ANNUAL REPORT 2013 – 2014 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, SHIBPUR HOWRAH – 711 103 From the Desk of the Director INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLGY, SHIBPUR P.O. – Botanic Garden, Howrah – 711103, West Bengal, India Phone: (033) 2668 2674, Fax: (033) 2668 7575 Professor Ajoy Kumar Ray E-mail: [email protected] , [email protected] Director It gives me immense pleasure to bring out the annual report of our Institute for the year 2013- 14. At the outset, let me congratulate all the stakeholders of the Institute for achieving a long cherished dream. On 4th March, 2014, our University has been transformed to Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, an Institute of National Importance by an act of the Parliament. The Government of India has conferred this status on this one hundred and fifty eight year old Institute in recognition of its contributions to the progress of civilization through developments in the field of Science and Technologyall over the globe. As a Centrally funded institute our commitment to the service of the Nation shall increase many fold and I am happy to announce that our academic community is ready to take up the challenge of achieving excellence in the field of science and technology. Since the last convocation of our Institute held on January 13, 2013 we have marched forward in our pursuit of academic excellence in all spheres of teaching, research and extension activities. Our university has always laid great stress on research. This year 34 fellows have been awarded Ph.D degree and 183 fresh research scholars have enrolled for Doctoral programme. The Faculty members have been consistently devoting their energies to quality research apart from teaching. During the last year, there have been over 694 publications in peer reviewed national and international journals and conference proceedings. Further, 8 books have also been published by the Faculty members. In the very recent past, the Institute has witnessed a quantum jump in the number of sponsored research projects. It is a matter of considerable pride that currently 135 projects worth Rs. 75 crores are under operation. In the last year alone, 33 new sponsored projects worth about 14 crores have commenced operation. There are at present 92 on going consultancy projects in different Departments of the University. I am happy to announce that the Sophisticated Analytical Instrument Facility has been set up in the University with funding from DST, Govt. of India which will augment the existing Central Research Facilty of the University considerably. The Institute is one of the major participants of TEQUIP – II launched by the Govt. of India. With their funding, we have established a Centre of Excellence in the area of Microstructurally Designed Advanced Materials Development. Three new laboratories on GIS and Remote Sensing, Composite Mechanics and Advanced Computational Mechanics have been set up using this fund. A few of our existing laboratories like Microwave Engineering laboratory, X- Ray and Crystallographic Laboratory, CAD Laboratory and Information and Communication Engineering Laboratory have been modernized. Sophisticated instruments like X-Ray Diffractometer with texture Goniometer, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, Electron Beam Evaporation System etc. have also been procured. 1 2 Research Scholarships have been provided from the TEQUIP fund to 40 Engineering students and 5 Applied Science students for pursuing Ph.D work. The TEQUIP-II of the University organized Research Scholar‘s week in January this year as a part of which a seminar on ‗ Science and Technology Education in the 21st Century- a Road map towards Excellence ‗ was organized where several Directors and former Directors of IITs presented their ideas to the Faculty members and researchers. In consistence with previous years, this year too several faculty members have been lauded and have won recognition for their superior academic performance. To name a few : Prof. Parthapratim Chattopadhyay from the Department of Metallurgy and Materials engineering won the title of National Metallurgist of the year 2013 and felicitated as Eminent Engineer of the Year by the Institution of Engineers, India. Prof. Sabyasachi sarkar, from the Department of Chemistry was elected as Fellow of the Royal society of Chemistry, UK. Prof. S. K. Saha, from the Department of Mechanical Engineering was elected as Chartered Engineer and Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, London. Prof. Partha Bhattacharya from trhe Department of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering received the Best Paper award at the Young Scientist Colloquium 2013 organized by Materials Research Society of India. About 14 Faculty members and one research scholar attended International Conferences and made Academic visits to countries like USA, Japan, Austria, Ukraine and Greece. It has been an honour on the part of the Institute to have hosted a large number of distinguished academicians and Industrialists during the period under review. To name a few : Prof. Wout Van Bommel, International Lighting Consultant, Dr. Manasendu Kundu, University of California, Prof. Neil Shirtycliffe from Rhine wall university of Applied Science, Germany and many others. It is heartening to note that the students of the Institute have been performing extremely well, both in academic as well as in extra curricular activities. Hrilina ghosh, M. Tech student of Electronics and telecommunication engineering received an Innovative Students‘ Project Award by the Indian national Academy of Engineering in 2013. Anuja Roy, Ph.D scholar of Civil Engineering received a Best Session Paper Award at the International Conference on Structural Engineering and Mechanics, Sourav Kundu, Vaibhav Vineet and Debjyoti Panda of Civil Engineering have made International journal and conference publications from their project work. Different students‘ bodies like the Photographic Society, the Music society, the Dramatic Society etc. have arranged colorful cultural programmes and Annual Drama Festival. Apart from teaching and research, faculty members are also involved in various extension activities and social outreach programmes. More than one lakh people in rural Bengal have been benefitted from the filters installed by the Department of Civil Engineering that provides Arsenic-free water. A research by Prof. Sabyasachi Sarkar on low cost water soluble nano carbon used to stop mosquito breeding has been acclaimed internationally. The school of Community Science and Technology has been identified as one of the implementing agencies of Corporate Social Responsibility scheme of the Govt. of India. The Equal Opportunity Cell of the University has been conducting Remedial Coaching for SC/ST/Minority/OBC students of non creamy layer and also arranging coaching for entry into services and training in foreign languages for such students. From the Annual Report of various Departments, Schools, Centres and Administrative sections, it will be manifested that our Institute is consistently moving ahead at a very fast pace, creating manpower and contributing in the Development of the Nation. I would like to extend my heartiest thanks and congratulations to all Faculty members, students, officers and staff of the University for working together in an effort to achieve excellence. My special thanks to the team who worked tirelessly to bring out this Annual Report. (Ajoy Kumar Ray) Director 3 4 Content Sl. No. Subjects Page No. i Introductory note with a brief history of the University 7 – 8 ii List of Administrative Heads / Governance 9 – 12 iii Members of Various committees 13 – 34 A Department 1 Aerospace Engineering and Applied Mechanics Department 35 – 46 2 Civil Engineering Department 47 – 62 3 Chemistry Department 63 – 78 4 Computer Science and Technology Department 79 – 90 5 Eletrical Engineering Department 91 – 114 5 Electronics and Tele Communication Department 115 – 128 6 Earth Sciences Department 129 – 134 7 Humanities and Social Sciences Department 135 – 140 8 Information Technology Department 141 – 164 9 Mathematics Department 165 – 180 10 Mechanical Engineering Department 181 – 198 11 Metallurgy and Materials Engineering Department 199 – 210 12 Mining Engineering Department 211 – 220 13 Physics Department 221 – 238 14 Human Resource Management Department 239 – 244 15 Department of Students‘ Activities 245 – 250 B Schools 1 School of Community Science and Technology (SOCSAT) 251 – 272 2 School of Disaster Mitigation Engineering (SDME) 273 – 290 3 School of Safety & Occupational Health Engineering (SSOH) 291 – 296 4 PDSIT 297 – 312 5 School of Materials Science & Engineering (SMSE) 313 – 326 6 School of Management Sciences (SOMS) 327 – 336 8 School of Mechatronics & Robotics (SM&R) 337 – 344 9 School of VLSI Technology 345 – 358 C Centres 1 Centre of Excellence for Green Energy and Sensor Systems 359 – 376 2 Centre for Healthcare Science and Technology 377 – 388 D Others 1 Library 389 – 392 2 Equal Opportunity Cell 393 – 398 3 14th Annual Convocation 399 – 402 4 List of Consultancy work (2013 – 14) 403 – 406 5 List of Projects (2013 – 14) 307 – 410 6 Financial Report (2013 – 14) 411 – 418 5 6 Introductory note with a brief history of the Institute Bengal Engineering College, commonly known as B.E.College started its journey as the Civil Engineering College on 12th February 1856. During this long journey, this pioneering Engineering College achieved one milestone after another. Since 1856 a