ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati 781039, INDIA
ndian Inst I itute of Tech nolo gy Guwahati
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is the sixth member of the IIT family. Indian Institute of Technology–Assam Society was formed in February 1989. The foundation stone of IIT Guwahati was laid in July 1992 in Guwahati. The Institute of Technology (Amendment) Act 1994, passed by the Parliament, was notifi ed in the Gazette of India on May 26, 1994, by which the IIT Guwahati– Assam Society was made into IIT Guwahati. By the Gazette of India notifi cation of the Ministry of Human Resource Development dated September 1,1994, the Central Government declared September 1,1994, as the date on which the Institute of Technology (Amendment) Act 1994 (No. 35 of 1994) came into force and IIT Guwahati was established. Enrollment of students started in 1995. Annual Report 2016–2017: Highlights
Growth
Particulars 2015-2016 2016-2017 Growth in %
Student Strength 5533 5770 4.11
Faculty Strength 402 411 2.19
R&D Funds Received (In crores of `) 65.67 81.87 24.67
Total Research Publication 1588 1779 12
Major R&D Projects Received: Pilot scale study for biodiesel production using waste rubber seeds as raw material; Centre for Energy; MHRD; ` 410 lakh Mass cultivation of Microalgae for the production of high value bio-fuel fractions through Hydro-Thermal Liquefaction; Chemical Engineering; MHRD and MNRE; ` 237 lakh Production of Hydrocarbon oil via Hydro-Thermal Liquefaction (HTL) of recycled from HTL unit; Biosciences and Bioengineering; ONGC; ` 182 lakh Feasibility Studies and Optimisation of Electromagnetic Pulse Welding of Tubes for Nuclear Reactor Application; Mechanical Engineering; BRNS; ` 164 lakh ARTICULATE+: A system for automated assessment and rehabilitation of persons with articulation disorders; Centre for Linguistics and Technology; MHRD; ` 137 lakh North East Silk Biomaterial Based Injectable Hydrogels for Drug Delivery and Tissue Engineering; Biosciences and Bioengineering; DBT; ` 134 lakh Development of BHISM for Blast and Impact Resistant Design and Testing of Products; Civil Engineering; MHRD; ` 125 lakh
Major Conference Held: International Conference on Waste Management (RECYCLE 2016) – April 2017 3rd National Workshop on NEMS/MEMS and Theranostics Devices (NWNTD-2017) – February 2017 International Conference on Research into Design (ICoRD’17) – January 2017 National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FICS-2016) – December 2016 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium – June 2016 National Conference on Recent Advancements in Environmental Research – June 2016 20th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test (VDAT 2016) – May 2016 7th DAE-BRNS biennial symposium on Emerging Trends in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC 2016) – May 2016 Annual Report 2016–2017: A Quick Look
Department/Centre Academic Department 11 Academic Centre 5 Service Centre 5
Grants (` in crores) MHRD Non-Plan: 150.00 Plan: 165.00 Total ` 282.15 crores
Students Admitted Students Strength Preparatory 10 Preparatory 10 BTech/BDes 651 BTech/BDes 2610 MTech/MDes 439 MTech/MDes 844 MSc/MA 169 MSc/MA 323 PhD 377 PhD 1927 MS (R) 14 MS (R) 24 Dual Degree 8 DUAL Degree 32 Total 1668 Total 5770
Number of Degrees Awarded 18th Convocation (22 June 2016) BTech/BDes 630 MTech/MDes 356 MSc 129 MA 22 PhD 128 Total 1265
Faculty/Staff Strength Faculty 411 Scientifi c Staff (Group A) 40 Offi cers (Group A) 38 Support Staff (Group B & C) 381 Total 870
Research Papers Journal Papers 952 Conference Papers 827 Total 1779
Consultancy Projects Sponsored Research Projects New Projects 103 New Projects 147 Outlay (` in crore) 4.19 Outlay (` in crore) 69.00
PART I Organisation 11 IIT Council 13 Board of Governors 14 Senate 15 Finance Committee 16 Building and Works Committee 17 Executive Summary 19
PART II ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS Biosciences and Bioengineering 43 Chemical Engineering 59 Chemistry 68 Civil Engineering 77 Computer Science and Engineering 86 Design 95 Electronics and Electrical Engineering 101 Humanities and Social Sciences 111 Mathematics 125 Mechanical Engineering 132 Physics 141
ACADEMIC CENTRES Centre for Energy 153 Centre for the Environment 158 Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology 163 Centre for Nanotechnology 165 Centre for Rural Technology 170 EXTRAMURAL CENTRES Lakshminath Bezbaroa Central Library 173 Centre for Educational Technology 176 Central Instruments Facility 182 Computer and Communication Centre 184
PART III RESEARCH Research Publications 189 Details of Research and Development Activities 335 PART IV
CONTENTS APPENDICES Faculty 359 Offi cers and Scientifi c Staff (Group A) 364 Degree Awardees 366 Progress in Construction Works 397 Right to Information 400 Equal Opportunity Cum Special Reservation 402 Summary of Institute Accounts 404
PART I
Organisation IIT Council Board of Governors Senate Finance Committee Building and Works Committee Executive Summary
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Organisation
Chairman, Council of IITs Associate Dean, Faculty Aff airs Shri Prakash Javadekar Prof. S. Natesan Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development Govt. of India, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi Associate Dean, Research and Development Prof. Gopal Das Chairman, Board of Governors Dr. Rajiv I. Modi Associate Dean, Students’ Aff airs Chairman & Managing Director Prof. L. Rangan (upto 02.06.2016) Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited Prof. A. Perumal (from 22.04.2016) Cadila Corporation Campus Prof. Hemangee K. Kapoor (from 03.08.2016) Sarkhej-Dholka Road, Bhat Ahmedabad 382 210, Gujarat Associate Dean, Infrastructure, Planning and Management Dr. R. K. Bhattacharjya (up to 01.07.2016) Director Prof. Sharad Gokhale (from 02.07.2016) Prof. Gautam Biswas Associate Dean, Alumni Aff airs and External Relations Deputy Director Prof. R. Chaturvedi Prof. P. K. Bora Registrar Mr. U. C. Das Dean, Academic Aff airs Prof. M. G. P. Prasad Head, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering Prof. K. Pakshirajan Dean, Faculty Aff airs Prof. P. Mahanta Head, Department of Chemical Engineering Prof. B. Mandal Dean, Research and Development Prof. S. R. M. Prasanna Head, Department of Chemistry Prof. B. K. Patel Dean, Students’ Aff airs Prof. Chandan Mahanta Head, Department of Civil Engineering Prof. S. Dutta Dean, Infrastructure, Planning and Management Prof. S. K. Kakoty Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Prof. D. Goswami Dean, Alumni and External Relations Prof. R. M. Punekar Head, Department of Design Prof. U. Barua Dean, Outreach Education Programme Prof. A. K. Gogoi (up to 08.05.2016) Head, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering Prof. S. Basu (from 09.05.2016) Prof. Chitralekha Mahanta
Associate Dean, Academic Aff airs Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Prof. A. Saikia Dr. A. Saikia
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Head, Department of Mathematics Head, Centre for Educational Technology Prof. S. N. Bora Prof. S. K. Khijwania
Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering Head, Computer & Communication Centre Prof. A. K. Dass Prof. S. V. Rao
Head, Department of Physics Head, Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology Prof. P. Poulose Prof. S. Nandi
Head, Centre for Energy Head, Centre for Career Development Prof. P. Goswami Prof. K. Mohanty
Head, Centre for the Environment Head, Centre for Rural Technology Prof. V. K. Dubey Prof. S. K. Kakoty
Head, Centre for Nanotechnology Librarian, Lakshminath Bezbaroa Central Library Prof. R. P. Paily Dr. T. Guha
Head, Central Instruments Facility Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy
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IIT Council
Minister in charge of Technical Education in the Central Government (Ex-Offi cio) Chairman
Chairman of Board of Governors of all Indian Institutes of Technology (Ex-Offi cio) Member
Director of all Indian Institutes of Technology (Ex-Offi cio) Member
Chairman, University Grants Commission (Ex-Offi cio) Member
Director General, Council of Scientifi c and Industrial Research (Ex-Offi cio) Member
Chairman, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Ex-Offi cio) Member
Director, Indian Institute of Science (Ex-Offi cio) Member
Three nominees of the Central Government To represent the Ministry concerned with Technical Education Member To represent the Ministry of Finance Member To represent any other Ministry Member
Nominee of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Member
Nominees of the Visitor (minimum 3 and maximum 5) Member
Three Members of Parliament (two from Lok Sabha and one from Rajya Sabha) Member
Secretary to the Council Secretary
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Board of Governors
Chairman Member-Nominee of the Govt. of Assam Dr. Rajiv I. Modi Commissioner and Secretary to the Govt. of Assam Chairman & Managing Director Higher Education (Technical) Department Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited Dispur, Guwahati 781 006 Cadila Corporation Campus Sarkhej-Dholka Road, Bhat Member-Nominee from North Eastern Region Ahmedabad 382 210, Gujarat Mr. C. Lalhmachhuana, ITS Secretary, Information and Telecommunication Member (Ex-Offi cio) Technology Department Prof. Gautam Biswas Government of Mizoram, Aizawl Director IIT Guwahati Member-Nominees of the Senate Prof. R. Alam (up to 31.12.2016) Member-Nominees of the IIT Council Professor Dr. Chitra Dutta Department of Mathematics Head, Structural Biology and Informatics Division IIT Guwahati CSIR - Indian Institute of Chemical Biology Kolkata 700 032 Prof. C. Mahanta Professor Prof. M. K. Chaudhuri Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering Vice-Chancellor IIT Guwahati Tezpur University Napaam, Tezpur 784 028 Prof. Anoop Kr. Dass (from 01.01.2017) Professor Mr. Pydah Venkatanarayana Department of Mechanical Engineering Member, Pydah Educational Academy IIT Guwahati 3-16B-115, Santhi Nagar Kakinada 533 003 Secretary (Ex-Offi cio) Mr. U. C. Das Dr. D. B. Goel Registrar Former Professor, IIT Roorkee IIT Guwahati 268/5, 16 Civil Lines Roorkee 247 667
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Senate
Composition of the Senate
1. The Director Chairman (Ex-Offi cio)
2. The Deputy Director Member (Ex-Offi cio)
3. All Professors of the Institute Members (Ex-Offi cio)
4. Three persons, not being employees of the Institute, to be nominated by the Chairman, BOG in consultation with the Director, from among educationists of repute, one each from the fi elds of science, engineering and humanities Board Nominated Members
Prof. H. K. Das Pro. Vice Chancellor, Assam Down Town University House No. 1, 2nd Bye Lane Baranchal Road, Bamunimaidam Guwahati 781 021
Prof. Anil Kumar Goswami 137, U. N. Bezbarooah Road Silpukhuri, Guwahati 781 003
Prof. Birendranath Datta Chandrabala Barooah Lane 104, G.N.B. Road, Silpukhuri (near SBI Evening Branch) Guwahati 781 003
5. Head of the Academic Departments and Academic Centres Members (Ex-Offi cio)
6. Librarian of the Institute Member (Ex-Offi cio)
7. Chairman, Hostel Aff airs Board Member
8. Registrar of the Institute Secretary (Ex-Offi cio)
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Finance Committee
Dr. Rajiv I. Modi Chairman (Ex-Offi cio) Chairman & Managing Director Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited Cadila Corporation Campus, Sarkhej-Dholka Road, Bhat, Ahmedabad 382 210
Prof. Gautam Biswas Member (Ex-Offi cio) Director IIT Guwahati
Prof. P. K. Bora Member Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering IIT Guwahati
Director (IITs) Member Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi 110 115
Director (Finance) Member Integrated Finance Division, Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi 110 115
Prof. Dilip Kr. Barua Member Former Principal, Cotton College, Guwahati
Mr. Mukesh M. Shah Member Chartered Accountant and Founder and Managing Partner, Mukesh M. Shah & Co. 7th Floor, Heritage Chambers Nehru Nagar, Ahmedabad 380 015
Mr. U. C. Das Secretary (Ex-Offi cio) Registrar IIT Guwahati
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Building and Works Committee
Prof. Gautam Biswas Chairman (Ex-offi cio) Director IIT Guwahati
Superintending Engineer (CPWD), Assam Member (Ex-offi cio) Assam Central Circle–II, CPWD Complex Garchuk, Guwahati 781 035
Chief Engineer (Buildings), PWD, Assam Member (Ex-offi cio) PWD, Govt. of Assam Chandmari, Guwahati 781 003
Shri Mrinal R. Das Member Former Secretary, PWD, Govt. of Assam
Shri Pramathesh Choudhury Member Director, Design (Retd.), PWD, Govt. of Assam
Prof. P. K. Bora Member (Ex-offi cio) Deputy Director and Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
Prof. S. K. Kakoty Member (Ex-offi cio) Dean, Infrastructure, Planning and Management and Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati
Prof. Sharad Gokhale Special Invitee Associate Dean, Infrastructure, Planning and Management and Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Guwahati
Mr. U. C. Das Member Secretary (Ex-offi cio) Registrar, IIT Guwahati
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Executive Summary
THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS
Prof. Anoop Kr. Dass, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati joined the Board in January 2017 as a nominee of the Senate. Prof. R. Alam, Professor, Department of Mathematics, has completed his tenure as the nominee of the Senate in December 2016. On behalf of the Board, I welcome Prof. Dass to the Board and thank Prof. Alam for his valuable contributions.
ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES
The Institute has 11 academic departments, 5 inter- disciplinary academic centres and 5 extramural centres. Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology and Centre for Rural Technology, have started off ering academic and research programmes from the new academic year. The areas covered for study are inter-disciplinary in nature with equal emphasis on new technology and developmental issues of the North Eastern region. While the Centre for Rural Technology is off ering PhD and MTech programmes, INTRODUCTION the Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology is off ering PhD programme. The year 2016 has seen its eighteenth batch of students taking their degrees in the month of June. The Institute The Department and Centres are— takes pride in the achievements of its students and gladly Departments announces that almost all the passed out students have Biosciences and Bioengineering (BSBE), Chemical been well placed in various government organisations Engineering (CL), Chemistry (CH), Civil Engineering (CE), and multi-national companies in India and abroad. All Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Design (DE), the achievements in academic and research areas have Electronics and Electrical Engineering (EEE), Humanities been successful only because of the relentless efforts and Social Sciences (HSS), Mathematics (MA), Mechanical of dedicated faculty members and the commendable Engineering (ME), and Physics (PH) cooperation of all other non-teaching employees of the Institute. Academic Centres Centre for Energy, Centre for the Environment, Centre Here is a brief report on the activities and achievements of for Nanotechnology, Centre of Linguistic Science and the Institute during the year 2016-2017. Technology, and Centre for Rural Technology
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Extramural Centres Departments and in the Centre for Energy (EN), Centre for the Computer and Communication Centre, Central Instruments Environment (EV), and Centre for Nanotechnology (NT); and Facility, Centre for Educational Technology, Centre for Career Dual (MTech+PhD) programme in the Department of Development, and Centre for Creativity Computer Science and Engineering (CS). Dual [MS (Eng.) + PhD] programme in Electronics and The Institute off ers academic programmes covering a wide Electrical Engineering (EE). range of science, engineering, and humanities disciplines as given below: The total number of enrolled students in 2016-2017 is 5770. Bachelor of Technology (BTech) programmes in Of these, 55% are postgraduate students. The detailed break Biotechnology (BT), Chemical Engineering (CL), Chemical up is — Science and Technology (CT), Civil Engineering (CE), Computer Science and Engineering (CS), Electronics and Course 2015-2016 2016-2017 Communication Engineering (EC), Electronics and Electrical Preparatory 5 10 Engineering (EE), Engineering Physics (EP), Mathematics and BTech and BDes 2615 2610 Computing (MC), and Mechanical Engineering (ME); MTech and MDes 817 844 Bachelor of Design (BDes) programme in Design (DD); MSc 265 274 Master of Technology (MTech) programmes in BT, CL, CE, MA 49 49 CS, EE, and ME; MS 10 24 Master of Design (MDes) programme in Design; Dual Degree 29 32 Master of Science by Research [MS(R)] programme in (MTech+PhD) Energy (EN); PhD 1743 1927 Master of Science (MSc) programmes in Chemistry (CH), Total 5533 5770 Mathematics and Computing (MC), and Physics (PH); Master of Arts (MA) programme in Development Studies Eighteenth Convocation (DS) in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences In the Eighteenth Convocation held on 22 June 2016, a total (HS); number of 1265 students received their BTech, BDes, MA, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes in all the MSc, MTech, MDes and PhD degrees as given in the next page
Prof. Jitendra Nath Goswami (C), renowned astrophysicist and planetary scientist, Principal Scientist of Chandrayaan-1 Mission and Chairman, Advisory Board of Chandrayaan-2 Mission, JC Bose National Fellow and former Director of Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad; Dr. Rajiv I. Modi (L), Chairman, BoG, IIT Guwahati, Chairman & Managing Director, Cadila Pharmaceuticals Limited; Prof. Gautam Biswas (R), Director, IIT Guwahati, along with the gold and silver medal winners at the 18th Convocation
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Prof. Jitendra Nath Goswami with the President of India Gold Medal winner at the 18th Convocation
Programme Nos. Dr. Rajiv I. Modi presenting the Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold BTech/BDes Medal at the 18th Convocation Biotechnology 47 Chemical Engineering 61 Programme Nos. Chemical Science and Technology 33 MSc Civil Engineering 73 Chemistry 47 Computer Science and Engineering 88 Mathematics and Computing 38 Design 37 Physics 44 Electronics and Communication Engineering 81 Total 129 Electronics and Electrical Engineering 48 MA Engineering Physics 34 Development Studies 22 Mathematics and Computing 46 Total 22 Mechanical Engineering 82 Total 630
Dr. Rajiv I. Modi (L), Prof. Jitendra Nath Goswami (C) and Prof. Gautam Biswas (R) sharing the dias at the 18th Convocation
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Prof. Gautam Biswas receiving the NIRF trophy from the Hon’ble President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in the presence of Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development (HRD) and Dr Mahendra Nath Pandey, Hon’ble Minister of State for HRD (Higher Education)
Programme Nos. Programme Nos. MTech/MDes Humanities and Social Sciences 4 Mechanical Engineering 21 Biotechnology 32 Mathematics 5 Chemical Engineering 46 Physics 9 Civil Engineering 80 Centre for Energy 2 Computer Science and Engineering 46 Centre for the Environment 2 Design 26 Centre for Nanotechnology 2 Electronics and Electrical Engineering 47 Total 128 Mechanical Engineering 79 Grand Total 1265 Total 356
PhD MHRD-NIRF India Rankings 2017 Biosciences and Bioengineering 6 A major achievement for the Institute came through the Chemical Engineering 19 announcement of MHRD, National Institutional Ranking Chemistry 30 Framework (NIRF), India Rankings 2017 in which IIT Guwahati Civil Engineering 10 ranked eighth among all the participating universities Computer Science and Engineering 4 and institutions and seventh among the top engineering institutions in the country. The credit for this success entirely Design 8 goes to the faculty members, students, research scholars as Electronics and Electrical Engineering 6 well as the offi cers and staff members and well-wishers of
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Group photograph taken at the NIRF award giving ceremony at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. Standing (L to R)– Prof. Partha Pratim Chakraborty (Director, IIT Kharagpur), Dr. Pratibha Jolly (Principal, Miranda House, New Delhi), Prof. Shailesh Gandhi (Dean, IIM Ahmedabad), Prof. Devang V. Khakhar (Director, IIT Bombay), Dr. Seyed Ehtesham Hasnain (Vice Chancellor, Jamia Hamdard University, New Delhi), Prof. M. Jagadesh Kumar (Vice Chancellor, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi), Prof. U. P. Singh (Acting Director, IIT Roorkee), Prof. Girish Chandra Tripathi (Vice Chancellor, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi), Prof. Gautam Biswas (Director, IIT Guwahati), Prof. Indranil Manna (Director, IIT Kanpur), Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao (Director, IIT Delhi), Prof. Parameswar K. Iyer (Professor In-Charge, PRIR, IIT Guwahati); Seated (L to R)– Prof. Anurag Kumar (Director, IISc), R. Subrahmanyam (Additional Secretary-TE, MHRD), Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey (Minister of State for HRD), Shri Prakash Javadekar (Minister of HRD), Shri Pranab Mukherjee (President of India), Smt. Omita Paul (Secretary to the President of India), Mr. Kewal Kumar Sharma (Secretary-HE, MHRD), Dr. Surendra Prasad (Chairman, NBA & Implementation Core Committee, NIRF), Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthy (Director, IIT Madras) the Institute. The Institute shall tirelessly strive in the coming PARAM ISHAN – Supercomputing Facility days to achieve more. IIT Guwahati has installed a high performance
Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development, inaugurating PARAM ISHAN – Supercomputing Facility
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Shri Prakash Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister of Human Resource Development, inaugurating PARAM ISHAN – Supercomputing Facility supercomputing facility of 250 TF peak computing IITs, IISERs and NIAS have acted as host institutes for the performance with 300TB PFS storage with infiniband participants and the participating students have greatly interconnect at Computer and Communication Centre of benefi tted from the exposure that they received from such the Institute. The facility has been christened PARAM ISHAN premier institutions in engineering, technology and the – C-DAC-IITG Supercomputing Facility. Hon’ble Minister for pure sciences. Human Resource Development, Government of India, Shri Prakash Javadekar launched the Supercomputing Facility on NATIONAL PROJECTS 19 September 2016. With the installation of this state-of-the- Project Vishwajeet is an ambitious project of MHRD, GoI to art facility, the Institute is equipped to address challenging upgrade the facilities of selected IITs to world class level. IIT problems in science and technology. Guwahati is happy to inform about securing this project. ISHAN VIKAS GoI will invest about `2700 crores over next fi ve years at IIT Guwahati to create advanced infrastructure and also Started in 2014, and funded by MHRD with a vision on advanced research and development facilities. Areas like improving the scenario of school and college education healthcare, signal processing, fl exible electronics, advanced in the North-Eastern part of the country, Ishan Vikas has manufacturing, water resources management, material achieved, albeit partially, the goals and objectives of the science and engineering, and photonics, plasmonics and initiative. A large number of school children and engineering laser applications, have been identifi ed to create advanced college students from various places of the North-Eastern R&D facilities. states are provided with the opportunity of visiting the IITs, IISERs, NITs and the NIAS, get trained by skilled faculty members and the technical staff , exposed to the state-of- the-art research facilities and interact with them.
About 1650 school students and 250 engineering students studying in various institutions in the North East have participated in the programme till date. Almost all the
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Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN), an initiative of Govt. of India for Higher Education, was started in 2016. The major aims of GIAN are to tap the international pool of talented scientists/entrepreneurs with an objective to encourage their engagement with the institutes of Higher Education in India. The initiative is aimed to augment the country’s existing academic resources, accelerate the pace of quality reforms, and elevate India’s scientifi c and technological capacity to global excellence. In the reporting year, 15 such courses were conducted by erudite scholars from international universities/institutions at the Institute. To name a few courses: 1. Dr. Maurizio Palesi, University of Catania, Italy – “Scalable On-chip Interconnects for many-core Systems” Dr. Mahendra Nath Pandey, Hon’ble Minister of State, Human 2. Prof. Yannis Stylianou, University of Crete, UK – “Advanced Resource Development (Higher Education), Govt. of India, while Sinusoidal Modeling of Speech and Applications” inaugurating the high capacity servo hydro press Universal Testing 3. Dr. Jose Palomar, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid (Spain) Machine (UTM) at the Central Instruments Facility of IIT Guwahati – “Integration of Molecular Design to Process Simulation Pandey, visited IIT Guwahati on 28 October 2016 and for the Development of Industrial Chemical Products and inaugurated the newly installed high capacity servo hydro Processes” press Universal Testing Machine (UTM) at the Central 4. Dr. Kari Tammi, Aalto University, Finland – “Design of Instruments Facility. Electric Vehicle Systems” Dr. Rajiv I. Modi, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Guwahati 5. Dr. Richard Blanchard, Loughborough University’s (UK) – recently inaugurated the ‘Electron Microscopic Facilities’ of “Electricity Systems and Future Scenarios” the Central Instruments Facility (CIF) of the Institute which is 6. Prof. Mayank Tyagi, Louisiana State University, Baton expanded with installation of a Field Emission Transmission Rouge, USA – “Reservoir Simulation – Mathematical Electron Microscope (FETEM) and a Field Emission Scanning Techniques in Oil and Gas Recovery” Electron Microscope (FESEM) at the cost of nearly `10 crores.
7. Dr. Saurav Goel, Queen’s University Belfast, UK – “Advances The new FETEM is a JEM-2100F (HR) instrument, a make in Ultra-precision Machining Processes” of JEOL, is basically a next generation multipurpose TEM. The JEM-2100F can achieve the highest image quality The Institute is also engaged in creating e-course contents and the highest analytical performance in the 200 kV class for the MHRD fl agship programme Central Sector Scheme- analytical TEM with a probe size under 0.5 nm. FETEM is Massive Open Online Courses (CSS-MOOCs) where courses are delivered through NPTEL online portal that are open also equipped with the latest GATAN Ultrafast Camera and for anyone with an Internet connection. In the fi rst year Oxford make Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometer with 80 of execution of CSS-MOOCs, IIT Guwahati has off ered fi ve mm2 high performance detector for elemental analysis with courses under this scheme.
The Institute organised teacher training programmes under Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching (PMMMNMTT) – an MHRD, Govt. of India Initiative – for in-service teachers of Assam and other states of India. The aim of this programme is to strengthen the quality of teaching and education of science and mathematics in the country.
ACADEMIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
Hon’ble Minister of State, Human Resource Development Prof. Vijay Dhir, University of California, Los Angeles, USA, with Prof. (Higher Education), Govt. of India, Dr. Mahendra Nath Gautam Biswas and faculty members of IIT Guwahati
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Dr. Rajiv I. Modi, Chairman, Board of Governors, while inaugurating the ‘Electron Microscopic Facilities’ of the Central Instruments Facility a detection limit from Boron to Uranium. This is the fi rst fi eld Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry ` 68 lakh emission TEM of the northeast India. Micrological Cultivation System ` 46 lakh The new Carl Zeiss Gemini 300 FESEM is a high performance HPC ` 44 lakh instrument designed for gaining maximum information Semi-Automatic wire Bonder ` 42 lakh from the broadest range of sample and high fl exibility in Electro Spinning Device ` 41 lakh imaging, analysis, with future upgradability for any kind of in Photo Electron Chemical Workstation ` 41 lakh situ application. The Gemini 300 of CIF is equipped OXFORD Instruments’ advanced Windowless Energy Dispersive X-ray Spectrometer (EDS) system for characterisation of nano- size features. The windowless EDS is a recent technology of its kind. These instruments would boost up the research capabilities and empower the scientists to attempt much more analytically intense problems.
A number of new equipment have been added to the laboratories of the Departments and Centres. Some of the major equipment and facilities acquired by the Institute during the year under report are –
Carl Zeiss F. E. Electron Microscope ` 133 lakh Electromagnetic Manufacturing Unit ` 23 lakh
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Lakshminath Bezbaroa Central Library and the Computer and Universal Testing Machine (UTM) at the Central Instruments Facility Communication Centre
Lakshminath Bezbaroa Central Library is a major service The Computer and Communication Centre has augmented centre of the Institute which provides services and facilities its facilities to provide better service in connectivity. The to support the teaching, learning, research activities. The Centre also acts as a nodal centre for various network related Library has a collection of about 1.65 lakhs of printed books activities of the North-Eastern states. Projects of the National and bound volumes of journals, 1.53 lakhs of e-books, and Knowledge Network and the ERNET are being actively 90 print and 24000 online journals along with a substantial pursued in the Centre. number of other documents. During the reporting year, the Library has subscribed to some of the world’s most RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT renowned abstract/full-text database like Scopus, INSPEC, The number of PhD students on campus is increasing EBSCO Discovery Service, IEC Standards, etc. and some every year. This year too has seen a considerable increase national level database i.e. CMIE Prowees, BIS Standards, in numbers, growing from 1743 students last year to 1927 EPWRF Time Series, etc. this year. The current faculty to PhD students’ ratio is 4.69. Being member of e-ShodhSindhu: Consortium for Higher The number of graduating PhD students has also increased Education Electronic Resources and DeLCON DBT-Electronic to 155 from 128 in the previous year Library Consortium, Library gets access to varied and vast The other component of our research programme is collection of academic publications. The Library is actively sponsored (or directed) research. There are 440 research involved in diff erent activities of the National Digital Library projects in progress with a total sanctioned value of about project of MHRD under NME-ICT. The Library remains open `260 crore. In the year under report we received 147 new throughout the year. projects with a sanctioned value of `69 crore. The R&D
27 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI projects are mainly sponsored by Government Ministries and Departments with major support coming from Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Departments of Science and Technology (DST), Biotechnology (DBT), Atomic Energy (DAE), Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). We also have a considerable number of industry supported research projects. 245 personnel are engaged in various research projects at the Institute with 250 Principal Investigators involved. During the reporting year `7.59 crores were spent under manpower head.
The Institute has applied for 20 patents in 2016-2017.
Some of the major research projects received during the year are— Amount Funding Project Title Department/ Centre Sanctioned Agency (` in lakhs) Pilot scale study for biodiesel production using waste rubber Energy MHRD 410 seeds as raw material Mass cultivation of Microalgae for the production of high value Chemical Engg. MHRD and 237 bio-fuel fractions through Hydro-Thermal Liquefaction MNRE Production of Hydrocarbon oil via Hydro-Thermal Liquefaction BSBE ONGC 182 (HTL) of recycled from HTL unit Feasibility Studies and Optimisation of Electromagnetic Pulse Mechanical Engg. BRNS 164 Welding of Tubes for Nuclear Reactor Application ARTICULATE+: A system for automated assessment and CLST MHRD 137 rehabilitation of persons with articulation disorders North East Silk Biomaterial Based Injectable Hydrogels for Drug BSBE DBT 134 Delivery and Tissue Engineering Membrane based effi cient energy storage, clean energy Energy DST 129 generation and waste water treatment system Development of BHISM for Blast and Impact Resistant Design Civil Engg. MHRD 125 and Testing of Products Assessment of impact of climate change on crop water Civil Engg. DST 116 requirements and productivity of major crop in Sikkim, Himalayan region of North East India Design and development of a membrane reformer prototype Chemical Engg. DST 114 for production of Ultra-Pure Hydrogen from Methanol for Fuel Cell based vehicle and power generators Table–1 BRNS – Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences DBT – Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India DST – Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India MNRE – Ministry of New and Renewable Energy
In addition to sponsored research projects, IIT Guwahati during the year. The total value of consultancy projects undertakes consultancy assignments for various State undertaken during this year is `4.19 crores, and `7.13 Government Departments, the Railways, the National crores was received for all consultancies. Highways Authority of India, the Oil and Gas Sector, IIT Guwahati has a Technology Incubation Centre (IITG-TIC) Construction and Infrastructure Companies, the Power which facilitates new start-ups. Presently fi fteen incubating Sector, Educational Institutes, Health and Pharmaceutical companies are working in the centre. Industries and Financial Institutions. Consultancy projects make signifi cant contributions to the industrial, economic IIT Guwahati Research Park and social growth of the country with special emphasis on this region. IIT Guwahati is facilitating established companies to set up their R&D centre inside the Institute campus for A total of 103 new consultancy projects were carried out industry-academia collaboration. At present the following
28 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 companies got inducted at IITG Research Park: CADILA R&D Lab: Pharmaceutics Kovid Lab: Big data analytics and Multimedia DESHYA Technologies: Teaching-Learning tools Silicon Microsystems: Embedded systems + IoT
Two more companies will join very soon.
Seminar on Revisiting Partition
the Institute. The increase in research papers in journals as well as conference proceedings is satisfactory.
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIA
Various conferences, seminars and workshops were organised by the Departments and Centres of the Institute
Prof. Gautam Biswas while inaugurating Kovid Lab during the year. A few of them are— International Conference on Waste Management FACULTY AND STAFF (RECYCLE 2016) – April 2017
The faculty strength at the end of March 2017 was 411. The Seminar on Revisiting Partition: Concepts, Dynamics number of non-teaching staff at the end of March 2017 and Manifestations with special focus on North East was 459. India – February 2017 3rd National Workshop on NEMS/MEMS and Theranostics RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Devices (NWNTD-2017) – February 2017 The faculty members of the Institute have been actively 3rd Indian Control Conference (ICC-2017) – January 2017 publishing research papers in international and national International Conference on Research into Design journals as well as in conference proceedings. The number (ICoRD’17) – January 2017 of publications during the past one year is: National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences Papers in Journals: 952 (FICS-2016) – December 2016 Papers in Conference Proceedings: 827 Conference on India-Myanmar Bilateral Ties: Ethnicity, In the previous year 883 papers in journals and 705 papers Security and Connectivity – September 2016 in conference proceedings were published by the faculty of 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium – June 2016
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ICoRD’ 17 FICS-2016
National Conference on Recent Advancements in with Universities in the United Kingdom. It is now actively Environmental Research – June 2016 engaged in communicating with 29 Universities/Institutes in the United Kingdom seeking avenues to establish a robust 20th International Symposium on VLSI Design and Test academic and research collaboration. (VDAT 2016) – May 2016 7th DAE-BRNS biennial symposium on Emerging Trends Collaboration with Universities in Japan in Separation Science and Technology (SESTEC 2016) – Faculty members of IIT Guwahati are engaged in collaboration May 2016 with their counterparts from the Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan, National Institute of Advanced Industrial IIT Guwahati participated in a Joint Symposium on Applied Science and Technology, Japan (AIST) which resulted in Science and Technology of Bio-related Materials co-hosted the establishment of a DBT-AIST International Laboratory by Gifu University in August 2016 in Japan. A joint degree for Advanced Biomedicine (DAILAB) for advanced cancer programme with the partner universities were worked out research. It is only the second such laboratory to be in the symposium. established in India. Discussions on a Joint Masters-PhD The Institute has also organised more than 30 short term programme with Gifu University, Japan is at an advanced courses, workshops, and training programmes under the stage and the programme is expected to commence in 2019. Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme His Excellency, Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu, the Honourable (TEQIP) and Electronics and ICT Academy, projects funded Ambassador of Japan to India visited the campus and by the Govt. of India. addressed the students and faculty members of IIT Guwahati on Indo-Japanese bilateral relations and the prospects of INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS academic and research collaborations between India and Japan. The visit of the honourable ambassador has added Collaboration with Universities in UK impetus to the relationship between IIT Guwahati and The Institute is making sustained eff orts to establish contact institutes in Japan.
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Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu, the Honourable Ambassador of Japan to India, Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu, the Honourable Ambassador of Japan to India, being welcomed by Prof. Gautam Biswas addressing students and faculty members at IIT Guwahati
Faculty members of IIT Guwahati are also actively engaged between IIT Guwahati and Lund University has been in collaborations with counterparts from Tokyo Institute approved by the Swedish Council for Higher Education of Technology, Hokkaido University, Kyoto Institute of which will fund the programme for a period of seven years Technology, Kagawa University, National Agriculture and interspersed with periodic reviews. Food Research Organisation (NAFRO), Kyoto University and Shibaura Institute of Technology, Japan. Heritage Network IIT Guwahati agreed to become part of the Heritage Network, Joint Masters-PhD Programme with Heidelberg a consortium of Institutions from India and Europe. The University and DBT network was formed in May 2016 during the concluding The above is a unique programme to be funded by DBT event of the Erasmus Mundus Heritage Meeting held in IIT whereby 15 Master Students from 6 Premier Indian Guwahati. Institutions will be selected and sent to undertake their 4th semester of Masters Programme at the University of Asia Technological Universities Network (ATU-Net) Heidelberg out of which 10 will be eventually selected for This is one of the most recent of international networks that a Joint-PhD program in Big Data Analysis with Heidelberg IIT Guwahati has joined to become a founding member. University, Germany. The vast network of 59 technical Institutes in Asia from 18 different countries creates an exciting platform for Linnaeus-Palme Partnership institutionalising engagements with reputed institutes The Linnaeus-Palme International Exchange Programme abroad.
Prof. Gautam Biswas with Prof. Horie Takashi, Director International Aff airs, airs, KIT KIT at at Kyoto Kyoto InstituteInstitute ofof TechnologyTechnology (KIT) (KIT) along along with with other other Erasmus Mundus Heritage Meeting held in IIT Guwahati members from KIT and IIT Guwahati
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Prof. Arun Chattopadhyay with his team Prof. Gautam Biswas receiving the Distinguished Alumnus Award – 2016 at the 62nd Convocation of IIT Kharagpur The Institute now has a fully functional alumni portal designed and managed by our own students. MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING (MoUs) FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS IIT Guwahati at present has 108 national and international collaborations aimed at facilitating research collaborations, A number of faculty members received awards and brought student and faculty exchange, joint PhD supervision, and accolades for the Institute during the year. Some of them are: other research related activities. The Institute signed twenty Dr. Biman Mandal and Dr. Sachin Kumar, Associate Professors, one new MoUs with various educational and research Biosciences and Bioengineering, won the NASI-SCOPUS institutes in Japan, France, South Korea, Switzerland, China, Young Scientist Award 2016 in Medicine and Agriculture. Netherlands, Spain, etc. during the year under report. This is probably the fi rst and a very rare distinction that in INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS the same year 2 winners (Medicine & Agriculture) out of total 9 are from IIT Guwahati (BSBE department). A substantial number of international students from top Prof. Rakhi Chaturvedi, Professor, Biosciences and universities visit IIT Guwahati every year to pursue full time Bioengineering, received the Newton-Bhabha Leading masters, doctoral and short-term courses as exchange Women Scientist Award 2016 in Crop and Agricultural students and interns. As of today, there are about 75 Sciences instituted jointly by DBT, India and Cambridge International Students studying in the campus including University, UK. Research Interns and Exchange Students. Prof. Latha Rangan, Professor, Biosciences and Bioengineering, There are also a large number of students, faculty and was awarded the Women Scientist Award 2015 of Biotech staff of IIT Guwahati who have visited other institutions Research Society of India (BRSI). The award was conferred for exchange programmes, internships or under fl agship to her in December 2016. Prof. Rangan was also awarded programmes such the Erasmus Mundus, DAAD, MITACS, Fellow of Association of Pharmacy and Biotechnology for Erasmus+ KA-107, etc. the year 2016.
ALUMNI ACTIVITIES Prof. V. S. Moholkar, Professor, Chemical Engineering, and his research team comprising of Mr. Sushobhan Pradhan, IIT Guwahati Alumni meet 2016 was successfully organised Mr. Arup Jyoti Borah, Mr. Pritam Dikshit and Mr. Maneesh on the fi rst week of November 2016 witnessing enthusiastic Poddar have been awarded National Award for Technology discussions amongst our alumni, students, and other Innovation in the fi eld of Petrochemicals and Downstream dignitaries. SPARC, the Students’ PAN IIT Alumni Relations Plastic Processing. The prize comprises of `2 lakh cash award Cell successfully organised its fi rst Student-Alumni Meet in along with a shield and citation. July in Bangalore. The Institute organised interactive sessions A team of researchers led by Prof. Arun Chattopadhyay, with alumni and the present students aimed at providing Professor, Chemistry, has invented an easy method for career and academic guidance to the current students. detecting jaundice.
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Anmol Srivastava, research scholar won the Best Demo Award at 18th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Interaction 2016 in Tokyo, Japan. Prof. Yammiyavar also won Most Distinguished Paper award at ICoRD 2017 with Ravi L., Sai Prasad Ojha. Prof. Arupjyoti Saikia, Professor in History, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, has been awarded the prestigious New India Foundation Fellowship for 2017. He will write a book on Assam after Independence. Dr. Debasish Borah, Assistant Professor, Physics, won the fi rst ever State Science Award, Assam in the segment ‘Young Scientist/Innovator’ instituted by ASTEC for his remarkable contributions in his fi eld of study. The award was presented to him by the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Assam Sri Sarbananda Sonowal. Dr. Sovan Chakraborty, Assistant Professor, Physics, has been nominated for a Max Planck-India Mobility grant.
Dr. Biman Mandal and Dr. Sachin Kumar Prof. Gautam Biswas, Director, and Professor of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, was felicitated with Distinguished Alumnus Award – 2016 at the 62nd Convocation of IIT Prof. S. K. Deb, Professor, Civil Engineering, was awarded the Kharagpur. “A. S. Arya - IITR Disaster Prevention Award” of IIT Roorkee for his outstanding contribution in the area of Disaster Prof. P. Muthukumar, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, won Prevention/Mitigation. the Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Award (Teaching and Research) 2017 from Indo-US Science Prof. Utpal Barua, Professor, Design, received Gold Medal for and Technology Forum. his visualisation work on this year’s G20 theme: Freedom, Peace, Humanity and Environment as “outstanding work” in Prof. S. Kanagaraj, Professor, Mechanical Engineering, won an International Exchange exhibition in Hangzhou, China, the BIRAC-SRISTI GYTI Award 2016. He also won the DSIR- where all G20 countries had participated. PRISM (Promoting Innovations in Individuals Start-ups and MSME) Award. Prof. Arun Goyal, Professor, Biosciences and Bioengineering, won the Malaviya Memorial Award - Senior Faculty 2016 Prof. Anupam Saikia, Professor, Mathematics, joined the for outstanding contributions to Biotechnology by Biotech editorial board of Journal of Ramanujan Mathematical Research Society of India. He also won G. B. Manjrekar Award Society from January 2017. 2016 for contribution to fundamentals of applied values of Microbiology by Association of Microbiologists of India. Dr. Shyam P. Biswas, Associate Professor, Chemistry, received Young Scientist Award 2017 by Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI). Dr. Dipankar Srimani, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, attended Alexander von Humboldt Programme at RWTH Aachen University during April - July 2016. Prof. Anil K. Saikia, Professor, Chemistry, was awarded Bronze Medal by Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) for the year 2017 for his contributions to research in chemistry. Prof. Sukumar Nandi, Professor, Computer Science and Engineering, was elected as Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering in November 2016. Prof. Pradeep Yammiyavar, Professor, Design, with Mr. Prof. V. S. Moholkar
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handed over. The remaining 152 rooms with attached toilets should be ready soon. Construction work of boys’ hostel number eleven is also progressing as scheduled. The entire hostel should be ready for occupation by March 2018. The extension work of the married scholars’ hostel with 96 units of fl at-lets was completed and handed over for occupation.
Class Room Complex The construction work of the Class Room Complex is going on. The complex will have six lecture halls of 200 capacity each and eighteen class rooms of 120 capacity with provision of future vertical extension. Finishing work including heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and electrical works for eighteen 120 capacity halls is Married Scholars’ Hostel completed. For the six 200 capacity halls, structural works of roof is in progress. The work is expected to be completed Dr. Arup Chattopadhyay, Assistant Professor, Mathematics, within October 2017. received Fulbright-Nehru Post Doctoral Research Fellowship for 2016-2017 to work with Dr. Anna Skripka at University of Research Building Complex New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA. The construction works of the multi-storied research Dr. Mohammad Qureshi, Professor, Chemistry, received the building for housing the research facilities and catering to Fulbright–Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence the requirements of time bound funded research projects Fellowships (FNAPE) for 2016-2017 to work with Prof. Shane are in progress. The building is designed as ten storied Ardo at University of California, Irvine, USA. framed structures having 1850 sqm. per fl oor. In this phase, the RCC structure with external fi nish of the building will be Congratulations to all. constructed upto G+9 storied. However internal fi nish with CONSTRUCTION AND CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT HVAC and electrical works would be taken up upto 4th fl oor. The work is expected to be completed within October 2017. The Institute has seen considerable growth in number of Expansion of Academic Complex (Phase-V) students in the recent past. In conformity with this we are upgrading our infrastructure with new constructions and The expansion of the Academic Complex under Phase-V extensions. started in 2015 and the construction work is in progress. The work is expected to be completed by the end of 2017. Students’ Hostels Residential Quarters In the tenth boys’ hostel – Lohit – all the 804 single seater rooms and 48 rooms with attached toilets were already The site development work of the 160 units of F-Type
Class Room Complex Research Building Complex
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Non-recurring: 186.35 Sponsored Research: 75.44 Total Expenditure: 446.74
In comparison, in 2015-2016, `443.5 crores were spent.
VISIT OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE
The Parliamentary Committee on Papers Laid on the Table of the Rajya Sabha visited Guwahati and had an interaction with the key offi cials of the Institute on 13 January 2017. The Committee expressed its pleasure in timely submission of Institute Audit and Annual Report 2015-16 to both the Houses of the Parliament. The august members of the New Guest House Committee were also apprised about the various projects and activities going on in the Institute. residential quarters in 4 towers having G+9 storied residential buildings is completed. The tender for the construction will be fl oated shortly.
Architectural preparations for the proposed 80 units of D type, 40 units of C type and 50 units of B type residential quarters are going on.
The Institute took up construction of 12 units of residential quarters in prefabricated structure to meet the immediate demand for accommodation of faculty and staff. The superstructure work of the construction is going on. The work is expected to be completed by July 2017. Prof. Gautam Biswas with offi cials of IIT Guwahati at the meeting of New Guest House the Parliamentary Committee The fi nishing work of the new guest house is progressing well. Out of the 165 rooms (including 8 VIP rooms) 32 EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES general rooms are in use. It is expected that the Guest House construction would be completed by the end of 2017. The Institute is committed to extend all the required supports to the members from the reserved categories and diff erently Boundary Wall abled persons. Government guidelines are followed in this The boundary of the Institute campus is being strengthened regard. The Head of the Section has proactively initiated with the construction of new boundary walls. Already 50% of several philanthropic initiatives. the boundary has been covered and work on the remaining portion is going on. STUDENTS’ ACTIVITIES
Community Work Alcheringa, the annual cultural festival of IIT Guwahati, was held during 2-5 February this year. Alcheringa is now As a service to the community residing nearby the regarded as a much anticipated students’ cultural event campus, the Institute took up a project of construction of a in the North-East where thousands of students across the crematorium and a park with approach roads after getting country take part in various youth oriented competitions, requests from social organisations. The work is under workshops, seminars and informal events. The performances progress. of musicians and performing artistes of repute are the real INSTITUTE EXPENDITURE crowd puller. In the past Alcheringa has featured some exhilarating performances from some of the biggest names The details of expenditure during the year 2016-2017 are as in the entertainment industry. follows (in crores of `): Techniche-2016 – the annual techno-management festival Recurring: 184.95 of the Institute – was held during 1–4 September 2016.
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Engineering batch has topped Indian Engineering Services 2016, in Mechanical Engineering. Mr. Akash Pandauriya, Mr. Chandrahas Kumar and Mr. Nitesh Jindal, all BTech 1st year students, were awarded Samsung Star Scholars for four years with fi nancial support of `2 lakh per year for expenses related to tuition fee, hostel fees or mess charges. Ms. Tushara L. Balabolu, a BTech 2016 batch student of Computer Science and Engineering, won the prestigious Aditya Birla Scholarship for the year 2016 in Engineering stream. She is one of the fi fteen best students from IITs/BITS in engineering to receive the scholarship. The scholarship Alcheringa entails each scholar receiving an amount of `65,000 per annum. Techniche has been an extra-ordinary platform to showcase the latest inventions, exhibitions and technological advances from all over the globe. The student teams organise a plethora of events and competitions all designed to make the participants step outside their comfort zones and challenge the institution of conventional thinking. In this edition of Techniche IIT Guwahati hosted Prof. Ada E. Yonath, 2009 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry from Israel. Prof. Yonath delivered a special lecture and had interactive discussions with the students.
Other regular student events like Manthan, Spirit, Spardha were successfully organised by the students during the year. Moreover, there have been regular events and competitions organised by the various clubs and societies of the Institute. Alcheringa
STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS Mr. Polanati Sai Arun Kumar and Ms. Galla Lahari, BTech students, won WS Laxman Unstoppable Scholarship. The Mr. Idul Ahmed, our alumnus of 2010 BTech Mechanical scholarship amount is `50,000 per annum for four years.
Prof. Ada E. Yonath, 2009 Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, with Prof. Gautam Biswas and other offi cials of IIT Guwahati
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Mr. Jithin Krishnan B., BTech student of Mechanical cosmeceuticals and neutraceuticals from Assam green tea Engineering, was selected for the prestigious Honda YES leaves’ in October 2016. (Young Engineer and Scientist) Award 2016-17. He will Mr. Bibhas Kumar Bhunia, Mr. Prerak Gupta, Ms. Dimple receive US$ 3,000 in equivalent Indian Rupees. Chauhan, Mr. Manishekhar Kumar, Mr. Yogendra Pratap Mr. Kalind Baraya, BTech student of Mechanical Engineering, Singh, Ms. Janani G and Mr. Joseph Christakiran M., research won ONGC Gold Medal. The award consists of cash award scholars, Biosciences and Bioengineering, won second prize `1 lakh and a gold plated medallion. The ONGC Gold Medal in IITG-TIC innovation competition for their project ‘Silk is awarded to the BTech topper of Mechanical Engineering. based aff ordable tissue grafts and healthcare products’ in October 2016. Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, BTech, Mechanical Engineering; Mr. Mandeep Deka, MTech, Mechanical Engineering; Mr. Mr. Rishikesh Shukla, research scholar, Biosciences and Sudhakantha Girmohanta, MSc, Physics; Ms. Reshmi Dani, Bioengineering, won the Young Scientist Award of MSc, Chemistry, received ONGC Scholarship. The scholarship Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI) at Gauhati amount is `5,000 per month for a year. University, Guwahati. Mr. Mohammed Suhail, Mr. Parth Tiwari, Mr. Suyash Pati Ms. Devivasha Bordoloi, research scholar, Biosciences and Tripathi and Mr. Shubham Tripathi, all BTech students Bioengineering, received Young Scientist Award for her were selected for prestigious O. P. Jindal Engineering and paper at the International Conference on Nutraceuticals and Management Scholarship (OPJEMS) 2016. The scholarship Chronic Diseases (INCD-2016), Kerala. amount is `65,000 for a year. Mr. Prerak Gupta and Ms. Shreya Mehrotra, research scholars, Mr. Bibhas K. Bhunia, research scholar, Biosciences and Biosciences and Bioengineering were selected for Indo-US Bioengineering, won the Talent Search contest on Innovative Fulbright Fellowship 2017-2018 in Bioengineering. Research Ideas leading to Entrepreneurial venture in Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Pal, research scholar, Chemical Biotechnology and allied areas organised by Guwahati Engineering, won the Gandhian Young Technological Biotech Park in January 2017 for his project ‘Aff ordable Bio- Innovation Award for 2017. Mr. Pal also received the artifi cial Disc for Low Back Pain Management’. Marshall Award for Student at the 11th Asia Pacifi c Chitin Mr. Somnath Chanda, research scholar, Centre for the and Chitosan Symposium 2016. Environment, won first prize in IITG-TIC Innovation Mr. Ayan Pal, research scholar, Chemistry, received fi rst best Competition for his project ‘formulation of herbal
Graduating students’ posing for a photograph with Prof. Gautam Biswas and other faculty members of the Institute
37 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI paper award at 6th DAE BRNS Interdisciplinary Symposium Mr. Dawit Gudeta, research scholar, Mechanical Engineering, on Material’s Chemistry (ISMC-2016) held at BARC, Mumbai. won best paper award, at the National Conference on Sustainable Mechanical Engineering: Today and Beyond Mr. Abhishek, research scholar, Computer Science and (SMETB), at Tezpur University in March 2017. Engineering, received Fall 2016 Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC) Data Scholarship. Mr. Devarshi Kashyap, research scholar, Mechanical Engineering, won S. Rajeshwari award 2016 at National Ms. Hema K. Yarnagula, research scholar, Computer Science Conference on Emerging Biomaterials, Bharathiar University and Engineering, received Best Paper Award at IEEE ANTS Coimbatore in October 2016. 2016, Bengaluru. Mr. Ashish Kumar Rajak, research scholar, Mechanical Mr. Tushar Semwal, research scholar, Computer Science and Engineering, won best paper award at International Engineering, received TCS Fellowship. Conference on Advances in Materials & Manufacturing, Mr. Vikram Aditya, Mr. Suprabho Dhenki, Mr. Amarvaj Likhith, Hyderbad in December 2016. Mr. Ajinkya Karale and Mr. Harmeet Singh of Department Mr. R. S. Malani, research scholar, Centre for Energy, received of Design won the 1st prize in CHI 2016 Student Design best paper award in “Environmental System” session during Challenge. “LAMSYS-2016” held at SDSC SHAR (ISRO) Sriharikota. Mr. Neeraj Kumar, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Ms. Shyamali Sarma, research scholar, Centre for Energy, received US NIH R25 grant to pursue post-doctoral at has been selected for the Newton-Bhaba PhD Placements University of Illinois at Chicago. Programme (2016-2017) to pursue a part of her PhD research Mr. Avinash Kumar, research scholar, Humanities and Social work at the University of Nottingham, U.K. Sciences, was selected as Research Fellow at Institute for Mr. Vikas Kumar, MS-R student, Centre for Energy, received Advanced Studies on Science, Technology and Society (IAS- Excellent Paper Award at the ASAR International conference STS), Graz, Austria, from October 2016 to June 2017. held at Dehradun in August 2016. Mr. Aniruddha Poria, research scholar, Mathematics, Ms. Satarupa Dutta, Department of Chemical Engineering received the prestigious Fulbright-Nehru Doctoral Research and Mr. Nilanjan Mandal Centre for Nanotechnology, won Fellowship for 2016-17 to work with Dr. Radu Balan at Gandhian Young Technology Innovation BIRAC-SHRISTI University of Maryland, College Park, USA. Appreciation Award 2017.
Prof. Gautam Biswas with the IIT Guwahati students’ team at the 51st Inter IIT Sports Meet 2016 held at IIT Kanpur
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Mr. Mitradip Bhattacharjee, Centre for Nanotechnology, won best paper award in REFLUX-2017, IIT Guwahati. IIT Guwahati launched the Student’s Chapter of Indian Green Building Council (IGBC). The Student Chapter is an important initiative to address the growing ecological issues and concerns with emphasis upon energy and water management. The performance of IIT Guwahati sports team at the 51st Inter IIT Sports Meet 2016 held at IIT Kanpur is very encouraging. A total of 13 medals were won in the sports meet. Above all Ms. Sajitha S. won the “Best Athlete” Female title, Ms. Bhaswati Gohain Barua won the Best Player Badminton Female title and Ms. Namami Goswami bagged the Best Table Tennis and BDes, the total number of jobs off ered is 413 for 590 Player Female title. In the Inter IIT Staff Sports Meet 2016 students. An average package off ered for BTech and BDes one medal was won. students is `15.11 lakhs per annum (treated as CTC).
Our heartiest congratulations to all of them. The placement for MTech and MDes students is reasonable and stands at 33%. An average package off ered for MTech CAMPUS PLACEMENT and MDes students is `10.82 lakhs per annum (treated as The placement scenario at IIT Guwahati for the year 2016- CTC). For MSc programmes, 4 students have been placed 2017 has been impressive so far. A total of 115 companies out of 88 registered candidates. For MSR programme, 2 from various sectors have already participated in campus students were placed out of 7 registered candidates. For PhD recruitment. The total number of registered students for programmes, 14 PhD students have received job off ers out campus placement in the year 2016-2017 is 1107. The overall of 45 registered candidates in the education and research placement of BTech and BDes students is 70%. For BTech sector.
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PART II
ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS Biosciences and Bioengineering Chemical Engineering Chemistry Civil Engineering Computer Science and Engineering Design Electronics and Electrical Engineering Humanities and Social Sciences Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Physics
ACADEMIC CENTRES Centre for Energy Centre for the Environment Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology Centre for Nanotechnology Centre for Rural Technology
EXTRAMURAL CENTRES
Lakshminath Bezbaroa Central Library Centre for Educational Technology Central Instruments Facility Computer and Communication Centre
ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 DEPARTMENT OF BIOSCIENCES AND
The Department at a Glance
Year of Establishment: 2002 BIOENGINEERING Academic Programmes Off ered: Bachelor of Technology (BTech) Biotechnology Master of Technology (MTech) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Total Faculty Strength: 39 • Professor: 13 • Associate Professor: 15 • Assistant Professor: 10 • Visiting Assistant Professor: 1
New Faculty Members Joined: 1 • Assistant Professor: 1 Total Student Strength: 469 BTech: 185 MTech: 64 PhD: 220 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 127 BTech: 54 MTech: 31 PhD: 42
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LABORATORY FACILITIES threat to species getting extinct. Her research group is able to i. MAB (Mechanistic Approcaches to Biology) Lab identify, purify and isolate three main categories of bioactive (Dr. B. Anand): The laboratory employs a combination of metabolites: essential oils, coumarins and alkylamides, from approaches encompassing Bioinformatics & Computational in vitro elite cell lines of medicinal plants. Some of these Biology, Biochemical and Biophysical approaches and X-ray compounds are complex triterpenoids which are diffi cult crystallography. The current research interest of the lab to synthesize chemically. The focused research work in the pertains to RNA Biology and Molecular Evolution. laboratory are: (i) Mass multiplication by micropropagation/ clonal propagation of medicinally and economically ii. BERL (Bioengineering Research Laborotory) valuable plants, (ii) In vitro haploid and doubled haploid (Prof. Utpal Bora): The research interests of this laboratory plant production to generate homozygous (pure) lines include Biomedical Engineering, Seri-biodiversity, Seri- to produce hybrid vigour for improved plant yield, (iii) bioinformatics and Bio-entrepreneurship. Triploid plant production to develop seedless variety, (iv) iii. Molecular Networks and Recombinant Therapeutics Somatic embryogenesis for synthetic seed production, (v) (Dr. Biplab Bose): The lab is interested in understanding Protoplast isolation and regeneration for single cell cloning the inter-connected cellular communication systems. and isolation of mutants, (vi) Cytological and Histological Particularly, the lab is interested to know the effect of studies of in vitro raised cultures to understand their ploidy, architecture, kinetics and integration of the molecular development and origin (vii) Cell biomass production in pathways on vital cellular processes. The lab uses shake-fl ask for screening, characterization and quantifi cation experimental as well as theoretical tools to understand of medicinally and commercially useful plant metabolites how information is carried and processed in such signaling and their scale-up in photo-bioreactors networks. The lab is also involved in developing molecules vi. Biophysical Chemistry Lab (Dr. Nitin Chaudhary): that can target particular signal transduction pathway. Such The laboratory focuses on understanding the molecular self- a molecule can be used to modulate an aberrant pathway assembly and amyloid diseases, protein/peptide membrane involved in a particular disease. interactions, and developing peptide based antibiotics. iv. Dr. Pranjal Chandra lab: The lab is interested to vii. Bioprocess Development Lab (Dr. Debasish Das): combine biotechnology, nanotechnology, material science, The research focus of the lab is the process development and electroanalytical chemistry, approaches to address for various value added products using microbes as a cell problems of biomedical signifi cance, human health, and factory. The areas that are currently being pursued are: environmental monitoring. Specifi cally the lab is interested biodiesel production from freshwater microalgal isolates to develop novel and commercially viable bioanayltical Chlorella sp. and diatoms; bioethanol from agricultural methods for diagnostics applications. The major research wastes, process development for hyaluronic acids from work is focused on: (i) Clinical Diagnostics (Cancer cells, DNA, new Streptococcus isolates and butanol production RNA, bio-markers) using electroanalytical methods such from Clostridium sp. Tha lab aims at improving overall as cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry, impedance performance of the technology via combined modifi cations spectroscopy, (ii) Nano-biosensors (Aptamer, antibody, at the process (Biochemical engineering approach) and enzyme) based biological phenomenon investigation, strain level (genetic engineering approach). The lab has (iii) Porous silicon based label free self reporting optical expertise to create solutions for process development by nanosensors, (iv) Microfl uidics and Nanomachines. combining biochemical and biological knowledge with v. Plant Tissue Culture & Secondary Metabolite engineering principles. Production Lab (Prof. Rakhi Chaturvedi): The tree species viii. Prof. V. V. Dasu lab: The laboratory focuses on with long generation cycle are mostly highly heterozygous Bioprocess development (upstream to downstream), in nature due to strict cross pollination and are considered metabolic engineering, and bioenergy. to be recalcitrant (difficult to regenerate in vitro). The genetic improvement of these plants and development ix. Laboratory of Protein Biochemistry & Biochemical of homozygous lines (pure) is either very challenging or Parasitology (Prof. Vikash Kumar Dubey): The laboratory impossible using the conventional methods, because the focuses on understandi protein structure and function, cross pollination is a rule. This limitation has completely molecular aspects of parasitology, and drug discovery. been overcome by the research group of Dr Chaturvedi while The lab has been recognize as “Unit of excellence in working on two complex tree species, Neem (Azadirachta Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology” by Department of indica) and Tea (Camellia species). Prof. Chaturvedi’s Biotchnology, Government of India. laboratory has also involved in developing Plant Cell Culture x. Prof. Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh lab: The laboratory Technology as an alternative to whole plant extraction for focuses on development of new generation gene therapy the production of secondary metabolites of medicinal and vectors. This mainly includes development of suicide gene commercial values. Although these compounds can also therapy for cancer. The lab has also set up infrastructure be isolated from naturally grown whole plants, continued facilities for interdisciplinary collaborative research in the destruction of plants for the purpose may pose a major fi eld of nanoscience and nanotechnology supported by
44 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 extramural funding at the Centre for Nanotechnology, IIT many species of terrestrial, avian and aquatic animals. The Guwahati. The major area is to develop new nanoparticles, group includes many important pathogens of humans nanocomposites and nanocarriers and evaluate their such as measles virus, human respiratory syncytial virus, antimicrobial and anticancer activities. The lab is perusing human parainfl uenza viruses, Nipah virus and Hendra virus research to understand molecular mechanisms of and animals such as canine distemper virus and Newcastle nanoparticle mediated cell cytotoxicity. Other areas, such disease virus. Newcastle disease virus (NDV) is the prototype as, bioimaging using C-dots, metal nanoclusters, gene member of this family and is a leading cause of respiratory delivery using quantum dot embedded nanocarriers are also disease in avian species. It leads to huge economic losses to being persued. The lab is also interested in understanding the poultry industry in India. The laboratory focuses mainly the molecular pathways involving drug resistance. on understanding the biology of avian paramyxovirus and xi. Biosensor and Biofuel Cell Research Lab (Prof. development of vaccine against them using reverse genetics Pranab Goswami): The lab is involved in the development system. of novel bio-recognition system and their applications for xviii. Cancer Biology Laboratory (Dr. Ajaikumar B. developing biosensors and biofuel cells. DNA aptamers, Kunnumakkara): The research interests of the lab include (i) catalytic as well as non-catalytic proteins have been Role of infl ammatory pathways in cancer development, (ii) investigated as biorecognition elements for some clinical Identifi cation of novel biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and applications targeting to operate in point-of-care and prognosis, (iii) Cancer drug discovery, and (iv) Development resource limited environments. Focus has been given on of transgenic and gene knockout mouse models for the rapid detection of acute myocardial infarction (AMI), biomedical research cholesterol, alcohol, bilirubin and malaria due to their xix. The Molecular Endocrinology lab (Dr. Anil Mukund obvious importance in diagnostic sector. Limaye): The laboratory focuses on the following research xii. Prof. Arun Goyal Lab: The lab research interests themes: (i) Hormone regulation of gene expression, (ii) Role include Microbial Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Protein of estrogen in breast tumor invasion and metastasis, (iii) Engineering, Structural & Functional studies of carbohydrate Regulation of cystatin A expression and its role in breast enzymes. cancer, (iv) HoxB2 in breast cancer, (v) GPR30/GPER-1 biology, xiii. Dr. Cota Navin Gupta: The research intrest of the (vi)Mechanisms of anticancer activity of EGCG, (vii) Karanjin lab include Imaging Genetics, Biomedical Signal/Image and its biological eff ects Processing, Multimodal Analysis, Computer Aided Diagnosis, xx. Dr. Soumen Kumar Maiti Laboratory: The research Biomedical Instrumentation. interests of the lab include Biochemical Engineering, xiv. Stem Cell and Cancer Biology Group (Dr. Bithiah Biofuel, Bioprocess modeling, control, optimization, Grace Jaganathan): Stem cell and cancer biology group Metabolic engineering, Downstream processing, Membrane focuses on the identification of factors affecting the separation, Bioremediation diff erentiation of mesenchymal stem cells and the role of xxi. Biomaterial and Tissue Engineering laboratory (Dr. cancer microenvironment in cancer chemoresistance. Biman B. Mandal): The laboratory is a “Unit of Excellence” xv. Structural and Computational Biology Laboratory as granted by DBT, Govt. of India at Biosciences and (Dr. Shankar Prasad Kanaujia): The lab uses the knowledge Bioengineering Department, IIT Guwahati. The lab focuses of various techniques such as molecular biology, structural on a number of tissue engineering projects generously biology (X-ray Crystallography) and biophysical and funded by National and International grants towards biochemical studies to understand the mechanism of aff ordable human healthcare translational products. diff erent biological functions. In addition, the lab applies xxii. Organelle Biology and Cellular Ageing Lab (Dr. the molecular dynamics simulations to further corroborate Shirisha Nagotu): The lab focusses on understanding the results obtained from various experiments. Currently, the biogenesis of organelles and the inter-organelle the lab is focusing on investigating into the mechanisms communication within a cell. The lab tries to understand involved in protein translation initiation, ABC transporters the eff ect of ageing on organelle biology and the role of and their role in multidrug resistance. organelles in cellular ageing. xvi. Molecular Microbiology Laboratory (Dr. Manish xxiii. Prof. Kannan Pakshirajan’s laboratory: The research Kumar): The research interests of the lab include (i) Molecular interests of the lab are Environmental Biotechnology, interaction of host-pathogen-vector of infectious diseases, Biological removal and recovery of inorganic compounds (ii) Gene expression analysis of Spirochete, Leptospira from wastewaters, Biofuels and other Biotechnological interrrogans and Borrelia burgdorferi, (iii) Development Products: production, process design, kinetics and of vaccine against outer membrane protein of Leptospira environmental applications. interrogans and Borrelia burgdorferi, and (iv) Vector borne xxiv. Bio-interface & Environmental Engineering Lab diseases of Zoonotic importance. (Dr. Lalit Mohan Pandey): The laboratory focuses on the xvii. Viral Immunology lab (Dr. Sachin Kumar): The following research aspects: (i) Surface and interfacial science paramyxoviruses include viruses that are isolated from particularly in the area of Bio-interfaces and Biomaterials
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(Design of Biocompatible surfaces): The surfaces are modifi ed xxx. Prof. Gurvinder Kaur Saini laboratory: The laboratory using various Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) and their works in fungal biotechnology. The various aspects that interactions with water, bio macromolecules i.e. polymers, are studied include (i) secondary metabolite production, proteins and cells are studied, (ii) Protein’s adsorption and (ii) development of hyper virulent strains of Metarhizium aggregation: The lab investigates the adsorption behavior anisopliae and Beauveria bassiana using scorpion and spider and properties of various adsorbed proteins on surfaces with neurotoxins, (iii) gene stacking in entomopathogenic fungi. diff erent wettabilities by forming mono, mixed and hybrid xxxi. Computational Structural Biology laboratory (Dr. SAMs. The role of surface chemistry at the nanometer scale Priyadarshi Satpati): The research in the lab is focused to on aggregation of various therapeutic proteins is studied, understand the speed and accuracy of translation using (iii) Environmental Biotechnology: The lab focuses on 3Rs. Computer Simulations. Using explicit solvent all atom Reduce waste generation, recycle the treated waste and molecular dynamics free energy simulations, the lab studies reuse waste as by-product or recover energy from the waste. the protein-ligand, protein-RNA, RNA-RNA interactions and xxv. Dr. Sanjukta Patra laboratory: The research interests their relevance to biology. The lab is specially interested in of the lab include enzyme applications, biotransformation, translation factors, synthetases (aaRS), Ribosome etc. and biosensors. xxxii. Bio Process Analytical Technology (BioPAT) xxvi. Prof. Aiyagari Ramesh laboratory: The research Laboratory (Dr. Senthilkumar Sivaprakasam): The lab interests of the lab include Nanobiotechnology, Chemistry- develops PAT technology for recombinant therapeutic Biology Interface for Developing Antibacterials and Sensors proteins and value added compounds such as biopolymers, xxvii. Molecular Informatics and Design Group (Dr. Vibin organic acids etc. PAT is defi ned as ‘System for designing Ramakrishnan): Molecular Informatics and Design Group (process development), analysing and controlling integrates diverse disciplines of science and engineering manufacturing process, based on timely measurements of in the design and development of advanced materials. The critical quality and performance attributes of raw material, lab’s approach to a research problem is ‘idea centric’ with in process materials and processes with the goal of ensuring a clear emphasis on the design phase, adopting modeling final product quality’. PAT methodology envisages the and informatics tools. The lab experiments a reductionist identification of Critical Process Parameters (CPPs) and approach in understanding the interaction between Critical Quality Attributes (CQAs) for every process. The CPPs molecules resulting in assembled architectures at nano and are the indication of the overall reliability that a process micro scale, and further employ it in the design of future proceed in the desired direction. Therefore their monitoring materials. An information based modeling approach has and control establishes the uniform product quality. ‘Quality been employed in the design and generation of tumor by design’ in the PAT emphasizes that monitoring to be homing and cell penetrating molecules to test their effi cacy accomplished not only during the process, but should begin as future drug delivery vehicles. from raw material characterization, its processing, upstream process, product recovery, downstream process and till xxviii. Applied Biodiversity Laboratory (Prof. Latha the polishing step. Therefore this reduces the much eff ort Rangan): The group tries to address the research questions emphasized by regulatory authorities on ensuring quality. in areas of Applied Biodiversity with special reference to bioresources of Northeast India using an integrative xxxiii. Dr. Kususm Singh Laboratory: The lab’s research approach. . interest is in post-translational gene regulation by RNA binding proteins. During alternative splicing introns xxix. Translational Crop Research Laboratory (Prof. are spliced out in various ways from the precursor RNA, Lingaraj Sahoo): Pathogens, insects and abiotic stresses resulting in one gene producing several diff erent mRNAs cause major losses in yield and quality of crops. The and protein products. The process of alternative splicing discoveries in basic plant research play a vital role in requires accurate selection of splice sites, which play a key meeting these challenges by developing technologies factor in the generation of diff erent transcripts. Several to improve agriculture by introducing important traits to regulatory protein complexes take active part to aid in the crop of interest. The lab employs integrated approaches to selection of splice sites, like small nuclear ribonucleoprotein identify genes with signifi cant agronomic impact in both complexes containing U1, U2, U4/U6 and U5 subunits. The model (Arabidopsis) and crops (grain legumes and oil seeds), serine/arginine-rich protein family members (SR proteins) understand the mechanism by which they function and and SR-related proteins (SR-rps) also have the capability to using this knowledge, develop designer crops for diverse assist in the splice site selection process. In addition, various plant abiotic (drought, salinity and nutrient deficiency other regulatory protein complexes might be involved in the or toxicity) and biotic (viral and insect) stress conditions, alternative splicing process. In this regard, understanding useful for growers, industry and consumers. Besides, the the role of the subunits existing in the apoptosis and lab is working on biofortifi cation in Asiatic grain legumes splicing associated protein (ASAP) complex during splice for healthcare applications and manipulation of key oil site selection are crucial to understand splicing dependent biosynthesis genes yield in Jatropha, a tropical perennial post-transcriptional steps of gene regulation. biofuel crop to improve oil quality and oil.
46 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 xxxiv. Ion Channels Laboratory (Dr. Piruthivi Sukumar): Ion control, regulation of transcription/ translation and so on. channels, ion permeable pores in the plasma membrane, are The lab is interested in approaches to quantify the disorder in indispensible for virtually all cellular function in most, if not these proteins using both computational and experimental all, cells. Ion channels can be selective to a particular type techniques. of ion or may be non-selective, for example, they can allow xxxvi. Neurospora Research Group (Dr. Ranjan Tamuli): The all cations or anions or both. Among various ions, calcium lab is interested to understand the molecular mechanism (Ca2+), a ubiquitous signaling molecule, has been identifi ed of calcium signaling pathway using the model fi lamentous as an important factor for not only physiological cellular fungus Neurospora crassa. Calcium ion is a universal second proliferation, growth, migration and secretion. The lab is messenger molecule that impacts almost all cell processes interested in studying specifi c group of calcium permeable in eukaryotes. The lab hopes to extend its research to ion channels called store operated calcium channels. Owing understand the role of calcium signaling in memory, to the recent discovery of various components of store learning, and other related areas in future. operated channels, the knowledge is neither wide nor deep xxxvii. Laboratory for Stem Cell Engineering and in their role in cancer when compared to other two types. Regenerative Medicine (Dr. Rajkumar P. Thummer): The lab Atherosclerotic vascular diseases are the primary cause of focuses on generation of transgene-free induced pluripotent morbidity and mortality of numerous people worldwide. stem cells for biomedical applications and understanding The lab is embarking in identifying molecular pathological the role of core stem cell-specifi c transcription factors in mechanisms underlying occlusive vascular diseases with the maintaining stem cell identity and function. ultimate goal of fi nding novel drug targets. Also, diabetes greatly enhances the occurrence and progression of xxxviii. Malaria Research Group (Dr. Vishal Trivedi): The occlusive vascular diseases. Hence the lab’s interest also lies research interests of the lab include Anti-malarial Drug in elucidating the eff ect of diabetes on vascular dysfunction. Discovery, Immunotoxcity studies in Macrophages, Various cells like vascular smooth muscle cells, endothelial Regulation of Innate Immune Response, Endothelial Cells- cells and macrophages play important roles in initiation, RBC cytoadherence during Cerebral Malaria, Designing progression and complications of atherosclerotic occlusive immunostimulatory and Anticancer agents vascular diseases. The lab is analyzing SOCE in these cells. xxxix. Computational lab: The computational lab is used xxxv. Prof. R. Swaminathan Laboratory: The research for carrying out the Bioinformatics and Computational interests of the lab include (i) Protein Aggregation: Biology Lab, a lab course of the B. Tech. curriculum Protein aggregation is a common symptom associated xl. Experiemental Teaching laboratory: The laboratory with several neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s is used to conduct the experimental course of the B. Tech. and Parkinson’s. The molecular mechanism responsible and M. Tech. curricula. for protein aggregation in neuronal cells and subsequent neuronal death is not yet understood. The lab uses MAJOR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ACQUIRED biophysical techniques like fluorescence spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy along with biochemical approaches Equipment Make & Model like protein activity to monitor the growth of aggregates in (-80) Ultra Low Temp. Make: Eppendorf Ultra Low real time. Currently, the lab is exploring various maneuvers freezer Temperature Freezer; Model: to inhibit the progress of aggregation as part of the U410- Upright strategy to understand the molecular mechanism of this Vacuum concentrator Make: Thermo Fisher Scientifi c; phenomenon. (ii) Macromolecular Crowding inside living Model: Savant SPD1010P1 cells: Macromolecular crowding refers to the presence of Water Purifi cation Make: Merck Millipore; Model: large concentration (300-400 mg/ml) of macromolecules like System (Buy back) Elix Ref. 3 Kit and Milli Q Ref. Kit nucleic acids, proteins or membranes inside a cell cytoplasm, mitochondrial matrix or red blood cell. The consequence of Spectrophotometer Make: Shimadzu, Model: UV- such crowding on simple biochemical events like enzyme 1800 catalysis is not yet clear. The lab has artifi cially mimicked Centrifuge Make: Sartorius, Model: cellular crowding inside a test tube using inert polymers like Centrisart G-26C dextrans and Ficolls in a range of sizes from 15 kDa to 2000 Micro-Nano litre Make: IMPLEN; Model: kDa and in the concentration range 0-30 % w/w. The lab has Spectro Nanophotometer NP80-Mobile investigated the infl uence of such crowding on the activity of enzymes like alkaline phosphatase and acetylcholine Stereozoom Make: Olympus; Model: SZX16 esterase. (iii) Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: A signifi cant Microscope with fraction of eukaryotic proteome (~30%) consists of proteins Photography that are either partially or fully disordered. Such proteins lack attachment ordered tertiary structure in their purifi ed state at neutral Real Time PCR AB Biosystems pH. Interestingly, these proteins have functions in cell cycle
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Cell Imaging System Cytel GE Healthcare vi. The “Biomaterial and Tissue Engineering” lab has developed an implantable “bioartificial pancreas” Electroporator BioRad prototype for sustained delivery of insulin and “smart Flow cytometer BD, USA wound dressings” specifically targeted for diabetic Rheometer Anton Paar, USA patients. Further, “human skin” grafts for burn injuries and small diameter “human blood vessels” for by-pass surgery 3D Bioprinter Biotics, USA patients have been developed. These products are of advanced level as compared to existing technologies MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT in the market. The lab is further working on developing Cell signaling, Systems Biology, Protein Biochemistry, transplantable “human corneas” for vision restoration Molecular Biology, Immuno Prasitology, Biofuel, Biochemical and “Bioartificial liver” for detoxification. To combat Engineering, Tissue Engineering and Biomaterials, Organelle back pain, cartilage and bone degeneration, the lab is Biology, Inter-organelle Communications, Cellular developing “intervertebral disc” for slip disc patients and Ageing, Bio-interfaces and Biomaterials, Environmental “bone/cartilage implants” for patients with soft tissue/ Biotechnology, Nanobiotechnology, Chemistry-Biology bone damage. Interface for Developing Antibacterials and Sensors, Stem vii. Isolation and identifi cation of two novel stains SLAJ731 cell engineering and regenerative medicine, Molecular and SLAJ732 from a core sample of Assam oil fi eld Parasitology, Computational Biology, Plant Biotechnology, RNA Biology, Structural Biology, Fungal Biotechnology, viii. Bio-sorbent comprising encapsulated Agrobacterium Molecular Endocrinology, Systems Biology, Bioprocess fabrum (SLAJ731) and iron oxide nanoparticles for Engineering, Cancer Biology. removal of crude oil co-contaminant, lead Pb (II) ix. Low molecular weight synthetic amphiphiles and their MAJOR INITIATIVES AND BREAKTHROUGH IN RESEARCH metal complexes have been developed for antibacterial AND DEVELOPMENT and antibiofilm applications. The delivery of these bioactive agents has been accomplished by using i. Developed a targeted drug delivery system using a biocompatible nanomaterials. In another research toxin. Diphtheria toxin is a dreaded toxin and causes endeavor, small molecule ligands have been employed Diphtheria. It attacks specifi c cells in human body by as sensors for anions having healthcare implications. The binding to Diphtheria toxin receptors present on cell target analyte has been detected both in solution as well surface. Subsequently, the toxin enters the cell and as in live cells using imaging tools. causes toxicity. We have truncated this toxin and made a recombinant protein. This protein binds to the specifi c x. Developed novel DNA aptamer against the biomarkers cells but does not cause toxicity. We have used this new Plasmodium falciparum glutamate dehydrogenase for protein to deliver drug-loaded nanoparticles specifi cally malaria diagnosis. to cells that has diphtheria toxin receptors on cell surface. xi. A combinatorial method is developed for the fi rst time ii. LdBPK_070020 (Conserved hypothetical protein) to elucidate the specifi c interactions between aptamer knocked out Leishmania donovani showed signifi cant and the target protein. retardation of growth and infectivity. xii. A novel label free spectrophotometric detection iii. Dihydroorotase an enzyme of pyrimidine biosynthetic of malarial biomarker HRP-II following an indicator pathway was characterized biochemically and the displacement assay has been developed. The detection inhibitors of dihydroorotase were employed to study method was reproduced in a microfl uidic paper based the pyrimidine pathway (de novo and salavage) of L. analytical device. The device detects HRP-II within 5 min donovani parasite. with LOD of 30 ± 9.6 nM. iv. CAAX prenyl protease II was found as a potential drug xiii. In addition to the well acclaimed requirement of C-rich target against Leishmania donovani. CAAX prenyl regions in the DNA sequence, the presence of suitable protease II knocked out parasite showed significant hairpin structure is essential to confer stable fl uorescent decrease in growth and infectivity. AgNC. The study signifi es the tentative size of the ring and length of the stem on the formation and stabilization v. Methionine aminopeptidase 2 (MAP2) was found to be of AgNC in the ssDNA scaff olds and hence, it may be a key regulator of apoptotic like cell death in Leishmania considered as a guideline in selecting ssDNA candidates donovani . Miltefosine is only oral drug for Leishmaniasis for developing AgNC. Further, the developed AgNC in in the market and it shows apoptotic like cell death in ssDNA scaff olds has been exploited to detect NAD+ parasite. TNP-470 a drug that specifi cally inhibit MAP2 quantitatively in solution with high sensitivity and was used with miltefosine to prove the importance of specifi city. MAP2 in apoptotic like cell death by evaluating the DNA fragmentation pattern and caspase 3/7 protease assay.
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CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED
International/ Name of Faculty Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date National Dr. Sachin Kumar New Avenues in microbiology and West Bengal State 2016 National biotechnology challenges and University prospects Dr. Sachin Kumar Global Symposium on Animal Assam Agricultural 2016 International Health and XXIX annual convention University of Indian Association of Veterinary Microbiologists, Immunologists and Specialists in Infectious Diseases Dr. Biman B Mandal TERMIS-EU Conference Uppsala, Sweden 28 Jun-1 Jul International 2016 Prof. Kannan 4th Bioprocessing India Conference Mohali, Punjab 15-17 Dec International Pakshirajan (BPI-2016), Center of Innovative and 2016 Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB) Prof. Kannan 5th International conference on Goa 19-21 Dec International Pakshirajan research frontiers in Chalcogen cycle 2016 science and Technology Prof. Kannan International Conference on Chennai, Tamil Nadu 23-24 Feb International Pakshirajan Recent Advancements in Chemical, 2017 Environmental & Energy Engineering Prof. Kannan National Seminar on Petroleum Tezpur, Assam 3-4 Mar 2017 National Pakshirajan Biotechnology and Bioenergy Prof. Kannan TEQIP Workshop, Department of Guwahati - National Pakshirajan Chemical engineering Prof. Kannan Annamalai University, Chidambaram, Chidambaram, Tamil - International Pakshirajan Tamil Nadu Nadu Prof. Kannan National conference on Recent Guwahati 4-5 Jun 2016 National Pakshirajan advancement in Environmental research Dr. Lalit Pandey The 3rd Int'l Conference on Surface and Thailand 3-5 Jan 2017 International Interface of Materials (SIM 2017) Dr. Vibin National Workshop on Drug Design Bhubaneswar 22 Mar 2017 National Ramakrishnan and Discovery, ILS Bhubaneswar; Name of the talk: A Reductionist Approach to Drug Discovery Research Prof. L. Rangan 18th Indo-US Workshop on Flow Biotech Park 21 Feb 2017 Cytometry Lucknow Prof. L. Rangan International Symposium on Plant IIT Guwahati 19-20 Jan Biotechnology for Crop Improvement 2017 (ISPBCI-2017) Prof. L. Rangan 10th Annual Convention of Association Tirupati, AP 21-23 Dec of Biotechnology and Pharmacy 2016 Prof. L. Rangan BRSI Annual convention Vellore 8-10 Dec 2016 Prof. R. Gordon Research Conference on Les Diablerets, 26 Jun-1 Jul International Swaminathan Intrinsically Disordered Proteins Switzerland 2016 Dr. Ranjan Tamuli NER Training Program on Gene Cloning, Tata Memorial 4-15 Jul 2016 National Protein Biochemistry , Structure Biology Centre, Mumbai & Bioinformatics
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INVITED LECTURES OF FACULTY: IN INDIA, ABROAD
Name of Faculty Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Dr. B. Anand CRISPR-Cas System: From Genome Anna University Chennai 1-2 Mar Defence to Tinkering Genome 2017 at Avidadham ’17 (International Conference on Advances in Gene Editing) Dr. B. Anand Host Factor Mediated Homing KIIT University Bhubaneswar 16-18 Feb Mechanism of CRISPR-Cas Adaptive 2017 Immune System at 20th ADNAT Convention Dr. B. Anand Homing Mechanism of the CRISPR- CSIR-CFTRI Mysuru 21- 24 Nov Cas Adaptive Immune System at 85th 2016 Annual Meeting of Society of Biological Chemists, India (SBCI) Dr. B. Anand Functional Insights into the Mechanism IISER Bhopal 4-6 Nov of CRISPR-Cas Adaptive Immune 2016 system at 82nd Annual Meeting of Indian Academy of Sciences (IASc) Dr. Biplab Bose Making friend out of an enemy GIPS Guwahati May 2016 Dr. Biplab Bose Beyond overexpression: how network 35th Annual Convention New Delhi Apr 2016 motifs control an oncofetal protein of Indian Association for Cancer Research (IACR2016) Prof. Rakhi Anti-bacterial potential of calli induced Plant Tissue Culture Kolkata 3-5 Mar Chaturvedi from stem, fl ower and leaf explants of Association (PTCA) 2017 Lantana camara L. and Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (IICB) Prof. Rakhi Crop Improvement through In vitro IIT Guwahati Guwahati 20-21 Jan Chaturvedi Haploid Production 2017 Prof. Rakhi Application of Plant Tissue Culture 2nd Global Summit London, UK 6-8 Aug Chaturvedi Techniques for Bioresources Recovery on Plant Science 2016 organized by Conference Series LLC., USA and Conference Series Ltd., UK Prof. Rakhi In vitro cell cultures - A source of Kyoto Institute of Kyoto, Japan 3-6 Aug Chaturvedi Biobased valuable products Technology 2016 Prof. Rakhi Exploring Plant Improvements and Gifu University Gifu, Japan 30 Jul-2 Aug Chaturvedi Bioaccumulation Capabilities of Plant 2016 Cells using Plant Tissue Culture Prof. Rakhi Studies on nutrient uptake and culture 4th International Brisbane, 14-15 Jul Chaturvedi conditions for synthesis of Caff eine, Conference on Plant Australia 2016 (+)-Catechine, (-)-Epicatechin and Genomics by Conference (-)-Epigallocatechin gallate in anther derived haploid cell lines of tea [Camellia sinensis (L.)] Prof. S. S. Ghosh Emergence of Cancer Theranostics and North-Eastern Hill Shillong 2 Aug 2016 Nano-ensemble Devices University
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Name of Faculty Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Prof. S. S. Ghosh Cancer Theranostics Smartens up to 9th Annual TCS Event IITG 3 Nov 2016 Utilize Oxidative Stress & Flow Cytometry Workshop on Flow Application in Basic Applied & Clinical Biology - FABACTCS 2016 Prof. S. S. Ghosh Emergence of Cancer Theranostics Defence Institute of Pune 13 Jan 2017 Advanced Technology Prof. S. S. Ghosh Nanotechnology in Biosensing, Gauhati University Guwahati 30 Mar 2017 Detection and Device Prof. S. S. Ghosh Cancer Nanotheranostics Gauhati University Guwahati 30 Mar 2017 Prof. Pranab Development of DNA aptamers against 2nd World Congress on Dubai, UAE 11Oct 2016 Goswami human heart type fatty acid binding Bio Summit & Molecular protein for early detection of acute Biology Expo myocardial infarction Prof. Pranab Introduction to Biosensors and Tezpur University Tezpur, Assam 23 Jun 2016 Goswami Developing aptamers as biorecognition element for diagnostics Prof. Pranab Biosensors Assam Engineering Guwahati, 26 Apr 2016 Goswami college Assam Dr. Biman B. Advances in Regenerative Medicine Gauhati University Guwahati 23 Mar 2017 Mandal Dr. Biman B. Human Tissue Engineering IIT BHU Varanasi 19-23 Feb Mandal 2017 Dr. Biman B. Bioengineered Human Tissues NIT Raipur Raipur 13 Jan 2017 Mandal Dr. Biman B. Silk as a biomaterial AIIMS New Delhi 25 Nov 2016 Mandal Dr. Vibin Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Institute of Life Sciences Bhubaneswar 22 Mar 2017 Ramakrishnan Concept to Practice Prof. Latha Combining the OLD with the NEW- CAS In Botany UGC SAP Chennai 28 Mar 2017 Rangan “Nature is our PROTOTYPE” Visiting Fellow Prof. Latha Flow mining- Application and Progress Biotech and Research Lucknow 21 Mar 2017 Rangan in Plant Science Park 18th Indo-US Workshop on Flow Cytometry Prof. Latha Genome size and chromosome IIT Guwahati Guwahati 20 Jan 2017 Rangan number: keys to unfold polyploidization in taxonomically complex Zingiberaceae Prof. Latha Mining Renewable Energy Resources- SV University Tirupati 21-23 Dec Rangan Progress in Pongamia 2016 Prof. Latha Mining Zingiberaceae FROM VIT Vellore Chennai 8-10 Dec Rangan Wilderness to Tapping ‘OMICS’ 2016 Dr. Ranjan Tamuli Insight into the calcium signaling Tezpur University Tezpur, Assam 25 Mar 2017 process using the model fi lamentous fungus Neurospora crassa
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Name of Faculty Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Dr. Navin Gupta Multivariate Methods for fusion of IIT Guwahati Guwahati Mar 2017 Multimodal Imaging and Genetic Datasets in Schizophrenia Prof. Arun Goyal Recombinant carbohydrate enzyme Center of Innovative and Mohali 26-28 Feb in conversion of waste biomass to Applied Bioprocessing 2017 biovalued products (CIAB)/ International Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (SEEC-2017) Prof. Arun Goyal Crystal structure and molecular 14th International Hanoi, 4-7 Dec determinants of substrate specifi city of Conference of the Vietnam 2016 arabinofuranosidase from Clostridium Asian Crystallographic thermocellum Association Prof. Arun Goyal A novel multi-ligand specifi c Gauhati University Guwahati, 24-27 Nov family 35 carbohydrate binding Assam 2016 module (Rgl-CBM35) from Clostridium thermocellum targeting rhamnogalacturonan I Prof. Gurvinder Engineering entomopathogenic fungi Gauhati Univeristy Guwahati, 24-27 Nov Kaur Saini to improve the potency towards crop Assam 2016 pests Dr. Manish Kumar Understanding Host-pathogen-vector Tezpur University Tezpur, Assam 25 Mar 2017 interaction of spirochetes Prof. Utpal Bora Socio ethical issues in genome KIIT Bhubaneswar 16-18 Feb engineering 2017 Prof. Utpal Bora Frontier in seribiotechnology Arya Vidyapeeth College Guwahati, 13 Feb 2017 Assam Prof. Utpal Bora Genome engineering: boon or bane Dimoria College Guwahati, 28 Feb 2017 Assam Prof. Utpal Bora Genome Editing: Future of Humankind Cotton College State Guwahati, 28 Feb 2017 and Evolution University Assam Prof. Utpal Bora Learning biology from silkworms IIT Madras Chennai, 24 Mar 2017 Tamil Nadu
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES/SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED
Name of Faculty International No. of (Convener/ Co-ordinator, Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Funded By Date / National participants etc.) Dr. Ajaikumar B. International Conference Nutraceutical 9-11 Sep 2016 International 160 Kunnumakkara on Nutraceuticals and companies Chronic Disaeses Dr. Ajaikumar B. Molecular Techniques in Nil 17 Nov 2016 National 40 Kunnumakkara the Diagnosis of Cancer Prof. Latha Rangan; 9th TCS Annual Event and TCS, DST, 5-7 Nov 2016 National 112 Convener Workshop ICMR NE Council
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Name of Faculty International No. of (Convener/ Co-ordinator, Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Funded By Date / National participants etc.) The 3-day Symposium cum workshop was organized at the Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG) in collaboration with Dr. B. Borooah Cancer Institute (BBCI), Guwahati. The 9th Annual Cytometry Society of India symposium was on “fl ow applications in basic, applied and clinical biology FBACTCS”. The event comprised of 2-day symposia at IITG on 3rd-4th November having lectures from eminent speakers, young investigators and corporate talks by Beckman Coulter, BD Biosciences and Thermo Fisher. The symposium also had poster presentations by around 30 young researchers who showcased their research based on fl ow cytometry. A workshop was held on 5th November 2016 at IITG in fl ow applications on basic and applied biology. A parallel workshop session was also held on the same day in BBCI in fl ow applications on clinical biology.
PATENTS viii. Title of the invention: A Chemical Composition For Extracting Genomic DNA And Method Thereof, Inventors: i. Title of the invention: Antimicrobial short peptides, Anand Tiwari and Ranjan Tamuli, Applied on 17-10-2016, Inventors: Nitin Chaudhary, Karabi Saikia, Durga Sravani Application No. 201631035509 Yalavarthi, Vibin Ramakrishnan, Application No.: 353/ KOL/2015, Published on 07.10.2016 AWARDS AND HONOURS ii. A device with integrated methods for reverse i. Prof. Pranab Goswami: Served as an expert in transcription polymerase chain reaction (RTPCR) and/or project review committee meeting of DBT, India on Basic DNA/Protein array based analyses”. Arun Chattopadhyay, and Modern biotechnology in NER during 27th - 28th April, Sunil Kumar Sailapu, Deepanjalee Dutta, Amaresh Kumar 2016. Sahoo, Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh (Application number: PCT/ IN2016/000141 dated 02/06/2016). ii. Dr. Sachin Kumar: 2016 NASI SCOPUS Young Scientist Award. iii. Title of the invention: DNA aptamers specifi cally iii. Dr. Biman B. Mandal: NASI-SCOPUS Young Scientist binding to plasmodium falciparum glutamate Award 2016 by National Academy of Sciences and SCOPUS dehydrogenase (PFGDHA)., Inventors: Pranab Goswami, India. Citation and cash award of 75k INR Naveen Kumar Singh, Priyamvada Jain, Babina Chakma, Application no.201631025722, Applied on 27/07/2016 iv. Dr. Lalit Mohan Pandey, Early Career Research Award from Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), iv. Title of the invention: Graphite paste inkwith Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India silk sericin for enhancing the conductivity and stability, v. Prof. Latha Rangan, 2016- Women Scientist Award Inventors: Pranab Goswami, Mallesh Santhosh, Priyanki Das, from Biotech Research Society of India Phurpa Dema Thungon, Applied on 01/07/2016, Application no. 201631022633 vi. Prof. Latha Rangan 2016- Fellow, Association of Pharmacy and Biotechnology v. Title of the invention: Crystalline Di-Histidine vii. Dr. Kusum Singh: (MAY-JULY 2016 ) Invited as Guest nanostructures, Inventors: Vibin Ramakrishnan, Sajitha S, Scientist at Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Nitin Chaudhary & Gaurav Pandey, Applied on 09.03.2015, Received Albert’s researcher reunion grant. Application No. 243/KOL/2015, Published in 16.09.2016 viii. Prof. Arun Goyal: 2016 Malaviya Memorial vi. Title of the invention: Antimicrobial peptides, Award- Senior Faculty (Medal and Cash award Rs 15,000/-) Inventors: Vibin Ramakrishnan, Prakash Kishore Hazam, for outstanding contributions to Biotechnology by Biotech Nitin Chaudhary, Vishal Trivedi and Gaurav Jerath., Applied Research Society of India on 30.03.2015, Application No. 333/KOL/2015, Published on ix. Prof. Arun Goyal: 2016 G.B Manjrekar Award 30.09.2016 (citation and cash award Rs 20,000/-) for contribution vii. Title of the invention: Cost effective, portable to fundamentals of applied values of Microbiology by optoelectronic instrument to measure steady state Association of Microbiologists of India fl uorescence and its set up method, Name of Inventors: x. Prof. Rakhi Chaturvedi: 2016 Newton-Bhabha Kulkarni Alark Shripad, Harshal Nemade and Rajaram Leading Women Scientist Award in Crop and Agricultural Swaminathan, Application No.1136/KOL/2015 A, Patent Sciences 2016” instituted jointly by DBT, India and Cambridge Application Publication Date : 28/10/2016 University, UK
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STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS xi. Bibhas K. Bhunia and Biman B. Mandal. Aff ordable i. Best department poster in IIT Guwahati research Bio-artifi cial Disc for Low Back Pain Management, Proposal conclave 2017: Ritesh Kumar (PhD), Gundappa Saha(PhD), presented in Assam Biotech Conclave, organized by Prachi Bhalla (M.Tech) Guwahati Biotech Park. January 5-6, 2017. (1st PRIZE for Product Innovation & Development) ii. Best Institute poster award in IIT Guwahati research conclave 2017: Gundappa Saha (PhD) xii. Prerak Gupta, Manishekhar Kumar, Nandana Bhardwaj, Jadi Praveen Kumar, C.S.Krishnamurthy, Samit iii. Neha Arora , Best poster, ICSCC-2016, (Functional Kumar Nandi and Biman B. Mandal. Mimicking form and Stabilization of Recombinant PTEN onto Silica Nanoparticles function of native small diameter vascular conduits using for Potential Biomedical Applications) mulberry and non-mulberry patterned silk fi lms. Poster iv. Deepanjalee Dutta, Sunil Kumar Sailapu, Shortlisted presented at Research Conclave 2017, Indian Institute of within top 15 proposals, Assam Biotech conclave, Guwahati Technology Guwahati. March 16-19, 2017. (BEST POSTER Biotech Park, January 5-6, 2017, (A bench top device and AWARD) integrated methods for gene and protein analysis). xiii. Shreya Mehrotra, Samit Kumar Nandi, Biman B. v. Best poster award: Das M and Kumar S (2016) Mandal. Stacking of silk-cardiomyocyte monolayers as Molecular characterization of an apoptotic strain of a biomimetic approach for cardiac tissue engineering. Newcastle disease virus from Northeast India. Biology and Research Conclave 2017, Indian Institute of Technology Molecular Pathogenesis of Viruses, organized at MCB at IISC Guwahati. March 16-19, 2017. (BEST POSTER AWARD) on 20-21st June, 2016 xiv. Saket Kumar Singh, Bibhas Kumar Bhunia, Nandana vi. Venkateswara Rao Naira, a Ph.D student received Bhardwaj, Sween Gilotra, Biman B. Mandal. Reloadable an award entitled “T.V. DESIKACHARY MEMORIAL AWARD” Silk-Hydrogel Hybrid Scaff olds for Sustained and Targeted for best poster presentation in National Conference Delivery of Molecules, Poster presented at Research on Biodiversity, Biology and Biotechnology of Algae Conclave 2017, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, (NCBBBA-2017) organized by Centre for Advanced Studies March 6-19, 2017. (BEST POSTER AWARD) in Botany, University of Madras, Chennai (9-10 January 2017). xv. Yogendra Pratap Singh, Dimple Chouhan, Title of the poster: “Understanding the eff ects of inoculum Manishekhar Kumar, Bibhas Kumar Bhunia, Prerak Gupta, size, CO2 and light intensity on growth of an indigenous Biman B Mandal. Silk based aff ordable tissue grafts and microalgae, Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG in perspective to outdoor healthcare products. Indian Institute of Technology mass culturing for biodiesel production”. Guwahati-Technology Incubation Centre (IITG-TIC 2016), vii. Shreya Mehrotra, Nandana Bhardwaj, Samit Kumar Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati. (2nd PRIZE for Nandi, Biman B. Mandal. Biomimetic mulberry and non- Product Innovation & Development) mulberry silk cell sheets for cardiac patch applications. xvi. Best poster award: L. Goswami, K. Pakshirajan and International Conference of Young Researchers on Advanced G. Pugazhenthi (2017) Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic Materials (IUMRS-ICYRAM 2016), Indian Institute of Sciences, compounds in a binary substrate system by Rhodococcus Bangalore. December 11-15, 2016. (BEST POSTER AWARD) opacus, Indo- EU Workshop on “Microbial electrochemical viii. Ankit Gangrade and Biman B. Mandal. Folic Acid technologies for sustainability: Fuels, Chemicals and Functionalized Carbon Nanotubes for Cancer Targeted Drug Remediation”, CSIR-IICT, Hyderabad. Delivery, Nanobioteck 2016, All India Institute of Medical xvii. Best poster award: A. Sinharoy and K. Pakshirajan Sciences (AIIMS, New Delhi), Organized by Indian Society of (2016) Nanoparticle mediated enhanced biological carbon Nanomedicine (ISNM), November 24-26, 2016. (BEST POSTER monoxide conversion using anaerobic microbial consortia, AWARD) International conference of waste management, Recycle – ix. Dimple Chouhan, Bijayshree Chakraborty, Samit 2016, IIT Guwahati. K. Nandi and Biman B. Mandal. Nonmulberry silk fi broin xviii. Best poster award: M.M.T. Namboodiri and K. based functionalized nanofi brous mats as potential wound Pakshirajan, (2016) Chitosan Production by Aspergillus dressing material. International conference on Biomaterials, niger using cheaply available Domestic Wastewater, ICWM- Biodiagnostics, Tissue Engineering, Drug delivery and RECYCLE, IIT Guwahati. Regenerative medicine (BiTERM 2016). Indian Institute of Technology Delhi. April 15-17, 2016. (BEST POSTER AWARD) xix. Miss. Sajitha Sasidharan has won the best poster award at the “International Conference on Advances in x. Yogendra P. Singh, Mimi Adhikary, Salma Jasmine Biological Systems and Material Science in NanoWorld” and Biman B. Mandal. Silk fi bre reinforced silk scaff olds (ABSMSNW-2017), held at IIT-BHU, Varanasi, India. for cartilage tissue engineering. International conference on Biomaterials, Biodiagnostics, Tissue Engineering, Drug xx. Miss. Sajitha Sasidharan has secured 2nd position delivery and Regenerative medicine (BiTERM 2016). Indian in the poster presentation at the institute level in Research Institute of Technology Delhi. April 15-17, 2016. (BEST Conclave 2017 held at IIT Guwahati, India. POSTER AWARD). xxi. Gaurav Pandey received first prize for oral
54 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 presentation at Advances in Biological Systems and. negative breast cancer” at the International conference Materials Science in NanoWorld (ABSMSNW) 2017, organized on Nutraceuticals and chronic diseases 2016 (INCD-2016), by IIT BHU, Varanasi. Kerala, 2016. xxii. Ms Anuma Singh, doctoral student received Best xxxiii. Ms. Harsha Choudhary received ‘Best Poster Poster Award for her poster titled “Synthesis, in silico studies Presentation Award’ for the paper entitled “Gold nanoparticles and in vitro evaluation for antioxidant and antibacterial (GNPs) synthesized from Elephant apple preferentially kills properties of diarylmethylamines: a novel class of structurally cancer cells” International conference on Nutraceuticals and simple and highly potent pharmacophore” during the 9th chronic diseases 2016 (INCD-2016), Kerala, 2016. TCS Annual symposium and Workshop on Flow applications xxxiv. Ms. Ganesan Padmavathi received ‘Best Outstanding in Basic, applied and Clinical Biology “ FABACTCS2016 held Poster Presentation Award’ for the paper entitled “Prevention from 3-5 Nov, 2016. of Azoxymethane Induced Colon Carcinogenesis by the xxiii. Bhagyashree Deka: Qualifi ed CSIR-UGC NET, 2017 Spice Carum copticum (Ajwain)” at the Translational Cancer for Junior Research Fellowship (JRF) with AIR 75, Qualifi ed Research, Ahmedabad, 2016. CSIR-UGC NET, 2016 for Lectureship, Awarded DST INSPIRE Fellowship, 2016 SPECIAL MENTION xxiv. Krishan Kumar, Best Poster Award, Research i. Prof. Kannan Pakshirajan: Dr. Thesis evaluation: Conclave 2017, IIT Guwahati, Mar 2017 a. Eff ect of organic loading and cyanide on anaerobic xxv. Rishikesh Shukla, Young Scientist Award, digestion of cassava pulp. School of Environment Resources AMI, Received Young Scientist Award by Association of and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok. Microbiologists of India (AMI) in 57th International Annual b. Studies on the antifungal properties of biosurfactant Conference of Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), produced by soil bacteria with reference to Fusarium November, 2016, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Nov 2016 verticilliodes and Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. Pisi, Gauhati xxvi. Kedar Sharma, Travel Grant, AsCA, Early Career University, Assam, India. Research Travel Award by International Union for c. Enhancement of microbial fuel cell anode through Crystallography and Asian Crystallography Association functionalization of conductive polymer. Department of for attending 14th Asian Crystallography Association Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Malay, Conference (AsCA-2016), Dec 4-7 2016, Hanoi, Dec 2016 Malaysia. xxvii. Kedar Sharma, Travel Grant, DST, Worked as ii. Dr. Navin Gupta exchange student at Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (FMV), University of Lisbon under Indo- Portugal Joint Project, May- a. PhD thesis Internal Examiner at Dept of EEE, IIT July, 2016 Guwahati, Mr.Anurag Singh (Roll No.: 11610230)-Compressed Sensing Framework for Multi-channel ECG Signals xxviii. Ms. Javadi Monisha received ‘Institute Best Poster Presentation Award’ for the paper entitled “Downregulation iii. Prof. Arun Goyal of NGAL and Its Role in Head and Neck Squamous Cell a. Invited as Visiting Fellow (UGC) by Department of Carcinoma” at Research Conclave 2017, IIT Guwahati, 2017. Microbiology, Panjab University, Chandigarh for 2 weeks xxix. Ms. Javadi Monisha received ‘Departmental (Feb-March 2017). Best Poster Presentation Award’ for the paper entitled b. Invited to chair a session in International Conference “Downregulation of NGAL and Its Role in Head and Neck on Sustainable Energy and Environmental Challenges (SEEC- Squamous Cell Carcinoma” at Research Conclave 2017, IIT 2017), Feb 26-28, 2017, Center of Innovative and Applied Guwahati 2017. Bioprocessing (CIAB), Mohali, India. xxx. Ms. Ganesan Padmavathi received ‘Departmental c. Invited to Judge Best Poster award in International Best Poster Presentation Award’ for the paper entitled Conference on Sustainable Energy and Environmental “Diff erential expression of TNFAIP-8 family of protiens in oral Challenges (SEEC-2017), Feb 26-28, 2017, Center of cancer tissues” at Research Conclave 2017, IIT Guwahati. Innovative and Applied Bioprocessing (CIAB), Mohali, India. xxxi. Ms. Devivasha Bordoloi received ‘Young Scientist d. Invited to Co-chair a session of presentations Award’ for the paper entitled “An investigation on the by Young Scientists during 57th Annual Conference of anti-cancer mechanism of a chalconoid isolated from Association of Microbiologists of India (AMI), November Toxicodendron vernicifl uum against human oral squamous 24-27, 2016, Gauhati University, Guwahati Assam cell carcinoma” at the International conference on e. Nominated by Agricultural Recruitment Board Nutraceuticals and chronic diseases 2016 (INCD-2016), (ASRB) as an Advisor on the Selection Committee for Kerala, India, 2016. conducting Viva-Voce of the candidates from ARS xxxii. Ms. Javadi Monisha received ‘Best Oral Presentation Examination 2015 for the recruitment of posts of Scientist. Award’ for the paper entitled “Insights into anticancer activity October 2016. and mechanism of action of azadiradione against triple f. Invited as an “Expert member for Selection
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Committee” for Faculty selection at Department of c. Conducted PhD viva-voce for the thesis mentioned Bioengineering at Birla Institute of Technology, MESRA, above (b). Ranchi, April 19, 2016. d. Evaluated doctoral thesis entitled “Development iv. Prof. Pranab Goswami of biofunctional polymeric nanofi bers and their therapeutic a. Evaluated doctoral thesis entitled “Development of applications” from IIT Roorkee. an optical biosensors for fl uoride determination” from NIT e. Evaluated doctoral thesis entitled “Biodiesel Raipur, India. production using enzyme catalyst and its application in CI b. Evaluated doctoral thesis entitled “Isolation and engine” from Dr. B. R. Ambedkar NIT, Jalandhar. characterization of biosurfactants from soil microbes f. Conducted PhD viva-voce for the thesis mentioned of north-east India with special reference to antifungal above (e). properties against certain pathogenic fungi of sugarcane” g. Evaluated doctoral thesis entitled “Study of from Gauhati University. environmental and genetic risk factors of nasopharyngeal cancer patients in Manipur” from Manipur University.
FACULTY MEMBERS
Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 1 B. Anand Indian Institute of Associate Professor Structural Biology, Bioinformatics & Technology Kanpur, Computational Biology, RNA Biology, Molecular Kanpur Evolution and Synthetic Biology 2 Bora Utpal Institute of Genomics Professor Biomedical Engineering, Biodiversity and Bio- and Integrative entrepreneurship Biology, Delhi 3 Bose Biplab All India Institute of Associate Professor Systems Biology, Cell signaling, Recombinant Medical Sciences therapeutics 4 Chandra Pranjal Pusan National Assistant Professor Clinical Diagnostics (Cancer cells, DNA, RNA, bio- University, Busan, markers), Nano-biosensors (Aptamer, antibody, South Korea enzyme) based biological phenomenon investigation, Porous silicon based label free self reporting optical nanosensors, Microfl uidics and Nanomachines 5 Chaturvedi Rakhi University of Delhi, Professor Plant Cell, Tissue & Organ Culture, Protoplast Delhi Isolation and Regeneration, Isolation, Purifi cation and Characterization of Plant Secondary Metabolites 6 Chaudhary Nitin CSIR-Centre for the Associate Professor Peptide self-assembly and amyloid aggregates, cellular and Molecular Peptide-membrane interactions Curvature Biology, Hyderabad inducing proteins 7 Das Debasish Indian Institute of Associate Professor Metabolic engineering, Biochemical engineering, Technology Bombay Modelling of fermentation process, Biofuel 8 Dasu V. Venkata Indian Institute of Professor Bioprocess Development, Metabolic Technology Madras Engineering 9 Dubey Vikash Banaras Hindu Professor Biochemistry, Molecular Parasitology, Drug Kumar University Discovery 10 Ghosh Siddhartha Indian Institute of Professor Cancer Gene Therapy, Nanobiotechnology, S. Chemical Biology Molecular Pathways Involving Drug Resistance (IICB), Kolkata 11 Goswami Pranab Gauhati University Professor (HAG) Biosensors and Biofuel cells 12 Goyal Arun Indian Institute of Professor and Molecular Biology, Protein Engineering, Technology Kanpur, Former Head Structural and Functional Proteomics of Kanpur, India Carbohydrate active enzymes and other industrially important microbial enzymes
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Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 13 Gupta Navin Brain Computer Assistant Professor Imaging Genetics, Biomedical Signal/Image (Joined on Interfaces and Neural Processing, Multimodal Analysis,Computer Aided 23.01.2017) Engineering (BCI-NE) Diagnosis, Biomedical Instrumentation Group, University of Essex 14 Jaganathan Bithiah Johann Wolfgang Associate Professor Stem Cell Biology, Cancer signaling G. Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany 15 Kanaujia Shankar Indian Institute of Associate Professor Structural Biology and Bioinformatics Studies Prasad Science Bangalore 16 Kumar Manish University of Maryland, Associate Professor Molecular interaction of host-pathogen-vector of College Park, USA infectious diseases 17 Kumar Sachin University of Maryland, Associate Professor Molecular biology of paramyxoviruses College Park, USA 18 Kunnumakkara University of Calicut, Associate Professor Role of infl ammatory pathways in cancer A. B. Kerala development, Identifi cation of novel biomarkers for cancer diagnosis and prognosis, Cancer drug discovery, Development of transgenic and gene knockout mouse models for biomedical research 19 Limaye Anil Indian Institute of Associate Professor Hormonal regulation of gene expression Mukund Science Bangalore 20 Maiti Soumen Indian Institute of Assistant Professor Bioprocess Engg, biofuel Kumar Technology Bombay 21 Mandal Biman B. Indian Institute of Associate Professor Cell based tissue engineering, Biomaterials, Stem Technology Kharagpur cells, Drug delivery systems 22 Nagotu Shirisha University of Assistant Professor Organelle biology and Inter-organelle Groningen, Groningen, communication, Cellular Ageing, Membrane The Netherlands fi ssion and fusion 23 Pakshirajan Kannan Indian Institute of Professor Environemental Technology (Head of the Technology Madras Department) 24 Pandey Lalit Indian Institute of Assistant Professor Surface and interfacial science particularly in the Mohan Technology Delhi area of Bio-interfaces and Biomaterials Protein’s adsorption and aggregation, Environmental Biotechnology 25 Patra Sanjukta Central Food Associate Professor Enzymes - applications in pharma and food Technological industry Research Institute, Mysore 26 Ramesh Aiyagari CFTRI, Mysore (Degree Professor Nanobiotechnology, Chemistry-Biology Interface awarded by Mysore for Developing Antibacterials and Sensors University) 27 Ramakrishnan Indian Institute of Associate Professor Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Vibin Technology Bombay Biophysics, Bio-Organic Chemistry, Bio- nanotechnology 28 Rangan Latha University of Madras Professor Molecular systematics, Biofuel, IPR (Research work carried at IRRI, Manila) 29 Sahoo Lingaraj Maharshi Dayanand Professor Genetic engineering and functional genomics of University, Rohtak, plants India
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Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 30 Saini Gurvinder Andhra University, Professor Fungal Biotechnology, Biological Control, DNA Kaur Visakhapatnam fi ngerprinting and Transformation studies, Studies on extracellular enzymes and toxic metabolite production, Development of a potent biopesticide 31 Satpati Priyadarshi Indian Institute of Assistant Professor Classical molecular dynamics (MD) free energy Science Bangalore simulation, Electronic Structure calculations that predict the structure, properties, reactivity, bonding, etc. of small molecules 32 Senthilkumar S. Central Leather Associate Professor Biocalorimetry, BioPAT, Real-time monitoring and Research Institute, control of bioprocess systems Chennai 33 Singh Kusum K. Institute of Molecular Assistant Professor Post-transcriptional gene regulation by RNA Medicine, Heinrich- binding Proteins Heine University of Duesseldorf, Germany 34 Sukumar Piruthivi University of Leeds, Assistant Professor Smooth muscle and endothelial cell function, Leeds, UK Cardiovascular Diseases, Diabetes, Obesity 35 Swaminathan Tata Institute of Professor Intrinsically Disordered Proteins, Protein Rajaram Fundamental Aggregation Research, Mumbai 36 Tamuli Ranjan CSIR-Centre for the Associate Professor Calcium signaling, Genetics, DNA repair cellular and Molecular Biology, Hyderabad 37 Rajkumar P. University of Assistant Professor Stem Cell Engineering and Regenerative Thummer Groningen, Groningen, Medicine The Netherlands 38 Trivedi Vishal Central Drug Research Associate Professor Intracellular Signaling in Plasmodium falciparum Institute, Lucknow 39. Yasufumi United Graduate Visiting Assistant Plant Biotechnology Kobayashi School of Agriculture, Professor Gifu University, Japan
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The Department at a Glance
Year of Establishment: 2002 Academic Programmes Off ered: Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in ENGINEERING o Chemical Engineering Master of Technology (MTech) in (1) Petroleum Science and Technology (PST), (2) Material Science and Technology (MST) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Total Faculty Strength: 34 • Professor: 13 • Associate Professor: 13 • Assistant Professor: 8 New Faculty Members Joined: Nil • Assistant Professor: Nil Total Student Strength: 525 BTech: 252 MTech: 99 PhD: 174 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 163 BTech: 69 MTech: 51 PhD: 43
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LABORATORY FACILITIES Contamination detector, Tar viscometer, Softening point UG Labs: 7 apparatus, Carbon residue apparatus, Bomb calorimeter, Vapour – Liquid Equilibrium, Steam Distillation, Digital o Fluid Mechanics Lab: Flow through Fluidized Bed, Penetrometer. Centrifugal Pump Test Rig, Flow through Helical Coil, Nozzle Meter Test Rig, Packed Bed, Pitot Tube, Rotameter Other Labs: 2 Test Rig, Drag Co-efficient Apparatus, Reynolds’s o Analytical Lab: Atomic absorption spectrophotometer, Apparatus, Notch Tank Apparatus, Impact of Jet on Autotitrator, BET surface area analyzer, Buchi rheometer, Vane Apparatus, Reciprocating Pump Test Rig, Bernoulli Chemisorb surface area analyzer, Diff erential scanning Apparatus, Flow Meter Demonstration Rig, Energy Losses calorimeter, Digital polarimeter, Ellipsometer, In Pipes, Energy Losses In Bends. Fourier Transform Infrared spectrophotometer, Gas o Mechanical Operation Lab: Ball mill, Froth fl oatation cell, chromatography with TCD, FID, ECD detector, Gas Hammer mill, Jaw crusher, Roll crusher, Plate and frame chromatography with TCD, FID, PPFD detector, Gas fi ltration, Rotary drum Vacuum fi lter, Vibrating screen, chromatography mass spectroscopy, High performance Sieve shaker, Cyclone separator, Cyclone Scrubber, liquid chromatography, Interfacial rheometer, Karl Fisher Elutriator, Sedimentation, Leaf Filter. titrator, Laser particle size analyser, Microscope, Millipore water purifi cation, Refractometer, Rheometer, Spinning o Heat Transfer Lab: Extended Surface heat exchanger, drop tensiometer, Tensiometer, Thermogravimetric Tubular heat exchanger, Jacketed vessel heat exchanger, analyzer, Total organic content analyzer, UV-Visible Plate heat exchanger, Shell and tube heat exchanger, spectrophotometer, X Ray diff raction, Zeta potential. Emissivity measurement apparatus, Composite wall, Conductivity of metal rod, Calandria evaporator, o CoE-SusPol: Centre of Excellance for Sustainable Vertical & horizontal condenser, Unsteady state heat Polymers (CoE-SusPol) is funded by Department of transfer, Heat transfer in forced convection, Multi eff ect Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Ministry of Chemicals and evaporator. Fertilizers. The objective of CoE-SusPol is to develop cost eff ective and scalable technologies for the production o Chemical Reaction Engineering: Packed bed reactor, of biodegradable polymer based end products using Trickle bed reactor, RTD studies in CSTR, RTD studies both petrochemical and renewable bio- feedstock in plug fl ow reactor, Cascade CSTR, Isothermal batch and stablish state of the art facilities in biodegradable reactor, Combined flow reactor, RTD of packed bed polymers area. Both experimental and computational reactor, Spinning basket reactor, Bubble cap Distillation. laboratory has been setup under this project facility and o Mass Transfer Lab: Double glass wall distillation signifi cant high-end equipments have been purchased apparatus, Bubble cap distillation set up, Packed bed in the department. distillation set up, Mass transfer with and without chemical reaction, Liquid - liquid extraction in packed MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: bed, Solid - liquid extraction in packed bed, Absorption in packed bed, Vapour in air diffusion, Rotary drier, • Fluids Forced Draft tray drier, Water cooling tower. Batch o Design and development of micro-pumps and actuators crystallization. o Surfactant Enhanced oil recovery o Process control Lab: Two Tank Non-Interacting o Experimental and computational fl uid dynamics System, Two Tank Interacting System, Control Valve o Experimental and computational multiphase fl ows Characteristics, Temperature Control Trainer, Pressure Control Triner, Flow Control Trainer, Level Vontrol Trainer, o Field driven fl uid fl ows Cascade Control Trainer, First-Order and Second-Order o Mechanics, patterns, and stability of fl uids System, Multi Process Trainer, Multi Variable Control o Micro- and nano-fl uidic devices Trainer, PLC Trainer. o Minerals processing o Thermodynamics Lab: Vapour - liquid equilibrium o Multi scale bubble dynamics and applications apparatus, Liquid - liquid equilibria, Equillibrium Flash Distillation Apparatus, Separating & Throttling o Rheology of complex fl uids Calorimeter. o Transport through meso-porous materials PG Labs: 1 • Reaction Engineering o Petroleum Lab: Acidity and Alkalimetry, Aniline point, o Catalysis electrolysis and Heterogeneous reactions Burning test lamp, Cloud & Pour Point, Flash & Fire o Electrochemical corrosion Point, Melting point apparatus, Red wood Viscometer, o Electroless plating Reid vapour pressure, Smoke point, U -Tube Viscometer, o Hydrocarbon processing ASTM Distillation, Kinematic Viscometer bath, Drop point grease apparatus, Burning quality of kerosene, o Interfacial reactions
60 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 o Kinetic analysis o Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics o Micro- and nano-fl uidic reactors • Materials Engineering o Non-equilibrium reactive systems o Bio-lubricant o Pyrolysis of waste plastics o Complex organic solids o Separations with chemical reaction o Functional multiscale structures & composites o Sono-process engineering o Graphene synthesis and application • Chemical Engineering Science o Ionic liquids o Biological physics o Liquid crystalline materials o Chemical mechanical polishing (CMP) o Low cost ceramic membranes o Colloids and interfacial science o Micro- and nano-sensors o Dewetting and phase separation o Non-Newtonian Fluids o Phase equilibria and thermodynamics o Palladium membranes o Phase equilibria of ionic liquids o Reactive systems and gels o Phase transition in polymers (nucleation, crystallization, o Responsive materials for environmental, biological and collapse transition) chemical separation o Structure property relations o Self-healing surfaces o Super-hydrophobic and self-cleaning surfaces o C-C Composites and C-Polymer Composites • Environmental Pollution Control • Polymer Science and Engineering o Air pollution o Polymers Synthesis and Characterization o Biological wastewater treatment (biosorption, o Polymer Reaction Engineering bioaccumulation, biodegradation, bioreduction, o Polymer Processing biotransformation) o Polymer Rheology o Electro remediation of water/wastewater o Polymer Solutions and Thermodynamics o Membrane bioreactors o Polymer Simulation and Computing o Physiochemical water/ wastewater treatment techniques o Polymer based Nano and biocomposites o Screening of novel microbial strains for treatment of o Polymer Degradation organic/inorganic wastewater o Polymer and Nano-material Migration Studies o Sonolysis and Sono-hybrid Advanced Oxidation techniques o Polymer Recycling and Reuses o Treatment of industrial effl uent o Biodegradable Polymers o Polution trading o Polymer based Technology Development, licensing, Training and Entrepreneurship • Process Systems Engineering o Biodegradable polymers and biobased nanocomposites o Al based Optimization Techniques • Energy Engineering o Computational transport processes o Artifi cial photosynthesis o Deterministic, evolutionary and global optimization o Biofuels: biodiesel, bioethanol, biobutanol, bio hydrogen o Material processing and Bio oil o MEMS & NEMS o Biomass gasifi cation and pyrolysis o Molecular simulation o Carbon dioxide capture and conversion to Fuel o Optimization and control o Clean coal technology o Planning and scheduling o Combustion and gasifi cation reaction kinetics o Process control o Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis o Process design & techno-economics o Fuel cells o Process intensifi cations o Hydrogen production and storage o Process modelling o Utilisation of lignocellulosic biomass for fuel/chemicals o Randomized algorithms o Solar cells o Self-assembly and self-organization o Nuclear reactor o Soft lithography
61 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI o Membrane reformer for hydrogen production o Micro-mixers & separators • Separation and Mixing Processes o Post CMP cleaning o Adsorption o Separation using Supercritical Fluids o Bio-separation o Surfactant mediated separation processes o Membrane Separation Processes
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED
International/ Name of Faculty Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date National Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra GIFU-IITG Joint Symposium Japan 1-2 Aug 2016 International Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra ASP-2016 Japan 3-6 Aug 2016 International Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra CompFlu 2016-Hyd Hyderabad 12-14 Dec 2016 National Ashok Kumar Dasmahapatra Soft matter - Yong Investigators Goa 15-17 Dec 2016 National Meet - 2016
INVITED LECTURES OF FACULTY: IN INDIA, ABROAD
Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty Subrata Kumar Kinetics of ionic soft particle of gas for fi ne IIT Guwahati Guwahati 2016 Majumder particle separation A.K. Golder Pharmaceuticals as Emerging Contaminants IIT Guwahati Guwahati 2016 and Decomposition Behavior in AOPs Bishnupada Post-combustion CO2-capture by amine Thapar University Patiala, Punjab 2016 Mandal based solvents, CO2-selective membranes and Metal Organic Frameworks adsorbents Subrata Kumar Surfactant aided stability, holdup and IIT Guwahati Guwahati 2016 Majumder lifetime of soft particle of gas Dipankar Reaction Engineering: form Laboratory IIT Guwahati Guwahati 2016 Bandyopadhyay Prototypes to the Devices Vimal Katiyar Development of Poly(lactic acid) as Drug International New Delhi 15 Apr Delivery Vehicle and For Internal Fixation Conference at 2016 Orthopedic Devices Fabrication BITERM-2016 Nageswara Rao Sponsored Short Term Course on Advance Assam Engineering Guwahati 25 Apr Peela Materials for Engineering Applications College 2016 Nageswara Rao Metal Encapsulated Zeolites: Synthesis, IIT Guwahati Guwahati 13 May Peela Characterization and Applications 2016 Vimal Katiyar Infl uence of bionano-fi llers in improvement ISBBB-2016 Guelph, Canada 30 May of poly(lactic acid) performance 2016 Vimal Katiyar Biodegradable Polymers Based Food GIFU Japan 1 Aug Packaging 2016 Vimal Katiyar Fabrication Strategies of Bionano fi lles International Kyoto, Japan 4 Aug and their infl uence on the Performance of Symposium on 2016 Bioplastics Advances in Sustainable Polymers Vimal Katiyar Biobased Plastics: Technology Trends and FINER 2016 Guwahati 12 Sep Commercialization Prospects in Seminar 2016 on Plastic Industries Opportunities & Challenges-2016
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Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty Vimal Katiyar Biodegradable Polymeric Nanomaterials for Institute of Chemical Mumbai 16 Sep Advance Applications Technology (ICT) 2016 Vimal Katiyar Role of Degradable Plastics and composite Punjab University Chandigarh, 30 Sep products for sustainable Growth of Urban Punjab 2016 Civilization in 21st Century Nageswara Rao Rational Catalyst Design Andhra University Visakhapatnam 14 Oct Peela 2016 Vimal Katiyar Stereocomplex polylactic Acid based Third International Pokhara, Nepal 17 Oct bionanocomposites Conference, 2016 Kathmandu Symposia on Advanced Materials, KaSAM 2016 Nageswara Rao Overview of Bio-oil Upgradation Vignan University Guntur 29 Nov Peela 2016 Nageswara Rao Catalyst Design for Complex Reactions Andhra University Visakhapatnam 30 Nov Peela 2016 Vimal Katiyar Advance Industrially Viable Technologies International Society Of 8 Dec using Sustainable Plastics, Conference on Plastics 2016 Polymers, Additives, Engineers India Masterbatches, compounds Vimal Katiyar Nanoamphiphilic Chitosan Dispersed PLA IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur 12 Dec bionanocomposite Cast Films: Improved 2016 Thermal, Mechanical and Gas Barrier Properties Vimal Katiyar Modifi ed Gum Arabic Based Formulation Bioprocessing MOHALI 15 Dec for Structural Adhesion & Gas Barrier India (BPI-2016) 2016 Applications in Food Packaging Conference, Organized by CIAB Anki Reddy gravity driven granular fl ows soft matter OOC, Goa 16 Dec Katha investigators meet 2016 Vimal Katiyar Sustainable Polymers on Food Packaging, GIFU University GIFU, Japan 19 Dec 2016 Vimal Katiyar Stereocomplex Poly (lactic acid) based International - 9 Jan bionanocomposites Conference on 2017 Polymer Science and Technology, MACRO 2017 Nageswara Rao Process Intensifi cation Using Microstructured SVNIT Surat 6 Feb Peela Reactors in the TEQIP Training Program on 2017 Process Intensifi cation in Chemical Industries Dipankar Self-Motile Mesoscale Droplets & Particles IIT Guwahati Guwahati 2017 Bandyopadhyay Dipankar Self-Organizing Thin Films & Droplets of 9th Indo-German Jaipur 2017 Bandyopadhyay Functional Polymers - Liquid Crystals Frontiers of Engineering Symposium, Jaipur
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SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES/SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED
Name of Faculty International/ No. of (Convener/ Co- Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Funded By Date National participants ordinator, etc.) V.S. Moholkar Energy Management and TEQIP 23-27 May National 60 Energy Effi ciency 2016 Vimal Katiyar Coordinator, in Gifu-U/IITG & - 1 Aug 2016 International Gifu-U/UKM Joint Symposium, GIFU, Japan Vimal Katiyar Indian Coordinator for KIT - 3 Aug 2016 International (Japan)-IITG Joint Symposium, Kyoto Japan Vimal Katiyar ASP-16 Kyoto 4-6 Aug 2016 International Institute of Technology Kyoto, Japan Nageswara Rao Peela KIC-TEQIP short-term course on IIT Guwahati 24-26 Aug National Novel Catalysts for Industrial 2016 Use Ashok Kumar 3rd National Workshop on DeitY 21-23 Feb National 200 Dasmahapatra NEMS/MEMS and Theranostic 2017 Devices
PATENTS
Date Name of Faculty and co Patent Name Applied/ Application No. Remarks researcher Granted Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Flexible Paper Touchpads for Low-cost 17 May 2016 Appl. No. Indian Patent Mitradip Bhattacharjee Electronic Appliances 201631017054 Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, A Transmittance Based 31May 2016 Application Indian Patent Nilanjan Mandal, Satarupa OptoElectroChemical Device for No.201631018620 Dutta Detecting Biomarkers on Paper Surface Targeting Low-cost Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tools Senthilmurugan Subbiah, A water purifi er and a process of 5 Jun 2016 WO2016066382 Patent fi lled by Jaideep Chatterjee, cleaning the membrane Unilever R&D Shailendra Pratap Bangalore Vimal Katiyar, Medha Milli, Formulation of Polymer Nicotine 10 Jun 2016 201631034242 Arvind Gupta Conjugates Vimal Katiyar, Arvind Gupta Formulation of Heat Stable 28 Jun 2016 201631022079 Stereocomplex Poly (lactic acid) Composites Vimal Katiyar, Amit Kumar, Poly (lactic acid) Nanocomposites 28 Jun 2016 201631022079 Prodyut Dhar formulation and method of making thereof Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, A Microfl uidic Electrolyzer for the 8 Aug 2016 Patent Appl. No. Indian Patent Tapas Kumar Mandal, Saptak Continuous Production and Separation 201631012510 Rarotra of Hydrogen/Oxygen Seim Timung, Mitradip Microfl uidic Hybrid Energy Harvester 24 Sep 2016 Application Indian Patent Bhattacharjee, Dipankar Combining Solar Energy, Surface No.201631036408 Bandyopadhyay, Tapas Plasmon Resonance, and Streaming Kumar Mandal Potential
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Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, A Lung Condition Monitoring Device 28 Sep 2016 Appl. No. Indian Patent Harshal Nemade, Mitradip 201631033190 Bhattacharjee Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, A Microfl uidic Electrolyzer for the 2017 PCT/ Tapas Kumar Mandal, Saptak Continuous Production and Separation IN2017/050022 Rarotra of Hydrogen/Oxygen Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, A Transmittance Based 2017 PCT/ Nilanjan Mandal, Satarupa OptoElectroChemical Device for IN2017/050023 Dutta Detecting Biomarkers on Paper Surface Targeting Low-cost Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tools
AWARDS AND HONOURS award along with a shield and citation. • Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Pal and his Ph. D supervisor Dr. • Ms Shymali Sarma has been selected for the Newton- Vimal Katiyar have been selected for Gandhian Young Bhaba award for which she would be getting an Technological Innovation Awards for 2017 which was opportunity to spend a part of her research tenure at conferred during function at Rashtrapati Bhavan, New the University of Nottingham. Delhi on 05th March 2017. • Satyannarayana Edubilli has been received the • Binota Thokchom, IPDF has been awarded the best “Best Poster Award” in an International Conference Oral Presentation for the topic entitled “Development on “Emerging Trends in Nanomaterials Science & and the Synthesis of multifunctional magnetic Technology ( ICETNMST - 2017 )” held at NIT Nagaland nanocatalyst for Sonoelectrolytic water treatment during 4-6th January 2017. The title of the paper is “Scale process” in the Nano Catalysis session at APCAT-7, 2017 Up Synthesis And Experimental Investigation Of Porous event in Mumbai, India Metal Organic Frameworks In Gas Adsorption”. • Mr. Abhishek Shukla (Research Scholar) has been • Mr. Arvind Gupta has been selected for Academia- awarded the Best Oral Presentation Award for his paper in Industry Training Program, which is scheduled at the Technical Session “Food and Bio-Process Engineering” Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL) and at ETAE - 2016 organized by Agricultural and Food Zurich,Switzerland. Engineering Dept., IIT Kharagpur • Ms. Murchana Changmai has been selected for the Winter • Prof. V.S. Moholkar and his research team comprising School program 2016 at GIFU University. of Mr. Sushobhan Pradhan, Mr. Arup Jyoti Borah, Mr. Pritam Dikshit and Mr. Maneesh Poddar have been • Mr. Akhilesh Kumar Pal and his Ph.D supervisor Dr. Vimal awarded National Award for Technology Innovation Katiyar received the Marshall Award for Student which in the fi eld of Petrochemicals and Downstream Plastic has been awarded during 11th Asia Pacifi c Chitin and Processing. The prize comprises of Rs 2 lakhs cash Chitosan Symposium 2016.
FACULTY MEMBERS
Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 1 Anandalakshmi R. IIT Madras Assistant Computational Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow, Process Professor Modeling and Simulation, Solar Thermal Energy Conversion, Energy Effi cient Design of Thermal Systems 2 Bandyopadhyay IIT Kanpur Associate Colloid and Interfacial Phenomena, Computational Fluid Dipankar Professor Dynamics, Micro and Nano Fluidics, Complex Flow and Fluids, Clean Energy – Fuel and Solar cells 3 Banerjee Tamal IIT Kanpur Professor Phase equilibria of ionic liquids, Molecular simulations, Global optimisation, Statistical thermodynamics 4 Chatterjee Jaideep Illinois Adjunct Water Purifi cation, Oil-water interfaces, and Surfactant Institute Of Faculty Enhanced Oil Recovery Technology, Chicago
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Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 5 Das Chandan IIT Kharagpur Associate Wastewater Treatment, Bioremediation, Membrane Professor based Separation Process 6 Dasmahapatra IIT Bombay Associate Complex fl uids, Phase transition in polymers Ashok Kumar Professor (Nucleation, crystallization, collapse transition, etc.), Structure-property relations, Molecular simulations, Biological physics 7 De Mahuya IIT Kanpur Associate Catalysis and reaction engineering, adsorption, Professor hydrocarbon processing 8 Ghosh Pallab IIT Bombay Professor Interfacial phenomena, Interfacial reactions, Membrane separation, Randomised algorithms 9 Ghoshal Aloke IIT Kharagpur Professor Advanced Separation Technology, Modeling & Kumar Simulation, Environmental Pollution Control, Pyrolysis of waste plastics 10 Gooh Pattader Lehigh Assistant Stochastic dynamics, Colloid and Interface science, Partho Sarathi University Professor Tribology, Soft matter 11 Golder Animes Kr. IIT Kharagpur Associate Electroremediation of water/wastewater, Professor Physiochemical water/wastewater treatment techniques, Bioremediation, Electrochemical corrosion 12 Goud Vaibhav V. IIT Kharagpur Associate Heterogeneous Reactions, Bio-energy and Green Professor Engineering, Biolubricant, Utilisation of Lignocellulosic Biomass for Fuel/Chemicals, Supercritical Fluids 13 Gumma Sasidhar Cleveland Professor Phase Equilibria and Thermodynamics, Adsorption, State Molecular simulation, Gas storage University, USA 14 Gupta Raghvendra The University Assistant Multiphase fl ow, Microfl uidics and micro process of Sydney, Professor engineering, Computational and experimental fl uid Australia dynamics 15 Katha Anki Reddy IISc Bangalore Assistant Computational study of polymer-composites, Professor Membranes, Poly electrolytes, Granular fl ows 16 Katiyar Vimal IIT Bombay Associate Synthetic and Natural Polymers, Polymer Processing, Professor Biothermoset, Nanobiocomposite, Organic Solar Cells, Biodegradable Polymers 17 Kishore Nanda IIT Kanpur Associate CFD, Bubbles, Drops and Particles Dynamics, Non- Professor Newtonian Fluids 18 Kotecha Prakash IIT Bombay Associate Optimization, Process Control, Artifi cial Intelligence, Professor Planning and Scheduling 19 Kumar Amit University of Assistant Gas Transport in Nanoporous Materials, Molecular Delaware, USA Professor Simulation, Statistical Mechanics 20 Mandal IIT Kharagpur Professor Separations with chemical reaction, Molecular based Bishnnupada membrane separation, Modeling and simulation of (Head of the separation processes, Environmental pollution control Department) 21 Mandal Tapas K IIT Kharagpur Associate Multiphase fl ow & Measurement in multiphase fl ow, Professor Bio-diesel 22 Mazumdar Subrata IIT Kharagpur Professor Multiphase fl ow and reactor development, Kumar Computational fl uid dynamics in multiphase fl ow, Mineral processing, Process intensifi cations and Micro- nanobubble science and technology
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Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 23 Mohanty Kaustubha IIT Kharagpur Professor Bioseparation, Biofuels, Biological wastewater treatment, Membrane technology, Ionic liquids 24 Moholkar Vijay S. University Professor Bubble dynamics, CFD, Sono-process engineering, Bio- of Twente, mass gasifi cation Netherlands 25 Peela Nageswara IIT Kanpur Assistant Heterogeneous Catalysis and reaction engineering, Rao Professor Biomass conversion to value added chemicals, Bio-oil up-gradation to transportation fuels, Carbon dioxide activation to valuable chemicals, Metal encapsulated zeolites 26 Prabu Vairakannu IIT Madras Assistant Clean Coal Technology, Combustion and Gasifi cation, Professor Reaction kinetics 27 Pugazhenthi G. IIT Kanpur Professor Membrane Separation, Polymer Nanocomposites, Nanomaterials, Catalysis & Refi nery Processes 28 Purkait Mihir Kumar IIT Kharagpur Professor Advance Separation Processes, Membrane technology. Preparation/fabrication of ceramic/polymeric membranes and their application in RO, NF, UF and MF. Treatment of Industrial Effl uent, Surfactant mediated separation processes, Responsive materials for environmental, biological and chemical separation 29 Saha Prabirkumar IIT Madras Professor Process Modeling, Optimisation and control, Membrane Based separation Process 30 Senthilmurugan S. IIT Delhi Associate Modeling and Optimization of Novel Processes, Process Professor Design and Operation of Membrane Separation Processes, Waste and waste water treatment (WWWT) for Process Industries, Novel Desalination Technologies, Smart Water Grid, Waste to Energy 31 Singh Anugrah IISc Bangalore Professor Computational and Experimental Fluid Dynamics, Microfl uidics/Nanofl uidics, Material Processing, Flow through Porous Media 32 Tiwari Pankaj University of Assistant Conventional and unconventional energies, Reservoir Utah, Salt Lake Professor Engineering, Complex organic solids, Biomass City, UT, USA conversion, Pyrolysis process, Kinetic analysis 33 Upadhyay Rajesh Kr. IIT Delhi Associate Multiphase Flow Reactor, Multiphase Flow Professor Measurements, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Residence Time Distribution, Novel Reactors 34 Uppaluri Ramgopal UMIST, Professor Major: Electroless Plating, Evolutionary Engineering V. S. Manchester, Optimization, Low Cost Ceramic Membranes, UK Microfi ltration Minor: Bio-systems Engineering, Polymer- natural fi ber composites, Process Design & Techno- economics, Refi nery Engineering, Reservoir Engineering. Extracurricular: Synthesis of Science and Spirituality 35 Venkatesh R. IIT Madras Assistant Electrochemistry, Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP), Prasanna Professor Post CMP cleaning, Refi nery Processes
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The Department at a Glance
Year of Establishment: 1995 Academic Programmes Off ered: Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in o Core (Theory and Laboratory) and Elective courses in Chemistry Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in o Chemical Science and Technology Master of Science (MSc) in o Chemistry Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Total Faculty Strength: 40 • Professor: 14 • Associate Professor: 16 • Assistant Professor: 10 New Faculty Members Joined: NIL • Assistant Professor: NIL Total Student Strength: 486 BTech: 157 MSc: 92 PhD: 237 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 145 BTech: 44 MSc: 48
DEPARTMENT OF CHEMISTRY OF DEPARTMENT PhD: 53
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LABORATORY FACILITIES Laboratories for BTech and MSc programme:
Sl. Approx. Floor Details of Laboratory No. No. space (m2) Laboratories for B. Tech and M. Sc programme
01 Chemistry Laboratory (B. Tech, 1st sem) / Chemical Technology Lab – I, B. Tech 01 200 (CST) 02 Chemical Technology Lab – II, B. Tech (CST) 01 140 03 Chemical Technology Lab – III, B. Tech (CST) / Physical Chemistry Lab (M. Sc) 02 300 04 Inorganic Chemistry Lab (M. Sc) / Organic Chemistry Lab (M. Sc) 01 180 Research Laboratories
05 CHL –101, CHL – 102, CHL –103, CHL – 104, CHL –105, CHL –106, CHL – 201, CHL- 48 80 (average) 202, CHL-203, CHL-204, CHL – 205, CHL – 206, CHL-3201, CHL-3202, CHL-3203, CHL-3204, CHL-3207, CHL-3209, CHEL-004, CHEL-005, CHEL-006, CHEL –101, CHEL –102, CHEL –103, CHEL – 104, CHEL – 105, CHEL – 106, CHEL –107, CHEL –108, CHEL – 109, CHEL –201, CHEL –202, CHEL –203, CHEL – 204, CHEL – 205, CHEL – 206, CHEL –207, CHEL –208, CHEL – 209, CHEL –301, CHEL –302, CHEL –303, CHEL – 304, CHEL – 305, CHEL – 306, CHEL –307, CHEL –308, CHEL – 309. 06 Analytical equipment Lab I – VI 04 300 07 Computer Lab I and II 02 80 08 Ultrapure (Milliipore) water Lab 01 50
MAJOR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ACQUIRED Chemistry – Spectroscopic and Theoretical investigations 1. Inverted Led Microscope For Brightfield, Dic, Led on Novel Materials, peptide chemistry, Development of Fluorescence With 5Mp Ccd Camera, Imaging Software And new theoretical approaches to: Laser Assisted Control Computer of Chemical Reactions, and, Resonances in Electron – Molecule Scattering, Biomimetic Chemistry and Chemical Make: Nikon, Model: ECLIPSE Ts2R-FL Biology, Computational Biophysics and Chemistry, 2. Bench Top Cascade Freeze Dryer System Oxidation Catalysis, Molecular Magnetism, Synthesis of Make: Labconco Corporation, USA Single-Molecule Magnets (SMMs), MRI Contrast agents, Water Oxidation Chemistry, Experimental & Theoretical Model: FreeZone 4.5 Liter Benchtop Freeze Dry system Physical Chemistry, Self-organization and Nonlinear ( –150 ºC) dynamics, Liquid crystals, Functional Materials, Molecular Electronics, Self Assembly, Supramolecular dynamic MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT aggregates, peptides, lipids, Time Resolved Absorption The Department is engaged in various research and and Fluorescence Spectroscopy, SHG, MUPPETS, Synthetic Development activities such as: organic chemistry, Natural product synthesis with the Catalysis, Supramolecular Chemistry, Nanoscale Science emphasis of new synthetic methodology; development of and Technology, Synthesis, structure and reactivity new reactions, asymmetric organocatalysis and transition of Inorganics, Newer reagents, Protocols and Newer metal catalysis with new catalyst design; mechanistic methodologies, Synthesis of natural products and study, solar fuel from water, Gas/Vapor/Liquid Adsorption Carbohydrate Chemistry, Bio-organic Chemistry, Bio- and Catalytic Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks inorganic Chemistry and Co-ordination Chemistry & (MOFs), Peptidomimetics: Synthesis, Conformation and Organometallics, Chiral recognition using metal complex Biological activity, Nanofl uidics, Organometallic Chemistry based host, Metal removal from wastewater using polymer and Catalysis, Bio-inspired Polymer Materials, Drug Delivery, based chelators, Polymer synthesis, Organic Photochemistry, Open Microfluidics, Chemical Sensor, Organofluorine Molecular dynamics, Quantum Molecular dynamics, Physical Chemistry etc.
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MAJOR INITIATIVES AND BREAKTHROUGH IN RESEARCH • A device with integrated methods for reverse AND DEVELOPMENT transcription polymerase chain reaction (rt-pcr) and/or dna/protein array based analyses, Major Initiatives and breakthrough in R&D: • A device for visual detection of bilirubin, Development of novel methods for the construction of diverse organic molecules those are of important in • Solvent-driven responsive bilayer membranes of clay biological and medicinal sciences, and graphene oxide, Development of novel strategies for C-H activation for the • Facile Synthesis of Tunable and Durable Bulk Superhydrophobic Material from Amine “Reactive” Polymeric regioselective carbon-carbon and carbon-heteroatom Gel, bonds formations, which are important in academia and chemical industries from both environmental and economic • Phosphate bioisostere containing amphiphiles: a novel standpoint, class of squaramide-based lipids, Transition Metal, Azide, and Oxidant-Free Homo-and Heterocoupling of Ambiphilic Supramolecular chemistry of polypeptides which are Tosylhydrazones to the Regioselective Triazoles and important in drug delivery and nanotechnology, Pyrazoles, Danazol has potential to cause PKC translocation, Design and development of novel approaches for the cell cycle dysregulation, and apoptosis in breast cancer cells, development drugs for misfolding diseases, such as • Organocatalytic Asymmetric Tamura Cycloaddition Alzheimer’s disease (AD) and Parkinson’s disease etc. with α- Branched Nitroolefi ns: Synthesis of Functionalized Development of atom economic routes for the construction 1-Tetralones, Organocatalytic Asymmetric Michael/ of novel molecules which are important in pharmaceuticals, Hemiketalization/Retero-aldol Reaction of α-Nitroketones materials chemistry such as construction of devices etc with Unsaturated Pyrazolones: Synthesis of 3-Acyloxy Pyrazoles, Organocatalytic redox isomerization of electron- Breakthrough Innovations: defi cient allylic alcohols: Synthesis of 1,4-ketoaldehydes etc. There are some salient research achievements observed in • β-Sheet Breaker Peptides for Drug Design Against the ongoing research and development under institutional Diabetes Type-2 etc. and sponsored research projects which has appeared in reputed peer-reviewed journals recently in various fi elds of chemistry as mentioned below-
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED
Name of International/ Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date Faculty National Arun Chat- Frontiers in Inorganic and Organometallics IIT Indore 14-15 Apr National topadhyay 2016 DST INSPIRE Science Camp Manipur University 1-2 Oct 2016 National DST INSPIRE Science Camp Manipur University 26-27 Nov National 2016 Annual Meeting of the Indian Academy of IISER Bhopal 4-6 Nov National Sciences 2016 Indian Academy of Sciences Lectures Tezpur University 11-13 Nov National 2016 Indian Society of Nanomedicine 1st Annual AIIMS, New Delhi 24-26 Nov National Meeting 2016 Supramolecules and Forensic Nanotech- Gujarat Forensic Science 20-21 Jan National nology University 2017 Debasis Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FICS) -2016 IIT Guwahati 8-10 Dec National Manna 2016 Krishna INSPIRE Faculty Monitoring-cum-Interac- KIIT Bhubaneswar 16-17 Jan National Pada Bha- tion Meet in Chemical Sciences & Material 2017 bak Sciences M. Sarma Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS) Hyderabad 14-17 Dec National 2016 2016
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Name of International/ Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date Faculty National Shyam P. Frontiers in Chemical Sciences 2016 IIT Guwahati 8-10 Dec National Biswas 2016 20th CRSI National Symposium in Chemis- Gauhati University 3-5 Feb 2017 National try Chandan K. Frontiers in Chemical Science IITG 8-10 Dec National Jana 2016 Debapratim Recent Advancement in Functional Materi- NIT Patna 15-17 Feb International Das als and Nanotechnology (RAFMN-2017) 2017 G. Krish- Aggregation Induced Emission: Faraday Guangzhou, China 18-20 Nov International namoorthy Discussion 2016 NFCFA 2017 Goa, India 28-29 Jan National 2017 FICS 2016 IIT Guwahati 8-10 Dec International 2016 Sandip Paul Frontiers in Chemistry University of North 21 Feb 2017 National Bengal Subhas CRSI-NSC 2016 Siliguri 14-16 Jul National Chandra 2016 Pan ICOS 2017 Mumbai 11-16 Dec International 2016 CRSI-NSC 2017 Guwahati 3-5 Feb 2017 National M. Ray Fifth Symposium on Advanced Biological TIFR, Kolkata 7-12 Jan International Inorganic Chemistry (SABIC-2017) 2017 Sunanda 6TH INDIAN PEPTIDE SYMPOSIUM MUMBAI 23-24 Feb National Chatterjee 2017 Akshai Ku- NWNTD-2017 IIT Guwahati 22-23 Feb National mar A. S. 2017 ACS on Campus IIT Guwahati 16 Jan 2017 International
INVITED LECTURES OF FACULTY: IN INDIA, ABROAD
Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty Arun Chat- Dr. R. A. Mashelkar Endowment Lecture on NCL NCL 15 Sep 2016 topadhyay Advanced Materials GIAN Course Aligarh Muslim Univer- AMU 22 Dec 2016 sity Institute Lecture IISER Trivandrum IISER Tvm 31 Mar 2017 T. Punni- Seletive C-H Activation and Carbon-Carbon Berhampur University Berhampur 3 Mar 2017 yamurthy and Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds Formations
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Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty T. Punni- Chelation Assisted C-H Activation and Car- NISER Bhubaneswar Bhubaneswar 2 Mar 2017 yamurthy bon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds Formations Regioselective C-H Functionalization and North Bengal University North Bengal 21 Feb 2017 Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds Formations Regioseletive C-H Activation for Carbon-Car- Indian Chemical Soci- Visakhapat- 28 Dec 2016 bon and Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds Forma- ety, Gitam University nam tions Regioselective C-H Functionalizaton and Tezpur University Tezpur 13 Nov 2016 Carbon-Heteroatom Bonds Formation Domino Strategies for the Synthesis of Medici- do Tezpur 11 Nov 2016 nally Important Heterocycles Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom IIT Guwahati Guwahati 28 Aug Bonds Formations and Their Application for 2016 Medicinally Important Heterocycles Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom Rajiv Gandhi University Telangana 20-21 Aug Bonds Formations and their Applications for of Knowledge Tech- 2016 Medicinally Important Heterocyles, nologies Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Heteroatom IICT Hyderabad Hyderabad 19-20 Sep Bonds Formations and Their Application for 2016 Medicinally Important Heterocycles Gopal Das Supramolecular Chemistry at Work: Chemo- Vidyasagar College for Kolkata 6-7 Jan sensor for Anions Women (VCFW) 2017 Bhu- Peptide based drug design against protein IIT Guwahati Guwahati 19 Mar 2017 baneswar misfolding diseases Mandal Debasis Cancer immunotherapy: Inhibition of Indole- IIT Guwahati Guwahati 8-10 Dec Manna amine 2,3-Dioxygenase-1 Enzyme 2016 Krishna Pada Bio-catalysis: Towards Enzymes and their IIT Guwahti Guwahati 14 May Bhabak Mimetics 2016 M. Sarma Invited Lecture at National Conference on Assam University Silchar 20-21 Mar Chemical Physics (NCCP – 2017) 2017 Shyam P. Development of Functionalized MOF Materials IIT Guwahati Guwahati 8 Dec 2016 Biswas for Fluorescence Sensing Applications Subhas Organocatalytic Asymmetric Cyclization Reac- R K M Vidyamandira Belur, Howrah 6-7 Jan Chandra Pan tions Belur 2017 Organocatalytic Asymmetric Cyclization Reac- Heads of MPI-Partner Mohali 3-5 Mar tions group meeting 2017 Anil K. Saikia New Strategies for the Synthesis of Heterocy- Gauhati University Guwahati 3-5 Feb clic Compounds 2017 Strategies for the Synthesis of Heterocyclic Dibrugarh University Dibrugarh 10-11 Mar Compounds with Special Emphasis on Biomol- 2017 ecules Synthesis of Heterocyclic Compounds with OAHOST & Springer Hanoi, Viet- 13-17 Mar Special Emphasis on Biomolecules nam 2017 M. Ray Recognition and resolution of multiple bio- TIFR Kolkata 7 Jan 2017 genic amino alcohols using metal complex anion as host
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Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty M. Ray Recognition and resolution of multiple bio- IIT Guwahati Guwahati 16 Jan 17 genic amino alcohols using metal complex anion as host Subhendu A Journey toward Expanding the Genetic IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur 17-18 Feb Sekhar Bag Alphabet and Genetic Code through Click 2017 Chemistry C. V. Sastri Exploring Novel Reactions of Non-Heme High SABIC-2017 Kolkata 7-11 Jan Valent Metal Intermediates 2017 Akshai Ku- Fuel Chemical Synthesis Via Catalysis / Novel IIT Guwahati Guwahati 24 Aug mar A. S. Catalysis for Industrial Use 2016 Fuel Chemical Synthesis Via Catalysis Mangalore University Mangalore 16 Dec 2016 “What next after class XII” Vani Pre-University Belthangady, Dec 2016 College Mangalore
VISITORS FROM OTHER INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES/ORGANIZATIONS / INVITED LECTURES Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Prof. Richard N. Stanford University Institute Lecture on Chemical Fizzics: The Life of a 1 Feb 2017 Zare Bubble Prof. Santanu IACS, Kolkata Institute Lecture on Numerous opportunities with 25 Feb 2017 Bhattacharya Supramolecular gels Dr. Alan S. Gold- Rutgers-The State University Dehydrogenation and Related Reactions of Alkanes 27 Jan 2017 man of New Jersey Catalyzed by Iridium Complexes. Mechanism, Selec- tivity, and a New Class of Catalysts Dr. Angshuman IISER Pune Plasmonic and Magnetically Doped Colloidal Metal 15 Jul 2016 Nag Oxide Nanocrystals
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES/SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED Name of Faculty (Conve- Name of Sem./Wor./ International/ No. of par- Funded By Date ner/ Co-ordinator, etc.) Con. National ticipants M. Sarma (One of the Frontiers in Chemical Oil India Limited, 8-10 Dec National 200 organizers) Sciences (FICS 2016) SERB-DST, Chemical 2016 Science, Aditya Sci- entifi c, Gulbrandsen Chemicals, Perkin Elmer, TCI, Merck Animesh Das & Akshai Recent trends in ca- MHRD 13-14 May National 18 Kumar A. S. talysis; KIC TEQIP-Short 2016 term course Akshai Kumar A. S. (With ISHAN VIKAS MHRD 20- 28 Jun National 70 Sumana Dutta and John 2016 Jose) Akshai Kumar A. S. (With ISHAN VIKAS MHRD 30 Nov-11 National 90 Sumana Dutta and John Dec 2016 Jose) Akshai Kumar A. S. (With KIC-TEQIP short-term MHRD 13-14 May National 30 Animesh Das) on “Recent Trends in 2016 Catalysis”
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PATENTS Name of Faculty and co re- Patent Name Date Granted Application No. searcher Chattopadhyay, Arun; Sailapu, A Device With Integrated Methods 2 Jun 2016 PCT/ Sunil Kumar; Dutta, Deepanjalee; For Reverse Transcription Polymerase IN2016/000141 Sahoo, Amaresh Kumar; Ghosh, Chain Reaction (Rt-Pcr) And/Or DNA/ Siddhartha Sankar Protein Array Based Analyses Chattopadhyay, Arun; Paul, A Device For Visual Detection Of 2 Jun 2016 PCT/ Anumita; Basu Srestha; Sahoo, Bilirubin IN2016/000141 Amaresh Kumar Bhubaneswar Mandal And Ashim Β -Sheet Breaker Peptides For Drug 26 May 2016 201631018104 Paul Design Against Diabetes Type-2
AWARDS AND HONOURS 2. Uday Narayan Pan received 3rd best paper award at 6th DAE BRNS Interdisciplinary Symposium on Material’s 1. Dr. Shyam P. Biswas has received Young Scientist Award Chemistry (ISMC – 2016) held at BARC, Mumbai. by Chemical Research Society of India (CRSI) in February 2017. 3. Kafeel Ahmad received best poster award at Research Conclave at IIT Guwahati. 2. Dr. Dipankar Srimani attended Alexander von Humboldt Programme at RWTH Aachen University (April 2016- 4. Adil Rather securing fi rst (department level) and third July 2016) (institute level) position for research poster presentation at Research Conclave-2017 (IITG) 3. Prof. Anil K. Saikia has been awarded the Bronze Medal for the Year 2017 by Chemical Research Society of India 5. Bedika Phukan received best oral presentation award (CRSI) during ACS on Campus, 16th January, 2017, IIT Guwahati 4. Dr. S. S. Bag received 2016: Outstanding Faculty: The 6. Sujit Mahato received 2nd best poster award for Venus International Faculty Awards – VIFA 2016 for the research poster presentation at Flow Application on contribution in the fi eld of Bioorganic Chemistry Basic, Applied and Clinical Biology (FABACTCS2016) conference organized by BSBE, IIT Guwahati / BBCI STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS Guwahati. 1. Ayan Pal received 1st best paper award at 6th DAE BRNS 7. Dhriti Mahanta received distinguished poster award Interdisciplinary Symposium on Material’s Chemistry during Hands-on research in complex systems school (ISMC – 2016) held at BARC, Mumbai. 2016”, held at ICTP, Trieste, Italy.
FACULTY MEMBERS
Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 01 Achalkumar A. S. CSMR, Bangalore Associate Liquid crystals, Functional Materials, Molecular Professor Electronics, Self Assembly, Green Chemistry 02 Akshai Kumar A. S. IISc Bangalore Assistant Organometallic Chemistry, Inorganic Professor Chemistry, Organofl uorine Chemistry, Catalysis (Homogeneous and Heterogeneous), C-H and C-F activation 03 Bag Subhendu Sekhar IIT Kharagpur Associate Bioorganic Chemistry and Chemistry of Professor Unnatural Nucleic Acid and Peptides 04 Baruah Jubaraj B. IISc Bangalore Professor Homogeneous Catalysis, Supramolecular chemistry and material design 05 Bhabak Krishna Pada IISc Bangalore Assistant Organic and Bio-organic Chemistry Professor
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Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 06 Biswas, Shyam Prosad Ulm University, Assistant Gas/Vapor/Liquid Adsorption and Catalytic Germany Professor Applications of Metal-Organic Frameworks 07 Chattopadhyay Arun Columbia Professor Nanoscale Science and Technology University 08 Chatterjee Sunanda IISc Bangalore Assistant Peptidomimetics: Synthesis, Conformation and Professor Biological activity 09 Das Animesh University of Assistant Organometallic chemistry and catalysis Goettingen, Professor Germany 10 Das Debapratim IACS, Kolkata Associate Supramolecular dynamic aggregates, peptides, Professor lipids 11 Das Gopal IIT Kanpur Professor Supramolecular, Bioorganic chemistry and Biomineralization 12 Dutta Sumana IACS, Kolkata Associate Experimental & Theoretical Physical Chemistry / Professor Self-organization and Nonlinear dynamics 13 Gupta Ashish K. Univ. of California, Professor Quantum Molecular Dynamics Los Angeles 14 Iyer Parasmeswar K. CSMCRI, Professor Polymer synthesis, Organic / Organometallic Bhavnagar Chemistry & Device fabrication, Sensors 15 Jana Chandan K. WWU Muenster, Associate Total Synthesis/ Natural Product Based Germany Professor Drug Discovery/ Synthetic Methodology/ Development of New Reaction 16 Kancharla Pavan K. IIT Kanpur Assistant Organic Chemistry, Carbohydrate Chemistry, Professor Development of Synthetic Methodology, Organocatalysis. 17 Khan Abu Taleb Kalyani University, Professor Synthesis of Natural Products, Heterocycles and (On deputation as Vice W.B. Carbohydrate Chemistry, Newer Methodologies Chancellor of Aliah University, West Bengal) 18 Krishnamoorty G. IIT Kanpur Professor Organic Photochemistry & Spectroscopy 19 Kundu Lal Mohan LMU Munich, Associate Nucleic Acid / Peptide Chemistry, DNA / RNA Germany Professor Damage and Repair, DNA Hybrid Materials 20 Mahata Kingsuk University of Assistant Solar Fuel from Water, Supramolecular Catalysis, Siegen, Germany Professor Theranostic Nano-Medicine 21 Manivannan V. IACS, Calcutta Professor Coordination Chemistry 22 Mandal Bhubaneswar EPFL, Lausanne, Associate Peptide Chemistry and Amyloid Research Switzerland Professor 23 Manna Debasis University of Associate Lipid-Protein Interaction, Lipid Synthesis Illinois at Chicago Professor 24 Manna Uttam IISc, Bangalore Assistant Bio-inspired Polymer Materials, Drug Delivery, Professor Open Microfl uidics, Chemical Sensor. 25 Mondal Biplab IIT Bombay Professor Coordination and Bioinorganic Chemistry 26 Mukherjee Chandan Max-Planck Associate Oxidation Catalysis / Molecular Magnetism / Institute of Professor Synthesis of Single-Molecule Magnets (SMMs) / Bioinorganic MRI Contrast agents / Water Oxidation Chemistry Chemistry, Muelheim, Germany
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Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 27 Pan Subhas Chandra Max-Planck- Associate Synthetic organic chemistry: Natural product Institut fuer Professor synthesis with the emphasis of new synthetic Kohlenfor- methodology; development of asymmetric schung, organocatalysis and transition metal catalysis Muelheim an der with new catalyst design; mechanistic study Ruhr, Germany 28 Panda Aditya N. IIT Kanpur Associate Dynamics of bimolecular scattering processes Professor 29 Patel Bhisma K. IIT Kanpur Professor Bio-Organic Chemistry and Newer (Head of the Department) Methodologies 30 Paul Anumita Columbia Professor Surface Science, Catalysis, Thin Films University 31 Paul Sandip IIT Kanpur Associate Computational Biophysics and Chemistry Professor 32 Punniyamurthy T. IIT Kanpur Professor Synthetic Organic Chemistry 33 Qureshi Mohd IIT Kanpur Associate Materials Chemistry Professor 34 Ray Manabendra IIT Kanpur Professor Bioinorganic and Coordination chemistry 35 Raidongia Kalyan JNCASR Assistant Physical Chemistry Professor 36 Sahu Kalyanasis IACS, Kolkata Associate Time Resolved Absorption and Fluorescence Professor Spectroscopy, SHG, MUPPETS 37 Saikia Anil Kr. RRL Jorhat Professor New Synthetic Methodology & Natural Product Synthesis 38 Sastri Chivukula V University of Associate Biomimetic Chemistry and Chemical Biology Hyderabad Professor 39 Sarma Manabendra IIT Bombay Associate Development of new theoretical approaches to Professor Laser Assisted Control of Chemical Reactions, and Resonances in Electron – Molecule Scattering Reactions 40 Srimani Dipankar IACS, Jadavpur Assistant Organic, Organonometallic Chemistry Professor
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The Department at a Glance
Year of Establishment: 1998 DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL Academic Programmes Off ered: Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in o Civil Engineering
Master of Technology (MTech) in ENGINEERING 1. Structural Engineering, 2. Water Resources Engineering and Management, 3. Geotechnical Engineering, 4. Environmental Engineering, 5. Transportation Systems Engineering, 6. Infrastructure Engineering and Management Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Total Faculty Strength: 46 • Professor: 17 • Associate Professor: 14 • Assistant Professor: 15 New Faculty Members Joined: NIL Total Student Strength: 687 BTech: 295 MTech: 178 PhD: 214 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 225 BTech: 80 MTech: 95 PhD: 50
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LABORATORY FACILITIES Remote Sensing (hyperspectral, thermal and microwave) and GIS techniques Natural Resource Management, Environmental Engineering Laboratory, Infrastructure Engineering and Management, Earth System Science earthquake engineering, structural mechanics, structural and Engineering & Engineering, Structural Engineering dynamics, fracture and fatigue mechanics, fi nite element Laboratory, Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering and analysis, durability of structures, non-destructive testing, Geotechnical Engineering construction materials, numerical and analytical methods, computer aided analysis, passive and semi-active control, MAJOR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ACQUIRED retrofi tting of structures, computational mechanics, IT in a) Laboratory corrosion analyser model Gill construction management, structural analysis and design, performance based seismic design, system identifi cation & b) Foam Generator with compressor and mixer machine structural health monitoring, seismic damage assessment, c) AGILENT CARY 60 UV VIS Spectrophotometer (With solid bridge engineering, wind induced vibration& control, sample attachments) random vibration, nonlinear behaviour of structures, d) Upgradation of Digital Signal Processor, application ultrasonic wave propagation, acoustic-impact detection, software and control panel of existing Uni-axis Shake time-frequency analysis, impact and blast resistant design, Table Assembly reliability analysis and performance based engineering, e) Ultrasonic Pulse Velocity Tester with Touch Screen design and optimization of protection measures, sustainable f) Piezoelectric Actuator construction and sustainable construction materials, g) Ion Chromatography System Removal of heavy metals from wastewater using amine based functionalized polymers, Biodegradation of industrial MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT wastewater, Removal of toxic pollutants like phenol, Sustainable development, Public Private Partnerships, ammonia, thiocyanate, pyridine from wastewater in fed Risk Management,Construction Management, Durability batch type reactors by indigenous cultures and Air quality studies in concrete, Corrosion ofsteel reinforcement and modeling in urban transport and industrial environment. protection measures, High performance concrete,Mass transport in cementitious materials, Non-destructive MAJOR INITIATIVES AND BREAKTHROUGH IN RESEARCH testing ofconcrete structures, Light weight concrete (Foam AND DEVELOPMENT concrete),Shrinkagebehaviour and thermal performance of concrete, Sustainable materials inconstruction, Framework for integration of sustainable development Hydrological modeling, Earthand planetary exploration., principles inprocurement process of PPP infrastructure Study of sediment dynamics in fl uvial systems, Petrophysical projects, Microstructural characterization of cementitious Modelling for Petroleum Exploration, Environmental impact/ materials. Research work conducted in the laboratory risk assessment & management, Remote Sensing and GIS are aligned towards addressing some of the global for mapping groundwater potential and recharge, Geodesy environmental issues. Some of the breakthrough research and mapping, Photogrammetry and LiDAR., Integration includes manufacturing of eco-friendly light weight of remote sensing techniques, Sensor calibration and bricks through binary mix of paper mill sludge and soil, synthetic simulation, Airborne remote sensing (Unmanned identifi cation of pollution indicator algal species like Euglena Aerial Vehicles) for mapping and exploration, Advance in the pond ecosystems of IIT Guwahati campus, utilizations of spirogyra species as a food supplement for mankind etc.
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED International/ Name of Faculty Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date National Prof. Subashisa Dutta India Water Week 2016 Delhi 4-8 Apr 2016 International Dr. Sri Harsha Kota American Geophysical Union San Francisco, Dec 2016 International US Dr. Rajan Choudhary 16th Annual International Conference on Liverpool, UK 22–23 Feb International Pavement Engineering and Infrastructure, 2017 Liverpool John Moores University Dr. Rajan Choudhary 12th International Conference on Trans- Mumbai 19-21 Dec International portation Planning and Implementation 2016 Methodologies for Developing Countries (TPMDC), IIT Bombay Dr. A. Murali Krishna Deep foundations in liquefi able soils and IIT Madras, 14 Dec 2016 International Deep excavation experiences Chennai 78 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017
International/ Name of Faculty Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date National Dr. A. K. Maurya 14th World Conference on Transport Re- Shanghai, 10-15 Jul 2016 International search, Tongji University, China Dr. A. K. Maurya Transportation Planning and Implementa- IIT Bombay 19-21 Dec International tion Methodologies for Developing Coun- 2016 tries, IIT Bombay Dr. Teiborlang L. Ryn- 12th Transportation Planning and Imple- IIT Bombay 19-21 Dec International tathiang mentation Methodologies for Developing 2016 Countries Dr. Arindam Dey Geotechnical Frontiers Orlando, 12-15 Mar International Florida, USA 2017 Dr. Arindam Dey 1st International Conference on Civil Engi- Guwahati 19-21 Dec International neering for Sustainable Development Op- 2016 portunities and Challenges (CESDOC) Dr. Arindam Dey DFI-IGC Workshop: Deep Foundations in Chennai 14 Dec 2016 International Liquefi able Soils and Deep Excavation Expe- riences Dr. Arindam Dey 5th International Conference on Forensic Bangalore 8-10 Dec 2016 International Geotechnical Engineering (5ICFGE) Dr. Arindam Dey International Geotechnical Engineering Bombay 2016 International Conference (IGEC) on Sustainability in Geo- technical Engineering Practices and Related Urban Issue Dr. Arindam Dey Indian Geotechnical Conference (IGC 2016) IIT Madras 15-17 Dec National 2016 Dr. Arindam Dey North-East Space Application Centre Umiam, Megha- 24 Jun 2016 National (NESAC) Academia-Student Interaction laya Meet, Department of Space Dr. Arindam Dey North-East Regional Seminar on Applica- Guwahati 22-23 Jun 2016 National tions of Geosynthetics in Infrastructure Projects Dr. Tadikonda Venkata Brain Storming session on Environmental Goa 24-25 Jan 2017 National Bharat Geotechnics
INVITED LECTURES OF FACULTY: IN INDIA, ABROAD Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty Dr. Sri Harsha Regional air quality modeling in India Louisiana State Univer- Baton Rouge, USA 4 Jan 2017 Kota sity, USA Prof. Subashi- Hyperspectral and Multispectral data Fu- NESAC Shillong 24 Jun 2016 sa Dutta sion for Plot Scale Variability Mapping of Paddy Crop Prof. Subashi- Water Resources Management for the Amity School of Engi- Noida 11 Aug 2016 sa Dutta Brahmaputra River Basin: Past, Present and neering & Technology Future Prof. Subashi- Stochastic Bank Erosion model for the NIT Silchar Silchar 26 Oct 2016 sa Dutta Brahmaputra River Prof. Subashi- Hydrodynamic and Morphological Under- Assam Don Bosco Guwahati 13 Dec 2016 sa Dutta standing of The Brahmaputra River using University Geo-Spatial Technologies
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Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty Prof. Subashi- International Conference on RecentAd- VSSUT, Odisha Burla 18 Dec 2016 sa Dutta vances in Mechanics & Materials Prof. Subashi- Hyper-spectral Remote Sensing for Plot- IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur 28 Dec 2016 sa Dutta scale Rice Agriculture Management Prof. Arup Sustainable Approach of Rainwater Man- Tezpur University Tezpur 25 Feb 2017 Kumar Sarma agement and Application for Mitigating Climate Change Impact on Society Prof. Arup Boon of Orienting Rainwater to Useful GMDA Guwahati 18 Jan 2017 Kumar Sarma Niche (BORUN): A concept of Ecologically Sustainable Rainwater Harvesting Prof. Arup Sustainable Approach of Rainwater Man- Tea Board of India Jorhat 25 Mar 2017 Kumar Sarma agement and Application for Mitigating Adverse Impact of Climate Change Prof. Arup Hydraulic Model and their Application in GIMT Borjhar 14 Dec 2017 Kumar Sarma River Modelling. Prof. Arup Application of Geoinformatics in Water Don Bosco University Azara 13 Dec 2017 Kumar Sarma Resources Management Prof. Arup Impact of Climate Change on Water Re- Assam Educational Jorhat 25 Sep 2017 Kumar Sarma sources: Issues and Mitigation measures Centre Dr. Rajan Utilization of Waste Plastic in Road Con- Swami Keshvanand Jaipur 15 Sep 2016 Choudhary struction Institute of Technology, Management & Gramo- than Dr. Rajan Warm Mix Asphalt: Asphalt Mix isn’t Rajasthan Institute of Jaipur 14 Feb 2017 Choudhary Always Hot Engineering & Technol- ogy Dr. Rajan Road Safety Issues and Way Forward Ministry of Road Trans- Not given 22 Dece 2017 Choudhary port & Highways, GoI & Transport Dept., Govt. of Assam Dr. Rajan Road Safety : Issues, Challenges & the Way OLA TM, Ani Technolo- 12 Jan 2017 Choudhary Forward gies Private Limited Dr. Archana M. Spectroscopic investigation of rocks and Guwahati University Guwahati 8 Jun 2016 Nair minerals Dr. Archana M. Relevance of Geoscience Cotton College Guwahati 27 Feb 2017 Nair Dr. Arun Ch. Planning and Management of Low Cost NIRD&PR, NER Centre Guwahati 23 Nov 2016 Borsaikia PMAY-G Rural Housing for Rural Develop- ment Functioneries like ZP members, AP Presidents, Engineers, etc. of North East India Dr. A. Murali Seismic analysis of reinforced soil retaining Indian Geotechnical IIT Madras, Chennai 15 Dec 2016 Krishna structures Conference 2016 Dr. A. Murali Feasibility Study of Sand–Tire Chips Mix- Indo-US Bilateral Chicago, USA 18 Aug 2016 Krishna tures as Backfi ll Material in Retaining Walls Workshop on Establish- ing Linkages Between Geoenvironmental Practices and Sustain- ability Dr. A. K. Mau- Road Safety Issues and Challenges HBTU, Kanpur Kanpur 27 Feb 2017 rya
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Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty Dr. A. K. Mau- Traffi c Flow Modelling and Simulation MNIT Allahabad Allahabad 28 Feb 2017 rya Dr. A. K. Mau- Measurement of Traffi c Stream Character- NIT Surathkal Surathkal, Manga- 3 Oct 2016 rya istics lore Dr. Manish Hydrological Impacts of climate change University of Missouri, Missouri, USA 7 Jul 2016 Kumar Goyal Missori, USA Dr. Manish Climate Change and Hydrologic Modeling: Missouri Water Resourc- Missouri, USA 7 Jul 2016 Kumar Goyal Challenges and opportunities es Research Center, Columbia, USA Dr. Rishikesh Application of Remote Sensing in Geology Vinoba Bhave Univer- Hazaribag 2016 Bharti sity Dr. Arindam Experimental Geotechnology to Under- Bankura Unnayan Bankura 2016 Dey stand Soils and Subsurface Institute of Engineering, BUIE Dr. Bulu Prad- Corrosion Aspects of Reinforced Concrete NIT Karnataka, Surath- Surathkal, Manga- 2017 han kal lore Dr. Tadikonda Advancements and Opportunities in Geo- College of Engineering Kasargode, Kerala 21 Jan 2017 Venkata technical Engineering Trikaripur Bharat
VISITORS FROM OTHER INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES/ORGANIZATIONS / INVITED LECTURES Name of Inst./ Name Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Univ./Org. Prof. Jai Singh Space Applica- Geomatics Applications for Earth Resources Mapping, Monitor- 7 Sep 2016 Parihar tions Centre ing and Management Planning
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES /SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED Name of Faculty (Con- International/ No. of Par- vener/ Co-ordinator, Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Funded By Date National ticipants etc.) Prof. Subashisa Dutta, Dr. Advance Remote Sensing and Indian Institute 1 Oct 2016 National 70 Rishikesh Bharathi (Co- GIS of Technology Ordinators) Guwahati Dr. Sandip Das, Dr. Kaus- Earthquake-Resistance of Low- Ministry of Hous- 24-25 Jun National 22 tubh Dasgupta Cost Engineering Housing in ing and Urban 2016 North-East India (Workshop) Poverty Allevia- tion (MoHUPA) Dr. A. Murali Krishna, Dr. TEQIP STC on Rock Engineering TEQIP 5-8 Apr National 50 S. Sreedeep for Infrastructural Development 2016 Dr. G. Indu Siva Ranjani, TEQIP Short Term Course MHRD 30 May-1 National 25 Dr. Boeing Singh, Dr.Bulu Jun 2016 Pradhan
PATENTS Name of Faculty and co Date Applied/ Name Application No. researcher Granted Prof. S. K. Deb Elastomeric Seismic Isolation with High Damping 20 Jun 2016 Application No. Capacity and Manufacturing Method Thereof. 201631021115
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AWARDS AND HONOURS COMMISSION (CSC), UK under Split Site Fellowship to PhD scholar (DammalaPradeep Kumar) to carry out • Prof. Subashisa Dutta was elected as Associate Editor collaborative research work in the University of Surrey, for Elsevier Journal (Journal of Hydrology) for the term UK for one year (September 2016 - September 2017). 2016 – 2018. • Dr. Saswati Charkraborty- Best oral presentation • Prof. A. K. Sarma- i) Awarded with Prestigious Bimla by Mr. Subrat Kumar Mallick of Department of Civil Prasad Chaliha Chair Professor Engineering, IIT Guwahati in International Conference • ii) Member of Advisory Committee of the National on Contaminated Site Remediation held at Tamilnadu Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) Agricultural University, Coimbatore from 13-15 December 2016. • Prof. Gautam Barua was selected as an ‘Outstanding Reviewer’ for the Journal of Hydrologic Engineering, • Title of presentation: Involvement of individual American Society of Civil Engineering, for the year 2016. biomass during the anoxic degradation of pollutants in simulated petroleum refi nery wastewater at varied • Dr. Manish Kumar Goyal- i) Awarded prestigious Indo- phenol Concentrations. US WARI Fellowship Award. • Dr. Arindam Dey- i) Mr. Amalesh Jana, Post- • ii) Appointed as an Associate Editor (AE) for the graduate student received the BEST PAPER AWARD prestigious American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)- from International Society of Soil Mechanics and Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and Radioactive Waste Geotechnical Engineering (ISSMGE) for his presentation (JHTRW). on “Unsaturated behaviour of geotextile in earth • iii) Awarded the NIT Warangal Distinguished Young retaining structure under rainwater infi ltration” at the Alumni Professional Achievement Award 2016 . International Geotechnical Engineering Conference on Sustainability in Geotechnical Engineering Practices and • iv) Awarded SGSITS National Award for Best Research Related Urban Issues, Mumbai, India. Work by Young Teachers of Engineering Colleges-(2016) • ii) Ms. Madhulatha Boga, Research Scholar, received the • Prof. S. K. Deb was awarded withA.S. Arya - IIT Roorkee BEST PAPER AWARD from Indian Geotechnical Society Research Award 2016 on Disaster Prevention (IGS) for her presentation on “Numerical investigation of failure of reinforced segmental retaining wall” North- STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS East Students Geo-Congress: NESGC 2016, Agartala, • Dr. A. Murali Krishna- COMMONWEALTH SCHOLARSHIP India.
FACULTY MEMBERS Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 1. Barua, Gautam IIT Kharagpur Professor Flow through porous media 2. Bharat, Tadikonda IISc Bangalore Assistant Behavior of unsaturated soils during infi ltration & Venkata Professor drainage, Settlement behavior of ultra-soft soils and mine tailings, Contaminant transport through landfi ll liners, Mineralogical aspects of clays, Inverse analysis of geotechnical &geoenvironmental engineering problems 3. Bharati, IIT Bombay Assistant Hyperspectral and Thermal Remote Sensing, Advance Hrishikesh Professor processing and Analyses of High Resolution Images and Spectra for Earth and Planetary Exploration, Optical and Microwave Remote Sensing for Natural Resource Management, Algorithm Development for Advance Image and Spectral Analyses, Geographic Information System and Modeling (3D), Thermal Characterization of Soil and Rocks, Application of Remote Sensing and GIS in Urban Planning, Airborne Remote Sensing (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) for Mapping and Exploration 4. Bhattacharjya, IIT Kanpur Professor Water Resources System Management, Genetic Rajib Kumar Algorithms, Artifi cial Neural Networks
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Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 5. Chakraborty, Trinity College, Associate Dynamic and Random Vibration, System identifi cation and Arunasis Dublin, Ireland Professor damage detection, Wavelet analysis 6. Chakraborty, IIT Bombay Professor Water and Wastewater Treatment, Biodegradation of Saswati Industrial Wastewater, Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater 7. Choudhury, Rajan IIT Roorkee Associate Pavement Analysis and Design, Highway Construction Professor and Quality Control, Pavement Material Characterization, Pavement Evaluation and Maintenance, Traffi c Engineering 8. Das, Sandip IIT Kanpur Assistant Earthquake Engineering, Structural Dynamics, Random Professor Vibration 9. Dasgupta, IIT Kanpur Assistant Earthquake Engineering, Design of Reinforced Concrete Kaustubh Professor Structures, Retrofi tting of Structures 10. Dashora, Ajay IIT Kanpur Assistant Synthetic Simulation, Sensor Calibration, Airborne Professor and Terrestrial LiDAR, Integration of Remote Sensing Technologies, Development of Lumped Parameter Models, Flight Planning, Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) for Mapping 11. Deb, Sajal Kanti IIT Roorkee Professor Passive and semi-active control, Performance based seismic design, System identifi cation & structural health monitoring, Seismic damage assessment 12. Dey, Arindam IIT Kanpur Assistant Geosynthetic Reinforced Foundation Beds, Geotechnical Professor Lumped Parameter and Continuum Mechanics Modelling, Parameter Estimation of Geotechnical Models, Optimization, GA, ANN and Soft Computing in Geotechnical Engineering, Ground Modifi cation and Improvement Practices, Soil-Structure-Foundation Interaction, Reinforced Soil Structures, Landslides and Slope Stability Analysis, Seismic and Ambient Health Monitoring of Geotechnical Structures, Reliability and Uncertainty Analysis in Geotechnical Engineering, Forensic Investigation in Geotechnical Engineering, Subsurface Profi ling and Soil Investigation, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 13. Dutta, Anjan IIT Delhi Professor Finite Element Mesh Generation, Optimization, Control, Health Monitoring and Retrofi tting of structures 14. Dutta, Subashisa IIT Kanpur Professor Meso-Scale Distributed hydrological modelling, (Head of the Satellite Remote Sensing and GIS for Water resources Department) Management, Computational river hydraulics and its applications, Watershed and Irrigation Management 15. Gandhi, Indu Siva IIT Madras Assistant Light weight concrete (Foam concrete), Durability related Ranjani Professor studies on concrete, Shrinkage behaviour and thermal performance of concrete, Sustainable materials in construction, Lean concepts of construction, Construction management 16. Garg Ankit Hong Kong Assistant Bio-Geotechnology, Soil-Root-Water Interaction University of Professor Science and Technology 17. Ghosh,Pranab IIT Kharagpur Professor Water treatment for domestic and industrial use, Domestic Kumar and Industrial wastewater treatment, Sludge treatment by physicochemical and biological process
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Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 18. Gokhale, Sharad IIT Delhi Professor Air Pollution and Environmental Noise B. 19. Goyal, Manish IIT Roorkee Assistant Stochastic Hydrology and Distributed Hydrological Kumar Professor Modeling, Hydro-climatology and Statistical Downscaling, Irrigation Management and Crop Modelling Applications, Multivariate Statistical Analysis, Machine Learning Models and Data Mining 20. Hazra, University Assistant Deterministic and Stochastic Structural Dynamics, System Budhaditya of Waterloo, Professor Identifi cation, Blind source separation, Time-frequency Canada analysis, Vibration based condition monitoring 21. Jawed, IIT Kanpur Professor Biological Processes, Anaerobic Wastewater Treatment, Mohammad Heavy Metal Removal and Recovery, Water Treatment and Supply, Domestic & Industrial Wastewater Treatment 22. K., Ravi IISc Bangalore Assistant Geo-environmental engineering, Geo-energy systems, Professor Engineering behaviour of unsaturated soils, Research on hazardous waste management 23. Kalamdhad, Ajay IIT Roorkee Associate Solid waste management, Mechanical composting and Professor vermicomposting, Analysis of solid wastes 24. Kartha, Suresh A. IIT Kanpur Associate Flow and transport through porous media, Heap leaching, Professor Hydrology, Numerical modelling 25. Kaushik, Hemant IIT Kanpur Associate Earthquake Resistant Design, Nonlinear Behaviour of B. Professor Structures, Retrofi tting of Structures, Finite Element Modeling 26. Kota, Sri Harsha Texas A&M Assistant Formation, transformation and chemical mechanisms University, Professor of air pollutants near roadways, Development of air College Station, quality models, Estimation of emission factors, Source USA apportionment of air pollutants, Regional air quality 27. Kumar, Abhishek Indian Institute Assistant Seismic hazards of Urban Centers, Ground Motion of Science, Professor Simulations, Liquefaction, Seismic hazard for Nuclear Bangalore Power Plants, Site response studies for deep basins, Multichannel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW) and Ground Penetration Radar (GPR), Subsoil Investigations and Geotechnical Engineering, Soil Dynamics, Dynamic testing’s on Piles, Ground Improvement, Reinforced earth structures, Deep Excavations 28. Kumar, Bimlesh IISc Bangalore Associate Small scale studies of mixing tanks, Experimental Studies Professor of Aeration Systems, Sediment Transport analysis, Pipeline analysis, CFD simulation, Surge analysis 29. Mahanta, Jawaharlal Professor Water Quality, Sediment Dynamics in Fluvial Systems, Chandan Nehru Environmental Impact, Risk Assessment and Management, (Dean, Students’ University, New Environmental Geo-informatics, Engineering Geology Aff aris) Delhi 30. Mallikarjuna, IIT Delhi Associate Traffi c fl ow theory and Modeling, Traffi c data collection Chunchu Professor and analysis, Travel demand modeling 31. Maurya, Akhilesh IIT Kanpur Associate Driver behavior, Traffi c fl ow theory and modeling, Traffi c Kumar Professor engineering 32. Mishra, Anil Kyushu Assistant Chemical compatibility studies of soil-bentonite mixtures, Kumar University, Professor Waste (municipal, industrial and hazardous) management Fukuoka, Japan and disposal, Unsaturated soil mechanics
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Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 33. Murali Krishna, IISc Bangalore Associate Soil Investigation, Reinforced Soil Structures, Adapa Professor Geosynthetics and Ground Improvement, Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering 34. Nair, Archana M. IIT Bombay Assistant Petroleum Exploration, Hydrogeology, Environmental Professor Geoscience and remote sensing for geological applications 35. Pradhan, Bulu IIT Delhi Associate Durability studies in concrete, Corrosion of steel Professor reinforcement and protection measures, High performance concrete, Mass transport in cementitious materials, Non-destructive testing of concrete structures, Construction management 36. Ryntathiang, IIT Kharagpur Associate Pavement Materials, Precast Concrete Block Pavement, Teiborlang L. Professor Cast In-Situ Concrete Block Pavement 37. Sarma, Arup Gauhati Professor Modelling & simulation in Free Surface Flow, Heuristic Kumar University, Method in Reservoir Optimization, GIS based Watershed Guwahati Modelling 38. Sharma, Texas A&M Assistant Impact and Blast Resistant Design, Reliability Analysis and Hrishikesh University, USA Professor Performance Based Engineering, Design and Optimization of Protection Measures 39. Shelke, Amit The University Assistant Ultrasonic wave propagation, Acoustic-Impact detection, Balasaheb of Arizona, USA Professor Non-destructive testing 40. Siddagangaia, IIT Madras Assistant Analysis and Design of Pavement Structures , Pavement Anjan Kumar Professor Material Characterization, Pavement Construction and Recycling, Pavement Management Systems, Pavement Evaluation using NDT, Forensic Investigations of Pavement Failures 41. Singh, Arvind IISc Bangalore Professor Information Technology in Construction Engineering, Kumar Object-Oriented Programming, Constitutive modeling 42. Singh, Baleshwar IIT Delhi Professor Marine Geotechnology, Modelling of Onshore & Off shore Foundations, Soil Stabilization & Ground Modifi cation, Pavement Subgrade & Site Characterization 43. Singh, Southampton Associate Structural Analysis and Design, Finite Element Method, Konjengbam University Professor Fracture and Fatigue Mechanics Darunkumar 44. Singh, Laishram IIT Madras Associate Public Private Partnerships, Risk Management, Boeing Professor Construction Management 45. Sreedeep, S. IIT Bombay Associate Behavioral studies on unsaturated porous media, Professor Characterization of geo-materials (soils and rocks), Thermal characteristics of geo-materials, Contaminant transport and retention studies, Waste containment studies, Landslides 46. Sreeja, Pekkat IIT Bombay Associate Urban Flood Modeling, Modelling and Control of Open Professor Channel Flows, Infi ltration and artifi cial recharge, Stochastic Hydrology, River Mechanics 47. Talukdar, Sudip IIT Kanpur Professor Structural Dynamics, Bridge Engineering, Wind induced vibration & control, Non destructive techniques
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The Department at a Glance
Year of Establishment: 1995 Academic Programmes Off ered: Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in o Computer Science and Technology Master of Technology (MTech) Dual Degree (MTech+PhD) Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Total Faculty Strength: 29 • Professor: 10 • Associate Professor: 10 • Assistant Professor: 8 • Visiting Professor: 1 New Faculty Members Joined: 2 • Assistant Professor: 1 • Visiting Professor: 1 Total Student Strength: 555 BTech: 347 MTech: 93 PhD: 101 MTech+PhD: 14 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 139 BTech: 80 MTech: 42 PhD: 17 SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER COMPUTER OF DEPARTMENT MTech+PhD: 0
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LABORATORY FACILITIES research, including Wireless Mesh, Ad Hoc and Sensors 1. Multimedia lab: Multimedia lab has been set up in Networks, High Speed Networks, Network Architecture 2012 as a research project lab which mainly focuses on and Design, Computer and Network Security, Secure computer vision, deep learning, multimedia security, Multimedia Communications and Intrusion Detection adaptive video streaming etc. Currently five Ph Systems. The researches aim at developing low cost D students, three M. Tech. students and four B. Tech. and eff ective solutions for communication and media students are working in this lab. 2 PhD students are technology with a focus of blooming technologies for graduated from this lab. There are two sponsored Indian context, specifi cally the North East Region. At the projects are currently going on in this lab. 14 journal same time, our theoretical research targets the global papers in top tier international journals and more developments of networking and security technologies, than 15 conference papers in diff erent premier forums standards and policies while addresses the design of have been published from this lab in last 5 years. future network architecture. Multimedia Lab is well equipped for state-of-art 5. User-centric Computing and Networking (http://www. research in multimedia, image and video processing iitg.ernet.in/cseweb/uccn/) : The lab focuses on the domain providing IBM X3500 M4 sever, HP: Z420 Xeon design and development of applications for computing E5 workstation, SONY HDR PJ820 camcorder, SONY LED devices that caters to heterogeneous user groups. The KDL55W950 display facility, high end desktops, laptops user-centric computing paradigm (otherwise known and other necessary lab equipments. as the human-computer interaction) is applied in the 2. Robotics Lab: Robotics Lab has open sourced an in- design of applications used in large-scale content house developed Multi-agent emulator, nicknamed delivery, to ensure good quality of experience to the Tartarus. Written in SWI-Prolog,Tartarus, facilitates users consumers on heterogeneous devices and networks. to create overlay sort of network of nodes comprising The challenges that arise in the development of user- either a single PC/laptop/embedded system or several centric networked applications are addressed both such devices connected as a LAN (wired/wireless) and from theoretical as well as practical perspectives. then program both static and mobile agents. Agents in This lab is equipped with Tobii eye tracker (model: Tartarus are basically programs written in Prolog. They X2-60) and associated software for usability studies, can be programmed to perform tasks autonomously at Mobile Devices (Android, iOS, Windows), Laptops, select nodes and even migrate to others in the network Tablets, Smart Phones, SDK Tools for Android, iOS, they inhabit. Such agents can even be programmed to Windows Application Development, Desktop PCs, High clone (copy and multiply) on-the-fl y and then move performance computing servers, Wireless and Wired around the network and execute tasks concurrently, Gigabit Routers, Reconfi gurable routers (built using providing a distributed and decentralized processing 1Gbps Digilent NetFPGA Cards). environment. These agents can also carry programs as 6. Computer Architecture & Embedded Systems: The payloads. Payloads could be written in Prolog or Python lab focuses on cutting edge research and technology and executed at desired nodes. One could try out using innovation in the area of VLSI design, testing, verifi cation, other languages as well. Agents can communicate real time systems and scheduling, NOC design, amongst one another and also with programs at a node. multicore architecture and scheduling and cache design As of now, Tartaruscan be run on Windows, Ubuntu for multicore. and Raspbian operating systems. Tartaruscan run on 7. Hardware Lab: The Department hardware laboratory the Raspberry Pi. It can be used to sense the sensors is equipped with educational tools to promote better on-board and also control the actuators (motors, relays, understanding of computer hardware and peripherals etc.) connected to the board among the students. 8085/86 Microprocessor Trainer 3. Open Source Intelligence Group (http://www.iitg. kits and 8031 Microcontroller kits are used to provide ernet.in/cseweb/osint/index.html): The lab focuses on hands on experience to students about basic hardware. systematic acquisition of data at rest and stream from New PIC based microcontrollers and FPGA boards have publicly available multi-modal heterogeneous data also been acquired. These are supported by Colour sources such as web, news publications, social media, Logic Analyzer and Pattern Generator, Function/ social networks etc., and processing, and deriving Arbitrary wave generator, digital oscilloscopes, Wireless actionable intelligence from the acquired data. Major Transmitter/Receiver pairs, Data acquisition/ Switch activities of the group include real time event detection units, TDM pulse code modulator/transmitter and and tracking, topic modeling, sentiment analysis, social demodulator/receiver and other similar essentials. network analysis, terrorist network analysis. 4. Computer Networks & Security: The CNS research MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: group at IIT Guwahati works on projects that cover Algorithms; Computational Geometry; Systems Biology (Bio- a diverse range of experimental and theoretical computing); Bio-inspired Robotics and related algorithms;
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Intelligent Mobile Agent Based Cyber-physical Systems; Human-Computer Interaction; Speech Processing; Multimedia: Image and Video Processing; Machine Learning; Information Retrieval; Data Mining; Web Mining; Formal Verifi cation; Embedded Systems; Multi-processor Computer Architecture; Real-time Systems; Computer Security; Networks; Distributed Systems.
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED: INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL International/ Name of Faculty Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date National Arnab Sarkar 20th International Symposium on Guwahati 24-27 May International VLSI Design and Test (VDAT) 2016 Arnab Sarkar 6th International Symposium on Em- Patna 15-17 Dec International bedded computing & system Design 2016 (ISED) Arnab Sarkar 30th VLSI Design Conference (VLSID) Hyderabad 9-11 Jan 2017 International Sukumar Nandi 4th International Doctoral Symposium National Institute of 17-19 Mar International on Applied Computation and Security Technology Patna 2017 Systems Sukumar Nandi National Symposium on Cognitive Indian Institute of 16-17 Mar National Science Technology Guwahati 2017 Sukumar Nandi Cloud-NET workshop National Institute of 11-15 Mar National Technology Silchar 2017 Sukumar Nandi ISEA Asia Security and Privacy Confer- National Institute of Jan 29-1 Feb International ence Technology Surat 2017 Sukumar Nandi International Conference on Accessi- Assam Engineering 16-18 Dec International bility to Digital World College 2016 Sukumar Nandi 38th International Conference of the Indian Institute of 10-12 Nov International Linguistic Society of India Technology Guwahati 2016 Sukumar Nandi Third Annual Appraisal Workshop Indian Institute of 3 Sep-1 Oct National under ISEA Project Phase II Technology Guwahati 2016 Sukumar Nandi India International Conference on Delhi Technical Uni- 12-14 Aug International Information Processing versity 2016 Sukumar Nandi 22nd Himalayan Languages Sympo- Indian Institute of 8-10 Jun 2016 International sium Technology Guwahati Sukumar Nandi 20th International Symposium on VLSI Indian Institute of 24-27 May International Design and Test Technology Guwahati 2016 Sanasam Ranbir IEEE/WIC/ACM Web Intelligence 2016 Omaha, Nebraska, US 13-16 Oct International Singh 2016 Sanasam Ranbir IALP 2016 Tainen, Taiwan 21-23 Nov International Singh 2016 Sanasam Ranbir Coling 2016 Osaka, Japan 13-16 Dec International Singh 2016 Sanasam Ranbir DICORA-TR 2017 Hankuk Universities of 12 Jan 2017 International Singh Foreign Studies, South Korea S. Karmakar 13th International IEEE India Confer- IISc Bengaluru 16-18 Dec International ence (INDICON) 2016 S. Karmakar 36th IARCS Annual Conference on Chennai 13-15 Dec International Foundations of Software Technology 2016 and Theoretical Computer Science S. Karmakar Workshop on Complexity Theory IIT Gandhina-gar 2-6 Nov 2016 National
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International/ Name of Faculty Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date National S. Karmakar 17 th Max Planck Advanced Course on Saarbruc-en, Germany 29 Aug-2 Sep International the Foundations of Computer Science 2016 (ADFOCS) Aryabartta Sahu The 17th International Conference Guangzhou, China 16-19 Dec International on Parallel and Distributed Comput- 2016 ing, Applications and Technologies (PDCAT) Aryabartta Sahu The 13th International India Confer- IISc Bangalore 16-19 Dec International ence (INDICON) 2016 Santosh Biswas 20th International Symposium on VLSI Guwahati 24-27 May International Design and Test (VDAT) 2016 T. Venkatesh IEEE International Conference on Malaysia 23-27 May International Communications (ICC) 2016 T. Venkatesh 8th IEEE International Conference on IIT Bombay 2-4 Dec 2016 International Technology for Education (T4E) T. Venkatesh The Ninth International Conference on Bengaluru 4-8 Jan 2017 International COMmunication Systems and NET- workS (COMSNETS 17) Samit Bhattacha- DST Meeting on Interdisciplinary IIT BHU Sep 2016 National rya Cyber physical System Shivashankar B. Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Singapore 9-13 May International Nair Systems Conference (AAMAS-2016) 2016 Shivashankar B. Research colloquium on intelligent Kochi 25 Mar 2017 National Nair systems and computing Shivashankar B. National symposium on computa- Kerala 13-15 Mar National Nair tional intelligence 2017 John Jose ICACC Kochi International John Jose ICADW Guwahati International John Jose VDAT Guwahati International John Jose ISED Patna International Dr. Arijit Sur The International Conference on Digi- Gold Coast, Australia 30 Nov-2 Dec International tal Image Computing: Techniques and 2016 Applications (DICTA 2016) Dr. Arijit Sur Tenth Indian Conference on Computer IIT Guwahati 18 - 22 Dec International Vision, Graphics and Image Processing 2016 (ICVGIP 2016)
INVITED LECTURES OF FACULTY: IN INDIA, ABROAD Name of Faculty Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Arnab Sarkar IoT and its Usecases in Diverse NIT Meghalaya Shillong 4 Nov 2016 Domains Arnab Sarkar Dynamic Resource Allocation for IIIT Guwahati Guwahati 6 Dec 2016 Cloud Data Centers Sukumar Nandi Software Defi ne Networks and its National Institute of Technology Silchar 11-15 Mar applications Silchar 2017 Sukumar Nandi Internet of Things security and Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 30 Sep-1 challenges Guwahati Oct 2016
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Sukumar Nandi Denial-of-Service Attacks in Delhi Technical University Delhi 12-14 Aug 802.11 Wi-Fi Networks 2016 Sanasam Ranbir Social Media Mining National Institute of Technology Silchar 23-24 Feb Singh Silchar 2017 Santosh Biswas Virtual Lab Assam Engineering College Guwahati 16 Feb 2017 Samit Bhattacha- User Centric Computing Government College of Engineer- Kerala Oct 2016 rya ing, Kannur Samit Bhattacha- User Centric Computing Central Institute of Technology Kokrajhar, Oct 2016 rya Kokrajhar Assam Shivashankar B. Bio-inspired AI College of Engineering Cherthala Kerela 25 Nov Nair 2017 Shivashankar B. Bio-inspired AI & Robotics College of Engineering Perumon Kerela 15 Mar 2017 Nair John Jose Interconnection Networks in Com- Government Engineering College Barton Hill, 18-19 Apr puter Architecture and Parallel Trivandrum 2016 Processing John Jose Make your Mark, Make India Proud Ishan Vikas program, IIT Guwahati Guwahati 23 Jun 2016 John Jose How to choose the right institute De Paul Public School Thodupzha Kerala 5 Jul 2016 for your higher education John Jose Massive multicore architectures Rajagiri School of Engineering Kochi 15 Jul 2016 for big data management and Technology John Jose Let us make India better Rajagiri School of Engineering Kochi 15 Jul 2016 and Technology John Jose Role of On-Chip Interconnects in Thiagarajar College of Engineer- Madurai 22 Jul 2016 large multicore systems ing John Jose Multicore Communication Sys- Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore 23 Jul 2016 tems University John Jose Doctoral research-Essentials and Vellore Institute of Technology Vellore 23 Jul 2016 Desirables University John Jose Multicore Communication Sys- Model Engineering College Kochi 25 Jul 2016 tems John Jose Role of On-Chip Interconnects in School of Engineering, Cochin Kochi 26 Jul 2016 large multicore systems University of Science and Technol- ogy John Jose Let us make India better De Paul Higher Secondary School Kerala 27 Jul 2016 John Jose On-Chip interconnects in multi- College of Engineering Thalassery Kerala 5 Sep 2016 core systems John Jose Performance Optimization Rajagiri School of Engineering Kochi 6 Sep 2016 Techniques for Large Multicore and Technology Systems John Jose Introduction to Large Multicore Government College of Engineer- Kannur 27 Oct 2016 Systems ing John Jose Make Your Own Mark, Make India Government College of Engineer- Kannur 28 Oct 2016 Proud ing John Jose Understanding the Hardware of National Institute of Technology Surathkal 12 Dec 2016 Mobile Multicore Systems Karnataka John Jose Performance Optimization in National Institute of Technology Surathkal 13 Dec 2016 mobile multicore systems Karnataka
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John Jose Advanced Computer Architecture College of Engineering Adoor Kerala 19-21 Dec 2016 John Jose Role of On-Chip Interconnects in Mohandas College of Engineering Trivandrum 20 Dec 2017 Large Multicore Systems John Jose Communication Mechanisms for College of Engineering Adoor Kerala 3 Feb 2017 Large Multicore Systems John Jose Architectural Optimizations For Madras Institute of Technology Chennai 16 Mar 2017 Performance Enhancement in Large Multicore Systems John Jose Architecture for next generation Mar Ephraems College of Engi- Chennai 20 Mar 2017 multicore systems neering John Jose Let The Engineer In You Make Mar Baselious College of Engi- Trivandrum 21 Mar 2017 India Proud neering and Technology John Jose Eff ective Assessment Methodolo- Thiagarajar College of Engineer- Madurai 23 Mar 2017 gies ing John Jose Multicore Interconnects- Theory & Thiagarajar College of Engineer- Madurai 24-27 Mar Practice ing 2017 John Jose Machine Learning Techniques for University of Kerala Trivandrum 28 Mar 2017 Multicore Processors John Jose Architecture for next generation Mar Baselious College of Engi- Trivandrum 29 Mar 2017 multicore systems neering and Technology Dr. Arijit Sur Deep Learning WBUT Kolkata Kolkata 9-10 Mar 2017
VISITORS FROM OTHER INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES/ORGANIZATIONS / INVITED LECTURES Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Dr. B Ravindran IIT Madras Deep Reinforcement Learning 19 Mar 2017 Dr. Bhooshan Kelkar Mobueisutra Consultancy and IT Professional ELearning 9 Dec 2016
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES /SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED Name of Faculty (Conve- International/ No. of Par- Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Funded By Date ner/ Co-ordinator, etc.) National ticipants Arnab Sarkar, J. K. Deka, NPTEL Online Certifi cation NPTEL, Govt. Jul-Oct 2016 International 5313 Santosh Biswas Course on “VLSI Design, of India Verifi cation and Test” Sukumar Nandi, Santosh Third Annual Appraisal MeITY 30 Sep-1 Oct National 60 Biswas Workshop under ISEA Proj- 2016 ect Phase II Sukumar Nandi (General 20th International Sympo- VLSI Society 24-27 May International 200 Co-Chair), Himangee K. sium on VLSI Design and of India, Dell, 2016 Kapoor (Program Co- Test Infi neon, Chair) Cadence S. Karmakar TEQIP Short Term Course Govt. of 23-25 May National - on Centralized and Distrib- India 2016 uted Graph Algorithms Arnab Sarkar, J. K. Deka, NPTEL Online Certifi cation NPTEL, Govt. Jul-Oct 2016 International 5313 Santosh Biswas Course on “VLSI Design, of India Verifi cation and Test”
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Name of Faculty (Conve- International/ No. of Par- Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Funded By Date ner/ Co-ordinator, etc.) National ticipants John Jose STC on Recent Advances in TEQIP-II May 30- June National 40 approx Computer Architecture 3 John Jose Ishan Vikas Program MHRD, GoI June, De- National 80 cember Arijit Sur (Organizing Co- Tenth Indian Conference on Microsoft 18-22 Dec International 375 Chair) Computer Vision, Graph- Research, 2016 ics and Image Processing Google, (ICVGIP 2016) Qualcomm, TCS, NVIIDA, IOL
PATENTS Date Applied/ Name of Faculty and co researcher Name Application No. Granted Nilkanta Sahu, Sibaji Gaj, Anirban Lekharu, Satish Watermark Evaluation Tool 24 Aug 2016 T.I.(47)/TIFA/2016 Kumar, Shuvendu Rana, Arijit Sur
AWARDS AND HONOURS IV. Hema K Yarnagula received Best Paper Award - IEEE ANTS 2016, Bengaluru, India November 2016, Professor Sukumar Nandi has been elected as Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering V. Hema K Yarnagula received Best Poster Award - COMSNETS 2016, Bengaluru, India T. Venkatesh Best Paper Award - IEEE ANTS 2016, Bengaluru, India VI. Midhul Varma received Conference Travel Grant - COMSNETS 2016, Bengaluru, India T. Venkatesh Best Poster Award - COMSNETS 2016, Bengaluru, India VII. Midhul Varma received Best Poster Award - COMSNETS 2016, Bengaluru, India STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS VIII. Tushar Semwal: TCS Fellowship I. PhD scholar Sunil Sahu received Google India Student IX. Tushar Semwal: AAMAS Summer School Travel grant Travel Grant (Rs. 1 Lakh), Microsoft Research India Travel (Singapore) Grant (Rs. 50000), and ACM India-IARCS Travel Grant (Rs. 1 lakh, which we did not take as other travel grants were X. Sonia: AAMAS Summer School Travel grant (Singapore) suffi cient to cover the relevant costs for the conference.) to XI. Tushar Semwal: Selected for Microsoft IoT Summer School present his work accepted in ACL conference 2016. (Full sponsored) II. PhD scholar Abhishek received Fall 2016 Linguistic Data XII. Sonia: Selected for Microsoft IoT Summer School (Full Consortium (LDC) Data Scholarship. sponsored) III. PhD scholar Abhishek received Google Student Travel XIII. Tushar Semwal: COMSNETS 2017 Travel grant (Bangalore) Grant ($1500) for his research work accepted in EACL conference 2017. XIV. Sonia: Selected for TCS Kolkata Internship
FACULTY MEMBERS Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 1 Ashish Anand Nanyang Technological Assistant Machine Learning and its application in University, Singapore Professor computational biology, Systems Biology, Evolutionary Algorithms 2 Amit Awekar North Carolina State Assistant Data Mining University, Raleigh , Professor NC, USA
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Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 3 Gautam Barua University of California, Professor Operating Systems, Distributed Systems, (On deputation Santa Barbara, USA Networks, Database Management Systems as Director of IIIT Guwahati) 4 Rashmi Dutta Lancaster University, Assistant Evolving Intelligent Systems, Computational Baruah United Kingdom Professor Intelligence, Online Machine Learning, Learning from Data streams 5 Purandar Bhaduri Washington State Professor Formal Modelling, Synthesis and Verifi cation of University, Pullman Embedded Systems 6 Samit IIT Kharagpur Associate Human Computer Interaction, User Modeling, Bhattacharya Professor Model Based Evaluation of Interactive Systems, Rehabilitation Engineering 7 Santosh Biswas IIT Kharagpur Associate Networking, Fault Tolerance, VLSI Testing, Professor Embedded Systems 8 Pradip Kr. Das University of Delhi Professor Digital Signal Processing, Speech Processing, Man-Machine Intelligence Systems 9 Jatindra Kr. Deka IIT Kharagpur Professor Formal Modelling and Verifi cation, CAD for VLSI and Embedded Systems (Design, Testing and Verifi cation), Data Mining 10 Diganta Goswami IIT Kharagpur Professor Distributed Systems, Software Engineering (Head of the Department) 11 R. Inkulu IIT-Chicago Associate Computational Geometry, Graph Algorithms Professor 12 John Jose IIT Madras Assistant Computer Architecture, Network on Chips (NoC), Professor Memory system design for multicore processors 13 Benny George K Tata Institute of Assistant Word combinatorics, algorithms and Fundamental Research, Professor combinatorics Mumbai 14 Hemangee London South Bank Professor Multiprocessor Computer Architecture, Formal Kalpesh Kapoor University, UK Methods, Network-on-Chip design, Asynchronous systems 15 Chandan Karfa IIT Kharagpur Assistant Formal Verifi cation, Electronic Design Automation (Joined on 01.08.2016) Professor with special interest in High-level Synthesis, Embedded System Design and Verifi cation, Verifi cation of Compiler Optimizations. 16 Sushanta Associate Distributed algorithms, fault-tolerance, Karmakar Professor distributed algorithms for ad hoc and sensor networks 17 Deepanjan Kesh IIT Kanpur Assistant Computational Commutative Algebra, Data Professor Streaming 18 Pinaki Mitra Simon Fraser Associate Computational Geometry, Parallel Algorithms, University, Canada Professor Randomized Algorithms, Optimization 19 Shivashankar B. Amravati University, Professor Artifi cial Intelligence, Intelligent and Bio-Inspired Nair Amravati Robotics, Emotional Robots, Mobile Agent based systems, Artifi cial Immune Systems, Cyber- physical Systems, Natural Language Processing, Genetic Algorithms, Fuzzy Systems & Neural Networks
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Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 20 Sukumar Nandi IIT Kharagpur Professor Networks (Specially: QoS, Wireless Networks), Computer and Network Security, VLSI 21 S. V. Rao Professor Computational Geometry and Its Applications 22 Aryabartta Sahu IIT Delhi Associate Advance Computer Architecture, Multicore Professor Parallel Programming and Compiling, Embedded System, VLSI and FPGA Design 23 G. Sajith Professor External Memory Algorithms, Algorithmic Game Theory, Parallel and Distributed Algorithms, Complexity Theory 24 V. Vijaya Saradhi IIT Kanpur Associate Machine Learning, Kernel Methods, Data Mining Professor and their applications 25 Arnab Sarkar IIT Kharagpur Assistant Real-Time and Embedded Systems, Computer Professor Architecture, Algorithms 26 Sanasam Ranbir IIT Madras Associate Web Search Engine, Machine Learning, Information Singh Professor Retrieval, Data Mining especially in the area of Web Search Engine 27 Arijit Sur IIT Kharagpur Associate Information Hiding: Steganography and Professor Steganalysis. Multimedia Security: Image and Video Watermarking. Network Security: Intrusion Detection System and Network Steganography 28 T. Venkatesh IIT Madras Associate Computer Networks Professor
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The Department at a Glance
Year of Establishment: 1998 Academic Programmes Off ered: Bachelor of Design (BDes) Master of Design (MDes Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Total Faculty Strength: 26 • Professor: 5 • Associate Professor: 3 • Assistant Professor: 17 • Visiting Assistant Professor: 1 New Faculty Members Joined: 1 • Assistant Professor: 1
Total Student Strength: 303 BDes: 179 MDes: 52 PhD: 72 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 85 BDes: 44 MDes: 25 PhD: 16
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LABORATORY FACILITIES consumption structure is needed. Through the SSI Lab, the Department of Design at IIT Guwahati, aims to foray into I. Ergonomics Laboratory this domain. This is a well-equipped laboratory with various basic and applied research facilities for both physical and XIV. Visual Communication studio cognitive ergonomics. Apart from equipment for traditional ergonomics evaluation, modern sophisticated equipment MAJOR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ACQUIRED are available for virtual ergonomics evaluation and cognitive Noise dosimeter (Make:M/s. Larson Davis, USA , Model: workload study. Facilities available in the laboratory include 706RC), Ultimaker 2+, Single user LCA Software Simapro 8.3, (a) Anthropometric measurement kit, (b) Equipment/ tools Camtasia, IMac Computers, Portable Voice Recorder, Sound for biomechanical analysis, (c) Kit for environmental variable Monitors and Microphones measurement, (d) Tools/equipment for cognitive workload analysis, (e) Digital human modeling software for virtual ergonomics evaluation, (f) Eye-tracker for visual attention MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT analysis, and (g) Equipment for physiological variable Physical and Cognitive ergonomics aspect of product design analysis (ECG, EMG, EEG etc.). evaluation, Product Service System Design for Sustainability, Product Design in Agricultural Machinery, Comic studies, II. Photographic Lab Game design, Design for Users with varying Tech Readiness, III. Computer Lab Multimodal and Assistive User Interface Design, Speech Based Interfaces. IV. Workshop/Design lab V. Media Lab MAJOR INITIATIVES AND BREAKTHROUGH IN RESEARCH VI. Material lab AND DEVELOPMENT We became a part of the international Learning Network of VII. Embedded Interaction lab networks on Sustainability (LeNSin). The LeNSin project aims VIII. E-Kalpa lab at the internationalization, intercultural cross-fertilization and accessibility of higher education by consolidating IX. Usability Engineering and HCI Lab and empowering a global network called the Learning X. Product Design & Development Studio Network on Sustainability. This network is composed of 6 existing, functioning regional networks (14 HEIs in 5 partner XI. Animation research lab countries and 4 European HEIs): LeNS_Brasil, LeNS_Mexico; XII. Visualisation lab LeNS_South Africa, LeNS_China, LeNS_India and LeNS_ Europe. The project stresses curriculum development XIII. Sustainability and social Innovation Lab in the fi eld of Design for Sustainability (DfS) focused on Design for Sustainability (DfS) is an emerging and Sustainable Product-Service Systems (S.PSS) and Distributed signifi cant domain. It is also one of the prime needs of Economies (DE), both known as promising models to couple the hour considering the burden of human consumption environmental protection with social equity/cohesion and and production. In order to create sustainable human economic prosperity. consumption and production, a complete revamp of the
CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED National/ In- Name of Author Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date ternational Sharmistha Banerjee 6th International Conference on Research Guwahati 9-11 Jan 2017 International and Design, iCoRD’17 Sharmistha Banerjee Festival of Innovation New Delhi 4- 6 Mar 2017 National Sharmistha Banerjee Design Workshop at Assam Agricultural Jorhat 26-27 Oct 2016 National University Prasad Bokil International Conference on Research into Guwahati 9-11 Jan 2017 International Design 2017 Abhishek Shrivastava Design Principles and Practices Toronto 2-4 Mar 2017 International Swati Pal International Ergonomics Conference ‘Hu- NIT Jalandhar, 8-11 Dec 2016 International manizing Work and Work Environment’ Punjab HWWE 2016
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National/ In- Name of Author Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date ternational Swati Pal ‘International Conference on Research IIT Guwahati, 9-11 Jan 2017 International into Design’ ICoRD 2017 Assam Dr. Urmi Salve International Ergonomics Conference ‘Hu- NIT Jalandhar, 8-11 Dec 2016 International manizing Work and Work Environment’ Punjab HWWE 2016 Dr. Sougata Karmakar International Ergonomics Conference ‘Hu- NIT Jalandhar, 8-11 Dec 2016 International manizing Work and Work Environment’ Punjab HWWE 2016 Prof. Utpal Barua Luxor International Art Symposium Egypt 14-27 Dec 2016 International Prof. Utpal Barua G20 International Art Exchange exhibition China 10-15 Oct 2016 International Prof. Utpal Barua Art camp Gernik Romania 23 Sep-2 Oct International 2016
INVITED LECTURES OF FACULTY: IN INDIA, ABROAD Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty Dr. Sougata Invited talk: ‘Virtual Ergonomics Evalua- Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Tech- Kottayam, 20-22 Jul Karmakar tion for Product and Workstation Design’ nology (RGIT) Kerala 2016 in TEQIP (Phase-II) sponsored Workshop on ‘Ergonomics in Workplace: Measure- ment, Analysis and Solutions’ Dr. Sougata Invited talk: ‘Workplace Design Interven- North Eastern Regional Insti- Nirjuli, 30 Sep-1 Karmakar tion in Industries’ in TEQIP sponsored tute of Science and Technology Arunachal Oct 2016 industry- institute interaction workshop (NERIST) Pradesh on ‘Ergonomics, Safety and Occupational Health’ Dr. Sougata Lead Lecture: ‘Preference towards colour Dr. B. R. Ambedkar National Jalandhar, 8-11 Dec Karmakar and form of consumer product: A case Institute of Technology (NIT) Punjab 2016 study with tea cups’ Dr. Sougata Invited talk: ‘Use of Ergonomics in design- Central Agricultural University Tura, 15-17 Feb Karmakar ing product and workstation’ in Director- (CAU) Meghalaya 2017 ate of ATARI, Zone-III, ICAR, Meghalaya, sponsored capacity building training on ‘Use of ergonomics in drudgery reduction of women in workplace’ Prasad Bokil Human factors for website standardiza- Assam State Government Guwahati 2016 tion Swati Pal Human-Product Interaction- Product IIT Guwahati Guwahati 27 Sep-1 Personality and Usability Aspectsin Oct 2016 Product Preference’ in a short-term train- ing program on Work Design: A Human Factor Approach for Faculty members and Research Scholars of PEC University of Chandigarh Prof. Pradeep Design Research Design Thinking & De- Royal School of Architecture Guwahati 20 Oct G. Yammiya- sign Technology Future Trends in Archi- 2016 var tecture Urmi R. Salve Fundamentals of Ergonomics PEC University Panjub 23 Oct 2016
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VISITORS FROM OTHER INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES/ORGANISATIONS / INVITED LECTURES Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Dr. Tushar Department of Psychology, Faculty of Conducting workshop on 'Statistical Method- 7th Nov. to Singh Social sciences, Banaras Hindu Univer- ologies' for PhD Research Scholars 12th Nov. sity, UP, India 2016
SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES/SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED Name of Faculty Name of Sem./Wor./ International/ No. of partici- (Convener/ Co- Funded By Date Con. National pants ordinator, etc.) Sharmistha Banerjee Seminar on Sustain- Polytechnico di 10-11 Nov National 50 able Product Service Milano (through 2016 System Design Erasmus +) Sharmistha Banerjee Pilot course on Prod- Polytechnico di 13-24 Feb National 20 uct Service System Milano (through 2017 Design applied to Erasmus +) Distribute Economics Dr. Prasad Bokil, Game Design Work- DIC, MHRD 30 May- 14 National 38 Sheetal Gokhale shop Jun 2016 Prof. Debkumar International Confer- - 9-11 Jan International 220 Chakrabarty (Chair), ence on Research into 2017 Dr. Prasad Bokil Design 2017 (Secretary) Urmi R. Salve Work Design: A Hu- PEC University 27 Sep-1 National 12 man Factor Approach Oct 2016 Dr. Pratul Ch. Kalita, Training Pogramme Ministry of Heavy 25- 29 Jul National 42 participants; Dr. Deepak Sharma on Project Manage- Industries and 2016 Senior executives (Mechanical Engg ment : Design and Public Enterprises, of Central Public Dept), Dr. Sukhomay Innovation for Com- Government of Sector Enterprises Pal (Mechanical petitive Advantage India and State Level Engg Dept) Public Enterprises Dr. Pratul Ch. Kalita, Training Pogramme Ministry of Heavy 19-23 Sep National 37 participants; Dr. Deepak Sharma onProduction Plan- Industries and 2016 Senior executives (Mechanical Engg ning, Inventory Con- Public Enterprises, of Central Public Dept) Dr. Sukhomay trol and Supply Chain Government of Sector Enterprises Pal (Mechanical Eng- Management India and State Level gDept) Public Enterprises Dr. Pratul Ch. Kalita Short term training on Institutional Bio- 22-23 Apr National 30 Participants; SPSS and its applica- tech Hub, Jawaha- 2016 Faculty members tion in teaching and rlal Nehru College, and senior stu- research Boko dents of Jawahar- lal Nehru College, Boko.
PATENTS Name of Faculty Date Applied/ Name Application No. and co researcher Granted Charu Monga Pulse Rate Controlled Helmet Entertainment 3 Feb 2017 2288/DEL/2015 A Charu Monga Pulse Monitored Medically Safe Entertainment 28 Aug 2015 62211419 (US Patent Pend- ing Number)
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AWARDS AND HONOURS 2017 organized by Students’ Academic Board (SAB), IIT Guwahati, Assam, India. 1. ICMI 2016, Tokyo, Japan Best Demo Award: Anmol Srivastava, PradeepYammiyavar. Title: “Design of 2. Mr. Indresh Kumar Verma (PhD student) - Winner of multimodal instructional tutoring agents using Design Competition of Calender 2017 of IIT Guwahati, augmented reality and smart learning objects.” in organised by Public Relations Office, IIT Guwahati, 18th ACM International Conference on Multimodal Assam, India. Interaction, ACM, 2016. 3. 1st prize in CHI 2016 Student Design Challenge by Vikram Aditya, Suprabho Dhenki, Amarvaj Likhith, 2. ICoRD 2017Most Distinguished Paper, IIT Guwahati: Ajinkya Karale and Harmeet Singh. Ravi L., Sai Prasad Ojha and PradeepYammiyavar. Title: “A Matrix Framework Proposal for Evaluating Innovation 4. Travel grant for attending 18th ACM International Criteria of a Design Process Output During Product Conference on Multimodal Interaction in Japan ACM, Conceptualization”. In International Conference on 2016. Research into Design, IIT Guwahati, Assam. 5. Best Poster Award, Research Conclave 2017, IITG: Ravi Lingannavar, Pradeep Yammiyavar. STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS 6. Best Poster Award, Research Conclave 2016, IITG: Sai 1. Mr. AmareWibnehMengistu (PhD student) - Best Poster Prasad Ojha, Ravi Lingannavar, Pradeep Yammiyavar. Award (Departmental Category) at Research Conclave
FACULTY MEMBERS Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 01 Sharmistha - Assistant Design for sustainability, Boi-inspired design, Banarjee Professor Medical product Design 02 Utpal Barua IIT Guwahati Professor Graphic Design, Design drawing and Visualitation, (Head of the Visual design Principles and applications, Indian Department) Symbbology 03 Dr. Prasad Bokil IIT Bombay Assistant Visual language, Information design, Type design Professor Game design 04 Debkumar University Colleges Professor Ergonomics Research, Human Compatibility Factor, Chakrabarti of Science, Calcutta Designergonomics, Product Environment Interface Design, Occupational Health 05 Amarendra IIT Guwahati Professor Industrial Design, Rapid Protyping and tooling, Kumar Das Space Design, Environment Graphics, Design for Disabled 06 Supradip Das - Assistant Origami Inspired Product Development, Toy for Professor tomorrow, Paper Craft, Transformable furniture, Structural packaging design 07 Debayan Dhar IIT Guwahati Assistant (Joined on Professor 30.03.2017) 08 D. Udaya Kumar IIT Bombay Associate Topography, Type Design, Information Graphics, Professor Motion Graphics, Design Researce, Exibition Design, Architecture 09 Sheetal M. - Assistant Film & Video, Animation Graphic Design Gokhale Professor 10 Shareka Iqbal - Assistant Adaptive Resue, Solar Passive Architecture Professor 11 Pratul Kalita IIT Guwahati Assistant Design Management, Design Method, Design for Professor Development 12 Sougata Bharathiar Associate Ergonomics,Human Factor, Design and work Karmakar University Professor Environment, Design and Occupational health
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Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 13 Mriganka - Assistant Short Film, New Media theory, Video Art, Madhukailya Professor Documentary Film, Participatory Theory 14 Manoj Majhi - Assistant Animation, Special Eff ects, Cartooning Professor 15 Charu Monga - Assistant Visual communication, Design Research, professor Visual Ethnography,Film Making, Annimation, Gamedesign, Edutainment 16 Nanki Nath IIT Bombay Assistant Graphic Design, Typography, Content Professor development, Photography 17 Swati Pal University of Gujrat Assistant Ergo Design & Innovation, Physical Ergonomics, Professor Design 7 biomechanism, Occupational Health 18 Ravi Mokashi IIT Guwahati Professor Industrial Design, Space Design, Facility Design, Punekar Environmental Graphics, Design for disabled (Dean, Alumni and External Relations) 19 Swarooproy - Assistant Automobile Design,Concept design, Product Professor sketching and rendering 100 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 AND ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING AND ELECTRICAL DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS The Department at a Glance Year of Establishment: 1995 Academic Programmes Off ered: Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in o Electronics and Communication Engineering, o Electronics and Electrical Engineering Master of Technology (MTech) in (1) Signal Processing, (2) VLSI, (3) Power and Control, (4) Communication Engineering, (5) RF and Photonics Dual Degree [MS (Eng) + PhD] Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Total Faculty Strength: 41 • Professor: 12 • Associate Professor: 8 • Assistant Professor: 19 • Visiting Professor: 1 • Visiting Assistant Professor: 1 New Faculty Members Joined: 1 • Assistant Professor: 1 Total Student Strength: 864 BTech: 508 MTech: 125 PhD: 213 MS+PhD: 18 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 218 BTech: 114 MTech: 71 PhD: 25 MS+PhD: 8 101 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI LABORATORY FACILITIES Control theory, Relay Control Theory and Applications, The Department of EEE has 25 laboratories which are Mobile Robotics and Multi-Agent Systems, MEMS and SAW equipped with state-of-the-art equipment and software. Devices, Fractional Order Systems. Discrete Event Systems. These laboratories are used for both instructional purposes Laboratory infrastructure includes personal computers for and carrying out R&D activities in the various areas of research scholars and a number of experimental set-ups, interest. The list of laboratories presently functioning in the namely, Mobile Robot Platforms, Multi DOF manipulator, Department is as follows: Twin Rotor MIMO System, Inverted Pendulum Systems, Level Control System. Name of Labs 6. Control & Instrumentation Lab-II (Instructional): 1. Power System Lab (Instructional): The Power Systems The Control and Instrumentation Lab II is the instructional Laboratory is well-equipped with several experimental laboratory used for lab courses such as control and setups and several software packages for real time instrumentation lab (UG), and applied control lab (PG). The experiments. The facilities include overcurrent, under laboratory has work benches equipped with advanced test voltage and diff erential relays. The major equipments in the and measuring instruments like 200 MHz DSO, DDS function Power Systems Laboratory include the following: generator, 5½ digit DMM, multioutput DC power supply, and Relay Demonstration Setup: PC. The lab is equipped with large number of transducers • IDMT over current relay for measurement of physical quantities like temperature, • Instantaneous over current relay displacement, level, force and strain, in addition to PLC, process calibrator, hot chamber, coupled tank system, motor • IDMT under voltage relay speed control system and other facilities for instructional • Current tranformer laboratory. The students instruction is focused to learn the • Negative sequence relay design and implementation of signal conditioning circuits • Diff erential relay and controllers like PID. • High Voltage AC/DC/Impulse setup 7. System Simulation Lab (Instructional): The System List of Softwares: Simulation Laboratory is a fully computerized laboratory equipped with highly configured PCs and various • PSS/E computational and simulation software like Matlab 7.3, • PSCAD Borland C++, FPGA Advantage from Mentor Graphics, • DigSilent Xilinx’s ISE foundation, Zeland’s IE3D EM simulation SW, 2. Electrical Machine Lab (Instructional): The machine Altera’s Quartus webpack, Electronics Workbench, MicroSim lab is equipped with all kinds of AC and DC motors Design Lab (EDA software), Cadstar PCB Design, Elanix’s and generators required for undergraduate lab session Systemview, HP-Eesof, Hypersignal and Operating System (EE380) and research activities in the fi eld. For the better such as HP Unix, Sun Solaris, Redhat Enterprise Linux, understanding of control of various motors lab also has Microsoft windows 2003 and windows 2000/XP. braking and drive modules for some motors. 8. Embedded System Lab (Instructional): Microprocessors 3. Electronic Circuit Lab- I (Instructional) and Embedded Systems Laboratory provides students with hands-on experience with building, programming, testing, 4. Electronic Circuit Lab-II (Instructional): The Electronic and debugging processor based systems. For example, Circuits Lab – I & II mainly hold basic electronics lab for systems that students build may incorporate audio and fi rst year undergraduate students of all the departments. various input devices. It is an instructional laboratory. Lab The labs are equipped with large number of set ups each courses like Digital Signal Processors Lab, Digital Circuits containing cathode ray oscilloscope, function generator, and Microprocessors Lab and Embedded Systems Lab are digital multimeter, and multioutput DC power supply. held here. The labs are well-stocked with electronic components like resistors, capacitors, diodes, transistors, analog and digital 9. High Frequency Lab (Instructional + R&D): High ICs. Experiments performed in the lab cover hardware design Frequency Laboratory at EEE, IIT Guwahati is a research and implementation of basic circuits which include rectifi ers, cum teaching laboratory. Research works are carried out transistor characteristics, comparators, combinational logic in the area of antennas, computational electromagnetics circuits, synchronous and asynchronous counters, latches, and microwave engineering. Lab courses like Microwave and opamp circuits. Engineering Lab, Communication Lab, Design Lab, etc. are held in HF Lab. 5. Control & Instrumentation Lab-I (R&D): The Control and Instrumentation Laboratory I focuses on the research 10. Power & Control Lab (R&D): Research and Development and development activities related to Control Theory and Activities related to Power & Control areas are conducted Applications, Stochastic Systems, Robotics, Ultrasonic in this lab. Research Scholars, MTech/ Btech students and Instrumentation, Underwater Acoustics etc. Some of the Project Engineers working in these areas use this laboratory. current areas of interest include Robust and Adaptive 11. Communication and Networking Lab (R&D): Research 102 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 and Development Activities related to Communication & and image processing, speech signal processing, coding Networking areas are conducted in this lab. The Research and technology areas. Some of the current topics of interest Scholars, Mtech/ Btech students and Project Engineers include speech enhancement, speaker recognition, children working in these areas use this laboratory. speech recognition, speech synthesis, stressed speech 12. Multimedia Analytics Lab (R&D): This Laboratory processing, fundus image processing, ECG signal processing, was set up in the department of Electronics and Electrical biometrics and handwriting data processing. Engineering (EEE), Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) 20. Image Processing and Computer Vision Lab (R&D): Guwahati during July, 2013. The lab focuses on the research The ongoing major activities in the Image Processing and and development activities related to multi-modal (video, Computer Vision(IPCV) Laboratory include music signal speech and text) analytics and applications of machine processing, histopathology image processing, denoising, learning in vision and robotics. video processing, image superresolution, image forensic, 13. Communication Lab-I (R&D) computer vision, image hashing, Gesture Recognition and HCI 14. Communication Lab-II (R&D): Research Scholars working in diff erent communication related areas use this 21. Power Electronics Lab (Instructional): The lab has lab. started functioning from August 2015. It contains the major facilities required to perform undergraduate and 15. Image & Signal Processing Lab (R&D): Image postgraduate experiments related to power electronics. Processing is one of the prominent fi elds in signal processing In addition, design of power electronic hardware, area. Digital data in the form of an image is most common implementation of prototype and testing can be performed in mundane life and hence image processing is inevitable in in the lab. DSP and FPGA controllers for power electronics everyone’s life. The major areas of image processing which applications also can be tested. are of great interest in research in our laboratory are image compression, medical image processing, video processing, 22. HPC and FPGA Design Lab (R&D): High Performance pattern recognition etc. Computing and FPGA Lab (HPC and FPGA Lab) was established in 2012 at Department of Electronics and 16. VLSI Lab-I (R&D): VLSI design lab was setup in the year Electrical Engineering, IIT Guwahati with initial support from 2004 as an integral part of the department of Electronics and IIT Guwahati and Nvidia. The work at HPC & FPGA Lab is Electrical Engineering (EEE). Followed by commencement of focused towards exploring possibilities of high performance PG(M.Tech) and Ph.D. programme in the fi eld of VLSI design computing and FPGA based system design in various fi elds subsequently. related to Electrical Engineering and Scientifi c Computing Ever since its inscription the VLSI lab has constantly been in non-electrical engineering disciplines. upgraded to match with the technologies of the modern Our group’s mission is to carry out multidisciplinary research era. The VLSI library integrated with the lab helps the in reconfi gurable, parallel and distributed computing as a students, researchers and all enthusiasts to acquire all the basis for long-term partnership and collaboration amongst much needed concepts to deal with different practical industry, academia, and government; focus on research in experiments. The focus of this lab is widely spread towards advanced computer architectures, algorithms, networks and diff erent pros and cons of the entire upgrading VLSI domain. systems, both theoretical and applied; to carry out state-of- Development works at diff erent levels like semiconductor the-art research and development with collaborators with device simulation, circuits & system design and research in maximized synergy and pooled, leveraged resources. Being some recent trends like Biomedical signal processing has an educational institute, to enrich the education of high- extensively been carried out. quality students, has been the fi rst priority. In turn, focus 17. VLSI-ADSP & Communication Lab (R&D): The is to contribute knowledge and technologies in this fi eld. Department has set up a sophisticated DSP & Communication 23. MTech Project Lab: The lab has started functioning Laboratory with the state-of-the-art equipment from Analog from August 2016. This lab is specially designed for M.Tech Devices and Texas Instruments, and Real Time DSP Software student to perform experiments related to their M.Tech from Hyperception Inc. The Department has also received a project. donation from Analog Devices Inc. consisting of hardware kits and Visual DSP software. 24. BTech Project Lab: The lab has started functioning from August 2016. This lab is specially designed for B.Tech student 18. Signal Informatics Lab (R&D): Research and to perform experiments related to their B.Tech project. Development Activities related to Security & Document Processing areas are conducted here. The Research Scholars 25. Signal Processing Lab (R&D): The Lab has started and Project Engineers working in these areas use this functioning from 2016. Research and Development laboratory. Activities related to Speech Processing, Image Processing, Biometric Face Recognition, Music Signal Processing, 19. Electro-Medical & Speech Lab (R&D): The Lab was Machine Learning and Cleft Monitoring System areas are set up during 2004. The laboratory focuses on the research conducted here. The Research Scholars working in these and development activities related to biomedical signal areas use this laboratory. 103 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI EML: e-mobility lab: This is a new initiative for developing MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT state of the art technologies for electric vehicles (EVs). The Image Processing, Computer Vision, Speech Processing, areas of work in this lab are: Biomedical Signal and Image Processing, Multimedia Electric motor design Signal Processing; Microwave, Antenna Design, Wireless Power electronics converters of EVs Communication, Error Control Coding; Analog and Digital Inductive charging systems Design, MEMS, VLSI CAD, Photonics, Semiconductor Devices; Grid to vehicle interaction (G2V) Electrical Converters, Electric Drives, Smart Grids, Wind Vehicle powertrain control algorithms Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Photovoltaic, Power Electronics and Power Systems; Control Systems, Stochastic Systems, MAJOR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ACQUIRED: Relay Based Identifi cation and Auto tuning, Control Systems, 1 4 Channel Oscilloscope Control Theory Applications, Electrical machine design, 2 8085 Microprocessor Trainer Kit contactless charging system for EVs, Pattern Recognition, 3 Diff erential Probe (+)- 700V Machine Learning, Multimedia Analytics 4 Desktop PC 5 High Sensitivity Spectrometer MAJOR INITIATIVES AND BREAKTHROUGH IN RESEARCH 6 Dual Channel Soldering Station with accessories AND DEVELOPMENT 7 a) 20KVA Online UPS, Make: Eaton, Model: 93E Major initiatives b) 20KVA Three Phase Isolation Transformer, Make: Orion 8 a) DC Ammeter i. A prototype for contactless charging system for EVs. b) AC Ammeter ii. Development of a smart urban transportation system 9 CRIO-9030 CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED Name of National/ Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date Faculty International S. R. M. CDAC Workshop on Speech Technology Solutions NIT Silchar, 24-25 Feb National Prasanna for North Eastern states of India Assam 2017 S. R. M. Summer School on Applications of Source DAIICT Gujarat July 2016 National Prasanna Information in Speech Processing Tasks S. R. M. TENCON 2016 Singapore 22-25 Nov International Prasanna 2016 S. R. M. INTERSPEECH 2016 San Francisco, 8-12 Sep International Prasanna California, USA 2016 Rakhesh Singh 10th IEEE International Conference on Advanced IISc, Bangalore 6-9 Nov International Kshetrimayum Networks and Telecommunications Systems 2016 Suresh SPCOM 2016 IISc, Bangalore 12-15 Jun National Sundaram 2016 Hanumant S. 22nd International Symposium on Mathematicsl Minnesota, USA 12-15 Jul International Shekhawat Theory of Networks and Systems 2016 Smarajit Das IEEE International Symposium on Information Barcelona, Spain 10-15 Jul International Theory 2016 A. Rajesh SPCOM 2016 IISc, Bangalore 12-15 Jun National 2016 Praveen Kumar IEEE PES General Meeting 2016 Boston, USA 17-21 Jul International 2016 Probin Kr. Bora SPCOM 2016 IISc, Bangalore 12-15 Jun National 2016 Rohit Sinha INTERSPEECH 2016 San Francisco, 8-12 Sep International California, USA 2016 Probin Kr. Bora 9th International Symposium on Turbo Codes & Brest, France 5-9 Sep International Iterative Information Processing 2016 104 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Name of National/ Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date Faculty International Suresh international conference on frontiers in China 23-26 Oct International Sundaram handwriting recognition 2016 2016 S. K. Bose TENCON 201 6 Singapore 22-25 Nov International 2016 A. K. Gogoi TENCON 201 6 Singapore 22-25 Nov International 2016 R. K. Sonkar International Conference on Light and Light based Tezpur, Assam 26-28 Nov International Technologies 2016 N. Nallam Asia Pacifi c Microwave Conference New Delhi 5-9 Dec International 2016 P. Tripathy 19th National Power System Conference Bhubaneswar 19-21 Dec National 2016 S. R. Ahamed 30th International Conference on VLSI Design Hyderabad 7-11 Jan International 2017 R. K. Sonkar International Conference on Fiber Optics and IIT Kanpur 6-8 Dec International Photonics 2016 Indrani Kar Indian Control Conference 2017 IIT Guwahati, 4-6 Jan National Assam 2017 Prithwijit Guha Tenth Indian Conference on Computer Vision, IIT Guwahati 14-19 Dec National Graphics and Image Processing (ICVGIP 2016) 2016 Chandan IEEE Power and Energy Society General Meeting Boston, MA, 17-21 Jul International Kumar (PESGM) USA 2016 Chitralekha 2016 European Control Conference (ECC16) Aalborg, 29 Jun-1 International Mahanta Denmark Jul 2016 INVITED LECTURES OF FACULTY: IN INDIA, ABROAD Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty S. R. M. Signifi cance of vowel like regions for speech NITK Surathkal NITK 3 Feb 2017 Prasanna processing Surathkal S. R. M. Signifi cance of source information for speech NITK Surathkal NITK 4 Feb 2017 Prasanna processing Surathkal S. Dandapat WISP 2016 IIIT Hyderabad Hyderabad 24 Dec 2016 Sanjib Power distribution system planning and IIT Guwahati Guwahati, 27 May 2017 Ganguly optimization Assam Sanjib Planning of power distribution system and its NIT Meghalaya Shillong, 8 Mar 2017 Ganguly transition from passive to active Meghalaya Chitralekha Robust Control of a Robotic Manipulator using NIT Meghalaya Shillong, April 2016 Mahanta Sliding Mode Controller Meghalaya Rafi Ahamed Effi cient VLSI Architectures for Signal T. K. M. College of Kollam, 26 Sep 2016 Shaik ProcessingAlgorithms Engineering Kerala Rafi Ahamed Distributed Arithmetic based VLSI rchitectures L. B. R. College of Mylavaram, 31 Dec 2016 Shaik for SignalProcessing Algorithms Engineering Andhra Pradesh Rafi Ahamed Advanced DSP Architectures NIT Meghalaya Shillong, 8 Mar 2017 Shaik Meghalaya M. K. Bhuyan Image Transform and Its Applications NIT Silchar Silchar 14-18 Feb 2017 105 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty M. K. Bhuyan Image and Video Compression IIT Guwahati Guwahati 5-9 Sep 2016 K. Karthik Video Security: Methodologies and Constraints IIT Guwahati Guwahati 9 Sep 2016 Amit Sethi Deep learning in HPC – Using data to go far NVIDIA Mumbai 6 Dec 2016 beyond automation in pathology Amit Sethi Case studies in computational pathology Tata Memorial Mumbai 20 Jul 2016 Hospital Amit Sethi Evolution of Convolutional Neural Networks for Hacker Earth Online 5 Oct 2016 Image Recognition Amit Sethi Channel and Language Model for Spell Checkers IIT Madras / NPTEL Chennai Apr 2016 VISITORS FROM OTHER INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES/ORGANISATIONS / INVITED LECTURES Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Prof. Shihab University of Maryland, USA Invited Talk on How Neuromorphic Computing 18 Apr Shamma Inspires and Learns from Cognitive Neuroscience 2016 and Engineering Prof. Ian Reid Australian Centre of Excellence Plenary Talk: “Deep Learning meets Reconstruction 18-22 for Robotic Vision, University of and SLAM” in connection with ICVGIP 2016 Dec 2016 Adelaide Prof. C. V. Jawahar Centre for Visual Information Plenary Talk: “Beyond Indian Language OCRs: 18-22 Technology, IIIT Hyderabad Problems that Beckon in the Era of Deep Learning” Dec 2016 in connection with ICVGIP 2016 Prof. Kyoung Mu Computer Vision Lab, Seoul Plenary Talk: “Blind Dynamic Scene 18-22 Lee National University DeblurringTechniques” in connection with ICVGIP Dec 2016 2016 Prof. Vivek S. IIT Bombay Plenary Talk: Variations on the Theme of Gossip in 4-6 Jan Borkar connection with ICC-2017 2017 Dr. Sanjay P. Bhat Tata Consultancy Services Session Chair to "Variations on the Theme of Gossip” 4-6 Jan in connection with ICC-2017 2017 Prof. Atul G. Professor of Mechanical Session Chair: Linear and Nonlinear Control Theory” 4-6 Jan Kelkar Engineering Fellow, American in connection with ICC-2017 2017 Society of Mechanical Engineers Fellow, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Prof. Arun K. IIT Madras Session Chair: Identifi cation and Estimation in 4-6 Jan Tangirala connection with ICC-2017 2017 Dr. Shovan IIT Patna Chair: Observers in connection with ICC-2017 4-6 Jan Bhaumick 2017 Vijayalayan, R Math Works Industrial Plenary Talk: “The Impact of Model- 4-6 Jan Based Design on Controls Today and in Future” in 2017 connection with ICC-2017 Dr. Ramkrishna IIT Madras Session Chair to "Network Systems in Science and 4-6 Jan Pasumarthy Technology” in connection with ICC-2017 2017 Prof. Francesco University of California, Santa Plenary Talk: “Network Systems in Science and 4-6 Jan Bullo Barbara Technology” in connection with ICC-2017 2017 Prof. Arun K. IIT Madras Session Chair: Optimal Control and Optimization in 4-6 Jan Mahindrakar connection with ICC-2017 2017 106 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Dr. Jayesh Bharve GE Global Research Center Session Chair: Modeling and Simulation in 4-6 Jan connection with ICC-2017 2017 Prof. Hamsa Massachusetts Institute of Plenary Talk: “Dealing with Delays Or: How I Learned 4-6 Jan Balakrishnan Technology, USA to Stop Worrying and Love Air Travel” in connection 2017 with ICC-2017 Dr. Shaunak Sen IIT Delhi Session Chair, Consensus and Cooperation in 4-6 Jan connection with ICC-2017 2017 Dr. Ketan Detroja IIT Hyderabad Industrial Plenary Chair: “Controls and Optimization 4-6 Jan at GE: Some Overview andIndustrial Case Study” in 2017 connection with ICC-2017 Dr. Chiranjib Indian Space Research Session Chair: “Control Applications” in connection 4-6 Jan Guha Majumdar Organization, Bangalore with ICC-2017 2017 Prof. Murat Arcak University of California Berkeley Plenary Talk: “Exploiting System Structure for 4-6 Jan Berkeley Automated Control Synthesis” in connection with 2017 ICC-2017 Prof. Ganti Prasad Retd. Professor, Dept. EE, IIT Invited Talk: “Genesis, Genetics, And Life-Like 7-8 Feb Rao Kharagpur and President and CEO, Evolution Of Theworld Of Mathematics From Hindu 2017 Inventive Pathways-Management Zero And Number Concepts” and “Control Systems: Consultancy, Member, UNESCO- A Perspective” EOLSS Joint Committee SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES/SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED Name of Faculty Name of Sem./ International/ No. of (Convener/ Co- Funded By Date Wor./Con. National participants ordinator, etc.) General Chair: Prabin Tenth Indian IUPRAI, Oil India Ltd., DST, 18-22 National 200 K. Bora; Organizing Conference on Microsoft, NVIDIA, Google, Dec Conference Chairs: Prithwijit Computer Vision, QUALCOMM, MathWorks, 2016 Guha, Arijit Sur, Graphics and General Electric, TCS, Aditya Finance Chair: Amit Image Processing Imaging Information Sethi Technologies, Indian Oil Finance Chair: Indrani The Third IEEE Control Systems Society- 4-6 Jan National 150 Kar, IIT Guwahati Indian Control USA, General Electric-USA, 2017 Conference Conference MathWorks, SERB-DST-Govt. Of India Dr. Shaik Rafi Short Term Course TEQIP 5-9 Sep Short Term 35 Ahamed, Dr. M. K. on “Algorithms 2016 Course Bhuyan and Architectures for High Effi ciency Video Coding” Prof. S. R. M. Prasanna GIAN Course 26-30 Short Term “Advanced Dec Course Sinusoidal 2016 Modelling and its Applications” PATENTS Sl. No. Name of Faculty and Co-Researcher Name Date Applied/ Granted Application No. 1 L. N. Sharma 3-D SEISMOGLOT- 2016 201631036440 TOGRAM 107 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI AWARDS AND HONOURS f) Bidisha Sharma, guided by Prof. S.R.M. Prasanna, secured ISCA partial student travel grant to attend Interspeech Prof. Rakhesh Singh Kshetrimayum 2017 Conference at San Francisco, USA. Best Work-in-Progress, IEEE International Conference on g) Tousif Khan N, guided by Prof. Chitralekha Mahanta, Accessibility to Digital World, 2016 secured SERB, DST travel grant to attend IEEE Conference on Power and Energy at University of Illinois, USA. STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS: a) Ruchika Verma, guided by Dr. Amit Sethi and Prof. P K SPECIAL MENTION Bora, secured IEEE Signal Processing Society Travel Grant a) Dr. Amit Sethi was one of the fi ve fi nalists for NVIDIA to attend IEEE ICIP. Global Impact Award. b) Neeraj Kumar, guided by Dr. Amit Sethi, secured US NIH R25 grant to pursue post-doctoral at University of Illinois b) Dr. Amit Sethi has been approached by NVIDIA for at Chicago. a case study on the use of NVIDIA GPUs for research in computational pathology. c) Saurabh Pandey, guided by Prof. Somanath Majhi, secured DST travel grant to attend 55th IEEE Conference c) Dr. Amit Sethi has been approached by Amazon Web on Decision and Control 2016 at Las Vegas, USA. Services for a case study on the use of their cloud computing d) Rohan Kr. Das, guided by Prof. S.R.M. Prasanna, secured credits for research in computational pathology. SERB, DST travel grant to attend Interspeech 2017 d) A team comprised of Dileep Munugoti, Chaitanya Reddy, Conference at San Francisco, USA. Vamsi Tallam, Abhishek Vahadane, and Dr. Amit Sethi won e) Rohan Kr. Das, guided by Prof. S.R.M. Prasanna, secured the top position in automatic breast cancer HER2-positivity ISCA partial student travel grant to attend Interspeech scoring contest organized by University of Warwick in May 2017 Conference at San Francisco, USA. 2016. FACULTY MEMBERS Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 1 Adda Ravindranath IIT Kanpur Assistant Power Electronics, Distributed Generation and Power Professor Quality 2 Ahamed Shaik Rafi IIT Kharagpur Associate Adaptive Signal Processing, Mobile Communications, Professor VLSI Signal Processing, Biomedical Signal Processing 3 Bhattacharjee Jadavpur Professor Electromagnetics, Microstrip Antennas, Microwave Ratnajit University Engineering, Wireless Communication 4 Bhuyan M. K. IIT Guwahati Associate Image and Video Processing, Computer Vision, Pattern Professor Recognition and Human Computer Interactions (HCI) 5 Bora Prabin Kumar IISc Bangalore Professor Image Processing and Computer Vision (Deputy Director) 6 Bose Sanjay Kumar Stony Brook, Professor Modeling, Simulation and Analysis of Communication USA Networks 7 Chatterjee Amitabh University of Visiting Devices California Assistant Professor 8 Chouhan Sonali IIT Delhi Assistant Wireless Sensor Networks, Coding Theory, Wireless Professor Communications 9 Dandapat IIT Kanpur Professor Signal Processing, Speech Processing, Biomedical Signal Samarendra & Image Processing, Biomedical Instrumentation 10 Das Smarajit IISc Bangalore Assistant Information theory, Error correcting codes Professor 11 Dhaka Kalpana IIT Delhi Assistant Cooperative Communication, Multi-hope relaying Professor systems, Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless communication system, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR Physical and MAC layer 108 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 12 Ganguly Sanjib IIT Kharagpur Assistant Power distribution system planning and optimization, Professor Distributed generation, Custom power devices, Evolutionary algorithms, Multi-objective optimization 13 Gogoi Anup Kumar IIT Kanpur Professor Electro Magnetics, Microwave Engineering, RF circuits, System Design 14 Guha Prithwijit IIT Kanpur Assistant Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics Professor 15 Jacob Tony IIT Kanpur Assistant Statistical Signal Processing and Information Theory Professor 16 Kar Indrani IIT Kanpur Associate Control Theory and Applications, Soft Computing Professor Applications, Neural Network Based Adaptive Control, Applications of Fuzzy Logic and Neural Networks in Nonlinear Control, Kinematic and Dynamic Control of Robot Manipulators 17 Karthik Kannan University of Associate Privacy Preserving Authentication and Multimedia Toronto Professor Searches, Fine Grained Access Control, Image and Audio Comparisons in lower-dimensional Spaces, Blind Image Forensics and Image Phylogeny 18 Krishnaswamy IIT Bombay Assistant Control Systems, Cryptography Srinivasan Professor 19 Kumar Chandan IIT Madras Assistant Smart Transformer Application in Power System, Grid Professor Connected Converters and Microgrid, Power Quality Improvement using STATCOM, DVR, UPQC, Predictive Control of Power Converters, Parallel Operation of Voltage Source Converters 20 Kumar Praveen Delft University Associate Optimisation of electrical motors and drives, Algorithm of Technology, Professor development for Multi-objective optimisation and The multicriteria decision making in engineering systems, Netherlands Simulation and design of electrical motors and actuators using Finite Element Methods (FEM), Analytical modeling of electrical motors for rapid simulation, Simulation and Analysis of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles 21 Mahanta Anil IIT Delhi Visiting Digital Signal Processing, High-speed VLSI structures for Professor Signal Processing & Communication 22 Mahanta IIT Delhi Professor Control System Theory and Applications, Control of Chitralekha Nonlinear Uncertain Systems, Artifi cial Intelligence (Head of the based Control, Identifi cation and Control of Nonlinear Department) Systems 23 Majhi Somanath University Professor Relay Based Identifi cation and Auto tuning, Control of Sussex, Systems, Control Theory Applications Brighton, UK 24 Mallajosyula Arun IIT Kanpur Assistant Photovoltaics, Large Area Electronics, Organic and Tej Professor Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Semiconductor Devices and Layered 2D Materials 25 Nallam Nagarjuna IIT Delhi Assistant Analog and RF integrated circuits Professor 26 Nath Shabari University of Assistant Power Electronics, Application of Power Electronics to Minnesota Professor Power Systems. 109 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 27 Nayak Sisir Kumar IISc Bangalore Associate Nanofl uid for transformer, Metamaterial enhanced WPT, Professor PV integration with grid 28 Nemade Harshal B. IIT Bombay Professor Electronic Instrumentation, Systems Design, Ultrasonic Instrumentation, Non-destructive testing, Electronic product design, EMI/EMC issues, Acoustic sensors, Under- water acoustics, Surface acoustic wave devices, MEMS 29 Palathinkal Roy IIT Madras Professor VLSI and MEMS Paily 30 Prasanna S. R. IIT Madras Professor Speech and Signal Processing Mahadeva (Dean, Research and Development) 31 Rai Brijesh Kumar IIT Bombay Assistant Communication Systems, Coding Theory Professor 32 Rajesh Alentallil IIT Kanpur Associate Coding and Modulation Techniques Professor 33 Sahambi J. S. (On lien IIT Delhi Associate Digital Signal Processing, Wavelets, Microprocessors to IIT Ropar) Professor, 34 Sekhawat University of Assistant System Theory, Applied Mathematics & Signal Hanumant Singh Twente, The Professor Processing Netherlands 35 Sethi Amit Illinois, UIUC Associate Computer Vision, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition, Professor Image Processing, Visual Perception 36 Shrestha Govinda Virginia Visiting Power Markets and Economics, Renewable Energy Bol (Released on July Polytechnic Professor Sources – Photovoltaic systems, Wind Generation 2016) Institute & State Systems, Generation and Transmission Planning Power University, USA System Analysis, Operation and Planning, Optimization and Uncertainty Techniques 37 Singh NTU Singapore Professor Electromagnetic Band Gap, Filters, Metamaterials, Kshetrimayum Computational Electromagnetics and Periodic Structures Rakesh 38 Sinha Rohit IIT Kanpur Professor Speech and Audio Processing, Speech Recognition, Signal Processing 39 Sonkar Ramesh IIT Kanpur Assistant Optoelectronics Device Characterization and fabrication, Kumar Professor Microelectronics and III-V Compound Semiconductors, Photonics Integrated Circuits, Integrated Optics Fiber Optics Communication 40 Sundaram Suresh IIScBangalore Assistant Pattern Recognition, Image / Video Processing and Professor Computer Vision 41 Tripathy Praveen IIT Kanpur Assistant Power system dynamics and stability studies, Wide Area Professor Monitoring and Control of Power System, Optimal power dispatch and state estimation, Security analysis and control, Energy management system and distribution automation 42 Trivedi Gaurav IIT Bombay Assistant Circuit Simulation (Analog & Digital) and VLSI CAD, High Professor Performance Computing, Computational Biology and Solar Photovoltaics 110 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES The Department at a Glance Year of Establishment: 1998 Academic Programmes Off ered: Master of Arts (MA) in o Development Studies Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Total Faculty Strength: 28 • Professor: 7 • Associate Professor: 11 • Assistant Professor: 9 • Visiting Professor: 1 New Faculty Members Joined: 1 • Visiting Professor: 1 Total Student Strength: 158 MA: 49 PhD: 109 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 38 MA: 27 PhD: 11 111 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI LABORATORY FACILITIES English and Indian literature, Linguistics, Economics, Psychology, Philosophy, Political Science, Archeology, Language-Cognition Lab: The lab is engaged in research in Sociology and History. Faculties and doctoral students language from a cognitive science perspective. We explore pursuing research within these disciplines have been the relationship of human language with cognition, with engaged in teaching and research. Major areas of research culture as a possible third angle through studies of language include Dalit literature, Marathi literature, North-Eastern processing in various domains. Archeology and Heritage Management, Common Wealth Phonetics and Phonology Lab:Research on language and Literature, Aesthetics, Cultural Studies, Ecocritism and speech is an exciting area encompassing research in the Translations, Development Economics, Industrial Economics, fields of language technologies and human-computer Labour Economics, Phenomenology and Cognitive Science, interfaces in a way which can be employed to various ends Phenomenology and Religion, Ethical Issues related ranging from language learning of intelligent systems to to Science and Technology, Organizational Behaviour, the learning capabilities of humans. To fulfi ll these ends Human Resource Management, Social/Environmental this lab would like to start a modern academic research Psychology, I-O Psychology, Literary and Cultural Theory, lab which is focused on the way speech is produced and Microeconomics, Agricultural Economics, Environmental comprehended. The lab will be involved with experimental Economics, Econometrics, Philosophy of Technology, investigations of speech processes and their acquisition. Applied Philosophy, Peace Studies, Critical Thinking, Applied Topics include: articulatory movements, measurements of Ethics, Philosophy of Education, Phonological theory with pressures and airfl ows in speech production, computer- special interest in Optimality Theory, vowel harmony, aided waveform analysis and spectral analysis of speech, Experimental approaches to Phonology and its acquisition, perception and discrimination of speechlike sounds, Social & Environmental History of Assam, Sociology speech prosody, models for speech recognition, speech of Science, Historical Sociology, Cognitive linguistics, disorders, and language acquisition. This laboratory will Endangered and lesser known languages, Language also play an important role in recording and archiving the typology, Sociolinguistics, Sleep and Information Processing, languages of the North-East. Apart from that, the facilities Macroeconomics, Applied Game Theory, Sociology of in this laboratory will also promote advanced research on Gender, Sociology of Law, Sociology of Communication, languages of the region. Socio-economic understanding of climate risk and resilience, Urban Living and Sustainable cities, Development The Sleep & Cognition Lab is a specialized lab where Economics, Informal Sector, Issues in Food Security and research work in the area of cognition and sleep is Social Security, Economics of Education, Identity issues of being carried out. The present project is funded by ethnic minorities, local governance, development policies, the department of science and technology, GOI.This social movements, ethnic violence and confl ict prevention, lab has few specialized equipmentssuch as 40 channel Health and Clinical Psychology, Phonetics, Phonology, Nihon-Khodenpolysomnography system, 32 channel Acoustic Phonetics, Tibeto-Burman tones, Psychoacoustics, active electrode, EEG/ERP systemand DC current brain Perception, Public Economics, Dynamic Economic Theory, stimulatorfor designing experiment. Christianity, conversion, ethnic violence, kinship and family, Psychology Lab: Psychology laboratory is also used for urban issues, Socio-economic history. conducting experiments in the area of social psychology and organizational psychology on regular basis by faculty MAJOR INITIATIVES AND BREAKTHROUGH IN RESEARCH and research scholars. Psychology lab has already initiated AND DEVELOPMENT the process of procuring various instruments, which will be Graduate Research Meet: The Graduate Research Meet used for conducting lab sessions for under-graduate courses brought together a diverse range of interdisciplinary in Psychology. researchers and off ered a platform to showcase innovative and cutting-edge research in the humanities and social MAJOR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ACQUIRED: sciences. The event was organized by the PhD scholars of the i. Portable Scanner Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), Indian ii. Inventory Management System Institute of Technology Guwahati. The primary objective iii. Professional Video Camera of the GRM was to highlight the interdisciplinarity and iv. Printer, UPS signifi cance of recent research in the humanities and social v. Camera for Archaeology lab sciences. It explored the varied and complex methodology vi. 2 Projectors which underpins such research. The Meet offered an vii. PC 4 noes excellent opportunity for doctoral students to present their fi ndings and work-in-progress and receive valuable feedback MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: from peers and experts alike. The faculties in the HSS department carry out research in Last year we had the third edition of GRM was conducted several fi elds of humanities and social sciences. This includes by Dept. of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Guwahati 112 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 from October 20th to 22nd 2016. The key note speaker for programme, introduced in May 2000, for teachers and the GRM 2016 was Dr. SrinathRaghavan, Centre for Policy students at undergraduate and master’s level of higher Research. He delivered a lecture on “War and Social Change education and aims at strengthening co-operation between in India” institutions of higher education in Sweden and developing We received167 abstracts from research scholars from countries and thereby increasing global contacts in the various universities across India and 85 abstracts were world of higher education. The programme is administered selected. The themes of the various panels wereTechnology by the International Programme Office for Education and Society; Trade Transaction and State Formation; Identity and Training and fi nanced by Sida, Swedish International and Violence; Transitions in cultural Practices; Dams and Development Co-operation Agency. Social Movements; Education and Children; Gender Violence Linnaeus scholarships are meant for outbound Swedish and Law; Caste Community and Institutions; Religion and participants abroad with partner institutions and Palme Identity; International Trade and Finance; Performance, scholarships are for foreign participants to study under Gender and Identity; Tribes and Transformation; Interrogating exchange with Swedish Institutions of higher learning. The the Nation; Agriculture and Environment; Media and underlying idea is mutual co-operation between institutions Representation; Literary Re-enactment; Networks, Nature of higher education will enrich the countries involved and and the Quest for Well Being; Identity, Labour and Migration; provide a basis for broader partnerships between them. State and Law in NE India; Negotiating the Urban; Political The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, IIT Parties and Identity Politics. Guwahati in collaboration with the Department of Human Faculties from Guwahati University, Tata Institute of Social Geography and Ecology Division, Lund University, Sweden Sciences (TISS) Guwahati, Omiya Kumar Das Institute (OKD), received the said grant for one year starting with January, ICHR, Guwahati and Dept. of HSS, IITG chaired the various 2017. Already two students from Lund University are panels and also performed as discussants to the papers pursuing one semester course in our department. Also presented. The papers presented were circulated earlier faculty members from Lund University spend three weeks in among the chairs so that an engaged interactions could the department in teaching and seminars in January, 2017. be carried out and well thought out comments could be Two of our Masters students will be studying one semester provided on each paper. Students from these universities in Lund University during Fall, 2017 and a faculty member of and institutes also attended the sessions. the department will be visiting Lund University for 3 weeks Linnaeus-Palme: Linnaeus-Palme is a Swedish exchange under the exchange programme. CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED Name of Fac- National/ Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date ulty International Sawmya Ray Domestic Abuse and Violence, 13th Prague 5-7 May International Global Meeting 2016 Sawmya Ray 3rd International Sociological Associa- Vienna 11-14 Jun International tion, Forum of Sociology 2016 Ngamjahao 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology Austria 10-14 Jul International Kipgen 2016 Ngamjahao Development, Dispossession and Resis- Rourkela 15-16 Nov National Kipgen tance 2016 Priyankoo Speech Technology Solutions for North NIT Silchar 24-25 Feb National Sarmah Eastern states of India (STeSNE)-2017 2017 Priyankoo Three-day intensive workshop on Delhi University 2-4 Mar National Sarmah Acoustic Phonetics 2017 John Thomas Anthropological Histories and Tribal Shimla 27-29 Mar National Worlds in India 2017 John Thomas Writing Down to Writing Up: The Art and Alwaye 16-21 Jan Craft of Historical Research 2017 Saundarjya National Seminar on Foreign Trade a Shillong 1-2 Apr National Borbora Strategy for economic growth of the 2016 North Eastern Region 113 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Name of Fac- National/ Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date ulty International Saundarjya Solid Wastes: Their Mitigation and Man- Jamugurihat 2-3 Sep National Borbora agement in Urban Centers in India 2016 Sambit Mallick Technologies for Development: From EPFL, Lausanne, Switzer- 2-4 May International Innovation to Social Impact land 2016 Sambit Mallick 3rd ISA Forum of Sociology University of Vienna, Vi- 10-14 Jul International enna, Austria 2016 Sambit Mallick 14th Triple Helix Conference on Triple Heidelberg, Germany 25-27 Sep International Helix Models of Innovation: Addressing 2016 Ecosystem Challenges Sambit Mallick 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for Centre for the Study of the 11-14 Oct International the Study of New and Emerging Tech- Sciences and the Humani- 2016 nologies ties, University of Bergen, Norway Sambit Mallick Development, Dispossession and Resis- National Institute of Tech- 14-15 Nov National tance nology Rourkela 2016 Sambit Mallick 42nd All India Sociological Conference Tezpur University 27-30 Dec National 2016 Sambit Mallick Globalisation and India’s Innovation Mahatma Gandhi Univer- 4-6 Feb International Systems: A Creative Destruction sity, Kottayam, Kerala 2017 Archana Barua Re-construction of Indian Philosophical Goa 28-30 Jan International framework: Quest for decoding meaning 2017 Archana Barua The Tribes of North East India: Exploring Delhi 28-30 Jan National Identities, Culture, Politics and Philoso- 2017 phy Debapriya UGC Sponsored Two Day International Cooch Behar 7-8 Apr National Basu Seminar on Contemporary Trends in 2016 Humanities And Social Sciences Debapriya Digital Humanities: Perspectives and Goa 9 Sep 2016 National Basu Challenges Debapriya International Workshop on Archiving Kolkata 29 Nov National Basu and Textual Computing 2016 Nachiketa 31st International Congress of Psychol- Yokohama, Japan 24-29 Jul International Tripathi ogy 2016 Nachiketa 26th Annual Conference of the National Chennai 29-31 Dec National Tripathi Academy of Psychology 2016 Nachiketa Academy of International Business (In- Indore 21-23 Apr National Tripathi dia) Conference 2016 Dilwar Hussain International Conference on Well-being Singapore 31 Oct - 1 International Nov 2016 Dilwar Hussain 4th International Conference on North- Gangtok, Sikkim 24-26 Nov International East India: Re-framing India’s North-East. 2016 Dilwar Hussain 26th Annual Conference of National Chennai 29-31 Dec National Academy of Psychology, India. 2016 Rajshree Bede- Prosperity, Equality and Sustainability: Per- Indian International Centre, 1-3 Jun International matta spectives and Policies for a Better World New Delhi 2016 Bidisha Som Language and Perception international Norway 13-16 Jun International Conference 2016 114 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Name of Fac- National/ Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date ulty International Bidisha Som 22nd Architectures and Mechanisms for Bilbao, Spain 1-3 Sep International Language Processing conference 2016 Bidisha Som ICOLSI Guwahati 10-12 Dec International 2016 Bidisha Som Current trends in Figurative language Tubingen, Germany 6-8 Dec International 2016 Mithilesh Ku- Reimagining South Asia: An Exploration Delhi 17-18 Feb National mar Jha into the History of Ideas 2017 Mithilesh Ku- The 19th International Conference on Aarhus, Denmark 14-16 Sep International mar Jha Conceptual History on Key Concepts in 2016 Times of Crisis Mithilesh Ku- 22nd Himalayan Language Symposium Guwahati 8-10 Jun International mar Jha 2016 Anamika Barua Planetary Security Conference The Hague International Anamika Barua The International River Symposium New Delhi International Anamika Barua Mainstreaming ecosystem services into Geneva International countrys sectoral and macroeconomic policies and programmes Avishek Parui International Society for the Study of Lexington, Kentucky 23-26 Mar International Narratives Annual Conference 2017 Avishek Parui English, Diaspora and Indian Literatures Hyderabad 6 Mar 2017 National Avishek Parui Revisiting Partition Conference IIT Guwahati 9-11 Feb National 2017 Rohini Punekar Violets in a Crucible: Translation in the Grenoble, France 22-24 Jun International 19th century 2016 Rohini Punekar Translating Disability Across Cultures New Delhi 14-16 Sep International 2016 Sukanya Oral Traditions: Continuity and Trans- Shillong 1-2 Feb International Sharma formations, with a focus on North East 2016 India and South East Sukanya SAA 81st Annual Meeting at Orlando, FL Orlando, Florida 6-10 Apr International Sharma 2016 Sukanya Rural Research Methodology Guwahati 26 Jul 2016 National Sharma Sukanya 22nd Himalayan Language Symposium Guwahati 9 Jun 2016 National Sharma Sukanya Rock Art of Northeast India: Method- Tura 5-6 Oct National Sharma ological And Technological Issues 2016 Venkataraman Reciprocity in a Pluralistic World China 29-30 Jun International Prabhu 2016 Venkataraman Moral Responsibility and Humanity China 2-3 Jul 2016 International Prabhu Mrinal Kanti Solid Wastes: Their Mitigation and Man- Jamugurihat, Sonitpur 2-3 Sep National Dutta agement in Urban Centres in India 2016 Mrinal Kanti Dynamics of Saving Behaviour in India Margherita, Tinsukia 5-6 Oct National Dutta and Development 2016 115 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Name of Fac- National/ Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date ulty International Mrinal Kanti Short Term Course in Socio-Economic Gauhati University 14-20 Nov National Dutta Transition in NE India 2016 Mrinal Kanti Indian Society of Labour Economics Guwahati 24-26 Nov National Dutta 2016 Mrinal Kanti Indian Econometric Society Bhubaneswar 22-24 Dec National Dutta 2016 Mrinal Kanti Environmental Awareness: Issues, Con- Nalbari 11-12 Aug National Dutta cerns and Challenges 2016 Arupjyoti Assam: textile transmission and the London 8-9 Jul 2016 International Saikia performance of dance Arupjyoti Suryya Kumar Bhuyan and the Art of New Delhi 19 Aug National Saikia History Writing in Modern India 2016 Arupjyoti Disastrous Pasts: New Directions in Asian Singapore 21-22 Nov International Saikia Disaster History 2016 Arupjyoti Indo-China Corridor London 11-12 May International Saikia 2016 Arupjyoti Elephant Conference, Bangalore Bangalore 4-6 Apr International Saikia 2016 Arupjyoti Asia in Motion-Association of Asian Kyoto, Japan 24-27 Jun International Saikia Studies 2016 Hiranya Kumar The 86th Annual Meetings of Southern Washington, D. C., USA 19-21 Nov International Nath Economic Association 2016 Hiranya Kumar The 3rd SBI Banking & Economics Con- Mumbai, Maharashtra 26-27 Sep National Nath clave 2016 Das, Liza IACLALS Annual Conference, Location, 15-17 Feb National Identity, Solidarity – Hegemonic Forma- 2017 tions and Contestations Das, Liza Revisiting Partition: concepts, dynamics 9-11 Feb National and manifestations 2017 Shakuntala Speech Prosody, Boston University 31 May - 3 International Mahanta Jun 2016 Shakuntala Tonal Aspects of Language, Buff alo, New 24-27 May International Mahanta York 2016 Shakuntala Second Language Approaches to 18-19 Nov International Mahanta Prosody 2016 INVITED LECTURES OF FACULTY: IN INDIA, ABROAD Name of Name of Lecture / Talk Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty Sawmya Ray Family, Gender and Domestic Violence in India Tripura Central University Agartala 1 Mar 2016 Sawmya Ray Traffi cking of Women and Girls into Tripura Central University Agartala 2 Sep Commercial Sexual Exploitation in Assam 2016 Sawmya Ray To Violate with Impunity: Everyday Gauhati University Guwahati 29 Aug Constructions of Sexual Violence ( Refresher - 18 Sep Course in Womens Studies & Contemporary 2016 Issues) 116 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Name of Name of Lecture / Talk Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty Ngamjahao Livelihood and Agriculture ( Earthquakes Manipur Central University, Imphal 9-12 Kipgen and Landslides: Challenges of Disaster Imphal, Manipur Apr Management in Four North Eastern States) 2016 John Thomas From the Tree to the Temple: Recasting North Eastern Social Guwahati 19-22 Religion as Identity in North-East India ( Research Centre, Guwahati Jan Changes and Continuities in the Religious & Department of Estonian 2017 Landscape of Northeast India) and Comparative Folklore, Un John Thomas Oral History and the Limits of Memory ( Centre for Karbi Studies Diphu 15 Mar Researching Karbi Oral History) 2017 Saundarjya Population Growth and Economic NEHU Shillong 17 Sep Borbora Development: Causes, Consequences, and 2016 Controversies Saundarjya Population Policies : Introduction, Brief NEHU Shillong 17 Sep Borbora Historical overview and Development 2016 Interrelations Sambit Modernity from the Margins JamiaMillia Islamia New Delhi 7 Apr Mallick 2016 Sambit Science, Technology and Society: Cultural and National Institute of Science Bhu- 20 Dec Mallick Ideological Construal Education and Research baneswar 2016 Sambit Intellectual Property Rights in Science in India National Institute of Science Bhu- 21 Dec Mallick Education and Research baneswar 2016 Sambit Science and Modernity Tezpur University Assam 28 Dec Mallick 2016 Sambit Resistance to and Accommodation of the Indian Institute of Patna 10 Feb Mallick Product Patent Regime: A Study of Changing Technology Patna 2017 Scientifi c Practic Archana Medical Ethics ( World Philosophy Day) KBVS & AS University Nalbari, 17 Feb Barua Assam 2017 Debapriya Women Edit Women: Feminist Scholarly IIT Guwahati Guwahati 27 May Basu Editing in the Digital World ( HSS Seminar 2016 Series) Debapriya Desiring Women Editing: Computations Acharya BrajendraNath Seal Cooch Behar 5 Sep Basu of Female Literary Scholarship ( Dr. S. College 2016 Radhakrishnan Memorial Lecture) Avishek Parui Masculinity, Monstrosity and Aff ect: A Study Hyderabad Central Hyderabad 9 Mar of Dracula and Dorian Gray (DSA-II Visiting University 2017 Fellow Lectures) Avishek Parui Memory, Fantasy and Forgetting in Literature Hyderabad Central Hyderabad 8 Mar (DSA-II Visiting Fellow Lectures) University 2017 Avishek Parui Language, Literature and Diaspora: An Hyderabad Central Hyderabad 7 Mar Introduction (DSA-II Visiting Fellow Lectures) University 2017 Avishek Parui Memory Masculinity and War Trauma: A Case IIT Hyderabad Hyderabad 24 Jan Study of Mrs. Dalloway and Regeneration 2017 trilogy ( Medical Humanities Course) Avishek Parui Violence, Aff ect and Healing: A Case Study of IIT Hyderabad Hyderabad 25 Jan Ian McEwans Saturday ( Medical Humanities 2017 Course) 117 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Name of Name of Lecture / Talk Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty Avishek Parui Literature, Memory and the Storytelling Self Jadavpur University Kolkata 21 Nov 2016 Avishek Parui The Postmodern Postcolonial English and Foreign Hyderabad 4 Nov Languages University 2016 Avishek Parui Memory, History and the Postmodern English and Foreign Hyderabad 3 Nov Condition Languages University 2016 Avishek Parui Memory, Storytelling and Agency: Through English and Foreign Hyderabad 2 Nov the Literary Glass Languages University 2016 Avishek Parui Masculinity, Aff ect and Agency English and Foreign Hyderabad 1 Nov Languages University, 2016 Hyderabad Sukanya Ceramivs of Ancient Assam Centre for Archaeological Kolkata 4-5 Jul Sharma Studies and Training Eastern 2016 India Sukanya Antiquity of Pragjyotisha- Kamrupa on the Assam State Museum Guwahati 22 Jan Sharma Basis of Ambari Finds 2016 Arupjyoti An Economic History of Assam after 1947: The The Sasakawa Peace Tokoyo, 27 Jun Saikia Long Term Trends Foundation Japan 2016 Hiranya Economic Development of Assam: Myths and Mangaldoi College Mangaldoi, 11Mar Kumar Nath Realities ( Purandar Sarma Memorial Lecture) Assam 2017 Hiranya New Global Realities and Management UGC-Human Resource Guwahati, 22 Feb Kumar Nath Challenges ( Refresher Course in Business Development Centre, Assam 2017 Studies) Gauhati University Hiranya Information and Communications Technology Indian Institute of Udaipur, 24 Mar Kumar Nath (ICT) and Services Trade Management Rajasthan 2017 Hiranya ICT Infrastructure and Eco-Sensitive Urban Indian Institute of Kolkata, 6-7 Jan Kumar Nath Development (International Symposium Technology Kharagpur West Bengal 2017 on Water Urbanism and Infrastructure Development) Hiranya Information and Communications Technology North Eastern Economic Guwahati, 16-17 Kumar Nath (ICT) and Services Trade (The 18th Annual Association Assam Dec Conference of North Eastern Economic 2016 Association) Hiranya Research and Innovation in An Indian Rajiv Gandhi University Doimukh, 11 Nov Kumar Nath University (Workshop on the Research Arunachal 2016 and Innovation: A Catalyst for Growth of a Pradesh University) Hiranya India’s Look/Act East Policy and the Northeast Assam University Silchar, 8-9 Nov Kumar Nath Region (International Seminar on Economic Assam 2016 Dependence of Northeast India and Its Bordering Nations) Hiranya New Global Realities and Management Guwahati College Guwahati, 27 Oct Kumar Nath Challenges Assam 2016 Hiranya Information and Communications Technology Indian Institute of Kharagpur, 21 Oct Kumar Nath (ICT) and International Trade Technology West Bengal 2016 Hiranya New Global Realities and Management Gauhati Commerce College Guwahati, 22 Sep Kumar Nath Challenges Assam 2016 118 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Name of Name of Lecture / Talk Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty Hiranya The Information Services Economy SB Deorah College Guwahati, 9 Sep Kumar Nath Assam 2016 Hiranya The Information Services Economy Cotton College Guwahati, 9 Sep Kumar Nath Assam 2016 Hiranya Infl ation, Infl ation Targeting and Monetary Tyagbir Hem Baruah Jamugurihat, 3 Sep Kumar Nath Policy (National Seminar on Solid Wastes: Their College Assam 2016 Mitigation and Management in Urban Centres in India) Shakuntala University of North Texas Linguistics University of North Texas USA 28 Apr Mahanta Colloquium series (Nasal Assimilation in Deori) 2016 Shakuntala Eleventh Students' Conference Of Linguistics School of Languages Kolkata 28 Jan Mahanta In India (Sconli-11) Keynote address, and Linguistics, Jadavpur 2017 Intonation and Prosody in South Asian University Languages Shakuntala International Conference on Natural Language IIT BHU 28 Dev Mahanta Processing (Status of women in science) 2016 VISITORS FROM OTHER INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES/ORGANIZATIONS/INVITED LECTURES: Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Dr. Manjil Hazarika Assistant Professor, Department of Archaeology in Northeast India: Looking 6 Apr Archaeology, Cotton College State Beyond ‘Ambari’ 2016 University, Guwahati Dr. Kuntala Lahiri- Senior Fellow, Resource, Environment and Extractive peasants: Reframing the 3 Jun Dutt Development (RE&D) Program, Australian debate on informal mining 2016 National University, Canberra Prof. Pramod Professor, Department of Archaeology, Importance of Sciences in Archaeology 20 Jun Joglekar Deccan College, Pune 2016 Prof. Ankhi Professor, English and World Literatures, Slums and the Postcolonial Uncanny 4 Aug Mukherjee Oxford University 2016 Prof. Mahfooz A. International Management and Human LEADER-MEMBER EXCHANGE (LMX): 8 Aug Ansari Resources Management & Organizational Challenges and Opportunities for Future 2016 Studies, University of Lethbridge, Alberta Research Prof. Rohan D'Souza Graduate School of African and Asian Area Politics at the Boiling Point: South 22 Aug Studies, Kyoto University, Kyoto Asian Environmental History and 2016 theAnthropocene Prof. Surender Department of Economics, University of Voluntary Environmental Programs: 26 Sep Kumar Delhi Drivers and Market Implications 2016 Dr. Nirupam Bajpai Senior Advisor, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Development: A Global 27 Jul Center for Sustainable Development, Earth Need of the Hour 2016 Institute, Columbia University New York Dr. Anup Kumar Associate Professor, School of Hegemonic Developmentalism in Policy 4 Oct Communication, Cleveland State Making and Role of Civil Society and 2016 University, Cleveland News Media: The Case of Uttarakhand Dr. Ian G. Baird Associate Professor, Department of Revisiting the Xe Bang Fai River in Laos: 1 Nov Geography, University of Wisconsin- Assessing the Downstream Impacts of 2016 Madison the Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project and New Cross-Border Political Ecologies 119 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Prof. Sugata Bose Centre for Government and International 3rd Suryya Kumar Bhuyan Memorial 3 Jan Studies-South Building, Cambridge Lecture on 'Unity or Partition: Mahatma 2017 Gandhi's Last Stand, 1945-48’ Dr. Sucharita Sen Centre for the Study of Regional The Political Economy of Agrarian 9 Jan Development, School of Social Sciences, Distress of Post-Reform India 2017 Jawaharlal Nehru University Prof. Rachel Dwyer Professor, Indian Cultures and Cinema, Calling God on the wrong number: 10 Jan SOAS, University of London Hindu-Muslim relations in PK (2014) and 2017 Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015) Dr. Ravi Korisettar Senior Fellow, Dr VS Wakankar Early Agricultural Village Settlement at 18 Jan Archaeological Research Institute, Govt. of Sanganakallu, Ballari District, Karnataka 2017 Madhya Pradesh, Bhopal-Dharwad. Dr. Makiko Kimura Associate Professor, Tsuda College, Tokyo, Confl ict, Displacement and Ethnicity in 22 Feb Japan Bodoland, Assam 2017 Prof. Takashi Professor, Institute of Economic Research, Comparative Economic Development 7 Mar Kurosaki Hitotsubashi University, Tokyo, Japan in India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh: 2017 Agriculture in the 20th Century Dr. Soumya Datta Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics, Can Limits of Arbitrage explain Bounded 7 Apr South Asian University, New Delhi Rationality among Speculative Traders in 2017 Foreign Exchange Markets? Prof. K. Professor of Anthropology, Yale University Environmental Jurisprudence and 24 Aug Sivaramakrishnan, Inequality in India 2016 Prof. Arun Kumar Former Professor of Economics, Centre for India's Black Economy: Implications, 7 Dec Economic Studies and Planning, JNU Causes and Remedies 2016 Prof. Anindya Sinha Professor, National Institute of Advanced A Beautiful Mind! Social Cognition in 6 Dec Studies, Bangalore and Senior Scientist Wild Bonnet Macaques 2016 atNature Conservation Foundation, Mysore Dr. Kausik Associate Professor, Economic Division, Does the Banking Sector or the Stock 6 Apr Chaudhuri Leeds University Business School Market Development matter for 2017 Economic Growth? Prof. Holli A. Candler Professor of Media & International GIAN, MHRD, IIT Guwahati May Semetko Aff airs, Emory University 2016 SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES /SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED Name of Faculty International (Convener/ Co- Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Funded By Date /National ordinator, etc.) PriyankooSarmah 38th International Conference of the CIIL 10-12 Nov International Linguistic Society of India 2016 PriyankooSarmah 22nd Himalayan Languages Symposium ICSSR 8-10 May 2016 International Saundarjya 58th Annual conference of Indian Society of ICSSR,ILO, UGC etc 24-26 Nov Borbora Labour Economics 2016 Dilwar Hussain KIC-TEQIP 3 day workshop on Basic KIC-TEQIP 30 Mar – 1 Apr National statistical tests and data analysis using SPSS 2016 Rajshree 58th Annual Conference of the Indian ISLE, ILO, UNICEF, 23-27 Nov National Bedematta Society of Labour Economics Action Aid 2016 Bidisha Som Himalayan Language Symposium ICSSR 8-10 Jun 2016 International 120 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Name of Faculty International (Convener/ Co- Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Funded By Date /National ordinator, etc.) Mithilesh Kumar 38th International Conference of Linguistic 10-12 Nov International Jha Society of India 2016 Mithilesh Kumar Graduate Research Meet 2016 IIT Guwahati 20-22 Oct National Jha 2016 Mithilesh Kumar 22nd Himalayan Language Symposium 8-10 Jun 2016 International Jha Mithilesh Kumar 58th Annual Conference of the Indian 24-26 Nov National Jha Society of Labour Economics (ISLE) 2016 Rohini Punekar IACLALS Annual Conference 2017 IACLALS 15-17 Feb International 2017 Sukanya Sharma The Crisis of Multiple Identities in Indian Council 15-17 Feb National Contemporary World of Philosophical 2016 research Arupjyoti Saikia Suryya Kumar Bhuyan & the Art of History S. K. Bhuyan 19 Aug 2016 National Writing in Modern India Endowment Fund Arupjyoti Saikia Ind-China Spring School Ind-China Project 26-27 Mar International 2017 Hiranya Kumar Brown-Bag Reading Seminar at the 18-21 Jan National Nath Department of Humanities and Social 2017 Sciences, IITG Pahi Saikia India-Myanmar Bilateral Ties: Ethnicity, ICSSR, DELHI 25-26 Sep National Security and Connectivity 2016 Pahi Saikia Revisiting Partition: concepts, dynamics ICSSR, DELHI 9-10 Feb 2017 National and manifestations with special focus on north east India Pahi Saikia Global Initiative of Academic Networks MHRD, DELHI 15-20 May National 2016 Liza Das, R. M. IACLALS 15-17 Feb Punekar 2017 AWARDS AND HONOURS from EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland, and UNESCO to attend International Conference on Technologies for Development: Sambit Mallick From Innovation to Social Impact, EPFL, Lausanne, 1. Member, ICSSR Advisory Committee, Cultural Disparities Switzerland, 2-4 May 2016 among the Tribes in India: Exploring through Oral Literature, Avinash Kumar, Research Fellow, Institute for Advanced since 5 October 2016 Studies Science, Technology and Society (IAS-STS), Graz, 2. Co-Convener, Research Committee 13 (Science, Technology Austria, 1 October 2016 30 June 2017 and Society), Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi, 1 Madhulika Kumari (coauthored), International Travel Grant January 2017 - 31 December 2018 (full) from the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Arupjyoti Saikia Humanities, University of Bergen, Norway to attend 8th Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of the New New India Foundation Fellowship and Emerging Technologies, University of Bergen, Norway, 11-14 October 2016 STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENT Mahsina Rahman, PhD student of Economics received the Kaveri Deb: PhD Student: Appointed as Assistant Professor Best Poster Award in Research Conclave 2017 organised by (Economics) at IIITG. the Students Academic Board, IIT Guwahati Rahul Shukla (coauthored), International Travel Grant (full) Baban Bayan, a PhD student received the best paper award 121 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI in the PhD consortium 2017 organised by the School of Science Policy, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Management of IIT Bombay during January 24-25, 2017. November 2016 Prathana Saikia, PhD student, wins Sahitya Academi Juva 5. Resource Person, Masters Programme in Sociology and Award Social Anthropology (Economy and Society), Tata Institute of Social Sciences Guwahati, December 2016 April 2017 PhD student Aniruddha Kumar Baro was Awarded the best 6. Resource Person, Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk student paper in Elite Competition and Ethnic Violence: Reduction, Assam State Disaster Management Authority and Violence in Bodoland Territorial Area Districts (BTAD) of United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund, Northeast India on 6th Annual International Conference Guwahati, 9 December 2016 on Political Science, Sociology and International Relations organized by GSTF Singapore during September 26-27, 2016. 7. External Reviewer, Research Committee 13 (Science, Technology and Society), 42nd All India Sociological Conference, Tezpur University, 27-30 December 2016 SPECIAL MENTION 8. Chair, Session on ICTs and Development, Research Saundarjya Borbora Committee “13 (Science, Technology and Society), 42nd a) Chairman and member of DC of two students at NIT All India Sociological Conference, Tezpur University, 27-30 Mizoram December 2016 b) Member, Board of the School of Economics, Management 9. Co-Chair, Session on Disaster Risk Reduction, Disaster Risk and Information Sciences, Mizoram University Reduction Meet, Guwahati, 23 January 2017 Sambit Mallick 10. External Member, PhD Entrance Test in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Cotton College State University, 1. Content Editor, Bachelor of Social Work Programme, Guwahati, 25 March 2017 Krishna Kanta Handiqui State Open University, Guwahati, June-September 2016 Mrinal Kanti Dutta 2. Resource Person, Masters Programme in Sociology and a) Executive Member, The Indian Econometric Society, Social Anthropology (Theories of Society I), Tata Institute of 2016-17 Social Sciences Guwahati, August-November 2016 b) Reviewer, Journal of Land and Rural Studies 3. Referee, National Science Foundation, October-November c) Reviewer, International Journal of Rural Management 2016 d) Member, Board of Studies, Dept. of Economics, Mizoram 4. External Examiner, PhD Thesis, Centre for Studies in University FACULTY MEMBERS Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 1. Barua, Anamika University of Associate Professor Socio-economic understanding of climate risk and Leeds resilience, urban living and sustainable cities 2. Barua, Archana North Eastern Professor Phenomenology, Existentialism, Feminist Hill University Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Religion, Indian Philosophy, Gandhian Philosophy 3. Basu, Devapriya Jadavpur Assistant Professor Literature and culture of sixteenth century England, University early modern women's writing, feminist literary theory, early modern English manuscript studies, textual and bibliographical studies, book history, physical and digital archives, digital humanities, TEI- XML, web technologies 4. Borbora, Gauhati Professor Development Economics, Industrial Economics, Saundarjya University Labour Economics 5. Bedamatta, University of Associate Professor Development Economics, Informal Sector, Issues Rajshree Calcutta in Food Security and Social Security, Economics of Education 122 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 6. Das, Debarshi Jawaharlal Associate Professor Development Economics, Macroeconomics, Applied Nehru Game Theory University 7. Das, Liza Dibrugarh Professor Literary and Cultural Theory University 8. Dutta, Mrinal Gauhati Professor Agricultural Economics, Environmental Economics, Kanti University Development Economics 9. Hussain, Dilwar IIT Kanpur Associate Professor Health and Clinical psychology 10. Jha, Mithilesh University of Assistant Professor Political Thought in Comparative Perspective Kumar Delhi particularly Indian and Western Political Thought, PoliticalTheory, Indian Politics especially Language and related Issues of state formations in Modern India. 11. Kashyap, Naveen IIT Bombay Associate Professor Sleep and Information Processing 12. Mahanta, Jawaharlal Assistant Professor Industrial Organization, Auction Theory, Dynamics Amarjyoti Nehru Economics (adjustment processes) University 13. Mahanta, Utrecht Associate Professor Phonological theory with special interest in Shakuntala University, The Optimality Theory, vowel harmony, Experimental Netherlands approaches to Phonology and its acquisition. 14. Mallick, Sambit University of Associate Professor Sociology of Science, Historical Sociology Hyderabad 15. Prof. Hiranya Southern Visiting Professor Macro and Monetary Economics, Development Kumar Nath Methodist Economics, Information Economics (Joined on 05.08.2016) University 16. Punekar, Rohini Gujarat Professor Research Interests: Culture and Translation Studies, Mokashi University Modern British Literature, Indian Writing in English 17. Kipgen, IIT Delhi Assistant Professor Environmental Sociology, Cultural Politics, Traditional Ngamjahao Governance, Oral History 18. Parui, Avishek Durham Assistant Professor Critical Theory; Masculinity Studies; Literature, University, UK Cognitive Psychology and Philosophy of Mind 19. Ray, Sawmya University of Associate Professor Sociology of Gender, Sociology of Law, Sociology of Hyderabad Communication 20. Saikia, Arupjyoti University of Professor Social & Environmental History of 19th and 20th (Head of the Delhi century Assam. Department) 21. Saikia, Pahi McGill Assistant Professor Identity issues of ethnic minorities, local governance, University, development policies, social movements, ethnic Canada violence and confl ict prevention. 22. Sarmah, University Associate Professor Phonetics, Phonology, Acoustic Phonetics, Tibeto- Priyankoo of Florida, Burman tones, psychoacoustics, perception Gainesville 23. Sharma, Sukanya Deccan Associate Professor Archaeology of Northeast India, Colonial history of College PG Assam, Cultural Policy and Research Institute 24. Sengupta, McGill Assistant Professor Public Economics, Dynamic Economic Theory Bodhisattva University 123 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 25. Som, Bidisha Jawaharlal Associate Professor Cognitive linguistics, Endangered and lesser known Nehru languages, Language typology, sociolinguistics. University 26. Thomas, John JNU New Assistant Professor Religion and Formation of Cultural and Political Delhi Identities; Religion and Politics in North-East India; Social and Intellectual History of 19th Century Travancore; History of Missionary Encounter in South Asia 27. Tripathi, IIT Kanpur Professor Organizational Behaviour, Human Resource Nachiketa Management, Social/Environmental Psychology, I-O Psychology. 28. Venkataraman, Pondicherry Associate Professor Philosophy of Technology, Applied Philosophy, Peace Prabhu University Studies, Critical Thinking, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Education. 124 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS The Department at a Glance Year of Establishment: 1995 Academic Programmes Off ered: Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in o Mathematics and Computing Master of Science (MSc) in o Mathematics and Computing Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in o Mathematics and Computing Total Faculty Strength: 37 • Professor: 11 • Associate Professor: 8 • Assistant Professor: 18 New Faculty Members Joined: 4 • Associate Professor: 1 • Assistant Professor: 3 Total Student Strength: 359 BTech: 197 MSc: 92 PhD: 70 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 102 BTech: 45 MSc: 50 PhD: 7 125 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI LABORATORIES computers (Core i5 desktop) Maths E-block Laboratory: Seating capacity: 74+71=145 (c) LCD projector Maths E1-block Laboratory: Seating Capacity: 138 (d) Split AC (1.5 TR) with a stabilizer Two Research Scholars Laboratories: Total capacity: 100 (e) Water cooler and purifi er (Located in E and E1 blocks) (f) Four Laser presenters All laboratories are equipped with LAN and wireless network (g) Overhead book scanner connectivity. An LCD projector with motorized screen is available in each laboratory for tutorial and demonstration (h) Upgradation of three Laser printers sessions. All students who are enrolled in BTech, MSc (i) Upgradation of three HP XW9300 workstations to a 2U and regular PhD programmes are allotted an individual rack mountable server computer in these laboratories. (j) Upgradation of four laptops In addition to the standard personal computers in the (k) Layer 3 network switch laboratories, the department has several workstations, high- end servers and a storage area network. All laboratories MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT except research scholars laboratories are equipped with CCTV cameras. Analysis, Algebra and Number Theory, Combinatorics, Fluid Dynamics, Finance Mathematics, Graph Theory, Linear MAJOR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ACQUIRED Algebra, Numerical Analysis. (a) Two 4-port KVM switch Statistics and Probability. (b) Upgradation of existing sixty PCs to HCL desktop Algorithms, Theoretical Computer Science. CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED Name of Faculty Name of Conf./Workshop Name of Inst./Org. Date S. N. Bora Recent Development in Numerical Techniques NIT Patna 7-8 Apr 2016 and Applications S. N. Bora International Conference on Applied Mathematics City University of Hong 30 May - 2 Jun Kong 2016 Rajen K. Sinha Recent Advances in Applied Mathematics NIT, Silchar 22-26 Feb 2017 Rupam Barman 29th International Conference of the Jangjeon Pondicherry University 8-10 Aug 2016 Mathematical Society Shyamashree Workshop on Seshadri Constants Chennai Mathematical 30 Jan - 4 Feb Upadhyay Institute 2017 S. Natesan International Conference on Mathematical Alagappa University, 20-22 Feb 2017 Modelling and Computational Methods in Science Karaikudi and Engineering ICMMCMSE-2017 S. Natesan National Workshop on Diff erential Equations and Periyar University, Salem 9-10 Mar 2017 Applications (NWDEA- 2017) S. Natesan TEQIP – Short-term Course on Diff erential IIT Kharagpur 27 Feb - 3 Mar Equations – Theory, Computation and 2017 Applications S. Natesan International Conference on Applied Mathematics Hong Kong 30 May - 2 Jun 2016 S. Natesan International Conference BAIL-2016 (Boundary Beijing, China 15-19 Aug 2016 and Interior Layers) Partha Sarathi International Conference on Distributed Hyderabad, India 4-7 Jan 2017 Mandal Computing and Networking (ICDCN’17) Partha Sarathi International Workshop on Algorithms and Kathmandu, Nepal 29-31 Mar 2016 Mandal Computation (WALCOM 2016) 126 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Name of Faculty Name of Conf./Workshop Name of Inst./Org. Date Arup Brazos Analysis Seminar Texas A &M University, 25-26 Mar 2017 Chattopadhyay College Station, Texas, USA Vinay Wagh National Conference on Commutative Algebra IISER Mohali 11-16 Oct 2016 and Algebraic Geometry Jiten Chandra International conference on Numerical Analysis Rhodes, Greece 18-23 Sep 2016 Kalita and Applied Mathematics Sweta Tiwari International IFCAM conference on nonlinear PDE TIFR CAM Bengaluru 28-29 Mar 2017 Gautam K. Das Third International Conference on Algorithms and BITS Pilani, Goa 16-18 Feb 2017 Discrete Applied Mathematics (CALDAM) INVITED LECTURES OF FACULTY: IN INDIA, ABROAD Name of Faculty Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Rafi kul Alam Linear Algebra in Data Mining Institute of Chemical Mumbai 29-30 Aug Technology 2016 S. N. Bora Mathematics: here, there, NEHU Tura 26 Apr 2016 everywhere S. N. Bora Use of Green's Function in NIT Meghalaya Shillong 19 Aug 2016 Boundary Problems S. N. Bora Scattering and Trapping of Water NIT Meghalaya Shillong 20 Aug 2016 Waves in a Two-layer Fluid Rajen K. Sinha A posteriori error analysis of linear Indian Institute of Space Thiruvanan- 2 Feb 2017 parabolic interface problems: a Science and Technology thapuram reconstruction approach Rajen K. Sinha Finite element methods for NIT Silchar Silchar, Assam 22-23 Feb interface problems 2017 S. Pati Professor Frank Harary Endowment Siddaganga Institute of Tumkur, 9-11 Jun 20 Lecture in12th annual conference. Technology (S.I.T) Bangalore 16 S. Pati Laplacian matrix of a graph Aliah University Kolkata 19-24 Dec 2016 S. Pati Laplacian matrix of a graph Manipal Institute of Sikkim 2-7 Jan 2017 Technology B. K. Sarma Matrix completion problems: some Manipal Institute of Sikkim 8-10 Jan recent studies Technology 2017 Anupam Saikia Coates-Wiles Theorem International Centre for Bengaluru Dec 2016 Theoretical Sciences Rupam Barman Hypergeometric series in Arithmetic Tezpur University Tezpur Jul-Aug Geometry 2016 Rupam Barman Teacher's Enrichment Workshop IIT Guwahati Guwahati Dec 2016 Rupam Barman p-adic analogues of Ramanujan Gauhati University Guwahati 22-24 Dec series 2016 Rupam Barman Hupergeometric series in Number Calcutta University Kolkata 1-2 Mar Theory 2017 Rupam Barman Elliptic Curves in Number Theory Gauhati University Guwahati 15 Mar 2017 Arup Rank of a shift invariant subspace of University of New Mexico New Mexico, 9 Mar 2017 Chattopadhyay the Hardy space H^2 over the bidisc USA (colloquium talk) 127 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Name of Faculty Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Jiten Chandra Kalita Critical points and vertical IIT Mandi Mandi, HP 6 Jun 2016 structures in the 3D lid driven cavity fl ow Jiten Chandra Kalita Unsteady separation leading to United Arab Emirates Al Ail, UAE 2 Mar 2017 secondary and tertiary vortex University dynamics: sub-α and sub-β phenomena Jiten Chandra Kalita Critical points and 3D separated NIT SIlchar Silchar 11 Mar 2017 fl ow Jiten Chandra Kalita Structural Bifurcation: secondary NIT SIlchar Silchar 12 Mar 2017 and tertiary vortex dynamics in the fl ow past circular cylinder Siddhartha P. Monte Carlo Simulation in Option Indian Institute of Delhi 23-27 May Chakrabarty Pricing Technology Delhi 2016 Siddhartha P. (1) Dynamics of Hepatitis C: Optimal National Institute of Meghalaya 19-20 Aug Chakrabarty Therapeutic Effi cacy and Sampling Technology Meghalaya 2016 Based Analysis, (2) Option Pricing Through the Black-Scholes PDE Siddhartha P. Jump-Diff usion Model and Best Chennai Mathematical Chennai 18-22 Dec Chakrabarty Fit for SENSEX and NIFTY for the Institute 2016 Period 2003-2012 Partha Sarathi Expert Lecture Series on Distributed NIT Patna Patna 1-5 Jun 2016 Mandal Computing Shreemayee Bora NCM Advanced Instructional School Shiv Nadar University Noida 1-21 May on Matrix Analysis 2016 Shreemayee Bora 20th Conference of the KU Leuven Leuven, 11-15 Jul International Linear Algebra Society Belgium 2016 (ILAS). B. Deka Advanced Level Training BIT, Hyderabad Hyderabad 25 May-14 Programme On Diff erential Jun 2016 Equations B. Deka Teachers Training Camps (TTC) IIT Guwahati Guwahati 27 Jun-8 Jul for Rashtriya Madhyamik 2016 Shiksha Abhijan (RMSA), Assam Government B. Deka UGC sponsored National workshop Tinsukia Women’s College Tinsukia 24 Mar-25 on Mathematics, Tinsukia Women’s Mar 2017 College VISITORS FROM OTHER INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES/ORGANISATIONS/INVITED LECTURES Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Dr. Sarbeswar Pal IISER, Thiruvananthapuram Geometry of Quadrics and Hitchin Map 13 Apr 2016 Prof. Rudra P. Sarkar ISI Kolkata A question regarding isometric multiplier and a 23 Jun 2016 chaotic answer Dr. Stefan Schmid Aalborg University, Den- To deliver lecture for GIAN course on Distrib- 15 Jun-4 Jul mark. uted Network Algorithms 2016 Prof. M. S. Raghuna- IIT Bombay The Congruence Subgroup Problem 6 Sep 2016 than (FRS) Dr. Ranadev Datta IIT Kharagpur Hydroelasticity of fl oating structures 3 Oct 2016 128 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Dr. Atreyee Bhat- Ramakrishna Mission Vive- Ricci fl ow on surfaces 25 Oct 2016 tacharya kananda University, West Bengal Prof. G. P. Raja Sekhar IIT Kharagpur Necrosis criterion for biological tumor - mixture 11 Nov 2016 theory modeling approach Dr. Sarthok Sircar The University of Adelaide, Multi-scale modelling in ionic gels and particu- 16 Nov 2016 Australia late suspensions Prof. J. Giacomoni Laboratoire De Mathema- Diaz-Saa inequality for variable exponent prob- 18 Nov 2016 tiques Et De Leurs Applica- lems tions (LMAP), France Mr. Karthik Ramasub- Data Scientist World of Big Data and Scalable Machine Learn- 23 Dec 2016 ramanian ing Prof. Dambaru Bhatta The University of Texas Rio Numerical Solution for a Transient Incompress- 4 Jan 2017 Grande Valley, Edinburg, ible Viscous Fluid Flow in a Cavity Texas Dr. Debanjana Mitra Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Control of compressible Navier-Stokes system 23 Jan 2017 USA Dr. Siddhartha Man- Research Scientist, Public Studies of human microbiome and the role of 25 Jan 2017 dal Health Foundation of India statistics Dr. Diganta Borah IISER Pune Absence of the Riemann mapping theorem in 14 Feb 2017 higher dimensions Prof. Mahan Mj TIFR Mumbai Hyperbolic Geometry and Chaos in the Com- 17 Feb 2017 plex Plane Prof. M. K. Kadalbajoo LNMIIT Jaipur Computational Mathematics-Some Challenges 20 Feb 2017 Dr. Anil K. Ghosh ISI, Kolkata Multi-scale Classifi cation using Localized Spatial 24 Feb 2017 Depth Dr. Nachiketa Mishra ICTS-TIFR Bangalore On short recurrence Krylov type methods for 7 Mar 2017 Fourier Galerkin Based Homogenization of Periodic Media Prof. Dipendra Prasad TIFR Mumbai Classgroups of number fi elds, Herbrand-Ribet 14 Mar 2017 theorem, and beyond Prof. Alladi Sitaram ISI Bangalore From Fourier to Harish-Chandra: A Quick Jour- 21 Mar 2017 ney in Harmonic Analysis SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES /SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED Name of Faculty (Conve- No. of Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Funded By Date ner/Co-ordinator, etc.) participants Partha Sarathi Mandal GIAN course on Distributed Network MHRD 27Jun-2 34 Algorithms Jul 2016 Anupam Saikia & Rupam Annual Foundation School-I National Center for 1-28 Dec 30 Barman Mathematics 2016 Bhaba K. Sarma (Con- Teachers’ Enrichment Workshop National Centre for 19-24 Dec 19 vener) & Rafi kul Alam (TEW) Mathematics 2016 (Academic Coordinator) Shreemayee Bora & Chris- Minisymposium on Perturbation ILAS Conference 11-12 Jul 45 tian Mehl (TU Berlin) Theory and Distance Problems as- 2016 sociated with Eigenvalues within the 20th ILAS Conference in Leuven, Belgium 129 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS Mr. Aniruddha Poria, research scholar working under Dr. Jitendriya Swain, has received the prestigious Fulbright - Nehru Doctoral Research Fellowship for 2016-17 to with Dr. Radu Balan at University of Maryland, College Park, USA SPECIAL MENTION (a) Anupam Saikia has joined the editorial board of Journal of Ramanujan Mathematical Society from January, 2017. (b) Arup Chattopadhyay, Assistant Professor, has received the prestigious Fulbright - Nehru Post Doctoral Research Fellowship for 2016-17 to work with Dr. Anna Skripka at University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, USA. FACULTY MEMBERS Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 1 R. Alam IIT Bombay Professor Linear and Numerical Linear Algebra 2 S. Bandopadhyay ISI Delhi Assistant Professor Operations Research 3 Rupam Barman IIT Guwahati Associate Professor Algebraic Number Theory, Arithmetric (Joined on 01.07.2016) Geometry 4 B. Bhattacharjya IIT Kanpur Assistant Professor Graph Theory 5 S. Bora IIT Guwahati Associate Professor Perturbation Theory, Numerical Linear Algebra 6 S. N. Bora Dalhousie Professor Water Wave Mechanics, River Mechanics, (Head of the University, Canada Sloshing Dynamics, Flow through Porous Department) Media, Diff erential Equation, Fractional Diff erential Equation 7 S. P. Chakrabarty University of Associate Professor Mathematical Biology, Optimal Control Illinois, Chicago, Theory, Mathematical Finance USA 8 A. K. Chakrabarty IIT Kanpur Assistant Professor Functional Analysis 9 Arup Chattopadhyay JNCASR, Bangalore Assistant Professor Functional Analysis and Operator Theory 10 D. C. Dalal IIT Kharagpur Professor Fluid Dynamics 11 G. K. Das ISI Kolkata Associate Professor Computational Geometry, Approximation Algorithms, Wireless Networks 12 B. Deka IIT Guwahati Associate Professor Numerical Analysis, Finite Element Methods, Interface Problems, Numerical Solutions to Integro Diff erential Equations 13 A. K. Dey IIT Kanpur Assistant Professor Distributions models and its applications, Survival Analysis 14 S. Dutta IIT Kanpur Assistant Professor Quantum Computing, Complexity Theory 15 Ayon Ganguly IIT Kanpur Assistant Professor Life Time Data Analysis (Joined on 28.06.2016) 16 J. C. Kalita IIT Guwahati Professor Computational Fluid Dynamics, Numerical methods for PDEs 17 S. Kamal TIFR, Mumbai Assistant Professor Probability, Random graphs 18 K. Kapoor London South Associate Professor Theoretical Computer Science Bank University, UK 19 P.A.S. Sree Krishna SUNY, Buff alo Assistant Professor Hyperbolic 3-manifolds, Low-dimensional topology 20 K. V. Krishna IIT Delhi Associate Professor General Algebra, Theoretical Computer Science 21 P. Kumar IIT Kanpur Assistant Professor Harmonic Analysis 130 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 22 P. S. Mandal Jadavpur Associate Professor Wireless Sensor Networks, Distributed University Computing 23 S. Natesan Bharathidasan Professor Diff erential Equations, Homogenization, University, Numerical Analysis Thiruchirappalli 24 S. Pati ISI Delhi Professor Spectral Graph Theory 25 M. G. P. Prasad IIT Kanpur Professor Complex Dynamics and Fractals (Dean, Academic Aff airs) 26 H. Ramesh IIT Madras Assistant Professor Formal Languages and Automata Theory, Membrane Computing 27 Subhamay Saha IISc Bangalore Assistant Professor Probability and Stochastic Process (Joined on 25.07.2016) 28 A. Saikia University of Professor Algebraic Number Theory Cambridge, U.K. 29 B. K. Sarma Delhi University Professor Spectral Graph Theory, Combinatorial Matrix Theory 30 N. Selvaraju IIT Madras Professor Stochastic Modelling, Queueing Theory, Stochastic Modelling, Operations Research 31 R. K. Sinha IIT Bombay Professor Numerical Analysis 32 K. V. Srikanth SUNY, Buff alo Assistant Professor Low Dimensional Topology 33 R. Srivastava IIT Kanpur Assistant Professor Harmonic Analysis 34 J. Swain IIT Madras Assistant Professor Harmonic Analysis 35 Sweta Tiwari IIT Delhi Assistant Professor Diff erential Equation (Joined on 01.06.2016) 36 S. Upadhyay CMI, Chennai Assistant Professor Algebraic Combinatorics 37 V. V. Wagh University of Pune Assistant Professor Algebraic Geometry 131 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI The Department at a Glance Year of Establishment: 1995 Academic Programmes Off ered: Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in o Mechanical Engineering Master of Technology (MTech) in (1) Machine Design, (2) Fluid and Thermal Engineering, (3) Computer Assisted Manufacturing, (4) Computational Mechanics, (5) Aerodynamics and Propulsion Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Total Faculty Strength: 44 • Professor: 17 • Associate Professor: 15 • Assistant Professor: 13 New Faculty Members Joined: NIL ENGINEERING Total Student Strength: 770 BTech: 327 MTech: 224 PhD: 219 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 228 BTech: 78 MTech: 115 PhD: 35 DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL MECHANICAL OF DEPARTMENT 132 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 LABORATORY FACILITIES • Mechatronics and Robotics Laboratory: The Mechatronics • Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory: Equipped with and Robotics lab is equipped with various facilities advanced equipments for manufacturing including to educate the students at the undergraduate and micro-fabrication facility using CO2 Laser cutting postgraduate levels. Most of the robotics activities are technology. facilitated to students by this lab. • Strength of Materials Laboratory: Basically dedicated for • Instrumentation Laboratory: This lab performs calibration doing all kinds of testing including tensile testing, fatigue of pressure transducer/ gauge and other mechatronics testing, compressive testing, torsion testing, hardness apparatus, provides strain-gauge measurement facilities testing, impact testing etc. etc. • Materials Science Laboratory: Dedicated for carrying out • Theory of Machines Laboratory: This lab consists of all basic metallographic studies using highly precise microscope, equipments for understanding mechanisms, apparatus XRD etc. etc. at undergraduate level such as gyroscope, governor, • Fluid Mechanics Laboratory: This lab has basic fluid jib-crane, screw jack, worm-wheel apparatus etc. mechanics set-up. The lab is equipped with diff erent fl ow • Tribology Laboratory: Provides facilities for carrying out measuring set-ups such as venturimeter, orifi ce-plate, wear test of specimens of diff erent materials under the pitot tube, rotometer etc., where students can visualize condition of with lubrication/without lubrication. the basic theory of working of the fl ow meter. • CAD/CAM Laboratory: Specialized in extending • Thermal Science Laboratory: This lab consists of heat computer-assisted software tools needed for design and exchangers, equipments for conducting experiments analysis such as ABAQUS, ANSYS, Master CAM, Pro/E, on conduction, convection and radiation, refrigeration ADAMS etc. systems etc. All these equipments facilitate learning • Metrology Laboratory: Provides facilities for carrying of basic Thermodynamics and Thermal Engineering at out dimensional measurements up to high degree of undergraduate level. accuracy. • Turbo-machinery Laboratory: This lab has diff erent table- top model of pumps and turbines where students can In addition, 14 new laboratories have been built – study the performance characteristics of those machines. • Micro-machining lab Students can strengthen their basic understandings of • Aerodynamics lab working and applications of these machines. • Electromechanics lab • IC Engine Laboratory: This lab is for both undergraduates and graduate students. Some of the experiments • Composite and Fracture lab which are performed by under-graduate students are • Welding lab performance studies of both C.I. and S.I. engines, etc. • Dynamics and Vibration lab Moreover studeis on the glorifi c values, exhaust gas • Advance Mechatronics and Bio-materials lab characteristics, extensive studies of bio-diesel with both engines are done by post-graduate students in their • Computation MD Lab respective project works • Microfl uidics Lab-1 • Vibrations and Acoustics Laboratory: This lab • Microfl uidics Lab-2 demonstrates basic vibrational instruments to students • Smart materials and structures lab at undergraduate level. Also provides facilities for • CFD lab measurement of frequency signals, rpm etc, and facilities for data-acquisition which are very much benefi cial for • Gasifi cation and Thermal Lab research activities in the domain of vibrational analysis. • Hydraulic lab CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED National/ Name of Faculty Name of Conf./ Workshop Place Date International K. S. R. K. Murthy National Workshop on Industrial Problems on VNIT, Nagpur - National Machines & Mechanisms (XII IPRoMM 2016) D. Chakraborty ICCM 2016 UC Berkeley, 1-4 Aug 2016 International USA A. K. Dass ICCM 2016 UC Berkeley, 1-4 Aug 2016 International USA 133 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI National/ Name of Faculty Name of Conf./ Workshop Place Date International A. Dalal 7th International and 43rd National MNIT Allahabad, 15-17 Dec 2016 International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid India Power A. Dalal 69th Annual Meeting of The American Portland, OR, 20-22 Nov 2016 International Physical Society - Division of Fluid Dynamics USA A. Dalal ASME International Mechanical Engineering Phoenix, AZ, 11-17 Nov 2016 International Congress & Exposition USA P. Muthukumar International Conference on Recent Bhubaneswar 10-12 Nov 2016 International Advancement in Air Conditioning and Refrigeration, RAAR 2016 P. Muthukumar International Conference on Advances in Anna University, 6-8 Jan 2017 International Functional Materials Chennai P. Muthukumar 9th Indo – German Frontiers of Engineering Jaipur, Rajasthan 9-11 Mar 2017 International Symposium S. Kanagaraj Innovators meeting CMERI, 23-24 Mar 2017 National Durgapur S. Kanagaraj Science and Technology for specially abled Guwahati 28 Feb-1 March National person, IASST Guwahati 2017 S. Kanagaraj Annual meeting of MGM Centre of Human Mumbai 10 Oct 2016 National Movement Science, Navi Mumbai S. Kanagaraj Indian Medical Devices Expo (IMD-EXPO) Pune 8-10 Apr 2016 National Pune S. Kanagaraj International Conference on Biomaterials, IIT Delhi 15-17 Apr 2016 International Biodiagnostics, Tissue Engineering, Drug Delivery and Regenerative Medicine (BiTERM 2016) Shrikrishna N. Laser forming: fundamentals and Motilal Nehru 27-31 Mar 2017 National Joshi applications - Five-day TEQIP-II sponsored National Short-Term Course on ‘Laser and its Institute of Applications’ (Invited talk) Technology Allahabad Shrikrishna N. Enhancement in productivity and Shri Vitthal 20-21 Dec 2016 International Joshi product quality by better utilization of Education manufacturing resources (Invited talk) and Research International Conference on Advanced Institute’s Technologies for Societal Applications: College of Techno-Societal 2016 Engineering, Pandharpur, Maharashtra Shrikrishna N. 6th International & 27th All India College of 16-18 Dec 2016 International Joshi Manufacturing Technology, Design and Engineering, Research Conference (AIMTDR-2016) Pune, Maharashtra R. Ganesh 6th International & 27th All India Pune 16-18 Dec 2016 International Narayanan Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR-2016) R. Ganesh IMPLAST 2016 Delhi 10-13 Dec 2016 International Narayanan 134 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 National/ Name of Faculty Name of Conf./ Workshop Place Date International Sachin D. Kore 1st National Conference on Advances in NIT Manipur 12-13 Dec 2016 National Research and Innovations in Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Industrial Engineering and Management (NCARIMMIEM-2016) Sachin Singh NAFED 2016 VSSC, 12 Dec 2016 National Gautam Trivandrum Sachin Singh IMPLAST 2016 IIT Delhi 12-14 Dec 2016 International Gautam Sachin Singh AIMTDR 2016 CoE Pune 16-18 Dec 2016 International Gautam Poonam Kumari IMPLAST 2016 IIT Delhi 11-14 International December 2016 INVITED LECTURES OF FACULTY: IN INDIA, ABROAD Name of Name of Inst./ Name of Lecture Place Date Faculty Org. U. S. Dixit Expert lecture on National workshop on Jadavpur Jadavpur, West 27 Aug Laser Material Processing Technology University Bengal 2016 (NWLMPT-2016) U. S. Dixit Expert lecture on Autofrettage Processes NIT Jalandhar Jalandhar, 5 Oct 2016 Punjab U. S. Dixit Keynote address on Issues and Challenges in NIT Manipur Manipur 12-13 Dec the Modeling of Metal Forming Processes in 2016 National Conference on Advances in Research and Innovations in Mechanical Engineering, Material Science, Industrial Engineering and Management U. S. Dixit Keynote address on Issues and Challenges in Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Jalandhar, 19-21 Dec the Modeling of Metal Forming Processes in National Institute Punjab 2016 IVth International Conference on Production of Technology, and Industrial Engineering (CPIE-2016) Jalandhar U. S. Dixit Two hours lecture on Friction in a winter school GIMT Guwahati Guwahati 2 Mar 2017 on Engineering Mechanics A. Dalal Anupravaha: Development of a General MNIT Allahabad Allahabad 15 Dec Purpose CFD Solver 2016 A. Dalal Finite Volume Method and Its Application to - Silchar 9 Nov 2016 Complex Geometry A. Dalal Introduction to Turbulence Models MCKV Institute of Howrah 26 Oct 2016 Engineering A. Dalal Turbulence Modelling Tata Steel Jamshedpur 5-6 Sep 2016 P. Thermal Energy Storage systems : Concept and NIT Raukerla Rourkela 15 Apr 2016 Muthukumar Applications P. Design and development thermal storage Govt College of Adur, kerala 21 Dec Muthukumar system for solar thermal power plant Engineering, Adur 2016 application 135 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Name of Name of Inst./ Name of Lecture Place Date Faculty Org. P. Introduction of Green Energy Technology Adhi Engineering Chennai 23 Dec Muthukumar College 2016 P. Hydrogen a future energy carrier Anna University Chennai 8 Jan 2017 Muthukumar S. Kanagaraj Polymer based prosthetic polycentric knee IIEST Shibpur Howrah 14 Mar joint for trans-femoral amputees 2017 S. Kanagaraj Improved version of polycentric polymer based IASST Guwahati Guwahati 3 Mar 2017 prosthetic knee for trans-femoral amputees S. Kanagaraj Development of UHMWPE based next Bharathiar Coimbatore 19-21 Oct generation bearing materials for total joint University 2016 replacements and testing them using an Coimbatore ingenuously developed hip joint wear simulator S. Kanagaraj Thermal Insulation Material in lieu of Ceramic NIRDESH Jaipur 4-6 Jun Wool 2016 Pankaj Biswas Welding Symbols and Joint Design Tripura Institute of Agartala 28 Sep 2016 Technology Pankaj Biswas Power Sources of Welding Tripura Institute of Agartala 28 Sep2016 Technology Pankaj Biswas Welding Residual Stresses and Distortions Tripura Institute of Agartala 29 Sep 2016 Technology Pankaj Biswas Some Advanced Research on Welding Tripura Institute of Agartala 29 Sep 2016 Technology R. Ganesh Advances in Metal Forming, National workshop NIFFT Ranchi Ranchi 17-18 Mar Narayanan on Advances in Manufacturing Engineering 2017 VISITORS FROM OTHER INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES/ORGANISATIONS / INVITED LECTURES Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Dr. A. Banerjee Former Principal Scientist, Multi-Body Dynamics 8-23 Dec 2016 Lock Heed Martin, USA Prof. M. Groll University of Stuttgart, Visiting Professor 16-29 Jan 2017 Germany Prof. Jay S. Gunasekera Ohio University, USA Coordinator for GIAN course on Green 6-12 Jun 2016 material and forming SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES /SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED Name of Faculty International/ No. of par- (Convener/ Co-ordi- Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Funded By Date National ticipants nator, etc.) A. Dalal, G. Biswas, V. GIAN course on Boiling Heat MHRD 23 May - 3 International 25 K. Dhir (UCLA, USA) Transfer Jun 2016 P. Muthukumar 2nd National Workshop on Recent ISHRAE 28 Jan 2017 National 100 Advancements in Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Shrikrishna N. Joshi GIAN course on Advances in Ultra- MHRD 4-16 Jul National 20 Precision Machining Processes 2016 136 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Name of Faculty International/ No. of par- (Convener/ Co-ordi- Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Funded By Date National ticipants nator, etc.) R. Ganesh Narayanan GIAN course on Green material MHRD 6-12 Jun International 32 and forming 2016 PATENTS Date Applied/ Name of Faculty and co researcher Name Application No. Granted Subhash C. Mishra, P. Muthukumar, Medium-Scale Self-Aspirated Improved 4 May 2016 Indian Patent No: Niraj Kumar Mishra and Snehasish Air Entrainment LPG Cooking Stove with a 201631015526 Panigrahi Two-Layer Porous Radiant Burner Subhash C. Mishra, P. Muthukumar, Self-Aspirated Pressurized Kerosene 31 Oct 2016 Application No: G. S. Sinha, M. Sharma, N. Mishra, P. Cooking Stove With A Porous Radiant 201631037245 Mahanta Burner AWARDS AND HONOURS Engineering: Today and Beyond (SMETB), at Tezpur University, India, March 24th &25th , 2017. (i) Prof. Gautam Biswas: Felicitated with Distinguished Alumnus Award at the 62nd convocation of IIT (ii) Prof. S. Kanagaraj: Mr.Devarshi Kashyap, Ph.D scholar, Kharagpur received S. Rajeshwari award 2016 at National Conference on Emerging Biomaterials, Bharathiar (ii) Prof. U. S. Dixit: Felicitation by National Coordinator University Coimbatore, 19-21st October 2016. of NPTEL for fi guring of the course on Engineering Mechanics (co-author: Dr. G.S. Kumar) in the top (iii) Prof. S. Kanagaraj: Mr.Kishore Kumar Padi received five NPTEL course from IIT Guwahati in terms of second prize in TechExpo during Techniche 2016, IIT “Viewership” Guwahati. (iii) Prof. U. S. Dixit: Nominated as Vice-President of AIMTDR (iv) Dr. Sachin D. Kore : Best Paper Award for the in December 2016 paper,Ashish Kumar Rajak and Sachin D Kore, FEM Study of Electromagnetic Wire Crimping Process, (iv) Prof. P. Muthukumar: Fulbright-Nehru Academic & International Conference on Advances In Materials Professional Excellence Award (Teaching & Research) & Manufacturing, December 8-10, 2016 , Hyderbad , 2017 from Indo - U.S. Science and Technology Forum INDIA, Organized by Osmania University and DRDO. (v) Prof. P. Muthukumar: President, Indian Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers SPECIAL MENTION (ISHRAE), Guwahati sub-chapter from April 2016 - March 2017 (i) Prof. U. S. Dixit: Editorial board member of IJPTech since August 2016. (vi) Prof. S. Kanagaraj: BIRAC-SRISTI GYTI Award 2016 (ii) Prof. U. S. Dixit: Vice-President of AIMTDR since (vii) Prof. S. Kanagaraj: PRISM Award December 2016. (iii) Prof. U. S. Dixit: Academic Committee member of E&ICT STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS Academy, IIT Guwahati, from 2016. (i) Prof. Pinakeswar Mahanta and P. S. Robi : Adjudged the (iv) Dr. Pankaj Biswas: Mentor of ‘Ishan Vikas’ comprehensive Best paper award for the paper titled “Energetic and programme for Workshop 6 to 17th December, 2016. Exergetic Analysis of Bent Tube Solar Collector” authored by Dawit Gudeta,Pinakeswar Mahanta, P.S Robi, at (v) Dr. Pranjol Paul (Technical Offi cer of the Department): the National Conference on SustainableMechanical Member of Society of Automative Engineers (SAE India) since 2016. 137 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI FACULTY MEMBERS Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 1 Bag, Swarup IIT Bombay Assistant Fusion welding processes, Finite element method, Professor Laser microjoining, Heat transfer and fl uid fl ow in fusion welding, Residual stress and distortion, Recrystallization in hot metal forming process, Optimization in manufacturing process 2 Bandopadhya, Dibakar IIT Kanpur Associate Active materials, Artifi cial muscle materials, Smart Professor structures, Robotics and mechanism, Composites, MEMS, Bio inspired design 3 Banerjee, Atanu IIT Kanpur Assistant Complaint Mechanism, Shape memory alloy, Bio- Professor memetic devices 4 Basu, Dipankar IIT Assistant Nuclear Thermalhydraulics, Supercritical Natural Narayan Kharagpur Professor Circulation Loops, Domestic Air-conditioning, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Heat Transfer 5 Biswas, Pankaj IIT Associate Manufacturing and Design: Computational weld Kharagpur Professor mechanics, Solid state welding, Soft computing modeling of welding processes, FEM, Line heating 6 Biswas, Gautam IIT Professor Computational Fluid Dynamics, Convective Heat (Director, IIT Guwahati) Kharagpur Transfer, Turbulence, Boiling Heat Transfer, Heat Transfer Augmentation, Turbomachinery 7 Chakraborty, IIT Professor FRP, Composites, FEM, Fracture Mechanics and Design Debabrata Kharagpur 8 Dalal, Amaresh IIT Kanpur Associate Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Professor Finite Volume Methods and Unstructured Grid Techniques, Natural and Mixed Convection Flows 9 Das, Manas IIT Kanpur Assistant Advanced Finishing and Nano-fi nishing Processes, Professor Magnetorheological Finishing (MRF) Process, Advanced / Non-traditional Machining Processes, Machining of Advanced Engineering Materials, Micromanufacturing 10 Dass, Anoop K. IISc Professor Computational Fluid Dynamics and Turbomachines (Head of the Department) Bangalore 11 De, Arnab Kumar IIT Kanpur Assistant Numerical Methods in Fluid Flow and Heat Transfer, Professor Convection, Turbulence 12 Dixit, Uday S. IIT Kanpur Professor Design and Manufacturing : FEM, Neural Network and Fuzzy Set Application; Mechatronics 13 Dwivedy, Santosha K. IIT Professor Non-linear Dynamics, Design and Robotics, vibrations Kharagpur 14 Gautam, Sachin S. IIT Kanpur Assistant Design and Manufacturing : Nonlinear Finite Element Professor Analysis, Computational Contact Impact Analysis, Adhesion, Rough Surfaces, Time Integration Schemes, Mixed Time Integration Schemes, Plasticity, Ductile Fracture, Continuum Damage Mechanics 15 Joshi, Shrikrishna N. IIT Bombay Assistant Micro fabrication: Laser micro forming, Micro Professor machining: Micro electric discharge machining (EDM), Web based manufacturing, Process modeling and optimization of advanced manufacturing processes, Application of soft computing techniques in manufacturing 138 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 16 Kakoty, Sashindra K. IIT Professor Tribology, Duct Acoustics, Mechanical System Design, (Dean, Infrastructure, Kharagpur Rural Technology Planning and Management) 17 Kalita, Karuna University of Associate Rotordynamics, Coupled Dynamics of Electro- Nottingham Professor Mechanical Systems, Vibration 18 Kanagaraj, S. IIT Associate Biomaterials, Carbon nanotubes based Kharagpur Professor nanocomposites, Nanofl uids, Materials characterization 19 Khanikar, Prasenjit North Assistant Microstructural Materials Modeling, Micro-mechanics, Carolina Professor Dislocation Density Based Crystal Plasticity, State Deformation and Failure Mechanisms of Metallic University Materials, Finite Element Method, Dynamic Behavior of Materials, Fracture Mechanics, Aluminum Alloys, Microstructural Characterization 20 Kore, Sachin D. IIT Bombay Associate Experimental and numerical study of electromagnetic Professor pulse processing, Solid state welding, Joining of similar, dissimilar and lightweight metals like Al, Steel, Al-Li, and Mg 21 Kulkarni, Vinayak IISc Associate High enthalpy fl ows, scramjet engine, experimental, Bangalore Professor aerodynamics, measurement science, CFD simulations 22 Kumari, Poonam IIT Delhi Assistant Theory of plates and shells, Computational mechanics, Professor Smart structures 23 Kumar, Bhaskar - Assistant Hydrodynamic Stability, Bluff Body Flows, Professor Computational Fluid Dynamics 24 Madhusudhana, IISc Assistant Computational Fluid Dynamics, Heat Transfer, Cooling Gavara Bangalore Professor of Electronics, Multi-phase fl ows, Cooling at Micro/ Mini scales, Turbulent Fluid Flow and Heat transfer 25 Mahanta, Pinakeswar IIT Guwahati Professor Thermal Radiation with Participating Media, (Dean, Faculty Aff airs) Fluidization, Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy 26 Mehta, Balkrishna IIT Kanpur Assistant Experimental investigation of heat transfer in two- Professor phase fl ow in mini/micro systems, Heat pipes, Thermosyphons, Heat transfer investigation of ferrofl uids in presence of magnetic fi eld, InfraRed thermography for temperature measurements 27 Mishra, Subhash C. IIT Kanpur Professor Analysis of Heat Transfer Problems involving Thermal Radiation 28 Mondal, Pranab Kumar IIT Assistant Microfl uidics, Electrokinetics, Two Phase Transport, Kharagpur Professor Microscale Transport of Heat, Flow Through Porous Media 29 Murthy, K. S. R. Krishna IIT Associate Finite Element Methods, Error Estimation and Fracture Kharagpur Professor Mechanics 30 Muthukumar, P. IIT Madras Professor Coupled heat and mass transfer analysis; Metal hydride based thermal machines, Conventional and Non-conventional refrigeration systems 31 Narayanan, Ganesh R. IIT Bombay Associate Metal Forming: Sheet forming & Cold forging, Professor Computer applications in Metal Forming 139 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 32 Natarajan, Ganesh IISc Assistant Computational Fluid dynamics, Grid Adaptation, Error Bangalore Professor Estimation, Immersed Boundary methods, Parallel computing, Biofl uid dynamics 33 Pal, Sukhomay IIT Associate Welding Process Monitoring and Control, Tool Kharagpur Professor Condition Monitoring, Non-Conventional Machining Process Application of Artifi cial Neural Network, Genetic Algorithms and Fuzzy logic in manufacturing 34 Panda, Satyajit IIT Associate Composite materials, Nonlinear vibrations, Smart Kharagpur Professor materials and structures, FEM, Functionally Graded materials and structures, Micromechanics. 35 Pandey, Manmohan IIT Kanpur Professor Two-phase fl ow instabilities, Nuclear reactor thermal hydraulics, Heat transfer in microchannels, Heat transfer in fl uidized beds 36 R, Sangamesh Deepak IISc Assistant Kinematics and Dynamics of rigid multi-body systems, Bangalore Professor Compliant Mechanisms, Topology Optimization, Static Balancing 37 Reddy, Narayana IISc Assistant Inverse Problems, Biomechanics, Compliant Bangalore Professor Mechanisms, Topology Optimization, Nonlinear FEM, MEMS and Design of Materials 38 Robi, P. S. IIT Bombay Professor Coating, Fracture Mechanics, Materials Processing, Metal Matrix composite, Metal Casting, P/M Processing 39 Saha, Ujjwal K. IIT Bombay Professor Propulsion, Turbomachinery, Wind Energy Conversion, Internal Combustion Engines 40 Sahasrabudhe, Anil D. IISc Professor Vibration and Noise, Condition Monitoring, CAD/CAM (On deputation as Bangalore Chairman of the All India Council for Technical Education) 41 Sahoo, Niranjan IISc Professor Fluid and Thermal Engineering, Aerodynamics, Gas Bangalore Dynamics, Instrumentation, Measurements and Experiments in Fluid 42 Sankar, Ravi M. IIT Kanpur Assistant Machining & Advanced Machining Processes, MEMS & Professor NEMS, Sustainable Machining, Micromanufacturing, Composite Materials, Online monitoring of Manufacturing Processes, Tribology, Precision Engineering 43 Senthilvelan, S. IIT Madras Associate Composites, Fatigue, Wear and Failure Analysis Professor 44 Sharma, Deepak IIT Kanpur Assistant Optimal Design: Modeling and Computation, Professor Engineering Design and Optimization, Genetic Algorithms, Multi-objective Optimization 45 Somayaji, Mississippi Associate Renewable Energy, Non-Conventional Energy Sources, Chandramohan State Professor Engine After treatment Systems, Design of Heat University Transfer Equipments, Chemical Reaction Engineering 46 Tiwari, Rajiv IIT Kanpur Professor Rotor Dynamics, Vibrations, Identifi cation in Mechanical Systems, Rolling Element Bearing Design and Analysis, Application of Active Magnetic Bearings in Rotors, Vibrations based Condition Monitoring of Industrial Rotating Machines 140 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS The Department at a Glance Year of Establishment: 1995 Academic Programmes Off ered: Bachelor of Technology (BTech) in o Engineering Physics Master of Science (MSc) in o Physics Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Total Faculty Strength: 40 • Professor: 12 • Associate Professor: 13 • Assistant Professor: 14 • Visiting Professor: 1 New Faculty Members Joined: 1 • Visiting Professor: 1 Total Student Strength: 384 BTech: 163 MSc: 85 PhD: 136 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 110 BTech: 43 MSc: 44 PhD: 23 141 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI LABORATORY FACILITIES • Magnetic alloys and thin fi lms for spintronics. The Department has 22 laboratories for teaching and • Microwave and piezoelectric bulk and thin fi lms. research • Multilayer structured thin fi lms. a) Teaching Labs: (5 teaching laboratories) • Nanostructured and Nanogranular magnetic materials. i. Advanced Physics lab-01 • Transition Metal oxide system. ii. B. Tech 1st year lab-01 iii. Electronics lab-01 (ii) Laser and Photonics (Theory and Experiments) iv. M. Sc lab-01 • Fiber & Integrated Optics, Photonic Crystal Fiber and v. Numerical lab-01 applications, Surface Plasmon Resonance based Sensors, Fiber Bragg Gratings and based Devices, Fiber Optic b) Research labs: (17 research laboratories) Sensor, Bio/Nano-Photonics. i. Computational lab • Laser cooling and trapping of atoms. ii. Electro-ceramics lab • Laser Physics and Spectroscopy, Laser produced plasmas. iii. Fiber optics lab • Nonlinear optics. iv. Furnace lab • Programmable Diff ractive Optics, Confocal Microscopy. v. High Energy Physics lab • Quantum Optics. vi. Holography and Optical imaging lab vii. Laser and Photonics lab • Ultrafast optics, Terahertz Plasmonics and metamaterials. viii. Low temperature lab (iii) High Energy Physics (Theory and Experiment) ix. Magnetism lab • Collider Phenomenology: Darkmatter studies, x. Material Science lab Supersymmetric models, Higgs Physics and Top quark xi. Nonlinear optics lab physics, Higher order QCD corrections, Flavour Physics xii. Semiconductor labs (02) and CP violation. xiii. Solid State lab • Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics: Inflationary xiv. Spectroscopy lab models, Leptogenesis and Baryogenesis, Darkmatter xv. Terahertz Photonics and Plasmonics lab studies, Supernovae neutrinos. xvi. Thin fi lm lab • Experimental High Energy Physics: B-Physics, Neutrino xvii. XRD labs (02) Physics, ILC R&D. • Low energy QCD, Eff ective Field Theory. MAJOR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ACQUIRED (iv) Cosmology and Gravitation DC polling unit with temperature attachment Rt-250°C. • Astrophysical flows around compact objects, Ultra high energy cosmic rays, Black hole perturbations, MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Gravitational waves Cosmology, Ads/CMT. The major research focus of the department is evenly poised • General theory of relativity, Field theory on curved space between diff erent branches of theoretical and experimental times, Black holes. Physics. The thrust areas are: (i) Condensed Matter Physics (Theory and Experiments) MAJOR INITIATIVES AND BREAKTHROUGH IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT • Amorphous and nanocrystalline magnetic materials. The mechanism of reduction of transition metal oxides into • Amorphous and nanocrystalline semiconductor thin pure transition metal elements using inexpensive method fi lms for solar cells and other devices. Thin fi lm and of mechanical alloying process and the reverse process for Hetero-junction solar cells. the production of transition metal oxides. • Atomistic Modeling of Materials for Energy and Research collaboration at the Department level with the Environmental Applications. Department of Physics, School of Sciences, Tokyo Institute • Biophysics and Biomaterials. of Technology, Tokyo, Japan , with main focus on areas under • Hybrid nanomaterials for energy and environmental Materials Science, Statistical Mechanics and High Energy applications. Physics. The MoU is expected to be signed soon. 142 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED Name of National/ Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date Faculty International B. Bhuyan Workshop on DUNE Near Detector Systems Fermi National 27-29 Mar International Accelerator Labora- 2017 tory, USA B. Bhuyan Workshop on DUNE Near Detector CERN, Geneva 22-25 Jan International 2017 B. Bhuyan 9th International Workshop on the CKM Uni- TIFR, Mumbai November International tarity Triangle 28- December 2016 B. Bhuyan Belle II Collaboration Meeting and Belle II Com- KEK, Japan 17-23 Oct International puting Workshop 2016 B. Bhuyan 38th International Conference on High Energy Chicago, USA 3 -10 Aug International Physics 2016 B. Bhuyan 2nd International Conference on Charged University of Vir- 20-22 Jun International Lepton Flavor Violation ginia, USA 2016 D. Borah Indo-French LIA THEP and CEFIPRA INFRE- CHEP, IISc Banga- 2-4 May 2016 International HEPNET Kick-Off Meeting lore D. Borah Why there is more matter than antimatter in MIAPP, Munich, 13-24 Jun International the Universe Germany 2016 D. Borah Indo-US Bilateral Workshop on Understanding University of Hy- 16-18 Nov International the Origin of the Invisible Sector: From Neutri- derabad 2016 nos to Dark Matter and Dark Energy Santabrata Wide Band Spectral and Timing Studies of TIFR, Mumbai 10-13 Jan International Das Cosmic X-ray Sources 2017 P. K. Giri International Conference on Electron Micros- Varanasi 2-4 Jun 2016 International copy (EMSI-2016) P. K. Giri National Conference on Nanoscience and NEHU, Shillong 8-9 Sep 2016 National Nanotechnology P. K. Giri International Conference on Functional Materi- IIT Kharagpur 12-14 Dec International als (ICFM 2016) 2016 P. K. Giri International Conference on Emerging Trends NIT Nagaland 4-6 Jan 2017 International in Nanomaterials Science & Technology (ICETNMST 2017) P. K. Giri National Conference on Hard and Soft Con- Tezpur University 2-4 Mar 2017 National densed Matter Physics (NCHSCMP-2017) P. K. Giri Current Trends in Condensed Matter Physics IACS, Kolkata 3-4 Mar 2017 National P. K. Giri 2nd International Conference on Emerging NIT Durgapur 15-17 Mar International Materials: Characterization & Application 2017 (EMCA-2017) P. K. Giri SPS March Meeting 2017 JNU, New Delhi 17-18 Mar National 2017 P. K. Giri Advances in Materials Science Gauhati University 24-25 Mar National 2017 Padma Kumar International Conference on Molecular Simula- Shanghai, China 23-26 Oct International Padmanabhan tion (ICMS-2016) 2016 Padma Kumar National Conference on Chemical Physics Silchar, Assam 20-21 Mar National Padmanabhan (NCCP-2017) 2017 143 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Name of National/ Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date Faculty International D. Pamu The 10th Asian Meeting On Electroceramics Taipei, Taiwan 4-7 Dec 2016 International (AMEC-2016) S. B. Santra Statphys Kolkata IX Saha Institute of 13 - 14 Dec International Nuclear Physics, 2016 Kolkata S. B. Santra Discussion Meeting on Percolation Phenom- S. N. Bose National 23-24 Jan National ena Centre for Basic Sci- 2017 ences, Kolkata A. Srinivasan International Confernece on Smart Materials SOA. Univ., Bhu- 15 -17 Dec International and Applications, (ISMA-2016) baneswar 2016 A. Srinivasan International Conference on Emerging Trends NIT Nagaland 4-6 Jan 2017 International in Nanomaterials Science and Technology (ICETNMST-2017) INVITED LECTURES OF FACULTY: IN INDIA, ABROAD Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty Pratima Agar- Graphene, Silicon Carbide and Silicon thin Engineering Information Bangkok 3-5 Jan wal fi lms deposited by Hot Filament CVD for Institute 2017 diff erent device applications Pratima Agar- Persistent photoconductivity and space Tezpur University Tezpur 2-4 Mar wal charge limited conduction in a-Si:H/nc-Si:H 2017 multilayer structure: Role of interface states Pratima Agar- Growth of carbon nano-materials using hot Gauhati University Guwahati 24-25 Mar wal fi lament CVD 2017 Saurabh Basu Adatom induced Enhanced Quantum Spin Gauhati University Guwahati 24 Mar Hall Eff ect in Graphene; a poor man’s take 2017 in topology B. Bhuyan CP Violation and the B-Factories: Unveiling Manipur University Manipur 27 May the matter anti-matter asymmetry of the 2016 Universe B. Bhuyan Monte Carlo Methods in HEP: Three lectures Delhi University Delhi 19 -20 Apr at the X SERC School on Experimental High 2016 Energy Physics Subhaditya Scalar dark matter: semi annihilation, co- Indian Institute of Sci- Bangalore 20 Dec Bhattacharya annihilation and multipartite features ence 2016 Subhaditya Particle Physics and Standard Model IIT Gandhinagar Gandhinagar 5 Sep-1 Bhattacharya Oct 2016 Subhaditya Phenomenology of simple scalar and fer- Harish Chandra Re- Allahabad 7 Mar Bhattacharya mion dark matter search Institute 2017 B. R. Boruah Super-resolution Optical Microscopy using IIT Guwahati Guwahati Aug 2016 Ultra-short Pulses B. R. Boruah Vortex beams Tezpur University Tezpur 14 Jun 2016 B. R. Boruah Generation of arbitrary vector beams Tezpur University Tezpur 26-28 Nov 2016 B. R. Boruah Vortex beams: generations and applica- Mizoram University Aizwal 14 Oct tions 2016 144 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty B. R. Boruah Wavefront sensing of light beams using an KIIT University Bhubaneswar 20-23 Dec array of dynamic holograms 2016 D. Borah Minimal Left-Right Symmetry Confronted ICTS Bangalore 5 May with 750 GeV di-photon Excess at the LHC 2016 D. Borah Radiative Active-Sterile Neutrino Mass with MITP, Mainz Germany 7 Jun Dark Matter 2016 D. Borah Theory and Phenomenology of Multi-com- SINP Kolkata 21 Nov ponent dark matter in left-right models 2016 D. Borah Cosmology and Particle Astrophysics: Cotton College State Guwahati Jul 2016 Formal Theory and Some Recent Develop- University ments D. Borah The Universe: From the Big Bang to the IASST Guwahati 27 Oct Present 2016 D. Borah The Discovery of Gravitational Waves and Arya Vidyapeeth College Guwahati 19 Sept its Implications 2016 D. Borah Common Origin of Dark Matter and Matter- Tezpur University Tezpur 14 Dec Antimatter Asymmetry of the Universe 2016 Sovan Self-induced neutrino fl avor conversion Aligarh Muslim Univer- Aligarh 2-6 Nov Chakraborty even without fl avor mixing sity 2016 Tarak N. Dey Microwave assisted arbitrary optical pulse University of Hyderabad Hyderabad 10 Dec generation in thermal vapor 2016 Tarak N. Dey Coherent generation, control and manipu- Indian Association for Kolkata 19-20 lation of structured beam in atomic vapor the Cultivation of Sci- Feb 2017 ence Alika Khare Thin fi lms via Pulsed Laser Deposition Tech- Engineering Information Bangkok, Thai- 3-5 Jan nique for Photonics applications Institute land 2017 Alika Khare Versatility of Pulsed Laser Deposition Tech- Tezpur University Tezpur 26-28 Nov nique for Photonics applications 2016 Alika Khare Synthesis of Nano Particles and Nano Struc- NIT Meghalaya Meghalaya 18-19 Nov tured Thin Films via Pulsed Laser Ablation 2016 Alika Khare Basic overview of Laser Plasma Interaction IASST Guwahati 9-29 Nov (Two Lectures) 2016 Alika Khare Photonics Technology Synode College Shillong 10 Jun 2016 Gagan Kumar Terahertz Plasmonic and Metamaterials IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur 28 Mar Devices 2017 Debaprasad Introduction to infl ationary cosmology Cotton College Guwahati 21 Jul Maity 2016 Debaprasad Sub-Planckain G-axion infl ation, spectsA of Saha Institute of nuclear Kolkata 16-20 Jan Maity Early Universe Cosmology Physics 2017 Tapan Mishra Workshop on recent trends in Cols atoms’ IISER-Pune Pune 16 May physics 2016 Tapan Mishra National Conference on Atomic and Mo- PRL Ahmedabad 4 Jan lecular Physics 2017 Soumitra Possibilities of new Physics in B system IISER Mohali Punjab 9 Apr Nandi 2016 145 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty Soumitra Lectures on fl avour Physics in SERC school Delhi University Delhi 29- 30 Apr Nandi on experimental high energy Physics 2016 Soumitra Towards precision in Vub and Vcb -Theory International Center of Quy Nhon, Viet- 26 Sep Nandi Interdisciplinary Science nam 2016 Education (ICISE) Soumitra Improvements to inclusive Vcb TIFR Mumbai 30 Nov Nandi 2016 Soumitra Current status of Heavy Flavour Physics IACS Kolkata 31 Jan Nandi 2017 D. Pamu Two Day National Workshop On Thin Film Andhra University Andhra Pradesh 25-26 Jan Coatings and Nano Electronics 2017 D. Pamu Novel Synthesis Methods For The Prepara- IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur 20-22 Feb tion Of Microwave Dielectric Resonator 2017 Materials A. Perumal Journey over storage ideas & understand- NEHU Shillong 7 Jun ing microstructure using microscopy 2016 A. Perumal Wonders of Nanoscale science and magne- Srimad Andavan Arts Trichy 6 Oct tism for endless future and Science College 2016 A. Perumal Optimization of L10 FePt nanogranular Leonia International Hyderabad 1-3 Feb structure for HAMR: Challenges for real Centre for Exhibitions 2017 density beyond 4 Tbits/in2 and Conventions A. Perumal Smart materials for storage beyond 4 Tbits/ Gauhati University Guwahati 23 Mar in2 2017 S. Ravi Tunable Exchange Bias and Magnetization PSN College of Engi- Tirunelveli 7-10 Sep Reversal in NiCr2O¬4 based Compounds neering 2016 S. Ravi Magnetic Properties of Transition Element Anna University Chennai 6-8 Jan Substituted Orthochromites 2017 S. Ravi Preparation of Fe and Al Substituted Second International Agartala 16-18 Feb NiCr2O¬4 Compounds and Study of their Conference on Materials 2017 Structural and Magnetic Properties Science Arunansu Sil Spontaneous CP violation in lepton sector: Instituto Superior Téc- Lisbon, Portugal 9 Sep a common source of theta_13, Dirac CP nico, Lisbon 2016 phase and Leptogenesis in Type-II seesaw Arunansu Sil Flavor origin of dark matter and lepton IISc Bangalore Bangalore 20 Dec mixing 2016 A. Srinivasan Sol-gel based bioglass and its composites Council for Scientifi c and Pretoria, South 11 Nov Industrial Research Africa 2016 Amarendra K. Nonlinear and Quantum Optics Research: University of Science Meghalaya 21 Sep Sarma Some Recent Trends and Technology 2016 Amarendra K. A Tale of Two Recent Optics Marvels Light: not a Light matter- Dibrugarh 12 Nov Sarma a students Symposium 2016 Amarendra K. Quantum Optical phenomena in Macro- International Confer- Tezpur 27 Nov Sarma scopic Systems ence on Light and Light- 2016 based technologies Amarendra K. Quantum Optomechanics with nano- 3rd Regional Conference Tirupati 2 Mar Sarma optical systems: ground state cooling and on Radio Science, Inter- 2017 entanglement national Union of Radio Science 146 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Name of Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Faculty Ashwini K. Applications of Femtosecond Pulses IIT Guwahati Guwahati 23 Aug Sharma 2016 Subhash Cobalt and Manganese based Bimetallic IIT Guwahati Guwahati 25 Aug Thota catalysts 2016 Subhash Low-temperature Anomalous Magnetic Sona College of Technol- Tamil Nadu 23 Jun Thota Ordering in some Inverse-Spinels ogy 2016 Subhash Recent Developments in Nano Electro- Kallam Haranadha Andhra Pradesh 19 Sep Thota Mechanical Devices Reddy Institute of Tech- 2016 nology Subhash Recent trends in Nanotechnology Sri Vasavi Institute of Andhra Pradesh 20 Sep Thota Engineering and Tech- 2016 nology D. V. Ahlu- Mass dimension one fermions and dark IUCAA Pune 7-9 Mar walia matter 2017 VISITORS FROM OTHER INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES/ORGANISATIONS / INVITED LECTURES Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Dr. Manpreet PRL, Ahmedabad Quantum phases of dipolar bosons in optical 1 Apr 2016 Singh lattices Mr. Soumya Sad- IMSC, Chennai 750 GeV Excess in Gauged B-L model and role of 12 Apr 2016 hukhan exotic fermions Dr. Sanjay Biswas Korean Institute of Advanced Closing in on the Standard Model like Higgs 18 Apr 2016 Studies (KIAS), Seoul, South boson? Korea Dr. Dhriti Sundar IAPP-Institute of Applied Pho- Ultrathin metal transparent electrodes for the 21 Apr 2016 Ghosh tophysics, Dresden - Germany optoelectronics industry Dr. Saurabh Bose University of Canterbury, New Nature inspired computational architectures 25 Apr 2016 Zealand Dr. Gopal K. Prad- Utkal University, Bhubaneswar Physics under PRESSURE: From Condensed Mat- 11 May 2016 han ter Systems to Planetary Interiors Dr. Sandeep Ku- Central Institute of Technology, d0 Magnetism in Oxide Materials for Spintron- 20 May 2016 mar Srivastava Kokrajhar, BTAD, Assam ics Application & Bit Patterned Media for High Density Hard Disk Drives Prof. Gautam Saha Institute of Nuclear Phys- The hierarchy problem and physics beyond the 27 May 2016 Bhattacharyya ics, Kolkata Standard Model Prof. Anriban University of Calcutta Higgs and more Higgs 14 Jul 2016 Kundu Dr. Rashidul Islam University of Calcutta, Kolkata Prospects of the Higgs Studies at the LHC and 21Jul 2016 Future Colliders Prof. D. Ahluwalia University of canterbury, New Neutrino Oscillation: QM to GR (General Relativ- 2 Aug 2016 Zealand ity) Dr. Rajeev Kumar University of Southern Den- Cosmological Infl ation and Primordial Magnetic 19 Aug 2016 Jain mark Fields Dr. Bhaskar Sen Yale University New Haven, CT, Cross Magneto-Mechanical Eff ects in Amorphous 23 Aug 2016 Gupta USA Solids with Magnetic Degrees of Freedom Mr. Bhupendra Nicolaus Copernicus Astro- Three-dimensional, global, radiative GRMHD 5 Sep 2016 Mishra nomical Center, Warsaw Poland simulations of a thermally unstable disc 147 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Mr. Aritra Biswas Indian Institute of Mathemati- Two-body pseudoscalar decays of charm 6 Sep 2016 cal Sciences (IMSC), Chennai Dr. Bidya Binay NCAR Boulder, USA Solar Magnetic Fields and Cycles: Understanding 19 Sep 2016 Karak the Dynamo Mechanism Dr. Pritam Gan- University of California, Santa Solvation thermodynamics of biosolutes in mixed 4 Oct 2016 guly Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, protecting-denaturing osmolytes USA Dr. Debasish Institute of Physics, Bhu- Spatial organization, positioning, and segrega- 6 Oct 2016 Chaudhuri baneswar tion of bacterial chromosome Mr. Tanmoy Paul IACS, Kolkata Modulus stabilization in a backreacted warped ge- 25 Oct 2016 ometry model via Goldberger-Wise mechanism Prof. Subhash IISER, Bhopal Phase space descriptions of quantum systems: 15 Nov 2016 Chaturvedi Application to quantum heat engines Prof. Achanta TIFR, Mumbai Metamaterials with broadband response 16 Nov 2016 VenuGopal Prof. Vipin K. IIT Delhi Magnetoplasmons in graphene and their excita- 17 Nov 2016 Tripathi tion by laser Prof. Biplab Sanyal Uppsala University Ultrafast magnetization dynamics from ab initio 30 Nov 2016 theory Prof. Paolo Gam- University of Torino and INFN Puzzles in semileptonic B decays 6 Dec 2016 bino Turin Dr. Isha. Pahwa IUCAA Pune The cosmic web and the Spin of Galaxies 7 Dec 2016 Dr. Arnab Das- IOP Bhubaneswar Common Origin of Neutrino Mass, Dark Matter 7 Dec 2016 gupta and Dirac Leptogenesis Prof. Haranath Raja Ramanna Centre for Ad- Fe-based superconductors - eight years after its 8 Dec 2016 Ghosh vanced Technology, Indore discovery Prof. N. Harish IIT Madras The Quest For Half Metallic Heusler Alloys 13 Dec 2016 Kumar Mr. Aritra Gupta HRI Calculation of Momentum Distribution Function 11 Jan 2017 of a Non-thermal Fermionic Dark Matter Dr. Ravi Chandra The University of Queensland, Organic-inorganic halide Perovskite Solar Cells 12 Jan 2017 Raju Australia Dr. Heman Pontifi cia Universidad Catolica Plasma Physics at Pontifi cia Universidad Catolica 19 Jan 2017 Bhuyan de Chile, Santiago, Chile De Chile & Its Possible Applications Dr. Dipankar Nath Postdoctoral Fellow, Leibniz Precision inertial sensing using atom interferom- 2 Feb 2017 Universität Hannover, Germany eters Ms. Ananya Tezpur University Neutrino phenomenology and scalar Dark Matter 15 Feb 2017 Mukherjee with A_4 fl avor symmetry within Inverse and type II seesaw Dr. Swarup Panda Postdoctoral researcher, Centre First principles simulations of strongly correlated 24 Feb 2017 de Physique Theorique (CPHT), materials: a density functional theory + dynami- Ecole Polytechnique, France cal mean fi eld theory (DFT+DMFT) perspective Prof. K. Thyaga- IIT Delhi Guided wave optical devices for the generation 28 Feb 2017 rajan and manipulation of entangled photon pairs Dr. Debanjan Bose Sungkyunkwan University, Ice Cube Neutrino Observatory: Past, Present & March 15, South Korea Future 2017 Prof. Toru Okuda Hokkaido University of Educa- Collaborative research 15 Mar-7 tion, Japan Apr 2017 148 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Dr. Arjun Trivedi University of South Carolina Measurement of New Observables from the Elec- 17 Mar 2017 troproduction off the Proton Dr. Victoria Martin University of Edinburgh (Cur- What’s next for the Higgs boson? Higgs physics 22 Mar 2017 rently based at CERN) at the HL-LHC and CLIC Dr. Antaryami EMPA - Swiss Federal Laborato- Spectroscopic analysis for understanding plasma 23 Mar 2017 Mohanta ries for Materials Science and synthesis of nanoparticles and carrier dynamics Technology in semiconductor quantum dots Dr. Anuj Nandi ISRO Satellite Centre, Bangalore Collaborative Research 27 Mar-4 Apr 2017 Dr. Samir Mandal Indian Institute of Space Sci- Radiative processes around Galactic black holes 29 Mar 2017 ence and Technology, Trivan- drum SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES /SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED Name of Faculty Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Funded By Date International/ No. of (Convener/ Co- National participants ordinator, etc.) Gagan Kumar National Workshop On IIT Guwahati 22-23 Aug National 22 Advancements & Applications 2016 of Ultrafast Laser Pulses M. C. Kumar Collider Physics: Events, RECAPP (HRI) 27-31 Mar National 70 and Subhaditya Analysis and QCD Allahabad, DST- 2017 Bhattacharya SERB and IMSc. Chennai PATENTS Name of Faculty and co re- Date Applied/ Application Name searcher Granted No. Biswajit Pathak, Rahul Kesarwani, System, apparatus and method for monitoring Applied PCT/ Alika Khare and B. R. Boruah of surface profi le and thickness measurement IB2016/054261 in thin fi lms Santanu Konwar and B. R. Boruah Free space optical communication system ap- Applied PCT/ paratus and a method thereof IB2016/054233 AWARDS AND HONOURS session for the paper entitled Spatial Resolution • Dr. Debasish Borah received the Young Scientist Award Enhancement in a Grating Array Based Zonal Wavefront for the year 2017 instituted by ASTEC. Sensor at International Conference on Light and Light based Technologies, Tezpur University during • Dr. Sovan Chakraborty has been nominated for a Max November 26-28, 2016. Planck-India Mobility grant. • Mr. Biswajit Pathak received Optical Society of India • Prof. Perumal Alagarsamy has been selected as second best contributory paper award in the poster Executive Committee Member of Magnetic Society of session for the paper entitled Zonal Wavefront Sensing India. with Improved Accuracy at International Conference on Light and Light based Technologies, Tezpur STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS University during November 26-28, 2016. • Mr. Bibhuti B. Dash received the best poster award in • Mr. Santanu Konwar received Optical Society of International Conference on Material Science (ICMS), America best contributory paper award in the 2017. poster session for the paper entitled Propagation of • Mr. Biswajit Pathak received Optical Society of India Aberrated Beam through Atmospheric Turbulence at second best contributory paper award in the oral International Conference on Light and Light based 149 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Technologies, Tezpur University during November 26 SPECIAL MENTION - 28, 2016. • Dr. Bipul Bhuyan was invited to visit Fermi Lab, USA • Mr. Joyprakash Das received best poster award from during June 1 –July 20, 2016 to work on the NovA and department of Physics in Research Conclave 2017. the DUNE experiments. • Ms. Ruma Das won the 3rd best poster award at • Prof. A. Srinivasan has been offered a Visiting the National Conference on Nanoscience and Professorship in Department of Physics, University of Nanotechnology-16 (NCRANNT-2016), Sept. 8-9, 2016, South Africa from June 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017. Shillong. FACULTY MEMBERS Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 1 Agarwal, Pratima IIT Kanpur Professor Thin fi lms and hetero junction solar cells, nanocrystalline Semiconductors, nanomaterials, optoelectronic properties 2 Ahluwalia, Dharam Texas A&M Visiting Professor Mass dimension one fermions, dark matter, Vir University, USA neutrino oscillations and mixing matrix, (Joined on 22.08.2016) gravitationally-induced phases, interface of the gravitational and quantum realms 3 Basu, Saurabh IIT Kanpur Professor Condensed Matter Physics (Theory); High T C (Dean, Outreach superconductors, Optical lattices, Transport in Education Programme) Magnetic semiconductors 4 Bhuyan, Bipul Delhi Associate Professor High Energy Physics (Experiment); CP violation, University Rare K and B meson decays, ILC R & D 5 Boruah, Bosanta Imperial Associate Professor Lasers and Optics (Experiment & Theory); Ranjan College Programmable Diff ractive Optics, Confocal London Microscopy, Phase Stepping Interferometry, Vectorial Diff raction Theory 6 Bhattacharya, Swati MPIP, Mainz, Assistant Professor Soft Condensed Matter Theory and Simulation, (On Lien to IIT Bombay) Germany Computational Biophysics, Bio-Nano Interface 7 Bhattacharya, HRI, Allahabad Assistant Professor High Energy Physics (Theory), Phenomenology Subhaditya of Standard Model and Beyond, Supersymmetry, Dark Matter, LHC 8 Borah, Debasish IIT Bombay Assistant Professor Particle Physics Model Building, Astroparticle Physics and Cosmology 9 Chakrabarti, Sayan SINP, Kolkata Assistant Professor High Energy Physics (Theory), General relativity, Kumar Black hole perturbations, Gravitational waves, Cosmology 10 Chakraborty, Sovan SINP, Kolkata Assistant Professor Astroparticle Physics, High Energy Astrophysics, Neutrino Oscillations, Supernovae Neutrinos, Ultra High Energy Neutrinos & Dark Matter 11 Das, Santabrata SNBNCBS, Associate Professor Astrophysics (Theory); Astrophysical fl ows around Kolkata compact objects, Ultra high energy cosmic rays 12 Dey, Tarak Nath PRL, Associate Professor Quantum Optics (Theory); Coherent control of pulse Ahmedabad propagation, Nonlinear optics, Optical solitons, Negative index media, Bose-Einstein condensates 13 Ghosh, Subhradip SNBNCBS, Professor Condensed Matter Physics (Theory); Electronic Kolkata Structure theory, Ordering and Phase stability of disordered alloys, Vibrational properties of metallic aloys 150 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 14 Giri, Pravat Kumar IIT Kanpur Professor Condensed Matter Physics (Experimental); Semiconductor nanostructures, Ion-solid interactions, Optoelectronic materials & devices, Nanotechnology 15 Kadolkar, Charudatt IIT Bombay Associate Professor Condensed Matter Physics (Theory); Magnetism, Y. Defects in Ionic Materials, Group Theoretical approaches to Molecular Problems 16 Khare, Alika IIT Kanpur Professor Laser and Photonics (Experiment and Theory) 17 Khijwania, Sunil K. IIT Delhi Professor Fiber Optics (Experiment & Theory); Fiber & Integrated Optics, Photonic Crystal Fiber and Applications, Surface Plasmon Resonance based Sensors, Fiber Bragg Gratings and based Devices, Fiber Optic Sensor, Bio/Nano-Photonics 18 Kumar, Gagan IIT, Delhi Assistant Professor Terahertz Plasmonics and metamaterials, Guided Wave Devices, Ultrafast Spectroscopy 19 Kumar, Meduri Univ. of Assistant Professor High Energy Physics (Theory); Particle Physics, Chakravartula Hyderabad Higher order QCD corrections for LHC and Tevatron, Standard Model and beyond 20 Maity, Debaprasad IACS, Kolkata Assistant Professor High Energy (Theory); Cosmology, Ads/CMT 21 Maiti, Uday Narayan Jadavpur Assistant Professor Graphene, carbon nanotube, Inorganic University, nanostructures, Energy storage and conversion, Kolkata Nanomaterials based electronic devices 22 Majhi, Bibhas Ranjan SNBNCBS, Assistant Professor High Energy Physics (Theory); General theory of Kolkata relativity, Field theory on curved spacetimes, Black holes, Cosmology, Thermodynamical aspects of gravity, Fluidgravity correspondence 23 Mishra, Pankaj Kumar IIT Kanpur Assistant Professor Nonlinear Physics (Theory and Simulation): Quantum turbulence, Instabilities and turbulence in thermal convection and MHD, Supercooled liquid and glasses 24 Mishra, Tapan IIA, Bangalore Assistant Professor Condensed Matter Physics (Theory); Quantum Phase Transitions, Many-body physics with strongly correlated quantum gases in optical lattice 25 Nandy, Malay Kumar IIT Kanpur Associate Professor Theoretical Physics, Statistical Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Turbulence Field Theory, Plasma Physics, Quantum Computation 26 Nandi, Soumitra Univ. of Assistant Professor High Energy Physics (Theory); Quark and Lepton Calcutta Flavour Physics, Flavour Symmetries, CP violation, precision calculations in the SM, Special interest in QCD, Heavy Quark Ee ective Theory and Soft Collinear Eff ective Theory 27 Padmanabhan, IISc, Bangalore Associate Professor Condensed matter (Theory); Atomistic Modeling Padma Kumar and Simulation of Condensed States of Matter 28 Pal, Dilip TIFR, Mumbai Associate Professor Low Temperature Physics and Material Science (Experimental); Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, Vortex states in superconductors, Superconductivity and Magnetism 151 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 29 Pamu, Dobbidi Univ. of Associate Professor Condensed Matter Physics; High-k and low loss Hyderabad materials, Ferroelectrics Ceramics, Oxide thin fi lms Nanomaterials 30 Pandey, Kanhaiya IISc, Bangalore Assistant Professor Atomic, molecular and optical physics (Experiment); Laser cooling and trapping of atoms, BEC, Many body physics, artifi cial gauge fi eld; Atomic coherence, EIT, magnetometry; Spectroscopy and frequency metrology of optical- atomic transitions 31 Alagarsamy, Perumal IIT Kharagpur Professor Condensed Matter Physics (Experimental); Magnetism, Nanostructured Materials, Nanocrystalline Materials, Magnetic Thin Films, Metallic Glasses 32 Poulose, Poulose PRL, Professor Theoretical Physics; High energy physics (Head of the Ahmedabad phenomenology, CP violation, Mass Generation Department) mechanism, Low energy Gravity 33 Raha, Udit University Assistant Professor Quantum Chromodynamics and Nuclear Eff ective of Bonn, Field Theories Germany 34 Ravi, Seenipandian Univ. of Professor Condensed Matter Physics (Experimental); Hyderabad Magnetism, Superconductivity, Low temperature Physics 35 Santra, Sitangshu Bose Institute, Professor Condensed Matter Physics (Theory); Condensed Bikas Kolkata Matter Physics, Statistical Physics 36 Sarma, Amarendra IIT Delhi Associate Professor Photonics (Theory) and Theoretical Physics; Kumar Solitons, Metamaterials and Plasmonics, Ultrafast optics, Nonlinear Fiber Optics, Nonlinear Optics 37 Sharma, Ashwini IIT Kanpur Associate Professor Laser ablation, characterization, deposition and Kumar applications of nanostructures 38 Setlur, Girish Univ. of Illinois Professor Theoretical Physics; Optoelectronic properties of Sampath graphene, Nonchiral bosonization of fermions in one and higher dimensions 39 Sil, Arunansu Univ. of Associate Professor High Energy Physics & Cosmology (Theory); Calcutta Phenomenology of Physics beyond the Standard Model, Supersymmetry and its breaking, Neutrino Physics, Matter-antimatter asymmetry of the Universe, Infl ation 40 Srinivasan, IISc, Bangalore Professor Condensed Matter Physics (Experimental); Ananthakrishnan Glasses and Disordered Materials, Thin Films, Metallic Alloys, Nanophase materials, Shape Memory Alloys 41 Thota, Subhash IIT Kanpur Associate Professor Material Science and Engineering; Magnetic Nanostructures, Oxide Heterostructures, Superlattices, Magnetocaloric eff ects, Semimagnetic semiconductors, Bandgap Engineering 152 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 The Centre at a Glance CENTRE FOR ENERGY Year of Establishment: 2004 Academic Programmes Off ered: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Master of Science by research [MS (R)] Total Faculty Strength: 2 • Assistant Professor: 1 • Visiting Assistant Professor: 1 New Faculty Members Joined: NIL Faculty Members Associated: 19 Total Student Strength: 87 PhD: 63 MS(R): 24 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 32 PhD: 18 MS (R): 14 153 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI LABORATORY FACILITIES of enzymes and their interaction with nanostructured The Centre has the following laboratories— materials for bioelectronic devices such as biofuel cell & other applications. 1. Analytical Laboratory: Energy research demands a proper analytical set-up for quantitative as well as 5. Energy Efficiency Laboratory: Fuel testing facility qualitative analysis of samples like biomass, biofuels, (calorifi c value and viscosity), proximate analysis facility, etc. Centre for Energy houses a state of the art anemometer, pump testing setup, biomass gasifi cation analytical lab for both quantitative and qualitative unit, fl ue gas analyzer, GC for biogas analysis, natural analysis. Some of the tests that can be performed convection grain drier, fuel cell demonstration unit, here are -Characterization of fuels (Calorific value, fi bre analysis system, Kjeldahl apparatus for nitrogen viscosity, fl ash point, fi re point, cloud & pour point, estimation, fume hood etc. A portion of the energy cetane index), Proximate as well as ultimate analysis, effi ciency laboratory is located in the technology complex Gas Chromatograph analysis. The laboratory is (TC) to house the noisy, rugged and robust facilities like equipped with Gas Chromatograph (GC), Thermo- biomass gasifi er units, pump testing set-up etc. Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA), High Performance Liquid 6. Bio-energy Laboratory: The Bioenergy laboratory is Chromatograph (HPLC), Oxygen bomb calorimeter, developing the necessary knowledge and range of Vacuum rotary evaporator, Lyophilizer, Kjeldahl technologies to improve biofuel crops with more apparatus for nitrogen estimation etc. to name a few. effi cient biofuel and bioenergy. The lab is also involved 2. Biofuel Laboratory: The lab is focused in developing in development of micropropagation technology for a sustainable process design for various biofuel commercial scale production of clonal (genetically productions and its bioconversion to various value added identical) plant materials of high yielding biofuel byproducts. The facilities available are: Development of plants. The laboratory is also planning to employ thermo-chemical and biochemical conversion routes to automation (using bioreactor) in micropropgation effi ciently generate renewable biofuels (Bio-butanol, to further reduce the cost of clonal plants. The main Bio-ethanol) from various feedstock types – rice straw, research activities in the area of bioenergy involves the glycerol, lignocelluloses, Microalgae and Jatropa (Bio- following -Micropropagation and Genetic Engineering diesel production); UltraSound enhanced conversion of of Bio Fuel plants, Tissue culture of energy and bio-fuel sugars to fuels and chemicals; Glycerol bioconversion to crops, Bioprocess Engineering for yielding value added various value added product (1, 3-Propanediol, DHA); products, Genetic Engineering, Extraction of oil and and Biohydrogen production. other value added products, and Microalgae based biodiesel production. 3. Fuel Cells Laboratory: Study of fuel cells has assumed immense importance because fuel cells have many 7. Solar Energy Laboratory: Centre for Energy also houses advantages - clean, high effi ciency, silent / vibration- a solar energy lab for dedicated research towards free, reliable, responsive, high quality power, unlimited development and testing of thin fi lms for solar cells. runtime, independence from traditional infrastructure, Demonstration unit for effi cient use of solar energy; use a variety of fuels, high power density, variable characterization and study of the photovoltaic module; operating temperatures, complementary technologies, energy spectrum measuring facility; spectral response/ design fl exibility etc. The laboratory is emphasizing photoconductivity/ quantum; efficiency and other on microbial and enzymatic fuel cell as an alternative transport measurements in the presence of light of source of energy and power generation. In this endeavor, photovoltaic modules, materials and devices. The researchers in the lab have actively worked in enzymatic transport measurements are also possible as a function fuel cell with alcohol oxidase in bionanode and laccase of temperature in the temperature range 250-450K. A in biocathode. We are also carrying out work in PMFC i.e. facility for preparation of thin fi lms by physical vapor photosynthetic microbial fuel cell using cyanobacteria deposition method is also available. The facility for the and other photosynthetic bacteria in anode as a means fabrication of thin fi lm and heterojunction solar cells of self-sustainable power generating profi le for a clean, based amorphous and microcrystalline silicon is also green energy initiative and technology for the future. available in collaboration with Physics department. Facilities available in this laboratory are: Fabrication 8. Process Development laboratory: This laboratory has and characterization of bioelectrodes for biofuelcell been developed at the Technology Complex (TC) and biosensors applications, Facility for development to house the noisy, rugged and robust equipment. and characterization of composite proton exchange The major facilities in Process Development Lab are membranes for fuel cell applications, Potentiostat for Gasifi cation units (both Downdraft & Fluidized Bed), IC cyclic voltametric study, amperometric study and other Engines setup, Pump testing setup, and Gas to Liquid electrochemical measurements. conversion setup. Some of the equipment available 4. X-ray Crystallography Laboratory: This houses the are Gas analyzer, Pelletizer, Gas Chromatograph, Fibre facility for sample preparation for studies on structure analysis system, etc. 154 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 9. Biogas Development and Training Centre (BDTC): This MAJOR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ACQUIRED: is a continuous project funded by Ministry of New Digital Viscometer, Multichannel Potentiostat Galvanostat and Renewable Energy (MNRE), New Delhi, which with Bipot, Fume hood, Data acquisition system, Air has been functioning from the Centre for Energy for compressor promotion of biogas technology in the NE states since MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: 2006. It is involved with activities such as providing training programme for turnkey workers, providing Biosensor, Biofuel cells, Amorphous and nano-crystalline construction cum maintenance training, organization semiconductor thin films for solar cells, perovskite solar cells, heterojunction solar cells and other devices, of users training and awareness programme, survey of Biomass(microorganism/ waste/ plant materials) to biofuel/ and technical support to biogas digesters installed in bio-oil/ biodiesel /biogas/ power through physical/ chemical/ diff erent states of the NE India. biological means, Clean coal technology, Combustion and 10. Internal Combustion Engine Laboratory: This laboratory energy effi ciency of systems, Sustainable biofuel, Bio-energy is located at Technology Complex and houses facility for and Green Engineering, Bio-mass gasifi cation, Wind Energy developments to petrol and diesel engines for testing Conversion, Energy Conservation and Renewable Energy, of various alternative fuels. Solar energy conversion. CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED Name of National / Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date Faculty International Dr. P. Kalita International conference on Nano University of Petroleum 22 -24 International for Energy and Water & Indo-French and Energy Studies (UPES), February, Workshop on Water Networking Dehradun 2017 INVITED LECTURES: IN INDIA, ABROAD Name Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Place Date Prof. P. Biosensors NEQIP on Advance Materials for Assam 26 Apr 2016 Goswami Engineering Engineering College Prof. P. Graphene, Silicon Carbide and Silicon Engineering Information Bangkok 3-5 Jan 2017 Agarwal thin fi lms deposited by Hot Filament Institute CVD for diff erent device applications. Prof. P. Persistent photoconductivity and Tezpur University Tezpur 2-4 Mar Agarwal space charge limited conduction in 2017 a-Si:H/nc-Si:H multilayer structure: Role of interface states Prof. P. Growth of carbon nano-materials Gauhati University Guwahati 24-25 Mar Agarwal using hot fi lament CVD 2017 Dr. P. Kalita Investigation of heat transfer and National conference on Tezpur 3-4 Mar hydrodynamic characteristics of a Petroleum Biotechnology and 2017 PCFB unit Bioenergy, Tezpur University Dr. P. Kalita Pressurized fl uidized bed combustion 2nd winter school at Gifu Japan 18 Dec 2016 and gasifi cation University Dr. P. Kalita (i) Wind energy conversion, AICTE sponsored QIP-short Kollam, 15 Feb 2017 (ii) Geothermal Energy Conversion term course on Sustainable Kerala and Development & Green Energy (iii) Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Technologies, TKM College of Engineering 155 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Name Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Place Date Dr. P. Kalita Renewable Energy Technologies for National conference on Guwahati 29 Apr 2016 NE region of India Emerging trends in engineering -opportunities in North-East organized, Royal Group of Institutions Dr. P.Kalita Bio-energy options for NE region of Symposium on aspects of Azara, 8 Apr 2016 India renewable energy in North Guwahati Eastern region of India, GIMT Dr. L. Barbora Biomass to Power National Seminar on Renewable Guwahati 9 Dec 2016 Energy Generation, Integration, Forecasting Issues & Role of Smart Grid, National Power Training Institute Dr. L. Barbora Vermicomposting Training on Biogas and IIT Guwahati 3-7 Oct Vermicomposting, MNRE 2016 SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES/SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED Name of Faculty Funded International/ No. of (Convener/ Co- Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Date By National participants ordinator,etc.) Prof. V. S. Moholkar, Dr. P. TEQIP-Short term course MHRD 23-27 National 26 Kalita, Dr. C. Somayaji was organized on Energy May 2016 Management and Energy Effi ciency Prof. P. Mahanta, Prof. U. International Workshop on CPRI, 9-10 Jul International 61 K. Saha, Dr. P. Kalita Aspects of Fluidized Bed Bangalore 2016 Technology Prof. P. Mahanta Training programme on Biogas MNRE 3-7 Oct National 17 and Vermicomposting 2016 PATENTS Name of Faculty and co Application Title Date Applied researcher No. P. Goswami, M. Santhosh, Graphite Paste Ink with Silk Sericin for Enhancing the 01/07/2016 201631022633 P. Das, P. D. Thungon Conductivity and Stability AWARDS AND HONOURS “LAMSYS-2016” held at SDSC SHAR (ISRO) Sriharikota. 1. Prof. V.S. Moholkar has been awarded Chartered 2. A.J. Borah,PhD Student, received best poster award Chemical Engineer status and elected as a Chartered during “ICCB-2016” held at VIT Vellore. Member of IChemE, London. 3. S. Sarma, PhD Student, has been selected for the 2. Dr. P.Kalita has been awarded Early Career Research Newton-Bhaba PhD Placements Programme (2016- Award, Science Engineering Research Board (SERB), 2017) to pursue a part of her PhD research work at The Govt. of India, March 2017 University of Nottingham, U.K. 3. Dr. P. Kalita has been declared as a Lifetime Member 4. S. Pradhan, A.J. Borah, M.K. Poddar, P.K.Dikshit, and of Indian Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air V.S. Moholkar received the “7th National Award for conditioning (ISHRAE). Technology Innovation” in the category of “Innovation in Polymeric Material” given by “Department of Chemicals STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS and Petrochemicals, Ministery of Chemicals and 1. R.S. Malani, PhD Student,received the best paper Fertilizers, Government of India.” award in “Environmental System” session during 5. R.S. Malanireceived the best poster award at 156 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 departmental level during “RESEARCH CONCLAVE-17” held at IIT Guwahati. 6. V. Kumar (MS-R student) received the Excellent Paper Award at the ASAR International conference held at Dehradun on August 14, 2016. 7. V. Kumar (MS-R student) secured ‘Second’ position in ‘Process Design Problem’ competition in Refl ux, 25- 27 March, 2016, at Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Guwahati, Assam, India SPECIAL MENTION ABB’s Scholarships- Industry Sponsored Scholarship for M.S(R) and Ph.D. Students at Centre for Energy, IIT Guwahati. Investigators: Dr. S. Senthilmurugan, and Prof R. Uppaluri CORE FACULTY Sl. No. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest Core Faculty 1 Kalita P. IIT Guwahati Assistant Clean coal technology, energy storage, biomass Professor energy thermal Visiting Faculty 1 Chaturvedi H. University of North Visiting Faculty Directed assembly of hybrid functional Carolina (UNCC) at nanomaterials, lithography fabrication, prototype Charlotte, USA development of electro optic wearable devices, biosensors, Flexible electronics, solar cells FACULTY MEMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTRE Sl. No. Name Designation and Department 1. Agarwal P. Professor, Department of Physics 2. Das D. Associate Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering 3. De Mahuya Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering 4. Dubey V.K. Professor, Department of Biotechnology 5. Goswami P. Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering (Head of the Centre) 6. Goud V. V. Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering 7. Kalita K. Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering 8. Kulkarni V. Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering 9. Mahanta P. Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering 10. Mohanty K. Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering 11. Moholkar Vijay S Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering 12. Muthukumar P. Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering 13. Nayak S. K. Associate Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering 14. Nemade H.B. Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering 15. Saha U. K. Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering 16. Sahoo N. Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering 17. Sahoo L. Professor, Department of Biotechnology 18. Senthilmurugan S. Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering 19. Uppaluri R.V.S. Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering 157 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI The Centre at a Glance Year of Establishment: 2004 Academic Programmes Off ered: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Faculty Members Associated: 40 Total Student Strength: 44 PhD: 44 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 13 PhD: 13 CENTRE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT THE FOR CENTRE 158 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 LABORATORY FACILITIES MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT • Research laboratory – I: (Location: fi rst fl oor, I block) It • Water and Wastewater Treatment is used as workplace by research students to carry out • Solid Waste Management and Recycling routine laboratory experiments. • Environmental Bioremediation/ Environmental • Research Laboratory – II: (Location: second fl oor, I block) Biotechnology It is used as workplace by research students to carry out • Bio-sorption& Bioremediation of heavy metals routine laboratory experiments. • Bio-fi ltration for treating Waste Gases and Green • Analytical laboratory: (Location: Research lab-II, Solvents second fl oor, I block) It is equipped with sophisticated equipment essential for environmental research. • Removal of Toxic and Recalcitrant Compounds • Computational laboratory- (Location: Research lab-II, • Biodegradation/Bio-detoxifi cation of Toxic Wastes second fl oor, I block). This facility is accessible to the • Environmental Genomics and Proteomics students for their computer related work. At present • Green Chemistry 20 computers are available for the users. • Greenhouse gas Capture and Storage. • Institutional Biotech Hub Laboratory including • Biofuels mammalian cell culture laboratory and silk rearing and culture facility. • Air pollution- Dispersion, Control & Modeling • Waste Immobilization MAJOR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ACQUIRED • Soil-water-contaminant Interaction • Hydrothermal Autoclave • Contaminant Transport and Retention in Porous Media • Ultrafi ne Particle Counter • Environmental History • Ultra centrifuge • Environmental Economics • Universal Tensile Testing Machine • Green Design • Fluorescent Microplate Reader • Global Warming and Climate Modeling • Evom-Teer • Seribiotechnology and seri-informatics and other related areas CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SEMINARS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED Name of Faculty/ International/ Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date Student National Prof. Kannan Int. Conference on Recent Advancements S. S. N. College 23-24 Feb International Pakshirajan in Chemical, Environmental & Energy of Engineering, 2017 Engineering Chennai Prof. Kannan Nat. Seminar on Petroleum Biotechnology Tezpur 3-4 Mar 2017 National Pakshirajan and Bioenergy University Prof. Kannan ICWM- RECYCLE (2016) IIT Guwahati 1-2 Apr 2016 International Pakshirajan Prof. Kannan 5th Int. conference on research frontiers in Goa 19-21 Dec International Pakshirajan Chalcogen cycle science and Technology 2016 Dr. Animes K. IITG-KIT Joint Symposium on Soft and Kyoto Institute 2016 International Golder Biobased Materials of Technology, Kyoto, Japan Dr. Animes K. GIFU-IITG Joint Symposium on Food GIFU University, 1-2 Aug 2016 International Golder Engineering, Biotechnology, Biomaterials and GIFU, Japan Renewable Energy Dr. Ranjan Tamuli Nat. Conference on Recent Advancements IIT Guwahati 4-5 Jun 2016 National in Environmental Research-2016 (Chaired a Session) Prof. Utpal Bora Learning biology from silkworms IIT Madras Mar 2017 National 159 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Name of Faculty/ International/ Name of Conf./Workshop Place Date Student National Prof. Utpal Bora Genome engineering: future of human kind Cotton February 2017 National and evolution College State University, Guwahati INVITED LECTURES OF FACULTY: IN INDIA, ABROAD Name of Faculty Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Prof. Utpal Bora Frontier in seribiotechnology Arya Vidyapeeth College Guwahati Feb 2017 VISITORS FROM OTHER INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES/ORGANIZATIONS / INVITED LECTURES Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Prof. Sirshendu IIT Kharagpur Ultra low cost innovation for arsenic removal from 4 Jun 2016 De drinking water and hollow fi bres for treatment of industrial wastewater Prof. Suresh Institute of Advanced Study Phytoremediation of hydrocarbon contaminated soil 4 Jun 2016 Deka in Science and Technology, with some effi cient plant species Guwahati Dr. Naresh Siksha 'O' Anusandhan Intimately coupled photobiocatalysis system for 4 Jun 2016 Kumar Sahoo University, Orissa treatment of coke oven wastewater Prof. Dulal C. Gauhati University Management of urban solid waste with special 4 Jun 2016 Goswami reference to Guwahati city Dr. Simanta Programme Co-ordinator Green Stories: A compilation of 100 environmental 4 Jun 2016 Kalita Centre for Environment success stories Education, North East India Dr. Ranjit Kumar Deptt of Chemistry, Air pollution-climate change: value based education 5 Jun 2016 Dayalbagh Educational ultimate solution Institute (Deemed University), Agra Dr. Sutapa Bose Assistant professor, Dept. of Assessment of Arsenic Kinetics (As) in Rice- Soil 5 Jun 2016 Earth Sciences, IISER Kolkata System in Bengal Delta Region Dr. Sudip Mitra Tezpur University Community Based Climate Risk Management and 5 Jun 2016 Disaster Risk Reduction Are the Two Sides of a Same Coin. Prof. Sunandan Assam Don Bosco University, Development of Nanostructured Environmental 5 Jun 2016 Baruah Guwahati Sensors Mr. A. B. Paul PHE Assam Geogenic Contamination of Ground Water of Assam 5 Jun 2016 with Special Reference to Fluoride and its Mitigation Eff ort- A Case Study. Dr. Tanmoy Bose Former Additional Director Empowering ideas with technology 29 Jun 2016 FICCI and Key leader BLESS Dr. Rajib Rudra Digboi College Snake conservation and management 29 Aug 2016 Tariang Dr. Bob Wasson, National University of Catastrophic fl oods in the Himalaya: Causes, 2 Dec 2015 Lee Kuan Yew Singapore knowledge, requirements and solutions Dr. Bibhash Columbia University, USA, Sedimentological controls on distribution and 16 Nov 2015 Nath Lamont‐Doherty Earth heterogeneity of arsenic aquifers. Observatory 160 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Dr. Lex van Columbia University, USA, Processes regulating groundwater arsenic levels in 16 Nov 2015 Geen Lamont‐Doherty Earth Bangladesh that might be relevant to Assam Observatory Mr. Ram - India Science and Research Fellowship (ISRF) to 1 Aug 2016- Chandra Baijgai SAARC Nations From Sherubtse College, Kanglung, 28 Feb 2017 Bhutan SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES /SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED Name of Faculty (Convener/ Co- International/ Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Funded By Date ordinator,etc.) National Dr. Sri Harsha Kota Air Quality & Climate Change: TE QIP Short Term 4-8 Apr National Control & Modelling course 2016 Prof. Vikash Kr. Dubey (Chairman), Recent Advancements in DST, DBT, ICMR 4-5 Jun National Dr. Deepmoni Deka (Convener), Environmental Research 2016 Partha P. Bakal (Co-Convener) Prof. Utpal Bora Seritech 2017 DBT under Insti- 24 Jan 2017 National tute Biotech Hub STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS (CSIR-IICT), Hyderabad, Telangana, India (2017) (Best • Lalit Goswami; K. Pakshirajan and G. Pugazhenthi, Poster Award) Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic compounds in • Ms. Visva Bharati Barua received ISWA-SWIS full a binary substrate system by Rhodococcus opacus, scholarship 2016 to attend winter school at The 28 February, 2017, Indo- EU Workshop on “Microbial University of Texas at Arlington, Texas, USA. electrochemical technologies for sustainability: • Somnath Chanda, G. Das and M. K. Purkait, Formulation Fuels, Chemicals and Remediation”organized by of herbal cosmeceuticals & neutraceuticals from Assam Bioengineering and Environmental Sciences Lab, EEFF green tea leaves, IITG-TIC innovation competition Department, Indian Institute of Chemical Technology 1stprize, 29th October, 2016, IIT Guwahati. FACULTY MEMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTRE Sl. No. Name Designation and Department 1 Bag S. Subhendu Associate Professor 2 Barua Anamika Associate Professor 3 Bhabak Pada Krishna Assistant Professor 4 Bora Utpal Professor 5 Chakraborty Saswati Professor 6 Chaturvedi Rakhi Professor 7 Das Chandan Associate Professor 8 Das Gopal Professor 9 Dasu V. Venkata Professor 10 Dubey Vikash Kumar (Head of the Centre) Professor 11 Dutta M. K. Professor 12 Ghosh Pranab Kumar Professor 13 Ghosal Aloke Kumar Professor 14 Gokhale Sharad Professor 15 Golder K. Animes Associate Professor 16 Goud Vaibhav V. Associate Professor 161 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Sl. No. Name Designation and Department 17 Goyal Arun Professor 18 Goyal Kumar Manish Assistant Professor 19 Jawed Mohammad Professor 20 Kalamdhad Ajay Associate Professor 21 Kundu Lal Mohan Associate Professor 22 Mahanta Chandan Professor 23 Mandal Bishnupada Professor 24 Mandal Tapas Kumar Associate Professor 25 Mohanty Kaustubha Professor 26 Mukherjee Chandan Associate Professor 27 Pakshirajan Kannan Professor 28 Pandey M. Lalit Assistant Professor 29 Patra Sanjukta Associate Professor 30 Patel K. Bhisma Professor 31 Purkait M. K. Professor 32 Ray Manabendra Professor 33 Sarma Arup Kumar Professor 34 Sastri V. Chivukula Associate Professor 35 Senthilmurugan S Assistant professor 36 Sivaprakasam K. Senthil Assistant professor 37 Tamal Banerjee Associate Professor 38 Tamuli Ranjan Associate Professor 39 Tiwari Pankaj Assistant Professor 40 Uppaluri Ramagopal Professor 162 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 CENTRE FOR LINGUISTIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY The Centre at a Glance Year of Establishment: 2014 Academic Programmes Off ered: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Total Faculty Strength: 1 • Visiting Faculty: 1 New Faculty Members Joined: 1 • Visiting Faculty: 1 Faculty Members Associated: 16 Total Student Strength: 8 PhD: 8 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 8 PhD: 8 163 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT: CLST is a multidisciplinary center aimed at research and development in the fi elds of language analysis langauge technology development. The center pays special attention to the various languages spoken in North East India and aims to build itself as a resource center for the language of the area in general. The center is currently hosting and executing a few projects that have a truly interdisciplinary team of investigators. MAJOR INITIATIVES UNDERTAKEN • Language Identifi cation Systems for the North Eastern languages • Limited vocabulary automatic speech recognition system for Mizo • Sentiment and text analystics modules for North Eastern languages • Keyword spotting and speech recognition in Nagamese and Manipuri SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES /SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED Name of Faculty Funded International/ No. of (Convener/ Co- Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Date By National participants ordinator, etc.) Prof. Sukumar Nandi 22nd Himalayan ICSSR 6-8 Jun International 200 Languages Symposium 2016 Prof. Sukumar Nandi 38th International CIIL 10-12 Nov International 210 Conference of the 2016 Linguistic Society of India Dr. Bidisha Som National Symposium on DST & 16-17 Mar National 100 Cognitive Science Aerobe 2017 FACULTY MEMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTRE Sl. No. Name Designation and Department 1. Bhattacharya, S. Associate Professor CSE 2. Bokil, P. Assistant Professor Design 3. Dandapat, S. Professor EEE 4. Das, P. K. Professor CSE 5. Guha, P. Assistant Professor EEE 6. Mahanta, S. Associate Professor HSS 7. Nandi, S. (Head of the Centre) Professor CSE and Head CLST 8. Prasanna, S. R. M. Professor EEE 9. Saikia, A. Professor HSS 10. Sarmah, P. Associate Professor HSS 11. Sharma, S. Associate Professor HSS 12. Shrivastava, A. Assistant Professor Design 13. Sinha, R. Professor EEE 14. Som, B. Associate Professor HSS 15. Sundaram, S. Assistant Professor EEE 16. Udaya Kumar, D Assistant Professor Design 164 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 CENTRE FOR NANOTECHNOLOGY The Centre at a Glance Year of Establishment: 2004 Academic Programmes Off ered: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Faculty Members Associated: 11 Total Student Strength: 38 PhD: 38 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 7 PhD: 7 165 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI LABORATORY FACILITIES from multi-disciplinary areas of science and engineering The centre has a total of 15 numbers of laboratories, out for establishing a ‘Centre for Excellence in Research and of which two have been set up in the Central Instruments Development of Nanoelectronic Theranostic Devices’. Nano- Facility. Electronics group focuses on Micro-Nano fabrication, Optical 1. Material Res. Lab and Electronic Characterization of Micro-Nano Devices, 2. XRD Lab development of SAW sensors, ECG amplifier and blind 3. TEM Lab assisted walker. Nanoscale science and technology group 4. Optoelectronic Device FabricationLab have recently developeda device for visual detection of 5. Nanobiotech Lab bilirubin and another device with Integrated Methods For 6. Cell culture Lab Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (Rt-Pcr) 7. Synthesis Lab And/OrDna/Protein Array Based Analyses. Gene Therapy 8. Nano Fabrication Lab group is mainly focused in developing ‘Gene Therapy 9. MEMS & NEMS Lab Vectors’. They have established molecular mechanism of 10. SPM Lab cell death via apoptotic signaling in suicide gene therapy. 11. Thin Film and Micro Fluidics Lab Combination therapy involving various cytokines, cell 12. Lithography Fabrication Lab signaling molecules and nanomaterials is another area 13. Micro-Nano Characterization Lab of our interest. Nanobiotechnology group is pursuing 14. Micro-Nanoelectronic Characterization Lab interdisciplinary collaborative research at the Centre for 15. Wet Lab Nanotechnology on “nanoparticles and nanocomposites”. They are developing new nanoclusters for the potential MAJOR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ACQUIRED applications as sensors, antimicrobial and anticancer agents. Nanophysics group is working on the various aspects on the Equipment defects of carbon nanotube and their possible application 1. Gas Chromatography as sensor. A combined group of faculty members from 2. Ultrasonic Processor Chemistry and Physics are working on Organic light emitting 3. Ultrasonic Bath diode (OLEDs), Conjugated oligomer and polymer synthesis, 4. Bench Top Incubator cum orbital Shaker Organic Field Eff ect Transistors (OFETs), Organic Solar Cells 5. Magnetic stirrer with hot plate digital (OSCs), Memory devices, Theranostic devices, Sensors. 6. Digital pH Meter and Nanotube based transistors. In addition Centre is also 7. Analytical Balance involved in fostering growth of science and education in the 8. Rotavapor north east in the fi eld of nanotechnology by conference, 9. Refrigerated High Speed Centrifuge workshops, symposium and seminars. 10. Refrigerator 11. 24.3 MP DSLR Camera FX format MAJOR INITIATIVES AND BREAKTHROUGH IN RESEARCH 12. Motor complete, Horizontal damper, Rotor AND DEVELOPMENT identification, Grey wedge, Optical imbalance • Development of Class 100 and Class 1000 Clean Room recognition for Sigma centrifuge facilities at IITG. 13. Power pack for motorised lid lock for Sigma centrifuge • Development of a device for Flexible Paper Touchpads 14. Rockyvac Vacuum Pump 600 &Spinot digital Magnetic for Low-cost Electronic Appliances stirrer hot 15. Hand Pallet Truck • Development of a device for visual detection of bilirubin. 16. CCTV Survillance& recording • Development of a device with Integrated Methods For 17. Programmable Spin Coating System Reverse Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (Rt- Pcr) And/Or DNA/Protein Array Based Analyses Facilities • Development of a device for A Transmittance Based 1. Laser Head Assembly Service Opto Electro Chemical Device for Detecting Biomarkers 2. Pwr Supply Argon Laser Univ-AC/70-120V on Paper Surface Targeting Low-cost Point-of-Care 3. FLUOROLOG 3 SPECTRACQ (1HV) for Fluorolog-3 Diagnostic Tools 4. ComsolMultiphysics • Development of a device for A Lung Condition 5. 20KVA On Line UPS system& 6KVA On Line UPS System Monitoring Device • Development of a device for Microfl uidic Hybrid Energy MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT Harvester Combining Solar Energy, Surface Plasmon The centre is pursuing research in the multi-disciplinary area Resonance, and Streaming Potential of Nanotechnology required to meet the future challenges • Development of a device for A Transmittance Based and to augment academic partnerships with industry. A Opto Electro Chemical Device for Detecting Biomarkers sponsored research projectof Rs. 57.75 Crore sanctioned on Paper Surface Targeting Low-cost Point-of-Care from DeitY is implementing at the Centre with experts Diagnostic Tools 166 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 INVITED LECTURES OF FACULTY: IN INDIA, ABROAD Name of Faculty Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Prof. Arun Dr R A Mashelkar Endowment Lecture on NCL Pune 15 Sep 2016 Chattopadhyay Advanced Materials Prof. Arun GIAN Course Aligarh Muslim Aligarh 22 Dec 2016 Chattopadhyay University Prof. Arun Institute Lecture IISER Trivandrum Trivandrum 31 Mar 2017 Chattopadhyay Prof. S. S. Ghosh Emergence of Cancer Theranostics and North-Eastern Hill Shillong 2 Aug 2016 Nano-ensemble Devices University Prof. S. S. Ghosh Cancer Theranostics Smartens up to Indian Institute of Guwahati 3 Nov 2016 Utilize Oxidative Stress Technology Guwahati Prof. S. S. Ghosh Emergence of Cancer Theranostics Defence Institute of Pune 13 Jan 2017 Advanced Technology Prof. S. S. Ghosh Nanotechnology in Biosensing, Detection Gauhati University Guwahati 30 Mar 2017 and Device Prof. S. S. Ghosh Cancer Nanotheranostics Gauhati University Guwahati 30 Mar 2017 Prof. P. K. Giri Solar light Driven Photocatalysis by NEHU Shillong 8-9 Sep Functional Hybrid Nanostructures for 2016 Water Purifi cation and Environmental Cleaning Prof. P. K. Giri Application of Electron Microscopy in IIT BHU Varanasi 2-4 Jun 2016 the Study of Hybrid Nanostructured Photocatalysts Prof. P. K. Giri Functional Hybrid Nanostructures of IIT Kharagpur Kharagpur 12-14 Dec Graphene, Graphitic Carbon Nitride, TiO2 2016 and Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles for Water Purifi cation by Solar Light Driven Catalysis Prof. P. K. Giri Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Nanostructures NIT Durgapur Durgapur 15-17 Mar for Solar Light Driven Photocatalysis 2017 Prof. P. K. Giri Multifunctional Si Nanowires Decorated NIT Nagaland Nagaland 4-6 Jan 2017 with Metal Nanoparticles: White Light Emission, Photocatalysis, SERS and Bio- sensing Applications Prof. P. K. Giri Understanding the Mechanism of Visible Tezpur University Tezpur 2-4 Mar Photoluminescence from Chemically 2017 Derived Graphene and Graphene Quantum Dots and its Application in Bio- Imaging Prof. P. K. Giri Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticle Decorated IACS, Kolkata Kolkata 3-4 Mar Si Nanowires Array for Light Emission, 2017 Visible Light Photocatalysis, SERS and Bio-sensing Applications Prof. P. K. Giri Graphene Quantum Dots: Formation JNU New Delhi 17-18 Mar Mechanism, Edge State Conversion, Bio- 2017 imaging and Photocatalytic Applications Prof. P. K. Giri Mesoporous Si Nanowire Heterostrucures Gauhati University Guwahati 24-25 Mar for Broad-band Light Emission, Visible 2017 Light Photocatalysis, SERS and Bio- sensing Applications 167 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Name of Faculty Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Dr. Dipankar Self-Motile Mesoscale Droplets & Particles IIT Guwahati Guwahati 16 Jan 2017 Bandyopadhyay Dr. Dipankar Self-Organizing Thin Films & Droplets of Not given Jaipur 9-12 Mar Bandyopadhyay Functional Polymers - Liquid Crystals 2017 Dr. Dipankar Reaction Engineering: form Laboratory IIT Guwahati Guwahati 2016 Bandyopadhyay Prototypes to the Devices SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES /SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED Name of Faculty (Convener/ Funded International/ No. of Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Date Co-ordinator, etc.) By National participants Prof. Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh NWNTD-2017 - 3rd DeitY 21-23 Feb National 170 (Chairman), Dr. Tapas Kumar National Workshop 2017 Mandal (Convener) on NEMS/MEMS and Theranostic Devices PATENTS Name of Faculty and co- Name Date Applied/ Application researcher Granted No. Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Flexible Paper Touchpads for Low-cost Electronic 17 May 2016 201631017054 Mitradip Bhattacharjee Appliances Satarupa Dutta, Nilanjan A Transmittance Based OptoElectroChemical 31 May 2016 201631018620 Mandal, Dipankar Device for Detecting Biomarkers on Paper Surface Bandyopadhyay Targeting Low-cost Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tools Arun Chattopadhyay, Sunil A Device With Integrated Methods For Reverse 2 Jun 2016 PCT/ Kumar Sailapu, Deepanjalee Transcription Polymerase Chain Reaction (Rt-Pcr) IN2016/000141 Dutta, Amaresh Kumar Sahoo, And/Or Dna/Protein Array Based Analyses. Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh Arun Chattopadhyay, Anumita A Device For Visual Detection Of Bilirubin 2 Jun 2016 PCT/ Paul, Srestha Basu, Amaresh IN2016/000141 Kumar Sahoo Mitradip Bhattacharjee, A Lung Condition Monitoring Device 28 Sep 2016 201631033190 Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Harshal Nemade Seim Timung, Mitradip Microfl uidic Hybrid Energy Harvester Combining 24 Oct 2016 201631036408 Bhattacharjee, Tapas Solar Energy, Surface Plasmon Resonance and Kumar Mandal, Dipankar Streaming Potential Bandyopadhyay Satarupa Dutta, Nilanjan A Transmittance Based Opto Electro Chemical 16 Jan 2017 PCT/ Mandal, Dipankar Device for Detecting Biomarkers on Paper Surface IN2017/050023 Bandyopadhyay Targeting Low-cost Point-of-Care Diagnostic Tools STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS • Nanoparticle based lung monitoring device, • Deepanjalee Dutta, Sunil Kumar Sailapu, Shortlisted MitradipBhattacharjee, Harshal Nemade and Dipankar within top 15 proposals, Assam Biotech conclave, Bandyopadhyay, REFLUX-2017, IIT Guwahati, 2017. (Best Guwahati Biotech Park, January 5-6, 2017, (A bench top Paper Award) device and integrated methods for gene and protein • Microfluidic vapour sensor and energy harvester, analysis). Mitradip Bhattacharjee, Viswanath Pasumarthi, Joydip • Satarupa Dutta, Nilanjan Mandal, and Dipankar Chaudhuri, Amit Kumar Singh, Harshal Nemade and Bandyopadhyay, Gandhian Young Technology Dipankar Bandyopadhyay, Research Conclave-2017, IIT Innovation BIRAC-SHRISTI Appreciation Award 2017. Guwahati, 2017. (Best Poster Award) 168 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 • Droplet based organic vapor sensor, Mitradip Abir Ghosh, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay and Ashutosh Bhattacharjee, Viswanath Pasumarthi, Joydip Chaudhuri, Sharma, 3rd Indo-German workshop: Advances Amit Kumar Singh, Harshal Nemade and Dipankar in Materials, Reactions & Separation Processes, IIT Bandyopadhyay, Refl ux-2016, IIT Guwahati (Best Poster Guwahati, Guwahati (Best Poster Award) Award) • Neha Arora, Best Poster, ICSCC-2016 (Functional • Fabrication of High Aspect Ratio Surface Patterns on Stabilization of Recombinant PTEN onto Silica Viscoelastic Thin Films with Mutable Kinetic Parameters, Nanoparticles for Potential Biomedical Applications) FACULTY MEMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTRE Sl. No. Name Designation and Department 1. Bandyopadhyay, Dipankar Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering 2. Bose, Biplab Associate Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering 3. Chattopadhyay, Arun Professor, Department of Chemistry 4. Ghosh, Siddhartha Sankar Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering 5. Giri, Pravat Kumar Professor, Department of Physics 6. Iyer, ParameswarKrishnan Professor, Department of Chemistry 7. Mandal, Tapas K. Associate Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering 8. Nemade, Harshal B. Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering 9. Palathinkal, Roy Paily Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (Head of the Centre) 10. Paul, Anumita Professor, Department of Chemistry 11. Sahoo, Lingaraj Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering 169 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI The Centre at a Glance Year of Establishment: 2015 Academic Programmes Off ered: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Total Faculty Strength: 3 • Associate Professor: 1 • Assistant Professor: 2 New Faculty Members Joined: 3 • Associate Professor: 1 • Assistant Professor: 2 Faculty Members Associated: 13 Total Student Strength: 9 PhD: 9 New Students Joined in 2016-2017: 9 PhD: 9 CENTRE FOR RURAL TECHNOLOGY RURAL FOR CENTRE 170 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT various technologies developed by RuTAG-NE. • Technology and Development • Aaranyak, a leading NGO, organized an exhibition of • Public Policy and Governance rural technologies at Baksa district with an aim to uplift • Rural Housing, Transportation the economic conditions of neighborhood villages of • Rural Water Supply and Sanitation Manas National Park, a world heritage site, with a prime objective of protection of wildlife of Manas National • Rural communication Park. RuTAG-NE participated in that programme and • Energy and Environment Assessment demonstrated various technologies developed by • Climate Change and Development RuTAG-NE. There are huge demands of betel nut cutter, • Natural Resources Management and Livelihood modifi ed bicycle, eri cocoon opener, straw cutter, feed • Water Resources block machine and few more technology. • Agro-Food Processing • Ministry of Textile, Government of India has shown interest in implementing some of the technologies MAJOR INITIATIVES AND BREAKTHROUGH IN RESEARCH developed by RuTAG-NE related to textile industries AND DEVELOPMENT viz., Muga power loom, hank to bobbin machine, pirn RuTAG-NE, a project initiated and sponsored by offi ce of the winding machine and sectional warping machine. Principal Scientifi c Advisorto the GOI. Major initiatives and • Training program has been organized by RuTAG-NE for breakthroughs of RuTAG-NE is highlighted below: the benefi t of potters engaged in pottery industry from • North Eastern Region Community Resource Management different parts of Assam at Bezera, kamrup district; Project (NERCORMP) has recently taken up a project on Mandakata, Kamrup; Hirapara, Darang district;. The implementation of biomass based dryer, developed by objective of the program was to enhance the skill of RuTAG-NE, in various rural areas of North Eastern region the artisans to make the sector competitive in the for drying diff erent agricultural, medicinal and food international market. products. The project is funded by Ministry of DoNER. • RuTAG participated in an exhibition organized by ASTEC • RuATG-NE participated in an exhibition at Chandigarh to showcase technologies developed by RuTAG on 27 -28 organized by Ministry of DoNER for demonstration of February, 2017 at SrimantaSankardevKalakhetra, Assam. CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED: INTERNATIONAL / NATIONAL Name of International Name of Conf./ Workshop Place Date Faculty /National Dr. Sudip Mitra As subject expert – Farmers First for Conserving Assam Agricultural 9-11 Feb National Soil and Water Resources in North Eastern Region University, Guwahati 2017 (FFCSWR-2017) Dr. Sudip Mitra Chairperson of a plenary session – Climate Change Tezpur University 24-25 National and Society Feb 2017 Dr. Sudip Mitra As subject expert for round table discussion – A Darjeeling 25 Mar National dissemination workshop on Ecosystem Services 2017 and Human Wellbeing in the Eastern Himalayas VISITORS FROM OTHER INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES/ORGANISATIONS / INVITED LECTURES Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Mr. Manash Chaliha Organic Majuli Interaction with students and faculty 16 Sep 2016 member Mr. Santanu Mohan Deka IIE Guwahati Interaction with students and faculty 3 Oct 2016 member Mr. Mukit Rouf National Urban Livelihood Interaction with students and faculty 6 Oct 2016 Missions member Mr. Aloy Borah ICCo Interaction with students and faculty 24 Feb 2017 member 171 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI STUDENTS’ ACHIEVEMENTS • Biswanath Saha, Kalamdhad A. S., 2017. Review paper on Partheniumhysterophorous Proc. Research Conclave, 17th March 2017, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (Best student poster presentation) CORE FACULTY MEMBERS Sl. Name PhD Designation Areas of Interest No. 1. Dr. Meena Khwairkpam IIT Roorkee Assistant Solid Waste Management. Environmental (Joined on 09.03.2017) Professor Engineering 2. Dr. Siddhartha Singha IIT Madras Assistant Bio-Chemical Engineer, Food Processing (Joined on 17.02.2017) Professor Modeling, Nano-Biotechnology 3. Dr. Sudip Mitra Indian Agricultural Associate Environmental Pollution, Climate (Joined on 19.01.2017) Research Institute Professor change: Vulnerability and Adaptation; (IARI), New Delhi Carbon sequestration, Greenhouse gases management FACULTY MEMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTRE Sl. No. Name Designation and Department 1 Chaturvedi, Rakhi Professor, Biosciences and Bioengineering 2 Das, Amerendra K. Professor, Design 3 Dutta, Mrinal K. Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences 4 Jawed, Mohammad Professor, Civil Engineering 5 Kalita, Karuna Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering 6 Kalita, Pankaj Assistant Professor, Centre for Energy 7 Kakoty, Sashindra K. (Head of the Centre) Professor, Mechanical Engineering 8 Kalamdhad, Ajay (Member Secretary of the Centre) Associate Professor, Civil Engineering 9 Monga, Charu Assistant Professor, Design 10 Patra, Sanjukta Associate Professor, Biosciences and Bioengineering 11 Rangan, Latha Professor, Biosciences and Bioengineering 12 Sarma, Arup Professor, Civil Engineering 13 Uppaluri, Ramagopal Professor, Chemical Engineering 172 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 LAKSHMINATH BEZBAROA CENTRAL LIBRARY Lakshminath Bezbaroa Central Library is a major service magazines both in print and digital format. A large number centre of the Institute, provides library and information of books, database, international and national journals on services to support the teaching, learning, research various subjects have been added during the Financial Year activities by creating state-of-the-art facilities and off ering 2016 -17. The total collection strength of the Library now innovative services. The library is a window to the world stands as follows: of latest information in sciences, engineering, technology, humanities & social sciences. The library has a fast growing Collection ITEMS collection of books, journals, magazines both in print and Size (2016-17) digital format. It is housed on a four stored building having Printed Books and bound volume jour- 1,64,701 a fl oor area of about 7500 sq. meter and can accommodate nals (including NBHM collection) around 364 readers at a time. The in-house services of the library are fully computerized and the entire premise is E- books 1,53,089 provided with wi-fi facility for connecting to the internet Back fi le electronic journals (including 2,066 and accessing Institute’s electronic resources. NBHM collection) During the reported period total 405 visitors from other Theses, standards, Reports etc. 2,897 academic Institutions have availed the reference and reading Non-Book material (CD, DVD, etc.) 5,733 facility of the Library. Library remains open from 8.00 am to Print Journal Subscription 84 02.00 am (next day) throughout the year and 24 hours during mid/end semester examination, to provide the reading Current electronic journals (including 24,264 facility to the Institute’s academic community. journals subscribed and access pro- vided by Consortia) 1. Collection Development: The library has a fast growing collection of books, journals, b) The growth of the collections during last six years stands as follows: Sl. F.Y. Collection No. 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 (i) Printed Books and Bound Volume Journals 1,34,687 1,40,434 1,48,181 1,54,564 1,57,955 1,64,701 (ii) Theses collection 1,048 1,119 1,169 1,343 1,471 1565 (iii) Printed Journals 578 591 151 120 90 84 (iv) Online Journals (including journals sub- 9,795 12,630 12,656 12,835 24,012 24,264 scribed and access provided by Consortia) c) As most of the research activities are heavily dependent made to increase the online journals over the printed on the journal publications, Library has emphasized on journals. Presently the Library is subscribing 2,347 titles enhancing the subscription current journals and expanded across all academic areas of which 2,263 are online journals. the collection signifi cantly over last couple of years. Further, In addition to that, Institute is having access to 20,251 online for better accessibility of the contents, eff orts have been journals through ‘e-Shodh Sindhu Consortium’ and ‘DeLCON: 173 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI DBT- Electronic Library Consortium’. Financial Books Budget Research Journal d) Apart from the above, Library has procured some of the Year (` in Lakhs) Budget (` in Lakhs) world’s most renowned abstract/full-text database like 2011-12 275.00 301.90 Scopus, INSPEC, EBSCO Discovery Service, IEC Standards, ACSESS archive and some national level database i.e. CMIE 2012-13 125.00 350.00 Prowees, BIS Standards, EPWRF Time Series, etc during the 2013-14 150.00 573.00 reporting period. 2014 -15 200.00 690.00 e) To make awareness about the regional culture and to 2015–16 125.00 750.00 generate interest about the vernacular literature, Library has developed a reasonably good collection on Assamese 2016-17 80.00 771.00 language and on literary works of Sahityarthi Lakshminath Bezbaroa. f) As a regional library of National Board of Higher Education (NBHM), the Lakshminath Bezbaroa Central Library has added 627 numbers of books and 16 current journals and 6 back-fi le journals to its NBHM Library collection during the reporting period. 2. Budget: The books and research journal budget of the Lakshminath Bezbaroa Central Library has also increased over the last 6 fi nancial years, details of which as follows: 174 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 3. Services and Facilities: to web-based version. This helped to provide better a) To facilitate the users, a digital repository of theses, browsing of the library collection, instant email and SMS submitted by the Ph. D. scholars of the Institute, has generation for individual library transactions. been created and made accessible to the academic b) A RFID based Book Drop system has been installed for community. By the end of the reporting period, total helping the users to do self check-in of library books 678 full-text theses has been uploaded in the stated beyond the library transaction period. repository. c) A large format display monitor has been installed for b) To provide suffi cient reading facility, the Central Library intimating the users about the recent developments and has added 40 seating capacity during the reporting period. facilities of library. With this the total seating capacity now stands 364. d) For creating appropriate ambiance for readers and for c) To extend better searching of huge electronic resources better illumination in reading areas, the library is being of the Library a world renowned Discovery Service has renovated. been made available to the academic community of the Institute. 5. Recent Events d) The circulation system is being upgraded with better a) A workshop titled “ACS on Campus” was organized by RFID based technology for faster transactions. Lakshminath Bezbaroa Central Library & Department of Chemistry, IIT Guwahati in association with American e) For safe keeping of personal belongings of the library Chemical Society on 16th January 2017. The event users, token based property counter has been made was attended by more than 200 researchers and available throughout the library operation hours. academicians. 4. Infrastructural development : LIBRARIAN a) For enabling better delivery of circulation facility, the library management software has been upgraded Dr. Tamal Kumar Guha 175 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI CENTRE FOR EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTRE: 2004 • 3D Virtual Content Creation Lab: Conducts Research on creation of next generation 3D Virtual reality educational ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES OFFERED: content using a Virtual Reality System with Headgear mount. Sl. Academic Programme Scheme • E-Learning Class Room: Provides all facilitates to conduct No. Off ered On-Line lectures and connects across the Nation. Interdisciplinary/Industry GIAN Provides facilities for IITG Faculty to conduct Lectures in oriented/Research oriented other IITs & institutions from IITG campus. Presently this academic courses jointly de- 1 room is under renovation. veloped by an international • Video Conferencing Room: The newly constructed faculty of repute and an IITG Video Conferencing room contains 7+1 VC system, faculty projection, 5.1 Digital Dolby system & NKN backbone. Masters & PhD (All Engineer- QIP 2 This will enable us to have conference with all IITs and ing Departments) IISc simultaneously. Teachers Training Camp CESME under PM- • E Kalpa Lab: The e-kalpa lab located at 2nd floor of MMNMTT and IITG 3 Design department has facilities for Video recording and MoU with RMSA, editing, Product Photography and computers required Assam to generate content for Design Education and e-learning MITACS - Canadian Student TEQIP • Virtual Labs: Under Virtual lab project there are total 4 Exchange Program 18 nos. of Labs which are physically located in 6 Short Term courses for Sci- QIP departments at IITG. 5 ence & Engineering i) Virtual Mass Transfer Lab: This is a chemical Short term courses; Training Knowledge Incu- engineering lab developed using labview software. 6 Programs for selected Tech- bation Cell (KIC); A total of 12 experiments have been developed nical Institutes under TEQIP TEQIP under this lab. ii) System, Communication and Control Lab: This lab LABORATORY FACILITIES is under electrical and electronics engineering department. Ten experiments are developed out • Science Laboratory under Centre of Excellence in Science of which 4 experiments are real time experiments. and Mathematics Education, Pandit Madan Mohan Labview software is used to develop the Malaviya National Mission on Teachers and Teaching experiments. (PMMMNMTT) iii) Virtual Labs for Mechanical Vibrations: This lab • Web Laboratory: Uploads & maintains NPTEL Content on is under mechanical engineering department. Servers for National & International web cast via NPTEL Ten experiments are developed using Labview HQ at IITM. software. • Video Studio: Captures using HD cameras educational iv) Speech Signal Processing Lab: This lab is under content of lectures, shows, demonstrations, etc given by electrical and electronics engineering department. Authors of NPTEL, MOOCs & PAL Courses. Nine experiments are developed using Scilab • Sound & Broadcast Studio: Edits sound in educational software. content created at IITG v) Digital VLSI Design Lab: This lab is under electrical 176 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 and electronics engineering department. Seven real time lab under computer science engineering experiments are developed using NGSpice department. Ten experiments are developed under software. Currently the lab is integrated and hosted this lab. in the cloud. xvii) Virtual robotics lab: This is a real time lab under vi) Signals and Systems Lab: This lab is under electrical mechanical engineering lab. Eight experiments are and electronics engineering department. Five developed under this lab. experiments are developed using Labview xviii) Remote triggered electromechanical conversion software. Currently the lab is integrated and hosted lab: This is a real time lab under electrical and in the cloud. electronics engineering lab. vii) Electrical Machines Lab: This lab is under electrical and electronics engineering department. Nine MAJOR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES ACQUIRED experiments are developed using adobe flash software. Currently the lab is integrated and hosted Sl. No. Equipment Qty in the cloud. 1 Video Camera 02 viii) Electronic Instrumentation Lab: This lab is under 2 Video Switcher 02 electrical and electronics engineering department. 3 Hard Disk Recorder & Hard Disk Drive 02 Nine experiments are developed using Labview software. Currently the lab is integrated and hosted 4 Touch Screen Display Panel 02 in the cloud. 5 2-in-l Laptop with Active Stylus pen 01 ix) Virtual Laboratory Experience in Fluid and Thermal Under TEQIP - II Sciences: This lab is under mechanical engineering 6 2-in-l Laptop with Active Stylus pen 01 department. Twelve experiments are developed using Labview software. 7 Graphics tablet 03 x) Digital North East: This lab which is actually a 8 Multifunctional Color Printer 01 repository of rare periodical archives, ethnographic 9 Video Conferencing System 01 reports etc is under humanities department. Under PMMMMNTT xi) Virtual English and Communication: This is a 10 MacBook Air 01 laboratory under humanities department. This 11 Large format display 01 laboratory is about English comprehension, grammatical errors, passage making etc. Eight Under GIAN experiments are developed using html, adobe fl ash 12 P2 Memory Card 08 software. Currently the lab is integrated and hosted Under CSS-MOOCs in the cloud. 13 Large format display 01 xii) Virtual Anthropology Lab: This laboratory is under humanities department. A total of nine experiments are developed using adobe flash MAJOR AREAS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT software. Currently the lab is integrated and hosted Pedagogy Training, Teachers training, MOOCS content in the cloud. creation, Course Content Creation with a foreign expert xiii) Ergonomics Lab for accessing physical aspect of under GIAN, Video course content creation for class XI-XII design: This lab is under design department. Ten students by IIT faculty members under IIT-PAL. experiments are developed using adobe flash Generation of design education courseware, Indian Craft software. Currently the lab is integrated and hosted resources, Case studies and video lectures for e-learning. in the cloud. Development, Integration and Hosting of the virtual labs xiv) Creative design, prototyping and experimental on cloud. simulation in human computer interaction: This lab is under design department. Sixteen experiments MAJOR INITIATIVES are developed using html5 and php. i. Total 13 nos. of courses were organized under Global xv) Remote triggered fi ber optic communication lab: Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) This is a real time lab under electrical and electronics ii. 5 nos. of video courses were completed under MOOCs engineering department. Six experiments are developed using Labview software. iii. Teachers Training Camp was held under PMMMNMTT xvi) Remote triggered digital system design lab: This is a iv. 6 nos. of video courses were completed under Professor Assisted Learning (PAL) 177 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SYMPOSIA ATTENDED: INTERNATIONAL, NATIONAL International/ Name of Faculty Name of Sem./Wor./Con. Funded By Date National Prof. Sunil Basic & Higher Education: IIT Guwahati footprint Ministry of 24-25 Mar International Khijwania in Teacher Development Program International Comm. & Ind., 2017 Conference on North East (India)-CLMV Business GoI, SEPC and Summit: Higher Education and Health Sector the ICSI Prof. Sunil MHRD National Workshop on MOOCs for SWAYAM MHRD 2 Mar National Khijwania 2017 Prof. J K Deka MHRD National Workshop on MOOCs for SWAYAM MHRD 2 Mar National 2017 Prof. Sunil Orientation Workshop on TEQIP III MHRD 18-19 Jan National Khijwania 2017 INVITED LECTURES OF FACULTY: IN INDIA, ABROAD Name of Faculty Name of Lecture Name of Inst./Org. Place Date Prof. Sunil Orientation Workshops on TEQIP II MHRD New Delhi 18-19 Jan Khijwania 2017 Prof. Sunil Basic & Higher Education: IIT Guwahati footprint Ministry of Comm. & Guwahati 24-25 Mar Khijwania in Teacher Development Program International Industry, GoI, SEPC 2017 Conference on “North East (India)-CLMV Business and the ICSI Summit: Higher Education and Health Sector VISITORS FROM OTHER INSTITUTES/UNIVERSITIES/ORGANISATIONS / INVITED LECTURES Name Name of Inst./Univ./Org. Purpose/ Name of Lecture Date Prof. Fouad Bennis Mechanical Engineering, Ecole Delivering GIAN course on “Optimization 4-8 May Centrale de Nantes, France Methods for Engineering Planning and Design” 2016 Prof. Holli A. Semetko Department of Political Science, Delivering GIAN course on “Campaigns, Media 16-20 May Emory University, Atlanta & Infl uence” 2016 Prof. Vijay Dhir Mechanical Engineering, University Delivering GIAN course on “Boiling Heat 23 May 3 Jun of California, Los Angeles Transfer” 2016 Prof. Jay S. Department of Mechanical Delivering GIAN course on “Green Material 6-11 Jun Gunasekera Engineering, Ohio University, USA Forming and Joining” 2016 Dr. Stefan Schmid Associate Professor, Aalborg Delivering GIAN course on “Distributed Network 27 Jun - 1 University, Denmark Algorithms” July 2016 Dr. Hemanta Doloi University of Melbourne Delivering GIAN course on “Infrastructure 27 Jun - 8 Jul Projects Planning and Modelling” 2016 Dr. Saurav Goel Queen's University Belfast, UK Delivering GIAN course on “Advances in Ultra- 4-15 Jul precision Machining Processes” 2016 Prof. Mayank Tyagi Department of Petroleum Delivering GIAN course on “Reservoir 18-29 Jul Engineering, Lousiana State Simulation – Mathematical Techniques in Oil 2016 University, USA and Gas Recovery” Dr Richard Blanchard Lecturer at Centre for Renewable Delivering GIAN course on “Electricity Systems 6 Nov 2016 Energy Systems Technology, and Future Scenarios” to 11 Nov Loughborough University, UK 2016 Dr. Kari Tammi Associate Professor, Aalto Delivering GIAN course on “Design of Electric 28 Nov - 9 University Vehicle Systems” Dec 2016 Dr. Jose Palomar Associate Professor in Chemical Delivering GIAN course on “Integration of 12-17 Dec Engineering Section of Universidad Molecular Design to Process Simulation for the 2016 Autonoma de Madrid (Spain) Development of Industrial Chemical Products and Processes” 178 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Prof. Yannis Stylianou Dept. of Computer Science, Delivering GIAN course on “Advanced 26-30 Dec University of Crete Sinusoidal Modeling of Speech and 2016 Applications” Under E&ICT Academy Dr. Amitabh IIT Kharagpur Workshop at NIT Silchar 27-28 Aug Bhattacharya 2016 Mr. Vivek Raghunath NI Mr. H S Jatana SCL/ISRO Workshop on “Recent Trends in VLSI Design” 3-5 Oct 2016 Dr. Anand Bulusu IIT Roorkee Mr. H Balachander CoreEl Technologies Prof. Sukumar Nandi IIT Guwahati Workshop on “Internet of Things: A Gateway to 4-6 Nov Dr. Arnab Sarkar IIT Guwahati Smart and Intelligent Future” 2016 Mr. Raghav Ankur FICE Mr. Ankireddy FICE Sreevardhan Dr. Ferdous Ahmed IIIT Guwahati FDP on Cloud Computing 5-10 Dec Dr. Arnab Sarkar IIT Guwahati 2016 Mr. Praveen Sripath Kovid Academy Dr. Heman Goswami Damyant Pvt. Ltd. FDP in Mobile Application Development 7-11 Dec 2016 Mr. Bharat Kumar Nvidia Graphics FDP on Deep Learning 16-21 Dec Mr. Mukundhan Nvidia Graphics 2016 Srinivasan Mr. Shankara Rao Nvidia Graphics Thejaswi Nanditale Mr. H S Jatana SCL/ISRO FDP in Analog Integrated Circuit Design 23-31 Jan Mr. Ashutosh Yadav SCL/ISRO 2017 Mr. Shajo Mathew Entuple Technologies Mr. Varun Bhandana Entuple Technologies Dr. Azad Srivastava Nvidia Graphics FDP in HPC & Deep Learning 17-22 Mar Mr. Ashok Choudhary Fujitsu 2017 SEMINARS/WORKSHOPS/CONFERENCES/SHORT-TERM COURSES ORGANISED Interna- Sl. Funded No. of par- Faculty Name of Course Date tional/ No. By ticipants National Under TEQIP 1 Prof. Sunil Khijwania Orientation Workshop on MHRD 25-26 Nov National 26 TEQIP Phase-III for Engineering 2016 Institutions in North-Eastern Region 2 Prof. G Krishnamoorthy Modern Instruments in Research MHRD 29 Mar – 1 National 7 Apr 2016 3 Dr. Dilwar Hussain, Dr. B. Basic Statistical Tests and Data MHRD 30 Mar – 1 National 10 Sengupta Analysis Using SPSS Apr 2016 179 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Interna- Sl. Funded No. of par- Faculty Name of Course Date tional/ No. By ticipants National 4 Dr. Harsha Kota, Prof. Air Quality & Climate Change: MHRD 4-8 Apr 2016 National 16 Sharad Gokhale Control & Modelling 5 Dr. A. Murali Krishna, Dr. S. Rock Engineering for MHRD 5-8 Apr 2016 National 29 Sreedeep Infrastructural Development 6 Dr. Akshai Kumar A. S., Dr. Recent Trends in Catalysis MHRD 13-14 May National 15 Animesh Das 2016 7 Dr. Sushanta Karmakar Centralized and Distributed MHRD 23-25 May National 6 Graph Algorithms 2016 8 Dr. V. S. Moholkar, Dr. Energy Management and Energy MHRD 23-27 May National 39 Pankaj Kalita, Dr. C. Effi ciency 2016 Somyaji 9 Dr. Indu Siva Gandhi, Dr. Sustainability in Construction: MHRD 30 May – 1 National 13 L. Boeing Singh, Dr. Bulu Materials and Management Jun 2016 Pradhan 10 Dr. John Jose, Dr. Recent Advances in Computer MHRD 30 May – 3 National 18 Hemangee K. Kapoor Architecture Jun 2016 11 Dr. Gagan Kumar, Dr. Advancement and Applications MHRD 22-23 Aug National 13 Amitabh Chatterjee of Ultrafast Laser Pulses 2016 12 Dr. Nageswara Rao Peela, Novel Catalysts for Industrial Use MHRD 24-26 Aug National 15 Dr. Mahuya De 2016 13 Dr. S. Rafi Ahamed, Dr. M.K Algorithms & Architectures for MHRD 5-9 Sep 2016 National 21 Bhuyan High Effi ciency Video Coding 14 Dr. Sashidhar K Kakoty, Dr. Recent Development of Magnetic MHRD 26-27 Sep National 24 Karuna Kalita Bearing and Energy Effi cient 2016 Bearing-less Machines Under E&ICT Academy 15 Workshop on Antenna Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee, Prof. MCIT 27-28 Aug National 56/28 Design & Wireless Rohit Sinha, Dr. Gaurav Trivedi, 2016 Communication Dr. Arnab Nandi (NIT Silchar), Dr. Banani Basu (NIT Silchar) 16 Workshop on Recent Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee, Prof. MCIT 3-5 Oct 2016 National 69/29 Trends in VLSI Design Rohit Sinha, Dr. Gaurav Trivedi, Dr. Ashish Ranjan (NIT Manipur) 17 Workshop on IoT: A Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee, Prof. MCIT 4-5 Nov 2016 National 61/30 Gateway to Smart & Rohit Sinha, Dr. Gaurav Trivedi, Intelligent Future Dr. Ansuman Bhattacharyya (NIT Meghalaya) 18 FDP on Cloud Computing Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee, Prof. MCIT 5-10 Dec National 13/31 with AWS Rohit Sinha, Dr. Gaurav Trivedi, Dr. 2016 Ferdous Ahmed (IIIT Guwahati) 19 FDP on Mobile Application Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee, Prof. MCIT 07-11 Dec National 09/32 Rohit Sinha, Dr. Gaurav Trivedi 2016 20 FDP on Deep learning Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee, Prof. MCIT 16-21 Dec National 28/33 Rohit Sinha, Dr. Gaurav Trivedi 2016 21 FDP on Analog Integrated Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee, Prof. MCIT 23-31 Jan National 41/34 Circuit Design Rohit Sinha, Dr. Gaurav Trivedi, Dr. 2017 Kandarpa Kumar Sarma (Gauhati University) 180 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Interna- Sl. Funded No. of par- Faculty Name of Course Date tional/ No. By ticipants National 22 FDP on HPC & Deep Prof. Ratnajit Bhattacharjee, Prof. MCIT 17-22 Mar National 27/35 Learning Rohit Sinha, Dr. Gaurav Trivedi, Dr. 2017 Nagesh Ch. (IIIT Manipur) Under Virtual Lab 23 One Day workshop on Santosh Biswas MHRD 25 Jul 2016 National 72 Virtual Laboratory at RGCER, Nagpur, Maharastra 24 One Day workshop on Santosh Biswas MHRD 31 Aug 2016 National 200 Virtual Laboratory at CIT, Kokrajhar 25 One Day workshop on Santosh Biswas MHRD 9 Sep 2016 National 80 Virtual Laboratory at RCC Institute of Information Technology, Kolkata 26 One Day workshop on Santosh Biswas MHRD 28 Sep 2016 National 128 Virtual Laboratory at Kaliyani University, West Bengal 27 One Day workshop on Santosh Biswas MHRD 3 Oct 2016 National 200 Virtual Laboratory at University of Calcutta, Kolkata 28 One Day workshop on Santosh Biswas MHRD 4 Nov 2016 National 100 Virtual Laboratory at NIT Meghalaya, Shillong 29 One Day workshop on Santosh Biswas MHRD 15 Feb 2017 National 70 Virtual Laboratory at Assam Engineering College, Guwahati 30 One Day workshop on Santosh Biswas MHRD 23 Feb 2017 National 50 Virtual Laboratory at Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal 31 One Day workshop on Santosh Biswas MHRD 17 Mar 2017 National 120 Virtual Laboratory at B. P. Poddar Institute of Management and Technology FACULTY MEMBERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTRE Sl. Name Designation and Department No. 1 Bhattacharjee, R. Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering 2 Deka, J. Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering 3 Khijwania, S. (Head of the Centre) Professor, Department of Physics 4 Punekar, R. M. Professor, Department of Design 5 Sharma, A. K. Associate Professor, Department of Physics 181 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI CENTRAL INSTRUMENTS FACILITY INTRODUCTION • Liquid Chromatography Mass Spectrometer (LCMS/MS), The Central Instruments Facility of IIT Guwahati hosts Make: Waters, Model: Q-Tof Premier various sophisticated instruments which cater the need • Picosecond Time-resolved Fluorometer, Make: Eddinburg of cutting edge research in many areas of modern science Instruments, Model: FSP920, Lifespec II and technology. It is one of the largest such facility in the • Steady State Luminescence Spectrometer, Make: country. CIF is used by 10 of the 16 academic/research Eddinburg Instruments, Model: FSP920 departments and centers of the institutes. The instruments • Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS), Make: are operated through research scholars as a part of their Quantum Design, Model: PPMS-9 teaching assistantship under supervision of technical staff of the center. Apart from regular sample analysis of IIT • Nanoindentor Make: CETR, Model: UNMT-1 Guwahati, it also analyzing samples of other academic and • Spectroscopic Ellipsometer Make: SEMILAB, Model: research institutes of north-east region of India at a special GES5E discounted rate. In addition, CIF receives samples from all • Single Crystal X-ray Diff ractometer, Make: Agilent Model: over the country from Jammu & Kashmir in the north to Single source supernova E (Mo source). Tamil Nadu in the south. The centre also conducts scientifi c • Surface Area and pore size analyzer Make: Quantachrome workshop/conference on sophisticated instruments to Instruments, Model: Isorb HP1 facilitate internal as well as external researchers. • High pressure gas sorption analyzer, Make: Quantachrome YEAR OF ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CENTRE: 2004 Instruments, Model: Autosorb, IQ MP • Impedance and Material Analyzer (IMA), Make: EXISTING FACILITIES (MAJOR EQUIPMENT) Quantachrome Instruments, Model: Autosorb, IQ MP The center presently has following sophisticated instruments • 600 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) • 400 MHz Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) Spectrometer, Make: Bruker, Model: Ascend 600 Spectrometer, Make: Varian, Model: Mercury plus • Micro Particle Image Velocimetry, Make: DANTEC, Model: • Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Spectrometer, Make: JEOL, 9080M0571 Model: JES-FA200 • Isothermal Titration Calorimeter, Make: Wipro GE, Model: • Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM), itc200 Make: Zeiss, Model: Sigma • High Temperature Gel Permeation Chromatography, • Atomic Force Microscope (AFM) and Scanning Tunneling Make: Agilent, Model: G 7820A Microscope (STM), Make: Agilent, Model 5500 series • MALDI Toff -Toff Mass spectrophotometer, Make: Bruker, • Laser Micro Raman System, Make: Horiba Jobin Vyon, Model: Autofl ex speed Model LabRam HR • 250 KN Servo Hydraulic Universal Testing Machine, Make: • High Temperature Differential Scanning Calorimetry BISS Model: MEDIAN 250 (DSC)/Thermo Gravimetric (TG) System, Make: Netzsch • Field Emission Gun Transmission Electron Microscope, Model: STA449F3A00 Make: Jeol Model: JEM 2100F(HR) • Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM), Make: JEOL, Model: JEM 2100 NEW EQUIPMENT INSTALLED • Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM), Make: Lakeshore, The Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (FESEM) Model: 7410 series with windowless EDS system, Make: Zeiss Model: Gemini 182 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 300 has been installed recently. • Microcal Analysis (ITC data analysis) This FESEM with Schottky type field emitter system is • Gattan Digital Micrograph (TEM data analysis) a high performance instrument designed for gaining • NETZSCH- TA4 (DSC/TG data analysis) maximum information from broadest range of sample External Sample Collection materials and high fl exibility of imaging, analysis and in situ An amount equals to Rs. 3 lakhs approximately have been measurement. The uniqueness of this system is imaging at collected as charges of external samples analysis for the very high resolution (0.8 nm at 15 kV; 1.4 nm at 1 kV), very period from 1st April 2016 to 31st March 2017. low to high accelerating voltage (0.02 to 30 kV) and very high magnifi cation range i.e. up to 20,00000x. In addition, VISITORS magnetic samples can also be analyzed in very low working Shri Mahendra Nath Pandey, Union Minister of State, distance and high magnifi cation along with other diff erent MHRD, Govt. Of India, visited on 28th October, 2016 and types of samples. inaugurated Universal Testing Machine during his visit. The Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) system (Make: Prof. Dr. Ing. Tobias Plessing and Mr. Andy Gradel, Hof OXFORD) equipped with FESEM instrument is the latest University visited X-max Extreme liquid nitrogen free windowless EDS detector Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador Extraordinary & with SDD crystal area of 100 mm2 and resolution of 127 Plenipotentiary, Embassy of Japan visited eV. This is the advanced windowless EDS system with the Dr. S.N. Dube, Director, Defence Research Laboratory (DRL), detection range from lithium (Li) to uranium (U). and it is Defence R&D Organisation, Tezpur visited fi rst windowless EDS in the country. Institute benefi tted from the facilities of CIF SPECIAL MENTION 1. Gauhati University, Guwahati 2. Tezpur University, Tezpur CIF achieved some important milestone this year, two important facilities of CIF, Jonak and Regoni were inaugurated 3. Manipur University, Manipur by the director, IIT Guwahati on 1st June 2016. 4. Girizananda Institute of Pharmaceutical Science, guwahati Jonak 5. National Institute of Technology (NIT) Tiruchiraapalli Jonak, this satellite data transfer facility is created as a part of green initiative by CIF. Through this the users can transfer 6. Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi the data from any instrument of CIF (except 400 MHz NMR) 7. North Eastern Hill University (NEHU), Shillong and Rengoni (Data Transfer Facility) of CIF to anywhere in 8. Assam Don Bosco University, Guwahati the campus. Jonak means Moon-Shine. Every faculty was 9. Veterinary College, Khanapara given a login and password. This facility allows the users to access and download only their data from any location in 10. Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology the campus like one gets light from the moon shine. Like (IASST), Guwahati moon refl ects the sun’s light, this facility helps the users to 11. Aligarh Muslim University (AMU), Aligarh obtain the data generated from the CIF instruments in their 12. Shri Shankaradeva Nethralaya, Guwahati systems. Thus, it is named as Jonak. 13. National Institute of Technology (NIT) Silchar Rengoni 14. Regional Dental College & Hospital, Guwahati Data analysis facility is named as Rengoni, a ray of light. This 15. C. Abdul Hakeem College of Engineering and facility helps the users to analyze the data from diff erent Technology, Melvisharam instruments of Central Instruments Facility, like a ray of 16. Regional Institute of Pharmaceutical Science and light helps one to visualize/analyze this world. Rengoni is Technology, Agartala connected to Jonak, the data transfer facility. So one can obtain the data through Jonak and analyze them in Rengoni. 17. Central Institute of Technology (CIT), Kokrajhar After analysis the data can be downloaded from anywhere 18. Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable development, in the campus using Jonak. At present, Rengoni has the Manipur following Data Analysis Software: 19. North Eastern Regional Institute of Science and • Mestrenova (NMR spectral data analysis) Technology (NERIST), Itanagar • Protein Scape (MALDI Mass data analysis) 20. LNM Institute of Information Technology, Jaipur • Bio Tools (MALDI Mass data analysis) 21. Assam Down Town University, Guwahati • Poly Tool (MALDI Mass data analysis) • WARP-LC (MALDI Mass data analysis) FACULTY MEMBER ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTRE • FQSEE (MALDI Mass data analysis) Krishnamoorthy, G. (Head of the Centre) Professor, Department of Chemistry • Flex Analysis (MALDI Mass data analysis) 183 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI COMPUTER AND COMMUNICATION CENTRE INTRODUCTION MAJOR EQUIPMENT AND FACILITIES The Computer and Communication Centre of IIT Guwahati The major equipment purchased in the last fi nancial year are: is the central computing resource pool of the institute. The PARAM-ISHAN Computer and Communication Centre is responsible for: The PARAM-ISHAN, 250 TF peak computing performance, • Providing Email service and Internet connectivity to the supercomputing facility was inaugurated by Shri Prakash institute Javadekar, Hon’ble Minister HRD, GoI on 19th Sept, 2016 at Data Center, IIT Guwahati. This was a joint project between • Catering to the general purpose as well as high IIT Guwahati and CDAC Pune. The facility consists of 126 computational need of the users Compute Nodes without Accelerator, 04 nodes of High • Maintenance of the campus network Memory Compute Nodes without any Accelerator, 16 • Hosting and maintenance of Institute’s web pages compute nodes with GPU and 16 Compute Nodes with Xeon Phi. The High Memory Compute Nodes consists of • Providing EPABX services 512 GB of physical memory per node and rest of the nodes • Providing Offi ce Automation services consists of 64 GB of physical memory per node. The GPU nodes consists of 2 nos. of NVIDIA Tesla K40 per node and The Computer and Communication Centre has been Xeon Phi nodes consists of 2 nos. of Intel Xeon Phi 7120 per involved in development of several in-house software node. A Mellanox FDR (56Gbps) 324 port chassis switch is packages. It is also providing assistance to other academic used as primary high speed interconnect. 300TB Storage institute of north-east region of India. The centre also with 15GB/s write throughput based on lustre parallel fi le conducts summer training to facilitate external students system. Software Stack includes CentOS 6.6, Intel Parallel from various institutes of the region. Studio 2016, GNU compilers, Intel MPSS, CUDA, Mellanox The computer lab of the centre is equipped with PCs with OFED, Luster, SLURM Resource Manager & Scheduler and the latest confi gurations to facilitate the need of the IITG Bright Cluster Manager. From the utilization point of view, community. The lab remains open for 16 hours in a day Avg. Cluster CPU Cores Utilization is 73.36% & Avg. Cluster which is accessible to all authorized users of the Institute. Memory Utilization is 2.4TB. Computer practical for the common courses are held in the Computer Network Enhancement Centre. The computer lab facilities of the Centre are also The centre is responsible for providing the network extended to the students of other institutes. The resources connectivity to upcoming hostels/buildings as well as to of the Centre are constantly upgraded to meet the ever reinforce the existing network infrastructure. To cater the evolving standards of information technology. need a number of network equipment were purchased & The Computer and Communication Centre provide and installed. They include L2 & L3 switches, Wall-mount racks, maintain the PCs of the faculty and staff members of the LIUs and other Fibre passive components like patch cord, Institute. In addition to providing direct support to the pig-tail etc. The centre has also extended the network members of the Institute, the Computer and Communication and voice facility to some new offi ces and infrastructures, Centre also frequently hosts write-ups (HOW-TOs, FAQs etc.) like, Married hostel extension, Lohit hostel extension, new in its Intranet website. The Centre also maintains an online academic extension blocks of various departments. E-Notice board for posting and viewing notices electronically Apart from these, for the IITG Data Centre, we have campus-wide, a web-based Complain Management purchased managed network switches and its associated Information System, etc. various passive components. 184 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Also, we have installed & confi gured Cisco Router ASR 1001- course registration to the existing course registration X chassis for NKN internet bandwidth of 10Gbps capacity. application, integration of Station Leave / Multiple Leave / Additionally, we have also confi gured VPN connectivity in Departure / Rejoining to the existing faculty leave system, this Router with 200 Licenses. integration of library fee / semester registration fee (via Servers and PCs loan) / Techniche registration fee payment to the existing e-payment application, integration of ID card apply option On the Server front, the Computer and Communication for Alumni students, integration of semester registration for Centre has a mix of high-end Servers which caters to the continuing students with the existing students registration need for Authentication, E-mail, Proxy, Automation and application, integration of honorarium and consultancy Web services. This year a total of nine new high end servers to the existing payroll application, integration of passport were purchased for new uses as well as for up-gradation of application to the existing Student Profile portal and existing servers and two more blade servers has been added integration of GMIS apply option for students. We have plan in the Automation project. to implement Application Software for diff erent purposes for Renewal of License /Software Academic, Student aff airs, Finance & Accounts and Medical The Centre had renewed the Microsoft Campus License, the section along with the inclusion of gymkhana application, Matlab software with 165 licenses and Plagiarism detection faculty recruitment application, APAR application, budget Software TURNITIN with 1000 student user licenses, RedHat application, file tracking system, medical appointment License and Barracuda Spam and Virus Filter license. Also, system, integration STAF module to the existing Student We have installed Mathematica 10.4 software with 50 user Profi le application and a centralized portal. licenses and Comsol for 10 user license. This year we have purchased SSL certifi cate for our iit.ac.in domain and also ONGOING SPONSORED PROGRAMMES renewed the SSL for iitg.ernet.in doamin from DigiCert. National Knowledge Network (NKN) Project Expansion of existing EPABX system This year using NKN facility we have successfully hosted With the expansion of the campus, the Computer Centre Hon. President’s address to NITs and central universities has increased the capability of the existing EPABX system interactive Video conferencing event in IITG. The event was and also extended its telephone network to new offi ces and jointly organised by National Informatics Centre (NIC) and IIT expansion wings of the institute. Guwahati with support from Computer and communication We have renovated the whole IITG campus telephone centre. This year NKN has also upgraded the bandwidth to outdoor and indoor terminations. This year we have also 10 Gbps. upgraded the IITG telephone billing software, i.e., CUBE TBS. ERNET Point of Presence Offi ce Automation Services IIT Guwahati, a PoP (Point-of-Presence) for ERNET India in The Computer and Communication Centre has been involved the whole of North-Eastern India is entrusted with the task in development of several in-house software packages for of networking the academic institutions of the region and providing services to institute’s various offi ce automation provide technical assistance where required. Currently the works. These include online (Dual-Degree + MA + MTech- following educational and research institutes have taken MDes / MS + PhD) application as well as data process, Internet connectivity from the ERNET PoP – Training and Placement, Student Course Registration, • IIT Guwahati , (1:1) 8 Mbps leased line Alumni Registration, Student Aff airs, Faculty Online Leave, • Tezpur University, Assam, (1:1) 2 Mbps leased line Staff Administration, Faculty Administration, Student Course Feedback, e-Payment application, ID Card application, IITG • Assam Agricultural University,Guwahati. (1:1) 2 Mbps Payroll online, PDA application, PF application, Student leased line Profi le, Convocation Registration, MCM Scholarship, New • Centre of Central Inland Fisheries Research Institute, students registration, Students course alias, RND project (1:1) 2Mbps leased line staff application, GMIS application, SA course registration, • Rajiv Gandhi University, Arunachal Pradesh, (1:1) 2 Mbps Library trainee recruitment, CC trainee recruitment, Stock leased line Management, Sishugram voluntary donation and Electricity The ERNET node is upgraded with high end Juniper routers, billing system. switches and firewalls. The PoP backbone has 1 Gbps This year, we have released Staff Leave System, Medical connectivity to NKN Guwahati, NKN Delhi, and NKN Mumbai. Application, Online Recruitment application, No- Dues application for Staff and Faculty, Telephone Bill CONSULTANCY AND OTHER COMMUNITY SERVICES Reimbursement, Freshers Portal for collecting additional The Computer Centre has been involved in setting up information, HSS course registration, new MTech/MDes/MS of campus network and providing consultancy services online application and application for TA Authentication and to nearby educational institutes and state government Performance Evaluation. We have also integrated backlog departments as and when needed. 185 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI The Centre has donated 12 nos. of used PC and 600 VA UPS WORKSHOP ORGANIZED to Kamrup District Administration for their child welfare • A 4 Day Workshop on High Performance Computing scheme. was organized from 15-18 November, 2016. WORKSHOP ATTENDED • A Users Training Programme was also organized on 23 • Mr. Nilutpal Changkakoti attented the 43rd Asia Pacifi c August, 2016. Advanced Network Meeting held in Delhi, organised by FACULTY MEMBER ASSOCIATED WITH THE CENTRE ERNET, NKN and CII from 12-17 February, 2017. Rao, S. V., Professor, Computer Science and Engineering • Dr. Pallav Kumar Dutta attended the Garuda-NKN (Head of the Centre) partners meet 2016 held in Bangaluru organized by CDAC and NKN from 8-9 September, 2016. 186 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 PART III RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS Journal Papers Conference Papers Books Book Chapters DETAILS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES 187 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 188 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Page Ending -- -- Page 29310 29322 Starting Issue Number 016-0553-8 acs biomate acs biomate rials.7b00086 Year Volume 2017 DOI: 10.1021/ 2017 9 - 8000 8013 2016 82016 8 - 21236 - 21249 15874 15888 2016 8 2016 6 - 114944 114954 2016 8 - 30797 30810 2016 6 2 176 - ACS Biomaterials Science Biomaterials ACS & Engineering ACS Applied Materials Applied Materials ACS and Interfaces ACS Applied Materials Applied Materials ACS and Interfaces Applied Materials ACS and Interfaces ACS Applied Materials Applied Materials ACS and Interfaces ACS Applied Materials Applied Materials ACS and Interfaces AAPS PharmSciTech 2017 DOI: 10.1208/s12249- 3 Biotech RSC Advances Journal Name ect of ect Bone olds for lms lms Magnetic Field Guided Chemotaxis of iMushbots for Guided Chemotaxis of iMushbots for Magnetic Field Therapeutics Anticancer Targeted Mimicking and function small form of native using mulberry vascular conduits diameter and non- mulberry silk fi pattered Mimicking of the Hierarchical Complexity InterfaceOsteochondral Electrospun Silk- Using Bioactive Glass Composites Potential of Agarose/Silk Fibroin Blended Hydrogel Blended Hydrogel Fibroin of Agarose/Silk Potential Engineering Tissue Cartilage Vitro In for Immuno-informed 3D silk-biomaterials for tailoring for Immuno-informed 3D silk-biomaterials responses biological Tissue Engineering Tissue Biomimetic, Osteoconductive Non-mulberry Osteoconductive Biomimetic, Silk Scaff Tricomposite Reinforced Fiber Surface-Modifi ed Liposomal Formulation of ed Liposomal Surface-Modifi of Potential B: InEvaluation Amphotericin vitro Visceral Against Leishmaniasis Paper Title Paper Photo-inactivation and of Escherichia coli blue and hirae using methylene Enterococcus sodium anthraquinone-2-sulphonate: eff parameters process Functional Characterizations of Interactive Functional PTEN-Silica NanoparticlesRecombinant Potential for Biomedical Applications Tamanna Bhuyan, A. 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Synechococcus (oral presentation) fuel cell photo-microbial ink on paper surface conductive graphite mimicking agents/ Nanoenzymes for Study of Peroxidase biosensors of alcohol development Molecular of chicken characterization and phylogenomics India Nagpur, from anemia virus outbreak in cells Inhibition of Migration of Human Oral Cancer strain Bareilly Virus Disease of Newcastle presence In characterisation virus strain of Japanese encephalitis vitro hamster in baby SA14-14-2: adaptation and propagation kidney cells cell line broblast fi Crystal of substrate structure and molecular determinants specifi thermocellum Authors Ritesh Kumar, Vikash Kumar Vikash Kumar Ritesh Kumar, Dubey Prachi Bhalla, Anil Kumar Saikia, Bhalla, Anil Kumar Prachi Dubey Vikash Kumar Babina Chakma, Priyamvada Babina Chakma, Priyamvada Goswami, Jain, Pranab Sharbani Kaushik, Pranab Goswami Goswami Pranab Priyanki Das, based methanol biosensor using biocompatible cell Fuel Naveen Thungon, Phurpa Dema Goswami, Singh, Pranab Kumar Vasantrao Nitin Ketan Ganar, Sachin Kumar Kurkure, Sudhir Morla, Ajay Yadav, Nakul Sachin Kumar Kumar, Barnali Nath, Siraj A. Khan, Sachin Kumar Milind Singh, Sachin Kumar Shadab Ahmed, Arun Goyal, Interaction using Chicken IBDV and NDV in vitro between Vikas Gupta, Kedar Sharma, Carlos Alves, D. Victor Bule, Pedro Shabir Najmudin M. G. A. Fontes, Biosciences and Bioengineering Biosciences 269 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Year 2016 2016 2016 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 Biosciences and Bioengineering Biosciences Seminar/ Symposia Proceedings Seminar/ Symposia Name of Conference/ Workshop/ Workshop/ Name of Conference/ 14th International Conference of the Asian Crystallographic of the Asian 14th International Conference Association 24th European Biomass Conference and Exhibition Biomass Conference 24th European on Bio Summit & Molecular Biology Expo, Congress World 2nd Dubai, UAE 38th Annual Meeting of the Plant Tissue Culture Association Association Culture Tissue 38th Annual Meeting of the Plant ‘Plant Biotechnology: (India) and a National symposium on organized Plants’ on Medicinal and Crop Perspectives Current Kolkata CSIR-IICB, by 3rd International Conference on Biotechnology and on Biotechnology International Conference 3rd Bioinformatics 3rd International Conference on Challenges in Biotechnology on Challenges in Biotechnology International Conference 3rd Chidambaram and Chemical Engineering, 3rd International Conference on perspective of cell signaling signaling on perspective of cell International Conference 3rd Kolkata Bose Institute, and molecular medicine. 3rd International Conference on perspective of cell signaling signaling on perspective of cell International Conference 3rd Kolkata Bose Institute, and molecular medicine. 4th International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials Nanomaterials on Advanced 4th International Conference for Centre by organized and Nanotechnology(ICANN) IIT Guwahati Nanotechnology, 57 th Annual conference of Association of Microbiologists of of Microbiologists of Association 57 th Annual conference India on Microbes and Biosphere: & International Symposium What's next, Gauhati University What's New 57th Annual Conference & International Symposium of & International Symposium 57th Annual Conference of India, of Microbiologists Association Gauhati University 57th Annual Conference & International Symposium of & International Symposium 57th Annual Conference of India, of Microbiologists Association Gauhati University c ower ower broblast upon broblast Paper Title Paper ect in Chicken embryo on NDV replication fi Solution structure analysis of full length glucuronoxylan Solution of full length glucuronoxylan structure analysis endo-β-1,4-xylanase by Clostridium thermocellum from Scattering Small Angle X-Ray An assessment of invasive weeds as multiple feedstocks for for as multiple feedstocks weeds An assessment of invasive biofuels production early detection of acute for fatty acid binding protein infarction myocardial Anti-bacterial potential of calli induced from stem, fl stem, from Anti-bacterial of calli induced potential and leaf explants of Lantana camara L. Targeting Wnt pathway with Recombinant sFRP1 loaded with Recombinant pathway Wnt Targeting Therapy Nanoparticles Cancer Composite for eutropha using bean gum industryeutropha as a cheap refuse feedstock Understanding the role of methionine aminopeptidase 2 in Understanding the role studying by donovani death of Leishmania cell programmed the knockout mutants Role of aspartate metabolism in the growth and infectivityRole of aspartate of metabolism in the growth donovani Leishmania Paper based electrochemical sensor for species specifi based electrochemical sensor for Paper detection of malaria Eff ect of TNP-470 on the apoptotic processes of miltefosine of miltefosine processes on the apoptotic TNP-470 ect of Eff donovani Leishmania treated overexpression of Viperin of overexpression fi broblast cell line broblast fi Authors Kedar Sharma, Anil Kumar Kedar Sharma, Anil Kumar M. G. A. Fontes, Carlos Verma, Shabir Najmudin, Arun Goyal Arupjyoti Borah, Shuchi Singh, Arupjyoti S. Vijayanand Arun Goyal, Moholkar Goswami, Ankana KakotiPranab of DNA aptamers against human heart Development type Rakhi Chaturvedi, Peeyushi Verma Archita Ghoshal, Upashi Ghoshal, Archita Goswami, Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh N. A. Manikandan, K. Pakshirajan Ralstonia (PHB) production by Polyhydroxybutyrate Ritesh Kumar, Vikash Kumar Vikash Kumar Ritesh Kumar, Dubey Kartikeya Vikash Tiwari, Kumar Dubey Smita Das, Priyamvada Jain, Priyamvada Smita Das, Babina Chakma, Pranab Goswami Ritesh Kumar, Vikash Kumar Vikash Kumar Ritesh Kumar, Dubey Manisha Shah, Sachin Kumar Eff Milind Singh, Sachin Kumar Interaction using Chicken IBDV and NDV in vitro between Conference Papers Papers Conference 270 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Year 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 Biosciences and Bioengineering Biosciences Seminar/ Symposia Proceedings Seminar/ Symposia Name of Conference/ Workshop/ Workshop/ Name of Conference/ 57th Annual Conference & International Symposium of & International Symposium 57th Annual Conference of India, of Microbiologists Association Gauhati University 57th Annual Conference & International Symposium of & International Symposium 57th Annual Conference of India, of Microbiologists Association Gauhati University of & International Symposium 57th Annual Conference of India, of Microbiologists Association Gauhati University of of Microbiologists of Association 57th Annual conference India on Microbes and Biosphere: & International Symposium What's Next, Gauhati University What's New of Microbiologists of Association 57th Annual Conference “Microbes and of India and International symposium on in Gauhati University Biosphere” of Microbiologists of Association 57th Annual Conference “Microbes and of India and International symposium on in Gauhati University Biosphere” of Microbiologists of Association 57th Annual Conference “Microbes and of India and International symposium on in Gauhati University Biosphere” of Microbiologists of Association 57th Annual Conference “Microbes and of India and International symposium on in Gauhati University Biosphere” of Association The of 57th International Annual Conference of IndiaMicrobiologists (AMI-2016) of Association The of 57th International Annual Conference of IndiaMicrobiologists (AMI-2016) of Association The of 57th International Annual Conference of IndiaMicrobiologists (AMI-2016) of Association The of 57th International Annual Conference of IndiaMicrobiologists (AMI-2016) broblast broblast cation of xylanase cation of Caseinolytic cation and biochemical Paper Title Paper In characterisation virus strain of Japanese encephalitis vitro hamster in baby SA14-14-2: adaptation and propagation kidney cells following immadazole treatment immadazole following interrogans of pathogenic Leptospira proteases L1-130 strain Fiocruz Copenhageni Inhibition of Migration of Human Oral Cancer cells in cells Inhibition of Migration of Human Oral Cancer strain Bareilly Virus Disease of Newcastle presence and in the growth of L-asparaginase the role Unraveling donovani infectivity of Leishmania interrogans I-B in pathogenic Leptospira Cas of biochemical characteristics of a core Investigation in CRISPR-Cas subtype-IC protein interrogans in Leptospira L1-130 strain Fiocruz Copenhageni serovar interrogans of Leptospira Modulation of gene expression in host immune and its role catecholamines exposed to evasion properties and antioxidant of chondroitin Biocompatible potential chicken keel bone for from isolated sulphate biomedical applications SS35 by of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens Strain improvement mutants for hyperactive producing UV mutagenesis for activity celluase carboxymethyl improved purifi expression, Cloning, characterization of Heparinase II/III family 12 saltans Pedobacter lyase (PL12) from polysaccharide of family 11 Glycoside Hydrolase (GH11) from Pedobacter Pedobacter from (GH11) Hydrolase of family 11 Glycoside saltans Authors Barnali Nath, Siraj A. Khan, Sachin Kumar Nakul Yadav, Sudhir Morla, Ajay Sudhir Morla, Ajay Yadav, Nakul Sachin Kumar Kumar, Sachin KumarMoushumee Das, in chicken embryo Modulation of NDV replication fi Kartikeya Vikash Tiwari, Kumar Dubey ManishAman Prakash, Kumar of CRISPR-Cas type protein Cas5 Characterization of a novel Anusua Dhara, Manish Kumar and purifi expression Cloning, Manish Bithorai Basumatary, Kumar Karukriti Kaushik Ghosh, Manish Kumar Aruna Rani, Rwivoo Baruah, Arun Goyal Thakur, Singh, Abhijeet Shweta Arun Goyal Arun GoyalThakur, Abhijeet and purifi expression Molecular cloning, Karthika,B. Kedar Sharma, Aruna Rani, Arun Goyal Conference Papers Papers Conference 271 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Year 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 Biosciences and Bioengineering Biosciences Seminar/ Symposia Proceedings Seminar/ Symposia Name of Conference/ Workshop/ Workshop/ Name of Conference/ 57th International Annual Conference of The Association of Association The of 57th International Annual Conference of IndiaMicrobiologists (AMI-2016) 57th International Annual Conference of The Association of Association The of 57th International Annual Conference of IndiaMicrobiologists (AMI-2016) of Association The of 57th International Annual Conference of IndiaMicrobiologists (AMI-2016) of Association The of 57th International Annual Conference of IndiaMicrobiologists (AMI-2016) of Association The of 57th International Annual Conference of IndiaMicrobiologists (AMI-2016) of Association The of 57th International Annual Conference of IndiaMicrobiologists (AMI-2016) in frontiers on research 5th International conference Goa Technology, cycle and Chalcogen science in frontiers on research 5th International conference Goa Technology, cycle and Chalcogen science in frontiers on research 5th International conference Goa Technology, cycle and Chalcogen science and Cancer Cells on Stem 7th International Conference and Apoptosis erentiation Diff Proliferation, (ICSCC-2016): and Cancer Cells on Stem 7th International Conference and Apoptosis erentiation Diff Proliferation, (ICSCC-2016): and Cancer Cells on Stem 7th International Conference and Apoptosis erentiation Diff Proliferation, (ICSCC-2016): “Flow on workshop Cytometry and Flow Annual event TCS 9 th (FABACTCS Applied and Clinical Biology” Application on Basic, 2016), IIT Guwahati Paper Title Paper cation and characterization of a thermostable endo-β-1, erentiated cells erentiated from Clostridium thermocellum binds rhamnogalacturonan I Clostridium thermocellum from Ultrasound assisted extraction assisted Ultrasound of pectin from polysaccharide Malus domestica fruit peels of Citrus preticulate, the waste and Ananas comosus Pedobacter from (GH10) hydrolase family 10 glycoside from saltans DSM12145 from of endo β-1-4 glucanase (CtGH5) engineering Protein site-directed by Clostridium thermocellum mutagenesis for activity of mutant with enhanced development Optimization and scale up of dextran production from cibaria RBA12 Weissella Purifi Clostridium thermocellum 3-glucanase from (CtGH81) bacteria for reducing sulfate immobilized Sodium alginate of heavy metals removal and continuous batch utilizing bacteria monoxide utilizing bacteria and cells stem in mesenchymal Study of apoptosis diff Silica PTEN onto Stabilization of Recombinant Functional Biomedical Applications Nanoparticles Potential for in communication of intercellular targeting Therapeutic cancer metabolism of Leishmania pyrimidine Investigating inhibition mediated dihydroorotase through donovani Authors Arun Dhillon, Goyal Binding Module (Rgl-CBM35) family 35 Carbohydrate A novel Vikky Rajulapati, Arun Dhillon, Arun Goyal Kedar Sharma, Arun Goyal of a xylanase and characeterization expression Cloning, Priyanka Nath, Arun Dhillon, Arun Goyal Rwivoo Baruah, Barsha Deka, S. Moholkar, V. Niharika Kashyap, Arun Goyal M.R. Virginia Krishan Kumar, Arun M. G. A. Fontes, Carlos Pires, Goyal M. Gopi Kiran, Kannan Gopal Das Pakshirajan, K. Pakshirajan A. Sinharoy, K. Pakshirajan A. Sinharoy, Iron nanoparticle biodesulfurization with carbon enhanced Jina Anand, Trishna reduction with carbon monoxide sulphate Biological Bhattacharyya, Bithiah Grace Jaganathan SiddharthaNeha Arora, Sankar Ghosh Raza, Asif Md. Siddhartha Sankar Ghosh Kartikeya Vikash Tiwari, Kumar Dubey Conference Papers Papers Conference 272 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Year 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 Biosciences and Bioengineering Biosciences Seminar/ Symposia Proceedings Seminar/ Symposia Name of Conference/ Workshop/ Workshop/ Name of Conference/ on catalysis c congress on catalysis c congress 9th NABS National Conference on New Biological Researches: Researches: on New Biological 9th NABS National Conference Opportunities sustainable development and challenges for Annual Symposium of the Indian Biophysical Society of the IndianAnnual Symposium Biophysical Waste for on Biotechnology Conference c Pacifi Asia Conversion Pacifi Asia Pacifi Asia park ,Guwahati Biotech Conclave Biotech Assam Guahati university of India of Microbiologist Association (AMI), 2016 CARBO-XXXI International Conference on "New Frontiers in on "New Frontiers International Conference CARBO-XXXI Chemistry and Biology" Carbohydrate CARBO-XXXI International Conference on "New Frontiers in on "New Frontiers International Conference CARBO-XXXI Chemistry and Biology" Carbohydrate Cell Biology of Infection National Centre for Biological Biological for Biology of Infection National Centre Cell TIFR, Sciences, Bangalore annual on Animal Health and XXIX Global Symposium University Agricultural Assam of IAVMISID, convention annual on Animal Health and XXIX Global Symposium University Agricultural Assam of IAVMISID, convention annual on Animal Health and XXIX Global Symposium University Agricultural Assam of IAVMISID, convention cient Paper Title Paper cation and biochemical characterization of nfection Comparative study of pretreatment methods for agrowaste agrowaste methods for study of pretreatment Comparative bioethanol glaucum) stalk for pearl millet (Pennisetum production Low-resolution structure of glucuronoxylan-xylanohydrolase structure of glucuronoxylan-xylanohydrolase Low-resolution from hydrolase of family 30 glycoside (CtXynGH30) SAXS by Clostridium thermocellum characteristics of microwave of physicochemical Evaluation effi leasfy biomass of bamboo for alkali-acid pretreated ethanol production enhancement insight of ultrasound induced Comparative biomass species with of invasive of enzymatic hydrolysis mechanistic model and its study of various weedy Kinetic acid hydrolysis modelling of dilute biofuel production. for species as feedstock invasive analysis gene and protein for device A bench top and sulfate conversion Simultaneous carbon monoxide biomass anaerobic immobilized reduction by Biochemical and structure characeterization of a xylanaseBiochemical and structure characeterization Pedobacter from (GH10) hydrolase family 10 glycoside from Saltans DSM12145 Expression, purifi Expression, xylanase of family 11 Glycoside Hydrolase (CtXyn11A) from from (CtXyn11A) Hydrolase xylanase of family 11 Glycoside ATCC27405 Clostridium thermocellum tool for the development of recombinant vaccines of recombinant the development for tool Role of host Caspase 1 in the progression of Leishmania of Leishmania 1 in the progression Role of host Caspase infi donovani disease detection of Newcastle rapid serological ELISA for virus in Northeast outbreaks from Indiaisolated during 2014-15 Reverse genetics of Newcastle Disease virus an innovative Disease virus an innovative genetics of Newcastle Reverse Authors J. Sumitha Banu, Arun Goyal, V. S. V. Arun Goyal, Sumitha Banu, J. Moholkar Kedar Sharma, Anil Kumar Kedar Sharma, Anil Kumar M. G. A. Fontes, Carlos Verma, Shabir Najmudin, Arun Goyal Kanika Gupta, Nadeem Akhtar, Arun Goyal Dinesh Goyal, Arup Jyoti Borah, Ajeet Singh, Agarwal,Mayank Arun Goyal, S. Moholkar Vijayanand Borah, Ritesh Malani, Arup jyoti S. Moholkar V. Arun Goyal, Sunil kumar Sailapu, Deepanjalee Dutta, Arun Siddhartha Chattopadhyay, Sankar Ghosh K. A. Sinha Roy, Manoj Kumar, Pakshirajan Inês Lobo Antunes, Kedar Antunes, Inês Lobo Vikky Rajulapati, Arun Sharma, Goyal Abhijeet Thakur, Carlos M.G.A. Carlos Thakur, Abhijeet Arun Goyal Fontes, Gundappa Saha, Bakulesh M. Dubey Vikash Kumar Khamar, Sachin Kumar Sachin KumarMoushumee Das, based single serum dilution phosphoprotein Recombinant Barnali Nath, Sachin Kumar Molecular disease virus strains characterization of Newcastle Conference Papers Papers Conference 273 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Year 2016 2016 2016 2017 2016 2017 2017 2017 2016 Biosciences and Bioengineering Biosciences Seminar/ Symposia Proceedings Seminar/ Symposia Name of Conference/ Workshop/ Workshop/ Name of Conference/ ICWM- RECYCLE, IIT Guwahati ICWM- RECYCLE, IIT Guwahati ICWM- RECYCLE, Optics and Photonics. on Fibre IN: International Conference Optical Society of America Indo- EU Workshop on “Microbial electrochemical on Workshop Indo- EU Chemicals and sustainability: for technologies Fuels, Hyderabad CSIR-IICT, Remediation”, management, Recycle of waste – International conference 2016, IIT Guwahati Systems in Biological on "Advances International Conference World Science in Nano and Materials Systems in Biological on "Advances International Conference World" Science in Nano and Materials Systems in Biological on Advances International conference IIT BHU (ABSMSNW-2017), Science in NanoWorld and Materials in BiotechnologyTrends on Current International Conference 2016 International Conference on Current Trends in BiotechnologyTrends on Current International Conference 2016 International Conference on Current Trends in BiotechnologyTrends on Current International Conference 2016 in BiotechnologyTrends on Current International Conference 2016 International Conference on Functional Materials, IIT Materials, on Functional International Conference Kharagpur avanoid karanjin avanoid Paper Title Paper of pretreatment methods on of pretreatment clostridial enzymes recombinant mixed cation by Immobilized sulfate reducing bacteria for heavy metal bacteria for reducing Immobilized sulfate wastewater from removal niger using cheaply Aspergillus by Production Chitosan Wastewater Domestic available of surfaceComparison Raman enhanced of silver scattering nanoparticlesand copper on furanofl Biodegradation of polycyclic aromatic compounds in a compounds aromatic of polycyclic Biodegradation opacus binary Rhodococcus by system substrate consortia microbial using anaerobic conversion monoxide Symmetry element in directing self organization as a design of peptide nano-assemblies Modulation of peptide based nano structure assembly with perturbantsphysical mixed adsorption on mono, protein Study on competitive self assembled monolayers and hybrid and noxious of invasive An assessment of various feedstock bioethanol production for candidate as a potent weeds methylesterase (CtPME8) of family 8 carbohydrate esterase esterase of family 8 carbohydrate (CtPME8) methylesterase Clostridium thermocellum from (CE8) Comparative analysis of bioethanol production involving of bioethanol production involving analysis Comparative saccharifi and kans as sustainable feed leafs grass using sugarcane north-east from stocks India agrowaste Sorghum bicolor stalk for bioethanol production stalk for bicolor Sorghum agrowaste Comparative evaluation Comparative nanoparticle-goldSilver chitosan impregnated nanocluster theranostic application cancer nanocarrier for Authors M. Gopi Kiran, Kannan Gopal Das Pakshirajan, Namboodiri, K. T. M. Pakshirajan K. Baruah, A. Singh, L. Rangan, P. A. K. Sharma, A. Khare L. Goswami, K. Pakshirajan, G. L. Goswami, K. Pakshirajan, Pugazhenthi K. Pakshirajan A. Sinharoy, Sajitha Sasidharan, Prakash Nanoparticle carbon biological enhanced mediated Kishore Hazam, Jahnu Saikia, RamakrishnanVibin Jahnu Saikia, Gaurav Pandey, Vibin Sajitha Sasidharan, Ramakrishnan Abshar Hasan, Ajeet Singh, Lalit Pandey Arup Jyoti Borah, Shyamali Sarma, Ritesh S. Malani, Arun S. Moholkar Vijayanand Goyal, Vikky Rajulapati, Arun Goyal pectin Biochemical characterisation of a recombinant Ashutosh Gupta, Vikky Gupta, Ashutosh Rajulapati, Arun Debasish Das, Goyal J. Sumitha Banu, V. S. Moholkar, S. Moholkar, V. Sumitha Banu, J. Arun Goyal Deepanjalee Dutta, Arun Siddhartha Chattopadhyay, Sankar Ghosh Conference Papers Papers Conference 274 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Year 2016 2017 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 Biosciences and Bioengineering Biosciences Seminar/ Symposia Proceedings Seminar/ Symposia Name of Conference/ Workshop/ Workshop/ Name of Conference/ International Conference on Membrane Technology and its Technology on Membrane International Conference Tiruchirappalli NIT Applications, International Conference on Recent Advancements in Advancements on Recent International Conference S. N. Engineering, & Energy Environmental Chemical, of Engineering College and on Sustainable Energy International Conference Challenges (SEEC-2017) Environmental “Recycle” Management Waste on International Conference (ACE) of Civil Engineers Association by 2016. Organized (WMRG) Group Management Research at IndianWaste & Guwahati Technology Institute of What’s International symposium on Microbes and Biosphere: Next, Gauhati University What’s New on Micro- International Symposium and Nanomachines, Hannover Schloss Herrenhausen, on Researchers Young of IUMRS-International Conference 2016) Indian (IUMRS-ICYRAM Materials Institute Advanced held at Indian Institute of Science of Science Bangalore, Bangalore on Researchers Young of IUMRS-International Conference 2016), held at Indian (IUMRS-ICYRAM Materials Advanced Institute of Science Bangalore - 2016, Bharathidasan University MACB National Seminar on Crystallography-44 [NSC-44], IISER Pune 2016 National Seminar on Crystallography-44 [NSC-44], IISER Pune 2016 ltration rformance evaluation and Paper Title Paper tank reactor stirred in a batch cation wastewater ect on the acid and alkali of dilute pretreatments Industrial wastewater treatment using an indigenously built treatment Industrial wastewater lost-cost membrane: Pe ceramic mechanism An integrated batch biodegradation-microfi batch An integrated and biodiesel treatment industrial wastewater for system production opacus using Rhodococcus Eff stalk for of Sorghum contents and lignin holocellulose bioethanol production Using Hydrolysate Breads Waste from Bioethanol Production cerevisiae Saccharomyces production and carotenoid Simultaneous lipid accumulation opacus using biomass Rhodococcus oleaginous by gasifi A Biomotors: Catalytic Based Self-Propelling Tissue Plant Review on sp BDU 140432 as anodic biocatalyst Synechococcus electrodes for polyaniline-polypyrrole coated copolymer applications biofuel cell nanoclusters silver structure dependent bright red Template NAD+ detection in enzymefor reactions catalyzed digestate Anaerobic available Heterogeneous behavior of metalloproteins toward toward of metalloproteins behavior Heterogeneous metal ion binding and selectivity: molecular insights from dynamics studies In silico analysis suggests that PH0702 and PH0208 encode suggests that PH0702 and PH0208 encode In analysis silico methylthioribose-1-phosphate isomerase and ribose-1,for rather than aIF2Bβ respectively, isomerase, 5-bisphosphate and aIF2Bδ Authors L. Goswami, R. Vinoth Kumar, K. Kumar, Vinoth L. Goswami, R. G. Pugazhenthi Pakshirajan, L. Goswami, R. Vinoth Kumar, K. Kumar, Vinoth L. Goswami, R. G. Pugazhenthi Pakshirajan, S. Vijay Sumitha Banu, J. Arun Goyal Moholkar, L. M. N. Kumar, Tiwari, Datta, S. P. Pandey G. L. Goswami, K. Pakshirajan, Pugazhenthi Bhuyan, Siddhartha Tamanna Sankar Ghosh Mrinal K. Sarma, M. G. Abdul Rupam Bhaduri, Pranab Quadir, Goswami, Jain, Babina Priyamvada Pranab Chakma, Sanjukta Patra, Goswami R. Surjith, K. Pakshirajan marine algae using cheaply production from Carotenoid Monika Shankar Chandravanshi, Kanauji Prasad Prerana Gogoi, Shankar Prasad Gogoi, Shankar Prasad Prerana Kanaujia Conference Papers Papers Conference 275 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Year 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2016 2016 2016 Biosciences and Bioengineering Biosciences cance – Trends and Challenges Trends – cance Seminar/ Symposia Proceedings Seminar/ Symposia Name of Conference/ Workshop/ Workshop/ Name of Conference/ National Conference on Large Scale Multi-disciplinary on Large National Conference systems of national Signifi in Advancement on Recent National Conference Research Environmental National Conference on Recent Advancement in Advancement on Recent National Conference Research Environmental in Advancement on Recent National Conference Research Environmental in Advancement on Recent National Conference Research Environmental in Environmental advancement on Recent National conference IIT Guwahati the Environment, for Center research, in Environmental advancement on Recent National conference IIT Guwahati the Environment, for Center research, National conference on Solidmanagement, Department waste National conference Hem Baruah College, Tyagbir at College, H. 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Pandey Molecular characterization activity and oncolytic of a newly of octyltriethoxysilane self-assembled monolayer Formation Rakhi Chaturvedi, Radhika Rajendran RakhiVartika Chaturvedi, Srivastava M. R. Pires, Virginia Arun Goyal, M. A. Luís G. Dourado, Catarina et al. Ferreira, Tamuli Gohain, R. D. Tamuli R. A. Kumar, A. Roy, R. Tamuli Tamuli R. A. Roy, Conference Papers Papers Conference 277 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Year 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 Chemical Engineering Seminar/ Symposia Proceedings Seminar/ Symposia Name of Conference/ Workshop/ Workshop/ Name of Conference/ 11th Asia Pacifi c Chitin and Chitosan Symposium & 5th Indian c Chitin and Chitosan Pacifi 11th Asia SocietyChitin and Chitosan Kochi Symposium, Symposium & 5th Indian c Chitin and Chitosan Pacifi 11th Asia SocietyChitin and Chitosan Kochi Symposium, 252nd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia 252nd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia 252nd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia 252nd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia 252nd American Chemical Society National Meeting & Exposition, Philadelphia Inorganic Chemistry Biological on Advanced 5th Symposium SABIC-2017 Kyoto (ASP-2016), in Sustainable Polymers Advances Kyoto (ASP-2016), in Sustainable Polymers Advances Kyoto in Sustainable Polymers(ASP-2016), Advances Kyoto in Sustainable Polymers(ASP-2016), Advances Kyoto in Sustainable Polymers(ASP-2016), Advances Japan KIT, ASP-16, CHEMCON-2016 lms ect on ect xation of Proximal Paper Title Paper (lactic acid) Poly Assisted ed Chitosan Stereocomplexation Interphalangeal Joints Thermal Degradation of Poly(lactic acid) Films of Poly(lactic Degradation Thermal Oligomer-g-Chitosan acid) Films Dispersed Poly(lactic Method Solution Casting by Prepared Bio-compatible and its application in drug gel formation delivery studies nanocrystals cellulose high of magnetic for Synthesis performance applications nanocrystal cellulose Self-propelling based nanobots with high catalytic activity Recyclable fi polylactic nanocomposite acid/cellulose extrusion reactive approach by processed nanocrystals cellulose based Polymorphic barrier and with tunable mechanical, bionanocomposites thermal properties Water- by Energy of Hydrogen Electrolytic Production based Micro reactors Splitting in Polymer Films g-Chitosan Bionanocomposite the detection of liquid for biomaterial PLA based conductive solvents Cellulose Nanocrystals ect and of Chitosan in the Surface Eff acid) Poly(lactic of Biodegradable Wetting Morphology and Foams studies of Biodegradable and Invitro Fabrication fi strands shaped polymeric pin for Matrix Nanotube Mixed Carbon Acetate/ Cellulose Separation CO2 Membrane for synthesis of pt-co bimetallic nanoprisms One pot green using plant extract Authors Akhilesh Kumar Pal, Vimal KatiyarVimal Akhilesh Pal, Kumar Extraction Chitosan Muga Silkworms and its Eff from Akhilesh Kumar Pal, Vimal KatiyarVimal Akhilesh Pal, Kumar Kinetics of Lactic Non-isothermal Degradation Acid Singh Surendra Dhar, Prodyut Katiyar Vimal Amit Kumar, Gaur, Singh Surendra Dhar, Prodyut Katiyar Vimal Amit Kumar, Gaur, Vimal Amit Kumar, Dhar, Prodyut Katiyar Vimal Amit Kumar, Dhar, Prodyut Katiyar Vimal Amit Kumar, Dhar, Prodyut Katiyar Mandal, Kumar T. Saptak Rarotra, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay KatiyarVimal Arvind Gupta, KatiyarVimal Akhilesh Pal, Kumar Studies on Modifi Isothermal Crystallization (Lactic Acid)/OLLA- Kinetics of Poly Gourhari Chakraborty, Gopal Vimal Pugazhenthi, Katiyar Shasanka Sekhar Borkotoky, Katiyar Vimal M. Ravi Sankar, Arbind Prasad, Katiyar Vimal M. Prasad, B. R. Borgohain, Bishnupada Mandal Barooah, A. K. Rao, Singh, A. K. Ch.V. Golder Conference Papers Papers Conference 278 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Year 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2016 Chemical Engineering Seminar/ Symposia Proceedings Seminar/ Symposia Name of Conference/ Workshop/ Workshop/ Name of Conference/ u 2016, IIIT Hyderabad Chemical Physics of Electroactive Materials, Faraday Discussion Faraday of Electroactive Materials, Chemical Physics 2017 Engineering, on Food Joint Symposium GIFU-IITG and Renewable Energy-2016 Biomaterials Biotechnology, Compfl Gifu-IITG Joint Symposium, Gifu Joint Symposium, Gifu-IITG HySA Workshop on Fuel to Electricity to on Fuel Workshop HySA Electronics (ICEE- on Emerging IEEE International Conference 2016), IIT Bombay on Soft Joint Symposium and Biobased Materials-2016IITG-KIT 2016 Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2016) (CHEMCON Indian Congress Chemical Engineering 2016 Indian Chemical Engineering Congress (CHEMCON 2016) (CHEMCON Indian Congress Chemical Engineering 2016 and Materials Science in NanoWorld (ABSMSNW-2017) IIT BHU (ABSMSNW-2017) Science in NanoWorld and Materials International Conference on Emerging Trends in Nanoscience in Nanoscience Trends on Emerging International Conference (ICETINNand Nanotechnology – 2017), Sikkim Manipal Technology Institute of in Nanoscience Trends on Emerging International Conference (ICETINN–and Nanotechnology 2017), Sikkim Manipal Technology Institute of Paper Title Paper ect distance of viscosity and vapour-source Field Induced Anomalous Spreading, Oscillation, Ejection, Induced Anomalous Spreading, Field slipping on Strongly and Breaking of Oil Droplets Spinning, Surface Water and control synthesis: Size of AgNPs route A biological functionality Instability and bursting of aqueous on a dielectric coated electrode Novel Amine/Chitosan Thin-Film Composite Membrane for Membrane for Composite Thin-Film Amine/Chitosan Novel Gas Flue Separation from CO2 Production Organic vapour detection using nanoparticleOrganic laden droplet and the eff synthesis and photocatalyst of AgNPs A bio-mediated route activation Cellulose acetate/amine functionalized carbon nanotube acetate/amine Cellulose separation CO2 matrix membrane for mixed Synthesis and characterization of crosslinked PVA membrane PVA and characterization of crosslinked Synthesis separation CO2/N2 diethanolamine carrier for containing Intelligent pH responsive chemo-magnetotatic microbotsIntelligent pH responsive Systems in Biological on Advances International Conference Contact Instability Induced High Aspect Ratio Ordered Thin Micro/Nano-Structures and Debonding of in Adhesion of Homogeneous and in the Presence Films Viscoelastic Contactor Heterogeneous Column/ Periodic Wave Travelling Study on A Computational Lithography Electric Employing Field Hole Formation Microchannel Reactors for Ethanol to FC-Grade Ethanol to Microchannel Reactors Hydrogen for Authors S. Kumar, B. Sharma, A. Dalal, Sharma, A. Dalal, B. S. Kumar, A. K. Basu, Dasmashapatra, D. Dipankar Bandyopadhyay R. K. S. R. Dash, P. Rao, Das, V. Ch. Ghosh, S. R. Golder B. Sharma, S. Kumar, A. Dalal, D. D. A. Dalal, Sharma, S. Kumar, B. A. K.Basu, Dasmashapatra, D. Bandyopadhyay Babul Prasad, Rajashree Babul Prasad, Mridusmita Borgohain, Barooah, Bishnupada Mandal N. R. Peela, D. Kunzru D. N. R. Peela, M. Bhattacharjee, V. Pasumarthi, Pasumarthi, V. M. Bhattacharjee, Chaudhuri, A. K.J. Singh, H. Bandyopadhyay D. Nemade, R. K. S. R. Dash, Rao, Das, Ch.V. Saha, A. K. Golder Rajashree Borgohain, Babul Rajashree Borgohain, Mridusmita Barooah, Prasad, Bishnupada Mandal Mridusmita Babul Barooah, Rajashree Borgohain, Prasad, Bishnupada Mandal A. K. Arun Singh, K. K. Dey, K. Mandal, T. Chattopadhyay, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay Abir Ghosh, Dipankar Ashutosh Bandyopadhyay, Sharma Shirsendu Mitra, Abir Ghosh, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay Conference Papers Papers Conference 279 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Year 2017 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 Chemical Engineering Seminar/ Symposia Proceedings Seminar/ Symposia Name of Conference/ Workshop/ Workshop/ Name of Conference/ International Conference on Emerging Trends in Nanoscience in Nanoscience Trends on Emerging International Conference 2017, SMIT and Nanotechnology International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2016), (ICFM-2016), Materials on Functional International Conference IIT Kharagpur International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2016), (ICFM-2016), Materials on Functional International Conference IIT Kharagpur International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2016), (ICFM-2016), Materials on Functional International Conference IIT Kharagpur International Conference on Functional Materials (ICFM-2016), (ICFM-2016), Materials on Functional International Conference IIT Kharagpur International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology, Technology, Science and on Polymer International Conference 2017 MACRO International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology, Technology, Science and on Polymer International Conference 2017 MACRO International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology, Technology, Science and on Polymer International Conference 2017 MACRO International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology, Technology, Science and on Polymer International Conference 2017 MACRO International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology, Technology, Science and on Polymer International Conference 2017 MACRO International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology, Technology, Science and on Polymer International Conference 2017 MACRO International Conference on Polymer Science and Technology, Technology, Science and on Polymer International Conference 2017 MACRO high gas barrier lms for Paper Title Paper ect of varying semiconducting salt concentrations Wettability of water droplet on PDMS and Graphene micro/ droplet of water Wettability surfacenano patterned Alkaline pH taxis of iron-nanoparticle laden polymeric micromotors Organic vapor sensing with energy harvesting vapor sensing with energy using Organic nanoparticle laden droplets Eff of gold-cadmiumon the in-situ preparation sulphide nanocomposites Eff ect of microwave assisted annealing on CdS annealing on assisted ect of microwave Eff on Functional nanoparticlesInternational Conference IIT Kharagpur (ICFM-2016), Materials Poly lactic acid (PLA) based conductive biomaterial for the for lactic biomaterial based conductive acid (PLA) Poly detection of Alcohols Synthesis and Characterization of Stereo-Di-Block Synthesis Compositions Block Length Varying with Polylactides An investigation of the viscoelastic and thermal behavior of and thermal behavior of the viscoelastic An investigation silk nanoparticles/polylactic acid nanocomposites Surface of functionalized-gum behaviour wettability arabic dispersed poly (lactic foams acid) bionanocomposite Electrospun nanofi bers of pla composite with silk composite bers of pla Electrospun nanofi nanoparticles mechanical and wetting (snp): thermal, properties applications l-lactic fi acid bionanocomposite Fabrication of poly(vinyl chloride)-chitosan-cellulose of poly(vinyl Fabrication nanocrystals direct membrane for based solid electrolyte a sustainable approach methanol fuel cells: Authors Surjendu Maity, Sunny Kumar, Kumar, Sunny Surjendu Maity, Dasmahapatra, Kumar Ashok Dipankar Bandyopadhyay Amit Kumar Singh, K. K. Dey, A. Singh, K.Amit Kumar K. Dey, K. Mandal, T. Chattopadhyay, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay M. Bhattacharjee, V. Pasumarthi, Pasumarthi, V. M. Bhattacharjee, Chaudhuri, A. K.J. Singh, H. Bandyopadhyay D. Nemade, S. Thakur, M. Bhattacharjee, M. Bhattacharjee, Thakur, S. A. K. Dasmahapatra, D. Bandyopadhyay Saptak Rarotra, Mitradip DipankarBhattacharjee, Bandyopadhyay Gourhari Chakraborty, G. Vimal Pugazhenthi, Katiyar Medha Milli, Kazunari Masutani, Yoshiharu Shinichi Sakurai, Kimura, Vimal Katiyar Rahul Patwa, Melakuu Tesfaye Tesfaye Melakuu Rahul Patwa, Alemea, Manash Jyoti, Amit Vimal Katiyar Kumar, Shasanka Sekhar Borkotoky, Katiyar Vimal Narendren S, Rahul Patwa, Vimal Vimal S, Rahul Patwa, Narendren Katiyar Akhilesh Kumar Pal, Vimal KatiyarVimal Akhilesh Pal, Kumar Melt extruded poly lactic acid/chitosan-grafted-oligo Surendra Singh Gaur, Prodyut Prodyut Singh Gaur, Surendra Akanksha Sharma, Amrita Dhar, Vimal Amit Kumar, Sonowal, Katiyar Conference Papers Papers Conference 280 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Year 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 Chemical Engineering Seminar/ Symposia Proceedings Seminar/ Symposia Name of Conference/ Workshop/ Workshop/ Name of Conference/ Liquid Handling and Lab on a Chip-2017uidics, 2017 ux 2017 The Annual Chemical Engineering Symposium Annual Chemical Engineering The ux 2017 2017 ux 2017 The Annual Chemical Engineering Symposium Annual Chemical Engineering The ux 2017 2017 ux 2017 The Annual Chemical Engineering Symposium Annual Chemical Engineering The ux 2017 2017 MNM 2016, International Workshop on Micro- and Workshop MNM 2016, International Hannover Nanomachines, Nano India 2017, IIT Delhi Applications, to Nanoparticle Fundamentals Assembly: From Discussion, IIT Bombay Faraday of Aveiro 2016, University NANOSMAT Recycle 2016 Refl International Symposium on Micro- International Symposium and Nanomachines, Germany Hannover, MACRO 2017 MACRO 2017 MACRO 2017 MACRO 2017 MACRO Microfl Refl lms ect of metal eld Paper Title Paper of heavy cation on speciation behavior acid) Extruded Poly(lactic ller Reinforced Plant Tissue Based Self-Propelling Catalytic Biomotors: A Biomotors: Catalytic Based Self-Propelling Tissue Plant Review Directional motion of Nanoparticle on Micro- Laden Droplets Highway Fiber nanoparticle-based manganese dioxide Self-propelling microengines Paper Inhibition of Polystyrene Catalytic Treated UV-Ozone Graphene Oxide Nano-Sheets over Droplets ect of sludge acidifi Eff interaction with bio-mediated Study of BSA protein AgNPs Refl Eff Electrochemical reduction of carbon dioxide: metals in battery sludge during electrochemical wastewater remediation complexes Chemically Powered Locomotion of Magneto-Catalytic Paper of Magneto-Catalytic Paper Locomotion Chemically Powered microjets Bionanocomposites Recyclable polylactic nanocrystal cellulose acid grafted fi coconut of uence poly (lactic oil plasticized acid): infl Coconut and gas barrier properties rheological oil on morphological, Wettability on the ect Degradation of Hydrolytic Eff of Bio-fiBehaviour TGA-FTIR Gum and Arabic using Hyphenated Xanthan Study A Comparative Analysis: Motions of soft fi liquibots under magnetic through reactive extrusion reactive Approach through Production of 5-hydroxymethylufurfural (5hmf) of 5-hydroxymethylufurfural Production from h-mor catalyst fructose over Authors T. Bhuyan, A. K. Singh, D. Dutta, Bhuyan, A. K. Singh, D. T. Bandyopadhyay S. Ghosh, D. D. A. Dalal, Sharma, S. Kumar, B. A. K.Basu, Dasmashapatra, D. Bandyopadhyay K. Mandal, T. Singh, Amit Kumar Dipankar Bandyopadhyay Kumar, Sunny Mani Das, Nayan Dipankar Bandyopadhyay K. P. Kulkarni, A. K. Golder, V. V. Ghosh A. K. Rao, V. A. K. Singh, Ch. Golder C. Mukherjee, A. K. Bose, P. Golder Amit Kumar Singh, T. K. Mandal, T. Singh, Amit Kumar Dipankar Bandyopadhyay Prodyut. Dhar, Amit Kumar, Vimal Vimal Amit Kumar, Dhar, Prodyut. Katiyar Rahul Patwa, Siddharth Bhasney, Katiyar Vimal Amit Kumar, Kalita, Naba Kumar Rahul Patwa, Katiyar Vimal Dhar, Prodyut KatiyarVimal Monika Singh, and Mechanistic Study of Guar Gum, Degradation Thermal Kumar, Sunny RashidMd. Faridi, A. K. Dasmahapatra, Dipankar Bandyopadhyay S. K. Yedla, A. K. Golder, N. R. A. K. Golder, Yedla, S. K. Peela Conference Papers Papers Conference 281 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Year Year 2016 2017 2017 2017 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 Chemistry Chemical Engineering Seminar/ Symposia Proceedings Seminar/ Symposia Proceedings Seminar/ Symposia Name of Conference/ Workshop/ Workshop/ Name of Conference/ Workshop/ Name of Conference/ ux 2017 The Annual Chemical Engineering Symposium Annual Chemical Engineering The ux 2017 2017 ux 2017 The Annual Chemical Engineering Symposium Annual Chemical Engineering The ux 2017 2017 ux 2017 The Annual Chemical Engineering Symposium Annual Chemical Engineering The ux 2017 2017 ux 2017, IIT Guwahati NCCP – 2017, Assam University – 2017, Assam NCCP 11th CRSI-RSC symposium, Gauhati University Refl FICS – 2016, IIT Guwahati ICANN-2016, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi Refl Research Conclave- 2017, IIT Guwahati Conclave- Research Refl Research Conclave 2017, IIT Guwahati Conclave Research Refl Research Conclave 2017, IIT Guwahati Conclave Research REFLUX-2017, IIT Guwahati REFLUX-2017, eld Enhanced For cient System Paper Title Paper Title Paper on dielectric ed droplets coated solid acid catalysts erent harvesteruidic vapour sensor and energy Phosphate-Sugar Fragment and Gd(III) Complexes for High Field (14.1 T) (14.1 High MRI Study Field for and Gd(III) Complexes photo catalyst using oxalis extract using oxalis catalyst photo Abstraction Atom via Initial Hydrogen Complex Peroxo as an Effi MoS2 on Cd0.5Zn0.5S ActivityPhotocatalytic electrochemical sensing of ascorbic acid electrochemical sensing of ascorbic One pot production of 5-hydroxymethyl furfural (5hmf)One pot production of 5-hydroxymethyl from fructose using diff by Dynamics fi of liquibots under magnetic On demand manipulation of nanoparticle laden nanoparticle microdroplets electrode Morphology of Electrifi Microfl Low Energy Electron Induced Single Strand Breaks in Sugar- Electron Induced Single Strand Breaks Energy Low Nanoparticle device based lung monitoring Deformylation Reaction a Non-heme Manganese(III)- by Deformylation g‐C3N4 And in Integrating Approach A Noble Metal Free Authors Authors R. Bhaskaran, M. Sarma Phukan,B. C. Mukherjee Mn(II) Water-Coordinated and Water-Soluble of Synthesis M. Yash, Ch. V. Rao, A. K. Rao, GolderV. Ch. Yash, M. TiO2 of a bio-mediated palladium doping on Development Sastri V. Barman, C. P. G. Gogoi, M. Qureshi S. R. Dash, S. S. Bag, A. K.S. R. Dash, Bag, Golder nanoparticles Biosynthesis of silver and their application in S. K. Yedla, A. K. Golder, N. R. A. K. Golder, Yedla, S. K. Peela Sunny. Kumar, A. K. Kumar, Sunny. Dasmahapatra, D. Bandyopadhyay B. Sharma, S. Kumar, A. Dalal, D. D. A. Dalal, Sharma, S. Kumar, B. A. K.Basu, Dasmashapatra, D. Bandyopadhyay B. Sharma, S. Kumar, A. Dalal, D. D. A. Dalal, Sharma, S. Kumar, B. A. K.Basu, Dasmashapatra, D. Bandyopadhyay M. Bhattacharjee, V. Pasumarthi, Pasumarthi, V. M. Bhattacharjee, Chaudhuri, A. K.J. Singh, H. Bandyopadhyay D. Nemade, M. Bhattacharjee, H. Nemade, D. D. H. Nemade, M. Bhattacharjee, Bandyopadhyay Conference Papers Papers Conference Conference Papers Papers Conference 282 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Year 2016 2016 2016 2016 2016 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2017 2016 Chemistry Seminar/ Symposia Proceedings Seminar/ Symposia Name of Conference/ Workshop/ Workshop/ Name of Conference/ 19th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry19th CRSI National Symposium 19th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry19th CRSI National Symposium North in Chemistry, 19th CRSI National Symposium Bengal University North in Chemistry, 19th CRSI National Symposium Bengal University North in Chemistry, 19th CRSI National Symposium Bengal University in Chemistry20th CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry20th CRSI National Symposium Gauhati in Chemistry, 20th CRSI National Symposium University Gauhati in Chemistry, 20th CRSI National Symposium University Gauhati in Chemistry, 20th CRSI National Symposium University Gauhati in Chemistry, 20th CRSI National Symposium University Gauhati in Chemistry, 20th CRSI National Symposium University 21), (ICOS Synthesis on Organic 21st International Conference IIT Bombay cation of Aspartic Acid c ring opening of aziridines Paper Title Paper Iron(IV)-Oxo between erences and Iron(IV)-Imido using Ethyl 2-(tert-Butoxycarbonyloxyimino)-2-cyanoacetate using Ethyl (Boc-Oxyma) Regioselective synthesis of C1-functionalisedRegioselective 3-arylbenzo[f] reaction of component one pot three quinoline through aryl and ketoester 2-napthylamine, carbaldehyde selective N-arylation Regio Directed of Azoles via Cross- Coupling Dehydrogenative via 5-exo-digThiophenes of HighlySynthesis Functionalized of 1,3-enynes with Mercaptoacetaldehyde Cyclization of Substituted Synthesis C-H Oxidative Vanadium-Catalyzed Switch-On Sensing of BSA and Fluorescence Pyrazoles Protein oxyimino) acetate sulfonyl 2-Cyano-2-(2-nitrobenzene (o-NosylOXY) both Solution And Solid Phase (HOBt) benzotriazole phthalimide (NHPI) and N-Hydroxy Copper-catalyzed streospecifi to C-H amination: a facile route oxidative /aerobic imidazobenzimidazoles Star shaped and Selfof Luminescent Assembly Columnar Structure property correlation Polycatenars: Diff Oxidants. Host-Guest OLEDs based on Perylene Room Liquid Crystals Columnar Temperature (HOBt) phthalimide (NHPI) and N-hydroxybenzotriazole and Glutamic Acid during Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis during Solid Phase Peptide and Glutamic Acid Lewis Acid based Side Chain Modifi Acid Lewis Long-Range Electron Transfer Triggers Mechanistic Triggers Transfer ElectronLong-Range Authors S. Rao Manne, B. MandalS. Rao B. Manne, Acid Carboxylic synthesis from Acids Hydroxamic Peptide R. Gattu, A. T. Khan T. A. R. Gattu, PunniyamurthyT. Sadhu, P. 8-Amino quinoline Amide Copper(II)-Mediated G. Bharathiraja, Sathishkannan Punniyamurthy T. S. Yashmeen, A. R. Bag, Sar, D. Punniyamurthy T. Bag, Mandal R. S. Giri, B. Mandal B. Dev, Chandra, D. J. using Ethyl and Benzothiazole of Benzoxazole Synthesis PunniyamurthyT. Sar, D. R. Bag, of Alkenes with N-Hydroxy Dioxygenation Aerobic T. S. Pradhan, De, B. P. Punniyamurthy S. Nath, K. A. S. Pathak, Achalkumar Sastri V. Barman, C. P. A. S. K. Iyer, P. Das, R. K. Gupta, D. Achalkumar PunniyamurthyT. Sar, D. R. 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Bhowmik, J. Deka,B. S. Biswas of Diagnosis Scheme for Test Charka: A Reliability-Aware Biswajit Bhowmik, Jatindra Deka,Kumar Biswas Santosh S. Karmakar Subba, S. Biswas, B. of Anomaly based Intrusion Enhancing Performance S. Karmakar Subba, S. Biswas, B. Enhancing eff Nair S. B. Semwal, T. S. Nikhil, Immuno-Inspired in Multi-Robot Adaptation A. Behaviour S. Sriram, A. Sarkar, S. Kumar, Sur K. J. Bhowmik, Deka S. Biswas, B. Being from a Packet SchemePrevent to An Odd-Even K. J. Bhowmik, Deka S. Biswas, B. Shorts Interconnect Addressing Solution for Test An On-Line Rashmi Tripathi, Mani Achyut Dutta Baruah B. Bhowmik, J. K. Bhowmik, J. Deka,B. S. Biswas, Bhattacharya B. B. B. Bhowmik, J. K. Bhowmik, J. Deka,B. S. Biswas, Bhattacharya B. B. K. Bhowmik, J. Deka,B. S. Biswas, Bhattacharya B. B. 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Nanostructures Name of Author/s B. Bhaskar, S. Arun, P. S. Arun, P. Bhaskar, B. S. Rama Sreekanth, S. Kanagaraj Deepak Mylavarapu, GaneshManas Das, R. Narayanan Subhash Thota, Sobhit Singh Sachin Singh, M. Ravi K. Jain V. Sankar, S. Devarshi Kashyap, Kanagaraj Physics K. Nisha Shankhwar, A. Kothiyal, Sharma, G. P. Srinivasan Energy for Centre S. V. R. S. Malani, A. Goyal, Moholkar Kalita, M. Borah, R. P. D. Yadav, Kataki, D. R. Patowary Patowary, the Environment for Centre Bhaskar Sanjukta Das, Patra Book Chapter 334 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Duration (in ` ) 3870000 3 years 5129000 3 years Amount Amount Sanctioned Co-investigators Pugazhenthi Thummer DST - 630000 2 years DBT Anand Ashish Dr. DBT 5482000 -DBT 3 years G. Prof. DBT Sudip Mitra Dr. DBT 3448000 DubeyV.K. Dr. 5021000DBT 3 years Trivedi Vishal 3 years Dr. 5123000 4223000 3 years 3 years Agency Funding Funding c toxins c Biosciences and Bioengineering Biosciences remodeling genes and the role of key transcription factors genes and the role remodeling Understanding the mechanism of ABC-type metal sequestering proteins: Understanding the mechanism of ABC-type proteins: metal sequestering structure-based against human pathogens drug development novel Beauveria bassiana to express heterologous insect specifi heterologous express bassiana to Beauveria sludge biomass for granular using anaerobic condition biodesulphurization Region Eastern in patients infected understanding immune response virus model for with Hepatitis C virus Treatment DETAILS OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS DEVELOPMENT AND RESEARCH OF DETAILS Principal InvestigatorPrincipal Title Project Kanaujia 1. Anil Mukund Limaye Dr. ECM derived of tumor cell regulation estrogen into Investigations 2. Gurvinder Kaur Saini Dr. 3. Metarhizium anisopliae and Fungi, Entomopathogenic Engineering Kannan Pakshirajan Dr. under mesophilic conversion carbon monoxide Hydrogenogenic 4. Latha Rangan Dr. 5. Shankar Prasad Dr. 6. North from rices sequencing of aromatic Genome and transcriptome Sachin Kumar Dr. 7. Shirisha Nagotu disease Newcastle genetic based recombinant Dr. of reverse Development ageing in yeast dynamics and cellular Organelle DBT Rajkumar P. Dr. 8. Kunnumakkara A. B. Dr. Cancer Breast Negative Triple Azadiradione Liposome Encapsulated for Sl. No. No. NEW RESEARCH PROJECTS below: given 2016-2017 are during the year projects received New Research 335 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI - Duration (in ` ) grant) 978500 - 4714600 3 years 4296145 3 years 6323000 3 years Amount Amount (First year year (First 18172300 4 years Sanctioned Co-investigators Limaye Limaye Maiti Kumar Prasad Kanaujia Prasad Ramakrishnan DBT - 4873000 3 years DBT Vibin Dr. DBT - 9796000 3 years DBT - 9796000 3 DBT - 13405200 3 years CSIR - 2196000 3 years SERB - 4632100 3 years SERB Kanaujia S. P. Dr. 6997500SERB 3 years -SERB Anil Mukund Dr. 3800000 5 years SERB Shankar Dr. ONGC Soumen Dr. Agency Funding Funding cation (HTL) of structural and curvature-dependent organization Eff ect of Transition Transition Metal Ions ect of Eff causing leaf curl disease using RNA Interference (RNAi) target for treating bacterial infection treating for target detection exotoxin prototype for diagnostic and therapeutic applications diagnostic for prototype membrane binding of alpha-synuclein recycled from HTL unit from recycled BMP signalling in Oseolytic bone metastasis of breast cancer in Oseolytic bone metastasis of breast BMP signalling interfacecomplex Junction with splincing and connects Complex Exon ICMREJC) Anil Mukund Dr. Chondroitin Lyase Oligosaccharides from Pedobacter saltans Pedobacter from Oligosaccharides Lyase Chondroitin ribosome assembly cancerStudy of RhoA in bone metastasis of breast signaling SERB - 4055000 3 years and Tissue and Tissue Engineering Principal InvestigatorPrincipal Title Project Jaganathan Jaganathan 9. A. Goyal Dr. Therapeutic of Analysis Biochemical and in vitro Expression, Cloning, Sl. 19. Lalit Mohan Pandey Dr. and the of Proteins Mechanistic Insight of Shear Induced Aggregation 20. Lingaraj Sahoo Dr. 21. Lingaraj Sahoo Dr. genes validation of yield related Functional viruses to Bhut Jolokia resistance for chilli cv. Transgenic of Development DBT - 5650000 3 years 22. Manish Kumar Dr. a promising interrogans, of Leptospira proteases Study on Caseinolytic 24. Chandra Pranjal Dr. bacterial of electrocatalytic aptamer-nanosensor for Development 23. Nitin Chaudhary Dr. into Investigations 25. Chandra Pranjal Dr. Nanoenzymatic aptamer based electrocatalytic biomedical device 17. Debasish Das Dr. Liquifi oil via hydrothermal of Hydrocarbon Production 18. Singh Kumari Kusum Dr. (ASAP) Protein and Splicing-Associated Apoptosis how investigate To 10. Anand B. Dr. 11. Biplab Bose Dr. participation Mapping the hierarchical of assembly factors during in Noisy Environment signaling understand cell to Investigation 16. ICMR Bithiah Grace Dr. S. Ghosh Prof. 1396000 12. Biplab Bose Dr. 13. Mandal Biman B. Dr. 14. Mandal Biman B. North Dr. Drug Delivery Based Injectable East Silk Biomaterial for Hydrogels 15. possible therapeutic uses peptides for derived Diphtheria toxin Bithiah Grace Dr. vascular conduits small diameter Silk based bioengineered SERB Mandal B. Dr. DBT 4738000 Sukumar P. Dr. 3 years 4323000 3 years No. No. 336 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Duration (in ` ) 4275300 3 years 3673000 3 years 3194950 3 years 5131000 3 years 4012360 3 years 3927833 2 years 5978000 3 years Amount Amount Sanctioned Co-investigators Pugazhenthi, Pugazhenthi, A. B. Dr. Kunnumakkara Limaye Thummer Nagotu Nagotu - 23700000 3 years Upadhyay Nagotu IITG - 500000 2 years DST G. Prof. DST M.K. Purkait Dr. 5861700 3 years DBT Anil Mukund Dr. DBT Shirisha Dr. DBT - 4223000 3 years DBT Shirisha Dr. SERB Shirisha Dr. MNRE DRDO Rajesh Kumar Dr. Agency NEEPCO Sukhomay Pal Dr. 2897000 - Funding Funding MHRD and uidic system system uidic Chemical Engineering functional to cardiomyocytes broblasts e Ceramic Membrane for separation of CO2 separation of CO2 Membrane for e Ceramic irus (YMV) radiata Vigna trait loci in tolerance uids nery industry nery conservation in refi Production of bio oil hydrous of microalgae Chlorella sp Chlorella of microalgae of bio oil hydrous Production bacteria fl in biological SERB - 1920000 2 years Metabolic engineering of Bacillus megaterium for enhanced production enhanced for Metabolic of Bacillus megaterium engineering of the development acid and its application for D (-) pantothenic functional foods Generation of transgene-free human induced pluripotent stem cells Generation of transgene-freecells stem pluripotent human induced therapeutic applications cell using non-genetic for approaches fractions through Hydro-Thermal liquefaction (HTL) (Imprint) fractions Hydro-Thermal through from Flue Gas and Natural Gas Flue from resistance selection of Kopili H.E. Plant and suggestion for corrosion liner including a model study the steel for system Direct reprogramming of human fi Direct reprogramming for cell therapy cell for applications (L)” Wilczek using doubled haploids Wilczek (L)” for label free multiplex detection of neurotransmitters in neuronal cell cell in neuronal multiplex detection of neurotransmitters label free for line Principal InvestigatorPrincipal Title Project (Mentor: Dr. Debasish (Mentor: Dr. Das) Sivaprakasam Thummer Thummer Sl. 34. Kannan Pakshirajan Dr. recycle-reuse water and energy for process treatment biological Novel 33. Chandra Pranjal Dr. detection of pathogenic of bioelectronics genosensor for Development 32. Goswami Gargi Dr. 31. Senthilkumar Dr. 30. Shirisha Nagotu Dr. in a cell and inter-organelle communication Peroxisomes SERB Rajkumar P. Dr. 29. Rajkumar P. Dr. 38. Kaustubha Mohanty Dr. the production of high value bio-fuel Mass cultivation of Microalgae for 36. Bishnupada Mandal Dr. 37. Selectiv of CO2- Development Chandan Das Dr. conductor system liner of the water of the steel of corrosion Assessment 35. Singh Anugrah Dr. liquid body armor- Studies on shear thickening suspensions for 27. Rakhi Chaturvedi Dr. 28.V Mosaic Yellow Mapping Rajkumar P. Dr. 26. Chandra Pranjal Dr. microfl of electrochemical sensor integrated Development No. No. 337 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Duration (in ` ) 3895000 3 years 5666540 3 years 6096000 3 years 1920000 2 years 7641321 4 years 1200000 3 years 4419200 3 years Amount Amount 11436150 3 years Sanctioned Co-investigators Pugazhenthi Gooh Pottader Bandyopadhyay Sahoo Dr. Pankaj Tiwari Pankaj Dr. Golder DST Ghosh Pallab Prof. 1988125DST 3 years Amit Kumar Dr. 550000 DST Amit Kumar, Dr. DST Animes Kumar Dr. DBT G. Prof. DBT Lingaraj Prof. CSIR - SERB Sarathi Partho Dr. SERB - SERB - 4564394 3 years BRNS - 2479000 3 years MHRD Dipankar Dr. Agency Funding Funding cation and cation for uidic device uids lm (Imprint) solar power concentrated uid for Microfl uidic prototypes to characterize eheological behaviours of behaviours to characterize eheological uidic prototypes Microfl fl and complex biological on delignifi biomass with special focus agricultural waste processing downstream Design and Development of Biodegradable Flexible Polymer Polymer Flexible of Biodegradable and Development Design Packaging Food Targeted for lms fi Blown Bionanocomposites Applications fl and chemicals from Algal biobased systems and chemicals from advanced oxidation integrating with microstructure and rotating packed and rotating with microstructure integrating oxidation advanced nanocomposites (GO)/GO-metal oxide (G)/Graphene bed of grapheme sustainable polymers (ASP-16) An experimental investigation on the instability, self organization and self organization on the instability, An experimental investigation of blended polymer and nanoparticlemicro-pattering incorporated polymer thin fi and Characterization of Slurry Chemical Copper Formulation for Mechanical Polishing Design and development of a membrane reformer prototype for for prototype of a membrane reformer and development Design based Cell Fuel Methanol for from Hydrogen production of Ultra-Pure generators and power vehicle solar irradiated water-splitting using bio-synthesized metal/TiO2 using bio-synthesized water-splitting metal/TiO2 solar irradiated photocatalysts Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation Catalytic Integrated biorefi nery approach towards production of sustainable fuel nerytowards approach biorefi Integrated Principal InvestigatorPrincipal Title Project Bandyopadhaya Mentor: Dr. Vimal Katiyar Vimal Mentor: Dr. Pattader Venkatesh Upadhyay Sl. 51. Kaustubha Mohanty Dr. from the production of Xylitol for development process Low-cost 50. Dipankar Dr. 49. BanerjeeTamal Dr. Nanoparticle heat transfer cost as low dispersed deep eutectic solvents 48. Bhagabati, Purabi Dr. 44. S.K. Majumder Dr. 45. by water in waste present derivatives of pharmaceutical Removal Senthilmurugan S Dr. 46. KatiyarVimal Dr. therapeutics (UAY) production of biotech for processing Continuous 47. Goud V.V. Dr. Indo-Japan in Expert on advances Meeting on Symposium Committee MHRD Senthilkumar S Dr. 3370000 3 years 41. Sarathi Gooh Partho Dr. 43. R. Prasanna Dr. 42. Rajesh Kumar Dr. 39. Nanda Kishore Dr. 40. Nageswara Rao Peela Dr. optofl and fabrication of an integrated Design of Bio-oil Experimental and Numerical Study on Upgradation using No. No. 338 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Duration (in ` ) Amount Amount Sanctioned Co-investigators DBT - 5423000 3 years DBT - 4726000 3 years DBT - 8053000 3 years CSIR - 1582000 3 years SERB -SERB - 4973000 3 years 4510000 4 years SERB - 1920000 2 years SERB -SERB - 4840000 3 years 4895000 3 years SERB - 4730000 3 years SERB -SERB - 1920000 2 years 4620000 3 years BRNS - 2491500 Agency Funding Funding Chemistry ewis Pairs into Secondary Coordination Sphere Secondary Sphere into Coordination ewis Pairs as synthetic cyclicect molecules on as well of naturally occuring uorescence techniques uorescence Dissecting the mechanistic understanding of sialic acid glycosulations Dissecting the mechanistic understanding of sialic acid glycosulations multipurpose protecting utilizing ®-2-phenylcyanoethane as a novel acid and its the synthesis of Legionaminic Application towards group: glycosides Separation and Applications in Gas Storage, for Materials Framework Chemical Sensing Based Transistors Field-Efect Organic Using Threats Biological Explosives, Sensors epoxide and azirdines epoxide Surface (SLIPS) Infused Porous Development of smartDevelopment block optically active electroactive hybrid biomacromolecule-copolymer- quantum dot nanocomposites electrical by detection analytes and of biological ultrasensitive for fl Eff and in vitro in vivo aggregation inhibition of beta amyloid Transition metal complexes for mechanistic understanding and catalysis for metal complexes Transition and Application in Organic-electronics the Pleckstrin Homology Domain Targeting Complexes: Exploring Potential Catalytic Application Catalytic Exploring Potential Complexes: Synthesis of bent core liquid crystals exhibiting room temperature blue liquid crystals temperature of bent core exhibiting room Synthesis phases Binding and Activation Substrate of the Metal ions: Cooperative Principal InvestigatorPrincipal Title Project Kancharla (Mentor: Dr. P.K. Iyer) P.K. (Mentor: Dr. Mandal Mentor: Dr. A.S. Mentor: Dr. Achalkumar Sl. 61. Biswas Prasad Shyam Dr. of Highly Development Stable Zr(IV) and Hf(IV) Based Metal-Organic 62. S.S. Bag Dr. the Detection of for and Polymers Peptides Unnatural Fluorescent 63. PunniyamurthyT. Dr. 64. using chiral heterocycles ve membered synthesis of fi Asymmetric Uttam Manna Dr. Micro-Capsules Robust Slippery Develop to Liquid of Porous Multilayer 60. Kumar Pavan Dr. 55. Chandan Mukherjee Dr. Characte rization and Utilization of Radical-Containing Synthesis, 56. Debapratim Das Dr. 57. Debasis Manna Dr. Nano-structures Self-assembly, Semi-conductive Bioinspired Peptides: An Unorthodox Inhibitors of AKT: Approach of Novel Development 58. Dipankar Srimani Dr. Metal Transition Ligand and their Nitrenium Based Pincer N-Heterocyclic 59. Priyanka Dutta Dr. 53. Animesh Das Dr. 54. Bhubaneswar Dr. L Incorporation of Pendant 52. Turlapati, Srikanth Dr. No. No. 339 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Duration (in ` ) 1920000 2 years 1920000 2 years 1920000 2 years 1920000 2 years 1920000 2 years 1920000 1920000 2 years 1920000 2 years 1920000 2 years 3500000 5 years 1920000 2 years 1920000 2 years 1920000 2 years Amount Amount Sanctioned Co-investigators SERB - SERB - SERB - SERB - SERB - SERB - SERB - SERB - SERB - SERB - SERB - Agency Funding Funding Design, Synthesis and Characterization of Functional Columnar Liquid Columnar and Characterization of Functional Synthesis Design, Crystals Transition-Metal-Catalyzed C-H Activation/Isonitrile Insertion Reactions Transition-Metal-Catalyzed Nitrogen Heterocycles of Diverse the Synthesis for Development of C-H Activation for Medicinally Important of C-H Activation for Development Heterocycles Synthesis Visible Light Photoredox Catalysis with Transition Metal Complexes: Metal Complexes: Transition with Catalysis Light Photoredox Visible for Precursors of Cross-Coupled the Synthesis Application towards Relevant Molecules Biologically Bioinspired Semi-conductiveBioinspired Self-assembled Peptide-based Nano- Structures and their Applications A computational study for Optimizing Adsorption of Small Molecules Optimizing Adsorption study for A computational Solids Nano-Porous Synthesis and application of PEG-tailed Multistimuli-Responsive Smart and application of PEG-tailed Multistimuli-Responsive Synthesis Hydrogels Design and Development of new and promising G-quadruplex of new and promising stabilizers and Development Design SERB - Design and synthesis of Triazolyl donor/acceptor unnatural nucleosides donor/acceptor Triazolyl and synthesis of Design base triazolyl fused aromatic containing and Oligonucleotide probes nucleosides containing Design and synthesis of polycyclic heteroaranes using rhodium catalyzed using rhodium catalyzed heteroaranes and synthesis of polycyclic Design imaging cell C-H activation cancer and their live Stimuli sensitive polymer-biomolecule conjugates as tumor targeted as tumor targeted polymer-biomolecule conjugates Stimuli sensitive chemotherapy combination theranostic agents for N-O/N-O-N type ligands and their metal complexes chiral bi/tridented SERB - Ruthenium catalyzed C-H bond activation followed by carbo/- by C-H bond activationRuthenium catalyzed followed of Arenes/Heteroarenes heterocyclization Discotic liquid crystals for organic light emitting devices liquid crystalsDiscotic organic for SERB - 1920000 2 years Principal InvestigatorPrincipal Title Project Singh, Mentor: Dr. A.S. Singh, Mentor: Dr. Achalkumar Prof. T. Punniyamurthy T. Prof. Mentor: Prof. T. T. Mentor: Prof. Punniyamurthy Mentor: Prof. B.K. Patel Mentor: Prof. Dr. Debapratim Das Dr. Mentor: Dr. C.V. Sastri C.V. Mentor: Dr. Mentor: Dr. D. Das D. Mentor: Dr. Mentor: Dr. A. K. Gupta Mentor: Dr. Mentor: Dr. S.S. Bag Mentor: Dr. Devarajan Mentor: Dr. T. T. Devarajan Mentor: Dr. Punniyamurthy Mentor: Dr. P.K. Iyer P.K. Mentor: Dr. Mentor: Prof. B.K. Patel Mentor: Prof. (Mentor: Prof. B.K. Patel) (Mentor: Prof. (Mentor: Dr. A.S. (Mentor: Dr. Achalkumar) Sl. 78. Hemant Kumar Dr. 77. Mentor: Kumar, Vivek Dr. 76. Subhasish Roy, Dr. 75. Gaurav Shukla, Dr. 74. Sinha, Mentor: Tanur Ms. 73. Kumar, Suresh Dr. 72. Subhajit Ghoash Dr. 71. Samiyara Begum, Ms. 70. Mohan Kasula; Dr. 69. Kathirvelan Dr. 68. Himani Kalita, Dr. 67. Braja Gopal Das, Dr. 66. Ritush Kumar Dr. 65. Hidayath Ulla Dr. No. No. 340 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 6 months Duration (in ` ) 610000 & 2 years 1890000 3 years 1920000 2 years 1998800 3 years 1629600 3 years 2479740 3 years 4446670 3 years 1920000 2 years 1564000 3 years Amount Amount 11593131 3 years Sanctioned Co-investigators - Prof. S. DuttaProf. 1798200 3 years - DST - DST A. K. Maurya Dr. 9615200 3 years SERB - SERB - SERB - SERB - SERB - SERB - 1920000 2 years ISRO, ISRO, ISRO, ISRO, PWD, PWD, BRNS - MHRD Amit Shelke Dr. 12500000 Govt. of Govt. Agency Pradesh Funding Funding GBPIHED - Bangalore Bangalore Arunachal cation and cation ected districts of Assam Civil Engineering in the surface/uoride concentration & eff highly populated ve uvial studies of Martian surface using the data of thermal productivity in Sikkim, of major crop of NorthEast Himalayan region India Assessment of arsenic, iron and fl iron of arsenic, Assessment of fi water underground with irrigated rice of Health risk assessment consuming Evaluation Plains in Brahmaputra Flood groundwater contaminated Fluorine and Boron doped pi conjugated organic materials via transition materials organic doped pi conjugated and Boron Fluorine C-F activationmetal catalyzed of Multi storied buildings of Multi storied of Products (Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana) (Uchchtar Avishkar of Products using spring sanctuary concept infrared imaging spectrometer and Marscamera spectrometer colour imaging infrared their removal for material cost of low and development Friction Courses Friction the resiliency a sustainable constructionDeveloping practice improve to of embankments of Brahmaputra using Bio-Mediated and soil treatment its impact bank ecology on the river Mitigation Strategies Synthesis of Mixed-Metal Metal-Organic and their Synthesis frameworks storage and charge photovoltaic analytical sensing, for composites applications based on Geomorphology and Lithology A study on soil-water hyacinth interaction for reinforcement interaction for hyacinth A study on soil-water Development of Buckling-Restrained Braces for seismic Response Control seismic Response Control of Buckling-RestrainedDevelopment for Braces Principal InvestigatorPrincipal Title Project (Mentor: Dr. Mohammed (Mentor: Dr. Jawed) ManishGoyal) Kumar Dr. Seetharam Mentor: Dr. Shyam P. P. Shyam Mentor: Dr. Biswas Sl. 92. ManishGoyal Kumar Dr. and requirements wate of impact Assessment change on crop of climate 89. S.K. Deb Dr. 84. Hrishikesh Sharma Dr. Testing Blast and Impact of BHISM for and Development Resistant Design 86. Rishikesh Bharti Dr. and fl Geological 88. Subashisa Dutta Dr. in Mid-Himalayan streams Basins of springs and spring-fed Rejuvenation 90. Ruhul Amin Reza Dr. 91. Nilotpal Das (Mentor: Dr. 85. Rajan Choudhary Dr. of Open Graded Asphalt Slag in Design Steel Waste of Industrial Use 87. Ravi K Dr. 83. Sri Harsha Kota Dr. in North-East Matter Particulate India:Identifi Source 80. Alape Akshai Kumar Dr. 82. M Nair Archana Dr. Provinces Volcanic and Deccan Tharsis between comparison Evidence 81. Ankit Garg Dr. 79. Kaustuv Banerjee; Dr. No. No. 341 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI months Duration (in ` ) 500000 2 years 800000 2 years 360000 6 months 5844000 3 years 1970960 3 years 4496000 18 4087000 2 years 6750000 2 years Amount Amount 11140000 3 years USD 50000 2 years Sanctioned Co-investigators Dr. Santosh Santosh Dr. Biswas Sarmah and Prof. Sukumar Nandi Kalita Dr. S. Ranbir Dr. T. Singh, Dr. S. Dr. Venkatesh, Bhattacharya, Dr. Iyer P.K. - ce of ce IITG - DST - P&G - SERB - DeitY Priyankoo Dr. DRDO Urmi R. Salve Dr. 975000 2 years ONGC Das P.K. Prof. 6139389 3 years Power MHRD - MHRD Chandra Pratul Dr. MHRD, MHRD, Comm., Comm., Kamrup Agency Offi Funding Funding Asia, ITRA Asia, Media Lab Ministry of the Deputy Design Computer Science and Engineering Science Computer cial intelligence cial of a semi-automatic and user testing cation, prototyping cation of Optimizing Transformations of Programs and of Programs Transformations cation of Optimizing Performance and energy optimization in many core processors using processors core optimization in many and energy Performance NoC and DRAM controller of cache memory, dynamic cooperation artifilogs using advanced FPGAs Optimizations for Design modifi Design (Imprint) (CHWs) Workers Health Community offi cers and health workers to track/monitor progress of Tuberculosis (TB) of progress to track/monitor workers cers and health offi (Imprint) patients in (real-time) India assess security to threats Social Media Content (Imprint) handloom personnel Indianload carriage by Army Principal InvestigatorPrincipal Title Project Sl. 94. John Jose Dr. 95. Rashmi Dutta Baruah Dr. and well properties seismic attributes Estimation of petro-physical from 96. Sukumar Nandi Dr. in North Production Eastern Pork Safe for System e-Varaha:Information 97. S. Ranbir Singh Dr. 98. of of opinion mining and sentiment analysis and Development Design Chandan Karfa Dr. verifi Formal 93. Arnab Sarkar Dr. grids of smart the planning and design power A softwarefor micro tool 99. A.K. Das Dr. No. No. 103. Keyur Sorathia Dr. and Educating Training Virtual A Mobile-based for Reality Platform 104. Keyur Sorathia Dr. medical and mobile phone based service health administrators, A web for 100. Keyur Sorathia Dr. of Software & Development Design 101. Keyur Sorathia Dr. 102. Sougata Karmakar Dr. on Dhobi & Dhobighat-Phase II Research muscular fatigue during backpack intervention reduce mode of Design to 342 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Duration (in ` ) 110000 - 4839810 3 years 1936000 2 years 3324000 2 years 2222000 3 years 4492990 3 years Amount Amount Sanctioned Co-investigators Biswas Chatterjee Chatterjee (Visiting Asst. Professor) Bora, Dr. P.K. Prof. M.K. Bhuyan DST - 3500000 5 years DST KatiyarVimal Dr. 5229620 3 years DSIR Kore S.D. Dr. 1200000 1 year ISRO Amitabh Dr. SERB Gautam Prof. SERB - SERB - BRNS Sisir K. Nayak Dr. 16425000 3 years DRDO S.D Kore Dr. 4340000 3 years MTRDC Nemade H.B. Prof. 980400 - Agency Mumbai Funding Funding Media Lab Asia (ITRA), (ITRA), Asia TATA STEELTATA - uid nishing ow fi ow eld inside heated Mathematics fl exible abrasive Mechanical Engineering Electronics and Electrical Engineering uids under externally fi imposed magnetic Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati under Promoting Innovations in Guwahati under Promoting Technology Indian Institute of Start-upsIndividuals, and MSMEs (PRISM) scheme of DSIR Nuclear Reactor Application for Tubes Experimental investigation on the roughness-surface coupling wettability Experimental investigation lling in microchannel in capillary fi Foundry of pigs and goats traction motor hypergeometric Hypergeometric series in the p-acidictruncated setting, series and supercongruences and ferrofl mini-channels (AF-AFF) process for fi nishing of micro to macro complex features complex to macro nishing of micro fi for process (AF-AFF) Carbon Steels Carbon Principal InvestigatorPrincipal Title Project Mondal Mentor: HOD Maths Sl. No. No. 116. Mahanta Pinakeswar Dr. (TOCIC) Innovation Centre cum Cluster Outreach at TePP Support to 117. Kore Sachin D. Dr. of Welding Pulse Studies and Optimization of Electromagnetic Feasibility 115. Kumar Pranab Dr. 106.Trivedi Gaurav Dr. Image 0.18 µm SCL Sensor for CCD for of ESD I/O Pads Development 107. Kannan Karthik Dr. 108. and diseases breeds cation of individuals, identifi for Image based systems Sanjib Ganguly Dr. DC for fuel-cell of prototype system battery Development energy hybrid 110. Rupam Barman Dr. curves Hypergeometric functions, algebraic, and supercongruences112. Balkrishna Mehta Dr. IITG fl of evaporating meniscus conventional Thermo-hydrodynamics 113. Mamilla Ravi Sankar Dr. - fl of automated and development Design 270000 2 years 105. Nayak Sisir Kumar Dr. using metamaterial transfer power study of wireless Feasibility 109. Neelam Saikia, Dr. 111. Dalal Amaresh Dr. Modelling Turbulence on Course 114. Biswas Pankaj Dr. Low for Process Welding Stir Friction Assisted of Plasma Arc Development 343 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI months Duration (in ` ) 5798000 3 years 5895560 3 years 2508000 3 years 2159520 3 years 5190548 3 years 1920000 2 years 6444000 3 years Amount Amount 10000000 Sanctioned Co-investigators Kunnumakkara P. and Dr. Sukumar Singh - Chaturvedi DST Arun Borsaikia Dr. 4098352 3 years DST DBT A.B. Dr. ISRO - 1250400 18 SERB Karuna Kalita Dr. 2557500SERB 2 years - 2396020 3 years SERB - SERB - SERB - SERB - SERB Anugrah Prof. MHRD Harsh Dr. Agency Funding Funding Lab Synthetic erentiating Physics and heat transfer regimes ow elasto- for element based framework nite boiling in mini- and microchannels ow Metamaterial enhanced wireless power transmission system (Imprint) transmission system power wireless Metamaterial enhanced MHRD and Indigenous development of technology for diff for Indigenous of technology development plastic contact problems AAC block units in wall system of a structure block units in wall system AAC Seating characteristics of fl functionally materials longitudinally graded implants in cochlear as an antioxidant solid solution and composite topological state of matter state topological textile energy wearable for stable nanohybrid Equilibrium and non-equilibrium properties with atoms of ultracold multibody interactions in optical lattices Scalar Triplets grown Diamond from Natural Diamond (UAY) Diamond from grown Principal InvestigatorPrincipal Title Project (Mentor: Dr. Tapan Tapan (Mentor: Dr. Mishra) Sl. No. No. 118. Sachin Singh Gautam Dr. of a nonlinear fi Development 119. Dixit U.S. Dr. 120. S. K. Kakoty Dr. 121. Manmohan Pandey Dr. individual bonding mechanism for of proper and Development Design 122. fl on hydrodynamics, Investigations Bearing Bearings with Active Modellingof Gas and Analysis Foil Coupled Kumari Poonam Dr. 123. S. Kanagaraj Dr. in piezoelectricwith boundary plates stresses solution for Analytical layer delivery localized based hearing by of nanoceria of residual Preservation 127. Saurabh Basu Dr. 128. Maiti Narayan Uday Dr. new for devices:Search in spintronic Role of spin orbit coupling 129. doped nanoporous-graphene-gel of heteroatom Development and its Singh Manpreet Dr. 126. Poulose Poulose Dr. Exploring the Higgs Sector of Inert of Doublet Model in the Presence 125. Alika Khare Dr. 124. S.K. Nayak Dr. 344 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Duration (in ` ) 724500 8 weeks 4350000 3 years 3791000 3 years 7344000 1074317 2 years 1000000 Amount Amount 13746000 3 years 41050000 Sanctioned Co-investigators & Dr. Avishek Avishek & Dr. Srivastava Avishek Dr. Srivastava Chaturvedi - DST Sri Harsha Kota Dr. 12919200 3 years DBT S. Dandapat Prof. BCIL - 10743200 3 years CSIR - 1102500 3 years SERB - 5602840 2 years SERB -SERB - 1920000 2 years 5165710 3 years NPIU - MHRD - RMSA, MHRD - MHRD S. Dandapat, Prof. MHRD Harsh Dr. MHRD - Assam Agency Funding Funding cient uid based dielectric in (TEQIP) Phase-III Centre for Energy for Centre Centre for Educational Technology Educational for Centre Centre for Linguistics Science and Technology and Linguistics Science for Centre generation and clean energy storage, cient energy uidized bed gasifi er for sustainable energy solution for sustainable energy er bed gasifi uidized transformers in power uid as an insulant and coolant persons with articulation (Imprint) disorders coupled using microalgae wastewater from Nitrogen and Phosphorous with carbon sequestration Assessment of the Disordered Speech of the Disordered Assessment sffi and energy airlift (PAPB) photobioreactor photovoltaic electrochemical harvesting (EEECH) technology fl waste water treatment system treatment water waste material (Uchchtar Avishkar Yojana) (Uchchtar Avishkar material coal in cation of biomass with of co-gasifi Experimental investigation fl circulating Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN) programme (GIAN) Network Global Initiative on Academic Massive online open courses (MOOCs) compliant e-creation (MOOCs) compliant online open courses Massive utility generation in remote for Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics Physics, for Teachers Training Camps (TTC) Camps Training under RMSA-Rashtriya Abhiyan Avishkar Teachers Strengthening Implementation Arrangements Strengthening Principal InvestigatorPrincipal Title Project Prof. P. Mahanta P. Prof. Sl. No. No. 136. SRM Prasanna Dr. of assessment and rehabilitation automated for A system ARTICULATE+: 138. Kaustubha Mohanty Dr. of removal for the ective process eff of sustainable cost Development 140. Senthilmurugan S Dr. Membrane based effi 130. HoC, CET 135. SRM Prasanna Dr. Severity for system of Diagnostic NASOSPEECH: Development 137. Debasish Das Dr. technology: sustainable fuel and food coupling Microalgae for 139. Nayak Sisir Kumar Dr. and performance of nanofl Development analysis 131. HOC, CET 141. GoudV.V. Dr. 142. Jana; Mentor: Kuntal Dr. rubber seeds as raw biodiesel production using waste scale study for Pilot 134. HOC, CET 132. HOC, CET 133. K. Sharma Ashwini Dr. Learning Assisted IIT Professors 143. Kalita Pankaj Dr. package clean power technology energy for of renewable Development 345 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Duration (in ` ) 4206137 3 years 6847000 3 years 3500000 - 2963000 3 years Amount Amount Sanctioned Co-investigators Senthilmurugan S - 330000 3 years Chattopadhyay Chattopadhyay Bose B. and Dr. Rangan DST Dr. DST - DBT Latha Prof. DBT Arun Prof. Board Agency Funding Funding Central Silk Central ciency of organolead organolead of ciency Centre for Nanotechnology for Centre Centre for the Environment for Centre Centre for Rural Technology Rural for Centre concept discharge zero uent towards Improving the stability and photoconversion effi the stabilityImproving and photoconversion Antheraea assamensis halide perovskite solar cells (OHPSC) with novel nanostructured p-type (OHPSC) with novel solar cells halide perovskite semiconductors recycling of textilerecycling effl of in the presence wastes and organic in soils amended with inorganic and biochar AM fungi Novel nanocluster based targeted anticancertheranostics based targeted nanocluster Novel Principal InvestigatorPrincipal Title Project Sl. No. No. 145. Utpal Bora Dr. Whole genome sequencing and functional genomics of golden silk moth 147. Gayatri Natu 144. Kaustubha Mohanty Dr. and treatment for membrane based process of ceramic Development 146. S.S. Ghosh Dr. 148. Sudip Mitra Dr. the bio-availability Assessing of nutrients and reduction of heavy metals 346 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Major Consultancy Projects Received During 2016-2017 Principal Title Clients Investigator Vetting of Development Works of JNV Saiha (Mizoram) : Dr. Arunasis JNV Phase-A Chakraborty Proof checking of RCC bridge no. 4/1 on the road from NH-31 Dr. A. Dutta M/s Hi-Tech Construction, at 841 km to Kanuri via Golokganj town over river Gangadhar Guwahati Proof checking of the work Detailed Design & Drawing Dr. A. Dutta Rail Vikas Nigam Limited of Foundation, Substructure & Superstructure and River Training/Protection Works etc. for Rail cum Road Bridge over River Ganga at Ghazipur Proof checking of design and drawings for Shalimar station Dr. A. Dutta STUP Consultants Pvt Ltd development projects for S.E. Railway Solid waste Management in tourist areas, Sikkim Dr. Ajay Sikkim Biodiversity Cons. & Forest Kalamdhad Mgmt Water Resources and Flood & Erosion Risk Mitigation Dr. Arup Kumar Assam State Disaster Planning in Assam Sarma management Authority, Dispur, Ghy Model Study of Tidding river under project Udayak in Lohit Prof. Arup Kumar District of Arunachal Pradesh Sarma Hydrological and hydrodynamic study of Brahmaputra River Prof. Arup Kumar for Ascertaining Suitability of the Proposed Water Intake Sarma Location of GWSP south Central zone at Kharguli Estimating Sediment and Water Yield from Hills of Guwahati Dr. Arup Kumar Assam State Disaster City Sarma management Authority Hydraulic Transient Analysis for NTPC, Gadawara Prof. Arup Kumar Jindal Water Infrastructure Pvt Sarma Ltd. Design of Water storage reservoir in the additional land of NIT Prof. Arup Kumar NIT Meghalaya, Shillong Meghalaya at Sohra (Cherrapunjee) Sarma Performance Analysis of GRW structure at North Lakhimpur, Dr. A. Murali M/s Flexituff International Ltd., Assam Krishna Guwahati Seismic Retrofi tting of CAU Complex, Imphal Dr. A. Shelke Study on the Changes in Hydrology and Geomorphology and Prof. Chandan its impacts on the Riverine Protected Areas Mahanta Consultancy service for retrofi tting/rehabilitation of Dr. K.D. Singh Executive Engineer, Building earthquake damage building Directorate complex, Imphal Division No.1, PED Manipur Evaluation of Cores of Bituminous Mix Dr. Rajan Project Director, Project Choudhary Implementation Unit (PIU) Performance Evaluation of Flood management Schemes at Prof. S. Dutta Chief Engineer, Department of Rivers of Dimapur District, Nagaland Irrigation and Flood Control, Nagaland 347 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Digital Processing of the entire lease area laid down in Prof. Subashisa Lafarge Umiam Mining Pvt. Ltd., environmental clearance Dutta Shillong Sampling and Analysis of Coal Seams Dr. Bishnupada Government of India, Ministry Mandal of Coal, Coal Controller’s Organisation Vetting of computational fl uid dynamic amalysis of a hydro Prof. Gautam BHEL, Bhopal turbine runner fl ow profi les thereby validating its design Biswas Consultancy service for retrifi tting/rehabilitation of Dr. K.D. Singh Executive Engineer, Building earthquake damage building Minister at Secretariat, Imphal Division No.1, PED Manipur 348 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 3 3 Co-Investigator Duration Kanaujia Dubey Amount Amount ( ` in Lakh) Sanctioned Agency Sponsoring DBT 122.96 - 3 DBT 59.182 Nitin Chaudhary 3 MNREDST DSTSERB, DBT 33.72 Mahanta P. DST 22.55 - 23.5 3 -ICMRDBT 47.95 Shankar Prasad DST 23.00 - 3 DBT 3 10.00 - 52.90 Vikash Kumar 3 24.00 - 26.65 - 3 3 2 city mechanism of ber reinforced reinforced ber brils DST-SERB 23.8 - 3 acterization of Adaptation Stage of acterization of Adaptation Project Title Project on silk fi erentiation Human Oral Squamous Cell uum Against Research Projects Completed During 2016-2017 Completed Projects Research Molecular Mechanism of Target Recognition and Cleavage by the by and Cleavage Recognition Target Molecular Mechanism of CRISPR-Cas Bacterial Immune System CRISPR-Cas System in Mycobacterium tuberculosis in Mycobacterium CRISPR-Cas System Development of Bioelectrodes for Biofuel Cell Applications Biofuel Cell of Bioelectrodes for Development Energy) for (Implemented in the Centre composite with tunable strength and degradation towards enhanced enhanced towards and degradation with tunable strength composite osteogenesis the ABC transporters to solute-binding cognate proteins An Investigation of the Therapeutic Potential of Butein, Isolated from from Isolated of Butein, Potential Therapeutic of the An Investigation vernicifl Toxicodendron Carcinoma hormone human catecholamine interrogans Leptospira engineering. Structural and functional studies of translation initiation factors from horikoshii OT3 Pyrococcus deliveryElucidation of the substrate and specifi North-east LAB strains from producing Indiandiversity microbial Principal Principal Investigator Biosciences and Bioengineering Biosciences S. Anand, B. Ramaswamy AnandB. Char Structural and Functional Nitin Chaudhary 1 fi Structural of huntingtin exon organization Pranab Goswami Ajaikumar B. Ajaikumar B. Kunnumakkara Manish Kumar exposed to interrogans in Leptospira Modulation of gene expression Manish Kumar in system defense of CRISPR/Cas and architecture Deciphering the role MandalBiman B. diff cell Stimulation of stem MandalBiman B. engineering. blood vessel silk vascular grafts for Bioengineered MandalBiman B. bone tissue for matrices silk composite Mechanically strong Shankar Prasad - BRNS DAE Kanaujia Shankar Prasad Kanaujia Arun Goyal hyper- of glucans from structure and application analyses Synthesis, 17.00 - 3 349 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 6 Chandra Co-Investigator Duration Gogoi (AMCH) Upadhyay Upadhyay Uppaluri Mondal, JNU Mondal, 5 Kumar Amit 20 G. A. M. Limaye, 30 Amit Kumar 15 Verma Anil 22 Amit Kumar 4.2 6.8 S. Ramgopal V. 21.0 - 23.4 Rajesh 25.0 - 18.0 - 18.87 - 30.02 - Amount Amount ( ` in Lakh) Sanctioned Agency Sponsoring Ministry of Food DBT IIT Guwahati Processing Processing Industries IIT Guwahati BRNS DST DBT 25 A. M. Limaye 3 DST SERB, DST SERB, MHRD CSIR 56.0DBT Amal DST cation Project Title Project Crystallization Molecular by nement-Induced Polymer briller aggregates of Alzheimer’s amyloid by synthetic by amyloid of Alzheimer’s briller aggregates Alkali-Surfactant-Polymer cation of Competent Formulations from waste water by zero-valent iron (Fe0) zero-valent iron by water waste from gas Fluidized Bed using Radioactive Particle Tracking (RPT)Tracking and γ-ray Bed using Radioactive Particle gas Fluidized Densitometry for Enhanced Oil Recovery of Assam Crude Oil Oil Recovery of Assam Enhanced for Study of Cancer Promoting Role of CD90/THY1 in Leukemia Associated Associated in Leukemia Role of CD90/THY1 Promoting Study of Cancer Stroma cancer bone metastasis of breast in osteolytic BMP signalling ICMR derivatives as Potent and Selective Inhibitors of Indoleamine 2,3 as Potent derivatives Dioxygenase Studies on Confi Simulation Virtual Mass Transfer Lab Transfer Virtual Mass clarifi juice membranes for ceramic cost Low Nitrogen and Sulfur Analogues fi pre Arresting antibodies Principal Principal Investigator Pankaj TiwariPankaj Identifi Chemical Engineering A. K. Golder during reduction of Cr(VI) sludge generated from metal hazard Toxic Vimal KatiyarVimal PACK Green KatiyarVimal KatiyarVimal BioThermosets Application sb-PLA Engineering for Pankaj Tiwari Pankaj and Bubbling Nozzle Spray Study of Interaction Pneumatic between Bithiah Grace Bithiah Grace Jaganathan Bithiah Grace Jaganathan Debasis Manna Triazine and Triazole Indazole, of Nitro benzofurazan, Development Debasis Manna Kinase C activities and Biological of Protein Synthesis Design, CSIR Ashok Kumar Kumar Ashok Dasmahapatra Ramagopal Uppaluri Ramagopal Uppaluri Chemistry Anil K. Saikia Their and pyrans Tetrahydro of Substituted Synthesis Stereoselective Bhubaneswar Mandal 350 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Co-Investigator Duration 24.2 - 26.0 - 23.0 - 17.0 - 26.9 - 10.62 - 23.51 - 21.382 - 24.245 Debasis Manna 3 Amount Amount ( ` in Lakh) Sanctioned Agency Sponsoring DST BRNS DST CSIR BRNS DST BRNS DAE DST SERB DSTBRNS-DAECSIRIIT Guwahati 29.46 - 25.0 - 5.0 14.8 - - 3 3 2 3 uro- borate borate uro- ect through of trehalose Project Title Project Substituents Withdrawing ect of Electron Donating and Electron materials using Cucurbituril materials Self-assembled Novel MediumPrepare Molecules to in Aqueous Systems Interactions Induced Hydrophobic and the Pressure on the Pressure and Dynamics Bond Properties Induced Hydrogen BPTI and Rnase Induced Denaturation of Proteins Induced and Urea A: Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study Development of Water Oxidation Catalysts, Single-Molecule Oxidation Catalysts, Magnets Water of Development Agents, Imaging (MRI) Contrast (SMMs), and Magnetic Resonance Backbone a Common Employing hydrophobic and hydrogen bonding interactions on peptide and and hydrogen hydrophobic polypeptide: A molecular dynamics simulation study and Cycloaddition Cyclization Tandem Organocatalytic Asymmetric Reactions with 1-Acetylcyclohexene Tetrafl and N-AlkynylPyridinium – Ammonium N-Vinyl Salts: New Electrophilic Reagents in Asymmetric Organo catalysis Organo Salts: New Electrophilic Reagents in Asymmetric on Single Strand Breaks in Selected DNA Fragment Induced by Low Low Induced by in Selectedon Single Strand Breaks DNA Fragment Electron Energy Light Emitting Diodes Analogs Synthetic Their A & B and Phomoarcherin Aerial Metal-Complex Catalyzed Transition Radical-Containing Aldehydes to Oxidation of Alcohols Dye Solar Sensitized Cell for of Sensitizers Synthesis Principal Principal Investigator Debapratim Das Soft‐ Based Polymeric Peptide Self‐assembled Stimuli Responsive Debapratim Das Understanding the Interactionand Amphiphilic Cucurbituril between Sandip Paul (TMAO)Trimethylamine-N-Oxide Solutions of Role of Aqueous The Sandip Paul on Pressure Trimethylamine-N-Oxide of Osmolyte Counteraction Sandip Paul eff mechanism of bioprotective The Chandan Mukherjee Subhas Chandra Pan Subhas Chandra Pan M. Sarma Eff A. S. Achalkumar Liquid Crystals Discotic the Application in Organic for Luminescent A. S. Achalkumar Liquid Crystals of polyphilic Discotic and Synthesis Design Chandan K. Jana Natural Products, Anticancer of Potential Syntheses Total Asymmetric Chandan Mukherjee DST-SERBChandan Mukherjee 50.0 - 3 351 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 2 5 4 3 24 30 2016-2016 Co-Investigator Duration Priyankoo Sarma Priyankoo Das S. R. Singh, Nandi 7 - 15 - 3.2 - 5.44 Schmid Stefan 1 05.12 H. Kapoor 4 16.08 - Amount Amount ( ` in Lakh) Sanctioned Agency Sponsoring MHRD ICSSR IIT Guwahati DeiTYNPTEL, MHRD of AssamGovt. Sukumar Nandi, DIT 3 - 3.6DEITY -DEiTY 3 months Ltd 6 months 28.75 M. K. Bhuyan, S. 139.51 S.R.M. Prasanna, 109.00 R. Singh 2 SERB, DST SERB, cient Project Title Project Hira Communities of Assam Hira Communities GIAN Programme Coeffi Equation with Discontinuous Wave Design and development of social security threat assessment of social security threat and development Design of Social opinion mining and sentiment analysis through framework Media Content (MOOC) course Human on Digital online open access Massive Virtual Evaluation Ergonomics Modeling and Simulation for administration Document in Indian Scripts (OCR)-Phase-II of Security Concern Events Languages in AssameseVariation Vowel Sociolinguistic Study of A Broad ICSSR Principal Principal Investigator Mechanical Engineering A. Dalal Battery Flow Redox Numerical Modeling of All-Vanadium Sukanya Sharma and Kumar Rural Employment: Making Pottery for and its Prospects Mathematics Sarathi Partha Mandal Bhupen Deka Element Methodsthe to Finite Bounds for L (L2) Error A Posteriori Computer Science and Engineering Science Computer Sanasam Ranbir Singh Design Sougata Karmakar Keyur Sorathia District based e-governance online – a web portal Kamrup for district Electronics and Electrical Engineering KumarPraveen train Power Vehicle Dual Mechanical Based Electric Port K. BoraP. GuhaPrithwijit for of Robust Document Image Development understanding System for Visualization Analytics – Structured Evidence Multimodal Broadcast S. R. M. Prasanna DST and Manipuri in Assamese speech systems of text to Development Sonali Chouhan Laboratory Embedded Systems Advanced Humanities and Social Sciences Priyankoo Sarmah 54.99 S. Majhi Intel India Pvt. 2 352 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 4 5 3 3 1 month Co-Investigator Duration Das, K.Das, Kalita, L. Barbora Qureshi 8.90 - 39.4 R. Uppaluri, M. 3.00 - 23.28 Anil Verma 12.40 N. Kulkarni V. 2 20.00 Goswami P. 15.00 - 22.00 - 39.46 - 11.72 - 0.552 - 82.684 S. Robi, A. K. P. 131.48 - Amount Amount ( ` in Lakh) Sanctioned Agency Sponsoring DBT DST DST DRDO Mumbai DST-SERB DST DST Consultancy Tata 128 - 4 CSIR DST-DAE SERB CSIR CSIR wave the rotating eld beyond Project Title Project heavy to le of legume plants in response cting Bose Gas: Simulating quantum phenomena raction studies in transaction element LaCrO3 UGC-DAE-CSM, sustainable for recycling water lm based waste applications spintronic lms for water usage in rubber latex coagulation usage in rubber latex water metal toxicity Hybrid Energy-Enterprise Systems (RHEES), Indo – UK Collaborative (RHEES), Indo – UK Collaborative Systems Hybrid Energy-Enterprise the Urban and Rural Divide’ ‘Bridging Initiative on Research combustion measurements combustion Neutron Power diff Power Neutron CMOS Applications for Films Thin of light the dehydrogenation for electroless plating process assisted alkanes Power Plant Power at large length scales at large USA fi alloy CoFeB superimposed system atomic level and three in a two Optical force ultra-short an intense to pulsed laser fi Biomedical Applications Sensors for approximation Development of supportedDevelopment using urfactant noble metal catalysts Principal Principal Investigator V. V. GoudV. V. the Environment for Centre biofi Phototrophic K. DubeyV. profi in proteome Variations P. MahantaP. under the Rural Digestion’ –‘Small-scale Anaerobic Title Sub Project N. Sahoo thermal sensors in Laser based calibration methodology for S. Ravi PamuD. Energy for Centre and Characterization of Ba5Nb4O15–BaWO4 Bulk and Preparation M. De P. MuthukumarP. Thermal Solar for Systems Storage Energy Thermal of Development S. Kanagaraj uids Studies on thermal conductivity of nanofl Physics Saurabh Basu Phases of the intera Bipul Bhuyan Lab, at Fermi on Neutrino Projects Indian by Physicists Collaboration A. Perumal K.Amarendra structured properties of multilayer Magnetic and magnetoresistance Sarma K. GiriP. Bio- Based Advanced of Semiconductor Development Nanowire 353 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 5 4 3 3 3 Co-Investigator Duration Goswami, A. Srinivasan Chattopdhyay, Chattopdhyay, A. Ramesh, B. Bose Chattopadhyay, Biplab Bose 25 - 43 K. Mandal Tapas 3 169 A. 9.72 - 3 16.5 - 649.89 D. M. Qureshi, 102.62 A. Amount Amount ( ` in Lakh) Sanctioned Agency Sponsoring CSIR 16.00 - 3 BRNS DST DBT DRL, Tezpur (DRDO) 55.00 Utpal Bora 3 DBT DST Nano Mission CSIR CSIR 16.88 - 3 DSTDSTDSTDRL 92 - 2,02 -DBT 190.60 - 9.98 S. Ghosh 5 3 3 2 cations caused by lms Project Title Project of Metal Oxides and Their Application to Application to Their of Metal Oxides and Microorganism(s) Applications Solar Photovoltaic Heterostructuresfor oganic solar cells and fabrication of OLED, and development Design polymeric and composite based on molecular, TFTs and organic materials environmental pollution using Neurospora crassa as a model system pollution using Neurospora environmental technique pattern study on the phase separation induced A computational ultrathin fi employing formation Wastewater Treatment. Wastewater Newer Chemical and Physical Methods of Engineering Devices with MethodsDevices of Engineering Chemical and Physical Newer Components Nanoscale Functional Engineering Nanoscale Materials and their Applications in Nanoscale Materials Engineering nanotechnology Generation, Characterization, Nanoscale Materials: and Device Novel Applications Bacteriafrom Removal for of Nanoscale Materials Development Surface Water with therapeutic implications Nanoscale materials and antimicrobial towards targeted nanoscale materials Novel activitiesanticancer Nanobots of Intelligent Catalytic and Development Design Principal Principal Investigator A. K. Ghoshal using suitable in packed Bed reactor treatment Wastewater Petroleum Gopal Das Characterization Synthesis, K. GiriPravat and Studies on Semiconductor Nanowire Growth Controlled K. Parameswar Iyer RanjanTamuli of epigenetic modifi Molecular investigation M. K. Purkait drinking using electrocoagulation of contaminated water Treatment Dipankar Bandyopadhyay Centre for Nanotechnology for Centre Arun Chattopadhyay Arun Chattopdhyay Arun Chattopadhyay Arun Chattopadhyay Siddhartha S. Ghosh Siddhartha S. Ghosh Dipankar Bandyopadhyay 354 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 3 6 3 Co-Investigator Duration Majhi, R. Uppaluri, A. K. Tiwari, R. Verma, S. K. Dwivedy 10 - 200 R. Sinha, S. 34.60 - Amount Amount ( ` in Lakh) Sanctioned Agency Sponsoring MHRD DST SERBTrack DST Fast DST 45 9.5 K. Mandal Tapas - 3 3 lm transistor lm DST lms Project Title Project External Field Driven Flow Induced micro/nano scale Patterning, scale Patterning, Induced micro/nano Flow Driven External Field Devices Fluidic in micro/nano Heat and MassMixing, transfer study on the instability and experimental and theoretical A combined of thin liquid crystalpatterning fi thin fi and Characterization of Organic Fabrication Release System Controlled Virtual Phase Lab-Pilot Principal Principal Investigator Dipankar Bandopadhyay Dipankar Bandopadhyay Dipak Kumar Goswami A. KhanTechnology Educational for Centre Ratnajit Nanogels/Nanoparticles of Stimuli Sensitive Development for Bhattacharjee 355 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 356 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 PART IV APPENDICES Faculty Offi cers and Scientifi c Staff (Group A) Degree Awardees Progress in Construction Works Right to Information Equal Opportunity cum Special Reservation Summary of Institute Accounts 357 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 358 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Appendix–I FACULTY Biosciences and Bioengineering 8 Satpati, P. 9 Singh, K.K. Professor 10 Sukumar, P. 1 Bora, U. 11 Thummer, R.P. 2 Chaturvedi, R. 3 Dasu, V.V. Chemical Engineering 4 Dubey, V.K. 5 Ghosh, S.S. Professor 6 Goswami, P. 1 Banerjee, T. 7 Goyal, A. 2 Ghosh, P. 8 Pakshirajan, K. 3 Ghoshal, A.K. 9 Ramesh, A. 4 Gumma, S. 10 Rangan, L. 5 Majumder, S.K. 11 Sahu, L. 6 Mandal, B. 12 Saini, G.K. 7 Mohanty, K. 13 Swaminathan, R. 8 Moholkar, V.S. 9 Pugazhenthi, G. Associate Professor 10 Purkait, M.K. 1 Baskaran, A. 11 Saha, P.K. 2 Bose, B. 12 Singh, A. 3 Chaudhary, N. 13 Uppaluri, R.G.V.S. 4 Das, D. 5 Jaganathan, B.G. Associate Professor 6 Kanaujia, S.P. 1 Bandyopadhyay, D. 7 Kumar, S. 2 Das, C. 8 Kunnumakkara, A.B. 3 Dasmahapatra, A.K. 9 Limaye, A.M. 4 De, M. 10 Mandal, B.B. 5 Golder, A.K. 11 Patra, S. 6 Goud, V.V. 12 Ramakrishnan, V. 7 Katiyar, V. 13 Sivaprakasam, S. 8 Kishore, N. 14 Tamuli, R. 9 Kotecha, P. 15 Trivedi, V. 10 Kumar, A. 11 Mandal, T.K. Assistant Professor 12 Murugan, S.S. 1 Gupta, C.N. (From 23.01.2017) 13 Upadhyay, R.K. 2 Chandra, P. 3 Kobayashi, Y. (Visiting Assistant Professor) Assistant Professor 4 Kumar, M. 1 Anandalakshmi, R. 5 Maiti, S.K. 2 Rajaraman, P. V. 6 Nagotu, S. 3 Gupta, R. 7 Pandey, L.M. 4 Katha, A.R. 359 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 5 Pattader, P.S.G. Civil Engineering 6 Peela, N.R. 7 Tiwari, P. Professor 8 Vairakannu, P. 1 Barua, G. 2 Bhattacharjya, R.K. Chemistry 3 Chakraborty, S. 4 Deb, S.K. Professor 5 Dutta, A. 1 Baruah, J.B. 6 Dutta, S. 2 Chattopadhyay, A. 7 Ghosh, P.K. 3 Das, G. 8 Gokhale, S.B. 4 Gupta, A.K. 9 Jawed, M. 5 Iyer, P.K. 10 Mahanta, C. 6 Khan, A.T. 11 Ryntathiang, T.L. 7 Krishnamoorthy, G. 12 Sarma, A.K. 8 Manivannan, V. 13 Sekharan, S. 9 Mondal, B. 14 Singh, A.K. 10 Patel, B.K. 15 Singh, B. 11 Paul, A. 16 Singh, K.D. 12 Punniyamurthy, T. 17 Talukdar, S. 13 Ray, M. 14 Saikia, A.K. Associate Professor 1 Bharat, T.V. Associate Professor 2 Chakraborty, A. 1 Bag, S.S. 3 Choudhury, R. 2 Das, D. 4 Kalamdhad, A. 3 Dutta, S. 5 Kartha, S.A. 4 Jana, C.K. 6 Kaushik, H.B. 5 Kundu, L.M. 7 Krishna, A.M. 6 Mandal, B. 8 Kumar, B. 7 Manna, D. 9 Mallikarjuna, C. 8 Mukherjee, C. 10 Maurya, A.K. 9 Pan, S.C. 11 Mishra, A.K. 10 Panda, A.N. 12 Pekkat, S. 11 Paul, S. 13 Pradhan, B. 12 Qureshi, M. 14 Singh, L.B. 13 Sahu, K. 14 Sarma, M. Assistant Professor 15 Sastri, C.V. 1 Bharati, R. 16 Sudhakar, A.A. 2 Das, S. 3 Dasgupta, K. Assistant Professor 4 Dashora, A. 1 Bhabak, K.P. 5 Dey, A. 2 Biswas, S.P. 6 Garg, A. 3 Chatterjee, S. 7 Goyal, M.K. 4 Das, A. 8 Hazra, B. 5 Kancharla, P.K. 9 K., Ravi 6 Mahata, K. 10 Kota, H. 7 Manna, U. 11 Kumar, A. 8 Raidongia, K. 12 Nair, A.M. 9 Seetharam, A.K.A. 13 Ranjani, G.I.S. 10 Srimani, D. 14 Sarma, H. 15 Shelke, A. 16 Siddagangaiah, A.K. 360 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Computer Science and Engineering 3 Das, S. 4 Dhar, Debayan (From 30.03.2017) Professor 5 Gokhale, S.M. 1 Barua, G. 6 Iqbal, S. 2 Bhaduri, P. 7 Kalita, P.C. 3 Das, P.K. 8 Madhukaillya, M. 4 Deka, J.K. 9 Majhi, M. 5 Goswami, D. 10 Monga, C. 6 Kapoor, H.K. 11 Nath, N. 7 Nair, S.B. 12 Pal, S. 8 Nandi, S. 13 Roy, S. 9 Rao, S.V. 14 Salve, U.R. 10 Sajith, G. 15 Shende, A. 11 Malhotra, V.M. (Visiting Professor since 25.07.16) 16 Singh, A. 17 Srivastava, A. Associate Professor 18 Upadhyay, P. 1 Bhattacharya, S. 2 Biswas, S. Electronics and Electrical Engineering 3 Inkulu, R. 4 Karmakar, S. Professor 5 Mitra, P. 1 Bhattacharjee, R. 6 Sahu, A. 2 Bora, P.K. 7 Saradhi, V.V. 3 Bose, S.K. 8 Singh, S.R. 4 Dandapat, S. 9 Sur, A. 5 Gogoi, A.K. 10 Venkatesh, T. 6 Mahanta, A. (Visiting Professor) 7 Mahanta, C. Assistant Professor 8 Majhi, S. 1 Anand, A. 9 Nemade, H.B. 2 Awekar, A.C. 10 Palathinkal, R.P. 3 Baruah, R.D. 11 Prasanna, S.R.M. 4 Jose, J. 12 Singh, K.R. 5 Joshi, S.B. (Upto 20.05.2016) 13 Sinha, R. 6 Karfa, C. (From 01.08.2016) 7 Kenkireth, B.G. Associate Professor 8 Kesh, D. 1 Ahamed, S.R. 9 Sarkar, A. 2 Bhuyan, M.K. 10 Shannigrahi, S. (Upto 13.06.2016) 3 Kar, I. 4 Karthik, K. Design 5 Kumar, P. 6 Nayak, S.K. Professor 7 Rajesh, A. 1 Barua, U. 8 Sethi, A. 2 Chakrabarti, D. 3 Das, A.K. Assistant Professor 4 Punekar, R.M. 1 Adda, R. 5 Yammiyavar, P.G. 2 Chatterjee, A. (Visiting Assistant Professor) 3 Chouhan, S. Associate Professor 4 Das, S. 1 Karmakara, S. 5 Dhaka, K. 2 Kumar, D.U. 6 Ganguly, S. 3 Sorathia, K.B. 7 Guha, P. 8 Jacob, T. Assistant Professor 9 Krishnaswamy, S. 1 Banerjee, S. 10 Kumar, C. 2 Bokil, P. 11 Mallajosyula, A.T. 361 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 12 Nallam, N. 7 Saikia, A. 13 Nath, S. 8 Sarma, B.K. 14 Rai, B.K. 9 Selvaraju, N. 15 Sekhawat, H.S. 10 Sinha, R.K. 16 Shrestha, G.B. (Upto 16.08.2016) 11 Srinivasan, N. 17 Sonkar, R.K. 18 Sundaram, S. Associate Professor 19 Tripathy, P. 1 Barman, R. (From 01.07.2016) 20 Trivedi, G. 2 Bora, S. 3 Chakrabarty, S.P. Humanities and Social Sciences 4 Das, G.K. 5 Deka, B. Professor 6 Kapoor, K. 1 Barua, A. 7 Krishna, K.V. 2 Barua, K. (Upto 30.06.2016) 8 Mandal, P.S. 3 Borbora, S. 4 Das, L. Assistant Professor 5 Dutta, M.K. 1 Bandyopadhyay, S. 6 Nath, H.K. (Visiting Professor since 05.08.2016) 2 Bhattacharjya, B. 7 Punekar, R.M. 3 Chakrabarty, A.K. 8 Saikia, A. 4 Chattopadhyay, A. 9 Tripathi, N. 5 Dey, A.K. 6 Dutta, S. Associate Professor 7 Ganguly, A. (From 28.06.2016) 1 Barua, A. 8 Kamal, S. 2 Bedamatta, R. 9 Kumar, P. 3 Das, D. 10 Palaparthi, A.S.S.K. 4 Kashyap, N. 11 Ramesh, H. 5 Mahanta, S. 12 Saha, S. (From 25.07.2016) 6 Mallick, S. 13 Srikanth, K.V. 7 Ray, S. 14 Srivastava, R.K. 8 Sarmah, P. 15 Swain, J. 9 Sharma, S. 16 Tiwari, S. 10 Som, B. 17 Upadhyay, S. 11 Venkataraman, P. 18 Wagh, V.V. Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering 1 Basu, D. 2 Hussain, D. Professor 3 Jha, M.K. 1 Biswas, G. (Director) 4 Kipgen, N. 2 Chakraborty, D. 5 Mahanta, A. 3 Dass, A.K. 6 Parui, A. 4 Dixit, U.S. 7 Saikia, P. 5 Dwivedy, S.K. 8 Sengupta, B. 6 Kakoty, S.K. 9 Thomas, J. 7 Kanagaraj, S. 8 Mahanta, P. Mathematics 9 Mishra, S.C. (Upto 08.02.2017) 10 Murthy, K.S.R.K. Professor 11 Muthukumar, P. 1 Alam, R. 12 Pandey, M. 2 Bora, S.N. 13 Robi, P.S. 3 Dalal, D.C. 14 Saha, U.K. 4 Kalita, J.C. 15 Sahasrabudhe, A.D. 5 Pati, S. 16 Sahoo, N. 6 Prasad, M.G.P. 17 Senthilvelan, S. 362 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 18 Tiwari, R. 5 Kadolkar, C.Y. 6 Nandy, M.K. Associate Professor 7 Padmanabhan, P.K. 1 Bag, S. 8 Pal, D. 2 Bandopadhya, D. 9 Pamu, D. 3 Banerjee, A. 10 Sarma, A.K. 4 Biswas, P. 11 Sharma, A.K. 5 Dalal, A. 12 Sil, A. 6 De, A.K. 13 Thota, S. 7 Joshi, S.N. 8 Kalita, K. Assistant Professor 9 Kore, S.D. 1 Bhattacharya, S. 10 Kulkarni, V.N. 2 Borah, D. 11 Narayanan, R.G. 3 Chakrabarti, S.K. 12 Natarajan, G. 4 Chakraborty, S. 13 Pal, S. 5 Kumar, G. 14 Panda, S. 6 Kumar, M.C. 15 Somayaji, C. 7 Maiti, U.N. 8 Maity, D. Assistant Professor 9 Majhi, B.R. 1 Basu, D.N. 10 Mishra, P.K. 2 Das, M. 11 Mishra, T. 3 Gautam, S.S. 12 Nandi, S. 4 Gavara, M.R. 13 Pandey, K. 5 Khanikar, P. 14 Raha, U. 6 Kumar, B. 7 Kumari, P. Centre for Energy 8 Manadal, P.K. 9 Mehta, B. Assistant Professor 10 Rajendraswamy, S.D. 1 Chaturvedi, H. (Visiting Assistant Professor) 11 Reddy, A.N. 2 Kalita, P. 12 Shankar, M.R. 3 Sreenivasan, K. (Upto 19.05.2016) 13 Sharma, D. Centre for Linguistic Science and Technology Physics Visiting Faculty Professor 1 Samudravijaya, K. (From 01.12.2016) 1 Agarwal, P. 2 Alagarsamy, P. Centre for Rural Technology 3 Basu, S. 4 Ghosh, S. Associate Professor 5 Giri, P.K. 1 Mitra, S. (From 19.01.2017) 6 Khare, A. 7 Khijwania, S.K. Assistant Professor 8 Poulose, P. 1 Singha, S. 9 Ravi, S. 2 Khwairakpam, M. (From 09.03.2017) 10 Santra, S.B. 11 Setlur, G.S. 12 Srinivasan, A. 13 Ahluwalia, D.V. (Visiting Professor since 22.08.2016) Associate Professor 1 Bhuyan, B. 2 Boruah, B.R. 3 Das, S. 4 Dey, T.N. 363 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Appendix–II OFFICERS AND SCIENTIFIC STAFF (GROUP A) Offi cers (Group A) Name Designation Dept./Section Das, U. C. Registrar Barua, S. K. Academic Registrar Academic Aff airs Goswami, D. J. Joint Registrar Administration Hazarika, P. Joint Registrar Finance and Accounts Bhuyan, K. Deputy Registrar Establishment and QIP Boro, D. Deputy Registrar PIO & EO-cum-SRC Haokip, T. T. Deputy Registrar S&P Sharma, D. Deputy Registrar R&D Boishya, L. D. Assistant Registrar Finance and Accounts Borgohain, P. Assistant Registrar Faculty Aff airs Choudhury, S. Assistant Registrar Establishment Das, G. Assistant Registrar Medical and QIP Das, K. C. Assistant Registrar Admn. (Rectt.) Dutta, D. Assistant Registrar Internal Audit Kakati, M. Assistant Registrar Students’ Aff airs Konwar, L. K. Assistant Registrar Public Relations Mandal, S. Assistant Registrar R&D Phukan, A. Assistant Registrar Director’s Offi ce Salhotra, N. D. Assistant Registrar Legal Cell Shynret, A. W. Assistant Registrar AA&ER Goswami, A. (Retd. on 31.08.2016) Superintending Engineer (Elect.) Engineering Section Singh, T. J. Superintending Engineer (Civil) Engineering Section Bhagawati, D. Exe. Engineer (Elect.) Engineering Section Roy, N. Exe. Engineer (Civil) Engineering Section Barman, K. Asst. Exe. Eng. (Elect.) Engineering Section Dutta, D. Asst. Exe. Eng. (Civil) Engineering Section Gogoi, A. K. Asst. Exe. Eng. (Civil) Engineering Section Sarma, N. K. Asst. Exe. Eng. (Civil) Engineering Section Senapati, S. Asst. Exe. Eng. (Elect.) Engineering Section Guha, T. K. Librarian LNB Central Library Deka, S. Assistant Librarian LNB Central Library Rajbangshi, R. K. Assistant Librarian LNB Central Library Borthakur, M. Chief Medical Offi cer (SAG) Medical Barua, L. Chief Medical Offi cer (NFSG) Medical Baruah, A. K. Chief Medical Offi cer (NFSG) Medical Gohain, B. B. Sr. Security Offi cer Security 364 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Scientifi c Staff (Group A) Name Designation Department/Centre Das, S. Sr. Technical Offi cer Electronics and Electrical Engineering Dutta, P. K. Sr. Technical Offi cer Computer and Communication Centre Sharma, L. N. Sr. Technical Offi cer Electronics and Electrical Engineering Acharyya, K. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Nanotechnology Barbora, L. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Centre for Energy Borah, B. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Computer Science and Engineering Borah, M. M. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Computer and Communication Centre Borgohain, C. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Central Instruments Facility Borsaikia, A. C. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Civil Engineering Das, B. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Chemistry Das, M. P. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Electronics and Electrical Engineering Das, P. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Nanotechnology Das, S. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Computer and Communication Centre Deka, D. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Centre for the Environment Ghosh, J. K. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Computer and Communication Centre Inam, I. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Computer and Communication Centre Islam, J. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Computer and Communication Centre Kachari, N. A. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Computer Science and Engineering Kalita, R. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Chemical Engineering Paul, P. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Mechanical Engineering S. Josephine Technical Offi cer Gr. I Electronics and Electrical Engineering Saikia, G. K. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Computer and Communication Centre Saikia, J. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Civil Engineering Saikia, R. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Mechanical Engineering Sarma, S. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Physics Senapati, K. K. Technical Offi cer Gr. I Central Instruments Facility Baruah, A. M. Technical Offi cer Gr. II Chemistry Baruah, D. Technical Offi cer Gr. II Centre for Energy Biswanath, H. Technical Offi cer Gr. II Chemical Engineering Gogoi, D. Technical Offi cer Gr. II Central Instruments Facility Kalita, K. Technical Offi cer Gr. II Civil Engineering Kalita, S. Technical Offi cer Gr. II Civil Engineering Kumar, P. Technical Offi cer Gr. II Chemical Engineering Kumari, N. K. P. Technical Offi cer Gr. II Centre for the Environment Pathak, D. Technical Offi cer Gr. II Computer and Communication Centre Sevda, S. Technical Offi cer Gr. II Biosciences and Bioengineering Sharma, H. Technical Offi cer Gr. II Design Tamuli, B. Technical Offi cer Gr. II Design Dutta, R. C. Asst. Physical Education Offi cer Students’ Aff airs Saikia, D. Asst. Physical Education Offi cer Students’ Aff airs Das, N. K. Asst. Workshop Supdt. Mechanical Engineering 365 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Appendix–III DEGREE AWARDEES In the 18th Convocation held on 22 June 2016, a total Degree Programme number of 1265 students received their BTech, BDes, MA, Awarded MSc, MTech, MDes and PhD degrees as given below: MTech/MDes Degree Programme Biotechnology 32 Awarded Chemical Engineering 46 BTech/BDes Civil Engineering 80 Biotechnology 47 Computer Science and Engineering 46 Chemical Engineering 61 Design 26 Chemical Science and Technology 33 Electronics and Electrical Engineering 47 Civil Engineering 73 Mechanical Engineering 79 Computer Science and Engineering 88 Total 356 Design 37 PhD Electronics and Communication 81 Engineering Biosciences and Bioengineering 6 Electronics and Electrical Engineering 48 Chemistry 30 Engineering Physics 34 Chemical Engineering 19 Mathematics and Computing 46 Civil Engineering 10 Mechanical Engineering 82 Computer Science and Engineering 4 Total 630 Design 8 Electronics and Electrical Engineering 6 MSc Humanities and Social Sciences 4 Chemistry 47 Mechanical Engineering 21 Mathematics and Computing 38 Mathematics 5 Physics 44 Physics 9 Total 129 Centre for Energy 2 MA Centre for the Environment 2 Development Studies 22 Centre for Nanotechnology 2 Total 22 Total 128 Grand Total 1265 366 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Gold and Silver Medalists List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements for award of B.Tech. degree in Computer Science and President of India Gold Medal Engineering Vrinda Kochar BTech (Computer Science and Engineering) Sl. No Roll No Name 1. 120101001 A SAI SUSHANTH Silver Medals 2. 120101002 ABHINAV MITTAL 3. 120101003 ABHINAV RAVI Vijay Viswanath 4. 120101004 ABHISHEK GOYAL BTech (Electronics and Communication Engineering) 5. 120101006 AKRITI KUMARI 6. 120101007 AKSHAY VERMA Kalind Baraya 7. 120101008 AMAN JAIN BTech (Mechanical Engineering) 8. 120101009 ANAND KUMAR KESHRI 9. 120101010 ANIMESH KARMAKAR Bhanu Prakash Agrawal 10. 120101012 AYANTIKA DEY BTech (Civil Engineering) 11. 120101013 BABUL DOLEY 12. 120101014 BANGARU KRISHNA SAI SRIKAR Adarsh Sharma 13. 120101016 BENDKHALE D. CHANDRASHEKHAR BTech (Biotechnology) 14. 120101017 BHARAT NARAYAN GUPTA 15. 120101018 CHANDRAGIRI VINAY Richa Motwani 16. 120101020 DEVESH BTech (Chemical Engineering) 17. 120101021 DHEERAJ KHATRI 18. 120101022 DHEERAJ PURI GOSWAMI Yogesh Singh 19. 120101023 DINESH MAHAUR BTech (Electronics and Electrical Engineering) 20. 120101024 GAJJELA SRIDHAR 21. 120101025 GAJURI ABHISHEK SINGH Vineeth S. Bhaskara 22. 120101026 GANJI CHANDRAKANTH BTech (Engineering Physics) 23. 120101027 GANJI SAI KUMAR 24. 120101028 GAURAV MADHUKER Tushar Kant Garg 25. 120101029 HIMANSHU GOYAL BTech (Chemical Science and Technology) 26. 120101030 JAI RAM SINGH 27. 120101032 KAZIPETA SHARATH Adarsh Kumar 28. 120101034 KHAN AKIB NAWEED BTech (Mathematics and Computing) 29. 120101035 KOLLA PRAVEEN KUMAR 30. 120101036 KONAKANCHI R. GOPI CHOWDARY Needa Jamil 31. 120101037 KUNAL KHANDELWAL BDes (Design) 32. 120101038 KURUKUNDA VENKATA NEEHAR 33. 120101039 KUSHAL SRIVASTAVA Atri Dey 34. 120101040 MANISH SHARMA MSc (Physics) 35. 120101041 MOHIT 36. 120101042 MONIKA SRIVASTAVA Rajarshi Panigrahi 37. 120101043 MURALI RAGHU BABU B MSc (Chemistry) 38. 120101045 NISHANT GUPTA 39. 120101046 DESHPANDE OJAS ANIKET Prerona Chatterjee 40. 120101047 PANDEY VINEET KUMAR MSc (Mathematics and Computing) 41. 120101048 PARAG GANGIL 42. 120101049 PARAG R ADHAU Prerna Sah 43. 120101050 PINTU KUMAR MA (Development Studies) 44. 120101051 POKKULA SATHWIK SAI 45. 120101052 PREET SAI MUTNEJA Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal 46. 120101053 PULKIT ARORA Bhavin Mandalaywala 47. 120101054 RADHIKA PATODIYA BTech (Mechanical Engineering) 48. 120101055 RAJA KUMAR 49. 120101056 RAJAT AGRAWAL 50. 120101057 RANU VIKRAM 51. 120101058 RAVINDRA SINGH GURJAR 367 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 52. 120101059 RAVURU ANIL KUMAR 14. 120102019 CHILAKANI MAHESH 53. 120101060 RISHI SHARMA 15. 120102021 DEEPANKER SINGH 54. 120101062 ROSHAN NATHANI 16. 120102022 GAGANDEEP 55. 120101063 SACHIN MITTAL 17. 120102023 GANI SIVA KUMAR 56. 120101064 SAI ANIRUDH KONDAVEETI 18. 120102024 GOPI SAI TEJA 57. 120101065 SAMBIT PADHI 19. 120102025 GOTTIMUKKULA ABHIRAM 58. 120101066 SANDEEP SAMATAM 20. 120102026 GULSHAN CHAUHAN 59. 120101067 SHRIRAJ BHARDWAJ 21. 120102028 HARISH BOHARA 60. 120101068 SHUBHAM SHUKLA 22. 120102029 ISHAN MISHRA 61. 120101069 SIDDHESH SHYAM KHANDELWAL 23. 120102030 JITESH KUMAR SAPAWAT 62. 120101070 SOHAM BALKRISHNA KONDALKAR 24. 120102031 KAMAL RAWAT 63. 120101071 SUKHPAL SINGH 25. 120102032 KANDIMALLA BHARATH KUMAR 64. 120101072 SURAJ RAUTELA 26. 120102033 KANETKAR SALIL SHARAD 65. 120101073 SWAPNIL AGARWAL 27. 120102034 KARIVEDA THARUN 66. 120101074 TIPIREDDY SHUBHAKAR REDDY 28. 120102035 KASA RAKESH 67. 120101075 VANGALA VISHWADEEP 29. 120102036 KOMANDLA VAMSHIDHAR REDDY 68. 120101076 VASIREDDY GOPICHAND 30. 120102037 MD DANISH KALIM 69. 120101077 VASU GHATOLE 31. 120102038 MUKESH CHAUDHARY 70. 120101079 VIKRAM BISHNOI 32. 120102039 NARENDRA KUMAR MEENA 71. 120101080 VISHAL KUMAR 33. 120102041 PATNANA V. MANIKANTA 72. 120101081 ANKIT KUMAR 34. 120102042 PAWAN KUMAR DIXIT 73. 120101082 V. VENKATA SATYANARAYANA 35. 120102044 PRABALAKANTI DASH 74. 120101083 ABHIJEET SINGH 36. 120102045 PRACHI MISHRA 75. 120101084 RAHUL AGGARWAL 37. 120102047 PRASHANT KUMAR SINHA 76. 120101085 VRINDA KOCHAR 38. 120102048 PRASHANTH JAMPANA 77. 120101086 SUBHOJEET 39. 120102050 RAHUL KUMAR 78. 120101087 ABHISHEK SEN 40. 120102053 SALIL MAMODIYA 79. 120101088 SANKALP NAVNEET BIHANI 41. 120102054 SANUJ SHARMA 80. 11010124 JYOTHSNA P 42. 120102055 SHIVANI GUPTA 81. 11010128 KHANIN DEKA 43. 120102056 SHREYANK NISHANT 82. 11010130 M KRISHNA KANTH 44. 120102057 SHUBHAM JAIN 83. 11010131 M PRUDHVI RAJ CHOWHAN 45. 120102058 SIMANDHAR JAIN 84. 11010135 MAMIDI PRASHANTH 46. 120102059 SNEHA SINGH 85. 11010141 MOON SUSHANT SHARAD 47. 120102060 SUSHANT KUMAR 86. 11010148 P MANIKANTA REDDY 48. 120102061 T SAI REVANTH 87. 09010118 JASVINDAR SINGH SINGARIYA 49. 120102062 TARUN REDDY YADAMA 88. 09010157 VIBHUTI KUMAR 50. 120102063 THOUTAM KALYAN SAGAR 51. 120102064 TOLAPU RAMAKRISHNA List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements 52. 120102065 TUMMALA SAI REVANTH for award of B.Tech. degree in Electronics and 53. 120102067 VARCHIT BANSAL Communication Engineering 54. 120102068 VEERESH 55. 120102069 VINAY KUMAR JATOTH Sl. No Roll No Name 56. 120102070 VISHAL JHA 1. 120102001 ABHIJAT BISWAS 57. 120102071 VISHNUMOLAKALA RAGHU SAGAR 2. 120102002 ABHIMANYU CHAWLA 58. 120102072 YUGESH CHANDRAKAPURE 3. 120102003 ABHISHEK 59. 120102073 PHANIKRISHNA U 4. 120102005 ABHISHEK YADAV 60. 120102074 SATTWIK NANDI 5. 120102006 ABHRA GHOSH 61. 120102075 KRISHNENDU GHOSH 6. 120102007 AJAY KAARAN GUPTA 62. 120102076 LAV KUMAR 7. 120102008 AKHIL BABU MANAM 63. 120102077 VIJAY VISWANATH 8. 120102009 ANAND SAURABH 64. 120102078 RAJEEV DAIPURIYA 9. 120102010 ANKIT AGARWAL 65. 120102079 ANMOL RAMRAIKA 10. 120102011 ANKIT KUMAR 66. 120102080 SUBRAHMANYA SAI TARUN KALLURI 11. 120102012 ANKUR KUNDER 67. 120102081 ATUL KUSHWAHA 12. 120102013 ANUBHAV PHUKAN 68. 120102082 PRAANSHU GOYAL 13. 120102018 BORELLY ANJANEYULU 69. 11010210 ANIL PRABHALA 368 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 70. 11010214 BANDARU SRIRAM 40. 120103049 PRAMOD KUMAR 71. 11010223 DEEPA RAM 41. 120103052 RAMATH MALLIKARJUNA NAIK 72. 11010226 GAURAV JAIN 42. 120103054 RONIT SHAW 73. 11010234 JINENDRA SONI 43. 120103055 SAI KRISHNA KISHORE NORI 74. 11010236 KAKUMANI MANOJKUMAR 44. 120103056 SALEEM AHMAD 75. 11010242 KUMPATI SAMPATH KIRAN 45. 120103057 SAMANT SAURABH YESHWANT 76. 11010243 LOKESH PANDIYAR 46. 120103060 SANKAR BISWAS 77. 11010259 RAYAPATI PRABHAT 47. 120103061 SHASHWAT RISHI TIWARI 78. 10010205 AKSHYA SINGH 48. 120103062 SHUBHAM 79. 10010242 PAVANDEEP SINGH 49. 120103063 SINGH SURAJ KUMAR 80. 10010255 SHALINI SUMAN 50. 120103066 SUDHANSU KUMAR BEHERA 81. 09010208 ASHWANI KUMAR 51. 120103068 SUNDAR SUMAN 52. 120103069 SUNIL KUMAR BAGI List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements for 53. 120103070 SURAKASULA MANOJKUMAR award of B.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering 54. 120103071 S. MANIKANTA SAI MANOHAR 55. 120103072 TANJAVOORU VIVEK TEJA Sl. No Roll No Name 56. 120103073 TARENDRA KUMAR THAKUR 1. 120103001 ABHIJEET KUMAR SINHA 57. 120103074 T. GANDLA HARI SHANKAR 2. 120103002 ABHIJEET SINGH RATHORE 58. 120103075 UDIT PANWAR 3. 120103003 ABHISHEK KUMAR GUPTA 59. 120103076 VEERAVALLI SANTOSH KUMAR 4. 120103004 ABID HAQUE 60. 120103077 VIJAY SINGH RAJPOOT 5. 120103007 AKSHAY SAXENA 61. 120103078 VISHAL KUMAR SINGH 6. 120103008 AMAN RAJVARDHAN 62. 120103080 VIVEK DAMODAR DANDGE 7. 120103009 AMAR SINGH 63. 120103082 SANTOSH KUMAR 8. 120103010 AMIT KUMAR 64. 120103083 KALIND BARAYA 9. 120103011 ANKIT ASHOK GONDOLE 65. 120103084 SAURAV MOHANTY 10. 120103012 ANKIT SONI 66. 120103085 SUMAN MANDAL 11. 120103013 ANKUR GUPTA 67. 120103086 TANMAY SHANKAR 12. 120103014 ANMOL MUKATI 68. 120103087 VITTAL SURYA LAKSHYA 13. 120103015 ANSHUL AGARWAL 69. 120103088 PAAWAN TALWAR 14. 120103016 ANSHUL PADYAL 70. 120103089 PALLI PRASANTH 15. 120103017 ANUBRATA SAIKIA 71. 120103090 ROUSHAN SINHA 16. 120103018 ANURAG SAO 72. 120103091 HARISH CHOUDHARY 17. 120103019 ARPAN SEN 73. 120103092 GOGIREDDY SAI PRANEETH REDDY 18. 120103021 ASHISH KUMAR SONI 74. 120103093 KUMAR DEEPAK 19. 120103022 AVNISH GOYAL 75. 120103094 MAYANK GARG 20. 120103024 BANDARU SAMBA MURTHY 76. 120103095 ARUN KUMAR 21. 120103025 BHAVIN MANDALAYWALA 77. 11010313 BOLLU BHARATH KUMAR 22. 120103027 BODDEDA AKASH 78. 11010338 MUNAGALA GIRIDHAR 23. 120103028 DEVANG AGARWAL 79. 11010340 NAKHALE JAYANT VASANT 24. 120103029 DEVENDRA PRAKASH MEENA 80. 11010353 RASETTY MANJUNADH 25. 120103030 DHAWALE ADITYA NANDAKUMAR 81. 11010381 RAHUL TUMMALA 26. 120103031 GAYAM BHANU TEJA 82. 10010302 ABHISHEK KUMAR 27. 120103032 GONDRALA SUDHEER KUMAR 28. 120103033 GYANA RANJAN MALLICK List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements for 29. 120103034 ISHWAR KAPOOR award of B.Tech. degree in Civil Engineering 30. 120103037 KESHAV SHARMA 31. 120103038 KULDEEP DAS Sl. No Roll No Name 32. 120103039 KUNUKU SURAJ 1. 120104001 ABHINAV ANAND 33. 120103040 LOKESH KUMAR DESWAL 2. 120104002 ABHISHEK ARORA 34. 120103041 MADHURENDRA KUMAR 3. 120104003 AJAY SINGH MEENA 35. 120103042 MAHESH CHANDRA BHARTI 4. 120104004 AKASH YADAV 36. 120103044 NAMAN KANSAL 5. 120104005 AKSHAY JAIN 37. 120103045 NAVEEN MADAPANA 6. 120104006 AMIT KUMAR MEENA 38. 120103046 PARALIKAR SWAPNIL KISHOR 7. 120104007 AMIT SATHI 39. 120103047 PAWAN KUMAR VERMA 8. 120104008 ANKIT KUMAR 369 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 9. 120104009 APURBAJYOTI BISWASI 65. 120104079 YALLA SAI CHARAN 10. 120104010 ARPAN BANERJEE 66. 120104080 SHUBHAM MOURYA 11. 120104011 ARPIT DEORAO MESHRAM 67. 11010412 AVVARU VENKATA NAVEEN 12. 120104013 BALUSU SURYAPRASANNA KUMAR 68. 11010420 DESAI HARDIK PARIMALBHAI 13. 120104014 BANAVATH RAJESH 69. 11010434 KOTU KRISHNA SIDDHARTHA 14. 120104015 BHANU PRAKASH AGRAWAL 70. 11010446 PRABAL GANDHI 15. 120104016 BINGI ANAMI 71. 11010466 V S BHARADWAJ 16. 120104017 BUDDI PRAKASH MEENA 72. 11010471 YANDA SURYA SHARATH CHANDRA 17. 120104018 CHALLA MANIKANTA 73. 09010411 ARVIND KUMAR 18. 120104020 DAVE ANIRUDDHA MAHESH 19. 120104022 DHANRAJ MEENA List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements for 20. 120104023 GAGANDEEP SINGH RANDHAWA award of B.Tech. degree in Biotechnology 21. 120104024 GOPARAJU V N S MANOHAR UTTEJ 22. 120104025 HIMANSHU GUPTA Sl. No Roll No Name 23. 120104027 HIMANSHU GUPTA 1. 120106001 ABHAY SHARMA 24. 120104028 J INDRA KIRAN KUMAR REDDY 2. 120106002 ADARSH SHARMA 25. 120104029 JAI PRAKASH MAHAUR 3. 120106003 ADITI MAKHIJA 26. 120104030 JAYANT JOSHI 4. 120106004 ALAKESH 27. 120104031 JITENDRA KUMAR 5. 120106005 ALJAPUR VINEETH 28. 120104032 JUTHIKA DAS 6. 120106007 ANSHUMAN BHANJA 29. 120104033 KAMALAMPET RAJEEV DATTA 7. 120106008 ANUJ 30. 120104034 KANHEIYA LAL JAIN 8. 120106009 ARAVIND MADHAMSETTY 31. 120104035 KATHRAM MADHUSUDHAN REDDY 9. 120106011 ASHUTOSH SAXENA 32. 120104036 KOUTHARAPU ADITYA 10. 120106013 AYUSH KHARE 33. 120104039 MAN PARVESH SINGH RANDHAWA 11. 120106014 BAHADUR DANGI 34. 120104040 MEGHA 12. 120106015 BHARAT SINGH 35. 120104041 M. SULTAN MOHIDEEN ZILANI 13. 120106016 BOJANKI PHANEENDRA KUMAR 36. 120104042 MUDDUNURU RAKSHITH KUMAR 14. 120106018 DIVYA 37. 120104043 NAVEEN SHARMA 15. 120106019 JASTI APOORVA 38. 120104044 NEDUNURI KOUNDINYA 16. 120106020 JOYDEEP DAS 39. 120104045 NINAD SHRINIVAS PATE 17. 120106021 GAURAV ANIL JUMDE 40. 120104048 PAWAN KUMAR 18. 120106024 MANTRI MOUNIKA 41. 120104049 POLIMERA VINOD KUMAR REDDY 19. 120106027 NITEESH KUMAR 42. 120104050 PRAFFUL BAHETI 20. 120106029 PRATEEK HEMANI 43. 120104051 PRATEEK KUMAR 21. 120106030 PRATYAJIT MOHAPATRA 44. 120104054 RAJESH KUMAR 22. 120106031 PUTTA SHRAVAN 45. 120104055 RAJESH PANWAR 23. 120106032 RAJA SEKAR V 46. 120104056 RAKESH RANJAN 24. 120106033 RAJAT SURI 47. 120104057 REKULWAR SHUBAM 25. 120106034 RAJENDRA MEENA 48. 120104058 RISHABH DAGA 26. 120106035 RAMAVATHU SUNIL KUMAR 49. 120104059 RISHAV KEDIA 27. 120106036 RITU MISHRA 50. 120104060 RITESH KUMAR AGRAWAL 28. 120106037 ROHIT GAURAV 51. 120104062 SANDEEP 29. 120106038 SACHIN KUMAR 52. 120104063 SATYA PRAKASH PATEL 30. 120106039 BEHARA SAI CHAND 53. 120104064 SHIVAM SINGH BAGHEL 31. 120106041 SANDESH ARYA 54. 120104065 SHIVENDRA SINGH 32. 120106042 SANJU SINHA 55. 120104066 SHRIRAM KUSHWAHA 33. 120106044 SAURABH JAIN 56. 120104067 SHYAM SUNDER GARG 34. 120106045 SAURABH SARKAR 57. 120104070 SUJAN SINGH DANGI 35. 120106047 SHASHI SHEKHAR 58. 120104072 SUMIT GOYAL 36. 120106049 SUMIT KUMAR YADAV 59. 120104073 SUMIT KUMAR MAHTO 37. 120106050 SURAJ DASHARATH PATIL 60. 120104074 TARKESHWAR KUMAR 38. 120106051 TANMAY SHARMA 61. 120104075 TARUN KUMAR SAHU 39. 120106052 VIKASH KUMAR 62. 120104076 TEJ RAM MEENA 40. 120106053 VIKRANT 63. 120104077 VENKATA SAI CHAITANYA DUDALA 41. 120106054 VISHAL CHAUDHARY 64. 120104078 VISHAL VAIBHAV 42. 11010601 ABHISHEK BENIWAL 370 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 43. 11010611 AYUSH SINGHAL 47. 120107068 VIKASH YADAV 44. 11010616 DAIMALU BAGLARY 48. 120107069 YATINDRA AGRAWAL 45. 11010623 LAL MIKSHAM PURUSHOTTAM 49. 120107070 RICHA MOTWANI 46. 11010629 RAM KUMAR 50. 11010711 BAGGU JANARDHANA RAO 47. 10010635 ROHIT KUMAR 51. 11010718 JAYANT SWAMI 52. 11010723 KUSHAL MITRUKA List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements for 53. 11010725 MAHENDRA KARWASARA award of B.Tech. degree in Chemical Engineering 54. 11010729 MOHIT ARUN KANDOI 55. 11010744 SAKSHAM AGARWAL Sl. No Roll No Name 56. 11010750 SHUBHANGI PARDE 1. 120107001 AASHISH SUTHAR 57. 11010753 TANMAY MAHESHWARI 2. 120107002 ADESH KUMAR 58. 11010757 VIKAS PANDEY 3. 120107003 ADITYA RATNA 59. 11010762 VIRENDRA KUMAR BHANSALI 4. 120107004 AKANKSHA SHARMA 60. 10010759 VIKRAM SINGH MEENA 5. 120107005 AKSHAY JHA 61. 09010716 BERI PRADEEPRAJ 6. 120107007 AMRITA SONOWAL 7. 120107008 ANUPAM MISHRA List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements for 8. 120107009 ANURAG JHAVER award of B.Tech. degree in Electronics and Electrical 9. 120107011 BAILORE VIKHYAT ACHARYA Engineering 10. 120107012 BIPIN KUMAR 11. 120107013 BURHAN USMAN K V Sl. No Roll No Name 12. 120107015 CHARAN SAI BUGUDALA 1. 120108001 ABHAY KUMAR 13. 120107016 CHELLI KIRAN KUMAR 2. 120108003 ABHISHEK KUMAR 14. 120107017 DAYMA PARITOSH VIJAY 3. 120108004 ABHISHEK RANJAN 15. 120107018 DILIP KUMAR BUNKAR 4. 120108005 AKUL PRATAP SINGH TOMAR 16. 120107019 DIVESH SHARMA 5. 120108006 ALAPATI VENU GOPAL 17. 120107020 GANDE AJAY KUMAR 6. 120108007 AMAN ASHWIN 18. 120107021 GUPTA VIKASKUMAR HARIPRASAD 7. 120108009 ANKIT BANSAL 19. 120107023 HARSH GARG 8. 120108011 DHANU VARDHAN SINGH JHALA 20. 120107025 JITENDRA KUMAR 9. 120108013 DINABANDHU BEHERA 21. 120107026 KAILASH BHAKAL 10. 120108014 GAURAV SINHA 22. 120107028 KANCHARLA SAMHITHA 11. 120108015 HIMANSHU UPADHYAY 23. 120107029 KAUSHAL KUMAR 12. 120108016 JITENDRA KHATIK 24. 120107031 KULDEEP SINGH 13. 120108017 KUNAL VERMA 25. 120107033 MD RASHID ALI FARIDI 14. 120108018 KUYYA NIKHIL 26. 120107034 MOHIT KUMAR 15. 120108019 MD ARIF 27. 120107035 NILAY KUMAR 16. 120108020 MITHOON KUMAR 28. 120107036 NISHANT TOSHNIWAL 17. 120108021 NAYANMONI BAISHYA 29. 120107037 PANKAJ KUMAR 18. 120108022 NEERATI MAHESH 30. 120107039 PRATAP CHOPARA 19. 120108023 N. TIRUMALA VENKATA SATYA DEV 31. 120107040 PRATAP KHAPARDE 20. 120108024 PANKAJ MANSION 32. 120107041 PRIYA ASHOKKUMAR CHOUDHARY 21. 120108026 PRAKHAR TOSNIWAL 33. 120107043 RAVI CHAUDHARY 22. 120108027 RAHUL GHOSH 34. 120107044 RAVINDER KUMAR 23. 120108028 RAJESH KUMAR 35. 120107045 RIKI BISWAS 24. 120108029 RAVI KIRAN M 36. 120107046 RISHAB BANSAL 25. 120108030 RUPESH NARAYAN 37. 120107047 SAGAR GARG 26. 120108031 SANCHIT GUPTA 38. 120107052 SAYANTAN DUTTA 27. 120108032 SHAHZAD ALAM 39. 120107053 SHASHANK KATARIA 28. 120108034 SOMITRA BALDUA 40. 120107054 SHIKHAR SAXENA 29. 120108035 SURABHI BHARGAVA 41. 120107055 SHIVANSH RAI 30. 120108036 SWAPNIL GUPTA 42. 120107056 SHIVRAJ 31. 120108037 THRINADHA PRADEEP KUMAR P 43. 120107058 SHUBHAM VIJAY DAHAT 32. 120108038 TULENDRA NATH SAIKIA 44. 120107061 SONU KUMAR RUDRA 33. 120108039 URVASHI BENIWAL 45. 120107062 SUSHANT JAMDAR 34. 120108041 VIKAS JAIN 46. 120107064 V VINEET 35. 120108043 DEVAVRAT TOMAR 371 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 36. 120108044 HEMENDRA SINGH RANA List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements 37. 120108045 ISHT DWIVEDI for award of B.Tech. degree in Chemical Science and 38. 120108046 NEIL G MEHTA Technology 39. 120108047 YOGESH SINGH 40. 120108048 AYUSH PATHANIA Sl. No Roll No Name 41. 120108049 NAMAN JAIN 1. 120122001 AASHUTOSH SHIVHARE 42. 120108050 RISHABH JAIN 2. 120122002 ADITYA JAIN 43. 120108051 ASHIMA JAIN 3. 120122003 AJAY 44. 11010802 ADARSH MISHRA 4. 120122004 AKASH DEWANAND MASIRKAR 45. 11010805 AMARENDRA TIWARI 5. 120122005 ANUJ SUMAN 46. 11010807 ASHEESH MEENA 6. 120122006 ASHUTOSH KUMAR KAUTARYA 47. 11010822 NARENDRA KUMAR 7. 120122009 ATUL KUMAR 48. 11010839 VISHAL KAILASH GAWADE 8. 120122010 AZMEERA SANTHOSH KUMAR 9. 120122011 GADE SAI CHANDER List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements for 10. 120122012 GAURAV AGRAWAL award of B.Tech. degree in Engineering Physics 11. 120122014 HIMANI YADAV 12. 120122015 INDELA SRAVYA Sl. No Roll No Name 13. 120122018 KULDEEP 1. 120121001 ABHIJITH M G 14. 120122019 LAKSHYA KUMAR GUPTA 2. 120121002 ABHINAV JINDAL 15. 120122020 LAVANYA PAWAR 3. 120121004 AKSHAY SHARAD KHOCHIKAR 16. 120122022 MANAS PRATIM KAKATI 4. 120121005 ANKIT ISRANI 17. 120122023 NANDAN HALOI 5. 120121006 ARPIT KR AGRAWAL 18. 120122025 PANKAJ KUMAR VERMA 6. 120121007 VINEETH S. BHASKARA 19. 120122027 PUSHKAR KUMAR 7. 120121008 BHOOPENDRA BAHADUR SINGH 20. 120122028 RAHUL KADYAN 8. 120121009 C R RAKESH 21. 120122031 ROCHITA SUNDAR 9. 120121011 DHAWAD ANIKET ANANT 22. 120122032 ROHAN JAIN 10. 120121013 HARSHA SHAKSHI 23. 120122033 SAMIR KUMAR 11. 120121017 K. SRINIVASA KARTHEEK 24. 120122035 SAURABH KUMAR VERMA 12. 120121018 KRISHN KUMAR MEENA 25. 120122038 AMEYA PRAMOD SAWANT 13. 120121020 KUMAR SANU 26. 120122039 SHREYA RAINA 14. 120121021 KUNAL KUMAR 27. 120122040 SHREYASH RAI 15. 120121022 KURMAPU BALA KRISHNA 28. 120122041 SOURABH CHORARIA 16. 120121023 MENUKA JAISWAL 29. 120122042 SUNIL KUMAR 17. 120121026 P SHRAVAN KUMAR 30. 120122044 TULIKA AGRAWAL 18. 120121027 PERI SAI PRADEEP 31. 120122045 TUSHAR KANT GARG 19. 120121028 P. VISHNU PRANEETH REDDY 32. 11012231 SHREYAS RAMAN 20. 120121029 PRIYA MEENA 33. 11012238 THADURU OM PRAKASH REDDY 21. 120121030 PULIDINDI SANDEEP 22. 120121033 SAKRE NIRMIT DEEPAK List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements for 23. 120121036 SAURABH SRIVASTAVA award of B.Tech. degree in Mathematics and Computing 24. 120121037 SRICHARAN VEGGALAM 25. 120121038 SUDHIR YADAV Sl. No Roll No Name 26. 120121039 SUMAN BHARTI 1. 120123001 ABHILASH KUMAR JHA 27. 120121040 SUMIT YADAV 2. 120123002 ADARSH KUMAR 28. 120121043 VISHAL BAIBHAV 3. 120123003 AJINKYA ATMARAMJI SHEJUL 29. 120121044 ZUBIN PRIYANSH 4. 120123004 AKSHAY YADAV 30. 11012102 ABHISHEK KUMAR 5. 120123006 ANMOL KALIA 31. 11012128 PUSHPA RANI MURMU 6. 120123007 ANUJ KHARE 32. 11012129 PYDI RAM MOHAN 7. 120123008 ANUPAM ANAND 33. 10012118 KRISHAN KUMAR MEENA 8. 120123009 ARVIND CHOUDHARY 34. 09012115 KAUSTUBH KRUSHNARAO KURVE 9. 120123010 B VIKASH 10. 120123013 DEVENDRA RATNAM 372 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 11. 120123014 DHANWANTHARI RAMAKRISHNAN 16. 120205023 LOLLA SRUZAN 12. 120123015 DIPANJAN SARKAR 17. 120205024 MANCHU PRUDHVI 13. 120123016 GREESHMA BALABHADRA 18. 120205026 MARAPALLY SRAVAN KUMAR 14. 120123019 HITESH MAHIPAL 19. 120205028 MEENAL MANDIL 15. 120123021 JAYANTA DEVNATH 20. 120205032 PEDDINTI NARESH KUMAR 16. 120123022 KUNAL KISHORE SINGH 21. 120205033 POOJA DHAKA 17. 120123024 LOKHANDE TATHAGAT NITISH 22. 120205034 POULAMI CHAKRABORTY 18. 120123025 MAHENDRA SINGH CHAUHAN 23. 120205036 RITESH RANJAN SINGH 19. 120123026 NEERAJ YADAV 24. 120205037 ROHAN S VIJAY 20. 120123027 PADALKAR BHAGYASHREE UDAY 25. 120205038 SAMADRITA DAS 21. 120123028 PRANVENDRA CHATURVEDI 26. 120205039 SAURABH KUMAR SINGH 22. 120123029 PRIYA 27. 120205040 SHOBHIT GUPTA 23. 120123033 SAI SUMANA PAGIDIPALLI 28. 120205041 SIDHANT GOYAL 24. 120123035 SHUBHAM GOYAL 29. 120205043 UDDIPANA BAISHYA 25. 120123037 SHUBHAM PANDEY 30. 120205044 VISHRAM MEENA 26. 120123038 SOMYA ANAND 31. 120205045 VODELA SHASHANK PRAKASH 27. 120123039 SONAKSHI VERMA 32. 120205046 VYSAK. A. S 28. 120123040 SOUMYA WADHWA 33. 120205047 YENGKHOM MANTESHORI DEVI 29. 120123042 SWARAJ PAUL 34. 120205048 NEEDA JAMIL 30. 120123043 TANVI ARVIND JADHAV 35. 11020515 KUSHAGRA SINHA 31. 120123044 UJJWAL KUMAR KANSAL 36. 11020522 PORIKA ASHISH NAYAK 32. 120123045 UPPALA RAJESH 37. 10020519 K THARANI DHARAN 33. 120123047 VASUDHA KHANDELWAL 34. 120123048 RITVIK SARAF List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements for 35. 120123049 VIBHANSHU award of M.Sc. degree in Physics 36. 120123050 MRIDUL KAVIDAYAL 37. 120123051 ADITYA SHARMA Sl. No Roll No Name 38. 120123052 ANUVRATA CHITRANSHI 1. 142121001 ABHISIKTA BARMAN 39. 120123053 UTKARSH DIXIT 2. 142121002 AMAN SANGAL 40. 120123054 DHRUV KOHLI 3. 142121003 ANANYA ADHIKARI 41. 11012302 AMIT KAJI 4. 142121004 ANANYA DAS 42. 11012319 LOKESH MEENA 5. 142121005 ANIRUDDHA PAN 43. 11012329 RAGHAV MITTAL 6. 142121006 ANKAN MUKHOPADHYAY 44. 11012332 RAVINDRA GAHLOT 7. 142121007 ANWESHIKA PATTANAYAK 45. 11012337 SIRIPURAPU BHARGAV 8. 142121008 ARGHYAJIT DATTA 46. 11012339 SRIKANT RAVINDRAN 9. 142121009 ARNAB DAS 10. 142121010 ATRI DEY List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements for 11. 142121011 AVIK PAUL award of B.Des. degree in Design 12. 142121012 AYAN BISWAS 13. 142121013 BABY KOMAL Sl. No Roll No Name 14. 142121014 BISWAJIT GHOSH 1. 120205001 ABHINAB SONOWAL 15. 142121015 BRATATI BHAT 2. 120205003 ABHRANEEL SARMA 16. 142121016 DIGANTA PARAI 3. 120205005 ADITYA VIKRAM 17. 142121017 DIPENDRANATH MANDAL 4. 120205006 AHIRRAO SUWARDHAN NARENDRA 18. 142121018 GAURAV YADAV 5. 120205009 ANMOL SINGH 19. 142121019 GITANJALI JANA 6. 120205012 BANAPURAM VANDANA 20. 142121020 IRABATI CHAKRABORTY 7. 120205013 BANDILA SUBHAKAR RAVITEJA 21. 142121021 JAY DEEP GUPTA 8. 120205014 BOLLAREDDY MADHURI BHAVANA 22. 142121022 JITENDRA KUMAR 9. 120205015 DEEPIKA MITTAL 23. 142121023 JYOTSNA DHILLON 10. 120205016 DHVANIL MAHESH PATEL 24. 142121024 KUWAR ARPIT ANAND 11. 120205017 DIPENDRA SINGH NAMDEO 25. 142121025 LAISHRAM BIDYARAJ SINGH 12. 120205018 DIPTI KUMARI 26. 142121027 MAITRAYEE MANDAL 13. 120205020 JASPREET SINGH KHASRIA 27. 142121028 MRINMOY BASAK 14. 120205021 KUNAL RATHORE 28. 142121030 NILANJANDEV BHAUMIK 15. 120205022 KUSHAGRA KUSHWAHA 29. 142121032 PRAHLAD SAHAY YADAV 373 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 30. 142121033 PRIYANTA BARMAN 37. 142122038 STHITADHI MAITI 31. 142121034 PURBI ADHYA 38. 142122039 SUBHAJIT BAL 32. 142121035 RADHIKA SARKAR 39. 142122040 SUBHENDU GHOSH 33. 142121036 RAFIQUL ALAM 40. 142122041 SUCHITRA MITRA 34. 142121037 RAJKUMAR BISWAS 41. 142122042 SUROJIT BHUNIA 35. 142121038 RAKESH SARKAR 42. 142122043 SUSHOVAN HENS 36. 142121039 RINKU MAJI 43. 142122044 SUSMITA PAUL 37. 142121040 RONSON DEY 44. 142122045 SWAPNESWAR MONDAL 38. 142121041 SANCHARI PAL 45. 142122046 TAMAL PAL 39. 142121042 SHUBHAM SAINI 46. 142122047 TANMAY KUMAR SARKAR 40. 142121044 SOURAV PATRA 47. 142122048 TANMOY MANDAL 41. 142121045 SUPRIYA KUMAR DIGER 42. 142121047 SUTAPA DEY List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements for 43. 142121048 VIVEK PATEL award of M.Sc. degree in Mathematics and Computing 44. 132121020 NAGENDRA KUMAR Sl. No Roll No Name List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements for 1. 142123001 AAYUSHI KOOLWAL award of M.Sc. degree in Chemistry 2. 142123002 AMIT KUMAR 3. 142123003 AMIT KUMAR BISWAS Sl. No Roll No Name 4. 142123004 ARPITA SIKDER 1. 142122001 ANINDITA BHATTACHARYA 5. 142123005 ARUN KUMAR 2. 142122002 ANWESHA CHAKRABORTY 6. 142123006 BISWAJIT PANDIT 3. 142122003 ARABINDA MAJHI 7. 142123008 CHANDRA SHEKHAR SHARMA 4. 142122004 AVISEK DUTTA 8. 142123009 DEEPAK VERMA 5. 142122005 AVISIKTA BERA 9. 142123012 GAJENDRA BABU 6. 142122006 BHIM MAJHI 10. 142123013 GOPAL MAITI 7. 142122007 BISWANATH MAITY 11. 142123014 GYATI KHANNA 8. 142122008 DEBARATI DEY 12. 142123016 KIRAN DEVI 9. 142122009 DEBASISH BARMAN 13. 142123017 MADHUKAR 10. 142122010 DEBAYAN CHAKRABORTY 14. 142123020 MISHRA HEMANT K. VIJAY SHANKAR 11. 142122011 DULU BRAHMA 15. 142123021 MUKESH KUMAR AGRAHARI 12. 142122013 GOBINDA DOLAI 16. 142123022 NIMISH KUMAR MAHAPATRA 13. 142122014 GOURAB BHASKAR 17. 142123023 PANKAJ KUMAR SINGH 14. 142122015 JYOTISH NATH 18. 142123024 PAWAN KUMAR SHAW 15. 142122016 KANU DAS 19. 142123025 PINTU PAUL 16. 142122017 KASTURI GANGULI 20. 142123026 PRABHAKAR NAMDEV 17. 142122018 KAUSHAL KISHOR YADAV 21. 142123028 PRANALI ROY CHOWDHURY 18. 142122019 KHADIMUL ISLAM 22. 142123029 PRERONA CHATTERJEE 19. 142122020 LAXMIKANTA KHAMARI 23. 142123031 RIJUBRATA KUNDU 20. 142122021 MANNU JAIN 24. 142123033 SARADA PRASAD KUNDU 21. 142122022 MIHIR MANNA 25. 142123034 SAYANI SAHA 22. 142122023 NERSWN NARZARY 26. 142123035 SHAMIK DAS 23. 142122024 PAYEL DOWARI 27. 142123036 SHRUTI KWATRA 24. 142122025 PRAVAS DOLUI 28. 142123037 SHUBHA GUPTA 25. 142122026 PRIYA SONOWAL 29. 142123038 SHYAM SWARUP MONDAL 26. 142122027 RAJARSHI PANIGRAHI 30. 142123039 SOMENATH KUIRY 27. 142122028 RAM DHARI PANDEY 31. 142123041 SUBHASIS GHORA 28. 142122029 RINKU DUTTA 32. 142123042 SUBRATA RANA 29. 142122030 RISHA RANI DAIMARY 33. 142123043 SULTAN ANSARY 30. 142122031 ROHIT CHAUDHURI 34. 142123044 SUNIL KUMAR 31. 142122032 RUPAM ROY 35. 142123046 TRIPTI AGRAWAL 32. 142122033 SHUBHAM SRIVASTAVA 36. 132123045 USHA SINGH 33. 142122034 SOHEL REJA 37. 122123007 ASHWANI KUMAR 34. 142122035 SOUMITA CHAKRABORTY 38. 122123030 RAJIV SONOWAL 35. 142122036 SOURAV GHOSH 36. 142122037 SOURAV MONDAL 374 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements for 10. 142241014 N JOYSON award of M.A. degree in Development Studies 11. 142241016 PRANOY DAS 12. 142241017 PRERNA SAH Sl. No Roll No Name 13. 142241018 PRITISHREE BORGOHAIN 1. 142241001 ABHIGYA 14. 142241019 RAJPAL RAWAT 2. 142241002 AISHWARYA KAR 15. 142241020 RINTU BORAH 3. 142241003 ANKITA KARMAKAR 16. 142241021 S VEIHOTELOU 4. 142241005 ASHEESH RANJAN SRIVASTAVA 17. 142241023 SATADRU CHAKRABORTY 5. 142241007 DHAABAN DHEER DEKAA 18. 142241024 SUCHINEY BUHPHANG 6. 142241009 MADHAB BONIA 19. 142241025 SUJATA BORTHAKUR 7. 142241010 MANISHA DUTTA 20. 142241026 SUNAM DAS 8. 142241011 MEGHRAJ KHINCHI 21. 142241027 THANG CHUNG HOI KHELMA 9. 142241013 MRIDUL KUMAR BHARALI 22. 142241028 YOVA KUMAR BORO List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Computer Science and Engineering Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 124101019 ABHAY KUMAR SINGH Network Resource Discovery: Mobile Agents versus Traditional Approaches – A Comparative Study 2. 134101004 ABDUL SIKANDAR Real time Audio Streaming in Classroom Environment on IEEE 802.11n Wireless Network 3. 134101006 PARAS VISHNOI Low Overhead QoE Aware Resource Allocation for Multi-view Video Flows in LTE 4. 134101008 SUNNY SETHI Low Overhead Frame Based Fair Scheduler for Real-Time Multiprocessor Systems 5. 134101011 SHWETANK SINGH Improved Results on Non-2-Colorable Uniform Hypergraphs with Few Hyperedges 6. 134101016 SAPTARSHI BASU Eff ect of User’s Temporal Characteristics on Link Prediction 7. 134101020 ANKUR CHAUDHARI Avabodhaka: An Interaction System for Enhancing User Experience in a Large Classroom 8. 134101022 MUKESH VERMA Handling Security Issue in EEOLSR Using Static Bayesian Game Approach 9. 134101023 ASHUTOSH AGRAWAL Exploring the Eff ect of Node Proximity Based Link Prediction Methods on Collaborative Filtering 10. 134101024 SAYAN BANERJEE GPU Based Acceleration of X-Ray Image Enhancement for Cargo Scanning Application 11. 134101028 VIVEK KUMAR CHAURASIA Dynamic Cache Partitioning with Promotion and Insertion Policies for Chip Multiprocessors 12. 134101031 PRASHANT SAHDEV Evaluating Social Circles of an Ego as Topoligocal Cohesive Sub- graphs based on Ground Truth Social Circles 13. 134101034 MUNEEB T H Evaluating Distributed Word Representations of Bio-medical Text 14. 134101035 P SRI HARI A Grid based approach for Network Lifetime Enhancement of Wireless Sensor Networks Using Multiple Mobile Sinks 15. 134101039 PRANJAL PROTIM BORAH Mapping of Multiphase Applications onto Mesh Multi-core Architecture 16. 134101040 AAKASH BHARTI Cost and Deadline Constraints DAG Scheduling on Cloud 17. 134101041 RUPESH KUMAR Quality of Experience measurement of YouTube videos KOSHARIYA 18. 134101046 PANDYA HARDIK Scheduling online tasks on on-chip multiprocessor with power JITENDRAKUMAR constraint 375 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 19. 134101053 ANKUR MEENA Optimal Energy Resource and Secondary Storage Deployment in Microgrids to Achieve Targeted Profi ts 20. 134101056 NETSANET GETACHEW Reviewing Community Scoring Functions in Complex Networks ASSELE 21. 134101064 ANOOP KUMAR RATHORE A Robust Watermarking Scheme Against Frame Blending and Projection Attack 22. 134101066 PRABHAT SONI Network Traffi c Classifi cation using clustering on PCGs 23. 134101067 YASHDEEP SINGH Data Delivery by Energy-Constrained Mobile Agents 24. 134101072 V NANI KALYAN De-Centralized Directory Structure for Performance enhancement in Virtualization of 4-4 1-4 Architecture 25. 134101073 SUSMITA MANDAL A Secure Routing Protocol for Delay Tolerant Network-Trust based Approach 26. 144101001 S VIGNESH Cost aware Capacity Provisioning for Fault-tolerant Geo- distributed data Centers 27. 144101002 DIPANGSHU DUTTA Speaker Recognition and Discrimination based i-vectors 28. 144101003 SUMEET GARG Cost Effi cient Algorithms For Speed Scalable Processors 29. 144101005 VOODA RAM KUMAR Understanding the tradeoff s between QoE and energy consumption in DASH mobile video streaming 30. 144101007 THAKUR NITISH PRAVIN Algorithms for Visibility and Minimum Link Path Problems in Simple Polygons 31. 144101008 GHADAGE SANDEEP Simulation of Energy Effi cient Scheduling on CloudSim using ASHOK Multiprocessor Scheduling Technique 32. 144101013 HARDEEP SINGH Condensed Nearest Neighbour for maintenance of case based Reasoning system 33. 144101014 DOSHI NIMIT NIRANDBHAI Pattern Avoidance in Words 34. 144101023 SIMARJOT KAUR Deep Learning For Time Series Prediction 35. 144101024 SAMIR SALIM SHAIKH Parallel Discrete Event Simulation On GPU Using CUDA 36. 144101032 PRAGENDRA SAHU QoE Aware Resource Allocation for Multicasting Scalable 37. 144101033 APURV SINGH Algorithms for Minimum Degree Spanning Tree and Spanning Tree Enumeration 38. 144101037 NIKHIL S Behaviour Arbitration in Robots: Integrating Emotion and Immuno-Inspired paradigms 39. 144101057 JITENDER PAL SINGH Adaptive streaming support for UAV monitoring to enhance quality of feed 40. 144101059 ROHIT SINGH VERMA Scheduling Real Time Periodic Mixed Criticality Task Graph 41. 144101060 SABOOR AHMED Eff ect of Z-axis motion in 3D Saliency 42. 144101065 KULKARNI SUJATA Heuristic based Spoken Word Characterization using Acoustic SURENDRA Phonetic Features 43. 144101072 PATEL DIPTESHKUMAR Towards a New Model for Inferring Social Ties from Common PANKAJBHAI Activities in Twitter 44. 144101074 SACHIN CHANNAPPA KATTI Maximizing Speaker Identifi cation Performance using Dimension Reduction 45. 144101077 GIBRAN IQBAL Analyzing the Eff ect of Task Migration and Frequency Scaling on Temperature of Chip Multi- Processors. 46. 146201001 V A AMARNATH Completed M.Tech degree under Dual (MTech+PhD) programme 376 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering with specialization in Signal Processing Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134102014 BIRI CHANAKYA REDDY Signal Processing applications in robust dynamic PHASOR estimation 2. 134102017 KATIKELA BHASKAR Generating and Identifying patterns in shuffl es REDDY 3. 134102019 SATYA KARTHIK PATRI Pitch Adaptive Cepstral Features for Addressing Acoustic Mismatch in Context of Children’s ASR 4. 134102022 YASEEN FARHAN Registration of Diff erently Exposed Images 5. 134102023 GANJI SREERAM Block Sparse Coding over Speaker-Channel Learned Dictionary for Speaker Verifi cation Task 6. 134102024 PERLA RAMAKRISHNA Methods for Video Forensics 7. 134102027 PRIYADARSAN U S Hilbert Transform Based Interpolation for Single Image Super- resolution 8. 134102029 THALLAPALLY PRADEEP Orthogonal Moments Based Identifi cation of Leaves of Medicinal KUMAR Plants 9. 134102031 FRANKLIN XESS Crowd Simulation in Virtual Environment and Motion Mapping of Single Entity from Real to Virtual World 10. 134102039 RAJUL GUPTA HIERARCHICAL CLASSIFICATION OF BROADCAST NEWS VIDEOS USING BAGGED ELM 11. 134102046 RATNAKARAM RAJESH VISUAL OBJECT TRACKING IN AN ENHANCED MEAN-SHIFT FRAMEWORK 12. 134102063 TOM K SEBASTIAN Privacy preserving face detection and its extension to recognition based on composite masks 13. 134102064 OLYVIA KUNDU Pedestrian Detection in Images 14. 134102066 T.V. VISHNU A Domain and Content Independent Fingerprint Verifi cation Mechanism based on Eigen decompositions List of students who have fulfi lled the requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering with Specialization in Power and Control Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134102053 SHYAM KUMAR SINGH Modeling and Analysis of dynamics for large power systems CHOUDHARY 2. 134102054 VISHAL BADLAS Modeling of Partial Discharge in the Solid Dielectric Material 3. 134102056 ADITYA DILIP Adaptive Control of a Class of Under-Actuated Mechanical Systems CHAUDHARI 4. 134102057 OM PRAKASH DUBEY Estimation of noise level of a power transformer 5. 134102059 NAWAB ALAM Relay Feedback approach for Parameter Extraction of Li-ion battery and its State of Change estimation using higher order sliding mode observer 6. 134102062 MONISHA PATHAK TRAJECTORY TRACKING OF ROBOTIC MANIPULATOR USING SLIDING MODE CONTROL 7. 134102076 SIBABRATA PRADHAN Estimation and detection of winding dislocation of power transformers 8. 144102060 MALOTH RAMESH DC-DC Converter for EV Drivetrain 377 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering with specialization in VLSI Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134102004 NIJIL N Design of a 32-bit custom processor for real time applications 2. 134102005 PULICHARLA Effi cient Algorithm for Intra Prediction in HEVC RAVINDRAREDDY 3. 134102007 KIRAN B 8-Path Harmonic Rejection Mixer for Full Band Mobile TV 4. 134102008 VISHNURAM ABHINAV Design of nanometer scale protection for High Speed I/O Driver 5. 134102009 ALLURI RAVI Effi cient VLSI Architecture for De-Blocking in HEVC 6. 134102011 NUNAVATH ANIL Analytical Modeling and Simulation for Thermal Behaviour of KUMAR Nanoscale Devices 7. 134102012 J TRUPTI KUMAR Two Dimensional Numerical Simulator for modeling NDC region in SNDC Devices 8. 134102047 KUNCHE RAJA ASHOK Optimization of Two-stage CMOS Op-Amp in 0.18um Technology using Geometric Programming List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering with specialization in Communication Engineering Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134102030 VEPURI PRASANNA VANI An Investigation into Beamspace MIMO Based Wireless Communication 2. 134102032 POCHA NAVEEN KUMAR Transmit reference communication scheme using SAW devices REDDY 3. 134102034 MANDALI PRANEETH Mutual Information Based Extended Min-Sum Algorithm for Non- Binary LDPC Codes 4. 134102036 BAHADURSHA ESWAR V N Applications of Game Theory in Communication Engineering M PRASAD 5. 134102037 JHA AMITKUMAR On the Solvability of 4S/3t Sum-Networks VIDYAKANT 6. 134102040 SHARMA Spectrum Sensing for Cognitive Radio using MIMO Antenna DHIRENDRAKUMAR Beamforming LAXMAN 7. 134102043 DANDUBOYINA RAJA Compressive Wideband Power Spectrum Estimation GOPAL 8. 134102045 VINAY KUMAR BOINI Investigation on Certain Aspects of Photoconductive Antenna & Wireless Communication in the Terahertz Band 9. 134102049 SOURAV DAS Transceiver Design for Multi-terminal Systems 10. 134102050 RAMKUMAR UIKEY Microstrip Filter Design for Ultra-wideband Applications 11. 134102051 TINAMONI TAYE Eff ect of Spatial Correlation on Antenna Correlation and Spectrum Sensing in Cooperative Systems 12. 134102069 GEORGE JOSEPH Analysis of Large MIMO Systems 13. 134102071 PUSULURI YOGITHA Performance Analysis of Dual Hop AF Relay Systems in presence KRISHNA of Co-channel Interference 14. 134102072 POTNURU VINOD KUMAR Generation of De Bruijn Sequences 15. 134102073 LOKESH SAINI NETWORK CODING FOR DISTRIBUTED STORAGE SYSTEM 16. 144102070 GURINDER SINGH An investigation into FDTD methods for various applications 17. 144102090 POLKAM ARAVIND Distributed Space Time Coding for Co-operative relay 378 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Machine Design Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134103004 ASISH KUMAR PANDA Prediction of Flow Blockages and Impending of Cavitations in Centrifugal Pumps Using Support Vector Machine Algorithms Based on Vibration Measurements 2. 134103008 ANURAG KUMAR SONI Experimental determination of mode I SIF for sharp V-notches in isotropic materials using single strain gage technique 3. 134103011 NEELAM SAI MOHAN REDDY Crack growth analysis and fatigue life prediction of gas turbine rotor discs 4. 134103012 ASHISH SURESH PATIL Design and Development of Miniaturized Vibration Energy Harvester 5. 134103013 DHAVALA VIJAYA RAGHAVA Dynamic Analysis of Three Layered Sandwich Plate with MRE Core 6. 134103014 PRITAM AKHULY Computational Fluid Dynamics simulation of MR polishing fl uid for fi nishing in Magnetic Field Assisted Finishing process 7. 134103015 NIKHIL SHARMA Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of Cutting Tool in Turning Process 8. 134103018 SOORAJ CHACKO Virtual Realization of Poking of an Elastic Object 9. 134103020 BHAGWANT SAYAPPA Experimental determination of mode I stress intensity factor PADOOLKAR (KI) in cracked plates of composite materials 10. 134103021 MEDURI KALYAN Multi-objective Optimisation of Needle and Tapered Roller Bearings suing NSGA-II 11. 134103022 AKSHAY RAMCHANDRA MALI Solution of linear time periodic dynamical systems 12. 134103023 RAVI KANT SONI Analysis of Foil Thrust Bearing 13. 134103025 VIKAS PRASAD Estimation of Spline Fitted Speed-dependent Active Magnetic Bearing Parameters in Flexible Rotor Systems 14. 134103026 PRAVEEN KUMAR Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis of piezoelectric Based Energy Harvester 15. 134103027 PANATHULA CHANDRA SEKHAR Reduction of stress concentration in plates with cutouts through the design of graphite-epoxy graded composite patches 16. 134103028 SUBHAJIT SANFUI Effi cient Assembly of Finite Element Matrices on GPU using Modifi ed Sparse Storage Formats 17. 134103030 ASHISH VASANT GAJBHIYE Parametric Curve Representation for Topology Optimization of Structures Using Genetic Algorithm 18. 134103031 NITESH SINGH Experimental Investigation of Fracture Behaviour of Hybrid FRP Laminate Composites 19. 134103032 KALPANA SHANKHWAR Analysis of temperature and thermal stresses in ultra short pulsed laser welding 20. 134103033 HEMANTH KUMAR K Design of an active magnetic bearing for controlling 21. 134103039 VIBHOOTI NARAYAN MISHRA Design of a viscoelastic composite layer for improved active constrained layer damping of structural vibration 22. 134103041 RAJDEEP ANIL ALAWEKAR Application of Topology Optimization for Minimizing Structural Dynamic Defl ections 23. 134103050 SANDEEP KUMAR Modeling of Multi tool turning process 24. 134103070 SYED NAYAB RASOOL Implementation of cavitation algorithm 379 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 25. 134103080 ABHISHEK KUMAR Bilevel Programming for Structural Optimization 26. 134103090 NISHIKET PANDEY Numerical Investigation of the Eff ect of Diff erent Coatings on Laser Forming of Mild Steel Sheets 27. 144103006 PRIYAM SRIVASTAVA DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF MINIATURIZED VIBRATION ENERGY HARVESTER FOR WIRELESS SENSOR NETOWRKS 28. 144103008 GIRISH GUPTA Finite Element Modeling and Behaviour Analysis of BCW based Motor 29. 144103009 MANE NISHIKANT MARUTI Development of Finite Element Method for Fluid-Structure Interaction Problem 30. 144103012 ARNIKA VERMA Bending Fatigue Performance Evaluation of Polymer Gears 31. 144103014 UTPAL KIRAN Assembly of Finite Element Matrices on Graphics card 32. 144103025 SURYA PRATAP SINGH B-splines Filtering for Topology Optimization of 3D Continua 33. 144103026 KOLUSU GOPALA KRISHNA 3D fi nite element simulation of crack growth in a gas turbine compressor disc 34. 144103038 ADARSH SHRIVASTAVA Actuation capability of a piezoelectric composite disc actuator with varying electro-elastic properties List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Fluids and Thermal Engineering Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134103024 PRAMOD KUMAR SAHU Estimation of Temperature Distribution in Laser Line Heating 2. 134103034 ARITRA MUKHERJEE Analysis of Dual Phase Lag Heat Conduction in Planar, Cylindrical and Spherical Geometry Using Lattice Boltzmann Method 3. 134103036 SANKHADIP MANNA Investigation of fl uid fl ow and forced convective heat transfer around two circular cylinders in tandem placed near a wall 4. 134103038 WASIM AKHTAR Least squares based mesh less approach for incompressible fl uid fl ows 5. 134103044 MANOJKUMAR S PATIL Performance Testing of Metal Hydride Based Compressor Driven Cooling System 6. 134103047 MAYUR KRISHNANI Computational Stability Appraisal of Single-phase Natural Circulation Loop 7. 134103053 GAURAV KUMAR Mixed convection of water in single and double lid driven cavities with density inversion 8. 134103054 RISHIKESH KUMAR Thermal Product Determination of Coaxial Surface Junction SINGH Thermocouples in Short Duration Transient Experiments 9. 134103055 BHIM KUMAR CHOURE Development of Solar Thermal Energy System for Solar Thermal Power plant 10. 134103056 ASHUTOSH SAHU FEM AND EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON ELECTROMAGNETIC FORMAING AND PERFORMATION OF AI SHEETS 11. 134103059 RAJ KUMAR GANGWAR Experimental Investigation of a Diesel Engine Run On Preheated Rice Bran Biodiesel 12. 134103062 K SEETHARAMARAJU Calibration and Characterization of Thin Film Gauges for Short Duration Experiments with Step Heat Loads 13. 134103063 SUMAN KUMAR Finite element modelling of heat transfer in ultra-short pulse laser heating using non-Fourier heat conduction 14. 134103064 KUNDAN KUMUD Numerical Simulation on Magnetic fi eld assisted TIG welding process 15. 134103067 VIPUL PRATAP SINGH Analytical model of energy distribution in friction stir welding process 380 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 16. 134103068 SATYENDRA NATH BARO Development and Experimental Investigation on a Supercritical Natural Circulation Loop 17. 134103069 SONARAM BRAHMA Numerical Simulation of Flows in Supercritical Fluid Systems 18. 134103071 SHUBHAM SINGH Investigation of Orientation and Scale-Up Eff ect on Fluidized Bed Grain Driver 19. 134103072 VISHWAJIT JAGANNATH Analysis of Combined Mode Heat Transfer on a porous medium GHATAGE using Lattice Boltzmann Method 20. 134103073 SUBODH DIWAN Thin Layer Solar Drying of Bhut Jolokia Chilli 21. 134103079 ANUPAM DHARA A numerical study of natural convection in an axisymmetric enclosure 22. 134103083 KALLAMADI NAGARJUNA Development of electromagnet for Drying 23. 134103088 ARJUN JOHN K Analysis of Radiative Heat Transfer in a 1-D and a 2-D Participating Medium Using Lattice Boltzmann Method 24. 134103089 GOLAK KUNTI Study of oscillatory natural convection on a vertical enclosure 25. 134103091 YENNAMANENI AKSHAY Computation of High-Speed Flows on Unstructured Meshes Using KUMAR AUFS Scheme and Venkatakrishnan Limiter 26. 134103096 MOHAN KUMAR Oil Debris Detection in Lubricating Oil Tank using Capacitive Sensor 27. 134103101 GOGINENI SAI Parallelization of Hybrid Unstructured Grid Based CFD Solver PHANINDRA 28. 134103103 L SHIVA Numerical Simulation of Gas-Liquid Two-Phase Flows With Homogeneous Equilibrium Model on Unstructured Grid 29. 144103045 SALMAN KHAN Numerical simulations of coupled fl ow-radiative heat transfer problems in participating media using P1 approximation and unstructured meshes 30. 144103050 DEVAVRAT KASHYAP Computation of High-Speed Flows on Unstructured Meshes 31. 144103080 ANKIT VARSHNEY PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS OF U-TYPE EVACUATED COLLECTOR List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Computer Assisted Manufacturing Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134103082 YOGENDRA SINGH Cellular Automata Finite Element modeling of friction stir welding RAJPOOT process at diff erent tool confi gurations 2. 134103086 BHUKYA DEVENDAR Fabrication and Characterization of Hydroxyapetite Scaff old from Fish Scales 3. 134103087 PREMANANDA EKKA End Forming Studies on Single and Concentric Tubes 4. 134103116 AKASH DUTTA Parametric Design Optimization Thin Wall Machining Operation 5. 134103118 MANISH KUSHWAHA Numerical and Experimental Study on Eff ect of Operating Parameters on Submerged Arc Welding of AISI-304 Stainless Steel 6. 134103125 AMRITAVA SARKAR Development of Thermal Barrier Coating for high temperature applications 7. 144103088 SALUNKHE BHUSHAN MACHINING THIN-WALLS: EXPERIMETAL INVSTOGATION AND SIDHARTH OPTMIZATION 8. 144103103 MIKEL AZKUE EGIA Maintenance asset criticality and RAM-LCC analysis: A boiler fl eet case study 9. 144103118 SAURABH GARG Straighten of bent sheets using laser line heating and friction stir processing 381 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Mechanical Engineering with specialization in Computational Mechanics Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134103092 SUSOBHAN PATRA Numerical Simulation of Swimming Mechanism of Microorganism 2. 134103093 VIVEK MADHUKAR Particle Sedimentation using diff use interface immersed boundary BADHE method 3. 134103094 ABHISHEK YADAV Analysis of Free Corner Eff ect in Composite Plate using Extended Kantorovich Method 4. 134103097 JITENDRA S Computation of Flows with Multi=Relaxation Lattice Boltzmann Method 5. 144103093 CHITRARTH PRASAD Computation of Compressible and Incompressible Flows Using Transient Higher-Order Compact (HOC) Schemes List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Civil Engineering with specialization in Structural Engineering Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134104003 AKHIL THOMAS INFLUENCE OF MASONARY PROPERTIES ON LATERAL LOAD BEHAVIOR OF MASONRY INFILLED RC FRAMES 2. 134104004 PROTIK BISWAS Seismic Analysis of Integral Abutment Bridge-Soil Domain Using Scaled Boundary Finite Element Method 3. 134104005 AVIDESH GOYAL Numerical and experimental investigations of the eff ect of single circular perforation in stainless steel hollow circular stub column under axial compression 4. 134104006 ATUL KUMAR AGRAWAL SIMPLIFIED 3D MODELLING OF HORIZONTALLY CURVED STEEL I-GIRDER BRIDGE 5. 134104007 YADAV HARSHAD Infl uence of Axial Load on low Cyclic Fatigue Behaviour of RC GAJANAN Columns 6. 134104008 SIDDHARTHA SHARMA Retrofi tting of Un-reinforced Masonry Structures 7. 134104009 HIJASUL HAQUE TV Investigation of Seismic Vulnerability of RC Portal Frame 8. 134104010 SUDHI SHARMA P V Reliability Analysis of Composite Thin Plates 9. 134104012 KORE ROHIT RAOSAHEB Analysis of granular chain sensor for measuring impact force 10. 134104013 RESEEM M HAMEED Passive Vibration Control of Wind Turbine Tower using Tuned Column Damper 11. 134104014 UNNIKRISHNAN BM FE modelling of concrete, HyFRC specimens and improvement using Extended Finite Element Method 12. 134104016 KATCHALLA BALA Probabilistic Deformation capacity Model for RC Column & RC KISHORE beam Subject to Blast Loading 13. 134104018 RUPAM PRATIM TALUKDAR Dynamic Analysis of High Speed MAGLEV Vehicle Guideway system in urban rapid transportation 14. 134104019 PRASANTA KAR Structural behaviour of hollow, concrete fi lled, soil-fi lled mild steel tubular stub columns of square, L-,T- and +- cross sectional shapes, under axial compression 15. 134104020 RADHEY SHYAM VERMA Performance Evaluation of RCA in Beam-Column Connections under Cyclic Loading 16. 134104021 LALROSIAMA ZOTE Chloride ingress and chloride induced steel reinforcement corrosion in self-compacting concrete 17. 134104045 WAYCHAL AVINASH Development of Impact Resisting Structure using Granular Chain ANANT 382 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 18. 134104046 GURAV NARENDRA Eff ect of yfl ash content, molarity of sodium hydroxide solution BASAVRAJ and admixed sodium chloride dosages on fresh and hardened properties of geopolymer concrete 19. 134104104 AKHIL KILAPARTHY Probabilistic Capacity estimation of nuclear containment SIVANAND structural component (R.C. SLAB) subjected to impact List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Civil Engineering with specialization in Water Resources Engineering and Management Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134104056 TINESH PATHANIA Simulation of Advective-Dispersive Transport in a Porous Medium using the Operator Splitting technique 2. 134104059 BANDARU GOUTHAM Detection and Management of virus sources in Ground water RAJEEV GANDHI aquifer 3. 134104060 SWARUP DANGAR Daily Suspended Sediment Concentration estimation with Feed- forward neural network: A case study of the Missouri river 4. 134104062 BANDITA BARMAN Morphological Modelling of Alluvial River with Aggregate Mining 5. 134104063 ANURAG SHARMA Turbulent Characteristics in Curvilinear Cross-Section Mobile bed channel 6. 134104064 VIVEK GUPTA Application of Machine learning and data mining for Hydro-climatic modeling 7. 134104065 CHEMBOLU VINAY Advanced geospatial technologies for investigating River-wetland interaction and morphological change studies 8. 134104066 VARSHA SHIVPURE Analysis turbulence characteristics of fl ow of Submerged Flexible Vegetated Channel 9. 134104068 A ANJANEYULU Designing of a Flash fl ood warning system for Delhi City using Weather RADAR and TRMM products 10. 134104069 VIKAS SHARMA Study of sediment dynamics in a stretch of Brahmaputra River with CCHE 2D Simulations 11. 134104070 JAGADISH TALUKDAR Finite Element Model of 1-D Richards’s equation and Solute transport with sorption 12. 134104071 HEERALAL NANDMEHAR Flow and Transport Experiments on Migration of Landfi ll Leachates through Variably Saturated Soil Columns 13. 134104072 RUNART BORO Comparative Assessment of Methodologies used for Infi ltration Determination 14. 144104057 ASHUTOSH SHARMA Identifi cation of homogeneous drought regions and regional drought prediction in Western India 15. 144104063 MANAS KHAN Assessment of spatially-explicit annual water-balance model in two river basins in India List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Civil Engineering with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134104025 SHIBAYAN BISWAS Passive Remote MASW: experimental investigation and dispersion analysis 2. 134104026 GEORGE MOSES K Analysis and Design of Tunnels in Weak Rock 3. 134104030 PRASHANT KUMAR Eff ect of plasticity on SWCC of soil 4. 134104033 MOTURU MOHAN VENKAT Design and Analysis of Embankments with PVDs on Soft Soil PHALGUN 383 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 5. 134104037 JOYDEV SAHA A study on the eff ect of grain size of sand on the hydraulic and compressibility behaviour of sand bentonite mixtures 6. 134104038 DHANESH SING DAS Equilibrium Sediment volume of plastic clays in electrolyte solutions 7. 134104039 PUSHKAL PRATAP Study on horizontal load-deformation behavior of bucket foundations 8. 134104040 PURABI DAS A study on the combined eff ect of salt solutions on the swelling and hydraulic behavior of bentonites 9. 134104105 MICHAEL CONRAD KOCH Eff ect of Pile Driving on Negative Skin Friction: Intricacies of FE Simulation 10. 134104106 ANSEL JOSE Study on strength and deformation characteristics of fi bre- reinforced cohesive soil 11. 134104107 METTA NIRANJAN BHATLU Evaluation of permeability of bentonite-fl y ash mixes 12. 144104091 A BALAJI MUDALIYAR A study on the infl uence of tyre chips and glass fi bre on sand- bentonite mixtures List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Civil Engineering with specialization in Environmental Engineering Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 124104096 SHASHANK CHAUDHARY Performance Monitoring of Facultative Lagoon – Polishing Pond System of Domestic Wastewater Treatment of IIT Guwahati Campus 2. 134104080 KULKARNI PRATIK PRAKASH Oxidation of sulfi de to elemental sulphur during denitrifi cation and characterization of elemental sulphur particles formed in a microaerobic reactor 3. 134104081 GARAGA RAJYA LAKSHMI Evaluation of Filter Media of Traditional Filter Units of Assam and Performance Monitoring of a Filter Unit under Field Conditions 4. 134104082 PERLA HARISH Removal of Lead and Zinc Using Adsorbent Prepared From Aegle marmelos correa Shell 5. 134104083 SHRAVANI SUBHASH KAMAL Assessment and optimization of electrocoagulation as an alternative to conventional chemical coagulation for the treatment of petroleum refi nery wastewater 6. 134104084 SWAGATAM PATNAIK A sustainable approach to Urban Hydrological System: A Case Study of Guwahati City 7. 134104085 SUDHAL SHRUTI RAJENDRA Eff ect of Non-continuous Aeration on Reactor Performance and Aerobic Biomass of a Lab-scale Activated Sludge Process 8. 134104086 BHOITE UDAY RAMRAO A Statistical Model to predict Spatiotemporal Air Quality 9. 134104087 AVISHEK LAHA Biosorption of Lead Metal through Bacterial (Bacillus Badius AK) Dry Mass 10. 134104088 THUMMALURU Batch studies on removal of hexavalent chromium from VISHNUVARDHAN REDDY wastewater by low cost adsorbent, mustard oil cale(MOC) 11. 134104089 VIVEK FRANCIS Eff ects of Pretreatment on Anaerobic Digestion of Food Waste 12. 134104090 EJJADA MEENA CHARACTERIZATION OF REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE(GO) FOR APPLICATION IN WASTEWATER TREATMENT TO REMOVE ORGANICS 13. 134104091 CHAMARTHI OJASWINI EVALUATION OF ARSENIC ADSORPTION BY VARIOUS MEDIA 14. 134104092 GANGARAJU VIDYASAGAR Using CFD to simulate indoor air quality at a workplace 384 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 15. 134104093 KIRAN CHANDRA MUTHU PM Life Cycle Assessment of Guwahati Municipal Solid Waste Management System 16. 134104094 KAMBLE AMOL VASANT Artifi cial Neural Network (ANN) and Genetic Algorithm (GA) Models for the prediction of Ambient Noise Levels at Traffi c Intersection 17. 134104095 DHANANJAY SINGH SHYAMAL Effi ciency of cement as an adsorbent and nalgonda technique on fl uoride removal from real contaminated groundwater 18. 134104096 SACHIN CHAUHAN Adsorption of mercury(II) from wastewater using mustard oil cake List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Civil Engineering with specialization in Transportation Systems Engineering Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134104031 DIBYATONU CHATTOPADHYAY EFFECT OF FILLER TYPES AND CONTENT ON PERFORMANCE OF OPEN GRADED BITUMINOUS MIXES 2. 134104041 VINAMRA MISHRA Evaluation of Properties of Bitumen Modifi ed with Zycotherm and Study of Permeability in Premix Carpet 3. 134104042 SAIKAT PANJA Development of Improved Open Graded Premix Carpet for Single Laying with Seal Coat by Cold Mix Technology 4. 134104043 SANHITA DAS Time Headway Analysis of Vehicles on Indian Roads 5. 134104044 SHREYA DEY Study of Vehicle Speeds on Indian Roads 6. 134104047 UGALE DIPAK ARJUN EFFECT OF WMA ADDITIVES ON MIX DESIGN PARAMETERS OF BITUMINOUS BASE COUSES 7. 134104049 IRAGANABOINA NAVEEN Determination of choice set availability to the individual CHANDRA trip makers in case of fl exible public or intermediate public transport network 8. 134104051 PRANAB KAR Heterogeneous traffi c fl ow modeling using cell transmission model 9. 134104053 RAHUL SINGH Evaluation of Engineering Properties of Soil-Aggregate Mixture with Diff erent Additives 10. 134104054 SHIV KUMAR SINGH EVALUATION OF PERMEABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF PREMIX CARPET 11. 134104061 SURESH NAMA Study of Vehicle Speed on Curves in Hilly Terrain 12. 144104049 SUVIN P V Macroscopic analysis and modeling of heterogeneous traffi c 13. 144104076 PRIYESH DATTATRAYA BABAR Investigations on COMBINED EFFECT OF AGING AND MOISTURE DAMAGE IN PERFORMANC OF BITUMINOUS MIXTURE 14. 144104077 SHIVRAJ SUBHASH BORADE AN INTEGRATED APPROACH TO GENERATE PAVEMENT MAINTENANCE STRATEGIES FOR FLEXIBLE PAVEMENTS List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Civil Engineering with specialization in Infrastructure Engineering and Management Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134104075 SUMAN DEY Eff ect of mineral admixtures and curing condition on properties of high performance concrete 2. 134104079 AJIT KRO Procurement Protocol for Municipal Solid Waste Public Private Partnership Projects 385 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Biotechnology Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134106003 UMESH KUMAR Molecular characterization of a Newcastle disease virus isolated from vaccinated commercial poultry farms in Eastern India 2. 134106008 ANKUR MISHRA Identifi cation , Purifi cation and Characterization of hemin detoxifying factor(s) from macrophages 3. 134106010 SHAGUN SRIVASTAVA Overexpression, Purifi cation and Characterization of the Huntingtin Exon I Domain 4. 134106013 GOWTHAM SELVARAJ Studies on lipid productivities of Chlorella pyrenoidosa under mixotrophic growth with phenol as substrate 5. 134106019 NIKHIL GUPTA Lipid production by Rhodococcus opacus using dairy wastewater for potential biodiesel application: Batch, fed-batch and continuous bioreactor study 6. 134106022 AMRUTHA BASKER Structural and Evolutionary Dynamics of the Sensory and Regulatory RNAs 7. 134106027 PEVEKAR VINAYAK SURESH Development of an Electrostatic and Structure Based Molecular Profi ling Tool to Assist Protein and Peptide Design 8. 134106028 SUMANTH GOVATHATI Screening and Optimization of Lipid inducer for single stage lipid rich cultivation of Chlorella sp. FC2 IITG targeted towards biodiesel production 9. 134106037 VINOH SWU BMP signaling in cancer cell migration 10. 144106002 PREETI CHAUHAN Antibiofi lm potential of Zinc Oxide Nanocomposite Loaded with a Bactericidal Synthetic Amphiphile 11. 144106003 MRINAL SHARMA Karanjin exhibits proestrogenic eff ect on MCF-7 breast cancer cell line 12. 144106004 PALLAVI Understanding role of temperature on host cells in malaria like conditions 13. 144106005 ROHIT P JAMES Fungal chitosan production from Kraft black liquor 14. 144106006 MIMI ADHIKARY Composite silk scaff olds for bone and cartilage tissue engineering 15. 144106011 SONA SHARMA Development of novel antileishmanial compounds 16. 144106012 PRIYANKA DUBEY Flux balance analysis of wild type Zymomonas mobilis ZM4 and its mutant ZW658 17. 144106015 ADITYA GOPALAKRISHNA Investigating the structure and dynamics of monomeric RAO chorismate mutase from molecular dynamics simulations 18. 144106017 SAKSHI TIWARI Bioremediation of soils contaminated with crude oil and heavy metals 19. 144106018 VIVEK PRAKASH Eff ect of Advanced glycation end products on the expression and function of neutrophil store operated calcium entry 20. 144106020 RAMYA M Investigation of cytotoxic eff ects of labdane diterpenes from Alpinia nigra seed on mammalian breast cancer cells 21. 144106022 SMITA DAS Aptamer as biorecognition system for detection of malaria in an electrochemical transducer based platform 22. 144106023 MD RAMIZ RAZA Composite Plant in Cowpea for Functional Analysis of VuSTOP1 Transcription Factor for Tolerance to Rhizotoxic Al3+ ions 23. 144106026 VIKAS RANJAN Fabrication of Scaff olds by Electrospinning and its Characterization 24. 144106028 ROHIT SHESHRAO GHODKE Optimization of Hyaluronic Acid Production Utilizing the Biochemical Constituents of Palmyra Palm Jaggery Based Medium 386 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 25. 144106031 KETAN ASHOK GANAR Characterization of avian paramyxovirus and chicken anemia virus isolated from diff erent outbreak in India 26. 144106032 KANCHAN CHAUHAN Cloning, over expression, purifi cation and functional characterization of small ribosomal subunit rRNA methyltransferase (RsmA) from Pyrococcus horikoshii 27. 144106033 SANDEEP INIGO SURIN Development of a novel vector using MC11 promoter from Metarhizium anisopliae for improved fungal expression 28. 144106035 KAUSHALESH GUPTA Eff ect of allelic diff erences on stochastic gene expression 29. 144106037 GARGI MUKHOPADHYAY Studies of recombinant Glutathione-S-transferase stabilized nanoparticles for possible biochemical applications 30. 144106038 NAVEEN BIJALWAN An In silico approach to analyse Ponatinib derivatives to target tyrosine kinases for CML treatment 31. 144106039 MANJU NAGAR Molecular characterization of phospholipase C-8 subtype genes from the model fi lamentous fungus Neurosporacrassa 32. 144106040 AKASH Establishment and scale-up of cell suspension cultures from in vitro cell lines of Tinospora cordifolia for bioactive metabolite production List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Chemical Engineering with specialization in Petroleum Science and Technology Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134107002 VASUKIRAN MANDAVA Numerical Investigation of Critical Reynolds Number of Power- law Non-Newtonian Fluids Flow past Solid Spheres 2. 134107003 JOYDIP CHAUDHURI Electric and Magnetic Filed Induced Instabilities in Micro and Nano Systems 3. 134107004 MALLADI DASARADHI Upgradation of Bio-oil in Upfl ow Fixed Bed Reactor – A Numerical SUBRAMANYAM Study 4. 134107005 LOKESH LOHANI Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes and their Use for the Modifi cation of Polysulfone Membranes 5. 134107006 SHIVA SHUKLA SYNTHESIS OF ALUMINA SUPPORTED PALLADIUM CATALYST BY ELECTROLESS PLATING 6. 134107008 SUSHMA CHAKRABORTY Synthesis and Characterization of Cds Nanoparticles by treating Cadmium infused industrial effl uent through Liquid Membrane Technology 7. 134107009 RISHIKET KUNDU Recovery of elemental sulphur using gamma-alumina catalyst 8. 134107011 GOURAV CHATTERJEE Thermochemical Conversion of Cassia Siamea Seed to Transportation Fuel 9. 134107012 ADITI SHARMA Experimental Studies on Alkali-Surfactant-Polymer (ASP) based enhanced oil recovery of Assam Crude Oil 10. 134107013 PARTHA PRATIM ADHIKARI Fabrication of MCM-41 and MCM-48 Composite Membranes for the Separation of and from Aqueous Solution 11. 134107014 ANKAN SHRIVASTAVA Experimental and Power plant simulation studies on underground coal Gasifi cation 12. 134107015 PATRALI MUKHERJEE APPLICATIONS OF NOVEL MCM 41 FOR DRUG DELEIVERY 13. 134107016 ABHISHEK KUMAR Molecular Simulation Studies on Poly(lactic acid)-based Nanocomposites 14. 134107017 SATYENDRA PATEL Hydrodynamics of Bubble Swarms of Low to Moderate Volume Fractions in Contaminated Power-law Liquids 387 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 15. 134107018 CHINTA Multi-Objective Optimization Production Planning in SIVADURGAPRASAD Petrochemical Industries 16. 134107019 SADU SURYA VENKATA Stability of Aqueous Foams in the Presence of Ionic Surfactants VINAY BABU and Alcohols 17. 134107020 ABHIJEET SACHAN Gas adsorption on MOF-519 metal organic frameworks 18. 134107022 KOKKILIGADDA LEELA Gas adsorption on MOF-519 metal organic frameworks VENKATA SAGAR 19. 134107023 ABHIPSIT KUMAR SINGH A Numerical Study on Mixed Convective Heat of Circular and Elliptical Cylinders 20. 134107024 SUNIL PRAKASH Electrochemical Investigation of Carbon Steel Corrosion in Naphthenic acid 21. 134107025 MEDITHI VIKAS Experimentation and Stochastic Modelling for axial dispersion in slurry bubble column reactor 22. 134107026 AVINASH BOMBARDE Experimental Investigation of Liquid Cooled Pebble Bed Reactor 23. 134107027 PREM SAGAR PILLAJETTI Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Underground Coal Combustion and Classifi cation 24. 134107031 VIKAS KUMAR SINGH Absorption of CO2 into Novel Aqueous Blended Amine Solution: Studies on Physiochemical Properties of the Solvent 25. 144107021 ANEM KARTHIK CHEMICAL INDUECD ENHANCED OIL RECOVERY FOR ASSAM CRUDE ADSORPTION STUDIES List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Tech. degree in Chemical Engineering with specialization in Materials Science and Technology Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 134107029 DEBASHIS TARAFDER Studies on Fabrication of Cellulose Nanocrystals and its Application in Preparation of Poly(lactic acid) Bionanocomposites 2. 134107030 ANANYA DAS Synthesis and Characterization of Chitosan and Film Processing of Chitosan based bionanocomposite 3. 134107034 MAYANK AGARWAL Mechanistic Investigations in Ultrasound-assisted Biochemical Processes 4. 134107037 SNIGDHA CHAKRABORTY Experimental Studies on the Instability of Thin Liquid Crystal Films 5. 134107043 SIDDHARTH THAKUR Self-organized Micro-pattering of Thin Conducting Polymer Films for Photovoltaic Applications 6. 134107044 PYARIMOHAN DEHURY Liquid-Liquid Extraction and Conceptual Process Design for the Extraction of Lower Alcohols 7. 134107045 SENTHIL S Reverse Osmosis-Pressure Retarded Osmosis Hybrid System, Modeling and Simulation 8. 134107046 VERSHA RANI Application of Electro-Chemically generated H202 for Treatment of Wastewater 9. 134107052 PRIYANKA DEORAO HAJARE Heteroatom modifi ed templated carbon for hydrogen storage 10. 134107056 RAJANI KANT BARO Experimental and Numerical Investigation of Gas-Solid Flow in circulating fl uidized bed 11. 134107059 JONNALAGADDA Preparation & Characterization of Bio-waste Heterogeneous SUVARDHAN Catalyst for the Epoxidation of Non-edible Oil 12. 134107060 PHILIP BERNSTEIN SAYNIK Development of an effi cient Bioleaching process for the extraction of metals from spent catalysts 388 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 13. 134107061 SACHIN SHARMA Sonochemical Synthesis and Characterisation of Poly (MMA-co- BA)/ Cloisite 30B and P(MMA-co-BA)/ZnO Nanocomposites 14. 134107064 SATYADIP CHAKRABORTY Biological Fabrication and Applications of Metal and Metal Doped Nanoparticles 15. 134107068 SATARUPA DUTTA Paper Based Optical α–Amylase Sensor for a Potential MEMS Device 16. 134107072 PIYAL MONDAL Preparation and Characterization of Hydrophilic PVDF-Co-HFP Membrane for Protein Separation 17. 144107031 SURJENDU MAITY Field Induced Enhanced Effi ciency of Microfl uidic Reactors 18. 144107032 SHREYA MUKHERJEE Computational Study of Self-propelling Objects 19. 144107044 RIT PRATIK MISHRA Adsorption and separation of gases and gas mixtures in zeolitic imidazolate frameworks: A molecular simulation study 20. 144107053 ABHILASH KUMAR Eff ect of dimethylsulfoxide on naphthenic acid corrosion of carbon steel 21. 144107065 RAJIB METE Green synthesis of biodiesel from rohu fi sh(Labeo Rohita) waste and studies on its rheological and cold fl ow properties List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of M.Des. degree in Design Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 144205001 ARPAN JYOTI MAHANTA Designing a Human-Powered Electric Vehicle 2. 144205002 NILUTPAL BORGOHAIN Energy responds form: Form responds Energy 3. 144205003 KESHAV VENKATESH Self-Asisted Instructional Design for Fitness Enthusiasts 4. 144205004 HRIDAY GAMI Tales from the Cellular Underworld: An on Demand Audio Service for Cancer Patients and caregivers 5. 144205005 NIKHIL M SPOTLIGHT: Building a Healthy Arts Ecosystem among people 6. 144205006 POONAM SURESH WAGLE DECODE: Awareness on Dyslexia and Design of a Learning aid for Dyslexic children 7. 144205007 TRIDIB DAS Guwahati – An illustrative journey 8. 144205008 ANUMEHA AKHIL SUCCENA M-Health Application Design For Lifestyle Modifi cation in Diabetic Users 9. 144205009 BETSON JOSEPH GEORGE A Backpacking Designer’s Journal: Exploration in Travel & Creative Collaboration 10. 144205010 VIKASH KUMAR SINGH Design Porter Access System for Indian Railway 11. 144205011 DIGJOT SINGH Empowering Fitness Enthusiasts in a Gym Environment 12. 144205012 GUNJAN SOBHANI Demystifying Computational Thinking Concepts Using Instructional Design 13. 144205013 AKASH MOHAN Learning aids for Rural primary schools in Assam 14. 144205014 VIVEK Exterior Design of a Small Smart Car for Renault targeting urban India of the Year 2030 15. 144205015 SURJMANI LAISHRAM E-Healthcare Intervention In Empowering Diabetes Ecosystem in India 16. 144205016 SREENATH S P Nissan Autonomous Car for the year 2025 17. 144205017 ADITYA SINGH YADAV Project X: Interactive location based digital 3D game 18. 144205018 ASHUTOSH GUPTA North East India Railway Map and Information Guide 19. 144205019 DURGESH BHAWSAR BOOND : Design System for Water Purifi cation for Rural Areas In Guwahati 389 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 20. 144205020 SHWETA GUPTA Awareness Campaign on Organ Donation 21. 144205021 BHAVISH KUMAR CHOUHAN Farming Anatomy, A brief about local agricultural tools of Assam 22. 144205022 SENTHIL KUMAR B Breaking the binary-Creating Inclusive Workplace for LGBTQ People 23. 144205023 KOPPU NARESH KUMAR 3D printed concept Car 24. 144205024 BALLA TEJ KUMAR Designing a Security Solution to Control Residential Burglaries in Semi Urban Areas 25. 144205025 HONLUNG RAGUI Design of a Modern Typeface in Meetai Mayek Script 26. 144205026 AAKASH YAMBA Research and Documentation on Tibetan calligraphy List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of Ph.D. degree in Computer Science and Engineering Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 05610105 RAJENDRA PAMULA Data Pruning Based Outlier Detection 2. 08610101 ROHIT TRIPATHI Dynamic Internet Pricing with Service Level Agreements for Clients with Multi-ISP Connections 3. 10610110 NILKANTA SAHU Robust Watermarking for Scalable Video Sequence 4. 10610112 SHIRSHENDU DAS Eff ective Utilisation of LLCs by Managing Associativity, Placement and Mapping List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of Ph.D. degree in Electronics and Electrical Engineering Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 08610205 KUNTAL DEKA INVESTIGATIONS ON BINARY AND NON-BINARY LDPC CODES 2. 08610211 SUNIL Y IMPROVING CHILDREN’S SPEECH RECOGNITION UNDER MISMATCHED CONDITION USING ARTIFICIAL BANDWIDTH EXTENSION 3. 09610203 SAM DARSHI MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF ASYNCHRONIZED INTERFERENCE IN WIRELESS NETWORKS 4. 10610212 BRIJESH KUMBHANI Performance Analysis of MIMO Systems: Transmit Antenna Selection, Cooperative Communications and Spatiual Modulation 5. 10610227 ATUL KUMAR Diff erential Chaos Shift Keying Modulation for Cooperative and Spatial Diversity Communication Systems 6. 11610234 RATUKL KUMAR BARUAH MODELLING AND SIMULATION OF SHORT CHANNEL JUNCTIONLESS TRANSISTOR FROM AN ANALOG DESIGN PERSPECTIVE List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of Ph.D. degree in Mechanical Engineering Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 1. 08610308 SACHINDRA MAHTO SHAPE OPTIMIZATION OF REVOLUTE-JOINTED FLEXIBLE MANIPULATORS 2. 09610307 AMITAVA GHATAK CREEP CORRELATION OF MICRO-ALLOYED HP40Nb REFORMER STEEL 3. 09610309 JAGANNATH SARDAR Design and Development of Low Cost Cement Reinforced Polymeric Composite Material for Fabrication of Automotive Parts 4. 09610317 MANJULA DAS INVESTIGATION ON BIOGAS GENERATION AND PURIFICATION USING LIGNOCELLULOSIC BIOMASS AND CATTLE DUNG 5. 10610306 ARAVINDA KUMAR Design and Non-Linear Frequency-Response Analysis of Smart M.S. Functionally Graded Plates using a 1-3 Piezoelectric Composite 6. 10610310 THRI SEKHAR REDDY CHARACTERIZATION OF CYLINDICAL AND ELLIPTICAL TEXTURED GANJI JOURNAL BEARING 390 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Sl. No. Roll No Name Project Title 7. 10610318 T. MOASUNEP JAMIR Gas Foil Bearing: Eff ect of Foil Materials and Stability Analysis Using Diff erent Models for Foil Structure 8. 10610319 RAVI KANT Assessment of Feasibility, Productivity and Product Quality during Laser Based Bending of Magnesium Alloy Sheets 9. 10610321 NIRAJ KUMAR MISHRA Development of Self-Aspirated Two-Layer Porous Radiant Burners for LPG Cooking Applications 10. 10610322 YADAIAH Experimental investigation and Numerical Modeling of Deep NIRSANAMETLA Penetration Laser and GTA Welding Processes 11. 10610324 DEEPATI ANIL KUMAR TRANSIENT THERMAL ANALYSIS AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF FRICTION STIR WELDING ON SIMILAR AND DISSIMILAR MATERIALS 12. 10610327 SATHISHA H M THERMO-ELECTRO-HYDRODYNAMIC INVESTIGATIONS OF ALL- VANADIUM REDOX FLOW BATTERY USING LUMPED MODEL AND NUMERICAL SIMULATION 13. 10610329 GANGADHARA KIRAN Thermal Comfort Analysis of Buildings with Emphasis on Roof Types KUMAR L 14. 10610330 A. MUTHURAJA DEVELOPMENT AND PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF TUNGSTEN CARBIDE BASED SELF LUBRICATING CUTTING TOOL 15. 10610335 BISWAJIT PARIDA EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION OF FRICTION STIR WELDING PROCESS 16. 11610309 BHASKOR JYOTI BORA STANDARDIZING THE SPECIFICATIONS OF A BIOGAS RUN DUAL FUEL DIESEL ENGINE FOR STATIONARY APPLICATIONS 17. 11610317 PALLEKONDA EXPERIMENTAL AND COMPUTATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS OF FORCE RAMESH BABU PREDICTION METHODOLOGY FROM FORCE BALANCES FOR SHORT DURATION APPLICATIONS 18. 11610327 N. SHANMUGA PRIYA SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HIGH OXYGEN STORAGE CAPACITY NANOPARTICLES DISPERSED DIESEL FOR THE EMISSION REDUCTION AND PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT OF A DIRECT INJECTION ENGINE 19. 126103030 S. ARUN Design, development and testing of user friendly, light weight and inexpensive artifi cial limb for trans-femoral amputees. 20. 126103035 SANDEEP SINGH MODEL BASED FAULT AND SYSTEM PARAMETER IDENTIFICATION IN ROTOR-AMB SYSTEMS WITH BREATHING CRACK 21. 126103037 PHYU PHYU THANT EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION OF CEREAL CROP DRYING IN AN INCLINED BUBBLING FLUIDIZED BED List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of Ph.D. degree in Civil Engineering Sl. No. Roll No Name Thesis Title 1. 09610413 DIBYENDU PAL Analysis and Modeling of Vehicular Movement in no-lane- disciplined Heterogeneous Traffi c Stream 2. 09610417 WAIKHOM ROSHAN SINGH COMPOSTING OF FLOATING BIOMASS (PHUMDI AND SALVINIA NATANS) OF LOKTAK LAKE (MANIPUR, INDIA) 3. 10610413 ABHIJIT DEKA A Study on the Water Retention and Contaminant Retention Behaviour of Fly Ash, Bentonite and Its Mixes 4. 10610416 VISHAL DESHPANDE Hydrodynamics of Alluvial Channel with Downward Seepage 5. 10610418 ARGHADEEP BISWAS INFLUENCE OF SUBSOIL STRENGTH ON PERFORMANCE OF GEOSYNTHETIC-REINFORCED FOUNDATIONS 6. 11610402 R. LALTHLAMUANA IDENTIFICATION OF VEHICLE PARAMETERS FROM BRIDGE DYNAMIC RESPONSE 391 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Sl. No. Roll No Name Thesis Title 7. 11610406 JAGORI DUTTA A STUDY ON THE EFFECT OF SALTS ON THE SWELLING, HYDRAULIC AND CONSOLIDATION BEHAVIOUR OF BENTONITES 8. 11610428 DEB DULAL TRIPURA Structural Behaviour of Unreinforced and Reinforced Cement Stabilised Rammed Earth Columns under Axial Compression 9. 126104034 V. SUDHARSAN VARMA COMPOSTING OF VEGETABLE WASTE THROUGH DIFFERENT COMPOSTING TECHNIQUES 10. 136104018 VISHAL SINGH Hydrological and Hydrodynamic Modeling under Climate Change Scenarios in Snow-Glacier Induced Himalayan Catchment List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of Ph.D. degree in Design Sl. No. Roll No Name Thesis Title 1. 09610501 K K PRODUCT SERVICE SYSTEMS APPROACH TO DESIGN FOR SUSTAINABILITY BALAKRISHNAN 2. 09610502 VIKASH KUMAR Development of a Morphological Approach in Sustainable Product Designing 3. 10610504 KEYUR SORATHIA Gestural Interfaces for Maternal Healthcare: A Case Study of Rural Assam, North-East India 4. 11610501 SANJOG J Ergonomic design interventions for improvement of shop-fl oor working conditions in the Indian small and medium scale injection-molded plastic furniture manufacturing industries 5. 11610503 SHRUTI HEMANI Infl uence of Urban Forms on Social Sustainability: A case of Guwahati, Assam 6. 126105003 ANIRBAN Infl uence of Anthropomorphic Product Appearance on Purchase Intention: CHOWDHURY A Cognitive Ergonomics Perspective 7. 126105007 THANESWER PATEL Ergonomic Design Modifi cation of ‘Pedal Operated Paddy Thresher’ Adoptable for Agricultural Needs of Northeast India 8. 126105008 HAILU Evaluation of Virtual Product and Usability of Haptic Feedback Systems (A GEBRETSADIK case study of Phantom Omni force feedback device) TEKLEMARIAM List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of Ph.D. degree in Biosciences and Bioengineering Sl. No. Roll No Name Thesis Title 1. 10610607 SUDEEP GOSWAMI Antibacterial Activity and Potential Therapeutic Applications of Pyridine- based Synthetic Amphiphiles 2. 10610612 SURADIP DAS ARTIFICIAL SCAFFOLDS FOR NEURAL TISSUE ENGINEERING 3. 10610617 SOUMYADEEP Molecular cloning, expression, structural and functional characterization CHAKRABORTY of pectate lyase of family 1 polysaccharide lyase (PL1) from Clostridium thermocellum ATCC 27405 and its applications in production of immobilized magnetic nanoparticle for bioscouring and pectic oligosaccharides inhibiting colon cancer cells 4. 10610621 MOUSUMI DAS Studies on redox system of Leishmania donovani: Understanding drug resistance process and discovery of novel drug candidates 5. 11610601 ARNISH Characterization and activity profi ling of candidate drugs against CHAKRABORTY PFD0975w from Plasmodium falciparum 6. 11610628 SHALINI SINGH Exploring Leishmania Biochemistry to Understand Eff ect of Spermidine Starvation and Identifi cation of Novel Drug Candidates 392 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of Ph.D. degree in Chemical Engineering Sl. No. Roll No Name Thesis Title 1. 09610728 RUHIT JYOTI KONWAR Templated Carbons for Hydrogen Storage Application 2. 10610702 SANJIB BARMA Amine functionalized ordered mesoporous silica materials and its applications towards adsorbent and membrane for CO2 capture 3. 10610704 ASHISH KUMAR Microfl uid Flow and Particle Transport in Evaporating Drops THOKCHOM 4. 10610705 KAMAL KUMAR BHATLURI Liquid Membrane based Technology for the Separation of Toxic Heavy Metals from Industrial Effl uents 5. 10610715 V. RAVI BABU Studies on the properties of Graphene and Sucrose Palmitate Reinforced Poly(lactic acid) Nanocomposite Films 6. 10610716 BANDI CANDRA SEKHAR Optimal Design of Multi-stage Flash (MSF), Reverse Osmosis (RO) and Hybrid MSF-RO Seawater Desalination Processes Using Diff erential Evolution Algorithm 7. 10610718 T. ANIL KUMAR FLOW PATTERN-BASED TRANSPORT PROCESSES OF GAS-NON- NEWTONIAN FLOW IN HELICAL COIL 8. 11610701 VIKRANTH VOLLI Preparation and Characterization of Flyash Based Catalyst for Transesterifi cation of Mustard Oil 9. 11610702 VENU BABU BORUGADDA Synthesis of Bio-lubricant Basestocks: Substitute to Conventional Lubricants 10. 11610705 SANKAR CHAKMA MECHANISTIC INVESTIGATIONS IN HYBRID ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES FOR DEGRADATION OF RECALCITRANT POLLUTANTS 11. 11610706 SNIGDHA KHUNTIA REMOVAL OF AMMONIA, ARSENIC AND DYESTUFFS FROM WATER BY OZONE MICROBUBBIES 12. 11610707 ANJANI RAVI KIRAN CFD MODELING AND SIMULATIONS OF CATALYTIC GOLLAKOTA HYDROTREATMENT OF BIO-OIL 13. 11610709 SUJOY BOSE Development of a Low-cost Catalytic Membrane Reactor for Sulfur Recovery 14. 11610710 RAJEEV PARMAR HYDRODYNAMICS AND MINERAL BENEFICIATION EFFICIENCY OF IONIC MICROBUBBLE 15. 11610712 MANISH KUMAR SINHA Preparation and Characterization of Fouling Resistant Ultrafi ltration Membrane 16. 11610715 JAYKUMAR BABA Physical Features of Ultrasound-Enhanced Desulfurization of BHASARKAR Liquid Fuels 17. 126107008 DHARAMASHIBHAI Experimental, Modelling and Optimization Insights for the VIHABHAI RABARI Enhancement of Butanol Production using Phosphonium based Ionic Liquids 18. 126107025 V SHYAM KUMAR YADAV Electrochemical and Photo Electrochemical Studies for CO2 Reduction and Dye Removal using CO3O4 as Anode 19. 126107031 ASHIM KUMAR Fabrication, Characterization of Zeolite-Ceramic Composite BASUMATARY Membranes and Their Application in Separation of Metal Ions from Aqueous Solution List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of Ph.D. degree in Physics Sl. No. Roll No Name Thesis Title 1. 08612109 HIMANSHU SHEKHAR JHA Growth and Study of Cubic Silicon Carbide (3C-SiC) Thin Films by Hot Wire Chemical Vapour Deposition Technique 2. 09612116 SATENDRA KUMAR Study of Electroweak Symmetry Breaking through Higgs and Gauge Boson Couplings 393 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Sl. No. Roll No Name Thesis Title 3. 09612117 MUKESH SINGH Synthesis and Study of Diff erent Carbon Nanomaterials: Diamond like Carbon, Carbon Nanofl akes and Graphene Thin Films 4. 09612126 BHARGAB DEKA COMPOSITION DEPENDENT PROPERTIES OF QUATERNARY FULL HEUSLER ALLOYS EXHIBITING FERROMAGNETISM, ANTIFERROMAGNETISM AND FERRIMAGNETISM 5. 09612132 SURESH BABU M Vortex state studies in a weakly pinned low Tc superconductor – Ca3Rh4Sn13 6. 10612103 MD. GAFFAR Eff ect of aberrations on tightly focused cylindrical vector beams 7. 10612106 VIPIN KUMAR Optical Properties of 2D Carbon Based Materials 8. 10612107 NISHA SHANKHWAR PREPARATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF NANOCOMPOSITES FOR BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS 9. 126121011 RANJAN KUMAR BHUYAN Development of bulk and thin fi lms of Mg2TiO4 based ceramics for microwave applications List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of Ph.D. degree in Chemistry Sl. No. Roll No Name Thesis Title 1. 09612203 ASWINI KALITA Nitric oxides reactivity of Copper(II), Manganese(II) and Iron(III) complexes with N-donor and O-donor ligands 2. 09612209 RUMI KHANDELIA Interactive Proteins and Nanoscale Particles for Cancer Therapeutics 3. 09612225 MD. PALASHUDDIN SK Versatile Applications of Carbon Nanoparticles 4. 10612201 PRITHIVIRAJ KHAKHLARY Supramolecular aspects, ion recognitions, metal complexes and antimalarial activity of quinoline derivatives 5. 10612204 B. MUTHURAJ Design and Synthesis of Fluorescent Probes for Applications in Sensors and Modulating Amyloid β Fibrils 6. 10612205 SANTHOSH KUMAR ALLA Studies Toward Metal-Free Synthesis of Benzofuzed Azoles Using Hypervalent Iodine 7. 10612207 SUKHAMOY GORAI Membrane Binding Mechanism of Phosphoinositide Interacting Domains and Development of Their Inhibitors 8. 10612208 JAYANTA KR. NATH Self assemblies, ion recognitions by some cyclic imides and related fi rst row transition metal complexes 9. 10612209 RAMA GHOSH Gold and Copper Based Nanomaterials for Potential Theranostic Applications 10. 10612210 ROMEN CHUTIA Anion and Ion-Pair Directed Self-Assembly of Urea Functionalized Molecules 11. 10612211 RADHAKRISHNAN K Synthesis and Physical Studies of 2-Aminopyrimidine and Uracil Derivatives as Nucleobase Analogues and Oligonucleotides 12. 10612216 KANHU CHARAN ROUT Development of fl uorescent sensors for reactive nitrogen species like nitric oxide and nitrite ion 13. 10612217 PRASANTA RAY BAGDI Copper Oxide Nanoparticles Assisted Synthesis of 1,4-Triazole Based New Organic Molecules And Facile Access to N-Heterocycles Using Multicomponent Reactions 14. 10612218 NILUFA KHATUN Transition Metal-Catalyzed Synthesis of Anhydrides, Ketones, Esters and 2H-Benzotriazoles via C–H Bond Functionalization 15. 10612221 ARGHYA BANERJEE Transition Metal Catalyzed Formation of C–C and C–O Bonds: A Substrate Based C–H Functionalization Approach 394 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Sl. No. Roll No Name Thesis Title 16. 10612224 SUBRATA PAUL Molecular Dynamics Simulation Studies on Counteraction of Temperature-Induced and Urea-Conferred Protein Denaturation by Trehalose Molecules 17. 10612225 SATYAPRIYA BHANDARI Chemical Reactions on the Surface of Quantum Dots 18. 10612226 MD. NAJBUL HOQUE An Endeavor in Receptor Design for Solid State Recognition of Anions/Hydrated Anions 19. 10612227 VIKASH KUMAR Reactivity of copper(II) complexes with NOx (X=1, 2): Development of NO2 sensors 20. 10612229 DIPANKAR BARPUZARY Design and Development of Novel Structured ZnO Based Semiconductor/Dye Sensitized Solar Cells 21. 10612232 AJAZ AHMAD DAR Synthesis of Sulfur Containing Organic Compounds Using Multicomponent Reactions (MCRs): Their Biological and Photophysical Studies 22. 10612233 CHANDANI RANI DAS Identifi cation of Factors Governing Chiral Resolution of 1-Phenylethylamine and Few Amino alcohols Using Metallo- organic Host 23. 10612237 MAJJI GANESH Oxidative C–O Bond Formation via C–H Functionalization under Metal Free Conditions 24. 10612240 ANUPAL GOGOI Copper Catalyzed Synthesis of Five and Six Membered Nitrogen Containing Heterocycles 25. 10612241 ABHIJIT GOGOI Benzimidazole and Benzothiazole Based Chemosensors For Biologically Important Analytes 26. 10612244 ASHIM PAUL Development of New Strategies for Peptide Based Drug Design against Alzheimer’s Disease 27. 11612217 JULFIKAR HASSAN MONDAL Cucurbit[8]uril Assisted Vesicle Formation by Viologen Amphiphiles: A Systematic Analysis and Application 28. 11612219 SABERA SULTANA Synthesis of Alkenols and Their Use in Construction of Oxygen Heterocycles 29. 11612226 BARUN KUMAR DATTA Design and synthesis of Fluorogenic and Chromogenic probes for the Detection of Ionic Guests in Solution and Biological medium 30. 11612246 NABAJEET BARMAN Anomalous Modulation of Photoinduced Electron Transfer of Coumarin Acceptors in Solvent Mixtures: Eff ect of Excited-State Hydrogen Bonding List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of Ph.D. degree in Mathematics Sl. No. Roll No Name Thesis Title 1. 09612308 KALYAN SINHA ON COMPLETION PROBLEMS FOR SOME CLASSES OF MATRICES 2. 09612311 JHUMA SEN GUPTA A POSTERIORI ERROR ANALYSIS OF FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR PARABOLIC INTERFACE PROBLEMS 3. 10612305 BARUN GORAIN Approximation Algorithms for Sweep Coverage in Wireless Sensor Networks 4. 10612307 NEELAM CHOUDHARY Linear sloshing in vertical circular cylindrical containers with diff erent confi gurations under the infl uence of surface tension 5. 10612308 PUNIT SHARMA EIGENVALUE BACKWARD ERRORS OF POLYNOMIAL EIGENVALUE PROBLEMS UNDER STRUCTURE PRESERVING PERTURBATIONS 395 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of Ph.D. degree in Humanities and Social Sciences Sl. No. Roll No Name Thesis Title 1. 09614102 PALLAVI Problem of the Other in Jean Paul Sartre’s Existential Phenomenology SHARMA 2. 09614112 MRIDUSMITA EVOLVING INTRICACIES OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS: A STUDY OF SELECTED DUARA TEA ESTATES IN ASSAM 3. 11614105 TULIKA SINGH A Study of Cue Characteristics on Prospective Memory: Exploring the Role of Sleep 4. 126141006 KAVERI DEB Indices of Comparative Advantage: A Study with Focus on Diff erences between Gross Trade and Value-Added Trade List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of Ph.D. degree in Energy Sl. No. Roll No Name Thesis Title 1. 09615106 MADHURI DAS Development of Nanocomposite Based Bioelectrodes using Alcohol Oxidase and Laccase as Biocatalysts for Bioelectronic Applications 2. 09615107 AMRITA DIFUSA Studies on Cultivation Strategies and Biodiesel Production from Selected Microalgae Species of North-East India List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of Ph.D. degree in Environment Sl. No. Roll No Name Thesis Title 1. 09615203 SAMARPITA BASU CO2 Sequestration using Microalga Scenedesmus obliquus SA1 isolated from Bio-diversity Hotspot Region of Assam 2. 11615202 SURYA SINGH Direct Electrochemical Reduction of Gaseous Carbon Dioxide to Value Added Products: Investigations on Electrocatalysts List of students who have fulfi lled requirements for award of Ph.D. degree in Nanotechnology Sl. No. Roll No Name Thesis Title 1. 10615301 BIROJU RAVI KUMAR Fabrication and Characterization of CVD Graphene Based Hybrid Nanostructures for Photoconductive and Photocatalytic Applications 2. 10615305 NIMMAKAYALA V.V. Fabrication and Characterization of Highly Environmental SUBBARAO Sustainable Organic Field-Eff ect Transistors with Tri-layer Gate Dielectrics 396 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 under are etc. ce Appendix–IV nishing work including HVAC including HVAC nishing work Remarks ile Works: ile Works: Complete. Block A & B: All 528 rooms in these two blocks are handed over. handed over. blocks are in these two Block A & B: All 528 rooms court Kitchen, Dining along with food Dining and Kitchen at area: under use. oor are 1st fl facilities including games All common Facilities: common Central Offi taker’s and care Warden security, rooms, occupation. handed over. are Block C: All 324 rooms ready. are 108 rooms Block D: Out of 152 rooms going on. The work is expected to be completed by March 2018 March by is expected be completed to work The going on. The expansion work of Chemistry, EEE and Mechanical of Chemistry, expansion work The Department and is in use. has been completed fi present At Class Room Complex: and electrical works for 18 nos. 120 capacity halls is complete. For For 120 capacity halls is complete. 18 nos. and electrical for works The is in progress. structural 200 capacity of roof halls, 6 nos. works within July 2017. is expected be completed to work in lakhs) Financial Financial ` ( 31.03.2017 Total Progress upto Progress Total Physical During 2016-2017 85% 10% 95% 6564.96 P Physical Progress Physical Upto 31.03.16 2532.53 85% 15% 100% 1732.63 and handed over. Completed 8228.00 9665.03 5% 40% 45% 3776.67 is Superstructure work has been completed. work foundation The 6094.68 65% 20% 85% 5679.62 Phase-IV works works Cost of Cost ( ` in lakhs) PROGRESS IN CONSTRUCTION WORKS CONSTRUCTION IN PROGRESS oor area) oor oor area) oor oor area) oor Works at let 6712 sqm oor area) oor (956 capacity with 31050 sqm fl and Dormitory Building (96 fl fl (1152 capacity with 34785 sqm fl Department of EEE & ME Chemistry, Class room (9875 sqm fl 2. 10 Hostel Boys’ 1. Married Scholars hostel 3. 11 Hostel Boys’ 4. Complex Extension of Academic a) (Phase-IV & Classroom) Sl. No. 397 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Remarks nishing work is in progress. The work is expected be to work The is in progress. nishing work completed within October 2017. completed DoD, CSE, Physics, Chemical, HSS and Math: All structural Chemical, work CSE, Physics, DoD, by shall be ready Work going on. are items Finishing is complete. October 2017 done and pile caps are All piling works Centre: Nanotechnology & about 75% structural is complete. completed work are July 2017 going on. It by will be completed and under use from completed already were rooms 32 nos. rooms, the balance complete it is scheduled to 2015. Now November October 2017 by work completed by June 2017. by completed is under work The so far. has been completed almost 80% of work within July 2017. be completed and hope to progress expected to be completed by July 2017. by expected be completed to is expected to be completed by April 2018 by is expected be completed to in lakhs) Financial Financial ` ( 31.03.2017 Total Progress upto Progress Total Physical During 2016-2017 Physical Progress Physical Upto 31.03.16 470.10 - 25% 25% 60.61 is and the superstructure work completed works foundation The 808.00 40% 30% 70% 517.12 expected be to buildings are The is in progress. work Finishing 835.58 - 45% 45% 364.00 is work The is going on. the superstructure work Presently 5675.00 35% 30% 65% 3165.80 fi present At 6944.74 65% 15% 80% 2886.54 2015. in March was allotted Work 4059.00 45%1772.55 35% 80% 80% 20% 2937.77 Out of 165 been completed. have 80% works around on date As 100% 1653.30 has been completed. work The 1105.97 - 80% 80% 884.00 2016 and November from APWD (NH) has taken up the work The 1011.51 - 15% 15% 145.07 work The and structural is going on. the foundation work Presently works works Cost of Cost ( ` in lakhs) oor) oor area) area) oor area) oor oor area) oor oor area) oor oor area) oor ce ce Works Complex (1850 sqm per fl DoD, CSE, Physics, CSE, Physics, DoD, Chemical Engg, HSS, Mathematics, for And Centre Nanotechnology (19045 sqm fl Other Works (15090 sqm fl (2875 sqm fl Prefabricated Prefabricated quartersresidential (1440 sqm) (4.7 Km) Building and Daycare Centre (2500 sqm fl (3000 sqm fl Road phase-II (8.5Km) 6. Guest House 2 8. Dormitory Security for 5. Residential Building 7. Boundary wall phase-IV 9. of Internal Maintenance c)V) (Phase – b) Building Research Sl. 10. Pre-Primary School 11. Offi Estate No. 398 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Remarks communication centre. centre. communication be completed the balance work in all respect by the end of May the end of May in all respect by work the balance be completed 2017. foundation works are under progress now under progress are works foundation January 2018 in lakhs) Financial Financial ` ( 31.03.2017 Total Progress upto Progress Total Physical During 2016-2017 Physical Progress Physical Upto 31.03.16 87.22 80% 20% 100% 87.22 and solar plant has been installed in computer 25 Kwp 112.06 - 85% 85% 66.55 till April 2017. It has been completed is expected 85% work to The 488.86 - 20% 20% 64.23 and the pile cap has been completed piling work The 1849.00 - 2% 2% 22.00 has been started within work The and is expected be completed to works works Cost of Cost ( ` in lakhs) oor area) oor Works House (2155 sqm fl Infrastructure open hut, cycle bike repairing repairing, and external in toilet Market Complex (3.9 Km) Sl. 14. Dormitory Guest for 15. Electrical & AC 13. including area Parking 12. Boundary wall Phase-V No. 399 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Appendix–V RIGHT TO INFORMATION About Right to Information (iv) obtaining information in the form of diskettes, fl oppies, tapes, video cassettes or in any other electronic mode The Right to Information Act, 2005 empowers the citizen or through printouts where such information is stored of India to get any information from the public authorities. in a computer or in any other device. The preamble to the Act states that it has been enacted to set out the practical regime of Right to Information for Restriction from Disclosure citizens to secure the right to access to information held by The right to seek information from a public authority is or under the control of public authorities. The legislative not absolute. Sections 8 and 9 of the Act enumerate the intent behind the enactment of the RTI Act is to foster categories of information which are exempt from Such transparency and accountability in the working of every information are exempt from disclosure which aff ects, the Public Authority, bridge the gap between the information sovereignty and integrity of the country and also its security provider and the information seeker, enhance effi ciency in and strategic, scientifi c or economic interest, commercial administration of public authorities, mitigate corruption confi dence, trade secrets, or intellectual property, and promote good governance. information causing breach of privilege of Parliament Salient features of the RTI Act or the State Legislature, information prohibited by any court of law. It also provides provisions for protecting the Public Authority privacy of an individual. Certain intelligence and security As per Section 2(h) of the RTI Act, a “public authority” means organizations have also been exempted from disclosure any authority or body or institution of self- government of information, except the information pertaining to the established or constituted – allegations of corruption and human rights violations. (a) by or under the Constitution; Suo-Motu Disclosure (b) by any other law made by Parliament; Section 4 of the Act provides for an elaborate manual for (c) by any other law made by State Legislature; mandatory disclosure on various aspects of structure and (d) by notifi cation issued or order made by the appropriate functioning of Public Authorities and requires that they Government, and includes any – make suo-motu disclosure in public interest. This is the (i) body owned, controlled or substantially fi nanced; essential ingredient for broadening and deepening of the (ii) non-Government organization substantially transparency regime. The said Section also emphasizes fi nanced, directly or indirectly by funds provided the need for using electronic means for record upkeep, by the appropriate Government. management and dissemination of information. Meaning of Right to Information Three tier system under RTI Act As per Section 2(j) of the RTI Act, 2005, “right to information” The Act provides three levels for getting access to means the right to information accessible under this Act information. which is held by or under the control of any public authority The Public Information Offi cer (PIO) is required to provide and includes the right to— information sought by an RTI applicant within 30 days of the (i) inspection of work, documents, records; receipt of a request unless it is exempted from disclosure or (ii) taking notes, extracts, or certifi ed copies of documents relates to a third party or to other Public Authority in which or records; case it is transferred to that Public Authority within 5 days (iii) taking certifi ed samples of material; of the receipt of the application. 400 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Second Level is First Appellate Authority (FAA) i.e. Registrar, First Appellate Authority (FAA) an offi cer senior in rank to PIO in the Institute to whom an Mr. U. C. Das RTI applicant may address his/her fi rst appeal, if he/she Registrar does not get the required information within the specifi ed time or is aggrieved by the decision of PIO. Together the PIO IIT Guwahati 781 039 and the FAA constitute the cutting edge of this ‘practical Status of RT/ applications and fi rst appeals in the regime of information’ as envisaged in the preamble of the Institute and their disposal Right to Information Act. The Institute received a total of 187 RTI applications Third Level is Central Information Commission to whom during 2016-17. Out of these 1 RTI application was related an information seeker can fi le a second appeal against the to the functioning of other public authority, hence was order of First Appellate Authority (FAA), if he/she is not transferred. Further, 32 RTI applications were transferred satisfi ed or does not receive an order from FAA within the to this Institute from other public authorities. During specifi ed time. the reporting year, a total of 10 appeals were fi led under Section 19 (1) of RTI Act and the same were disposed by the Complaint designated Appellate Authority. A direct complaint can also be fi led before the Commission in certain circumstances, such as (i) where the Public Submission of Online Quarterly Returns Authority has not appointed a CPIO/PIO or (ii) the CPIO/ The RTI Cell has been submitting periodical online quarterly PIO has refused to accept a RTI application, or (iii) the CPIO/ returns. PIO has not given a response within the specifi ed time or (iv) the CPIO/PIO has given incomplete, misleading or Appointment of an Assistant Public Information Offi cer false information or (v) where unreasonable fee has been (APIO) demanded by CPIO/PIO. The Institute appointed an Assistant Public Information Details of offi cials designated as APIO, PIO and Appellate Offi cer (APIO) in August 2016. The Assistant Public Authority u/s 5 (1) and 5 (2) of the RT/ Act during reporting Information Offi cer (APIO) is also the Nodal cerOffi for year 2016-17 handling the RTI-MIS Portal. Assistant Public Information Offi cer (APIO) Designation of deemed Public Information Offi cers Ms. Nandeeta Das Salhotra (DPIOs) and Alignment in (RTI-MIS) Portal Assistant Registrar (Legal) and Nodal Offi cer (RTI-MIS The Institute RTI Request & Appeal Management Portal) Information System (RTI-MIS) has been initiated. The IIT Guwahati 781 039 Departments/ Centres/ Sections are in the process to designate deemed Public Information Offi cers (DPIOs) for Public Information Offi cer (PIO) alignment in (RTI-MIS) Portal. Mr. Dilip Boro Deputy Registrar (Equal Opportunity Cell and Special Reservation Cell) IIT Guwahati 781 039 401 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Appendix–VI EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CUM SPECIAL RESERVATION As per directive of the MHRD with regard to implementation assistantship is provided to such regular SC/ST PhD of Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub Plan students who could not complete their PhD programme as (TSP) in IIT Guwahati and subsequent decision of the 80th, per the Institute norms but is continuing the same. Based BoG Meeting a full-fl edged Equal Opportunity cum Special on satisfactory annual academic progress review of such Reservation Cell was set up in 2015. students, assistantship may be extended to a maximum period of one year or till submission of thesis, whichever is The Special Reservation Cell (SRC) is responsible for earlier. This year 31 regular SC/ST PhD students have been enforcement of the Government orders of reservation benefi ted with this assistantship. in posts and services of the Institute in respect of ST, SC, PWDs and OBC. EQUAL OPPORTUNITY CELL (EOC) Objectives and Activities The Institute is committed to ensure equal opportunities • To collect data regarding implementation of affi rmative for all and responsive to the needs and constraints of the action/policies in respect of admission, appointment to disadvantaged social sections. A cell has been created to teaching and non-teaching positions at IIT Guwahati, and look after such issues. analyze the data showing trends and changes towards fulfi lling requirements. Objectives: Facilitate eff ective implementation of policies and programmes for disadvantaged sections, to extend • To implement the reservation policy for SC/ST/PWD & guidance and counselling with respect to academic, OBC students and employees fi nancial, social and other matters and to enhance the Annual Returns: The Institute submits regularly the Annual diversity within the Institute. Returns concerning SC/ST to the concerned department. Activities Undertaken Grievances Register: Grievances Register for Scheduled New Scholarship Scheme to Persons with Disabilities Castes and Scheduled Tribes employees and students is (PWDs) students from Govt. of Assam, pursuing Medical maintained as per rule. This year no grievance has been and Technical Education under Budget Announcement registered. 2016-17. Implementation of Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP) Under this scheme 27 IITG PWDs students have applied and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) in IIT Guwahati and their applications were forwarded to the Directorate of Social Welfare, Assam. Learning Equipment: 158 new laptops as an important learning equipment were distributed to the 2016 July As per directive of MHRD w.e.f. July 2016 semester all PWDs batch undergraduate, MSc and MA SC/ST students under students are extended tuition fee waiver. Scheduled Castes Sub Plan (SCSP) and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) programme. Benefi ciaries are (SC, Male 85 and Female 16, Internal Transport ST Male 44 and Female 13). There are 90 Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) students Book Allowances: This year 135 undergraduate, MSc and in campus. Steps have been taken to arrange transport MA SC/ST students have benefi ted under Book Allowances facilities for smooth movement of such persons inside the scheme. campus. Regular meetings with the PWDs students are held to understand their issues and problems and take Assistantship and their Extension: Under this programme suitable measures to address the same. 402 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Access-Audit for Barrier Free Campus Guidelines for Conducting Written Examination Various steps have been taken towards creation of a Steps have been taken to follow guidelines of the Ministry Barrier Free Environment in line of “The Persons With of Social Justice and Empowerment, Department of Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, Protection of Rights Disability Aff airs for conducting written examination for and Full Participation) Act, 1995”. (The Right of Persons Persons with Disabilities. with Disabilities Bill, 2014). Similarly, as per directive of the MHRD, the Institute has constituted a committee Guidance and Counselling to conduct accessibility audit in campus. Measures like The Institute provides guidance and counselling to putting special ramps, signage, disabled-friendly toilets, students with respect to academic, fi nancial, social and lifts, disabled-friendly ATMs, wheel chairs, user-friendly other matters and support to avoid stress related problems. website to Persons with Disabilities (PWDs), proactive inclusiveness of Persons with Disabilities sports, cultural The outgoing students are also given guidance and counselling and technical events, etc. have been arranged to facilitate with regard to higher studies/ job/ self-employment/ tap persons with disabilities. fi nancial resources for entrepreneurship, etc. 403 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Appendix–VII SUMMARY OF INSTITUTE ACCOUNTS Balance Sheet as on 31 March 2017 Sources of Funds Current Year Previous Year CORPUS/CAPITAL FUND 10,128,205,282 10,999,048,890 DESIGNATED/ EARMARKED / ENDOWMENT FUNDS 667,851,623 568,251,124 CURRENT LIABILITIES & PROVISIONS 3,429,624,472 3,132,033,859 TOTAL 14,225,681,377 14,699,333,873 Application of Funds Current Year Previous Year FIXED ASSETS Tangible Assets 8,959,601,506 8,460,066,944 Intangible Assets 59,803,877 40,910,279 Capital Works-In-Progress 3,149,022,313 2,689,169,577 INVESTMENTS FROM EARMARKED / ENDOWMENT FUNDS Long Term 788,992,193 659,798,160 Short Term -- INVESTMENTS - OTHERS 72,976,509 106,982,050 CURRENT ASSETS 2,153,980,501 1,405,850,266 LOANS, ADVANCES & DEPOSITS 541,304,477 1,336,556,596 TOTAL 15,725,681,377 14,699,333,873 404 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 Income and Expenditure Account for the year ended on 31 March 2017 Particulars Current Year Previous Year INCOME Academic Receipts 277,050,771 224,853,407 Grants / Subsidies - 2,088,289,992 Income from investments - - Interest earned 1,621,825 1,000,832 Other Income 45,280,256 33,342,231 Prior Period Income 735,023 137,924 TOTAL (A) 324,687,875 2,347,624,386 EXPENDITURE Staff Payments & Benefi ts (Establishment expenses) 1,315,937,258 1,162,602,793 Academic Expenses 743,929,312 642,348,502 Administrative and General Expenses 222,417,620 209,698,568 Transportation Expenses 24,761,934 21,230,065 Repairs & Maintenance 320,213,948 228,832,543 Finance costs 104,625 55,453 Depreciation 480,862,239 409,266,676 Other Expenses - - Prior Period Expenses 737,116 461,758,031 TOTAL (B) 3,108,964,053 3,135,792,630 Balance being excess of Income over Expenditure (A-B) (2,784,276,177) (788,168,245) Transfer to / from Designated Fund Building fund Others (specify) Balance Being Surplus / (Defi cit) Carried to Capital Fund (2,784,276,177) (788,168,245) 405 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI - Current YearCurrent Year Previous funds 140,000,000 289,300,000 Banks 110,869,228 Others} 200,000,000 1,670,253,000 Expenses payments 568,014,115 665,780,157 a) Fixed Assetsa) Fixed 168,022,402 304,144,820 g) Finance Costg) Finance 104,625 70,993 Projects/Schemes 407,173,757 472,296,176 Endowment FundsEndowment 104,842,524 131,315,205 b) Academic Expensesb) Academic 620,435,287 608,212,015 f) period expenses Prior 176,683 71,844 PAYMENTS Fellowships/Scholarships 22,170,695 24,519,459 e) Repairs & Maintenance 137,522 182,817,987 a) Establishment Expenses 1,058,937,276 708,111,881 c) Administrative Expensesc) Administrative 120,633,411 205,095,037 Capital Works - in- Progress Works Capital d) Transportation ExpensesTransportation d) 784,546 17,358,016 Payments against Sponsored against Sponsored Payments Payments against Sponsored against Sponsored Payments Payments against Earmarked/ Payments Term Deposits with Scheduled Term Expenditure on Fixed Assets and Assets on Fixed Expenditure a) Out of Earmarked/Endowments a) Out of Earmarked/Endowments b) Out of own funds (Investments- funds (Investments- b) Out of own Other Payments including statutoryOther Payments in- ProgressWorks- b) Capital 24,048,893 672,041,903 I. V. and Deposits made Investments IV. VIII. - II. - III. 1,046,984,456 - - 44,750,126 - Current Year Year Current Year Previous Receipt and Payment Account for the Period Ended on 31 March 2017 Ended on 31 March the Period for Account and Payment Receipt c) From others c) From b) Bank Balance Grants Received a) Cash Balancesa) Cash 232,000 161,000 Opening Balance Projects/Schemes 692,302,426 800,774,298 VI. Endowment FundsEndowment 160,789,045 140,032,515 Academic ReceiptsAcademic 436,942,025 355,366,409 iii. Savings accounts iii. Savings i. In Current accountsi. In Current 221,803,694 265,595,158 b) Other investments ii. In Deposit accounts 1,028,566,846 RECEIPTS received during the yearreceived 546,500,000 b) From State Government State b) From Receipts against sponsored against sponsored Receipts Receipts against Sponsored against Sponsored Receipts Receipts against Earmarked/ Receipts a) From Government of India Government a) From 3,420,000,000 2,275,000,000 Fellowships and ScholarshipsFellowships 19,385,815 24,398,300 VII. a) Earmarked/Endowment funds a) Earmarked/Endowment d) Grants in aid receivable for 15-16 for d) Grants in aid receivable I. II. V. III. IV. VI. VII. from Income on Investments 406 ANNUAL REPORT 2016–2017 - - a) Cash in handa) Cash 254,000 232,000 Other Payments 220,400 122,442,104 Closing balances b) Bank balances Refunds of Grants 7,462,954 In Current AccountsIn Current 539,216,461 221,803,694 In Accounts Savings 1,400,288,540 1,028,566,846 In Deposit Accounts Deposits and Advances 2,622,058,919 932,850,196 X. XI. IX. XII. TOTAL 8,115,852,238 8,257,283,332 TOTAL 8,115,852,238 8,257,283,332 Period Income)Period 35,636,178 16,983,428 Banks encashed 155,774,565 2,281,445,789 a) Bank Deposits 8,851,893 Statutory Receipts 365,829,234 69,635,642 Interest received on received Interest Investments encashedInvestments 289,344,466 b) Loans and Advances b) Loans Deposits and Advances 703,751,045 930,896,554 Direct-Indirect expenses 19,382,044 5,259,657 c) Savings Bank Accountsc) Savings 10,760,964 Other income (including Prior Other (including Prior income Term Deposits with Scheduled Term Miscellaneous including Receipts Any Other Receipts - Fixed Assets/ Assets/ Other - Fixed Any Receipts X. XI. IX. XII. XIV VIII. XIII. 407 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 408