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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY HYDERABAD Annual Report 2012 - 13 CELEBRATING HUMAN IMAGINATION 2 Annual Report 2012-13 IIT Hyderabad 3 CONTENTS 10 Core Faculty 25 Student Composition 26 Fractional Credit Courses CORE FACULTY 28 Industry Interaction 30 New Campus Development Biomedical Engineering (BM) 32 Campus Events Biotechnology (BT) 50 Faculty Publications Chemical Engineering (CH) 59 Funded Research Products Chemistry (CY) 61 Presentations Civil Engineering (CE) 66 Conferences Organized at IITH Computer Science & Engineering (CSE) 66 CEP Courses Electrical Engineering (EE) 67 Challenge Lectures at IITH Engineering Science (ES) 67 Invited Talks Liberal Arts (LA) 71 Awards and Recognitions Materials Science & Engineering (MSE) 71 Training and Placements Mathematics (MA) 72 Research Labs Mechanical Engineering (ME) Physics (PH) Total Faculty Strength as of 31 March 2013 99 4 Annual Report 2012-13 IIT Hyderabad 5 FROM THE DIRECTOR IIT Hyderabad – In Exploratory Mode, Always hall, faculty and staff housing. The next phase of IITH has MoUs and active collaboration with eight IIT Hyderabad has a vibrant research and years back we started the novel concept of fractional activity has started and we hope to create buildings leading US universities and four leading Japanese development ambiance and an innovative academic credit courses – this was utilized to launch the for all the remaining departments, and various other universities. IITH has had several visiting faculty from ecosystem. Most faculty have sponsored research B.Tech. Minor in Entrepreneurship taught exclusively building so that IITH will be able to house 6000 USA, France, and Canada who taught fractional credit projects and are publishing vigorously in international by people from industry. This August, we take students by 2017. courses. as well as national fora. The fact that the faculty another leap, perhaps a leap into the unknown, by have over 70 sponsored research and consultancy starting for the first time, what we refer to as the IITH has very active collaboration and this is on IITH is profoundly thankful to MHRD for providing all projects with a sanctioned amount of Rs 60 crs, ‘Fractal Academic Program in Electrical Engineering’. all fronts – research, academics and infrastructure the support in IITH’s quest for excellence and world and interactions with nearly 20 industries is itself a By 2014, we plan to have Fractal Academics in all development. This is a unique collaboration which eminence. testimony to the vibrant research culture at IITH. departments. More on this on the IITH webpage. will help propel IITH to be among the best in the IITH is extremely thankful to Ordnance Factory, world. There are plans to have active research There are several centers to promote and accelerate IITH has a dynamic faculty in all disciplines; in August Medak for providing a beautiful campus while in collaboration in several areas – like nano-science and transition, and the necessary infrastructure to research. Some of these are Center for Nano-X, 2013 it stands at 115. In August 2013, IITH will have nano-technology, energy and environment, next- Center for Cyber Physical Systems, Center for nearly 1350 students in 12 academic departments. Of accommodate the students, faculty, and some state- generation communication technologies, sustainable of-the-art research laboratories. X-Materials and Center for High Performance 1350, there will be approximately 260 PhD students, development, and design and manufacturing. At Computing. One of the biggest strengths is multi- 290 M.Tech. and M.Phil. students, 100 M.Sc. and the the infrastructure level, besides several academic IITH is creating a unique holistic educational disciplinarity – there are several areas where faculty rest B.Techs. in seven engineering disciplines. Thus buildings, Japanese architects are designing iconic ecosystem that will foster cutting-edge research, from more than one area come together to work IITH has a now thriving student body, full of energy structure to reflect the friendship between Japan and learning and entrepreneurship. It is providing an on problems, e.g., computer and communication and a large number of student activities keep the IIT Hyderabad. These buildings are the Knowledge environment wherein students and faculty are not networks, drug delivery systems, multi-scale science, campus very vibrant and alive. Center (library), Technology Incubation and Research afraid to experiment and celebrate their imagination. sustainable development, to name a few. There is a Campus development is progressing at an accelerated Park, Convention Village, Guest House and Sports and major multi-institutional research project as part of Cultural Complex. the IITH-Japan collaboration – DISANET: Information pace. Construction of the campus has commenced, and we should be moving to the permanent campus Network for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery. IITH has launched its technology business incubator Prof UB Desai in July 2014. The first phase will have three academic and two companies have started functioning in the Innovations at IITH are all-pervasive, be it department buildings, eight men student hostel incubator. fundamental research or academics. A couple of blocks and two blocks for women students, a dining 6 Annual Report 2012-13 IIT Hyderabad 7 BOARD OF GOVERNORS CHAIRMAN EX-OFFICIO Mr BVR Mohan Reddy Prof UB Desai Chairman & Managing Director Director Infotech Enterprises Limited Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad MEMBER MEMBER MEMBER SENATE NOMINEE SENATE NOMINEE SECRETARY Mr GV Prasad Mr TV Mohandas Pai Mr Suresh Rajpal Prof Vinayak Eswaran Prof Faiz Khan Mr N Jayaram Chairman & CEO Director Chairman and CEO Department of Department of Chemistry Registrar Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd Manipal Universal Learning Visnova Solutions Private Limited Mechanical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Indian Institute of Technology Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad Hyderabad Hyderabad MEMBER MEMBER Ms Reema Gupta Mr Ajay Mishra Associate Director Principal Secretary (TE) Shri Raju Centre Higher Education Department 8 Annual Report 2012-13 IIT Hyderabad 9 FROM THE DEANS Since 2009, IIT Hyderabad has made rapid progress in Ever since IITH started functioning from We have started construction of buildings, the hiring of faculty. The total number of permanent August 2008, new UG / PG programs were facilities and supporting infrastructure on our faculty now on the rolls is 108. The reason for the rapid continuously introduced every year, reaching 576-acre permanent campus. The beginning of growth is not difficult to see, as every one of the 11 the current strength of 1073 students across the construction activity on permanent campus departments typically has two selections for permanent all programs. The academic year 2012-13 is was the culmination of detailed planning and posts each year. However, even with all the pressure particularly significant, as the first batch of design efforts of the past few years involving for rapid growth, there has been a very conscious PhD students will be graduating from IITH development of the master plan for phased effort not to relax standards: although almost all the along with the 2nd and 3rd batches of BTech/ growth, architectural and structural designs of hires have been at the level of Assistant Professor, MSc and MTech, respectively. As many as 188 buildings, facilities planning and infrastructure fully 60% of them have had extensive post-doctoral students will be awarded degrees during the design, urban planning, coordination with experience, and two-thirds have either PhDs or post- 2nd convocation, to be celebrated on August governmental agencies for permits and clearances doctoral experience abroad. In the last year, we have 7, 2013. and planning the execution stage. had around 150 journal / conference publications and 40 sponsored projects, which is good for such a young Inventions and innovations are the two We have given careful consideration to the institution. key driving forces for the vision of this impact of proposed growth on the environment Institute. The same concept and spirit has and the surroundings. Designs for the buildings Encouraging as these numbers are, there is no place been taken further in the conduct of the currently under construction confirm to very high for complacency: IITH is set to expand from its current academic activities. The flexible and modular environmental standards with considerations student strength of around 1100 to more than 6600 in education system adopted by IITH allows of energy and material usage. With the use of 2018 – a six-fold increase in student strength in just experts from industry, academia and other latest construction technology, we are planning five years! (The reason for this is that IITH has received spheres of life to offer Fractional Credit to complete the construction to accommodate a very large loan from the Government of Japan for Courses of 0.5, 1, ...2.5 credits, adding a a student strength of 2000 and transition to the its development). To handle such a student number new dimension to our teaching model. permanent campus in 2014. we would need a faculty strength of 600 – or at least 400 – by 2018. So the rate of hiring will be sustained, During the year 2012-13, IITH started a We are currently also planning for the next phase even accelerated, in the foreseeable future. There are new BTech program in Engineering Science, of expansion to accommodate 5000 students many reasons that a young academic would find it best wherein the student does the basic courses and a total strength of 6000 by July 2017. The to join IITH – over all the other opportunities offered in the first four semesters, which provides architectural design and development of few at other academic institutions in India – it is poised for breadth and specializes in any field of his / iconic buildings, which will have a distinctive a very rapid growth, there are large amounts laid out her choice in the last four semesters, which Japanese signature, are currently being performed for laboratory and other infrastructure development provides enough depth.