KGP Current Affairs, GK & News
IIT Kharagpur ties up with Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy to develop training module
IIT Kharagpur has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy (PGBA) to develop research and training module for the trainees of the Hyderabad-based sports facility. The thrust area of the collaboration is to promote health and wellbeing of sportspersons and coaches for enhancing the quality of performance and resilience. Players ..
Topics: Badminton • Badminton in India • Gopichand • Gopichand Badminton Academy • Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur • KGP • Pullela • Pullela Gopichand • Sport in India • Sports
IIT kharagpur devises a Decision Support System (DSS) to boost LPG distribution in households below poverty line
The researchers at IIT Kharagpur have devised a Decision Support System (DSS) to help maximise the number of LPG connections in Below Poverty Level (BPL) households in the ‘Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY)’ . A DSS is a computer programme that helps in making sound rational decisions using mathematical programming and operation research techniques. The ..
Topics: Decision support system • Government of India • India • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur • KGP • Narendra Modi • Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana
IIT Kharagpur signs pact with Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in research and education
The IIT Kharagpur and Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) have signed an MoU to facilitate cooperation in research and education between the two institutes in New Delhi on October 11. NTNU is an expert in Hydro Power, Ocean Modelling, Deep Sea Resources and Marine Technology which will be key areas of focus under ..
Topics: Indian Institute of Technology (BHU) Varanasi • Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur • KGP • Norwegian University of Science and Technology • Prem Chand Pandey • States and union territories of India • Universities and colleges in India • West Bengal
IIT Kharagpur decided to establish an ‘Academy of Leadership’
The IIT Kharagpur (IIT-Kgp) has decided to establish an ‘Academy of Leadership’, which intends to develop innovative programmes combining the core curricula in science and engineering disciplines with philosophy and liberal arts. This academy will be based not only on scientific and technical training, but the teachings of ancient philosophies, reasoning, systems engineering and the ..
Topics: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur • KGP • Kharagpur • West Bengal
IIT Kharagpur develops community supported supply of purified drinking water project in Bengal District
The IIT Kharagpur has developed a community supported supply of purified drinking water project at Porapara in West Midnapore district of West Bengal. Dr Somnath Ghosal of the Rural Development Centre of IIT KGP has installed a fully-automated multi-filtered UV treated drinking water facility which can provide close to 1000 litres of purified drinking water ..
Topics: Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur • KGP • Kharagpur • Subdivisions of India • West Bengal