2022 – Page 3 – The KGP Chronicle

Jun

06

2022

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Alumni Corner, Humans of KGP512K flash memory, CABA, Carleton University, Chief Scientist, Continental Automated Buildings Association, Electronics & Electrical Communications, IIT KGP, IIT Kharagpur USA Foundation, Kshitij, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, mechanical engineering, Ocean and Naval Architecture, Phanindranath Mukherjee Memorial Award, Philips Research, Sagarika Mukherjee Award, Satyendranath Mukherjee, Senior Director

Notable Alumnus Mr. Satyendranath Mukherjee (1976/B.Tech/ECE/AZ) instituted the "Dr. Phanindranath Mukherjee Memorial Award" and "Mrs. Sagarika Mukherjee Award" in honour of his father and mother respectively at IIT Kharagpur. People say that the love of parents surpasses the zenith of affection for their children, but children honour their parents by being the answer of their prayers kept inside the vicinity of the heart. When we see an established individual, we apprise him or her for their hard work, dedication and efforts that helps them to earn a fortune but the parents are the one steering them through the bumpy ride…

May

24

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

Training Course on Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare Systems

Engagement, Funded ProjectsDenny Yu, Healthcare Systems, Human Body Centered Ergonomics, Human Factors Engineering, Information Centered Human Factors, Organization Centered Human Factors, Prude University USA, SPARC

Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, IIT Kharagpur conducted a five days training course on Human Factors Engineering in Healthcare Systems in collaboration with Purdue University, USA from 16 to 20 May 2022, under the SPARC (Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration). The lecture sessions focused on four important aspects related to the healthcare systems including Information-centred Human Factors, Human Body-centred Ergonomics, Organisation-centred Human Factors and Applications of HFE in Healthcare Systems. Based on the outcome of this training course, a number of courses in the form of subject, laboratory and project are to be designed at UG…

May

23

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

Study on Qualitative Aspects of Sharing School Transport in Kolkata

Social Impact#Fare Centric, #School Transport, #School Trips, #Shared Transport, #SOP, #Traffic Congestion, #Vehicle Operators, #Vehicular Emission, civil engineering, IIT Kharagpur, Mode of Transport

Highlights : To minimize traffic congestion, shared transport is necessary Maintain police record of all the drivers and conductors involved in the school transportation Punctuality of service, staff behavior, safety and security may bring down the share of private cars by 5-7 % With the rising ownership of private cars, people have become prone to the traffic congestion as a regular intake of distress. Reopening schools after a hibernation of two years have exploded the roads with private cars as the safest and favoured mode of transport for children. Considering personalized transport as a basic insurance from the pandemic that…

May

17

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

Own Your Hall Room

Alumni Corner, Engagement# HallDevelopmentCampaign, #AlmaMater, #AlumniFraternity, #HallofResidence, #ModernizationofInfrastructure, #OwnYourHallRoom

The Office of the Alumni Affairs of IIT Kharagpur initiated a new campaign, “Own Your Hall Room,” with the intent of modernizing the infrastructure of the respective Halls of Residence for the students. The Hall Development Campaign is one of the most supported campaigns by the Alumni Fraternity of IIT Kharagpur. Renovation of the Halls which are a reminiscence of the old memories and the plinth of forming new ones, is a wonderful opportunity for the alumni to keep their signature on their very own campus. A donor will be recognized by an individual plaque that will enlist his/her name…

May

13

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

Prediction of Crystal Properties through AI assisted Machine Learning – CrysXPP

Research & InnovationAI, Autoencoder, Computational Material Science, Crystal, Crystalline Materials, CrysXPP, Data Sparsity, Density Functional Theory, Indo-Korea Science and Technology Center, L3S, Machine Learning, NPJ Computational Materials, Opaque Data

Hearing the word crystals, people commonly recognize it to be a shiny material associated with a part of jewellery considering their shapes of flat faces with sharp angles. In actuality, crystalline materials have a much wider range of applications, for example in laser technology, optics, high-energy physics, biomedical technology and light-emitting diodes. Each area of application requires a specific type of material. New crystalline materials are constantly being tested to determine whether they have the desired properties. A crystal is scientifically defined by its microscopic atomic arrangement, not its macroscopic shape. Its crystallographic forms are sets of possible faces of…

May

09

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur inked a MoU with Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth in Digital Farming Solutions

Social Impact#AgFE, #AgriAGVsm, #AgriBots, #AgriDrones, #DigitalAgriculture, #DigitalFarmingSolutions, #EUtptadana, #GDP, #ICAR, #NAHEPCAAST, #VasantraoNaikMarathwadaKrishiVidyapeeth, #VNMKV, #WorldBank, Agriculture, MoU

IIT Kharagpur signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth (VNMKV), Parbhani, Maharashtra on 03 May 2022 under the World Bank and ICAR sponsored project named "NAHEP-CAAST-DFSRDA" in the presence of Dr. Ashoke Dhawan, Vice Chancellor, VNMKV. The National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) - Centre of Excellence for Digital Farming Solutions enhances productivity by Agri - Bots, Agri - Drones and Agri – AGVs. This institutional collaboration in various spheres of education will enable the students to acquire industry relevant education, training and skills. Both the institutions will indulge in the scope of cooperation in…

May

06

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur launches Joint Certification Programme with Virginia Tech of USA

Study@IITKgp#ArtificialIntelligence, #BusinessAnalytics, #CertificateProgramme, #Virginia_Tech

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India and Virginia Tech, USA jointly organizes an online certification course in Business Analytics and Artificial Intelligence. The course will be spanning over nine months commencing from May 30, 2022 to January 07, 2023 and with 3 months project work. The Institutes invites both students and industry executives across the world to apply for this programme. About 100 candidates would be selected based on their academic background and working experience. This collaboration is a step towards addressing the challenges of intelligent computation and interpretation of data produced at the rate of 2.5 quintillion bytes every…

Apr

29

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur inks an MoU with ORMAS

Social Impact#ForSociety, #OdishaRuralDevelopmentandMarketingSociety, #ORMAS, #ProducersCompanies, #ProducersGroup, #ProductBasedLivelihood, #RuralDevelopment, #RuralTechnologicalInnovations, Agriculture, MoU, research

Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) of IIT Kharagpur signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) to facilitate rural technological innovation for the growth of Producers’ groups and Producers’ companies providing technological solutions to improve the efficiency of production along with value addition. Both the institution will entail to identify technological needs of the product-based livelihood and engage in relevant R&D to upgrade the existing technology by modifying, redesigning and standardization of the users at grassroots level. Prof V K Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur stated – “The intent of this MoU is to create…

Apr

27

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

A Thoughtful Act of Kindness

Alumni Corneralumni, Digital Mobile Money Transfer App, DigitalBanking, DigitalChannels, DigitalServicesDevelopment, e&enterprise, eBusiness, FintechSolutions, Hamdan International Photography Award, Lattice80, meBANK, MENA, Most Promising UAE Start-ups, MultichannelCRM, NewMediaServices, PaymentSolutions, Remitr, RetailIoT, Top 100 Start-ups in the Arab World, Top 30 Middle East and Northern Africa Influencer, Top 50 Fintech Influencers, VGSoM

Mr. Altaf Ahmed, an Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur donates three laptops to the students in need Kind words are short and easy to speak but their echoes are truly endless. It is rare to meet people who are contemplatives in the heart of the world and contribute to the act of benevolent philanthropy. Not aspiring to any recognition, they merely engage and exhibit what we say is still good in the society that we live in. Mr. Altaf Ahmed, one of alumnus of IIT Kharagpur from Kashmir, now settled in UAE has been the epitome of empathy by his act…

Apr

22

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur ranks 3rd among the top Universities in India

InstituteAccounting & Finance, Agriculture & Forestry, Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Chemical Engineering, Computer Science & Information Systems, Economics & Econometrics, Electronic Engineering, Engineering and Technology, Environmental Sciences, IIT Kharagpur, Mineral and Mining Engineering, QS World University Ranking by Subject 2022, Statistics & Operational Research, Top Universities in India

IIT Kharagpur ranks 3rd among the top Universities in India in Engineering & Technology & 37th in Mineral & Mining Engineering in the world according to 12th QS World University Rankings by Subject, 2022 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has been named as one of the world’s top 100 universities for the study of 19 subjects, according to the latest edition of the world’s highest QS University Ranking. The institute ranked 37th in 2022 compared to 44th in 2021 in Mineral & Mining Engineering & 80th rank in 2022, improving its rank from 90th in 2021 in Electrical & Electronic Engineering.…