IIT Madras Celebrates 64th Institute Day

Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IIT Madras) celebrated its 64th Institute Day today (20th April 2023) with students, faculty, teaching and non-teaching staff. A highlight of the event was the honouring of alumni, faculty and students for their achievements over the last year.

The Chief Guest of this occasion was Dr Sridhar Vembu, Founder and CEO, Zoho Corporation and an Alumnus Awardee of IIT Madras.

Dr Sridhar Vembu is an alumnus of the 1989 batch of BTech in Electrical Engineering and a Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Madras. In 2009, Dr Vembu founded Zoho Corporation along with Dr Tony Thomas who graduated with a BTech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Madras in 1987, and Shaliesh Davey who graduated with a BTech in Metallurgical Engineering from IIT Madras in 1992.  Over the course of the last few years, Zoho has built a domestic and international presence with a user base of 80 million people, through its offerings.

Presenting the student report, the outgoing Students General Secretary, Ajay Singh Sitole informed that the Student Mentorship Cell of IIT Madras received a record-breaking response in excess of 300 mentors for Freshers for a smooth induction into Institute life. The mentors are in constant touch with the mentees and act as the primary points of contact for mentees

The students reported the establishment of ‘Pragati,’ a new initiative that guides and supports the Institute's students in their academic and competitive examination preparation such as UPSC-CSE, CAT. The Finance Club of IIT Madras conducted its offline fest in an attempt to connect the students of IITM to industry leaders in the finance domain including CFA Institute, Worldquant, Trexquant, Groww, Zerodha, Quantinsti among many others.