Year: 2020

Joining forces

Joining forces

IIT Kharagpur had the rare honour of hosting four former directors who flagged off the opening ceremony of the 17th Annual Alumni Meet of the Institute on Friday, January 10, 2020. Prof. K.L. Chopra, Prof. Amitabha Ghosh, Prof. Damodar Acharya and Prof. Partha Pratim Chakrabarti were special invitees of the incumbent Director of the Institute, Prof. V.K. Tewari, who intends to form an advisory committee with the former directors on matters ranging from global ranking and research collaboration to commercialization of technology and cultural exchange among students. The inaugural function of the annual meet saw the former directors reminisce about…
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Innovating for Rural Healthcare

Innovating for Rural Healthcare

Financial Express           Times Now           Economic Times           The Hitavada             The Week           Amar Ujala              Sakshi              Business Standard              Millennium Post            Express Healthcare Do you think compact discs are devices of the past? May be for your laptops, but not for researchers at IIT Kharagpur who have redefined the use of CDs for low-cost medical…
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From the Desk of the Director

From the Desk of the Director

Prof. Virendra Kumar Tewari, faculty member and former Head of the Dept. of Agricultural and Food Engineering has been appointed as the Director of Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur effective from December 31, 2019, for a period of five years. Brief Bio: Prof. Tewari grew up a campus boy and went on to become an alumnus of the Institute. He completed B.Tech. (Hons.) in Agricultural and Food Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1979, M.Tech. in Farm Machinery and Power Engineering in 1981 and Ph.D. in Engineering in 1985.  Prof. Tewari joined the Institute as a faculty member in 1990 where…
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Mentoring Startup for Industry 4.0

Mentoring Startup for Industry 4.0

Business Standard           Republic            UNI              India Today          Hindustan Times              India Blooms                  DataQuest          Headlines Today The Center of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology at IIT Kharagpur is roping in MSMEs for collaborative R&D projects and consultancy to develop resources for Industry 4.0. In a recent initiative, the Centre, which is funded by the Department of Heavy Industry of Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public…
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In the quest for the hidden past

In the quest for the hidden past

Hindustan Times          Economic Times         India Today       The Hindu BusinessLine           Republic       Swarajya       The Sentinel Assam      The Week        Dainik Jagran             UNI          Yahoo News           Outlook                India TV              Times of India          Millennium Post Indian researchers have for the first time connected the decline of Harappan city Dholavira to the disappearance of a Himalayan snow-fed river which once flowed…
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His story

His story

For the Diwali of 2019, the Delhi government held a laser show event for four days to keep people away from bursting crackers. For some years now, laser technology has quietly made its way into the hi-tech sound and light shows at several forts of Delhi, Rajasthan and Andhra and has even become a feature at permanent theme park installations. Indoor and outdoor laser multimedia shows are part of popular entertainment at sporting events, trade shows, corporate events, concerts, product launches and family parties that range from birthdays to stylized weddings. In other words, laser multimedia shows have arrived and…
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