Prof. V K Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur addressing the Institute Award Ceremony of IIT Kharagpur in the august presence of His Excellency, Governor of West Bengal Shri Jagdeep Dhankhar and notable Alumni Fraternity of IIT Kharagpur. #IITKGP #EduMinOfIndia #narendramodi #dpradhanbjp #Drsubhassarkar #PMOIndia #JagdeepDhankhar #GovernorofWestBengal #ParamShakti #AlumniFraternity #SupercomputingSystem #NationalSupercomputingMission #stateoftheart | IIT Kharagpur

In the Platinum Jubilee Year of IIT Kharagpur, we proudly celebrate a defining moment as our distinguished alumnus, Sundar Pichai, CEO of Google, addressed the India AI Impact Summit 2026. Opening his remarks with a personal reflection, he shared, “Every time I visit, I’m struck by the pace of change, and today is no different. Back when I was a student, I often took the Coromandel Express from Chennai up to IIT Kharagpur. To get there, we passed through Visakhapatnam.” From his humble journey a