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Jun

2024

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First Lady Deputy Director for the First IIT of the Nation

Appointments, Humans of KGP, Institute2G Ethanol, Agricultural and Food Engineering, bioenergy, Deputy Director, environmental biotechnology, Food Nutrition, IIT Kharagpur, industry-academy, Innovative, Most Inspiring Women Engineer, OMICS, Outstanding Women Scientist, Patents, Plant Biotechnology, Precision Agriculture, Renewables, rural development, RuTAG, Scientific Collaborations, SPARC, Sustainable Technology

It is an immense pleasure and delight to welcome Prof. Rintu Banerjee as the new Deputy Director of IIT Kharagpur. Prof Banerjee has created a historical breakthrough by being the first woman to take over the charge of a Deputy Director of the first IIT of the country and the world. Prof. Banerjee is the Founder Head and is presently the Chairperson of P K Sinha Centre for Bioenergy and Renewables. She has also served as the Head of the Centre for Rural Development, Innovative and Sustainable Technology and Head of the Department of Agricultural & Food Engineering at IIT…

Apr

2019

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By Chirosree Basu

Doing good is simple

Social ImpactDesign Innovation Centre IIT Kharagpur, mDoNER, muri making machine, Northeastern states, rural technologies, RuTAG

Times of India India Today On March 26 2019, the Director of IIT Kharagpur, Prof. Partha Pratim Chakrabarti, proudly flagged off a truck bearing a small hoarding which said, “Technology Transfer to the Government of Tripura”. The vehicle carried a consignment of five machines produced by the Rural Design Innovation Centre of IIT Kharagpur. In it were four gas-based puffed rice (muri) making machines and one motorized dehusker or dhenki in Bengali. This is the third consignment that is making its way to distant Agartala. A total of 22 machines have already been transported through earlier consignments, says Prof.…