IIT Kharagpur Archives - The News Horizon

10 Jun

New technique to detect tropical cyclones earlier than satellites

The News Horizon0 CommentsScience, TechAtmospheric column, Bay of Bengal, Climate Change Program, Cyclones, Department of Science and Technology, DST, Eddy detection, IIT Kharagpur, IMD, Indian Institute of Technology, Indian Ocean region, MoES, Ocean, Remote sensing, Satellites, tropical

New Delhi: Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur have developed a technique that could be useful in the early detection of development or strengthening of tropical cyclones in the atmospheric column prior to satellites over ocean surface in the North Indian Ocean region. Researchers devise a novel method using Eddy detection technique to investigate the formative stages and advance detection time of tropical cyclogenesis in the North Indian Ocean region. This study has been conducted under the Climate Change Program (CCP) with the support from Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, an official statement said. Early detection of…

25 Mar

Researchers devise digital method to process Sanskrit texts

The News Horizon0 CommentsEducation, TechAI, Artificial intelligence, Computational processing, Digital resources, IIT Kharagpur, Indian Institute of Technology, languages, linguistics, regional languages, Sanskrit

New Delhi: While various digital resources have improved the accessibility and use of world languages and even regional languages, Sanskrit presents unique challenges in automated computational processing. In addition to the sheer volume and diversity, both stylistic and chronological, found in these texts, the linguistic peculiarities expressed by the language, pose several challenges in making these works accessible to the world. Researchers at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur are making Sanskrit accessible with their Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based system for processing Sanskrit texts. Researchers led by Dr Pawan Goyal have developed a digital infrastructure for the efficient processing of…

17 Mar

New collaboration to launch India-UK Dual Doctoral Programme

The News Horizon0 CommentsEducationIIT Kharagpur, Indian Institute of Technology, PhDprogramme, Research collaborations, The University of Manchester

New Delhi: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur and The University of Manchester announced the launch of a dual award PhD programme. This will serve to consolidate and build on existing research collaborations across a number of thematic areas including environmental geochemistry, biomaterials and Industry 4.0. Students will be jointly recruited and spend time in both Manchester and Kharagpur, benefiting from the expertise, facilities and infrastructure of the two globally renowned institutions, saida statement from IIT Kharagpur. The programme, launching this July, will be open to IIT and IISc graduates from India during its initial phase. Successful candidates will be…

03 Mar

DGPS based technology to Improve fertilizer application

The News Horizon0 CommentsAgriculture, Techagriculture, DGPS, farmland, fertilizer application, Food security, Geospatial, IIT Kharagpur, Mapping, Soil maps

New Delhi: Geospatial mapping is a buzzword today with the Govt. of India liberalizing the sector. There is another side of mapping that could transform the food security program of India; soil maps, which could be accessed using differential GPS (DGPS), developed by researchers at (Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur) IIT, Kharagpur for a variable rate of fertilization application in farmlands. Spatial variations in soil type and mineral content in large agricultural tracts are a common phenomenon that leads to a dynamic need for resources such as fertilizers, pesticides, herbicides and even water. Farmers have been collecting information on these…