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IITG Research Scholar Wins Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship India 2026
Innocent Mochahari, a research scholar in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Guwahati, has been selected for the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QIF) India 2026. Published 30 Sept 2026 | Category Awards | Office Dept of Computer Science Mr Innocent Mochahari, working with Prof Chandan Karfa (Associate Professor Department of Computer Science & Engineering) submitted a proposal to QIF India 2026 titled: "Rethinking Scale: Efficient Agentic Framework with

IITG Newsletter Staff
Sep 301 min read


IIT Guwahati Research Scholar Wins Young Researcher Award
Debabrata Sahu, Research Scholar from Department of Physics, received Young Researcher Award at E-MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit held on 14-17 September 2026 at University of Technology, Warsaw, Poland. The award recognised his outstanding contribution to Symposium H, titled "Sustainable Perovskites: from advanced processing to emerging applications"

IITG Newsletter Staff
Sep 181 min read


IIT Guwahati Marks World Suicide Prevention Day with Two Community-Wide Events
Under the theme "Changing the Narrative on Suicide," Kamrup's District Administration and the Institute organised two distinct events on 10th September, bringing together over 350 participants in a shared call to "Start the Conversation." Published 11 Sept 2026 | Category Health & Wellbeing | Office Students' Welfare Board On 10th September 2026, the IIT Guwahati campus community observed World Suicide Prevention Day through two separate initiatives — one led by the Distric

IITG Newsletter Staff
Sep 112 min read


49th All IITs Placement Committee (AIPC) Meet Takes Place at IIT Guwahati
The Centre for Career Development (CCD), IIT Guwahati, hosted the All IITs Placement Committee (AIPC) Meet with representatives from the placement teams of all 23 IITs. The two-day meeting included an Industry Conclave, featuring the first ever inclusion of industry professionals into the AIPC discussions. Published 9 Sept 2026 | Category Placement | Office Centre for Career Development The 49th All IITs Placement Committee (AIPC) Meet happened in IIT Guwahati on the 4th and

Centre for Career Development
Sep 92 min read


Techniche @ IIT Guwahati: Robotics Entrepreneurship and Entertainment
The 26th edition of Techniche started on 27th August, drawing more than 50,000 visitors across four days of competitive robotics events, technopreneurship, and cultural performances on campus. Published 31 August 2026 | Category Institute Events | Office Dean of Student Affairs This year's Techniche, IIT Guwahati's annual techno-management fest, was inaugurated on 27th August at Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium. The theme for the year was "Evolved Beings". The inauguration was foll

Yasaswini Sampathkumar
Aug 312 min read


IIT Guwahati Students Spread Joy on Raksha Bandhan
The Social Service Club (SSC) and Awareness Club joined hands on 28th August 2026, to celebrate Raksha Bandhan through an outreach initiative centered on gratitude, community spirit, and inclusion. Published 29 August 2026 | Category Community & Outreach | Office Students' Welfare Board Student volunteers visited various hostel messes and administrative facilities across campus to tie rakhis to mess workers and support staff, expressing sincere appreciation for their tireless

Social Service Club
Aug 291 min read


International Youth Day Celebrated by Students at IIT Guwahati
On International Youth Day, the Youth Empowerment Club (YEC) hosted an interactive evening. The event brought together students from across batches for an evening centered around engagement, dialogue, and leadership. Published 9 Sept 2026 | Category Student Events | Office Students' Welfare Board Marking International Youth Day on 12th August, 2026, the Youth Empowerment Club (YEC) hosted an interactive on-ground evening at the New SAC Foyer. The event brought together studen

Youth Empowerment Club
Aug 131 min read


Freshers Showcase Talent in AWAAZ
The Youth Empowerment Club (YEC) organized "AWAAZ," a reel-making competition exclusively for freshers Published 11 Aug 2026 | Category Student Events | Office Students' Welfare Board The Youth Empowerment Club (YEC) organized "AWAAZ," an inter-branch reel-making competition exclusively for freshers, held online between 2nd and 10th August, 2026. AWAAZ challenged students to recreate iconic cinematic scenes by reimagining them through pressing socio-cultural themes to encoura

Youth Empowerment Club
Aug 111 min read


Ice Breaking Sessions for Freshers Organised by IIT Guwahati's Saathi Counselling Cell
To help incoming students ease into campus life and build lasting bonds, Saathi Counselling Cell under the Students’ Welfare Board (SWB) organized a three-day Ice Breaking Session this August. Published 10 August 2026 | Category Health & Wellbeing | Office Student Affairs Held over three days in August, Ice Breaking Sessions were an important part of Saathi Counselling Cell's orientation efforts. They brought together freshers from across disciplines and hostels in a structur

Saathi Counselling Cell
Aug 101 min read


Ashwin Mahavadi Returns to Campus to Talk Space
Days after Skyroot Aerospace's Vikram-I became India's first private orbital launch, Ashwin Mahavadi, SVP of Growth at Skyroot, came to IIT Guwahati, his alma mater, to talk to students about what it takes to build deep tech, and why the next decade in space looks promising for India. Published 30 July 2026 | Office Dean of ACIR | Category Guest Lectures IIT Guwahati hosted Ashwin Mahavadi (BTech, Civil Engineering, Batch of 2009), Senior Vice President, Skyroot Aerospace, fo

Yasaswini Sampathkumar
Jul 304 min read


Induction Week Welcomes Freshers To Campus
A six-day orientation for undergraduates eased new students into campus life at IIT Guwahati. Published 27 July 2026 | Category Institute Events | Office Dean of Academic Courses New BTech, BDes and BS undergraduates arrived at IIT Guwahati this July and settled in through a carefully structured induction programme held from 21 to 26 July 2026, ahead of the first day of instruction on 27 July. Anchored largely at the Dr Bhupen Hazarika Auditorium, the week moved beyond paperw

IITG Newsletter Staff
Jul 272 min read


Final Year MTech Students Attend One Health Workshop
Three MTech students from IIT Guwahati received training to bridge human, animal and environmental health at a One Health workshop organised by the Centre for One Health, Education, Research & Development (COHERD), Indian Institute of Public Health Gandhinagar (IIPHG). Published 25 July 2026 | Category Meetings and Workshops | Office Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology Three final-year MTech students from the Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health

IITG Newsletter Staff
Jul 252 min read


IIT Guwahati Celebrates 28th Convocation
Over 2,000 graduates received degrees at IIT Guwahati's 28th convocation. Dr Shivakumar Kalyanaraman, CEO of the Anusandhan National Research Foundation, graced the occasion as the chief guest. The event brought together students for a day that was a celebration of individual achievement as well as a statement of the institute's growing impact on India's research and innovation landscape. Published 12 July 2026 | Category Institute Events | Office Dean of Administration IIT G

Yasaswini Sampathkumar
Jul 123 min read


IIT Guwahati Marks 12th International Day of Yoga
IIT Guwahati celebrated the 12th International Day of Yoga with around 300 students, faculty, staff, and local community members participating in a mass yoga session and demonstrations. Published 22 June 2026 | Category Institute Events | Office Student Affairs IIT Guwahati observed the 12th International Day of Yoga with the participation of around 300 students, faculty members, staff, and members of the local community. The programme began with a welcome address by Prof. Al

IITG Newsletter Staff
Jun 221 min read


Sundays on Cycle at IIT Guwahati
Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Raksha Khadse joined athletes, students, and fitness enthusiasts at IIT Guwahati on Sunday for a special Commonwealth Games-themed edition of the Fit India Sundays on Cycle initiative. Published 25 May 2026 | Category Health and Wellbeing | Office Student Affairs Minister of State for Youth Affairs & Sports Raksha Khadse joined athletes, students, and fitness enthusiasts at IIT Guwahati on Sunday for a special Commonwealth Games-th

IITG Newsletter Staff
May 251 min read


IIT Guwahati bids farewell to its Class of 2026
Over three weeks in April, IIT Guwahati commemorated the graduating batch of 2026 with three events — a formal dinner, an enchanted ball, and a night of student performances Published 25 April 2026 | Category Institute Events | Office Student Affairs & Alumni, Corporate and International Relations Graduation Dinner Party 2026 The season of goodbyes began on 11th April 2026 at the institute's auditorium, where more than 2,000 students and 300 faculty members gathered for the G

Student Alumni Interaction Linkage & Yasaswini Sampathkumar
Apr 252 min read


IIT Guwahati Hosts Youth Outreach Programme on NCB Raising Day on Prevention of Drug Abuse
On the occasion of NCB Raising Day on 17 March 2026, IIT Guwahati hosted a Youth Outreach Programme, in coordination with the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Guwahati Zonal Unit. Published 18 March 2026 | Category Health & Wellbeing | Office Student Affairs Observed as part of the nationwide efforts under the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyan, the NCB Raising Day programme at IIT Guwahati served as an important awareness initiative focused on prevention of substance abuse and youth s

Yasaswini Sampathkumar
Apr 82 min read


IIT Guwahati Hosts Batch 13 of Ashtalakshmi Darshan Youth Exchange Programme
Fourteen days of cultural immersion, collaborative research, and cross-regional friendship send forty-four delegates home as ambassadors of the Northeast. Published 29 March 2026 | Category Community & Outreach | Office Student Affairs When student delegates from Chhattisgarh and New Delhi arrived at IIT Guwahati on 17 March 2026, they stepped into a region many of them had encountered only in textbooks. By the time they departed on 28 March, they had stood beside the Brahmap

Yasaswini Sampathkumar
Apr 74 min read


IIT Guwahati Students Awarded the Rupa Rahul Bajaj Scholarship for Women in Engineering
Thirteen students at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati have been selected as recipients of the (RRBSWE). Published 13 March 2026 | Category Awards | Office Student Affairs Rupa Rahul Bajaj Scholarship for Women in Engineering (RRBSWE) is a flagship CSR programme of Bajaj Auto Ltd, and supports the Institute's commitment to supporting inclusive spaces within technology, manufacturing, and engineering. The scholarship aims to nurture the next generation of leaders i

Yasaswini Sampathkumar
Mar 292 min read
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