NIT Trichy alumni are famous for their personalities and became even more famous after graduating from the academy. Therefore, the university awarded these beauties to the NIT Trichy notable alumni. NIT Trichy is a public engineering research university near Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu, India. NIT Trichy offers various undergraduate and postgraduate programs.

List Of Top NIT Trichy Alumni

NIT Trichy alumni are a long list of high achievers. NIT Trichy alumni display ethics, integrity, education, commitment, values, ethics, law, rules, regulations, motto, discipline, system, course, experience, success, public, reputation, and cultural roots of NIT Trichy.

The following are some of the NIT Trichy alumni:

1. Baba C. Vemuri

Dr. Baba C. Vemuri is a Visiting Professor, at IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, and Research Fellow, German Aerospace Research Institute, DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. IEEE membership and outstanding service as Associate Editor of IEEE TPAMI.

He has led projects worth 50 million dollars. He passed out in 1979 from the NIT Trichy.

He received his MS and Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin. He won the University of Florida SPP award & Research Foundation professorship.

2. Krishna V Palem

Krishna V. Pale is an Indian-born computer scientist and engineer. Dr. Krishna V Pale received a BE degree in Electronic Communication Engineering from NIT Tiruchirappalli in 1979.

He has been the editor-in-chief of many international journals. He has $6.8 million in research funding. He received his MS and Ph.D. from the University of Texas, Austin.

He received a Teaching Excellence award; an External recognition award from the IBM Research division, apart from the Hewlett Packard research award and Panasonic research award.

3. Ramesh R Rao

Dr. Ramesh R Rao is the author of over 100 technical articles, has contributed to two book chapters, and has guest lectures and plenary lectures.

He has served as Publications Editor, Web Editor, Newsletter Editor, and IEEE Board of Governors.

He passed out in 1980 from NIT Trichy. He is a member of the US government's expert group to review the current research, development, and applications in wireless communications in the United States, Japan, and Western Europe.

4. S. K. Ramesh

S. K. Ramesh is a professor of electrical and computer engineering at California State University, Northridge, USA, and a former dean of the University of Engineering and Computer Science. 

Ramesh received an Honors Degree in Telecommunications Engineering from the Regional Engineering College of Tiruchirappalli (now known as the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli) at the University of Madras, India, in 1981. 

From 2006 to 2017, he was Dean of the Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science at California State University, Northridge, and from 2017 to the present, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at CSUN.

Ramesh was elected Chairman of the Accreditation Committee of Engineering and Technology, Inc. (ABET) in 2021.

5. Rajkumar Chellaraj

Raj Chellaraj is CFO and Dean of Management at Stanford Business School at Stanford University. 

At the same time, from 2015 to 2017, he was Chief Operating Officer of the Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Countries (Stanford Seed), mainly in Africa and India.

He is currently the CEO of Wellbore Integrity Solutions, a global oilfield service provider, which is a portfolio of private equity firm Rhône Group. 

He is also a board member of Wahoo Fitness, an international company specializing in indoor bike trainers, GPS bike computers, bike sensors, and heart rate monitors for optimizing training.

6. John Mathews

An Indian-American engineer and educator, John Mathews is an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) professor at Oregon State University in the United States.

Matthew received his Bachelor of Science degree in Electronic Communication Engineering from the Regional Engineering College of Tiruchirappalli (now known as the National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli). 

In 1981 and 1984, he received an MS and Ph.D. in ECE from the University of Iowa.

7. Nagi Naganathan

Nagi Ganapathy Naganathan is the current President of the Oregon Institute of Technology and a former Dean of the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Toledo. 

Naganathan holds a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from NIT Tiruchirappalli.

He was appointed Interim President of the University of Toledo on July 1st, 2014. 

In November 2016, Naganasan was elected President of the Oregon Institute of Technology. Tiruchirappalli of the National Institute of Technology awarded him the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2007.

8. Nagarajan Ranganathan

Nagarajan Ranganathan was a prominent university professor of computer science and engineering at the University of South Florida in Tampa, USA. 

A former Editor-in-chief of IEEE Transactions on VLSI Systems, Nagarajan Ranganathan holds a BE in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from NIT Tiruchirappalli.

He briefly worked as a professor of the same subject at the University of Texas, USA.

9. Vanitha Rangaraju

Vanitha Rangaraju Ramanan is an Indian animator working at DreamWorks Animation. 

Rangaraju is part of the Oscar-winning film Shrek team at the 74th Academy Awards in Los Angeles, USA, and won the Academy Award for Best Animation at the 55th British Academy Film Awards in London, England. 

Rangaraju graduated from NIT Tiruchirappalli with a bachelor's degree in architecture.

She completed her master's degree at the University of Texas at Austin in 1996 and did an internship at Industrial Light & Magic in 1998. She has been a member of DreamWorks Animation since then.

10. Palanivel Thiagarajan

An Indian politician, Palanivel Thiagarajan is the current Minister of Finance of Tamil Nadu.

He was elected to the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections by Madurai Central in 2016 and 2021.

After attending the Lawrence School and Vikaasa School in Lovedale, Madurai in Thiagarajan graduated with a bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from the NIT Trichy.

He holds a master's degree and a Ph.D. in operations research. He holds a Ph.D. in Ergonomics / Engineering Psychology from the University at Buffalo, New York.

NIT Trichy Alumni Association

NIT Trichy alumni association is mighty. It is spread all over the country. NIT Trichy alumni association maintains a link with its alumni through various activities. The different invited speakers, the faculty of visits, and experts interact with current students to benefit from their experience and network.

Links to the official NIT Trichy alumni community are listed below:

Other Prominent NIT Trichy Alumni

NIT Trichy alumni are making their mark in their field and making a mark for NIT Trichy. Several successful and worthy aspirants were admitted to the college and contributed to the success of the college.

The following table contains their details: