Nov 20, 2009

The Director, Prof. D Acharya, appointed a new Professor-in-Charge for BC Roy Technology Hospital, Dr. Analava Mitra of SMST on 11th November 2009. Dr. Mitra, replacing Professor Gautam Sinha (VGSOM), has taken charge with immediate effect. Source:...

The Placement Blog, brought to you by The Scholars’ Avenue and the Placement Committee of IIT Kharagpur, is an internal site maintaining a repository of interviews from several successful candidates of past placement seasons. Check out http://placements.scholarsavenue.org (viewable only within the institute) for tips, pointers and advice that’s sure...

Nov 17, 2009

CodeChef, an online programming competition host (akin to an Indian version of TopCoder),  is holding an ACM ICPC style contest for students starting 21st November. With a prize budget of Rs. 3 lakhs, this event promises to be quite the competitive challenge even despite being held in the middle of exam-season. Prizes: Rs 3,00,000 to be given out in cash as...

E-Cell, IIT Kharagpur presents four competitions to imbibe entrepreneurship among students and help convert ideas into startups. Envision : The product design competition, with the assistance of the TePP, feasible products can get upto 30 lacs worth of funding and mentorship. Eclairez: It is a platform for Social entrepreneurs to showcase their innovative...

In the light of the upcoming placement season, we caught up with the Gymkhana Vice President, Shubham Matah to see how far he has taken his proposal to improve campus placements. One of the ost promising measures that he had set out to accomplish was the mock GD/PI sessions for all the students who registered for placements, which was supposed to have happened...