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This is a list of notable faculty and alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
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This is a list of notable faculty and alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
| Name | Affiliation | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amit Agrawal | Institute chair professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering | ||
| Ashwin Gumaste | Institute Chair Professor, Department of Computer Science | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar awardee and largest technology transfer between IIT and industry (Carrier Ethernet Switch Router) | |
| C. V. Seshadri | Chemical engineer | ||
| Dipan Ghosh | Deputy Director from 2005 to 2006 | Theoretical physicist, originator of the Majumdar–Ghosh model. | [1] |
| Deepak B. Phatak | Computer scientist, Padma Shri award winner | ||
| Hemchandra Kekre | Head of Computer Science Department, 1978 to 1984 | Computer scientist | |
| G. Naresh Patwari | Chemist and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureate | [2] | |
| Manohar Vartak | Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Statistics | Mathematician | |
| N. K. Naik | Professor | Aerospace engineer | |
| Narayan R. Kamath | Professor and Head of Chemical Engineering | Chemical Engineer | [3] |
| Pramod P. Wangikar | Professor at the Department of Chemical Engineering | Bioinformatician, N-Bios laureate [4] | |
| Ram Puniyani | Biomedical engineer | ||
| Ranjith Padinhateeri | [5] | ||
| Ravi Poovaiah | Professor at IDC School of Design | Co-designed the Indian EVM [6] | |
| Tathagat Avatar Tulsi | Assistant Professor on contract from 2010 to 2019 | Physicist | |
| Devang Vipin Khakhar | Professor Chemical Engineering at IITB |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jag Mundhra | 1968 | B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) | Film director | [7] |
| Mansoor ali Khan | Film director | [8] [9] | ||
| Nitesh Tiwari | 1996 | B.Tech. (Metallurgical Engineering) | Film director and screenwriter | [10] [11] |
| Rajnesh Domalpalli | 1984 | B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) | Film director | [12] |
| Satyendra Pakhale | 1991 | M.Des. | Industrial Designer, Architect | |
| Udaya Kumar | 2003; 2010 | M.Des., Ph.D. | Head of the Department of Design, IIT Guwahati | [13] |
| Vipul Goyal | 2008 | B.Tech., M.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) | Stand-up comedian | [14] |
| Sridhar Rangayan | 1986 | M.Des, IDC | Director and Producer | [15] |
| Sameer Saxena | 2006 | B.Tech. | Actor, Director and Producer. Former CCO at TVF | [16] |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anil Kumar | B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) | Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, later convicted of insider trading | [17] | |
| Ashish Chauhan | 1989 | B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) | Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Bombay Stock Exchange | [18] |
| Bhavish Aggarwal | 2008 | B.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering) | Co-founder of Ola Cabs | [19] |
| Bharat Desai | 1975 | B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) | Founder of Syntel | [20] |
| Kanwal Rekhi | 1967 | B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) | Venture capitalist; Co-founder of Excelan | [21] |
| Nandan Nilekani | 1978 | B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) | Co-founder of Infosys | [22] |
| Parag Agrawal | 2005 | B.Tech. (Computer Science and Engineering) | Chief Executive Officer of Twitter | [23] |
| Parag Saxena | 1977 | B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering) | Co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of New Silk Route | [24] |
| Rahul Yadav | Joined with B.Tech. (Metallurgical Engineering) Later dropped out. [25] | Co-founder and former Chief Executive Officer of Housing.com | [26] [27] | |
| Rajiv L. Gupta | 1967 | Chairman of Aptiv | [28] | |
| Ramani Ayer | 1969 | B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering) | Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Hartford | [29] |
| Romesh Wadhwani | 1969 | B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) | Founder of Symphony Technology Group | [30] |
| Salil Parekh | B.Tech. (Aeronautical Engineering) | Chief Executive Officer of Infosys | ||
| Subrah Iyar | 1981 | Co-founder of WebEx | [31] | |
| Victor Menezes | Corporate Banker; Senior Vice Chairman of Citigroup | [32] [33] | ||
| Name | Class Year | Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharada Srinivasan | 1987 | Archaeologist |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colin Gonsalves | 1975 | B.Tech. (Civil Engineering) | Senior Advocate of the Supreme Court of India | [34] |
| Jairaj Phatak | Former Municipal Commissioner of Mumbai | |||
| Jairam Ramesh | 1975 | B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) | Former Minister of Rural Development and Member of Parliament | |
| Jay Narayan Vyas | Former Member of the Legislative Assembly | |||
| Manohar Parrikar | 1978 | B.Tech. (Metallurgical Engineering) | Former Chief Minister of Goa and Minister of Defence | [35] [36] |
| Sanjiv Bhatt | 1985 | Former Indian Police Service officer | [37] | |
| Sharjeel Imam | 2010 | B.Tech., M.Tech. (Computer Science & Engineering) | Activist | |
| Sheel Kant Sharma | 1971; 1974 | M.Sc. (Physics); Ph.D. (Physics) | Former Secretary General of SAARC | |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apoorva D. Patel | M.Sc. (Physics) | Physicist | ||
| Hemchandra Kekre | M.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) | Head of Department of Computer Science, IIT Bombay | ||
| K. S. Dasgupta | Ph.D. | former Director of the IIST | [38] | |
| Pranav Mistry | 2005 | M. Sc. | Computer Scientist and Inventor | |
| Narendra Karmarkar | 1978 | B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) | Mathematician | [39] |
| Pratim Biswas | 1980 | Chair of the Department of Energy, Environmental and Chemical Engineering at Washington University in St. Louis | [40] | |
| Ramakrishna V. Hosur | 1973 | M.Sc. (Chemistry) | [41] | |
| Ravindran Kannan | 1974 | B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) | Mathematician; Recipient of the Fulkerson Prize and Knuth prize | [42] |
| Sarita Adve | 1987 | B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) | Professor of computer science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign | [43] |
| Subhash Khot | 1999 | Computer scientist | [44] | |
| Suhas Patankar | 1965 | M.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) | Mechanical Engineer | |
| T. V. Raman | 1989 | M.Sc. (Mathematics) | Computer scientist | [45] |
| Name | Class Year | Degree | Notability | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajay Khare | Bridge player | [46] |
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