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Nov

21

2019

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Art of Gift, Gift to Art

Funded Projectsalumni, Alumni Affairs, alumni donation, alumni gift, alumnus, Classical, Classical and Folk Arts, Classical Arts, IIT KGP Foundation of USA, IIT KGP Foundation USA, IIT Kharagpur Alumni, IIT Kharagpur Foundation

The Telegraph India Today Hindustan Times Yahoo News Business Standard DevDiscourse Times Now Jagran Josh IIT Kharagpur’s Academy of Classical and Folk Arts has roped another key patron with US-based alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan donating ₹52 Lakh to this one of its kind outreach unit in the IIT system. The funding is towards building a music auditorium with a digitally enhanced learning environment, conducting thematic workshops on classical and folk arts and engaging teaching fellows. Plans have been drawn…

Sep

26

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

Going forward

Funded Projects, UncategorizedAPSRT conference, IIT Kharagpur, Lord Bhattacharyya, polymers, Prof. Tony McNally, rubber technology, Rubber Technology Centre, WMG

Professor Tony McNally, Director- International Institute for Nanocomposites Manufacturing; Director-National Polymer Processing Centre of WMG, was the Chief Guest at the International Conference on Advances in Polymer Science and Technology (APSRT) being held at IIT Kharagpur between September 24-27 by the Rubber Technology Centre of the Institute. He spoke to KGP Chronicle on the legacy of Lord Bhattacharyya and WMG’s long relationship with IIT Kharagpur. On Lord Bhattacharyya and WMG: Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya was the Founder of the WMG in 1980 at a time when British industry was in dire straits and needed help. He was a man before his…

Jul

28

2019

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By Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya

When one great is inspired by another

Funded Projectsalumni, alumnus, Chair, Chair Professorship, kgpian, manufacturing, Tapan Bagchi, warwick, Warwick Manufacturing Group

Can industry and academia work together to promote the overall competitiveness of a sector through exchange of ideas and innovation, through synthesis of organizational and academic practice and discipline? The jury may be out on that one, yet there is one example that not only tilts the scale heavily towards the potential of success of a collaborative engagement such as this, but also serves as a model par excellence on account of the precedence that it has set: The Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) founded by illustrious British-Indian engineer, academic, manufacturing expert and leading consultant for industry and governments -- late…

Apr

26

2019

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

A Kgpian for A Kgpian

Funded Projectsalumni donation, Chair, Chair Professor, Chair Professorship, donation, endowment, faculty, Giving back, Lord Bhattacharyya, manufacturing, Tapan Bagchi, warwick, Warwick Manufacturing Group

Alumnus and eminent academician Prof. Tapan Bagchi (DSc/2012), is setting up a Chair Professorship in the memory of illustrious alumnus Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya who recently passed away. An MoU to this effect was signed last week with Prof. Bagchi to this effect. The objective of the ‘Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya Chair Professorship Award’ will be to carry out state-of-the-art teaching, research development and industrial collaboration at the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Lord Bhattacharyya was a renowned academic, manufacturing expert and leading consultant for industry and governments. He served as a Professor at the University of Warwick. The entrepreneur in him led…

Mar

26

2019

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Gurudakshina

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Telegraph The golden boy of IIT Kharagpur, Vinod Gupta, the US-based entrepreneur and philanthropist, is back and this time to honour his former faculty. Vinod Gupta made a contribution of USD 100,000 to his alma mater to set up a Chair Professorship endowment in the name of Prof. A S Davis who was his teacher for the courses of thermodynamics, air conditioning and refrigeration. While gifting the cheque of USD 100,000 on March 25, to IIT Kharagpur Director, Prof. P P Chakrabarti, Vinod remarked on the teaching style of Prof. Davis which strengthened his analytical bent of mind, observation and…

Nov

23

2018

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Alumnus Honours Former Faculty

Funded ProjectsA S Davis, alumni, alumnus, Chair Professor, Chair Professorship, faculty, former faculty, Professor, Vinod Gupta

Who Was Prof. A S Davis? It was 1965 . . . few pairs of eyes rolled watching a boy being grabbed by his neck from his room D-231 at RK Hall, by a Professor and taken to the laboratory. The Professor was A S Davis from the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. The young boy was Vinod Gupta (B.Tech./AG/1967), now an entrepreneur and philanthropist. Recently, Vinod has donated USD 100,000 to his alma mater IIT Kharagpur to set up a Chair Professorship in the memory of Prof. Davis. The teacher who won’t let me miss my lessons…

Oct

03

2018

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Alumnus to Donate USD 1 Million for Academy of Leadership at IIT KGP

Funded Projectsalumni, alumnus, donation, grant, IIT Foundation, leadership, leadership academy

Economic Times Hindustan Times Indian Express Financial Express Business Standard Jagran Josh NDTV The Week IIT KGP is all set to establish India’s first of its kind Academy of Leadership envisioning the advancement of education. The academy intends to develop innovative programmes combining the core curricula in science and engineering disciplines with philosophy, reasoning, and liberal arts. “It is indeed an opportune time to expand the scope of the value proposition of the academic excellence at IIT Kharagpur by developing the next phase education process. This is to be based not only on scientific and technical training but the teachings of ancient philosophies,…