Month: November 2020

Low-cost Solution for Advanced Manufacturing

Low-cost Solution for Advanced Manufacturing

IIT Kharagpur researchers develop a low-cost AI-based Industry 4.0 solution for real-time metrological inspection In an initiative undertaken by the Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology at IIT Kharagpur, researchers are on a mission to make AI & ML applications affordable for India’s industrial sector including MSMEs. They have developed an innovative system consisting of a low-cost imaging device and an  AI-enabled software for real-time metrological inspection. The developed system can be utilized in the production line to check the quality of the jobs and get instant results. Explaining the benefit that MSMEs will draw from such an innovation,…
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Language Hubs for Assisted Learning

Language Hubs for Assisted Learning

Can regional languages help students understand classroom lectures better? Prof. Virendra K Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur shares his views on setting up language hubs at technical institutes to assist students especially those from vernacular medium or facing difficulty in English communication. In a recent briefing, the Union Education Ministry made an announcement to start technical education, especially for engineering courses, in mother tongue from the next academic year including shortlisting of a few IITs and NITs. Since the announcement of NEP 2020 with a thrust on regional languages, , speculations and debates were up for embracing regional languages in the…
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AI4ICPS Setting Pace for India’s Transition to Smart Industry Hub

AI4ICPS Setting Pace for India’s Transition to Smart Industry Hub

IIT Kharagpur is all set to transform the nation’s industrial sector with scalable application of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) in Cyber-Physical Systems (CPS) under the National Mission on Interdisciplinary Cyber-Physical Systems (NM-ICPS). The Institute has recently set up a special purpose vehicle, the IIT Kharagpur AI4ICPS I Hub Foundation for translation of academic research at the proof of concept level to industrially scalable products and processes, focused on AI interventions to CPS.  “While research has been happening in AI&ML for decades, mostly limited to software with limited inclusion in consumer goods and daily used gadgets; graduating innovation…
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2020 Feats from VGSOM Diaries

2020 Feats from VGSOM Diaries

It is a time to rejoice for the students at Vinod Gupta School of Management. The School which is ranked among the top 5 in India by the Ministry of Education's National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF), has been on a treadmill of success stories, thanks to the achievements of its faculty and students. Recently, faculty members and former research scholars at the School have also been conferred the Emerald Literati Award 2020 for Highly Commended Paper. Dr. Abhinav Kumar Rajverma, Former PhD Scholar, VGSoM (2015-2018), currently Faculty (IRMA, Anand, Guj.), Dr. Arun Kumar Misra, Associate Professor, VGSoM, Dr. Sabyasachi Mohapatra,…
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Cucumber Peels for Ecofriendly Food Packaging

Cucumber Peels for Ecofriendly Food Packaging

Are you throwing away the cucumber peels after preparing your salad? You may soon have them back in your kitchen as the eco-friendly packaging material for food items. IIT Kharagpur researchers have developed cellulose nanocrystals from cucumber peels with high cellulose content, compared to other peel wastes, which can be used to create food packaging materials. While single-use plastic is consciously being avoided by consumers, they still remain largely in circulation as food packaging items. Natural biopolymers are unable to make way in this industry as they lack strength, elongation, barrier property, optical property, and in some cases even biological…
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The 2020 Winners

The 2020 Winners

Finally a Winning Feat in 2020: Recent Graduates Bag Third Prize in Global Business Challenge 2020 "EcoDabba", a startup team by IIT Kharagpur graduates comprising Bindu Sancheti and Sourav Kundu from the Dept. of Chemical Engineering and Nikita Agrawal from the Dept. of Agricultural and Food Engineering, has secured 3rd position in the Global Business Challenge 2020. The challenge for 2020 was to ‘develop novel and sustainable solutions to aid in resource recovery and promote the circular economy’. 153 teams from 23 nations participated in this competition. Ecodabba, a sustainable food packaging solution, conceptualized by these 2020 graduates provided a…
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IIT Kharagpur Researchers Feature Among World’s Top 2%

IIT Kharagpur Researchers Feature Among World’s Top 2%

Several faculty members from IIT Kharagpur have been featured in a recent article by a famous analyst group of Stanford University published in the journal of PLOS Biology. The article has ranked top scientists inclusive from various disciplines worldwide by normalizing all publication data across fields, which is inclusive of the top 2% of scientists of their respective main subfield disciplines. World ranking of scientists upto a threshold number within the field is given in Table 6  and as research publications output in the year 2019 is given in Table S7 in the article, titled "Updated science-wide author databases of…
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Student Researchers Conferred GYTI Awards

Student Researchers Conferred GYTI Awards

Doctoral and MS students from IIT Kharagpur have bagged four awards under different categories at the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards 2020. In the award ceremony held on November 05, 2020, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Union Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology & Earth Sciences presented the awards virtually. The awardees include student innovators pursuing state-of-the-art scientific inventions, socially relevant discoveries and frugal manufacturing inventions. The awards in different categories ranging from healthcare to sanitation and waste management were given to the innovative students of various disciplines. Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards constitute of…
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IIT Kharagpur to set stage for Centre for Indian Knowledge System

IIT Kharagpur to set stage for Centre for Indian Knowledge System

Shiksha Mantri Announces Setting up of Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge System at IIT Kharagpur at the inaugural ceremony of an international webinar Shiksha Mantri Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank announced the Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge System to be set up at IIT Kharagpur. Inaugurating the international webinar titled Bharata Tirtha organized by the Institute from November 6-8, 2020, Chief Guest Dr. Nishank congratulated the Institute for the continued work in various branches of the Indian Knowledge System. [Watch Recording] “IIT Kharagpur has attempted to introspect on the spirit of India, her challenges in the present times and…
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How safe is your tea in a paper cup?

How safe is your tea in a paper cup?

IIT Kharagpur Research Gives Evidence of Microplastic Pollution in the Hot Liquid Consumed from Disposable Paper Cups With the current crusade against single-use plastic, disposable paper cups are on the rise especially for consuming water and hot beverages. But even these cups are not without peril. Recent research by IIT Kharagpur has confirmed contamination of the hot liquid served in paper cups due to the degradation of microplastics and other hazardous components from the lining material of the cup.  Paper cups are usually lined by a thin layer of hydrophobic film which is made of mostly plastic (polyethylene) and sometimes…
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