Secretary and two Joint Secretaries. The councils also organize different festivals in the college annually. Festivals IIT BHU has four main student-organised festivals: Technex is the annual techno-management festival of IIT BHU and Asia's oldest techno-management fest. Apart from these, there are several departmental festivals. IIT BHU also participates in Banaras Hindu University's Inter-college festival Spandan which is held annually in the month of February. Institute Magazine The institute newsletter, IIT BHU Connect is a bi-yearly magazine which features in-depth cover stories, recently organized events, adopted proposals, technical advances and helps promote the Institute beyond the boundaries of the university. Having been initiated in the year 2016, six editions have been published so far which received mostly positive reviews. It is run by a student team of around twenty students with one Student Editor. MCIIE Malaviya Centre for Innovation, Incubation and Entrepreneurship (MCIIE) was established in 2008. The objective of MCIIE is to produce successful firms that will leave the program financially viable. Incubator tenants not only benefit from business and technical assistance but also from official affiliation with the incubator, a supportive community with an entrepreneurial environment, direct link to entrepreneurs, and immediate networking and commercial opportunities with other tenant firms. The various programmes under MCIIE include: Open Learning Programme in Entrepreneurship (OLPE) Entrepreneurship Development and Awareness Programs Technology Business Incubator (TBI) sponsored by National Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Development Board, DST, New Delhi. Alumni IIT (BHU) Varanasi has produced alumni who made a mark for themselves in the fields of technology, business, politics, and arts, among other fields. Alumni interactions are maintained by Student Alumni Interaction Cell (SAIC) under the aegis of the Dean of Resources and Alumni. IIT BHU has multiple alumni organisations including IIT BHU Global Alumni Association (IBGAA) and Association of IITBHU Alumni (AIBA). Some notable alumni include: Deepak Ahuja, Former CFO at Tesla, Inc. Krishan Kant, former Vice-President of India. Manoj Sinha, 2nd Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir and Former Minister of State, Railways and Communication. Jay Chaudhry, CEO and Founder of ZScaler Varun Grover (writer), National Film Award-winning Lyricist and Songwriter. Famous for writing the songs of Gangs of Wasseypur. Thomas Anantharaman, one of the 3-member team at IBM who developed IBM Deep Blue supercomputer. Kota Harinarayana, a Padma Shri awardee and distinguished scientist at DRDO Nikesh Arora, CEO at Palo Alto Networks, Former President at Softbank, Ex-Senior Vice President and Chief