2024 – Page 3 – The KGP Chronicle

May

31

2024

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Hands-on Training on CAD/CAM Application on CNC Machine

Department, Engagement, Institute, Outreach ActivityAudio-Visual, automation, AV System, CAD, CAM, Carpentry, CNC Die Sinking EDM, CNC Machine, CNC Milling, CNC Turning, CNC Wire Cut EDM, Computer Aided Design, Cutting-edge Technologies, CWISS, digital transformation, encompassing product design, Glass Blowing, holistic integration, manufacturing industry, manufacturing process, production, robust data collection, Smart Manufacturing, supply chain management, workshop

Smart manufacturing exemplifies the importance of digital transformation in the manufacturing industry. It represents a holistic integration of cutting-edge technologies across all facets of the manufacturing process, encompassing product design, supply chain management, production, distribution, and sales. Central to this transformation is the shift towards automation and robust data collection and analysis systems, which are fundamental in enhancing production efficiency and product quality. CAD, or Computer-Aided Design and Drafting (CADD), is technology designed for creators to design, draft and produce technical documentation–replacing manual hand-drawn and drafting techniques with a digital-first process. Whether you’re an architect, designer, or engineer, you’ve probably used 2D…

May

27

2024

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By Poulami Mondal

Exploring the Leadership Role in Public Service

Academy, Expert Insight, Institute, Outreach ActivityAmitabh Kant, corporate executives, Digital Governance, Ease of Doing Business, Ethical Leadership, growth, Innovation, innovators., Leader, leadership, Make in India, National Informatics Centre, Niti Aayog, Partha Ghosh Academy of Leadership, PGAL, Policymaking, Public Services, Startup India, thought leaders

Partha Ghosh Academy of Leadership (PGAL) at IIT Kharagpur is back again with a Leadership Talk Series and this time with the most renowned and celebrated leaders of time, Mr. Amitabh Kant, Ex-CEO of NITI Aayog and India's G-20 Sherpa who will speak on Leadership in Public Service on 28th May 2024. He is the man who is an exceptional bureaucrat and a driving force behind transformative initiatives such as 'Make in India,' 'Start Up India,' and 'Ease of Doing Business.' His deep understanding of ethical leadership, inclusive policymaking, and innovative mobility solutions has positioned him as one of India’s…

May

14

2024

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By Poulami Mondal

Intellectual Property is the Possession of a Curious Mind – Celebrating the World Intellectual Property Day 2024 at IIT Kharagpur

Engagement, Events, Outreach Activity, Research & Innovation100 Patents in 100 Days, Academic, Intellect, Intellectual property, Intellectual Property Cell, Intellectual property rights, Inventions, IP, IPR, Patents, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, research, RGSOIPL, SDGs, SRIC, sustainability policy, Sustainable Development Goals, technological research, WIPO, WIPO 2024, World Intellectual Property Day

On the occasion of the World Intellectual Property Day, the Intellectual Property (IP) Cell of the Office of Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SRIC), IIT Kharagpur organized a programme on Intellectual Property in Ben Gupta Auditorium of the Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law (RGSOIPL) on 26th April, 2024. The programme accentuates the importance of IP in modern science and transformational technological pursuits and was inaugurated by Prof. V K Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur, in attendance by a large number of students, research scholars faculty and staff members. The theme of The World IP Day 2024 was to align…

May

10

2024

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By Poulami Mondal

“Visiting IIT KGP is the greatest joy and a timeless experience,” said Prof. Sudipta Seal on receiving the Distinguished Alumnus Award 2018

Alumni Corner, Awards & Accolades, Humans of KGP, InstituteAdvanced Materials, Aerospace Nanoenergetics, alma mater, alumni, AMPAC, Biological Engineering, Cancer Therapy, Catalysis, Cellular Matrix, Ceramics, commercialization, DAA, Distinguished Alumnus Award, Electrochemical, Energetics, Engineering, Glaucoma, IIT KGP, Materials Science, Metastable Tetragonal Crystal, Nano Binary Oxides, Nano Structures, Nano-Biomedicine, Nanoceria, Nanoscale Transition Metal, Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, NSTC, Rare-earth Oxide, Regenerate Stem Cell, research, Space Sciences, Spherical Nano, Surface Engineered, technology, UCF

Prof. Sudipta Seal is an eminent scientist, entrepreneur and a distinguished professor who was honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award 2018 by IIT Kharagpur in the 64th Convocation of the Institute. Recently, he revisited his Alma Mater after a gap of many years to take a walk down the memory lane, reminiscing his college days and reuniting with his mentors and professors. While visiting his department and his hall, he sank into the depths of memorabilia and the evergreen nostalgic pages of his life. He was bestowed with Distinguished Alumnus Award which he was unable to collect previously, by Prof.…

Apr

26

2024

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By Poulami Mondal

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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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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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…