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Three of Jupiter’s Galilean moons Sirohi, Director of that may have oceans beneath their Othe Indian Institute of Tech- surfaces – Ganymede, Callisto, and nology - Delhi. Sirohi has held Europa – will be explored by the this position since December latest NASA-funded spacecraft, 2000, and his areas of techni- the Prometheus Jupiter Icy Moons cal expertise are Optical Me- Orbiter. trology, Optical Instrumenta- The nuclear-powered spacecraft tion, and Holography. is being designed by Northrop Thorn: What does the title of Grumman Space Technology and is university “director” mean? expected to launch after 2012. The Bob Schulein / Co-Editor-in-Chief Sirohi: It’s equivalent to the Jack Midgley, Charles Joenathan, and R. S. Sirohi. current funding covers the design president of a university. There process through 2008. are seven IITs in the country. ican schools. We have two se- ties. This is another part of This year, we had 200,000 stu- All of them are autonomous. mesters in a year; each one of 14 learning: networking with dent enrolled in the entrance They are like individual uni- weeks duration. The curriculum people and organizing. exam. This is in two parts; one versities. We even have our is also very similar - it’s grade- The other part in IIT edu- is a screening, one is the main. Mars rover keeps own curriculum, our own aca- based and follows a program cation is that we would like The screening is taken by all demic programs, give our own that is equivalent to your B.S. to create leaders, not skilled potential applicants. The an- trucking degrees. And the director is Thorn: What is it about IIT workers. swers are machine gradable, the chief executive offi cer. Delhi that makes it one of the We give so much emphasis and we select about 25,000. NASA will continue funding the Thorn: Why did you come premier universities in India? on science-based engineering These students are given an- Mars Spirit and Opportunity robots to Rose-Hulman for a visit? Sirohi: I think the strength of education which never gets other test, the main test, in for six more months to give scientists Sirohi: I spent a year here the IIT system lies in two parts. out-dated. We put a major physics, chemistry, math- further opportunity for exploration of in 1985-86, and I thought I One is the education in the emphasis on the basics, the ematics. We take 3800 stu- the Mars surface. should go back and see where classroom, where we mostly fundamentals. dents for all the IITs. The 3800 The robots discovered material that I worked. And secondly, Dr. Jo- use the conventional methods Thorn: How does IIT-Delhi are put in merit order. Merit supports the theory that water was enathan, with whom we have — chalk and talk. There are compare in size to others? #1 has all the possibilities. He a very good collaborative re- once present on Mars. They have electronic aids which we basi- Sirohi: We have the largest can choose any IIT, any course search experience, is the chair cally use as supplements. number of students. We have program. As the seats fi ll up, travelled 3.2 km and show few signs of of the Department of Physics. The other important part 4800, the other IITs have 4200 the choices tend to become wear, despite the fact that they have Thorn: How does the struc- of education is the hostel life; and 4000, and the younger less. The last student does been in use nearly six months longer ture of IIT Delhi compare to all of our students stay in the ones have still less. not have any choice. He has than originally expected. American universities? campus and get involved in Thorn: How diffi cult is it to to accept what is available. Sirohi: IIT has the same type many extracurricular activi- become a student at IIT? of system of education as Amer- ties and co-curricular activi- Sirohi: Very, very diffi cult. Continued on Page 3... Internet Explorer only to Engineering management program expands be secured for XP users Bob Schulein including “The Entrepreneur” thousands of other technical plinary entrepreneurial three- Co-Editor-in-Chief and “Project Management.” professionals is to get them to quarter design sequence will Microsoft has decided to restrict Mason said the minors have think like entrepreneurs.” be offered for students to de- upgrades to Internet Explorer to those The Engineering Manage- received very good support According to Mason, skills velop a product and possibly running Windows XP by including the ment department was started from faculty. Many graduate associated with entrepreneur- start a company. Students upgrades in Service Pack 2. They are nine years ago to enhance and undergraduate students ship such as initiative, leader- may also have an entrepre- advising that customers running older business and leadership skills have expressed interest in the ship, and good communica- neurial component within versions of Windows upgrade to XP. for graduate students. In that programs, even though the tion are more important to en- their departmental design Internet Explorer has offi cially time, the EMGT department EMGT department has yet to gineers than ever. “Successful course. Masters students are become a feature of Windows rather has granted over 100 Master of start promotion. innovators will have to quickly required to have an entrepre- Science degrees in Engineer- “We may have an under- understand and economically neurial or commercialization than a stand-alone product. ing Management (MSEM). A graduate EMGT major some meet consumers’ demands,” dimension as part of their Microsoft plans to continue new faculty member, Anice day,” Mason said. “But we see said Mason. “This means thesis. providing some security updates Anderson, brings the total it more as a tool to serve other technical work will require a “Our marketing class is not for those versions of Windows and number of faculty members majors than as a stand-alone broader range of skills.” the usual survey class in an Internet Explorer still being supported, with industry experience to program.” “Engineers need to think MBA program,” Mason said. but these will not include the latest four. Mason said that feedback like entrepreneurs,” he con- “Ours is very focused on new enhanced version of Internet Explorer. “With the addition of Anice, from employers, even large tinued. “Not because they product development.” now we feel we have the capa- companies, indicates that will all create start-ups, but With that said, Mason en- bility to do more with our un- people with engineering man- because business as usual is courages students interested dergraduate program,” said agement experience are more increasingly facing start-up in an MBA to get a techni- Friday Tom Mason, EMGT Director. desirable than those without. type challenges.” cal entrepreneurship minor. Isolated T-storms 85 Hi / 52 Lo This year, the EMGT depart- “Engineering management In addition to taking classes “Students with a technical en- Saturday ment started offering minors tools are useful for people associated with entrepreneur- trepreneurship minor will be Sunny 76 Hi / 46 Lo in Technical Entrepreneurship who want to be successful ship and business, students much more attractive to good at the bachelor’s and master’s engineers in the 21st cen- completing the Technical En- MBA schools,” he said. levels. The minors are open tury,” Mason said. “The days trepreneurship minor are re- Mason encourages inter- Provided by www.weather.com to all disciplines and require of Dilbert are done. The only quired to put their knowledge ested students to see him for the completion of fi ve courses way to save his job and that of into practice. A multidisci- more details on the minors. 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