Rishikesha Krishnan

@geethamhp @niramaianalytix Congratulations

Very glad to share that we are one of the top startups selected to represent India in the Bharat Innovates program happening at Nice, France in June! We look forward to an exciting networking opportunity and collaboration with European partners! @niramaianalytix

Meet Raghu Mahajan! (IIT-JEE Rank 1 & Top Physicist from India) Working on some of the deepest questions in string theory, quantum gravity, and black holes. > He grew up in Chandigarh, India > Secured All India Rank 1 in IIT-JEE 2006 > Joined Computer Science at IIT Delhi > After two years, he transferred to MIT > Completed his Bachelor’s in Physics and Mathematics from MIT > Pursued his Master’s at the University of Cambridge > And completed his PhD and postdoc at Stanford University in theoretical physics and mathematics After spending 16 years abroad, he returned to India in 2024 and today, he is a faculty member at ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru. At ICTS, his work sits at the intersection of advanced mathematics, quantum theory, string theory, quantum gravity, and the deepest questions about the universe. His journey is also special because he chose to come back and contribute to building world-class research from India. From Chandigarh to IIT Delhi, from MIT and Stanford to ICTS Bengaluru, Raghu Mahajan’s journey is a powerful reminder that India can become a global home for deep scientific research.

The recent funding support extended under Research, Development and Innovation Fund (#RDIF) by @tdbgoi as Second Level Fund Manager to startups, MSMEs & technology-led enterprises is an important step towards strengthening India’s technological sovereignty & deeptech manufacturing capabilities.

@Ishwariya13 I like your graphics - very clear!

Started an Upskill Summers workshop series to train lab crew on soft skills in Science. By popular demand, it was on Grantsmanship today! To make it fun, I made it in xkcd comics style :D Trainees -Good scientists are not always good at grantsmanship, so work on this from now!

Philanthropy and purpose took centre stage at the Donor Reception 2026 hosted by the IIMB Development Foundation (IDF). The event marked the inauguration of classrooms and facilities dedicated in honour of distinguished former faculty. 🔗Read more:  iimb.ac.in/node/11261

@Ishwariya13 @DBTIndia @Rutuja_P13 @dhanuush_ @Shringika Congratulations

Excited to kick off our second @DBTIndia funded project! This time combinatorial stem cell/ gene therapy for spinal cord repair! @Rutuja_P13 @dhanuush_ @Shringika and Prakash are sculpting this story one transplant at a time, so watch out for some cool science 🧬 on this soon!

@Arjunjain Good advice!

August 2016. IIT Bombay. New CSE building. My office key did not work. I had just been hired as faculty in the CSE dept. to teach Computer Vision and start a ML research group. I went to the room I was supposed to occupy. The key the admin had given me did not turn. I walked back to the department office. The person who issued keys had left for lunch. I sat on a bench outside for forty minutes. I sat there long enough to do the math. The PhD students had to be recruited from scratch. The compute funding did not exist. The papers that would justify it hadn't been written. The collaborators who would co-write them didn't know me. The teaching that would buy me classroom credibility was still ahead of me. The institution had given me a desk and a key that didn't work. That was going to be the size of what they would give me for years. By the time the admin came back with a working key, I had decided. The institution was not going to give me a lab. I would have to build one that didn't need their permission to exist. What I had to do, in order: → Teach a course so well that students wanted to work with me. CS 763, 2017. The hardest term of my life. I woke up at 4 a.m. for weeks and months to write lecture notes that thirty-eight IIT students would dismantle by Wednesday. Rishabh Dabral was my right-hand man and head TA - I could not have run it without him. I was learning the material faster than I was teaching it. → Get the smartest students from that class to do projects with me - for credit, no funding, on faith. Sahil - departmental rank 1, President's Gold Medal Awardee - was one. Many went on to PhDs at Berkeley, UCSD, EPFL, UPenn. → Raise compute funding outside the institution. The GPUs the research needed cost $100,000. The institution had no line item for them. The first $100,000 came from Volker, Partha, and Praveen. Praveen and Partha came to IIT Bombay with me. They believed in the work before anyone else. I owe them the lab. → Hire PhD students who would commit before the lab existed. Two said yes - Rishabh Dabral and Rahul Mitra. Rishabh is Research Group Leader at MPII. Rahul is Staff Research Engineer at Qualcomm. Rishabh stayed in academia. I left to start a company. He's doing what I left behind. That is the point. → Co-author papers with all of them. Submit to top venues. The publications spoke louder than the missing funding line. → Use the publications to justify the lab. Two years in, the lab existed because there were too many papers coming out of it to pretend it didn't. The institution gave me a desk and a key that didn't work. The lab existed because we built something it could no longer pretend wasn't there. If you are inside a company / university / agency trying to start a new thing and the institution hasn't given you the resources yet - stop asking for them. Build something the institution cannot ignore. The resources will always arrive after the proof. The order matters.

We are looking for the next generation of innovators. Have what it takes? With 2000+ learners, 1100+ double-degree scholars across 400+ cities, @bbadbeiimb has opened applications for its third cohort. 🚨Apply before 30 June 2026, here: dbe.iimb.ac.in #IIMB #BBADBE

Are you someone who wants to build, analyze and create at the intersection of business and technology? Then we are looking for you. Applications are now open for the third cohort of @bbadbeiimb. 📌Apply before 30 June. For more info, visit: iimb.ac.in/iimb-opens-app… #IIMB #BBADBE

In a piece for Deccan Herald, Prof. Mukta Kulkarni and Prof. Rishikesha Krishnan of IIMB address a familiar concern - "degrees may not matter anymore... professors may become irrelevant", and turn it into a more fundamental question about the purpose of education itself. Read👇

Prof. Srivardhini Jha, Chairperson, NSRCEL, examines the trajectory of India’s #deeptech ecosystem as it transitions from adopted models to frontier innovation driven by necessity, maturity and geopolitical shifts. 🔗Interview with Outlook Business here: outlookbusiness.com/deeptech/deep-…

@chandrikatandon @amitkarna Congratulations on endowing the new Centre on AI at IIMA.

Returning to the red bricks of IIM Ahmedabad for the 61st Convocation felt like a conversation with time itself. From celebrating my 50th reunion as PGP75 just weeks ago to addressing the Class of 2026 as commencement speaker, a beautiful full circle moment. Watch the full speech here: youtube.com/watch?v=k9-cJb… Love Light Laughter @iimaofficial #IntegrativeIntelligence #FutureLeaders

@nirupamakotru Congratulations

Thank you, all, for your blessings and kind wishes 🍁🍁🍁🙏

@RitikaChopra__ All the best

Two months ago, I landed in Mumbai. A new city, a new team, and very much an “alien” finding my footing. What I found instead was a bureau open to ideas, generous with trust, & committed to doing solid journalism. The past month has been among the most rewarding of my career. Here’s some of what we’ve done together at the @IndianExpress newsroom in Mumbai. 🧵 (1/10)

@abhish18 @debjani_ghosh_ @MeityGov @OfficialINDIAai @NICMeity @NTA_Exams All the best. NTA is the backbone of admissions in India.

I completed my tenure as Addl Secy @MeityGov, CEO @OfficialINDIAai, and DG NIC @NICMeity on 31st March 2026 and joined as Director General, National Testing Agency @NTA_Exams on 1st April 2026. Grateful for the journey. Excited for what's ahead.

IIMB strengthens its global standing in the QS World University Rankings 2026. Ranked #29 globally, marking a significant rise from #40 in 2025, the Institute also ranked #5 in Asia and #2 in India, for Business & Management Studies. Read the report: iimb.ac.in/iimb-qs-rankin…

@shekhar_mande @Deakin @S_Ramadorai @anandesh @DBT_NCCS_Pune @insa_academy @EduMinOfIndia @dpradhanbjp Congratulations!

Great personal privilege to receive an honorary doctorate (Honoris causa) from Deakin University @Deakin Thank you Mr Ramadorai @S_Ramadorai for mentorship & Anand Deshpande for generous philanthropic support @anandesh @DBT_NCCS_Pune @insa_academy

@JayantKrishnaIN @TajHotels @inBritish @BritIndianVoice @britishlibrary @UKINDTRADE @IndiainUK @India_in_UK @UKinIndia @CheveningFCDO What are you speaking on?

Happy to be the ‘featured alumnus’ and speaking at the British Alumni Network’s event - The Common Room - on 28th March 2026 at @TajHotels’s The Connaught in New Delhi. @inBritish @BritIndianVoice @britishlibrary @UKINDTRADE @IndiainUK @India_in_UK @UKinIndia @CheveningFCDO @CheveningIndia @CheveningAA @LUBSMarkDiv @AoBSO_ @mxbritish @BritishCouncil #BritishAlumniNetwork

A research paper on sustainable entrepreneurship, part of #IIMBPhD scholar Sonal Nayak’s dissertation, received the Second-Best Paper Award (Management track) at the TAPMI PhD and Early Career Research Colloquium, organized by TAPMI Bengaluru and Deakin University, Australia.

Early Childhood Education and Development (ECED) is one of India’s most consequential economic investments write Prof. Gopal Naik, JJM Chair Professor, Centre for Public Policy, IIMB, and Dr. Anjana Dube, Chief Policy Officer, CPP, in a new piece. 🔗Read:hindustantimes.com/ht-insight/gov…