Month: August 2020

IIT KGP’s Gandhian Call

IIT KGP’s Gandhian Call

IIT Kharagpur's month-long celebration of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary ended yesterday, August 28, 2020. The international e-symposia which started on August 8, the anniversary of the launch of the Quit India Movement in 1942, could not have a more befitting close than the day marking the anniversary of the historic civil rights march at Washington DC in 1963 and the iconic speech of Martin Luther King Jr. - "I have a dream". With India journeying through the pandemic, global economic turmoil, trade war with China and the 'Atma Nirbhar Bharat' mantra of Govt. of India, we Indians are embracing…
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IIT Kharagpur Researchers Develop Painless Drug Delivery and Vaccination Device

IIT Kharagpur Researchers Develop Painless Drug Delivery and Vaccination Device

Hindustan Times News18 India Today Hindustan Times Bangla News18 Bangla Anandabazar Patrika Navbharat Times Amar Ujala Jagran The Week Economic Times Health The New Indian Express Outlook Deccan Herald Yahoo News Republic TV Millennium Post Inshorts Odisha Bytes NDTV Khabar AsiaNet Do invasive medications make you anxious because of the pain? You may not have to worry anymore - microneedles and micropump developed by IIT Kharagpur will enable your medications to be administered in a painless way. Researchers at the Institute’s Dept. of Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering have developed a micropump and microneedle which are integral parts of transdermal…
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Music, Science and Technology find concurrence in Academics at IIT Kharagpur

Music, Science and Technology find concurrence in Academics at IIT Kharagpur

IIT Kharagpur launches Academy of Classical and Folk Arts in the spirit of NEP2020 to inculcate the spirit of innovation and inclusive learning India Today Hindustan Times Times of India Indian Express LiveMint Education Times The New Indian Express CNBC TV 18 Times of India (PTI) Dainik Jagran Dainik Bhaskar Amar Ujala India Blooms The Tribune The Week        Outlook Republic World The Telegraph NDTV On the occasion of its 70th Foundation Day, IIT Kharagpur inaugurated the Academy of Classical and Folk Arts on August 18, 2020. A first in the IIT system, the Academy aims to nurture the…
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Awarding Excellence – Foundation Day Honors

Awarding Excellence – Foundation Day Honors

IIT Khargapur honoured ten of its faculty members on the occasion of the 70th Foundation Day to recognise their excellent contributions at all levels of the career path of a teacher. The Institute conferred three Chair Professorships for full Professors and five Faculty Excellence Awards for Associate and Assistant Professors based on (a) Peer Recognition / National or International Awards, (b) Research Output, (c) Teaching Feedback, (d) Sponsored Projects. Additionally the alumni foundations of the Institute in India and USA conferred two more faculty awards - the G S Sanyal Award for Faculty Excellence by the IIT KGP Foundation USA…
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IIT KGP Researchers Design Award-winning for Cardiovascular Device Testing Technology

IIT KGP Researchers Design Award-winning for Cardiovascular Device Testing Technology

Researchers from IIT Kharagpur have designed an automated smart device for online testing of cardiac medical devices and prosthetics. The device is capable of creating life-like simulations in cardiac failure cases due to various diseases and tests the performance of implantable devices and prosthetics such as Ventricular assist devices. The World Health Organization reported 17.9 million deaths in 2016 from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) accounting for about 31% of global deaths. In India, over 28% of the deaths are due to CVD in 2016 according to a study published in 2018. According to the business intelligence company Fior Markets, the global…
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IIT Kharagpur develops e-Classroom software for Indian academia – DEEKSHAK

IIT Kharagpur develops e-Classroom software for Indian academia – DEEKSHAK

Dataquest                                 Careers 360                       Dainik Jagran      Indian Express Hindustan Times The Tribune Outlook NDTV   Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed an e-classroom software, DEEKSHAK. With COVID-19 lockdown and social distancing, educational institutions across the world have shifted to electronic mode. Meeting software platforms are being popularly used for online classes. But the users are frequently experiencing challenges with regard to security issues, and more importantly, the operational requirements of an electronic classroom which…
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IIT KGP to e-Felicitate Young Alumni on 70th Foundation Day

IIT KGP to e-Felicitate Young Alumni on 70th Foundation Day

IIT Kharagpur announced the Young Alumni Achiever Award 2020. The Institute recognizes its young alumni age 45 or younger who have excelled in life through their outstanding early-career contribution by conferring on them the Young Alumni Achiever Award (YAAA). The awards will be e-conferred on 18th August 2020, the auspicious 70th Foundation Day of the Institute. Congratulations to all the young awardees on joining the hallowed club of YAAAs. The Institute started conferring the YAA awards from 2018. Like last year this year as well 19 alumni got this award. The awardees include: DR ANUPAM DATTA [2000/B Tech/CS/PH], Professor, Carnegie Mellon University DR VEERABHADRAN BALADANDAYUTHAPANI [1998/B Sc/MA/LLR], Professor…
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IIT-MIT Experts Explore Community Living in Gandhian Way

IIT-MIT Experts Explore Community Living in Gandhian Way

IIT-MIT Symposium on Mahatma Gandhi traces the roots of community networks in socio-economy and urban planning IIT Kharagpur organized the first event in the series of e-Symposia on Gandhian Thoughts and Philosophy on August 8, 2020. Organized in association with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA and Gandhi Forum, India, the event was graced by academic luminaries from both institutions and Gandhian experts. The talks were themed around two concepts, ‘Sarvodaya’ - universal upliftment or progress for all, and ‘Swavalamban’ - the quest for self-reliance. Watch Webinar The symposium was chaired by Director, IIT Kharagpur, Prof. Virendra Tewari. He spoke about…
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Healthy Vegetable Oil – award winning innovation by IIT KGP researchers

Healthy Vegetable Oil – award winning innovation by IIT KGP researchers

IIT Kharagpur researchers have developed a low-cost polyunsaturated, antioxidant-rich vegetable oil powder for a healthy heart India Today           NDTV        EiSamay        Careers 360 Researchers from IIT Kharagpur have developed a novel formula for a vegetable oil powder to keep your heart healthy.  The innovation, led by Prof. Hari Niwas Mishra from the Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering involved tailoring vegetable oils through the preparation of oil blends which are inherently endowed with natural antioxidants as well as well-balanced fatty acids. Oils vary significantly in their fat saturation. The healthiest are…
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International Symposia on Mahatma Gandhi

International Symposia on Mahatma Gandhi

IIT Kharagpur brings Global Academia to Retrospect on Gandhian Thoughts and Philosophy India Today Hindustan Times Times of India Navbharat Times CNBC TV18 Indian Express Edex Live Deccan Herald Outlook NDTV            The Week  IIT Kharagpur is organizing an international e-symposia in association with top global universities to commemorate the completion of the 150th Birth Anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi. Academics from universities in the USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Gandhian experts from India including professors from IIT Kharagpur will deliberate on ‘Gandhian Thoughts and Philosophy’ through webinars spanning over select days in August…
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