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Jun

19

2023

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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

08

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

Action Research Project for Ladies’ Toilet Facility by Mr. Mukul Khandelia & Prof. Somnath Ghosal

Alumni Corner, Community, Funded Projects, Social ImpactAction Research Project, Aruna & Ram Gopal Khandelia Innovation Award, Awareness, Basic Sanitation, Clean water, CRDIST, female students, Feminine Hygiene, Gopali IM High School, health, Higher Secondary Schools, hygiene, IIT KGP Foundation, infrastructure, Ladies' Toilet, Menstrual Hygiene Facilities, rural development, Safe Toilets, School Girls, Societal Development, Socioeconomic Development, Sustainable Technology, Unhygienic Toilets, Women Empowerment, Women Health

IIT KGP Foundation extend their hand to develop health and hygiene facilities for Gopali IM High School, Kharagpur Just imagine going through your day without access to clean water and a toilet. This is a harsh reality that millions of Indian women face every day. The lack of proper sanitation and hygiene facilities for women in India is a pressing issue that needs to be addressed with immediate effect. Improving access to clean sanitation and providing adequate hygiene facilities in schools and workplaces will empower women and promote gender equality in respective areas of concern. In modern India, where women…

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…

May

12

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur developed ‘Matri Seva’ Software for Ramakrishna Mission Home of Services

Collaborations, Community, Engagement, Social ImpactChronic Diseases, Clinical Services, Community Medicine, Community Service, Computer Science, Emergency Consultancy Services, ENT, Follow-up Visits, Health Education, iMediX, iMediXcare, Matri Seva, Medicine, Mental Healthcare, Microsoft Cloud-based Server, Mobile Telemedicine Units, MSME, Non-Communicable Disease, Oncologist, Open Source, Primary Healthcare, Psychiatrist, Ramakrishna Mission, Telemedicine Service, Underprivileged, Virtual Alternative, Vivek Sanjivani

IIT Kharagpur has developed ‘Matri Seva’ – a database software, free of cost that works on patient’s particulars and database for Vivek Sanjivani, an initiative for Healthcare and Education of Ramakrishna Mission Home of Service, Luxa, Varanasi. The software has been hosted in the Microsoft Cloud-based server to provide easy access to all the centres. It is used for primary healthcare, mental healthcare, follow-up visits, management of chronic-disease conditions, medications management, health education and other clinical services. Vivek Sanjivani Telemedicine Service is a real-time telemedicine solution which offers a virtual alternative to the in-person doctor’s visit. It expands access to…

Jan

05

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

Women’s Leadership Conclave 2022

Alumni Corner, Community, Engagement, Environment & Social Impact, Social ImpactAccountability, Dr. Kiran Bedi, Dr. Tessy Thomas, DRDO, Empowerment, Manoshi Roychowdhury, Missile Woman of India, National Adventure Awardee, Padmashri, Partha Ghosh Academy of Leadership, Phoolbashan Bai Yadav, Premlata Agarwal, Social Worker, Trust, Vedic Philosophy, Women Leaders, Women’s Leadership Conclave

As India enters its 76th year of Independence, it aims to reclaim its status of Vishwa Guru by 2047 where the role of women leaders is crucial in the diverse fields of our society to create a balance. With a drive to encourage women empowerment, Partha Ghosh Academy of Leadership at IIT Kharagpur organized the first of its kind Women’s Leadership Conclave from 26th to 27th November 2022 on “Women – The Backbone of Society,” in Netaji Auditorium. Eminent women guest speakers like Dr. Kiran Bedi, Ex. Lt Governor of Puducherry and a Megsaysay Awardee along Smt. Premlata Agarwal, Padmashri,…

Jul

30

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

Scientific & Uniform Speed Management to Reduce Fatal Road Accidents

Community, Expert Insight, Researcher, Social ImpactAbsence of Lane Discipline, Audit Speed Limit, civil engineering, Engineering Initiatives, Indian Roads, Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, MoRTH, NCRB, Public Awarness, Road Accident Fatalities, Road Accidents, Road Geometry, road safety, Road Safety Guidelines, Road Signage, Speed Limits, Speed Management, Speed Monitoring, Traffic Characteristics

Highlights : The institute made recommendations based on road geometry & traffic characteristics The fatalities in road accidents have increased by 1.3% Initiate Audit of existing speed management measures, study of accidents and speed monitoring India has always been on the edge when it comes to road safety and speed management. Even with new policy reforms and measures to curb road accident, a total of 3,66,138 road accidents caused the loss of 1,31,714 lives in 2020 as per the statistics of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH). 1.2 lakh deaths were reported by the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB)…

Jun

22

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur conducts Bharata Tirtha II – an International Conference on Indian Knowledge System

Engagement, Events, Social ImpactAzadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, Bharat Tirtha II, Black Hole, Centre of Excellence, Cosmology, DHARA, DRDO, IHAR, IKS, in Astrophysics, Indian History Awareness Research, Indian Knowledge Systems, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Education, Prof Thanu Padmanabhan, Quantum Physics, Raman Effect, Siddhartha Bhose, Vishva Bharti

Under the aegis of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Centre of Excellence for Indian Knowledge Systems (CoE-IKS), IIT Kharagpur organized an international conference on Indian Knowledge Systems – The Bharata Tirtha II from 14th to 18th June, 2022 in association with department of Physics, IIT Kharagpur and key knowledge partners including Indian History Awareness and Research (IHAR) Houston, USA, IHAR India, DHARA, Ode to Indian Knowledge System, the Ministry of Culture and Ministry of Education, Government of India. The conference which is a continuation of the programme Bharata Tirtha - I organized in November 2020 in association with Ministry of…

May

23

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

Study on Qualitative Aspects of Sharing School Transport in Kolkata

Social Impact#Fare Centric, #School Transport, #School Trips, #Shared Transport, #SOP, #Traffic Congestion, #Vehicle Operators, #Vehicular Emission, civil engineering, IIT Kharagpur, Mode of Transport

Highlights : To minimize traffic congestion, shared transport is necessary Maintain police record of all the drivers and conductors involved in the school transportation Punctuality of service, staff behavior, safety and security may bring down the share of private cars by 5-7 % With the rising ownership of private cars, people have become prone to the traffic congestion as a regular intake of distress. Reopening schools after a hibernation of two years have exploded the roads with private cars as the safest and favoured mode of transport for children. Considering personalized transport as a basic insurance from the pandemic that…

May

09

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur inked a MoU with Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth in Digital Farming Solutions

Social Impact#AgFE, #AgriAGVsm, #AgriBots, #AgriDrones, #DigitalAgriculture, #DigitalFarmingSolutions, #EUtptadana, #GDP, #ICAR, #NAHEPCAAST, #VasantraoNaikMarathwadaKrishiVidyapeeth, #VNMKV, #WorldBank, Agriculture, MoU

IIT Kharagpur signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Vasantrao Naik Marathwada Krishi Vidyapeeth (VNMKV), Parbhani, Maharashtra on 03 May 2022 under the World Bank and ICAR sponsored project named "NAHEP-CAAST-DFSRDA" in the presence of Dr. Ashoke Dhawan, Vice Chancellor, VNMKV. The National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) - Centre of Excellence for Digital Farming Solutions enhances productivity by Agri - Bots, Agri - Drones and Agri – AGVs. This institutional collaboration in various spheres of education will enable the students to acquire industry relevant education, training and skills. Both the institutions will indulge in the scope of cooperation in…

Apr

29

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur inks an MoU with ORMAS

Social Impact#ForSociety, #OdishaRuralDevelopmentandMarketingSociety, #ORMAS, #ProducersCompanies, #ProducersGroup, #ProductBasedLivelihood, #RuralDevelopment, #RuralTechnologicalInnovations, Agriculture, MoU, research

Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) of IIT Kharagpur signed an MoU (Memorandum of Understanding) with Odisha Rural Development and Marketing Society (ORMAS) to facilitate rural technological innovation for the growth of Producers’ groups and Producers’ companies providing technological solutions to improve the efficiency of production along with value addition. Both the institution will entail to identify technological needs of the product-based livelihood and engage in relevant R&D to upgrade the existing technology by modifying, redesigning and standardization of the users at grassroots level. Prof V K Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur stated – “The intent of this MoU is to create…