Poulami Mondal

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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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IIT Kharagpur celebrates its 67th Convocation in the august presence of Minister of Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

IIT Kharagpur celebrates its 67th Convocation in the august presence of Minister of Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Creating a historic benchmark by crossing 1600 plus offers in the Phase I of placement season 2021, IIT Kharagpur celebrated its 67th Convocation on December 18, 2021. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Honourable Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Shri Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Kharagpur honoured us with his virtual presence. With prolific advancements towards engaging new advents in technological pursuits and branching out to diverse fields of medical, law, management and entrepreneurship, for the first time IIT Kharagpur is proud to bestow a Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof.…
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Nation Building In Action: How An IIT Alumni Contributed To India’s Internet Story

Nation Building In Action: How An IIT Alumni Contributed To India’s Internet Story

Just as India was entering a new dawn in its political and economic history as an independent nation in the early 1990s, Bijendra K. Syngal, an IIT Kharagpur alumni (EC/1962/RP), returned to India to take up the reins of the Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited (VSNL). His arrival jolted the old-style, stodgy public sector company into taking charge of the telecommunication revolution in India. Syngal navigated through financial uncertainties, economic instability, and political turmoil to introduce the Internet in India. His efforts played a direct role in expanding the software industry from a 60 million USD industry in 1991 to a nearly…
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Welcome Dr. S. Mangani Mangalavalli, the first lady faculty of Dr. B.C Roy Multi Speciality Medical Research Centre

Welcome Dr. S. Mangani Mangalavalli, the first lady faculty of Dr. B.C Roy Multi Speciality Medical Research Centre

IIT KGP welcomes Dr. S. Mangani Mangalavalli, joining in as the first lady faculty (Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology) of Dr. B.C Roy Multi Speciality Medical Research Centre, IIT KGP. She is deployed as an Assistant Professor in B.C Roy Multi Speciality Medical Research Centre. Dr. Mangalavalli has completed her M.B.B.S from the prestigious Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research Centre (JIPMER), Pondicherry University in 2006 and her M.D in Physiology from Sri Manakula Vinayagar Medical College and Hospital, Pondicherry University in 2016. She is also enrolled in a Fellowship in Diabetes Mellitus from…
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Dr. Virendra K Tewari, Director, IITKGP hounoured with Special Recognition of the Year Award 2021 by Agriculture Today Group

Dr. Virendra K Tewari, Director, IITKGP hounoured with Special Recognition of the Year Award 2021 by Agriculture Today Group

IIT KGP takes immense pride and honour in congratulating Prof. Virendra Kumar Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur for being conferred with the Special Recognition of the Year Award 2021 by Agriculture Today Group in the 3rd Apollo Farm Power Awards 2021. He was acknowledged for his exemplary contribution to the growth and development of agricultural mechanization in India. Prof. Tewari participated in the award ceremony through video conferencing. Agriculture Today conducted the 3rd APOLLO Farm Power Awards 2021 on Wednesday, 20th October at Crystal Ball Room, The Lalit, Connaught Place, New Delhi. Distinguished Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research, Dr Trilochan Mohapatra graced…
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