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Kgpian Receives NATO Award

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IIT KGP alumnus Dr. Prakash Patnaik has been conferred with the prestigious NATO Science & Technology Organization (STO)’s Panel Excellence Award. Dr. Patnaik is a globally recognized scientist in the domain of Aerospace Materials Science and Engineering. Much of this work, in the last 30 years, has been performed in a collaborative global milieu, including governments, industries and academic organizations. He has been awarded in recognition and appreciation for his longstanding service and extraordinary scientific contribution rendered to NATO-STO’s Applied Vehicle Technology Panel.

Dr. Patnaik hails from Berhampur, Odisha. He earned his B.E. in Materials Science & Engineering from NIT Rourkela and M.Tech. in 1978 from the Dept. of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering at IIT Kharagpur. He pursued his doctoral degree from McMaster University, Canada.

At present, Dr. Patnaik is leading the Defence Technology and Sustainment Program at the National Research Council Canada (NRCC) as Principal Research Scientist at NRC’s Aerospace Research Centre in Ottawa, Canada. He joined NRC in 2002 as Chief of Aerospace Materials and in 2006 became Director of R&D at NRC. He is among the very few Indians to hold such a coveted post in the domain of science and technology in Canada.

Dr. Patnaik has made significant contributions in the domain of Aerospace Materials and Protective Coating Technologies including more than 140 research papers in international journals and conferences.

Chairman of the Applied Vehicle Technology Panel of the NATO-STO, as well as the Director of the NATO-STO’s Collaboration Support Office in Paris, cited the expertise of Dr. Patnaik in the field of high-temperature metal alloys and coatings used in gas turbine engines which has strengthened the core of Applied Vehicle Technology business of NATO-STO.

“The Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering feels proud to have nurtured a stalwart like Dr. Prakash Chandra Patnaik in his formative years as M. Tech student during 1976-78. Dr. Patnaik is well-recognized for his significant contributions to the development of high-temperature alloys and thermal barrier coatings, as well as to the scientific understanding of their hot corrosion behavior, which has been a thrust area of education and research in this department for several decades,” said Prof. Rahul Mitra, Head of the department.

The department has been delivering global stars such as Arun Sarin, the Former CEO, Vodafone; Srikumar Banerjee, Former Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission of India; Ravi Kant who is Former Vice chairman of Tata Motors, two former Directors of the IIT system, Prof. Indranil Manna and Prof. Madhusudan Chakraborty and of course Sundar Pichai, CEO, Google. Dr. Prakash Patnaik gives more reason to celebrate the dynamic education and mentorship offered by the department. The alumni could be working in core metallurgy and materials science, allied or other distinct fields, but what stands out is the innovations they make and their impact in the larger society.

IIT KGP and Carleton University to Explore Academic Exchanges

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IIT Kharagpur signed an MoU with Carleton University of Canada on September 11, 2018, to support research collaboration, capacity building and other forms of academic partnerships. Under this MoU, both institutions will typically focus on opportunities in student exchange, faculty exchange and professional development programs.

The two institutions will also explore possibilities of collaborative Masters Programs and jointly supervised Ph.D. students. The MoU will cover the scope of interaction among members of faculty relating to joint research projects, research visits and when necessary, joint applications for research funding from external funding agencies.

“We are happy to have the MoU signed with Carleton University. We look forward to a long and fruitful collaboration with the different units of the university,” said Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya, Deputy Director of IIT Kharagpur.

Carleton, which is among the best comprehensive universities in Canada, with a high research focus and diverse academic programs, has been recently focussing in areas such as autonomous vehicles, technology enablers for smart cities. IIT Kharagpur has similar areas of research such as Intelligent Transportation, Future of Cities, Digital Convergence and Centre of Excellence in Artificial intelligence.

“I am excited about this new partnership. This is the beginning of a long-term collaboration, having students from IIT Kharagpur come to Canada and Carleton students coming here and launching of exciting professional development programmes. This is a wonderful opportunity and an auspicious day,” said Dr. Karen Schwartz, Associate Vice-President, Research and International at Carleton University.

Discussions are ongoing between the Department of Systems and Computer Engineering at Carleton University and the Department of Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering at IIT Kharagpur for dual degree programs for masters and doctoral students. Plans are also in place for distance education offerings in Data Analytics, Cyber Security and Management leadership which will be jointly taught by experts from both institutions. This activity will be coordinated by the Continuing Education office at IIT Kharagpur and targeted towards professionals in Indian industry and academia.

Quite similar to IIT KGP, Carleton has a history connected with World War II. The University was founded by the community in 1942 to meet the needs of veterans returning from the Second World War. Currently, it has 26,000 students and more than 125,000 alumni.