Year: 2019

Jun
05
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
The Young Investigating Kgpian

The Young Investigating Kgpian

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Kgpian Dr. Piya Pal has been conferred with 2019 Young Investigators Award by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). She has been to the group for her work in 'New Unified Framework for Super-Resolution Imaging with Prior Information.' Dr. Pal graduated with B.Tech. in Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 2007 and went on to pursue Ph.D. from CalTech funded under Atwood Fellowship. She is at present Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of California, San Diego. Prior to this Pal was Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of…
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Jun
05
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Life after Fani

Life after Fani

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It has been a month since Cyclone Fani hit the coastal areas of Odisha. Recently, a team from IIT Kharagpur visited one of the worst affected places, the heritage town of Puri and nearby areas to deliver relief materials. The Institute which has been taking a leadership role in transforming the country's education and industrial environment is also known for making holistic efforts towards public welfare activities carried by its students and campus residents to uplift the lives of the lesser privileged ones. Lending support towards Fani victims was no exception with the Office of Registrar at IIT Kharagpur leading…
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Jun
03
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
A time to remember

A time to remember

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The promo for the Sant’Anna Business Game says, ‘A unique experience which will leave you with a lifetime of memories.’ This is so true. I came back from the competition in Pisa with a bag load of them. The “Sant’Anna Business Game” presented by “Jebe”, the student-led Junior Enterprise Business & Engineering non-profit consulting organization, is a unique opportunity for 60 talented students from the best universities in Europe and beyond to network with representatives of leading companies. It is held every year at the Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies in Pisa. The competition presents real-life business challenges on marketing,…
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May
31
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
Shape of water

Shape of water

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“Wherever you are is the entry point” – Kabir We don’t know if Vijay Kiyawat (1967/BTech/ME/NH) came across these words of Kabir, the great mystical poet and saint. But the trajectory of his life demonstrates the truth of the statement. That is, you can make a fresh beginning from any point of your life. That is what happened when Kiyawat retired in 2008 after an extremely successful corporate career. “I wanted to do something different - something different from consulting, or teaching,” he says. So he took up the paint brush - a rather unusual choice for a person who…
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May
29
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Loophole Games

Loophole Games

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Kgpian Smarak Swain (B.Tech./EE/2006), IRS 2008 batch, Jt Commissioner of Income Tax, Bengaluru has published his seventh book Loophole Games: A Treatise on Tax Avoidance Strategies. The book reveals loopholes available within the ambit of law, used by corporates in legal ways to avoid paying taxes. All abusive tax avoidance structures have been brought together in a single book. Tax avoidance preys on loopholes available within the ambit of the law. In this book, the bestselling author has discussed key rulings of Indian as well as foreign courts and brought out the modus operandi discussed in major court rulings. He…
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May
24
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
Preparing for the role

Preparing for the role

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IIT Kharagpur is currently holding the MHRD inspired and sponsored LEAP program (May 13-24). Announced in November 2018 by the MHRD, LEAP is a three-week flagship ‘Leadership development’ training programme for second level academic functionaries in public funded higher education institutions under the Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) Scheme. Two weeks are dedicated to domestic training and the third week to foreign training. The objective of the program is to prepare a second tier of academic heads who may have to assume leadership roles in the future. LEAP fulfils a long-felt need for preparing…
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May
20
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
The Impact We Made

The Impact We Made

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Careers360     India Education Diary In the launch edition of Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings, IIT Kharagpur has been ranked as the best performing institution from India. This unique ranking initiative by THE is the only global performance tables that assess universities against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This first edition includes more than 450 universities from 76 countries. The list is led by New Zealand’s University of Auckland, while Canada’s McMaster University and the University of British Columbia, and the UK’s University of Manchester complete the top three. Japan is the most-represented nation in the table…
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May
20
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
A brave new start

A brave new start

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India Today  Careers360  Jagran Josh Many of India’s villages may witness a sea change in water quality, management and distribution when the ideation of five projects that evolved out of a joint workshop between IIT Kharagpur and the University of Edinburgh (UoE) on Rural Water Quality and Management bear fruit. The workshop held at IIT Kharagpur during May 14-16 brought together scientists, engineers, social scientists, social workers as well as people from industry from India and abroad to brainstorm about an issue that is critical to promote socially inclusive development throughout the world. The workshop was funded by the Global…
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May
15
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
Simple and viable

Simple and viable

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Careers360 Jagran Josh Supply of clean drinking water is considered to be the hallmark of a truly developed and integrated society. Owing to the largescale agriculture and anthropogenic stress, improving drinking water quality has become a nationwide issue and tackling it depends on the young generation of students who can draw upon their creativity to provide simple and effective solutions which may be readily adopted by the rural communities. A rural drinking water technology hackathon was conceptualised by the IIT Kharagpur Director, Prof Partha Pratim Chakrabarti, who has been mentoring the Design Innovation Centre (DIC) ever since its inception. The…
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May
10
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
That’s what friends are for

That’s what friends are for

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While inaugurating the Nagpur Alumni chapter in March, Dean, Alumni Affairs, Prof. Subrata Chattopadhyay, talked about the hub-and-spoke model of Alumni connectivity. “If the two major Alumni foundations (of India and USA) form the hub of the connectivity efforts, the chapters are the spokes. The chapters channelize our efforts to reach out to the Alumni in every nook and corner of the country.” The Technology Alumni Association Bangalore (TAAB) of IIT Kharagpur has been doing this for years, and now more proactively. Its assistance in facilitating summer internships this year is a prime example of this. Each year, students –…
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