UPDATE: Click here to read Ankik’s Obituary written by Mithun Madhusudhan ( Ankik’s batchmate, 5th Year Undergraduate Student, Patel Hall )

Ankik Dhar, a ‘09 graduate of the Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering and ex BTDS Governor, passed away yesterday as an unfortunate victim of the recent Terrorist strike on a popular Pune Bakery.

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As part of the UC Berkeley-IIT Kharagpur collaboration, applications are invited for an 8-weeks summer research program at UC Berkeley. Please submit your information by Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. Students will be selected by Friday, Feb. 19. Additional information will be shared with selected students after that.

You will be pleased to note that a larger number of departments are now part of the program — biotechnology, chemistry, chemical engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, geology/geophysics, mechanical engineering, math and statistics. If students in the food and agricultural engineering have molecular biology/biochemistry expertise then would also be eligible.

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The 24-hour Ambulance Service is a free-of-cost facility provided to people in need of medical aid and quick transport to nearby health-centers/ hospitals in Kharagpur and Midnapur. However, any family in need of Ambulance to take care of an ailing patient, is also welcome to avail of the Service, whenever required. This service will come as a breather to the residents of the campus and help prevent the relapse of unfortunate incidents. Please ring this number in case of an emergency.
Mobile (Ambulance service) 03222 – 252932

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The Inter-IIT Sporting Championships turned out to be a big disappointment for Kgp as IIT Kharagpur could not manage to come in the Top 4 in either the Men’s or the Women’s categories. Kgp finished 6^th in the men’s category and 5^th in the women’s. For a detailed performance review, watch out for our next print issue.

Click to enlarge the final points tally:

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

Rivaldo, who performed at Kalidasa Auditorium on 31st Oct 2009, as part of Spring Fest 2010’s Grand Preludio, has a message for KGP.

“I wanted to thank the IIT KGP students for taking time out to watch the show. It was an incredible experience performing in Kalidasa Auditorium. The Audi was great and the audience was even better.

Thank you IIT KGP for making that evening so memorable for me

We thank Nitin and the Spring Fest 2010 team for making the show possible.