Annual Report 2018.Cdr
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CONTENTS 1 Convocation Report of the Director...................................................................................... 1 2 Institute at a Glance................................................................................................................... 13 3 Organization................................................................................................................................15 4 The Faculty...................................................................................................................................18 5 Academic Programmes ..............................................................................................................18 6 Research & Development..........................................................................................................21 7 Output Status of MHRD Projects...........................................................................................21 8 Alumni Association ....................................................................................................................33 9 Finance..........................................................................................................................................36 10 P K Kelkar Library......................................................................................................................37 11 Computer Centre.........................................................................................................................39 12 Centre for Development of Technical Education.................................................................39 13 Centre for Creative Writing and Publication..........................................................................40 14 Media Technology Centre..........................................................................................................41 15 SIDBI............................................................................................................................................42 16 Internal Complaint Committee.................................................................................................48 17 Women Cell .................................................................................................................................48 18 SC/ST/OBC and PWD Cell.....................................................................................................49 19 Students Placement ....................................................................................................................50 20 Publication and Outreach Activities........................................................................................ 53 21 Services and Amenities ..............................................................................................................53 Convocation Report of the Director 1 Honourable President of India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind; Among 797 under- Honourable Governor of Uttar Pradesh, Shri Ram graduate students 147 Naik; Honourable Chairman, Board of Governors of students (i.e.18.4%) the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Sri R.C. students are graduating with distinction (CPI of 8.5 and Bhargava; Members of the Board of Governors; above). Members of the Academic Senate; all graduating students and their family members; members of faculty, IIT Kanpur is known for offering most flexible alumni, staff and student community; invited dignitaries, undergraduate and dual degree programmes. Flexibility guests, and members of the media: I heartily welcome offered by theses programmes has led to a large number you all to the 51st Convocation of the Indian of students graduating with minors (some with two Institute of Technology Kanpur. I would also like to minors) as highlighted below : congratulate the graduating students and their families on this joyous occasion. No. of students completing one Minor : 158 Academic Activities No. of students completing two Minor : 18 The academic session that ended in May 2018 has been In addition by spending one year extra 11UG students truly satisfying, and I consider it a privilege to review our are graduating with a second major and 217 UG activities pertaining to this period. students are graduating with a masters degree along with a bachelors degree. I am pleased to inform you that the total number of Ph.D degrees awarded in this convocation is 186, which To keep pace with the evolving knowledge in science and is an all time high record in the history of the Institute. To technology space, 13 new Undergraduate and 39 new encourage the project based research the Senate Postgraduate courses have been approved by the approved a new academic programme MS(By Academic Senate. Research)four years ago. I am delighted to let you know that the first batch of 25 students in this programme is New Initiatives in Academic Courses graduating today. In all 1576 degrees are being awarded Ÿ Curriculum Development and Monitoring in this Convocation with the following details. Committee (CDMC) to review, monitor, evaluate and revise pedagogy and incorporate the state-of- Degree Number of recipients the-art methodologies in the field. Ph.D 186 Ÿ MS (Research) programs in Aerospace Engineering M.Tech 307 from 2017 onwards and in Cognitive Science from MBA 39 2018 onwards. M .Des. 21 Ÿ Biometric-based Attendance System for UG MS (By Research) 25 classes to understand attendance patterns and to VLFM 40 come up with ways to increase class attendance. M.Sc. (5 year) 1 Ÿ M.Sc. (2 year) 147 PMRF (Prime Minister's Research Fellowship) by BTech-M.Tech (Dual Degree) 149 the Ministr y of Human Resource and Double Major 11 Development. In the academic year 2018-19, IIT Kanpur will be offering 10 admissions under this BT-MBA (Dual Degree) 1 scheme. BT-M. Des. (Dual Degree) 1 BS-MT (Dual Degree) 1 NPTEL, Swayam Prabha Channels MS-PD (MS part of Dual degree) 13 In the last semester, BS-MS (Dual Degree) 56 IIT Kanpur's National BT-MS (Dual Degree) 9 P r o g r a m m e o n B.Tech 505 Technology Enhanced BS (4 year) 64 Learning (NPTEL) Total 1576 Chapter supported Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) by conducting a white listed particulate emissions without using any exhaust gas after course Non-Conventional Energy Re- sources for treatment technology. 45,000+ final year B.Tech students from 273 affiliated colleges. Design & Development of Aquatic Autonomous Observatory (Niracara Svayamsasita Vedhshala- ¤ Under MHRD's Swayam Prabha initiative of NSVs) for In Situ Monitoring, Real-Time Data taking education Directly to Home (DTH), 32 Transmission & Web-Based Visualization: funded 2 DTH channels have been started out of which IIT by IUSSTF, it is a Kanpur is currently managing the channels 16 and collaborative project 17. These channels broadcast the NPTEL course between IIT Kanpur content in mechanical engineering, humanities and and WHOI, USA to social sciences and management 24x7. develop a low-cost, multi-parameter, water Research And Development quality platform that will IIT Kanpur has registered steady growth in its research have several in-house and development activities this year. Some of the developed sensors and highlights are mentioned below: auto- sampling capability for durable and reliable real- time monitoring of Indian Rivers. l 626 externally funded ongoing projects with a total sanctioned amount of Rs. 795 crore. Air Quality Monitoring Streaming Analytics on l 179 sponsored projects worth Rs. 182 crore Temporal Variables from Air Quality Monitoring l 128 consultancy projects worth Rs. 23 crore. (SATVAM): Funded by Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, it is a large, multi- institutional Leading Funding Agencies of the year project with IIT Bombay and IISc as collaborating institutes from India and Duke University, USA. Lack of spatially and temporally distributed air quality information does not enable a scientific study of its impact on human health and the national economy. The key objective of this project is to scale air quality monitoring by developing low-cost, energy self- Leading Funding Industry Partners sufficient air quality sensors that can be calibrated on the fly to transmit data seamlessly via cloud servers. A system like SATVAM will allow policymakers and citizens at large to deploy data-driven control and preventive mechanisms. (A list of major projects granted this year is given at the end of the Report.) MAJOR PROJECTS SANCTIONED Indigenous 5g Test Bed Design: Funded by the Department of Telecommunication, a 5G test bed is being built in-house to enable Indian industry and academia to achieve the 5G technology development and implementation plans. This test bed will demonstrate state-of-the-art 5G technologies such as massive MIMO, millimeter wave, IOT, and software- UI-ASSIST (US-India collaborative for Smart defined networking. Distribution System with Storage): IIT Kanpur is leading a Pan-India consortium from technical institutes, utilities, and industries on a five-year joint Indo-US research project. The consortium from the USA is being led by Washington State University (WSU), Pullman, WA. Funded by DST, IUSSTF, US Department of Energy (DOE), the project aims at addressing the Design, Retrofitment, and Development of Methanol essential issues related to the adoption and deployment Fuelled Large Bore Engine for Locomotive, Marine, of smart grid concepts along with distributed energy and Power Generation Applications: Funded by the resources (DERs) including storage in the distribution Department of Science