Useful Links
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EXCELLENT VIDEOS
Talk by Dr. Seth Darling (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) on "The Solar Energy Challenge". Youtube link
Talk by Dr. Seth Darling (Argonne National Laboratory, USA) on "The End of Water As We Know It". Youtube link
PBS NewsHour video titled "Is desalination the future of drought relief in California?". Youtube link
PBS NewsHour video titled "How Israel became a leader in water use in the Middle East". Youtube link
Interview of Prof. Suman Chakraborty (Mechanical Engg., IIT-KGP) by Rajya Sabha TV titled "Eureka with Prof. Suman Chakraborty". Youtube link
Talk by Prof. Suman Chakraborty (Mechanical Engg., IIT-KGP) about research opportunities for undergradate students. Youtube link
Talk by Prof. Martin Nowak (Harvard University) on "Supercooperators: The mathematics of evolution, altruism & human behavior". Youtube link
EXCELLENT TED TALKS
Dr. Ramesh Raskar (MIT Media Lab, USA) on "Imaging at a trillion frames per second". Youtube link
Salman Khan (Founder, Khan Academy) : Let's use video to reinvent education. Youtube link
David Christian: The history of our world in 18 minutes. Youtube link
Jimmy Wales (Co-Creator, Wikipedia) : How a ragtag band created Wikipedia. Youtube link
Prof. Hans Rosling (Co-Founder, Gapminder) : Stats that reshape your world-view. Youtube link
Prof. Hans Rosling (Co-Founder, Gapminder) : Hans Rosling's 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes - The Joy of Stats. Youtube link
Adam Leipzig: How to know your life purpose in 5 minutes. Youtube link
Cancer at a crossroads Hope or Hype Ravi Mehrotra. Youtube link
INSPIRATIONAL VIDEOS
Steve Jobs on 'Failure'. Youtube link
What makes a good life? Lessons from the longest study on happiness, by Robert Waldinger. Youtube link
The map of mathematics. Youtube link
Steve Jobs' 2005 Stanford Commencement Address. Youtube link
GRAND CHALLENGES
IMPRINT (Impacting Research Innovation and Technology) India Initiative, is a Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) initiative
NAE (National Academy of Engineers) Grand Challenge for Engineers
USEFUL INFORMATION FOR STUDENTS
ASME Author Resources (Reference Format, Sample Paper etc).
Requesting a Letter of Recommendation (by Prof. Michael Ernst, University of Washington).
Useful Tips to Grauduate Students (by Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar, IIT Delhi).
Scientific Poster Design for Graduate Students (Ref: Cornell Engineering).
Guidelines for Giving a Truly Terrible Talk IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Vol. 33, No. 4, August 1986 [Adapted from "Guidelines for Giving a Truly Terrible Talk, EDS, Volume 66, No.46, pp.812, 1985, copyright by the American Geophysical union].
Great Readings for Researchers and Scholars (by Prof. Gabriel Robins, University of Virginia, USA).
FELLOWSHIPS / INTERNSHIPS / SCHOLARSHIPS OPPORTUNITIES
DAAD-WiSE program, Germany (Link1, Link2)
Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI) Visiting Students Program (VSP) Link
IIT Bombay Research Internship Awards
IIT Delhi Summer Research Fellowship Programme
IIT Gandhinagar Student Summer Research Internships
IIT Ropar Summer Internship Programme
INAE (Indian National Academy of Engineering) Travel Grant Scheme
Indian Academy of Science (Summer Research Fellowship Programme)
LIGO SURF Program (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship), USA (Link)
LPI (Lunar Planetary Institute) Summer Intern Program in Planetary Science, USA
Microsoft Research India PhD Fellowships
Mitacs Globalink international research internship program, Canada (Link)
Raman – Charpak Fellowship 2014 (Link)
S.N. Bose Scholars Program (Link)
Science Academies' Summer Research Fellowship Programme
Summer Intern Program, Lunar Planetary Institute (LPI), USA
Summer Research Program, National Tsing Hua University (NTHU), Taiwan
Summer Student Program, European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), Switzerland
TCS Research Fellowship Scheme
ONLINE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES
Harvard MIT edX (Online education)
National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL)
Technology Review (Published by MIT)
SOCIETIES
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Indian National Academy of Engineering
DONATION
1. National Defence Fund https://ndf.gov.in
2. Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund https://pmnrf.gov.in/en/
3. PM CARES Fund https://www.pmcares.gov.in/en/
4. Punjab Chief Minister Relief Fund https://cmrf.punjab.gov.in
5. IIT Ropar https://www.cga.iitrpr.ac.in