Social Impact – Page 3 – The KGP Chronicle

May

09

2022

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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…

Apr

19

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur inks two MoUs with AARDO & RFRF

Social Impact#AzadiKaAmritMahotsav, AARDO, African-Asian Rural Development Organization, Agriculture, Bharatiya Shikshan Mandal, Capacity Enhancement, MoU, Research for Resurgence Foundation, RFRF, rural development, Technological Innovations

IIT Kharagpur signed two MoUs (Memorandum of Understanding) with African-Asian Rural Development Organization (AARDO) and Research for Resurgence Foundation (RFRF) on strategic collaboration and mutual cooperation in research, sharing of knowledge & resources. AARDO will cooperate with IIT KGP to achieve common objectives in the field of agriculture and rural development through technological innovations, solutions, interventions and capacity enhancement to benefit and strengthen rural societies by establishing cordial ties, strengthening cooperation and initiating an association between the two organizations for the benefit of rural communities in Africa and Asia. With RFRF, it is a strong academic collaboration by mutually undertaking…

Mar

19

2021

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

IIT Kharagpur Spreading Health Awareness through Live Folk Art Performance

Social Impact

Albert Einstein had once said, “If you can't explain it to a six-year-old, you don't understand it yourself.” But the challenge of scientists, health workers and the administrative machinery, involved in communicating health awareness and promoting the adoption of new health habits, to large segments of people with varying levels of education and exposure remains an arduous task. In a diverse country like India which has close to 65% of the population living in a rural or semi-urban setup, 30% population devoid of literacy in addition to significant school drop-out rates, rural health communication, particularly in the pandemic situation, demanded novel…

Feb

04

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

Gymkhana Celebrates National Girl Child Day Celebration

Social Impact

Contributed by Priyanka Singh and Saumyata Khandelwal IIT Kharagpur is known for a great many things - be the alumni across the globe leading in the industry, academia, entrepreneurship including those in India in even more diverse fields from public services to creative fields, or the R&D output of the Institute bringing transformation from industry to society - but beyond this first in the IIT system has another face, unobtrusive but telling, in the area of public outreach and social impact. One such mark of the Institute can be spotted at the Gopali Youth Welfare Society (GYWS), an NGO run…

Aug

29

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

IIT KGP’s Gandhian Call

Social Impactgandhi, gandhian, Mahatma Gandhi, symposia, symposium

IIT Kharagpur's month-long celebration of Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary ended yesterday, August 28, 2020. The international e-symposia which started on August 8, the anniversary of the launch of the Quit India Movement in 1942, could not have a more befitting close than the day marking the anniversary of the historic civil rights march at Washington DC in 1963 and the iconic speech of Martin Luther King Jr. - "I have a dream". With India journeying through the pandemic, global economic turmoil, trade war with China and the 'Atma Nirbhar Bharat' mantra of Govt. of India, we Indians are embracing…

Aug

12

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

IIT-MIT Experts Explore Community Living in Gandhian Way

Social Impactgandhi, Gandhi Jayanti, gandhian, symposia, symposium, webinar

IIT-MIT Symposium on Mahatma Gandhi traces the roots of community networks in socio-economy and urban planning IIT Kharagpur organized the first event in the series of e-Symposia on Gandhian Thoughts and Philosophy on August 8, 2020. Organized in association with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA and Gandhi Forum, India, the event was graced by academic luminaries from both institutions and Gandhian experts. The talks were themed around two concepts, ‘Sarvodaya’ - universal upliftment or progress for all, and ‘Swavalamban’ - the quest for self-reliance. Watch Webinar The symposium was chaired by Director, IIT Kharagpur, Prof. Virendra Tewari. He spoke about…

Aug

07

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

International Symposia on Mahatma Gandhi

Social Impactgandhi, Gandhi Jayanti, gandhian, gandhipedia, HRD, MHRD, Ministry of Education, symposia

IIT Kharagpur brings Global Academia to Retrospect on Gandhian Thoughts and Philosophy India Today Hindustan Times Times of India Navbharat Times CNBC TV18 Indian Express Edex Live Deccan Herald Outlook NDTV The Week IIT Kharagpur is organizing an international e-symposia in association with top global universities to commemorate the completion of the 150th Birth Anniversary celebrations of Mahatma Gandhi. Academics from universities in the USA, UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and Gandhian experts from India including professors from IIT Kharagpur will deliberate on ‘Gandhian Thoughts and Philosophy’ through webinars spanning over select days in August…

Jul

12

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Transforming Rural Economies

Social Impactagri economy, agricultural intensification, agricultural technology, Agriculture, agro, automation, economy, farm machinery, farming, livelihood, mechanisation, precision, Rural, rural development, rural technologies

COVID-19 has given a clarion call for a technology-enabled world, more so in the context of the Indian rural sector which has always stayed several steps behind the urban way of living. The slow progress could be attributed to not just lack of financial resources but also towards weak communication of functional knowledge, for a large population lacking literacy (M: 80.9%, F: 64.6%), and reliance on western technologies failing to cater to the requirements of the rural population of India. Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have come forward to bridge this gap by rolling out farming technologies as well as non-farming…

May

06

2020

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By Chirosree Basu

Chipping in

Social ImpactCovid-19, Gopali Youth Welfare Society, hand sanitizers, IIT Kharagpur, Jagriti Vidya Mandir, masks

Students of IIT Kharagpur working with the Gopali Youth Welfare Society pool in their resources to rush both essential goods and protective gear to the underprivileged in Gopali and neighbouring gram panchayats Hindustan Times, Indian Express, The Telegraph, Business Insider, Outlook, NDTV, India Today, Yahoo News, Gadgets Now, Republic The fight against Covid-19 is an unequal war, and no one understands that better than the students of IIT Kharagpur. Several of them associated with the Gopali Youth Welfare Society, an NGO run by IIT Kharagpur students and faculty members with the support of locals, have come together to raise funds to assist around 2000 families…