Admission to the PhD Programme for the Autumn Semester: 2020-2021

Online applications are invited for admission to the Ph. D Programme [Regular, Sponsored, Working Professionals and Individual Fellowship (i.e. CSIR/UGC/DBT/ICMR/INSPIRE categories)] of the Institute in all disciplines of Engineering, Technology, Science, Architecture & Regional Planning, Humanities & Social Sciences, Rural Development, Law, Management and Medicine.

Commencement of online application form submission: April 01, 2020

Website closure for submission of online application form: April 30, 2020

For details visit Institute website. (http://www.iitkgp.ac.in)

Direct PhD URL: http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/phd

Masters and Doctoral Studies at IIT Kharagpur for International Students

For more details, please visit:
https://international.iitkgp.ac.in/type/

Proud Moments!

Mr. Omkar Roy (15CH30038) has received first prize in "Amethyst: Technical Case study Competition" by Dr. Reddy's Laboratories Ltd.

Heartiest Congratulations to Mr. Omkar!
 

Proud Moments!

Mr. Swagata Roy (Roll No. 15MT30018) has been selected for the award of the 2019  IIM Vidya Bharathi Prize from Indian Institute of Metals for securing the highest marks in B.Tech among the IITs.

Heartiest Congratulations to Mr. Swagata Roy, Prof. Nirupam Chakraborti (Supervisor) and Prof. Debalay Chakrabarti (Co-Supervisor).

 

Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Lab

For more information please visit: http://www.kgpchronicle.iitkgp.ac.in/do-it-yourself/

35th Inter IIT Aquatic Meet 2019 at IIT Kharagpur

The Meet will be started from 29th September -3rd October 2019.The Opening Ceremony will be Graced by the Arjuna Awardee and Major Dhyan Chand Sports Awardee,Mr.Prasanta Karmakar(Swimmer) at Technology swimming Pool from 6.00 PM to 8.00 PM.

Total 150 students will participate in the meet from various IITs.

The closing ceremony will also be witnessed by the Padmsree Awardee madam Bula Choudhury on 3rd Oct.2019.

IIT Kharagpur Young Innovators Program

For more details visit: http://www.yip.iitkgp.ac.in/

Open House with the Director, IIT Kharagpur

Please join us for an exclusive Open House with the Director, faculty and students of IIT Kharagpur- the first, the largest, and the most dynamic of IITs. 
 
Know about IIT Kharagpur’s flexible and interdisciplinary curriculum: options of department change, minors, micro-specializations, undergraduate research opportunities, funded research and foreign internships and other unique features. Find out also about our vibrant campus life that promotes all-round development. 

Put your questions to the Director himself and find out how IIT KGP can shape your life and career.

Please submit your queries in advance through the form here:
https://forms.gle/cKKZy1BbUGnoGxaf9
 
Click on the link below to join the Open House with the Director, IIT Kharagpur
on Saturday, June 22, at 11 AM IST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kv6tFYZ_e1I&feature=youtu.be  
 
We encourage you to watch this short film on IIT Kharagpur:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZf1QdDA270 
 
We look forward to interacting with you.
 

B. Tech. project student Ms. Pranjali Sarap ( 4th-year undergraduate)   won the 2nd  best paper presentation Prize in student   seminar on 'Challenging Applications of Chemical Engineering' (CAChe-2k19) at CSIR-IMMT Bhubaneswar, organised by Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers, Bhubaneswar Regional Centre.

Her Project supervisor is Prof. B C Meikap.

Hearty Congratulations to Panjali!
 

Proud Moments!

Ms, Stuti Modi (15IE10029) and Ms. Aditi Kambi (15NA3FP04) represented IIT Kharagpur at the International Conference on Machine Learning and Soft Computing (ICMLSC) in Da Lat, Vietnam from 25th–28th January 2019, where they received the Best Presentation Award amongst all speakers at the conference. They presented their work on “Fuzzy Neuro Approach to Water Management Systems” performed under the guidance of Prof. Sudhirkumar Barai, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Kharagpur.

Hearty Congratulations to Stuti and Aditi!
 

Admission to PGDBA - 2019-21 batch
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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT CALCUTTA, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR and INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE
jointly announce admission to the 2019 – 2021 Batch and invite application to the
POST GRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ANALYTICS (PGDBA)


PGDBA is a two year full time diploma program aimed at creating business analytics professionals who can fill the talent gap in this area for multinationals and reputed domestic companies.

Minimum Eligibility Criteria for PGDBA:
A candidate must hold a graduate/post graduate degree with any of the following: 10+2+4/10+2+5/10+2+3+2 with a Minimum of 60% marks or CGPA 6.5 on a 10-point scale in the Qualifying Degree(i.e. B Tech/B.E./ M.Sc./M.Com. or Equivalent). For SC/ ST and Person with Disabilities (PwD) category candidates, the qualifying marks for eligibility shall be 55% or CGPA 6.0 on a 10-point scale.The CGPA will not be converted into percentage marks,even if the degree awardingInstitute provides marks in CGPA system. Their admission will be based on the CGPA awarded in thetranscript. If the CGPA is on a different scale other than 10, the eligibility of the candidates will becalculated corresponding to the equivalence stated above.Candidates, who are in the final year, are also eligible to apply providedtheyappear in the final examinationand complete other academic requirements as specified above by May 31, 2019.For such cases, admission will be provisional subject to submission of final mark sheet by 31st Oct, 2019

Written Test and Personal Interview:
A written test will be held on February 17, 2019, and candidates shortlisted after the written test will be called for personal interviews to be held during March 30-31, 2019.
Proposed cities for Written Test and Personal Interviews are: Bengaluru, Chennai, Delhi, Kolkata and Mumbai.

Reservation:
As per the Government of India stipulations for SC/ST/OBC-NCL and Person with Disabilities (PwD)candidates.

Application Fee:
Application fee of Rs.2,000/- for UR/OBC-NCL categories and Rs. 1,000/-for candidates belonging to SC/ST/ PwD categories should be paid via the Payment Gateway on the Online Portal of IIT Kharagpur

How to apply for PGDBA?
Eligible candidates are requested to apply online at http://www.pgdba.iitkgp.ac.in/
In case of inquiries, please send an email to: pgdba@vgsom.iitkgp.ac.in, or Call 03222-282312.

Online application will start on December 03, 2018.
Last date of submission of online application:  January 10, 2019

Please visit http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/pgdba for more details about application for PGDBA
 

Chandralekha Singh (KGP 1988) & Jeremy Levy Student Excellence Awards in the honour of Prof. Mandakini Majumdar and Prof. G P Sastry
 
Recipients for 2018-19: Shubham Jena and Prajwal Singhania
 
IIT KGP is instituting several new student awards and scholarships from the upcoming semester beginning July 2018. The Chandralekha Singh (KGP 1988) and Jeremy Levy Student Excellence Awards in the honour of Prof. Mandakini Majumdar and Prof. G P Sastry will be conferred on Foundation Day to Shubham Jena and Prajwal Singhania.
 
For alumna Prof. Chandralekha Singh [1988/MSc/PH/SN] and her husband Prof. Jeremy Levy from the University of Pittsburgh, USA, the motivation was commemorating the names of former faculty members at IIT Kharagpur. Late Prof. Mandakini Majumdar (nee. Deshpande) and Prof G P Sastry profoundly impacted the lives and careers of their students. While the former, was a pioneering woman engineering expert to serve as a professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, the latter who taught at the Department of Physics, was a very popular teacher and wrote several text books. For Prof. Singh and Prof. Levy, who themselves are academicians at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, these are legacies of teacher-student rapport of a close-knit campus like IIT Kharagpur.
 
The annual award will be given to top two undergraduate students at IIT Kharagpur admitted through JEE (Advanced) and studying in 2nd or 3rd or 4th and 5th year in any Department, School or Center, without any backlog. The amount of the award will be Rs. 50,000/- per student per academic year.
 
The award is instituted to recognize and support excellence in academics for those who come from families of limited means. A key criterion of this award is the flexibility in deciding the means background which has been extended to not exceeding Rs. 10 Lakh per year. The amount may be slightly adjusted every year based on Cost of Living Index.
 
“We have observed that the upper cut off for economic background of students for existing scholarships and awards are at such a threshold, that students falling in marginally higher category do not qualify for those benefits. While considering the cost of living, they too need some sort of financial support” opined Prof. Subrata Chattopadhyay, Dean, Alumni Affairs.
 
This donation was facilitated by the IIT KGP Foundation USA. The Foundation earlier this year, facilitated donations for funded foreign internships and a hi-tech ambulance for the students.
 
“We are working extensively with our alumni in USA, UK, Canada, Australia to offer a varied range of support for the students. The alumni are already supporting students’ travel for international competitions or host them while they are visiting those countries” said Prof. Chattopadhyay.

International Yoga day celebration on 21st June 2018
 
Ministry of AYUSH has taken up the preparation for Celebration of International Yoga day on 21st June 2018 to take forward the momentum created by International Yoga day of 2015,2016 & 2017 with greater and more active participation of youth during the current year celebration.
 
At IIT Kharagpur, it is planned to organize the celebration of International Yoga day at Technology Students Gymkhana in morning of 21st June 2018.
 
It is also planned to have a Lecture-cum-demonstration session on “Mental Health and Yoga” to be conducted at Kalidas auditorium on 21st June 2018 from 10:30am – 1:30pm.

Celebration of International Yoga day on 21st June 2018
 
Ministry of AYUSH has taken up the preparation for Celebration of International Yoga day on 21st June 2018 to take forward the momentum created by International Yoga day of 2015,2016 & 2017 with greater and more active participation of youth during the current year celebration.
 
At IIT Kharagpur, it is planned to organize the celebration of International Yoga day at Technology Students Gymkhana in morning of 21st June 2018.
 
It is also planned to have a Lecture-cum-demonstration session on “Mental Health and Yoga” to be conducted at Kalidas auditorium on 21st June 2018 from 10:30am – 1:30pm.
 

Sankha Subhra Das, a Ph.D student registered in the School of Medical Science and Technology (SMST), has been awared with the prestigious Newton Bhaba Award for activities pertaining to his Doctoral Research. This award is jointly given by the British Council and the Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India. He will undertake the corresponding research at the University of Bristol, UK, in collaboration with his supervisor Dr. Nishant Chakravorty at the SMST.

Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) scheme

The Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship (PMRF) scheme is aimed at attracting the talent pool of the country to doctoral (Ph.D.) programs of Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) for carrying out research in cutting edge science and technology domains, with focus on national priorities.

For more details: https://www.pmrf.in/

Proud Moments!

Ankur Mehta (14CH10012) - a fourth year Undergraduate student of Chemical Engineering, who's doing his BTP on Bioenergy under supervision of Dr. Saikat Chakraborty, Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering & School of Energy Science and Engineering - has received a Best (Oral) Presentation Award at the International Conference on Clean and Green Energy held in Paris, February 7-9, 2018.  

Hearty Congratulations to Mr. Ankur Mehta and Dr. Saikat Chakraborty!
 

Monjoy Saha, currently a Ph.D student (DST Inspire Fellow) at the School of Medical Science and Technology, IIT Kharagpur, has won the prestigious Newton-Bhaba Award, awarded jointly by the British Council and the DST, for undertaking short term research internship at the Unversity of Warwick.  Monjoy is currently being supervised by Dr. Chandan Chakraborty, and is associated with the Biomedical Imaging & Informatics Lab of the SMST.

It is indeed great pleasure to inform that Avijit Saha (Roll No. 13AE30025)  has been awarded the  prestigious ASME IGTI Student Scholarship of USD 2000 for the academic year 2017-18.

ASME International Gas Turbine Institute has contributed over a million dollars in scholarships since initiating this service in 1986.  Funds for the scholarship program are derived from revenue generated at their international conferences and expositions. The Review Committee received several excellent applications for this award. 

Hearty Congratulations to Avijit Saha!
 

Proud Moments!  

Best Oral Presentation Award – Mr. Alok Anand Patra (15CH10004)
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It is indeed great pleasure to inform you all that  Mr. Alok Anand Patra (15CH10004) has been awarded  “Best Oral Presentation” award in SCHEMCOM 2017 at NIT Rourkela for his paper “Effect of Residual Stress on Dewetted Morphology on spin-coated Polymer thin films” in the category “Advanced Materials”.

Hearty Congratulations to Alok Anand Patra and his supervisor – Prof. Rabibrata Mukherjee.

Proud Moments! Award of IIM-Vidya Bharathi Prize for Mr. Bharat Khurana (Roll No. 13MT30029)
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It is indeed great pleasure to inform that Mr. Bharat Khurana (Roll No. 13MT30029) has been awarded the IIM-Vidya Bharathi Prize by the Indian Institute of Metals. This prize is given to the student scoring the highest marks or CGPA among those completing B.Tech (Hons.) or  equivalent in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering throughout the country. He has been invited to the 55th National Metallurgists' Day celebration on 14th November, 2017 to be held at BITS Pilani, Goa to receive this award.  

Hearty Congratulations to Bharat Khurana.

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Mr. Saikat Datta, Roll No.:13ME92R03, a Research Scholar of Mechanical Engineering Department
has received Outstanding Paper Award  for the joint paper entitled "Role of Electric Actuation
in Electro-Capillary Driven Coalescence of Sessile Droplets" presented and published in the 13th
International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics held during
17-19th July 2017 at Slovenia.

The Co-authors are Prof. Prasanta Das and Former faculty Member - Dr. Arup Das.

Heartiest congratulations to All!

Induction Program 2017

Warm greeting from the Induction Program Team at IIT Kharagpur!

For more details, please visit: http://www.inductionprogram.iitkgp.ac.in/

All 1st  Year UG students are requested to register for the Induction program between 24th July 2017 10 am to 25th July 2017 6 pm. (Registration link available in: http://www.inductionprogram.iitkgp.ac.in/)

Please visit the following link:

http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/welcome-freshers

Keval Kumar Sojitra, Abhisekh Chauhan and Abhisekh Kumar,  students of Department of Architecture and Regional Planning received Third Prize in the Architectural Design competition hosted by Institute of Steel Development and Growth (INSADAG), under the Ministry of Steel in February 2017.

Hearty Congraultaions!

To tackle the abysmally poor doctor-to-patient ratio and the demographic divide, our country need technology to come as an enabler in ensuring quality healthcare and tackle inequity. The challenges faced in ensuring accessible, affordable and appropriate healthcare to all are in fact many as well as complex.

The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), New Delhi, the apex body in India for the formulation, coordination and promotion of biomedical research, is one of the oldest medical research bodies in the world.

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IITKGP) is the first IIT to start a School of Medical Science & Technology and a super specialty hospital with technology development focus is coming up fast in the campus. Currently, about forty faculty members, drawn from different departments are working on more than twenty five projects in this area that involve physicians, life science domain experts of collaborating institutions.

With an aim to encourage cross-disciplinary interaction of young students / researchers of medical and engineering domain, under the ICMR-IITKGP MoU, a student exchange program has been introduced. This student-student interaction is expected to enrich either side and make the team come up with new ideas and solution strategy on a given healthcare challenge. The students are introduced to skill of identifying the needs of healthcare system with the help of mentor/s, develop ideas/designs to resolve the health challenge and introduced to regulations and intellectual property right and soft skills of presentation. Besides travel and stay related support for the 8 weeks internship period, selected teams at the end of internship period will be awarded Rs 2 Lakhs each to develop something in the form of prototype over a period of next one year. An indirect benefit of this internship program is seen at mentor level collaborations and two institutes, one from technology domain and the other from medical domain, coming together. This is to promote greater synergy in healthcare solution development space towards development of technology based solutions and meet the unmet needs and tackle inequity.

Students undertaking MBBS, clinical postgraduate degree courses (e.g., M.D., DNB) or Ph.D. students in clinical/life sciences subjects from ICMR institutes or medical colleges/ Scientist B working at ICMR institutes will be working with fellow engineering intern and other students in the labs of the IIT Kharagpur for short durations. Vice a versa, individuals undertaking BE/ BTech (in a stream of engineering with a potential of having impact on health through technology), engineering postgraduate degree courses (MTech), PhD (engineering) from IIT Kharagpur will be provided support for a supervised internships at the ICMR institute/medical college. The applicants will be required to provide names of a mentor from their institute. In order to accommodate students of certain medical colleges who are keen to join but have documented evidence of issues at their respective colleges making it difficult to conclude the whole of internship in summer break, the internship period of 8-10 weeks will be spread out over summer and winter break.

For more information: http://14.139.60.56/medtech2017/

Proud Moments for All of Us !
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Shri Arghya Patra, Dual-Degree student from the Dept. of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, has been selected for 2016 IIM-Vidya Bharati Prize based on his excellent academic performance. The prize will be presented to him at the inaugural function of the 54th National Metallurgists' Day Celebration of the Indian Institute of Metals (IIM) to be held on 14th December, 2016, in IIT Kanpur.
 
Heartiest congratulations to Arghya Patra.

IIT Kharagpur students have got 100+ pre-placement offers (PPOs) from top tier organizations with the fresh start of the autumn semester. Samsung, Microsoft, Adobe, Intuit, Hindustan Unilever, Nomura, TATA Steel, Reliance, Citi and Texas Instruments are the recruiters to have made maximum offers out of the total 118 offers received. Students from the Institute have undergone Summer Internship during May & June and the PPOs matured from the internships. Many more PPOs are in the pipeline.

A Final year student placed in a reputed multinational company said - "Academic plays a central role in securing the internship opportunity. In addition to this, a lot of emphasis is laid upon general awareness and a good background in the industry you are applying to. Maintaining a well-rounded personality with good soft skills and the ability to work under pressure has paramount importance. During the internship, the professional acumen, and ability to complete deliverables well before set deadlines and building up on regular constructive feedbacks helped immensely. Also, to get accustomed to the company's workplace culture and building professional relationships within the firm are very crucial to your overall experience."

The students have also received close to 150 offers for compulsory internship during May-June 2017 within a month of start of internship season. The companies which have made most offers are as Microsoft, Goldman Sachs, Visa, Adobe, Linkedin, American Express, Deutsche Bank etc. There has been a balanced mix of both core and non-core engineering companies.

“A student should look for an internship in the field of his/her interest. During the internship, they must show a prolific attitude to take up the tasks and contribute through original thoughts and innovation. One should be able to show an overall positive outlook so that the organization can rely on and offer them the employment as a PPO” said Chairman of Career Development Centre at IIT Kharagpur.

IIT Kharagpur has given special emphasis on improved performance of students in the interviews for internship and placement. The final year students underwenta pre-assessment test in August and one more is scheduled in September. Also soft skills training by professional agencies will be offered to all students.