Library Roundup
Week 21: 22 May 2017 - 26 May 2017 Book of the week: Why The Wheel Is Round: Muscles, Technology, And How We Make Things...
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Japanese State Minister of Finance visits IITGN
I am delighted to be here at IIT Gandhinagar, which is known to be different from the other prestigious institutes of India. We, in Japan are working hard to increase the scope of science and technology by collaborating with other universities of the world. Taka Otsuka, Japanese State Minister of Finance Japan is extremely important in our plans for internationalisation. Mr Otsuka’s visit will help us strengthen our partnership with JAIST further, and will forge other partnerships with Japanese academia and industry. Sudhir K Jain, Director, IITGN The Japanese State Minister of Finance Mr Taku Otsuka, who was in the...
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The Impact of Trash Burning on Air Quality – an IITGN-Duke Collaboration
IITGN teams up with Duke to investigate health implications of common roadside fires in urban India. With many cities in India getting to the point where air pollution outweighs the benefits of exercising outdoors, every source of exposure needs all the attention it can get. Only earlier this month, the Ahmedabad Fire and Emergency Services (AFES) found itself busy at Pirana, dousing out flames emerging from the notorious trash mountain at the site. The (in)famously gigantic pile of garbage has long posed a substantial health risk to several thousand families who live in its close proximity. The site has even been...
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Workshop on Applied Mathematics
The Mathematics discipline at IITGN hosted a one-day workshop on Applications of Mathematics on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The goal of the workshop was to highlight the myriad applications of Mathematics in various fields of Science and Engineering. The program included talks by Prof. Saleh Tanveer (Mathematics, Ohio State University, USA) and Prof. Sandeep Juneja (School of Technology and Computer Science, TIFR Mumbai), in addition to presentations by IITGN faculty. The workshop was attended by faculty and students in Mathematics, Physics and several Engineering disciplines. Abstracts of the talks can be found here. Watch this space for videos of...
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Staff Development Cell – Inaugural Session
The Staff Development Cell (SDC) of IIT Gandhinagar was constituted on 11th April, 2017. The SDC is committed to facilitating the capacity building of all the staff colleagues, who are the backbone of our institute’s human resource. The opening session of the Staff Development Programme was held from 1600h – 1730h on 11 May 17 (Thursday) at the Jasubhai Memorial Auditorium (600...
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