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Mar

2024

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IIT Kharagpur calls for 100 Patents in 100 days

Engagement, Institute, Outreach Activity, Research & Innovation100 Patents in 100 Days, 100 Patents in 100 Hours, 6G & beyond telecommunication, Academic Research, Aerospace, Agricultural and Food Processing, AI, Computer Science, Energy Science, India University Innovation Pipeline, India’s Semiconductor Mission, India’s Techade Vision, Industrial and Systems, Industry Research, IOT, ISM, ISRC, medical science, Metallurgical and Materials, Mining, Nanoscience, packaging, Patents, Quantum Computing, Quantum Mission, Research Collaboration, Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy Cell, Viksit Bharat @2047, Volume Manufacturing

Aligning with India’s Semiconductor Mission and with an aim to strengthen the semiconductor facilities in India and to celebrate India’s Techade Vision and Viksit Bharat @2047, IIT Kharagpur conducted an In-house programme on the India’s Semiconductor Mission in the Netaji Auditorium of the institute that involved 650 participants including students, faculty members, and staff members. Lighting of the Lamp The programme began with the lighting of the lamp by Prof. V K Tewari, Director, IIT Kharagpur in the presence of Prof. Amit Patra, Deputy Director; Prof. Rintu Banerjee, Dean, R&D; Prof. Krishna Kumar, Dean, FoS; Prof. T K Bhattacharya, HoD,…

Nov

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Cucumber Peels for Ecofriendly Food Packaging

In-Depthbiodegradable, bioplastic, eco-friendly, Environmental engineering, Food engineering, food packaging, food technology, Food Waste, organic waste, packaging, plastic, plastic pollution, plastic waste, renewable

Are you throwing away the cucumber peels after preparing your salad? You may soon have them back in your kitchen as the eco-friendly packaging material for food items. IIT Kharagpur researchers have developed cellulose nanocrystals from cucumber peels with high cellulose content, compared to other peel wastes, which can be used to create food packaging materials. While single-use plastic is consciously being avoided by consumers, they still remain largely in circulation as food packaging items. Natural biopolymers are unable to make way in this industry as they lack strength, elongation, barrier property, optical property, and in some cases even biological…