An UIDAI enrolment camp is being organised by Allahabad Bank to issue UIDAI cards to all the faculty, staff members and students of the Institute.

SCHEDULE

Duration of the camp: 14^th October to 13^th November, 2011 except Wednesdays

Venue: Vikramshila Foyer

Staff Members and families: 9 am to 1 pm

Faculty Members and families: 3 pm to 5 pm

Students: 5 pm to 7 pm

All students are requested to take note of the above and take this opportunity of getting their UIDAI cards issued. For this purpose all are requested to carry photocopies of the following documents:

1)      Address Proof
2)      ID (photo) Proof
3)      Date of Birth/Age Proof

The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is an agency of the Government of India responsible for implementing the envisioned AADHAAR a unique identification project in India. It was established in February 2009, and will own and operate the Unique Identification Number database. The authority will aim at providing a unique number to all Indians. The authority would provide a database of residents containing very simple data in biometrics.

What is Aadhaar?

Aadhaar is a 12 digit individual identification number issued by the UIDAI on behalf of Government of India.

This number will serve as a proof of identity and address, anywhere in India.

Any individual, irrespective of age and gender, who is a resident in India and satisfies the verification process laid down by UIDAI can enrol for Aadhaar.

Each individual needs to enrol only once which is free of cost.

Each Aadhaar number will be unique to an individual and will remain valid for life. Aadhaar number will help you provide access to services like banking, mobile phone connections and other Govt. and Non-Govt. services in due course.

Aadhaar will be:

• Easily verifiable in an online, cost-effective way.
• Unique and robust enough to eliminate the large number of duplicate and fake identities in government and private databases.
• A random number generated, devoid of any classification based on caste, creed, religion and geography.

1 Rs. 3.0 lac and cost of study (total fees and mess charges for the balance period i.e., Rs 50,000 per semester approx.) in the event of accidental death of the paying parent/guardian.

2 Rs. 2.0 lac for the family of the student in case of his/her accidental death or incapacitation /permanent disability.

3. Medical Coverage: Rs. 1,00,000 as medical expenses per annum for students. (Indoor treatment, any type of Accidental treatment / test required followed by / following hospitalization). Cashless hospitalization facility is available in empanelled hospital. Reimbursement up to Rs. 1,00, 000 for hospitalization in any hospital / nursing home in the country. Coverage upto Rs. 3 lac per annum for 0.1% students.

4. Rs 15000 as the cover for loss of lap top of the student during transit to and fro from home, bonafide travel for Industrial Training / Field Visit / Projects ,etc. ,or during stay at Hostel/Institute Premises.

5 Rs 1,000 as the cover for loss or theft of Pedal cycle.

Please find details about this here.

Early Life

Prof. Sanyal lived in a time of political turmoil, when India was fighting for its independence, but he never let that become a hurdle in his quest for knowledge. At the age of 22, he went to England to study Radio Engineering and Radar Systems and obtained his General and Advanced Diploma. He worked at Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company for four years before joining Calcutta University as a lecturer. He eventually joined IIT Kharagpur in 1954, beginning a long and fruitful association. Such was his devotion to Kgp, that he never stopped working till his last day. ’Gurudev’He was loved and revered by all his students and faculty alike. He was like a father-figure to his students helping them in times in need. He imbibed in his students a thirst for learning and taught them to be good human beings above great engineers.

Scientist extraordinaire

Such was his expertise in the field of Communication that DRDO built the Radar and Communication Centre (RCC) for assisting his research. He was also the recipient of numerous awards and honours for his research on Electromagnetism, Microwave antennas, Phased arrays and Optical fibers.  His immense contribution to the field of Communication engineering was recognized through the award of D.Sc (Doctor of Science) Honoris Causa at the 49th convocation. He had seen it all in his long and illustrious career – Head of the Department, Gymkhana President, Dean, Deputy Director, Director and then coming back as Emeritus Professor. As an icing on the cake, one of his students, Arjun Malhotra (co-founder of HCL) established the GS Sanyal School of Telecommunication (GSST) in his honour.

“After establishing GSST, Prof. Sanyal sent postcards to his family informing them that if they saw his name in the newspapers, they need not worry, he was still alive.

As Director

He was the director of IIT Kharagpur from 1983-87, which was a very troubled time. Back to back strikes by the mess-workers’ and teachers’ union had crippled the institute and was in danger of falling to political anarchy. Never hesitant to take bold decisions, he had the vision and determination to save the institute from derailment. He always had a soft corner for the underprivileged. He committed himself to social welfare in his later years by starting a micro-finance project for deserving people in and around the campus.

“One of his students in the early 60′s took a course at VGSOM. Prof. Sanyal amazed him by attending all his lectures, sitting on the front bench. “Just reciprocating what you did 40 years earlier,” was his reply.

Post-Retirement

G.S. Sanyal never let age get the better of him. He was instrumental in setting up STEP (Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park) and the extension campus at Salt Lake, Kolkata. He used his wide network of contacts for the benefit of IIT. He was instrumental in nurturing the missing bond between the IITs and their alumni, laying the foundation of the IIT-alumni relationship which soon became a global event – PAN IIT. He joined VGSOM in an advisory role and continued publishing research papers till his final days.

The format of the e-mail id will be <Roll number>@iitkgp.ac.in

For example: The e-mail id of the student with the roll no. 08CS1001 would be 08CS1001@iitkgp.ac.in

The account can be accessed as follows:

1. Open IIT Kharagpur’s website www.iitkgp.ac.in
2. Click on Webmail (under the Quick Links section)
3. Select “Zimbra (within institute LAN)” if you are accessing the mail through the institute LAN. If you are accessing the mail outside the institute, then select “Zimbra (outside institute LAN)”.
4. Enter your roll number in the ‘Username’ field.
5. Enter your date of birth in ddmmyyyy format in the ‘Password’ field. In case your birth date falls in 1^st – 9^th day of the month then enter the password in dmmyyyy format.

For example: The password of a student whose date of birth is 19 April 1989 will be 19041989 and of a student whose date of birth is 9 April 1989 will be 9041989.

1. After the first login you will be given the option to change the password.
2. Login with the new password henceforth.

All the communication by the institute would be done through these e-mail ids.

All students are requested to login into their accounts and change the password. The students also have the option of assigning an alias e-mail id. This e-mail service can be accessed by the students at anytime from anywhere and would be a communication link between the student and the institute.

The institute ERP is coming up with a new facility which will allow the faculty to directly communicate with students via e-mail through the ERP. This communication would be done through the institute e-mail only.

Students who have already an Institute e-mail id please upload the same id in the following link in the ERP [for UG (Academic->UG->Update and Print Student Profile), PG (Academic->PG->Update and Print Student Profile), Research (Academic->MS/RS->Edit Student Profile)]. Please enter your previous e-mail id in the field labeled: ‘ Your Institute given previous mail id which is to be deleted after transferring of data to the new e-mail id’. Please transfer all your mails in the new Institute mail Id. (This will release space so that 1st year and 2^nd year UG student can be given new mail account). You can use the email id of the old mail account as an alias of the new account. After transferring all previous mails into the new account the old email account will be deleted. It is requested, the students should intimate to Sys Admin of CIC (dilip@cc.iitkgp.ernet.in oralokes@cc.iitkgp.ernet.in) or ERP system so that the old account can be purged. There will be a time span of maximum one month, after that the old account will be automatically deleted.

Note:

1. It is advisable for all the final year students to check their institute e-mail accounts regularly. All the information regarding the convocation would be communicated to the institute e-mail id only.
2. Computer & Informatics Center has created the institute e-mail ids for all the students in the campus (Undergraduate, Post graduate, Research Scholars) except the 1^st year and 2^nd year undergraduate students. Their accounts will be created very soon. All students are requested to login into their accounts and change the passwords as early as possible.

Students may submit their evaluation at http://www.dak.iitkgp.ernet.in/survey. In case of a problem with the proxy use http://144.16.206.211/survey. Login using your roll no. as the user ID and your date of birth(in the ddmmyyyy format) as the password. Submit your feedback before 2PM on February 11th Thursday.

The Dean claims that your feedback will go a long way in improving student life on campus.

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: http://noticeboard.iitkgp.ernet.in/estab/notice.php?sr_no=47

Meanwhile, the Scholars’ Avenue had reported about a BOG order (http://www.scholarsavenue.org/2009/03/20/expanded-joint-degree-programmes-approved-int-msc-scholarships/#more-983) last semester that approved stipends for Integrated MSc students in their fourth and fifth years. We are following up on that with the administration. Check back for updates.

For any type of Insurance related problem contact
Mr. R. K. Jha , Liaison Officer : 9474625035
Academic Section, I.I.T Kharagpur-2
Email : rkjha@agfe.iitkgp.ernet.in