Year: 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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Placement Begins

Placement Begins

It is the time of the year when all eyes are towards the IITs - as December hits, so does the placement season at IITs. At IIT Kharagpur with 282 PPOs the Institute is aiming to secure 1000+ placements in less than a week’s time. Already three PSUs have recruited and more are expected in the coming months. This year several first-time recruiters will visit the IIT Kharagpur campus including top corporate brands like Sony Japan, PayPal, P&G India, Nestle India, Nomura. The Institute will also be welcoming back international recruiters like Apple, Microsoft Redmond, Uber, Amex, Qualcomm, Mercari Japan…
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Sharing the Best

Sharing the Best

India Today        Outlook           Millennium Post        Times of India         The Statesman          Times City IIT Kharagpur and the United States - India Educational Foundation (USIEF) organized a two-day joint workshop for universities in Eastern India themed ‘Igniting Interest to Study in India: Best Practices to Attract Foreign Students on Your Campus’. USIEF promotes mutual understanding between the nationals of India and the US through the educational exchange of outstanding scholars, professionals and students. The organization has the mandate to organize such outreach workshops to…
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Eye to the future

Eye to the future

Research in the Protein Chemistry Laboratory is aimed at an understanding of protein interactions with small molecules, other proteins and nanoparticles. The increasing use of peptides as therapeutics has prompted us to look into the various aspects of these interactions to try and understand the impact on disease related processes. A brief outline of the different projects: Protein aggregation studies: Aggregation studies currently underway involve several proteins as well as the amyloid peptide fragment Ab25-35which represents the biologically active and toxic domain of the full length Aβ peptide, responsible for Alzheimer’s disease. Inhibition of amyloid fibrillation of the Aβ25-35 peptide…
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Art of Gift, Gift to Art

Art of Gift, Gift to Art

The Telegraph       India Today       Hindustan Times       Yahoo News          Business Standard        DevDiscourse       Times Now       Jagran Josh IIT Kharagpur’s Academy of Classical and Folk Arts has roped another key patron with US-based alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan donating ₹52 Lakh to this one of its kind outreach unit in the IIT system. The funding is towards building a music auditorium with a digitally enhanced learning environment, conducting thematic workshops on classical and folk arts and engaging teaching fellows. Plans have been drawn…
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A New Page in India’s History

A New Page in India’s History

Times of India         Hindu BusinessLine         Hindustan Times      Nature Asia      UNI      DownToEarth        NewsLive (North East 24x7)     India Today     Yahoo News       The Hindu        Millenium Post         India Blooms         Deccan Herald         NewsClick       The Week         Dainik Jagran       Ahmedabad Mirror      Swarajya       Asian Age A breakthrough discovery by a study led by IIT Kharagpur…
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