The Indian Institutes of Technology - Srilal, Seethalakshmi;Nandan, Rahul
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This book aims to bring forth the achievements and innovations from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The IITs are premier institutes of engineering and technology education and research in India. This book showcases the evolution of IITs and highlights their role as incubators of innovation, research and entrepreneurship. From creating India's Air Quality Index to research in earthquake mitigation and nanotechnology to cutting edge innovations across engineering disciplines, this volume highlights the achievements of these decades old Indian institutions. Written by experienced…mehr

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This book aims to bring forth the achievements and innovations from the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). The IITs are premier institutes of engineering and technology education and research in India. This book showcases the evolution of IITs and highlights their role as incubators of innovation, research and entrepreneurship. From creating India's Air Quality Index to research in earthquake mitigation and nanotechnology to cutting edge innovations across engineering disciplines, this volume highlights the achievements of these decades old Indian institutions. Written by experienced journalists after years of research, interviews and conversations with academic and institutional leaders, the book weaves together a story of the IITs and their pivotal role in transforming teaching, learning, research and innovation that drives the progress of technology in India. Written in a manner accessible to a general audience, the book will be of interest to a broad spectrum of readers, including researchers, students, institutional leaders, policy makers, and the general public.
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 Seethalakshmi S  is a seven-time award winning journalist and the former metro editor of The Times of India Bengaluru. In her 17 years in journalism, she has extensively reported on politics and governance, science, health, education, environment, women and child issues, and urban development. An alumnus of the US Government's premier International Visitor Leadership Program, she now co-heads an independent think tank, Antardhwani, engaged in healthcare, education, governance, and livelihood. She has also been the recipient of a European Union scholarship for a malnutrition project. Her prominent accolades include the Namma Bengaluru Award for excellence in journalism, the best young journalist award by Zee Group and Editor of the Year Award 2017. She co-authored the first ever lead article of The Journal of the Indian Institute of Science (October 2020 issue). She has advised and helped IIIT Bangalore with innovative outreach initiatives. While continuing to write for prominent national publications, she inspires young aspiring journalists. She is one of the contributing authors of Perils in Practice: The Prevention of Violence Against Healthcare Professionals and Dr Mathai's ABC To Health published by Penguin. Most recently, she featured among the 15 prominent women personalities from across India in the 'A Gem of a Woman' initiative by CKC Group in 2022.   Rahul Nandan is a senior journalist and former deputy news editor of The Times of India Delhi and Bengaluru. In his decade-long journey in mainstream journalism, he has held various editorial positions in some of the country's leading news publications including The Times of India, The Indian Express and The Statesman. He now co-heads a Bengaluru-based independent think tank, Antardhwani, focused on healthcare, education, governance, and sustainable livelihood. He was one of the two journalists from India to attend the Global Smart City Conference in Singapore in 2015. Selected by the US Department of State for the prestigious Foreign Press Reporting Tour on 'Emerging Women Entrepreneurs in America', as a prelude to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit held in India in 2017, he studied and reported on the thriving immigrant women ecosystem in America. He continues to write on a range of issues for major news platforms across India, most recently writing a series of eye-opening reports on the state of healthcare in India during the Covid crisis apart from intriguing articles on science and Buddhism. As a former senior consultant, he advised and helped IIIT Bangalore with innovative outreach initiatives. He is the co-author of the first ever lead article of The Journal of the Indian Institute of Science (October 2020 issue) on digital health and one of the contributing authors of Dr Mathai's ABC To Health published by Penguin recently.