IIT Bombay organised an Institute lecture on Monday, March 13, 2023. The speaker was Prof. Dara Entekhabi, Bacardi and Stockholm Water Foundations Professor, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Professor of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), USA. Prof. Entekhabi’s topic was the “Linkages Between the Water, Energy, and Carbon Cycles […]

Dr. Bharat Ratra, Distinguished Professor of Physics, Kansas State University, USA, delivered an Institute lecture on “The Accelerating Expanding Universe: Dark Matter, Dark Energy, And Einstein’s Cosmological Constant” on March 14, 2023. Dark energy is the leading candidate for the mechanism that is responsible for causing the cosmological expansion to accelerate. Dr. Ratra described the […]

IIT Bombay celebrated National Science Day to commemorate the discovery of the ‘Raman Effect’ by Sir C.V. Raman for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1930. As part of this celebration, the Institute organized a lecture on “Bioinspired synthesis of organic molecules” which was delivered by Prof. Debabrata Maiti, Department of […]

IIT Bombay hosted an award ceremony to honour the best performers of the Spoken Tutorial project on March 4, 2023. Around 140 people received the awards under two broad categories – MASTER (Most Accomplished Spoken Tutorial Educator Resource), and Spoken Tutorial Alumni Resource (STAR). Apart from the awardees, the event was attended by several heads […]

IIT Bombay and India Tourism Mumbai commemorated the International Year of Millets (2023) by organising a joint workshop on February 28, 2023, at P.C. Saxena Auditorium. Large numbers of students from various Mumbai colleges attended the workshop. Mr. Jerson Fernandes, Executive Chef at Novotel Mumbai, hosted the session. Mr. D. Venkatesan, Regional Director (West and […]

The Institute celebrated the ground-breaking ceremony of its upcoming hostel (H19) which is being built to house the increasing number of students on campus. The state-of-the-art housing facility will comprise best-in-class amenities including spacious rooms, computer rooms, recreational spaces such as television and music rooms, sit-out areas, a gymnasium, a dining hall, and a cafeteria […]

IIT Bombay celebrated its 64th Foundation Day on March 10, 2023, by honouring the contributions of its faculty members as well as alumni who have left their mark in their chosen fields of profession. The Foundation Day ceremony started with a welcome address by Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director, IIT Bombay who highlighted the key milestones […]

The Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, arranged for a delegation comprising 35 journalists/editors from Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries to visit IIT Bombay on March 28, 2023, as part of a familiarisation programme for foreign media. Prof. S. Sudarshan, Deputy Director (Academic and Infrastructural Affairs), IIT Bombay, and Prof. Amit Agrawal, Dean […]

IIT Bombay hosted the Faculty Alumni Network (FAN) – Distinguished Alumni Meet (DAM) 2023 from March 31 – April 2 at Fishermen’s Cove, Chennai. The FAN-DAM event returned to India after a period of four years and assembled several of IITB’s accomplished alumni serving in the industry and academia together with senior administration and faculty […]

IIT Bombay’s unwavering commitment to excellence in education, research, and innovation has resulted in the Institute cementing its place at the top. The Institute ranked first in India and 47th globally in Engineering and Technology in the Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) World University Rankings by Subject for 2023.   The QS World University Rankings by Subject provides […]

In a one-of-a-kind collaboration, IIT Bombay and the Maharashtra University of Health Sciences (MUHS) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) towards promoting interaction between the technology institute and the health sciences university. The MoU enables both institutions to share resources for academics and R&D in diverse areas of mutual interest. Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director of […]

IIT Bombay celebrated Matribhasha Diwas (International Mother Language Day) on February 21, 2023, to promote the use of the mother tongue at the Institute. Various groups presented cultural programmes in different Indian languages, even as faculty members, students, and IITB staff attended and enjoyed the event.

The DST-sponsored National Centre of Excellence in Carbon Capture and Utilization was formally inaugurated by Dr. V. K. Saraswat, Hon’ble Member, NITI Aayog on February 11, 2023, at IIT Bombay. Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri, Director, IIT Bombay, and other dignitaries from academia, government, and industry attended the inauguration.

IIT Bombay awarded degrees to 312 students at the interim session of its 61st Convocation held at the Institute’s Convocation Hall. The degrees were conferred upon students who have completed all their academic requirements from August 2022 to January 2023 and requested for their degrees to be awarded earlier than the 61st Convocation ceremony in […]