"An individual in their professional life gets paid in two currencies."| Dr Mahesh Panchagnula

[00:01:56] The Sports Excellence Admissions Program: Origin and expected impact

[00:06:28] Getting Approval for the Program: Challenges in the process

[00:11:56] First Batch of Students: Their backgrounds and progress so far

[00:13:16] CESSA: The project that led to the idea

[00:15:36] CESSA Efforts: Alignment to Olympic desires

[00:18:34] Prof Mahesh’s Research Interests: Fluid Mechanics, Crowd Dynamics, and Aerosol impact on lung function

[00:22:37] Return to India: His decision-making process

[00:23:52] Academia in US vs India: Pro Con analysis and comparison

[00:27:41] Indian Academia: The improvement in rewards and respect for professors

[00:32:08] IIT Madras: Best place to build a faculty career

[00:33:02] Vision for a Faculty: 7 Axis of excellence

[00:34:27] Faculty Friendly Policies: Patents, Startups and industrial consultancy

[00:36:06] Historical Perspective of IIT Madras: DNA of industrial consultancy

[00:36:52] 1980s and 1990s: Life in IIT Madras 

[00:38:18] Student Life at IIT Madras: Hostel life, nicknames and going abroad after graduation

[00:39:51] Student Prospects Today: Growing opportunities for further studies, career or startups

[00:41:58] Incubation Cell at IIT Madras: How it works and some success stories

[00:51:10] IIT Madras Alumni: Their contribution, fundraising and fund utilization

[00:54:21] ASK IITM Initiative: Framework of information for parents and students

[00:57:35] Prof Mahesh’s Attitude to Parents and Students: Be a vehicle to help others make informed decisions

[01:01:27] Applied Mechanics and Biomedical Engineering: Last decade’s progress and future plans

[00:02:12] IIT Madras

[00:10:29] The Centre of Excellence in Sports Science and Analytics has been given the charge of making sure that the sports admission students are making progress in sports and academics

[00:10:58] In the US, the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) is very active 

[00:11:16] Oxford and Cambridge have a cricket match every year

[00:17:54] CESSA works very closely with the Sports Authority of India and multiple IPL teams

[00:22:49] Professor Mahesh was teaching as an assistant professor at Tennessee Tech University 

[00:36:40] The ICSR (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research) office was created in the year 1960

[00:39:24] Prof Mahesh had a fully funded Masters program offer from Purdue University after completing his B.Tech

[00:41:40] Prof Mahesh was involved in the IIT Madras Incubation Cell 

[00:49:49] The ACR (Alumni and Corporate Relations) office works with the alumnus and is also involved in fundraising

[00:02:12] IIT Madras

[00:10:29] The Centre of Excellence in Sports Science and Analytics has been given the charge of making sure that the sports admission students are making progress in sports and academics

[00:10:58] In the US, the NCAA (National Collegiate Athletic Association) is very active 

[00:11:16] Oxford and Cambridge have a cricket match every year

[00:17:54] CESSA works very closely with the Sports Authority of India and multiple IPL teams

[00:22:49] Professor Mahesh was teaching as an assistant professor at Tennessee Tech University 

[00:36:40] The ICSR (Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research) office was created in the year 1960

[00:39:24] Prof Mahesh had a fully funded Masters program offer from Purdue University after completing his B.Tech

[00:41:40] Prof Mahesh was involved in the IIT Madras Incubation Cell 

[00:49:49] The ACR (Alumni and Corporate Relations) office works with the alumnus and is also involved in fundraising

[00:14:03] The idea of CESSA came from a project done for ESPNcricinfo

[00:43:36] Agnikul and Uniphore are two popular companies that were incubated in the Incubation Cell but did not have IIT Madras Founders

[00:43:49] Docsap (now MediBuddy), Ather and Hyperverge were also incubated at IIT Madras and founded by IITM alumni

[00:45:01] Perplexity and Infosys are two companies which were founded outside IIT Madras but had participation from IIT Madras alumni

[00:45:59] Swiggy, Sugar, EaseMyTrip are some other companies founded by IIT Madras alumni

[00:53:31] Companies like FedEx and Walmart funded Centres of Excellence at IIT Madras

[00:02:25] The Sports Excellence Admission Program is an initiative that admits 2 students into each UG program who have qualified in the JEE Advanced and are given a choice of which course to choose based on their sports excellence

[00:08:22] The BAC (Board of Academic Courses) is a forum where new academic programs are discussed and then sent to the Faculty Senate. 

[00:14:22] ESPNcricinfo has a Smart Scorecard which uses AI to give you a correct view of the runs scored and wickets taken

[00:15:53] The Government of India has a program called TOP (Target Olympic Podium) for which they have identified a small set of sports that India will double down on. Primary of these sports are boxing, archery and shooting with wrestling and judo to be added shortly.

[00:20:18] Prof. Mahesh’s research team was involved with the Maha Kumbh to do a post facto analysis of the crowd flow data

[00:21:48] Fluid Dynamics equations called the Navier-Stokes Equation have been applied to understand how traffic flows and how money flows through a system

[00:28:39] There is an old report co-authored by the Sarkar Committee on Development of Higher Technical Institutions in India which led to the creation of IITs.

[00:33:38] Blue Sky Ideas also known as "blue sky thinking," refer to creative, unconventional ideas that are not limited by current constraints or expectations.

[00:45:50] At least 2000 companies have an IIT Alumnus as their founder

[00:52:55] The Vidya Lakshmi Scolarship scheme supports upwards of 500 students across all IITs