Examining the coming up of more premier engineering Institutes May 25, 2008
Since the setting of first IIT at Kharagpur in 1952, the IIT institutions have developed a formidable brand in the field of technical education ... It also arranged best foreign technical collaborations with the leading institutes (University of Manchester for IIT Kharagpur and Massachusetts Institutes of Technology for IIT Kanpur, for example) of the world. (MyNews.in)
Centre moves SC to remove stay on quotas May 15, 2008
A day after the Calcutta High Court put the brakes on the Centre's order to impose OBC quotas in Post Graduate courses in IIM Calcutta and IIT Kharagpur, the Union Human Resource Development Ministry has appealed to the Supreme Court to vacate the stay order. The Supreme Court will now hear the case tomorrow (May 16). (Times Now.tv)
CIC summons IIT professor to explain cut-off formula May 8, 2008
NEW DELHI: It is a testing challenge to the fairness of what is considered one of the most competitive examinations in the world, IIT-JEE. The chief organiser of the 2006 examination, Prof V K Tewari of IIT Kharagpur, is due to appear on Thursday before the Central Information Commission to account for his failure to explain the basis on which he had arrived at subject-wise cut-off marks ... In response to an RTI application, the information officer of IIT Kharagpur first said that the cut-off... (India Times, India -- Community News)
Meteorite That Killed Dinosaurs Was Six Km Wide: Study Apr 16, 2008
Paquay's team included Tarun Dalai from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Kharagpur. Paquay analysed samples from two meteorite-hit sites and measured osmium isotope levels during the late Eocene period, a time during which large meteorite impacts are known to have occurred. (NEWSPost India)
Quota will have initial impact on campus: Industry Apr 11, 2008
In the meanwhile, IIT Kharagpur is also gearing towards maintaining the quality. Says B K Mathur, professor-in-charge, training and placement at IIT-Kharagpur: I dont foresee any problems with the reservations. (India Times)
TI, India in pact to develop medical electronics Apr 10, 2008
BENGALURU, India Texas Instruments has signed an agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur's School of Medical Science and Technology to develop semiconductor technologies for cheaper medical electronics ... "The TI-IIT Kharagpur technology partnership will enable devices that could help address...pressing healthcare issues," said Biswadip Mitra, managing director of Texas Instruments India. (EETimes)
Texas Instruments and IIT Kharagpur to collaborate on breakthrough medical technology research Apr 1, 2008
Research projects to lay the foundation for a new generation of cancer diagnostics systems and health care monitoring KOLKATA, India, April 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: ) has signed a collaborative agreement with the School of Medical Science and Technology (SMST), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, to develop semiconductor technologies that will help improve the quality, comfort and accessibility of health care ... The announcement was made here... (PR Newswire)
Industry worried about state of research in India Mar 20, 2008
The overall research scenario appears to be improving, but industry executives said that, with the exception of a very few institutes, such as the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, and the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, research is piecemeal and at best satisfactory. Companies, they said, are to blame for not spending much time with institutes in research. (EETimes)
Indian researchers propose hybrid approach to embedded software evaluation Mar 19, 2008
BENGALURU, India -- Simulation-based performance evaluation of software on a customized is accurate but can be very slow, according to researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IITK), who have instead proposed a new hybrid approach for software performance evaluation. "Evaluation of software performance on a given customized processor is an important step in the design space exploration of architectures. Such evalutions help system designers in taking early design decisions... (EETimes)
Tribals lynch man for killing child Mar 4, 2008
Haveli Kharagpur PS officer in-charge Vishwanath Prasad Singh said the police have seized the pistol and two cartridges. Incidents of mob violence have become frequent in Bihar. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Public sector banks call off strike Feb 25, 2008
Stock Recos I recommend the investors to sell the stock I wont advice the investors to buy the stock at the current levels Buy or Sell Today's Analyst: Ashu Kakkar Query : Azad Ahmad Khan, a banker from Kharagpur, wants to know should he enter Shree Renuka Sugar at current levels. Video LIVE Stock Chat RELIANCE POWER LTD[Thatharao]I purchased 30 Reliance Power Shares in secondary Market. (NDTV.com)
What triggered Wednesday's blast? Jan 19, 2008
But an IIT Kharagpur experts' team led by professor Prasanta Pramanik feels that a bomb may have been planted. Tests carried out on Thursday night at their laboratory on samples collected from the explosion spot indicated this. (Times of India)
IITian gets calls from all 7 IIMs Jan 9, 2008
"It feels good," says this mechanical engineer from IIT, Kharagpur, now working with an MNC in Bangalore. Manu attempted CAT last year too. (Times of India)
R Prasad, Chairman, Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Jan 6, 2008
An IIT Kharagpur graduate, who then qualified for the Indian Revenue Service, Mr Prasad is the top direct taxes bureaucrat of the country. With the Centres tax kitty swelling, every tax payer in the country is now waiting for the mega event of the year, the Union Budget, and is watching closely for signals on whether the finance ministry will undertake a tax cut to address his governments political constituents. (India Times)
West Bengal, Jharkhand police to get rid of border jurisdiction Dec 29, 2007
The new system would reduce the time gap significantly, the sources said after t 00004000 he joint meeting of the DIG of Kolhan range of Jharkhand and his Midnapore range counterpart in West Bengal at Kharagpur in West Midnapore district on Friday. Besides the DIGs, all superintendents of police, circle inspectors and officers-in-charge of the nine districts attended the meeting. (India Times, India -- Community News)
Tirupati conference held in honour of Swami Damodara Dec 25, 2007
Yaspal, former director, Space Applications Centre, Ahmedabad, Jagdish N Srivastava, CNS research professor emeritus, Colorado State University, USA, Paul Utkuru, retired professor of medical physics, Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN and the Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, USA, AK Mukhopadhyay, head of dept. of laboratory medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, Dr Manoranjan Sinha, department of aerospace engineering, IIT... (KanglaOnline)
Tata Motors, Hitachi JV gets land in West Bengal Dec 14, 2007
On Thursday, Telco Construction Equipment Company Ltd (Telcon) was allocated 250 acres in Kharagpur on a 99-year lease to set up a Rs 600-crore heavy earthmoving equipment facility ... Sinha said the company would also establish a training centre for operators and mechanics in Kharagpur. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Bengal to get its own Silicon Valley Dec 4, 2007
Earlier, the company had tied up with IIT Kharagpur to set up the San Tech IIT Resource and Development Initiative. Santech's San-lab (USA), which operates from New Jersey, is an R&D company dedicated to emerging fields of nanoelectronics and telecommunications. (India Times, India)
Readerspeak: It's Dhoni vs Ganguly! Nov 8, 2007
Biswajit Malakar, Kharagpur, says: The captaincy of Indian Test team should go to the most successful captain of India i.e. Sourav Ganguly. Shyam Chhetri, Sudan, says: is a good player. (India Times, India)
Don's wife denies affair with cop Nov 2, 2007
"Srinivas and I dont share any illegitimate relationship. I had moved to Visakhapatnam of my own accord to stay with my mother, P Venu, as she was unwell and I had some differences with my mother-in-law Kamala Bai," Manju told TOI after a judicial confession before the magistrate in Kharagpur ... Ram Babu, currently lodged in Midnapore jail on twin murder charges, had filed a complaint against Srinivas at Kharagpur (town) police station on October 30, alleging blackmail and forcing his wife... (India Times, India)
Punters betting high on Sarin's exit from Vodafone Oct 14, 2007
A BTech graduate from IIT Kharagpur, Sarin, despite plucking a slew of major telecom deals across the world, has been under pressure from shareholders for the past few years. He was on the verge of losing the top job for the amount of investment made by Vodafone in 2005 to acquire Turkey's Telsim at $4. (India Times)
Ramsarup Lohh plans IPO Sep 27, 2007
In order to be self sufficient, it has embarked upon an initiative to achieve complete backward integration by setting up an integrated steel plant at Kharagpur, West Bengal, to produce steel billets and wire rods under aegis of Ramsarup Lohh Udyog. The net proceeds the issue would be used to finance the integrated steel plant at a cost estimated to be Rs 745. (India Times)
India team unveils new approach to test digital modules Sep 18, 2007
BENGALURU, India A team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur have developed new approach for testing digital modules embedded in mixed-signal VLSI circuits. The team's methodology was based on analog backtrace, a technique that uses analog blocks themselves to test digital blocks. (EETimes)
Cabinet clears Delhi-Mumbai corridor involving $90 bn Aug 17, 2007
The new lines are Chota Udepur-Dhar, Chandigarh-Baddi, Bihta-Aurangabad via Anugraha Narayan Road, Bariarpur- Mananpur via Kharagpur and Barahat, Sultanganj-Katuria via Asarganj and Belhar and Rayadurg-Tumkur. Dasmunshi said all these projects are likely to be completed by 2013. (Business Standard)
India-born Stanford academic wins top ISA award Aug 2, 2007
IIT Chennai and IIT Kharagpur were jointly selected for the TechnoShield trophy in recognition of their contribution in semiconductor research. The TechnoInventor award was presented to RK Sharma of the National Institute of Technology (NIT) in Kurukshetra and E. Syam Sundar Reddy of IIT Chennai for their post-graduate and doctoral research theses. (Hindustan Times)
How are shares traded on stock exchanges? Jun 26, 2007
Prabina Rajib, with a PhD in Finance from IIT, Kharagpur, is currently working as Associate Professor (Finance) area at Vinod Gupta School of Management, IIT Kharagpur. Copyright(C)2007 by V Raghunathan. (Rediff)
Achin Bansal tops IIT-JEE May 31, 2007
There are 5,537 seats in IITs at Delhi, Mumbai, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Chennai, Roorkee along with the Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, and Indian School of Mines University, Dhanbad, said Col. (retd ... As many as 1,398 candidates have qualified from the Delhi Zone, and the number of students from IIT Kharagpur Zone is 733. (Hindu)
Now, buy and sell cos online May 31, 2007
A Lucknow-based telecom firm is seeking bids for 25 per cent stake in the company on eBay India website, a retail outlet in Kharagpur is on sale for a minimum of Rs 18 lakh, while another electric vehicle manufacturing firm from the country is also soliciting potential buyers on the website ... "Companies have also listed themselves for sale and even a retail outlet in Kharagpur is tapping the online market," the official said. (India Times, India)
Punjab boy tops IIT JEE May 30, 2007
The total number of students who appeared for the JEE this year was 2,43,029 of which 7,209 are eligible to seek admission to 5,537 seats in IITs at Mumbai, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Chennai and Roorkee, IT-BHU Varanasi and ISMU, Dhanbad, they said. Achin Bansal hails from Kot Kapura, a small town in Punjab, and is the son of a medical practioner. (India Times)
Naveen needs to spruce up own backyard while seeking IIT May 16, 2007
The CM also urged the PM and the Union human resources development minister to facilitate the setting up of an extension campus of IIT, Kharagpur, in the state. The board of directors of IIT, Kharagpur, has approved an off-campus in Bhubaneswar and the state government has assured allotment of 300 acre free of cost. (Financial Express)
Hillary, Immelt to star at IIT meet Apr 24, 2007
INDIATIMES NEWS NETWORK. SUNDAY, APRIL 22, 2007 09:16:25 AM. (India Times, India)
Videocon unit in state soon Apr 14, 2007
This is in addition to two SEZs for bio-technology and information technology that the Videocon would build at Dabgram near Siliguri and Guptamonipur near Kharagpur ... But Mr Bhattacharjees offer to provide 100 acres of land near the city with a laboratory at Kharagpur IIT and a talented pool of technologists prompted Mr Dhoot to decide to set up the unit in the state. (The Statesman)
India to launch prototyping fab Apr 13, 2007
The fab will be located near prestigious engineering institutes such as the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur (IITK) and Jadavpur University. The former will be the technical partner for the prototype fab. (EETimes)
Tatas to set up Rs 150-cr unit in WB Mar 30, 2007
A Rs 150-crore ductile iron pipe manufacturing facility to be set up by a JV of Tata Metaliks at Kharagpur. Tata Metaliks MD TK Mukherjee said the company would have 51% stake in the as-yet-to-be-named JV firm, in which the $10-billion Kubota Corporation would hold 44% and Metal One Corp the balance 5. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Nandigram: HC refuses CBI inquiry continuation Mar 29, 2007
Meanwhile, around 45 people from Orissa were detained at Kharagpur while en route to Nandigram to express solidarity with the locals there. They have been brought to the town police station for questioning, officials said. (India Times, India)
CBI inquiry into Nandigram not to continue, rules Calcutta HC Mar 26, 2007
Meanwhile, at least 45 people from Orissa who were visiting Nandigram in order to express solidarity with the locals there, were detained at Kharagpur. They have been brought to the town police station for questioning, officials said. (India Times, India)
Three IITs for Andhra, none for Orissa Mar 22, 2007
Minister of State for Human Resource Development D. Purandeshwari informed the house that "the chief minister of Orissa has written to the prime minister for establishment of a Greenfield IIT in Orissa and for upgradation of the extension campus of IIT, Kharagpur, at Bhubaneswar. "The government has decided to set up three new IITs in the states of Rajasthan, Bihar and Andhra Pradesh. " Related Stories Loading Bob Woolmer's death is now being treated as 'suspicious'. | | | News in this Section... (India Times, India)
Future ramping up presence in West Bengal Mar 17, 2007
The group has silently signed up properties in Howrah, Siliguri, Bardhaman, Kharagpur, Darjeeling and even Asansol to open stores and occupy approximately 29 lakh square feet (sq ft) of the state s retail space ... The balance four will come up at Belur, Bardhaman, Kharagpur and Darjeeling. (India Times)
GenX graduates want to create their own brands Mar 16, 2007
Basu, an IIT Kharagpur, graduate said, "We carried out a survey to know the buying patterns and consumer behaviour for middle and lower middle segments. Then we met machine suppliers, skilled workers, raw material suppliers, retailers, salespersons and other relevant and influential people in the sector.". 1. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
* Vodafone chief basks in India's adulation after purchase Feb 19, 2007
"This kind of deal is what we all dreamed about when we were students," a beaming Sarin, who studied at the Indian Institute of Technology [IIT], Kharagpur, told reporters on a whistle-stop trip to his homeland last week. Sarin was greeted by congratulatory front-page headlines and was trailed by the media on his four-day visit, during which he met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, government officials and executives from Hutchison Essar. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
Vodafone's $11 Billion India Win Tests Sarin's Shift to Emerging Markets Feb 14, 2007
Sarin graduated from the Indian Institute of Technology in Kharagpur in 1975 and received master's degrees in business and engineering from the University of California at Berkeley. Married with two children, he earned 2. (Bloomberg)
Chandra: Primitive Accumulation India Feb 11, 2007
In the state of West Bengal alone, the process of state-led land grab and the resultant opposition is already gaining momentum in at least three different locations: (a) in Kharagpur, West Medinipur district, where vast tracts of multi-crop farmland is being taken over for yet another Tata vehicle factory; (b) in Nandigram, East Medinipur district, where a chemical industries hub is proposed to be set up by the Salim group on a 10,000-acre area; and (c) in North Bengal where a Videocon Special... (Zmag.org)
Rising India doesn't need aid: US Feb 9, 2007
US aid helped establish eight agricultural universities across India, and more famously, two IITs -- in Kanpur and Kharagpur - and 14 regional engineering colleges. More recent US assistance has been directed towards such efforts as establishing a National Depository and paperless trading in stock exchanges and helping Ahmedabad become the first city in India to receive an investment grade rating and float a municipal bond. (India Times, India)
My way or the highway! AP politicos fight over IIT Feb 1, 2007
Drawing the Prime Ministers attention to the proposal of the IIT, Kharagpur for the upgradation of their extension centre in Orissa to a full-fledged IIT campus, Naveen said that the State Government has also formally recommended the proposal to the Ministry of HRD and conveyed willingness to provide 300 acres of land free of cost for the prestigious project. He requested the Prime Minister to sanction the extension campus also. (Moneycontrol.com)
"Bharti 'quite open' about Hutch deal" Jan 28, 2007
"Yes, the entry of so many players has pushed up valuations. But we're serious," said the alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur. Sarin also said Hutch-Essar was an exciting prospect for Vodafone even if it means an aggressive bid to get a foothold in one of the fastest growing economies in the world, especially in the telecom market space. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
Vodafone to make bid on Hutch-Essar next month Jan 27, 2007
"Yes, the entry of so many players has pushed up valuations. But we're serious," the Indian-born alumnus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur said on the margins of the World Economic Forum (WEF) meetings. Anil Ambani's Reliance Communications, the Hinduja group and Russia's Altimo are among those interested in acquiring the 67 percent stake that the Hong Kong-based Hutchinson Whampoa has in Hutch-Essar. (India Times)
Chennai gets its first multiplex screens Jan 19, 2007
Winner of the 'ICICI Entertainment Retailer of the Year' Award 2005, INOX Leisure Ltd. will continue its expansion into Hyderabad, Jodhpur, Raipur, Lucknow, Kolkata, Bangalore, Nagpur, Kharagpur, Mumbai (Borivali), Pune and Vijayawada. Its proposed merger with CCPL (89 Cinemas), will give INOX access to an additional nine multiplexes in West Bengal and Assam. (Chennai Online)
That's Indian feedom for NRIs Jan 16, 2007
Reasons Prof SK Dube, Director of IIT Kharagpur says, "A person living in the US would pay 20 times more to study there than he would in India. And that, when it's an institute that stands nowhere when compared to the IITs here. So when they are given an opportunity to study here and are charged relatively more than Indian students, it is not wrong." Of course, he is quick to add that "if government takes any decision regarding the fee structure for NRIs, we would accept the decision.". On the... (Times of India)
Paparazzi network follows star Sarin Jan 11, 2007
Arun Sarin, an IIT Kharagpur alumnus and the CEO of world s largest telecom company Vodafone, got a first hand experience of the transformation of celebrity business and the arrival of business superstars, as he landed in India on Wednesday. But, our man seemed to have done his due diligence. (India Times)
IITs tightening screws on foreign recruiters Jan 5, 2007
IIT Kharagpur does not allow foreign recruiters to participate in their campus placements. G Sinha, head (training and placement), says the institute contacts only those companies that have operations in India. (India Times, India)
