Year: 2018

Nov
30
2018
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Business Analytics Program Ranked 2nd in QS Asia

Business Analytics Program Ranked 2nd in QS Asia

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Times of India  The Week   Jagran Josh  Business Standard   The Hindu BusinessLine   Outlook  Millenium Post The Postgraduate Diploma in Business Analytics (PGDBA) jointly offered by IIT Kharagpur, IIM  Calcutta and Indian Statistical Institute has been ranked as top in India and 2nd in Asia by QS in the category business analytics courses. The course has been ranked 14th globally in the category. PGDBA is a two-year full-time residential diploma programme aimed at creating business analytics professionals employable by leading Indian and foreign firms. This programme is designed for those who have an analytical mindset, are interested in tackling challenging business problems, and…
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Nov
29
2018
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
The Healing Ozone

The Healing Ozone

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India Today    India Blooms   Business Standard   Economic Times    Financial Express   FirstPost   Outlook   The Week   CanIndia  New Indian Express   Quint  NDTV   AsiaNet  Manorama  Eenadu  India TV   Jagran Josh  Hitavada  Dainik Bhaskar While the world is debating on climate change and global warming, researchers at IIT Kharagpur have given the environmental evangelists a reason to rejoice. A research team from the Center of Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Science (CORAL) at IIT Kharagpur have come up with new data confirming that the Antarctic Ozone Hole is on a healing path. The researchers have collected data from 1979 to 2017, which shows though there was a loss…
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Nov
27
2018
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Strategic Engagement with Auckland

Strategic Engagement with Auckland

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Business Standard   Times of India   Yahoo News  Outlook   Times Now    Jagran Josh   NDTV Global News, NZ   Indian Weekender, NZ IIT Kharagpur and the University of Auckland signed an MoU to foster academic exchange and research collaboration, faculty exchange and visiting/adjunct appointments, and student mobility. The institutes will typically explore opportunities for research in Healthcare Technologies, New Materials, Cyber Security and Artificial Intelligence. “This is the first strategic partnership of the University of Auckland with a higher educational institution in India. The SPARC program of India is of specific interest to us. There are several research areas which are of mutual interest…
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Nov
26
2018
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By Chirosree Basu
Preserving a palimpsest

Preserving a palimpsest

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Indian Express   The Telegraph, The Week   Outlook   Millennium Post   Business Standard   Ei Samay  The Times of India In keeping with the spirit of the ongoing World Heritage Week, a Heritage Fest was organized in Chandernagore on November 25 by a local project team in partnership with the University of Liverpool and IIT Kharagpur. Their two-year project covers the stretch from Bandel to Barrackpore and seeks to protect and raise awareness of the rich cultural heritage of the cities and towns along the course of the Hugli River. Raising awareness among the young, the inheritors of the world’s heritage, is the chief aim…
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Nov
23
2018
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Alumnus Honours Former Faculty

Alumnus Honours Former Faculty

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Who Was Prof. A S Davis? It was 1965 . . . few pairs of eyes rolled watching a boy being grabbed by his neck from his room D-231 at RK Hall, by a Professor and taken to the laboratory. The Professor was A S Davis from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. The young boy was Vinod Gupta (B.Tech./AG/1967), now an entrepreneur and philanthropist. Recently, Vinod has donated USD 100,000 to his alma mater IIT Kharagpur to set up a Chair Professorship in the memory of Prof. Davis. The teacher who won’t let me miss my lessons…
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Nov
20
2018
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Social Media to Help Disaster Relief

Social Media to Help Disaster Relief

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Economic Times   Gadget Now   India Today   Business Standard  Business Standard (PTI)   Devdiscourse  VC Circle Your posts on social media and internal messaging applications can now help victims receive relief during natural disasters. While you tweet about the situation of the victims in specific locations in English or Hindi, a computer program can read through your empathetic post and send the relevant information to nearby relief operators. A research team led by Dr. Saptarshi Ghosh from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Kharagpur is developing the algorithms for this task. At the wake of the recent Kerala floods and other…
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Nov
19
2018
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By Chirosree Basu
From the lab to the hospital

From the lab to the hospital

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Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Head, School of Medical Science and Technology, talks about the thrust areas, ongoing programmes, research, achievements and long-term goals of one of the youngest and most ambitious departments of IIT Kharagpur Could you talk about the genesis of SMST? The department started its journey in 2001 against a background where technology was progressively coming into the domain of medical world. It was felt that a unique school or department should be established that would work at the interface between medicine and technology. A medical school would be bothered about the clinical aspects of the study, not necessarily…
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Nov
16
2018
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By Chirosree Basu
Step on the gas!

Step on the gas!

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Financial Chronicle      Economic Times    Business Standard    Zee Business Economic Times Energy World    The Week     Millenium Times    Outlook Jagran Josh  NDTV   Devdiscourse    Suryaa    Sify   Energy Infra Post   The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) has been an immensely successful government program. Launched in May 2016, it aimed to safeguard the health of women and children by providing 5 crore LPG connections in the next 3 years (2016-2019) to BPL families with the support of Rs 1600 to each family. The government has recently decided to enhance the target to 8 crore LPG connections. The time period has been…
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Nov
14
2018
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By Chirosree Basu
A man with a mission

A man with a mission

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An inspiring leader, dedicated nationalist and a visionary, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was the first Union minister for education of independent India. Since 2008, the nation has been celebrating the birthday of Maulana Azad as the National Education Day on November 11. This year too, educational Institutions all over the country commemorated the occasion by organizing seminars, symposia, essay writing and elocution competitions, and rallies with banners and slogans that emphasized the importance of education and the nation’s commitment to all aspects of education. At IIT Kharagpur, the National Education Day began with a floral tribute to Maulana Azad at…
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Nov
09
2018
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By Chirosree Basu
Because the night belongs to us

Because the night belongs to us

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IIT KGP's unique tradition of Illu and Rangoli is all about bonding and sharing He shakes his head and guffaws a little. He is pointing to the huge sheets drawn around one side of the RP hostel. “They do all kinds of measurements and can apprehend where the wind is coming from. These sheets are to keep out the wind so that the diyas do not blow out. Even if one diya is not burning, it could mean 2nd place. They are very competitive,” says the rickshaw puller. He has been around for some time and believes that he can let…
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