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$500,000 donated by Partha Ghosh ('71) to kick off Academy of Leadership at IIT-KGP

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Dear Reader,

Partha Ghosh ('71) has now given $500,000 towards the "Partha Ghosh Academy of Leadership". The Academy is the first of its kind in India and aims to develop innovative programs combining a core curricula of science and engineering disciplines with philosophy, reasoning, and liberal arts. Earlier this year, Prof. Kanchan Chowdhury, a Professor in the Department of Cryogenic Engineering at IIT-Kharagpur, was named as Chairman of the Academy.

Thank you to Partha for establishing this groundbreaking Academy at IIT-Kharagpur!

                                                                                                                                                                                                               

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

 

                                                                                                                      

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IIT Kharagpur Director V.K. Tewari reflects on the year 2020

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IIT Kharagpur researchers develop UAV assisted communication infrastructure for 5G

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IIT Kharagpur Launches Calendar on 'Indian Knowledge System' to Revive Interest in Indology

To explore Indian scientific heritage studies in technical institutes, the Nehru Museum Science and Technology at IIT Kharagpur has come out with a unique calendar on 'Indian Knowledge Systems'.
 
 

Automation devices by IIT Kharagpur eyeing sugarcane plantation profitability

Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed devices for automating a range of functions for planting sugarcane buds, fitted with an autonomous fungicide application with the aim to reduce labor hours and raw material wastage.

IIT Kharagpur to train learners in high performance computing and AI

The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur will now train learners on high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI), said the institute in a press release.
 
 

Satinder Singh Rekhi ('72), named as a Founding Board Member of the World Happiness Foundation

With this Board of Advisors, the Foundation is ready to fulfill its mission of Realizing a World with Freedom, Consciousness and Happiness. For All.
 

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Distributions are still taking place and the current timeline of continued support via this campaign is March 2021. We will continue to update you as more information becomes available to us.

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