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Alumni plan to raise Rs. 1.3 crore for IIT

Staff Reporter

For its societal and academic activities

CHENNAI: One batch of Indian Institute of Technology - Madras alumni plans to raise money to aid their alma mater.

On the occasion of the `silver reunion' of 1981 batch of the IIT, the old graduates decided to raise Rs.1.3 crore for the societal and academic activities of the Institute.

They announced this at the inaugural of the reunion meet last week.

Panel discussion

The inaugural session was followed by a panel discussion on the topic of "future of technology and its impact on our lives".

The participants in the discussion spoke on aspects such as world energy trends, IT and its impact, aerospace, management systems and climate change.

The panelists were: Prof. Ramayya Krishnan of Carnegie Mellon University, R.Seetharaman (ExxonMobil), .Ganapathi [JPL], Dr.Sailesh Rao (Phyten Technologies) and Ravi Sankar (Satyam Infosys).

The keynote session was attended by the Institute Director M.S. Ananth, besides the Deans of Academic Courses, Planning and Students. A special invitee was the newly-elected President of the IIT Madras Alumni Association, Mr.Srini Nageshwar.

The appreciative audience included, in addition to alumni and their families, many current and retired faculty members of the Institute.

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