This is a list of notable alumni of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras.
Academia
Deans, directors, and presidents NameClass yearNotabilityReferencesTimothy A. GonsalvesBTech 19761st director of Indian Institute of Technology MandiRamayya KrishnanDean of the Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University Ramayya's profile at CMU.Shashi NambisanBTech 1984Professor of Civil Engineering at University of Tennessee Knoxville; ex-Director of the Center for Transportation Research and Education at Iowa State University) His page on University of Tennessee His profile at IowaGangan PratapBTech 1974; PhD 1978Former director National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources; honorary professor, APJ Abdul Kalam Technological University; IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award—1999Bhaskar RamamurthiBTech 1980Professor of Electrical Engineering; Director of the Institute at IIT Madras; Doyens of MadrasGovindan SundararajanBTech 1976Former director, International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI); Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology—1994; Padma ShriB. N. SureshMTech 1969Founder Director (2007–2010) Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology; Padma Bhushan—2013; Padma Shri—2002; IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award—2004Subra SureshBTech 1977President of Carnegie Mellon University; former director of the National Science Foundation; former Dean of Engineering at MIT Subra Suresh's Bio at CMU.
Professors and scholars +NameClass yearNotabilityReferencesArumugam ManthiramPhD 1980Professor of Mechanical Engineering at University of Texas at Austin; Inventor of polyanion cathodes for lithium ion batteries; Delivered the 2019 Nobel Prize Lecture in Chemistry; IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award - 2015Anant AgarwalBTech 1982Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT; CEO of EdX; holds a Guinness World Record for the largest microphone array; IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award – 2014 Anant Agarwal's profile at Massachusetts Anant Agarwal's profile at EdX A TED talk given by Anant AgarwalAnimashree AnandkumarBTech 2004Bren Professor of Computing at California Institute of Technology; director of machine learning research at NVIDIAG. K. AnanthasureshBTech 1989Professor at Department of Mechanical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and TechnologyHari BalakrishnanBTech 1993Fujitsu Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT; ACM SIGCOMM Test of Time Award—2011; ACM SIGMOBILE Test of Time Award—2017, 2018; ACM SIGOPS Hall of Fame Award—2015; ACM SIGMOD Test of Time Award—2017; 2020 Infosys Prize; 2021 IEEE Koji Kobayashi Award for Computers and Communications; Member of the National Academy of Engineering; Member of the American Academy of Arts and SciencesHari's profile at MITDipankar BanerjeeBTech 1974Professor in the Department of Materials Engineering Engineering of the Indian Institute of ScienceNarayanan ChandrakumarMSc 1972Chemical Physicist; Professor of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Madras; Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology—1996; J. C. Bose National Fellowship—2009K. Mani ChandyBTech 1965Simon Ramo Professor of Computer Science at the California Institute of Technology; A. A. Michelson Award of CMG (the Computer Measurement Group); Sherman Fairchild Fellowship; IEEE Koji Kobayashi Award for Computers and Communications; Fellow of the IEEE; Member of the National Academy of Engineering; 2014 Dijkstra PrizeAtul ChokshiBTech 1980Professor, Materials Engineering, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore; Swarnajayanti Presidential Young Investigator Award; MRSI Medal; Metallurgist of the Year Award (Ministry of Steel & Mines); Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award, G.D. Birla Gold Medal (IIM); IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus AwardS. A. ChoudumPhD 1974Professor at the Department of Mathematics, Indian Institute of Technology MadrasPremkumar DevanbuB.Tech 1977Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Computer Science, University of California, Davis; ACM SIGSOFT Outstanding Research Award; Alexander von Humboldt Research Award; IEEE Computer Society Harlan Mills AwardVenkatesan GuruswamiBTech 1997Associate Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University; ex-faculty at University of Washington Guruswami's profile at CMU. Guruswami's CV at CMU Article announcing Ramayya as DeanViswanathan KumaranBTech 1987Professor, Indian Institute of ScienceL. MahadevanBTech 1986de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, Physics and Biology, Harvard University; MacArthur Fellow 2009; F.R.S. 2016L. Mahadevan at Harvard Mahadevan's profile at HarvardPinaki MajumdarMTech 1990Professor at Harish-Chandra Research Institute; Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology—2007Pranawachandra DeshmukhPhD 1979Adjunct professor of physics at Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati; mentor and convener, CAMOST, a joint initiative of Indian Institute of Technology Tirupati and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Tirupati (since 2020)C. G. Krishnadas NairBTech 1964Author; Metallurgist; Padma Shri Laureate; IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award—1996Ramarathnam NarasimhanBTech 1982Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Science; IIT Madras Distinguished Alumni Award – 2016Arvind NarayananBTech 2004Assistant Professor of Computer Science at Princeton University; PET Award for Outstanding Research in Privacy Enhancing Technology—2014Sethuraman PanchanathanMTech 1986Executive Vice President at ASU Knowledge Enterprise Development; Chief Research and Innovation Officer at Arizona State University (ASU)Shanthi PavanBTech 1995Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT MadrasA. G. RamakrishnanMTech 1982; PhD 1989Professor at Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru; Member, Karnataka Knowledge Commission, Senate Member, IIIT Allahabad; Manthan Awards 2014 and 2015; Founder-director of RaGaVeRa Indic Technologies Pvt Ltd. B.S. Sathyaprakash MSc Phys. 1981 Bert Elsbach Professor of Physics The Pennsylvania State University; Professor of Gravitational Physics Cardiff University; Associate, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore, India; Sathyaprakash Research Group Mahadev SatyanarayananCarnegie Group Professor of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University; Principal architect and implementor of the Andrew File System (AFS) Satya's profile at CMUV. SrinivasanBTech 1966The Adams Distinguished Professor of Management, Emeritus, Stanford University; IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award—2001Marti G. SubrahmanyamCharles E. Merrill Professor of Finance at the Stern School of Business at New York UniversityPersonal home page Marti's profile at Stern.Curriculum Vitae Marti's CV at SternArun SundararajanProfessor at Stern School of Business, New York UniversityWhen an Internet Company Goes Public, Will Its Stock Price Dictate Strategy? An article written by Arun Sundararajan Stern's profile of Arun Arun's publicationsRusi TaleyarkhanBTech 1977Professor, Nuclear Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IndianaSridhar TayurFord Distinguished Research Chair and Professor of Operations Management at the Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University; founder, SmartOps and OrganJet Sridhar's profile at CMU. Sridhar's profile at OrganJetJayant B. UdgaonkarMSc 1981Senior Professor, National Centre for Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research; J. C. Bose National fellow; Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Biological Sciences – 2000; IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award – 2011; G. N. Ramachandran Gold Medal – 2011Karthik SarmaBTech 1996Founder and Managing Partner, SRS Investment Management, USASujatha SrinivasanPhD 2007Professor in the department of mechanical engineering and heads the National Center for Assistive Health Technologies and the Rehabilitation Research and Device DevelopmentVidhya SrinivasanBTech 2000Vice President and General Manager, Google Search Advertising and Experiences Google USAShuba KumarBTech 1994Managing Director, Natesan Synchrones Pvt. Ltd. INDIANagaraja Rao HarshadeepBTech 1988Global Lead, World Bank USABob BalaramBTech 1980Chief Engineer, Mars Helicopter Project, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, NASA USAChakrapani. R. VBTech 1984Managing Director, Aarvee Associates INDIA
Arts and entertainment +NameClass yearNotabilityReferencesR. PrasannaGuitarist; Life Time Achievement Award, 2003 from Shankaracharya Shri. Jayendra Saraswathi swamigal of the Kanchi Kamakoti PeethamS. SowmyaMSc 1992Carnatic music singer; Sangita Kalanidhi Award—2019 S. Soumya's detailed biography and pictures Sowmya's profile at kutcheris.com
Humanities and social sciences NameClass yearNotabilityReferencesNirmalananda SwamijiMTech 1996Head of Adichunchanagiri Hills MathSant Rajinder Singh Ji MaharajBTech 1967Spiritual leader at Science of Spirituality; retired from Bell Labs in 1989http://www.sos.org/page/global-leader.html Sant Rajinder's profile at SOSBalaji SampathBTech 1994Founder and Secretary of NGO Association for India's Development India Chapter
Industry +NameClass yearNotabilityReferencesT. K. AlexMTech 1971Director at ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore, 2008–2012 An ISRO press release on Alex An Aeuronatical Society of India award to Alex.B. Jayant BaligaBTech 1969;