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Jun

06

2022

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Sincerely, yours…

Alumni Corner, Humans of KGP512K flash memory, CABA, Carleton University, Chief Scientist, Continental Automated Buildings Association, Electronics & Electrical Communications, IIT KGP, IIT Kharagpur USA Foundation, Kshitij, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, mechanical engineering, Ocean and Naval Architecture, Phanindranath Mukherjee Memorial Award, Philips Research, Sagarika Mukherjee Award, Satyendranath Mukherjee, Senior Director

Notable Alumnus Mr. Satyendranath Mukherjee (1976/B.Tech/ECE/AZ) instituted the "Dr. Phanindranath Mukherjee Memorial Award" and "Mrs. Sagarika Mukherjee Award" in honour of his father and mother respectively at IIT Kharagpur. People say that the love of parents surpasses the zenith of affection for their children, but children honour their parents by being the answer of their prayers kept inside the vicinity of the heart. When we see an established individual, we apprise him or her for their hard work, dedication and efforts that helps them to earn a fortune but the parents are the one steering them through the bumpy ride…

Jan

14

2020

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Yeh Papa ka college hai…

Stories17th Annual Alumni Meet, Alumni Affairs, Annual Alumni Meet, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT KGP, IIT Kharagpur, memory, Toddlers

“Papa yahan khelta thha?” lisped a 3-year-old Ghrishneshvar, as he pointed out to the Tata Steel sports ground, just opposite to the Ramanujan Complex. He, along with his elder sister, Ujjavalaa, both toddlers, were at IIT Kharagpur campus for the first time with their parents and elder brother Aayush, who is in IIT-BHU. Their father, Mr Ajit Kumar Alok, a 1995 alumnus of the Electrical Engineering Department of the Institute, was here to attend the 17th Annual Alumni Meet held at the campus from 10th to 12th January 2020. It was a sunny Saturday afternoon when The KGP Chronicle caught…

Dec

31

2019

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Three decades and counting!

PeopleEstablishment Section IIT Kharagpur, IIT KGP, IIT Kharagpur, Recruitment, Research Park, SRIC, Sundar Pichai

“September 24th 1982. I joined IIT Kharagpur as a Lower Division Clerk, giving in to my parents repeated requests. Today, after spending more than two-thirds of my life here, I do not regret the decision of my parents. Rubber Technology Center had started the year before, in 1981. With no one to look into office work there, I was posted in that department as secretary to the HoD. My job profile consisted of mainly typing and maintaining office records. I stayed there from 1982 to 1987. With my promotion in 1987, I joined the Recruitment Section for a few days…

Dec

23

2019

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And the winner of the 54th Inter IIT Sports Meet is….

EventsBasketball, Champions, games, Hockey, IIT KGP, IIT Kharagpur, Inter IIT Sports Meet, sports

“Yesterday is not ours to recover but tomorrow is ours to win or to lose.” Lyndon B. Johnson; 36th president of the United States of America. The 54th Inter IIT Sports Meet 2019 concluded on December 22 evening after 8 days of tireless efforts by more than 2000 participants from 23 IITs across the country. The closing ceremony witnessed some spectacular winning moments in the presence of Prof. William Kumar Mohanty, Convener, 54th Inter IIT Sports Meet, Chief Guest Shri Ashok Kumar Dhyan Chand, son of Indian Hockey legend late Dhyan Chand, Prof. P. K. Das, Acting Director and Dean,…

Dec

20

2019

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I Came. I Saw. I Played.

PeopleFootball, IIT KGP, IIT Kharagpur, Inter IIT Sports Meet, mechanical engineering, Post Doctoral Fellow, sports

“When I came here in July this year, I found a few students playing football at the Tata Steel Sports Complex. That intrigued me. I also wanted to play, since I come from a country where football is widely played. We won the FIFA World Cup last year, you see! I didn’t know who to approach or how to go about it. I have a friend who also works in the same Mechanical Engineering lab as mine. He was playing in the IIT Kharagpur football team. I told him of my desire to play for IIT Kharagpur. He told me…

Oct

29

2019

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Taare Zameen Par

PeopleADSIP, Bhutan, Exchange Diaries, France, ICCR, IIT KGP, IIT KGP students, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kharagpur campus, International Relations, international students, Nepal, Nigeria, Russia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Syria

Diwali was just round the corner when a galaxy of stars descended on the Structural Reliability and Research Facility (SRRF) Lab last Tuesday evening over mouth-watering snacks and a tête-à-tête with the International Relations Office of IIT Kharagpur. These students, enrolled for various postgraduate courses and programs at IIT Kharagpur, and hailing from Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, South Korea, Nigeria, Russia, Syria and France, participated in an engaging session that continued for over a couple of hours. “What is this Illu thing we are hearing in our halls? Is it something big here?” asked one student. He was visiting the…

Oct

03

2019

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Water, Water Everywhere!

EventsIIT, IIT KGP, IIT Kharagpur, Inter IIT Aquatics Meet, sports, swimmer, swimming, water polo

The water babies of IIT Kharagpur dived in and swam out with medals, leaving Dhanbad and Roorkee behind them. With tough competition from their Madras and Bombay counterparts, the swimmers gave their best performance, proving their nerves of steel, during tense moments. The inclusion of sports has always been considered to be one of the pillars in the all-round development in the Indian Academic system. The IITs, where the academic acceptance rate is less than 1%, and where students are evaluated on the basis of their studies, the sporting culture has always taken a backseat. However, a little over three…

Sep

30

2019

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Every Frame Has a Story

CommunityBirds, IIT KGP, IIT Kharagpur, National Geographic, Nature, Photography, Street Photography, Wildlife

The office door creaked open and in walked a gentleman in a pink-purple striped shirt and grey trousers, with his laptop bag hung from over his right shoulder. It was 6:05 pm by the clock. Shyamal Biswas – the name was synonymous with photography, in the campus. He is an ace photographer with credits from the National Geographic. “My passion for photography goes back a long way. It accelerated after coming to IIT. I remember I just passed out of my 10th standard, and was awarded a national scholarship of Rs 300. I spent 150 rupees to buy a Snapper…

Aug

07

2019

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Dadagiri with Sourav Ganguly

PeopleCricket, Dadagiri, IIT KGP, IIT Kharagpur, Quiz, Sourav Ganguly, Zee Bangla

Zee Bangla Dadagiri, a unique quiz show hosted by former Indian Skipper Sourav Ganguly kicked off in 2009. Since then, the show has completed 7 successful seasons and today, 10 years later, it steps into its 8th season. There is something very special the opening episode of Season 8 of Dadagiri. Piyush Kedia, a 4th year UG student at the Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science at IIT Kharagpur and an Uttarpara resident, representing Hooghly district, participated in the episode. He won with 109 points. He battled it out against 5 participants from different walks of life and districts of West…

Jul

26

2019

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Be YOUrself

EventsIIT KGP, IIT Kharagpur, IIT Kharagpur Induction Program, IIT Kharagpur students, Life Skills, Nalanda Academic Complex IIT Kharagpur

“So, how many of you are Harry Potter fans?” asked Prof. Sangeeta Das Bhattacharya (Professor, School of Medical Science and Technology). Around 70% of the entire class of about 100 students raised their hands to answer. Pat came the second question, which had everyone racking their brains – “What was it that Prof Albus Dumbledore told Harry Potter which made him take a second look at life?” Now this was a yorker. After quite a few tries, a newbie came up with the correct answer. She said, “Professor Dumbledore told Harry – It is our choices that show what we…