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NRL, IIT-Guwahati sign pact to develop green carbon from bamboo dust

The Numaligarh Refinery Ltd (NRL) and IIT-Guwahati have signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to develop technology for production of marketable green carbon from bamboo dust. As part of the project, a plant of capacity 5 MT/batch will be set up to produce green activated carbon by pyrolysing bamboo dust, an official release said on Thursday. NRL Senior Chief General Manager (Corporate Affairs) Nikunja Borthakur and IIT-G Dean Prof G Krishnamoorthy signed the agreement on Wednesday. The R&D project is also aimed towards development of technology for production of very high grade chemically activated carbon having application in pharmaceutical, electronics and mining industries. It will be carried out as an industry-academia collaboration, and enhance the capacity of both NRL and IIT-G through provision of relevant data and information sharing, the release added.

Tata Steel inks MoU with IIT, Dhanbad for flagship MTech internship prog

Tata Steel on Wednesday signed an MoU with IIT (Indian School of Mines), Dhanbad for a flagship MTech internship programme, the company said in a statement. The memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between IIT (ISM) Dhanbad Officiating Director Professor J K Pattanayak and Tata Steel Vice President (HRM) Atrayee Sanyal in the presence of senior officials. The objective of the MoU is to offer 6-12 month-long internship to top talents from IIT (ISM) Dhanbad at Tata Steel. The programme will enable Tata Steel to nurture new talent and give them long-term opportunities in the company, the statement said. "We are excited to launch this flagship MTech internship programme for the students of IIT (ISM) Dhanbad. This programme is an excellent opportunity for MTech students to gain valuable experience in R&D and technology while also providing Tata Steel with access to top talent," Sanyal said.

IIT Bombay gets $18.6 mn from alumnus for green energy research hub

The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay has received a donation of USD 18.6 million from an alumnus for establishment of a Green Energy and Sustainability Research Hub, the premier institute said on Thursday. The IIT B, however, did not disclose the identity of the alumnus, saying he wanted to remain anonymous. The contribution will redefine the institute's role in addressing the global climate crisis. The hub will be located within a state-of-the-art academic building on the IIT Bombay campus in suburban Powai and its focus will extends to critically important areas, said the institute in a statement. The focused areas include evaluating climate risks and developing effective mitigation strategies, climate change adaptation, and comprehensive environmental monitoring, it said. Additionally, the hub seeks to advance climate solutions, foster the adoption of renewable energy sources and energy-efficient technologies. It will facilitate research in several critical areas, ..

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Wipro partners with IIT Delhi to launch generative AI centre of excellence

IT major Wipro on Wednesday said it has launched a centre of excellence on generative artificial intelligence in partnership with the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. Set up on the premises of the Yardi School of Artificial Intelligence at IIT Delhi, the Centre Of Excellence (CoE) will support applied research in generative AI, according to a statement. Wipro's Chief Technology Officer Subha Tatavarti said the collaboration will enhance their research and development capabilities in emerging areas like generative AI and connect them with a talent pool "for building advanced solutions to address existing and emerging business problems". Wipro CoE teams will jointly work on building innovative solutions using AI, Machine Learning (ML), and other technologies, the company said. Head of the Yardi School of AI at IIT Delhi Professor Mausam said that through the CoE, "our students will gain valuable insight into problems relevant to the industry and learn about their technical ...

IIT Goa gets solar-powered weather monitoring station under US-India collab

As part of the collaboration between the USA and India, the City University of New York (CUNY) has installed a solar-powered weather monitoring station at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Goa. The weather station at IIT Goa, located at Farmagudi village in South Goa, was installed on Tuesday, paving the way for a series of other such installations in the states of Maharashtra and Gujarat, those linked to the project said. Neal Philip, Professor from Bronx Community College of the CUNY, said the project was funded by the US Consulate General, Mumbai. The project is part of a collaboration between CUNY and IIT Goa. "This is our first project and we are looking forward to more such projects," he said. Philip said it is a solar-powered modular system. "You can have regular weather information, temperature, humidity, solar radiation, UV radiation, moisture, air quality and other things with this station," he said. "It has a lot of facilities other than the normal weather stat

Preeti Aghalayam to become 1st woman head of IIT, to lead Zanzibar campus

Preeti Aghalayam, an IIT-M alumna and professor in the department of chemical engineering, has been named director-in-charge of the Zanzibar campus

India signs agreement with Tanzania to set up first int'l IIT campus

The first IIT campus outside India will come up in Tanzania's Zanzibar, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) said on Thursday. A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed for setting up of a campus of IIT Madras in Zanzibar, which is a Tanzanian archipelago off the coast of East Africa. The agreement was inked on Wednesday in presence of External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar and Zanzibar's President Hussein Ali Mwinyi. Jaishakar is on a visit to Tanzania. "The first IIT campus to be set up outside India will be in Zanzibar," the MEA said. It said an MoU was signed between the India's education ministry, IIT Madras and Zanzibar's ministry of education and vocational training. "This campus is reflective of the longstanding friendship between India and Tanzania and a reminder of the focus India places on building people to people ties across Africa and the Global South," the MEA said. It said the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020 recommends that "high performing Indian

IIT Guwahati recruitment 2023: Everything you need to know about procedure

For the contract position of JRF (GATE), IIT Guwahati is looking for qualified Indian candidates. Those interested in applying can do so on the official recruitment website until June 30, 2023

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IIT Kanpur successfully conducts test flight for cloud seeding: Report

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur has successfully conducted a test flight for cloud seeding, a statement issued by the premier institution said on Thursday. Cloud seeding involves the utilisation of various chemical agents such as silver iodide, dry ice, common salt, and other elements with the aim of enhancing the probability of rains, it said. The project was initiated a few years ago and is headed by the Computer Science and Engineering Department of IIT Kanpur. The flight went up to an approximate height of 5,000 feet. It landed on the IIT Kanpur lab airstrip after successfully completing the test ride on Wednesday. The experiment was conducted with due approval from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA). A Cessna aircraft was flown from the flight laboratory of IIT Kanpur with cloud seeding attachments procured from a manufacturer in the US. The modifications in the aircraft were approved by the manufacturers of the aircraft and the DGCA. The test flight spre

2 IIT alumni develop sustainable fuel from 'thin air', plastic waste

Two UK researchers, who are alumni of the IIT, have developed a new method to transform CO2 captured from industrial processes

IIT Guwahati establishes facilities for sustainable materials, green tech

IIT Guwahati has established the NRL-Centre of Excellence (CoE) for Sustainable Materials Translational Facility on Bioplastics at its campus

Admission process for institutes like IIT based on discipline: Bombay HC

Institutes such as the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) are centres of technical studies par excellence in the country and the process of finding students is based on discipline, the Bombay High Court said while refusing relief to an 18-year-old boy who failed to submit his online form for the Joint Entrance Exam (JEE) Advanced due to a technical glitch. The boy, Atharva Desai, in his petition claimed that he lived in a rural area where there were frequent power outages because of which he was unable to register himself online in the given time frame. The petitioner sought a direction from the court for his registration form to be accepted and to permit him to appear for JEE-Advanced scheduled to be held on June 4. The Joint Admission Board of the IIT opposed the plea on the ground that as per their records, Desai had logged in on the portal for the first time to fill the online form a day after the deadline and hence, no relief ought to be granted to him. A vacation bench of

IIT Madras partners construction cos for implementing 'lean construction'

Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras is partnering with top firms across the country to implement "lean construction" that can reduce waste and the duration of construction in comparison with conventional techniques. Lean construction is a technique borrowed from "lean manufacturing" and adapted to construction to reduce eight kinds of waste - overproduction, inventory, defects, motion, over-processing, waiting, transportation, and human talent. According to officials, construction projects are often delayed and go over budget partly due to the construction process being inefficient and inadequate planning leading to wastage. "India is going through a boom in infrastructure projects. To complete projects successfully, one must align the people, process and technology elements of the project. By using a lean construction approach, these elements are integrated and aligned thus increasing the chances of project success," said Koshy Varghese, Professor at the Department of Civil

IIT-Guwahati develops catalyst to produce sustainable green hydrogen fuel

Researchers at Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Guwahati have developed a catalyst that can produce sustainable green hydrogen fuel from wood alcohol with no carbon dioxide as a byproduct, according to officials. The easy and environmentally safe process also produces formic acid which is a useful industrial chemical. This makes methanol a promising Liquid Organic Hydrogen Carrier (LOHC) and contributes to the concept of hydrogen-methanol economy, the officials said. The research has been published in journal ACS Catalysis. Akshai Kumar AS, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, IIT-Guwahati said the world is moving towards finding alternatives to fossil fuels, and hydrogen gas continues to be the best source of clean energy generation. "Currently, hydrogen is produced either by the electrochemical splitting of water or from bio-derived chemicals such as alcohol. In the latter method, hydrogen is typically produced from methyl alcohol (commonly called wood alcohol) using

IITs to adopt national credit accumulation, transfer framework: IIT Council

The premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) will adopt the National Credit Framework (NCrF) to facilitate earning, transfer and accumulation of credits by students, the IIT Council has decided in its 55th meeting. NCrF, notified last week, is a comprehensive credit framework encompassing elementary, school, higher and vocational education and training. It also integrates creditisation of learning in various dimensions -- academics, vocational skills and experiential learning -- as well as relevant experience, proficiency and professional levels. In the IIT Council meeting held in Bhubaneswar on Tuesday, UGC Chairman M Jagadesh Kumar made a presentation on NCrF. The council decided unanimously to adopt the National Credit Framework and implement it across all IITs. "The National Education Policy 2020 envisions making education more holistic and effective and emphasizes the integration of general (academic) education and vocational education. A national credit accumulation and

IIT Mandi team proposes solution to make buildings earthquake-resistant

The research showed that a metamaterial foundation can help reduce damage to structures and offer protection to people living in earthquake-prone regions of the world

IITs should have zero tolerance for discrimination: Dharmendra Pradhan

The premier Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) should have zero tolerance for all kinds of discrimination and should provide adequate support to students, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan said on Tuesday. At a meeting of the IIT Council, the apex coordination body of all the 23 premier engineering colleges, Pradhan also said students of the institutes should be the face of the new India and ready to be global citizens. The council discussed several steps needed to ensure mental health and wellness of IIT students. It laid stress on the need for a robust grievance redressal system, increasing psychological counselling services, reducing pressure and highlighting the importance of reducing fear of failure and rejection among students. The council agreed to enhance support to students belonging to Scheduled Caste (SC) and Scheduled Tribe (ST) communities. It also resolved to enhance the tenure of support to women PhD sholars for an additional year. The crucial decisio

PM lays foundation stone of Assam Advanced Healthcare Innovation Institute

he Prime Minister also urged people to come together for achieving the target of 'Swasth Bharat Samridh Bharat'