Guest Lectures – IIT Kharagpur •
Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Ex President of India
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Dilip Chabaria, DC Design
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Dr. Lee Hartwell, Nobel Laureate (Medicine) 2001
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Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
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K. Eric Drexler, “Father of Nanotechnology”
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Prof. Lawrence Krauss, Author of “Physics of Star Trek”
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Mr. M.C Mehta, World Renowned Environmental Lawyer
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Mr. Alyque Padamsee, Ad Guru
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Wg Cdr Rakesh Sharma, 1st Indian in space
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Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, Ex. Director ISRO
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Dr. Roger Kornberg, Nobel Laureate
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V.S. Sirpurkar, Chief Justice, Calcutta High Court
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Mr. Vinod Dham, VC and Father of Intel Pentium processor
Facilities at VGSOM •
Air-conditioned classrooms, seminar hall and conference room
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Complete Wi-Fi Connectivity
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24/7 Computer lab networked by 10/100 Mbps Internet connection
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Exclusive school library and IIT Central Library allows access to about 365,000 volumes, 1,500 journals, 1,700 CDs / Videos and CMIE database
Facilities at VGSOM •
State of the art Hostel facility with 24-hrs net connectivity.
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Single occupancy rooms with attached bathroom.
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Sporting facilities include gym, swimming pool, badminton court, tennis court, volleyball court, golf etc.
CEOs In The Making
Entrepreneurship Cell IIT Kharagpur Entrepreneurship Cell is a Student Body Organization started under the aegis of SRIC (Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy).
The primary activities of E-Cell are: Organizing workshops and lectures periodically for students to create awareness about entrepreneurship. Function as a guide for students with creative ideas which can be transformed into successful companies. Provide mentorship through individuals for students launching their start-ups. Organizes an Annual Entrepreneurship Summit which is a common platform for students, VCs and entrepreneurs along with prominent personalities from the corporate world.
Student Activities •
Committees run by students viz. Placements, Alumni, Admissions, Academics, Corporate Interaction, Sports, Cultural, Hall & Mess Committee etc.
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Extra-curricular activities as part of team building exercises, i.e., Clubs - MAD, Finterest, Kerberos, Opium, Consulting
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Social Initiative, Shraddha
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Blood Donation Camp and Fund Raising for the underprivileged
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Competitions in almost every major B School have VGSOM Winners
Kerberos – The Systems Club
MAD – Marketing and Advertisement Club
Achievements Galore • IIM Bangalore Vista – “Manifestation” (Paper Presentation in Finance), 1st Prize - Paurush Singh and Smita Singh • IIM Bangalore Vista – “Team Sarvy Sport” (Business Plan Competition), 1st Prize - Ratnakar V, Rahul Yadav and Saurabh Agarwal • SPJIMR NIMITT – “Paper Presentation on BOP”, 2nd Prize - Ratnakar V and Rahul Yadav • NTPC – “Electron Quiz” Eastern Zone ,1st Prize - Mohammed Athar, Subhamoy Pati and 3rd Prize - Sandeep More, Kaustubh Sule • NITIE Online Challenge Mastishk 2007 – “Bits & Bytes”, 1st Prize - Sachin P. Mehta
Achievements Galore • IIMC Intaglio, “Bangalored – M&A Game”, 1st Prize – Aditya Mishra, Sachin Mehta • XLRI Ensemble, “War of Wits – HR & Strategy”, 2nd Prize – Mohsin, Rohit, Vikas, Sameer and Rachit • XLRI Ensemble, “Biz Bazaar – Trading Game”,1st Prize – Mohsin and Sameer • IIT Kgp Kshitij, “Brand Gaia – Marketing Campaign”,1st Prize – Ravi Seth, Pankaj and Gaurav Singh • IIT Kgp Kshitij, “Exemplar – Strategy Game”,1st Prize – Gaurav Jain, Subhamoy Pati and Vineet Verma
AND THE LIST CONTINUES…