Month: May 2020

May
29
2020
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Cleaning Automation Post COVID-19

Cleaning Automation Post COVID-19

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IIT Kharagpur Develops Mechanised Mobile Broom for Cleaning Large Public Spaces Business Insider      Outlook      Times Now          India Today       News18 Hindi          The Week       Navbharat Times        Republic World Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a vehicle-based mechanized broom to clean the 2100 acre campus area. The technology has been successfully tested across the campus during the present lockdown situation.  Named Sammarjak MB 4.2 this technology consists of two mechanized brooms in the front and one side, running on battery and solar power. It…
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May
19
2020
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Stepping-up Health Tech

Stepping-up Health Tech

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IIT KGP and ICMR Collaboration for Mega Boost to Medical Technology Industry and Healthcare Ecosystem of India Times of India         Careers 360         Economic Times          NDTV Education         UNIIndia      India Today       Hindustan Times         Indian Express          Express Healthcare         Outlook            Business Insider IIT Kharagpur is going to set up a Centre of Excellence on Medical Device and Diagnostics to foster innovation of affordable and indigenous medical devices and diagnostics in priority…
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May
15
2020
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Kgp Cares: Student Outreach

Kgp Cares: Student Outreach

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Campus Lockdown: How IIT KGP is facilitating students on-campus and beyond Business Insider         Outlook        Times of India         IIT Kharagpur has recently sent about 35 students to their hometown in Kolkata. This is one among the several student outreach initiatives taken by the Institute administration in the past two months while the campus adopted social distancing followed by the nation wide lockdown.  Classes at the Institute have gone digital since March 17 in the process of following social distancing. Following the lockdown announcement on March 24, all classes were moved…
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May
15
2020
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
What’s Next for MSME

What’s Next for MSME

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Adopting Industry 4.0 in MSMEs - The Way Forward in Post Pandemic World On May 12, the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, in his COVID lockdown address asked the nation to be self-reliant. PM Modi was heard saying ‘be vocal for the local’ to emphasise the need for using indigenous products which would not only reduce our massive import bill but sustain our industrial sector especially Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). He announced a ₹20 lakh crore economic package which included a major stimulus to the post pandemic industrial world. Soon after, the Ministry of Finance announced…
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May
12
2020
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Director’s talk on rejuvenating MSME post-COVID

Director’s talk on rejuvenating MSME post-COVID

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From the desk of Director, IIT KGP: The post-COVID industrial world would wake up to a new dawn towards the involvement of MSMEs in re-energizing the industrial sector. This sector has a huge contribution in our manufacturing industry. However, as the pandemic situation leads to a new normal, availability of capital would become a challenge for MSMEs thus creating bottlenecks for jumpstarting industrial production and employment of labourers. Social distancing would also restrict employment of existing workforce in full strength. Further the low capital situation would delay new product development or sustenance of production at current costs thus disrupting the…
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May
06
2020
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By Chirosree Basu
Chipping in

Chipping in

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Students of IIT Kharagpur working with the Gopali Youth Welfare Society pool in their resources to rush both essential goods and protective gear to the underprivileged in Gopali and neighbouring gram panchayats Hindustan Times,  Indian Express,  The Telegraph,  Business Insider,  Outlook, NDTV,  India Today,  Yahoo News, Gadgets Now,  Republic The fight against Covid-19 is an unequal war, and no one understands that better than the students of IIT Kharagpur. Several of them associated with the Gopali Youth Welfare Society, an NGO run by IIT Kharagpur students and faculty members with the support of locals, have come together to raise funds to assist around 2000 families…
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May
04
2020
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By Poulami Mondal
IIT KGP Lends Support to COVID Quarantine

IIT KGP Lends Support to COVID Quarantine

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The super-specialty hospital of IIT Kharagpur, to be named after Dr. B C Roy, has become COVID Quarantine Centre for Inter-state Travelers to West Bengal Outlook        Business Insider         NDTV Bangla         Business Standard     Times of India         Economic Times IIT Kharagpur’s super-specialty hospital has been busy for the past few weeks. While the facility is yet to be operationalized, who are these people walking into the hospital? About a month back, with the announcement of the lockdown, a large influx of people moved to the borders of Bengal from various…
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