Month: December 2019

Exploring EHD

Exploring EHD

Contributor: Prof. Anandaroop Bhattacharya, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur The last week of November saw sixteen eminent researchers from leading universities in France and India congregate at IIT Kharagpur to join four of our own colleagues with a common objective of knowledge sharing and what followed was three days of "fluid" interactions and "charged up" ideas among this "microcosm" of professionals from mechanical, chemical, electrical engineering, applied physics and medical science disciplines. This Indo-French workshop on "Recent Advances in ElectroHydroDynamics (EHD) - applications in microfluidics" was organized at IIT Kharagpur during 27-29 November 2019. About ElectroHydroDynamics (EHD) EHD, strictly…
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Fastest 1000

Fastest 1000

Economic Times          India Today          Business Standard            NDTV             Indian Express                Millennium Post               India TV               New Indian Express         Yahoo News               Republic World         Times of India              Track.in         Devdiscourse Honeywell Hiring:       Live Mint       ANI       Manufacturing Today India IIT Kharagpur has set…
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NSS IIT KGP Annual Camp 2019: A Report

NSS IIT KGP Annual Camp 2019: A Report

Contributor: Prof. Gautam Saha, Dept. of Electronics & Electrical Communications Engineering, IIT Kharagpur A third of the IIT KGP freshman community certainly had an exceptional experience this winter. The annual National Service Scheme (NSS) camp for this year was based at village Shyameshwarpur under Gopali Gram Panchayat of Kharagpur Block I. Activities were also carried out at neighbouring villages, Sholadahar and Nachna. A total of 553 first-year students participated in this one-week long camp that started on 28th November. Having to arrive by 7 a.m. at the campsite and stay on till past 4 p.m., the volunteers initially had an…
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Lessons from Day 3

Lessons from Day 3

Beating all conventional logic, which would expect the number of placements to go down steadily with each passing day, the figures at IIT Kharagpur show a consistently upward trend. From 170 placements offered on Day 1, the figure went up to 250 on Day 2. A total of 162 were placed on Day 3, with the top recruiters of the day being Honeywell, Axis Bank, ANI Technologies (OLA) with 34, 12 and 10 offers respectively. Perhaps the faces said it all. Although still clad in their crisp white shirt and dark trousers and coat, many of those assembling in Nalanda…
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Day 1 Placement Report

Day 1 Placement Report

Economic Times        Business Insider       Business Standard        Live Mint        Times of India IIT Kharagpur has started its 2019-2020 placement journey with 469 offers including PPOs. This is a clear increase from last year's Day 1 figures. The first day started with 30 companies which is 25% more than last year and included 76 profiles from core, software, analytics, finance and consulting. The preplacement offers witnessed a 7% increase which is almost three times from last year in public sector offer. There is 50% increase in international offers that includes many pay…
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