IIT Roorkee Snippets
 
May - June 2021
 
Ashok Soota’s SKAN Research Trust gives Rs 20 crore grant to IIT Roorkee
 
IIT Roorkee alumnus Shri Ashok Soota's SKAN Research Trust has announced a grant of Rs 20 crore to IIT Roorkee for a Chair Professorship, three Faculty Fellowships, creation of a lab, and funding of joint research projects.

Ten IIT Roorkee Alumni make it to Forbes under 30 Asia lists
 
Forbes 30 under 30 Asia list 2021 features ten alumni of IIT Roorkee under Tech, Agritech, and Edtech categories.

IIT Roorkee Professor, Startup Win DRDO’s Innovation Challenge
 
IIT Roorkee Professor Sudipta Sarkar and Log9 Materials, a startup incubated at the institute, won the “Dare to Dream 2.0” innovation contest organised by the Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO).

IIT Roorkee Professor Bags NSG Award For ‘Blast-Resistant’ Helmet
 
Professor Shailesh Govind Ganpule was conferred the NSG Counter-IED and Counter-Terrorism Innovator Award 2021 for developing a “blast-resistant” helmet.

IIT Roorkee launches MTech courses in Artificial Intelligence and Data Science
 
IIT Roorkee has established a Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Data Science (CAIDS). The Centre will start offering two MTech programs from the coming semester.

9th Inter-IIT Tech Meet
 
IIT Roorkee students' team bagged the Gold Medal in the Bosch Electric Vehicle Problem Statement category at the 9th Inter-IIT Tech Meet 2021.

Teen Neobanking Platform Fampay Raises $38 Mn In Series A Funding Led By Sequoia, Elevation
 
IIT Roorkee alumni Kush Taneja and Sambhav Jain's FamPay is building a payments network that will specifically cater to teenagers.

IIT Roorkee Horticulture Team bags a large number of awards in various categories at the Spring Festival
 
IIT Roorkee Horticulture team bagged awards in six categories at the Spring Festival at Raj Bhawan, Dehradun, and a large number of awards at Pushpavali at BEG, Roorkee. The campus community has displayed exceptional dedication towards maintaining and preserving the diversified flora on the campus.

Obituaries
 
Prof. M.K. Khare (BE-1959 - Mechanical) Former Professor & Head, Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engg. passed away on June 01, 2021.

Shri Vinay Krishna (BE-1961 - Civil) passed away on May 07, 2021.