🌟 PALS Celebrated its Annual Day at IIT Madras — Driving the Future of Engineering Education! 🌟

On June 20, 2025, PALS, an IIT Alumni Initiative, marked a major milestone — 2024-25 Annual Day, held at IIT Madras, celebrating a year of impactful programs transforming engineering education across South India and beyond.

A powerful panel discussion featuring 5 IIT Directors explored “Engineering Education for a New Era”, with insights on AI integration, interdisciplinary learning, innovation ecosystems, and inclusive access. 🎓🔧💡

🎤 Speakers included:
Prof. V. Kamakoti – IIT Madras
Prof. B.S. Murty – IIT Hyderabad
Prof. Kalidindi N. Satyanarayana – IIT Tirupati
Prof. Shreepad Karmalkar – IIT Bhubaneswar
Prof. Venkappayya R. Desai – IIT Dharwad
Moderator: Mr. Kiren M. Murthi – PALS Champion & Industry Leader

🏆 Over 51 visionary partner institutions and stakeholders were honored for their commitment to shaping future-ready engineers, with awards across 5 categories:

• Award of Excellence in Participation
• Award of Excellence in Performance
• innoWAH! innovation winners
• Partner Institute of the Year 2024-25
• GATE Outreach champions and more

📈 The Annual Report, presented by Ms. Vijayalakshmi Sankar, Vice-Chairperson of PALS, highlighted 79 events, expanded reach, and deepened industry-academia engagement — including a senior leadership workshop on Building Institutional Eminence, inspired by IIT Madras’ global ranking journey.

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