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Research Conclave’17 an Amalgamation of Academia, Industry & Startups 1 Organized by In association with SAB, IITG IIT Guwahati Research Conclave’17 An amalgamation of Academia, Industry & Startups Powered By SPONSORED BY PRIZE PaRTNERS 2 3 CONTENTS 1. Messages 4 2. Research Conclave Overall Programme 9 3. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 13 4. About Students’ Academic Board 15 5. About Research Conclave 16 6. Research Conclave 2015: A Glimpse 17 7. List of Eminent Speakers 19 8. Research Conclave team 20 9. Sponsors 22 10. Abstracts 23 4 5 MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRPERSON, SAB It gives me immense pleasure to know that the third Research Conclave of the Institute will commence from March 16, 2017. This is an annual event celebrated by the MTech and PhD students across the Institute. As part of the programme, the students showcase their research work through posters and presentations to the peers, invited guests and fellow attendees It is indeed a great pleasure for me to congratulate all the members of the Students’ Academic Board (SAB), IIT Guwahati on from other Institutes. The event forms the building-block for collaboration, and helps in earning recognition. The PhD the eve of the Research Conclave 2017. The Research Conclave is organized by the SAB primarily as an annual celebration of program is a long journey. Sustained effort and confidence building are the vehicles for this journey. Such events help you in the research activities undertaken at IIT Guwahati. Research Conclave was first held in 2015, but in this third edition it has confidence building. I want to personally congratulate you for taking up this initiative and making the pledge for a journey been planned on a much larger scale with participation by students from several other institutes and colleges. I am very much towards excellence. impressed by the dedication, sincerity and hard-work of the organizing team. The team has been admirably led by Mr. Arup This event was originally planned by our Associate Dean (Academic) with the ambition that the event will help you Jyoti Bora, General Secretary of SAB and the Student Convener of Research Conclave 2017. The whole team has benefitted to know your colleagues and encourage you to exchange the ideas in a free and efficient manner. The idea has been supported immensely from the guidance and active involvement of Dr. A. Kunnumakkara, Faculty Convener and Dr. P. Khanikar, overwhelmingly by the Dean (Academic), the Academic Section and finally all the faculty members of the Institute. This year, Faculty Co-convener for Research Conclave 2017. It is heartening to note that students from all the academic disciplines a large number of enthusiastic faculty members are participating in the event with a great passion. We do hope that the event have joined hands together and whole-heartedly participated in the organization of the event, which itself can be considered will provide you with the opportunity to come closer to each other as the fellow scientists. I believe that you will enjoy your a success. After all, one of the primary objectives of the Research Conclave is to facilitate interaction amongst researchers interactions with the amazingly talented faculty members and students at IIT Guwahati and understand what makes this across various disciplines and contribute to the growth of an ambiance of interdisciplinary research. We hope that the various institution such a magical place. workshops organized during the conclave will help the students to gain exposure and acquire new skills essential for higher The responsibility for completing a PhD within a reasonable period of time is a very important issue for maintaining academic pursuit. The Research Conclave also aspires to reach out to the younger students from colleges of the region so that the supply of steady stream of students to the Institute. At the same time the quality of PhD is adjudicated by the number they can get an opportunity to experience the academic facilities and ambiance of the institute. The Research Conclave also of cutting edge publications at the top-tier journals in the field. Meeting up the challenge of the above two seeming bivalent aims to bring together the scholars of various institutes of the region by proving a platform for scientific exchanges through requirements, is a great responsibility. The responsibility has to be shouldered by the students and their advisors jointly. poster & model presentations, discussions, workshops and technical sessions. One noteworthy feature regarding governance of the students at IIT Guwahati is the periodic reports to the advisors and participation in progress seminars. However, at every stage, sincere attempts must be made to convert the reports in to The institute has been very supportive in organizing this event. I take this opportunity to thank all the students, faculty publications in the top-tier journals. and staff members for extending their help. I must especially thank Prof. Gautam Biswas for his wholehearted support and We at IIT Guwahati are a diverse group of students, representing many states of India and some countries abroad. encouragement. I have to mention that the faculty coordinators from the departments and the academic centres have played Amidst all our differences, we are united in our passion for higher level of scientific achievements. We feel delighted and a key role. I must thank Prof. Saurabh Basu, Dean of the Outreach Education Programme for extending the help of his office privileged to be a part of the great tradition of education and research at this Institute. in making arrangements for the visit of the students from nearby colleges. I hope that Research Conclave will be embraced The doctoral programme may be termed as “training in research”. Improved training for research contributes in not only by the whole community of IIT Guwahati, but also the nearby institutes of higher learning. I conclude with the hope generation of high quality human resources. Today we need a huge repository of such highly qualified human resources in that the Research Conclave will continue to grow into a more meaningful event with each passing year. order to serve a large number of Institutes/ Universities created by the Government. The quality manpower is the only means to achieve excellence in “Knowledge Economy”. Knowledge age seeks and rewards ideas, irrespective of where they originate and reside. The large source of human capital of India has to be tapped and converted into value. Once again, I congratulate all the members of the organizing teams and all the participants for making this event a great success. Anupam Saikia Professor, Department of Gautam Biswas, FNA Mathematics & JC Bose National Fellow and Director Associate Dean, Academic Affairs Indian Institute of Technology IIT Guwahati,Guwahati 781039 Guwahati 6 7 MESSAGE FROM THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE Dear Colleagues and Friends, MESSAGE FROM THE EVENT CONVENER It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the Research Conclave 2017, organized by Student’s Academic Board (SAB) of Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Assam, India. It gives me an immense pride to witness Research Conclave, 3rd edition with every step gathering its momentum Research Conclave is a staunch platform to nurture the young minds towards research, innovation and entrepreneurship, encompassing broader prospects and values towards integrity and cooperation. The first day of this event from this time has which intends to bring the integrity of the students towards both industries and academia to redress the academic research been declared as Open Day of the Institute. Research Conclave came into existence in 2015, with a motive to promote an challenges, concerns of the entire student community and upcoming entrepreneurs around the globe. It is a forum to harness interdisciplinary research. We feel proud with the association of Dean Outreach Section and Alumni affair Section that this innovative mind to level-up the economic strata of current society from research to industries. Research Conclave work as event would take such a massive turn around. A constant support from Student Gymkhana Council in smoothness of the catalyst for building leaders through holistic, transformable and innovative ideas. It has started in 2015 with great rhythm and event will be always appreciable. In the first edition we tried to showcase all departments’ research endeavors and milestones passion, and this year with the same enthusiasm we are conducting this event in a broader spectrum. achieved in the form of posters, lecture series. In the second edition we move a step ahead seeking a possible amalgamation of Academia, Industry and Startups. The aim of this edition was to introduce people involved in research towards other This year we have planned many events in Research Conclave to provide a better platform to students to understand current possible dimensions of research. We have invited resource persons and participants from different Universities, governmental research scenario and to motivate them such as lectures by eminent personalities, poster presentation and model exhibition organizations and Company delegates along with the academician from both within and outside Institute. The 3rd edition by students, workshops on different areas of science and technology, panel discussion in the thrust areas of modern science Research Conclave we thrive to bring a flavor of research carnival with both National and International participation with and technology etc. We do hope that all the participants would be highly benefitted by these events. over one thousand registrations in various events. This year we will be having a footfall from more than fifty universities, colleges and schools. We have floated RC-2017 with various workshops, exposure to all the laboratories, quizzes and career We would like to acknowledge the efforts from everyone such as faculties, staffs and students of IITG and other participating counseling through panel discussion with a hope to motivate upcoming students towards cutting edge research and also institutes, who made this event possible.
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