Published 2 July 2026 | Category Education and Teaching | Office Outreach Education & Skilling From 29th June to 1st July 2026, IIT Guwahati, in collaboration with the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, organised a three-day residential workshop for Science and Mathematics teachers from Assam & Sikkim. The program focused on professional development and new teaching approaches for school teachers. A tot

101 Foundation partnered with The Department of Mathematics at IIT Guwahati to conduct the first edition of PRISM 2026, a six-week residential training programme in mathematics. The programme is built on a simple premise: that the way a professional mathematician thinks can be taught to teenagers. Published 30 June 2026 | Category Education and Teaching | Office Dept of Mathematics PRISM — the Programme for Research and Inquiry by Students in Mathematics — was designed to int

IIT Guwahati has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Toho Koki Seisakusho Co., Ltd., a Japan-based semiconductor technology firm, to establish an academia-industry partnership including faculty exchange, joint research and internship opportunities in areas critical to semiconductor manufacturing. Published 30 June 2026 | Category Research & Partnerships | Office Alumni, Corporate and International Relations (ACIR) IIT Guwahati has formalised a Memorandum of Understandin

भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान (आईआईटी) गुवाहाटी के राजभाषा प्रकोष्ठ द्वारा 30 जून 2026 को "कार्यालयीन अनुवाद में कंप्यूटिंग टूल्स की भूमिका" विषय पर एक राजभाषा कार्यशाला का आयोजन किया गया। कार्यशाला के मुख्य वक्ता भारतीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान, खड़गपुर के वरिष्ठ हिन्दी अधिकारी डॉ. राजीव कुमार रावत थे। इस कार्यशाला में संस्थान के कुल 68 कर्मचारियों ने सहभागिता की। प्रकाशित: 30 जून 2026 | श्रेणी: शिक्षा एवं शिक्षण | कार्यालय: राजभाषा प्रकोष्ठ अपने व्याख्यान एवं सजीव प्रदर्शन के म

Dr. R. K. Mittal, Faculty Coordinator (International Relations), ACIR, represented IIT Guwahati at a two-day National Workshop on Internationalisation Frameworks across IITs Published 24 June 2026 | Category Meetings & Conferences | Office Alumni, Corporate and International Relations (ACIR) Dr. R. K. Mittal, Faculty Coordinator (International Relations), ACIR, represented IIT Guwahati at the National Workshop on Internationalisation Frameworks across IITs, held on 22–23 June

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

Trade Commissioners from the Trade Office of Canada, met with the Director and senior faculty of IIT Guwahati to explore avenues for academic and industry collaboration and to lay the groundwork for an upcoming visit by Canadian High Commissioner Chris Cooter to Assam Published 13 June 2026 | Category Research & Partnerships | Office Alumni, Corporate and International Relations (ACIR) A delegation from the Trade Office of Canada, led by Trade Commissioners Arjun Kumar Dutta

Over two days, the campus community planted around 400 saplings in Phase 1 of a plantation drive that's set to run throughout the year. Published 13 June 2026 | Category Institute Events | Office School of Interdisciplinary Studies and Sustainability The campus is 400 saplings greener. Over two days, the IIT Guwahati community planted around 200 saplings — including Ashoka, Areca Palm, Bottle Palm, Neem, Amla, Pink Kanchan, Gulmohar, and Coconut — alongside 200 Bougainvilleas

IIT Guwahati's Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, in partnership with India BioImaging (IBI), hosted a five-day microscopy training course in June 2026 — the inaugural event of IBI's North-East Chapter, equipping researchers from across the country with hands-on skills in advanced imaging and analysis. Published 13 June 2026 | Category Workshops | Office Dept of Biosciences and Bioengineering A five-day microscopy training course conducted by IIT Guwahati in partn

Two M.Tech students from IIT Guwahati are headed to Germany this year to conduct thesis research at the country's top technical universities. Published 10 June 2026 | Category Awards | Office Academic Affairs Swetha Gowdaman and Jonakdeep Saharia have been named recipients of the DAAD KOSPIE Scholarship for 2026–27. KOSPIE (Combined Study and Practice Stays for Engineers from Developing Countries) is an initiative of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) that funds engi

AstroSat was expected to last five years. It is still going 11 years later. On the sidelines of ASI 2026 in IIT Guwahati, Prof Annapurni Subramaniam of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics talks about what it actually takes to engineer something that works — in orbit, where no one can fix it. Published 15 June 2026 | Category Meetings and Conferences | Office Dept of Physics Prof. Annapurni Subramaniam is Director of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics in Bengaluru, and the

The 44th Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of India was held at IIT Guwahati this year — and with it came some of the country's most distinguished astronomers. We sat down with Prof Yashwant Gupta, Director of NCRA-TIFR, to talk about how India built one of the world's great radio astronomy facilities, why this moment is unlike any before it, and what it means for engineering students who want to study the universe. Published 15 June 2026 | Category Meetings and Conf

The ceremony witnessed the presence of distinguished guests, faculty members, officers, staff, and well-wishers from across the Institute community. During the programme, speakers highlighted the professionalism, integrity, diligence, and devotion to duty consistently demonstrated by both Mr. Romen Ch. Dutta and Mr. Debojit Kr. Borah throughout their careers. Published 08 Jun 2026 | Category Personnel and Staffing | Office Administration The Indian Institute of Technology Guw

A one-day training programme at Gangtok on June 2 put soil organic carbon testing kits in the hands of progressive farmers from every block of Sikkim. This is a part of a larger IIT Guwahati initiative that aims to build a ground-level soil carbon map to guide agricultural policy across the Northeast. Published 8 Jun 2026 | Category Community and Outreach | Office School of Agro and Rural Technology A Training-cum-Capacity Building Programme on Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Kit w

The 3rd IEEE Guwahati Subsection Conference (IEEE GCON 2026), the flagship annual international conference of the IEEE Guwahati Subsection, was successfully held between June 3–5, 2026, at the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. Published 6 June 2026 | Category Meetings and Conferences | Office Dept of EEE The 3rd edition of IEEE GCON, the flagship annual international conference of the IEEE Guwahati Subsection, was a

A delegation from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India, visited IIT Guwahati on 4 June 2026 to review the progress of the M.Des. in Electronic Product Design (EPD) and Executive Development Programme. Published 5 June 2026 | Category Research & Partnerships | Office Dept of Design The M.Des. programme in Electronic Product Design, launched in July 2022, is offered under a Memorandum of Understanding between MeitY and IIT Guwahat

Mr Biswajyoti Bhuyan has joined the Central Instrumentation Facility as a Junior Technician on June 2, 2026. The Institute welcomes Mr Bhuyan and wishes him a fulfilling career.

IIT Guwahati is happy to welcome D. Bhrigu Kumar Lahkar to the Jyoti and Bhupat Mehta School of Health Sciences and Technology as an Assistant Professor. Dr Lahkar did his PhD in École Nationale Supérieure d'Arts et Métiers. This was followed by postdoctoral research in IIT Madras and Université Gustave Eiffel. He then worked as an Assistant Professor in ECAM LaSalle and IIT BHU.

For 20 years, the Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) at IIT Guwahati has been turning grassroots challenges into practical solutions across Northeast India. The programme is now entering a new phase focused on scaling, patenting, and commercialising innovations to benefit even more rural communities. Published 31 May 2026 | Category Research & Partnerships | Office Rural Technology Action Group A farmer transporting produce to market without paying for costly transport. A

Romen Ch. Dutta, Assistant Physical Education Officer in the Gymkhana Office, Student Affairs Section, retired on May 31, 2026 after nearly 30 years of service. Mr Dutta joined IIT Guwahati on May 11 1996. The Institute thanks him for his invaluable service and dedication towards health, well being and sportsmanship on campus.