have commitment, you will be blessed
with excellence. Only for very few blessed ones Excellence is
nature. Respect them but evaluate which category you are and
be committed.
Tweet+ 1: Think Escape Velocity: To escape
from gravitational pull for increased time
(Not infinite!), rockets need unique fuel. We
need unique Knowledge fuel to escape our
career traps.
Tweet+7: Calm your mind:
Remember Tweet 2 and 3. If a barrage of thoughts
distracts you, there is no sharp focus. There is no
commitment. Find you own way to calm your mind.
There are many ways. Find your own way.
Tweet+ 6: Have Hunger to Learn:
Remember Tweet 1 and Tweet 4. The more knowledge fuel you
acquire the closer you are to achieve escape velocity. The more
you give this fuel to others, the more you get and hence this
magic cycle with help you escape.
Tweet+ 4: Believe in Law of Nature:
This is THE ONLY CONSTANT. Applies to all forces
including our forces; Not just the Newton’ third law
to lifeless masses. If you share knowledge, wealth &
positive thoughts, you are certain to get from cosmos
at a later time. Never question this.
Tweet+ 5: Respect everyone and everything:
Respect nature, animals and every other human being. Never
hurt others feelings and actions. Never compare, never complain.
Please think of “Tweet 4”. This is the only sustainable way. The
moment you realize you have hurt others, kindly apologize.
Follow these tweets Go out there and do your best!. Excellence is
certain! Mr. N R Narayana Murthy Chairman Emeritus of Infosys Ltd
said “You should be able to escape the gravitational pull of the past
by constantly adapting and changing engines of growth like a Rocket”.
So it is all about knowing Rocket Science!!
Ranga Vellamore – 86290
Swarup Kumar Mohalik | 86279
Suresh Kumar Kureel | 86275
Computer Science & Engineering
Chemical Engineering
kureelsuresh@yahoo.in
09470194882, 09470194882
Suraj Prasad
Electrical Engineering
suraj526ial@yahoo.co.in
91 9650301996
Surjeet Kumar Verma | 86276
Electrical Engineering
Tabish Naseem Zaidi | 86281
Chemical Engineering
86277 | Sushil Ranjan | Materials and Metallurgical Engineering | Hall 1 - E Top
sushil.ranjan@gmail.com
+19196780996
Principal Analytical Consultant,
Advanced Analytics Lab
SAS Institute Inc.
1066 Upchurch Farm Lane,
Cary, NC 27519
North Carolina
United States
86278 | Swagato Basumallick | Computer Science & Engineering | Hall 1 - B Bot
Swagato.Basumallick@gmail.com
+1-510-205-4424
Spouse: Ruchira Majumdar, Kolkata
Children: Ushoshi 10
Intel Corporation
Birthdate: Jul 22
171 Rainbow Place,
Milpitas, CA 95035
California
United States
Favorite Activity: Photography, Theater, EmCeeing, Cooking
Memorable IITK Moments:
Flying the glider at the airstrip
Competing in Culfest events
My first heartbreak after school days
Life Lesson:
a) Criticism only hurts if it should
b) Never lose your sense of humour
86280 | Venkateswaran Srinivasan | Electrical Engineering
ponga0pandit@gmail.com
91-94503-46561
1 978 905 1041
A3 Darshan Apartments
97 Perumal Kovil Street
Saidapet
Chennai Pin 600015
Tamilnadu
India
Birthdate: 23 SEP 1968 08:30 PM
Anniversary: Feb 20
Favorite Activity: Mysticism Occultism Clairvoyance
Memorable IITK Moments: I Switched off the electric mains supply to the TV room, with malice
intended, when people were watching Mahabharath at 10 AM -- Defended craftily to the
warden-in-charge Dr. Sharma, Sociology, as an act of nobility and was appreciated for the same.
Life Lesson: Hang on there ! Don’t you ever quit ! Your turn will come too
(for it is said, every dog shall have its day.)
Tapan Kumar Panda |86282
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
Tushar Giri Nath | 86284
pandatk@hotmail.com
1 203-685-6502
tushargirinath@gmail.com
Mechanical Engineering
Dasgupta Tarakeshwar | 86283
Physics
T Surendranath Reddy | 86286
Electrical Engineering
86285 | Tushar Saxena | Electrical Engineering
| Hall 1 - F Bot
anuradha_saxena@yahoo.com
+1 781 402 0194
Spouse: Anuradha Saxena, Lucknow
Children: Arunima 12, Tanisha 10
5 Suzanne Rd, Lexington,
MA 02420
Massachusetts
United States
Birthdate: May 28
Anniversary: May 9
Favorite Activity: Hockey, Movies, Travel
Memorable IITK Moments: Gliding. Trips to chungi. Eating Maggi at Canteen.
Life Lesson: Learn to take risks
86287 | Uday Shankar | Chemical Engineering | Hall 1 - F Top
udaysh@yahoo.com
91-94133-18933
Spouse: Menka Gupta
Children: Himnish 14 , Divyanshi 10
Director RISL jaipur
Forest Department , Rajsthan
Birthdate: July 15
Anniversary: Dec 11
2/9 Gandhinagar ,
jaipur 302015
Rajasthan
India
Favorite Activity: Carrom , Badminton
Memorable IITK Moments: Night outs at hostel with friends and chai at Babaji ,
going to bithoor countless adventures ....
Life Lesson: Life the life as it is.
86288 | Uddipan Prasad Bagchi | Mechanical Engineering
uddipan@yahoo.com
+91.98805.74946
Spouse: Sonali Bagchi, Bhopal
Children: Noyonika 16 Rhea 10
Executive Director
Dell Services
Birthday: Oct 1
Anniversary: Feb 21
C2 - 505 L&T South City
Arekere MICO Layout
Bangalore - 560076
Karnataka
India
Favorite Activity: Walking, Trading, Following Sports, Reading, Movies
Memorable IITK Moments: Getting to be amongst some of the brightest minds on the planet,
Bulla sessions
Life Lesson: The less choices you have, the better. When you have only one choice, you give it
your all like a cornered tiger.
86289 | Uttam Prakash | Materials and Metallurgical Engineering | Hall 1 - E Top
uttamprakash1970@hotmail.com
+919794842053
Deputy Commissioner of Railway Safety
Indian Railway
Spouse: Karuna Prakash , Delhi
Children: Srishtika 19, Siddharth 12
Birthday: 16-Oct
Anniversary: Movies,Watching Cricket
Favorite Activity: Movies,Watching Cricket
C-175/2
RDSO Colony Manak Nagar
near rdso hospital
Lucknow pin 226011
Uttar Pradesh
India
Memorable IITK Moments: Bulla sessions with wingmates, Watching movies in
L-7, CULFEST
Life Lesson: Life is a journey-make it beautiful for your life and for all around
you.Choice of being at peace is entirely under our complete control !
86290 | Rangarajan Vellamore | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - C Top
Spouse: Jayashree Rangarajan, Chennai
Children: Smruthi 14, Smaran Krishna 8
Birthdate: Jul 15
Anniversary: Jan 22
ranjayash@gmail.com
+86-13916378144
VP & CEO Infosys China
Infosys Ltd
4/25, 27th Street,
Nanganallur,
Chennai 600 061
Tamil Nadu
India
Favorite Activity: Reading, Travel
Memorable IITK Moments:
1. Playing Violin in a group instrumental performance
2. Playing digger late in the night in computer lab CC
3. Recognition for our project design in a All India design competition
Life Lesson: Life is a journey to calm you inner state to be in harmony
and reasonance with cosmos. Otherwise, your remote control is with
people and things of external world and your inner state will show
unwanted colours of anger and greed.
86291 | V Ramesh | Computer Science & Engineering
rv@research.bell-labs.com
1-732-493-4031
86293 | Vandana Tandon | Chemistry | Girl’s Hostel
tandon_vandana@hotmail.com
+1 703-929-2110
Senior Manager
sprint
2314 tanglevale drive
vienna, VA 22181
virginia
United States
Spouse: Rajat mittal, new delhi
Children: raina - 15
Birthdate: Nov 8
Anniversary: Aug 5
Favorite Activity: Travel, Hiking, Watching Soccer
Memorable IITK Moments:
1) fun times at iitk and the friends i made
2) Gaffe at the girls basket ball game - scoring on the wrong basket ;)
3) scholarship to Princeton”
Life Lesson:
Life is all about living and sharing your happiness with your loved ones.
My two favorite quotes which I try to my live my life by 1) “Get busy living or get busy dying ” - The Shawshank Redemption
2) “Happiness only real when shared” - Into The wild”
86294 | Varshni Singh | Materials and Metallurgical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Bot
varshni@hotmail.com
+1 225 338 9391
Spouse: Shivani Chandela, Delhi
Children: Vani 17, Rahul 13
Director (Interim) Microfab
Louisiana State University
Birthdate: Oct 23
Anniversary: Feb 4
2304 Drew Hill Ln, Chapel Hill,
NC-27514
North Carolina
United States
Favorite Activity: Travel, Hiking, Movies
Memorable IITK Moments: Bulla in B-Top Hall 3 and A-bot Hall 1. Going for movie on bike with friends
to Gurudev Palace. Industrial tour...
Life Lesson: Have confidence in yourself, do what you enjoy or enjoy what you do. In other words
enjoy your life as it comes. Of course remember you live in this world and be practical. Always respect
your elders, love your family and give sacrifices for your loved ones. Finally (though always), be true to
yourself.
86295 | Varun Kapur | Electrical Engineering |
Hall 1 - A Bot
varun@benaresstore.com
+6597536375
CEO
VG Capital
06-01 Astrid Meadows
48 Coronation Road West
Singapore 269263
Spouse: Rahil 16
Children: Riyaan 11
Birthdate: March 26
Anniversary: January 24
Favorite Activity: Travel, Bridge, Reading
Memorable IITK Moments: The monkey invasion of my room - no change
in entropy of the room after the invasion.
Life Lesson: Life is short. Focus only on things that matter. Baaki sab Bakwaas.
86296 | Vibhash Upadhyaya| Aerospace Engineering
vib09@yahoo.co.in
919769591836
Spouse:Mona
Children: Ishan 20, Arushi,15
DyCAE
AirIndia
Birthdate: July 9
Anniversary: Dec 2
903,904 Siwah Building, Skyline Oasis,
Kirol Road, near VidyaVihar Station,
Ghatkopar(W),
Mumbai-400086
Maharashtra
India
Favorite Activity: Photography, Travel
Memorable IITK Moments: Watching Movie at LH,
Life Lesson: Change is inevitable
Vakul Goswami | 86292
Materials and Metallurgical Engineering
vakulgoswami@yahoo.com
91-11-2259850, 2250382,
Vijay Sadashiv Chickarmane | 86299
Physics
vchickarmane@hotmail.com
9096070139
Vimal Kumar Srivastava|
86303
Mechanical Engineering
vimal_k@yahoo.com
913324499646, 919432065860
Vijay Ram | 86298
Electrical Engineering
225 338 9391, 225-388-6485
Vikram Khullar | 86302
Electrical Engineering
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2128915041
86304 | Vinay Gulati | Computer Science & Engineering | Hall 1 - B Top
vinaygulati@hotmail.com
+44 208 907 2946
Spouse: Kavita, Mumbai
Children: Anupama 19
CISO - APTP
Accenture
Birthdate: 6 March
Anniversary: 5 May
111 Vista Way
Kenton, Harrow
HA3 0SJ
UK
Favorite Activity: Travel, Movies, Bulla
Memorable IITK Moments:
1. Playing Bridge with wingmates
2. Eating Maggi at Canteen
3. Going to the L7 for movies at night
Life Lesson: Focus on family and health rest will follow you.
Vinay Lonial |86305
Mechanical Engineering
Vishwa Prakash Pinumalla | 86308
Mechanical Engineering
vishwa_pp@hotmail.com
1-610-530-7268,
Vivek Saxena | 86313
Aerospace Engineering
Vivek Gupta | 86310
Civil Engineering
vivekgupta67@yahoo.com
91-532-2607594, 9415236272
viveksaxena_2002@yahoo.com
915622642124, 919219508054
86306 | Vinaya Varma | Materials and Metallurgical Engineering | Hall 1 - F Mid
vinaya.varma1@gmail.com
+919163348162
Spouse: Shubhla Varma, Allahabad
Children: Chaitanya 18, Tushar 13
Vice President
Mjunction Services ltd
Birthdate: Oct 14
Anniversary: Dec 11
Flat 8B, Sonali Apartments,
8/2A, Alipore Park Road,
Kolkata 700027
West Bengal
India
Favorite Activity: Travel, Driving, Trekking
Memorable IITK Moments:
1. Learning to swim in first year
2. Watching movies in L7
Life Lesson: Do what you enjoy and enjoy what you do.
86307 | Vinod Kumar | Chemical Engineering | Hall 1 - B Mid
vinodkumarsoni@gmail.com
97444082226
GM - Investments
Mackeen Holding
B 401 Koyla Vihar Sanskriti Opp Gandhi Nagar Gate
Kanke Road, Ranchi 834008
Jharkhand
India
Spouse: Sunita Kumar, Patna
Children: Aroma 16, Aryan 13
Birthdate: April 18
Anniversary: Nov 26
Favorite Activity: Travel
86309 | Vivek Bhatt | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - D Bot
bhatt_vivek@ymail.com
+1-414-750-8345
Spouse: Namita Joshi, Delhi
Children: Suchir 15, Sameer 9
Chief Technology Officer,
Hardware
GE Healthcare
Birthdate: Dec 10
Anniversary: Dec 12
Favorite Activity: Biking, Climbing, Travel, Home Projects
18950 Chimney Rock Ct
Brookfield, WI, 53045
Wisconsin
United States
Memorable IITK Moments: L7 Movies, FB Top, Bailing out a junior from Railway station
Hawalat, Bike to Pammy/Gurudev.
Life Lesson: A career is a job that feels like the future, children are the future that may feel
like a job - invest in the real future.
86311 | Vivek Kumar | Electrical Engineering
| Hall 1 - F Bot
vivekkr68@gmail.com
+91-9013852544
Addl. CIT
GOI
A-513, Indira Nagar,
Lucknow 226016
Uttar Pradesh
India
Spouse: Anamika, Lucknow
Children: Avyansh, 14 & Palak, 12
Birthdate: 27th April
86312 | Vivek Ranjan Nema | Mechanical Engineering | Hall 1 - A Bot
vnema7@yahoo.in
+91-9890754804
Software Architect and Consultant
Pune, Maharashtra, India
Children: Rishabh 11
Birthday: Feb 23
Favorite Activity: Yog
Memorable IITK Moments: Every moment I spent at IITK
was spent in fun, all the time is memorable.
Life Lesson: Perhaps everyone has to go through that time
when God tests him.. Life is not a bed of roses.
Love Is The Answer
Call me Derek Brown if you like but my dad gave me the name Vakul Goswami. To my mom i was Vakki, to my
wife Vakil Babu, to my granny Vakkal. My English schoolteacher (Fr Rosenfelder) chose to call me Vakhool, my
grandfather Bakul Babu and my friends called me Vakuleshwari Devi, Vacuole, even Gainda and Saand. I am
actually what YOU choose me to be. I am what you perceive of me. I am what you are. To myself I am neither a
nobody nor a somebody. I am just anybody.
What do I share with friends here? It has to be something that has affected me most deeply and is presently
with me. It cannot be something from the future. A good amount of luck and lot of effort by multiple parties gets
us all into this world. We however feel compelled to justify our existence. I am. But Why?
Through a little window in the electromagnetic spectrum, a little of the world is visible to us, in a little time
frame made available to us. To overcome these limitations we use multiple ‘observation posts’, use instruments
working on rays not visible, and pass on our information from generation to generation. Still we know it is
hopelessly insufficient. The only thing we know with certainty when we discover something is that there is much
more to know. Every answer brings forth more questions. Who will answer my questions? Where do I get the
answers from? I think there is just one answer. It is love.
We are children of love seeking love throughout our lives. What is love? To me it is an invisible force that binds (at varying distances in
different cases). We know a little about Coulombic forces, something about gravitational forces, and somewhat about nuclear forces but almost
nothing about love. Yet it affects us all the time. Sometimes its waves are intense, sometimes subtle.
I don’t think it is too far from reality if I say that love does not answer questions but dissolves all of them. It is not a solution (as an answer), it
is a solution (as a dissolving medium). If love is about ignorance it is surely a blissful one.
It is impossible to love oneself; just like a charged particle does not itself attract itself. One can only love others. Others may reciprocate your
love in the process or love others.
What is the essence of love? The essence of love is in losing one’s self. It is in selflessness. Let us remember people like Florence Nightingale
who tended to wounded soldiers in the Crimean war, Sir Nicholas Winston who rescued 669 children from their doomed fate in Nazi death camps in
WW II, and Mother Teresa. These are some of the innumerable examples of people who gave everything they had in the service of humanity.
They have shown us what the essence of love is all about.
In conclusion let me say that all the difficult questions bear a many to one relationship to this single answer. We all know it as Love. Vakul Goswami – 86292
Index by Department
Aerospace Engineering
Chemical Engineering
Civil Engineering
86065
86072
86092
86112
86158
86201
86204
86233
86253
86267
86273
86296
86313
86008
86016
86027
86028
86035
86037
86045
86063
86066
86121
86123
86125
86142
86143
86163
86164
86168
86197
86217
86219
86252
86254
86260
86263
86271
86275
86281
86287
86307
86012 Alok Kumar Gupta
86020 Anand Kumar
86021 Anand Kumar Balmiki
86030 Anupam Shukla
86034 Anurag Srivastava
86036 Apurb Anand
86059 Bijay Kumar Pandey
86088 Ram Hansa
86102 Jitendra Kumar Lal
86105K.C.Joshi
86106 Kamalesh Kumar
86111 Krishan Kumar Kannojia
86140 Mukesh Paswan
86147 Narendra Singh Negi
86150 Navneet Kishore Dixit
86152 Neeraj Agrawal
86185 Pulak Sinha
86190 Raghavendra Singh
86192 Rahul Navin
86225 Sanjay Bhattacharya
86228 Bharati Sanjay Kumar
86237 Sardar Bhagat Singh
86240 Satyendra Kumar
86248 Shikhar Agrawal
86265 Sudhir Kumar Mishra
86310 Vivek Gupta
Tan Weingken Chow
Deepak Bisht
Himanshu Agrawal
Ravi Krishnamurthy
Niraj Kumar Srivastava
Rajiv Kumar
Rajiv Saxena
Sanjiv Kumar
Siddhartha Valluri
Suman Palit
Sunil K P James
Vibhash Upadhyaya
Vivek Saxena
Chemistry
86054 Avik Prasun Chatterjee
86134 Manoj Kumar Tiwari
86293 Vandana Tandon
Akshay Goel
Amit Kumar Agrawal
Anuj Kumar
Anup Bagchi
Anurag Vishnoi
Archana Bhatnagar
ASHISH A GUPTA
Charu Lata Kumar
C Ramakrishna Prasad
Manas Kumar Das
Maneesh Singh
Manish Huddar
Bhasker Natarajan
N Ganapathi Subramanian
Nitin Vaid
N V Subrahmanyam
Pankaj Agarwal
Rajeev Thakur
Ranjan Patnaik
Ratna Shekhar
Siddharth Dey
Sirshendu De
Sudarshan V. Lakvalli
Sudhanshu Thakur
Sumit Kishore
Suresh Kumar Kureel
Tabish Naseem Zaidi
Uday Shankar
Vinod Kumar
Computer Science &
Engineering
86183
86193
86218
86264
86268
86274
86278
86279
86291
86304
Pravin Bhagwat
Raja Sekhar Reddy
Ranodeb Roy
Sudheer Thakur
Sumeer Sadhuram Goyal
Sunil Paliwal
Swagato Basumallick
Swarup Kumar Mohalik
V Ramesh
Vinay Gulati
Index by Department
Electrical Engineering
86005
86011
86018
86022
86023
86033
86042
86048
86049
86051
86055
86060
86064
86067
86071
86075
86080
86081
86083
86084
86090
86095
86096
86098
86100
86103
86115
86126
86133
86146
86151
86154
Ajay Tewari
Alok Gupta
Amitabh Gupta
Ananda Chakravorty
Anil Kumar Das
Anurag Srivastava
Arunesh Kumar
Ashok Kumar Verma
Ashu Jindal
Ashutosh Joglekar
Avinash Kumar
Binay Kumar Choudhary
Charutosh Dixit
Nevin Panna David
Debjit Biswas
Deepak Jain
Diljit Singh
Bandhu Kishan Dukha
Praveen Gautam
Gautam Vasisht
Harish Parthasarathy
Indermohan Singh Monga
Indraneel Ghosh
Jaideep Arora
Jitendra Kumar
Joydeep Dey
Kuntal Sengupta
Manish Agrawal
Manoj Devashish
Narayan Dash
Navpreet Singh
Neeraj Gupta
86156
86159
86167
86170
86171
86180
86186
86188
86191
86195
86207
86220
86222
86235
86241
86242
86246
86251
86255
86257
86258
86261
86262
86269
86276
86280
86285
86286
86295
86295
86298
86302
86311
Nimish Sanghi
Niraj Verma
Samir Palnitkar
Parag A Patankar
Peeyush Sonkar
Praveen Kumar Sinha
Puneet Ranjan
Puranjoy Bhattacharya
Raghu Subramanian
Rajeev K Ranjan
Rajneesh Rawat
C.Ravindran swamy
Sachin Johri
Santanu Chaudhuri
Saurabh Goel
Saurabh Verma
Shalini Yajnik
Shyam Sunder Gupta
Sitanshu Seth
Soumen Roy Sarkar
Subhojit Kar
Sudarshan Varshney
Sudatta Mandal
Sumeet Agrawal
Surjeet Kumar Verma
Venkateswaran Srinivasan
Tushar Saxena
T Surendranath Reddy
Varun Kapur
SURAJ PRASAD
Vijay Ram
Vikram Khullar
Vivek Kumar
Materials and Metallurgical
Engineering
86013
86019
86025
86056
86073
86086
86097
86099
86104
86109
86118
86129
86137
86144
86157
86166
86172
86176
86182
86202
86206
86226
86230
86245
86272
86277
86282
86292
86294
86306
Alok Sinha
Anand Agarwal
Anirudha Vaidya
Shivani Avinash
Deepak Gangal
Gopal Tandon
AJITH KUMAR J
Jayant Neogi
Jung Bahadur Singh Bhurji
K Mohan
Kiran Alur Madhu
Manoj Gopinathan Vellaikal
Mukesh Kumar
Nagendra Kumar
Niraj Kumar
Pallob Kumar Nag
Pradyumna Agrawal
Prashant Kumar Behara
Praveen Rai Bhalla
Rajiv Mishra
Rajiv Tandon
Varghese Sanjay Chacko
Sanjay Rajshekharan Pillai
Prakash Shaiva
S Suneeta
Sushil Ranjan
Tapan Kumar Panda
Vakul Goswami
Varshni Singh
Vinaya Varma
Index by Department
Mechanical Engineering
86015
86024
86026
86029
86032
86040
86041
86043
86050
86053
86069
86078
86091
86093
86094
86107
86113
86117
86120
86122
86127
86131
86132
86139
86148
86149
86181
86187
86196
Amit Goel
Anil Varma
Anu Rastogi
Anupam
Anurag Goyal
Arun Kumar
Arun Kumar Singh
ARVIND KUMAR SINHA
Ashutosh Goel
Avaneesh Dubey
Debashis Parida
Depankar Neogi
Harmendra Gandhi
Himanshu Tewari
Imtiyaz Ahmed
Kamalesh Kumar Pant
Kuldip Singh
Lokesh Kumar Juneja
Makrand Dekhane
Maneesh Jhawar
Manish Kumar Verma
Manoj Kumar
Manoj Kumar
Mukesh Kumar Singh
Narendra Singh Shaktishiromani
Naveen Jaiswal
Praveen Kumar Tiwari
Puneet Tandon
Rajeev Sabharwal
86198
86199
86205
86210
86211
86212
86214
86215
86223
86227
86229
86238
86249
86259
86270
86284
86288
86289
86290
86303
86305
86308
86309
86312
Rajesh Singh
Rajesh Narang
Rajiv Sharma
Sajeewan Ram
Rama Prasad
Raman Pal Singh
Ramesh Chandra Pathak
Raminder Singh Ahlawat
SANDEEP JUNEJA
Sanjay Kalra
Sanjay Kumar Singh
Satyajit Ranganathan
Shishir Nigam
Subrata Kumar Rajak
Sumeet Vohra
Tushar Giri Nath
Uddipan Prasad Bagchi
Uttam Prakash
Rangarajan Vellamore
Vimal Kumar Srivastava
Vunay Lonial
Vishwa Prakash Pinumalla
Vivek Bhatt
VIVEK RANJAN NEMA
Mathematics
86076 Deepak Kumar
86194 Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay
Physics
86017
86082
86101
86108
86114
86179
86216
86224
86244
86266
86283
86299
Amit Neogi
Durga Prasad Choudhury
Jitendra Kumar
Kartikeya Misra
Aswathanarayana Kumar
Praveen Dua
Ranjan Mukhopadhyay
Sandeep Trivedi
Shailesh Kumar Singh
Sukanta Bose
Dasgupta Tarakeshwar
Vijay Sadashiv Chickarmane
Statistics
86077 Deepak Saxena
86141 Murali Niverthi
86169 Pankaj Kumar Mishra
Index by Country
Canada
86069 Debashis Parida India
Ontario
Germany
86060 Binay Kumar Choudhary
Norway
86123 Maneesh Singh
United Kingdom
86103 Joydeep Dey
86304 Vinay Gulati
Singapore
86218 Ranodeb Roy
86295 Varun Kapur
Qatar
86307 Vinod Kumar
Switzerland
86223 Sandeep Juneja Hongkong
86039 Arnab Mukherjea
86198 Rajesh Singh
China
86290 Rangarajan Vellamore
Geneva
86005
86006
86007
86008
86011
86012
86013
86015
86016
86017
86018
86019
86023
86028
86032
86033
86036
86037
86043
86045
86049
86050
86053
86056
86061
86072
86073
86074
86075
86076
86078
Ajay Tewari
Ajay Singh
Ajay Tripathi
Akshay Goel
Alok Gupta
Alok Kumar Gupta
Alok Sinha
Amit Goel
Amit Kumar Agrawal
Amit Neogi
Amitabh Gupta
Anand Agarwal
Anil Kumar Das
Anup Bagchi
Anurag Goyal
Anurag Srivastava
Apurb Anand
Archana Bhatnagar
Arvind Kumar Sinha
ASHISH A GUPTA
Ashu Jindal
Ashutosh Goel
Avaneesh Dubey Shivani Avinash
Chanchal Kumar
Deepak Bisht
Deepak Gangal
Deepak Gupta
Deepak Jain
Deepak Kumar
Depankar Neogi
Assam
Maharashtra
Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Maharashtra
Delhi
Maharashtra
Delhi
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Delhi
Maharashtra
Karnataka
Bihar
Karnataka
Maharashtra
86080
86091
86093
86097
86098
86100
86101
86102
86104
86105
86106
86108
86111
86113
86120
86122
86131
86132
86134
86135
86139
86140
86144
86151
86152
86156
86159
86163
86164
86165
86167
Diljit Singh
Harmendra Gandhi
Maharastra
Himanshu Tewari
Maharashtra
Ajith Kumar J
Jharkhand
Jaideep Arora
Maharashtra
Jitendra Kumar
Bihar
Jitendra Kumar
Jitendra Kumar Lal
Jung Bahadur Singh Bhurji
K.C.Joshi
Uttar Pradesh
Kamalesh Kumar
Kartikeya Misra Rajasthan
Krishan Kumar Kannojia
Kuldip Singh
Makrand Dekhane
Maharashtra
Maneesh Jhawar
Maharashtra
Manoj Kumar
Manoj Kumar Uttar Pradesh
Manoj Kumar Tiwari
Manzour Gibran Ali
Mukesh Kumar Singh
Mukesh Paswan
Nagendra Kumar
Navpreet Singh Uttar Pradesh
Neeraj Agrawal
Nimish Sanghi
Karnataka
Niraj Verma
Nitin Vaid
Uttar Pradesh
N V Subrahmanyam
D. Srinivas PadmanabhuniKarnataka
Samir Palnitkar Pune
Index by Country
India
86168
86170
86171
86181
86182
86183
86188
86193
86194
86197
86199
86201
86202
86204
86205
86207
86210
86214
86217
86220
86222
86229
86241
86249
86251
86252
86254
86260
86265
86268
86269
Pankaj Agarwal
Parag A Patankar
Peeyush Sonkar Praveen Kumar Tiwari
Praveen Rai Bhalla
Pravin Bhagwat Puranjoy Bhattacharya
Raja Sekhar Reddy
Rajarshi Mukhopadhyay
Rajeev Thakur Rajesh Narang
Rajiv Kumar
Rajiv Mishra
Rajiv Saxena
Rajiv Sharma
Rajneesh Rawat
Sajeewan Ram
Ramesh Chandra Pathak
Ranjan Patnaik C.Ravindran Swamy
Sachin Johri
Sanjay Kumar Singh
Saurabh Goel
Shishir Nigam
Shyam Sunder Gupta
Siddharth Dey
Sirshendu De
Sudarshan V. Lakvalli
Sudhir Kumar Mishra
Sumeer Sadhuram Goyal
Sumeet Agrawal
Maharastra
Chattisgarh
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Dellhi
Delhi
Delhi
Karnataka
Hyderabad
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Delhi
Karnataka
Karnataka
86270
86271
86274
86275
86280
86287
86288
86289
86292
86295
86296
86298
86303
86306
86310
86311
86312
86313
Sumeet Vohra
Sumit Kishore
Sunil Paliwal
Suresh Kumar Kureel
Venkateswaran Srinivasan
Uday Shankar
Rajasthan
Uddipan Prasad Bagchi Karnataka
Uttam Prakash Uttar Pradesh
Vakul Goswami
Suraj Prasad
Delhi
Vibhash Upadhyaya
Maharashtra
Vijay Ram
Vimal Kumar Srivastava
Vinaya Varma
West Bengal
Vivek Gupta
Vivek Kumar
Uttar Pradesh
Vivek Ranjan Nema
Maharashtra
Vivek Saxena
Index by Country
United States
86004 Aditya Thadani
86014
Amit BaranwalFlorida
86024 Anil Varma
86025 Anirudha Vaidya
86026 Anu Rastogi
86027
Anuj KumarCalifornia
86040
Arun KumarWashington
86051 Ashutosh Joglekar
Connecticut
86052 Atanu Kumar Deb Baruah
86063 Charu Lata Kumar
86064 Charutosh Dixit California
86082 Durga Prasad Choudhury New Hampshire
86083 Praveen Gautam Georgia
86084 Gautam Vasisht
86095 Indermohan Singh Monga
California
86099 Jayant Neogi California
86109 K Mohan
86112 Ravi Krishnamurthy
86118 Madhu Kiran Alur California
86126 Manish Agrawal Florida
86127 Manish Kumar Verma
Chicago
86133 Manoj DevashishTexas
86137 Mukesh Kumar Indiana
86142 Bhasker Natarajan
Massachusetts
86143 N Ganapathi Subramanian
86146 Narayan Dash
86149 Naveen Jaiswal
86155 Nilesh Parate
California
86166 Pallob Kumar Nag
San Francisco
86172 Pradyumna Agrawal
Virginia
86179 Praveen Dua
Cupertino
86180 Praveen Kumar Sinha
Arizona
86185 Pulak Sinha
New Jersey
86191 Raghu Subramanian
California
86195 Rajeev K Ranjan California
86206 Rajiv Tandon
New Jersey
86211 Rama Prasad
Minnesota
86215 Raminder Singh Ahlawat
Oklahoma
86216 Ranjan Mukhopadhyay Massachusetts
86219 Ratna Shekhar Philadephia
86224 Sandeep Trivedi New Jersey
86240 Satyendra Kumar
Austin
86242
Saurabh VermaCalifornia
86246 Shalini Yajnik
New Jersey
86253 Siddhartha Valluri
Los Angeles
86263 Sudhanshu Thakur
North Carolina
86277 Sushil Ranjan
North Carolina
86278 Swagato Basumallick
California
86278 Swagato Basumallick
California
86282 Tapan Kumar Panda
Connecticut
86285 Tushar Saxena Massachusetts
86291 V Ramesh
New Jersey
86293
Vandana TandonVirginia
86294 Varshni Singh
North Carolina
86302 Vikram Khullar
New York
86308 Vishwa Prakash Pinumalla
Pennsylvania
86309 Vivek Bhatt
Wisconsin