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May

15

2020

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What’s Next for MSME

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Adopting Industry 4.0 in MSMEs - The Way Forward in Post Pandemic World On May 12, the Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Modi, in his COVID lockdown address asked the nation to be self-reliant. PM Modi was heard saying ‘be vocal for the local’ to emphasise the need for using indigenous products which would not only reduce our massive import bill but sustain our industrial sector especially Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). He announced a ₹20 lakh crore economic package which included a major stimulus to the post pandemic industrial world. Soon after, the Ministry of Finance announced…

May

12

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Director’s talk on rejuvenating MSME post-COVID

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From the desk of Director, IIT KGP: The post-COVID industrial world would wake up to a new dawn towards the involvement of MSMEs in re-energizing the industrial sector. This sector has a huge contribution in our manufacturing industry. However, as the pandemic situation leads to a new normal, availability of capital would become a challenge for MSMEs thus creating bottlenecks for jumpstarting industrial production and employment of labourers. Social distancing would also restrict employment of existing workforce in full strength. Further the low capital situation would delay new product development or sustenance of production at current costs thus disrupting the…

May

04

2020

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By Poulami Mondal

IIT KGP Lends Support to COVID Quarantine

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The super-specialty hospital of IIT Kharagpur, to be named after Dr. B C Roy, has become COVID Quarantine Centre for Inter-state Travelers to West Bengal Outlook Business Insider NDTV Bangla Business Standard Times of India Economic Times IIT Kharagpur’s super-specialty hospital has been busy for the past few weeks. While the facility is yet to be operationalized, who are these people walking into the hospital? About a month back, with the announcement of the lockdown, a large influx of people moved to the borders of Bengal from various…

Apr

25

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

You’re Home: IIT Kharagpur tells international students

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Hindustan Times The Week India Today Millennium Post Outlook Economic Times NDTV Jagran An early morning tweet on Earth Day woke up a few students at IIT Kharagpur. A fellow Kgpian student, pursuing internship at Georgia, Atlanta, USA, had tweeted seeking help from the Indian authorities in the lockdown situation. Her friends from IIT Kharagpur got in action and shared her message on IIT Kharagpur’s social media handle. Finally the stranded student was connected with IITKGP Foundation, the alumni body of the Institute in USA, who are now trying to help her reach out…

Apr

21

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Reaching Out to the Extended Family

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IIT Kharagpur and its Alumni to Support COVID Lockdown Affected Poor People Around the Campus Times of India The Telegraph Careers360 IndiaBlooms Hindustan Times The Week Business Insider Business Standard Outlook India Today IIT Kharagpur has come forward to support the needy people in and around its campus for a period of 6 months. It has set up a temporary fund for those who have been severely affected economically due to COVID-19. The short duration fund is…

Apr

19

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Pandemic Healthcare Technologies Underway @IITKGP

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Economic Times Times of India Times of India (PTI) Hindustan Times Outlook Indian Express CNN News18 News18 Bangla (TV) News18 Bangla (Web) Deccan Herald Careers360 Analytics India Magazine NDTV Firstpost India Blooms Business Insider The Week Aaj Tak India Today IIT…

Apr

17

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Novel coronavirus – Insights by Prof. Arindam Mondal

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COVID-19 infections in India are nearing 15000 cases while claiming more than 100000 lives globally. Coronaviruses are a virus family causing various diseases, ranging from common cold to those like SARS and MERS which can have a high fatality rate. The novel coronavirus responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic is a new strain and has been named Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 abbreviated as 19-nCoV or SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Arindam Mondal, Assistant Professor at IIT Kharagpur’s School of Bioscience speaks with The Kgp Chronicle regarding frequently asked questions about novel coronavirus. Dr. Mondal leads the Molecular Virology Laboratory in the School of…

Apr

09

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Alumni Innovate COVID-19 Health Technologies

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Economic Times Deccan Herald India Today Hindustan Times Outlook Business Insider NDTV The cases of infections and deaths related to COVID-19 in India are increasing by leaps and bounds. While it took about 2 months to reach the first 1000 cases, it increased to 2000 just within 5 days, then with every 3 days the count has been increasing by 1000, and now the frequency of that occurrence has reduced to a…

Apr

08

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

IITKGP Cares

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IIT Kharagpur Donates Rs. One Crore to PM Cares Fund India Today Indian Express Business Standard Yahoo News Careers360 Hindustan Times NDTV Republic World Telangana Today Navbharat Times Times of India Outlook India Education Diary …

Apr

07

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

e-Learning at IIT Kharagpur

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Summer recess has set in at IIT Kharagpur on April 1, preponed by 4 weeks and a revised academic calendar being circulated amidst the novel coronavirus pandemic. Classes at the Institute have gone digital since March 17 in the process of following social distancing. Online Classes The first year classes with their larger size were the first to be facilitated on YouTube Live using the National Knowledge Network. The lectures were also video recorded and made available online for future reference. Following the lockdown announcement on March 24, all classes were moved to web-conferencing mode, video lectures of NPTEL, or…