ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 Annual Report
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ANNUAL REPORT 2015-16 Annual Report 2015 - 2016 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur August, 2016 Contents Subject Page No. Organization Members, Council of Indian Institutes of Technology : 1 Board of Governors : 3 Finance Committee : 5 Building and Works Committee : 6 Administrative Heads : 7 The Senate : 14 Director's Report : 18 Courses of Study : 63 PART–I Departments, Centres and Schools Academic Programmes Departments Aerospace Engineering : 69 Agricultural and Food Engineering : 71 Architecture and Regional Planning : 75 Biotechnology : 78 Chemical Engineering : 80 Chemistry : 83 Civil Engineering : 87 Computer Science and Engineering : 91 Electrical Engineering : 94 Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering : 98 Geology and Geophysics : 102 Humanities and Social Sciences : 105 Industrial & Systems Engineering : 108 Mathematics : 110 Mechanical Engineering : 113 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering : 117 Mining Engineering : 121 Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture : 124 Physics : 126 Centers Centre for Educational Technology : 130 Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences : 132 Cryogenic Engineering Centre : 134 Materials Science Centre : 136 P.K. Sinha Centre for Bio-Energy : 139 Reliability Engineering Centre : 140 Rubber Technology Centre : 142 Rural Development Centre : 144 Schools G. S. Sanyal School of Telecommunications : 146 Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship : 148 Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law : 151 Ranbir & Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management : 153 School of Bio Science : 154 School of Energy Science and Engineering : 155 School of Environmental Science and Engineering : 156 School of Information Technology (Merged With Computer Science) : School of Medical Science & Technology : 157 School of Nano Science and Technology : 159 School of Water Resources : 161 Vinod Gupta School of Management : 163 PART–II Centralized Services, Programmes and Units Advance Technology Development Centre : 166 Alumni Affairs & International Relations : 169 Central Library : 176 Central Research Facility : 181 Central Workshop & Instruments Service Section : 187 Centre for Theoretical Studies : 189 Computer and Informatics Centre : 191 Continuing Education Centre : 192 Estate (E&M) Works Section : 195 Estate Civil Head Office : 196 Extra Academic Activities : 198 NSO NCC NSS Institute Information Cell : 198 Kalpana Chawla Space Technology Cell : 199 Rajbhasha Vibhag : 200 Science & Technology Entrepreneurs’ Park : 202 Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy : 205 Technology Students Gymkhana : 209 Technology Telecom Centre : 214 Career Development Centre : 215 PART– III Statistical Information Table A-1: Admission to Undergraduate Courses : 218 Table A-2: Admission to 2-Year M.Sc. Courses : 220 Table A-3: Students Awarded M.C.M. Scholarship : 220 Table A-4: Students Awarded only Free Tuitionship : 222 Table A-5: Students (SC & ST) Awarded Financial Assistance : 224 Table A-6: Medals and Prizes - (Undergraduate) : 226 Table A-7: Students Awarded Scholarships by External Agencies : 232 Table A-8: Students from Foreign Countries on Roll – Undergraduate : 233 Table A-9: Statement of Results (Undergraduate) : 235 Table A-10: Students on Roll (Department wise) – Undergraduate : 237 Table B-1: Admission to Postgraduate Courses : 239 Table B-2: Postgraduate Students on Roll : 242 Table B-3: Statement of Results of Postgraduate Examination : 244 Table C-1: Number of PhD Research Scholars Enrolled : 246 Table C-2: Number of MS Students Enrolled : 248 Table C-2a: Number of PDF as on 02.06.2015 : 249 Table C-3: Number of UGC Scholars Enrolled : 250 Table C-4: Number of Research Scholars on roll as on 31.05.2015 : 251 Financial Information : 252 PART– IV Detailed reports of Departments, Centres, Schools, Sections and Units (on attached CD) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Members of the Council of Indian Institutes of Technology S.No. Name and Designation 1. Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development 2. Shri Mahindra Nath Pandey, Minister of State, H.R.D. 3. Shri Ninong Ering, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) 4. Dr. Pawan Goenka, Chairperson, BOG, IIT Madras 5. Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Delhi 6. Dr. Srikumar Banerjee, Chairperson, BOG IIT Kharagpur 7. Prof. Ashok Misra, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Roorkee 8. Dr.Rajiv I.Modi, Chairperson, BOG, IIT Guwahati 9. Shri R.C. Bhargava, Chairperson, BOG, IIT Kanpur 10. Shri V.S. Oberoi, Secretary (HE), MHRD 11. Dr. B.V.R. Mohan Reddy, Chairperson, BOG, IIT Hyderabad 12. Mrs. Lila Poonawalla, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Ropar 13. Prof. Girish Chandra Tripathi, Chairperson, BOG IIT (BHU),Varanasi 14. Prof. Devang V. Khakhar, Director, IIT Bombay 15. Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi 16. Prof. Indranil Manna, Director, IIT Kanpur 17. Prof. Partha P.Chakrabarti, Director, IIT Kharagpur 18. Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras 19. Prof. Gautam Biswas, Director, IIT, Guwahati 20. Prof. Pradipta Banerji, Director, IIT Roorkee 21. Prof. Rajeev Sangal, Director IIT(BHU) Varanasi 22. Prof. C.V.R. Murty, Director, IIT, Jodhpur 23. Prof. Sudhir K. Jain, Director, IIT Gandhinagar 24. Prof. Pushpak Bhattyacharya, Director IIT Patna 25. Prof. U.B. Desai, Director, IIT Hyderabad 26. Prof. Sarit Kumar Das, Director, IIT Ropar 27. Prof. R.V. Rajakumar, Director, IIT Bhubaneswar 28. Prof. Timothy A. Gonsalves, Director, IIT Mandi 29. Prof. Pradeep Mathur, Director, IIT Indore 30. Prof. Anil D. Shahsrabudhe, Chairperson, AICTE 31. Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Deptt. Of Elect. Engg., IIT Madras 32. Dr. (Mrs.) Tessy Thomas, Outstanding Scientist' & Director, Advanced Systems Laboratory (ASL), Hyderabad 33. Prof. Vijay Lakshmi Ravindranath, Centre for Neuro science, IISc, Bangalore 34. Dr. S.K. Joshi, Former D.G. CSIR, NewDelhi 1 Annual Report 2015-2016 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 35. Prof. R.C. Bhudhani, IIT Kanpur 36. Prof. D.C. Panigrahi, Director, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad 37. Shri R. Subrahmanyam, AS(TE), MHRD 38. Shri Sanjeev Mittal, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Information Technology 39. Ms. Darshana M. Dabral, JS&FA, MHRD 40. Mrs.Tripti Gurha, Director(IITs), MHRD, NewDelhi 41. Ms. Prisca Mathew, Under Secretary(IITs), MHRD 42. Shri V.K.Wadhwa, Project Officer, Secretariat of Council of IITs 43. Shri Arun Kumar Karan, ASO, MHRD 44. Shri Mohit Gupta, ASO, MHRD 45. Ms. Heena, ASO, MHRD Outgoing Members of the Council 1. Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani, Hon’ble HRM 2. Prof. M. Ananda krishnan, Chairperson, BOG IITKanpur 3. Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Chairperson, BOG IIT Bombay 4. Dr. Vijay P.Bhatkar, Chairperson, BOG, IIT Delhi 5. Dr. R.P. Singh Chairperson, BOG, IIT Guwahati 6. Shri S.K. Roongta, Chairperson, BOG, IIT Bhubaneswar 7. Prof. K. Gupta/Prof K.Thyagarajan,Oficiating Director, IIT Delhi New Members of the Council 1. Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble HRM 2. Shri Mahindra Nath Pandey, Minister of State, H.R.D 3. Shri R.C. Bhargava, Chairperson, BOG, IIT Kanpur 4. Shri Dilip Shanghvi, Chairperson, BOG, IIT Bombay 5. Shri Kumar Mangalam Birla, Chairperson, BOG IIT Delhi 6. Dr. Rajiv I. Modi, Chairperson, BOG, IIT Guwahati 7. Shri Pankaj Rambhai Patel, Chairperson, BOG, IIT Bhubaneswar 8. Prof. V. Ramagopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi Annual Report 2015-2016 2 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Board of Governors, IIT Kharagpur From 1st April, 2015 to 31st March, 2016 Sl. No Name & Address Position 1. Dr. Srikumar Banerjee Chairman DAE Homi Bhabha Chair Professor Room No. A 419, 4th Floor, Central Complex Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay Mumbai-400085 2. Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya Member Chairperson, State Bank of India Corporate Centre, 18th Floor State Bank Bhavan, Madame Came Road Mumbai-400021 3. Smt. Sudha N. Murty Member Chairperson, Infosys Foundation III Floor, Infosys Tower 27, Bannerghatta Road Bangalore-560076 4. Dr. Jai Pal Mittal Member M.N. Saha Distinguished Professor (NASI) 11-B, Rohini Coop. Housing Society Vashi, Navi Mumbai Maharashtra-400703 5. Prof. N. Balakrishnan Member Supercomputer Education and Research Centre Indian Institute of Science Bangalore-560012 6. Shri Sanjiv Goenka Member Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group CESC House 1, Chowringhee Square Kolkata-700001 7. Prof. Partha P. Chakrabarti Member Director IIT Kharagpur 8. Prof. Rajendra Singh (Up to 31.12.2015) Member Dept. of Agricultural & Food Engineering IIT Kharagpur 9. Prof. Dipanwita Roychowdhury (From 1.1.2016) Member Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering IIT Kharagpur 3 Annual Report 2015-2016 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 10. Prof. Swagata Dasgupta (Upto 31.12.2015) Member Dept. of Chemistry IIT Kharagpur 11. Prof. Manoj Kumar Tiwari (From 1.1.2016) Member Dept. of Industrial & Systems Engineering IIT Kharagpur. 12. Prof. Pallab Banerji (Upto 19.04.2015) Secretary Registrar IIT Kharagpur 13. Shri Pradip Pyne (From 20.04.2016) Secretary Registrar IIT Kharagpur Annual Report 2015-2016 4 Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur Finance Committee, IIT Kharagpur From 1st April, 2015 to 31st March, 2016 Sl. No Name & Address Position 1. Dr. Srikumar Banerjee Chairman DAE Homi Bhabha Chair Professor Room No. A 419, 4th Floor, Central Complex Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Trombay Mumbai-400085 2. Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser Member Government of India Ministry of Human Resource Development Department of Higher Education, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi-110115 3. Director (IITs) Member Government of India