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Sep

05

2023

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National Award for Prof. Suman Chakraborty on Teachers Day 2023

Awards & Accolades, Humans of KGP, Researcher, Social ImpactAI, Algorithm, anaemia, Angiogenesis, blood transfusion, cancer, COVIRAP, Creatinine, Diabetes, Glucose, Haemoglobin, micro fluidics, National Award, National Award fro Teachers 2023, oral cancer, Rural Healthcare, Social Responsibility, Teachers Day

Teaching is much more than just imparting knowledge, it is an inspiring change. Learning is more than absorbing facts, it is acquiring understanding. When we recall our own education, we remember the teachers not methods and techniques. The belief of a teacher on his/her student can make them achieve wonders. Teachers are the root of an education system and can change lives with just the right mix of chalk and challenges. Teaching is the profession that teaches us all the other professions. On this momentous occasion of Teachers Day 2023, Prof. Suman Chakraborty, a professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department…

Aug

29

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

T. V. Narendran is the new Chairman of Board of Governors of IIT Kharagpur

Appointments, Humans of KGP, InstituteAcademia, Appointments, Board of Governors, Chaiman, CII, INAE, industry, Life Fellow, Mechanical Engineer, Metals Industry, Mining, NIT, T V Narendran, Tat Steel Limited, World Steel Association

T. V. Narendran, CEO & Managing Director of Tata Steel Limited is appointed as the New Chairman of Board of Governors of IIT Kharagpur IIT Kharagpur welcomes Mr. T. V. Narendran as the new Chairman, Board of Governors of the institute. A Mechanical Engineer from the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Trichy and MBA from the Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Calcutta, Mr. Narendran is the CEO & Managing Director of Tata Steel Limited. Mr. Thachat Viswanath Narendran is the Chairman of Tata Steel Europe and Tata Steel Long Products Limited and oversees the organic and inorganic growth of Tata…

Aug

23

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

“India is a land of IITs, especially IIT Kharagpur which is the mother of all IITs,” said Mahamohopadhyay Bhadreshdas Swami

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The Foundation of a Family, that’s where it all began for IIT Kharagpur in 1951. The history of the IIT system dates back to 1946 when a committee was set up by Hon'ble Sir Jogendra Singh, Member of the Viceroy's Executive Council, Department of Education, Health and Agriculture to consider the setting up of Higher Technical Institutions for post war industrial development in India. The 22 member committee headed by Sri N.R. Sarkar recommended the establishment of four Higher Technical Institutions on the lines of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA. With the above recommendations the first Indian Institute of…

Jul

31

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur wins at the ADB Knowledge & Innovation Hub’s Transport Technology Innovation Challenge

Collaborations, Engagement, Humans of KGP, InstituteADB Knowledge & Innovation Hub, architecture, BITS Pilani, Innovation Challenge, LocationMind Inc., Mobility, Paratransit Operators, Proof of Concept, Regional Planning, Safe Accessibility, Sustainable Development Goals, technologies, Technology Innovation Challenge, Transport Technology, TUTEM, Urban Transit, Urban Transit Transfer Points, UTTPs

Technology Innovation Challenge Independent verification of the results Publications of lessons learned by all the parties Reference site and report for ADB and development member countries Recommendations for next steps to scale-up the proposed solutions, including for future ADB-funded projects Have a vision, plan and capability for future implementation/commercialization of the innovative technology solutions in DMCs A user-friendly interactive system through the Technologies for Urban Transit to Enhance Mobility and Safe Accessibility (TUTEM) project that aims to enhance the last-mile security & safety of transit passengers in Hyderabad by providing commuters with safe access enroute to transit stations through mobile…

Jul

05

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

Appointment of Captain Amit Jain (Retd.) as Registrar IIT Kharagpur

Appointments, Humans of KGP, InstituteAdministration, Appointments, Commanding Officer, Defence, Indian Navy, Registrar, Senior Advisor, Strategic Studies

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur welcomes Captain Amit Jain (Retd.) as the new Registrar of IIT Kharagpur effective from 3rd July, 2023. Served as a Senior Advisor to Indian Navy, INS Angre Mumbai in 2021, he was also in-charge of admin logistics for ships as the Commanding Officer for Indian Navy, INS Dwarka Okha in 2019. Captain Jain started his career with the Indian Navy in positions like Navigating Officer, Operations Officer and Executive officer for more than three decades. A product of National Defence Academy in 1986, he has also completed his M.Sc in Defence and Strategic Studies from…

Jun

21

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

A happy soul, a fresh mind and a healthy body are achieved through Yoga – International Day of Yoga 2023

Community, Engagement, Events, Humans of KGP, InstituteActive Body, Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Common Yoga Protocol, fitness, G20 Presidency, health, IDY2023, Inquisitive mind, International Yoga Day 2023, Jan Bhagidari, Routine Yoga, Spiritual, Technology Students’ Gymkhana, TSG, Yoga, Yoga Day 2023, Yoga Karmashu Kaushalam, Yoga Mahotsav, Yoga Mahotsav 2023, Yoga sessions

IIT KGP celebrates Yoga Mahotsav to commemorate the 9th International Yoga Day (IDY 2023) You cannot always control what goes on outside but you can always control what goes on inside. Yoga is the journey of the self, through the self, to the self. Yoga teaches you how to listen to your body and makes us find the peace that lies within us. Through Practice comes Yoga, through Yoga comes Knowledge, through Knowledge comes Enlightenment and through Enlightenment comes Peace. Technology Students’ Gymkhana, IIT Kharagpur in commemoration of the ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav’, 'FIT India Movement' and ‘Jan Bhagidari' in…

Jun

19

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

Guru Krupa Foundation (GKF) offers Overseas Research Internships for Summer Scholarship 2023

Alumni Corner, Humans of KGP, Social Impact, Study@IITKgpAI Technologies, ChatGPT, Distinguished Alumnus Award, Electrical Communication Engineering, Electrical Engineering, electronics, GKF, Global Industry Expertise, Guru Krupa Foundation, IITKGP Foundation USA, IITKGPF, Inria Paris, International Internship, internship, Research Internship, Scholarship Award, Summer Programs

In collaboration with IIT Kharagpur Foundation, USA (IITKGPF), the Guru Krupa Foundation (GKF) Scholarship was awarded to 11 students of IIT Kharagpur this year. This is the 2nd year that the GKF Scholarship will support the IIT KGP students to carry out their research internship in foreign universities. 10 students were selected by the IIT KGP selection committee for a total scholarship award of $45,000. Each conferred scholarship depends upon the funding received by the student from their host institutions. The GKF scholars are pursuing their summer research internship at premier universities in the USA, UK, Belgium, Canada, and Germany.…

Jun

15

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

Dr. Ummalaneni Raja Babu, Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur appointed as the Director General, Missiles and Strategic Systems, DRDO, Hyderabad

Alumni Corner, Appointments, Humans of KGP, Study@IITKgpA-SAT, Aerospace, Aircraft Projects, ATGMs, Ballistic Missile, Cruise Missiles, Defence Applications, Design, development, DRDO, Guided Weapons, Indigenous Defence Capabilities, Missile Avionics, Missiles, Mission Mode Projects, Mission Shakti, MTech, RCI, Reliability, Research Centre Imarat, Scientist of the Year, Self Reliance, Strategic Systems, technologies, Vigyan Pratibha Samman Award, Weapon Systems

Leadership is not an expertise, leadership is a constant education. A leader is someone who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. He is the one who sees before others see, farther than others see and sees more than others see. Integrity, insight and inclusiveness are the qualities that drive an ordinary individual to be a lead the masses. Liberation of mind from stereotypical thoughts and rising to the power on enlightenment is the rare profoundness that a distinguishes a leader from a follower. When Dr. Ummalaneni Raja Babu was doing his masters in IIT Kharagpur, never…

Jun

13

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

Hult Prize 2023 for Team StrawDeshi of IIT Kharagpur secures a spot in the Global Accelerator

Engagement, Humans of KGP, Institute, Study@IITKgpAgrowaste, Creativity, energy, fibre, food security, Hult Prize 2023, Hult Prize Call, Ideas, Leaders of Change, mechanical engineering, Metallurgy, Mining, Polyester, Rice Straw, SDG, Social Development Goals, Social Issue, StrawDeshi, Water Access, Winter Jacket Insulation

Ideas and creativity are the most important human resources of all. Without ideas and creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns. Creativity is thinking up new things and innovation is doing new things. Team StrawDeshi comprising of fourth year students Ayushman Agrawal (Mechanical Engineering), Daivik Agrawal (Mechanical Engineering), Purva Agrawal (Mining) and Tanishq Mittal (Metallurgy) from IIT Kharagpur emerged as winners at the Mumbai Summit of the Hult Prize 2023. StrawDeshi competed among 40 teams in the campus round of the Hult Prize. Team StrawDeshi’s idea was to use agro-waste rice straw…

May

22

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

Prof. Sudhakar Yedla, Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur is appointed as the Director of NIT Srinagar

Alumni Corner, Community, Humans of KGPalumnus, Associate Professor, civil engineering, Dravidian University, Environmental Economics, Environmental engineering, IGIDR, IIT KGP, Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, International Consultant, NIT Srinagar, PhD, Policy Researcher, Professor, Vice-Chancellor, Visiting Scholar

Prof. Sudhakar Yedla, an Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur (1996/M.Tech/AG/2000/PhD CE) is appointed as the Director of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Srinagar. A Professor at IGIDR and a Former Vice-Chancellor of Dravidian University, Kuppam, Andhra Pradesh, India, Prof Yedla is a Civil Engineering graduate from Andhra University who completed his Masters and PhD from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in the area of Environmental Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering. Joined IGIDR in 1999, Prof. Yedla is a Civil Engineer with Masters and PhD in Environmental Engineering from IIT Kharagpur. He is also trained in Environmental Economics and Development Policy…