Poulami Mondal

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Jan
07
2021
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By Poulami Mondal
IIT Kharagpur to conduct JEE Advanced 2021 on July 03, 2021

IIT Kharagpur to conduct JEE Advanced 2021 on July 03, 2021

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur will organize the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE-Advanced) in 2021 for admissions in 23 IITs all over the country.  In a meeting of the IIT Joint Admission Board (JAB) several key decisions have been taken regarding the JEE (Advanced) to be held in 2021. In the JAB meeting, which was held on Thursday (31st December 2020), it has been decided to conduct the JEE (Advanced) 2021 on July 3rd 2021 (Saturday).  Speaking on the decisions taken by the IIT JAB, Prof. V K Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur and Chairman, JAB said, “July 03, 2021 has been approved…
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Dec
29
2020
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Agri-Food Techathon @ IIT Kharagpur to promote agri-tech innovations

Agri-Food Techathon @ IIT Kharagpur to promote agri-tech innovations

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The Agri Business Incubation Centre (ABIC), IIT Kharagpur, in association with its Agricultural & Food Engineering Department, Centre for Rural Development & Innovative Sustainable Technologies and Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship, is organizing Agri-Food Techathon (AFT 2021), a national level online technical fest during January to March 2021. This is an event open to university/college students, entrepreneurs and rural youths to exhibit and depict their creativity, problem-solving, and prototyping-skills in the different domain of Agri-Food sector. The event will provide orientation and exposure to innovation and entrepreneurship opportunities in the Agriculture and Food Technology sector, to the aspiring entrepreneurs,…
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Dec
15
2020
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Distinguished Alumnus Award Announced for 2020

Distinguished Alumnus Award Announced for 2020

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IIT Kharagpur has announced the Distinguished Alumnus Award for the year 2020. Twenty-one alumni from across the world have been named this year for this much-coveted annual award. The awardees include alumni with outstanding achievements in the spheres of academia, industry, public service and social welfare. Lauding the awardees on social media Director Prof. Virendra K Tewari wrote, "The Distinguished Alumnus Award is conferred to appreciate outstanding achievements, leadership, contribution to society, and peer recognition of our alumni who are a source of pride and inspiration to all of us. Congratulations to all the awardees on joining the hallowed DAA…
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Dec
09
2020
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Counting 1000+ on 8th Day of Placement

Counting 1000+ on 8th Day of Placement

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Despite Pandemic, IIT Kharagpur secured more than 1000 jobs - the highest number of Placement offers in 2020. IIT Kharagpur bagged more than 1000 offers in Phase-I placements for the year 2020-21 till the 8th Day of the ongoing hiring session. The students also bagged 30 international job offers so far from countries such as Japan and Taiwan and companies including Accenture, TSMC, Sony, Rakuten, and Valuance, etc. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple, Qualcomm, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, American Express, Sony Japan, EXL Service, Oracle, Honeywell, TSMC, Rakuten, Cohesity, Amazon, Airbus, PwC, L&T, Wipro, Tata Steel, and many more have…
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Dec
08
2020
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From the Director’s Desk: Best Practices to Avoid Exam Malpractices

From the Director’s Desk: Best Practices to Avoid Exam Malpractices

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IIT Kharagpur’s point of view regarding best practices to avoid malpractices in online examination Experience says that generally the rules are required to be framed for a purpose for possibly 5% of people who are not so disciplined and cause disturbance to the whole system. For this 5% of people, 95% of people do suffer as they need to go through a constricted process. Setting stringent measures for curbing malpractices in an examination is no exception. Possibly a handful of students resort to some kind of unethical practices for which a host of norms are required to be framed for…
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Dec
01
2020
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2020 Day 1 Placement Report

2020 Day 1 Placement Report

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Despite Pandemic, IIT Kharagpur secured a significant number of placement offers for the 2020 season At this ongoing pandemic situation, IIT Kharagpur bagged 276 Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs) out of 425 eight-week internship opportunities through online mode. Companies like Barclay, Goldman Sachs, Honeywell, Microsoft, MasterCard, Dr. Reddy, Tata Steel have offered more than 10 PPOs each. Around thirty companies participated in Day 1 and more than 130 placement offers were received for the final year students. TSMC, Sony-Japan and Cohesity US made international hiring offers. “Key components of this success are excellent technical skills of the students, the flexible online internship…
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Nov
06
2020
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Student Researchers Conferred GYTI Awards

Student Researchers Conferred GYTI Awards

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Doctoral and MS students from IIT Kharagpur have bagged four awards under different categories at the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards 2020. In the award ceremony held on November 05, 2020, Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Union Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Science and Technology & Earth Sciences presented the awards virtually. The awardees include student innovators pursuing state-of-the-art scientific inventions, socially relevant discoveries and frugal manufacturing inventions. The awards in different categories ranging from healthcare to sanitation and waste management were given to the innovative students of various disciplines. Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Awards constitute of…
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Oct
15
2020
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More Towards Global Living Experience

More Towards Global Living Experience

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Hon’ble Education Minister Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ Inaugurates International Faculty Visitors’ Accommodation at IIT Kharagpur “I am sure IIT Kharagpur will take the Indian education standards to a new unparalleled level:” Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank, Hon’ble Education Minister In an initiative towards attracting more faculty from prestigious foreign universities, the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur has constructed new International Faculty Visitors’ Accommodation. The Institute is looking forward to hosting nearly 100 international faculty members for short-term and long-term teaching besides for Research and Development.  A video of the new facilities that were inaugurated can be downloaded from the following link…
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Jun
19
2020
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IIT Kharagpur’s Online Course on Innovation & Entrepreneurship

IIT Kharagpur’s Online Course on Innovation & Entrepreneurship

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IIT Kharagpur launches Online Lecture Series on Innovation & Entrepreneurship dealing with several crucial aspects in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic. India Today           Education Times               News18             NDTV          Business Insider         DataQuest         Outlook        Careers360       Yahoo News                Republic World             ABP Education           Indian Express IIT Kharagpur's Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship (RMSoEE) is all set to…
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May
04
2020
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IIT KGP Lends Support to COVID Quarantine

IIT KGP Lends Support to COVID Quarantine

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The super-specialty hospital of IIT Kharagpur, to be named after Dr. B C Roy, has become COVID Quarantine Centre for Inter-state Travelers to West Bengal Outlook        Business Insider         NDTV Bangla         Business Standard     Times of India         Economic Times IIT Kharagpur’s super-specialty hospital has been busy for the past few weeks. While the facility is yet to be operationalized, who are these people walking into the hospital? About a month back, with the announcement of the lockdown, a large influx of people moved to the borders of Bengal from various…
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