Events

MoU with NCDC to Promote Developments in Cooperatives, Agriculture and Allied Sectors

MoU with NCDC to Promote Developments in Cooperatives, Agriculture and Allied Sectors

Highlights: This MoU will promote greater collaboration towards sustainable development in cooperatives, agriculture and allied sectors It will involve advancement of training, action research, studies, policy analysis, policy advice, consultancy, monitoring, evaluation, system development and technology development. It will provide support towards Formation and Promotion of Farmer Producer Organisation It shall have opportunities for trainee/student exchange program including providing internships IIT Kharagpur and the National Cooperative Development Corporation (NCDC) have signed an MoU towards greater collaboration in issues and areas related to the development of cooperatives, agriculture and allied sectors and to the holistic approach towards sustainable development. The scope…
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IIT Kharagpur Students Startup InfinityBox Awarded Hult Prize Seed Funding

IIT Kharagpur Students Startup InfinityBox Awarded Hult Prize Seed Funding

InfinityBox, an IIT Kharagpur students startup, has received the seed capital award of $100K by the Hult Prize Foundation. It is the only Indian company that is the recipient of the seed capital award of USD 100,000 by the Hult Prize Foundation and alumni of Nexus Incubator by the US Embassy and Singapore Government-funded Young Social Entrepreneurs 2020. InfinityBox is working towards reducing the use of less single-use plastics in the food delivery industry. The startup has partnered with two of India’s most prominent food delivery companies, Swiggy in the B2C domain, and HungerBox in the B2B domain, to support them…
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IIT Kharagpur Law Students to Draft Real-time Patents for Institute’s Innovations

IIT Kharagpur Law Students to Draft Real-time Patents for Institute’s Innovations

In 2006 IIT Kharagpur had introduced a new academic discipline in the IIT system - Intellectual Property Law, seed-funded by distinguished alumnus Dr. Vinod Gupta. Over the years, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law, the law school at IIT Kharagpur has not only expanded its scope across all academic verticals of law education but has emerged as one of India’s top law schools. With  Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) still as the key domain, the school has been instrumental in promoting IPR workshops for young innovators. A few years back a drive was undertaken at the School to promote Geographical…
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Enhancing Global Imprint of IIT Kharagpur through Strategic Partnerships

Enhancing Global Imprint of IIT Kharagpur through Strategic Partnerships

Exploring scaling-up of international outreach initiatives through dynamic and personalized approach as well as unique offerings at the institutional level. IIT Kharagpur has been scaling up its international relations activities since 2015. From setting up an International Relations Office to the hiring of staff, setting processes and systems and entering new collaborations. The Institute has also been engaging in various strategic partnerships in harmony with India’s global alliances and outreach goals. Recently the Director Prof. V K Tewari along with Associate Dean International Relations Dr. Anandaroop Bhattacharya and executives from the Office of International Relations, participated in three strategic events…
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IIT Kharagpur Wins the CoreNet Global Academic Challenge 6.0

IIT Kharagpur Wins the CoreNet Global Academic Challenge 6.0

A team of four undergraduate students from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur emerged as winners at the CoreNet Global Academic Challenge 6.0, sponsored by Cushman and Wakefield, KI and IA: Interior Architects. The team comprised of Siddhant Samarth (Third Year Undergraduate, Department of Civil Engineering), Pratim Majumdar (Third Year Undergraduate, Department of Chemical Engineering), Rishita Raj (Second Year Undergraduate, Department of Mechanical Engineering) and Utkarsh Agrawal (Third Year Undergraduate, Department of Manufacturing Science and Engineering), and were guided by Prof. Jenia Mukherjee (Department of Humanities and Social Sciences). The team from IIT Kharagpur was one of the four teams…
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IIT Kharagpur and The University of Manchester Launch Dual Doctoral Programme

IIT Kharagpur and The University of Manchester Launch Dual Doctoral Programme

IIT Kharagpur and The University of Manchester are pleased to announce the launch of a dual award PhD programme which represents the next phase of our strategic partnership. This will serve to consolidate and build on existing research collaborations across a number of thematic areas including environmental geochemistry, biomaterials and Industry 4.0. Students will be jointly recruited and spend time in both Manchester and Kharagpur, benefiting from the expertise, facilities and infrastructure of two globally renowned institutions. The programme, launching this July, will be open to IIT and IISc graduates from India during its initial phase.  Successful candidates will be…
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For the Women By the Women – Celebration of International Women’s Day

For the Women By the Women – Celebration of International Women’s Day

International Women’s Day was observed around the globe to celebrate women’s empowerment. At IIT Kharagpur a three-day program was organized to bring to light the achievements and talents of the ladies on campus who have been icons for other women on the campus. Several of them have adopted various self-employment professions or pursued their hobbies to become financially independent, others have been instrumental in offering their services for social upliftment, while there have been another group of ladies who promote healthy living and support the campus community.  To highlight their flair in diverse areas a range of events were organized.…
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IIT Kharagpur Among Top 50 in QS Subject Rank 2021

IIT Kharagpur Among Top 50 in QS Subject Rank 2021

IIT Kharagpur has been featured among the Top 50 in QS Subject Rank 2021. IIT Kharagpur has been ranked among the top 50 in Mineral & Mining Engineering [44] while emerging as India’s top-ranking institution in the field of Agriculture & Forestry.  The disciplines of Electrical & Electronic Engineering have featured among the top 100 as well [Ranked 92]. It has been ranked second in the country in the disciplines including Mineral & Mining Engineering, Environmental Sciences, Economics & Econometrics and Statistics & Operational Research. Further, the Institute has been ranked among India’s top five in the disciplines including Engineering…
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Event Report: Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2021

Event Report: Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2021

A four-day Annual Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2021 ended on Sunday, 28th February, organized by the Entrepreneurship Cell (ECell), functioning under the aegis of Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship, IIT Kharagpur.  This flagship program of ECell which is one of India’s largest student-run non-profit organizations was inaugurated by Prof. V.K. Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur on 25th and was addressed by Hon’ble Cabinet Minister, Smt. Smriti Irani, Padma Bhushan Dr. V.K. Saraswat, and Mr. Kiran Mani, MD, Google. This year’s theme has been “Festival of Fortitude” and it is the first time the event was held online due to the…
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E-Cell Celebrates Festival of Fortitude with Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2021

E-Cell Celebrates Festival of Fortitude with Global Entrepreneurship Summit 2021

Entrepreneurship Cell, which functions under the aegis of Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship, IIT Kharagpur, one of India’s largest student-run non-profit organizations, inaugurated their four-day flagship event,  the Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) 2021 with an online opening ceremony. Hon’ble Cabinet Minister, Smt. Smriti Irani, Padma Bhushan Dr. V.K. Saraswat and Mr. Kiran Mani, Managing Director  - Global Client & Marketing Partnerships, Google) were the key speakers among others. GES is an annual summit organized by Entrepreneurship Cell, IIT Kharagpur and the theme of this year’s GES is the “Festival of Fortitude” and it is the first time the event is…
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