Kharagpur

KHARAGPUR - Atomic Energy Commission chairman Srikumar Banerjee and flautist Pandit Hari Prasad Chaurasia were conferred honorary Doctor of Science degrees by the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) here Saturday at its annual convocation.

KHARAGPUR - A decision on an alternate examination procedure to reduce the pressure on students aiming to enter the elite Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) or other engineering schools will be taken soon, Human Resource Development Minister Kapil Sibal said Saturday.

KHARAGPUR - The country's first bio-energy centre was launched at the Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur Tuesday for undertaking research, teaching and technological implementation of conventional and non-conventional energy.