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CoR election planned
Election Team formed
Bylaws and FAQ for Organization Structure posted online
Elections for CoRs will be announced soon

Alumni Meet and Reunions
Alumni Reunion for Class of 1958 in Jan 2009-announcement
Alumni Reunion for Class of 1983 in Dec 2008-announcement
IT-BHU Alumni meet at Sydney, Australia - a report
IT-BHU Alumni meet at Washington DC-Report
IT-BHU Alumni meet at Sydney, Australia- Announcement
Alumni meet at Bangalore- Report
IT-BHU Alumni meet at Washington D.C- Announcement
NJ alumni meet-report
IT-BHU Alumni Award of Excellence announced-a report
IT-BHU Alumni meet, New Jersey
IT-BHU Alumni meet, Bangalore
AGM Meeting and Alumni Awards at New Delhi-a report
Silicon Valley Alumni meet-A report
Silicon Valley Alumni meet-Letter from Ghanashyam Mishra (Mining 1961)
1961 alumni reunion: A press report
Reunion of class of 1961 at IT-BHU
ALUMNI MEET OF CLASS OF 1977 – IT BHU
ALUMNI MEET OF CLASS OF 1982 – IT BHU
Silicon Valley Alumni Meet-Announcement
Alumni News: Alumni Meet
Alumni meet at Hyderabad-A Report
Alumni Meet: Alumni Reunion for class of 1977
Alumni Meet: Alumni Reunion for class of 1982
Alumni Meet: Alumni meets VC in USA
Alumni Events: Chicago chapter of IT-BHU Alumni Association formed
Alumni Meet announcement: Meeting of Hyderabad chapter
AIBA meeting
AIBA presents awards to alumni
AIBA award in news media
Photos of AIBA meeting
Mumbai Alumni Meet-A Report
Announcement-AIBA Meet at New Delhi on 26/05/2007
Meeting of alumni of Mumbai chapter
Reunion of class of 1981
Electrical Engineering alumni meet-Announcement
3rd International BHU Alumni Meet (IBAM) 2007
Mumbai chapter of alumni association formed
3rd International BHU Alumni Meet (IBAM) at BHU Campus (6-7 January, 2007)
Diwali meet of Silicon Valley chapter
Fall SoCal Alumni meet
New Jersey Chapter: Alumni Meet Nov 11
1979 batch meets at New Delhi- A report
Southern California Chapter Meet-Announcement
3rd International BHU Alumni Meet (IBAM) at BHU Campus (6-7 January, 2007)
3rd Silicon Valley chapter Meet at Lyman Atrium, Stanford- 22nd July'06
BHU alumni meet at Mumbai-A report
Silicon Valley Alumni Meet
International BHU Alumni Meet on 6-7th Jan 2007
Bangalore: Meet the Vice Chancellor [July 1st, 2006]
Bangalore: Talk on Entrepreneurship
Report: NJ chapter meet [10th June '06]
Report: Souther California meet [3rd June '06]
New Jersey Chapter: Alumni Meet - 10th June
Southern California Chapter: Alumni Meet, June 3rd'06
MDC Launches a Design Contest for Students
Report: Alumni Reunion Bangalore - 22nd Jan '06
3rd International BHU Alumni Meet
Alumni Reunion 2005
Report on meeting of NJ chapter of ITBHU.org
Updates: CxO conclave at New Delhi on Sept. 23, 2005.
Alumni meet/ New Jersey Chapter: 5th Nov.
CXO Conclave: Sept. 23rd, 2005
BHU Alumni Association Meet at Bombay
Announcement for ITBHU.org Meet at Pune
CXO Conclave: Sept. 23rd, 2005
First meeting of New Jersey chapter

Alumni News
Sanjiv Kumar (Civil 2001) wins top honor at TeraGrid '08 Conference
Manish Srivastava (Mining) joins India Infoline
C P Singh (Mechanical 1970) appointed CMD of NTPC-BHEL joint venture
Ravi Prakash (Mechanical 1971) coauthors popular Materials Science Book in SI Units
DANGEROUS SIDE-EFFECTS OF EPILEPSY DRUGS REDUCED IN NEW RESEARCH- BY Dr. Sushant Kumar Shrivastava, Department of Pharmaceutical Engineering
Partap Singh Hanspal (Civil 1943) passes away
Tesla hires Deepak Ahuja (Ceramic 1985) away from Ford to serve as CFO
Mata Prasad (Electrical 1954) - an expert in electrical protection systems
Satish Agarwal (Mechanical 1970) Chairman of Kamdhenu Ispat Pvt. Lyd.
Dr. Sandeep Gupta (B. Pharm 1982 & M. Pharm 1984) joins as Senior VP for Endo Pharmaceuticals
Dr. Uday Shanker Awasthi (Chemical 1967) joins as Director of Legend International Holdings
Dr. Uday Shanker Awasthi (Chemical 1967)
World's 10 top management gurus- Ram Charan (Mechanical 1960) Rank 22
Nishith Sharma (Metallurgy 1984) launches steel price portal in India
Dr. Manu Vora (chemical 1968) receives Asian American Community leadership Award
Prime Minister's family spends a night at treehouse developed by Mantosh Das (Chemical 1977) and his partners.
Abhishek Kumar (Mechanical 2004)-a political activist in USA
Govindan Ramu (Metallurgy 1990) launches midcareers.com
Anand Pande (Electrical 1987) joins Amba Research
Manas Maral (Electronics 1994) as Yoga Expert
Mayur Toshniwal (Mechanical 1990) CEO of North India Future Group
Vish Mishra (Electrical 1967) President-elect of The Indus Entrepreneurs (TiE)
Harsh Chopra (Chemical 1978) appointed as Country Manager, India for Intertek.
Mr. S. N. Singh (Pharma 1981) Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax , Lucknow
Trinetra Bajpai (Chemical 1972?) turns film producer
Puneet Bindlish (Mining 2002) and his team amongst the 8 finalists at TiE competition
Dr. Kota Harinarayana (Mechanical 1965?) for Light passenger aircraft
Nikesh Arora (Electrical 1989) in Daily Telegraph List
Sanjay Govil (Civil 1981) joins Outworks Solutions Pvt. Ltd.
Manoj Sinha (Electronics 1999) and Gyanesh Pandey (Electrical 1999) lighting rural India with Rice-husk based power plant)
Chronicle Interview for Prof. P Ramachandra Rao
Interview with Praveen Maane (Civil 2004)
Praveen Manne (Civil 2004) starts food service "Ezeemeal"
Mohan Kumar (ECE 1984) joins NVP India as Executive Director
Bishun Pandey (PhD 1980, Mathematics) receives Ohio State Alumni Award
Manick Sorcar (Electrical 1968) bags global laser display award
Mukul Shirvaikar (Electrical 1986) Chair of Electrical Engineering at University of Texas at Tyler
Ajit Singh (Electrical 1985) at TiE-DC event
Akhlesh Lakhtakia (Electronics 1979) delivers a lecture on nanoengineered metamaterials
Akshay Rathore (M. Tech Electrical 2003) in "Who's Who in the World" list
Profile of Mr. G V Rao (Mechanical/Electrical, 1940's), former Indian Ambassador to UNESCO
Obituary of Amal Chandra Baruah (IT-BHU, 1950's)
About Prof. P M Ajayan (Metallurgy 1985)
Prof. P M Ajayan (Metallurgy1985) created the darkest material at Rice University using carbon nanotubes.
Dr. Bishum Pandey (PhD 1980, mathematics) named as Associate Dean for The Ohio State University at Marion.
Shirish Sathaye (Electronics 1984) is #82 in Forbes Midas list
Tribute to M N Dastur and Sadhan C Dutt (Mechanical 1940’s)
Jagdish C Agarwal (Industrial Chemistry 1945) donates money to Concord Hospital
Shalabh Goyal (Electrical 2002)
Arun Bhatt (CSE 1996)
Alumni News: Laxmikant Kale (Electronics 1977), professor at department of Computer Science, University of Illimois at Urbana-Champaign
Alumni News: Sad Demise of our alumnus Amit Bajpai (CIVIL 1984)
Interview with Prof. R Balasubramaniam
Exhibition in New York for Outsourcing World
Alumni News: Jacob Thomas (Mechanical 1989) joins TEREX as Vice President, Technology.
Alumni News: Pankaj Chandra (Mining 1983) has been appointed as Director of IIM- Bangalore
Alumni News: Indians Develop New Iron Using Ancient Technology
Alumni News: An article on Application Intelligent Networking, by Rakesh Singh (Electrical)
Alumni News: Dr. Anil Bhardwaj (PhD, Physics, 1992, IT-BHU) receives Bhatnagar award
Alumni News: Girija Shukla (Mechanical 1976) appointed as Senior Program Manager by US Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Alumni News: Partha Sengupta (Metallurgy 1980) appointed as Vice President (Corporate Services) of Tata Steel Company
Alumni News: Gautam Mukherjee (Electronics 1988) joins AMD as General Manager, OEM Sales
Alumni News: Pankaj Chandra (Mining 1983) short-listed for Director of IIM-B position
Alumni News: Minocha (Electronics 1987), CEO of TheNext Round
Prof. P. M. Ajayan (Metallurgy 1985) develops flexible battery
Steel Research Centre To Be Set Up In IIT Kharagpur
Surajit Chatterjee (Electronics-1980’s, IT-BHU)
Ajit Singh (Electrical 1985)
Mohan S, Misra (Metallurgy) joining ITN Energy Systems
Vinamra Pandiya (Chemical 2004) runs Mom’s Kitchen
Deepak Hegde (M. Pharm 1993)
Usefulness of RTI Act and NREG Act-by Sandeep Pandey (Mechanical 1886)
Jagadish Shukla (B.Sc Geophysics, BHU 1962)
Dharamveer Arora (Ceramics 2003) starts online venture
Veer Bhadra Mishra appointed
Sunil Bhalla (Mechanical IT-BHU)
Himansu Jain (Physics 1972, BHU) wins Otto Schott research Award
Radha Shelat & Jagadish Bandhole in Evergrid Management
T. K. Bhattacharya (B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering)
Indranil Chatterjee (Mechanical 1997)
Vikram Deswal (Mechanical 1995)
Interview of Mr. Laxmi Chand Singh (Chemical 1968) with Mumbai Mirror
Nikesh Arora (Electrical 1989) at Google Press Day Paris
Gaurav Punir (Electrical 2002) clears UPSC exam
Prof. V K Bansal (Mechanical 1971) of Bansal Classes in media article
Sanjeev Roy (Electrical 1987) has started Bijhar-a social service organisation
L N Narsimhan (Mechanical 1984) in Times of India article
Vanish Talwar (CSE 1999) has following profile set up on Hewlett Packard website in Feb. 2007
Abhijit Avasthi (Metallurgy 1993) interview in Agencyfaqs!
Alumni in News: The fascinating story of Ram Charan our alumnus, a world-class executive constantly on move.
Alumni in News: An article in rediff.com written by by alumnus, Vish Mishra (Electrical 1967)
Akhlesh Lakhtakia (ECE 1979) as distinguished alumni of University of Utah
Aftab Ullah (ECE 1992) leads Kanbays Technology Development and Integration practice
Alumni News: Soiles Bhattacharya (Metallurgy 1974) as Director (Finance) of Steel Authority of India Limited
Alumni News: BHU alumni plan website
Social work article by Manas Maral (ECE1994) in Eenadu (telugu) newspaper
Somesh Singh (Chemical 1978) to head R&D of Vignette
Col S. P. Wahi (former chairman of ONGC) receives Petrotech award
Rakesh Sarin (Chemical 1976) Wrtsil, Helsinki.
Sandeep Pandey's (Mechanical 1986) article in Indian Express about campus politics
Ajay Bagepalli [ CHE ]- Interview published
Sifys former Vice President, Dipan Bhattacharya
Prof. P. Ajayan (Meta 1985) is figured among the group of top 50 people who influenced the world-as published by Scientific American magazine
Rediff interview with Prof. P. Ajayan
Sunil Khanna (ECE 1976) appointed as Managing Director, Emerson Process Management, India
Suresh Sachdev, (Ceramics Engineering), Director, Contract Manufacturing & Procurement Operation, Intel Corporation
Devesh Kapur [CHE 1983] as New Director for U Penns Center for the Advanced Study of India
Hitesh Windlass (Ceramics Engineering) as EVP Group Co-Chair
IT-BHU students receive ASEI Scholarship Award
Shrenik Mehta (Electrical 1978) re-elected Accellera chair
Deepak Pahwa (Electrical 1969) is elected as National President of Indo-American Chamber of Commerce for the year 2006-2007
Abhay Chawla (ECE1987) for Environment campaign
IT-BHU Alumnus joins the team of experts at Maryland University
Satish Kumar Sharma (PhD Electronics, 1997) joins as faculty at San Diego State University, California

Alumni Opinion

Alumni Profile
Raising funds for AID organization-Lakhwinder Singh (Civil 2006) and Ritu Bajpai (Electrical 2006)
Helping victims of Bihar flood-A noble work by Rajesh Ranjan (Mechanical 2003)
Workosaur.com-website for Corporate-level hiring-by Nimish Adani (Chemical 2001)
Vinod Gogoriya (Electrical 2003) COO of Vyom Art Gallery, Jaipur
Shubham Basu (Ceramics 2002) writes about Outdoor experience

Alumni Projects
Bangalore Chapter plans Scholarships for Students
Student Center project planned
Council of Representatives to be formed
Alumni association has filed for tax-exempt status with US government
Update on new Alumni Association
Bylaws adopted
FAQ about Alumni Association
Bank Account Created for Alumni projects
New Alumni Association formed
Itbhuglobal.org declared as official website
European Chapter of IT-BHU Alumni Association formed
Successful Alumni projects
Invitation for 2008 alumni award
The fun website “Fattebaz” launched by Abhishek Khanna (Mechanical 2007)
Start-up co-founded by IT-ians
Alumni Project: Launching of Svechha Organization
ITBHU.org : 5500 Registrations and Counting
ITBHU.org registration crosses 5,000 mark
ITBHU.org launches a JOBS forum !!
IT-BHU in Co-op Google Search
Aatmic Science website
Wi-Fi project update
Wi-Fi project update
Wifi Project-Profile of a mega donor
Prof. Sukumar Bandopadhyay (Mining 1970) named Dean of UAF (University of Alaska at Fairbanks) School of Mineral Engineering
Samir Roy, (B. Pharma, 1980) appointed as VP of New River Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Rajiv Shukla (Pharma 1997) has been appointed as vice-president, head of business development and marketing of Advinus Therapeutics
Sandeep Pandey (Mechanical 1986) rediscovers Gandhi
Rajeev Bajaj (Chemical 1989) is the Geek Rhythm
Mr. Sudarshan Maini (Mechanical, in 1950s) for the degree of DOCTOR OF TECHNOLOGY, honoris causa.
Mr. Pradeep Rohatgi (Metallurgical graduate) carries out pioneer work in the field of foundry process.
An article Higher education-Planning for shortages? in Business Standard
Sanjeev Agrawal, President Marketing, Pantaloon Retail India Ltd
Ajit Singh, Ph. D. President, Siemens Oncology Care Systems Group
Manu Vora [CHE 1968] receives business and quality awards
Anil Chakravarthy [CSE] - Symantec's New VP of India Technical Operations
Satinath Sarangi [M.Tech MET 1978] honoured for his social work
Wi-Fi project update
Mega donors for Wi-Fi project
Profile:Dr. S.N. Sarbadhikari [ PHD 1995] says - "Bioinformatics education needs to be revamped"
Profile of an executive-cum-entrepreneur: Interview with Rohan Narse [Mech 1987]
Abhay Chawla [ECE 1987]- Our alumnus in social work
WiFi Project Updates
$10000 Matching Grant for Wifi Project
IIMT:Proposed School of Engineering looking for academic talent
Sanjay Govil (CIV 1981) appointed as CIO, Kanbay International
Santosh Kumar (CSE 1998) receives SBC Presidential award
Rajeev Bajaj (CHE 1987) releases a CD called Geek Rhythms
Prof. P Rama Rao (M. Pharm 1979), Director, NIPER (National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research)
Profile: In the line of duty - Abhishek Dixit [ECE 01] joins IPS
Dr. Banmali Rawat (1968 EEE) appointed as Editor-In-Chief for a new International online Journal [Microwave and Optical Technology]
A post-card from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, New York
The Chronicle completes one year!
Hostel Wifi Project: Latest Updates
Attiganal N. Sreeram joins Dow Chemical Comany as VP, Core R&D
Anand S. Iyer [ECE '88] appointed as CEO of Jobstreet.com, India
Amanjyot Johar [EEE 01] selected as Swartz Fellow for Entrepreneurship
Hostel Wifi Project: Latest Updates
Hostel Wi-Fi Project: Frequently Asked Questions
Hostel Wifi Project: List of Fundraisers
Alumni Guest House @ IT - Inaugruated
Gopal Krishna (ECE 1988) - Profile of an Entrepreneur and Angel Investor
Information: Board of Directors, ITBHU.org
Hostels connectivity/Wi-Fi internet project (Hostel WiFi project) -An Overview
Hostel Wi-Fi Project: An appeal for donation - by Ujj Nath
Hostel Wi-Fi Project-Technical Details
Hostel Wi-Fi project-Frequently Asked Questions
Dr. Venkatesh awarded with The National Mineral Award - 2004 in Mining Technology
Dr. V. K. Raina [CIV '61] invited by Pakistan Government for a Seminar
A man with a mission: A biography of Dr. P.R. Pabrai (PHE - 1946)
IT students meet with President
Update on the IIT front
Indian scientist stars in nanotech success
Dr. Manu Vora (Chemical 1968) to receive ASQ�s 2005 Lancaster Medal
Felicitation of Mr. Rajendra Pratap Singh (Mechanical 1969) by Alumni Association
Press Note: Music release of 'Banaras: A mystic love story'
Update on the IIT front
Alumni in the news
Interview with ex-IIT-JEE chairman Prof. Idichandy: �Why the IIT-JEE pattern was changed�
S. K. Sharma [CHE 1963] becomes the Chairman of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board
J.C.Pandey - �Journey from grassroots to the summit�
Banaras, a Mystic Love Story
Saurabh Puri [MIN '03] receives prestigious AIME scholarship
Amit Pandey [MIN '03] - receives ASEIO award
Bhasker Gupta [CHE '03] : Correspondent for "Rock Street Journal"
Alumni in Public Services.
IT-BHU bloggers
IT-BHU alumnus a victim of RPF brutalities at Bangalore
IT-BHU Chronicle Group.
Om Tiku appointed as VP-Engineering, Meru Networks
Srinivas Palakodeti will be the new CFO of Sahara One
Sambit Rath, 4th year Mec, writes in ET
Amit Govil [ECE 1992] joins the Borad of Directors at Kinapse
Blogs & Websites
Tech veteran turns filmmaker
Dr. Bharadwaj (APP '82), finds X-rays from the rings of Saturn
Nikesh Arora : Vice-President of European Operations, Google
Update: Hostel Wi-Fi Internet connectivity project
Library Automation Project [LAP] inaugurated

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BHU News
Big Bang test puts Indian scientists (including BHU) on global map
Era Infra bags Rs 52.5cr contract to revamp IMS at Banaras Hindu University
Banaras Hindu University (Science Faculty) to allow students to see checked answer books
Modi Award for Prof. T. V. Ramakrishnan, Banaras Hindu University
Prof. Chintamani Rao, M. Sc. (1953) from BHU
School of Life sciences at BHU soon
Sameer Kapoor joins NDTV as CEO
BHU sets up anti-ragging panel
Dr. Panjab Singh leaves as Vice-Chancellor of Banaras Hindu University
New BHU V-C wants 'peace education' in curriculum
BHU doctor gets national patent for hip bone fracture surgery
Jagadish Shukla (B.Sc. Geophysics 1962) receives IMO Award
BHU Alumni meet held on March 09, 2008
BHU Convocation
BHU 90th convocation held on March 15, 2008
Two decades of PG teaching in biotechnology in India
Kalam asks BHU students to clean up Ganga
Make BHU a global brand, Kalam tells professors
Dr. Betti Baumer, Varanasi's Mrs. India
More funds for Ayurveda department
Biotech at BHU stands 9th in Cybermedia Survey
BHU gifts audio CDs to visually impaired students
International Cell Constituted At BHU
BHU To have FST Centre
University Rector Prof. S Lele has resigned.
Earn while you learn at BHU
More about Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya
Artistic impressions!
ITBHU News:chemical engineering department develops natural colours for sarees
BHU News: News about Institute of Medical Sciences
BHU News: News about Institute of Medical Sciences
BHU News: Interesting news about BHU
BHU News: A P J Abdul Kalam to teach at BHU
BHU News: Kalam to deliver lecture at BHU
BHU News: A chair for late Jagjivan Ram inaugurated
BHU News: Herbal cure for Hepatitis B from botanical garden of BHU
BHU News: Popularise science among youths
BHU News: BHU to fuel advanced research via 'Indo-US umbrella'
BHU News: BHU submits Rs.3,100 cr plan to HRD Ministry
BHU News: India to become third largest economy by 2035-seminar at BHU
BHU News: University at Buffalo, BHU sign exchange programme
BHU signs MoU with University at Buffalo, New York
India to be ready with hydrogen energy for transport sector by 2020
BHU bans soft drinks from the campuses at Varanasi and Mirzapur
BHU library starts manuscripts preservation project
Radiotherapy course at BHU
BHU develops metal for revolutionising defence technology
Not Bihar, it's UP all the way in civil services
Dr. K.C. Chakrabarty is PNBs New CMD
BHU in News: IMS-BHU to be upgraded to AIIMS level
BHU in News: BHU scientists develop aerogel
BHU in News: HIV positive couple wed in Uttar Pradesh
BHU Convocation
Speech of Vice-President Bhairon Singh Shekhawat at BHU convocation
Political leaders who studied at BHU
Asthma fully controllable, says expert
Nanotube filters by Banaras Hindu University
BHU News: 500 m suffer from kidney diseases
BHU News: Women rally against domestic violence
Experts highlight importance of Vedas
All hotels, inns booked in the city
BHU in inter-university competition
BHU bags national varsity title after 58 yrs
BHU-Taiwanese varsities tie-up likely
Books are mirror of the society
Ravidas Jayanti celebrated with fervour
People must participate equally for pluralistic society
BHU alumni to celebrate founders day
Growth of science depends on social milieu: Menon
Lakhs of devotees throng Shiva shrines in Varanasi
Spandan-07: Cultural events entertain
Medicos lodge novel protest
Expert: VAT cheaper for lung-related disorder
BHU docs go on indefinite strike
Karan: Set up trauma centres on NHs
2006: Mixed bag for BHU
BHU to introduce M.Sc Tech
V-C promises Malviya Heritage Complex
Increase investment in farm sector: ICAR
Update on 3rd International BHU Alumni Meet on Jan 6-7, 2007 (IBAM 2007)
Interview with Prof. D.P.Singh
Astronomical calculations in ancient India
National conference on Pediatrics at IMS-BHU
BHU caught in UP political crossfire
Caste System Outdated- lecture on India and the Constitution
Religion being misinterpreted- seminar on Changing Faces of Terrorism to Religious Fundamentalism
SC notice to President as Visitor of BHU
50 % languages to vanish in 50 yrs
Understanding IPR need of the hour: VC
Modern civilisation has weakened religion
University registrar receives RTI shock
International Tractor to foray into car-making
N-tragedy affects generations: Expert
Vision document of BHU
Gender difference must go: Experts
Dr Radharani Chaudhury, the first woman to receive a doctorate degree in Economics in the country
A news item about inauguration of South Campus of BHU at Mirzapur
Arjun disappoints students
Ustad Bismillah Khan dies, aged 90
Students demand restoration of union
Quit India: 64 years & the flame lives on

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RGMA-09 seminar in the Department of Mining Engineering-announcement
Prof. N. K. Mukhopadhyay appointed as member of Commission on Aperiodic Crystal
Prof. Kak (Electronics Engineering dept) appointed as VC of Meerut University
Mr. Sandeep Kumar Garg (CSE, PhD student) presented paper at International Conference Paris under DST funding

Campus Reports
RAWM-09 seminar in the Department of Chemical Engineering
IT-Kholu- Interview with Arvind Mohan (AIR-1542)

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Dalai Lama visits Sarnath
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New Year in different languages
A rare material and a surprising weapon
Aishwarya Rai and Abhisek Bacchan in Varanasi Temple
Chronicle helpline
Varanasi - city of Kashivishwanath Golden Temple
Bangalore latest Indian city to dump English name
Chronicle Helpline
Chronicle Extra: Towards mindless disaster

Chronicle Special
Special report: Opulence 2008
Special report: Metallo seminar at IIT-K-report
Metallo-2007 Seminar organized at IIT-Kanpur (7-10 December, 2007)
Prime Minister’s Independence day Speech
Engineering college rankings are out
About college rankings
Rankings by India Today
Rankings by Outlook India
Rankings by Dataquest
Announcement: Chemical Departments new magazine
Alumni blog started by Amanjyot Singh Johar (Electrical 2001)
KASHI UTKARSH and appeal for help
59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress (IPC) 2007 at BHU-Pharmacy Dept.

Cultural and other Events at ITBHU
Prastuti-2008 Report
59th IPC Congress at Pharmacy Department
Announcement: List of upcoming campus events-2008
Jhankaar Leaves IT Immersed in Music
Tech-Quila competition
The Faccha Skit
Opulence Kicks off with Pragyan
First Yearites Announce Themselves, Quite Literally
IT-BHU Theatre The Net Gain Story
Kashi Utkarsh: 3 slum students selected in Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalaya examinations
Lucky�s concert a superabundance of melody
Creativity showcased at fashion pageant
Kavi sammelan kicks off IT-BHU youth festival
DILIP CHHABRIA AT TECHNEX
IT-BHU: the new Spandan champions
Papers galore at COMET
IT gets the first taste of THEATRE-LIT fusion
OPULENCE ��..creative extravagance unleashed
Toolika
Technex
KashiYatra
Jhankaar
Abhivyakti

Editorial
ITBHUGlobal is the official website of IT-BHU community
Coming changes in format and issue date for chronicle
Invitation to students for sharing their experiences during summer internship
Conversion of IT-BHU to IIT-Official update
From Editor's desk
Chronicle completes 3 years.
List of IITs
From editor's desk
About ITBHUGlobal website
HRD Ministry's PowerPoint presentation about conversion of IT-BHU to IIT
Article about IITs in news media:
From the editor's desk
Government announces conversion of IT-BHU to IIT
FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) about conversion of IT-BHU to IIT-BHU
Why we opted for an IIT status?
IIT-BHU announced, what next?
Campaign for IIT status in published media
Beware of internet scam
From the editor's desk
Sad demise of Dr. Yogesh Mohan, Reader in Pharmaceutics department
Appeal for help by Prof. R. S. Srivastava
Tribute to Dr. Yogesh Mohan by Anand Srivastava, Reader in Pharmaceutics dept
ITBHUGlobal.org website partners with a3tel.com
Sad demise of our alumnus Yeshvir Singh (Mining 1967)
From the editor's desk
Sad news about Dr. Surendra Kumar (Chemical)
From the editor’s desk
Happy New Year to our readers
From the editor’s desk
Chronicle to be published on new website
From the editor’s desk
Editorial: Chronicle to be published on new website
Editorial: Pulse! newsletter is online
From the editor’s desk
Announcement: New website launched by alumni organization
Announcement: Chronicle to be published from new website
From the editor’s desk
Searching Chronicle issue
From the editor�s desk
From the editors desk
Chronicle completes 2 years
Frequently Asked Questions about Chronicle
Chronicle announcement- new sections
From the editors desk
Sad Demise of Prof. Rama N. Singh (Applied Physics dept.)
Obituary for Prof. Rama N. Singh
IT BHU Chronicle: April'07 edition
From the editors desk
From the editors desk
Announcement-Reverberations magazine invites articles!
Announcement: Chronicle needs volunteers
From the editors desk
Announcement-Reverberations magazine invites articles!
Tributes to Shiva (ECE 1991)
From the editors desk
From the editors desk
Sad demise of our alumnus, N.S.Sivaramakrishnan (Electronics, 1991)
Remembering Satyendra Dubey
Documentary on Satyendra Dubey is produced
From the editors desk
Sad news- N. S. Sivaramakrishnan (ECE 1991) - suffering from Lung Cancer
Diwali & Eid Greetings to our readers
From the editors desk

Faculty in news
Dr. A. P Harsha (Mechanical Engineering Dept.) joins Newcastle University as Research Fellow.
Dr. A. P. Harsha (Reader, Mechanical Dept.) receives RAE Award.
Sad news about Dr. Surendra Kumar (Chemical)
Faculty News: Prof. Devendra Kumar (Ceramic Engineering) visits Tata Steel
Faculty News: Prof. N K Mukhopadhyay (Metallurgy) receives MSRI Medal for the year 2008.
Faculy News: Dr. Pradeep Srivastava (Biochemical Engineering Dept.) receives Biotechnology Overseas Associateship Award
Faculty News: Dr. P. K. Mishra selected as an Expert for Technology Angel
Article in Asia Miner magazine by the faculty members of Mining Engineering Department
Govt. to ask OBC teacher quota
Faculty in News: Prof. N. K. Mukhopadhyay selected as a FULL Professor of Physical Metallurgy
Faculty news
Prof. P. K. Singh, Department of Civil Engineering gave speech at AISSQ-2006 at Puri, Orissa
Professor of Pharmaceutical dept. in the list of Whos Who
Dr. R C Gupta; Professor and Head, Department of Metallurgical Engineering, appointed as a member of Selection Committee for GurukulJyoti Award.

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IT-BHU Conversion to IIT-Official Update
Chronicle format-new features added
Miscellaneous Notes
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IT-BHU conversion to IIT -Official Update
Chronicle in new format

IIEST Update
News summary about conversion of IT-BHU into IIT
IITs to teach humanities too
IITs to double fees from next session
CUSAT to be upgraded as IIEST
Govt. yet to announce additional IITs
Bengal Engineering College has been declared as IIEST
IT-BHU and IIEST
New VC backs Cusat upgrade
IIEST Update: HRD Ministry allays fears over IIESTs
IIEST Update: BESU, CUSAT rejects setting up of IIESTs using NIT Act
IIEST Update:IIT extension centers allowed
IIEST Update: Cusat to be made IIEST
IIEST Update: IIT, IIM opening in Bihar may be delayed
IIEST Update: Central govt. going ahead with IIEST

IIT News Update
IIT news in brief
IIT council chairman (Prof. CNR Rao) cries foul
Error in IIT JEE but too late
IITs stare at ID change - Panel moots converting tech schools to universities
JEE has become obsolete
JEE fails to get the best: IIT dons
More seats, IIT cut-offs drop
IIT news in brief
Engineering students not opting for higher education: Study
Govt. announces setting up of new IITs, including converting IT-BHU to IIT
New Girls' only IIT planned for Amravati, Maharashtra
Faculty quota to be introduced at IITs
Classes delayed at new IITs
Select IITs news in brief
IIT-JEE results announced
More news about new IITs
Suicide by students at IIT-Kanpur
IIT-Bombay cuts back on foreign internships
IIT for girls' only planned
IITs, IIMs may not get numbers for OBC quota seats
IIT-D follows IIT-B step to restrict internet use
Govt. approves doubling of fee in IITs

In This Issue
In this issue

Interviews
Interview with Govindan Ramu (Metallurgy 1990), Chief Architect of midcareers.com
Interview with Sridhar Manthani (Electronics 1982) Director of NVIDIA
Interview with Biplav Misra (Metallurgy 2002) co-founder of IndusMinds.com
Arun Tangri (CSE 2006) for Sankalp Foundation
Shiv Shankar Kedia (Mechanical 1975) working with Surlin Consultants for recruitment, training and web services

IT Compass: News from the Institute
Pallab Bhattacharya (PhD student, Biomedical Engineering) to participate at University of Oxford seminar
Phani Kumar V. V. and Geete Sagar Deodas (3rd year Mining students) wins Agilent competition.
Seminar for VLSI/ASIC (Pragyan) held at campus on Feb 21 & 22
Report on IT-BHU Convocation
Meeting of Institution of Engineers (India) on campus
Solaris Workshop at Campus
IT-BHU to set up TBI
Report on Opulence 2008
IT-BHU collaboration with ISRO
Opulence-08
Opulence-08
59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress at Department of Pharmaceutics, IT-BHU.
Interview with Dr. HP Tipnis, President, 59th IPC Congress
More news about 59th Indian Pharma Congress
Campus News: Freshers’ Dance Competition
Announcement: National Seminar on Fertilizer Technology at Chemical Dept.
IIT-JEE 2007-an overview
Admission to IT-BHU for the academic year 2007-2008
2007 admission statistics
First Among Equals-Deepesh Reja
Freshers’ Nite 2007
IT-BHU blogs on BlogPane
Technex-08 (November 2007)
Orientation program for freshers
Students news
Institute news
Library News
Class of 1976 contributes books to library
News update from Library
Gyanesh Pandey (Electrical 1999) to start Math Gurukul program in patna
Impetus Plans To Recruit 300 Engineering Graduates
Examination Results available inline
New listing of M. Tech courses
From the Institute: Conferring Degrees and Awards on 20th IT Convocation day
From the Institute: Director asks for more alumni involvement as faculty calls for IT Convocation Day
Special report on Convocation
Directors invitation for IT-BHU convocation
Abhivyakti Wins All Hearts
Campus News: Prof. CNR Rao Comes to IT-BHU
Campus News: All India Seminar on Future Scenario of Energy
Announcement: Pravaah 2007
The video of performance during Jhankar festival at IT-BHU at:
Pragyan-the workshop series
IT takes IIT KGP by Storm
Campus roundup-Technex 07, etc., etc.
Opulence: Annual Management Fest ITBHU - A Report
PraGyaN: Workshop's by alumni during Opulence 2007
MoU signed between Tata Consultancy Services and IT-BHU
BHU International Alumni Meet -Report
Now submit your semester fees via SBI ATMs
Digital literacy to be developed by IT-BHU as a lead institute
IEEE International Conference to be held in cooperation with IT-BHU
Prof. N. K. Mukhopadhyay: A postcard from Far East
Online lecture Notes
Partial listing of M. Tech. 1st year students (2006-2007)
Mining students receive highest pay-package
IT Library on the move
Fresher's Night '06
Prastuti 2006- 2007 : Announcement
Kholu 2010 Batch [ JEE topper 2006] - Richa Gupta
2006 Programs and Students Enrollment
IIT-JEE 2006 Statistics
Orinentation for Freshers
Latest from Industry Institute Partnership Cell (IIPC)
New Academic Year starts ...
Dr. O. N. Singh: New HoD of Applied Physics
IT BHU faculty members awarded Bharat Jyoti award
MHRD Grant for infrastructure upgrade
IT-BHU signs pact for R & D collaboration with Moser Baer India Limited
Interview: Mr. Deepak Puri, CEO, Moser Baer India Ltd
Interview: Dr. Dhananjai Pandey
Dr. N. K. Mukhopadhyay to visit Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
IMG launches Institute's new website
Dr. B. N. Dwivedi [APP] receives National Award
Book on Geosynthetics published by Dr. S. K. Shukla [CIV]
Dr. Satyabrata Jit [ECE] & Dr. Yogesh Sharma [APC] receive the INSA Visiting Fellowship
Update on IIT front
A student entrepreneur needs your help
National Convention on Environmental Engineering held on April 7 in IT BHU
Electrical Engineering Dept. organises Prastuti 2006
Metallurgy Society: Annual seminar and Metallurgy Day celebrations
Paper Presentation Contest organised by Institute of Engineers
�Pen down� in IT-BHU against quota move
Application available for post-graduate courses
Blasts that rocked our beloved Varanasi
A news item in NDTV.com �BHU students maintain secular tradition
Convocation speech by the President
Kalam confers degrees on 29
IT BHU Guest House
Conference Updates: Power System Operation in Deregulated Regime (PSODR)
Seminar on �Catalysis for Energy� at Chemical Engineering Dept., IT-BHU.
Social work done by Kashi Utkarsh Samiti-update
Entrepreneur awareness camp
Abhishek Khanna [MEC 07] reports in JAMMAG
BHU to introduce one-year diploma in entrepreneurship
Banaras Hindu University to start PG Diploma in Information Technology
Kashi Utkarsh inaugurates Utkarsh Bhawan
IT-BHU and social work
ITBHU at �Antaragni-05�
OPULENCE-2006 : An event that promises�.
Physics Prof. T. V. Ramakrishnan of Banaras Hindu University wins International Trieste prize
Prof. S. N. Upadhyay, Director IT BHU receives UP Ratna award
Dr. Rajeev Prakash: Reader at School of Material Science) receives INAE Young Engineer Award
Professor S.N. Ojha awarded R.H.Kulkarni fellowship
Indian Concrete Institute celebrates �CONCRETE DAY�
Conference Report: �Rapidly Quenched and Metastable Materials� - (RQ12) Jeju, Korea
KASHI UTKARSH: striving for a beautiful world for all ..
SPIC MACAY: Upholding the glorious tradition
IT Gymhkhana - Office Bearers
LITERATI: A literary club, finally !!
Litrary 'Armageddon': blazing start to litrary club activities
Fest Time is approaching �..
Fachcha's on a roll
The Weekend that was .. !!
Faculty Openings in BHU
Placement News: August
Workshops - looking down a hole !!
TAC gets rolling, and in a BIG way !!
SPIC MACAY: Virasat 2005
Fachchas hold �SWAY�
Freshers� Night:
Hello World: IT Hostels are now online
The new and improved .. . Workshops !!
AIR information IT BHU
Welcome !! O Fachchas ...
First amongst the First Yearites - The Institute Kholu
The new academic year starts ...
This is how toppers grit it out�.
On the IIT front
IT gets a new Director
On the IIT front
ITBHU introduces new Post-Graduate Dual Degree courses

ITBHU News
Teach India: Are teachers happy?
Institute needs Rs. 427 crores for becoming an IIT
IT-BHU to be upgraded to IIT
IT-BHU to be converted into an IIT
IT-BHU welcomes announcement
Dr. S. N. Upadhyay attended conference on environment
Convocation for the Class of 2007 at IT-BHU
Government funding for TBI at IT-BHU
ITBHU News: Academic delegation from Switzerland visits BHU
ITBHU News: IT-BHU students get Management Scholarship
IT-BHU News: Budding technocrats join Kashiyatra-07
Linear metro ideal for India
5 Australian varsities seek tie-up with IITs
Metallurgy in ancient India was advanced
Civil engineering has a bright future
Japanese engineer to visit IT-BHU today
Entrepreneurship helps develop flexibility
Various events organised during Opulence-07
Cloning useful for brain damage treatment, says DNA scientist
IIT Alumni Help To Poor Students
Rural Students Have Enormous Talent
Experts to study impact of enamel paint on Kashi Vishwanath temple
Prof. SN Upadhyay [Director, ITBHU] speech on 'Contribution of Bio-Technology in Environment Management and Development of Bio-Energy'
Prof. Veer Bhadra Mishra: We are defensive against terrorism
Placement News: Tech students gets lucrative job offers
Placement News: Cognizant scouts campuses in hiring drive
MoU with DST, GoI for promoting entrepreneurial activities
BHU pushes for IIT status for IT
IITs cancel seats allotment
For IIT upgrade, an alternative road map
IT-BHU is placed 8th in DataQuest survey
IT-BHU ranked 8th in Outlook India survey
BHU: Sports
State Bank of India to provide loan to IT-BHU students
IT-BHU ranked 9th in India Today survey
BHU to upgrade academic activities, infrastructure
Intake of IIT-JEE: Question raised in Parliament
Seminar: crisis of drinking water from river Ganga
Seminar on Sensor networks at IEEE center, Allahabad
Prof. Subir Kundoo says Bridge gap between technology, industry needs
IT BHU Scientist to be involved in Space Mission
National Assessment and Accreditation Council visits IT-BHU
Seminar: Study of rocks - Metallurgical Engineering Dept., IT-BHU
IT-BHU student discusses ethics education
Vishwakarma of Banaras Hindu University- by V Sundaram
BHU-IT students complain against �callousness� of docs
Preparations on for president�s visit
Kalam to address BHU convocation
Rock mechanics efficient tool in mineral extraction
EU boost to clean Ganga efforts
Hydrogen-driven cars in India by 2007
BHS students excel at BHU�s Technex
Panel to assign IIT grade to institutes
Govt. team to visit IT
VC, BHU hints at IIT conversion.
Prof. Veer Bhadra Mishra (Civ) covered in 'People and Planet' magazine
IT BHU gains entry into Wikipedia
The march of the new IITs
Mrs Rekha Seal [EEE '73], Ethics Counselor TISCO
News : IITs, IIMs in expansion mode.
News : Wanna join IIT ? Go to Varanasi first.
News: Candidates� market
News: BHU to transform itself into centre of excellence.
Rediff report on Dataquest-IDC-NASSCOM Survey
Reforming the Joint Entrance Examination system
Interested in an integrated B Tech-M Tech course?
Merrill Lynch official moves to Carlyle
Top grad student streamlines microwave design
Pharmacy in India - At crossroads
BHU will work for Purvanchal's development: V-C
Hindustan Times dated May 28, 2005
Rediff.com dated May 25, 2005
Rediff.com dated May 23, 2005
Times of India dated April 26, 2005
The Hindu dated April 04. 2005
Rediff.com dated March 23, 2005
Times of India dated March 05, 2005

Miscellaneous
Mypopkorn.com for Lalu's blog
About EarthCam
Conferences: HiPC 2008 Issues Call for Participation
What ails AMU? -Scholarly article by Rashid Hasan
Chronicle corrections
Special Report: About SS Bhatnagar award
Special Report: 59th Indian Pharmaceutical Congress at Dept. of Pharmaceutics
Special Report: Mahamana Malviya Mission at New Delhi
IIEST Update
IIEST Update: Andhra Pradesh state govt. wants doubling of seats for both the colleges
IIEST Update: BESU to get Rs 70 cr for upgrade
IIEST Update - A new IIT is planned for Himachal Pradesh
Supreme Court rules against OBC quota
Science & Technology Report
NITs are declared as INI
IIEST Bill may be passed soon
Update on IIEST front
IIEST news
Correction to BEC website
Correction to past issue
Bengal Engineering College holds press-conference to demand upgrade to IIEST
Update on IIEST front
IIEST updates: Tirade over upgrade
IIEST Update: Report on Science and Technology Education
IIEST Updates: Orissa will get an IIT
SC rejects plea for early hearing
Update on IIEST front
HRD ministry letter to state for Besu handover
Update on IIEST front
Update on IIEST front
Turmeric wards off Alzheimer's, cancer
Reverberations ... the Phoenix has risen!!
Tributes to Shiva (ECE 1991)
Update on IIT Front
Update on IIEST front
Alumni in Social services
Alumni in Social Services
NCC can be a fun- Interview with Colonel (Retd.) Satish Dewan
Update on IIEST front
Sad demise of our alumnus, N. Bipin Kumar (Mechanical 1985)
Alumni Association wishes our teachers on teachers day
Chronicle Corrections!
Update on IIT front
IIEST-Article in Rediff.com
Readers' Feedback
From the editors desk
Brief biography of Prof. Prasad Khastgir
Tribute to Prof. Khastgir (APP Physics dept.) and Prof. Patnaik (Pharmacy dept.)
Update on IIT front
IT-BHU Vision Document
Chronicle helpline
Readers' Feedback
From the editors desk
SAD NEWS- IT-BHU lost faculty members
Tribute to Faculty members
Readers FeedBack
Acknowledgements
About The ITBHU Chronicle
Readers Feedback
Acknowledgements
Readers� Feedback
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Acknowledgements
Reader's Feedback
Acknowledgements
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Acknowledgements
Hostel Allocation for Academic Year 2005/2006
Feedback on July Edition
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements

National Education News
Country's first tribal varsity in MP
CUSAT conversion to IIEST-Vice-Chancellor takes a U-turn
Doctor? That doesn't impress me much
Education Update for India-by World Education Services
HRD Ministry changes NIT admission process
CUSAT says no to IIEST status
UGC to set up 14 World Class Universities
Wider Horizons-about Indian Institute of Space Technology
South Asian University coming up in New Delhi
3-year B. Sc. Course to be replaced with 4-year BS course in India
Rise in Indian students going to US
India to upgrade higher education
A Project Report (dated August 2006) entitled, "Setting up of New Indian Institutes of Technology" Submitted to Planning Commission by HRD Ministry
Now learn at IIT through distance education
UP cabinet gives nod to IIT, IISc level institutes
Apex Court upholds 27 pc quota for OBCs
Also read the following FAQ
Government to set up more IITs, IIMs and Central Universities
Getting into Engineering college will be easier
CAT to be held online from November 2009: IIM
IGNOU to start a center in BHU
About MBA entrance tests
Online education takes off in India
IITs move to give more flexibility to students
IIT Bombay students design micro satellite
IIT-B to beam classes live nationwide
National Education News:Over two lakh students appear for CAT
National Education News
Govt. plans for more institutes for higher education
MBBS course will now 6 � years long
Indian Engineering degrees will be credited abroad
Centre to set up 30 more central universities

Notes

Obituary
Sad demise of Mr. Madan Mohan Tiwari (Electronics 1973)
Sad demise of Mr. Anil Kumar (M. Tech. 2nd year Biomedical Engineering)
The hours before Anil Kumar died
Sad demise of Mr. Arun Mani (Metallurgy 1984)
Tributes from classmates and other alumni
Sad demise of Mr. Rahul Singh (B. Tech. 2nd year Metallurgical Engineering)
We received the following information from Praharsh Sharma, 2nd year Electronics

Opinion
Review of the bollywood movie "A Wednesday"-by Pramod Joshi (Electronics 1979)
"I am the tree of ...."- Poetry-by Pramod Joshi (Electronics 1979)
About Google Chrome Browser-Review by Abhishek Khanna (Mechanical 2007)
Following a first yearite at 'Gamchha' (IT Girls' Hostel)
IIT-JEE: Untold Story
The Decline And Coming Fall Of US Hegemony-by Amb. (Rtd.) K. Gajendra Singh (Electrical 1958)
Early Pioneers of IT-BHU
Nostalgia
Entry of big players in Indian retail market
Embedded Systems take off!!!
Tribute to legendary music director O P Nayyar (1926-2007)
Opinion: Did Ram really exist? –A government created controversy.
Social networking websites leading to the road of millionaires

Photo Gallery
Financial crisis on Wall Street America: Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy; Merrill Lynch acquired by Bank of America
Flood in Bihar
U.S. government seizes two mortgage giants
Book published: "Top 10 of everything"
Largest Cities
White night on Mars
Where Chittahs Roam
2008 Olympic Games in China
Russia invades neighbouring Georgia
Dressing for movie stars
"Nurse" painting by Louis Vuitton
See Walt Disney World in 3D
Dubailand PowerPoint show
Amarnath Yatra PowerPoint show
Field Marshall Sam Manekshaw is dead
Long-lost Vivaldi opera to play in Prague after 278-year hiatus
World's first billion dollar home (of Mukesh Ambani in Bombay
Earthquake in China-70,000 dead
Cyclone in Burma (Myanmar)-Up to 130,000 may be dead
An elephant paints a remarkable self-portrait
Pirates seize a French luxury yacht and rescue mission by French commandos
First-ever oil paintings found in Afghanistan
India's PSLV-C9, carrying ten satellites, blasts off from Sriharikota
Collapse of Bear Sterns
Violence in Tibet
Tata Motors buys Jaguar- Land Rover
Indian Post releases a stamp on Madhubala
Shah Rukh Khan at Berlin Film festival
The Holy Way
What makes us Rich-People and Attitude
Swiss Car Lets Motorists Drive Underwater
Fidel Castro steps down in Cuba
Tata’s Nano car
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh visits China
The great face of Mural Mosaic (Impression art)
Photo Gallery: Enlightening the mind
Photo Gallery: Fun time
Photo Gallery: Indian Crocket Teams at ICL Twenty 20 tournament
Photo Gallery: Narain Karthikeyan wins A1 Grand Prix at Zhuhai, China
Photo Gallery: The Art of Being Well-by Dr. Drauzio Varella
A Russian sings Hindi songs
Demolition video of a Las Vegas Hotel
Photo Gallery: Fun On the Net-A unique website
Photo Gallery: Photo bucket for millions of photos
Photo Gallery: Mrs. Sonia Gandhi visits Tsinghua University in China
Photo Gallery: Photo Gallery section on itbhuglobal.org
Photo Gallery: Chak De India-in sports and games
Photo Gallery: Dharmendra-Hema Malini together again
Lawn Chair Balloonist Flies 193 Miles
Actress becomes world's favourite blogger
An amazing Clock!
The year 1857-first freedom struggle
Draculas castle for sale
Worlds oldest running automobile (1884) for sale
Taj Mahal selected among seven new wonders
Uploading of video on YouTube
Battle at Kruger YouTube Video
Photo Gallery

Profiles
Interview with Dr. Kewal Krishan Nohria (Electrical 1954)
Interview with Mr. Satish Duggal (Mechanical 1970) - Founder and President of Twin Tier Hospitality
Interview with Iqbal Ahmed-the world famous modeling engineer
Crusader for Change-Profile of K C Agrawal (Electrical 1974)
Caring for victims of Bhopal gas tragedy- Interview with Sathyu Sarangi
Interview with Prof. Pankaj Chandra, Director of IIM Bangalore
Profile: Interview with Dr. Anil Bhardwaj, winner of S S Bhatnagar award
Interview with Prof. T. K. Bhattacharya (Mechanical 1967)
Interview with Indranil Chatterjee (Mechanical 1997)
Anil Chakravarthy - (CSE 1989) - VP, India Technical Operations, Symantec Corporation
Concern for Rural Education-Interview with Abhay Chawla (Electronic 1987)
Interview with Shiv Shukla (Chemical 1986)
Profile: Passion for social work-An interview with Magsaysay Award winner Dr. Sandeep Pandey (Mechanical 1986)
Interview with Mr. Deepak Pahwa [EEE 1969]
Interview with Jaishankar Narayanan (Chemical 1992)
Interview with Prof. T. A. Abinandanan
Rajeev Bajaj (CHE 1987) - Entrepreneur with a different beat
Profile: Dr. Parmeshwari Dayal [MET 1939]-Down the memory lane
Profile: Nikesh Arora [EEE 1989]- The Heart of Googles hum in Europe
Sanjay Govil (Civil 1981)-Meet Chief Technology Officer and entrepreneur
Mohan Kumar (ECE 1984)-The man behind Texas Instruments & Motorola in India

Publication News
Suresh Tiwari (Mechanical 1982) receives Hindi Academy Awards
Vikram Karve (Electronics 1977) publishes a book on Food
The publication of "The Mind and The Invisible Quest" by Pavan Raina (Chemical 1976)
Dr Krishna Gopal Bhatia (Civil 1964) published a book "Foundation for Industrial Machines - Handbook for Practicing Engineers".
Publication of a scientific study by the faculty of IT-BHU
Prof. R. Balasubramaniam (Metallurgy 1984) publishes "The Saga of Indian Cannons"
Prof. Vijay K Garg (Civil 1960) published a book on “Wireless Communications and Networking".
Publication news: Dr. S. Jit (Electronic Engineering Dept.) coauthors a textbook on electronics devices and circuits
Publications: Shubham Basu’s (ceramics 2002) Book Published
Publications: Civil Engineering Manual published by Dr. Virindra Kumar Raina (Civil 1961)
Publication news
Santosh Ojha (Metallurgy 1985) writes about his visit to Pakistan in Deccan Herald
Dr. S. N. Sarbadhikari (PhD Biomedical engineering, 1995)
Samir K. Srivastava (Electrical 1989)
Shubham Basu (Ceramics 2002) Publishes a book on the relationship of man with nature
Manu Vora (chemical 1968)
Dr. S. N. Sarbadhikari (Biomedical 1995) on the panel of Wikipedias Citizendium
Gunjan Gupta (CSE1995) receives ICDM award
Sandeep Gupta (Electrical 1987) receives award for publication
Civil Engineering books (8th & 9th) published by Dr. Virindra Kumar Raina
Arun Bodapati (Meta 2002) research publication about WSe2 Crystals in Science Magazine
Vikram Karve (Electronics 1977) - A review on IT-BHU on mouthshut.com
Article on Switched Ethernet by P. G. Menon, B. Tech (ECE)
Article about carbon nanotubes published by Sunil Pal (Meta 2002) & Prof. P. Ajayan
Book published by H.N. Gupta, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Books published by Prof. Vijay Garg (Civil 1960)
Technical paper in Asia Miner magazine by Mining Dept.
English for Academic Purposes in Technical fields
MOSFET-Assisted Soft-Switching of IGBTs: A Re-Examination
Reading access available to IJMOT magazine
Article published by Prof. S. N. Sarbadhikari

Reports
Institute Library ranked first in User Statistics for Online Journals
Mahamana Malaviyaji Trust
BHU Central Library organized E-Resource Awareness program
FAARD Organization launched by Dr. Panjab Singh (ex-VC)
IIT-JEE 2008-an overview
Admission to IT-BHU for the academic year 2007-2008
2008 admission statistics

Students Corner
For Technex, IT students design Hexapod for rescue operations
IT Students develop ExVirus water filter for use in rural area
Summer Internship Experience-First Hand Report
Online help for job placement and career advancement
Free internet phone website-Jaxtr
The news aggregator website-Alltop
Institute to see increased number of students due to implementation of OBC quota.
Fake (Fat) Pay Packages?
Thoughts on career development for Engineers
Free Rice-a unique way to feed hungry people
Pulse! 3rd issue is published (revised on 05/10/08)
Fee Structure at IT-BHU is revised
IT-BHU 2007-A Photo Essay
IT students' council
Institute signs MoU with Cognizant Technologies
A unique website for student opportunities
Pulse magazine is published
IT Guest House
Collection of Speeches of Malaviyaji
IIT lectures on YouTube
Students Corner: New anti-ragging bill introduced by the state government
Students Corner: Yahoo group for the class of 2008 formed
Students Corner: Beware of invitation from online social networking sites
Student's Corner: Leading online IT-BHU groups for discussion
Internet Search for Alumni/Friends in US
Student's Corner: Listening to music on internet
Students Corner: Selected websites for BHU and IT-BHU
Students Corner: Website Management Group for www.itbhu.ac.in
Students Corner: Students receive scholarship/awards for the academic year 2007-08
Students Corner: Technex-08 (Feb 15-17, 2008)
Students Corner: Grade conversion formula for Indian colleges and universities
Students Corner: ITBHU group in LinkedIn
Shubham Basu (Ceramics 2002) plans Mountaineering Club at campus
Interview tips
IITs to offer free online courses
Students neglect study after joining engineering colleges
Stephen Hawking-the theoretical physicist
Mere job tumhare job se.
CNR Rao bats for change in IIT entrance exam
IIT-JEE 2007 results declared
Colours of Clay
A Campus survey of Engineering Students
Students Corner: Selection of Institute and subject by students
Students Corner: Supreme Court banns ragging in colleges
Students Corner: A write-up about college leaving experience by Ravish Mishra [EEE 04]
Students Corner: Boys v/s Girls - Indias school girls: Our unlamented children
Students Corner: Leonardo Fibonacci, Italian Mathematician (1175 to 1250 A.D.)
Satyendra Nath Bose and Bose-Einstein Condensation Principle
Common Academic year for all Universities
Freshers website
IT-BHU and Google search for Universities
Students Corner: IIT-Bombay restricts surfing of internet
Students Corner: An article-Will IITs remain islands of excellence? in India enews
Students Corner: Google Summer of Code
Students Corner: Science and Paradox
ZUULA-Mother of all search engines
Internships for 3rd year students
Google Video on KashiYatra 2006
Niel Bohr (1885-1962) and physics exam question
Five equations that changed the world
Sun Microsystems needs Campus Ambassador for our campus
Websites for brain teasers/games/puzzles
IIT/IISc course material now a click away
University of California's online technical material
Websites for general knowledge
Job posting site on yahoo groups
Poems of Amit Ranjan (1st year Mining student) published by PoemHunter.com
Campus photos by Deepesh Agarwal (ECE 1998)
Indian School of Business, Hyderabad conducts info session at campus
Welcome freshers-a new forum
College course information
Panorama of Banaras
Cynosure-optical illusion and hours of fun!
Yahoo group formed for class of 2007
CAT/GMAT: Visit our forum
The Graduate School at University of Minnesota has following to say about our college:
Admission to engineering colleges - Rashmi Bansal
Aerial view of IT-BHU
TPO Updates: Dream Jobs ...

TechTalk
US govt. and IBM unveils world's fastest computer
Anticipating the Future to 'See' the Present
Move Over, Oil, There's Money in Texas Wind
Phoenix Lander finds soil on Mars similar to backyard on earth
Google, Chevron Build Mirrors in Desert to Beat Coal With Solar
Planning a trip to the sun
What is new in Firefox 3.0
Windows 7.0 to be released in 2 years
A peep into all new Internet Explorer 8
Tribute to greatest mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707-1783)
Charles Darwin's original theory of evolution goes online
Edward Lorenz, father of chaos theory dies
Peak Oil: Should India Worry?
Electron filmed for the first time
World's oldest voice recording discovered
FAQ: Blu-ray beats HD DVD -- now what?
US Navy shoots down spy satellite
India needs more chemical engineers
When Superconductivity Became Clear (to Some)
Tiny Specks of Misery, both Vile and Helpful (about viruses)
Global Warming- anti view
Tech Talk: Monkeys and College Students equal at mental math?
Tech Talk: Honda’s ASIMO robot
Tech Talk: MIT Physics Prof. Walter H. G. Lewin is a superstar
Surface of the matter: Surface Chemistry
List of world’s fastest supercomputers announced
Website tracks world's worst polluting power plants
Tech Talk: Massive Black Hole busts theory
Tech Talk: Swarm theory
Tech Talk: A disk revolution
Tech Talk: Particles faster than light detected
Tech Talk: Artificial life likely in 3 to 10 years
Tech Talk: Voyagers I & II Spacecrafts
Tech Talk: Human baby Vs. animal’s intelligence
25 years of Compact Disc
Effect of Internet on the readership of TV and newspaper readers
Tech-Talk

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106 mpg 'air car' creates buzz, questions
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Varanasi News
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Varanasi News: Straightening the bends in the river
Varanasi News: A Prayer for the Ganges
Varanasi News: Ganga expressway to connect NCR-Varanasi
Varanasi News: Muslim girl translates Hindu religious texts into Urdu
Varanasi News: Lal Bahadur Shashtri was born in Varanasi
A guide and tourist info about Varanasi
New address for Sarnath?
Sari-weavers face bleak future
A story about people coming to Varanasi and wait to die
Kashi Vishwanath Temple Trust to develop interactive website with the help of IT-BHU
Varanasi in News: Election campaign in Varanasi
Varanasi News: Abhishek Bacchan's wedding sherwani to be designed in Varanasi
Varanasi News: Nithari killings: Varanasi residents march to Delhi
Varanasi News: Human chain in Varanasi on Water Day
Varanasi News: Relics of Buddhas sermons
Varanasi News: Sabarmati Exp to be extended up to Varanasi soon
Varanasi News: Water not screened in Varanasi

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More news about new IITs
Chronicle Editor @ May 21, 2008

 1) Two new IITs to be established this year

http://www.indiaedunews.net/IIT/Two%5Fnew%5FIITs%5Fto%5Fbe%5Festablished%5Fthis%5Fyear%5F4526/

2) Orissa identifies site for new IIT

http://www.ndtv.com/convergence/ndtv/story.aspx?id=NEWEN20080052382&ch=6/8/2008%207:47:00%20PM

3) Poll ahead, Himachal to get IIT

http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080607/jsp/nation/story_9377593.jsp

4) Govt begins work to add IIT label to new engg colleges

http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?autono=325262&leftnm=3&subLeft=0&chkFlg=

5) Govt to acquire 537 acres for IIT

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Hyderabad/Govt_to_acquire_537_acres_for_IIT/articleshow/3097873.cms

6) HRD-Raje govt fight delays Rajasthan IIT

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/India/HRD-Raje_govt_fight_delays_Rajasthan_IIT/articleshow/3097597.cms

7) IIT-KGP to mentor IIT-Orissa for 3 years

http://www.business-standard.com/common/news_article.php?leftnm=lmnu7&subLeft=8&autono=324942&tab=r

8) State wants IIT’s temporary campus at Hamirpur

http://www.expressindia.com/latest-news/State-wants-IITs-temporary-campus-at-Hamirpur/317715/

9) IIT-G to become operational from coming academic year

http://www.hindu.com/thehindu/holnus/002200805291040.htm

10) IIT Himachal To Be Set Up With Assistance From IIT Roorkee – HRD Ministry

http://himachal.us/2008/05/29/iit-himachal-to-be-set-up-with-assistance-from-iit-roorkee-%E2%80%93-hrd-ministry/5538/general/ravinder

11) IIT, Punjab, from this year

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chandigarh/IIT_Punjab_from_this_year/articleshow/3081660.cms

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