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“We are extremely proud to welcome Kris Gopalakrishnan to our board” said Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director of IIT Madras in a release here.
“As an alumnus of IIT Madras, I consider it a great honour to be invited to join the Board of Directors of this esteemed institute. This is an opportunity for me to support the Institute''s operations as a Member of the Board.
“It is important to raise the stature and standard of our education and research institutions and I look forward to contributing towards this,” said Gopalakrishnan.
Gopalakrishnan joined IIT Madras in 1975, and graduated four years later with an M Sc in Physics and M Tech in Computer Science.