April 2024 | The KGP Chronicle

Apr

26

2024

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Order Order!! The 5th National Moot Court Competition was a star-struck affair at IIT Kharagpur

Awards & Accolades, Engagement, Events, Institute, Outreach ActivityBAR Association, Calcutta High Court, Copyright, Economic Development, Economic growth, High Court of Calcutta, Intellectual Property Law, Intellectual property rights, IPR, IPR laws, Judge, Justice, Legal Excellence, Legal Knowledge, Legal Professionals, Moot, Moot Court, National Moot Court Competition, NMCC, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, RGSoPIL, Supreme Court, WTO

Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSoPIL) of IIT Kharagpur conducted the 5th National Moot Court Competition from 29th to 31st March, 2024. The inaugural ceremony witnessed the presence of eminent law practitioners including Hon'ble Justice Mr. I P Mukherjee, Judge, Calcutta High Court who was the Chief Guest of the programme along with Prof. (Dr.) Dilip Ukey, VC, MNLU, Mumbai, the Guest of Honour. Prof. Dipa Dube and Dr. Shreya Matilal RGSoPIL were the convenors of the programme. IIT Kharagpur has been organizing the National Moot Court Competition (NMCC) with great enthusiasm. Through its rigorous and engaging format,…

Apr

23

2024

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By Poulami Mondal

Prof. Amit Patra is appointed the new Director of IIT BHU (Varanasi) by Ministry of Education

Academia, Appointments, Community, Humans of KGPAcademic, Advanced VLSI Design, CAD, Director, Electrical Engineer, Engineering Publications, IEEE, IIT BHU, IIT Kharagpur, Indian Academy of Sciences, Ministry of Education, Power Management, power management circuits, Samsung Innovation Award, Systems Society of India, VLSI, Young Engineer Award, Young Teachers Career Award

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader. A successful leadership is about making others better as a result of your presence and making sure that the impact lasts in your absence by unlocking people's potential to become better. A greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the great things, he is the one that gets the people to do the great things. Today, IIT Kharagpur celebrates one such leader that the institute is proud of. Prof. Amit Patra, Deputy Director of IIT Kharagpur has recently been…

Apr

17

2024

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur and University of Melbourne forms strategic partnership over MIPA

Academia, Collaborations, Institute, Study@IITKgpAcademic, Collaboration, Engagement, Engineering, Health Sciences, Internationalization, Medicine, MIPA, Partnership, PhD, Project Proposals, Research Collaboration, Scholarships, Science, Strategic Partnership, Testamurs, Thesis, University of Melbourne

IIT Kharagpur and The University of Melbourne continue to develop their strategic partnership through the Melbourne India Postgraduate Academy (MIPA), offering opportunities for research collaboration and engagement. Prof. V K Tewari, Director; Prof. Amit Patra, Deputy Director; Prof. Rintu Banerjee, Dean R&D and Prof. Debashish Chakravarty, Associate Dean, Alumni Affairs & International Relations welcomed the Melbourne team and discussed on the further areas of collaborations. A team from University of Melbourne visited IIT Kharagpur, to call for project proposals from engineering, IT, science, medicine, dentistry and health sciences to establish up to three pairs of supervisors (PIs), with each supervisory…

Apr

13

2024

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By Poulami Mondal

DST Secretary Prof. Abhay Karandikar inaugurates SATHI facility at IIT Kharagpur

Collaborations, Funded Projects, Institute, Research & Innovation, Study@IITKgp6G research, academic organizations, Advanced Materials, Cutting-edge Technologies, Department of Science & Technology, DST, Fabrication, High-Resolution Aberration Corrected Transmission Electron Micron, HRTEM, industries, Innovation, MSMEs, product development, R&D Infrastructure, Research and Development, SATHI, Scientific Ecosystem, Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry, Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institute, start-ups, technological research, testing, Time-of-Flight, TOF-SIMS, Universal Testing Machine

Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, Department of Science & Technology (DST) visited Sophisticated Analytical & Technical Help Institute (SATHI) facility, a flagship programme of DST, GOI, hosted at IIT Kharagpur and inaugurated the highly sophisticated R&D infrastructure: Time-of-Flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (TOF-SIMS) and High-Resolution Aberration Corrected Transmission Electron Micron (HRTEM), one of its kind, on 12th April, 2024 in the presence of Prof. V K Tewari, Director; Prof. Amit Patra, Deputy Director; Prof. Rintu Banerjee, Dean, R&D; Prof. Rabibrata Mukherjee, Chairman, SATHI of IIT Kharagpur along with the students, faculty and staff members of the institute and other officials of…

Apr

02

2024

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur introduces major curriculum reforms for UG students for the academic year 2024-25

Academia, Institute, Study@IITKgpAcademic Reforms, Academic Year, Artificial Intelligence, B.S (Hons.), B.Tech, Curriculum Reforms, Double Major, Dual Degree Programmes, IDDP, Interdisciplinary Dual Degree Programmes, JEE Advanced, Machine Learning, National Educational Policy, NEP2020, Semester Away Program, Semester Away Programme, UG Students

In line with the spirit of National Educational Policy (NEP 2020), IIT Kharagpur introduced several path-breaking reforms in its UG programmes starting from the academic year 2024-25. 1. From the academic year 2024-25, admission to all UG programmes will be for 4-year, B.Tech and B.S levels only. The students will get an opportunity to opt for the 5-year dual degree programmes after 2nd or 3rd year of their study. Depending upon their suitability and interest, the students can choose a 5-year dual degree programme in his/her parent department or he/she can also choose the Interdisciplinary Dual Degree Programmes (IDDP) offered…

Apr

02

2024

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur and Indian Navy joins forces to drive innovation through research partnership

Collaborations, Institute, MoU, Research & InnovationAcademic Cooperation, Acoustics, Aerodynamic Trajectory, AI, Big Data Analytics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Computer Aided Design, Hull Sea Inlet Interaction, Hydrodynamic Study of Fluids, Indian Navy, Industrial Engineering, Innovative Solutions, Instrumentation, Joint R&D, Knowledge Exchange, Mechanical Design, Mechatronics, MEMS, ML, MoU, Nanotechnology, Operational Research, Propulsion Systems, Quantum Computing, quantum mechanics, Reliability, robotics, Scientific Understanding, Sensors, Ship Structure, Steel Technology, Strategic Collaboration, Surface Treatment, Systems and Controls, Technology Development

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur and Indian Navy signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on 20th March, 2024 at Naval Headquarters, New Delhi, symbolizing their commitment to promote technology development, innovative solutions and joint R&D. Rear Admiral K Srinivas, Asst. Chief of Materiel (Dockyard & Refit) at Naval Headquarters and Prof. Rintu Banerjee, Dean, R&D, IIT Kharagpur signed the MoU in the august presence of Prof. Virendra Kumar Tewari, Director of IIT Kharagpur. MoU signing with Indian Navy : New Delhi The spheres of studies include propulsion systems, systems and controls, instrumentation and sensors, industrial engineering and operational research, nanotechnology…