Prof. Bhim Singh (1977 - B.E. - Electrical Engineering)
Professor Bhim Singh has received his B.E. (Electrical) from the University of Roorkee, India, in 1977 and his M. Tech. (Power Apparatus & Systems) and Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, in 1979 and 1983, respectively. In 1983, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Roorkee (Now IIT Roorkee), as a Lecturer. He became a Reader there in 1988. In December 1990, he joined the Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Delhi, India, as an Assistant Professor, where he has become an Associate Professor in 1994 and a Professor in 1997. Prof. Singh has been ABB Chair Professor from September 2007 to August 2012. Prof. Singh has been CEA Chair Professor from September 2012 to August 2017. He has been Head of Department of Electrical Engineering at IIT Delhi from July 2014 to August 2016. Prof. Singh has been Dean, Academics at IIT Delhi from August 2016 to August 2019. He has been JC Bose Fellow of DST, Government of India from December 2015 to June 2021. He is currently serving as a SERB National Science Chair and an Emeritus Professor at IIT Delhi since July 2021. Professor Singh is Chairman of BOG, SVNIT, Surat, since 25th August July 2023. Professor Singh has guided 129 Ph.D. and 183 M.E./M.Tech./M.S.(R) students. He has 71 granted and 37 filed patents. He has published 1297 Journal and 1835 Conference papers. He has co-authored a Text-Book on Power Quality: Power Quality Problems and Mitigation Techniques published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. 2015. Professor Singh has received Khosla National Research Award of IIT Roorkee in year 2013. He is a recipient of Shri Om Prakash Bhasin Award-2014 in Engineering including Energy & Aerospace. Professor Singh has received IEEE PES Nari Hingorani Custom Power Award-2017. He has received Inaugural Faculty Lifetime Research Award-2018 for overall research contribution at IIT Delhi. He is recipient IEEE-IAS Outstanding Educator/Mentor Award 2020. Prof. Singh is also recipient of INAE Outstanding Teacher Award 2020. Prof. Bhim Singh is the recipient of first International Solar Alliance (ISA)- Haryana Kalpana Chawla Solar Award for working towards developing solutions in the Solar Energy Sector to create a sustainable and low-carbon world for generations to come. Prof. Singh is also the recipient of prestigious Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar by the President of India for the year 2024. He is a Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (FNAE), The Indian National Science Academy (FNA), The National Academy of Science, India (FNASc), The Indian Academy of Sciences, India (FASc), The World Academy of Sciences (FTWAS), Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (FIEEE), the Institute of Engineering and Technology (FIET), Institution of Engineers (India) (FIE), and Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (FIETE).

Prof. Ayodhya Nath Tiwari (1980- M.Sc. - Physics)
Prof. Dr. Ayodhya Nath Tiwari (1980-M.Sc.-Physics) is a multifaceted personality as an outstanding scientist, successful entrepreneur, educationist/teacher and provider of frequent advisories to various institutions/agencies. He is the Chairman and Cofounder, SOLTIWA AG company in Switzerland. Prof. Tiwari was head of the Laboratory for Thin Films and Photovoltaics, Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology. He established this lab at Empa to conduct multidisciplinary R&D work on science and technology of coatings, nano-materials, hetero-structures, thin film solar cells, solid-state batteries, and sensors/detectors. Simultaneously, he was an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Information Technology and Electrical Engineering at ETH (Swiss Federal Institute of technology) Zürich, Switzerland. Earlier, he was a Chair Professor in the Centre for Renewable Energy Systems Technology, Loughborough University, UK. Prof. Tiwari is an internationally recognized leading scientist with several breakthrough inventions and contributions in the field of thin film photovoltaics. Especially noteworthy are his outstanding contributions in the development of world record efficiency lightweight flexible CIGS solar cells and high efficiency Perovskite based all thin film tandem solar cells. He was the Chairman and cofounder of ETH-spinout company Flisom in Zurich to transfer the lab’s innovative research excellence to industrial manufacturing. Flisom developed proprietary manufacturing equipment and processes for roll-to-roll manufacturing of flexible monolithic solar modules with production plants in Switzerland and Hungary. The lightweight solar modules are especially attractive for integrated applications on roofs and facades of buildings, greenhouses, tents, transport vehicles, airships, and emergency response operations. Currently he is supporting startup companies and collaborating in European projects on all perovskite tandem solar cells and super efficiency bifacial tandem solar cells, focusing on technology developments to high TRL and demonstration of innovative applications. Prof. Tiwari and his company are is recipients of numerous recognitions and awards, including McKinsey Venture Award, ZKB Pionierpreis, Technology Pioneers of World Economic Forum in Davos, Swiss Ambassador Award India. Hasselt University in Belgium has awarded him Honorary Doctorate Degree in 2018 and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi has honored him with the Global Alumni Recognition Award (GARA) in the category of "Academics, Scientific Research, Innovation, Startup, Social impact" for the year 2021-2023.

Shri Yuvraj Mehra (1971 - B.E. – Chemical Engineering)
Mr. Yuvraj Mehra (1971-B.E.-Chemical Engineering) is a licensed professional engineer and is currently serving as Managing Principal Consultant for Mehra Consulting Services, LLC since 2012. Through MCS provided contracted process engineering consulting services to PetroSkills, Hellervik Midstream LLC, and Saudi Aramco. Mr. Mehra retired from Saudi Aramco (2000-2011) as Gas and Light-ends Process Engineering Consultant in the Process & Control Systems Department. During 2003-04, he contributed to Saudi Aramco as General Supervisor for the Upstream Process Engineering Division. He is also an Alumnus of the Saudi Aramco Leadership Forum, and the University of California at Los Angeles. Mr. Mehra holds B.E. & M.S. Degrees in Chemical Engineering and through his affiliation with PetroSkills/John M Campbell companies (training and consulting) offers over 48 years of practical, hands-on process engineering experience related to processing of hydrocarbons (natural gas, refining and petrochemicals) from the standpoints of major owner/operating as well as E&C companies. He focuses on identifying value-oriented opportunities, effectively communicating and demonstrating his vast process engineering knowledge of the entire hydrocarbon value chain. His results-oriented effectiveness in process optimization, front-end engineering, project evaluations, troubleshooting, development of engineering standards, expert witnessing, assessment of intellectual property including marketability, development and offering topical courses, and integration of refining & petrochemicals is demonstrated industry wide. Mr. Mehra is having Thirty-two (32) US Patents related to natural gas processing, refining, and petrochemicals, substantiate the depth of his knowledge and experience. He authored over 48 publications and conference presentations and chaired the development of Section 14 - "Refrigeration" for the GPSA Engineering Data Book.

Dr. G. Madhusudan Reddy (1987 - M.E. – Mechanical)
Dr. G. Madhusudhan Reddy (1987-ME-Welding Engineering) obtained his bachelor’s degree from Kakatiya University in 1985, his master’s from IIT Roorkee in 1987, and his doctoral degree from IIT Madras in 1999. He formerly served as the Director of Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory (DMRL), DRDO Hyderabad, where he led a strong team in the domain of critical advanced materials & technologies in defense systems. His inspiring leadership enabled DMRL to be recognized as best Science Laboratory in the form of ‘Titanium Trophy’ by Defence Minister on 18 Dec 2020. Currently, he is an Adjunct Professor at Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, NIT Warangal and a Professor of Practice at Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Andhra University. Dr. Reddy has significantly contributed to the development of critical welding technologies for various defense hardware. He has addressed numerous technological challenges by establishing welding methods for both similar and dissimilar advanced alloys. His work includes welding armor steels, developing techniques for non-weldable aluminum alloys, joining of incompatible materials, ceramics-metal brazing, and enhancing weldability through microstructural control for difficult-to-weld alloys. His initiative and dedication led to the establishment of solid-state welding and processing technologies, positioning DRDO uniquely in aerospace component manufacturing. For his contributions to welding metallurgy, he received the Metallurgist of the Year Award (2007) from the Ministry of Steel and Mines, the Scientist of the Year Award (2013) from DRDO, and the Technology Leadership Award (2018) from DRDO. Additionally, he was awarded the Sudarshan Bhat Memorial Prize (1999) for the best Ph.D. thesis in Metallurgical Engineering at IIT Madras and the Distinguished Alumnus Award from IIT Madras in 2024. Dr. Reddy received the prestigious Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya Award (2018) from the Government of Telangana for his innovative work in materials joining and surfacing technologies. He has also been honored with the INAE Young Engineer Award (1998), the Engineer of the Year Award (2002), and the Andhra Pradesh Scientist Award (2006) for his significant contributions to the understanding of joining advanced materials. Dr. Reddy is also a recipient of the GD Birla Gold Medal (2019), Binani Gold Medal (1994, 2010), and SAIL Gold Medal (2013, 2018) from the Indian Institute of Metals. He has won several best paper awards for his scientific contributions from various professional societies. As a testament to his national and international recognition, he has been elected as a Fellow of the American Society of Metals, Indian National Academy of Engineering, Andhra Pradesh Academy of Sciences, Indian Institute of Metals, and Indian Institute of Welding. Dr. Reddy has published more than 300 research papers in refereed journals and an equal number in conference proceedings, in addition to holding several patents to his credit. Dr. Reddy has guided numerous students in their doctoral, master’s, and bachelor’s degrees in metallurgical and mechanical engineering, many of whom have become independent researchers and entrepreneurs. His supervision of doctoral theses has led to significant contributions in welding and cladding technologies, earning national-level awards for his students. Additionally, he has delivered nearly 200 keynote and invited talks at R&D institutions, academia, industry, and government bodies.

Shri Sanjay Kumar Agarwal (1987 - B.E. – ECE)
Shri Sanjay Kumar Agarwal (1987-BE-ECE) joined Indian Revenue Service (Indirect Taxes and Customs) in 1988. He is currently Chairman of Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Ministry of Finance, Government of India. The Department he is heading is engaged in collection of Indirect Tax revenue for the Union Government from GST, Central Excise and Customs duties and the task of border control for goods and passengers. He has worked in various capacities in Customs, Central Excise, Service Tax and GST field formations in the States of Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madya Pradesh, Delhi and Tamil Nadu. He has vast experience of working in intelligence and investigation formations of the Department, as well as Directorate handling IT backbone of the Department. He headed the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) prior to his elevation in Board in March 2022. He has also headed the Directorate General of Systems prior to that. He has done earlier stints in these key Directorates at different levels and handled complex cases of tax evasion at close quarters. He has vast experience of heading major Custom Houses and Air Cargo complex at Chennai, Ahmedabad, Kandla and Mundra Ports. He remained instrumental in piloting many new initiatives on Ease of Doing Business at these locations. He also has deep field experience as Commissioner in heading Service Tax and Central Excise formations prior to rollout of GST, and interaction with policy wings for rollout of GST. He graduated in Engineering from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Roorkee with honours and post graduated from IIT Delhi.

Shri Vikas Kumar (1987-B.E.-Electrical)
Dr. Vikas Kumar, is a graduate in Electrical Engineering (1987) from University of Roorkee (now IIT). He did his Masters from IIT/Delhi in Opto-Electronics & Optical Communications. He belongs to 1988 batch of Indian Railway Traffic Service. He has more than 34 years of experience in all phases of Rail based Urban Transportation Projects including 20 years of experience with DMRC, the largest MRTS system in India having 286 stations (390 KMS network). In Delhi Metro, he has worked in various capacities viz. Dy/Addl. General Manager, General Manager, Executive Director and Director/Operations before being elevated to the apex level. Presently, he is heading the organization as its Managing Director. In DMRC, he has looked after all aspects of metro rail working including Station Management, Train Operations, Operation Control Center, Revenue Management, Property Development, Grievance Redressal, Consultancy Services for various metro projects in India and abroad. Dr. Kumar is the CEO of I-Metro (Society of Indian Metro Rail Organizations), a platform for Member Metros to share their learning & experiences. He is a Policy Board Member of UITP [International Association of Public Transport]. Dr. Kumar attended LEADER’s PROGRAM IN URBAN TRANSPORT PLANNING, a capacity building program conducted by the Korea Transport Institute, Korea, under WORLD BANK-GEF (GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT FACILITY)-UNDP (UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM) assisted Sustainable Urban Transport Project, 2012 & got 1st Prize. Under the leadership of Dr. Kumar DMRC has received the ‘Global Water Tech Award 2024’ in the ‘Organisation’ category for its initiatives in environmental conservation and prestigious Highly Commended Award under the ‘Digital Champion’ category in Transport Ticketing Global – 2024 in London. As part of its ongoing ‘Ease of Booking’ initiative through digitalization, under the leadership of Dr. Kumar DMRC launched the Multiple Journey QR Ticket (MJQRT), a cutting-edge technology designed to offer greater convenience for passengers by eliminating the need for purchasing daily QR tickets. MJQRT, marks the QR-based multiple-journey product introduced for the FIRST TIME IN INDIA. In his tenure Delhi Metro also launched India’s first ever indigenously developed signaling system I-ATS, jointly developed with BEL for its Red Line. Under the leadership of Dr. Kumar, DMRC with partnership of BEL is developing an indigenous Communication Based Train Control system (i-CBTC). This partnership is set to usher in a new era of rail transportation in India, driving innovation, reducing costs, and fostering self-reliance in the field of train control signalling systems.

Shri Anand Ramamoorthy (1996 - B.E. - Metallurgy)
Mr. Anand Ramamoorthy (1996 - B.E. - Metallurgy) is a seasoned, well-rounded technology executive with over two decades of global experience building high performance teams, introducing flagship products, scripting executable strategies, driving nonlinear business growth, and leading organizational transformation. Mr. Anand is currently Managing Director at Micron India and is responsible for R&D, engineering, operations and sales. Micron is a $30B global leader in semiconductor memory and storage chips. Under Mr. Anand’s leadership, Micron India has grown to over four thousand professionals in less than 5 years making it one of the fastest headcounts and competency ramp in the Indian semiconductor history. The India based engineering teams have impacted over $25B of product revenue across mobile, automotive, data center and IOT/embedded markets while generating over 350+ patents. Micron recently decided to set up India’s first semiconductor manufacturing operation in Gujarat heralding a new era in the country’s march towards self-sufficiency in this sector. Prior to Micron, Anand was at Intel (and Intel security) heading their South Asia business for semiconductors and cybersecurity software. At Intel, he incubated their mobile and tablet business from scratch and led the fastest growth in data center business among all regions in APAC. Prior to Intel, he was Managing Director at Harman India, a leading global consumer electronics company. Mr. Anand started his career in Silicon Valley as an engineer before moving on to roles of increasing impact and mandate including global GM roles with full P&L and product development responsibility. After spending 10+ years in the US he moved back to India over a decade back. Mr. Anand is an alumnus of Harvard Business School.

Shri Sandeep Garg (1981 - B.E. - Electrical)
Shri Sandeep Garg (1981 - B.E. - Electrical) is a Bachelor of Technology from IIT Roorkee and an alumnus of Harvard Business School. He has over 37 years of experience in core infrastructure sectors and is currently the Managing Director of Welspun Enterprises Limited. He also serves as Managing Director of Adani Welspun Exploration Limited. He has been associated with the Welspun Group since July 2012. In his current role at Welspun, he, along with his team, has been instrumental in driving the company's remarkable turnaround. Notable achievements along this journey include receiving the prestigious Gold award from the Ministry of Road Transport & Highways for Excellence in Project Management for the Delhi-Meerut Expressway (Pkg 1), ‘Unique Project of the Year’ accolade awarded by ASSOCHAM for Chikhli-Tarsod Highway Project, and securing a ranking of 37th among India's Top 100 Great Mid-size Workplaces by Great Place To Work. Other accolades include winning the Best Company of the Group award for two years in a row. Apart from being an accomplished business professional, Mr. Garg is also a philanthropist and contributes to the society through his association with organizations such as SAPNA, an NGO which focusses in areas of health, education, women empowerment, community development and social welfare, DHRUV FOREVER, which supports child education, health care promotion and environment protection and awareness and Vagad Seva Sansthan Trust, an institute which works towards providing housing, sanitation and food.

Shri Ravi Kant Gupta (1981 - B.E. - Civil)
Shri Ravi Kant Gupta (1981 - B.E. - Civil) started his initial career in Larsen & Toubro Limited and Engineers India Limited. In 1983, he joined UP State Bridge Corporation as Assistant Engineer and had an illustrious career, while leading a team of Engineers for many prestigious Bridges and Building projects. Some of the projects handled by him include construction of Twin Bridge on NH-17 over River Periyar and Chandrasekhar Nayak Stadium with a sitting capacity of 30,000 at Thiruvananthapuram which was completed in a challenging time schedule of 120 days, from start to finish. In recognition of this exceptional achievement, CM of Kerala awarded a Gold Medal to Er. R.K. Gupta. He has significantly contributed to construction of Kohlapur Mahakali Highway Project in Nepal and was also instrumental in accomplishing several pre-stressed concrete Bridges. In Delhi, he was the in-charge construction of Chirag Delhi Flyover, wherein Pre-cast pre-tensioned beams with flange-to flange placement was used for the first time in India. He was instrumental in setting up the complete Casting Yard for pre-casting and Pre-tensioning the beams, which was a highly challenging task those days. In 1994, he started his own company named “BRIDGECON INDIA” for providing consultancy services particularly in construction engineering for Bridges and manufacturing of Pre-casting Moulds and Launching Systems again for construction of bridges. He conceived, designed, and manufactured the entire Pre-casting and Launching Scheme for U-shaped girders used for the first time in India in DMRC Line 3 Airport line. In 2000, he became full-time Director of Arvind Techno Engineers Pvt. Ltd. and was instrumental in the construction of several pre-cast, prestressed bridges. He was instrumental in construction of 3 Km long Krishna Bridge consisting of longest pre-tensioned girder of 40 m length. He has significantly contributed to the entire construction of 3Km long Sone Nadi Bridge in Bihar which is second longest river bridge constructed by Pre-cast Segmental method in India at that time after MG Setu Patna. His experience is multifarious and spread over more than 43 years on various activities of Bridge Construction, implementing use of new technologies like Pre-cast pre-tensioned girders, developing Precast Segmental Construction Techniques in India, and developing state of the art Launching systems.

Shri Sunil Goyal (1989 - B.E. - E&C)
Mr. Sunil Goyal (BE-E&C-1989) heads the India operations of Sopra Steria, in the capacity of Dy. Chief Executive Officer. Under this capacity he is responsible for all business, delivery and enabling functions. The organization is a part of Sopra Steria Group, a €5.8 billion conglomerate, headquartered in Paris and one of the top 5 French IT Services company in France having a strength of 60,000 professionals worldwide operating from 30 countries. Mr. Sunil started his career as a telecom support professional at Unitel post which he got into managing sales at Wipro. He then decided to become an entrepreneur and co-founded Momentum India in the year 1993 with almost no seed capital, along with his senior from college. Under the leadership of Mr. Sunil and his co-founder, the company soon became the second largest channel partner for Wipro InfoTech for their IT products in India. After 6 years of success in hardware they decided to venture into IT software services in 1999. They raised USD 1.5 million funding from Citibank which helped them set up Momentum offices in Vancouver, Seattle and Noida. Momentum was in the outsourced product development space and the team grew to 100. He instituted various quality processes in Momentum India that resulted in Momentum getting SEI CMM level 5, ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 certifications in a short duration. Momentum Technologies got acquired in 2005 by Newell and Budge, which was subsequently acquired by Sopra group within 2 months. Sopra grew from a 100 people company in 2006 to 1500 by 2015 when it merged with Steria. Today Sopra Steria in India is ~6000 people organization with centres in Noida, Chennai, Pune and Bengaluru. Mr. Sunil has been highly instrumental in successfully steering two big mergers which is quite a feat in itself. His Passion has always been people along with business and his vision along with his passion has led to building a successful, value based and high-performance driven organization culture in the backdrop of these mergers. Mr. Sunil also formerly served as Co-Chair of NASSCOM’s regional council at Noida and continues to pay forward to the industry and society at large through his benevolent contribution towards mentorship and guidance to multiple business leaders and entrepreneurs. In his role with NASSCOM he has led several initiatives like Code of Conduct and Industry-Academia partnership, leading to partnerships of 16 institutions. He is mentoring several startups like Bodhi Technologies, Umbrella Infocare, and Talent Decrypt.

Shri Aditya Gupta (1974 - B.E. - Mechanical Engineering), (1976 - M.E.- Machine Design)
Shri Aditya Gupta (1974 - B.E. - Mechanical Engineering) and (1976 - M.E.- Machine Design) has been providing social services to our society - especially to IITR alumni, and the institute since 1996. Over the past 27 years, Aditya has worked tirelessly to generate belongingness and cohesiveness among IIT Roorkee Alumni in North America and California, home to the largest alumni concentration in USA. His efforts gave birth to IIT Roorkee Heritage Foundation (IITRHF) in 2007. He is part of founding team and board member of IITRHF since its launch in 2007, and serving as current President of this non-profit tax-deductible charitable organization. Under Aditya’s leadership, IITRHF has facilitated the US $450,000+ in donation from group of alums in North America, and especially in Silicon Valley. The donations have been used to establishing Chair Professor, Best Faculty Awards and, other projects at IITR. He has developed IITRHF Excellence awards for undergraduate students of IITR for each branch awarding students based on academic excellence, sports, and extra-curriculum activities. He has ensured that these awards are released every year since 2009 and continuing for last 15 years. He has developed and implemented process of financial support for student activities at IITR Campus related to youth festivals at E-Cell, Cognizance, NSS, Motor Sports and Annual Business Plan Competition. He has also contributed and helped in facilitating academic internship at US universities and work internship at US companies for students of IITR. He has encouraged and facilitated members of different Alumni batches settled in USA to contribute to IITR as group using his knowledge of favorable US tax laws and ensuring compliance to Indian Foreign Exchange Regulation Act (FERA). He guides donors for donating to IITR for specific project / purpose which meets donor’s goals and IITR needs.

Shri Vivek K. Varma (1983 - B.E. - Industrial Engineering), (1985 - M.E. - Mechanical Engineering)
Dr. Vivek K. Varma (B.E., Industrial Engineering, 1983; M.E., Mechanical Engineering, 1985) is a globally recognized business technology executive, active alumnus and servant-leader with over 30 years of proven track record in India, Australia, and the USA. He has excelled as an academician, public servant, researcher, consultant, entrepreneur, and innovator. After teaching in the Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Department and engaging in public service, Vivek earned a Ph.D. in the field of Decision Support Systems from The University of Melbourne, Australia. He then moved to the USA to pursue a career in technology innovation and consulting. As founder of a research and analytics company, currently he partners with healthcare, energy, and retail companies to guide digital transformation, streamline business processes, and drive revenue growth. Vivek lives in Chicago with his wife, Meera, their children, spouses, and grandchildren. Renowned for delivering large-scale, tech-enabled business transformations, Vivek’s expertise spans advanced analytics, cloud engineering, process automation, AI, and machine learning. At Deloitte Consulting, he led Solution & Platform Integration and Cloud Integration Practice Areas, driving revenue growth and serving Fortune 50 companies and federal clients. At Nielsen, he continued to excel in consumer analytics by growing the Data-as-a-Service offerings. He has published numerous papers and is a sought-after speaker at leading industry and research conferences, including IEEE, PMI, and MuleSoft. Vivek has a deep commitment to supporting IIT Roorkee (IITR) and its alumni. He has organized alumni communities across Melbourne, Minnesota, Chicago, as well as Deloitte, and PanIIT organizations - promoting the spirit of giving back. As President and member of the Board of Governors of the IITR Heritage Foundation, he has facilitated significant donations to IITR and led programs benefiting students. Over time, he has professionally supported countless IITR students across the globe. In 2019, Vivek established “Professional Development & Innovation Awards” to promote innovation and encourage entrepreneurship among IITR students. Funds to sustain the awards in perpetuity were raised from his 1983 class alumni and secured with IITR under a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). Under his leadership, alumni who are academicians, entrepreneurs, industry leaders, and public servants from Australia, Canada, India, UK, and USA, have mentored IITR students each year. Additional funds raised in 2023 enabled the introduction of new awards, which have already made a significant impact and are expected to further enrich IITR's innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem in the future.

Mr. Puneet Jaggi (2010 - B.Tech. - Chemical Engineering)
Mr. Puneet Jaggi (2010-BTech-Chemical Engineering) is the founder, Gensol Group, and Co-Founder of BluSmart, India's first born-electric, full-stack, vertically integrated EV ride-hailing service and EV charging infrastructure network. Mr. Puneet’s journey in clean energy and sustainable mobility is rooted in his background as a Chemical Engineer from IIT Roorkee. Transitioning from the traditional Oil and Gas sector, he pursued his passion for clean energy, co-founding Gensol along with Anmol Jaggi. His extensive experience includes advising on 30 GW of renewable energy projects and operating over 8 GW of renewable energy projects. Leading a team of renewable energy technocrats across 14 countries, Mr. Puneet has become a prominent figure in the industry, driving impactful change. As a technologist at heart, he recognizes the transformative power of technology. His innovative approach is evident through Prescinto Technologies, the clean energy industry's most intelligent data platform, which connects over 300 renewable energy plants. Through Mr. Puneet's leadership, Prescinto supports over 16GW of renewable energy plants with its AI-based digital analytics solution. He is also the co-founder, BluSmart. Launched in 2019, BluSmart is on a mission to "Decarbonize Mobility at Scale”. It addressed common customer inconveniences and challenges that existed in incumbents by introducing industry-first practices such as zero ride-denial, transparent pricing, on-time pickups, and clean cars. Mr. Puneet’s leadership and vision continue to push the boundaries of what is possible, driving non-linear and profitable growth in the clean energy sector.

Mr. Sourabh Gupta (2016 - B.Tech. - Metallurgy)
Mr. Sourabh Gupta (2016 - B.Tech. - Metallurgy) touchstone of a true leader is the disruptive potential of the enterprise he/she leads. Sourabh Gupta, the CEO and Co-founder of Skit.ai had a big hairy audacious goal (BHAG) when he embarked on the journey of creating an AI-based technology solution that will revolutionize contact center support across industries, the globe, and forever. He co-founded the company during the final year of engineering, along with Akshay Deshraj, his batchmate, the CTO at Skit.ai. Interestingly, the first 10 members of the founding team were from IITR, which adds a special bond to their camaraderie. The entrepreneurial spark was evident from his academic days; Sourabh already had the acumen and flair for entrepreneurship, which he nurtured by taking on the responsibilities as secretary of the entrepreneur cell. He has since then mentored many young founders from IITR throughout their journey and has stayed in touch with new graduates, sharing his insights from his journey. He loves mentoring and guiding the fresh graduates from his alma mater who share the same burning passion and a desire to make a difference. Sourabh has been open and eager to collaborate with IITR alumni and explore synergy. He co-founded Skit.ai in 2016, an AI-first voice automation company aimed at helping enterprises automate call center conversations at scale. Over the years, Skit.ai evolved from a voice-only platform to a multichannel AI solution, transforming numerous contact centers and earning recognition as one of the leading conversational AI companies globally. Driven by a vision of an AI-powered future, he is committed to empowering enterprises worldwide by delivering exceptional customer experiences. Based in New York and Bangalore, Skit.ai’s cutting-edge Conversational AI technology is trusted by leading enterprises across industries like collections, healthcare, auto finance, banking, fintech, insurance, travel, and telecom —and he’s just getting started.

Mr. Abhishek Agarwal (2016 - B.Tech. - Mechanical Engineering)
Mr. Abhishek Agarwal (2016 - B.Tech. - Mechanical Engineering) is a passionate entrepreneur with a strong focus on social impact. He is the founder of Farmley – a new age healthy snacking brand specializing in dry fruits & nuts. Over the past 6 years, Abhishek and his team have worked consistently to establish deep backend linkages with over 5000+ farmers across India and even internationally. This has enabled the farmers to have much better market access, resulting in higher incomes. For instance, the farmers of Bihar from whom Abhishek and his team sources makhanas, have experienced a 35% increase in incomes over the last 2 years. Farmley has now become the largest healthy snacking player in the country and aims to achieve the same at global levels Abhishek has always believed that businesses should give back to the society and become an integral part of the community. Today Farmley has scaled up to an annual revenue of over 350 crores. In this journey they’ve been able to not only improve farmer incomes, but also provide employment to local communities in Sangli, Mangalore and Purnia, places where Farmley has setup it’s state of the art farm gate processing centres. Over 60% of the employees at these processing centres are women and over 90% of employees are people from the local community. Abhishek has remained true to his values of generating value for all stakeholders in the way he has built up Farmley as a brand to reckon with.

Ms. Pooja Devi (2010 - M.Tech. - Nanotechnology)
Dr. Pooja Devi (2010-MTech-Nanotechnology) is a Principal Scientist, Materials Science and Sensor Applications (MSSA) in CSIR-CSIO, Chandigarh. Her major research interest includes materials and devices design for Hydrogen production, water/air pollutants degradation, and water pollutants monitoring. She has established methods for synthesizing various materials such as metallic nanostructures, transition metal oxides, semiconductors, carbonaceous nanostructured materials, 2D materials, MXenes, etc. She has published around 72 research papers in high-impact journals, edited 05 books as lead editor, published 18 book chapters. She has also filed 03 patents, granted 02 design registration, 01 copyright, 01 trademark, and developed 04 technologies, 02 of which are transferred to the industries. She is also a recipient of several prestigious awards and fellowships, including the Haryana Yuva Vigyan Ratan Award, NASI Platinum Jubilee Young Scientist Award (2022), INAE Young Engineer Award (2021), SERB Women Excellence Award (2020), Young Associateship of Indian Academy of Science (2019-22), Young Scientist Award (2019) from Indian Science Congress Association, Young Scientist Award (2019) from International Society for Energy, Environment and Sustainability, IUSSTF Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) fellowship (2017), Canadian Commonwealth Fellowship (2010), etc. She is also a young associate/member of the national academies, including INAE, IASc, and NASI. She is serving as a core committee member of the Indian Young National Academy of Science (INYAS), INSA, New Delhi.

Mr. Ghanshyam Pilania (2007 - B.Tech. - Metallurgy)
Mr. Ghanshyam Pilania (2007 - B.Tech. - Metallurgy) works as a Senior Engineer in the Probabilistic Design and Materials Informatics team at GE Global Research (GE Aerospace) at Niskayuna. His current research portfolio highlights technical efforts on informatics-driven design and optimization of functional and structural materials, materials for sustainability and probabilistic analytics for strategy. Prior to joining GE, he spent 10+ years working in the Materials Science and Technology Division at the Los Alamos National Laboratory where he contributed to a wide range of materials development challenges relevant to energy, sustainability, and national security. Ghanshyam received his Ph. D. in Materials Science & Engineering from the University of Connecticut, Storrs. His postdoctoral research was supported by an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship (at the Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, Germany) and a distinguished Director’s Postdoctoral Fellowship at Los Alamos National Laboratory. He has co-authored 100+ peer reviewed journal publications that have been cited nearly 6,500 times. He also serves as an Editor for the Journal of Materials Science.