Page 16 - TIE 120420
P. 16
North The Indian Eye
AmERIcANnewsline
16 DECEMBER 04, 2020
iit alumni Council announces life Fellowship of
the Paniit institute to four eminent iitians
mr sunil hali, iit roorkee, the Dr Udaya Dharmalingam, mr sunil Khullar, iit Bombay, mr sanjiv Goyal, iit Delhi,
indian media expert from New York iit Guwahati, the legendary the visual communication expert the digital marketing expert,
who launched radio Zindagi-the designer of the indian rupee logo. who has evolved the overall highly acclaimed angel in-
first coast to coast India-focused As well as the main emblem of unifying Brand strategy for all vestor and Paniit UsA Board
Fm radio station and the indian eye the iit Alumni council the initiatives of the iit Alumni member from silicon Valley
newsweekly-considered the most movement, including develop-
hi-tech digital print publication ment of the iit Font
Our Bureau Alumni Coun- ly associated newsweekly integrates personal-
cil. with Martech ized video in a mass distributed
New Delhi
Dr Udaya in Silicon Valley print file. We quickly built a com-
IT Alumni Council announc- Dharmaling- for over fifteen bination of terrestrial, digital, so-
es institutional strengthen- ham has a PhD years. He has cial platforms along with apps
Iing of PanIIT Institute, an in design from been an active on iOS, Android, Alexa and
independent and autonomous IIT Bombay and has spent the angel investor in the domain and live streaming with Facebook to
partner alumni organization en- last few years as a faculty mem- one of his investee companies deliver functionality and reach
gaged in the development of an ber at IIT Guwahati. He is best has done a lot of meaningful pro which neither new media or old
end-to-end deeptech Research known as the designer of the bono work for the IIT Alumni media could provide on its own”
Ecosystem in India – through Indian Rupee symbol. Dr Dhar- Movement using digital market- added Sunil Hali, a IIT Roorkee
the appointment of Life Fellows malingham has helped visualize ing. His work in the US for glob- alumnus and Chairperson of the
across all the key areas of Ap- a very unique identity for the IIT al companies like Kellogg, Heinz New York Chapter of the IIT
plied Science and Engineering – Alumni Council and its partner and Gallo Wines is considered Alumni Council.
starting with Martech. organizations in terms of its em- path breaking and highly innova- IIT Alumni Council is the
“We have learnt from the blem. ”I am indeed honored to be tive by Silicon Valley standards. largest global body of alum-
IT and BPO services sector that associated with the design of the “I am humbled and honored ni, students and academicians
branding is an integral and criti- IIT Alumni Council logo,” add- with recognition and acceptance across all the twenty-three IITs
cal part of the Country’s strategy ed Dr Udaya Dharmalingham in the Life Fellowship of the and partnering Institutes of the
to build a new sector like Re- “My involvement was at two PanIIT Institute. An IIT Alum- India Innovation Network (I2N-
search. Given that the govern- levels – first was to develop the ni Council initiative. In the new et). The IIT Alumni Council
ment has done most of the heavy overall branding strategy which normal, our world has shrunk aspires to catalyze India’s tech-
lifting and investment in terms of helps evolve a unified look for and more connected than ever. I nological renaissance. For this
setting up outstanding academ- all the Branding collateral across want to impact a billion lives by it catalyzes the creation of rapid
ic institutions like the IITs and the IITs and IIT Alumni bodies harnessing the power of innova- response short term initiatives
deserving scientific institutions whilst letting them retain their tion and entrepreneurship” add- like the C19 Task Force and
such as the CSIR laboratories legacy logos and emblems. The ed Sanjiv Goyal, an alumnus of perpetual strategically planned
– the most critical push need- second was to help evolve a font IIT Delhi. initiatives like MegaFund,
ed now is in Global Branding, called the IIT Sans font which “In my own unique way, I MegaIncubator and I2Net.
perception creation and image can be used to unify individual have tried to disrupt both print Through such initiatives,
management. And it is for this logos and emblems to create a and conventional media like ra- IIT Alumni Council intends to
reason that we are announcing cohesive-consistent identity not dio to bring in a solid integration act as a network and as a bridge
the first four Life Fellowships in just from the parent IITs but indi- of the legacy platforms with a between various providers of
the Research oriented PanIIT vidual entities like departments, highly personalized online plat- knowledge, wealth, informa-
Institute in the area of Martech” alumni funds etc.” added Sunil form. Radio Zindagi is the first tion, wisdom, ideas, expertise
said Ravi Sharma, President Khullar, an IIT Bombay alumnus. coast to coast India focused ra-
and Chief Volunteer of the IIT Mr Sanjiv Goyal been active- dio network. The Indian EYE Continued at next page... >>
www.TheIndianEYE .us