2019 – Page 3 – The KGP Chronicle

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Dance of the rain

In-DepthIIT Kharagpur, Indian monsoons, Indian summer monsoon, Meghalaya, Mughals. Little Ice Age, rain, stalagmite, Wadia Institute, Wah Shikar cave

The Hindu, Times of India (Kol), Times of India Reduced rainfall was among the factors that created multicentennial-scale drier conditions that may have contributed to the Indus Valley deurbanization. Lack of rainfall is believed to have been among the reasons for the social upheaval and the eventual fall of the Tang, Yuan and Ming dynasties of China. Drought interspersed with violent monsoon rains sounded the death knell of the Khmer empire of south-east Asia that flourished between 802 and 1431 CE. There can be no doubting the profound impact of the abrupt shifts of rainfall on human history – a fact…

Nov

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By Sreeparna

Around the Campus in 60 minutes…

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“How big is the campus, and how long would it take to see everything around?” asked an inquisitive voice. Pratyush Bansal, a 9th grade student from Global Indian International School, Singapore had come as a participant to IIT Kharagpur campus on the event of the Young Innovators Program 2019. Launched in 2017, the Young Innovators Program or YIP is in its third year with almost three times more participants from India and abroad. With more than a hundred students, the task of touring the 2100 acres campus within an hour was indeed a challenge. The day was windy with erratic…

Nov

14

2019

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Summer Internship Records All-time High

EventsCareer, career development, industry, internship, Jobs, Placement, PPO, pre placement, prepplacement offer

News18 Internship offers for Summer 2020 have crossed the 500-mark at IIT Kharagpur. The internship process which started in August 2019 has been soaring high compared to last year’s figure which was comparatively lower with the closing figure at 461. IIT Kharagpur’s Career Development Centre has further witnessed an increasing trend in the internship season. More than seventy-five companies have already visited the campus. The most encouraging fact is that the campus has witnessed the participation and presence of all the sectors like IT/Software, Analytics/ Consulting, e-Commerce, Banking and Healthcare though IT/ software. Career Development Centre (CDC) is optimistic…

Nov

13

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

Back in time

Storiesalcohol, Bright Star University of Technology, Chemical Engineering, FIITJEE, Hyderabad, IIT Kharagpur's Young Innovators Program 2019, K.S.N. Raju, Panjab University, YIP 2019

It was a homecoming of sorts. As Arjun Varma Kalidindi stood in front of the Chemical Engineering Department in the falling light, his mother, Usha, quickly clicked a few pictures. They had stolen these moments away from their visit to the Nehru Museum of Science and Technology with the members of the 32 teams who had come to participate in the IIT Kharapgur’s Young Innovator’s Program 2019. They just had to make this detour. Many aeons ago, Arjun’s grandfather - K. Satyanarayana Raju on our rolls, and later Dr. K.S.N Raju – would have walked those stretches many a time…

Nov

11

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

The day of many victories

EnvironmentAI, Arduino, Bharatiya Vidya Bhavans School, Brahm Prakash D.A.V School, Delhi Public School, Greta Thunberg, Hyderabad, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kharagpur's Young Innovators Program 2019, KiiT International School, Ruby Park, Sakhi, YIP 2019

Times of India, NDTV, Business Standard, The Week, Preptube.in, Hans India, Devdiscourse, College Dekho Greta Thunberg can take heart. The theme of ‘Energy and Environment’ received top billing at IIT Kharagpur’s Young Innovators Program 2019, with a majority of the participating school students electing to find their own ways to combat pollution and promote conservation. In its third edition, the contest drew students from Classes VIII-X from schools all over India and abroad to brainstorm on the themes of Health and Cleanliness, Hardware Modelling, Product Designing, Disaster Management, Financial Inclusion, as also Energy and Environment. The grand finale of YIP was held at the IIT Kharagpur…

Nov

10

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

Work some, play some more

EventsAI, Alexa, Amity, Arduino, Bharatiya, Google Assistant, IIT Kharagpur Young Innovators Program 2019, Keystone, YIP 2019

The day started early for the participants of IIT Kharagpur’s Young Innovators Program 2019 on November 9. The stakes were high, and so there was not a moment to lose. By the time the judges trooped in on Day 2 of YIP 2019, the teams were ready by their tables at the Vikramshila foyer. And what a display it was! From live demonstration of how the green dispenser could provide water to the differently-abled, to moving hoover buses on a live model of an urban scene, a mini-model of a greenhouse that can monitor the growth of plant and fish…

Nov

08

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

The show begins

Eventsbiodegradable, bioplastics, competition, Energy and Environment, environment, IIT Kharagpur, pledge, school children, Young Innovators Program

The IIT Kharagpur campus came alive today with the arrival of 32 teams of school children from all over India, as well as east and west Asia for the Young Innovators Program. For many of the children and their teachers and parents, it had been a long journey from home, but the excitement of reaching their destination and being part of the milling crowd of participants and guests refreshed them in no time. The children especially got down to the business of knowing each other almost immediately. As the day wore off, it was difficult to believe that some of…

Nov

08

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

What’s in my water?

In-DepthAustralia, Dual Doctoral Degree Program, eGovernments Foundation, IIT Kharagpur, Integrated Urban Water Management, MIPA, Orange City Water, Piramal Sarvajal, School of Water Resources, Tata Water Mission, University of Melbourne

Tomatoes grown with the contaminated water of the Varthur Lake of Bengaluru reach the nearby markets of the city every morning and are bought by unsuspecting city dwellers. Almost a decade of civic activism in Bengaluru has not changed anything for either the farmers or urbanites there. Thousands of miles away, Platypuses, a mammal species commonly found in Australia, happily swim near the coast off Melbourne, unaware that beta-blockers are entering their bodies every day from the ‘safe’ treated water discharged from the city. These were some of the many facts brought to light by the Indo-Australia joint workshop on…

Nov

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2019

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Gandhipedia

EventsAI, Artificial Intelligence, book, gandhi, IIT, mahatma, repository, social network

The Hindu BusinessLine The Hindu Careers360 The Week India Today (Web) India Today Deccan herald News18 Hindustan Times Indian Express NDTV Jagran IndiaTV OrissaPost Business Standard The Statesman Financial Express IIT KGP has…

Nov

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2019

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By Chirosree Basu

Dream Catcher

StoriesDistinguished Alumnus, Georgia Tech, IIT Kharagpur, Professor Farrokh Mistree, University of Oklahoma

“Farrokh’s passion is to have fun in providing an opportunity for highly motivated and talented people to learn how to define and achieve their dreams.” That is how University of Oklahoma’s Gallogly College of Engineering, Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, introduces the incumbent of its L.A. Comp Chair - Professor Farrokh Mistree. When I ask him about this rather unusual passion during his recent visit to IIT Kharagpur, Professor Mistree (1967/BTech/NA/AZ) tells me his life story. That is, his journey from being a student of naval architecture at IIT Kharagpur to holding the prestigious L.A. Comp Chair at the University of…