IIT TEAM DEVELOPS AFFORDABLE DIALYSIS TECHNOLOGY

 

  

 

 

Kolkata:  Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur have engineered an indigenous, cost-effective kidney dialysis technology. The innovative technology was recently recognised with the National Award, a statement said today.

Haemodialysis is administered to patients suffering from various stages of kidney failure. Commonly referred to as "artificial kidney", it is a machine that uses dialysis to remove impurities and waste products from the bloodstream before returning the blood to the patient's body.

"Administering haemodialysis is a very expensive affair for an average Indian. Haemodialysis cartridges are not manufactured in India and are imported from Germany, Korea or Japan," said Anirban Roy, a research scholar at the IIT's department of chemical engineering and co-inventor of the technology.

 

Read full article at NDTV. 

 

 

GRADUATE COURSE IN DESIGN BY IIT BOMBAY

 

 

  

This is the first time that the IDC has made available Design courses for under-graduates.

IIT Bombay's premier design institute, the Industrial Design Centre (IDC) will launch a new four-year Bachelor of Design (B. Des) course from this academic year enabling students inclined towards to Design to pursue the discipline after completing their Class XII.
 

This is the first time that the IDC has made available Design courses for under-graduates. So far IDC offers specialization in industrial design, visual communication, animation, interaction design, and mobility & vehicle design, but they were accessible only to post-graduates.

Announcing new courses IIT Bombay earlier this week, Prof BK Chakravarthy, Head of IDC, said the centre already offers Masters and PhD programmes in design, and adding a Bachelor's programme would make design academics and practice at IDC more rigorous.

"As we progress from the Knowledge Economy towards Creative Economy, there is an increasing need in India for skilled professionals in the area of design. Design can play a crucial role in the development of the nation and work towards improvement of quality of life for all," he said.

  

Read full article at The Hindu.

 

 

Video News

 

ROBOTICS COMPETITION HELD AT MUMBAI IIT

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/videos/tech/Robotics-competition-held-at-Mumbai-IIT/videoshow/46729650.cms

  

  

HOW IIT GRADS HELPED A KANPUR MECHANIC'S SON TO GET INTO MIT

 

In a house in Kanpur, calorie counting has been abandoned for a large box of mithai after Ayush Sharma, 17, discovered that he has been accepted at the world-famous Massachusetts's Institute of Technology or MIT.

 

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/how-iit-grads-helped-a-kanpur-mechanic-s-son-to-get-into-mit/363081

 

 

SOON, CHECK YOUR CITY'S AIR POLLUTION ON YOUR MOBILE, THANKS TO THIS TEAM

 

http://www.ndtv.com/video/player/news/soon-check-your-city-s-air-pollution-on-your-mobile-thanks-to-this-team/362754

 

 

  

Further, I served as an Advisor for TEDxIIT BHU Programs in 2013 and 2015 and gave two TEDx talks in 2013. On April 7, 2013 at TEDxIIT BHU on "Leveraging Social Responsibility to Unite the World", atIIT (BHU), Varanasi campus via video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=94kXi9WTl04). On April 13, 2013 at TEDxIIT Chicago on "Exponential Power of the Gift of Giving", at IIT Chicago campus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z-fmkivYcVg&feature=share).

Since 2011, I have been leading the IIT (BHU) Global Giving Committee and the team has raised over $500,000 to benefit students, and the Institute (http://giving.iitbhuglobal.org/). Leveraging my 30 years of conference management experience, I also served in the leading capacity for four IIT (BHU) Global Alumni Meets in 2011-2014.

I have served on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Quality (ASQ) for six years and for my outstanding life-long service to Society, ASQ has bestowed me with five medals and I have received 2011 Ellis Island Medal of Honor and 2010 US President's Volunteer Service Award.

I am serving as an adjunct professor for the last 22 years at various business schools globally teaching operations management and quality management courses. I am affiliated with over 33 educational institutions around the world and taught well over 9,000 people globally through academic teaching and executive training. I have published over 50 articles in professional journals and made over 425 presentations on business excellence and quality management topics at local, regional, national, and international levels. I was invited to be an ASQ Influential Voice and published 40 blog posts (http://voraonquality.blogspot.com).

For over 45 years, I have dedicated my life to community service. In 1989, I established the Blind Foundation for India (BFI) to serve over 15 million visually impaired people in India which accounts for one third of the world's blind population. BFI team has raised over $4 million to support 120,000 free Cataract operations, distributed over 10,000 Braille Kits to blind children for their education, donated 111 mobile vans for transporting eye doctors and patients, and examined over 750,000 school-going children for their eye sight and provided necessary interventions. So far, over one million people in India have their eye sight checked through the BFI

(http://www.blindfoundation.org/).

How do you think your IIT life/education prepared you and contributed to your success?

Mahamana Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya opened the Temple of Learning at BHU in 1916 with a great vision of preparing students to be technically competent as well as serve the lowest strata of the Society in Nation Building. I have understood the real meaning of Malaviyaji's mission and am fulfilling it by serving in corporate, academic, professional, and philanthropic sectors. At IIT (BHU), we learned to focus on education and understood the importance of Dedication, Determination, and Discipline. These traits from IIT days have served well throughout my career.

How was the IIT life back then? What activities/instances you fondly recall and will like to share?

 The life at IIT BHU was lot of fun - learning from caring faculty, many excursions in North India during campus strikes by Arts and Science students, and building great network of life-long friends.

Your biggest challenges so far in entrepreneurship/academics in US?

The biggest challenges faced in my professional career include subtle discrimination, lack of respect, and glass ceiling. Through assertiveness, hard work, and professional networks, I overcame all the challenges.

What advice do you have for IITians in the US to be successful in their career?

In June 2003, I was invited to deliver a Commencement Address at the Keller Graduate School of Management (my alma mater) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Here are key points of my commencement address entitled "Life is a Journey: Enjoy the Ride, and Make a Difference" (it was published in ASQ's Quality Engineering magazine in 2004):

• Be positive and self confident
• Be ready to help others
• Continue to improve and renew yourself
• Exhibit ethical leadership
• Learn, apply, and share your knowledge
• Maintain the balance between work and family
• Make a difference
• Harness the power of expectations

Enjoy today - as yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift, that is why they call it the present! Take a few moments to smell the roses, as it is soothing for your mind, body, and soul.