Month: July 2019

Jul
31
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Way to Zero Waste

Way to Zero Waste

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Economic Times       ET Energy World       India Today         Careers360       Millenium Post       DD News       Business Standard       The Week        NDTV          Shiksha While passing through the newly developed, urban elite settlements, the dumpsites waiting treatment are becoming increasingly common. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in India continues to remain a neglected area with inefficient source segregation. Further, the moisture content in waste adds to India’s challenge in solid organic waste management because of our food habits and socio-cultural habits.…
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Jul
30
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
IIT Kharagpur Going Live with Young Innovators

IIT Kharagpur Going Live with Young Innovators

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India Today      DataQuest       Times Now      Indian Express     NDTV       Outlook    Matrubhumi         Jagran Josh IIT Kharagpur undergraduate students have organized a live interactive session to mentor school students in classes VIII-X to participate in science and technology innovation competitions. This is an initiative under the IIT Kharagpur Young Innovators Program,  a science and technology competition empowering students in classes VIII - X to solve real-life challenges through innovations.  Why YIP At a time when the MHRD is making technological hackathons increasingly popular across colleges and several corporate…
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Jul
29
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Calling Inbound

Calling Inbound

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India Today           Business Standard         Outlook          Hindustan Times                  News18                      The Week               Times Now                            India TV                     First Post                          Republic TV             NDTV                      DailyHunt                      Devdiscourse     …
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Jul
28
2019
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By Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya
When one great is inspired by another

When one great is inspired by another

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Can industry and academia work together to promote the overall competitiveness of a sector through exchange of ideas and innovation, through synthesis of organizational and academic practice and discipline? The jury may be out on that one, yet there is one example that not only tilts the scale heavily towards the potential of success of a collaborative engagement such as this, but also serves as a model par excellence on account of the precedence that it has set: The Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) founded by illustrious British-Indian engineer, academic, manufacturing expert and leading consultant for industry and governments -- late…
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Jul
27
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Digital CHAVI for Cancer Cure

Digital CHAVI for Cancer Cure

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Outlook   ET HealthWorld   Millennium Post   Lokmat   Financial Express   Business Standard    India Today    Amar Ujala    Navbharat Times   NDTV   New Kerala    The Quint    Indian Express     IIT Kharagpur and Tata Medical Center have set up an open architecture image biobank to aid cancer research in the country. Named CompreHensive Digital ArchiVe of Cancer Imaging (CHAVI) it will address the emerging field of imaging-related research and will be India's first step towards harnessing artificial intelligence and deep learning methods to answer medical questions of importance in the field of image banking. IIT Kharagpur and Tata Medical Center…
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Jul
26
2019
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By Sreeparna
Be YOUrself

Be YOUrself

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“So, how many of you are Harry Potter fans?” asked Prof. Sangeeta Das Bhattacharya (Professor, School of Medical Science and Technology). Around 70% of the entire class of about 100 students raised their hands to answer. Pat came the second question, which had everyone racking their brains – “What was it that Prof Albus Dumbledore told Harry Potter which made him take a second look at life?” Now this was a yorker. After quite a few tries, a newbie came up with the correct answer. She said, “Professor Dumbledore told Harry – It is our choices that show what we…
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Jul
25
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Kgpians Who Steered India’s Moonshot

Kgpians Who Steered India’s Moonshot

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Careers360     India Today It was a week of celebration with India's moonshot Chandrayaan -2 being launched by Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) from the spaceport at Sriharikota at Andhra Pradesh. And this time too IIT Kharagpur has a reason to give its traditional tempo shout. Three Kgpians were among the noted scientists who played a key role in the successful launch of GSLV MkIII - M1/Chandrayaan -2. Alumnus Dr V Narayanan, an expert in cryogenic rocket propulsion technology, was responsible for the manufacture of GSLV rocket's cryogenic and liquid engines.  He did his MTech in Cryogenic Engineering in 1990…
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Jul
24
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
Sights and sounds

Sights and sounds

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      India Education Diary Medical imaging is a multi-billion-dollar industry today and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.7% by 2025. Both India and China are expected to majorly contribute to this growth. A rapid advancement in medical and diagnostic imaging devices has enhanced the diagnosis and treatment of several diseases, including cardiovascular diseases and cancer. In addition, medical imaging and image guided therapy are important sources of employment, with a large number of electrical, computer, and biomedical engineers being employed in both the public and private sectors. However, today there are only a handful of…
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Jul
23
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
Getting together

Getting together

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In the course of just one week, first year MBA students of the 2019-21 batch at IIT Kharagpur’s iconic management school, Vinod Gupta School of Management, not only interacted with industry experts, but also picked up cues from business areas – such as the print industry – and made field visits. For example, a visit to the Kharagpur railway workshop, the largest maintenance workshop of the Indian Railways, to understand the production processes. The thrust of the orientation process was to make students aware of the uniqueness of the management school. As Prof. Prabina Rajib, Dean, VGSoM, put it, “At…
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Jul
22
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
We Care4U

We Care4U

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India Today       Economic   Times      Times Now      NDTV         Careers360              Newsgram             Outlook            Hindustan Times             Jagran Josh New Delhi Times                  Express Computer                        Sentinel Assam                     Manorama            The Hindu BusinessLine For a nation with as many as 112 million elderly people, geriatric care is fast emerging as a major worry for India. Apart from a range of health problems, the elderly face loneliness,…
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