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IITGN PhD scholar bags the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship 2022-23

IITGN PhD scholar bags the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship 2022-23

May 20, 2022 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar Rishiraj Adhikary will get to work for nine months at the Human-Computer Interaction Institute of the Carnegie Mellon University, USA. In a proud moment for IITGN, Rishiraj Adhikary, a PhD scholar working under the supervision of Prof Nipun Batra in the discipline of Computer Science and Engineering, has been awarded the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship 2022-23. The esteemed fellowship, instituted by the United States-India Educational Foundation (USIEF), Fulbright Commission in India, is awarded only to a handful of candidates every year after a rigorous application and interview process. Combined...

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IITGN welcomes more than 150 summer interns from across the country for research exposure

IITGN welcomes more than 150 summer interns from across the country for research exposure

May 19, 2022 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar The research interns will work on several interesting projects ranging from the design of rocket engines for interplanetary missions, mathematics of Sudoku, smart mask, human- robot collaboration for practical applications, to micro and nano printing, and so on. IITGN organised a formal welcome session for the interns of its flagship Summer Research Internship Programme (SRIP) 2022 on May 19, 2022. This is the 12 th edition of SRIP, which is being organised in person after a gap of two years due to the pandemic. The eight-week programme is designed...

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IITGN StudentScope: Anas Ali, BTech batch of 2018, Civil Engineering

IITGN StudentScope: Anas Ali, BTech batch of 2018, Civil Engineering

May 18, 2022 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar Anas has recently completed his BTech in Civil Engineering and is all set to join Capgemini, a multinational IT services company, as an associate consultant. There is no dearth of paths for the one who wants to move ahead. The next IITGN StudentScope story is coming to us all the way from Jhansi in Uttar Pradesh, where a young schoolboy decided to be an engineer like his father and pursued the journey towards that goal at IITGN. And not only this, that young boy, Anas Ali, also became an...

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IITGN researchers develop a comprehensive framework to reduce the damage to power transmission systems in coastal areas under cyclonic scenarios

IITGN researchers develop a comprehensive framework to reduce the damage to power transmission systems in coastal areas under cyclonic scenarios

May 16, 2022 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar The team used damage-cum-wind speed data of Cyclone Fani in Odisha to develop a fragility model for towers, which helps assess the functionality of the network and the influence of strategic interventions on the same. The damage to the power transmission and distribution systems due to the increased frequency and intensity of cyclones triggered by climate change and their consequent impact at various levels is a major cause of concern for coastal regions of India. Odisha, one of the most cyclone-prone states in the eastern part of the country,...

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L&T Technology Services and IIT Gandhinagar to work together in the areas of AI and Mechatronics

L&T Technology Services and IIT Gandhinagar to work together in the areas of AI and Mechatronics

May 14, 2022 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar The industry-academia collaboration will support technological advancement through various projects and activities. The Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar (IITGN) and L&T Technology Services Limited (LTTS), a leading global pure-play engineering services company, have initiated discussions to work together to incubate and deliver cutting-edge solutions in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Mechatronics. The leadership teams of LTTS and IITGN met at the Institute campus today and discussed plans to establish labs, develop collaborative projects, engage students via internships and other mechanisms, and organise workshops and seminars in Smart Manufacturing, Robotics, Bio-Mechatronics...

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