From rejecting Rs 4 cr job offer to founding a Rs 570 cr startup: How this IIT alumnus from a poor background convinced parents to make a big betAn IIT-Kharagpur graduate rejected a ₹4.3 crore job and Stanford PhD to co-found Giga, an AI startup that recently raised $61 million. Desp...
20 Apr, 2026, 03.26 PM IST
LTM ties up with IIT-Kharagpur to upskill workforce in artificial intelligenceLTM has teamed up with IIT-Kharagpur. They will design training programs for employees. The focus is on artificial intelligence and related...
16 Mar, 2026, 06.45 PM IST
IIT-Kharagpur director meets Google CEODuring the visit to the Google headquarters for the meeting, Chakraborty was accompanied by IIT-Kharagpur alumni Asoke Deysarkar, Arjun Mal...
19 Dec, 2025, 10.08 PM IST
IIT-Kharagpur ties up with Intuitive Foundation to develop AI-driven models for robotic surgeryIIT-Kharagpur has partnered with the Intuitive Foundation to develop AI-enabled digital models for robotic surgery. The MANAS initiative ai...
18 Dec, 2025, 09.56 PM IST
'There is something wrong': SC raises concern about rising number of student suicides at institutesThe Supreme Court has sought reports from IIT-Kharagpur and Sharda University regarding recent student deaths, expressing concern over risi...
22 Jul, 2025, 04.33 PM IST
IIT-Kharagpur study reveals alarming impact of ozone pollution on major Indian food cropsA new IIT-Kharagpur study reveals that increasing surface ozone pollution poses a significant threat to India's agricultural yields, partic...
08 Apr, 2025, 11.44 AM IST
IIT-Kharagpur tops in Civil Engineering, Agriculture & Forestry in QS Rankings"IIT-Kharagpur stands out from other IITs with its multi-modal curriculum nurturing creativity, capacity building, affordable healthcare an...
24 Mar, 2023, 03.32 PM IST
IIT-Kharagpur reports highest placements, maximum offer at Rs 2.4cr"Despite the ongoing pandemic situation, IIT-Kharagpur bagged extraordinary numbers of Pre-Placement Offers (PPOs), which is the highest nu...
04 Dec, 2021, 09.40 PM IST
IIT-Kharagpur to set up country's first School on Q&RThe Institute, which set the trend for engineering, management, medical technology and IPR law education in India, has now ventured in the ...
10 Feb, 2017, 10.53 PM IST
IIT-Kharagpur lost out No 1 rank due to faculty-student ratioIIT Madras and IIT Bombay are the two top technological institutes in the country, according to the first ever domestic ranking.
04 Apr, 2016, 03.25 PM IST
IIT-Kharagpur offers course in MicroboticsThis is the first time that microbotics and nano-robotic manipulation is taught as a course by an Indian institute the coordinator of the c...
05 Jan, 2016, 05.00 AM IST
Android chief Sundar Pichai on IIT-Kharagpur alumni honours listIIT-Kharagpur will honour 11 of its eminent alumni, including Google's Android team head Sundar Pichai, with the Distinguished Alumnus Awar...
17 Jul, 2015, 04.34 PM IST
IIT-Kharagpur without a head, alumni protest in capitalFollowing a hunger strike by students and faculty members at Kharagpur, the alumni association's chapters taking their protest outside the ...
21 Jul, 2013, 11.08 AM IST
- Indicted IIT chiefs of Patna and Kharagpur have gone scot-free
Two IIT directors: Damodar Acharya (IIT-Kharagpur) & A K Bhowmick (IIT-Patna) are still in office, despite CBI indictment.
05 Oct, 2011, 11.31 AM IST
- IIT-Kharagpur professor behind fake institute gets full November salary
The police has arrested A K Ghosh, the suspended professor of aerospace of IIT-Kharagpur, on Monday night. J Chattoraj, in-charge of Hijli ...
01 Dec, 2010, 09.30 AM IST
- CVC asks HRD min to probe fake institute at IIT-Kharagpur
The noose around IIT-Kharagpur for running a fake institute -- Institution of Electrical Engineers -- is tightening. On Thursday, Central V...
26 Nov, 2010, 08.30 AM IST
- Tainted IIT prof Ghosh suspended
Prof A K Ghosh, former head of department of aerospace engineering in IIT-Kharagpur, has been suspended, pending inquiry against him for ru...
26 Oct, 2010, 04.06 AM IST