Guest Lectures – IIT Kharagpur

• Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam, Ex President of India

• Dilip Chabaria, DC Design
• Dr. Lee Hartwell, Nobel Laureate (Medicine) 2001
• Jimmy Wales, Founder of Wikipedia
• K. Eric Drexler, “Father of Nanotechnology”
• Prof. Lawrence Krauss, Author of “Physics of Star Trek”
• Mr. M.C Mehta, World Renowned Environmental Lawyer
• Mr. Alyque Padamsee, Ad Guru
• Wg Cdr Rakesh Sharma, 1st Indian in space
• Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, Ex. Director ISRO
• Dr. Roger Kornberg, Nobel Laureate
• V.S. Sirpurkar, Chief Justice, Calcutta High Court
• Mr. Vinod Dham, VC and Father of Intel Pentium processor
 Facilities at VGSOM
• Air-conditioned classrooms, seminar hall and
conference room

• Complete Wi-Fi Connectivity

• 24/7 Computer lab networked by 10/100 Mbps Internet

connection

• 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.

• Single occupancy rooms with attached bathroom.

• 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.

• Extra-curricular activities as part of team building

exercises, i.e., Clubs - MAD, Finterest, Kerberos, Opium,
Consulting

• Social Initiative, Shraddha

• Blood Donation Camp and Fund Raising for the

underprivileged

• 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…