Year: 2020

Oct
10
2020
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
International Webinar on India the Global Destination for Higher Education, post-NEP 2020

International Webinar on India the Global Destination for Higher Education, post-NEP 2020

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IIT Kharagpur and IIT Kharagpur Alumni Foundation India, October 10, 2020, IIT Kharagpur Alumni Foundation (India) in partnership with IIT Kharagpur organized an International Webinar on ‘India: The Global Destination for Higher Education: Post NEP 2020 Scenario’. Spread over the two days on October 9 and 10, 2020, eminent experts from Indian and global academia deliberated on policy recommendations for the Ministry of Education, Govt. of India, towards the internationalization of Indian higher educational institutions in the light of the New Education Policy 2020.  The mood was set by Prof. V K Tewari Director, IIT Kharagpur and the patron of…
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Oct
07
2020
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IIT KGP Develops Agro-Robotic Solution for Plant Disease Management

IIT KGP Develops Agro-Robotic Solution for Plant Disease Management

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IIT Kharagpur Develops Robotic Solution for Plant Disease Identification and Pesticide Use India is moving at an accelerated pace towards digitization automation. The farm sector which employs about 58% of India’s workforce and contributes to about 14% of the current GDP, has adopted technological advancement to warrant uniform progress. However, farm mechanization in India still has less than 50% penetration. The Govt of India has been taking several measures and a significant drive towards this end is the multi-body project “Development of autonomous multipurpose agricultural robotic platform” funded by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and run by C-DAC…
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Oct
02
2020
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IIT KGP Develops Telemedicine Homecare Technology

IIT KGP Develops Telemedicine Homecare Technology

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IIT Kharagpur Rolls Out Telemedicine Technology for Home Care during COVID Physical Distancing Protocol It has been more than half the year since the world has been struggling through the challenge thrown by COVID-19. With the passage of time, and vaccines still not being on the cards, the pressure on the healthcare system is only expected to rise while the healthcare workers continue to remain vulnerable to infection. To address this issue, researchers at IIT Kharagpur’s Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering have developed a telemedicine system, iMediX. The system integrates homecare with healthcare services from the hospital. Considering the…
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Oct
01
2020
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IIT KGP Setting India’s VAIBHAV Roadmap

IIT KGP Setting India’s VAIBHAV Roadmap

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IIT Kharagpur to lead High-Performance Computing, Internet of Things, Agro Economy and Food Security at Govt. of India’s VAIBHAV Summit. Vaishwik Bharatiya Vaigyanik (VAIBHAV) Summit, a global summit of overseas and resident Indian scientists and academicians are being organized by the various science & technology and academic organizations under the Govt. of India. The Summit, which will be launched by the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi on October 2, 2020, (0630 PM IST), aims to enable deliberations on thought processes, practices and R&D culture with a problem-solving approach for well-defined objectives. IIT Kharagpur has been selected to champion…
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Sep
29
2020
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Internationalization Post NEP 2020

Internationalization Post NEP 2020

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Global Experts to Deliberate on India as the Global Destination for Higher Education post-NEP 2020 IIT Kharagpur Alumni Foundation (India) in partnership with IIT Kharagpur is organizing an International Webinar on October 9-10, 2020, titled ‘India: The Global Destination for Higher Education (Post NEP 2020 Scenario)’. The webinar which will witness deliberations from eminent academic experts and administrators from India and abroad will set the platform for the development of policy recommendations towards the internationalization of Indian higher educational institutions in the light of the New Education Policy 2020. The panel discussions will include ‘Status of Government Institutions in Attracting…
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Sep
26
2020
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Moment of Pride

Moment of Pride

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It is a moment of pride for IIT Kharagpur with two back-to-back honours for the Institute's faculty member and alumnus. Dr. Abhijit Mukherjee, Associate Professor at the Dept. of Geology and Geophysics and the School of Environmental Science and Engineering has been selected for the prestigious award ‘Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar (SSB) Prize’ for the year 2020 in Earth Atmosphere Ocean and Planetary Sciences.   It is a rare distinction conferred upon scientists who have demonstrated exceptional potential in science and technology. The award will be presented in the presence of the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India, who holds the chair of…
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Sep
26
2020
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IIT KGP Study Proposes Pandemic Waste Management Policy

IIT KGP Study Proposes Pandemic Waste Management Policy

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IIT Kharagpur Study Proposes Solid Waste Management Policy to Counter Environmental Crisis during Pandemic Covid-19 is impacting our daily lives in an unprecedented way, with one of the major impacts being on waste management programs across the world. While reduced economic activities due to COVID-19 have certainly made air and water cleaner as per many reports, change in the dynamics of plastic, food, and biomedical waste generation has however stirred the woes of solid waste management. A recent study by IIT Kharagpur researchers has led to the formulation of a set of environmental recommendations for solid waste management under the…
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Sep
20
2020
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Director speaks at IIT BHU NEP Webinar

Director speaks at IIT BHU NEP Webinar

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Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras Hindu University), Varanasi and Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas, New Delhi jointly organized a webinar recently titled "Role of Indian Institutes of Technology in Implementation of National Education Policy 2020: Challenges and Opportunities". [Watch Live].  Here is a report by Prof. P.K.Mishra from IIT(BHU) Varanasi, convenor of the webinar.   The Chief Guest of the program was Prof. Virendra Kumar Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur, Chairperson of the event was Prof. P.K.Jain, Director, IIT(BHU) Varanasi, Keynote Speaker was Shri. Atul Kothari, National Secretary, Shiksha Sanskriti Utthan Nyas, New Delhi and Guest of Honour was Prof. Trilok Nath…
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Sep
15
2020
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AI to Detect How Safe is Your Drinking Water

AI to Detect How Safe is Your Drinking Water

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Researchers from IIT Kharagpur have developed an AI-based prediction model for  detecting Arsenic pollution in drinking water Arsenic has been a menace in Eastern India especially along the banks of the Ganga for almost two decades now, putting millions of people at severe health risk. Researchers have been studying the distribution patterns of the contaminated groundwater for years to develop a large-scale ecological and environmental framework addressing this challenge in the region. For the first time, a breakthrough has been achieved. A group of researchers from IIT Kharagpur has successfully predicted the distribution of groundwater arsenic and human health risk…
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Sep
11
2020
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INAE Honours

INAE Honours

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The Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) has honoured four faculty members from IIT Kharagpur for their contributions in various fields of Engineering. Prof. M M Ghangrekar, Professor, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Prof. Sudip Mishra, Professor, Dept. of Computer Science and Engineering and Prof. Soumitra Paul, Professor, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering have been elected as Fellows of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), by the Governing Council at its recent meeting. Further, Dr Pawan Goyal, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, has been selected for the INAE Young Engineer Award 2020. Prof. M M Ghangrekar Prof. Ghangrekar…
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