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An autonomous engineering, technology and management oriented institute of higher education, the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT Kharagpur or IIT KGP) was established by the government of India in 1951. The first of the IITs to be established, it is recognised as an Institute of National Importance by the government of India. Read Bio

Springfest IIT KGP

Established: 18th August 1951 Location: Kharagpur - 721 302, West Bengal

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Narendra Modi - Name that attracts crosshairs

By Vaibhav Mishra-Springfest IIT KGP, Kharagpur

Posted Apr 14th 2013 7:00AM

'Narendra Modi', this is probably the one name which has the habit for being in news almost permanently (though Mr. Rahul Gandhi ...

Why we need Pinkathon?

By Vaibhav Mishra-Springfest IIT KGP, Kharagpur

Posted Mar 13th 2013 4:30AM

Breast Cancer has emerged as a major cause of health concern in the Indian women. As per a report, it has overtaken cervical ...

Unnikrishnan, CEO, Thermax speaks on Global Economic Movement and its Ramification for India

By Siddharth Himakar-Vinod Gupta School of Management (VGSoM), Kharagpur

Posted Mar 5th 2013 3:00AM

Mr. Unnikrishnan, Managing Director & CEO, Thermax delivered a lecture on "GLOBAL ECONOMIC MOVEMENT AND ITS RAMIFICATION ...

Confessions Everywhere

By Vaibhav Mishra-Springfest IIT KGP, Kharagpur

Posted Feb 20th 2013 10:30PM

The unsuspecting junta was sitting in their rooms, mugging their way through the mid-sems when a curse fell upon them, the ...

Valentine's Day Special at Shop Ping!

By Siddharth Menath-Springfest IIT KGP, Kharagpur

Posted Feb 13th 2013 3:13AM

Love is you, You and me, Love is knowing, We can be! With these simple words from John Lennon, let's welcome the day of ...

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Biography

Springfest IIT KGP campus strength is 9100.

Courses

Under Graduate, Post Graduate, Ph.D

Facilities

Hostel, All Modern Equipments

Placements

Procter & Gamble, GE, KPMG, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited, Infosys, TCS

Type :

Coed

Alumni

Arun Sarin (Former CEO of Vodafone), Arvind Kejriwal (Social Activist), Ajit Singh (Politician), Anuradha Acharya (Founder and CEO of Ocimum Biosolutions), Arjun Malhotra (Chairman of Headstrong)

Achievements

In India, among engineering colleges, it ranked 3 by India Today, 1 by Outlook India.

For more information please visit http://www.iitkgp.ac.in/