Poulami Mondal

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The  James Webb Space Telescope launch and IITKGP

The James Webb Space Telescope launch and IITKGP

On 25th December 2021, thousands around the world enthusiastically watched the Ariane 5 heavy-lift space launch vehicle carry the  James Webb Space Telescope (JWST or Webb) to its orbit. However, not many are aware that this launch from the European Space Agency (ESA) spaceport in French Guiana had a unique KGP connection.   Alumnus Dr. Ranbir Sinha (B.Tech/Aero/1981) worked on the structural design and simulation of the Ariane 5 nose-cone and Payload Fairing (PLF), which protected the Webb during the launch.  Launching The Webb The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) is the next great space science observatory that will take up…
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In memory of Prof. Sujoy Ghose

In memory of Prof. Sujoy Ghose

On 18th January 2022, the IIT Kharagpur community lost one of its well-known, respected,  senior members.  Prof. Sujoy Ghose was an emeritus professor at the Computer Science and Engineering Department. He joined the institute in 1979 and dedicatedly served through his teaching and research contributions until the very last day. Prof. Ghose was a specialist in networks, algorithms, artificial intelligence, information systems, and peer-to-peer computing. He had guided many research scholars and received academic praise from colleagues and experts from around the globe.  Prof. Ghose grew up on the campus. He graduated with a B.Tech in Electronics and Electrical Communication…
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SIMULATING COVID-19 TRANSMISSION ON THE PARAMSHAKTI SUPERCOMPUTER

SIMULATING COVID-19 TRANSMISSION ON THE PARAMSHAKTI SUPERCOMPUTER

How do airborne diseases spread? What happens when two people in close proximity talk? How exactly does the air exchange take place? To answer all these questions and many more on the spread of the COVID-19 pathogen,  Prof. Sandeep Saha of Aerospace Engineering, his students at the institute, and collaborators in CNRS, France, Imperial College, London, UK, and Princeton University, USA  have performed a high-end simulation to study the transmission patterns of the COVID-19 pathogen by using the Paramshaakti Supercomputer. The Simulation The study, which has now been published in The Journal Of Fluid Mechanics, observed airflow and exchange between…
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The CEO of romance from IIT Kharagpur

The CEO of romance from IIT Kharagpur

It's not every day that you come across a Metallurgical Engineer leading the world’s largest dating app conglomerate.  Sharmistha (Shar) Dubey ( B. Tech/ Metallurgy/1993)  was raised in Jamshedpur. She graduated in 1993 along with classmate Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet. With grit and determination she overcame all the challenges of being one of the handful female students on campus and finished her studies. After completing her studies she went back to Jamshedpur and worked in a steel company for a short while. She pursued a Masters from Ohio State University, USA and worked in several companies before joining Match…
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The Relics of Being & Becoming – ‘Us’

The Relics of Being & Becoming – ‘Us’

The present is just a synoptic one on the IIT Kharagpur IKS calendar of 2022 based on the scientific realization of Being and Becoming (ontology of the Vedas as recognized by 1977 Nobel laureate Ilya Prigogine), Yogakshema-complementarities of ascent and descent of human mind to and from Divinity (realized by the Scientific principles developed by International Experts like Abraham Maslow and Arnold Toynbee), The idea of Cosmic Matrix or Vedic Matarisvan (Idea of MATRIX forwarded by top International Experts namely Joseph Campbell, Marija Gimbutas, Rene Guenon, Mircae Eliade and many more Scientist like James Lovelock and Lynn Margulis on ‘Gaia’s…
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In the Name of the Flower

In the Name of the Flower

Just like the flower she is named after, willowy and graceful, Nwe ni Kyaw walks in for her appointment with me on a bright November morning. I had requested a meeting with her to acquaint myself with this student from Myanmar who had just joined IIT Kharagpur as a doctoral research scholar in, ‘Image Processing and Machine Learning’ at the Dept. of Computer Science and Engg. So we get to chatting. Little had I known that the brief conversation would leave me in considerable appreciation of the spirit that was burning bright within a delicate exterior. Born in 1988 in…
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Forbes 30 Under 30 – Alumnus Prof. Srijan Kumar

Forbes 30 Under 30 – Alumnus Prof. Srijan Kumar

IIT Kharagpur alumnus, Prof. Srijan Kumar has been included in Forbes 30 under 30 in Science, Class of 2022! Prof. Kumar is an Assistant Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology. He is a specialist in AI, ML, and Data Science. In his attempt to make the internet a safer place he is involved in developing Data Science and Machine Learning solutions to combat fraudsters, trolls, and other malicious entities. His research has influenced Twitter’s Birdwatch platform. It is also implemented by Flipkart. An alumnus of the 2013 batch from the Computer Science and Engineering Department of the Institute, Prof.…
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Meet The Alumni With Over 200 Patents: Mr. Anil Agiwal of Samsung Research

Meet The Alumni With Over 200 Patents: Mr. Anil Agiwal of Samsung Research

Mr. Anil Agiwal, an alumnus of the Institute’s Computer Science and Engineering Department, has received his 200th US patent grant in November 2021. He is now on the global list of prolific inventors that includes individuals who have been granted 200 or more patents in the USA. He is now on an all-time list of 316 inventors. The patents include innovations on advanced radio access technologies (such as 4G, 5G, 5G advanced) for cellular communication. Mr. Agiwal said that “patience and perseverance combined with an urge to innovate have helped me receive 200+ patent grants (204 as of today).” He…
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REALIZING THE METAVERSE: ‘BETAVERSE’ WINS THE SAMSUNG INNOVATION AWARD 2021

REALIZING THE METAVERSE: ‘BETAVERSE’ WINS THE SAMSUNG INNOVATION AWARD 2021

A few weeks prior to Facebook’s Meta announcement plunged the world into a new era of social media connectedness and metaverses, some of the most brilliant minds of the country were competing to create metaverse technologies of their own in the 2021 Samsung Innovation Award Silver Jubilee Edition. This year’s competition was won by Ojas Deshmukh, a third-year dual degree B.Tech Biotechnology student at IIT Kharagpur for his Betaverse project. He is also the Managing Head of Computer Graphics Society and a Head at SWARM Robotics at the institute. The project intends to act as a platform that users and…
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IITKGP Entry, CodAR, Wins The Serious Games Showcase and Challenge (SGS&C)-2021

IITKGP Entry, CodAR, Wins The Serious Games Showcase and Challenge (SGS&C)-2021

IIT Kharagpur’s entry to The Serious Games Showcase and Challenge (SGS&C)-2021, Cod AR, has won this year’s challenge in the Innovation category. The Serious Games Showcase and Challenge is a premier destination for recognition of excellence in the field of Serious Games development. This year, awards were presented in the following categories - Best Government Game, Best Student Developed Game, Best Business Developed Game, and Best XR Game. CodAR, developed by Mr. Vandit Sharma, a 2021 graduate from the Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, under the supervision of Dr. Kaushal Kumar Bhagat, Assistant Professor in the Advanced Technology…
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