Dual Doctoral Degree Program

IIT Kharagpur and The University of Manchester Launch Dual Doctoral Programme

IIT Kharagpur and The University of Manchester Launch Dual Doctoral Programme

IIT Kharagpur and The University of Manchester are pleased to announce the launch of a dual award PhD programme which represents the next phase of our strategic partnership. This will serve to consolidate and build on existing research collaborations across a number of thematic areas including environmental geochemistry, biomaterials and Industry 4.0. Students will be jointly recruited and spend time in both Manchester and Kharagpur, benefiting from the expertise, facilities and infrastructure of two globally renowned institutions. The programme, launching this July, will be open to IIT and IISc graduates from India during its initial phase.  Successful candidates will be…
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IIT Kharagpur and University Alberta launches Joint Doctoral Program

IIT Kharagpur and University Alberta launches Joint Doctoral Program

India Today       Hindustan Times      Deccan Herald      Times of India          NDTV        Dainik Jagran        Navbharat Times        Republic World             Outlook       The News Indian Express       The Week IIT Kharagpur in collaboration with University of Alberta, Canada has launched a Joint Doctoral Degree Program (JDP) to create academic exchange between faculty and students. The program gives the opportunity to undertake research at the partner institution for a period of six months to a year and provides them…
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IIT KGP’s Another First for India & New Zealand

IIT KGP’s Another First for India & New Zealand

Jagran Josh      India Today          The Hindu BusinessLine       Outlook       Hindustan Times           Millenium Post       India Education Diary       Shiksha       NavBharat Times        Swarajya         Financial Express           Sify News           Times of India (PTI)     Times of India (IANS)         NDTV   In another first, IIT Kharagpur has set up a joint PhD programme with the University of Auckland, New…
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Scholarships for Doctoral Students from Australia

Scholarships for Doctoral Students from Australia

India Today          Outlook          UNI        NDTV         Live Mint            Republic World         Daily Hunt In a significant boost to its ongoing academic exchange programs with Australian institutions, IIT Kharagpur has instituted competitive high-value scholarships for students from the University of Melbourne, Australia enrolled under the Dual Doctoral Program jointly conducted by the two institutions.  Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya, the Director (Officiating) of IIT Kharagpur made the announcement at the launch of the Melbourne India Partnership Program and Academy Conference at Melbourne on…
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What’s in my water?

What’s in my water?

Tomatoes grown with the contaminated water of the Varthur Lake of Bengaluru reach the nearby markets of the city every morning and are bought by unsuspecting city dwellers. Almost a decade of civic activism in Bengaluru has not changed anything for either the farmers or urbanites there. Thousands of miles away, Platypuses, a mammal species commonly found in Australia, happily swim near the coast off Melbourne, unaware that beta-blockers are entering their bodies every day from the ‘safe’ treated water discharged from the city. These were some of the many facts brought to light by the Indo-Australia joint workshop on…
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