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Grameen Setu: Emerging Personalities Revolutionizing the E-commerce Landscape

The IIT Kharagpur Grameen Setu team won the Dhaka Regional Summits for the Hult Prize 2022. These exceptional individuals had a bright idea to create a new freelance and e-commerce platform that aims to bridge the gap in the market between rural SHGs and urban enterprises.

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An Indigenous Oxygen Plant: A boon in the times of Covid

An improved version of the medical-grade oxygen manufacturing plant based on the Pressure Swing Adsorption Technology developed in collaboration with IIT Kharagpur.

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Evolving Eddies: Detecting tropical cyclones

Researchers at IIT Kharagpur have developed a novel technique called Eddy Detection to identify and detect the initiation of tropical cyclogenesis before being detected by satellites. This first-of-its-kind technology can be pivotal for better preparation and disaster management.

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Detektor: Fighting Fake News

As the struggle against fake-news and misinformation goes on, 'Detektor' joins the fray. This chat-bot can provide instantaneous feedback on the accuracy of dubious claims, by a simple Whatsapp text.

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Graphene in Automotive Applications

A recent study by the Rubber Technology Centre at IIT Kharagpur strives to assess the air impermeability capabilities of rubber enriched with graphene.

Tech Meet 2021

Science from Space: Visualizing AstroSat's Data

Students of IIT Kharagpur won gold in Inter IIT Tech meet 2021 for developing a web tool for visualizing ISRO's AstroSat's data. Their tool called NaxTara is a virtual planetarium that displays cosmic sources associated with AstroSat.

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Breaking a Virus 2: COVIRAP and where it goes from here

Part 3 and 4 of the article on IIT Kharagpur's innovative rapid diagnostic test for Covid-19. Featuring an exclusive interview with the 3 student researchers who helped develop it, as well the exciting results of the ICMR approved field-testing. Spoiler alert: it passed

Aerodynamics

How to design a Supersonic Jet Engine- the tale of Jatayu

A team of Aerospace engineering undergraduates from IIT Kharagpur have designed an engine to power an aircraft across the Atlantic in less than two hours! Their design won them the eighth place in the 2020 AIAA Engine Design Competition, organised with the Georgia Institute of Technology

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Y Combinator - the Fabled Start-up Accelerator

Y Combinator is coming to the IITs. With a series of Start-up Talks, the incubator hopes to nurture a flourishing Entrepreneurial culture in India's Premier Institutes. This is the first article of the 2-part Y Combinator series. An intro to who they are, and what they do that's so different

Artificial Intelligence

Innovation to Aid Reopening Amidst Plummeting GDP: AI-Based Social Distancing

Futuristic innovation has always come to the rescue in times of dire need. While the biologists and virologists are taking the bull by its horns, engineers and techies play an important role in minimizing damage. Read the story of one inspiring innovation that has its roots in the labs of IITKGP.

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Breaking a virus: the story of IIT Kharagpur's ground-breaking COVID test

The team from the School of Bioscience and the Mechanical Engineering Department, has broken interdisciplinary barriers to create a disruptive and low-cost rapid diagnostic test

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The SELCO Journey-Transforming 'Thelawalas' into Entrepreneurs

Building an ecosystem with sustainable energy innovations. Recognizing skill in rural areas and providing the infrastructure to grow. Changing lives without resorting to ruthless capitalism.

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Automated Aquaponics System: Smart Farming for the Changing Climate

A backyard automated aquaponics system developed at IIT Kharagpur by Professor Aditya Bandopadhyay and his team, perfect for small scale organic farming is poised to solve many challenges the world faces in the agriculture and environment sector.

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SMST, IIT Kharagpur to create a phytochemical-based bodysuit

The School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur is creating a phytochemical-based antiviral bodysuit to restrict the spread of SARS-CoV-2.

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Demystifying the Dark Age

We don't conclusively know what went on in the Dark Age of history. Nevertheless, new research by an IIT Kharagpur-led team aims to shed some light on the transitions and upheavals of the Harappan Civilization

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Epidemiological Modeling to predict the spread of Covid-19

An insight into a Bayesian probability model by a fourth-year Undergraduate student from IIT Kharagpur that predicts the spread of COVID 19 in cities

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Success story of TeamKART: Formula Bharat 2020

This is TeamKART, IIT Kharagpur's success story as they manage to build their race car in a year and achieve their best ever results in Formula Bharat '20.

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IIT Kharagpur innovates to breathe life into the fight against COVID-19

A team of students and Professor Aditya Bandopadhyay from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur in collaboration with DRDO, has been working to make affordable ventilators that could potentially save hundreds of lives.

Business

Innovaccer-Helping healthcare work as one

Innovaccer’s mission is to help recognise high-risk patients that need attention, and offer insights to healthcare providers at the point of care - all this without asking physicians to leave their existing workflow.

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Conceptual Design: In 6 Steps

Ever wondered how a smartwatch or a curved screen TV ever came into existence? All these products went through a phase called the 'Conceptual Design' for them to see the light of the day.

Research

Crowdsourcing to Combat Natural Disasters

Confusion, paranoia and the overall lack of situational awareness is the largest obstacle faced by relief workers and victims during a disaster or an emergency situation. However, crowdsourcing and some algorithmic implementations can make a relief operation successful.

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Tech Talks with Dr.Aloknath De, CTO Samsung R&D, India

A conversation about his views on technology, industry-academic collaborations and the importance of solving multi-disciplinary problems

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SMST, IIT KGP: A confluence of medical technology

In 2001, The SMST came into existence as a confluence of a medical school and an engineering school where both- the clinical aspects & the technology behind medical devices would be undertaken

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Radiologist’s Jarvis: Computer Vision in Pulmonary Healthcare

Computer Vision based Medical Imaging developed in ECE department, IIT KGP by Prof. S Mukhopadhyay & his team will work as AI assistants to radiologists to help diagnose benign & malignant Lung Nodules & Interstitial Lung Diseases.

Startups

Intelligent Marketing in a Mobile World

MoEngage is an Intelligent Marketing Cloud, built for the Mobile-first world. With MoEngage, companies can orchestrate campaigns across channels like push, email, in-app messaging, web push and SMS, with auto-optimization towards higher conversions powered by machine learning.