Dr V Kamakoti, an alumnus of Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (1989 batch), will take over the mantle of Director of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras from Bhaskar Ramamurthi. Dr Kamakoti earned a B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering from Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE) in 1989, followed by an MS and PhD from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras. He subsequently completed two post-doctoral positions at the Indian Institute of Science's Supercomputer Education and Research Center in Bangalore and the Institute of Mathematical Sciences in Chennai.
Before this, Dr Kamakoti has had the fortune of serving various reputed organizations in various capacities. He was a professor at IIT Madras in 2009, following which, he served as the Associate Dean for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored Research (ICSR) and Head of the Departmartment of CSE at IIT Madras. He was also a member of the National Security Advisory Board where he proposed a viable solution for tracing the origins of Whatsapp messages. Dr Kamakoti was designated by the Union Commerce Ministry in 2017 as the Chairman of a Taskforce on Leveraging Artificial Intelligence for Development in a Variety of Fields. He has been bestowed with many awards for his contribution like the Alumni Achiever Award by Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering (SVCE) in 2020, the Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National Fellowship in 2020, and the DRDO Academy Excellence Award in 2013 .

TG ICET Answer Key 2026: The preliminary answer key was released today, May 29, 2026, at 11 AM, along with the candidate's response sheet. icet.tgche.ac.in is the official website from which you can access the answer key, response sheet and master question papers. Do note that the response sheet will have correct answers as well as marked answers by the candidates. In case you think that there are any mistakes in the answer key, you can file objections between May 30 and June 5.

AP ICET Rank Card 2026: The rank cards for the Andhra Pradesh ICET 2026 will be made available on May 16, 2026, via the APSCHE website. Students who took part in the ICET 2026 test on May 2, 2026, for admission to MBA and MCA courses in colleges within Andhra Pradesh can download their rank cards from the website by logging in to their accounts.

TG ICET Exam 2026: The Telangana Integrated Common Entrance Test (TG ICET) 2026 test has been successfully completed on May 13 and 14, 2026, at several examination centers in Telangana. The test was organized by Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda, under the auspices of the Telangana Council of Higher Education (TGCHE), for admission to the MBA and MCA programs of various universities and colleges in Telangana.

IIM Sambalpur UG Admission 2026: The Indian Institute of Management, Sambalpur, has invited applications for the second batch of its UG programs for the year 2026. IIM Sambalpur is offering two four-year Bachelor of Science (B.S.) programs – B.S. in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence and B.S. in Management & Public Policy. These programs have been devised keeping in mind the guidelines of the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 and aim to provide multidisciplinary, industry-focused education to students.

TG ICET 2026 Hall Ticket: Mahatma Gandhi University, Nalgonda, has released the TG ICET 2026 hall ticket today, May 4, 2026. The authority is yet to announce the official time of releasing the TG ICET hall ticket. Based on past trends, it will be released in the evening. To download the TG ICET 2026 hall ticket, the candidates should visit the official website- icet.tgche.ac.in. The authority will not send the AP ICET hall ticket hard copy to the candidates to their postal addresses.