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‘7 days per week, 12 hours work’: IIT alumni-led AI startup Giga faces controversy as employee quits in a day, cites toxic workplace
November 12, 2025 3:39 pm
Giga, known for developing voice-based AI agents for businesses, had been celebrated for its founders’ decision to turn down high-paying jobs, and even a Stanford PhD offer, to build their venture.
Decline in placements in elite colleges including IITs, NITs: Congress
April 17, 2025 5:36 pm
According to claims, between 2021-22 and 2023-24, 22 out of 23 IITs recorded a decline in placements, and the drop was over 20 percentage points at 15 IITs. Further that in 2021-22, 90.43 per cent of BTech students from IITs who appeared for placements were placed but in 2023-24, only 80.25 per cent of them secured jobs.
IIT-Madras alumni gives Rs 5 crore funding for AquaMAP Centre to advance water management solutions
March 20, 2025 9:07 am
IIT Madras receives ₹5 crore from alumnus Dr Parasuram Balasubramanian for AquaMAP, a centre focused on water management and policy. The funding supports long-term initiatives addressing water challenges across India.
Amid placements at IITs, alumni group provides SC, ST students additional mentoring support
December 09, 2024 2:43 am
Interested students from more than 15 IITs registered with “The Mentor Circle” where they are helped to connect with relevant mentors for placement preparation.
IIT Roorkee's BArch 2000 batch donates Rs 5 crore in Silver Jubilee reunion
November 18, 2024 8:47 am
This donation seeks to support a high-tech ambulance, a stand at LBS Stadium, 175th anniversary gate, financial aid for needy students, and other projects strengthening IIT Roorkee's legacy.
IIT-Madras honours alumni for being part of Chandrayaan-3 mission
October 10, 2023 2:33 pm
S Somanath, the ISRO Chairman is currently pursuing a PhD from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Madras.
From jobs to medical needs, alumni associations lend a helping hand in fight against COVID-19
May 30, 2021 6:29 pm
Various alumni associations have been involved in verifying the leads for oxygen cylinders, hospital beds and necessary medicines. However, a few alumni groups are also helping others find a job as many industries have become unstable amid covid, while some are using technology to meet the challenges proposed by the second wave of coronavirus outbreak.
Covid-19: IIT Alumni Council, Mumbai University to partner for MegaLab Mumbai initiative
May 29, 2020 8:00 pm
According to a release by the alumni council, MegaLab Mumbai is the biggest COVID-19 initiative of the IIT Alumni Council, which aims to help design and establish the largest genetic testing laboratory for COVID-19 and other infectious diseases with an end-to-end capacity to carry out over 10 million tests per month.
50 IIT alumni quit jobs to form political party
April 22, 2018 7:46 pm
“We are a bunch of 50 people, all from different IITs, who have quit our full-time jobs to work for the party. We have applied to the Election Commission for an approval and are meanwhile doing ground work,” Naven Kumar, a 2015 IIT Delhi graduate, who is leading the group said.
AMU, IIT alumni’s website for Muslims hunting homes gets 1 lakh visitors
April 19, 2015 3:59 am
Founders say Muslims face problems in buying, renting properties, irrespective of paying capacity
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