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Jul
22
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
We Care4U

We Care4U

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India Today       Economic   Times      Times Now      NDTV         Careers360              Newsgram             Outlook            Hindustan Times             Jagran Josh New Delhi Times                  Express Computer                        Sentinel Assam                     Manorama            The Hindu BusinessLine For a nation with as many as 112 million elderly people, geriatric care is fast emerging as a major worry for India. Apart from a range of health problems, the elderly face loneliness,…
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Jul
13
2019
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By Poulami Mondal
Smart Sensors for Smarter India @SIH2019

Smart Sensors for Smarter India @SIH2019

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India Today    Millennium Post    The Week    Business Standard    Indian Express From life-saver to asset-tracker to theft-preventer, SIH 2019 Hardware edition at IIT Kharagpur witnessed prototype sensor development for a wide array of industrial challenges. 93 green horns from seven states participated in this week-long national competition where they were posed challenges by Ministry of Coal and Garden Reach Shipbuilding Yard to develop industry-scale hardware solutions ranging from Smart Communication to Smart Vehicles, from Security and Surveillance to Miscellaneous technological ideas related to tertiary sectors. This is the first time that public and private sector companies have…
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Jul
08
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
Where there’s a will…

Where there’s a will…

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Careers360 An AI-based intelligent traffic control system could revolutionize traffic management in India. Already, the Delhi Traffic Police are mulling over the matter. At IIT Kharagpur, an undergraduate student team  -Bits n Bytes – presented an exhaustive model of such an AI system based on real time traffic feed and lifted the top prize at the up.AI Challenge recently. The up.AI Challenge is what can be called the ‘endgame’ of the up.AI summit that was held at the IIT Kharagpur campus last October (http://www.kgpchronicle.iitkgp.ac.in/eat-pray-love-artificial-intelligence/). After a week-long jamboree in 2018 that saw a congregation of close to a thousand students,…
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Jun
14
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
In a happy place

In a happy place

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The Bio-Electrochemistry laboratory at IIT Kharagpur has helped IIT Kharagpur gain the fourth position among institutions in the world on the basis of its publication record on microbial fuel cell research for real field applications (according to Scopus database). The laboratory is the workplace and practically the home of Prof. Makarand Madhao Ghangrekar of the Department of Civil Engineering, who also heads the newly-established Aditya Choubey Center of Re-Water Research. In the last two years, Prof. Ghangrekar’s lab has published more than 50 journal papers in high impact factor journals such as Bioresource Technology, Electrochimica Acta, Bioelectrochemistry, International Journal of…
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Jun
11
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Risk Perceptions Challenging Green Lighting

Risk Perceptions Challenging Green Lighting

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India Today Are perceived risks making Indians shy away from eco-friendly LED lighting? - Researchers at IIT Kharagpur’s Vinod Gupta School of Management find concurrence in a study pointing out at consumer psychology and perceived high-cost factor which might be slowing down the growth of the Indian LED lighting market. The UJALA scheme by Govt. of India had been aiming to make a transition to LED for all lighting needs by 2019. This could have helped the nation save over ₹ 40,000 crore a year. But looking at the sales figures in 2018, the market share of incandescent bulbs, CFLs,…
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Jun
10
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
Smart thinking

Smart thinking

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Smart cities need smart water management and distribution system. In advanced countries, telecommunications, computing, computer-based modelling, AI, Machine Learning, Data analysis and processing have changed the way water resources are managed. In fact, they have given rise to what is called hydroinformatics systems. A similar change may happen in India as well. Two students of  IIT Kharagpur, Stuti Modi and Aditi Kambli recently presented their paper on an intelligent water management and distribution system based on data-driven models at the Third International Conference on Machine Learning and Soft Computing (ICMLSC) in Da Lat, Vietnam. They won the Best Presentation Award…
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Apr
30
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Stronger Economy, Cleaner Waters

Stronger Economy, Cleaner Waters

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Business Standard    The New Indian Express     NDTV A study by IIT Kharagpur researchers has connected the dots between the impact of economic growth reducing fecal coliform (FC) pathogens in groundwater which is a key factor causing water-borne diseases in the densely populated Indo-Ganges-Brahmaputra river basin. About 100,000 children in India are dying every year from waterborne enteric diseases like diarrhea. While the study reported the excess of fecal coliform concentration in potable groundwater in rural regions in the said area, it also made first-time observations on a significant reduction of fecal pathogen concentration in the spatially variable groundwater…
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Apr
16
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
The Social Salesperson

The Social Salesperson

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Economic Times    Economic Times (Bangalore)    Economic Times (Delhi)    Economic Times (Kolkata) Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a new marketing model for influencing sales on social media. While customer reviews play a critical factor in online sales through social media, the researchers have developed an advanced model to identify influencers who could have more influence on potential buyers based on opinions and social ties on a popular social networking platform. Social media is one of the most popular emerging strategies today with a fundamental goal of increasing sales. According to a study, about 91% of retail brands…
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Mar
07
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
Smart Solutions for Smarter India

Smart Solutions for Smarter India

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Times of India     News18    India Today    Business Standard   Ei Samay     Outlook   Zee Business Students from IIT Kharagpur have devised unique solutions for smarter & safer industrial operations ranging from detecting counterfeit currency through a mobile app, to nuclear radiation tracking through wearable sensors, to VR based human resources training at a thermal power plant. Fake Currency Indian Notes (FCIN) have plagued the country for decades leading to not only economic losses for the country but also as the source of funds of various illegal activities even leading to breach of national security. The country has witnessed…
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Feb
20
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
Home furnishing

Home furnishing

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Feel like going to the nearest city? You can take a flight from the mini airport of IIT Kharagpur. In a hurry to go to class? You can either hop onto the toy train going around the campus or the driverless cars zipping across. How would it feel to work in a nuclear power plant? Just go to class, put on the VR headset and find out. It’s raining cats and dogs and you still need to train for the inter-IIT sports meet? No worries. You have a dome over the Jnan Ghosh stadium. You could say if wishes were…
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