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IITGN research scholars win Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards 2021

IITGN research scholars win Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Awards 2021

Nov 12, 2021 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar Harini has received this award for developing ‘Novel Boron Nano-additives for Improving the Performance of Solid Propellants’, whereas Chandan has received the award for developing ‘An Intelligent Hand Rehabilitation and Assessment System for Stroke Patients’. In a twin achievement by the research scholars at IITGN, Ms Harini Gunda, a PhD student of Chemical Engineering, has won SRISTI-GYTI Award 2021, and Dr Chandan Kumar Jha, a PhD alumnus and now a postdoctoral fellow in Electrical Engineering, has won BIRAC SITARE-GYTI Appreciation Award 2021. Gandhian Young Technological Innovation (GYTI)...

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IITGN faculty wins the Swarnajayanti Fellowship in the category of Mathematical Sciences

IITGN faculty wins the Swarnajayanti Fellowship in the category of Mathematical Sciences

Nov 9, 2021 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar Prof Atul Dixit has been awarded this fellowship for his scientific work around Analytic Number Theory and Special Functions. Prof Atul Dixit, Associate Professor of Mathematics at IITGN, has won the prestigious Swarnajayanti Fellowship in the category of Mathematical Sciences for the year 2020-21. The fellowship was recently announced by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India. It is for the first time that the Swarnajayanti Fellowship in Mathematical Sciences category has been awarded to a researcher from an institution in Gujarat. The Swarnajayanti...

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11 PhD scholars from IITGN selected for the prestigious Prime Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme

11 PhD scholars from IITGN selected for the prestigious Prime Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF) Scheme

Oct 28, 2021 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar As many as 11 PhD scholars of IITGN have been selected for the prestigious Prime Minister’s Research Fellows (PMRF) scheme in the May 2021 cycle. The Institute now has a total of 21 PMRF scheme fellows. PMRF candidates are selected through a rigorous selection process at the national level. Besides the mandatory GATE and degree requirements with a minimum CGPA of 8 or equivalent, the candidates are judged on the metrics of research exposure, publications, performance in international competitions (like Math Olympiad, ACM ICPC Programming Contest), grades,...

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CCL-IITGN combines art and Maths – Launches Cubical Diwali Lamps series

CCL-IITGN combines art and Maths – Launches Cubical Diwali Lamps series

Oct 25, 2021 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar The team teaches to make a new DIY cubical paper lamp everyday from Dussehra to Diwali on its YouTube channel and also discusses interesting Maths behind each lamp. With Diwali just around the corner, markets are flooded with all kinds of readymade decorative lamps. But have you ever thought that you could make unique eco-friendly lamps and also learn the Mathematical concepts from them? This has been made possible by the Centre for Creative Learning (CCL) at IITGN, which has come up with yet another distinctive online...

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Researchers from IITGN develop an integrated model to accurately assess heavy rainfall-induced damages in road networks

Researchers from IITGN develop an integrated model to accurately assess heavy rainfall-induced damages in road networks

Oct 25, 2021 |

STORY CREDITS Writer/Editor: Shivangi Vasudev Bhatt Photo: Media and Communication, IIT Gandhinagar This hazard model can help administrators identify the ‘hotspots’ which should be reinforced and protected to solve highway-flooding issues and minimise the societal and economic disruptions. For the last few years, India is facing the issue of severe infrastructural damage, casualties, and social-economic disruptions caused by highway flooding, landslides, and associated debris flows that follow incessant monsoon rainfall in different parts of the country. Recently, Shri Nitin Gadkari, Minister for Road Transport and Highways, had directed key officials to solve highway-flooding issues that arise as a consequence...

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