2023 – Page 5 – The KGP Chronicle

Mar

02

2023

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Science is Nothing but a Refinement of Everyday Thinking – National Science Day 2023

Community, Engagement, Institute, PeopleAerial Robotics Kharagpur, Autonomous Ground Vehicle, C.V. Raman, Computer Graphics Society, Discovery, Global Science, Global Well-being, Hardware Modelling, Innovative Technologies, Kharagpur RoboSoccer, National Science Day, NCSTC, Panel Discussion, Raman Effect, Religion of a Scientist, Rural Healthcare, Science Exhibition, Team Cart, Technology Robotix Society

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less. Science of today is the technology of tomorrow. The whole of science is nothing but a refinement of everyday thinking. It is simply the word we use to describe a method of organizing our curiosity. Knowing our science is our way of thinking. Every year on February 28, National Science Day is commemorated to mark the discovery of the ‘Raman Effect’ by Indian Scientist and Physician C.V. Raman, which became operational on February 28, 1928.…

Mar

01

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

Sustainable Alternatives in Energy, Environment & Healthcare for Science & Society

Collaborations, Expert Insight, Funded Projects, Institute, WorkshopsAcademic, Algaeneering, BBDL, Bio-polymers, bioenergy, Biomolecular Engineering, Bioprocess, Bioproduct, Biorefining, biotechnology, Chemical, Chemical Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Climate Challenge, Curtin University, DD Bangla, DST-SERB, energy, environment, Environmental engineering, Global Energy, Godavari Biorefineries Ltd., Healthcare, Hindustan Computers Limited, Hindustan Copper Limited, Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Hindustan Petroleum Green R & D Center, IMPRINT-IIA, Indian Oil Corporation Limited, INDO-CANADA, INDO-US, Industrial-Academia, innovations, INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKSHOPS, Jadavpur University, Lassonde School of Engineering, NDO-AUSTRALIA, Petro-plastics, Reliance Industries Limited, Reliance Technology Group, Renewable Energy Sectors, research, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, SICI, SPARC, Techno Commercial Assessment, University of Calcutta, University of Pennsylvania

INDO-US, INDO-AUSTRALIA AND INDO-CANADA INTERDISCIPLINARY WORKSHOPS AT IIT KHARAGPUR The Bioprocess & Bioproduct Development Laboratory of the Department of Biotechnology, IIT Kharagpur along with the collaborators from USA, Australia, and Canada organized three days workshop under the Government of India’s Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC) from 24th to 26th February 2023. The workshops were inaugurated by Prof. Amit Patra, Deputy Director, IIT Kharagpur in the august presence of Dr. Prachi Kaul, Director, Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute and Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti, Dean BTBS, IIT Kharagpur. The workshop saw a footfall of more than 80 participants from both within…

Feb

23

2023

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A Study on Rising Atmospheric Pollution in Rural India

Environment, Environment & Social Impact, Research & InnovationAcid Deposition, Adverse Health, Aerosol, air pollution, Air Quality, Asthma, atmospheric pollution, Bharat Stage Norms, Bronchitis, Cardiovascular Diseases, Central India, Cooling Effect, CORAL, CPCB, Eastern India, environment, Gas-Fed Power Plants, Global Climate Change, Growing Population, Hilly Region, Indo-Gangetic Plain, Nitrate Aerosol, Nitric Oxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, NO2 Concentration, NO2 Pollution, Non-Abundant Gas, North-East India, North-West India, Oxidation-fueled, Ozone Formation, Particulate Matter, Peninsular India, Pneumonia, Reduce Emissions, Regional Climate, Rural, Rural Air Pollution, Rural Air Quality, Rural India, Rural Population, Rural Regions, Satellite Imaging, Seasonal Changes, Selective Catalytic Reduction, SO2, Suburbs, Sulphur Dioxide, Thermal Power Plants, Troposphere, Urban, Urban Threat, urbanization

Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have found increasing atmospheric pollution in rural India using Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) measurements from satellites. Prof. Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath and Research Scholar Mansi Pathak of Centre for Ocean, River, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL) of IIT Kharagpur analysed the significant impact of urban pollution on the air quality of rural India by differentiating the pollution in two zones - rural and urban - and assessing the extent of air pollution in rural India. The researchers found that air pollution is not typically an urban phenomenon but can also affects the environment in rural…

Feb

10

2023

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The Secret of Getting Ahead is Getting Started – Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2023

Engagement, Events, Humans of KGP, Institute, Study@IITKgpalumnus, Arete Ventures, Atreya Innovation, Berger Paints, Bharat Fund, Empresario'23, Enterprising India, Entrepreneurship Cell, Entrepreneurship Dialogues, Entrepreneurship Summit, Genexis Biotech, GES 2023, Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2023, Hitachi Technologies, Ideaspring Capital, Innovaccer, Kolkata Ventures, Kotak Mahindra Group, Krafton, Million-At-Stake, Product Expo, Professor’s Meet, Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship, Realm of Renaissance, RMSoEE, Skolkovo Foundation, Suresh Prabhu, Vedantu, Venture Catalyst, Women Conclave, Workshops, Zetwerk

Entrepreneurship Cell of IIT Kharagpur conducted Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2023 Oprah Winfrey said ,"Do not worry about being successful but work towards being significant and the success will naturally flow." The entrepreneur always searches for change, responds to it and exploits it as an opportunity. Entrepreneurship is a state of mind, a can-do attitude, a capacity to focus on a vision and work towards it. Sometimes you have to cross the line of familiarity to explore what holds beneath the generic idea of representation and problem solving techniques considering the other variables. Entrepreneurship Cell, under the aegis of Rajendra Mishra…

Feb

03

2023

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IIT Kharagpur handed over Industry 4.0 solution to GRSE

Collaborations, Institute, Research & InnovationAI, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology, CNC training, Cobots, CoEAMT, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited, GRSE, Industry 4.0, iWeld, LM Windpower, MHI, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Heavy Industries, MSME, RDCIS, Research & Development Centre for Iron & Steel, SAIL, Steel Authority of India Limited, Tata Metaliks, Tata Steel, Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing

The Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology (CoEAMT) of IIT Kharagpur has handed over its Industry 4.0 solution to Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), under Ministry of Defence. The Centre has developed a software for GRSE, named iWeld wherein AI will detect the defective portion from weld radiography images and classify the type of defect. Tested over large number of samples at GRSE, it gives a very high accuracy of 93.18%. The software has been developed by Mr. Avishek Mukherjee, Doctoral Scholar of IIT Kharagpur under the supervision of Prof. Surjya K Pal, Chairperson of the CoEAMT and…

Feb

02

2023

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Great Innovations only happen when people aren’t afraid to do things differently – YIP 2022

Community, Engagement, Institute, Study@IITKgpAffordable Technologies, AGNIMAA, AGRICRAFT, Agro-Culture, AGROBOT, ALSET, Atmanirbhar Bharat, Bhartiyam International School, Crisis Management, Economic Inclusions, ECORAGE, Energy Convergence, Environment Conservation, G20, Health & Hygiene, Pure Power, Readymade Product Utilities, Ridge Valley School, Sagar Public School, Sanskriti The Gurukul School, SMART Technologies, Sustainable Future, Sustainable Hydroelectric Plant for Independent Establishment, The Fuel Saver, Vertical Farming, WWA Cossipore English School, XYLEM, Young Innovators Program

Young Innovators Programme (YIP) 2022 conducted by IIT Kharagpur Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turns into an innovation. Today it is not about how creative, how economical or how formative your idea is, it is about the thought and purpose of making an idea happen. We call India a diversified country, where solutions are evaluated based on the problems related to our socio-economic dynamism. As the nation with the youngest population, our GenZ also known as the Millennials, bring out fresh ideas to our age old problems in their unique…

Jan

27

2023

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The Journey of Remembrance – 19th Alumni Meet of IIT Kharagpur

Alumni Corner, Community, Engagement, Humans of KGP19th Alumni Meet, Aerospace Engineering, Brandeis University, Condensed Matter Theorist, Distinguished Service Awardees 2022, Enid & Nate Ancell Professor of Physics, Excellent Young Teacher Award, G S Sanyal Faculty Excellence Award, Giving back, IIT Alumni Foundation India, Inflexon Point, Kgpians, L&T Ltd, Platinum Jubilee, Tata Projects Limited, Vimal Plastics

The chilly January brought with it new genesis of transformation, new endearings and reminiscence of forever bonds which spreads a warmth that surrounds the Institution with happy faces, when we see our Alums back on the campus. The old building once again echoed with familiar laughters and famous campus stories that surrounded the batches of 1973, 1983 and 1998 who commemorate the grand celebration of the 19th Alumni Meet from 6th to 8th January 2023. For the first time ever in the history of IIT an entire batch came forward to give back together to their alma mater a gift…

Jan

16

2023

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The Yogic Avabodha – Atal

Alumni Corner, Engagement, Humans of KGP, In-Depth, Storiesalma mater, athletics, BurningMan, IIT KGP, Ironman Arizona, Ironman athlete, kgpian, Philanthropist, Yogic Avabodha

The word 'Avabodha' in Sanskrit is referred to someone who possess an awakened consciousness of soul. As the motto of the institute says Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam which means Excellence in Action is Yoga, we have an Alumnus who imbibed the thought as the basics of his existence. The spirit of a warrior, the body of iron and a heart of gold, yes we are talking about an explorer of life, Mr. Atal Agarwal, an alumnus of IIT Kharagpur, who graduated in 2017 and became one among the few IITians who represented Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) as an Alum in…

Jan

16

2023

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The Dreamers of Young India – IIT Kharagpur celebrated its 68th Convocation

Alumni Corner, Community, Engagement, Humans of KGP, Institute, People, Study@IITKgp68th Convocation, B. Tech course, B.Arch (Hons), Board of Governor’s Gold Medal, Chief Guest, Director’s Gold Medal, Distinguished Alumnus Awards, Dr. Jnan Chandra Ghosh Memorial Gold Medal, Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal, Dual Degree, G20 Presidency, Life Fellow Award, Lifetime Achievement Award, LLB, LLM, M. Tech, MBA, MCP, MHRM, Multidisciplinary, Peter Chan, President of India Gold Medal, Prime Minster of India Gold Medal, Professor Jagadish Chandra Bose Memorial Gold Medal, Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam, Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam

Look who we are, we are the dreamers We make it happen, ’cause we believe it Look who we are, we are the dreamers We make it happen ’cause we can see it Here’s to the ones, that keep the passion Here’s to the ones, that can imagine... Dedicated to the Kgpians 2022! Creating a historic benchmark by crossing 1600 plus offers in the Phase I of placement season 2022, IIT Kharagpur celebrated its 68th Convocation on December 24, 2022. Shri Peter Chan, Founder & CEO of Herons Bonsai, United Kingdom graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Dr. Rajendra Prasad…

Jan

05

2023

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Women’s Leadership Conclave 2022

Alumni Corner, Community, Engagement, Environment & Social Impact, Social ImpactAccountability, Dr. Kiran Bedi, Dr. Tessy Thomas, DRDO, Empowerment, Manoshi Roychowdhury, Missile Woman of India, National Adventure Awardee, Padmashri, Partha Ghosh Academy of Leadership, Phoolbashan Bai Yadav, Premlata Agarwal, Social Worker, Trust, Vedic Philosophy, Women Leaders, Women’s Leadership Conclave

As India enters its 76th year of Independence, it aims to reclaim its status of Vishwa Guru by 2047 where the role of women leaders is crucial in the diverse fields of our society to create a balance. With a drive to encourage women empowerment, Partha Ghosh Academy of Leadership at IIT Kharagpur organized the first of its kind Women’s Leadership Conclave from 26th to 27th November 2022 on “Women – The Backbone of Society,” in Netaji Auditorium. Eminent women guest speakers like Dr. Kiran Bedi, Ex. Lt Governor of Puducherry and a Megsaysay Awardee along Smt. Premlata Agarwal, Padmashri,…