IIT Kharagpur

Sep
25
2018
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By Chirosree Basu
Not a drop to lose

Not a drop to lose

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Business Standard   NDTV     ABP News   Millennium Post    Navbharat Times   ABP News Twitter At Porapara, an IIT Kharagpur initiative has become a unique model of participatory civic management Porapara is a tribal hamlet around 15 kilometres away from IIT Kharagpur. It has seen several initiatives from the academic community of IIT Kharagpur, which has set up a primary school and has also tried to install smokeless chulas for the convenience of the villagers. The people of the village are mainly daily wage labourers, working in the surrounding agricultural fields or sometimes in Kharagpur town. Having grown used to the community of…
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Sep
20
2018
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By Chirosree Basu
Passing by

Passing by

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Powerful performance Balgovind Tiwari dropped by with a huge batch of students from IIIT R.K. Valley, RGUKT, Andhra Pradesh, where he is a lecturer. He did his PhD in Physics (Solid State Electronics) from IIT Kharagpur in 2011. Tiwari and his team were on their way to a competition and used the Technology Students' Gymkhana to train for the event. At the National Bench Press Championship 2017-18, held on March 16-18 in Ranchi this year, his student, K. Sreelakshmi, won two gold medals in the 43 kg Junior (Equipped and Un-equipped) Women category. His two other students, B. Harish Kumar…
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Sep
20
2018
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By Chirosree Basu
Forging a global connection

Forging a global connection

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IIT Kharagpur is the national coordinator of GIAN, an MHRD-run international outreach programme The Global Initiative of Academic Networks or GIAN was launched on November 30, 2015 by the then Union minister for human resources development, Ms Smriti Irani. The initiative intended to enhance the quality of higher education in India through foreign collaboration. At the inauguration Ms Irani said, “GIAN is not limited to only those from the IITs and national institutes but will also be available for government institutes who do not usually expect an opportunity to meet, interact and learn from international faculty.” Under GIAN, reputed international…
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Sep
17
2018
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By Chirosree Basu
The magic of spun silk

The magic of spun silk

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Nature Asia    Indian Express   Outlook    India Today IIT Kharagpur researchers use spider silk fibre to device self-powered bio-nanogenerator You can dismiss Spiderman as a figment of the imagination, but in real life, the web he spins is as powerful as its reel-life version. Spider silk fibres, which have a remarkable protein sequence structure, contain nature’s most outstanding mechanical properties. They have unrivalled elasticity along with biocompatibility and biodegradability. Using these unique properties of spider silk, scientists at IIT Kharagpur, along with a team of researchers from South Korea, have devised a piezoelectric nanogenerator that is self-powered and can harvest…
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Sep
14
2018
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By Chirosree Basu
A gift to posterity

A gift to posterity

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IIT Kharagpur’s Centre for Classical Arts will transform the way the classical arts are taught and preserved   A new dream is unfolding in IIT Kharagpur. The premier technology institute is working towards the creation of a Centre for Classical Arts. As to why an institute specializing in science and technology should ramify into the arts, the big picture first. For a variety of socio-economic reasons, the traditional guru-sishya parampara through which many of India’s intangible art forms have been passed down through generations is unlikely to survive in the future. There is a dire need to evolve a modern…
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Jun
11
2018
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By Chirosree Basu
Inspiring win

Inspiring win

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Prof. Sudip Misra of the Computer Science and Engineering Department sets an inspiring example by winning the Careers360 Outstanding Faculty Award in Computer Science for 2018 “A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron,” said Horace Mann. And the best way to inspire anyone is by setting an example. Dr Sudip Misra, Professor, Department of Computer Science & Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, has done just that by winning the Careers360 ‘Outstanding Faculty Award’ in Computer Science for the Year 2018. Prof. Misra recently received the award from the…
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Jun
09
2018
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By Chirosree Basu
All’s well that ends well

All’s well that ends well

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SPIC MACAY’s 6th International Convention at IIT Kharagpur ends on a high note SPIC MACAY’s 6th International Convention held at IIT Kharagpur ended on a high note on June 9 with an all-night concert that saw the performances of some of the biggest names in Hindustani classical music. The evening of June 8 began with Pandit Ulhas Kashalkar’s inspiring rendering of several khayals in his unique style and Vidushi Shruti Sadolikar giving the audience a taste of some rare ragas like Raag Mukhi. And it ended with Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty’s soulful thumris, Pandit Kumar Mardur’s and Ustad Wasifuddin Dagar’s gayaki…
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Jun
01
2018
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By Chirosree Basu
Playing host to an international cultural meet

Playing host to an international cultural meet

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  IIT Kharagpur provides the perfect setting for a grand cultural convention IIT Kharagpur is preparing itself to host what is inarguably a spectacular youth festival. From June 3-June 9, 2018, it will be the site of the 6th International Convention of SPIC MACAY (Society for the Promotion of Indian Classical Music And Culture Amongst Youth) that will see the assembly of around 1,100 youth delegates from all over India and its neighbouring countries, and around 300 artistes of national and international repute. In about a week’s time, there will be 40 workshops, 30 concerts and 7 yoga and meditation…
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