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May

10

2024

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“Visiting IIT KGP is the greatest joy and a timeless experience,” said Prof. Sudipta Seal on receiving the Distinguished Alumnus Award 2018

Alumni Corner, Awards & Accolades, Humans of KGP, InstituteAdvanced Materials, Aerospace Nanoenergetics, alma mater, alumni, AMPAC, Biological Engineering, Cancer Therapy, Catalysis, Cellular Matrix, Ceramics, commercialization, DAA, Distinguished Alumnus Award, Electrochemical, Energetics, Engineering, Glaucoma, IIT KGP, Materials Science, Metastable Tetragonal Crystal, Nano Binary Oxides, Nano Structures, Nano-Biomedicine, Nanoceria, Nanoscale Transition Metal, Nanoscience, Nanotechnology, NSTC, Rare-earth Oxide, Regenerate Stem Cell, research, Space Sciences, Spherical Nano, Surface Engineered, technology, UCF

Prof. Sudipta Seal is an eminent scientist, entrepreneur and a distinguished professor who was honored with the Distinguished Alumnus Award 2018 by IIT Kharagpur in the 64th Convocation of the Institute. Recently, he revisited his Alma Mater after a gap of many years to take a walk down the memory lane, reminiscing his college days and reuniting with his mentors and professors. While visiting his department and his hall, he sank into the depths of memorabilia and the evergreen nostalgic pages of his life. He was bestowed with Distinguished Alumnus Award which he was unable to collect previously, by Prof.…

Mar

01

2024

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By Poulami Mondal

Centre of Excellence for Advance Manufacturing Technology develops grounding projects in AI – iWeld & iToFD

Collaborations, Engagement, Expert Insight, Institute, Research & InnovationAdvanced Technology, AI-enabled NDT, Artificial Intelligence, Centre of Excellence for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies, CoEAMT, commercialization, Cutting-edge Innovations, development, Efficiency, GRSE, IInvenTiv 2024, innovations, iToFD, iWeld, patent, Quality, R & D, research, Tata Steel, TechEx 2024, Technology Innovation Hub, Weld Defect Analyses.

IIT Kharagpur has proven its Tryst with Innovation with its latest dominant supremacy in the field of Artificial Intelligence with two of its ground breaking projects on AI-enabled non-destructive testing for weld defect analysis, from Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology (CoEAMT), IIT Kharagpur led by Prof. Surjya K Pal, Chairperson, Centre of Excellence in Advance Manufacturing. These two innovative solutions have been shortlisted by TATA STEEL for "TechEx 2024" exhibition. The first, "iWeld, an AI-enabled NDT" software is an innovative solution developed for Garden Reach Shipbuilders & Engineers (GRSE) Kolkata, Ministry of Defence. iWeld is designed to identify,…

Oct

04

2023

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur Signs MoU with Uneverse Mobilty, a Kolkata based Startup, for the Development & Commercialization of Sodium Ion Batteries in India

Alumni Corner, Collaborations, Environment & Social Impact, Funded ProjectsAcademia-industry Collaboration, Battery Technology, Carbon Footprint, Clean Energy, commercialization, Cost Effective, e-Mobility, E-vehicles, Electric Vehicles, Energy solutions, Energy Storage, Energy Storage Landscape, Home-grown Technology, Indigenous Supply Chain, industrialization, Less Expensive, Lithium, Make for India, Make in India, MoU, Na batteries, Sodium Ion batteries, Sodium ion technology, sustainability, Technology Readiness Level

These Cost-Effective Batteries Will Boost the Rapid Growth Envisaged For E-Vehicles Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Uneverse Mobility Pvt Ltd, a Kolkata based startup focusing on next generation battery technology and e-mobility segments for commercialization and further development of the Sodium Ion technology. A team headed by Prof Amreesh Chandra from the Department of Physics at IIT Kharagpur have been working extensively on the development of Sodium-ion based energy solutions. They were amongst the first group of researchers in India who were funded by the Department of Science and Technology under their flagship…

Dec

29

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

Meet The Alumni With Over 200 Patents: Mr. Anil Agiwal of Samsung Research

Storiesadvanced radio access technologies, algorithm development, cellular communication, commercialization, communications, development, Industrial Internet of Things, innovations, inventors, massive Machine Type Communication, Mobile Broadband, modem protocol stacks, radio communication technologies, Samsung, Samsung Research, Samsung Research Center, Samsung Research Innovator Award, software design, technologies, Ultra-Reliable and Low Latency Communication, US patent, Vehicle-to-Everything, wireless communications

Mr. Anil Agiwal, an alumnus of the Institute’s Computer Science and Engineering Department, has received his 200th US patent grant in November 2021. He is now on the global list of prolific inventors that includes individuals who have been granted 200 or more patents in the USA. He is now on an all-time list of 316 inventors. The patents include innovations on advanced radio access technologies (such as 4G, 5G, 5G advanced) for cellular communication. Mr. Agiwal said that “patience and perseverance combined with an urge to innovate have helped me receive 200+ patent grants (204 as of today).” He…

Jul

02

2021

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT Kharagpur has set “Specialty Friction Reducers” in motion

Spotlight Innovationcommercialization, IIT Kharagpur, Indian Manufacturer, Innovation, Make in India, Oil and Gas Industry, PfP Industries, product development, Researchers, Specialty Friction Reducers

IIT Kharagpur researchers have contributed to product development and commercialization of specialty friction reducers for challenging unconventional oilfield environments. Recently, IIT Kharagpur researchers have contributed towards a new domain of indigenous innovation, “Specialty Friction Reducers” for unconventional oilfields and most significantly, this technique has led to commercialization of this product by an Indian Manufacturer, for the first time, for the global oil and gas industry. “We have developed the technique for characterizing the specialty friction reducers involves a unique combination of drag reduction and viscometric measurements, specifically replicating the complex oilfield environment. The work further enabled correlation between the fundamental…

Apr

21

2021

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Global Launch of COVIRAP – Nucleic acid-based Point-of-Care Diagnostic Device for COVID-19 and beyond

Spotlight Innovationcommercialization, covid, Covid-19, COVIRAP, diagnostic, microbial, nasal swab, Nucleic Acid, oral swab, Point of Care, technology transfer, testing technology

Highlights A generic step-wise isothermal nucleic acid-based testing technology for the rapid diagnostics of pathogenic infections including but not limited to SARS-CoV-2 in individuals. Nasal Swab/ Saliva to result from integration in about 45 minutes in a highly affordable pre-programmable portable device developed by the team, without requiring any separate facility for RNA extraction. Kit supplemented with a free smartphone app to facilitate unambiguous results interpretation and automated dissemination to the patients. The test may be performed by unskilled personnel outside the controlled lab with no intermediate manual intervention between sample loading and result dissemination. Patents filed in the India, USA,…

Apr

09

2021

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

IIT Kharagpur’s Essential Oil Extractor to Economize Betel Leaf Oil Production in India

In-DepthAgricultural Engineering, betel leaf, commercialization, essential oil, extractor, farm, farm mechanisation, Food engineering, food technology

Antimicrobial and antioxidant rich betel leaf essential oil finds wide use in industrial applications including medicines, cosmetics and chewable mouth fresher The essential oil extractor reduces betel leaf wastage making essential oil production economically viable The process increases yield by 16%, reduces process time by 44% and energy input by 30% There have been many tales of Paan - in songs, history and literature, religion and culture for many millennia, across hierarchies of society, in South and South-East Asia. While the use of Paan as a mouth freshener is under the radar of health agencies for carcinogenic effects, however,…

Mar

31

2021

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

ERP Software Developed by IIT Kharagpur Adopted by other IITs

Spotlight Innovationcommercialisation, commercialization, ERP, product development, software

The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software developed and extensively used by IIT Kharagpur is now to be adopted by IIT Ropar and IIT Jodhpur for institutional use. IIT Kharagpur has signed MoU with both the IITs for customization, installation and deployment of the ERP system. “This indigenously developed software was deployed across all major functions of the Institute, to improve organizational administration and shifting operations to e-management, through both intranet and internet as well as desktops and mobiles. Close to 2000 of our teaching and non-teaching staff and more than 14000 students are using this software regularly; additionally, a large…