Newsdigest for the IITD Alumni Association

Student Career counseling session

Career counseling has become an Annual feature. This year’s Career Counseling Session, “Career After IIT, was held on 5^th November at Seminar Hall, IIT Delhi, in association with the Training and Placement Department, IIT Delhi. Prof. Kushal Sen took active interest in making this event a success.

Speakers for this event included:

Mr. Pravin K. Purang - B.Tech – 1971 – Mechanical & M.Tech. – 1973, IITD

President and CEO of Global Consulting Associates

Previously

- Managing Director of Royal Enfield Motors

- Member, Eicher Group Board of Management

- Director, Eicher Consultancy Services Ltd.

Active participant of CII, SIAM, Indian Institute of Materials Management, EC member of IITDAA.

“Outstanding Contribution to National Development” awardee 2005”

Prof. Anurag Sharma – MSc – 1974 & Ph.D. – 1979 – Physics, IIT Delhi

Dean of Students, IITD & Professor of Physics

Visited: Technical University Karlsruhe, Germany, Telecom Research Centre (CSELT), Turin, Italy and the Jean Monnet University, Saint-Etienne, France

Recipient of Bhatnagar Prize, National Science Academy's Medal for Young Scientists, Homi Bhabha Fellowship

A fellow of all the three science academies in India and a fellow of the Optical Society of America (USA).

Mr. Sandeep Tyagi – B.Tech. - 1990 –

Computer Science, IIT Delhi,

VP & Head of Transformation Services, EXL Service.

Previously

- Founder and Managing Principal of management consulting and outsourcing firm – Inductis – which is now a part of EXL Service.

- Partner at the Mitchell Madison Group (MMG), an eminent global strategy consulting firm.

- Charter Member of TiE,

- Member of the Young Presidents Organization (YPO).

Active Participant of IITDEF, IITDAA

Established Major Dr. Nityananda Tyagi Scholarship and Mitchell Madison Group Gyan Scholarship at IIT Delhi.

- Recipient of 2006 Under 40 Award.

- Distinguished Alumni Service Award 2

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Mr. Kapil Bardeja - MBA – 2003 – Management Studies, IIT Delhi

Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer, KritiKal SecureScan Pvt. Ltd

Previously

Sales and marketing team of a French multinational, Aventis Pasteur

McKinsey & Co.

The Subsidiary is Venture funded and developing products in the vehicle security domain.

Gautam Brahma - M.S. – 1977 – Phy

sics, IIT Delhi

Vice President – Quality Procurement & Facilities at Aricent.

Previously

Working for the last 28 years in different areas like software & hardware development, industrial engineering, training, product support, quality management, HR & consulting.

Member of the Advisory Committee of NASSCOM on quality matters.

He has a deep interest in HR and has been writing a monthly column for the last 9 years in 'Human Capital'.

Prof. Ashok Gupta, Dean AA & IP, welcomed the panelists at IITD to share their views to students.

Introduction to Career Counseling by Prof. Kushal Sen, Professor-In-Charge, T & P

Vote of thanks by student and Students talking to panelists after the session