Month: August 2021

Bestow the Honoury Awards to the Shining Stars

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur believes that its faculty and staff members deserve recognition for dedication in fulfilling their responsibilities and carrying out the Institute’s mission. Each and every year, on the occasion of Institute’s Foundation Day, several awards are designed to promote and reward outstanding performance by faculty and staff at IIT Kharagpur.

This year also, on the occasion of the 71st Foundation Day of IIT Kharagpur, various awards have been presented to its faculty and staff members. The categories for the Faculty are the Institute Chair Professorship Award, the Avinash Gupta Chair Professorship Award, The Faculty Excellence Award, G S Sanyal Faculty Excellence Award, and Excellent Young Teacher Award. The categories for the staff are Prof S Parthan Library Service Award and Staff Excellence Award.

The Institute Chair Professorship Award 2021 has been conferred to Prof Rintu Banerjee from the Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering.

The Avinash Gupta Chair Professorship Award 2021 has been conferred to Prof Chandan Chakraborty from the Department of Electrical Engineering.

The recipients of Faculty Excellence Award 2021 are Prof Prabodh Bajpai, the Associate Professor from the Department of Electrical Engineering; Prof Jitendra Kumar Jha, the Associate Professor from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering; Prof Anandaroop Bhattacharya, the Associate Professor from the Department of Mechanical Engineering; Prof Amiya Kumar Jana, the Associate Professor from the Department of Chemical Engineering; Prof Aritra Hazra, the Assistant Professor from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering as well as Prof Jenia Mukherjee, the Assistant Professor from the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences.

The G S Sanyal Faculty Excellence Award 2021 has been conferred to Prof Joy Sen from the Department of Architecture & Regional Planning and the Excellent Young Teacher Award has been conferred to Prof Sandip Chakraborty from the Department of Computer Science & Engineering.

Prof S Parthan Library Service Award 2021 has been conferred to Dr Tapas Kumar Ghosh, the Assistant Librarian of the Central Library.

The Staff Excellence Award 2021 has been conferred to Dr Indranath Banerjee, the Medical Officer of the B C Roy Technology Hospital; Mr. Milon Kumar Maiti, the Senior Executive of the Establishment Section as well as Mr. Asis Kumar Das, the Senior Multi-Tasking Staff of the Establishment Section.

In fact, it is also a day for the institute to felicitate the employees who have completed twenty five years of their service. This year, twelve employees such as Prof Swagata Dasgupta from the Department of Chemistry, Prof Ananta Kumar Ghosh from the Department of Biotechnology, Shri Jagdish Doley from the Department of Chemical Engineering, Prof Pallab Dasgupta from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Prof Soumitra Paul from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Prof Soumen Das from the Department of School of Medical Science and Technology, Prof V N Achutha Naikan from the Department of Subir Chowdhury School of Quality and Reliability, Prof Subhasish Tripathy from the Department of Geology and Geophysics, Prof Amiya RanjanMohanty from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shri Dipankar Chakrabarti from the Department of Subir Chowdhury School of Quality and Reliability, Shri Joydeep Kuila from the Academic (UG) Section, and Shri Soumen Mondal from the Technology Students’ Gymkhana have been presented with a wrist watch in appreciation of their services and support to IIT Kharagpur for over a quarter of a century.

Moreover, the Institute on this occasion has honoured its distinguished twenty three alumni aged 45 or below with the Young Alumni Achievers Award, to acknowledge their extraordinary accomplishments, outstanding achievements in their chosen field and for distinguished community services, which in turn have created an impact and made their alma mater proud. The awardees for this year’s Young Alumni Achievers Award 2021 include, Dr. Bipin Rajendran, Ms.  N M Leepsa, Mr. Arjun Nohwar, Ms. Honey Pamnani, Mr. Prashant Kumar Agrawal, Mr. Nishad Kenkre, Mr. Arpit Dave, Mr. Pushkar Singh, Mr. Subhadeep Mondal, Mr. Shishir Modi, Mr. Ankit Parasher, Mr. Sudarshan Ravi, Mr. Pranav Goel, Mr. Uttam Digga, Mr. Guntupalli Pavan Kumar, Mr. Anindya Dutta, Mr. Arpit Jain, Mr. Pranesh Chaudhary, Ms. Shruti Ghatge, Mr. Sameer Aggarwal, Mr. Sabyasachi Roy, Mr. Venkat Appala Narasayya CH, and Dr Sreeja Nag.

Posters Courtesy: Shri Suman Sutradhar

Contact: Paramita Dey, Junior Assistant

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IIT Kharagpur Offers First-of-its-Kind Full Ride Scholarship

Higher education can cost a significant amount of money. Students, though being meritorious and excellent academically, find it difficult to push through for higher studies due to lack of income flow. There is nothing to worry.

IIT Kharagpur is here to support. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur has instituted India’s first-of-its-kind Full Ride Scholarship entitled “Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar Full Scholarship for Top 100 JEE (Advanced) Rankers”. This full ride scholarship is to support the students within Top 100 All India Rankings in JEE Advanced and whose parents’ gross annual income is below Rupees Twenty Lakhs.  This full ride scholarship would cover the entire expenses of a student till they are completing their B.Tech course at IIT Kharagpur and be implemented from the academic session 2021-22. The director of IIT Kharagpur, Prof Virendra Kumar Tewari made the announcement about this full ride scholarship on August 18, 2021, IIT Kharagpur’s 71st Foundation Day.

Speaking about the initiative, the director of IIT Kharagpur, Prof Virendra Kumar Tewari said, “At IIT Kharagpur, we believe that not a single meritorious student should have their education limited due to financial constraints. It is our responsibility as well as it is our privilege and immense pleasure to support all such talented and meritorious but economically challenged students to access higher education. This scholarship is in the name of Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (Ishwar Chandra Bandyopadhyay) and he earned the title of ‘Vidyasagar’ for his vast knowledge in Sanskrit and Indian philosophy which was compared to the vastness of the ocean. His quest for knowledge was so intense that he used to study under a street light as it was not possible for him to afford a gas lamp at home. Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar worked endlessly to provide equal education to all men and women irrespective of their caste, religion and gender.”

Not only tuition fees for what money is required, but also there are many other additional costs for books, transportation, food and lodging. The expense may be too high for a family to pay.

“This full ride scholarship would cover the entire cost of education of a student such as institution fees, hall expenses, text book, meals, gadgets and other miscellaneous expenses such as relocation expenses, personal expenses, other living costs, and also to provide an out-of-pocket allowance, leaving you free to focus on your studies and social life without worrying about money.”, said Prof Jayanta Mukhopadyay, the Dean Outreach and the Professor of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at IIT Kharagpur.

 

“The students, you are encouraged to carry on with your studies, not only for your bright future but also for the progress of the nation. You need not worry for the expenses enroute your education career, as the institute assures of solely bearing all the financial expenses throughout”, said Prof Surjya K Pal, the Associate Dean of Alumni Affairs and Branding and the Professor of the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. “If you want to be a support to your family, you can be so as there is a provision where the saved amount from your expenses can be utilised for the benefits of your immediate family members. There is absolutely no need to worry about finances.”

With scholarship covering the entire expenses of a student, they do not have to worry about those things that can distract them from focussing on their education. Such a full ride scholarship would allow students to follow their dream and help in empowering their academic and career goals by removing all financial barriers. Thus, the students would get ample of time to focus on studies, gain knowledge and secure better grades.

Media Contact: Prof Surja Kanta Pal,

Associate Dean of Alumni Affairs and Branding,

Ph. No.: 03222-282019, Email: adeanaa@adm.iitkgp.ac.in