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Feb

06

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

What’s Heating India?

In-DepthClimate Change, environment, Global Warming, green, heating, Surface Heat, Urban Heating, urbanization, warming

Green-less Urbanization leading to India’s Heat Islands Economic Times The Week News 18 Prabhat Khabar Hindustan Times The Republic World The Hindu Indian Express Mongabay Amar Ujala Navbharat Times Aaj Tak Outlook Our Bitcoin News Telangana Today Orissa Post News Nation Millenium Post …

Nov

08

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

The show begins

Eventsbiodegradable, bioplastics, competition, Energy and Environment, environment, IIT Kharagpur, pledge, school children, Young Innovators Program

The IIT Kharagpur campus came alive today with the arrival of 32 teams of school children from all over India, as well as east and west Asia for the Young Innovators Program. For many of the children and their teachers and parents, it had been a long journey from home, but the excitement of reaching their destination and being part of the milling crowd of participants and guests refreshed them in no time. The children especially got down to the business of knowing each other almost immediately. As the day wore off, it was difficult to believe that some of…

Oct

26

2019

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

It’s Illumination Time

Eventsair pollution, Deepavali, Diwali, eco-friendly, Eco-friendly Diwali, environment, Green Diwali, Illu, Illumination, pollution, Rangoli

The Hindu Business Standard DNA Janprahari Express ANI Rediff Zee 24 TAAS News18 Bengali Zee 5 Reddit Yahoo Walking down the halls of residence at the IIT Kharagpur campus during the Diwali festival one would come across giant bamboo structures and busy students tying earthen lamps (diyaas) to them in patterns. There is no rush for firecrackers among the 12000 strong student population of IIT…

Oct

24

2019

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Clean India, Healthy India

Environmentchild mortality, Clean India, Clean water, death, diarrhea, environment, faeces, fecal coliform, Groundwater, mortality, OFD, open defecation, pathogen, Potable Water, sanitation, Sustainable Development Goals, Swachh Bharat, UNGA, water, water-bourne diseases

Hindustan Times ET Health World (Economic Times) India Today The Week UNI India Millenium Post Business Standard Republic World Does economic growth have a positive correlation with clean drinking water in India? Researchers at IIT Kharagpur seem to be not only agreeing with this idea but even found concrete proofs. In a recent study published in the Scientific Reports, the link between the influence of economic growth in reducing fecal pathogens in groundwater has been established. These are the pathogens that…

Oct

01

2019

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By Sreeparna

Towards a Greener, Cleaner World

Environmentcompetition, Conservation, environment, green technology, Happiness and Wellbeing, IIT KGP students, IIT Kharagpur, Nature, school, Waste Management

Sarve bhavantu sukhinaḥ; Sarve santu nirāmayāḥ Sarve bhadrāṇi paśyantu; Mā kashchit duḥkha bhāgbhavet ‘May all be prosperous and happy, May all be free from illness, May all see what is spiritually uplifting, May no one suffer. A 16-YO global icon of climate activism, Ms Greta Thunberg took on national and international leaders with her speech at the United Nations Climate Summit on 23rd September 2019. Closer home, Vision Prabaho, a team of green evangelists of IIT Kharagpur, is making an effort in their little way to promote climate consciousness in and around the campus. The team, under the aegis of…

Sep

02

2019

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

IEI Young Engineering Award for Kgpian

Eventsalumni, alumnus, environment, Environmental engineering, IEI, kgpian, Mining Engineering, PhD, Young Engineer, Young Engineering Award

Alumnus Sneha Gautam has been conferred the IEI Young Engineering Award 2019 – 20 by the Institution of Engineers (India), in recognition of his contribution to the field of Environmental Engineering. Dr. Gautam completed his PhD in 2015 from IIT Kharagpur's Dept. of Mining Engineering in the area of Environmental Engineering. He is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Civil Engineering at Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. Dr. Gautam is engaged in fundamental and application-oriented cross-disciplinary research. He focuses on the interfaces of clean air engineering/science, human health and smart/sustainable living in cities/megacities.…

Jul

31

2019

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Way to Zero Waste

In-Depthanaerobic, bioenergy, biofuel, environment, hydrochar, methane, organic waste, solid municipal waste management, waste, wet waste, yard waste

Economic Times ET Energy World India Today Careers360 Millenium Post DD News Business Standard The Week NDTV Shiksha While passing through the newly developed, urban elite settlements, the dumpsites waiting treatment are becoming increasingly common. Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) in India continues to remain a neglected area with inefficient source segregation. Further, the moisture content in waste adds to India’s challenge in solid organic waste management because of our food habits and socio-cultural habits.…

Apr

24

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

Earth Day on IIT KGP campus

EnvironmentEarth Day, environment, green, harm, trees, un-nailing

Vision Prabaho, the eco-conservation-cum- awareness forum of IIT Kharagpur, observed Earth Day 2019 with its program for “Un-nailing Trees”. Volunteers of the group went around the campus armed with pliers to pull out nails, brackets, iron rods, wires and screws from tree trunks. This was their attempt to prolong the life span of the trees. Each nail or protrusion hammered into trees interrupt the circulation of water, sugars and other valuable nutrients, thereby damaging them. Not surprisingly, the area surrounding the nails or bits of metal become dark and stop growing. Within an hour, the foreign objects extricated from the…

Nov

29

2018

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

The Healing Ozone

In-DepthAntarctic, Antarctic Ozone Hole, Antarctica, CFC, depletion, environment, Montreal Protocol, ozone, Ozone Hole, Ozone layer, Ozonosphere, South Pole

India Today India Blooms Business Standard Economic Times Financial Express FirstPost Outlook The Week CanIndia New Indian Express Quint NDTV AsiaNet Manorama Eenadu India TV Jagran Josh Hitavada Dainik Bhaskar While the world is debating on climate change and global warming, researchers at IIT Kharagpur have given the environmental evangelists a reason to rejoice. A research team from the Center of Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Science (CORAL) at IIT Kharagpur have come up with new data confirming that the Antarctic Ozone Hole is on a healing path. The researchers have collected data from 1979 to 2017, which shows though there was a loss…

Oct

23

2018

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Say No to Single-Use Plastic

Environmentenvironment, plastic, plastic ban, plastic pollution, plastic waste

Students at IIT KGP are working towards preventing single-use plastic usage Business Standard The Week The Echo of India Indian Express (PTI) NDTV Indian Express Indian Express (Print) NewsBytes The Telegraph The Telegraph (Print) About 30 students at IIT KGP have taken up the task of reducing single-use plastic usage in the campus. The students are in the process of forming a students’ society which among other environmental issues will extensively work towards creating social awareness in collecting and disposing of plastic waste including e-waste. The students have led by example not using single-use plastic for over 4 months and…