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Hult Prize 2023 for Team StrawDeshi of IIT Kharagpur secures a spot in the Global Accelerator

Ideas and creativity are the most important human resources of all. Without ideas and creativity, there would be no progress, and we would be forever repeating the same patterns. Creativity is thinking up new things and innovation is doing new things.  Team StrawDeshi comprising of fourth year students Ayushman Agrawal (Mechanical Engineering), Daivik Agrawal (Mechanical Engineering), Purva Agrawal (Mining) and Tanishq Mittal (Metallurgy) from IIT Kharagpur emerged as winners at the Mumbai Summit of the Hult Prize 2023. StrawDeshi competed among 40 teams in the campus round of the Hult Prize.

Team StrawDeshi’s idea was to use agro-waste rice straw as a raw material and extract its fibre to create winter jacket insulation, replacing down feathers, cotton and polyester filling materials.

The second round consisted of 12 summits worldwide, in which Team StrawDeshi won at t

 

he Mumbai Summit which had 70 teams participating from IITs, IIMs and other colleges, majorly from South Asia. Their extraordinary ideas and commitment have secured them a spot in the Global Accelerator where they would be one of 20 teams across the globe working to improve and launch their product. Finally, six teams will compete in the finals to be held in Paris. For the three consecutive years, teams from IIT Kharagpur are winning in the category of South East Asia Region.

The Hult Prize is an annual, year-long competition that crowdsources ideas from university level students after challenging them to solve a pressing social issue around topics such as food security, water access, energy, and education with a $1 million as the anchor prize. It transforms how young people envision their own possibilities as Leaders of Change in the world around them.

The 2023 Hult Prize Call to Action is about creating a for-profit social venture, in the fashion/clothing industry. Ideas from students must create a measurable positive impact on people and the planet and support the United Nations in meeting its Social Development Goals by 2030.

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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 of life, giving their children the assurance of being compassionate to both failures and successes. Sometimes children go beyond their way to mollify the resentment that life brings for their parents by being the heir of their true self, with the sincerity of intent pursuing their dreams by themselves. Children honour their parents in their hearts, cherish them not only with honesty and respect but also with kindness and affection. This honour has been bestowed by one of our notable Alumnus, Mr. Satyendranath Mukherjee who has instituted the Dr. Phanindranath Mukherjee Memorial Award and Mrs. Sagarika Mukherjee Award at IIT Kharagpur in honour of his father and mother respectively. This award recognizes one male and one female student for a reward based on their all-round performances. Dr. Mukherjee donated INR 70L as endowment to encourage the students of IIT Kharagpur to become role models to the world.

A lifetime trustee of IIT Kharagpur Foundation USA and a B. Tech in Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1976, Mr. Mukherjee was awarded the President of India Gold Medal for securing first position among all branches of Engineering in IIT Kharagpur.  He obtained his M. Tech. degree with distinction from the Netherlands and Ph.D from Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada. Listed as a noteworthy semiconductor engineer and researcher by Marquis Who’s Who, he is a retired Chief Scientist and Senior Director at Philips Research, North America, after serving as the Managing Director and is associated with Executive Management in the industrial R&D space of Intel Corp and Exel Microelectronics. He was the Department Head of Microelectronic Devices, Circuits and Systems where he conducted research on integrated circuit design, technology and applications in power electronics for a number of systems including lighting controls, displays, wireless communications and healthcare. He developed the world’s first 512K flash memory and holds the original patent on the cell. As the chairman of the board of directors of an international industrial affiliation (CABA) with over 350 industry members, he has spearheaded strategic and tactical planning of the organization operating in the space of building automation.

Dr. Satyendranath Mukherjee
(1976/B.Tech/ECE/AZ)
B. Tech in Electronics and Electrical Communications Engineering
Notable Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur

The students are selected based on the selection criteria with due weightage on academic record, active participation in departmental activities, Halls of Residences and in Technology Students Gymkhana.

This year for the first time Kavita, a third-year undergraduate student from the department of Ocean and Naval Architecture and Shubham Agrawal, a third-year undergraduate student from the department of Mechanical Engineering received these awards for their all-round performances in the fields of Academics, Departmental initiatives, activities in Gymkhana and the Hall of Residences.

Kavita
III year UG Student
Dept. of Ocean & Naval Architecture
IIT Kharagpur

Kavita, a third-year undergraduate student in the department of Ocean and Naval Architecture is currently the Tech Team Head at Kshitij, General Secretary in the Department Society, inter IIT team member of athletics and is quite involved in the hall activities says, “I am grateful for receiving this award as it is a token of appreciation for all those efforts I took as a fellow KGPian and it also motivates me to contribute more to this KGP community. Also, I am thankful to IIT Kgp alumni Mr. Satyen Mukherjee for this encouragement that motivates students like me. About my future plans, I will explore the corporate world for the next few years in the field of management. After that, I am planning to pursue MBA.”

Shubham Agarwal
III year UG Student
Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
IIT Kharagpur

Shubham Agrawal, a third-year undergraduate student in the Department of Mechanical Engineering from Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh is the General Secretary of Maintenance of his Hall of Residence at IIT Kharagpur and is the Head of Finance at Gopali Youth Welfare Society, an NGO run by the students of IIT Kharagpur for the welfare of underprivileged students. “Apart from my academic curriculum, I am learning new skills and aim to become a professional software engineer. I enjoy using my skills and leadership qualities to contribute to the welfare of society. I am the topper in my department with 1st rank and was awarded the UPSTSE scholarship in school and received MCM Scholarship from my first year. I believe we as IITian should do some work for the community’s welfare. I am very thankful to Mr. Satyen Mukherjee sir for showing this love for IIT Kharagpur and for such an award that emphasizes leadership and community service.”

Dr. Mukherjee’s current areas of interest include education, elderly home healthcare, lighting controls systems, building wide energy management systems including HVAC appliances and renewable energy systems. He has also worked with the US federal (DOE, DoD, ARPA-E) and state agencies in promoting energy efficiency technologies. He had been engaged in making strategic planning for global R&D, interaction including serving on advisory boards with world class universities in the US, Canada and Europe like MIT, Stanford, Harvard, Columbia, RPI, U of T, IMEC and others. He has more than 25 patents and has published over 50 papers widely in conferences, journals and textbooks and has initiated research collaborations with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on integrated controls and energy simulation in buildings.

IITKgp appreciates Mr. Mukherjee’s efforts and dedication and celebrates Kavita and Shubham’s accomplishments.

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IIT KGP Researchers Design Award-winning for Cardiovascular Device Testing Technology

Researchers from IIT Kharagpur have designed an automated smart device for online testing of cardiac medical devices and prosthetics. The device is capable of creating life-like simulations in cardiac failure cases due to various diseases and tests the performance of implantable devices and prosthetics such as Ventricular assist devices.

The World Health Organization reported 17.9 million deaths in 2016 from cardiovascular diseases (CVD) accounting for about 31% of global deaths. In India, over 28% of the deaths are due to CVD in 2016 according to a study published in 2018. According to the business intelligence company Fior Markets, the global cardiovascular devices market is expected to grow from USD 42.61 billion in 2019 to USD 71.05 billion by 2027, at a CAGR of 6.6% during the forecast period 2020-2027. These devices would include surgical devices as well as diagnostic and monitoring devices covering a large range of CVDs – Cerebrovascular Heart Disease, Stroke, Sudden Cardiac Arrest and Coronary Heart Disease. With rapid development in medical devices, especially for the implants, rigorous testing and assessment are essential during the developmental stage. 

“The intriguing complexity of physiology and function of the heart makes it difficult to carry out an in-depth study of the live organ. For researchers, the study of a cadaver heart does not provide many clues regarding its functioning in live conditions. This limitation led us to design a novel heart analogue model, Cardiovascular Replicator (CVR), which can serve as a platform for studying the cardiovascular system,” said lead researcher Prof. Prasanta Kumar Das from the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. 

The Cardiovascular Replicator (CVR) developed by the team is an electromechanical system that can mimic the entire hemodynamics of the human heart along with its pulmonic and systemic circulations.

“The device enables us to simulate a long-range of heart diseases and conditions like aortic valve stenosis, ventricular septal defects, fetal circulation, cross circulation, single ventricle conditions and Fontan correction etc. along with hardware in the loop simulation. We can also run tests prior to animal trials,” said researcher Sumanta Laha.

The design is equipped with sensors and a widescreen display which facilitates online real-time data monitoring and logging. This system is made in a modular way to ease transportation and enable improvisation.  

Prof. Indranil Ghosh from the Cryogenic Engineering Centre pointed out the pedagogical advantage of the device for the medical community.

“Cardiovascular Replicator will not only be of great value for researchers working in medical technology innovation but also for medical students during their practical training due to the experiential learning from real-life simulations of the diseases,” he said.

The research has been awarded the prestigious SITARE – Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award 2020 for this work titled ‘Automated Cardiovascular Replicator for Online Assessment of Cardiac Assist Devices, Prosthetics and Beyond’.

I Came. I Saw. I Played.

“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 to come to play with them. Since then we have been playing in BC Roy.

We started practicing for the Inter IIT from August this year. Initially, I could not go for the practice because I had a lot of work, and then I was not here for quite some time. I returned in October and it is from then that the rigorous training sessions started. It was from that practice session that 25/26 players got selected for the team. We had several meetings, practice camps and I had to extract time out of my lab sessions to attend all of those. Inter IIT Sports Meet is a big thing. Intense training started in the beginning of December, and there been no rest since. We had to come for practices every single day and spend hours on the field.

Just a few days before Inter IIT, 15 players were selected to play the matches and the rest were for the reserve bench. I feel extremely privileged to be a part of the playing team. So far the matches have been good. We had a brilliant run against Ropar in our last match. And I hope we will continue to have a good run.

I play as a midfielder and as you know, this game calls for a lot of running for the entire 90 minute duration of the match. A few of our teammates have been injured, but that is part of the game. That, however, has not been able to put our spirits down. We are planning to smash the opponents with renewed vigour. I think it will be a great match against Delhi this evening. See you then, at 5 pm, today at Tata Sports!”

 

Olivier is working on ‘Biogeochemical Characterization of Water’ under the supervision of Prof Aditya Bandyopadhyay in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at IIT Kharagpur

Do-It-Yourself

India Today

IIT Kharagpur is ready with the DIY Laboratory to inculcate innovation spirit among the first-year undergraduate students through the concept of Do-It-Yourself. The Lab which is located in J C Bose complex was inaugurated on October 22 by Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattachayya, Officiating Director.

This lab will act as a playground for technical work where instruments and consumables can be accessed in domains of electrical, mechanical and electronics engineering. To begin with 350 first year students will be working on projects selected by students. Students will be supported by technical staff and senior students who will act as design mentors and guide them in their projects.

The initiative will be led by Prof. Vikranth Racherla of the Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, who has recently launched the indigenous Make-in-India electric auto DESHLA.

We will start with first-year undergraduate students but moving on the lab will be accessible to all. There will be some fixed slots for 1st year undergraduate students and some open slots where anyone can walk in and work. Projects can be selected by the students – said Prof. Racherla.

Every semester some selected faculty members will be associated with the lab. In the upcoming semester around ten faculty members will join the lab from various disciplines.

The students will be working towards independent product innovations. They will have access to facilities and multidisciplinary guidance and technical assistance to reach their goals – added Prof. Racherla.

The activities were spearheaded by a Committee under the mentorship of the Deputy Director. The committee included Prof. Racherla from Mechanical Engineering, Prof. Debalay Chakrabarti, Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Prof. Nilanjan Mitra, Dept. of Civil Engineering, Prof. Santanu Kapat. Dept. of Electrical Engineering (former faculty member), Prof. Sandeep Saha, Dept of Aerospace Engineering, Prof. Chirag Kalelkar, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering among others. Several other faculty members will be part of this initiative.

Another lab going to be launched soon where Bioscience activities will be taken up confirmed Prof. Sriman Bhattachayya.

The country is aiming to develop manufacturing hubs to pick up pace in the industrial sector. IIT Kharagpur has taken leadership role in eastern India to support MSMEs and industry leaders in advanced manufacturing and healthcare technology commercialization. We are creating an ecosystem towards this and this would also involve inspiring the next generation of innovators who would take off their flight from tinkering laboratories such as the IIT Kharagpur DIY Lab – opined Prof. Bhattachayya.