Notable IITians and NITians: Their Impact on Technology, Business, and Leadership

NOTABLE SCHOLARS

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Arvind Krishna

Chairman & CEO of IBM

Receiving a BTech degree in electrical engineering from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur in 1985. He was appointed IBM's CEO in January 2020.He also headed IBM Research, where he drove innovation in core and emerging technologies including artificial intelligence, quantum computing, blockchain, cloud platform services, data-driven solutions.

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Rajeev Motwani

Professor Behind Google

He graduated with B.Tech. in computer science from IITK in 1983 and PhD from Berkeley in 1988.Whenever you use a piece of technology, there is a good chance a little bit of Rajeev Motwani is behind it. His research included data privacy, web search, robotics, and computational drug design. He is also one of the originators of the Locality-sensitive hashing algorithm.He died in an accident on june 5, 2009.

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Shyam Srinivasan

Chief Executive Officer of Federal Bank

After his study at Regional Engineering College, Tiruchirappalli, and IIM Calcutta, Shyam completed a Leadership Development Program from the London Business School before entering the world of banking. Prior to joining Federal Bank he had worked with leading multinational banks in India, Middle East, and South-East Asia.

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Salil Parekh

CEO & MD of Infosys

Salil Parekh is the current chief executive officer and managing director of Infosys.He is a graduate from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT Bombay) in Aeronautical Engineering. Master of Engineering degree in Computer Science and Mechanical Engineering from Cornell University.

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Soma Mondal

Chief Executive Officer SAIL

Soma Mondal is the current Chairperson of Steel Authority of India .Mondal has the distinction of not only being the first woman Functional Director of SAIL, but she is also the first woman Chairman of the company. She majored in Electrical Engineering from National Institute of Technology, Rourkela in 1984

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Ajei Gopal

Chief Executive Officer ANSYS

Ajei S. Gopal presently is President, Chief Executive Officer & Director at ANSYS, Inc. He holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from IIT-Bombay and later completed his PhD from Education Cornell University in computer science.

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Vartika Shukla

CMD-Engineers India Limited

She is the first woman CMD of EIL. Ms.Shukla did her B.Tech in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kanpur in 1988. She is also certified with in an Executive General Management Programme from IIM Lucknow.

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Sandip Das

Managing Director

Graduated from NIT-Rourkela.Then completed his master's in Business Administration from FMS, University of Delhi. Currently, he is the managing director of JIO and Maxis Communications.

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Jagrati Awasthi

UPSC 2020 AIR-2

Graduated from NIT Bhopal in Electrical Engineering.A resident of Bhopal,Madhaya Pradesh.Completed her engineering in 2017 after graduating cleared GATE exam and join BHEL.

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Shreya Dhanwanthary

Actress

Graduated from NIT Warangal in Electronics and Communication Engineering. Shreya Dhanwanthary (born on 29 August 1988) is an Indian actress. Gained recognition for her portrayal of journalist Sucheta Dalal in Sony LIV's web series Scam 1992 (2020).

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Vivek Ravisankar

Founder and CEO of HackerRank

Vivek Ravisankar is the CEO and co-founder of HackerRank, a platform that is used by over 1 million developers to hone their skills. With a computer science degree from NIT-Trichy, previously he worked as a developer at Amazon.

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S. K. Sharma

CMD Nuclear Power Corporation of India

Completed his BE (Electronics) degree from the Maulana Azad National Institute of Technology (MANIT), Bhopal in 1980 and graduated from the 24th batch of Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Training School in 1981. He started his career at Rajasthan Atomic Power Station.

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Anurag Srivastava

Indian ambassador

He holds a bachelor's degree in Engineering from Malaviya National Institute of Technology, Jaipur in 1993 and has a master's degree in Business Administration and also holds a Postgraduate Diploma in Diplomatic Studies from the University of Oxford, United Kingdom. He joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1999.

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S. N. Subrahmanyan

Chief Executive Officer of Larsen & Toubro

Graduated in Civil Engineering from NIT-Kurukshetra in 1982. He pursued a Master in Business Administration from Symbiosis Institute of Business Management, Pune, the University of Poona followed by an Executive Management Programme from the London Business School.

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Gurdeep Singh

Chairman and Managing Director of NTPC

Graduated from NIT-Kurukshetra in mechanical engineering and has undergone Management Education Program from IIM Ahmedabad. He has worked in Senior positions in Indian companies (GSECL, IDFC, and CESC) as well as in multi-national companies (PowerGen, CLP, and AES).

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Hemesh Singh

Co-founder & CTO, Unacademy

Graduated from NIT-Allahabad in Electronics and Communications Engineering. He is the Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer at Unacademy. An engineer by background, Hemesh was the CTO of Flatchat before Unacademy.

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Rakesh Godhwani

Faculty at IIM Bangalore

Graduated in Computer Engineering from NIT-Karnataka later in 2004 he did PGSEM from IIM Bangalore.Currently, he is an Adjunct Faculty of Communication at IIM Bangalore.

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C. P. Gurnani

CEO & Managing Director of Tech Mahindra

Graduated in Chemical Engineering from NIT-Rourkela.He also the Chairperson of IIM Nagpur.Has been appointed as Nasscom's chairman in April 2016 for a one-year term also has held several leading positions with HCL Corporation Ltd.

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Pawan Munjal

Managing Director of Hero MotoCorp

Graduated in mechanical engineering from NIT-Kurukhshetra.Currently serves as the Chairman, Managing Director & CEO of Hero Motocorp.India Today magazine ranked him #49th in India's 50 Most powerful people of 2017 list.

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Shrikant Madhav Vaidya

Chairman of Indian Oil Corporation Ltd

He is a graduated in Chemical Engineering from NIT-Rourkela. A champion of clean & green fuels led the roll-out of the BS-VI grade Transport fuels at Indian Oil and also BS-VI Winter Grade Diesel for the high-altitude Himalayan region a fuel that can withstand temperatures as low as -30°C.

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Anshul Kothari

Indian competitive swimmer

He is a graduate of computer science from NIT-Surat. Represented India in Commonwealth Games and Asian Games. Currently, he is completing his MBA course at Indian School of Business located in Hyderabad.

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Atul Sobti

Chairman and Managing Director, BHEL

He is a graduate of mechanical engineering from NIT-Allahabad. He has also undergone Advance Management Training Programmes at IIM-Ahmedabad. During Sobti's tenure at BHEL's international operations division, BHEL overseas business increased fifteenfold by securing orders internationally.

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T. V. Narendran

CEO and Managing Director of Tata Steel

Graduate in Mechanical engineering from NIT-Trichy.Later in 1986, he did MBA from IIM-Calcutta. Joined Tata Steel in 1988 straight after his MBA. He was actively involved in Tata Steel's first overseas acquisition, NatSteel, and was seconded there as an Executive Vice President in 2005.

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Sudhir Vasudeva

Chairman of ONGC

He is a graduate of Chemical Engineering (1971–1975) from NIT-Raipur. As Chairman & Managing Director, Sudhir turned ONGC into a great-performing PSU within a very short period. The President of India selected him as the Chairperson of the Board of Governors of NIT-Raipur.

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Natarajan Chandrasekaran

chairman of Tata Sons

Did his bachelor's in Applied Sciences from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology in Tamil Nadu. He earned his Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from NIT-Trichy in 1986. Later in 1996, he did MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad.

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Rajesh Gopinathan

CEO-Tata Consultancy Services(TCS)

Did his bachelor's in Applied Sciences from the Coimbatore Institute of Technology in Tamil Nadu. He earned his Master of Computer Applications (MCA) from NIT-Trichy in 1986. Later in 1996, he did MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad.

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K. V. Kamath

President of New Development Bank

Graduated in 1969 with an Mechanical Engineering degree from NIT-Surathkal.Later in 1971,he did MBA from IIM-Ahmedabad.

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Hemant Karkare

Indian Police Service

Known for the 2008 Mumbai attacks.Graduated in 1975 with a Mechanical Engineering degree from NIT-Nagpur.He joined the Indian Police Service (IPS) in 1982. Before he served seven years in Austria in the Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). He was killed in action during the 2008 Mumbai attacks.

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Ajit Jogi

1st Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh

Graduated in 1968 with a Mechanical Engineering degree from NIT-Bhopal.He studied law at the Faculty of Law, University of Delhi. He was selected for both the Indian Police Service and Indian Administrative Service in his home state, Madhya Pradesh.

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Naveen Polishetty

Actor

Graduated with a Civil Engineering degree from NIT-Bhopal and joined a software firm in Pune. Later he moved to England and returned to pursue a full-time career in acting. He worked with AIB and then made his Hindi cinema debut in Nitesh Tiwari's movie Chhichhore.