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Nov

18

2022

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Devastating Aftermath of Cyclones

Environment, Environment & Social Impact, Expert Insight, Research & Innovation, ResearcherAcademia Sinica, American Geophysical Union, Anindyo Sarkar, Climate Change, Collaboration, Cyclone Sitrang, Cyclones, Geology, Geophysical Research, Geophysics, Isotope Studies, Mao-Chang Liang, Mass Spectrometer, Megi, Meranti, Moving Cyclones, Nepartak, Sitran, Sourendra Bhattacharya, Typhoons

Isotope studies by IIT Kharagpur and Academia Sinica, Taiwan scientists shed light on how the cyclones sustain their energy. Cyclones are increasingly becoming perilous to the coastal populations of the subcontinent. Climate change due to global warming, projects that the frequency of category 4 and 5 storms (60 to >70 m/s sustained wind speed) will be doubled by the end of the 21st century. However, the question remains: why some cyclones are devastating while others are not? What controls the intensity of cyclonic winds and rains? Cyclones are gigantic vortex, 500-700 km in diameter and 20 km in height, which…

Jul

30

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

Scientific & Uniform Speed Management to Reduce Fatal Road Accidents

Community, Expert Insight, Researcher, Social ImpactAbsence of Lane Discipline, Audit Speed Limit, civil engineering, Engineering Initiatives, Indian Roads, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, MoRTH, NCRB, Public Awarness, Road Accident Fatalities, Road Accidents, Road Geometry, road safety, Road Safety Guidelines, Road Signage, Speed Limits, Speed Management, Speed Monitoring, Traffic Characteristics

Highlights : The institute made recommendations based on road geometry & traffic characteristics The fatalities in road accidents have increased by 1.3% Initiate Audit of existing speed management measures, study of accidents and speed monitoring India has always been on the edge when it comes to road safety and speed management. Even with new policy reforms and measures to curb road accident, a total of 3,66,138 road accidents caused the loss of 1,31,714 lives in 2020 as per the statistics of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). 1.2 lakh deaths were reported by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)…

Apr

08

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

The Seasonality of Changing Times

Expert Insight#AncientSeasons, #AriusSona, #ClimateChange, #Climatology, #FishOtoliths, #GulfofKutch, #IITResearchers, #IsotopicAnalysis, #NovelTechnique, #SeaSurfaceTemperature, #Spectometry, #SST

A Novel Technique developed by IIT Kharagpur Researchers Can Trace Ancient Seasons and Climate Change Imagine to actually know the temperature when the ice age era began or the weather experienced by the residents of Dholavira in the Harappan era.What changes in climatology such as extreme heat or lack of rainfall had on our flora and fauna? What kind of temperatures led to the mass migration and then extinction of certain species of animal or plant life? Or to deduce the actual climate when the evolution of man actually began. The historians have faced challenges, tracing ancient seasons and climate…

Jan

13

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

The Relics of Being & Becoming – ‘Us’

Expert InsightArya, Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Colonial Hangover, Complete Story of Civilization, Cosmic matrix, Cyclic notions of Time, Dr. Michel Danino, Dravidian, Eka-Sringa Rishi, Ilya Prigogine, Indian Knowledge System, Indus Valley Civilization, Migration Theory, Non-linear Dynamism, Non-linear progressions, Racial Supremacy, Rebuttal of Aryan Invasion Myth, SandHI, Sanpo_Brahamaputra River, Scientific Racism, Secret of Vedas, Semantics and Semiotics, Seven Matrikas, Shiva Sakha, The Invasion that Never Was, The Precession of the Equinox, Vedic Matarisvan, Yogashema

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…

Jun

14

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

The 14th Webinar of “Saturday Manufacturing Talk” was conducted @IIT Kharagpur

Expert InsightCoEAMT, collaborative works, medium industries, Mr Bhaskar Majumdar, small industries, start-ups, Unicorn India Ventures, webinars

Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology (CoEAMT) at IIT Kharagpur has conducted the 14th webinar of “Saturday Manufacturing Talks” on 12th June 2021. The session was commenced with an introductory remarks by Prof Surjya K Pal, Chairperson, CoEAMT. Director of IIT Kharagpur, Prof V K Tewari has stressed on the importance of the event to the audience with his insightful speech on the “Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav – a celebration to commemorate completion of 75 years of India’s Independence”. He has also welcomed the small and medium industries and start-ups for collaborative works utilizing the state-of-the art facilities of…

Apr

16

2021

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Who needs quantum gravity?

Expert InsightEinstein, gravitation, gravity, photon, quantum, quantum field, quantum field theory, quantum general relativity, quantum gravity, quantum mechanics, relativistic fields, relativity, spacetime

By Sandipan Sengupta, Dept of Physics, IIT Kharagpur Nature is made up of elementary particles, the interactions among them being manifested as forces of various kinds. A modern language to describe these phenomena is provided by quantum field theory, which is based on a set of relativistic fields. Within this framework, particles typically emerge as excitations over a (quantum) ground state, and macroscopic forces arise due to the exchange of particles. For instance, for the all so well-known case of the electromagnetic force, the associated particle is the photon, whose exchange between a source and a sink leads to their…

Mar

11

2021

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Saturday Manufacturing Talks by CoE in Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Expert Insightadvanced manufacturing, Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, Centre of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, DHI Centre in Advanced Manufacturing Technology, DHI Centre of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing, Industry 4.0, manufacturing

The Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology of IIT Kharagpur is conducting a mega event titled "SATURDAY MANUFACTURING TALKS". Join Online Every Saturday, from 8:30 to 9:30 pm IST https://iitkharagpur.webex.com/iitkharagpur/j.php?MTID=m00ba321c9f62cf6aeb29a33edab1b210 It is planned to be a year-long series of webinars on topics of advanced manufacturing. It will stress the need for an industry-academia collaboration perspective. The topics include but not limited to : - Robotics, Automation, and Use of AI and ML in manufacturing - Simulation in manufacturing - Specialty materials in manufacturing - Additive manufacturing - AI in Supply Chain - Design of Experiments in engineering Watch Video…

Mar

04

2021

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Insights into Blockchain by Dr. Sandip Chakraborty

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The term "Blockchain" has now become a buzzword, and several myths, propagandas, misconceptions, and fairy tales have been around throughout the past ten years concerning this new yet powerful technology. Let me start by highlighting the real power of this technology and its plausible use cases. Blockchain ≠ Bitcoin! If we consider Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies as the "Electric bulbs," Blockchain is the "Electricity." Let me try to explain it with an example. Trade financing during international trades involves prolonged negotiations and risks with complex legal obligations. Consequently, such tradings are facilitated by the banks as the intermediaries, who provide…

Mar

03

2021

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Using Air to Store Energy

Expert Insightcryogenic, Large-scale energy storage, liquid air, thermal energy storage, waste-heat recovery

Authored by Dr. Rohan Dutta (Former Postdoctoral Fellow at the Cryogenic Engineering Centre) and Dr. Pavitra Sandilya, Assistant Professor, Cryogenic Engineering Centre Highlights of the Research Potential application: Large-scale energy storage system throughout the world. With its demonstrated efficiency as high as 55% to 90%, this invention is a potential alternative to existing systems including compressed air energy storage and similar technologies. Possible end users: Various power generation and distribution agencies, large energy-intensive industries (iron and steel, cement, chemical, petrochemical, LNG handling, glass etc.) with the potential of low and medium grade waste heat. Potential of marketability: Large; considering the…

Jan

18

2021

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Promotion of Micro-irrigation installation for improving horticultural production

Expert InsightAgriculture, micro irrigation, precision, precision farming

By Prof. K N Tiwari, Dept. of Agricultural and Food Engineering, IIT Kharagpur Adoption of micro-irrigation system in the country rose from a meagre 1500 hectares in the 1980s to nearly 86.21 lakh hectares in 2016, yet the technology adoption is confined only to 18 States and the area is negligibly small in most of the eastern and North Eastern States. Presently, this technology is in vogue only for very few crops. Among the horticultural crops, drip technology is adopted mostly, in fruits with a penetration of 34%. This is followed by vegetables (14%), plantation crops (13%), coconut (12%). citrus…