IITKGP Foundation

Latest News

Success Story Retold - Why IIT KGP

The locals in a small village in Andhra Pradesh are celebrating, and the reason is IIT KGP. Their boy, Saikrishna Reddy, has made it to Intel, at a whooping annual package of ₹ 1.2 crore.
Ecozen, Kgpian-led Climate-Tech Startup Raises $25 Million to Expand Sustainable Development Goals

India-based startup Ecozen led by Kgpians Devendra Gupta, Vivek Pandey, and Prateek Singhal has recently raised $25 million in equity and debt capital for expansion into new deep-tech fields worldwide.
Eyeing South East Asia with Malaysian Campus

IIT Kharagpur wants to set up an engineering institute in Malaysia.
IITKGP Alum PK (Pabitra) Chakrabarti Admitted to Practice in SCOTUS

Dr. Pabitra Chakrabarti, a patent attorney in Washington DC, has recently admitted to practicing in the Supreme Court of the United States.
IIT Kharagpur Director has a Face to Face Session with Global Alumni

IIT Kharagpur Director, Dr. Virendra Tewari, had a virtual conversation with KGP alumni from around the world.
IIT Kharagpur Announces Awards Funded by Donations to the IITKGP Foundation (USA)

Awards given to Prof Om Prakash Sha, IIT Kharagpur CSE Student Aniket Roy, and Prof. Rajat Subra Chakraborty.
IIT Kharagpur Announces 2022 Distinguished Service Awards

The award is given to alumni who have “made a significant professional contribution which is recognized widely.” Congratulations to all the Awardees.
IIT Kharagpur Announces 2022 Distinguished Alumnus Awards

IIT Kharagpur announced the Distinguished Alumnus Awards (DAA) for the year 2022.
Going to IITKGP? Use a Toto to Tour the Campus

The toto, an electric auto rickshaw designed by IIT Kharagpur students, is available on campus for tours.
"IIT Gupshup Pavillion" — A. C. Pandya Students’ Activity Centre
Kgpian Led Startup Intugine Raises Venture Funding

Intugine, a real-time multimodal supply chain visibility startup, has raised ₹ 19 crore.
Are Medicine and Biomedical Sciences the Future of the IITs?

While the medical program is yet to begin, OPD services have been initiated at the superspeciality hospital of IIT Kharagpur serving an extensive catchment area across several states.
Kgpian Sajol Ghoshal Helps Develop Healthcare Technology for Astronauts

Advanced TeleSensors, led by Kgpian Sajol Ghoshal, has developed a non-intrusive cardiac monitor that will be used to regulate astronauts’ health in space.
Kgpians are Supporting 2.5 Million Indian farmers

Kgpians Tauseef Khan and Nishant Mahatre started Gramophone in 2016, a full-stack intelligent farming platform that guides farmers throughout the crop cycle.
R Systems Founded by Kgpian Satinder Singh Rekhi Starts New Journey

R Systems, a global technology and analytics services company, founded by Kgpian Satinder Singh Rekhi is being acquired by Blackstone.
Kgpian Among the Top Foreign National Earners in the US - Minneapolis Fed

Indian technology schools have emerged as 10 of the top 20 global undergraduate schools and our alma mater shines through.
Are Engineers Career-Ready or Not? Kgpian Speaks

Change is inevitable with the rapid digital transformation seen in every sector and the students have high expectations from organizations writes India Today.
Father First - Who Is Ankit Joshi? The Man Who Quit His Job for His Newborn

The news that made headlines this week is about Kgpian Ankit Joshi, the corporate leader who quit his job to care for his newborn.
64th Spring Fest — Theme and More

This January, get ready for the biggest celebration of IIT Kharagpur — Spring Fest 2023. The team released the official theme of the 64th edition of the event.
Pawan Kumar Chandana Boosting India's Space Power

On November 18 India set another milestone in space technology as the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched Vikram-S, India’s first privately developed rocket.
SN/IG Alumnae Get-Together in Bay Area

After a span of 3 years, the SN/IG/MT alumnae of the California Bay Area met for their annual get-together.
Kgpian Sankalp Agrawal to Lead Brightchamps' US Business

Kgpian Sankalp Agrawal has been appointed as the head of the US division of BrightCHAMPS, a global live-learning platform.
Invest in the Future

Create the future that you want to see. Find a fund that fits your vision or write to us to create one.
COVID-19 Detection Research by IITKGP Foundation Scholar Mahil Shaik Hussain

This Summer, the Foundation facilitated Mahil Shaik Hussain to pursue his work at the University of Quebec on the importance of different cough phases for COVID-19 detection.
Prof. Suman Chakraborty Wins Infosys Prize 2022 for Affordable Healthcare Innovations

Suman Chakraborty, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Dean of R&D at IIT, Kharagpur, won the Infosys Prize 2022 in the field of Engineering and Computer Science for his innovation in diagnostic devices.
From Street Vendor to IITian - Another Brilliant Story in the Making

IIT Kharagpur is known for having the Midas touch that has been changing lives for seven decades. Among several such whose brilliance will shine on the campus is Chhoton Karmakar, an 18-year-old boy from Saltora village in Bankura, West Bengal.
Kgpians Etching Their Mark in India-UAE Trade Relations

A team from IIT Kharagpur has reached the grand finale of THE BIG TECH PROJECT, the first-ever innovation challenge organized by Emirati multinational logistics company DP World.
Kgpian Gautam Naik on Time Pass

We all know about the passage of time, some know a little and some like Dr. Einstein figured out a lot about it. Our fellow Kgpian and entrepreneur Gautam Naik takes a dip into the conceptualization of the passage of time.
Let's Hear from the Women of KGP

In this second episode of ‘Let’s Hear from the Women of KGP’, we bring you Sripriya Konda, Executive Head of the Chess Club and Media and PR Head of ProDex at IIT Kharagpur. Sripriya hails from Hyderabad, Telangana.
AlmaBetter, Startup Cofounded by Kgpians, Receives $2.7M Seed Funding

Kgpian-led startup AlmaBetter has raised $2.7 million in a seed round from venture capitalists to support data science career development for college students and working professionals.
Glimpse from the Festival of IIT KGP - Illumination & Rangoli

This week we bring you glimpses of the very own festival of IIT KGP courtesy of Click Kgp. Also, the winner of Illumination 2022 — the Azadians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1YHSTqNKmQ Send us photos of your celebrations, and let’s cheer together
Breaking Barriers is my Favorite Hobby - Atal Ashutosh Agarwal

Imagine you are kayaking in Lake Tahoe and the kayak flips, you don’t know swimming and floating seems impossible in the ice-cold water with legs almost frozen. That was Kgpian Atal Agarwal when he was struggling for his breath last Summer.
Puran Dang Umpiring at the New England Choice Awards 2022

Veteran Kgpian Puran Dang has worn many hats, entrepreneur, founder of many organizations of international repute, community leader, and life fellow. Recently Dang joined the judges’ panel for the New England Choice Awards.
Let's Hear From the Women of KGP

This week we have with us Devaki Nandana Vardhineedi, the first female student Vice President of Technology Students Gymkhana, who found her way to IIT KGP from Hyderabad Telangana.
Kgpian Samarth Mahajan Wins National Film Award

Mahajan’s film ‘Borderlands’ recently won Best Editing for a Non-Feature Film at the 68th National Film Awards 2022.
In Memory of Faizan Ahmed

Let’s light a lamp and say a silent prayer in memory of Faizan Ahmed, the Kgpian who departed too early . . .
Kgpian Asmita Maitra Awarded Royal Society-Newton International Fellowship

Kgpian Asmita Maitra, who recently received her doctoral degree in Geology and Geophysics, has been awarded Post-doctoral Fellowship under the Newton International Fellowship 2022 scheme.
Book Review: Kgpian Sohrab Homi Fracis releases his third book

Award-winning author and alumnus Sohrab Homi Fracis's third book, True Fiction, has been published in Texas this October by Stephen F. Austin State University Press.
Kgpian Ramanarayan Mohanty in Conversation with INDIAai

Kgpian and Artificial Intelligence expert Ramanarayan Mohanty was recently interviewed by INDIAai, a joint initiative of MeitY, NeGD, and NASSCOM.
Kgpian Aneesh Jain on Gram Unnati Mission

Kgpian Aneesh Jain is on a mission to reimagine the agricultural value chain of India, bridging major gaps between institutional buyers and marginal farmers.
International Monthly Leadership Lecture Series

Join a duet of Prof. George E. Ruckert with Dr. Partha Ghosh exploring music in its broadest sense of Vedic traditions enabling immersion into human conditions.
Book Review: A Small Town Boy by Captain NS Mohan Ram

Veteran Kgpian Captain NS Mohan Ram, VSM, Indian Navy (retd), brings you the life of a young man in the 40s & 50s in a newly independent India in “A Small Town Boy”.
Madhu Panchmia Sengupta - The End of an Era

Madhu’s passing is the end of an era. It was an era of aspiration, of national heroes, an era that inspired young students. A reminiscence by Kgpian Parvati Dev.
Kgpian Startup Sigmoid Raises $12 Million

Sigmoid has been positioned to accelerate digital transformation for enterprises across industries, with data.
Kgpian Atul Singh Tops UPPSC

Time to cheer for Atul Singh, as the Kgpian from Pratapgrah topped the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission (UPPSC) merit list.
Do You Have a Painting or Sketch of IIT KGP?

Prof. P P Chakrabarti, Kgpian, Professor, and Former Director, IIT Kharagpur is creating a collection of hand-made paintings, sketches/drawings, and models (not photos), of IIT Kharagpur buildings and campus. PPC is requesting the artwork to be submitted
Young Innovators' Program - How It Came to Be...

It all started in 2015. We were a bunch of passionate students of the newly formed “Branding and Relations Cell (BARC)”. One fine night in about August 2016, we came up with a mission to enable our younger friends in high schools with a knack and love
IITKGP Foundation USA Fellow Suchismita Nayak at ASU

Suchismita Nayak, a research scholar at the Department of Architecture & Regional Planning, was recently awarded a fellowship by the IIT KGP Foundation USA.
Award-Winning Dairy Farm by Former US-based Kgpian

In 2013 Indukuri started Sid’s Farm, a dairy farm in Hyderabad, that delivers unadulterated milk to customers on a subscription basis. Recently Sid’ Farm has been awarded ‘Best Agri Start-up’ of Telangana.
Kgpian-led Startup Bags Funding for Restaurant Digitization Operations

Explorex, a restaurant-focused full stack SaaS startup, co-founded by Kgpians Mainak Sarkar and Pritam Khan has received $ 5 million as seed funding for their growth roadmap.
From Kashmir to Kanyakumari on Cycle

Has the bicycle been an integral part of your Kgpian life? Fellow alumnus Padma Shree awardee Dr. Kiran Seth took the cycle out of the boundaries of KGP to travel from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. His aim was to promote awareness of art and culture along with
Book Review: EVERYTHING STARTED AS NOTHING: How to Win the Start-up Battle

Are you contemplating building your startup? Your Kgpian friend Bhaskar Majumdar might have some advice for you.
Kgpian Startup TrueFoundry Raises $2.3M for ML Deployments

Nikunj Bajaj, Abhishek Choudhary, and Anuraag Gutgutia, founded TrueFoundry in September 2021. TrueFoundry is a custom platform that automates repetitive tasks in the machine learning pipeline to allow data scientists and engineers to focus on higher-valu
MOU to Promote Drilling Technology R&D

IIT Kharagpur and the Institute of Drilling Technology (IDT), ONGC signed an umbrella MoU on September 14, 2022. The MoU shall serve as a baseline to undertake several collaborative R & D projects between the institutions.
TOP NEWS: IIT Kharagpur's COVIRAP Granted US Patent

The novel diagnostic technology for pathogenic infectious diseases developed by IIT Kharagpur researchers has been granted a US patent in September 2022.
Kgpian Featured in Men's Lifestyle and Fashion Magazine

Kgpian Biswa Kalyan Rath wants you to laugh so he pursued what was once an unorthodox career as a stand-up comedian, writer, and YouTuber.
IITKGP Foundation (USA) Supported Internship Awardee Apoorva Vashisht

Recognizing Internship Awardee Apoorva Vashisht
In Memoriam: Amitabh Choudhary

Kgpian Amitabh Choudhary, IPS was a former cop who changed the face of cricket at Jharkhand, the home ground of former Indian captain M S Dhoni.
IIT Kharagpur Alumni Bring You the Age of the Unicorns

90 out of 1078 founders of 500 unicorns come from India constituting 8% of the founders.
IIT Kharagpur Gives India Her First Oncology Image Bank to Boost Cancer Research

IIT Kharagpur and Tata Medical Center Kolkata inaugurated India’s first cancer image bank 'CHAVI'. It is the country's first fully annotated, relational, de-identified oncology bank.
Making Indian Farm Sector Climate-Smart with Deep-Tech

In June this year, Ecozen, a Pune-based start-up, co-founded by three Kgpians, raised ₹ 54 crores ($ 6.78 million) to expand its offering in the agricultural sector for irrigation and cooling in India.
In Memoriam: Arnab Sarkar

Arnab Sarkar passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his loved ones on Wednesday, September 7, 2022.
The New Geeks in Blockchain

Rohan Saran, the founder of TCL, a BSV Blockchain-focused venture, is partnering for tokenization and smart contracts to build end-to-end blockchain solutions.
What to Watch This Weekend? Catch this Kgpian on OTT

You can watch some of the award-winning and critically acclaimed work of Jitendra on OTT platforms.
Promoting Gender Equity in Science

Chandralekha Singh, Kgpian, eminent physicist, and distinguished professor of physics at the University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, investigates how gender experiences and career expectations factor into the gender imbalance in physics.
"A Woman Brings a Change in Society": Manaswini Rath ('01), Global Business Leader

Dr. Manaswini Rath ('01) speaks to The Interview Times about being a female entrepreneur and global business leader.
VGSOM (Vinod Gupta School of Management) Ranked 8th in India among B-Schools

IIT Kharagpur's Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSOM) has once again aced the QS World Rankings in the domain of Business and Management!
IIT Alumni of Southern California Summer Picnic a Success!

The IIT Alumni of Southern California held their summer picnic last weekend. Over 165 IIT'ians which represented 11 campuses, were in attendance.
Sri Bandyopadhyay ('68) shares research at US Defense Innovation Conf. & his created Bangla-song

'Bandy the Singing Professor', Sri Bandyopadhyay ('68), wanted to share his Bengali song lyrics of a poem/song on Rabindranath Thakur and the research that he compiled for the US Defense Innovation Conference.
The Family Man-The Story of KGPian Vijay Narang ('64)

Through a series of interview questions led by his dear friend, Puran Dang ('59), Vijay Narang ('64) talks about his life journey and more importantly, his family.
IIT Kharagpur Foundation USA awards 13 students with International Internships

The IITKGP Foundation USA has awarded 13 scholarships of up to $4,000 per student for internships at several top global institutions around the world!
First of Dr. Phanindranath Mukherjee and Mrs. Sagarika Mukherjee Awards given to two students

The awards, established by Satyendranath Mukherjee ('76) and selected based on merit and students in leadership roles, were given to Kavita (Dept. of OENA) and Shubham Agrawal (Dept. of ME).
IIT Kharagpur study to make school pool cars safer in Bengal

The study is being conducted by the Department of Civil Engineering at IIT Kharagpur and aims to make pool cars used by school children safer.
Oxford physicist and KGPian, Subir Sarkar ('74, '76): 'Need to address fears around nuclear plants'

Sarkar was a speaker at the Conference on Macrocosmos, Microcosmos, Accelerator and Philosophy 2020, held at Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata (the event had been delayed due to the pandemic).
KGP alumni founded retail tech startup, NutriTap, raises $1.5M in funding

The company which was founded in 2018 by Rajesh Kumar ('04) and Priyank Tewari ('07) creates alternate retail channels for brands to do direct-to-customer (D2C) retail.
KGPians along with other IITians at the TiEcon Gala 2022

Ron Gupta ('70) shared a photo he received from the TiEcon Gala 2022 that brought together a group of IITians, including a few KGPians.
First recipient of the "Vinod and Kiran Jain 1970 Batch Student Award" announced

The award was established during the 2020 Golden Jubilee of the 1970 Batch in appreciation for the hosting of the get together in Kolkata.
IIT-KGP, Virginia Tech launch online course in artificial intelligence

The course will span nine months from May 30, 2022 to January 7, 2023 and will be open to both students and industry execs around the world.
Gautam Goenka ('98) joins Darwinbox as SVP of Engineering

Goenka, a former Partner-Group Engineering Manager at Microsoft, will assist in transforming the HR tech platform to maximize its potential.
Event Announcement: Weekly Zoom Meeting with Hosts Arvind Jain ('69) and Prabjit Singh ('69)

1969 Batch members Arvind Jain and Prabjit Singh have been hosting weekly Zoom meetings that feature different presenters/topics every session.