2019 – Page 17 – The KGP Chronicle

Mar

07

2019

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Smart Solutions for Smarter India

In-DepthHackathon, industrial solutions, IOT, nuclear, smart classroom, smart education, Smart India, smart phone, thermal

Times of India News18 India Today Business Standard Ei Samay Outlook Zee Business Students from IIT Kharagpur have devised unique solutions for smarter & safer industrial operations ranging from detecting counterfeit currency through a mobile app, to nuclear radiation tracking through wearable sensors, to VR based human resources training at a thermal power plant. Fake Currency Indian Notes (FCIN) have plagued the country for decades leading to not only economic losses for the country but also as the source of funds of various illegal activities even leading to breach of national security. The country has witnessed…

Mar

01

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

Earn your spurs

EventsCRISPR, Innovation, invention, IPR, law school, legal rights, RGSOIPL

Science and technology can be used to create a number of innovations useful in various facets of life. Sometimes the true value of a research work remains unexplored and the innovator is unable to fully exploit the invention commercially. A different situation may arise where some other person copies or misuses an invention without the permission of the true inventor. So it is essential to protect the right of an inventor which not only prevents misuse and copying of an invention but also promotes further innovation. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are a kind of legal right which gives privileges to…

Feb

27

2019

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Green Horns to offer Industrial Solutions at SIH2019

Eventsgovernment, Hackathon, human resources, India, industrial solutions, ministry, problem solving, Smart India, software, technology

Times of India India Today Business Standard Zee Business IIT Kharagpur is hosting the Grand Finale of the Smart India Hackathon 2019, Software Edition on March 2-3, 2019. This year 186 students from various colleges including 6 from IIT Kharagpur will be participating in the event. Another 36 students from the Institute will be participating at other editions of SIH2019 hosted by ISRO, Adani group etc. Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon'ble Minister of Human Resources Development will announce the start of the Smart India Hackathon 2019 on March 2. A live interaction session with the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, Shri…

Feb

20

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

Home furnishing

In-Depthairstrip, biogas plant, Cessna, civil engineering, dome, IIT Kharagpur campus, plane, students, Team

Feel like going to the nearest city? You can take a flight from the mini airport of IIT Kharagpur. In a hurry to go to class? You can either hop onto the toy train going around the campus or the driverless cars zipping across. How would it feel to work in a nuclear power plant? Just go to class, put on the VR headset and find out. It’s raining cats and dogs and you still need to train for the inter-IIT sports meet? No worries. You have a dome over the Jnan Ghosh stadium. You could say if wishes were…

Feb

19

2019

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

IITKgp Full Scholarship for SAARC Nationals

Eventscredit transfer, foreign, funding, international, SAARC, Scholarship, summer internship

Economic Times Times of India (TNN) Times of India (PTI) India Today The Week Business Standard Times Now Jagran Josh Telengana Today Swarajya IIT Kharagpur is launching a full scholarship program for SAARC nationals. The program will be open for full-time students across all levels of study undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral studies in SAARC countries outside India regardless of whether their home institution has an MoU with IIT Kharagpur. The Institute is focusing on students from Bangladesh, Bhutan, Nepal, Sri Lanka and the Maldives. The Institute will be reaching out to universities and embassies of these countries as well…

Feb

18

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

Honda Y-E-S award for three students of IIT Kharagpur

EventsHonda, Honda YES awards, IIT Kharagpur, science and technology

India Today Three students from IIT Kharagpur have won the Young Engineer and Scientist’s (Y-E-S) Award for 2018-19. They are Lakshmi Vasanta Majety (3rd year, Chemical Engineering), Nirmalya Panigrahi (3rd year, Mechanical Engineering) and Sabyasachi Sen (3rd year, Mechanical Engineering). The Y-E-S Award, instituted by the Honda Foundation in India in 2007 and facilitated by Honda Cars India, is awarded each year to young students from premier institutes across India who have proven their academic brilliance in the area of science and technology and show the promise of leading society towards an eco-technological orientation. Each student will receive a scholarship…

Feb

15

2019

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By Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya

Humans of KGP

PeopleCentral Library, IIT Kharagpur, Library, Nehru Hall, passion, Sundar Pichai

I have spent 38 years on this campus and the one thing that I can tell you as a result is this: I shall die a happier and more contented man than many others on this planet. The lure of KGP is its people – all these bright, young minds as much as their brilliant teachers and mentors. And all these books that you see around me. These books are my passion – they are like my children. Today, as a part time librarian in this Hall Library post retirement, I handle the entire process – from the acquisition of…

Feb

13

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

The future of medicine

In-DepthBioelectronics, Bionic eye, blindness, IIT Kharagpur, Innovation, paralysis, treatment

In May 2018, IIT Kharagpur set up India’s pioneering Bioelectronics Innovation Laboratory to develop futuristic battery-free implantable medical devices for the treatment of brain, nerve, muscle or spinal cord disorders that are untreatable by using standard medical practices. These medical devices will go a long way in providing affordable and reliable medical solutions. The laboratory will facilitate energy-efficient electronic system development, biocompatible packaging, bio-reliability assessment and animal testing rooms as a unified platform for an end-to-end intelligent medical system development. Prof. Sudip Nag of the Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering of IIT Kharagpur is heading the initiative. The…

Feb

12

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

Netting a windfall

In-Depthfarmer, Fish, IIT Kharagpur, Mr Fish, start-ups, STEP, Zelence

The Economic Times India Today Business Standard NDTV A bioactive product invented by a start-up incubated at IIT Kharagpur’s STEP (Science and Technology Entrepreneurs’ Park) is silently changing the face of aquaculture in Eastern Midnapore. ‘Mr Fish’, produced with the latest technology, is one-of-a-kind of product that not only increases the size of the fish produced in the least possible time but, and more importantly, enhances its taste and nutritional quality. Produced by Zelence Industries Pvt. Ltd. (www.myzelence.com), the start-up from IIT Kharagpur, the product has come as a boon to fish farmers in Bengal and neighbouring Orissa. Both…

Feb

11

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

IIT KGP signs MoU with ZHAW

Eventsinternational collaboration, memorandum of understanding, MoU, Switzerland, Zurich

IIT Kharagpur and the School of Applied Psychology of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW), one of the leading universities of applied sciences in Europe, signed an MoU on February 7, 2019, to explore opportunities for academic exchange and collaboration in research efforts. The academic exchange between the two institutions will not only encompass the exchange of faculty members, researchers and students but also lead to the organization of joint research projects, workshops, conferences and symposia. The two institutions will also work towards the offering of joint or dual programs or projects that allow for joint supervision and credit…