Poulami Mondal – Page 20 – The KGP Chronicle

Feb

19

2021

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Online Workshop on Accelerated Data Science

EventsAlgorithm, CCDS, cdac, Data Science, Deep Learning, Machine Learning, National Supercomputing Mission, Neural Network, workshop

The Centre for Computational and Data Science at IIT Kharagpur is organizing an Online Workshop on Accelerated Data Science in collaboration with NVIDIA Corporation, India and National Supercomputing Mission, C-DAC, Government of India, from February 21-22, 2021. In the workshop, the state-of-art theory and technologies for accelerated machine learning, as well as deep learning algorithms, will be covered. Also, the fundamentals of GPU computing with an emphasis on machine learning and deep learning algorithms will be presented. Further, several technologies and platforms for GPU acceleration of these algorithms will be elaborated. Topic List: Day 1: Fundamentals of GPU Architecture &…

Feb

11

2021

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Web Workshop by Subir Chowdhury School of Quality and Reliability

EngagementQuality, Reliability, SCSQR

In the present scenario of global competition, the Quality and Reliability of products and processes play a vital role in the design, maintenance, operational safety/security and management of engineering systems. Subir Chowdhury School of Quality and Reliability, the first of its kind in India and a unique School of excellence focuses on overall improvement in engineering skills of students by exposing them to theory and practices in Quality and Reliability Engineering. The School is organizing a Web Workshop exclusively for the faculty members of IIT Kharagpur on Robust Engineering and Optimization, on February 24, 2021, 6.30 pm-10.30 pm IST. This…

Feb

04

2021

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Gymkhana Celebrates National Girl Child Day Celebration

Social Impact

Contributed by Priyanka Singh and Saumyata Khandelwal IIT Kharagpur is known for a great many things - be the alumni across the globe leading in the industry, academia, entrepreneurship including those in India in even more diverse fields from public services to creative fields, or the R&D output of the Institute bringing transformation from industry to society - but beyond this first in the IIT system has another face, unobtrusive but telling, in the area of public outreach and social impact. One such mark of the Institute can be spotted at the Gopali Youth Welfare Society (GYWS), an NGO run…

Feb

03

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

Book Review: Blue Infrastructures by Dr. Jenia Mukherjee

In-Depthcanals, environment, infrastructures, Kolkata, wetlands

Dr. Jenia Mukherjee, Assistant Professor at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Kharagpur, has published a pioneering volume on Kolkata’s ecological history - Blue Infrastructures: Natural History, Political Ecology and Urban Development in Kolkata. Sponsored by ISIRD, SRIC, IIT Kharagpur, this book is a strong manifestation of interdisciplinary research on the urban environment. The author focuses on Kolkata, formerly the colonial capital of and currently a major megacity in India, in terms of its extensive blue infrastructures, i.e., its rivers, canals and wetlands as an integrated composite whole. "I have tried to unfold ways in which this reclaimed…

Jan

25

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

Agri-food startups to play a key role in developing self-reliant India: Shiksha Mantri

Eventsagri, agri economy, Agriculture, food, Food engineering, food technology, nabard, techathon

Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’ flagged off the Agri-Food Techathon at IIT Kharagpur and also laid the foundation for Agri-Business Incubation Centre, which will incubate innovative ideas in the agriculture and food technology domain for creating Agri-preneures. Addressing the first Agri-Food Techathon organized by NABARD and IIT Kharagpur, Union Education Minister Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' said that the country's agricultural sector, including our farmers, our villages, are the pillars of self-reliant India. "If they remain strong then the foundation of self-reliant India will be strong and I believe that the role of agri-food startups will be very important in developing a…

Jan

07

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

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

Events

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…

Dec

29

2020

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By Poulami Mondal

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

Events

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,…

Dec

15

2020

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Distinguished Alumnus Award Announced for 2020

Eventsalumni, Distinguished Alumnus, Distinguished Alumnus Award

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…

Dec

09

2020

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Counting 1000+ on 8th Day of Placement

EventsCareer, Career Development Centre, Jobs, Placement

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…

Dec

08

2020

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

Community

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…