Year: 2019

Jul
18
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
Ways of being

Ways of being

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Star Tribune Subbiah Ramalingam (1956/BTech/ME), Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Minnesota - Twin Cities, passed away on February 9, 2019. Fondly called Dr Ram, or simply Ram, by his legions of admirers, friends and well-wishers, he enjoyed a distinguished career as a researcher and teacher, spanning half a century. His major research included modelling thin films for tribological applications, intelligent sensors, real-time sensing for manufacturing automation, solid lubricants, thin film deposition processes and coating technology, machining theory, metal forming, and manufacturing automation. He is regarded as one of the pioneers in the study of machining processes,…
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Jul
17
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
FRSC for Kgpian Praveen Linga

FRSC for Kgpian Praveen Linga

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Prof. Praveen Linga, an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Chemistry (FRSC) for his contribution in the field of chemical sciences. Prof. Linga is Associate Professor Dean's Chair at the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore (NUS). He did his M.Tech. in Chemical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur 2002. His received his doctoral degree from UBC, Vancouver. Prof. Linga's research interests include Gas hydrates, Carbon Dioxide Capture, Storage and Utilization, LNG Cold Energy Utilisation and Energy Storage, District Cooling and Seawater Desalination. He is championing three hydrate technologies for desalination, gas storage and data-centre…
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Jul
13
2019
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By Poulami Mondal
Smart Sensors for Smarter India @SIH2019

Smart Sensors for Smarter India @SIH2019

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India Today    Millennium Post    The Week    Business Standard    Indian Express From life-saver to asset-tracker to theft-preventer, SIH 2019 Hardware edition at IIT Kharagpur witnessed prototype sensor development for a wide array of industrial challenges. 93 green horns from seven states participated in this week-long national competition where they were posed challenges by Ministry of Coal and Garden Reach Shipbuilding Yard to develop industry-scale hardware solutions ranging from Smart Communication to Smart Vehicles, from Security and Surveillance to Miscellaneous technological ideas related to tertiary sectors. This is the first time that public and private sector companies have…
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Jul
11
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
FRS for IIT KGP Alumnus

FRS for IIT KGP Alumnus

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  India Today Dr. Sudipta Seal, an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur has been recently elected as the Fellow of Royal Society of Chemistry for his contributions in the field of Chemical Sciences. Dr. Seal specializes in the areas of Nanomaterials processing and characterization, Nanobiotechnology, Materials for optics, sensors, coatings, fuel cells, Oxidation/Corrosion, Surface Science and Engineering and Chemical Mechanical Planarization. He is at present Department Chair of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Seal graduated from IIT Kharagpur in 1990 with B.Tech. in Metallurgy and Materials Engineering. He did MS in Metallurgy from the University of Sheffield…
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Jul
08
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Learning through Hackathon

Learning through Hackathon

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India Today      Careers 360     Outlook    The Quint     Business Standard    The Week     Silicon India     NDTV     Hindustan Times The week-long Hardware Edition of Smart India Hackathon 2019 started at IIT Kharagpur on July 8, 2019. 14 teams from 7 states, Assam, Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Telangana and West Bengal are participating in this PAN India competition. In Smart India Hackathon-2019 Hardware edition, problems are broadly based on Agriculture & Rural Development, Food Technology, Waste Management, Clean Water, Renewable Energy, Healthcare & Biomedical devices, Smart Vehicles, Robotics and Drones, Security…
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Jul
08
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
Where there’s a will…

Where there’s a will…

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Careers360 An AI-based intelligent traffic control system could revolutionize traffic management in India. Already, the Delhi Traffic Police are mulling over the matter. At IIT Kharagpur, an undergraduate student team  -Bits n Bytes – presented an exhaustive model of such an AI system based on real time traffic feed and lifted the top prize at the up.AI Challenge recently. The up.AI Challenge is what can be called the ‘endgame’ of the up.AI summit that was held at the IIT Kharagpur campus last October (http://www.kgpchronicle.iitkgp.ac.in/eat-pray-love-artificial-intelligence/). After a week-long jamboree in 2018 that saw a congregation of close to a thousand students,…
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Jul
05
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
My life, My time @IITKgp

My life, My time @IITKgp

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Puran Dang (1959/B.Tech/CE/RP) is Founder and Senior Advisor at Minuteman Group LLC, Lexington, Massachusetts. He is also a respected community leader and founder of many organizations such as the first IIT Alumni Group in the world, and a founding team member of TIE-Boston. He is Chairman Emeritus of MIT Heritage of the Arts of South Asia, and global ambassador of Akshaya Patra, which serves hot lunch to poor children in India and Nepal. Dang was awarded the Distinguished Service Award by his alma mater in 2010. His bittersweet memories: My life has been a strange amalgam of many happy and…
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Jul
02
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
Make in India, make at IIT KGP

Make in India, make at IIT KGP

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India Today  Education Times  Jagran Josh  Financial Chronicle The nine projects being handled by IIT Kharagpur’s DHI Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology in partnership with some premier private and public sector companies are destined to change the face of the manufacturing industry in India. From evolving new specialty materials, a fully automated system to monitor and control all activities on the shop-floor in large industrial units, setting up a 3D metal additive manufacturing facility for the heavy engineering sectors to developing selection guideline for materials, processes or process parameters for additive manufacturing that will enhance the capability of…
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Jun
29
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Deans’ Conclave for International Outreach

Deans’ Conclave for International Outreach

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Times of India     Economic Times    Careers360 The PAN IIT Dean International Relations (IR) Conclave was held at IIT Kharagpur on June 28-29, 2019. Twelve IITs, represented by Deans and Executives of IR Offices, participated in the Conclave viz. Delhi, Bombay, Madras, Guwahati, Kanpur, Tirupathi, Mandi, Indore, Dhanbad, Roorkee, Palakkad and Kharagpur. Over two days the IITs deliberated on common challenges and processes towards attracting and admitting more international students, funding mechanisms, degree provisions, international collaborations and several more. “The IITs and their alumni are probably the finest products coming out of India since independence.  While each IIT pursues…
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Jun
27
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Kgpian@SCR

Kgpian@SCR

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Kgpian K Siva Prasad took charge as Principal Chief Operations Manager, South Central Railway on June 25, 2019. Prasad did M.Sc. in Applied Geology from the Dept. of  Geology and Geophysics at IIT Kharagpur in 1983. He belongs to the 1986 batch of Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS) officers. Prior to this assignment, he was holding the post of Principal Chief Commercial Manager, South Central Railway. During his 32 years of service, he has held several important executive and managerial positions in various Zonal Railways. It was during his stint as Chief Freight Traffic Manager on SCR, that the Zone achieved…
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