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A. Scheme of Instruction
Course Page No. Prefix
Preface

Division of Biological Sciences

Preface

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Integrated Ph D Programme in Biological Sciences Biochemistry Ecological Sciences
DB BC EC MB MC RD NS
710 13 15 20 24 26
Molecular Biophysics Microbiology and Cell Biology Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics Neuroscience

  • II
  • Division of Chemical Sciences

  • Preface
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29 34 38 41 44
Integrated Ph D Programme in Chemical Sciences Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Materials Research Organic Chemistry Solid State and Structural Chemistry
CD IP MR OC SS

III IV
Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences

Preface Instrumentation and Applied Physics Mathematics Astronomy and Astrophysics Physics and Integrated Ph D in Physical Sciences High Energy Physics
47 48 55 69 70 84
IN MA AA PH HE

Division of Electrical Sciences

  • Preface
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Core requirements for M Tech Degree Programmes M Tech Degree - Computer Science and Engineering M Tech Degree - Telecommunications M Tech Degree – Signal Processing M Tech Degree – Microelectronics Systems M Tech Degree – Electrical Engineering M Tech Degree – Systems Science and Automation M Tech Degree – Electronics Systems Engineering Computer Science and Automation Intelligent Systems and Automation Communication Systems

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Electronic Devices, Circuits and Technology Power Energy Systems High Voltage and Insulation Systems Electronics and Power Drives Photonic Device Electromagnetics, Microwaves and Antennas Signal Processing, Acoustics and Bioengineering Dissertation Project

  • V
  • Division of Mechanical Sciences

  • Preface
  • 152

Aerospace Engineering Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Civil Engineering
AE AS CE CH ME MT PD ST
153 169 173 190 195 206 214 222 225
Chemical Engineering Mechanical Engineering Materials Engineering Product Design and Manufacturing Sustainable Technologies

  • Earth Science
  • ES

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  • Division of Interdisciplinary programs

  • Preface
  • 231

Biosystems Science & Engineering Energy Research Computational and Data Science Nanoscience and Nanoengineering Management Studies
BE ER DS NE MS

CP

232 243 244 239 254

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  • Cyber Physical System

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Preface

The “Scheme of Instruction” (SoI) and “Student Information Handbook” (Handbook) contain the courses and rules and regulations related to student life in the Indian Institute of Science. The courses listed in the SoI and the rules in the Handbook are primarily meant for post-graduate students of the Institute. Undergraduate students areallowed to credit or audit the courses listed in the SoI.

The course listings are in conformance with the Divisional structure of the Institute, with the courses of each department of a Division listed in a separate subsection. For instance, all courses of the Aerospace Engineering department have the prefix AE, and are listed in the Aerospace Engineering subsection within the Mechanical Sciences Division. The only exception to this pattern is the Electrical Sciences Division, where the courses are organized under the sub-sections E0 through E9, according to the areas to which they belong. For instance, all Computer Science and Automation courses of the Electrical Sciences Division have the prefix E0, and are found in the corresponding sub-section, although the instructors come from all four departments of the division. The course codes are given in the Table of Contents.

The listing of each course consists of the course number, the title, the number of credits and the semester. The course number indicates both the department and the level of the course. For instance, MA 205 indicates that the course is offered by the Mathematics department and is at the 200 level. Such 200 level courses are either basic or second level graduate courses. The 300 level courses are advanced courses primarily meant for research scholars, but can also be taken by course students who have the appropriate background; these courses can be taken only with the consent of the instructor. Most courses are offered only once a year, either in the August or in the January semester. A few courses are offered in the summer term.

The number of credits is given in the form M:N, where Mindicates the number of lecture credits and Nthe number of laboratory credits. Each lecture credit corresponds to one lecture hour per week, while each laboratory credit corresponds to a 3-hour laboratory class. Thus, a course with 2:1 credits indicates that ithas 2 lecture hours and one 3-hour laboratory session each week, anda course with 3:0 credits indicates a course with 3 lecture hours and no laboratory session.

The Institute offers research-based doctoral programmes and Master’s programmesthat are both course-based and research-based. Eachcourse-based Master’s programme consists of core courses, electives and a dissertation project. Details of the requirements can be found under the course listing of the departments or divisions that offer them. Each student is assigned a Faculty Advisor, who willadvise him/her in selectingand droppingcourses, and monitor progress through the academic program. In order to register for a course, thestudent needs the approval of both the faculty advisor and the course instructor. The number and type of courses taken in the first and subsequent semesters depend on the programme and department the student is registered in – the Faculty Advisor and the Department Curriculum Committee (DCC) will guide the students on the core and elective courses they should register for. Students are permitted to claim an exemption from core courses on the basis of having taken them earlier. Details of how to claim such an exemption are given in the later part of this book.

The Institute follows a grading system, with continuous assessment. The course instructor first aggregates the individual marks of each student from the class tests, assignments and final examination scores. These marks are then mapped to letter grades, and only the grade is announced. The point values of grades are as follows: A+:10,A: 9, B+: 8, B: 7, C:6, D:5, F: 0. Thegrades A+ through D are passing grades, and F is a failing grade.

All the course-based programmes have a specified set of core courses.The doctoral and research-based Master’s programmes may have specific core courses, which depend on the division and department.Students in research programmes have to take a minimum number of credits as part of their Research Training Program (RTP). For PhD studentsin Science, the RTP consists of a minimum of 12 credits. For PhD studentsin Engineering who join with a Master’s degree in Engineering, the RTP requirement is a minimum of 12 credits. For PhDstudents in Engineering who join with aBachelor’s degree in Engineering or a Master’s degree in Science, the RTP consists of a minimum of24 credits. Similar RTP requirements apply for students who upgrade or continue their registration from the Masters programmes of the Institute. For the research-based Master’s degree, the RTP consists of minimum 12 credits. The Integrated PhD programme has 64 credits. Research students have the option of crediting courses beyond the RTP requirement.

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Detailed information with regard to the regulations of the various programmes and the operation of different aspects of Institute activities are given in the second part of the Handbook. Students are urged to read this material carefully, so that they are adequately informed.

31st July 2018 Bangalore560012

Prof. Prabhu R Nott
Chair
Senate Curriculum Committee

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Information on the number of credits to be registered at various levels for Different programme

MTech/MDes/MMgt programme (2 years duration)

Minimum number of credits for completion :64 Core courses Dissertation Project Electives *
15-30 at 200 level 19-32 15-24 Balance to make up the minimum of 64
(at 200 level and above)

MDes programme (2 years duration)

Minimum number of credits for completion: 64 Core courses Electives* Dissertation Project
36 12 16 at 200 level at 200 level and above

Research programmes

Research Training Programme

(i) PhD Science :

12 credits (Ph D along with Master additional 12 credits (12+12)

(ii) PhD in Engineering Faculty with

  • (a) ME/MTech qualification:
  • 12 credits

  • (b) MTech (Research) qualification:
  • 12 credits

(c) BE/BTech qualification, and upgradingfrom MTech (Research) to PhD: 24 credits (d) BE/BTech qualification, and transferringfrom MTech to PhD: 24credits (e) BE/BTech/MSc qualification : 24 credits

Note: For cases (c) and (d) above,the committee approving the conversionis empowered to stipulate that the student take additional credits

(iii) MTech (Research): 12-21 credits (with 3 Maths credits) (iv) Integrated PhD:Minimum of 64 credits

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Division of Biological Sciences

Preface :

This Division includes the Department of Biochemistry, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology, Molecular Biophysics Unit, Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics, Centre for Neurosciences, Centre for Infectious Disease Research and the Central Animal Facility. Students from a variety of disciplines such as biology, chemistry, physics and medicine are admitted into the Division for research work leading to a PhD degree.

Each Department/Centre/Unit offers courses on specialized topics designed to provide students with the necessary theoretical background and introduction to laboratory methods. There are specific requirements for completing the Research Training Programme for students registering for research conferments at the Institute. For individual requirements, the students are advised to approach the Departmental Curriculum Committee.

The Department of Biochemistry offers a programme of study concentrating on a molecular approach towards understanding biological phenomena. The programme of instruction consists of lectures, laboratory work, and seminar assignments. In addition to formal course work, students are required to participate in group seminars, departmental seminars and colloquia.

The Center for Ecological Sciences has excellent facilities for theoretical as well as experimental research in plant and animal ecology and the social behavior of insects. The programme of instruction consists of lectures, laboratory work, seminars and special assignments.

The Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology offers courses in microbiology, infectious diseases, eukaryotic genetics, advances in immunology, plant and cell culture, and recent advances in molecular biology and genetic engineering. The students are expected to participate in seminars on recent advances in these fields.

The Molecular Biophysics Unit offers courses which cover recent developments in molecular biophysics, biopolymer conformation, structure and interactions of biomolecules and biophysical techniques.

The courses offered in the Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics include those on endocrinology, reproduction signal transduction, genetics, gene expression and development.

The research interests in the Centre for Neuroscience spans from molecules to behavior. The courses offered would enable the students to gain fundamental knowledge in molecular and cellular neuroscience, systems and cognitive neuroscience. In addition, students will be expected to actively participate in seminars, journal clubs and lab rotations.

The Centre for Infectious Disease Research (CIDR) is involved in two primary activities: First, providing the intellectual and infrastructural support for infectious disease research. Second, enable researchers to perform studies in the Bio-safety Level-3 (BSL-3) facility, a state-of-the-art bio-containment space to perform research with high infectious organisms, e.g. Mycobacterium tuberculosis etc.

The Central Animal Facility provides standardized pathogen free, conventionally bred animals for biochemical experiments and also has facilities for research involving non-human primates.

Prof. Umesh Varshney

Chairman, Division of Biological Sciences

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Integrated PhD (Biological Sciences)

Course Work :

Core Courses: 19 credits

DB 201 2:0 DB 202 2:0 DB 207 0:5 BC 203 3:0 MB 201 2:0 MC 203 3:0 RD 201 2:0/ DB 204
Mathematics and Statistics for Biologists General Biology Laboratory General Biochemistry Biophysical Chemistry Microbiology

Genetics

Projects: 16 Credits :

DB 212 0:4 DB 225 0:6 DB 327 0:6
Project - I Project - II Project - III

Elective Courses: 29 Credits

(For a total of 64 credits)

DB 203 (AUG) 3:0 General Biochemistry

Biochemistry of carbohydrates and lipids. Cell membrane: structure and function. Metabolism: basic concepts and design, glycolysis and citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, bioenergetics, fatty-acid metabolism, integration and regulation of metabolism, pentose phosphate pathways and gluconeogenesis. Photosynthesis. Protein translation and regulation, cellular protein transport and protein turnover, biosynthesis and catabolism of amino acids and nucleotides, signal transduction. DNA structure, replication and repair. Transcription, regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Recombinant DNA technology.

Sathees C. Raghavan, Patrick D Silva, Ganesh Nagaraju

Stryer L.,Biochemistry (4th Edn),David L Nelson and Michael M Cox, Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry, 3rd Edn, Worth Publishers, 2000.,W. H. Freeman and Company,1995.

DB 201 (AUG) 2:0 Mathematics and Statistics for Biologists

Calculus: functions, limits and continuity, differentiation, integration, transcendental functions. Linear Algebra: vectors, matrices, determinants, linear equations. Statistics: elements of probability theory, discrete and continuous distributions, measures of central tendency, variability, confidence intervals, formulation of statistical hypotheses, tests of significance.

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Sekar K, Supratim Ray

Biological Instructor,Biological Instructor,Biological Instructor

DB 202 (AUG) 2:0 GENERAL BIOLOGY

Biology and the natural sciences; Growth of biological thought; Matter and life; Origin of life; History of life on earth; Bacteria and Protists; Fungi and other primitive plants; Seed bearing plants; Animals without back-bones; Insects, Vertebrates, Phylogeny and Systematics; Mechanisms of Evolution; Chemical basis of life; Cellular basis of life; Selected topics in plant and animal physiology; Selected topics in plant and animal ecology; Introduction To Neurophysiology with Topics In General Physiology; Behavioral ecology and sociobiology; Biological diversity on earth; Complexity; Molecular versus Organismal approaches to solving problems in Science.

Renee M Borges

• Maynard Smith,J. The Theory of Evolution,Penguin Books (1993 edition),1958. • Bonner,J. T. Why Size Matters: From Bacteria to Blue Whales

DB 225 (AUG) 0:6 Project - II

Utpal Tatu, Dipshikha Chakravortty

DB 212 (JAN) 0:6 Biological Science

Dipshikha Chakravortty

DB 327 (JAN) 0:6 Biological Science

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An independent research project to be conducted in the laboratory of a faculty member in the Division of Biology. It is desirable that the project be carried out in the laboratory where Project II was conducted.

Dipshikha Chakravortty

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Dept of Biochemistry

BC 201 (AUG) 2:0 Cell Biology

Biogenesis of proteins in eucaryotes: targeting to intracellular organelles, post-translational modifications, cellular redox. Intracellular protein degradation: lysosomal and non-lysosomal. Nuclear organization and function, chromosome structure, function and inheritance. Regulation of the Cell cycle, dynamic molecular events during mitosis, cell-cell communication.

Utpal Tatu, Dipankar Nandi, Shikha Laloraya, Patrick D Silva

Alberts et al.,Molecular Biology of the Cell,Third edition,Garland Publ. Inc. 1994

BC 202 (AUG) 2:0 Proteins: Structure and Function

Purification and characterization of enzymes/proteins. Determination of primary/secondary/tertiary/quaternary structures. Conformational properties of polypeptide chains; Mechanism of Protein folding;. Enzyme catalysis – steady state kinetics, allosteric enzymes, kinetics of interactions of ligands, protein engineering, enzyme mechanisms.

Narasimha Rao D, Utpal Tatu, Nagasuma R Chandra

Creighton,T.G.,Proteins,W.H.Freeman,1993.

BC 203 (AUG) 3:0 General Biochemistry

Biochemistry of carbohydrates and lipids. Cell membrane: structure and function. Metabolism: basic concepts and design, glycolysis and citric acid cycle, oxidative phosphorylation, bioenergetics, fatty-acid metabolism, integration and regulation of metabolism, pentose phosphate pathways and gluconeogenesis. Photosynthesis. Protein translation and regulation, cellular protein transport and protein turnover, biosynthesis and catabolism of amino acids and nucleotides, signal transduction. DNA structure, replication and repair. Transcription, regulation of gene expression in prokaryotes and eukaryotes. Recombinant DNA technology.

Sathees C. Raghavan, Patrick D Silva, Ganesh Nagaraju, Purusharth Rajyaguru

Stryer L.,Biochemistry (4th Edn),W. H. Freeman and Company,1995,David L Nelson and Michael M Cox

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BC 306 (AUG) 3:0 Essentials in Immunology

Adaptive and innate immunity, inflammation, antibody structure and function, the complement system, antigen - antibody interaction, cells and organs of the immune system, B cell activation, immunoglobulin genes, molecular basis of antibody diversity, T cell receptors, T cell activation, major histocompatibility complex, antigen processing and presentation, lymphokines, transcription factors, hypersensitivity, autoimmunity, immunological techniques. Immunological disorders and therapy

Dipankar Nandi, Sathees C. Raghavan, Sandeep M Eswarappa

Goldsby,R.A.,Kindt,T.J.,Osborne

BC 207 (JAN) 2:0 Proteomics in Practice

Course offers introduction to proteomics, 2D gel electrophoresis techniques for resolution of proteins, mass spectrometry principles and applications in proteomics. Study of post translational modifications, Databases (NCBI, Swiss-prot and MSDB) and their uses, software (protein pilot, mascot and gpm) uses for proteomic analysis. Introduction to quantitative proteomics and techniques (i-TRAQ and SILAC).

Utpal Tatu

Reiner Westermeier,Tom Nave,Proteomics :,Tools for the New Biology,by Daniel C Liebler

BC 205 (JAN) 2:0 Fundamentals of Physiology and Medicine

Introduction to human embryology and congenital anomalies (RB), Cardiovasculr system; Respiratory system; Endocrine system; Digestive system; Renal Physiology; Physiology and common Pathologies/disorders associated with these systems; Medical and surgical interventions (SME).

Sandeep M Eswarappa, Ramray Bhat

1. Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology,25th Edition (McGraw-Hill Education).,2. Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology (Saunders Publication).,3. Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine (McGraw -Hill Education).,4. Davidson's Principles and Practice of Medicine

BC 210 (JAN) 3:0 Molecular Basis of Ageing and Regeneration

Model systems for studying Ageing and Regeneration (such as Planaria, Hydra, Salamander); Role of cellular processes such as transcription, translation, posttranslational modifications; Signalling

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mechanisms; Cellular Senescence; Genetic basis of Ageing and longevity; Ageing and Diseases; Organ Senescence; Obesity/Diabetes/Cardiovascular diseases/Muscle degeneration; Interventions to delay ageing and/or enhance life span.

Varsha Singh, Purusharth Rajyaguru, Nagalingam Ravi Sundaresan

Principles of Regenerative Biology by Bruce Carlson.,Regeneration - Developmental Biology by Scott F Gilbert (6th Edition). Handbook of the Biology of Ageing,Seventh Edition,by Edward J Masoro (Editor),Steven N. Austad (Editor) 2010.

BC 302 (JAN) 3:0 Current Trends in Drug Discovery

Introduction to the process of Drug discovery, Principles of drug action, Biochemical pharmacology, drug absorption, distribution, metabolism and elimination, bioavailability. Drug receptors and their interactions, dose-response relationships, pharmacokinetics & pharmacodynamics. Use of genomics and proteomics for understanding diseases at the molecular level. Brief introduction to Systems biology, Strategies for target discovery, high throughput screening using genomics, proteomics and bioinformatics for target and lead identification. Molecular recognition, drug and target structures and chemoinformatics. Druggability, proteinligand interactions, structure-based ligand design. Lead Identification, Lead optimization and design, Binding site characterization, docking and clustering. Pharmacophore-based approaches, QSAR. Pharmacogenomics & Variability in Drug Response, biochemical mechanisms of drug resistance, examples from current literature

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    Awards galore at DBT Foundation Day 10 April 2007 | News Image not found or type unknown Awards galore at DBT Foundation Day On March 12, 2007, a series of awards were announced to honor researchers, scientists working in the sciences arena. The Distinguished Biotechnologist Award for the year 2006 has been conferred on Prof. TP Singh for his outstanding contributions in structural biology. Prof. TP Singh headed the Biophysics Department at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi during 1986–August 2006. He obtained his PhD from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore in 1975 on structure–function studies of analgesic/anti-inflammatory agents. He has made original and novel contributions to the structural studies of proteins and implemented a strong program on structure-based rational drug design. Significantly, Prof. TP Singh has developed a new program on Clinical Proteomics at AIIMS in collaboration with other faculty members to characterize all the proteins that are expressed during various patho/physiological conditions. His group has already determined more than 50 structures of proteins and their complexes under this program. Dr Manju Sharma, former secretary, DBT, has been honored with the National Award for Senior Woman Bioscientist for the year 2006 in recognition of her vision and incessant efforts in shaping and steering research in biotechnology and new biology and for applying research results for the benefit of the society in the country. The National Award for Young Women Bioscientists for the year 2006 was conferred on Dr Gagandeep Kang, CMC, Vellore and Dr Ramanathan Sowdhamini, NCBS, Bangalore. Dr Gagandeep Kang has been honored for her significant contributions on rotaviral diarrhoeal diseases in children particularly on molecular epidemiology.
  • Presentation on the Division of Biological

    Presentation on the Division of Biological

    INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE (IISc) Bangalore IISc: THE DIVISIONAL STRUCTURE Biological Chemical Sciences Sciences Physical and Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences IISc Research Mechanical Electrical Sciences Sciences Division of Biological Sciences (76 Serving faculty members) (>250 publications/year) Molecular Biochemistry Microbiology and Cell Biology Biophysics Unit (1921) (1941) (1971) Prof. C. Jayabaskaran Prof. U. Vijayraghavan Prof. N. Srinivasan Centre for Molecular Reproduction, Centre for Development and Ecological Sciences Genetics Neuroscience (1983) (1989) (2009) Prof. R. Balakrishnan Prof. S. Visweswariah Prof. A. Murthy ~60 PhDs Central Animal Centre for Infectious graduate Facility Disease Research each year (1971) (2014) Prof. K. Somasundaram Prof. D. Nandi Other Centres for Interdisciplinary Research 1. Centre for Biosystems Science and Engineering (BSSE) 2. Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (CeNSE) 3. National Mathematics Initiative (IISc node; Math- Bio@IISc) 4. Centre for Brain Research (CBR) Funding generated by the Departments/Centres in the Division of Biological Sciences (2014-18) Total: INR ~402 crores (US$~57 million) (Excludes IISc and DBT-IISc Funds) CAF CIDR BC MRDG CES MBU CNS DBT-IISc Funds MCB 2012-2018: ~70 crores 2019-2021: ~78 crores Funding sources Indo-Swedish grant Indo-Australia grant Indo-Israel grant Indo-Russian grant 1. Disease Biology 1.1 Infectious disease biology (Viruses, bacteria and fungi) Principal Investigators from DBS: Dipshikha Chakravortty, S. Vijaya, K. N. Balaji, P. Ajitkumar, Amit Singh, S. Mahadevan, N. Ganesh, Dipankar Nandi, Saibal Chatterjee, and Utpal Tatu. Co-investigators from other divisions: Jagadeesh Gopalan (Aerospace Engineering), Ashok Raichur (Materials Engineering), G. Mugesh (Inorganic Physical Chemistry), and S. Umapathy (Inorganic Physical Chemistry). 1.
  • Guidelines for the Use and Interpretation of Assays for Monitoring Autophagy (3Rd Edition)

    Guidelines for the Use and Interpretation of Assays for Monitoring Autophagy (3Rd Edition)

    Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) The MIT Faculty has made this article openly available. Please share how this access benefits you. Your story matters. Citation Klionsky, Daniel J., et al. “Guidelines for the Use and Interpretation of Assays for Monitoring Autophagy (3rd Edition).” Autophagy, vol. 12, no. 1, Jan. 2016, pp. 1–222. As Published http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356 Publisher Informa UK Limited Version Author's final manuscript Citable link http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/116122 Terms of Use Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike Detailed Terms http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ AUTOPHAGY 2016, VOL. 12, NO. 1, 1–222 http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2015.1100356 EDITORIAL Guidelines for the use and interpretation of assays for monitoring autophagy (3rd edition) Daniel J Klionsky1745,1749*, Kotb Abdelmohsen840, Akihisa Abe1237, Md Joynal Abedin1762, Hagai Abeliovich425, Abraham Acevedo Arozena789, Hiroaki Adachi1800, Christopher M Adams1669, Peter D Adams57, Khosrow Adeli1981, Peter J Adhihetty1625, Sharon G Adler700, Galila Agam67, Rajesh Agarwal1587, Manish K Aghi1537, Maria Agnello1826, Patrizia Agostinis664, Patricia V Aguilar1960, Julio Aguirre-Ghiso784,786, Edoardo M Airoldi89,422, Slimane Ait-Si-Ali1376, Takahiko Akematsu2010, Emmanuel T Akporiaye1097, Mohamed Al-Rubeai1394, Guillermo M Albaiceta1294, Chris Albanese363, Diego Albani561, Matthew L Albert517, Jesus Aldudo128, Hana Algul€ 1164, Mehrdad Alirezaei1198, Iraide
  • Awardees of National Bioscience Award for Career Development

    Awardees of National Bioscience Award for Career Development

    AWARDEES OF NATIONAL BIOSCIENCE AWARD FOR CAREER DEVELOPMENT Awardees for the year 2016 1. Dr. Mukesh Jain, Associate Professor, School of Computational and Integrative Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi-110067 2. Dr. Samir K. Maji, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Mumbai- 400076 3. Dr. Anindita Ukil, Assistant Professor, Calcutta University, Kolkata 4. Dr. Arnab Mukhopadhyay, Staff Scientist V, National Institute of Immunology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi- 110067 5. Dr. Rohit Srivastava, Professor, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, Mumbai- 400076 6. Dr. Pinaki Talukdar, Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pashan, Pune- 7. Dr. Rajnish Kumar Chaturvedi, Senior Scientist, CSIR- Indian Institute of Toxicology Research, Lucknow-226001 8. Dr. Jackson James, Scientist E-II, Neuro Stem Cell Biology Lab, Neurobiology Division, Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala- 695014 Awardees for the year 2015 1. Dr. Sanjeev Das, Staff Scientist-V, National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi 2. Dr. Ganesh Nagaraju, Assistant Professor, Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore- 5600012. 3. Dr. Suvendra Nath Bhattacharya, Principal Scientist, CSIR- Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Kolkata- 700032 4. Dr. Thulasiram H V, Principal Scientist, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune- 411008. 5. Dr. Pawan Gupta, Principal Scientist, Institute of microbial Technology, Chandigarh- 160036. 6. Dr. Souvik Maiti, Principal Scientist, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi- 110025. 7. Dr. Pravindra Kumar, Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology, IIT, Roorkee- 247667. 8. Dr. Anurag Agrawal, Principal Scientist, CSIR-Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology, Delhi- 110025 9. Dr. Gridhar Kumar Pandey, Professor, Department of Plant Molecular Biology, University of Delhi South Campus, New Delhi- 110067 10.
  • Annual Report 2010-11

    Annual Report 2010-11

    Contents Sl. No. Contents Page No. 1. Director’s Report 01 2. Organization 19 IIT Council The Board of Governors The Finance Committee The Building & Works Committee The Senate 3. The Faculty 49 4. Academic Programmes 66 5. Research & Development 82 6. Alumni Association Activities 104 7. Central Facilities 111 P K Kelkar Library Computer Centre Centre for Development of Technical Education Centre for Creative Writing and Publication Staff Training Unit SC/ST and OBC Cell Rajbhasha Prakoshtha Media Technology Centre 8. Finance 135 9. Endowment Report 137 10. Facilities to Students 139 11. Students’ Placement 153 12. Services/Amenities 156 Institute Works Department Stores & Purchase Section Estate Office Campus School Health Centre Visitors’ Hostel 13. Publication and Outreach Activities 167 Books & Book–chapters Published Journals Papers Research Papers Published In Conference Proceedings Papers presented in seminars/conference/workshops/symposia Invited talks delivered Other activities Annual Report 2010-2011 Director’s Report Honorable Chairman, Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Professor M. Anandakrishnan, Distinguished Chief Guest, Prof. P. Balaram, Members of the Board of Governors, Members of the Academic Senate, all graduating students and their family members, all members of faculty, staff and students, invited dignitaries, guests, and members of the media: I heartily welcome you all on this occasion of the forty-third convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. We are particularly happy to welcome Prof. P. Balaram, Director, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, amongst us for today’s forty- third convocation. The academic year closing in May 2011 has been momentous, and I consider it a privilege to review our activities pertaining to this period.