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Jul

12

2023

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IIT Kharagpur discovers Isotopes in Fossil Trees from Deccan Trap Lavas that Indicate Wetter Future Due to Global Warming

Environment, Environment & Social Impact, Research & InnovationBasaltic volcanic lavas, CO2 Emission, Cretaceous Period, Deccan trap, Fossil Fuel, Fossil Trees, Global Climate Change, Global Warming, Greenhouse, Intertrappean Fossil, Isotopes, Lava, Mass Extinction, Mass Spectrometry, Palaeobotanical, Palaeocene, PPM, rainfall, ropical precipitation, Temperature, Tropical Precipitation, Tropical Rainfall, Volcanism

Deccan Trap lava hills in Western Ghats (Left) and columnar basaltic lavas (Right) which erupted 66 million years back killing dinosaurs and most life on earth. A team of scientists from IIT Kharagpur and Academia Sinica, Taipei have indeed found evidence of triple oxygen isotopes of intertrappean fossil woods that led to very high annual rainfall during the catastrophic volcanism of Deccan trap that erupted in India about 66 million years back. The eruption drove a major mass extinction killing nearly 80% of all species of animals including the Dinosaurs. The depleted values of the oxygen isotopes suggest a…

May

24

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur Researchers Aids to Green Construction to Reduce Global Warming

Environment, Environment & Social Impact, Research & Innovation, Social ImpactCement Industry, Climate Change, Clinker Production, CO2 Emission, Decarbonize, Electrical Communication Engineering, electronics, Energy Consumption, Global Warming, Green Cement, Green Construction, Green Taxation, Greener Future, Limestone, Nano-Engineered Graphene, Net Zero Emission, OPC, PPC, Slag, Sustainable Growth, Water Conservation

Climate change and green and sustainable growth have found top most importance in India’s G20 presidency this year. Not only India, but all the leading economies have spoken in one voice on it. To revolutionize green construction, a team from IIT Kharagpur, Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, led by Prof. T.K Bhattacharyya, Scientist Dr. Jhimli Manna, Mr. Ayan Chatterjee, and Dr. Debmallya Das have developed and patented a Nano-Engineered Graphene derivative to reduce clinker factor from cement as well as concrete which can save the CO2 emission upto 25% annually. In addition, it will help to reduce the…

Apr

25

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur Incubated Start-up Designed NavIC Chip for India’s Navigation Systems

Collaborations, Funded Projects, Institute, Research & Innovation12-Nanometer Chip, Air Chief Marshal, Algorithm, American Global Positioning System, Atmanirbhar Bharat, Defence Applications, Defence Staff, DRDO, Elena Geo Systems, Global Positioning System, GNSS Circuit, Indian Constellation, Indian DefSpace Symposium, Indian Space Association, Indian-designed, Indigenous, Military-Grade Chip, Multi-Constellation Chip, NavIC Chip, Navigation, Navigation Satellite System, Regional Navigation Satellite System, Russian GLONASS Constellation, Self Reliance, Space Technology Business, Ultra Low Power

Elena Geo Systems, a Bengaluru-based space startup incubated in IIT-Kharagpur, has unveiled an indigenously designed NavIC chip that can use India's own navigation satellite system to provide positioning services. The chip can have applications in civilian and defence sectors. The chip was delivered to Gen. Anil Chauhan, Chief of the Defence Staff on 13 April 2023. Dr. Samir V. Kamat, Chairman of DRDO and also an Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur and Air Chief Marshal VR Chaudhari, Chief of the Air Staff also graced the occasion with their presence. An Indian-designed NavIC chip with potential in both the civilian and defence…

Apr

20

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

Virtual Reality – The New Tool for SMART Education

Collaborations, Institute, Research & Innovation, Study@IITKgpAcademic Collaboration, Augmented Reality, Chemical, Civil, Collaboration, Ed-Tech, Electrical, Innovation, iVAR Lab, iXRLabs, Knowledge, Mechanical, Mixed Reality, Real-time Feedback, research, Skills, Start-up, Thermal Power Plants, Universal Testing Machine, User-Friendly Technology, Virtual Reality, VR modules

iVAR Lab at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur has joined hands with a Gurugram-based ed-tech startup iXRLabs to explore the use of VR as a pedagogical tool in higher education. Under this collaboration, iVAR lab will share students’ experience of virtual reality modules across branches such as Civil, Mechanical, Electrical and Chemical developed by iXRLabs. The collaboration will enhance students' learning experiences through immersive VR modules. The modules will cover a wide range of industrial settings which include machinery, plant tours, and experiments such as a jet engine, thermal power plant and universal testing machine. This will promote…

Feb

23

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

A Study on Rising Atmospheric Pollution in Rural India

Environment, Environment & Social Impact, Research & InnovationAcid Deposition, Adverse Health, Aerosol, air pollution, Air Quality, Asthma, atmospheric pollution, Bharat Stage Norms, Bronchitis, Cardiovascular Diseases, Central India, Cooling Effect, CORAL, CPCB, Eastern India, environment, Gas-Fed Power Plants, Global Climate Change, Growing Population, Hilly Region, Indo-Gangetic Plain, Nitrate Aerosol, Nitric Oxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, NO2 Concentration, NO2 Pollution, Non-Abundant Gas, North-East India, North-West India, Oxidation-fueled, Ozone Formation, Particulate Matter, Peninsular India, Pneumonia, Reduce Emissions, Regional Climate, Rural, Rural Air Pollution, Rural Air Quality, Rural India, Rural Population, Rural Regions, Satellite Imaging, Seasonal Changes, Selective Catalytic Reduction, SO2, Suburbs, Sulphur Dioxide, Thermal Power Plants, Troposphere, Urban, Urban Threat, urbanization

Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have found increasing atmospheric pollution in rural India using Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) measurements from satellites. Prof. Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath and Research Scholar Mansi Pathak of Centre for Ocean, River, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL) of IIT Kharagpur analysed the significant impact of urban pollution on the air quality of rural India by differentiating the pollution in two zones - rural and urban - and assessing the extent of air pollution in rural India. The researchers found that air pollution is not typically an urban phenomenon but can also affects the environment in rural…

Feb

03

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur handed over Industry 4.0 solution to GRSE

Collaborations, Institute, Research & InnovationAI, Augmented and Virtual Reality, Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology, CNC training, Cobots, CoEAMT, Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited, GRSE, Industry 4.0, iWeld, LM Windpower, MHI, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Heavy Industries, MSME, RDCIS, Research & Development Centre for Iron & Steel, SAIL, Steel Authority of India Limited, Tata Metaliks, Tata Steel, Wind Turbine Blade Manufacturing

The Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology (CoEAMT) of IIT Kharagpur has handed over its Industry 4.0 solution to Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited (GRSE), under Ministry of Defence. The Centre has developed a software for GRSE, named iWeld wherein AI will detect the defective portion from weld radiography images and classify the type of defect. Tested over large number of samples at GRSE, it gives a very high accuracy of 93.18%. The software has been developed by Mr. Avishek Mukherjee, Doctoral Scholar of IIT Kharagpur under the supervision of Prof. Surjya K Pal, Chairperson of the CoEAMT and…

Nov

18

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

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…

Oct

14

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur inks an MoU with ONGC

Collaborations, Institute, MoU, Research & InnovationAzadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Deysarkar Centre of Excellence, Global Supply Chain, iitkgp, Industry Academia Collaboration, Institute of Drilling Technology, interdisciplinary, Lab-to-Market Industry Academia Collaborations, MoU, ONGC, Petroleum Engineering, Research and Development

Under the aegis of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur signed an MoU with the Institute of Drilling Technology (IDT) of Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited to undertake several collaborative R&D projects in the domain of drilling, drilling fluids, cementing fluids and completion fluids. The MoU was signed between Shri. G.A.V.S. Prasad, HOI, IDT, ONGC and Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Dean R&D, IIT Kharagpur in the presence of Shri. O. P. Singh, Director, Field and Technical Services, ONGC who was the special guest of honour. Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Dean R&D, IIT Kharagpur remarked, “I believe that…

Sep

19

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

Effective Control Technologies to Reduce Sulphur Dioxide Pollution In India

Environment, Environment & Social Impact, Research & Innovation, Researcherair pollution, Air Quality Monitoring Network, Anthropogenic SO2, Atmosphere and Land Sciences, Bharat Stage, Centre for Oceans, Conventional Coal, CORAL, Ecosystem Dynamics, FGD Technologies, Flue Gas Desulphurization, Fossil Fuel, GHG Emission, Indo-Gangetic Plain, industrialization, Mitigation Strategies, Policy Decisions, Pollutants, Radiative Forcing, Regional Climate, rivers, Scrubber, SO2, Sulfate Aerosols, Technological Advance, Thermal Power Plants, urbanization

FLUE GAS DESULPHURIZATION REDUCES SO2 POLLUTION IN INDIA A study by a team of researchers from IIT Kharagpur led by Prof. Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath from Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL) found a significant decline in SO2 trends in India in the last decade, as compared to those in the previous three decades. The decrease in trend and concentration of SO2 is due to the environmental regulation and adaptation of effective control technologies such as scrubber and Flue Gas Desulphurization that shows the positive impact of technological advance and policy decisions to improve the air quality in India.…

Aug

30

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur Develops Affordable and Fast Charging E-Cycles with Na-ion based batteries.

Environment, Research & Innovation, Researcheraffordable, Department of Science and Technology, E-Cycle, Energy Density, Energy Storage Program, Energy Storage Technologies, Excellent Cyclic Stability, Fast Charging, High-Power Density, Journal of Power Sources, Li-batteries, Na-ion Batteries, Nano Materials, Next Generation Energy Storage, Sodium Iron Phosphates, Sodium Manganese Phosphates, Supercapacitors, Technology Mission Division, Zero Volt

IIT Kharagpur has developed Na-ion-based batteries and supercapacitors which can be used to develop affordable e-vehicles such as e-cycles and next-generation Na-ion-based energy storage. A team of researchers from IIT Kharagpur led by Prof. Amreesh Chandra, Department of Physics have used nano-materials to develop Na-ion-based batteries and supercapacitors for next-generation Na-ion based energy storage technologies and their use in e-vehicles. The low-cost Na-ion-based technologies can be charged rapidly and are expected to reduce the cost of the e-cycles significantly. Under the ‘Materials for Energy Storage Program’ and support from Technology Mission Division (TMD) of the Department of Science and Technology,…