Newsdigest for the IITD Alumni Association

Job Posting

1. Faculty positions open in all disciplines of interest at IIT Delhi

I.I.T. Delhi invites applications from qualified Indian Nationals, Persons of Indian Origin (PIOs) and Overseas Citizens of India (OCIs) with an established record of independent, high quality research and commitment to teaching and research for the Professor/Associate Professor/Assistant Professor regular positions in various Departments/Centres/Schools

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or

Contact the alumni office for more details office@iitdalumni.com 91-11-26868523 Internal # @ IIT: 7178, 6953 2.

2. Job opportunity for Secretary General

Dear All,

Pan-IIT Alumni India (PIAI) is a nationally registered non-profit society. It is run by a Board consisting of two alumni who are Director's nominees from each of the seven IIT's. The presidents of the alumni associations are also invited members of the Board.

PIAI's mission is fourfold - to enhance the IIT brand, to engage in advocacy, to contribute to nation-building and to provide networking opportunities to IITians. PIAI also seeks to engage with the IIT system to improve its governance and effective functioning.

The global Pan-IIT movement is about five years old, with a global structure as well as regional organisations, of which PIAI is a significant one. While PIAI is autonomous it works in coordination with other global Pan-IIT entities.

PIAI is looking for a dynamic and public spirited Secretary General, who will work as chief executive. He will work closely with the Global as well as Indian Board, reporting to the Chairman of PIAI on a regular basis. He will oversee and coordinate PIAI projects, help in fund raising, organise, oversee and manage the smooth functioning of the secretariat, help build position papers, assist in advocacy and provide effective leadership to the organisation. He should be a self-starter and entrepreneurial.

This position is an opportunity to shape and guide an organisation with a far reaching impact, and also an opportunity to work with some of the finest minds. It is an assignment which enables one to "give back" to the system.

The compensation package is competitive, and can be tailored to suit the skills and expectations of exceptional candidates. Since PIAI is a non-profit entity, it cannot compete with the private sector, but will strive to match with compensatory features.

Interested candidates may apply in confidence to Chairman of PIAI, Ashank Desai, ashankd@mastek.com.

Contact the alumni office for more details office@iitdalumni.com 91-11-26868523 Internal # @ IIT: 7178, 6953 2.

3. Schlumberger

Contact the alumni office for more details office@iitdalumni.com 91-11-26868523 Internal # @ IIT: 7178, 6953 2.

1. Setting Up of Dhananjaya Chair Professorship and Nucleus Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowships at IIT Delhi

Vishnu R Dusad Facilitates Setting Up of Dhananjaya Chair Professorship and Nucleus Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowships at IIT Delhi

Alumnus Vishnu R Dusad (B.Tech 1980, Textile Technology), MD and CEO of Nucleus Software Exports Ltd. has facilitated the setting up of ‘Dhananjaya Chair Professorship’ and ‘Nucleus Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowships’ at IIT Delhi. Nucleus Software Exports Ltd. has donated an endowment of Rs. 4,080,000/- (Four Million Eighty Thousand Indian Rupees) to IITD to institute the Chair Professorship and the Fellowships. Out of this endowment, Rs. 3.00 Million will be used to establish the Chair, while the remaining Rs. 1.08 Million will be used to establish three Fellowships. From the interest earnings accrued, IITD will make available to the incumbent Chair Professor an amount Rs. 0.2 Million each year as a research grant.

An MoU for the Chair Professorship and the Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowships was signed and exchanged between Mr. Vishnu R Dusad and Prof. Surendra Prasad, Director, IIT Delhi on 17th October, 2007.

The establishment of the Chair and the Fellowships is expected to:

1. promote excellence and leadership in teaching, research and development in any discipline of Information Technology (IT) or Management, and
2. facilitate wider and deeper interaction between the industry in general (and NSEL, in particular) and IITD faculty and students in general (and the incumbents appointed against the Chair or as Fellows, in particular).

2. Vacant Chairs Positions

The following Chairs are lying vacant in the Institute and the same are being advertised for filling up the Chair Positions.

Ram Rajindra Malhotra Chair
Naren Gupta Chair
Dhananjaya Chair

All the Heads of the Departments/Centres are requested to bring to the notice of all faculty members and send the nominations along with the biodata latest by 30th November, 2007.

Guidelines for “appointment” of faculty against a

Chair

Summary Sheet for______________ Chair Professor

3. International Course on Transportation Planning & Safety - 10-16 December, 2007

The Transportation Research and Injury Prevention Programme(TRIPP) at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, the French National Institute for Transport and Safety Research (INRETS) France and St. Stephen's Hospital, Delhi are organizing an 'International Course on Transportation Planning and Safety'. The course will be held in New Delhi, India, from 10-16 December 2007. TRIPP, IIT Delhi will be the host institution.

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4. A short 3-day course on Diagnostic Maintenance and Machine Condition Monitoring in December 10-12

We are organising a short 3-day course on Diagnostic Maintenance and Machine Condition Monitoring in December 10-12, 2007 at IIT Delhi. If anybody is interested to attend or depute any of their colleagues in the organisation, please let me know.

Vibration is an important factor that adversely affects both engineering structures and human beings. The increased levels of vibrations in structures cause wear and tear, loosening of parts, increased level of fluctuating stresses that ultimately lead to fatigue failure. In addition to these effects, vibrating structures are sources of noise. Vibrations signatures are also used for condition monitoring and fault diagnosis of mechanical systems. Shutdown of costly and critical machines for even a single day cause enormous financial loss to the organization. No wonder then, a number of companies are pursuing condition monitoring option with greater interest than ever before. Reduced transducer cost and availability of low cost data acquisition hardware and software is now enabling even smaller and medium sized industrial houses to employ diagnostic and monitoring strategies for their critical equipments. The predictive maintenance through such vibration based condition monitoring is therefore an important activity in industry. The course focuses on the practical strategies that can be adopted for industrial machineries. In addition, sizeable portion of the course also addresses an important related activity essential for condition monitoring and diagnosis: vibration signal processing and analysis. Hands on practical on the rigs and computer assignments form an important part of the course.

For further information please contact:

Coordinator

Dr. A. K. Darpe

Co-ordinator

Department of Mechanical Engineering

IIT Delhi, Hauz Khas

New Delhi – 110016

Phone: 2659 6095, 9911112446

email: akdarpe@mech.iitd.ac.in

5. Pan IIT 2008 in Chennai

Pan-IIT 2008 - Curtain Raiser

Dear fellow alumnus of IITD,

It gives me great pleasure to inform you that the next Pan-IIT 2008 conference is going to be held in Chennai. Mr. B. Santhanam of 1978 batch of IITM and currently the MD of Saint-Gobain Glass India has taken the responsibility to chair the committee to hold this event. The event is scheduled in IITM campus from Dec 19 to 21, 2008. The planning for the event is just about to commence. Several Chennai based alumni from other IITs have been inducted into the core committee. I am one of them.

The following is the general theme for the event that we are contemplating at this point.

Research & Technology initiatives in Nation-building

Excellence in Government

Vision & Leadership in Social Entrepreneurship

Challenges & Opportunities in India ’s Infrastructure

Enhancing Quality & Accessibility in Education

Innovate or Stagnate: India ’s road ahead

I am writing to you because of your involvement in alumni activities to request you to kick start efforts towards enhanced levels of participation of your chapter members in this event. Let us know if we can help.

We feel that it is important for alumni around the world to involve themselves in giving a direction to this event. So, I take this opportunity to solicit suggestions and sharing of experiences from each of you.

We will be back with news of progress in our efforts in a fortnight from now.

Thanks and Regards,

6. Invitation to Witness the musical " FIDDLER ON THE ROOF"

Hi everyone,

DRAMATECH, the theatre group initially started by IIT Delhi Alumni and known for its high quality theatre productions, is staging the World Famous Musical "FIDDLER ON THE ROOF " in HINDI on the 8th 9 ^th, 15^th and 16^th of December, 2007 at Sriram Centre.

Details of the event are as follows:-

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF (in Hindi)

Translated and Directed by Ravi Raj Sagar

Venue: SriRam Centre,Safdar Hashmi Marg, Mandi House

Dates: 8^th, 9^th (Saturday and Sunday) & 15^th & 16^th (Saturday and Sunday) of December, 2007

Time: 6.45pm

Tickets Denomination: Rs 500, 300, 200, 100 & 50

Available at: SriRam Centre (Box Office Open 11am-7pm on Show days)

Telephone booking: 9810977174 & 9810792762

Email booking: Dramatech@rediffmail.com

7. INDIAN PROFESSIONAL NETWORK

Dear Fellow Professional,

As some of you know, I have been working towards moving to India for a few years now. It looks like it may finally happen. Moving to India means having to build my network here. I found organizations like TiE wonderful. Their events as well as the people you meet through them are top notch.

THE GAP
However, the gap I find is the regular monthly networking opportunity not surrounding an event or conference. It just doesn't exist. This is important because there aren't enough relevant industry association events on a frequent basis in the city where you live. They tend to be spread out throughout India. They also tend to attract a specific subsection of the working population whereas effective networking needs to include a much larger pool.

THE FIX
So the fix: Indian Professionals Network - New Delhi. Bring your business card and meet fellow professionals in an informal environment.
In order to provide a way to network outside of events and conferences, we will organize a monthly happy hour. Our expected audience: young, mid-level, and seasoned professionals, men and women, corporate folks, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, tech people, finance people,
chartered accountants, attorneys, academics, business school students, returning NRIs and everyone in between. We will probably get many recruiters too.

I would be very excited if a national network of chapters gets developed.

YOUR HELP
If you are willing to help with this, please reply back. Your assistance is in finding a venue and marketing to your contacts.

I can prepare a blurb for you to send to your networks. This personal appeal is important. For those who have LinkedIn, I can send you an invite to a LinkedIn IPN group. Please join it and inform your network to come and participate. Please join it and forward to your network for them to join.

http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/42545/6A004D39ACEC

TIME
I would like these events to be post-work hours, i.e., start at 6:30 PM or 7:00 PM on Thursday evenings. People can come and go at any time. I expect we would be there for 3-4 hours, depending on number of people.

FIRST EVENT
The first event will be in January 08. Please visit www.indiaeventlist.com for more details.

Jagjit Jain

jjain@hittingboundaries.com

98100-17134

Chandra k Jain, EC Member IITDAA
India
call: 93124 39464

The meeting of all IIT alumni to form the Pan-IIT chapter at Chennai is scheduled for 23rd November, 2007. The following is the tentative agenda:

6.30 P.M. Networking in the lobby
7.00 P.M. Pan IIT meeting - introduction by Mr. B. Santhanam about
the event followed by each committee chair.
7.30 P.M Formation of Chennai chapter of Pan-IIT.
7.45 P.M Break for networking and dinner.

Venue: Seminar Hall, Department of Management Studies, IIT Madras.
See the google hybrid map link.
http://maps.google.com/?
ie=UTF8&ll=12.992306,80.234925&spn=0.00277,0.004828&t=h&z=17&om=1

All Chennai based IIT alumni and those transiting through Chennai that day are requested to attend, participate, network...

Also, spread the word to friends, colleagues, acquaintances from other batches, IITs.

In order to make the necessary arrangements, please do let me know about your participation on my mobile (+91) 98 418 13 944 by Wednesday, the 21st November, 2007.

An introduction to Pan-IIT 2008 is pasted below for those of you who may not be aware of the context.

Regards,

S. Kannan

2. Dhamaka Tees Saal Baad...#3

IITD batch of 1977 is celebrating Dhamaka Tees Sall Baad…..#3

Dear all,

below is the updated list of attendees for the get together on Saturday 15th December. Please call around and get other class mates to participate. On the last get together a few of the participants had paid an advance towards a joint holiday (Seychelles..). As that did not eventuate, the stated amount is outstanding to them. Please let me know if you'd like this to be adjusted against this get together or returned to you

1	Praveen	Agarwal	2
2	Sunil	Batra	2
3	TS	Batra	2
4	Gautam	Braham	2
5	Arvind	Bugga	2
6	Yadav	Chandna	2
7	Narendra	Dalmia	1	Stated that he will attend if he gets his wife's permission
8	Viresh	Dayal	2
9	Chittaranjan	Dhar	2
10	MV	Dixit	2
11	Nitin	Goel	2
12	Naveen	Gupta	2
13	Hirendra	Gupta	2
14	Anil	Gupta	2
15	Rohit	Hans	4
16	Dinesh	Jain	1
17	Pradeep	Jolly	2
18	Ravi	Kapoor	2	Actively looking for posts for building a fence to sit on
19	Pradeep	Khanna	1
20	Rajiv	Kumar	2
21	Lalit	Kumar	1
22	Krishan	Lal	2
23	Sunil	Mangla	2
24	Bikram	Mehta	2
25	Vikas	Mittal	3
26	Dhruv	Nath	2
27	Ravi	Rishi	2
28	Kushal	Sen	2
29	Paramjit	Singh	4
30	JK	Subramanian	2
31	Jagdish	Vaswani	2
Total			63
		Money outstanding to them
		Naveen Gupta	1000
		RKR	2000
		Yadav	1000
		Ratish Jain	3000
		Kushal	1000
		Lalit	1000
		Nitin Goel	1000
		Total	10000

Please do call around and get other classmates to join...Other news: the advance was paid a few days back and the program stands confirmed for the evening of Saturday 15th Dec at the Trafalgar Bar at Tivoli Gardens...The agreed per head cost is 1200/=

Kindly send your confirmation @ Rohit, rhans2001@yahoo.com or Pradeep Jolly pradeepjolly@hotmail.com

3. Get-together class of 1976

Dear Alumni,

Annual Get together & Dinner of 1976 Batch has been fixed for the evening of 15^th December 2007. Venue will be Friends Club, New Delhi. All 1976 Batch Alumni are requested to note this.

Further details from the Organizing team will follow soon.

for further information contact : email: office@iitdalumni.com Website:http://www.iitdalumni.com

4. ENTREPRENEURS FORUM, PAN - IIT, IIM EVENT at BANGALORE on 15-December-07

PAN-IIT/IIM Entrepreneurs Forum

15^th December 2007

Dear All,

We are pleased to inform you that Bangalore Chapter of IIT Delhi Alumni Associations is organizing a full day event - Entrepreneurs Forum - on 15th December, 2007 at Bangalore.

Entrepreneurs Forum event of the year 2006 was a huge success and this event is a follow-up.

Many of us want to start on our own today, given the tremendous opportunities unleashed around the globe that we can take advantage of while being in India. The stimulating business climate, technology advancement and success stories of our alumni and Indian entrepreneurs are added charms. The motivation for this event is to harness support from varied corners and build an ecosystem which caters to budding entrepreneurs throughout their ventures – inception, getting funding, and execution till exit.

Idea is to build a long sustaining forum with frequent interactions where entrepreneurs, to-be-entrepreneurs, accomplished business people and venture capitalists can come and share their ideas, experience and leverage resources with a singular focus – SUCCESS.

This event is open to all the entrepreneurs, or to-be-entrepreneurs - any IIT or IIM or even beyond. We are bringing together very successful entrepreneurs and venture capitalists to personally talk to you, and discuss their vision and insights about how to make successful companies in India in today's scenario. We shall conduct very focused, relevant, interactive and involved sessions and workshops concentrating on the issues that are "here and now" issues. Learning shall focus on the "The Art of Start". Of course, business networking will be an added advantage.

On behalf of Alumni Associations of IIT Delhi and on our own behalf, we are writing to cordially invite you to participate in this event.

Entry is by invitation only. We shall be catering to maximum of 100 participants for this event due to space constraints.

Registration Fee: Rs 500/-

How to participate?

In order to attend this event, please send the following information to

entrepreneurs.forum.2007@gmail.com

1. Why do you want to participate in this event and what are your expectations from it?

2. Brief profile of the business you are already running or planning to start

3. Brief profile of the founding team members

4. Any questions or challenges that you are facing related to your venture today

5. Contact details

Key Highlights of the Event

 Interactive sessions and workshops on various aspects of entrepreneurship by high profile speakers (entrepreneurs and VCs)

 Showcasing of select startups

 Awards & Recognitions for excellence in entrepreneurship

Stay connected for various updates on http://entrepreneurs-forum-bangalore-2007.blogspot.com/ .

Shortly, we would provide you details on exact program, venue etc.

Please pass on this message to your IIT, IIM or other friends or colleagues who are entrepreneurs or sincerely thinking of becoming entrepreneurs.

Thanks and regards,

Naresh Agarwal,

Ph. 9342545904

On behalf of IIT Delhi Alumni Association, Bangalore Chapter

5. Class of 1983 Reunion

Sanjay Sangal has done an excellent job in creating your very own website www.iitd83.com . Your entry no. is your user id and your hostel name is your password. Start registering .Special gifts for early registrants. Those having difficulty write to Sanjay at sanjay.sangal@microwarecorp.com .

Also, pls immediately fill up the form available at http://www.iitd83.com/downloads/IIT%20Prog_Conf_Sheet.xls and email to him.

A Silver Jubilee Reunion comes once in a lifetime, and for the batch of '83, this is the year when we will come together again. This will be the opportunity to relive the five years of our youth - our formative years - our glorious past. We will not get another chance to meet so many of our batch-mates who were once an indivisible part of our lives. We hope to meet again the many friends of yesteryears and hope to recognize them after 25 years have gone by.

As communicated earlier, the Silver Jubilee Event is being held from the 22-25 December this year, 2007. All 1983 graduates, PGs (BTech, MS, MTech, PhDs, etc) are invited along with their families.

Families are an integral part of this event - they have to see what we have been talking to them about - with their own eyes. You can get your children and spouse to walk the corridors of your hostel and meet with the profs - specially the ones from whom you once kept a long distance. You can take time out to explore the examination halls where you once spent time looking at the ceiling or sideways since the answers to confounding questions were almost always found on other people's scribble sheets. You can do almost whatever you want back at IITD

Please pull in all those with whom you are in touch, help them make up their minds. We need to make the best of this opportunity. The earlier batches enjoyed every bit of their bash and wanted more. Come and let's make this the best bash of our lives.

Most of the details have already been worked out and the program is already sent to you. However, suggestions/ ideas are welcome for any minor changes in the schedule/ events.

For more details contact to:

Shashi Munjal
Symphony International
T 4/3 DLF Phase III
Gurgaon-122002
INDIA
Tel +91-124-4060699
Fax +91-124-4060799
Mobile +91-9818679079
Email1 shashi@symphony-international.com
Email2 symphonyinternational@airtelbroadbnd.in

6. Get together of IITD 1966 & 1967 batches

X’clusive ’66 / ’67 batch (VINDYACHALs & SHIVALIKs) get together

We are now planning to have a get together (with families-all generations included) exclusively of those who have lived & blossomed together at the two hostels of the period – SHIVALIK & VINDHYACHAL during the years 1961 – 1967.

We will try to locate & invite the faculty of those years. Any one in touch with them (Prof Moore, Indrasen, Jha, Gulati, Subhash etc), please inform their contact details.

As during x-mas period (25 Dec-1^st Jan) most of us can travel to Delhi, the day/date proposed is Saturday 29^th Dec’07.

If you are in touch with any alumnus of 66 & 67 batches. Please forward this mail (with cc to IITDAA) to inform us their contact details.

Please respond confirming your participation or offering a suggestion to

S.K.BHATIA (’66 Mech) at

skbhatia.indconsult@hotmail.com

mob: +919810076070

7. Pearl Jubilee Get-together - Batch of 1973

Dear All,

Today the following alumni of 1973 batch met to get the activities for the Pearl Jubilee Get Together rolling. (Please see the trailing mail).

The following things were discussed and tentatively decided. These will to be firmed up by end of week after getting inputs from other batch mates.

1. Absolutely clear thumbs up to the give full momentum with target to get about 70 alumni and total of 100 participants (including families). Just to give you an idea of the confidence behind this figure:

a. 73 Chem had a get together last month and 19 alumni attended – all from Delhi. 4 more have been added to the list since then. Add to this the outstation batch mates.

b. Target for Mech and Elec is 20 each with at least 15 each.

c. Target for Civil and Textile is 15 each with at least 10 each

d. Not B. Tech batch mates – target of 25 with at least 15

2. Time Window – 28^th Nov to 30^th Dec with following options:

a. Rooms available for outstation alumnus from Dec 28 at Nalanda; Kick off with brunch at 11.00 on 29^th Dec and finish with dinner on the 30^th Dec

b. Rooms available for outstation Alumnus from Dec 28 at Nalanda; Kick off with brunch at 11.00 on 19^th Dec and conclusion after lunch on the 30^th Dec

c. Rooms available for outstation Alumnus from Dec 28 at Nalanda; Kick off with brunch at 11.00 on 19^th Dec and conclusion after long late dinner on the 29^th night / 30^th early morning. Accommodation will, of course, be available on the 29^th Dec night.

Common to all the options:

· Brunch on the 29^th 11.00 am to 2.00 pm in the cricket field lawns

· Some games and lazing around in the sun from 2.00 pm to 4.00 pm – cricket field

· Samosas/ Snack and final round of tea/coffee 4.30 – 5.30 – Cricket field

· Dinner + Dance & Music + bon fire from 7.30 onwards at RCA

For the options 2a and 2b, various suggestions are being analysed.

It will be greatly appreciated if we get inputs from all of you on:

1. You preference among 2a, 2b and 2c

2. Suggestion for any modifications in Common Point listed above.

3. Suggestions for 29^th for 2a and 2b

3. For further detailing the following offered to take the responsibility till more people join in organising the event – Rajinder Singh, Sanjeev Narain, Neeraj Gupta and Anil Gupta were counted in for their active involvement.

a. Souvenir - Vivek Luther

b. Catering related – Peeyush Srivastava

c. Event detailing – Sudarshan Chawla

d. Communication and sponsorship - Rakesh Malhotra

e. Communication and support – Raj Nakra

f. Vivek has agreed to be the overall coordinator for this event

4. Nothing above is cast in stone and un-changeable!! Please send your inputs and suggestion to any of the following, but please do mark a copy always to Vivek Luther.

organising committee batch of 1973

Vivek Luther

9312500944

vivek.luther@gmail.com

Sudarshan Chawla

9810071069

sudarshan_chawla@rediffmail.com

Rakesh Malhotra

9811402615

rakeshmalhotra2002@hotmail.com

Peeyush Srivastava

9810272992

alkatech@bol.net.in

Rajendra Nakra

98 990 70000

rajnakra@vsnl.com

Anil Bhargava

98-103-22899,