Rural – The KGP Chronicle

Feb

23

2023

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A Study on Rising Atmospheric Pollution in Rural India

Environment, Environment & Social Impact, Research & InnovationAcid Deposition, Adverse Health, Aerosol, air pollution, Air Quality, Asthma, atmospheric pollution, Bharat Stage Norms, Bronchitis, Cardiovascular Diseases, Central India, Cooling Effect, CORAL, CPCB, Eastern India, environment, Gas-Fed Power Plants, Global Climate Change, Growing Population, Hilly Region, Indo-Gangetic Plain, Nitrate Aerosol, Nitric Oxide, Nitrogen Dioxide, NO2 Concentration, NO2 Pollution, Non-Abundant Gas, North-East India, North-West India, Oxidation-fueled, Ozone Formation, Particulate Matter, Peninsular India, Pneumonia, Reduce Emissions, Regional Climate, Rural, Rural Air Pollution, Rural Air Quality, Rural India, Rural Population, Rural Regions, Satellite Imaging, Seasonal Changes, Selective Catalytic Reduction, SO2, Suburbs, Sulphur Dioxide, Thermal Power Plants, Troposphere, Urban, Urban Threat, urbanization

Researchers from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have found increasing atmospheric pollution in rural India using Nitrogen Dioxide (NO2) measurements from satellites. Prof. Jayanarayanan Kuttippurath and Research Scholar Mansi Pathak of Centre for Ocean, River, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL) of IIT Kharagpur analysed the significant impact of urban pollution on the air quality of rural India by differentiating the pollution in two zones - rural and urban - and assessing the extent of air pollution in rural India. The researchers found that air pollution is not typically an urban phenomenon but can also affects the environment in rural…

Jul

12

2020

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By Shreyoshi Ghosh

Transforming Rural Economies

Social Impactagri economy, agricultural intensification, agricultural technology, Agriculture, agro, automation, economy, farm machinery, farming, livelihood, mechanisation, precision, Rural, rural development, rural technologies

COVID-19 has given a clarion call for a technology-enabled world, more so in the context of the Indian rural sector which has always stayed several steps behind the urban way of living. The slow progress could be attributed to not just lack of financial resources but also towards weak communication of functional knowledge, for a large population lacking literacy (M: 80.9%, F: 64.6%), and reliance on western technologies failing to cater to the requirements of the rural population of India. Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have come forward to bridge this gap by rolling out farming technologies as well as non-farming…

Feb

20

2020

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By Poulami Mondal

Reaching Out to Rural Community

Social ImpactAgri Food Expo, Agriculture, economic empowerment, Economic growth, Food engineering, Rural, rural development, rural technologies, Unnat Bharat Abhiyan

IIT Kharagpur Reaches out to Village Youth at the Agri Food Expo 2020 for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship in Rural Technologies with contributions from Guru Sanjeev Kumar The Dept. of Agriculture & Food Engineering organized the Agri Food Expo 2020 during February 14-16, 2020, under the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan programme of the Government of India. A Workshop on Technologies for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship was conducted wherein 300 participants from West Bengal and neighbouring states were trained. The workshop was primarily targeted towards unemployed rural youth who at least have a college degree and a zeal to undertake livelihood projects.…

Jan

03

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

Lend a helping hand

Social ImpactDesign, DIC, Hackathon, Innovation, Rural, rural technology transfer

Times of India The main objective of the Rural Technology Hackathon held at IIT Kharagpur between December 19-22, 2018 was to develop, upgrade and transfer technology to the rural masses in the surrounding areas and eastern and north eastern part of India. The competition, which was organized under the umbrella of the Design Innovation Centre (DIC) of IIT Kharagpur with the support of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, drew 17 teams from IIEST Shibpur, IIIT Ranchi, BHU, NIT Jamshedpur and other institutions in eastern India. The contest was inaugurated on December 19 by the Director of IIT Kharagpur, Prof.…