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The Soul Set Free

When I come to the end of the road
And the sun has set for me
I want no rites in a gloom-filed room
Why cry for a soul set free?
Miss me a little – but not too long
And not with your head bowed low.
Remember the love that we once shared
Miss me but let me go
For this is a journey that we all must take
And each must go alone
Its all a part of the Master’s plan
A step on the road to home
When you are lonely and sick of heart
Go to the friends we know
And bury your sorrows in doing good deeds
Miss me but let me go.

IIT Kharagpur community bids adieu to Prof. Kailas Chandra Sahu who left for his heavenly adobe on 14th April 2023 from his Los Angeles home. Prof. Sahu received his B.Tech, M. Tech and PhD degree, under the guidance of his revered mentor and supervisor Prof. R. Misra from IIT Kharagpur. He began his teaching career from his Alma Mater IIT Kharagpur and was also the Director of National Institute of Industrial Engineering (NITIE) Mumbai. The Department of Industrial Management Centre was founded in 1973 under the leadership of Professor Sahu.

Among his many accolades, he was the Founding Head and Professor of Industrial Engineering & Management (IE & M) between 1972 and 1996. He was the guide and mentor to countless students at IIT, including 21 PhD scholars. Many of his students have made notable contributions in their careers. Along the way, he published over 135 papers and 8 monograms.“Works Organization and Management”,“Industrial Organization and Management” and “Education and Social Change” are some of the books that he authored and co-authored which made significant impacts. He consulted widely for various public and private sector entities and headed various Expert Committees for government organizations along with active involvement in numerous professional organizations. His memoir “Made in IIT” was published in 2012.

Prof. Kailas Chandra Sahu

Prof. Sahu was an inspiring teacher. He won multiple awards and recognition, including the Distinguished Alumni Award by IIT Kharagpur, the Distinguished Teacher’s Award by IIT Kharagpur Alumni Association, and the Lifetime Achievement Award by the IIT Alumni Association of Southern California. He was the National President at the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineering (IEEE),  the National President at Operational Research Society of India (ORSI) and was an Advisor for DRIEMS, a premier technical university in his birth village, Odisha. He has also served as a member on the Board of Governors for IIT.

Academic accomplishments aside, Prof. Sahu immersed himself in student life throughout his tenure at IIT Kharagpur. Being an Azadian himself, he later served as the Warden of Azad Hall, then the President of Gymkhana, and as the Dean of Student Affairs. These prolific roles nurtured his bonds with his Alma Mater and gave a sense of fulfillment.

“Professor Kailash Chandra Sahu, my Guru was a great student friendly teacher par excellence. He was an Institute Builder, a motivator and had a superb personality with all the qualities of a Kgpian. Truly, he was made in IIT Kharagpur for IIT Kharagpur. He considered his students, faculty members and employees of his department as extended members of his family. He was a professional and was regarded at a very high esteem. He was the founder of the current Department of Industrial and System Engineering of the Institute. His contributions to Institution building as President Students Gymkhana and as Dean Students Affairs will be always be cherished and remembered. His loss is truly a loss of gem to IIT Kharagpur and to the Industrial Engineering Community and certainly a personal loss for me,” said Prof. Damodar Acharya, Former Director, IIT Kharagpur. 

Throughout his lifetime, he was a proud IITian and held IIT Kharagpur very close to his heart and would often reminisce about specific moments and times that he spent with his friends and colleagues here. Our sincere condolences to his wife and partner Mrs. Bimala Sahu, their four children Ranajit Sahu, Nivedita Sahu, Sanghamitra Sahu, and Sucharita Sahu, and his grandchildren. May the Almighty give all of them enough strength to bear this irreplaceable loss. We pray for eternal peace for his departed soul. He will always be remembered in our thoughts, prayers and action. IIT Kharagpur will forever acknowledge his contributions to the Institute.

Inputs by: Prof. Damodar Acharya, Former Director, IIT Kharagpur
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The Dreamers of Young India – IIT Kharagpur celebrated its 68th Convocation

Look who we are, we are the dreamers
We make it happen, ’cause we believe it
Look who we are, we are the dreamers
We make it happen ’cause we can see it
Here’s to the ones, that keep the passion
Here’s to the ones, that can imagine…
Dedicated to the Kgpians 2022!

 

Creating a historic benchmark by crossing 1600 plus offers in the Phase I of placement season 2022, IIT Kharagpur celebrated its 68th Convocation on December 24, 2022. Shri Peter Chan, Founder & CEO of Herons Bonsai, United Kingdom graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Dr. Rajendra Prasad Singh, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Kharagpur honoured us with his virtual presence. With prolific advancements towards engaging new advents in technological pursuits and branching out to diverse fields of medical, law, management and entrepreneurship, this year IIT Kharagpur is proud to bestow a Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof. Brij K. Dhindhaw, Distinguished Alumnus & Emeritus Professor of Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur. Prof. Dhindaw served as the Teaching & Research Faculty in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department from 1966 – 2009 in IIT Kharagpur. Along with Prof Dhindhaw, 9 awardees including Prof. Dr. Sudhir Jain; Prof. Bayya Yegnanarayana; Prof. Tapan Bagchi, Prof. Ramchandra Prabhakar Gokarn; Prof. Parimal Pal Chaudhuri; Prof. Uday K Chatterjee; Prof. Brahma Deo; Dr. Madan Mohan Pandey and Mr. Thachat Viswanath Narendran. This year 40 prolific alumni of the institute including Shri Vineet Kumar Goyal; Shri Arjun Sen; Dr. Aloknath De; Shri. Arvind Jain; Dr. Bratin Saha; Dr. Bibhuti Bhusan Mohanty; Dr. Prabjit Singh; Dr. Ranjit Rath; Shri Manoj Chugh; Shri Bikash Koley; Shri Surendra Kumar; Dr. Krishnendu Roy; Prof. Subhasish Mitra; Dr. Manish Pandey; Prof. Manojranjan Nayak; Dr. Suresh Kumar Nair; Prof. Sunil Kumar Sarangi; Shri Devendra Mishra and Shri Partha Pratim Sinha among many were honoured with Distinguished Alumnus Awards 2022.

The theme for this year’s Convocation was ‘Technology for the Deprived.” The origin of discovery and innovation started with the intent of purpose for the need of the people which required a solution. As as Institute of Eminence, IIT Kharagpur refurbishes a solution-driven technology with a commercial base of propulsion which is for the lower strata of the society to access. Along these lines, the vision of One Earth, One Nation, One Family and One Future with the G20 presidency was also established profoundly.

In the 68th Convocation, the institute felicitated 1574 UG; 998 PG; 24 MS; 429 Research Scholars that includes 374 Ph.D [with 31 Ph.D (Joint)]; 46 LLB; 750 M. Tech; 6 MMST; 17MHRM; 39 MCP; 97 MBA; 14 LLM; 29 EMBA; 604 M. Tech Dual Degree; 2 M.Sc and M.Tech; 496 B.Tech (Hons); 37 B.Arch (Hons); 221 five-year integrated M.Sc; 5 three-year M.Sc and 209 two-year M.Sc degrees.

This year the President of India Gold Medal for the best academic performance among the outgoing B. Tech. (Hons.) and B. Arch. (Hons.) students was awarded to A Jaaneshwaran, B.Tech.(Hons.) in the Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering. A micro-specialization in Embedded Wireless System, he secured the highest GPA among the others. The Prime Minister of India Gold Medal for the best academic performance among the Dual Degree and Integrated M.Sc outgoing students was awarded to Shri Mr. Shouharda Ghosh, Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering. The Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Memorial Gold Medal for the best all-round performance among the B. Tech. (Hons.) and B. Arch. (Hons.) outgoing students is awarded to Mr. Abhay Shukla, Department of Industrial and System Engineering and Minor in Computer Science and Engineering.

The Dr. Jnan Chandra Ghosh Memorial Gold Medal for the best all-round performance among the Dual Degree and Integrated M.Sc outgoing students is being given to Ms. Pankhuri Saxena, in the Department of Humanities and Social Science with Minor in Mathematics and Computing and micro-specialization in Artificial Intelligence and Applications and micro-specialization in optimization on Theory and Applications. Among the others are Mr. Sayan Bhattacharjee of the Department of Chemistry is awarded the Professor Jagadish Chandra Bose Memorial Gold Medal for the best academic performance among the outgoing students of all 2-year M.Sc courses in the science disciplines; Ms. Nandhini S of the Rubber Technology Centre has been awarded the Director’s Gold Medal for the best academic performance among the students completing M. Tech and MCP courses and Mr. Vemula Prashanth of the Department of Electronics & Electrical Communication Engineering is awarded the Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal for the best all-round performance among the M.Tech and MCP outgoing students. The Chairman, Board of Governor’s Gold Medal for PG category is awarded to Mr. Pathak Abhishek Mihirkumar of the Department of Civil Engineering and for UG category to Mr. Subhamoy Dey of the Department of Physics.

As the Chief Guest of the 68th Convocation of IIT Kharagpur, Shri Peter Chan, Founder & CEO of Herons Bonsai Limited and Distinguished Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur address the occasion calling himself a ‘Humble Mali’ and what IIT Kharagpur’s adds in terms of training of character and mind. He says that a person can reinvent and rediscover himself at any point of his/her life. He added that, “The multidisciplinary mandate of creating a revolutionized education system will further contribute to India’s G20 Presidency, upholding the vision of ‘Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam’- One Earth, One Family, One Future’. As a country, it is India’s turn to display its potential of Global Leadership and put forward its agenda on the issues of international importance and cooperation. “With deep reverence, I have found that the motto of IIT Kharagpur is “Yogah Karmasu Kaushalam” योगःकर्मसु कौशलम्, which is taken from the Bhagavad Gita, Chapter 2, Verse 50, which literally means Excellence in Action is achieved through the Science of Mind i.e., Yoga. The whole of science is nothing more than a refinement of everyday thinking. IIT Kharagpur is considered to be incubation centres of talent & technology, presenting the world with ace leaders and changemakers of tomorrow.

 

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Singh, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Kharagpur stated, “The Institute intends to collaborate with tech giants to build Technology Research Parks engaging people more effectively and establish Lab to Market products. Several cross-disciplinary research collaboration and research endeavours have been recognized to highlight the importance of modernization in infrastructure and experimental facilities that will drive its growth trajectory. The institute in collaboration with the corporate houses has made significant contributions to community welfare in the fields of education, training, skill development, healthcare, sanitation, nourishment, rural upliftment, sustainable livelihood, environment conservation and several other areas in the realm of CSR including the design and development of electric pick-up trucks, a smartphone app for detection of microbes, the smartphone app for detection of fake currency, science and heritage projects on Indus Valley civilization and classical arts, Bio-gas plants, fortified food grains, application of Internet of things (IoT) in agriculture, application of Block-chain in healthcare etc. I hope the institute is recognized as the best IIT of the nation. For the students, I can only say that with every challenge comes the gorgeous opportunity to rise into next level as leader, performer and human being. Obstacles are nothing more than tests to measure how seriously you want the rewards that your ambitions seek.”

Prof. Virendra Kumar Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur said that IIT KGP is successful in incorporating the provisions of NEP 2020 by revising its curriculum in UG/PG level including the multiple entry exit policy and multi-disciplinary mandate for holistic development. The faculties as well as the students have dedicatedly designed and developed several equipment related to healthcare including Covirap, iMedex telemedicine system, Deekshak e-classroom software, AI based system monitoring social distancing, Ultra High Corrosion Resistant Stainless Steel for Indian Space, Painless Needle, Cell patterning, 2G Ethanol, AI based low-cost meteorological inspection system, Robotic systems to detect and treat plant disease etc. Expanding its horizons in Medical Sciences and Medical Engineering, the Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee Institute of Medical Sciences and Research Forum has started with 250 beds donated by our Alumni. IIT KGP has achieved a significant milestone in its pioneering move to build a Medical College and Hospital. The medical college presently has faculties of eight different pre-, para-, and clinical departments and soon IIT Kharagpur will be starting the Medical College. He concluded that IIT KGP has made history by getting the highest placement offers among all IITs and aims to become the world-wide benchmark in education excellence by establishing IIT Malaysia, which will be a major step for the institute to set its global footprint in the international domain of Higher Education promoting Indian standards of education. From the rejuvenation of the industrial sector and augmenting it through Atma Nirbhar Bharat policy to the education sector to establish the BRAND INDIA. We need active engagement of government in telling this story of India and we are fortunate to have them beside us to the creative and innovative influx of ‘Dynamic Education’ as education is the manifestation of perfection already existing in a man.

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IIT Kharagpur celebrates its 67th Convocation in the august presence of Minister of Education Shri Dharmendra Pradhan

Creating a historic benchmark by crossing 1600 plus offers in the Phase I of placement season 2021, IIT Kharagpur celebrated its 67th Convocation on December 18, 2021. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Honourable Minister of Education and Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India graced the occasion as the Chief Guest. Shri Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Kharagpur honoured us with his virtual presence. With prolific advancements towards engaging new advents in technological pursuits and branching out to diverse fields of medical, law, management and entrepreneurship, for the first time IIT Kharagpur is proud to bestow a Lifetime Achievement Award to Prof. M A Ramlu who served as the founder Head of the Department of Mining Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and retired as an Officiating Director of IIT Kharagpur. Along with Prof Ramlu, five awardees including Prof. Sadhan Kumar De, Prof. Biswa Nath Chatterji, Puran Chand Dang, Shri Gopal Rajgarhia and Dr. Asoke Kumar Deysarkar were conferred the Life Fellow Awards of IIT Kharagpur 2021. 5 pioneers comprising of Prof. Suresh Chandra Mishra, Commander VK Jaitly, Dr. Mohan Rao, Krishan Mohan Khanna and Dr. Mukund Padmanabhan were also honoured with the Distinguished Alumnus Awards. This year IIT Kharagpur conferred the Doctor of Sciences (Honoris Causa) to 3 eminent personalities namely Dr. Krishnaswamy Kasturirangan, Dr. Tessy Thomas and Professor Harish Chandra Verma.

Today we are felicitating 1573 UG, 1253 PG, 34 MS, 333 Research Scholars along with 333 Ph.D (i.e., 302 Ph.D + 1 Joint MS- Ph.D + 12 Joint M. Tech/MCP- Ph.D + 18 Joint M.Sc- Ph. D), 34 MS, 918 M. Tech, 47 MCP, 120 MBA, 28 EMBA, 3 MMST, 20 MHRM, 17 LLM, 39 LLB, 61 PGDBA (a tri-institute programme with IIM Kolkata and ISI Kolkata), 557 Dual Degree, 450 B.Tech (Hons), 38 B.Arch (Hons), 4 six-year integrated M.Sc and M.Tech, 217 five-year integrated M.Sc, 7 three-year M.Sc and 300 two-year M.Sc degrees.

This year the President of India Gold Medal for the best academic performance among the outgoing B. Tech. (Hons.) and B. Arch. (Hons.) students was awarded to Mr. Gurjot Singh Suri, Department of Computer Science and Engineering who hails from Assam. A district topper in high school, he was awarded scholarship by the Government of Assam on being selected for IIT Kharagpur. He is currently working as a Software Engineer in Uber India. ThePresident of India Gold Medalfor the best all-round performance among the B. Tech. (Hons.) and B. Arch. (Hons.) outgoing students is awarded to Mr. Manthan Patel, Department of Mechanical Engineering. An avid robotics enthusiast from Ahmedabad, he represented the institute multiple times at various International and Inter-IIT Tech competitions. He is a recipient of the DAAD-WISE Research Scholarship (Completed at Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems, Germany) as well as the OP Jindal Engineering and Management Scholarship. He is currently pursuing M Sc in robotics at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. The Prime Minster of India Gold Medal for the best academic performance among the Dual Degree and Integrated M Sc. Outgoing students is awarded to Mr. Omar Eqbal, Department of Computer Science and Engineering. A topper, a NTSE scholar, selected for KVPY fellowship from Patna, Omar Eqbal is currently working as a software engineer at Nutanix.

The Dr. Jnan Chandra Ghosh Memorial Gold Medal for the best all-round performance among the Dual Degree and Integrated M.Sc. outgoing students is being given to Harsh Maheshwari from the Department of Electrical Engineering. Among the others are Chirag Arora of the Department of Chemistry, who is awarded the Professor Jagadish Chandra Bose Memorial Gold Medal for the best academic performance among the outgoing students of all 2-year M. Sc. courses in the Science disciplines, Arshdeep Singh of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering is awarded the Director’s Gold Medal for the best academic performance among the students completing M. Tech. and MCP courses and Jaskaran Singh of Reliability Engineering is awarded the Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal for the best all-round performance among the M. Tech. and MCP outgoing students. The Chairman, Board of Governor’s Gold Medal for PG category is awarded to Naveen Narasimhachar Joshi and for UG category to Buddhadeb Mondal.

Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Education Minister, Govt. of India in his address said that it is a privilege to enter into the ecosystem of IIT Kharagpur which was chosen as the first Centre of Excellence in the country after independence. He said that the Indian Knowledge system has been established on the grounds of Hijli Detention Camp which enriches the historic culture of IIT Kharagpur and is recognized as the post-independence temple of learning. He added that IIT Kharagpur will be the epicentre of change that traverses around the world in the coming years as it has a heritage and sacraments of sacrifice. He added that today we need new ideas to originate from India in the global scenario and India will be the fastest growing economy in the coming years.  He also said that achieving  successful 100 crore vaccinations was possible because of the IITs and NITs of this country. In the 21st century, the economy of the world will be run by those who have the market, the qualitative low cost workforce and the critical minds. He added that India can produce clean energy at one fourth of the cost compared to European countries which would be made possible by the IITians that is already proven in many verticals. He also added that India needs to build a low cost energy attracting manufacturing units of the world which will lead to economic empowerment of the country. He said that IIT Kharagpur should become the epicentre of major research initiatives that can make India a global power like America, and that IIT Kharagpur should innovate ways for incorporating MSMEs and implement alternate energy into a localized funded grid. He also informed about the leadership role IIT Kharagpur has taken in the area of VLSI chip design. He concluded saying that there should be “Purva Uday” (Rise of Eastern India) leading to investments in innovation for community welfare.

Prof V. K Tewari, Director IIT Kharagpur said that the institute hopes to bring life back to normal by calling back all students by next session notwithstanding the next variant OMICRON. He said that IIT KGP was successful in incorporating the provisions of NEP 2020 by revising its curriculum in UG/PG level be it credit bank or seamless movements of students in any discipline. He also said that the faculties as well as the students have dedicatedly designed and developed several equipment related to healthcare including COVIRAP, Painless needle, telemedicine, social distancing device etc. Expanding its horizons in Medical Sciences and Medical Engineering, the new Super-Speciality Hospital in the name of Dr. Syama Prasad Mookerjee has started its OPD with 14 visiting specialist with 250 beds. He added that in the coming years, his mission is to take this institute to top 10 universities of the world for which seven niche areas comprising Advanced Manufacturing Systems for Industry 4.0, Safety Engineering & Analytics, Quality & Reliability, Healthcare, Precision Agriculture & Food Nutrition, Smart Infrastructure and Advanced Transportation are identified. He concluded that IIT KGP has made history by getting the highest placement offers among all IITs and aims to become the global benchmark in education.

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