2021 – The KGP Chronicle

Dec

29

2021

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Meet The Alumni With Over 200 Patents: Mr. Anil Agiwal of Samsung Research

Storiesadvanced radio access technologies, algorithm development, cellular communication, commercialization, communications, development, Industrial Internet of Things, innovations, inventors, massive Machine Type Communication, Mobile Broadband, modem protocol stacks, radio communication technologies, Samsung, Samsung Research, Samsung Research Center, Samsung Research Innovator Award, software design, technologies, Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communication, US patent, Vehicle-to-Everything, wireless communications

Mr. Anil Agiwal, an alumnus of the Institute’s Computer Science and Engineering Department, has received his 200th US patent grant in November 2021. He is now on the global list of prolific inventors that includes individuals who have been granted 200 or more patents in the USA. He is now on an all-time list of 316 inventors. The patents include innovations on advanced radio access technologies (such as 4G, 5G, 5G advanced) for cellular communication. Mr. Agiwal said that “patience and perseverance combined with an urge to innovate have helped me receive 200+ patent grants (204 as of today).” He…

Dec

28

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

REALIZING THE METAVERSE: ‘BETAVERSE’ WINS THE SAMSUNG INNOVATION AWARD 2021

Spotlight Innovation3D Spaces and Reconstruction, AR, art, Betaverse, digital payments, Education, entertainment, gaming, Google Speech API, health, Immersive Multimodal Interaction Systems, Kerbal Space Program, live events, marketing, metaverse, Multimedia & Graphics, multiple games, NLP, Photo Realistic Rendering, Samsung Innovation Award Silver Jubilee Edition 2021, single unified free platform, SWARM Robotics, torchbearers, tourism, Unity Game Engine, virtual worlds, Vision, VR, VR-Plugin

A few weeks prior to Facebook’s Meta announcement plunged the world into a new era of social media connectedness and metaverses, some of the most brilliant minds of the country were competing to create metaverse technologies of their own in the 2021 Samsung Innovation Award Silver Jubilee Edition. This year’s competition was won by Ojas Deshmukh, a third-year dual degree B.Tech Biotechnology student at IIT Kharagpur for his Betaverse project. He is also the Managing Head of Computer Graphics Society and a Head at SWARM Robotics at the institute. The project intends to act as a platform that users and…

Dec

27

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

IITKGP Entry, CodAR, Wins The Serious Games Showcase and Challenge (SGS&C)-2021

Spotlight InnovationAR, Best Business Developed Game, Best Government Game, Best Student Developed Game, Best XR Game, Cod AR, computer programming skills, functions, Innovation, iterative codes, sequence, Serious Games development, The Serious Games Showcase and Challenge, VR

IIT Kharagpur’s entry to The Serious Games Showcase and Challenge (SGS&C)-2021, Cod AR, has won this year’s challenge in the Innovation category. The Serious Games Showcase and Challenge is a premier destination for recognition of excellence in the field of Serious Games development. This year, awards were presented in the following categories - Best Government Game, Best Student Developed Game, Best Business Developed Game, and Best XR Game. CodAR, developed by Mr. Vandit Sharma, a 2021 graduate from the Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, under the supervision of Dr. Kaushal Kumar Bhagat, Assistant Professor in the Advanced Technology…

Dec

20

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur celebrates its 67th Convocation in the august presence of Minister of Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Events100 crore vaccinations, 67th Convocation, B. Tech course, B.Arch (Hons), Board of Governor’s Gold Medal, Chief Guest, Dharmendra Pradhan, Director’s Gold Medal, Distinguished Alumnus Awards, Doctor of Sciences, Dr. Jnan Chandra Ghosh Memorial Gold Medal, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal, Dual Degree, EMBA, epicentre, five-year integrated M.Sc, FMSAFE, honoris causa, IIM Kolkata, IIT Kharagpur, ISI Kolkata, Joint M. Tech/MCP- Ph.D, Joint M.Sc- Ph. D, Joint MS- Ph.D, Life Fellow Awards, Lifetime Achievement Award, LLB, LLM, M. Tech, MBA, MCP, MHRM, Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, MMST, MSMEs, PGDBA, Ph.D, President of India Gold Medal, Prime Minster of India Gold Medal, Professor Jagadish Chandra Bose Memorial Gold Medal, Purva Uday, research scholars, six-year integrated M.Sc, The Chairman, three-year M.Sc, two-year M.Sc degrees

Creating a historic benchmark by crossing 1600 plus offers in the Phase I of placement season 2021, IIT Kharagpur celebrated its 67th Convocation on December 18, 2021. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Honourable Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Shri Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Kharagpur honoured us with his virtual presence. With prolific advancements towards engaging new advents in technological pursuits and branching out to diverse fields of medical, law, management and entrepreneurship, for the first time IIT Kharagpur is proud to bestow a Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof.…

Nov

25

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

Nation Building In Action: How An IIT Alumni Contributed To India’s Internet Story

Stories#IPv6, #largescale, #NewInternet, #VideshSancharNigamLimited, #VSNL, alumni, Design

Just as India was entering a new dawn in its political and economic history as an independent nation in the early 1990s, Bijendra K. Syngal, an IIT Kharagpur alumni (EC/1962/RP), returned to India to take up the reins of the Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL). His arrival jolted the old-style, stodgy public sector company into taking charge of the telecommunication revolution in India. Syngal navigated through financial uncertainties, economic instability, and political turmoil to introduce the Internet in India. His efforts played a direct role in expanding the software industry from a 60 million USD industry in 1991 to a nearly…

Oct

26

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

Welcome Dr. S. Mangani Mangalavalli, the first lady faculty of Dr. B.C Roy Multi Speciality Medical Research Centre

PeopleDr. B.C Roy Multi Speciality Medical Research Centre, Fellowship in Diabetes Mellitus, iitkgp, Indian Medical Association, Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research Centre, Physiology, Pondicherry University, Prehypertensives, Qualitative Research Methodology

IIT KGP welcomes Dr. S. Mangani Mangalavalli, joining in as the first lady faculty (Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology) of Dr. B.C Roy Multi Speciality Medical Research Centre, IIT KGP. She is deployed as an Assistant Professor in B.C Roy Multi Speciality Medical Research Centre. Dr. Mangalavalli has completed her M.B.B.S from the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research Centre (JIPMER), Pondicherry University in 2006 and her M.D in Physiology from Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Pondicherry University in 2016. She is also enrolled in a Fellowship in Diabetes Mellitus from…

Oct

25

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

Dr. Virendra K Tewari, Director, IITKGP hounoured with Special Recognition of the Year Award 2021 by Agriculture Today Group

Events3rd Apollo Farm Power Awards 2021, Agriculture Today Group, Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Director IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kharagpur, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Indian Society for Technical Education, Jawaharlal Nehru Award, Ministry of Agriculture and Farming Welfare, National Research Development Corporation, Prof. Virendra Kumar Tewari, Special Recognition of the Year Award 2021

IIT KGP takes immense pride and honour in congratulating Prof. Virendra Kumar Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur for being conferred with the Special Recognition of the Year Award 2021 by Agriculture Today Group in the 3rd Apollo Farm Power Awards 2021. He was acknowledged for his exemplary contribution to the growth and development of agricultural mechanization in India. Prof. Tewari participated in the award ceremony through video conferencing. Agriculture Today conducted the 3rd APOLLO Farm Power Awards 2021 on Wednesday, 20th October at Crystal Ball Room, The Lalit, Connaught Place, New Delhi. Distinguished Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Dr Trilochan Mohapatra graced…

Oct

07

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur and University of Manchester Rolls out its first batch of Dual Doctoral Students

Eventsacademic and research collaboration, biomaterials, cardiovascular research, computational chemistry, Dual Doctoral Programme, Dual Ph.D, environmental geochemistry, Healthcare, IIT Kharagpur, Industry 4.0, manufacturing, medical technologies, Scholarship, Transition Metal Mediated Difunctionalization of Arynes, unique programme, University of Manchester

IIT Kharagpur and University of Manchester is proud to roll-out its first batch of Dual Ph.D students for autumn 2021. The news of this prestigious association was first announced in April, 2021 highlighting the unique character of the Programme. All facets of the programme including selection, admission, supervision and evaluation has been jointly administered with perfect synchronicity by competent authorities on both sides. Owing to the pandemic disruptions in 2020-21 and because of the programme protocol that required selected students to spend their first year at IITKGP, in its first year the programme was open to only Indian students satisfying…

Oct

07

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

Prof. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay Awarded The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize For Science And Technology, 2021

EventsComputer Science department, Electrical Engineering, Engineering Sciences, science and technology, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize

Prof. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay of the Computer Science and Engineering Department was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize For Science And Technology 2021 in Engineering Sciences for notable and outstanding research in Cryptography, Information Security, System Security, CAD for VLSI & Embedded Systems, and Cyber-Physical Systems Security. Prof. Mukhopadhyay completed his B.Tech in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur and continued with his Ph.D. at the Computer Science department. After a brief teaching stint at IIT Madras, he returned to Kharagpur and embarked on a stellar teaching career. His research involves implementing cryptographic engineering to identify and thwart attack surfaces and side-channel…

Sep

29

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

National Webinar on Leveraging Technology for Good Governance at IIT Kharagpur on 30.09.2021

EventsAdministration, Agriculture, Education, goodgovernance, Healthcare, IITKharagpur, manufacturing, ministryofeducation, ministryofstate

The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur invites you to attend the National Webinar on “Leveraging Technology for Good Governance”, on September 30, 2021 (Thursday) on virtual platform from 09:55 AM to 02:55 PM. The event is being organised as a part of the Completion of Programs on Good Governance, organised by the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education. Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar, the Hon’ble Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship & Electronics and Information Technology, will be the Chief Guest and will also present the inaugural address. Shri Rakesh Ranjan, Additional Secretary of the Department…