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Jan

05

2023

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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,…

Sep

12

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

Dr. Samir V. Kamat, an Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur named the next DRDO Chief

Alumni Corner, Appointments, Humans of KGPAppointments Committee of the Cabinet, BLDC Motors, Defence Applications, Defence Metallurgical Research Laboratory, Defence Research Development Organization, Department of Defence Research and Development, Distinguished Alumnus Award, DMR-1700, DMRL, DRDO, DRDO Young Scientist of the Year Award, Metallurgical Engineering, Microstructure-mechanical Property, National Strategic Materials Policy, Naval Systems Materials, R&D, Rare Earth Permanent Magnet, REPM Technology, Samarium-Cobalt Magnets, Samir V Kamat, Silver Medalist, Stress Corrosion Cracking, Swatantryaveer Savarkar Smarak Award

Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom. Growth is a very profound experience. We cannot become what we need to be by remaining what we are. Well, this has been rather avouched by our Alumnus Dr. Samir V Kamat, whose sense of purpose evoked metamorphism in Defence applications for our country and led to the advanced development towards the service of the nation. Dr. Samir V. Kamat, an Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur has been appointed the Secretary of Department of…

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…

Sep

28

2018

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By Chirosree Basu

Way to go

StoriesDRDO, inside story, ISRO, Leaofroggers, Sandlas

Another KGPian leaves his mark Leapfroggers (HarperCollins) is the latest book by a KGPian to hit the stalls. The author is Ved Prakash Sandlas (1967/BTech/EC), who was among the first 50 engineers to join ISRO and was part of Dr A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’s core team that launched SLV-3. While working at the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), Trivandrum, Sandlas was appointed Group Director, Electronics (1984-86) and, Mission Director/Project Director SLV-3 (1980-84), and was responsible for the launch of SLV-3 in May, 1981, as well as the launch of the Rohini Satellites in April, 1983. Leapfroggers is an insider’s account of…