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Apr

17

2020

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By Chirosree Basu

A fauji at heart

PeopleGES, GIAN, IAF, IIT Kharagpur, ISWT, LEAP, MHRD, NPTEL, SWAYAM Prabha, VLSI, VSAT

An account of Shib Sankar Das, Network Engineer (VC), Centre for Educational Technology, and one of the superstars leading the initiative of eLearning through online classroom at IIT KGP I had joined the Indian Air Force (IAF) on October 31, 1981, as an Airman after completing my high school. I underwent training in Belgaum and Bangalore before being posted to Chandigarh in April 1984 to serve as a Radio Fitter in the AN-12 Transport aircraft. During the training I was adjudged the Best in Education, Best in Trade and Best All Rounder, and passed out as Leading Aircraftsman (LAC). From…

Mar

07

2020

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By Guest Contributor

Digging Deeper: Parama’s Story

PeopleInternational Women's Day, Mining, Mining Engineering, Women

Parama Mukhopadhyay tries to answer why women lagging behind in the mining sector in India “What is your department?” “Mining Engineering” “Mining? Are girls even allowed in Mining Engineering? Will you get any job in mining after you finish your study? Why mining? Is it suitable for girls?” These questions – that come with raised eyebrows - are common for us while discussing our subject area with others. Us – the WOMEN in Mining in India! The above-mentioned questions are well-justified if we consider the number of women and job opportunities for them in the mining sector, not only in…

Dec

31

2019

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By Sreeparna

Three decades and counting!

PeopleEstablishment Section IIT Kharagpur, IIT KGP, IIT Kharagpur, Recruitment, Research Park, SRIC, Sundar Pichai

“September 24th 1982. I joined IIT Kharagpur as a Lower Division Clerk, giving in to my parents repeated requests. Today, after spending more than two-thirds of my life here, I do not regret the decision of my parents. Rubber Technology Center had started the year before, in 1981. With no one to look into office work there, I was posted in that department as secretary to the HoD. My job profile consisted of mainly typing and maintaining office records. I stayed there from 1982 to 1987. With my promotion in 1987, I joined the Recruitment Section for a few days…

Dec

20

2019

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By Sreeparna

I Came. I Saw. I Played.

PeopleFootball, IIT KGP, IIT Kharagpur, Inter IIT Sports Meet, mechanical engineering, Post Doctoral Fellow, sports

“When I came here in July this year, I found a few students playing football at the Tata Steel Sports Complex. That intrigued me. I also wanted to play, since I come from a country where football is widely played. We won the FIFA World Cup last year, you see! I didn’t know who to approach or how to go about it. I have a friend who also works in the same Mechanical Engineering lab as mine. He was playing in the IIT Kharagpur football team. I told him of my desire to play for IIT Kharagpur. He told me…

Dec

18

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

Ear to the ground

Peopleclassroom, IIT Kharagpur, student life, Teaching feedback

Prof. Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, received Top Feedback from First Year Undergraduate students for Spring 2019. His faceweb page reveals a lot about his connection with students. More than the academic exploits of the teacher, it talks about how students should proceed if they wanted to collaborate with him in research or what they ought to do for a recommendation, and so on. With little more than a decade separating Prof. Chakraborty from his students, and given that he has spent a considerable time of his student life at IIT Kharagpur - from his BTech years…

Dec

17

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

Now and then

PeopleCareer Development Centre, IIT Kharagpur, mental health, multiple offers, Placement, stress

Why is a black coat and dark trousers the invariable wear during placements? If Pradeep Poddar, who just landed a placement with Accenture, is to be believed, it is only because students are following tradition. “We have seen pictures of our seniors wearing black, and so black it is,” says Pradeep, who is a final year Dual Degree student of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. But except for the colour, everything else seems to have changed about placements. For one, placements were not concentrated around the month of December and January. Alumnus and Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Anandaroop Bhattacharya…

Nov

04

2019

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By Sreeparna

Gaaner Opaarey – My Parallel Universe of Rabindrasangeet

People

The first person to introduce me to Tagore’s music was my mother, a trained Rabindrasangeet singer herself and alumna of ‘Geetabitan’ an eminent music institute in Kolkata. Thus, one could say, I was born listening to Tagore’s songs. My mother introduced me to my first gurus - Shri Sailen Basu Roychowdhury and his wife, Smt Kamala Basu – both renowned Rabindrasangeet exponents of the time. I believe, whenever a child is exposed to something over a sustained period very early in life, it leaves an indelible impression on her mind. It becomes difficult for the child to dissociate herself from…

Oct

29

2019

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By Sreeparna

Taare Zameen Par

PeopleADSIP, Bhutan, Exchange Diaries, France, ICCR, IIT KGP, IIT KGP students, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kharagpur campus, International Relations, international students, Nepal, Nigeria, Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria

Diwali was just round the corner when a galaxy of stars descended on the Structural Reliability and Research Facility (SRRF) Lab last Tuesday evening over mouth-watering snacks and a tête-à-tête with the International Relations Office of IIT Kharagpur. These students, enrolled for various postgraduate courses and programs at IIT Kharagpur, and hailing from Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Nigeria, Russia, Syria and France, participated in an engaging session that continued for over a couple of hours. “What is this Illu thing we are hearing in our halls? Is it something big here?” asked one student. He was visiting the…

Oct

18

2019

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By Poulami Mondal

Evolution of Office Automation – A Personal Experience

Peoplecomputer, Director IIT Kharagpur, fax, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kharagpur campus, office, office automation, photocopier, printer, typewriter

“I was a naïve, confused 21-year old when I joined IIT Kharagpur in 1982 through an open advertisement. Having appeared for a three-step test which included written, typing and interview, my first posting was at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences. By 25, I graduated to the secretarial post from clerical cadre by clearing set of internal examinations. It was the time when predecessors of computers ruled office work. What am I talking of? Typewriters. Typewriters manufactured by companies like Remington, Godrej, Halda and Facit , were mostly used in this Institute for preparing a typed document. Carbon papers…

Aug

07

2019

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By Sreeparna

Dadagiri with Sourav Ganguly

PeopleCricket, Dadagiri, IIT KGP, IIT Kharagpur, Quiz, Sourav Ganguly, Zee Bangla

Zee Bangla Dadagiri, a unique quiz show hosted by former Indian Skipper Sourav Ganguly kicked off in 2009. Since then, the show has completed 7 successful seasons and today, 10 years later, it steps into its 8th season. There is something very special the opening episode of Season 8 of Dadagiri. Piyush Kedia, a 4th year UG student at the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science at IIT Kharagpur and an Uttarpara resident, representing Hooghly district, participated in the episode. He won with 109 points. He battled it out against 5 participants from different walks of life and districts of West…