Prof. Krishna R Reddy (1985-ME-Civil) (Professor, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA)
Prof. Krishna R. Reddy received his M.E. (Civil) from the University of Roorkee in 1985. He received gold medals for being first in both M.E. (Civil Engineering) at the University of Roorkee and B.E. (Civil Engineering) at Osmania University, Hyderabad. He received his Ph.D. in Civil Engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA. Dr. Reddy is University Scholar, Distinguished Researcher, and Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Illinois Chicago (UIC), USA. He is also the director of the Sustainable Engineering Research Laboratory (SERL) and the Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Engineering Laboratory (GAGEL) at UIC. Before joining UIC, he worked for three years as a civil and geotechnical engineer in a consulting company, contributing to major civil infrastructure projects. With over 30 years of research and practice experience, his work has advanced the fields of geoenvironmental engineering as well as sustainable and resilient engineering. He made significant innovative contributions to environmental pollution control and remediation, waste management and circular economy, landfill engineering, and the application of artificial intelligence in sustainable geoenvironmental engineering. A globally respected scholar, Dr. Reddy has authored four influential books and over 330 journal papers, with an h-index of 81 and more than 23,000 citations. He has delivered over 300 invited lectures across 26 countries, serves on editorial boards of leading international journals, and has received many internationally acclaimed awards and recognitions for his contributions. His research is funded by major U.S. federal, state, and local agencies and industries, including the U.S. National Science Foundation and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and it has led to advances in fundamental understanding and the development of practical and innovative solutions that benefit the environment and society.

Prof. Venkat Lakshmi (1987-BE-Civil) (Professor, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA)
Prof. Venkat graduated from University of Roorkee in 1987 with a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a Doctorate in Civil and Environmental Engineering in 1996 from Princeton. He worked at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 1996-1999 as a research scientist in the Laboratory for the Atmospheres. His areas of research interest are catchment hydrology, satellite data validation and assimilation, field experiments, land-atmosphere interactions, satellite data downscaling, vadose zone and water resources. He is currently the John L Newcomb Professor of Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Virginia. He has served as Cox Visiting Professor at Stanford University 2006-2007 and 2015-2016 and Program Director for Hydrologic Sciences at the National Science Foundation (2017-2018). Prof. Venkat is a fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), Geological Society of America (GSA), American Society of Agronomy (ASA), American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), and he has over 200 peer-reviewed articles and around 600 presentations and thesis supervisor for 25 graduate students. He is currently serving as editor for Vadose Zone Journal and the founding editor-in-chief of Remote Sensing in Earth System Science (Springer Journals). He has served on the National Academies Panel for the Decadal Survey of Earth Observations from Space (NASA) and as chair of the planning committee for Groundwater Recharge and Flow: Approaches and Challenges for Monitoring and Modeling Using Remotely Sensed Data (NGA). He is currently serving as a member of the Water Science and Technology Board, National Academy of Sciences and Vice-Chair of the Earth Science Advisory Committee for NASA. He is the President of the Hydrology Section of the American Geophysical Union

Prof. Ram B Gupta (1987-BE-Chemical) (Professor, College of Engg., Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA, USA)
Prof. Ram B. Gupta graduated from University of Roorkee in 1987 with a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering, M.S. from University of Calgary, and Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in Chemical Engineering. After that, he completed postdoctoral work at the University of California, Berkeley. Prof. Gupta is Associate Dean for Research in the College of Engineering at Virginia Commonwealth University. His passion and expertise are in creating and maintaining an innovative, healthy, and excellent academic and research environment. Prior to VCU, he was Director of the Energy for Sustainability Program at the U.S. National Science Foundation where he funded novel ideas in biofuels, photovoltaic solar energy, solar fuel, tidal energy, wind energy, and advanced batteries, several of which have led to groundbreaking advancements. Before that, he was Professor and Chair of Graduate Program in the Department of Chemical Engineering at Auburn University where he significantly enhanced the PhD program. He is the recipient of the Wright A. Gardner Award from the Alabama Academy of Science, the Distinguished Graduate Faculty Lectureship award from Auburn University, the Science and Engineering Award from DuPont, Junior and Senior Research awards from Auburn Alumni Engineering Council, the James A. Shannon Director’s Award from the National Institutes of Health, and the Young Faculty Career Enhancement Award from Alabama NSF-EPSCoR. He is a Fellow of American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Alabama Academy of Science, and was awarded for Excellence in Education by the Global Organization of People of Indian Origin, Virginia.

Prof. Gaurav Sharma (1990-BE-E&C) (Professor, Electrical & Computer Engg., University of Rochester, New York State, USA)
Prof. Gaurav Sharma graduated from University of Roorkee in 1990 with a Bachelor degree in Electronics and Communication Engineering. Dr. Sharma is Professor at University of Rochester, New York State, USA, in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Department of Computer Science, and Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology. He has 57 issued patents, 97 Journal Papers, and 149 Conference papers. He is also a Distinguished Researcher in Center of Excellence in Data Science (CoE) at the Goergen Institute for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. From 2008-2010, he served as the Director for the Center for Emerging and Innovative Sciences (CEIS), a New York state supported center for promoting joint university-industry research and technology development, which is housed at the University of Rochester. From 1996 through 2003, he was with Xerox Research and Technology in Webster, NY first as a member of research and technology staff and then as a Principal Scientist and Project Leader. He received the Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, and master’s degrees in Applied Mathematics from NCSU and in Electrical Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Dr. Sharma is a Fellow of IEEE, a fellow of SPIE, and a fellow of the Society of Imaging Science and Technology.

Dr. Vinod Kumar (1983-BE, 1985-ME and 1991-PhD in Metallurgical Engg.) (Chief General Manager SAIL, Ranchi)
Dr. Vinod Kumar received the B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. degrees in Metallurgical Engineering from University of Roorkee in 1983, 1985, and 1991, respectively. Dr. Kumar joined R & D Centre for Iron & Steel - a corporate R & D of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) in 1991 after completing all his profession education from University of Roorkee. Before retirement, he worked as Chief General Manager (Product) looking after special steel development activities across SAIL Steel Plants. Currently, as Technical Consultant to CBMM-Sojitz, he is actively involved in the area of alloy design and processing of costeffective Niobium microalloyed steels. Dr. Kumar has more than 30 years of rich industrial R & D experience in alloy design & development, structure-properties correlation, processing of special steels for various applications and Thermo-mechanical simulation studies. He has played a leading role in the development of several special steels for divergent needs of the country, be it defence, energy, railways, oil & natural gas transportation, earthmoving/ engineering, white goods or construction. Some of the notable steels that were developed for the first time in the country at commercial production scale are earthquake and corrosion resistant high strength rebars for enhancing life of RCC construction, fire resistant steel for enhanced life of steel structures and super austenitic steel for strategic high temperature applications. He has also contributed significantly in the process technology development towards cost reduction of special steels thereby saving resources enormously and lowering dependence on imports.

Mr. Jai Prakash Srivastava (1985-BE-Mechanical) (Director & Member of Board - Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited)
Mr. Jai Prakash Srivastava graduated from University of Roorkee in 1985 with a Bachelor degree in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Jai Prakash Srivastava was Director (Engineering, Research & Development) with Additional Charge of Director (Finance) & CFO– designate at Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Maharatna PSU and one of the country’s largest engineering and manufacturing enterprise. Having a wide & holistic experience of around 39 years at BHEL spanning almost all product lines across Defence, Transportation, Energy, Heavy Industrial Equipment, Oil & Gas and Infrastructure segments, in domestic as well as export markets, his pioneering efforts in anchoring several Technology Innovation & Engineering initiatives have played a major role in transforming BHEL successfully in all areas he dealt with. He has made significant contributions in Technology Management in the company through Technology Partnerships, Capability Building in the form of Capital Investments, Competence Development, New Product Development & Commercial oriented R&D initiatives. Shri Srivastava has contributed significantly in International Technology indigenization through successful Technology absorption, assimilation and indigenization efforts in the areas of Defence & Aerospace, Gas Turbines, Compressors, Oil & Gas, Green Energy & Coal to Chemicals among others, for stepping up BHEL’s efforts in achieving self-reliance for the country in terms of technology. His glorious achievements, led him to be the first National Anubhav Awardee - 2025, amongst various CPSEs.

Mr. Pankaj Agarwal (1989-BE-Civil) (Secretary, Ministry of Power, Govt. of India)
Mr. Pankaj Agarwal graduated from University of Roorkee in 1989 with a Bachelor degree in Civil Engineering followed by Master of Technology in Construction Management at IIT Delhi and Masters in Public Management at National University of Singapore. Mr. Pankaj Agarwal is Secretary, Ministry of Power, Government of India from 1 July, 2023. Prior to this, Mr. Agarwal was Additional Secretary & Director General (Acquisition), Ministry of Defence, Government of India since January, 2022. He was Additional Secretary and Joint Secretary in Cabinet Sectt from 2019 to 2022. Before this, he has held various important positions in the Government of Madhya Pradesh. Amongst them, he was Principal Secretary, Public Health Engg., Water Resources, Narmada Valley Development and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in the State Government of Madhya Pradesh. Mr. Agarwal belongs to the Indian Administrative Service of 1992 batch and has wide experience in the area of Health, Industry, Infrastructure and Finance in a career spanning 29 years. As District Collector, he took many initiatives for the welfare of poor people in M.P. in different places of his postings. He contributed a lot in different sector including public health, Narmada Valley Development, industry, infrastructure, finance & defence. Presently, in capacity of Secretary (Power), Govt of India, he is steering the Indian Power Sector to achieve huge task of 500 GW RE capacity by year 2030 and to achieve the Mission of GoI towards "Viksit Bharat by Year 2047 " and "Net Zero Carbon Emission " target of India by Year 2070.

Dr. Anupma Prakash (1996-PhD-Earth Sciences) (Provost & Executive Vice Chancellor, University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA)
Dr. Anupma Prakash received her PhD from the University of Roorkee in 1996 in Earth Sciences. Dr. Anupma Prakash served as the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor of the University of Alaska Fairbanks, USA, from July 2018 to May 2025. She is presently engaged in preparatory initiatives for the Fifth International Polar Year, planned for 2032–2033. She joined UAF as a faculty member in 2002 and has served UAF in different capacities: as Interim/Associate Dean for UAFs College of Natural Science and Mathematics (CNSM); Director for CNSM Division of Research (CDR); Project Director for the National Science Foundation funded Alaska EPSCoR Program, a large initiative to increase research capacity in the State of Alaska; and as a passionate educator and researcher at the Department of Geosciences and the Geophysical Institute (GI). Prakash conducted her post-doctoral research at ITC, Netherlands, has a Ph.D. in Earth Sciences from the Indian Institute of Technology - Roorkee (IIT-R), and Masters and Bachelor’s degrees in Geology from Lucknow University, India. She is a Professor of Geophysics and has contributed extensively to remote sensing-based mapping of Alaska's natural resources and changing landscape. Prakash is also internationally recognized for her research on underground coal mine fires

Mr. Sushil Kumar (1989- BE- Electrical) (MD, Board Member, Uttar Pradesh Metro Rail Corporation Ltd.)
Mr. Sushil Kumar graduated from University of Roorkee in 1989 with a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering & post-graduation from IIT Delhi. Mr. Sushil Served Indian Railways, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation and now heading U.P. Metro Rail Corporation as Managing Director. He is the one of younger technocrat & business leader with international exposure across Rail/Metro Transportation; greenfield Mega Urban Infrastructure Project; Renewable Energy, PPP & EPC Project Development; Setting up new SPV/Organization /Business with over 30 years of rich experience in the areas of Stakeholder Management, Project Management, Planning & Execution, Site Administration, Financial Control, Contract Management, Resource Management, Quality Control, Risk Management in Electrical & Civil Infrastructure industry. He is Managing Business Operations as P/L account with Safety, Operational Excellence and Revenue Growth & a strategic planner with co-ordination with International Consultants & Detailed Designers. Opex optimization using IT & Predictive Maintenance, Managing System’s Integration/Testing/Commissioning/ Integrated Testing/ Trials/Revenue Opening after Regulatory Approvals. He headed the team for fastest construction & commissioning of an underground Metro section in India & the World in 23 months with 6 km twin tunnelling done in 11 months along with 3 km elevated section for Agra Metro. UPMRC has the distinction of fastest completion of priority section of Metro projects in India at Lucknow in 3 years, Kanpur in 2 year 2 months & an underground Metro Project in Agra within 23 months, breaking its own record each time. With a strong technical inclination under his leadership, UPMRC introduced about 23 technical features of Metro Industry for the first time in India. He is one of founding member of U.P. Metro Rail Corporation Limited and was instrumental in setting up of Bhartiya Rail Bijli Company Limited (BRBCL). He is a recipient of “National Award of Outstanding Service” by Ministry of Railway/ Government of India.

Dr. Rajeev Gautam (1986-MSc and 1990-PhD Biotechnology) (President at HORIBA India)
Dr. Rajeev Gautam received the MSc, and Ph.D. degrees in Biotechnology from University of Roorkee in 1986, and 1990, respectively. Dr. Rajeev Gautam is an accomplished corporate leader, strategist, and innovator known for his transformative impact in the corporate world, majorly in the global healthcare and life sciences sectors. With over three decades of multifaceted leadership experience, he has demonstrated exceptional vision in driving business growth, fostering innovation, and building high-performance teams. His academic rigor and research foundation at Roorkee laid the groundwork for a career distinguished by strategic foresight, people-centric leadership, and a deep commitment to technological advancement. Throughout his illustrious journey, Dr. Gautam has held senior management positions at renowned organizations such as Cadila Pharmaceuticals, Ranbaxy Laboratories, and Bremer Pharma. As Senior Corporate Officer of HORIBA, Ltd., Japan and President of HORIBA India, he has been instrumental in steering the company’s growth trajectory, promoting indigenization, and advancing scientific collaboration between academia and industry. His leadership has played a pivotal role in strengthening HORIBA India’s position as a leading contributor to India’s “Make in India” initiative and global analytical excellence.

Mr. Karthik Reddy (1994-BE-Industrial) (Managing Partner at Blume Venture Advisors, Mumbai)
Mr. Karthik Reddy graduated from University of Roorkee in 1994 with a Bachelor’s degree, with Honors, in Industrial Engineering. Mr. Reddy is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Blume Ventures, one of India's leading early stage VC firms in India. With over $750 mill AUM, Blume focuses on seed to Pre-Series A stages of funding and supports its best portfolio companies into growth rounds. Blume has made over 175 investments since 2011 and is currently investing from Fund V. At Blume, he has led investments and serves on the boards of some of the leading investments at the firm - Servify, Ultrahuman, Smallcase, IDfy, Grey Orange amongst others. Karthik's stints at American Express, Instinet (under Reuters) and Bennett Coleman (Times Group) have given him a breadth of experience across the US and India in Financial Markets, Technology and Media. He is also an alumnus of IIM (Bangalore) and The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

Mr. Rishi Das (1997-BE-Electrical) (Co-founder & Chairman at IndiQube, Bangalore)
Mr. Rishi Das graduated from University of Roorkee in 1997 with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering. He is the Co-founder & CEO of IndiQube, one of India’s largest workspace solutions companies. Mr. Rishi Das is an accomplished industry leader and a well-recognized serial entrepreneur with over 2 ½ decades of entrepreneurial experience. His interest in diverse sectors has led him on a journey of growth across talent acquisition, HR management & commercial real estate. This exposure has helped him create great value through the companies he has founded, namely Careernet, HirePro & IndiQube. At the turn of the millennium in 1999, Rishi conceived Careernet as a highly differentiated recruitment platform to serve the rapidly emerging Information Technology industry. Under his leadership, Careernet has grown to become one of the largest talent solutions providers in India. Today, with over 1600 employees, Careernet is a market leader in Recruitment Process Outsourcing & has surpassed 25 successful years. IndiQube, Rishi’s third venture, and one of the largest workspace solutions companies in India, reached a defining milestone in July’25 by getting listed on the Indian Stock Market. With a PAN India presence in over 16 cities spanning 125 properties and over 9 Mn Sq.ft. of office space, IndiQube is today, amongst the top 800 companies in India by market cap. Rishi’s personal passion lies in nurturing sustainability in office buildings and through IndiQube he has renovated over 2.5 Mn Sq.ft of ageing office spaces and has transitioned them into Green Buildings. Through his ventures, in addition to transforming commercial real estate in India, Rishi pioneered the concept of collaborative campus recruitment and continues to play a very active role in fostering a strong industry-academia ecosystem in India.

Mr. Amit Garg (2000-BE-Mechanical) CEO and Founder HiLabs, Washington DC, USA
Mr. Amit Garg graduated from IIT Roorkee in 2000 with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering. He is the Co-founder and CEO of HiLabs, headquartered in Washington, D.C. Under Amit’s leadership, HiLabs has become a recognized leader in AI-driven healthcare data management, combining agentic AI, domain-trained large language models, and machine learning to solve the industry’s hardest data problems. Between 2021 and 2025, HiLabs grew over 300%, expanding to 300+ professionals across the US and India. In 2024, it raised $39 million in Series B funding and now serves five of the top ten U.S. health plans, including three Fortune 30 companies. Featured in JAMA and recognized by KLAS Research for its impact on healthcare data accuracy, HiLabs today boasts a $150M+ valuation. In 2025, HiLabs featured in Inc 5000 list of fastest growing companies in America and Amit has been named among Washington D.C.’s Top 25 Executives for 2025 by Key Executives. This recognition honors leaders shaping mission-critical sectors, those driving impact within and well beyond the region. Amit has also been appointed as a Visiting Scholar at the Yale School of Management, a distinction reserved for individuals with exceptional leadership and thought contributions in their fields. Amit’s work exemplifies how technology can drive real-world impact — improving healthcare delivery, expanding access, and enabling every patient to receive the right care at the right time. His leadership has inspired a new generation of engineers, innovators, and data scientists to pursue purposeful innovation on a global scale.

Mr. Nitesh Saini (1997-BE-Metallurgy) (Founder & President of PanIIT Europe Alumni Association)
Mr. Nitesh Saini graduated from University of Roorkee in 1997 with a Bachelor degree in Metallurgical Engineering. He subsequently pursued his MSc in Computer Science from UIUC, USA. Mr. Nitesh Saini brings over 25 years of distinguished global industry experience, demonstrating a proven track record in steering large-scale business, digital and AI transformations for some of the world’s leading organizations, such as KPMG, Reliance, ING Bank & Canon. He is the Founder & President of PanIIT Europe Alumni Association. Based in the Netherlands for the past 18 years, Nitesh has been an instrumental figure in promoting IIT alumni representation and visibility in Europe. Nitesh is dedicated to advancing the causes and community of IIT Roorkee and the broader IIT network. Recognizing that while IITs and their alumni are well-regarded in regions like India, the United States and English-speaking countries, their influence in Europe has traditionally been limited due to cultural, legal, and language barriers, as well as a comparatively smaller alumni presence. With the rapid expansion of the Indian diaspora and IIT alumni in Europe over the last decade, particularly in fields such as technology, academia, entrepreneurship, and research, Nitesh saw the potential for a unifying platform to support alumni networking, mentorship, and professional growth. In 2022, during his Silver Jubilee visit to IIT Roorkee, Nitesh identified the tremendous potential for building a dynamic IIT alumni community in Europe. Nitesh is also inspired by his father, who is also a UOR Alumni from 1972 batch and has been instrumental in motivating him through personal example to selflessly contribute to IIT Roorkee community. Thereafter, he set a visionary goal: to establish and elevate the IIT brand within Europe. In January 2023, he founded PanIIT Europe Alumni, a nonprofit organization dedicated to positioning the IITs among the world’s premier institutions in academia, research, and innovation, while also showcasing alumni as leaders and pioneers in Europe.

Mr. Vipin Kumar Goswami (2001-BE-Chemical) (President, IIT Roorkee Alumni Association of North America)
Mr. Vipin Kumar Goswami graduated from IIT Roorkee in 2001 with a Bachelor degree in Chemical Engineering. He is the President of IIT Roorkee Alumni Association of North America. The North America has the highest number of IIT Roorkee alums in any region outside India, ranging from the 1960’s batch to recent years. Keeping such a wide age group and chapters engaged with activities is a challenge and a skill that Vipin Goswami has been doing very passionately. Under Vipin’s presidency for IIT Roorkee Alumni Association of North America (AKA IITRAANA), he and his team have organized several events a year to keep all the local and national chapters humming. Besides the traditional picnics and Diwali parties, he also arranged for panels, group discussions, bay area alumni conference, career development opportunities via technical discussion forums and stage participation at Inter-IIT skit and dance competition and made sure that every alumni family and their kids got to showcase their talent. Vipin himself is a stage performer and singer, so his energy level is high, which rubbed on to his cast. He touched every alum he knew about, placed calls to seniors to invite them personally to the cultural programs, and got a great affection from alumni families. Vipin Goswami have been caring, nurturing, and uniting all alumni (oldest to youngest) in extremely passionate manner. He also actively promoted IITR alums attendance/participation in talks and events organized by PanIIT USA. Mr. Vipin Goswami is a seasoned Principal Technical Program Manager at a leading multinational company, where he drives and delivers multi-million-dollar, global, crossfunctional initiatives with geographically distributed teams.

Mr. Hrituraj Singh (2019-BTech-Electrical) (Cofounder, Triomics, USA)
Mr. Hrituraj Singh graduated from IIT Roorkee in 2019 with a Bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering. Hrituraj is the Co‑Founder and Chief Technology Officer of Triomics, a New York–based health‑tech company that helps cancer hospitals use AI to find promising research treatments for patients. Triomics works with five of the top ten cancer hospitals in the United States, and has helped doctors match thousands of patients to clinical trials, expanding access to cutting‑edge care. Under his leadership, Triomics has grown into a global team employing physicians, AI scientists, and engineers across offices in the United States and India. The company has raised $15 million from prestigious Silicon Valley investors, including Lightspeed, General Catalyst, Nexus Venture Partners, and the renowned startup accelerator Y Combinator while working with some of the largest clients including several Fortune 500 customers. Hrituraj has also been featured in Hurun India’s Under‑30 (U30) series, which highlights young founders shaping Indian enterprise. Through his work at Triomics, Hrituraj has combined technology, entrepreneurship, and social impact, exemplifying the best traditions of innovation fostered at IIT Roorkee.