A one-day training programme at Gangtok on June 2 put soil organic carbon testing kits in the hands of progressive farmers from every block of Sikkim. This is a part of a larger IIT Guwahati initiative that aims to build a ground-level soil carbon map to guide agricultural policy across the Northeast. Published 8 Jun 2026 | Category Community and Outreach | Office School of Agro and Rural Technology A Training-cum-Capacity Building Programme on Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Kit w

For 20 years, the Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) at IIT Guwahati has been turning grassroots challenges into practical solutions across Northeast India. The programme is now entering a new phase focused on scaling, patenting, and commercialising innovations to benefit even more rural communities. Published 31 May 2026 | Category Research & Partnerships | Office Rural Technology Action Group A farmer transporting produce to market without paying for costly transport. A

A one-day training programme at KVK Cachar on May 22 put soil organic carbon testing kits in the hands of 24 farmers drawn from 27 blocks across three Assam districts Published 22 May 2026 | Category Community and Outreach | Office School of Agro and Rural Technology A one-day Training-cum-Capacity Building Programme on “Soil Organic Carbon (SOC) Kit and Its Distribution” was successfully organized by the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati in collaboration with ICAR-ATAR

India's premier astronomy conference returned to the Northeast after thirty years, bringing 600 scientists to the IIT Guwahati campus for five days of presentations, talks, workshops, and region-wide outreach. Published 20 May 2026 | Category Meetings and Conferences | Office Dept of Physics A Return to the Northeast The last time the Astronomical Society of India held its annual meeting in the Northeast, it was 1996, and Gauhati University was the host. Thirty years later, t