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IIT Madras names new centre after Indian American
The New York-based investor earned his doctorate in computer science from UC Berkeley after graduating from IIT Madras.
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Malvika Choudhary - Sat, 28, Mar 2026
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Formal inauguration with unveiling of plaque. From L to R: Prof. Shweta Agrawal, Head ARC for Theoretical Computer Science; Mr. Arvind Raghunathan, Founder Roc360 and Donor; Prof. Ashwin Mahalingam, Dean Alumni & Corporate Relations, IIT Madras; Mr. Kaviraj Nair, CEO, office of Institutional Advancement, IIT Madras. / IIT Madras
The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras named its Centre for Theoretical Computer Science after Indian American alumnus Arvind Raghunathan following a financial commitment to support foundational research in the field.
The newly established Arvind Raghunathan Centre for Theoretical Computer Science (ARtCS) is intended to advance the mathematical foundations of computer science and support long-term theoretical research across disciplines.
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Raghunathan credited his time at IIT Madras for shaping his intellectual outlook. “My transformative five years at IIT Madras fostered an unrelenting curiosity in me, and I hope that ARtCS will provide future generations with access to world-class professors and research in their intellectual pursuits in theoretical subjects,” he said.
“The generosity of Raghunathan and his continued commitment to the students of IIT Madras through ARtCS will advance innovative research in the field of computational science at an exciting time in this field,” IIT Madras director V. Kamakoti said.
The centre will operate with support from an advisory board that includes Shafi Goldwasser, Prabhakar Raghavan, Venkat Guruswamy, and IIT Madras faculty and affiliates.
According to the institute, ARtCS will focus on areas including cryptography, computational complexity, algorithms, graph theory, logic and databases, theoretical machine learning, quantum computing, and privacy in artificial intelligence. The centre will support students at undergraduate, graduate, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels.
The initiative is also expected to strengthen India’s presence in theoretical computer science, a discipline that underpins advances in computing systems and emerging technologies.
Raghunathan, who earned a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from IIT Madras and a doctorate in computer science from the University of California Berkeley, began his career in academia before moving into finance. He held senior roles at Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank, including serving as managing director and head of global arbitrage.
He later founded multiple firms, including the financial platform Roc360, and currently serves as founder and chief executive officer of House IQ. Based in New York, Raghunathan is also an investor and board member of Roc360.
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