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Welcome Prof Jayanta Mukhopadhyay, the new Dean of Outreach at IIT-Kharagpur

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The IITKGP Foundation would like to welcome Prof Jayanta Mukhopadhyay as the Dean of Outreach at IIT Kharagpur! This role will encompass Alumni Affairs. Dean Mukhopadhyay received his B.Tech., M.Tech., and Ph.D. in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from IIT-Kharagpur in 1985, 1987, and 1990, respectively. Congratulations, Dean Mukhopadhyay on this new position! You can read his bio here.

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Also, make sure to check out the below link for a video about planning your visit developed by the Office of Alumni Affairs at IIT-Kharagpur and narrated by alumnus Vinod Gupta ('67).

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UPCOMING EVENTS

Ongoing: Saturday Manufacturing Talks, presented by the Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology at IIT Kharagpur This week's speaker is Ramnath S Mani ('69)

Ongoing: Apply for CEP (Continuing Education Program) Courses at IIT-Kharagpur

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If you have an event you would like to add to the calendar, please send an email with details to info@iitkgpfoundation.org.

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SARS-CoV-2 alters lung cell metabolism, shows IIT Kharagpur research model

“Our work involved measuring how the tens of thousands or more complex chemical reactions change when biological cells are intruded on by an uninvited guest like SARS-CoV-2, which would help improve our understanding of diseases,” said Piyush Nanda.

IIT Kharagpur researchers develop essential oil extractor to economize betel leaf production

The extractor is capable of saving 44% of the time and 30% of the energy requirement while increasing the oil yield by more than 16%, as compared to the current processes and apparatus popularly used.

O D Naidu ('08): From an off-grid village to power technologist

Near Thimmannapalem, a remote village in Visakhapatnam district of Andhra Pradesh where O D Naidu ('08) spent most of his childhood, the sun gods determined the working hours.
 

AI.Reverie Appoints Aayush Prakash ('10) as Head of Machine Learning

Aayush Prakash ('10), former NVIDIA Deep Learning Guru, was recently appointed by AI.Reverie as their Head of Machine Learning.
 

 

You're Invited to "Saturday Manufacturing Talks": This week's speaker is Ramnath S Mani ('69)

The Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology of IIT Kharagpur has kicked off a year-long webinar megaevent titled, Saturday Manufacturing Talks.
 

IIT Kharagpur Offers Short Term Online Course on Data Analytics

IIT Kharagpur has invited applications from students and professionals for a short term weekend online course on R programming and data analytics.

IIT-KGP Nostalgia

Debabrata Sarkar ('64) shared a photo of the residents from Nehru Hall (1959, 1960-1964).
 
 

Shubu.ai, co-founded by an IIT-KGP alumnus, raises $1M to build a voice-based assistant for doctors

Amar Kumar Dani ('08) is the co-founder and CEO of Shubu.ai, an accurate voice-based assistant developed for doctors and medical practitioners.
 

Calling all Nehruites

As many of us have visited IIT for our reunions, this one pilgrimage was sacred: visiting our room and taking a photo in front of it. Whether it was five years ago or fifty, our attachment stays strong.

Employer Matching Gift Programs

If you've donated to the IITKGP Foundation, you may be able to double your donation! We're here to help you with the process!

Upcoming Events for IIT-KGP

Ongoing: Saturday Manufacturing Talks, presented by the Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology at IIT Kharagpur
Ongoing: Apply for CEP (Continuing Education Program) Courses at IIT-Kharagpur
February 1-4, 2022: National Symposium on Cryogenics and Superconductivity 28

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