“Everyone who is successful wears multiple hats” | Prof. Raghunathan, Dean, Global Engagement

[00:01:42] Prof Raghu as a Student in IIT Madras: How have times changed?

[00:04:35] Life in the US: Studying at Purdue University

[00:06:44] Chemistry vs Chemical Engineering: What is the difference? 

[00:11:30] AI in Chemical Engineering: The beginning of that journey

[00:16:29] The Teaching Journey: The difference between universities in different countries

[00:23:10] Prof. Raghu as an author: Why did he write the two books?

[00:30:00] Prof. M S Ananth: Some unforgettable anecdotes and quotes

[00:32:04] Dean for Global Engagement: What is it and how did it come about?

[00:41:25] Taking IIT Madras to the World: IITM Zanzibar and IITM Global

[00:44:25] IITM Zanzibar: Admissions process and Faculty

[00:50:27] Offshore IIT Campus: The challenges and vision for IITM Zanzibar

[00:57:55] IITM Global: IIT Madras research and innovation reaching multiple countries

[01:01:09] Prof.Raghu’s Startups: Data Science and AI, education and fuel cells

[01:03:41] Being a Faculty Today: Good teacher, good researcher, good manager and so much more

[01:07:49] Downtime: How does Prof. Raghu relax?

[01:10:03] Walmart Center for Tech Excellence

[00:01:38] IIT Madras

[00:04:29] Prof. Raghu went to Purdue University after completing his degree in Chemical Engineering at IIT Madras

[00:07:55] Prof. Raghu teaches a course called Chemistry for Data Scientists at IIT Madras Zanzibar

[00:16:10] Prof. Raghu taught at IIT Bombay after completing his PhD

[00:18:56] Clarkson University in Upstate New York called Prof. Raghu as soon as he applied for a teaching role.

[00:20:27] Prof. Raghu moved to a teaching role in Texas Tech after teaching at Clarkson’s.

[00:29:21] Prof. Raghu’s son is pursuing his PhD in the University of Washington, Seattle

[00:41:55] IIT Delhi has an offshore campus at Abu Dhabi

[00:45:48] The Government of Zanzibar wants IITM Zanzibar to be a truly international campus

[00:53:20] IIT Kharagpur was set up in 1959 after the Sarkar Committee recommendation to set up IITs

[00:53:30] The Government of West Germany helped in the setting up of IIT Madras.

[01:00:47] Prof. Raghu was also a part of the Robert Bosch Centre for Data Science and AI and now he is a part of the Walmart Center for Tech Excellence

[01:03:06] Prof. Raghu worked with the NMRL (Naval Materials Research Laboratory) in Ambernath, Maharashtra as a faculty member at IIT Bombay.

[00:11:42] Professor M S Ananth was Prof. Raghu’s project guide during his Bachelor’s degree.

[00:13:37] Professor Venkat Venkatasubramanian was Prof. Raghu’s PhD advisor.

[00:17:21] Professor Kartic C Khilar was the HoD of the Chemical Engineering department in IIT Bombay.

[00:17:29] Professor Madhavan KP, Professor Devang Khakhar and Professor Kannan Moudgalya helped Prof Raghu during his tenure at IIT Bombay

[00:28:15] Professor Nirav Bhatt was Prof. Raghu’s co-author on the Process Control book. 

[00:32:17] Professor Ramamurthy Nagarajan was the Dean for International and Alumni Relations [INAR]

[00:32:35] Professor Mahesh Panchagnula was the next Dean for INAR and Prof. Raghu’s junior at Purdue University

[00:50:21] Professor Preeti Aghalayam is the director of IITM Zanzibar and the first women director at any IIT institute

[01:01:58] Professor Shankar Narasimhan is Prof. Raghu’s co-founder in Gyan Data.

[00:25:05] [01:0:17] Prof. Raghu has a startup called Gitaa. Before that, it used to be Gyan Data.

[01:02:18] GITAA Private Limited is a spinoff from Gyan Data which focuses on education and a product called InstaQP to help with assessments and question papers.

[01:03:25] Prof. Raghu co-founded a company called Elicius Energy which looks at building a newer architecture for fem fuels.

[01:10:04] Walmart gave a CSR grant to IIT Madras to look at how to bring AI, ML, IoTs to MSMEs.

[00:23:03] Prof. Raghu is the author of two books - Process Control Fundamentals and Data Science for Engineers

[00:08:38] CMP stands for Chemical Mechanical Planarization. It is a vital process in semiconductor manufacturing used to make the surface of silicon wafers perfectly flat. It involves a combination of chemical etching and mechanical abrasion using a slurry containing abrasives and chemicals.

[00:18:12] Process Systems Engineering in Chemical Engineering - Process Systems Engineering (PSE) focuses on a complete, life cycle view of the manufacturing process in chemical engineering, beginning from the scale of molecule discovery & scale up to the other end of spectrum relating to achieving manufacturing excellence and minimizing environmental impact.

[00:23:28] Reaction Engineering is a chemical engineering discipline focused on the design, operation, and optimization of chemical reactors to conduct chemical reactions efficiently.

[00:25:38] Linear Algebra 

[00:33:40] The Office of Global Engagement at IIT Madras has four verticals - Academic programs, Academic Research, Conferences, and Institute of Eminence projects (IoE)

[00:38:56] The Institute of Eminence Scheme is a Government of India scheme where the Government has identified 6 or 7 institutions for whom they have given 1000 crores as grant money.

[00:53:14] Sarkar Committee recommended the setting up of IITs when India gained independence in 1947.