The alumni bookshelf
Engineers, architects, civil servants and scientists who also write: novels, poetry, history, faith and hard-won practical advice, in English and Hindi.
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Brijesh Chandra SrivastavaB.E. & M.E. Civil, 1985 & 1987
A practical guide to documentation and record management in public works and infrastructure, from over three decades at RITES Limited. Its foreword says it deserves a place on every office desk in India.
Buy on AmazonSanjeev Kumar JainB.E. ECE, 1986
A spiritual book by a senior IPS officer, Director General of Police (Human Rights Commission) in the Haryana cadre.
Buy on AmazonDr. Ajay MahajanB.E. Mechanical, 1990
His next novel after Gravity of a Promise, out on 30 June 2025, plunges its characters into another high-stakes international adventure.
Buy on AmazonDr. Balvir Talwar2013
His fifth book reads modern leadership through Vedic traditions: long-term goals, intrinsic motivation and value-driven management. He was the first Ph.D. from the Department of Management Studies and an Executive Director at BHEL.
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AuthorM.Sc. 1979, Ph.D. 1984, Chemistry
A master of the Hindi ghazal with five published collections. Critical studies discuss his work, and researchers at several universities study his ghazals.
See his book on FlipkartNarendra Swarup AgarwalB.E. Chemical, 1972
Sets out the author’s New Quantum Theory of 2012, which proposes a tiny nucleus of mass and charge inside the photon as the answer to wave–particle duality.
Prof. Shreyas KumarB.Arch., 1999
Co-written with Gourav Nagar and published by Packt, UK: a practical guide to understanding and stopping cyberattacks at every stage of the kill chain.
Author on LinkedInAuthorIntegrated M.Tech., 2015
An IAS officer who has kept a blog for eight years on books, technology, civil services and philosophy. He paints his own bookmarks, too.
Read his blogDr. Ajay MahajanB.E. Mechanical, 1990
A first novel ten years in the making, by a professor and engineer whose work spans NASA, the US Department of Defense and the Renault and Toyota Formula One teams.
Buy on AmazonRajvi MittalB.Tech., 2022
Moments of rebirth, and the case for treating sadness, envy and anger as messengers rather than monsters: a journey of introspection.
Buy on AmazonAuthorB.E. Electrical, 2013
Head of Machine Learning and AI at XYZ Reality, after Oracle, Sony, Tractable and Revolut.
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Dr. K. K. AsthanaB.Arch., 1982
Forty-two social satires. Rich people in ripped jeans set off a light-hearted but serious look at the moral slide the author sees around him.
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UK-based philanthropist and management thinker, an alumnus of Harvard Business School, who has given ₹1.60 crore to IIT Roorkee.
Author on LinkedInAuthorB.E. ECE, 1981
An IAS officer of the 1984 batch who retired as Chief Secretary of Telangana. He writes and speaks on people-centred governance, the global environment and sustainability.
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AuthorB.E. Electrical, 1989
Poet and writer. Two poetry collections in 2021, then the stories of 75 martyrs of the freedom struggle, from 1857 to 1947, published by Hindi Shree.
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AuthorB.Arch., 1968
Writes about first-generation Indian immigrants in America: lives split between two cultures, and grandparents who rarely see their grandchildren.
Author on LinkedInSandeep SinghB.Arch., 1987
The aspirations of a visually impaired girl in today’s India, and how challenges give way when we try.
AuthorB.E. Mechanical, 1990
Indian history from the medieval to the modern, told by a marathoner and mountaineer. His first book was translated into Hindi.
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AuthorM.Tech. Earth Science, 1974
A gold medallist who joined the IPS in 1975 and rose to Director-General, with two President’s medals. He is also a painter, columnist and TEDx speaker.
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AuthorB.E. Electrical, 1991
A wireless-industry strategist who advises senior executives of Fortune 100 companies. At Roorkee he captained the university badminton team.
Author on LinkedInDr. Rajiv K. TayalB.E. Chemical, 1981
A former Adviser at the Department of Science & Technology turns to the metaphysics of life, drawing on the Vedantic school of thought.
Dr. Rajiv K. TayalB.E. Chemical, 1981
A practical guide to personal finance from an engineer and science administrator with a four-decade career.
Dr. Rajiv K. TayalB.E. Chemical, 1981
Grant writing and programme management, from an engineer who became a science administrator at the Department of Science & Technology.
Samul VermaB.E. 1992, M.E. 1994, Civil
Leadership and teamwork learned by observing and experimenting, from a General Manager at Sterling & Wilson Solar.
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Pramod JoshiB.E. Metallurgy, 1989
His second poetry collection, unveiled at the World Book Fair in New Delhi. The first was launched at his batch’s Pearl Jubilee.
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Dr. Aradhana JindalB.Arch., 1989
Her first book of poems, 51 in Hindi and 20 in English, illustrated with her own sketches.
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Geetika GoyalM.Sc. Physics, 1993
Poems written in moments of missing someone or something, the latest of her seven books. An earlier one sold almost 1,25,000 copies in 2022–23.
Author on LinkedInJitendra P. S. SolankiMBA, 2000
From a SEBI-registered investment adviser whose practice has focused, since 2010, on families with special-needs dependents.
Author on LinkedInSurendra VyasB.Tech. Electrical, 2002
“Knowledge fiction”: a patent lawsuit over electric-vehicle technology, told as a story to explain how start-ups use their patents.
Author on LinkedInSubir AdhicaryB.E. Chemical, 1973
Hostel life at Durgapur and Roorkee in the seventies, and the first years of work. His 2018 debut, Beyond My Blinkers, drew a review from the Vice President of India.
Gaurav GuptaB.Tech. CSE, 2012
A novel of love, friendship and ambition, and of what lies behind the walls of a first year at IIT.
Author on LinkedInPradeep GoorhaB.E. Mechanical, 1968
A first novel. One woman faces the coming wipeout of civilisation and the task of keeping humanity alive, in a story that blurs history and fiction.
Mohinder L. NayyarB.E. Mechanical, 1966
By an ASME Life Fellow and 2016 Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient who spent his career on piping, valves and codes at more than 100 power plants.
Mohinder L. NayyarB.E. Mechanical, 1966
Why the rich can suffer while the poor live content: universal ideas and everyday anecdotes on how to live and how to be happy.
Mohinder L. NayyarB.E. Mechanical, 1966
Poems on the struggle between what the heart feels and what the mind dictates.
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Ravi SharmaB.E. Electrical, 1984
Poems of waves and passing shadows: joy and loneliness, love, faith and dreams that break.
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Sandeep SinghB.Tech. Civil, 2003
A first book written in the blend of Hindi and English that many young people in North India speak.
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