Relief – The KGP Chronicle

Apr

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2021

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With You, We Are, As You Were: Year-long Relief Campaign by Alumni for Pandemic Affected Temporary Workers

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Highlights: IIT Kharagpur Foundation USA launched the fundraising campaign from alumni in USA, India and rest of the world in April 2020 and it is ongoing IIT Kharagpur has been organizing regular camps for the distribution of relief materials funded by the alumni benefitting over a half a lakh people Temporary workers (including laundry cleaners, domestic helps, temporary hostel workers, rickshaw pullers etc.) and other economically affected poor people who are dependent on the IIT Kharagpur campus for their livelihood were provided relief materials IIT Kharagpur has reached the milestone of the first anniversary of the relief campaign which the…

Reaching Out to the Extended Family

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IIT Kharagpur and its Alumni to Support COVID Lockdown Affected Poor People Around the Campus Times of India The Telegraph Careers360 IndiaBlooms Hindustan Times The Week Business Insider Business Standard Outlook India Today IIT Kharagpur has come forward to support the needy people in and around its campus for a period of 6 months. It has set up a temporary fund for those who have been severely affected economically due to COVID-19. The short duration fund is…

Life after Fani

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It has been a month since Cyclone Fani hit the coastal areas of Odisha. Recently, a team from IIT Kharagpur visited one of the worst affected places, the heritage town of Puri and nearby areas to deliver relief materials. The Institute which has been taking a leadership role in transforming the country's education and industrial environment is also known for making holistic efforts towards public welfare activities carried by its students and campus residents to uplift the lives of the lesser privileged ones. Lending support towards Fani victims was no exception with the Office of Registrar at IIT Kharagpur leading…