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

India's premier astronomy conference returned to the Northeast after thirty years, bringing 600 scientists to the IIT Guwahati campus for five days of presentations, talks, workshops, and region-wide outreach. Published 20 May 2026 | Category Meetings and Conferences | Office Dept of Physics A Return to the Northeast The last time the Astronomical Society of India held its annual meeting in the Northeast, it was 1996, and Gauhati University was the host. Thirty years later, t

Prof. Sumana Dutta (Professor, Dept of Chemistry), chaired the Gordon Research Conference on Oscillations and Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems in Switzerland focused on frontier advances in chemical self-organization and complex dynamical systems. Published 9 May 2026 | Category Meetings & Conferences | Office Dept of Chemistry Prof. Sumana Dutta, Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati, chaired the Gordon Research Conference (GRC) on Oscillations and Dynami

The training emphasized hands-on, field-oriented techniques for the rapid estimation of soil organic carbon for farmers from 36 blocks across 6 districts in Assam Published 26 April 2026 | Category Outreach and Education | Office School of Agro and Rural Technology A capacity-building program on “Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Kit and Their Distribution” was organized by IIT Guwahati in collaboration with ICAR-ATARI, Zone VI, Guwahati, at Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), Sonitpur on 25

During his visit to the United States in April 2026, Prof Devendra Jalihal, Director, IIT Guwahati, met with alumni in four cities — New Jersey, Boston, San Diego, and Cupertino. Published 26 April 2026 | Category Meetings & Conferences | Office Alumni, Corporate and International Relations The gatherings held in New Jersey on April 18 was hosted by Mohit Bansal (BTech, ECE, 1999) On April 21, the Director met alumni in San Diego in an event organised by Ashish Basireddy (BTe

Ashish Kakran (B.Tech CSE, Class of 2009) conducted a seminar for students about his professional journey from IIT Guwahati to steering investments at one of the world's leading technology and healthcare firms. Published 15 April 2026 | Category Meetings & Conferences | Office Alumni, Corporate and International Relations The SAIL (Student Alumni Interaction Linkage) Cell of IIT Guwahati hosted the latest edition of Pravah on 14th April 2026 at 6:00 PM in Conference Hall 1. T

IIT Guwahati recently hosted the 5th Annual National PMRF Symposium, a premier meeting that showcased the research of India’s exceptional doctoral researchers. Published 8 March 2026 | Category Meetings & Conferences | Office Academic Affairs A two-day symposium for scholars under the Prime Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF) scheme was held on March 6 and 7, 2026 in IIT Guwahati. The Symposium brings together PMRF scholars from across India to present their research, excha