IIT KGP Foundation

Jan

2023

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Face to Face with Alumni

Alumni Corner, Community, Engagement, Study@IITKgpAARDO, Academic Research Collaboration, AI, alma mater, Blockchain Technologies, Communicate, Connect, Contribute, Department of Education, DRDO Industry-Academia Centre of Excellence, Face to Face with Alumni, Faculty Excellence Awards, GIAN, IIT KGP Foundation, IIT Malaysia, IOT, Manchester University, Medical College, ML, New Curriculum, SPARC, Staff Excellence Awards, WMG

"We require transformation and transition to meet future goals in terms of Alma Connect", said Prof. V K Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur who indulged in a face to face virtual meet with the Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur from India & overseas on 27 December 2022. He focused on some key areas where alumni support is needed to provide exposure to students and to initiate infrastructure development for IIT Kharagpur. The meet started with the recitation of Sararswati Vandhana which revitalized the spirits in a cold December morning. The opening remarks were presented by Prof. Amit Patra, Deputy Director, IIT…

Nov

2022

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By Poulami Mondal

The Memoirs of a Trailblazer -The First Woman Chemical Engineer of IIT

Alumni Corner, Community, Humans of KGP, Obituary, People, Study@IITKgpFirst Woman Chemical Engineer, IIT KGP Foundation, Madhu Panchmia, Memoirs of a Trailblazer

Madhu Panchmia Sengupta, ’68 ChE, SN Hall (1946 - 2022) Madhu’s passing is the end of an era. She, with her direct and practical nature, would never describe it that way. But she was a trailblazer, the first woman chemical engineering student at IIT Kharagpur, and was a part of the 13th batch of entering students in an institution which is now getting ready to celebrate its 75th anniversary. It was an era of aspiration, of national heroes, an era that inspired young students. Madhu grew up in Kolkata as the youngest of three sisters in a family of six…