Innovation

Oct
15
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
IIT Kharagpur’s Young Innovators Program Sails High across Asia

IIT Kharagpur’s Young Innovators Program Sails High across Asia

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India Today     Careers360 IIT Kharagpur is all set to welcome close to one hundred finalists from across Asia for the grand finale of the Young Innovators Program scheduled on November 8-10, 2019. This international science and technology competition witnessed a participation of close to 2500 students in class VIII-X in the previous rounds from an initial outreach of more than 4500 schools globally. Apart from various regions in India, students from Singapore, Indonesia, Malaysia, UAE, Saudi Arabia participated in the event. The one-of-a-kind competition has been highly appreciated across secondary educational fraternity and corporate R&D leaders as a…
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Jul
30
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
IIT Kharagpur Going Live with Young Innovators

IIT Kharagpur Going Live with Young Innovators

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India Today      DataQuest       Times Now      Indian Express     NDTV       Outlook    Matrubhumi         Jagran Josh IIT Kharagpur undergraduate students have organized a live interactive session to mentor school students in classes VIII-X to participate in science and technology innovation competitions. This is an initiative under the IIT Kharagpur Young Innovators Program,  a science and technology competition empowering students in classes VIII - X to solve real-life challenges through innovations.  Why YIP At a time when the MHRD is making technological hackathons increasingly popular across colleges and several corporate…
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Jul
13
2019
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By Poulami Mondal
Smart Sensors for Smarter India @SIH2019

Smart Sensors for Smarter India @SIH2019

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India Today    Millennium Post    The Week    Business Standard    Indian Express From life-saver to asset-tracker to theft-preventer, SIH 2019 Hardware edition at IIT Kharagpur witnessed prototype sensor development for a wide array of industrial challenges. 93 green horns from seven states participated in this week-long national competition where they were posed challenges by Ministry of Coal and Garden Reach Shipbuilding Yard to develop industry-scale hardware solutions ranging from Smart Communication to Smart Vehicles, from Security and Surveillance to Miscellaneous technological ideas related to tertiary sectors. This is the first time that public and private sector companies have…
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Mar
01
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
Earn your spurs

Earn your spurs

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Science and technology can be used to create a number of innovations useful in various facets of life. Sometimes the true value of a research work remains unexplored and the innovator is unable to fully exploit the invention commercially. A different situation may arise where some other person copies or misuses an invention without the permission of the true inventor. So it is essential to protect the right of an inventor which not only prevents misuse and copying of an invention but also promotes further innovation.  Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) are a kind of legal right which gives privileges to…
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Feb
13
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
The future of medicine

The future of medicine

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In May 2018, IIT Kharagpur set up India’s pioneering Bioelectronics Innovation Laboratory to develop futuristic battery-free implantable medical devices for the treatment of brain, nerve, muscle or spinal cord disorders that are untreatable by using standard medical practices. These medical devices will go a long way in providing affordable and reliable medical solutions. The laboratory will facilitate energy-efficient electronic system development, biocompatible packaging, bio-reliability assessment and animal testing rooms as a unified platform for an end-to-end intelligent medical system development. Prof. Sudip Nag of the Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering of IIT Kharagpur is heading the initiative. The…
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Feb
03
2019
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By Shreyoshi Ghosh
IIT KGP to Drive MSME Innovations

IIT KGP to Drive MSME Innovations

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Financial Express   FE Twitter  Times Now   Business Standard    The Week    Dainik Jagran  Dainik Jagran (Print)   Anandabazar   Anandabazar (Print)    Ei Samay (Print)   Nampa   DevDiscourse    KNN   India.com IIT Kharagpur is all set to build Eastern India’s first Industrial Research and Innovation Unit for MSMEs and Start-ups. The Groundbreaking Ceremony of the Industrial Research and Innovation Unit of the DHI Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology at IIT Kharagpur was held in the august presence of Shri Babul Supriyo, Hon’ble Minister of State for Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises on February 3, 2019. Setting up a state-of-the-art centre for…
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Jan
03
2019
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By Chirosree Basu
Lend a helping hand

Lend a helping hand

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Times of India The main objective of the Rural Technology Hackathon held at IIT Kharagpur between December 19-22, 2018 was to develop, upgrade and transfer technology to the rural masses in the surrounding areas and eastern and north eastern part of India. The competition, which was organized under the umbrella of the Design Innovation Centre (DIC) of IIT Kharagpur with the support of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, drew 17 teams from IIEST Shibpur, IIIT Ranchi, BHU, NIT Jamshedpur and other institutions in eastern India. The contest was inaugurated on December 19 by the Director of IIT Kharagpur, Prof.…
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