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2023

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

Engagement, Humans of KGP, Institute, Study@IITKgpAgrowaste, Creativity, energy, fibre, food security, Hult Prize 2023, Hult Prize Call, Ideas, Leaders of Change, mechanical engineering, Metallurgy, Mining, Polyester, Rice Straw, SDG, Social Development Goals, Social Issue, StrawDeshi, Water Access, Winter Jacket Insulation

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…

New Course with Jindal Stainless

Eventscourse, credit, Elective, Engineering, ferrous alloys, Jindal Stainless, Materials, Metallurgy

New elective course to commence from July this year as part of PG & UG curriculum Business World APN News Business Standard The Week Asian Age Economic Times Jagran Josh Deccan Chronicle Steelguru Swarajya Indian Express IIT Kharagpur and Jindal Stainless have tied-up to introduce a 3-credit course on stainless steel and advanced ferrous alloys as a part of the premier Institute’s undergraduate and post-graduate curriculum for Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. The course shall comprise the study of stainless steel and the uniqueness of its various grades, behavioral and forming characteristics, determination of life-cycle…

Kgpian Receives NATO Award

StoriesAerospace Materials, Canada, Indo-Canadian, Materials, Metallurgy, NATO, NRC, NRI, STO, Vehicle Technology

Business Standard India Today Outlook Zee News Odisha Sun Times Patrika Swarajya Devdiscourse IIT KGP alumnus Dr. Prakash Patnaik has been conferred with the prestigious NATO Science & Technology Organization (STO)’s Panel Excellence Award. Dr. Patnaik is a globally recognized scientist in the domain of Aerospace Materials Science and Engineering. Much of this work, in the last 30 years, has been performed in a collaborative global milieu, including governments, industries and academic organizations. He has been awarded in recognition and appreciation for his longstanding service and extraordinary scientific contribution rendered to…