Report on Programmatic Activities 2017-2018 Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum

INDO-U.S. SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FORUM Catalyzing Indo-U.S. Science, Technology and Innovation Collaborations for over 18 years!

Report on Programmatic Activities 2017-2018 The Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) established under an agreement between the Governments of India and the United States of America in March 2000, is an autonomous, bilateral organization jointly funded by both the Governments to promote science, technology, engineering and biomedical research and innovation through substantive interaction among Federal Agencies, Academia and Industry. The Department of Science & Technology, Government of India and the U.S. Department of State are the respective nodal departments.

Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum Contents From the Executive Director’s Desk 6 History of Indo-U.S. S&T Cooperation 8 IUSSTF: Vision, Mission and Objectives 9 IUSSTF Foundation Day 10 Strategic Programs 13 y Indo-U.S. Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center y United States-India Science &Technology Endowment Fund (USISTEF) Indo-U.S. S&T Partnerships 47 y Indo-U.S. Grand Challenge: Affordable Blood Pressure Measurement Technologies for Low-resource settings in the U.S. and India y PACEsetter Fund y Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) y Research Initiative for Real-Time River Water and Air Quality Monitoring Bilateral Workshops 59 Indo-U.S. Virtual Networked Centers 77 Public-Private Partnership Programs 93 y DST-Lockheed Martin Innovation Growth Program y Women Entrepreneur Quest (WEQ)

Visitation Programs 99 y SERB Indo-U.S. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program y American Society for Microbiology (ASM)-IUSSTF Professorship in Microbiology y IUSSTF-APS Fellowships y Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship Program y Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy (BASE) Fellowship Program y Bioenergy-Awards for Cutting Edge (B-ACER) Research y Building Energy Efficiency Higher & Advanced Network (BHAVAN) Fellowships y Indo-U.S. Fellowship for Women in STEMM (WISTEMM) y Indo-U.S. Genome Engineering/Editing Technology Initiative (GETin) y Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) y Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) y Khorana Program for Scholars y IUSSTF - Viterbi Program y S.N. Bose Scholars Program y IRIS-ISEF Key Contacts 143 From the ED'S Desk

From the Executive Director’s Desk

am pleased to present this Programmatic Report which gives a publications and intellectual property I detailed account of our interventions hasfrom also this emanated initiative. fromA good this number initiative of and achievements, during the recently concluded Indian Fiscal Year, 2017-18. by the success of Phase I, a follow as a tangible scientific output. Enthused The three major R&D consortia, Storage” was implemented during the namely SERIIUS (Solar-Photovoltaics lastup trackyear. Smart on “Smart Grid and Grid Energy and Storage Energy and Thermal), CBERD (Building technologies are imperative to harness the full potential of clean-energy from Generation Biofuels), which were scattered non-conventional/renewable initiatedEnergy efficiency) during the and Phase SALBS I (Secondof the sources and their real life deployment JCERDC program were successfully in a decentralised manner. steered to logical conclusion with a and deployable leads fructifying rich amount of scientific knowledge The "Real time River Water and Air Quality Monitoring (WAQM)" Program

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which was announced last year was put The sustained improvement in to implementation with the selection of turnaround times by almost 50% in our four consortia, two each in water and regular calls is a tangible outcome of the system and process reengineering that we introduced last year and an air,Three for newfinal capacityawards. building initiatives indication of the institutionalisation were put in place in the areas of "Gene Editing Technologies", "Women and value and outreach has gone up by Science" and "Science Policy". With severalof operational orders efficiencies. of magnitude Our brandand these new additions, the total number currently we are able to reach out to of Visitations and Fellowships Programs more than 1,00,000 individuals and institutions on regular basis. Record through which we support more than number of submissions in the USISTEF 250in our Interns Portfolio and have Fellows gone every up to year fifteen in Call this year and this number going diverse areas. up roughly by an order of 4 over in the last two years is a testimony of our We launched our new Website this year expanded outreach. on the occasion of our 18th Foundation Day, which was celebrated with great We are fully prepared and quite excited has acquired over the last few years. Bothfanfare, the befitting Indian theS&T stature Minister IUSSTF and to embark upon a new journey into the goodfuture. things I can duringassure allthe our years stakeholders to come. occasion along with a large number of that they can look forward to many U.S. Ambassador in India graced the other dignitaries and stakeholders. Rajiv Kumar Tayal Executive Director, IUSSTF

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History of INDO-U.S. S&T Cooperation

™™ Green revolution 1950s ™™

Establishment of Land Grant Colleges ™™ Establishment of IIT, Kanpur ™™ 1960s ™™ Establishment of NCERT, New Delhi ™™ Tarapur Power Plant Nuclear Cooperation Agreement

™™ 1970s ™™ Indo-U.S. S&T Subcommission NASA-ISRO–SITE (Satellite Instructional Television Experiment)

™™ STI (Science & Technology Initiative) 1980s ™™ USIF (U.S.-India Fund)

™™ Indo-U.S. Fellowships Program ™™ DST-NSF Program ™™ ™™ 1990s ™™ ™™ DBT/ICMR-NIH/CDC Health & ICARProgram MoU NASA/NOAA-ISRO/DSTMedical Sciences Program MoU Indo-U.S. Vaccine Action

™™ Indo-U.S. Science & Technology ™™ Forum ™™ Indo-U.S. Science & Technology ™™ NASA-ISRO Agreement / MOES- ™™ NOAAMoU on Agreement Energy Security, Energy ™™ Indo-U.S. Binational S&T Indo-U.S. Nuclear Agreement CommissionAgreement Climate Change ™™ High Technology Cooperation Group ™™ EfficiencyU.S.-India Science& Clean andEnergy Technology and ™™ Indo-U.S. Strategic Partnership Endowment Fund ™™ Information & Communication ™™ Indo-U.S. Joint Clean Energy 2000s Technology Research & Development Centre ™™ ™™ India-U.S. Grand Challenge: ™™ Space Cooperation ™™ EnergyKnowledge Initiative in Agriculture Measurement Technologies for ™™ Safety & Security Affordable Blood Pressure ™™ Health Sciences the U.S. Low-Resource Settings in India and ™™ ™™ Commission Indo-U.S. S&T Agreement/Joint S&T PACEsetter Fund

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IUSSTF: Vision, Mission and Objectives

™™ Excellence in Science, Technology and Innovation Vision space through collaborative initiatives between Indian

and the United States of America.

™™ collaborations between India and the U.S. through Act as a catalyst to promote long-term scientific

partnership amongst individual scientists, scientific Mission ™™ Establish platforms and mechanisms to connect the institutions and the scientific community at large. S&T eco-systems of both the countries to act as a fertile ground to foster individual and institutional partnerships in a natural and sustainable manner.

™™ Create awareness through exchange dissemination of

™™ Information and Opportunities in S&T cooperation. synergy leading to long term partnership on shared values.Capitalize and build on the scientific and technological ™™ Support exciting program portfolio that leads to sustainable interactions and strengthens strategic Objectives partnerships. ™™ Nurture contacts between young and mid-career scientists to develop mutual trust, foster excellence and explore new frontiers. ™™ Encourage public-private partnership to foster

elements of Innovation, Application and Enterprise.

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IUSSTF Foundation Day

he Indo-U.S. Science and Technology the Indian Government to further strengthen Forum celebrated its 18th Foundation this bilateral body enabling it to scale-up its TDay on 21st March 2018 in New Delhi, current level of engagements by at least a few in the presence of Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister for Science & Technology, milestones in the collaborative journey thus Environment, Forest and Climate Change and farorders that of included magnitude. the While creation quoting of IIT-Kanpur,several key Earth Sciences, Govt. of India and Mr. Kenneth the Green Revolution, setting up of the Tarapur Juster India. Television Experiment etc.; the minister noted , Ambassador of the United States to thatAtomic the Power India-U.S. Plant, partnership the Satellite has Instructional come a long Delivering the Presidential Address on the way, strengthening with time. occasion of IUSSTF’s Foundation Day, Dr. Harsh Vardhan In his Keynote Address has proved to be a single-point entity that to India, Mr. Kenneth Juster seamlessly brings remarkedtogether the that manifold IUSSTF partnerships such, theas ours U.S. Ambassadorare built on engagements in the U.S.-India collaborative a foundation of trust and trust is remarkedrooted in arena in science, technology and innovation spendingthat “ time working together and solving into fruition. He reiterated the commitment of problems together – This is what IUSSTF has

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quietly but effectively done – bringing scientists Centers that IUSSTF has supported during the and engineers together and build trust”. last four years - from 2014 through 2017.

Talks and Inside Stories Dr. Arabinda Mitra, the Founding Executive with Friends of Forum saw the participation Director of IUSSTF, recalled the energy and ofAn aptlyFormer titled Secretaries Session - of the Department of seamless joint efforts put in by both the Science and Technology, Govt. of India - Prof. Governments to help create the robust IUSSTF V.S. Ramamurthy and Dr. T. Ramasami who were also the Indian Co-Chairs of IUSSTF. adulthood. Dr. Rajiv Sharma, Secretary, In his address, Prof. Ramamurthy Scienceof today and – poised Engineering to confidently Research move Board, into about how both countries have partnered who served as the second Executive Director to strengthen the entire S&T ecosystem. talked He of IUSSTF, recalled the exciting journey of also launched the newly revamped IUSSTF IUSSTF’s two mega-initiatives - the Joint Clean website. Dr. Ramasami pointed out that Energy R&D Center (JCERDC) and the U.S.-India India’s strength lies in resource optimization S&T Endowment Fund. whereas for the U.S. it is value maximisation, and together there is a great opportunity for the two systems to develop not just technology experiences about their interactions with but S&T solutions for meeting the R&D needs IUSSTFOther included valued stakeholdersProf. Pradip Dutta who (Indian shared of the global population. Institute of Science, Bengaluru), Co-PI of Solar Energy Research Institute Dr. Ramasami also released two compendiums for India and the United States (SERIIUS) Building Scientific Networks: IUSSTF Consortium”;the “JCERDC- Prof. Rajan Rawal (CEPT funded workshops 2014-2017 IUSSTF JCERDC- Jointtitled Centers “ – Creating Virtual Partnerships”. Center for Building Energy Research and ” and “ DevelopmentUniversity, Ahmedabad), (CBERD) Consortium”, Co-PI of the Dr. “ Vineet of all the Workshops and Virtual Networked Ahuja These books aimed to capture the outcomes (All India Institute of Medical Sciences,

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Bowel To mark the arrival of Diseases” and Dr. Anurag Agrawal (CSIR our 18th anniversary, we re-dedicate ourselves InstituteNew Delhi), of GenomicsPI of IUSSTF and Joint Integrative Center on Biology, “ topresent the next and leg added of the that journey “ that is going to New Delhi), PI of Joint Center on Environmental be even more glorious, with the excitement Lung Diseases and PI of the USISTEF project and belief that our best is yet to come. With the Forced Oscillation Device for Detection length and breadth of the two great nations of and Monitoring of Airway Diseases”. the world as our arena and the aspirations of titled “ their 1.7 billion people as the driving force, sky Dr. Rajiv Tayal, is the limit for us.” Executive Director of IUSSTF noted that InWhile his resources closing remarks,available to IUSSTF through committed bilateral support have remained Short Film on IUSSTF and its journey over stagnant“ over the years - in fact their real Asthe partpast of18 theyears Foundation was premiered Day celebration, and was very a value has diminished over time due to inflation, well-received by everyone present. IUSSTF lower interest and currency conversion rates; also organized an Exhibition depicting we have still managed to grow by roughly 20 its various programmatic activities where orders of magnitude over the last 18 years, mainly leveraging the resources from external accomplishments. agencies stakeholders across programs displayed their

.” He concluded by thanking everyone

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Strategic Programs

Indo-U.S. Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (JCERDC)

he JCERDC is a joint initiative of the ■ The U.S.-India Joint Centre for Building Ministry of Science and Technology, Energy Research and Development TGovt. of India, and the U.S. Department (CBERD) co- led by CEPT University- of Energy with the Indo-U.S. Science Ahmedabad and the Lawrence and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) as the Berkeley National Laboratory engaged implementing agency in India. The aim of the in collaborative research and innovation program was to facilitate joint research and development on clean energy technologies buildings with measurable results that can be deployed rapidly with the greatest in the area of energy efficiency in impact. The JCERDC was based on a public- in energy use in the United States and private partnership model of funding and was a India.and targetted CBERD focused a significant on the integration reduction of information technology with more than 100 Indian and U.S. academic and building physical system technology in first-of-its-kind initiative that brought together commercial and multi-family residential of clean energy research. high-rise buildings. industrial partners to work jointly in the space The three priority areas for cooperation under ■ The U.S.-India Consortium for Development of Sustainable Advanced Second Generation Biofuels, and Energy Lignocellulosic Biofuel Systems the first phase of the JCERDC were Solar Energy, (SALBS) co-led by the Indian Institute of tier evaluation process, the following three Chemical Technology-Hyderabad and consortiaEfficiency wereof Buildings. selected After for award a rigorous, in2012: multi- the University of Florida-Gainesville ■ The vision of the Solar Energy Research cultivation and supply, biochemical Institute for India and the United conversionemphasized technologies on sustainable for production feedstock States (SERIIUS), co-led by the Indian of second-generation biofuels with Institute of Science at Bangalore (IISc) minimal environmental impact, and and the National Renewable Energy analysis of overall sustainability and Laboratory an environment for cooperation and (NREL), was to create supply chain of feedstock. and ready emerging and revolutionary consortia were funded through the Department solarinnovation electricity “without technologies borders” toward to develop the ofOn Science the Indian and side,Technology the SERIIUS (DST), and while CBERD the long-term success of India’s Jawaharlal Nehru National Solar Energy Mission Department of Biotechnology(DBT). SALBS team received their funding from the

and the U.S. DOE SunShotInitiative.

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A. Solar Energy Research Institute for India and the United States (SERIIUS) Objectives: High-impact fundamental and technical, economic, and policy issues for solar applied R&D to create disruptive technologies energy development and deployment in India. in Photovoltaics and Concentrated Solar Project Term: November 2012-November Power; and to identify and quantify the critical 2017 Partnering Institutions, India Partnering Institutions, USA Lead Institution: Lead Institution: Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Golden National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Other Academia Partners Other Academia Partners ■ Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ■ ■ ■ ■ CarnegieLawrence Mello Berkeley University National Laboratory Indian Association for the ■ ColoradoArizona State School University of Mines ■ ■ Massachusetts Institute of Technology forCultivation Powder ofMetallurgy Science, Kolkata & New Materials International Advanced Research Centre ■ Purdue University ■ Stanford University ■ National Institute of Solar Energy,Gurgaon ■ University of Central Florida (ARCI), Hyderabad ■ Indian Institute of Technology, Madras ■ University of South Florida ■ Center for Study of Science, ■ Washington University Technology and Policy, Bangalore ■ ■ RAND Corporation Other Industry Partners OtherSandia Industry National Partners Laboratory ■ ■ Corning Incorporated ■ ■ ■ Thermax Ltd. ■ Solarmer Energy Inc. ■ Clique Developments Ltd. Sun Edison. LLC ■ Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. ■ Moser Baer India Ltd. Wipro Ltd. PotentialBharat Leads Heavy and Electrical Deployables Ltd. : ■ Heliostat development: SERIIUS (with Industry Partner Thermax) has developed a 4 m2 heliostat prototype

elevation,with 2-axis and geared tracking, motor withfor azimuth high reflectivity glass, linear actuator for than the standard 36 m2 heliostat, with a motion.lower projected This is cost significantly per unit area. smaller This prototype will provide insights to cost, weight, and feasibility. ■ Reliability Studies for Photovoltaics in India: The results of this research will potentially be included in new test

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protocols for PV modules, which will thermodynamic state points) and

certify their usability in hot climates 2 Brayton cycle, such as India. and to provide a platform to test small scalecontrollability components of the such s-CO as solar receivers ■ Soiling Mitigation for PV Modules: and heat exchangers. SERIIUS studies have shown that as much

as 10% power loss can occur per month ■ 2 if the modules are not cleaned regularly. have been designed and fabricated for testingSmall-scale in the solar IISc loop. receivers Development for s-CO of soiling and enhance cleanability has scaled-up versions of these concepts, tremendousWork on PV module deployability surfaces potential. to minimize after testing and proof of concept, would ■ laboratory scale test 2 2 plant. loop facility: The main purpose of the be taken-up under deployment of s-CO Super-critical CO 2 laboratory scale ■ New absorber coating material with test loop facility at IISc (in collaboration high thermal stability and high corrosion first super-critical CO resistant property has been achieved

thewith technical Sandia Nationalviability Labs),(i.e., the with cycle 50 weather testing. kW of heat input, was to demonstrate that can be deployed after field and

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■ Use of Flexible Glass for Substrates and Encapsulation: SERIIUS projects use Corning’s Willow®Glass, which

substrate. Promising results have been is a 100μm thin flexible glass, as the

obtained with thin film CZTS and®Glass CIGS is availablecells, deposited in large on rolls, flexible this glass, opens yielding up the possibilityefficiencies offor 8%. roll-to-roll Since Willow processing of solar cells, giving very high throughputs and lowercosts. Image Courtsey: https://www.nrel.gov/solar/ ■ Novel Processing for Silicon Solar Cells: Nanostructured silicon is currently being pursued in SERIIUS as a low-cost deployedin conventional solar cells or

novel texturization process could be solar cells. option for fabrication of solar cells. A thin wafer (thickness < 100 μm) based Publications and Patents

Journal Papers (includes Conference Patents TOTAL book chapters) Proceedings Indian 97 37 7 141 U.S. 59 40 3 102 Joint 14 19 1 34 TOTAL 170 96 11 277

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B. Center for Building Energy Research and Development (CBERD) Objectives: Integration of information residential high-rise buildings. technology with building physical system Project Term: November 2012-November technology with aim to bring energy 2017

Participatingefficiency in Institutions,commercial and India multi-family Participating Institutions, USA Lead Institution: Center for Environmental Lead Institution: Planning and Technology (CEPT) University, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley AhmedabadOther Academia Partners Other Academia Partners ■ International Institute of Information ■ Technology, Hyderabad ■ ■ Malaviya National Institute of ■ CarnegieOak Ridge Mellon National University Laboratory Technology, Jaipur ■ RensselaerUniversity of Polytechnic California, Institute Berkeley ■ Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay ■ Indian Institute of Management,

■ Ahmedabad IndustryAuroville Partners Center for Scientific Research Industry Partners ■ ■ ■ Biodiversity Conservation India ■ California Energy Commission ■ InfosysAsahi India Technologies. Glass ■ DelphiAutodesk, Inc. ■ NeosilicaTechnologies ■ ■ ■ Honeywell ■ Paharpur Business Centre ■ Ingersoll-Rand/TraneenLighted Inc. ■ Oorja Energy Engineering Services ■ ■ Philips Electronics India ■ Nexant ■ SaintPLUSS Gobain Polymers Corp ■ SaintLighting Gobain Science Corp GroupCorp ■ Schneider Electric India ■ ■ ■ SynapSense ■ SAGE Electrochromics ■ WiproSintex IndustriesEco Energy Limited Skyshade Daylights Supporting Organizations Supporting Organizations ■ Indian Green Building Center, CII ■ ■ Indian Society of Heating ■ City of SanJose ■ Bay Area Photovoltaic Consortium Conditioning Engineers ■ Natural Resources Defense Council ■ RajasthanRefrigeration Electronics and Air and Instruments HOK Architects

■ ■ GlazingLimited Society of India Indian Society of Lighting Engineers

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Potential Leads and Deployables: ■ ■ Phase change material ceiling tiles: assistance tool to predict daylight Ceiling tiles containing Phase change availabilityCOMFEN India:inside Athe buildingbuilding designin the material helps increase internal thermal Indian context. mass. This saves energy by increasing ■ the possibility to operate buildings in to understand complexity of operational naturally ventilated mode and at the end-useeDOT: A energy.building The design tool assistance helps identify tool various building components such hours. same time help reduce HVAC operation ■ system responsible for higher energy panels help transport daylight deep consumption.as walls, roofs, windows and HVAC insideLaser Cutbuildings Panels: without Laser-cut using window any electricity.

(3) Laser cut panels (LCP) redirecting light towards the ceiling with simulated and measured results. (4) Phase change materials. Top : ceiling tiles, cement concrete, and cement plaster. Bottom : Testing thermal properties of PCMs

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■ ■ with Indirect Evaporative Cooling of communication-based smart power freshDedicated ambient Outdoor air using Air System:exhaust DOASfrom stripAffordable monitors smart connected power devices strip: WiFiand conditioned spaces is a low-energy provides details such as device IDs, usage cooling technology that meets adaptive time, location, and power consumed. thermal comfort standards and saves considerable cooling energy. loads in a building to help in developing This provides the load profile of the plug ■ Indirect evaporative space cooling: strategies for plug- load management. Diabetic rotating contacting device Smart strips also allow users to manage based evaporative cooling technology connected devices. for water, which can be used in ■ structural cooling. This technology saves This is a wireless device that can be used operational energy where water is used toLow switch energy on/off wireless an air-conditioner motion sensor: or in close loop for space cooling, and, any other gadget that has IR controlling has more potential to provide thermal interface such as TVs, music systems comfort in hot and dry climates. etc. based on the human occupancy in a given space.

(5) ECBC Code compliance ruleset automates prototype designs (left, top), expected baseline model (left, bottom) (6) Model Predictive Control tool screenshot shows projected energy savings using MPC on radiant cooling system

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Smart Strip, and I-SPACE Smart Hub for workstations (left). Novel microchannel heat exchanger design of a 1.5 TR split unit (Right)

Delicated Outdoor Air System : Indirect evaporative cooling of fresh air using exhaust air (left), with various components and sub-systems (right)

Patents and Publications Journal Papers (includes Conference Patents TOTAL book chapters) Proceedings Indian 12 26 2 40 U.S. 1 6 7 Joint 8 25 1 34 TOTAL 21 57 3 81

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C. U.S.-India Consortium for Development of Sustainable Advanced Lignocellulosic Biofuel Systems Objective: The project addresses sustainable environmental impact, and analysis of overall conversion technologies for production of as well as biofuel. secondfeedstock generation cultivation biofuels and supply, with biochemical minimal sustainability and supply chain of feedstocks Project Term

Participating Institutions, India Participating: October Institutions,2012-October USA 2017 Lead Institution: CSIR-Indian Institute of Lead Institution: University of Florida, Chemical Technology, Hyderabad

Other Academia Partners Gainesville,Other Academia FL Partners ■ International Crops Research Institute for the ■ University of Missouri, Columbia ■ ■ Indian Institute of Millets Research, Hyderabad ■ Montclair State University, Montclair ■ JawaharlalSemi- Arid NehruTropics, Technological Hyderabad University, ■ Virginia Tech, Blacksburg Hyderabad ■ Texas A&M University, College Station ■ Rajmata Vijayaraje Scindia Krishi Vishwavidyalaya,Tamil Nadu Agricultural Gwalior University, Coimbatore ■ Centre for Economic and Social Studies, Hyderabad ■ Indian Institute of Technology-Delhi, New Delhi ■ Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai

Industry Partners Industry Partners ■ ■ Show Me Energy, Missouri ■ ■ BangaloreAbellon Clean Energy Pvt. Ltd., Ahmedabad Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited, Green Technologies LLC, Gainesville Potential Leads and Deployables: Work Package-1 (Feedstock development and ■ Five high yielding sorghum hybrids supply) ■ ICSA 324 × ICSV 25333, ICSA 447 × IS sweet sorghum hybrid RVICSH 28 18542, ICSA 341× ICSV 25333, ICSA 685 releasedA locally adaptedand madehigh biomassavailable yielding for × IS 18542 and ICSA 385 × ICSV 25333 commercial cultivation in Madhya for testing in multi-location trials and in (stover yields up to 40 t ha-1) identified Pradesh,India. ■ Pearl millet hybrids and populations ■ Perfected crop management practices farmers’ fields. for maximizing Sorghum stover yield for with high biomass (>15 t ha-1) identified ■ New germplasm accessions IP 22269, IP ■ Three high biomass sorghum lines for testing in farmers’ fields. (NPuse as3, bioenergy ICSV 25334 feedstock. and ICSV 25333) for high biomass (>20 t ha-1). 15535, IP 10077 and IP 15564 identified commercialization. ■ Standardized screening protocol for adapted to target areas identified for

identification of stress tolerant bamboo

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■ biomass bamboo accessions capable of growingaccessions. under Identified marginal stress ecologies. tolerant high advancedA white paperbiofuels prepared and bio-products. on standards and certification system and protocols of ■ Energy and emissions report for different Work Package-2 (Conversion Technologies) In-house enzyme production for ■ systems. hydrolysis and integration with biomass feedstock-based biofuel production based bioethanol production. ■ ■ Profitability analyses report outlining ■ Regional (Gujarat) economic and for separation process for hexose and different feedstock based biofuels. pentoseNanofiltration streams. technique developed employment impacts of different

Work Package-3 (Sustainability, Marketing and ■ Policy) progressfeedstock-based reports. biofuels. ■ Baseline survey of 3 districts of Gujarat Annual private production assessment and Madhya Pradesh to evaluate second ■ Supplier development program to generation lignocellulosic bio-fuel assess potential suppliers of different potential.

Patents and Publications feedstock. Journal Papers Conference (Includes book Patents Total Proceedings chapters) Indian 36 53 2 91 US 41 53 4* 98 Joint 2 2 0 4 TOTAL 79 108 6 193

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JCERDC Phase II Project Objectives : a. Develop and demonstrate the Distribution JCERDC Program, the United States and India agreedRecognizing to extend the success and expand of the the first program, call of the as optimal utilization and management of elaborated in the U.S.-India Joint Statement DistributedSystem Operator Energy (DSO) Resources functions (DER) for The United States by interfacing with DER control and intends to support India’s goal by enhancing microgrid control system as well as cooperationissued on January on clean25, 2015: energy “ and climate analysis of prototype feeders with high change, to include expanding the Partnership penetration of energy storage. to Advance Clean Energy Research (PACE-R): b. A renewed commitment to PACE-R, launching needs; security, including cyber-security; a new track on Smart Grid and Grid Storage.” economyAddress communicationand resiliency issues; needs; social data Both nations have since emphasized the critical importance of expanding clean energy research, development, manufacturing and functions.issues; workforce requirements; policy deployment, which increases energy access recommendations; and suitable DSO and reduces greenhouse gas emissions. Current Status: The two sides have each committed UI-ASSIST: U.S.-India approximately $1,500,000 (INR 10.20 crores) collAborativeAfter a multilevel for bi-national smart reviewdiStribution process, Systema consortium wIth Storage titled ” “led in India by Suresh Tranche of the Grant-in aid sanctioned for the C. Srivastava from the Indian Institute of Firstper year,Year has for been a five-year released period. to all the The Indian First Technology (IIT) Kanpur and in the United Consortium Partners. States by Noel Schulz from Washington State University, Pullman was selected for award.

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Partnering Institutions, India Lead Institution: Indian Institute of Lead Institution: Washington State Technology Kanpur, Kanpur (IITK) PartneringUniversity, Pullman,Institutions, WA USA Other R&D Institutions and Academia Other R&D Institutions and Academia Partners Partners • Indian Institute of Technology Delhi • Massachusetts Institute of Technology • Indian Institute of Technology Madras Cambridge • • • Indian Institute of Technology • Hawaii Natural Energy Institute, Honolulu Texas A&M University, College Station BhubaneswarIndian Institute of Technology Roorkee • • The Energy and Resources Institute, New • Delhi Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho Falls Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley Industry Partners Industry Partners • NTPC Energy Technology Research • Snohomish County Public Utility District Everett • • Alliance, Greater NOIDA • • Burns and McDonnell, Kansas City BSES Rajdhani Power Ltd., New Delhi AVISTA Utilities, Spokane • • UP Power Corporation Limited, Lucknow Gurgaon • National Rural Electric Cooperative • CustomizedPower Grid CorporationEnergy Solution, of India Pune Limited ETAP, Operation technology, Inc., Irvine • GE Global Research, Bengaluru • GE Grid Solutions (GE) Association, Arlington • Synergy Systems and Solutions, Gurgaon • Clean Energy Storage, Inc., Temecula • • • • Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia Mindteck, Bengaluru ABB Inc, Sugarland Panasonic India Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon

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United States-India Science and Technology Endowment Fund (USISTEF)

he United States-India Science societal impact” by providing grants of up to and Technology Endowment Fund Rs. 2.50 crores or approximately $400,000 in T(USISTEF) was established in 2009 two broad areas: by the governments of the United States of • Healthy individual Focus on the development of affordable and India (through the Department of Science biomedical devices, diagnostic/ &America Technology) (through for thethe Departmentpromotion ofof State)joint preventive/curative measures, or food and activities that would lead to innovation and nutrition products to improve health. entrepreneurship through the application of science and technology. • Empowering citizens Focus on to reduce the digital/technology The aim of the Fund is to support and foster divide including information and joint applied R&D to generate public good communication technologies with societal through the commercialization of technology impact in areas such as water, agriculture, developed through sustained partnerships between U.S. and Indian researchers and sectors. entrepreneurs. These initiatives can originate financial inclusion, education and others from government, academic, non-governmental The U.S.-India Science and Technology or commercial entities, and any combination Endowment Fund activities are implemented thereof provided they focus on applied R&D, and administered through the bi-national incorporate a business plan and proof of Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF). sustainable commercial potential. Through a competitivecommercial grants concept, program, and havethe Fund significant selects Twenty-seven promising innovative projects have thus far been supported by the United India entrepreneurial initiatives that address States-India Science and Technology and supports commercializingfinancially promising technologies joint U.S.- for Endowment Fund (USISTEF). the theme of “

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PROJECTS COMPLETED The following projects have been successfully concluded and administratively closed :

S.No. Title of the Project Indian PI U.S. PI

A Fair price for Healthy Fruits & Rustom B. Irani Sorin Grama 1. Vegetables: Helping Farmers Access Chirag Icelings Factory Promethean Power Systems Cold-Storage Technology Inc., Somerville

Pvt.Nishith Ltd., Chasmawala Pune Matt Peterson 2. QoraTM Stool Management Kit New Delhi San Francisco Consure Medical Pvt. Ltd. Lunar Design Abhishek Sinha Branchless Banking and Financial Angela Schmuck 3. Services for the Unbanked and Under-banked Eko India Financial Mesa Gurgaon IDdmission LLC Services Pvt. Ltd. Siddhant Jena Stephen Chen 4. Mobile Phone based HbA1c Analyzer Janacare Solutions Pvt. Teco Diagnostics

Ltd.,Parimal New B. Delhi Shah AnaheimStephen Heckeroth 5. Solar Electric Tractor

Lovson Solectrac LLC Neha Juneja Aleksandr Kushch Clean Energy and Power Source for Ahmedabad Albion 6. Greenway Grameen Infra Rural Households in India San Diego Hi-Z Technology Inc. Pvt.Pooja Ltd., Mukul Mumbai Affordable and User-centric Knee Krista Donaldson Bhagwan Mahaveer 7. Joints to remobilize Above-knee D-REV (Design Revolution) Amputees in India and Globally San Francisco Jaipur Viklang Sahayata Samiti Avijit Bansal Dan Harden Easy to use, Integrated Neonatal Windmill Health 8. Whipsaw Inc. Resuscitation Solution San Jose New Delhi Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Joyashree Roy Jadavpur University Ashok Gadgil Commercializing a Scalable Low-cost ITT Corporation and 9. Arsenic Remediation Technology for Societal Impact Pratik(GCP-JU), Mukherjee Kolkata Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Luminous Water Berkeley TechnologiesSriram Ravilla (P) Ltd. Shivang R. Dave Development of a Low-cost, Portable 10. Ramakrishan Autorefractor MahadevanAurolab, Madurai Boston PlenOptika

Commercialization of Cultivated Sea Aurolab,Abhiram Madurai Seth Ganesh Vishwanath 11. Plants Based Organic Bio-Stimulants for Applications in the USA Freemont Aquagri Processing Pvt. GloBridge Ventures LLC Ltd., New Delhi

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PROJECTS CURRENTLY UNDERWAY

OneBreath: Affordable Mechanical Ventilation for India

Ashwin Naik Matthew Callaghan Vaatsalya Healthcare, Bangalore

OneBreath, Inc., Palo Alto Broad Description Ventilator addressing the need for high quality pre-hospital and emergency care in India’s low- income populations. Status Update/Achievements ™ Ventilator has advanced from proof-of-concept through production, with regulatory approval pending beta testing in hospitals around India including Vaatsalya. ™ Completion of mechanical design, PCB, and source code with integrated implementation ongoing, validation of all component suppliers. ™ Core IP has been granted utility patents in Singapore and

pending in India, the U.S., EU, China,Australia, and Canada. with applications ™ Product is currently pre- revenue pending beta testing and regulatory approval. ™ Manufacturing has begun in

will be produced and released forSingapore pilot use. - A total of 15 units ™ OneBreath has secured a Phase

from Grand Challenges Canada II “Transition to Scale” award

for $1M CAD.

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Transforming Arsenic and Fluoride Crisis in Drinking Water into an Economic Enterprise

Abhijeet Gan Minhaj Chowdhury Mike German Arup K. SenGupta WIST Inc., Texas, WIST Inc., Texas WIST Inc., Texas

Rite Water Solutions (I) Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur Broad Description HIX-Nano; hybrid nanotechnology-based

Flouride. adsorbent for removal of Arsenic and Status Update/Achievements ™ HIX media successfully manufactured

Pradesh).in Kolkata; Pilot plants set up across 2 states in India (West Bengal and Andhra ™ Technology validated by West Bengal’s

™ Fluoride Task Force. Order worth Rs. 1 Crore from the Govt. of Andhra Pradesh Government for setting up HIX-based plants across fluoride affected ™ WIST has raised $422,500 through a bridge convertible note round that serves as a Pre- villages in Anantapur district.

Series A Round of financing.

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Developing Novel Biological Seed Treatments to confer Abiotic Stress Tolerance in Crops

Anup Karwa Rusty Rodriguez

SFPL Crop Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Jalna Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies (AST), Seattle Broad Description Development of a novel seed treatment called BioEnsureTM, which contains a mixture

to enhance the tolerance of crop plants to abioticof beneficial stresses fungalsuch as endophytes drought, salinity designed and temperature. Status Update/Achievements U.S.: Field tests in more than 300 locations across 28 states covering numerous soil types and climate zones. 

India: Over 100 replicated field trials by(State regional Agriculture seed companies. University, farmer, in- house, marketing), over 50 small trials and over 20 pre-commercial trials being conducted  Twynam Agricultural Group and a group of impact investors. Adaptive Symbiotic Technologies (AST) has closed a $ 3.4 million Series A from Australian Ag producer

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Commercializing a Transformational Modular Roofing Solution for Low-income Urban Homes

Hasit Ganatra Shashi Buluswar Susan Amrose Massachusetts Institute of Technology Boston

ReMaterials, Ahmedabad LIGTT Corporation Oakland Broad Description

materials as an alternate to poor qualityRoofing corrugated solution cement using and recycled metal

and villages. sheet roofing, widely used in slums Status Update/Achievements  capacity to produce up to 10 roofsFactory in ina Ahmedabadmonth (single with shift a operation). Installed 50 roofs in slums of

 Ahmedabad so far. partners. 3 micro-finance organizations as   Sold 50+ roofs with revenue of approx. INR 25 lakh. Ketto crowdfunding campaign: INR 1,00,400/- oAdditional investment: o Global Social Venture Competition: INR 5,49,880/- Equity investment: INR 2,04,78,241/- o Awards from

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Moving Beyond the Pavement: Affordable Mobility for Users around the World

Sudhir Mehta Tish Scolnik Global Research Innovation and Technology (GRIT) Pithampur Cambridge

Pinnacle Industries Ltd. Broad Description Mobility device (Wheelchair) that increases mobility and independence of its riders in ways previously unattainable. Status Update/Achievements  GRIT; a batch of chairs was Leveragedproduced by Freedom Pinnacle Chair Industries (LFC-3) Ltd. design; and, finalizedboth Pinnacle by and GRIT generated quality control and production documentation to

GRIT reached out to potential customers ensure smooth production of the LFC-3. and has submitted a proposal to Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India distributer in India, to achieve greater (ALIMCO), the largest wheelchair

market share for the LFC-3.

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Handheld Forced Oscillation Device for Improved Detection and Monitoring of Airway Diseases

Anurag Agarwal Ashutosh Sabharwal CSIR-Institute of Genomics & Integrative Biology (IGIB) New Delhi

Cognita Labs LLC, Houston Broad Description Development of highly accurate and low-cost ultrasonic transducer-based device for

Status Update/Achievements measurement of airflow.  conditions; measurements were found to be reproducible, accurate and valid. Five revised Successfully developed and tested two early prototypes in lab conditions and medical office Cognita Labs has demonstrated an industrial design for the device PulmoScan. Revisions to prototypes built would now be taken up for exhaustive testing. the design relate to powering through a battery within the device to reduce dependence on

Cognita Labs the tablet. This is now near final in terms of being market ready. has filed a provisional patent for the new sensor design.

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JaipurBeltTM (Belt System for Body Support)

Ganesh Ram Jangir Paul Scott

Newndra Innovations Private Limited, Jaipur MedSpark, LLC, San Luis Obispo Broad Description

A belt that is a human powered, light-weight and economical exoskeleton that supports restrictingthe spine and body waist movements. by sharing physical work load up to a predefined, variable limit without Status Update/Achievements Newndra Innovations Updates: Improved the proof-of-concept and used

from users. new prototypes to get quality feedback  in the form of user requirements to furtherFeedback improve documented the design. and incorporated Filed patents in India, United States, Europe and China. Three patents already granted. MedSpark Updates: Designs for Economy and Premium versions of JaipurBelt complete.  the ground-up to optimize durability, adjustability,Original prototype manufacturability, redesigned and user- from experience based on preliminary testing

Hip-joint redesigned to have replaceable feedback. wearing components. It also detaches from the belt so that the belt can be laundered. To aid shipping and storage, the structure has been designed to be fully collapsible.  shelf plastic components have been acquired. Prototyping of the Economy and Premium versions is underway. All soft-goods and off-the-

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Wireless Sensor-based Wearable Device for Heart Disease Management

Ravi Bhogu Joseph S. Menezes DuPont, Sunnyvale

Monitra Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., Hyderabad Broad Description Wireless wearable device for cardiac patients as a replacement of conventional ECG and Holter device. Status Update/Achievements  signals acquired from Monitra’s upBeat device with electrocardiographic signals acquired fromTwo studiesgold standard completed ECG recording – the first device study with established input signals equivalence from a patient of electrocardiographic simulator. Second study established equivalence of heart rate and rhythm information in electrocardiographic signals acquired from Monitra’s upBeat device with those acquired from a standard 12-lead ECG recording device on human participants with varying demographics. DuPont developed water-resistant, breathable Hytrel films and supplied samples to Monitra Healthcare Pvt. Ltd.  multiple product concepts. High-fidelity industrial design completed after design immersion and iterating from Compliance with IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) medical device safety andPCT wirelesspatent filed. safety standards under progress. Invited to showcase product to Novartis Executives on Nov 22, 2017 at Indian School of Business, Hyderabad, as part of a program titled Leading Digital Business Transformation & Innovation.   (LimitedSocial Innovation Market Release programme expected for inProducts: 2018. Affordable. & Relevant to Societal Health) grant forAdditional INR 50,00,000/-. investments to the project since USISTEF grant includes the BIRAC SPARSH

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Development and Certification of a Super affordable, Rugged, Reliable, Connected, and Easy-to-use Defibrillator with a Built-in Power Source for Low-resource Settings

Ashish Gawade Aniruddha Atre

Jeevtronics Pvt. Ltd., Pune Jeevtronics Pvt. Ltd., Pune Broad Description

Status Update/Achievements Defibrillator with a built in hand-cranked generator. Final production intent design completed; initial bench testing of hardware to ensure reliability and robustness complete. 

Conducted in-depth computer-aided engineering analysis run to identify weak areas;  presently implementing identified changes. In 2017, Jeevtronics was competitively selected among top three start-ups in India to attend Refined and improved graphical user interface developed. Social-Impact Acceleration Workshop and the prestigious Slush Conference in

a one week Helsinki Finland.

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Non-Stress Fetal Heart Rate Monitoring Tool for Ante-natal Check-up

Balaji Teegala Ivan Tzvetanov

Brun Health Private Limited, New Delhi Berkeley Broad Description Device for monitoring fetal heart rate during the course of pregnancy to help clinicians screen

Status Update/Achievements high-risk cases.  catering to different customers (mothers-to-be and doctors/nurses). Product developed in two forms - a handheld probe design and a flat mouse-like design - Evaluated device performance against Industry gold-standard fetal stimulator.  Functional mobile application developed that is capable of capturing fetal heart-rate data Certification for ISO 13485 standards obtained. from the device over Bluetooth and plot it in a graphical format.   Completed packaging design for the product that adheres to ISO13485 standards. Patent filed to protect the design and sensor architecture.

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Modular Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer utilizing Smartphone Diagnostics and Artificial Intelligence

Adarsh Natarajan Louis Auguste

Aindra Systems (P) Ltd., Bangalore Alexpath, New York Broad Description

remotely. Point-of care cervical cancer screening tool enabling automated analysis of PAP smear slides Status Update/Achievements   Developed 2 concepts of the autostainer and verified both concepts. pre-clinical evaluations. The overall average result for staining performance of device is 300 specimens were collected and stained using the two Autostainer units installed for

9.58/10 based on the feedback received so far.

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Digital Braille Accessibility for the Blind Made Affordable by Magnetic Actuator Technology

Surabhi Srivastava Shraddha Sangelkar The Pennsylvania State University SINE, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Erie

Inceptor Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (Innovision) Broad Description The project proposes the replacement of print Braille with electronic digital display using Braille cells with actuator technology- based on magnetic actuators instead of piezoelectricity. This is expected to bring

population.down the cost of products significantly and make it affordable to a large under-served Status Update/Achievements Four prototype iterations with user

incorporated into the design. Prototypefeedback units and tested inclusion with insightspartner

Resource Center for the Visually Impaired, organizations Saksham, Sarthak, Xavier’s NBP, NFB, Cleveland Eye Clinic (U.S.). National Association for the Blind and with molds fabricated for the injection mouldingDesign for in manufacturingaddition to vendor undertaken and fabricator supply chain for mass production. 100 units being deployed for testing under paid pilots. Targeted global launch for 2018.   Device has passed the CE and FCC certification tests for its category; U.S. patent filed. o Additional25,00,000 investments Grant to Innovision to the project since USISTEF grant include: India Innovation Growth Program (Lockheed Martin, DST, Tata Trusts, IUSSTF) – INR o Grant to Innovision ASME – Hardware ISHOW (American Society for Mechanical Engineers) – USD 10,000

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Millimeter Wave Transceiver Development for High Bandwidth Secure Communication

Neha Satak Raghunath Das

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Princeton

Astrome Technologies Pvt. Ltd. AniaraSpaceCom LLC Broad Description To develop and test a next generation wireless communication technology called GigaMesh for ground and space applications. GigaMesh is a Point-to-Multipoint communication technology operating in millimeter wave spectrum.

Status Update/Achievements Complete Hardware and Software realization of the GigaMesh technology achieved to demonstrate the technology in laboratory environment. Field/outdoor version has been designed and is currently being realized in hardware. Industrial casing design for the outdoor version has also been designed.  been shortlisted to provide test satellite for testing the SpaceNet transponder in space; Two companies - Ananth Technologies Limited (India) and Nano Avionics (Lithuania) have  final selection expected to happen in 2018. Additional investments to the project since USISTEF grant includes the Idea2POC grant from the Government of Karnataka for INR 30 Lakh.

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Blood Cell Counter for Point-of-Care Diagnostics

Usama Ahmed Abbasi Leanna Levine

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore Pratimesh Labs Pvt. Ltd. (MicroX Labs) Aline, Inc, Rancho Dominguez

Broad Description Development of an automated point-of-care device for performing rapid Complete Blood Count using a single cartridge for low-resource settings based on single-cell impedance measurement in conjunction with a patented

Status Update/ micro fluidic device. Achievements  fabricated and validated. Alpha version of cartridge   Alpha version of instrument fabricated and validated.  Impedence sensor from NAL fabricated and validated. Signal conditioning of the board using FPGA (Field Programmable Gate Array) lock-in amplifier needed for fast counting of blood cells has been achieved.

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Lightweight, Ultra-Fast, Next-Generation Magnetic Resonance Imaging Scanners

Arjun Arunachalam Shahin Pourrahimi Superconducting Systems Inc., Billerica

Voxelgrids Innovations Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore Broad Description Development of

helium-free, low- cost,the firstcommercial liquid

MRI Scanner that wouldhigh-field impart full body3-4x acceleration in the imaging process as compared to current scanners.

Status Update/Achievements Successful design and manufacture of MRI RF antennas. Successful installation and maintenance of next generation liquid 1.5 Tesla MRI magnet. MRI Site preparation, RF shielding, civil construction that includes load testing to verify site readiness for MRI magnet siting. System integration complete and Imaging software ready. Successful acquisition of MRI signals from scanner.

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Continent Ostomy Management Device

Pranav Chopra Peter Thier Ximedica, Providence

Crimson Healthcare Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi

Broad Description Development of a device called SphinX - a novel ostomy management system that provides a safe, secure, discreet, accessory-free and cost-effective solution for colostomates and ileostomates.

Status Update/Achievements Completed design of all the components and benchtop testing of prototypes to

(Proof of Concept achieved). confirm the functioning of the concept 

Risk Management Documents - Design Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (DFMEA) and Useability Failure Mode and Effects Analysis (UFMEA) complete.

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The following projects have been awarded under the 8th Call of the USISTEF Program: Eighth Call Awards

Title INDIA U.S.

Low cost companion diagnostic Vani Parmar Anant Madabhushi test for predicting benefit of Tata Memorial Centre Case Western Reserve University adjuvant chemotherapy in ER+ Mumbai Cleveland breast cancer Mark Lloyd Inspirata, Inc. Tampa

Blood Test for All Forms of Active Sarman Singh Imran Khan Tuberculosis (TB) University of California Sciences, New Delhi Davis All India Institute of Medical Pravin Kini NextGen InVitro Diagnostics (P)

VECTRAX an Efficacious Long MarkandeyaLtd., New Delhi Gorantla Agenor Mafra-Neto Lasting Semiochemical Based Attract and Kill Formulation for Secunderabad Riverside Management of Mosquito Vectors ATGC Biotech Pvt. Ltd. ISCA Technologies of Human Diseases

Precise Fertilizer Applicator for Ayush Nigam Nathalie Collins Doubling farmers’ profits and Reducing Environmental Damage Hyderabad San Francisco including Soil, GHG & Water Distinct Horizon Pvt. Ltd. IDEO.org

Test4Safety: Detection of Deepa Bhajekar Deepak Mehrotra Adulteration in commonly consumed liquids Mumbai D Technology Pvt. Ltd. Oak Analytics Company Agoura Hills

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IN OTHER USISTEF NEWS: The Seventeenth Meeting of the U.S.-India that presented an overview while touching Science and Technology Endowment Board upon individual awards and the overall outcome (USISTEB) was held at New Delhi, under the Co-Chairmanship of Dr. Arabinda Mitra, awards were also aired that showcased and and impact. Short films on individual USISTEF & Technology, Govt. of India (Indian Co-Chair) andAdvisor Mr. George& Head N.IBCD, Sibley Department, Minister Counsellor, of Science Secretariathighlighted formally the specific released innovations a comprehensive and the Economic, Environment, Science & Technology printimpact portfolio they have/will of all the make. USISTEF Additionally, awards thus the (US Co-Chair), far. The occasion also provided an opportunity

Affairs, U.S. Embassy, New Delhi Board members. on 26 April 2017. for the USISTEF Awardees to interact with the On this occasion, the USISTEF Secretariat screened a short film on the USISTEF Program

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Indo-U.S. S&T Partnerships

U.S.-India Grand Challenge: Affordable Blood Pressure Measurement Technologies for Low- Resource Settings in the U.S. and India

ypertension diagnosis and management automatically provide frequent data recording is a critical healthcare issue. However, Hthe approach for measuring Blood Pressure has remained the same for the past and reporting to healthcare workers as well as SERB and NIBIB launched two separate several decades. The Science & Engineering feedback to the patients. and parallel, but fully coordinated, funding Research Board (SERB), Government of opportunity announcements in India and India partnered with the National Institute the U.S. respectively to promote research in of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB, NIH) to support the Indo-U.S. Grand approaches and technological options. Challenge Initiative on Affordable Blood this area and generate alternate scientific Pressure Measurement Technologies for The outcomes of the project include: Low-Resource Settings in India and the U.S. ™™ Patents: 4 The purpose of the initiative was to encourage ™™ Publications: 25 collaborative research within and between both the countries to propose new approaches th to the measurement of Blood Pressure that are Indian teams was held in Bangalore on 27 unobtrusive or passive, low-cost and which can JuneA meeting 2017. toThe review committee the progress noted that of the as sixan

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overall outcome of the program, the SERB- leads generated through this program may be NIBIB initiative has succeeded in creating a group of scientists and engineers sensitized other than blood-pressure measurement. poised to find interesting applications in areas and several promising leads have been second call have successfully concluded their in this niche area. Moreover, new knowledge generated. Several of the mid-to-long-term All the Indian projects under the first and

On the Indian side, the following projects were work.supported under the two calls: Lead Principal S. No Title Other Team Member(s) Investigator FIRST CALL 1 Development of a low cost Santosh Noronha C. S. Pramesh arterial tonometry based Indian Institute of Tata Memorial Centre blood pressure monitoring Technology-Bombay, Mumbai device Mumbai 2 Arterial compliance probe Mohanasankar Jayaraj Joseph for cuff-less blood pressure Sivaprakasam Healthcare Technology measurement Healthcare Technology Innovation Centre, IIT-Madras Innovation Centre, Indian Boby George Institute of Technology IIT-Madras Madras V. Jagadeesh Kumar IIT-Madra 3 Rapid real time blood Bala Pesala Anurag Agrawal pressure measurement and CSIR-Central Electronics CSIR-Institute of Genomics and hypertensive predisposition Engineering Research Integrative Biology, New Delhi diagnostics using pulse transit Institute, Chennai Tavpritesh Sethi time and blood pressure CSIR-4PI (Fourth Paradigm variability Institute) New Delhi SECOND CALL 4 Cuffless Noninvasive Blood Sitikanta Roy Anamika Prasad Pressure Measurement using Indian Institute of IIT-Delhi, Delhi Radial Arterial Pressure Patch Technology, Delhi A. L. Vyas Delhi IIT-Delhi, Delhi K.K. Deepak

Suneet Tuli IIT-Delhi,AIIMS, New Delhi Delhi Rajnish Juneja

5 A Low Cost and Easy to use Sujay Deb AIIMS, New Delhi Cuff-less Blood Pressure Indraprastha Institute of Measuring Device using Pulse Information Technology Transit Time and Delhi Pre-ejection Period 6 Blood Pressure Measurement Dipti Gupta Device based on Flexible IIT-Bombay Organic thin film transistors Mumbai

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PACEsetter Fund

n 2013, the Governments of India and by providing early-stage grant funding to accelerate the commercialization of innovative IPromoting Energy Access through Clean off-grid clean energy products, systems, and Energythe (PEACE) United States of America launched U.S.- business models. The Fund’s main purpose is India Partnership to Advance Clean Energy to improve the viability of off-grid renewable (PACE), alongsideas a newthe trackexisting under researchthe energy businesses that sell small scale (under 1 megawatt) clean energy systems to individuals and communities without access to grid to(PACE-R) bring andclean deployment energy to (PACE-D)individuals tracks. and connected power or with limited/intermittent communitiesPEACE aims to unserved harness commercial and underserved enterprise by access. the electricity grid. The bi-national Indo-U.S. Science and In June 2015, the PACEsetter Fund, was Technology Forum (IUSSTF) is the

established to support the PEACE initiative Administrator of this Fund.

In the first round of funding, the following 9 projects were selected for award: Other S. No. Title of the Project Lead Organization Partnering Organization(s) 1. High rate biomethanation of organic - waste for generation of power for off- grid applications SecunderabadAhuja Engineering Services Pvt. Ltd. 2. Creation of an Energy Development Energy Development Finance Co. - Finance Company (EDFC) - Innovative

Ahmedabad DecentralizedMarket Maker RenewableDebt provider Energy to (DRE) catalyze growth of market players in 3. - based Energy Access Projects and engine system for irrigation Development of user friendly gasifier OptimaHeat Technologies 4. Microgrid Remote Monitoring & Customized Energy Solutions - Paramakudi Control 5. Solar PV Micro Grids for Remote Mera Gao Micro Grid Power .- India Pvt. Ltd., Pune

6. Environment Conservation Society - Hamlet Electrification Pvt. Ltd., Lucknow Based Solar Pumps Powering Agriculture: Community 7. Waste to Energy Innovation at Small- Grassroots Energy Inc. (Switch ON), Kolkata scale Massachusetts New Delhi SEWA Bharat

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Other S. No. Title of the Project Lead Organization Partnering Organization(s) 8. - Base of the Pyramid: Developing and Unlocking Clean Home Energy for the BioLite New York inPiloting India the World’s First Pay-As-You-Go (PAYG) Integrated Home Energy System 9. Remote Performance Monitoring & Satya Electrocom

Shri Shakti Alternative Energy Faridabad throughOutsourced an online Service portal Management with pilot of Limited, Hyderabad Pvt. Ltd. demonstrationSolar Pumps and projectsOff-grid Solarin Rajasthan PV Plants and Chhattisgarh States of India of shortlisting is presently underway. In response to the Second Call, IUSSTF received 168 Expressions of Interest (EoI). The first level

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Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE)

artnerships for International The primary goal of PIRE is to support high Research and Education (PIRE) is a quality projects in which advances in research P U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) and education could not occur without program that supports international activities international collaboration. PIRE promotes across all NSF-supported disciplines. PIRE excellence in science and engineering through international collaboration and facilitates engagement in the U.S. Science and Engineering development of a diverse, globally-engaged communityseeks to catalyze which a higheris essential level of to international addressing critical science and engineering problems. support high quality research and education Science projectsscience across and engineeringall disciplines, workforce. which are highly PIRE and Engineering Research Board (SERB), a collaborative in nature. StatutoryWith this Body background, established in 2014by Department the of GROWTH - Global Science & Technology (DST), Government Relay of Observatories Watching Transients of India, entered into a formal understanding HappenUnder the”, an 2014 international call, “ collaborative with NSF to partner for the PIRE program. The program is administered in India through the dedicated to the study of short lived cosmic Indo-U.S. Science & Technology Forum. transientsnetwork was of astronomersselected for award. and telescopes

GROWTH: Global Relay of Observatories Watching Transients Happen

Principal Investigators

G. C. Anupama Mansi M. Kasliwal California Institute of Technology Bangalore Pasadena Indian Institute of Astrophysics researchers from seven countries pooling observatoriesThe Global Relay with of a Observatoriescollection of telescopes Watching aroundTransients the Happen world (GROWTH) positioned is a innetwork a way of fasttheir transients resources with towards the advent common of scientificthe next that allows the collaboration to observe a goals. GROWTH is poised to discover many transient event uninterrupted by daylight. It is an international partnership created by Synopticgeneration Survey of wide-field Telescope synoptic (2022). imaging with the Zwicky Transient Facility (2017) and Large

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Partnering Institutions

India : U.S.A : San Diego State University, University of Maryland, Pomona College, University of Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics Japan : Wisconsin, Los Alamos National Laboratory Sweden : Tokyo Institute of Technology Israel : Weizmann Institute of Science Oscar Klein Center at Stockholm University Taiwan : National Central University Germany : Humboldt University of Berlin

Hanle: the site of GROWTH-India telescope.

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Research Initiative for Real-Time River Water and Air Quality Monitoring

ecognizing the need for developing online will enable end to end water and air quality R cost, low power sensor nodes with large scale sensorRiver technology, Water and data Air communication Quality monitoring and cloudmonitoring based systems data analysis. on smart, The networked, Four Research low data analysis,(WAQM) the systems Department in the frontier of Science areas and of Technology, Govt. of India (DST) and Intel® 1. Sensing and Sense making at the Edge have collaborated to jointly initiate a research Vectors (RV) identified for study include:- 2. Novel energy harvesting technologies program titled Research Initiative for Real- time River Water and Air Quality Monitoring. 3. Ultra low power wireless networking The program is being administered by the 4. Distributed analytics and sense making binational IUSSTF.

technologies for sensing, communication and wereAfter selected a comprehensive for award. review, The Grantees two projects were analysisThe WAQM of large program scale aims data tocollected develop from key felicitatedeach in Air by Dr. and Harsh Water Vardhan, Quality Union Monitoring Minister of Science & Technology, Earth Sciences, lived sensor nodes, followed by integration Environment, Forests and Climate Change, at andautonomous deployment networks for water of perpetual/and air quality long monitoring in real time. It is envisaged to January 2018. an Awards Ceremony held in New Delhi on 16

develop tools and constituent blocks than

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AAir short Quality summary Monitoringon the four projects selected for the award is as follows:

I. Streaming Analytics over Temporal Variables from Air quality Monitoring (SATVAM)

Partnering Institutions , India Partnering Institutions, USA . Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur . . Indian Institute of Technology Bombay . Indian Institute of Science Bangalore Duke University, Durham Other Partners: .

Respirer Living Sciences Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai The project aims to collect air quality information sustainably, nation-wide, at a to deploy data-driven control and preventive mechanisms.low-cost to allow The focus policy is makers on low-cost and citizens PM2.5 sensors; concentrated photovoltaic conversion laser scattering sensors, Ozone, NOx and SOx Together, the idea is to integrate the entire backed up by Li-ion battery based storage. from local sensing to distributed analytics, to offerhardware, a comprehensive communication solution. and software stack,

II. High resolution air quality monitoring and air pollutant data analytics

Partnering Institutions, India Partnering Institutions, USA . Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore . University of Southern California, . CSIR-Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani Los Angeles The project aims to develop and validate a low-cost sensor system for measuring the air quality index; develop techniques for low-cost sensors to be used in conjunction with a small number of high quality, but expensive sensors, and guarantee data quality. The project will test 15 low cost monitoring systems coupled with

Toluene & Formaldehyde), PM 2.5 and PM10 etc.IoT devices for COx, SOx, NOx, VOCs (Benzene,

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Water Quality Monitoring

III. Design and Development of Aquatic Autonomous Observatory (Niracara Svayamsasita VedhShala - NSVS) for In situ Monitoring, Real Time Data Transmission and Web based Visualization

Partnering Institutions , India Partnering Institutions, USA . Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur . Falmouth Other Partners: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, . Kritsnam Technologies, Kanpur

The project aims to design and develop low- cost, multi-parameter, water quality platforms with auto-sampling capabilities. The system would measure critical parameters such as dissolved oxygen, conductivity, temperature, nutrients, Carbon-di-oxide and select heavy integrating solar panel, piezo electric system andmetals. micro A novelwind energyturbine harvestingis envisaged. system The system will comprise of Controller, Energy Harvesting System and Sensor interface.

IV. Integrated low cost water sensors for real- time river water monitoring and decision- making

Partnering Institutions , India Partnering Institutions, USA . Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi . University of California, Riverside . National Institute of Science and . Technology, Berhampur . . National Environmental Engineering and Michigan State University, East Lansing . New Jersey Institute of Technology Research Institute Nagpur Stanford University, Palo Alto . Centre for Materials for Electronics Technology, Pune Newark . University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad Other Partners: . Bhubaneswar . Asiczen Technologies India Pvt. Ltd.,

SunMoksha Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore

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The project aims to develop sensors for forchemical determining oxygen water demand quality (COD), parameters microbial as indicators and water flow which can be used integrate commercial sensors for obtaining waterwell as waterquality flow parameters characteristics with in aabove- river; and integrate real-time data for developing an earlydeveloped warning sensors system. using The integrated project willASIC result chip; in deployment of prototype model devices in a test bed for large scale replication.

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Bilateral Workshops

Addressing the Nexus of Food, Energy, & Water (FEW) in the Context of Societal Challenges

19-21 April, 2017 | Bangalore, INDIA

Principal Investigators

Sekhar Muddu Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore [email protected]

Chittranjan Ray University of Nebraska, Lincoln [email protected]

ood security for the growing global water security both for India and the United Fpopulation is civilization’s next critical States. population of seven billion increases to more 11 U.S. participants. Panel discussions focused than ninechallenge. billion by As 2050 the and individual current calorie world onThe issues workshop in India was and attended the U.S. by examining27 Indian andthe nexus of food, energy, and water, and solution in the demand for food. Sustaining a high rate strategies. Both sides presented several new ofintake food rises, production there will will be arequire significant innovations increase technologies and methods to measure crop in water productivity and soil health, as well as use of hybrids, chemical inputs, alternative water footprint computations. Precision energy sources for irrigation and other cutting- farmingwater productivity, practices water(planting, use efficiency, irrigation, and edge agricultural activities. The purpose of this and harvesting) for large and small-holder farms were discussed. In addition, various in feeding humanity in the coming century and presentations showcased remote sensing tools howworkshop the nexus was between to address food, societal water and challenges energy used to measure crop water productivity. can be exploited to address sustainability Water productivity computations for different in India and United States because major crops; spatial scale of water foot ofchallenges. the scale Although of mechanization, these challenges resources are print computations; improved modeling approaches to assess ground water depletion; addressed differences and similarities in these remote sensing/ ICT tools for soil moisture availability, and other factors; the workshop & crop assessment; and use of geospatial solutions. It aimed at intensifying and methods for upscaling were some of the promotingchallenges bilateral to develop interdisciplinary mutually beneficialresearch, major recommendations emanating from the training, and cooperation to produce more food within the constraints of energy and workshop.

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Scientific Imperatives for a Coordinated Indo-U.S. Investigation of the Indian Ocean, 2016-2020 and Beyond

11-13 September 2017 | La Jolla, U.S.A.

Principal Investigators

Satheesh Shenoi Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad [email protected]

Raleigh R. Hood University of Maryland, College Park [email protected]

began in late 2015 and will continue through 2020. The goal is to organize ongoing research Indian Ocean remains one of the most poorly and stimulate new initiatives within this sampled and overlooked regions of the period as part of a larger expedition. These world ocean. As a result, many important activities will serve as a core for a new Indian globalscientific warming questions are not that well pertain understood. to the roleThe and the response of the Indian Ocean to Ocean research focus, which has been dubbed Scientific Committee on Oceanic Research “IIOE-2.” for a Coordinated Investigation of the Indian (SCOR) developed the International Indian Indo-U.S. workshop on Scientific Imperatives Ocean Expedition (IIOE) as its first major activity, after identifying at its first meeting acrossOcean wasdisciplines attended of bybiological, 5 Indian chemical, and 53 in 1957 that the Indian Ocean was the least physical,American and scientists. geological Participantsoceanography, workedas well known of all ocean basins. The United States as climate dynamics and atmospheric science played a major role in creation of the IIOE, and to generate integrated observing and process supported the international coordination office experiment strategies to address some of the in New York City from late 1959 to mid-1962. leading, multidisciplinary science questions oceanography,In the 50 years and since atmospheric the IIOE, fundamental sciences. Thesechanges changes have taken have place revolutionized in studies ofour geology, ability research themes that emerged from the to measure, model, and understand the in the Indian Ocean basin. The important and Ecological Dynamics of the Seychelles- workshop included Physical, Biogeochemical Earth System. SCOR (Scientific Committee on Physical, Biogeochemical and Ecological Oceanic Research), IOC (Intergovernmental Exchanges;Chagos Thermocline Physical, Biogeochemical Ridge; Inter-Ocean and Oceanographic Commission) and IOGOOS of(Indian coordinated Ocean Global international Ocean Observing research System)focused and the Bay of Bengal; and, Marine Geology are working together to stimulate a new phase Ecological Contrasts Between the Arabian Sea on the Indian Ocean for a 5-year period that and Deep Ocean Biogeochemistry and Ecology. 62 Indo-U.S. Science & Technology Forum Bilateral Workshops

Drug Re-Purposing for Improving Radiotherapy of Cancer

13 November 2017 | Chennai, INDIA

Principal Investigators

Bilikere S. Dwarakanath Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai [email protected]

Sunil Krishnan MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas [email protected]

hile Institutions in both India and the United States are involved in Winnovative cancer research, there are only isolated collaborative research initiatives personalized medicine, radiogenomics, drug repurposing,between the development two countries. of Areas cost-effective such as intelligencesite-specific and clinical data protocols,mining, etc. integration remain largelyof information unexplored, technology and hold great for artificialpromise for a formal collaboration between the two countries. including 9 invited experts in clinical and Re-purposing of existing drugs as adjuncts experimental105 participants radiation attended oncology the workshop and to chemo-radiotherapy is receiving attention bioinformatics from the United States. for overcoming the limitations of new drug Discussions covered the current trends discovery involving high costs and long in radiation oncology; drug repurposing for radiotherapy of brain tumors; particle therapy; phytochemicals as radiosensitizers; otherdevelopment institutes times. from Athe group U.S. and of professionalsIndia formed at the National Cancer Institute, U.S.A. and normal tissue protection and clinical trials drug repurposing as adjuvant to radiotherapy a consortium in 2014 to work in the area of engagedwith repurposed in therapy drugs. as well This as workshop research was in oncology,beneficial besides for young providing faculty andan opportunity researchers underof tumors. the Thisconsortium workshop, and in Novemberplan the future2017, aimed to take stock of the progress of work for personal interactions among members of the consortium for exchange of new ideas. besides members of the consortium. roadmap by involving experts in related fields,

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Indo-U.S. Workshop on Environmental Geotechnics

1-2 December 2017 | Mumbai, INDIA

Principal Investigators

D. N. Singh Indian Institute of Technology Bombay [email protected]

Megan L. Hart University of Missouri, Kansas City [email protected]

nvironmental Geotechnics is an engineering philosophy that facilitates incorporation facilitate collaborations between Indian and E U.S.The overarchingresearchers goaland ofindustrial this workshop counterparts. was to (either man-made or natural) on conventional The event was attended by 49 Indian and 5 geotechnicalof the influenceengineering of practices. environmental It is gaining effects U.S. participants. The major themes covered included energy geotechnics (topics on researchers, industrialists and planners due geothermal, nuclear energy etc.); sustainability tosignificant rapid and attention uncontrolled amongst urbanization engineers, and (waste material utilization, mining issues and industrialization, which creates a huge amount general themes); instrumentation and sensing; of hazardous and toxic waste, and necessitates cold region geo-mechanics; bio-geo interface; invention of new-construction materials. The contamination in geo-environment; and carbon sequestration.

andmajor relevance thematic for areas sustainable identified development. in the realm of for transformative and collaborative research Environmental Geotechnics reflect their necessity A lot of the discussionin centred the areas around of bauxite the need red

leachate, and mining mud, heavy metals, landfill participants deliberated oninfluenced the geoenvironmental waters. The problems India faces, regulatory aspects, research available at Indian research institutes

solutions. and finding sustainable

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Improving Clinical Outcome after Stroke: Establishing Acute Stroke Care Pathways in India

1-3 December 2017 | New Delhi, INDIA

Principal Investigators

Padma Srivastava All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi [email protected]

Pooja Khatri University of Cincinnati [email protected]

The symposium brought together 11 U.S. very large with more than 1.5 million Tcaseshe disease per burdenyear. The of stroke costs in involved India is in caring for residual disabilities such as and 51 Indian stroke experts and other key physical dependence, cognitive decline, bestakeholders published in in the India International to create a Journal practical of consensus-based guideline and tool kit to care are enormous and have adverse social depression, seizures, besides costs of stroke Stroke with open access. further academic and clinical activities imperative to prevent this cascading disease focusedThe symposium towards the laid development the groundwork of cutting- for burdenimplications. in Indian Prompt society. affirmative The goal action of this is edge tertiary and community-care programs targeting cerebrovascular disorders. in India as much as possible within the current symposium was to raise the level of stroke care resource framework.

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Curbing Whitefly-Plant Virus Pandemics - The Departure from Pesticides to Genomics Solutions

4-5 December 2017 | Ludhiana, INDIA

Principal Investigators

Pankaj Rathore Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana [email protected]

Judith K. Brown University of Arizona, Tucson [email protected]

hitefly Bemisiatabaci (Gennadius) is now considered one of the world’s Wmost damaging insect pest. It causes crop losses by direct feeding damage and transmitting more than 60% plant and ornamental crop species, worldwide. The pastviruses, few whichyears have cause witnessed disease inan food,upsurge fibre in the B. tabaci population and its transmitted begomoviruses, particularly in Northern owing to emergence of new viral strains as wellIndia, as where development management of resistance has been difficultin this strategies for future research. It included pest to several classes of insecticides. The lecturesof the whitefly from ineminent the long scientists, term and posters, devise United States has also witnessed losses in oral presentations and panel discussions. Six experts from the U.S and twelve Indian particularlyfibre, vegetable in South and and ornamental Southwestern crops States. due to whitefly infestations or virus outbreaks speakers delivered lectures on different basis of host-plant resistance and various fromaspects the of whiteflyindustry and participated its transmitted from viruses. across Identification of resistance sources, molecular theA totalcountry. of 126The symposium participants, helped including develop 23 and its transmitted viral pathogens have strong collaborations among the researchers becomemanagement the need of strategies of the hour. to manage whitefly in this area of agricultural science. Punjab The symposium brought together researchers, to share latest advances, technologies and Agricultural University intends to develop a approachespolicy makers for and combating experts thefrom destructiveness diverse fields recommendationsjoint network centre of thison whitefly-virus symposium. studies with the University of Arizona based on the

66 Indo-U.S. Science & Technology Forum Bilateral Workshops

Simulating Long Time Reaction Dynamics: New Developments and Challenges

7-10 December 2017 | Agra, INDIA

Principal Investigators

Srihari Keshavamurthy Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur [email protected]

Christopher Jarzynski University of Maryland, College Park [email protected]

omputational modeling of chemical reactions provides crucial atomic Clevel insights about the underlying methods.current status of the field and facilitate future processes in terms of rates and mechanisms. collaborations in designing efficient simulation The meeting comprised of 10 technical It is indispensable for designing novel materials, deciphering molecular origins of 2 poster sessions (35 poster presentations by diseases, developing new drug molecules studentssessions featuringand professors) 27 invited and talks 2 brainstorming by speakers, and in fundamental understanding of various sessions discussing the current challenges chemical processes in nature. With the advent and the way ahead to address the outstanding of powerful algorithms and computers, we are issues. Technical presentations covered novel able to simulate complex chemical reactions methods and their applications to various in silico. Indeed, molecular simulations have problems in chemistry, biology and material been the method of choice for the last several science. In particular, they addressed novel decades in various disciplines including approaches to explore complex free-energy Chemistry, Biology, Materials Science, landscapes; approaches to identify essential and Earth & Planetary Sciences. However, several challenges remain, especially the sampling and reaction rate computations; prediction of long-time reaction dynamics machine“collective learning coordinates” approaches for for identifying enhanced from short-time simulations without relying crucial collective coordinates for a process; on chemical intuition. This requires a better new clustering approaches to aid in analyzing understanding of dynamics occurring at long-timescale dynamics; new methods for multiple spatiotemporal scales in complex reaction path sampling; simulating various systems. For this, novel sampling techniques, long-timescale processes such as enzymatic reactions, ligand binding in proteins, protein statistical mechanics and machine learning, folding, nucleation and solid-liquid interfaces needguided to bybe formulated.developments This in symposium diverse fields invited like using state-of-the-art techniques. experts from India and the U.S. to review the

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Human Genetic Disorders of Prenatal and Postnatal Growth

8-9 December 2017 | Thiruvananthapuram, INDIA

Principal Investigators

Sankar Hariharan Government Medical College, Thiruvananthapuram [email protected]

Maxmillan Muenke National Institutes of Health, Bethesda [email protected]

ystematic cancer registration has long the etiological factors of a complex, multi- been practiced in India through the SNational Cancer Registry Program. epidemiology;factorial disease molecular like cancer. epidemiology; The aim of this jointand, a progressive increase in the incidence of preventiveworkshop wasoncology, to facilitate so as debate to develop in classical joint cancerOver the globally. last three Geographical decades, there variation has been in proposals for further research.

although it is less in India than in Western nations,the incidence the overall of cancer burden is wellis high known because and forThe workshopfurther exploration attracted 7 U.S.included participants reasons and of the size of the population. However, some for10 participantsvariation in fromcommon India. cancer Leads incidence, identified cancers are more prevalent in India compared pattern, trend and outcomes within registries in India; epidemiological basis for variation in cholangiocarcinoma and gall bladder cancers. biliary tract cancer in different parts of India; Whileto the epidemiologicalWest including cervical, studies inhead both and the neck, U.S. possibilities of screening and prevention of and India have led to a better understanding the North-East of India; reasons for increased to be done particularly in common tumours high incidence of specific types of cancer in suchof specific as breast, causes ovarian of cancer, and gastrointestinal more remains particularly women; childhood cancer cancers where clear causative factors are yet epidemiologyincidence of (infections lung-cancer and in cancer, non-smokers special cancer registries, etc.); and, Natural dynamics States have large and genetically diverse of HPV infection in oral cancer in India. populations,to be identified. which Both are an India important and the asset United for epidemiological studies aimed at identifying

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Intrinsically Disordered Proteins: Forms, Functions and Diseases

09-12 December 2017 | Mohali, INDIA

Principal Investigators

Samrat Mukhopadhyay Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohali [email protected]

Elizabeth Komives University of California, San Diego [email protected]

raditionally, protein function was thought genome of higher organisms. However, the disorder-to-function relationships are poorly Tstructure encoded by the amino acid sequence.to depend However, on a uniquecurrent well-defined investigations 3D IDPs are associated with a range of deadly have revealed that a large fraction of the understood. Additionally, dysfunction of many proteome of any organism consists of diseases. diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s The conference helped address fascinating and structure under physiological conditions. They emerging issues in the integrative biology of belongpolypeptide to a segmentsdistinct class that lackof proteins a well-defined called IDPs from structure and dynamics to functions Intrinsically Disordered Proteins (IDPs) that and diseases by bringing together a large challenge the tenets of the traditional structure number of leading scientists together. Topics function paradigm. Retaining disorder is an evolutionary strategy that facilitates complex functions and dysfunctions; bioinformatics multitude of functions within a compact andcovered systems at the biology; workshop structural included cellularbiology and disorder-to-function relationships; conformational dynamics and heterogeneity; chemical biology and drug design; intracellular phase separation and membrane-less organelles; pathological amyloids; functional prions and amyloids; emerging single-molecule

NMR spectroscopy; mass spectrometry; foldingfluorescence disorders methods; from nanoscale test tubes biophysics; to cells; molecular simulations and computational biology; disorder in lipid-protein interactions; and, disease models and therapeutic strategies.

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Organometallic Chemistry: From Fundamentals to Applications

14 December 2017 | Mumbai, INDIA

Principal Investigators

Balaji R. Jagirdar Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore [email protected]

Matthew S. Sigman University of Utah, Salt Lake City [email protected]

rganometallic Chemistry serves as a bridging discipline between the two Enterprises and professional societies such traditional areas of inorganic and Invictus, Reliance Industries, Inkarp, and Shah

chemistry experienced enormous growth as the American Chemical Society and Royal organic chemistry. The field of organometallic shortSociety presentations of Chemistry from added young a special and upcoming flavor to researchersthe workshop. from A total academic of 26 lecturesinstitutions including in India 6 impact.over the Solutions years that to resultedsome of thein great most scientificpressing were delivered and 26 posters were presented problemsaccomplishments faced by withhuman significant beings around scientific the showcasing the latest developments that have world such as alternative sources of energy, chemistry to mitigate climate change, and the O taken place in the field. structure, properties, spectroscopy, reactivity, components derived from organometallic theoreticalThe scientific methods, sessions and included catalytic synthesis, aspects chemistry.development of potent drugs most likely have of organometallic chemistry thus covering

Chemistry was attended by 85 participants includingThis Indo-U.S. 9 from workshop the United on Organometallic States and the entire spectrum of topics in the field. The several from academic institutions in India. eachworkshop from alsothe includedU.S. and twoIndia. tutorial Some sessions of the In addition, participants from some of the participantsconducted by have two already leaders used in thethe field,platform one

engage in collaborative research. leading industries such as BASF, Dr. Reddy’s provided by the workshop to take steps to Laboratories, Syngene International, Syngenta,

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Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology for Clean Energy and Storage

10-12 January 2018 | Coimbatore, INDIA

Principal Investigators

P. Radhakrishnan PSG Institute of Advanced Studies, Coimbatore [email protected]

Pradeep Haldar SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany [email protected]

n the interest of minimizing environmental damage, various renewable forms of energy energy harvesting mechanisms could be Iproduction have enjoyed substantial furthersystems. enhanced Moreover, by the the efficiencies incorporation of these of progress technologically and economically nanomaterials and nanotechnology. during the last decade. But much still needs to be done to ensure that our energy infrastructure scientists, engineers, researchers and industry can stay on a sustainable footing. This cannot collaboratorsThis workshop from the brought U.S. and together India in topthe be achieved through one technological solution area of nanomaterials and nanotechnologies alone, but requires the utilization of a number for clean energy generation and storage, and of energy production and storage technologies partner and collaborate with each other and leverage their expertise to accelerate research Various methods of energy harvesting such goals and achieve faster commercialization asand solar measures photovoltaics, to improve thermoelectrics energy efficiency. etc. leading to affordable nanotechnologies and could, if employed on a large scale, lessen the nanodevices. burden on conventional energy production

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Recent advances in magnetism and spintronics

5-6 February 2018 | Mumbai, INDIA

Principal Investigators

Shiva Prasad Indian Institute of Technology Bombay [email protected]

Hariharan Srikanth University of South Florida [email protected]

he topic of Magnetism and Spintronics large number of novel devices, materials and has emerged as one of the most important applications have emerged in the recent past. Tareas in Condensed Matter Physics today. Recent advances Both India and the U.S. are actively involved in in magnetism and spintronics organized by ShivaThis Indo-U.S. Prasad Workshop(Indian Institute on of Technology in materials has been of great interest for many Bombay) and Hariharan Srikanth (University decades,activities therelated topic to of this spintronics field. While has magnetism attracted of South Florida), provided a forum for exchanging ideas on topics ranging from bio/ to the application potential and fundamental a large number of researchers to this field due nano magnetism to skirmions. importance from the physics point of view. A

72 Indo-U.S. Science & Technology Forum Bilateral Workshops

Discussion meeting on mechanics/ materials interface

18-22 February 2018 | Coorg, INDIA

Principal Investigators

R. Narasimhan Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore [email protected]

Pradeep R. Guduru Brown University, Providence [email protected]

ver the past two decades or so, a number of new materials have been developed,

defence, aerospace, automobile, electronic, biomedical,which and are energy finding (generation applications as well as in storage) sectors. The deformation and failure mechanisms are unique to each of these new classes of materials. More importantly, they differ vastly from the conventional metals and alloys. Therefore, it is imperative that their mechanical behavior is understood in Odetail from both mechanics and mechanisms

only for designing better materials but also for interest were discussed at the meeting. theperspective. mechanical Such design knowledge of fail-safe is crucialstructures. not These pertained to recent advances on The objective of the Discussion meeting on ductile fracture of anisotropic materials and mechanics/materials interface organized mechanics of deformation of novel materials by R. Narasimhan (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) and Pradeep Guduru (Brown University, Rhode Island) was to bring onlike magnetostrictiverecent developments materials, in grapheneexperimental and together experts from the U.S. and India to mechanicsultra-hard ceramics.such as Otherusing lecturesDigital Gradient focused Sensing and Digital Volume Correlation and of Mechanics of Materials. The lectures were mechanics of non-crystalline materials. The delivereddiscuss exciting by 12 newrenowned developments academicians in the fromfield program ended with a panel discussion wherein the U.S., 15 scientists of repute drawn from the experts deliberated on fundamental Indian academic and research institutions research, academic curricula, collaborative and three graduate research students. research and technological implications of the Several topics of contemporary research

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Nanotechnology regulatory science

21-22 February, 2018 | Hyderabad, INDIA

Principal Investigators

S. Chandrasekhar CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad [email protected]

Sunil Krishnan MD Anderson Cancer Center, TX [email protected]

anotechnology is enabling the nanotechnology regulatory science. The development of new personal care symposium focused on the regulatory aspects Nproducts, in-vitro diagnostics and in- vivo imaging agents for early disease detection. where global consensus and standards are However, challenges in reproducibility of stillof Nanotechnology, under development. a relatively It brought nascent experts field these complex technologies is leading to very from regulatory agencies such as the U.S. slow progress in clinical translation. The goal of Indo-U.S. Symposium on Nanotechnology Protection Safety Commission from the United Regulatory Science organized by S. StatesFood and and Drug DCGI Administration, and other national U.S. Consumer and state Chandrasekhar (CSIR-Indian Institute of Technology, Hyderabad) and Sunil Krishnan bilateralregulatory interest entities and (DBT, possible DST, ICAR, collaborations ICMT, TERI to educate the community on regulatory and FSSAI) in India to discuss key topics of perspectives,(MD Anderson and Cancer develop Center, collaborations Texas) was at the meeting included nanomaterial drugs, devices,in this field.consumer Key areasproducts that and were clinical discussed trials.

between India and the U.S. in the field of

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Emergency medical delivery system integrating unmanned vehicles

5-7 March, 2018 | Bangalore, INDIA

Principal Investigators

Kota Harinarayana Aeronautical Society of India, Bangalore [email protected]

C. Nataraj Villanova University, Villanova, PA [email protected]

mergency medical situations can occur at any time, and often do occur on roads on Emergency medical delivery system Ein congested urban areas, or in rural integratingthis challenge, unmanned the Indo-U.S. vehicles Workshoporganized areas that may not have easy and fast access by Kota Harinarayana to emergency medical personnel. The recent of India, Bengaluru) and C. 'Nat' Nataraj advancements in geospatial localization (Villanova University, (AeronauticalVillanova) broughtSociety and optimization have been quite dramatic together some of the leading experts from and drone technology is being evaluated the U.S. & India in Engineering, Emergency by technology companies for delivery of Healthcare, and from regulatory and legal commercial goods. While this is interesting domains. It facilitated brainstorming sessions and could be lucrative for the companies; the over two days on the state of the art in application of such technology for alleviating emergency healthcare across the globe, where

and accidents and medical response to rural orand congested responding urban to situations road traffic could congestion be much theengineering need to andaugment medical new domains technologies must work for addressinghand-in-hand. the Theever workshop increasing deliberated demands and on potential application of drone technology is the gaps in the current technologies, along with transportationmore impactful. of vital Another organs, important whose timely and a consideration of legal and regulatory issues. delivery to hospitals (where it is required) a white paper and a proposal for submission When implemented, such a system could be toThe the goal prospective of this workshop funding hasagencies been toin createorder transformativeis prevented by in heavy changing traffic the in metro emergency cities. medical landscape in India. To address between India and the United States. to significantly advance the collaborations

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Transcription, chromatin structure, DNA repair and genomic instability

6-10 March 2018 | Bangalore, INDIA

Principal Investigators

Sathees C. Raghavan Indian Institute of Science Bangalore [email protected]

Sukesh R. Bhaumik Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale [email protected]

regulate genome organization, integrity and chromatin structure. Hence, chromatin expression. Mis-regulation of these highly co- Estructureukaryotic genomeplays important is tightly packedroles viain ordinated events is strongly associated with various diseases including cancers, and hence chromatin structure and gene expression is therapies can be developed by understanding stronglyregulation associated of gene expression.with a growing Alteration number of the detailed regulatory mechanisms of of diseases. Further, genomic integrity is

chromatin structure, transcription and DNA leadshighly challengedto chromosomal by DNA damageabnormalities via intrinsic and inrepair these with three their distinct cross-talks. areas. However, Therefore, most this of translocations,and extrinsic factors.it may impede When DNAtranscription, damage the scientists are workingTranscription, quite independently chromatin which severely alter gene expression and structure, DNA repair and genomic in turn threaten cellular existence, thus instabilityworkshop organized on by Sathees C. Raghavan leading to cancers, ageing, and a variety of (Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore) other diseases. Fortunately, cells employ and Sukesh R. Bhaumik (Southern Illinois University School of Medicine, Carbondale),

(homologousvarious DNA repairrecombination mechanisms likeand excision non- areas of chromatin structure, transcription and homologousrepair or double end strandjoining) break pathways (DSB) repair to brought scientists working on these distinct mechanisms with disease pathogenesis and therapeuticDNA repair developments, toward understanding as well as facilitate intricate transcriptionmaintain genomic and chromatinintegrity. Intriguingly, structure. Thus, DNA damage and DNA repair factors also regulate collaborations to fast explore cross-regulatory repair are not mutually exclusive processes, mechanismsinterdisciplinary of genome scientific organization, interactions integrity and buttranscription, rather highly chromatin co-ordinated structure events and DNA to and expression with drug discovery.

76 Indo-U.S. Science & Technology Forum INDO-U.S. VIRTUAL NETWORKED CENTERS

Indo-U.S. Virtual Networked Centers

Probing Fundamental Nature of Dark Matter through upcoming 21 cm Signals from Reionization Epoch

Partnering Institutions | India Principal Collaborators Bengaluru Indian Institute of Astrophysics Partnering Institutions | University of North Carolina Shiv Sethi Marc Kamionkowski Raman Research Johns Hopkins University Chapel Hill USA Institute, Bengaluru Baltimore

Background Objectives The main objective of this virtual center is to majorCosmological components experiments of our universe, have confirmed which is responsiblethe existence for of all dark structure matter formation as one ofin the find the generic signature of some promising candidatesdark matter also candidate have strong that isparticle an alternative physics is still a mystery. appeal.to cold WIMP.Some ofThese these alternative models have dark mattertypical universe. But the particle nature of dark matter suppressed oscillation in matter power spectra in small scales. In general non-linear clustering explains large-scale features of the universe erases any typical features in matter power at Though the Cold Dark Matter (CDM) paradigm small scale; but 21 cm observation will probe the linear power at these scales, and thus will Surveyobtained (SDSS); by Cosmic small-scale Microwave observations Background have be able to provide us any deviation from CDM (CMB) observations and Sloan Digital Sky power, if present in early universe structure the other hand, in spite of extensive search formation. long standing challenges attached to it. On matterfor electroweak candidates scale through (100 direct GeV) coldand indirect Weakly Anticipated Deliverables Interacting Massive Particle (WIMP) dark for its detection has been found. search over the last 20 years, no firm evidence cosmologyThe team probe envisages of fundamental making physics important and anticipatecontributions publications to the in high-impact field of precision journals.

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Inference of Solar Variability across Scales: Connecting the Disparate Scales of Magnetism throughout the Solar Atmosphere

Partnering Institutions | India Principal Collaborators Indian Institute of Science Education & Research

(IISER)-Kolkata

Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru A. Kumar Srivastava Scott W. McIntosh Udaipur Solar Observatory Indian Institute of Technology National Center for Atmospheric PhysicalPartnering Research Institutions Laboratory, Udaipur | (BHU), Varanasi Research, Boulder USA University of Maryland, College Park National Solar Observatory, Boulder Stanford University, Stanford Georgia State University, Atlanta Background In the one hundred years since the discovery of objectives include the following: made in understanding its nature, source and aims of this Joint Centre. The specific scientific i. thatsolar it magnetism, ultimately significant drives the progress electromagnetic, has been observations of sunspots for various solar particulate, and eruptive phenomena that cyclesAnalyses using of current novel and multi-wavelengthold data archives permeate the heliosphere and create the from various observatories from India (e.g., The increasing dependence of humanity on space-based“Space Weather” technology of our has planetary reached a system.critical understandingKodaikanal Observatory) their latitudinal and behavior. the United point where understanding the origins and States (e.g., Kitt-Peak, Mount Wilson) and impacts of magnetic activity of the Sun has ii. Extending the long-term analyses of the various solar cycles using different nowreached requires significant more realistic importance models in Astronomyexplaining spatio-temporal scales in different layers the& Astrophysics. behavior of (extended) The solar solarphysics cycles community through ofmagnetic the solar structures atmosphere (markers) to understand at diverse the their signatures from subphotospheric layers pattern and behaviour of extended solar to corona. cycles (ESCs). iii. Understanding the physical nature of Objectives cycle through various layers of the solar transport as well as formation of the Solar atmospherethe North-South using Asymmetryvarious tracers of solarfrom CycleUnderstanding and Extended of magnetic Solar Cycle field are origin the main and photosphere to corona.

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iv. Connection of the SC & ESCs to the super to constrain the behaviour of the SCs and long-term behaviour over various solar ESCs. cycles. ii. Development of the Dynamo models to v. Understanding of the formation of grand explain the observed behavior of the minimum hypothesis and its possible SCs and ESCs. Understanding the role connection with the Dynamo and transport processes. Explaining and modeling the behavior of grandof flux minimum transport using in generating observation the ESC.and vi. Develop competing dynamo models models and exploring the role of small- enabled by the observation based initial scale features and their persistence during conditions to understand the behaviour grand minima. of SCs and ESCs to constrain models of the solar cycle. iii. Seminars, presentations and discussions during exchange visits to bring out the vii. behaviour and related models to the collaborations. long-termApplying thebehaviour analogy of ofstar-spots solar cycleand scientific results and encourage future iv. Publication of the observational results in stars. the peer-reviewed journals. understanding the magnetism of Sun-like v. Human capacity-building in this particular Anticipated Deliverables area of research and handling of large- i. Preparation and analysis of the long-term scale data.

magnetograms, filtergrams observations

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Celiac Disease

Partnering Institutions | India Principal Collaborators Institute of Genomics and Integrative Biology New Delhi

Partnering Institutions |

Govind K. Makharia Ciarán P. Kelly Massachusetts General Hospital All India Institute of Medical Harvard Medical School Harvard Medical School, Boston Sciences, New Delhi Boston USA Boston Children’s Hospital Harvard Medical School, Boston

Background Objectives Celiac disease (CD) is a chronic, small intestinal, In order to address some of the major issues immune-mediated enteropathy triggered related with celiac disease, the Joint Center by ingestion of a complex protein - gluten - brings together diverse research groups (basic present in cereals such as wheat, barley and scientists and clinician scientists) to enhance rye, in genetically predisposed individuals. translational research by inventing novel While there is a global burden of 37 million to diagnostic and decision support techniques 59 million patients, current studies estimate for celiac disease. The main objectives of the that in most populations, including the United States and India, over 80% of people with celiac disease remain undiagnosed. networki. centers include: for the assessment of villous atrophy, Exploration of non-invasive biomarkers

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both for the diagnosis and the follow- Anticipated Deliverables up of patients with celiac disease. ii. Evaluation of the diagnostic institutions in the United States and India will The formation of this group between key performance of second-generation act as a catalyst to address important clinical serological tests in two different ethnic and translational research questions that populations - Indian and Caucasian. diagnostics and therapeutics of CD. The Center iii. Development of a training program for will bring generate together new knowledgecomplementary in the resources field of effective use of quantitative methods and technical expertise, and it is anticipated to evaluate duodenal biopsy specimens in celiac disease. partnership will help educate the medical communitythat the new across knowledge the world generated in the diagnosis from this iv. Predictors of development of and management of celiac disease. metabolic syndrome in patients with celiac disease in two different ethnic populations - Indian and Caucasians.

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Generating Tissue-Engineered Organs and Controlling Cell behaviour

Partnering Institutions | India Principal Collaborators Chandigarh University Mohali

Raju Kumar Gupta Ali Khademhosseini Indian Institute of Massachusetts Institute of Technology Partnering Institutions | Technology-Kanpur Cambridge Kanpur College Station USA Texas A&M University

Background Current therapeutic approaches have synthetic substitutes made of various organic revolutionized the surgical treatment and inorganic materials. However, these strategies suffer from plenty of limitations transplantation of autografts and utilization of including donor site morbidity and limited of musculoskeletal injuries and include

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iii. To control and direct the differential of have connected issues created by the use human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) ofharvest biomaterials, site; while covering artificial boneimmunogenicity, grafts also towards osteogenic and chondrogenic biodegradation or strength limitations. The lineages under in vitro conditions. current need for an ideal bone substitute iv. To evaluate in vivo material is one that can promote the engineered scaffold using rat craniofacial survival, migration, proliferation and in situ defect model to promote efficacy in vivo of nano-bone differentiation of encapsulated human stem regeneration. cells without the addition of growth factors. Objectives Anticipated Deliverables i. This project will bring new electrospun in the combined areas of material science, The Joint Center aims at improving knowledge cells,nanofibers thus enhancing for regulating the quality the behavior of life. of objectives are: cells in musculoskeletal tissues and stem nanotechnology and biotechnology. The key ii. i. repairing and regenerating orthopedic scaffolds using electrospinning technique tissueElectrospun would nanofibernot only be scaffolds capable forof andTo fabricate investigate 3D the electrospun effect of nanofibrousprocessing compositions, and mechanical properties; morphology. butmimicking also enable theirthe recovery microstructures, of functional parameters on nanofibers size and ii. To control and modulate the physical and loss. chemical characteristics of electrospun to iii. mimic native tissue characteristics. Benefits to the biomedical implant stakeholder community.

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Emergence and Re-modeling of Force Chains in Soft and Biological Matter

Partnering Institutions | India Principal Collaborators National Centre for Biological Sciences (TIFR) Bengaluru Institute of Mathematical Sciences Chennai

Srikanth Sastry Bulbul Chakraborty Jawaharlal Nehru Center for Brandeis University Partnering Institutions | Advanced Scientific Research Waltham Bengaluru Northeastern University Boston USA

Background Anticipated Deliverables constituents are macroscopic in size, and of this research would be a comprehensive A salient feature of granular matter whose understandingIt is envisaged of thatthe propagation the scientific of outcomestresses is the localization of stresses. There is a need and information along localized pathways in soft totherefore address insensitive fundamental to thermalresearch fluctuations, problems and biological matter, and its implications for concerning soft and biological matter. These understanding the behavior of disordered soft aspects revolve around how microscopic and active matter, and, for biological function structure and disorder, and applied external from sub-cellular to multi-cellular scales. stresses may be related to stress localization and remodeling of the force chains. It is also important The Joint Center would help address the following issues properties, generalize in the context of athermal i. Closing the gaps in understanding of force to know how the notion of force chains, and their chains in jammed athermal systems. thermal assemblies, and active matter. ii. The analogs of force chains that are assemblies driven at finite deformation rates, Objectives (dynamics of formation and dissipation of The overall aim of the proposed research is relevant for finite rate or temperature cases iii. Stress propagation in active matter with understanding the localization of pathways by hydrodynamicforce chains, how or elasticthey affect interactions. flow). to develop comprehensive framework for which stress propagates in disordered, soft matter iv. Stress propagation via force chains at the and biological systems; and their implications for scale of the cell. the propagation of dynamical correlations and Stress propagation in cell collections and information, in these systems, and in the latter v. tissues. context, their implications for biological function.

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Research on Pseudorandomness in Computer Science

Partnering Institutions | India Principal Collaborators Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Mumbai Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)-Bombay Mumbai

Arnab Bhattacharyya Shachar Lovett Indian Institute of Science University of California Partnering Institutions | Bengaluru San Diego USA University of California, Los Angeles University of Chicago, Illinois University of California, Berkeley

Background Objectives Pseudorandomness is a central concept in The Joint Center aims to bring together leading mathematics and has been studied in the form researchers in theoretical computer science of exponential sums for more than 200 years. and mathematics to facilitate and accelerate research in the area of pseudorandomness important uses in cryptography, coding theory, and associated domains. The goal is to explore complexityOver the last theory, 30 years, communication the concept hasprotocols, found and algorithm design. Indeed, the basic have been pioneered by members of this notion of provable security in cryptography in depth the breakthrough techniques that is rooted in pseudorandomness. Interactions on important, long-standing questions in theoreticalgroup and collaborativelycomputer science. work to apply them pseudorandomness have been critical to recent between different ways to think about Anticipated Deliverables of questions in number theory, Fourier analysis, i. It is expected that the proposed ergodicbreakthroughs theory, in discrepancy this area. Improved theory, analysisdiscrete collaboration will lead to new research geometry and group theory have resulted in results and publications in top conferences progress on core computational problems. and high-impact journals in theoretical Many of these connections have been made computer science. in the last 5 years or so, resulting in new ways to measure pseudorandomness, new ways to ii. The joint center will lead to longer-term describe the structure of non-pseudorandom collaborations and partnerships between objects, and new ways to explicitly generate faculty at top Indian and U.S. universities. pseudorandomness.

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Exploration of Extreme Gravity

Partnering Institutions | India Principal Collaborators Chennai Mathematical Institute Chennai

Parameswaran Ajith B. S. Sathyaprakash TIFR Centre for Applicable Pennsylvania State University Partnering Institutions | Mathematics, Bengaluru State College California Institute of Technology Pasadena USA

Background Objectives Gravitational wave (GW) astronomy holds the Specific objectives of this Joint Center are to: i. Develop consistency tests between in fundamental physics, astrophysics and different spherical harmonic modes in cosmology.potential to addressThese include some of precision the key questions tests of General Relativity (GR) under relativistic, usingbinary quasinormalblack hole observations, modes of perturbedanalogous holes, equation of state of neutron stars, mass to the proposed tests of “nohair” theorem strong gravity conditions, true nature of black ii. black holes; centralfunction engine of black of gamma holes andray bursts, neutron internal stars, constraints on the tidal deformability of processesexistence of supernovae, intermediate etc. mass black holes, Verify blackhole mimickers from

detected sources;

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the era of future detectors such as Einstein refinement, in testing strong field gravity in AnticipatedTelescope, Cosmic ExplorerDeliverables and LISA.

detectorsAdvanced gravitationalsuch as the waveEinstein detectors Telescope such (ET)as LIGO will (aLIGO) observe anda wide Virgo variety (AdV) of and sources future -

been observed) and binary neutron stars binary black holes (BBH, which have already iii. spinning neutron stars in low mass xray measurement of the spin-induced (BNS), stochastic backgrounds, supernovae, Verify blackhole mimickers from the iv. Measure the equation of state of neutron binaries (LMXB) and more. It is already known quadrupole moment; most prominent ones of these are going to be stars from the tidal deformation during the from first observations by LIGO that the

binary black hole systems. As part of the Joint v. Constrain nonGR polarization states of the true nature of the compact objects in inspiral; astronomicalCenter, the first binary goal wouldsystems be totargeted understand by ground-based gravitational wave detectors. vi. GWs; and The second goal would be to understand the GW observations. true nature of gravitational radiation and see Test violations of Lorentz invariance from The team expects that some of the ideas and how consistent this is with the predictions tools that will be developed at the Center will be of GR. The deliverables from this center will directly employed in interpreting the upcoming be a series of papers detailing the ideas as well as associated software tools which will enable these studies to be performed using sisterobservational observatories. data from Some Laser of Interferometerthe ideas will the upcoming high-quality observational data facilitateGravitational-wave the development Observatory of the (LIGO) science and from the international gravitational wave goals of future GW observatories. Moreover, these tools will also be applicable, with some network.

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Nanoscale Research

Partnering Institutions | India Principal Collaborators Indian Institute of Technology-Kharagpur

Kaushik Pal Nikhil Koratkar Indian Institute of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Partnering Institutions | Technology-Roorkee Troy Wayne State University Detroit USA

Background Objectives i. trending materials now-a-days. Researchers ii. acrossNanomaterials the world like are MXene interested and perovskite in developing are Learning new techniques and methodology. collaborative research opportunities. advanced nanomaterials with focus on Creating future networking and developing sustainable energy related iii. Development of new technologies based applications such as, super capacitor, solar cell and gas separation membranes. materials. on most advanced MXene, perovskite

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iv. Standardization of technology for is being proposed for their application in industrial and consumer level application development of more advanced gas separation and utilization. solid state supercapacitor. The second class of v. Publication of high impact-factor research nanomaterialsmembranes for that mixed the teams gases are and interested flexible/

such as, CH NH PbI , CH NH PbI - Cl , and work and patent generation. 3 3 3 3 3 3 x x Anticipated Deliverables in is ‘Lead halide perovskite materials’ CH3NH3PbIxBr3-x are well documented next Two classes of nanomaterials will be generation candidate for solar cell fabrication. It is a low cost material that is easy to new class of two dimensional materials called synthesize, and has been reported in literature ‘MXene’.developed The through development this research. of these Onematerials is a

to have very good conversion efficiency.

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In the FY 2017-18, the following Joint Centers were awarded: S. No. Proposal Title Lead Indian PI Lead U.S. PI Ajit Kembhavi Ashish Mahabal 1 Inter-University Centre for California Institute of Pan-Astronomical Deep Technology, Pasadena Learning AstronomyM.V. Padma and Srivastava Astrophysics, Pune Sanjana Dayal 2 University of Iowa India:Homocysteine Strategic Lowering Planning Sciences, New Delhi Iowa City Trials for Stroke Patients in All India Institute of Medical Ganesh Chandran Nayak Vikas Berry 2D Nanomaterials for Energy 3 Indian Institute of Technology University of Illinois, Storage Dhanbad Chicago

and Star Formation in the Mousumi Das Stacy McGaugh 4 Investigating Dark Matter Case Western Reserve UV, optical and 21cm radio Bangalore University, Cleveland observationsOuter Disks of Galaxies using Indian Institute of Astrophysics

Amit Kumar Anupam Gupta 5 Indian Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon Uncertainty Algorithms under Delhi University, Pittsburgh Shashi M. Kanbur Harinder. P. Singh 6 Variable Star Data in the Era State University of Theoretical Analyses of University of Delhi, New Delhi Reducing Cancer Mortality Pramod K. Garg Dean E Brenner 7 throughof Large CancerSurveys Prevention UniversityNew York, Oswegoof Michigan, Sciences, New Delhi All India Institute of Medical K. N. Ganesh Eric Borguet Sustainable Materials for Ann Arbor 8 Indian Institute of Science Education Temple University, Energy. and Research, Pune Philadelphia Bhagavatula L. V. Prasad Sanat K. Kumar 9 of Designer Nanoparticle Columbia University Engineering Applications Pune National Chemical Laboratory NanoscaleAssemblies Transport and Suman Chakraborty NarayanaNew York R. Aluru 10 Biological Interfaces Indian Institute of Technology, University of Illinois, Kharagpur Urbana Champaign

Development of Durable Harpreet Singh Sundeep Mukherjee 11 Indian Institute of Technology University of North Texas, Bioimplants Ropar Denton Advanced Materials for Functional and Sanjeeva Srivastava Robert Moritz 12 Computational Proteomics Indian Institute of Technology Institute for Systems Bombay Biology, Seattle

Vijayamohanan K. Pillai Technologies: Utilizing Pulickel M. Ajayan 13 Central Electrochemical Research PromisingLight Induced 2D NanomaterialsEnergy Rice University, Houston

Institute, Karaikudi (LITE UP 2D)

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Public-private Partnership Programs

DST-Lockheed Martin-Tata Trusts India Innovation Growth Program 2.0

he India Innovation Growth Program 2.0 (IIGP) was launched on 10th March extensive social media campaign, newspaper T2017 at the Festival of Innovations at advertisementsAs a result of aand nationwide roadshows, call a total through of 1590 an Rashtrapati Bhavan. IIGP 2.0 is an improved applications were received in response to IIGP version of the earlier edition, leveraging 2.0. learnings from the past decade. This year onwards, the program solicited applications teams, a one week Bootcamp was organized University atFor the the topIndian 50 Open Institute Innovation of Management, Challenge Challenge for Students and the Open Innovation Ahmedabad during 25th th June 2017. Challengeunder two for different the technology tracks viz. community the at University large. New components such as grants and – 30 incubation support have also been added. Challenge Competition that was organized TATA Trusts joined IIGP 2.0 along with Aat total IIT-Bombay of 30 teams on presented24th June at 2017 the for both founding partners Department of Science Open and Technology (DST) and Lockheed Martin Innovation Competition was held on 25th- Corporation, U.S.A. Partners have committed the26th industrialJuly 2017 andwhere social 47 startups tracks. Thepitched to a funding support of U.S. $ 2 Million for the an eminent jury panel. Subsequently, nine program. Teams were selected for award. Each University The Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum TeamUniversity was awarded Teams and a cash ten Openaward Innovationof Rs. 10 (IUSSTF) and Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) are the Lakhs and each Open Innovation Team was along with the Tata Center for Technology awarded Rs. 25 Lakhs as Grant-in-Aid Support . andkey implementationDesign at the Massachusettspartners for the Instituteprogram of Technology (MIT), Center for Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship (CIIE) at Indian Institute of Management - Ahmedabad (IIM-A) and Indian Institute of Technology – Bombay (IIT-B).

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funded and mentored by Martin Trust Center.

SeptemberThe top 10 6-15, awardees 2017 toof participatethe Open Innovation in a global initiative by Harvard University to provide an exposureChallenge visitwere especiallytaken to the designed United States for Indian from entrepreneurialThe delegation alsoenvironment visited Harvard for i-Lab, their an entrepreneurs.

In Washington D.C., delegates received a tour students to work on their ideas and effectively incubatortake it to and market. accelerator The cohortin the United also visitedStates. Greentown Labs, the largest Clean Tech senioraround Lockheed’smanagement Global team. Vision The Centerdelegates and attendedpresented a theirreception innovations at the Indian to Lockheed’s Embassy, Disciplined Entrepreneurship and VC pitching The entrepreneurs attended a workshop on H.E. Navtej Sarna, Deputy Chief of Mission, Entrepreneurship and Managing Director of Mr.hosted Santosh by the IndianJha and Ambassador Counsellor to theDefence U.S., Martinsession Trust led by Center Bill Aulet, for MIT author Entrepreneurship. of Disciplined Technology, Dr. Sumit Goswami. The innovators got an opportunity to attend In Boston, delegates attended the demo-day of the most recent batch of Delta V startups, during the last two days of the visit. the MIT — Tata Center Annual Symposium

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Women Entrepreneur Quest (WEQ)

he Women Entrepreneur Quest WEQ 2017 Winners were: (WEQ) 1 T Healthcare (Bangalore) entrepreneurs is who a first are founders of its kind of technology contest in Bhavjot Kaur, Co-Founder at Clinikk Kausambi Manjita, Co-Founder at Storeo.io startups.India WEQthat identifies recognizes and rewards10 talented women 2 women every year for their achievements in (Bangalore) innovating cutting edge technology solutions 3 and products, along with building successful at ‎Survaider (Bangalore) and sustainable businesses. Madhulika Mukherjee, Co-Founder and CTO 4 The Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India and IUSSTF Monika Shukla, Co-founder and CEO 5 at LetsEndorse (Bangalore) joined hands with AnitaB.org India in 2014 at ‎StyleDotMe (Delhi) to strengthen the WEQ awards and its impact. Meghna Saraogi, Founder and CEO 6 org sponsor WEQ Top 10 winners for an all- Pallavi Bishnoi, Co-Founder and COO at ‎Real expenses-paidAs per the partnership experiential DST, learning GoI and program AnitaB. 7 Time Renewables (Lucknow) in Silicon Valley. CloudKrate (Mumbai) Shambhavi Deepak Naik, Founder, WEQ 2017 attracted 257 applications from 8 across India. The WEQ 2017 Top 10 were announced at a grand award presentation Sai Gole, Co-Founder and COO 9 at LeanAgri (Pune) at ‎RoboVR (Mumbai) conference, the Grace Hopper Celebration Supriya Rathi Bagri, Founder and CEO Indiaceremony (GHCI) organized 17. The conference at AnitaB.org’s is the largest annual 10 gathering of women technologists in India and Tech (Mumbai). Vishakha Singh, Co-founder at Vicit Infot had 3,600+ attendees.

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VISITATION PROGRAMS

Visitation Programs

SERB Indo-U.S. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program

o build national capacity in frontier choice in the U.S. for a period of 12 months. areas of Science and Engineering, the TScience and Engineering Research Board (SERB), Govt. of India and Indo-U.S. Manufacturing,The specific areas Big of researchData, Bio-energy, supported Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) Cognitiveunder the Science, program Complex include systems, Advanced Cyber have partnered to support the SERB Indo- security, Encryption and decryption, Energy, U.S. Postdoctoral Fellowship Program Genetic to Physiology, High Performance as an initiative under the SERB Overseas Computation in Physics, High Performance Postdoctoral Fellowship Scheme (SERB- Computation in Chemistry, High Performance OPDF). Computation in Biology, High Performance The aim of the program is to introduce Computation in Mathematics, Humanoid scientists and engineers in the early stages Robotics, Materials, Mechanobiology / of their careers to international collaborative Physical Biology, Mechnotronics, Mental research opportunities, thereby furthering their research capacity and global perspective, and at the same time forging long-term andHealth, Petro-Chemical Modeling, Imaging, Engineering, Algorithms Quantum and relationships with scientists and engineers ComputingCombinatorial and Spintronics, Optimizations, Science Petroleumof Climate in the United States. The Program enables Change, Glaciology, Sustainable Chemistry, young Indian researchers to carry out a clearly and, Theoretical Mathematical Science.

Thedefined following research 42 projectfellows atwere a placeselected of theirfor the fellowship in 2017: U.S. Mentor and Specific Area of Name and Institute Host Institute Research

Abhijnan Ray Choudhury Timothy R. Newhouse Indian Institute of Science Yale University Sustainable Chemistry Bangalore New Haven

Akhilendra Pratap Singh Jaal Gandhi Indian Institute of Technology University of Wisconsin- Energy Kanpur Madison

Amrinder Singh Chris Cheatum Mechanobiology / Indian Institute of Science University of Iowa Physical Biology Bangalore Iowa City

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U.S. Mentor and Specific Area of Name and Institute Host Institute Research Anand Puthirath Balan Tata Institute of Fundamental Pulickel M. Ajayan Research, Centre for Rice University Energy Interdisciplinary Houston Sciences, Hyederabad

Anusuya Bhattacharyya Ravi Gorur Indian Institute of Science Energy Bangalore Huntsville University of Alabama

Apoorva Upadhyay Michael Nippe IIT-Bombay Complex Systems Mumbai College Station Texas A&M University

Chandrasekhar Perumalla Sudip K Mazumder Indian Institute of Technology University of Illinois Energy Bhubaneswar Chicago

Divyang G Bhimani Kasso A. Okoudjou Theoretical Mathematical University of Maryland Science BangaloreTIFR Centre for Applicable Mathematics (TIFR CAM) College Park Ganesh Mangalsing Murhade Barry M. Trost Indian Institute of Technology Sustainable Chemistry Stanford University Kanpur

George Rajendra Kumar Francois Gabbai Indian Institute of Science Materials Bangalore College Station Texas A&M University

Haripada Sau Joseph A. Ball Theoretical Mathematical Indian Institute of Technology Virginia Tech Science Bombay

Blacksburg Kingshuk Dutta Emmanuel P. Giannelis Indian Institute of Technology Cornell University Bio-energy Kharagpur Ithaca

Dewey H. Hodges Korak Sarkar Georgia Institute of Indian Institute of Science Modeling Technology Bangalore

Atlanta

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U.S. Mentor and Specific Area of Name and Institute Host Institute Research

Lijesh Kootta Parambil Michael Khonsari National Institute of Technology Materials Baton Rouge Louisiana State University Karnataka Manoj Kumar Bahram Javidi Indian Institute of Technology University of Connecticut Imaging Delhi Storrs

Mohammad Faiz Ahmad Aseem Z. Ansari Jawaharlal Nehru University University of Wisconsin- Genetic to Physiology New Delhi Madison

Nagaraju Anugula Barry M. Trost Sustainable Chemistry University of Hyderabad Stanford University

Nitin Rawat Bahram Javidi Encryption and Banasthali University University of Connecticut Decryption Vanasthali Storrs

Parangama Sarkar Hema Srinivasan Theoretical Mathematical Chennai Mathematical Institute University of Missouri Science Chennai Columbia

Partha Halder John F. Berry Scottish Church College University of Wisconsin Sustainable Chemistry Calcutta University Madison

PrabhatKolkata Kumar Sahu Theodore Goodson Iii National Institute of Science University of Michigan Sustainable Chemistry Education and Research Bhubaneswar Ann Arbor Pradipta Ranjan Rauta Sunil Krishnan Mazumdar Shaw Centre The University of Texas Imaging for Translational Research Houston Bangalore

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U.S. Mentor and Specific Area of Name and Institute Host Institute Research

Prasanna Kannan Naidu Aradhna Tripati Indian Institute of Science University of California Science of Climate Change Bangalore

Los Angeles Purnima Singh John C. Priscu Birla institute of Technology Montana State University Genetic to Physiology and Science Pilani Bozeman

Ramakrishna Buthanapalli Angel E. Kaifer Indian Institute of Technology Sustainable Chemistry University of Miami Madras

Rashmi Sharma Tanya Parish CSIR-Indian Institute of Washington University Genetic to Physiology Integrative Medicine Washington Jammu

Ritwika Ray John F. Hartwig Indian Institute of Technology University of California Sustainable Chemistry Bombay

Berkeley Jonathan S. Lindsey Roop Shikha Singh North Carolina State Banaras Hindu University Bio-energy University Varanasi North Carolina

Sachin Shukla Reza Dana Harvard Medical School Genetic to Physiology Hyderabad Boston L. V. Prasad Eye Institute Sambuddha Sanyal David Reichman International Centre for High Performance Columbia University Theoretical Sciences Computation in Physics Bangalore New York Sukanya Mitra Scott Pratt High Performance Indian Institute of Technology Michigan State University Computation in Physics Gandhinagar

East Lansing Sunita Mehta John A. Rogers Indian Institute of Technology Northwestern University Mental Health Kanpur Evanston

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U.S. Mentor and Specific Area of Name and Institute Host Institute Research

Supantha Pandit Joseph S. B. Mitchell Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) State University of Combinatorial Algorithms and

Kolkata New York, Stony Brook Optimizations Tamal Goswami Douglas J. Klein University of North Bengal Complex Systems Darjeeling Galveston Texas A&M University

Tapan Kumar Hota Prabir Daripa High Performance Indian Institute of Technology Computation in Ropar College Station Mathematics Texas A&M University

Tarasankar Das Martin T. Zanni Indian Institute of Technology University of Wisconsin- Materials Bombay Madison

Tumpa Sadhukhan Krishnan Raghavachari Indian Institute of Technology, Indiana University Modeling Bombay Bloomington

Lena Hileman Vibhuti Singh The University of Kansas Genetic to Physiology University of Delhi

Lawrence Vijay Kumar Singh Laurence Rahme CSIR-Central Salt & Marine Harvard Medical School Genetic to Physiology Chemicals Research Institute Boston Bhavnagar

Vishal Srivastava Aydogan Ozcan High Performance Thapar University University of California Computation in Biology Patiala

Los Angeles Yeddukondalu Neelam Artem R. Oganov Indian Institute of Chemical High Performance Technology Computation in Physics Hyderabad Stony Brook University New York Zeeshan Zahoor Banday National Institute of Plant Jean T. Greenberg Genetic to Physiology Genome Research (NIPGR) The University of Chicago New Delhi

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American Society for Microbiology (ASM)- IUSSTF Professorships in Microbiology

nder an arrangement between IUSSTF and the American Society two countries to teach an interactive Ufor Microbiology (ASM), the Indo- shortinstitutions course (foron a 1-2topic weeks) in any inof the U.S. Professorship Awards in Microbiology microbiological disciplines. were instituted in 2003 with the aim to foster • Research Professorships: Microbiologists in India to participate in an interactive capacity building at individual and institutional short course on a topic in any of the levelsscientific through cooperation, exchange education, visitation. training and microbiological disciplines, or conduct The program supports: a research project in partnership with colleague in a research facility in the U.S. • Teaching Professorships: Microbiologists in India and the United States to visit (for a minimum of 6 weeks)

ASM-IUSSTF Indo-U.S. Professorship Awardees 2017: Mentor and Name and Institute Category Proposal Title Host Institute Indranil Biswas Visiting Teaching Gram-negative Subramanian Babu University of Professorship Vellore Institute Kansas Medical manipulation to of Technology Center pathogenesisESKAPE: From genetic University Kansas City Vellore Jeyaprakash Visiting Research Genome-wide Jo Handelsman Rajendhran Professorship Wisconsin Institute Madurai Kamaraj genes of Pseudomonas for Discovery, University aeruginosaidentification of fitness University of Madurai Wisconsin-Madison single species PAO1 and during in multi-speciesbiofilm formation community as a through transposon insertion sequencing Sandeepta Visiting Research Thirumala-devi Burgula Professorship Haptoglobin in Caspase-1 Kanneganti Analyzing the role of St. Jude Children’s Hyderabad function in bacterial Research Hospital Osmania University sepsismediated inflammasome and St. Jude Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Memphis

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Mentor and Name and Institute Category Proposal Title Host Institute Sharon Gusky Visiting Teaching The prevalence of Jayasri Das Sarma Northwestern Professorship antibiotic resistance in the Indian Institute of CT Community environment Science Education College, Winchester and Research -

Sushmita Das Visiting Research Role of Type-I IFN David Sacks Kolkata Professorship in recruitment and National Institute of Medical Sciences differentiation of NewAll-India Delhi Institute Infectious Diseases NIH,of Allergy Bethesda and Leishmaniamonocytes indonovani the skin infectionafter sand in fly mice transmitted

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IUSSTF- American Physical Society (APS) Fellowships

USSTF and the American Physical Society Professorship is to enable physicists to build (APS) have partnered to support a bilateral Iexchange program that includes the Indo- U.S. Professorship Awards in Physics which communitiesstrong collaborative of U.S. and linkagesIndia. in physics are awarded to scientists from India and education and research between the scientific The Physics Student Visitation Program aims to support graduate student travel to India provide physics lecture series and, the Indo- by U.S. citizens, and for students of Indian U.S.U.S.A. Physics every yearStudent to conduct Visitation short Program courses foror citizenship to travel to the United States. student exchange every year. The program was These studentship programs will help to build launched in 2008. early career relationships between the next generation of physicists from the U.S. and India. The students can apply for this visitation at‘Professorships an Indian or and U.S. Lectureships’ institution. Recipients consist of program to attend a shortcourse, or summer 1-2 week courses or a lecture series delivered training; to visit with a professor in his/her committee, with a call for proposals once are selected by a joint APS-IUSSTF review for any other opportunity that the student/ materials and expenses associated with professorfield of study; feels to is workworthy temporarily of support. in a lab; or courseeach year. delivery. Awards The are objective typically usedof the for Visiting travel,

APS-IUSSTF Professorship Awards Name and Institute Mentor and Host Institute Bishwajyoti Dey Panos Kevrekidis SP Pune University, Pune Nandini Trivedi Amit A. Ghosal University of Massachusetts, Amherst Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Columbus Ohio State University Prithvi Singh Don Madison Kolkata Sir Padampat Singhania University, Bhatewar Missouri University of Science & Technology, Rolla Robert Roser Brajesh Choudhary University of Delhi APS-IUSSTF Physics Ph.D. Student & Postdoc Visitation Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia Daniel Winklehner Vaishali Naik Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston Isobel Ojalvo Sudeshna Banerjee Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre, Kolkata Princeton University, Princeton Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai Mridusmita Buragohain Aigen Li Tezpur University University of Missouri, Columbia Tim McCormick Amit A. Ghosal Indian Institute of Science Education & Research Columbus Ohio State University Kolkata

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Water Advanced Research and Innovation (WARI) Fellowship Program

ecognizing that Water is of fundamental Institute (DWFI) and the Indo-U.S. Science and importance for human development, Technology Forum (IUSSTF) have partnered Rthe environment and the economy, to nurture cooperation between students and and therefore needs to feature prominently scientists from both countries. The Water in the development agenda of both India Advanced Research and Innovation and the United States; the Department of (WARI) Fellowship Program - a dynamic Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of and transformative program fosters long India, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Daugherty Water for Food partnerships. term Indo-American science and technology WARI(UNL), Interns the for 2017-18:

Name and Institute UNL Mentor Project Title Akarsh A. Brian Wardlow, Indian Institute of Tsegaye Tadesse remote sensing and process-based modelling. Technology, Gandhinagar Groundwater vegetation linkage in India through

Ashutosh Sharma Francisco Munoz- Indian Institute of climate scales using global climate model. Technology, Guwahati Analysis and simulation of relevant water quality Arriola Banajarani Panda Dan Snow Karrie Weber recharging groundwater. Influence of Vadose Zone on the geochemistry of Annamalai University AnnamalainagarIpsita Nandi Shannon Bartelt- Monitoring water quality for turbidity nutrients Banaras Hindu University Hunt and atrazine using Citizen Science in the U.S. and Varanasi Eleanor Rogan India.

Pooja Devi Development of biosensor for non-conventional Dan Snow pollutants determination in water. Rebecca Lai ChandigarhCentral Scientific Instruments Organization Priyanka Uddandarao Inactivation of drug resistant bacteria by National Institute of Siamak Nejati Xu Li employing biogenic ZnS nanophotocatalysts. Technology,Veerababu PolisettiSurathkal Central Salt & Marine Chemical Research Simak Nejati inStudies the removal on the developmentof pesticides andof high treatment flux anti of Institute, Bhavnagar industrialfouling nanofiltration waste water. membranes application

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WARI Fellows for 2017-18:

Name and Institute U.S. Mentor Project Title

Hiren Dinkarray Raval Dan Snow Exploring the novel hybrid approach Central Salt & Marine Chemical for emerging contaminants removal Research Institute, Bhavnagar for water reuse. Yusong Li Raaj Ramsankaran Indian Institute of monitoring across India using Technology, Mumbai Francisco Munoz-Arriola multisatelliteOperational meterological high resolution drought grid. Sandeep Kumar Guru Jambeshwar University of Science & Ashraf Aly Hasan Utilization of nanomaterials for quick Technology, Hisar Yusong Li and efficient water management.

In addition, 1 UNL Intern travelled to India for the program in 2017-18:

Name Indian Faculty Mentor(s) Subject Area

David Gosselin Water governance and community Water Resources Development & based informal rules and institutions. Ashish Pandey, Department of

Management, IIT, Roorkee

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Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy (BASE) Fellowship Program

ecognizing that climate change, clean capacity in these frontier areas. To nurture Rprotection are among the biggest futurecommitted innovators to tackling and thoughtthese issues leaders by building in Solar challengesand efficientfacing India energy and and the environmentalUnited States; Energy, the Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy the Department of Science and Technology, (BASE) Fellowship Program - a dynamic and Govt. of India through its Solar Energy transformative program has been developed Research Initiative, and the Indo-U.S. Science to foster contacts between students and and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) are scientists from India and the United States.

For the call advertised in January 2017 with a submission deadline of 15th March 2017, total of 11 Interns and 9 Fellows were selected under the program.

BASE Interns: Batch of 2017 U.S. Mentor and Name and Institute Project Title Host Institution

Abbey Meprathu Philip Harold C. Hohbach Novel non planar pi conjugated electron acceptors for non- University fullerene organic photovoltaic ThiruvananthapuramIndian Institute Of Science South Dakota State applications. Education And Research Ansuman Halder MaikelBrookings Van Hest Indian Institute of National Renewable Technology febricalton.High efficiency large Mumbai Golden area perovskite solar cell Energy Laboratory Dinesh Bhardwaj Seth R. Marder CSIR-National Physical Georgia Institute of materials for stable and cost Efficient hole transport New Delhi Laboratory Technology, Atlanta effective perovskite solar cells. Jitendra Bahadur Mahendra K. Sunkara Indian Institute of Fabrication of solar cell using Technology carbon based nanocomposite. University of Louisville Louisville KaruneshRoorkee Kant Development of nano Ranga Pitchumani Rajiv Gandhi Institute of enhanced phase change Virginia Tech Petroleum Technology Jais materials for solar thermal energy storage. Blacksburg Amethi

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Pooja Sharma Maikel Van Hest Malaviya National Institute of National Renewable photovoltaic devices Technology usingDevelopment solution of processing perovskite Jaipur Golden techniques. Energy Laboratory Pramod Rajput Govindasamy Indian Institute of Tamizhmani Effect of degradation of PV Technology module on PVT system. Delhi Tempe Arizona State University Suchismita Mitra Stuart Graham Indian Institute of Bowden crystaline silicon solar cells Engineering Science and includingDevelopment PERC of HIT high and efficiency Technology, Shibpur Tempe TOPCon solar cells. Arizona State University Small molecule based hole or Vamsi Krishna Narra Seth R. Marder electron transporting layers CSIR-Indian Institute of Georgia Institute of Chemical Technology Technology Hyderabad cells.for improved efficiency and stability of perovskite solar Vasav Gautam Atlanta Coordinated operation of PV Mahesh S. Illindala Indian Institute of micro inverters to improve Technology reliability of islanded Columbus Kanpur Ohio State University microgrid. Vikash Kumar Ravi Prashant V. Kamat University of Notre Education and Research Dame energy conversion. PuneIndian Institute Of Science Notre Dame Metal halide perovskites for

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BASE Fellows: Batch of 2017 U.S. Mentor and Name and Institute Project Title Host Institution

Biplab Das Computational and Behnaz Rezaie National Institute of experimental analysis of a University of Idaho Technology solar photo voltaic thermal Idaho Silchar system.

Chandrashekhar Narayan Anurag K. Srivastava Frequency regulation Bhende Washington State participation by large Indian Institute of Technology, University scale photovoltaic systems Bhubaneshwar Pullman integrated to the grid.

Kallol Mohanta Sudipta Seal Graphene oxide as acceptor University of Central material for organic Studies Florid photovoltaics. CoimbatorePSG Institute of Advanced

QiquanOrlando Qiao Mahesh Kumar hole transport layers for high Indian Institute of Technology University Modification of electron and Rajasthan South Dakota State cells. efficiency perovskite solar Brookings Santanu Kumar Mishra Khai D T Ngo Time multiplexed converters Indian Institute of Technology Virginia Tech Kanpur renewable nanogrids. as a building block for future Blacksburg Investigation of applicability Joel Ager of p-type transparent Satvasheel Ramesh Powar conducting materials in Indian Institute of Technology tandem dye-sensitized solar Mandi Lawrence Berkeley cells and planar heterojunction National Laboratory Berkeley Kai Xiao Studyperovskite of buffer solar absorber cell structure. Shaibal Mukherjee interface cation disorder and Indian Institute of Technology crystal structure of cuxsnsse Indore Oak Ridge National heterojunctions. Laboratory OakWilliam Ridge L. Dunn and Customized thermal storage Sudhansu Sekhar Sahoo Hitesh Bindra development for indian College of Engineering and Kansas State solar thermal systems Technology, Bhubaneswar University through experimentation and Manhattan computational investigations.

Deepakraj M Divan Suryanarayana Doolla Distributed grid control Georgia Institute of Indian Institute of Technology with high solar photovoltaic Technology (Georgia Mumbai penetration.

Tech), Atlanta

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Bioenergy-Awards for Cutting Edge Research (B-ACER)

he Department of Biotechnology, Edge Research (B-ACER). The dynamic Government of India and the Indo- TU.S. Science and Technology Forum between premier institutions in India and the have developed a dynamic visitation program U.S.exchange through of a devised information exchange and program knowledge will between Indian institutions and premier U.S. Universities in the priority areas of Biofuel and mutual interest of both countries. Bioenergy - the Bioenergy-Awards for Cutting create sustainable, long-term networks in the

For the year 2017-18, the following five interns were selected: B-ACER Interns U.S. Mentor and Name and Institute Subject Area Host Institution

Jawahar Raj Kalimuthu Toivo Kallas Enhancement of wax ester Madurai Kamaraj University University of Wisconsin accumulation in Alcanivorax Madurai sp. for biofuel production

Oshkosh Kamran Jawed Mattheos Koffas Metabolic engineering International Centre for Genetic Rensselaer Polytechnic of Escherichia coli for Engineering and Biotechnology Institute production of fatty acid New Delhi Troy derived fuels.

Rajesh Sani Development of a Neha Basotra Recombinant Thermophilic Mines and Technology Geobacillus sp. for Enhanced South Dakota School of Guru Nanak Dev University Rapid City Biofuel Production. Amritsar Pooja Dixit Andrew Mort Characterization and evaluation of enigmatic Bio Energy Research University FaridabadDBT- IOC Centre for Advanced StillwaterOklahoma State agents. LPMOs as cellulase booster

and theoretical study on Shelaka Gupta Dion G. Vlachos theA combined conversion experimental of biomass Indian Institute of Technology University of Delaware derived platform molecules Delhi into value added fuels and Newark chemicals.

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The following two fellows were selected in 2017-18:

B-ACER Fellows

U.S. Mentor and Name and Institute Project Title Host Institution

Ajay Kumar Sharma Fermentation of mixed sugar K. T. Shanmugam present in biomass hydrolysate University of Florida Bioenergy Research using genetically engineered E. Gainesville FaridabadDBT-IOC Center for Advanced Coli.

Samsudeen N. Mahendra K Sunkara Biohydrogen production from National Institute of distillery wastewater using Technology microbial electrolysis cell. Tiruchirapalli University of Louisville Louisville

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Building Energy Efficiency Higher & Advanced Network Fellowships

he Building Energy Efficiency Higher Technology Forum (IUSSTF) are envisaged & Advanced Network (BHAVAN) TFellowships supported by the Department of Science and Technology, to create a sustainable and vibrant linkage Govt. of India and the Indo-US Science and between the two nations, in the field of Building Energy Efficiency. The following four student interns were selected in 2017-18: BHAVAN Interns U.S. Mentor and Name and Institute Project Title Host Institution

Manoj Gulati Shwetak N. Patel Contactless sensor for circuit level Indraprastha Institute of University of current sensing in residential and Information Technology Washington commercial buildings. Delhi Seattle

Prateek Srivastava Mahabir Bhandari Enhancing the performance of the Malaviya National radiant cooling system through Institute of Technology decoupling of latent-sensible load. Jaipur Oak Ridge National Laboratory Oak Ridge Design and analysis of building Sanjeev Jakhar Robert F. Boehm integrated photovoltaic system with Birla Institute of University of Nevada earth air tunnel heat exchanger for Technology and Science combined power and air conditioning of Pilani buildings. Las Vegas

Sumit Tiwari Patrick E. Phelan Indian Institute of Solar cooling application in energy Technology University Delhi TempeArizona State efficient building. One Fellow was selected for award in 2017-18: BHAVAN Fellows U.S. Mentor and Name and Institute Project Title Host Institution

Rajasekar Elangovan Ravi Shankar Building energy and carbon Indian Institute of Srinivasan footprint mapping of Technology University of Florida Gainesville assessment of U.S. and India. neighbourhoods: A comparative Roorkee

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Indo-U.S. Genome Engineering/Editing Technology Initiative (GETin)

ndo-U.S. Genome Engineering/Editing Indian institutes and premier U.S. Universities, Technology Initiative (GETin) program I is a joint initiative of the Department of editing technology. Biotechnology (DBT), Govt. of India and in significant areas of genome engineering/ Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) Against the first call, IUSSTF received 113 importance of strategies and techniques in applications. Top five candidates have been in order to acknowledge the respectively.selected in the “Student Internship” and tools for research and development between “Overseas Fellowship” program modules genome modification, as modern-day essential In the first call, following candidates were selected under this program: U.S. Mentor and Name and Institute Project Title Host Institution

Dhriti Nagar Shawn Burgess Indian Institute of Science Formins in development of National Institute of Health Education and Research Bethesda Pune neural circuits in zebrafish. Rishav Mitra Investigating regulation of National Centre for Michael Rosbash gene expression through Biological Science Brandeis University Waltham Bangalore entry in Drosophila neurons. store - Operated calcium Sandeep Kumar Panda Development of a synthetic Andrew Ellington Indian Institute of The University of Texas Technology platform for control of gene Chennai expressionRNA based andriboregulator metabolism. Austin Sruthi Sivaraman Functional analysis of host Central University of Frank White factors in Pomegranate Kerala University of Florida Gainesville bacterial blight using CRISPR Kasaragod Cas System.

Development of CRISPR Sundari Devi Laishram Jian-kang Zhu interference vector for University of Delhi Purdue University West New Delhi isolated from apomictic Cenchrus.a Polycomb gene CcEZI Lafayette

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U.S. Mentor and Name and Institute Project Title Host Institution

Anirban Roy Hanu R. Pappu Genome editing to combat Washington State University Research Institute Indian Agricultural Pullman Crops. New Delhi destructive DNA viruses of Mohankumar K. Targeted activation of fetal Murugesan Jacob E. Corn globin using CRISPR based Centre for Stem Cell Innovative Genomics Institute tools for the treatment of Research beta hemoglobinopathies. Vellore Berkeley Deciphering role of Riffat John Clint Chapple brassinosteroid signalling Central University of Purdue University Kashmir guided genome editing. in lignin synthesis by RNA HenrikWest Lafayette V. Scheller Rita Sharma Joint BioEnergy Institute at Targeted genome Jawaharlal Nehru engineering in grasses using University CRISPR-Cas system. New Delhi Lawrence, Berkeley National Laboratory Saravanabhavan BerkeleyDavid Ian Kingston Martin Thangavel editing of hematopoietic Center for Stem Cell stemHigh-efficiency and progenitor genome cells for Research Institute Research Children’s Hospital Oakland Vellore disease. the treatment for sickle cell Oakland

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Indo-U.S. Fellowship for Women in STEMM (WISTEMM)

he Department of Science and Sciences, Medical Sciences and Physical Technology (DST), Govt. of India and Sciences. The fellowship duration would be TIndo-U.S. Science and Technology between 3-6 months. Forum (IUSSTF) jointly announced the Indo-U.S. Fellowship for Women in STEMM” The program has two modules: (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics ™™ Overseas Student Internship: Indian and“ Medicine) with an aim to provide Indian women applicants pursuing a doctoral Women Scientists, Engineers & Technologists program in Basic Sciences, Engineering

collaborative research in premier institutions Medical Sciences on a full-time basis at opportunities to undertake international anyor Technology recognized includingacademic Agriculturalinstitution/R&D and and capabilities with a global perspective. Institute/University in India. Unemployed Throughin U.S.A. tothis enhance program, their researchfellowships capacities are Women applicants who have completed provided to Indian Women Resident Citizens Ph.D./M.D/M.S are also eligible to apply. within the age group of 21 to 50 years. The ™™ Overseas Fellowship: Indian women broad age criteria not only caters to those applicants having a Ph.D. degree in Basic who are currently pursuing research but also Sciences, Engineering or Technology to those outstanding women researchers who would want to return to research after having Sciences and holding a regular position at anyincluding recognized Agricultural academic institution/ and Medical R&D Institute/ University/ College in India. taken a break. The first call was announced on January Proposed areas of work may include Earth Sciences, Chemical Sciences, Cognitive 1, 2018 with the submission deadline of Agricultural Sciences, Atmospheric and February 28, 2018. The evaluation and Sciences, Mathematical and Computational review process is currently underway. Sciences, Engineering and Technology, Life

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Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE)

he Indo-U.S. Science and Technology are envisaged as a source of mutual, cultural Forum supported Research Internships and professional enrichment for both the Tin Science and Engineering (RISE) interns and their host institutions. The result Program provides unique opportunities for will be the development of joint efforts that science, technology, engineering and medical builds long-term collaboration and mutually internships in national laboratories, federal researchstudents centers,from the academic United States research to undertakeinstitutes, abeneficial recognized professional institution relationships.of higher education Indian and private R&D laboratories in India. pursuingand American Doctoral/Masters’ citizens currently programs enrolled in at science, engineering, technology and medical disciplines are eligible to apply. The internships Objectives of the internships are to provide provide monthly stipend, accommodation and American students exposure to the Indian airfare. S&T landscape, gain practical skills and developThe following collaborative two students networks. were Internshipsselected for internships in India under the RISE Program in 2017-2018: Name Parent Institution Indian Host Institution

State University of Jishnu Adhikari University of Kalyani Binghamton New York

Purdue University Lakshya Mittal Chennai Anna University West Lafayette

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Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW)

he Graduate Research Opportunities The objectives of the program are to promote Worldwide (GROW) program is a research and capacity building in frontline areas Tpartnership between the Science of science and technology; to pave way for the and Engineering Research Board (SERB), next generation scientists and technologists Department of Science and Technology (DST), from the United States to interact with their Govt. of India and the National Science Indian peers, thus helping to build long-term Foundation (NSF) to provide NSF Graduate Research Fellows with opportunities to enhance their professional development laboratoriesR&D linkages and andacademic collaborations; institutions and,in India to through research collaborations at top- tobring build talented a deeper American appreciation students of tothe research culture caliber science and engineering research sites of innovation and long-standing tradition of in India.

scientific enquiry in India.

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Khorana Program for Scholars

he Khorana Program for Scholars is a tripartite arrangement between the chemistry and biology in 1968 while a member TDepartment of Biotechnology, Govt. ofthe the Nobel University Prize for of Wisconsin-Madisonhis work at the interface faculty. of of India, WINStep Forward and the Indo-U.S. The Khorana Program is a summer internship Science and Technology Forum in order to program for Indian students (currently nurture young scholars and enable them to enrolled in B.Tech, M.Tech. and M.Sc. programs carry out research at a premier University in the United States. The program is named in a research internship in the U.S. for a period of honor of Dr. Har Gobind Khorana who won in Biotechnology and allied areas) to undertake

In 2017, the following 29 students were selected10-12 under weeks. this program: Advisor and Name and Institute Subject Area Host University

Ahana Chatterjee Taekjip Ha Single Molecule Study of Indian Institute of SWR1 mediated Histone Technology School of Medicine Exchange. Bombay BaltimoreJohns Hopkins University

Aindrila Saha Characterization of HCN1- Baron Chanda National Institute of Science University of Wisconsin- Education and Research electrophysiology; Dynamic Madison Bhubaneswar Clamp.hEAG1 chimeras using

Sumegha Mitra Akshaya Rajaraman Indiana University School of Medicine Chennai Bloomington Cancer.Effect of UCHL1 inhibition in Anna University High Grade Serous Ovarian 3D printing of hydrogel scaffolds to be used for osteoregeneration; Anuj Saini Shilpa Sant Image analysis for a study Indian Institute of University of Pittsburgh determining the mechanism Technology Pittsburgh Kharagpur of uptake of CNPs by murine humanmacrophage macrophage cell line; cell Live line. imaging of uptake of CNPs by Baishali Mukherjee Ralf Langen Indian Institute of Science University of Southern Curvature induction by Education and Research California membrane interacting proteins.

Kolkata Los Angeles

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Advisor and Name and Institute Subject Area Host University

Bibrita Bhar Sakthivel Sadayappan Madurai Kamaraj University University of Cincinnati ExpressionDeveloping Toolan Efficient for Gene Madurai Cincinnati Therapy:Cardiomyocyte-Specific Mybpc3 Promoter.

Britya Ghosh Sumegha Mitra and National Institute of Heather Hundley Technology Indiana University School cell line. Durgapur of Medicine RNA editing in glioblastoma Bloomington

Deepshika Arasu Carlos Lois National Institute of California Institute of Neurobiology Technology Technology, Pasadena Warangal

Jagmohan Singh Hanu R. Pappu Washington State protein, rgs-CaM of potato Institute University withInteraction HC-Pro of of calmodulin-like PVY virus. NewIndian Delhi Agricultural Research Pullman

Jayashree Srinivasan Carol Horowitz Physician’s opinion on raced VIT University Mount Sinai School of based genetic testing of Vellore Medicine diseases.

New York Immunological Cross- Jyotsna Kalathera Central Nirbhay Kumar reactivity between Malarial University of Tamil Nadu Tulane University in Plasmodium falciparum and P.Vaccine vivax. Target Antigen Ps25 Neelakudi New Orleans Mikala Egeblad Targeting tumor Maharrish Chelladurai Cold Spring Harbor Pondicherry University CCR2 signaling axis) for better Puduchery cancermicroenvironment immunotherapy. (CCL2- Laboratory New York To study the function of Prerna Jain Anjon W. Audhya Manipal University University of Wisconsin- proteins involved in the early Manipal Madison secretorymembrane pathway. trafficking

Radha Kumari William Stacey Difference between normal Indian Institute of University of Michigan Technology, Varanasi epilepsy. and ketogenic diet on mice- Ann Arbor

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Advisor and Name and Institute Subject Area Host University

Rahul Vivek M. Thomas Record, Jr. Bharathidasan University Study of Wrapping of λPR Trichy Madison promoter on E.coli RNAP in University of Wisconsin– PIFE. OC formation using FRET and Michael M. Cox Functionality of GFP labeled Roopashi Saxena University of Wisconsin- University of Delhi Madison RecF, RecO and RecR proteins. Ruptanu Banerjee Synthesis of protein based Vincent M. Rotello Indian Institute of Poly-HIPEs for antimicrobial University of Massachusetts Technology application. Mandi Amherst Saransh Umale Oleg Igoshin Modelling the dynamics of Indian Institute of Rice University Psp surface stress response Technology Houston system from M. tuberculosis. Madras Texas

Jeff Gore The effect of growth rate Shreyas Gopalakrishnan Massachusetts Institute of and other parameters in Indian Institute of Science Technology determining competitive Bangalore Cambridge outcomes in the C. elegans gut.

Siddhesh Zadey Indian Institute of Science Alvaro Pascual-Leone Employing noninvasive brain Education and Research Harvard Medical School stimulation and examining Pune Boston mechanisms of plasticity.

Sreemanjari Kandhasamy Carla Rothlin Birla Institute of Technology Yale University School of Mer-TK and its role in and Science Medicine Phagocytosis. Hyderabad New Haven

Membrane functionalized Suchintak Dash Makarand Paranjape KIIT University Georgetown University, transistors for ion-sensing Bhubaneswar Washington, D.C. applications.Carbon nanotubes field-effect

Selective deletion of Fmrp Sudharsan K alters dendritic maturation of Xinyu Zhao Periyar Maniammai dg newborn neurons & FXR1 University of Wisconsin- University deletion in nestin neurons Madison Thanjavur induced impairment in neurite outgrowth.

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Advisor and Name and Institute Subject Area Host University Proximity dependent split Sumanjit Datta Bryan Dickinson light upon the Ras-Raf Indian Institute of Science University of Chicago interactionRNAP system and sheds offers a closera Education and Research Chicago preclinical screening method Mohali for small molecule cancer inhibitors.

Surbhit Johri Rudolf Jaenisch Birla Institute of Technology Massachusetts Institute of Creating a genetic switch to and Science Technology model Neuroblastoma in mice. Pilani Cambridge

Tejaswini Karra William L. Klein National Institute of Northwestern University Technology disease. Evanston Biochemistry of Alzheimer’s

UpasanaRourkela Basu Michael M. Cox To determine the functionality Indian Institute of Science University of Wisconsin- Education and Research Madison proteins. Bhopal of GFP-labelled RecF and RecO

Urvashi Jain Genome wide screening Bing Ren Birla Institute of Technology of GBM cancer cells for University of California and Science identifying tumor suppressor San Diego Goa Campus genes and oncogenes.

Jyoti K Jaiswal Zeenat Khaker Wala Fate of mitochondria after cell Children’s National Maharaja Sayajirao membrane repair. Health System University of Baroda Washington, DC

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IUSSTF - Viterbi Program

n important aspect of engineering California partnered to support the IUSSTF- education in the 21st century is to Viterbi Program between Indian institutions provide the experience of international and the University of Southern California. research to young scholars and a practical The program provides an opportunity for way to achieve this would be to foster their Indian students pursuing a Bachelors or participation in international research Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, programs. To address this need for human Computer Engineering and Computational resource development and capacity building Sciences at a recognized institution of higher engineering, IUSSTF and the Viterbi School a research internship at the Viterbi School of in the field of computer sciences and electrical Aof Engineering at the University of Southern education and learning in India to undertake The following eighteen outstanding students wereEngineering selected for for a theperiod program of 8 weeks. year in 2017: Mentor at Name and Institute Subject Area USC

Abhishek Panigrahi Indian Institute of Technology Jay Kuo in batch normalized models and Kharagpur Analysis of gradient propagation

residual networks. Aditya Sudhir Barve College of Engineering Pune Nora Ayanian Light writing with the crazyswarm. Aditya Ukrande Birla Institute of Technology Paul Bogdan and Science ofAlgorithm an application. design for clustering of Pilani tasks so as to reduce the makespan Akshayaa Magesh Source localization in underwater Indian Institute of Technology Urbashi Mitra Chennai matrix completion. sensor networks via noise aware Ambar Pal Indraprastha Institute of Exploring survival analysis and Information Technology applications of deep neural Delhi Yan Liu networks in a small data domain.

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Mentor at Name and Institute Subject Area USC

Amit Agarwal Clifford Virtually isolated DETER Birla Institute of Technology and Neuman experimentation. Science, Goa

Anjana Asok Training optimization for a Birla Institute of Technology hardware aware approach to deep Wei Chen Pilani Mike Shuo- learning.

Anubhab Ghosh Vocal arousal synchrony in National Institute of Technology Narayanan psychotherapy interactions. Shrikanth Rourkela Aparna Rajesh Joshi Craig Geospatial and temporal modeling National Institute of Technology of data.

Knoblock Surathkal Arka Sadhu Radiation hardened asynchronous Indian Institute of Technology Bereel bundled data design. Bombay Peter A.

Arkadev Roy Michelle Indian Institute of Technology, Photonic crystal nano heaters. Povinelli Kharagpur

Bhavya Pradeepbhai Rachchh Prem Indian Institute of Technology Natarajan Chennai Automatic speech recognition.

Karen Aditi Quadros Birla Institute of Technology and Prem Image phylogeny tree Science Natarajan reconstruction. Goa

Nanda Kishore Vasudevan National Institute of Technology quadcopters. Tiruchirapalli Light writing by swarm of Nora Ayanian Omkar Vishwesh Damle Crime modeling and prediction. Information and Communication Srivastava TechnologyDhirubhai Ambani Institute of Ajitesh

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Mentor at Name and Institute Subject Area USC

Sai Aparna Aketi Radiation hardened asynchronous Indian Institute of Technology Bereel bundled data design. Gandhinagar Peter A.

Sneha Reddy Kudugunta Emilio Indian Institute of Technology Ferrara Neural bot detection. Hyderabad

Soumik Ghosh Itay Hen Quantum computation Jadavpur University

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S.N. Bose Scholars Program

he Science and Engineering Research highest civilian award, the Padma Vibhushan Board (SERB), Govt. of India, the in 1954 by the Government of India. He made TIndo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) and the Winstep Forward physics in the 1920s that changed how particle have partnered to develop a dynamic physicsimportant has contributions been studied to ever the fieldsince. of Thequantum class student exchange program between Indian of particles that obey Bose-Einstein statistics, institutions and premier U.S. Universities led Bosons, was named after him. by the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The S.N. Bose Scholars Program provides The program is named the S.N. Bose Scholars an opportunity to Indian and U.S. students Program after the late Prof. Satyendra Nath (enrolled in Bachelors and Masters programs

Sciences; Engineering Sciences; Mathematical earlyBose, a1920s, visionary providing Indian physicistthe foundation best known for andin Atmospheric Computational and EarthSciences; Sciences; and, ChemicalPhysical for his work on quantum mechanics in the

RoyalBose–Einstein Society, hestatistics was awarded and the India’s theory second of the eachSciences.) other’s to countries. undertake a research internship Bose–Einstein condensate. A Fellow of the each summer for a period of 10-12 weeks in In 2017, the following 49 Indian students were selected under this program: U.S. Mentor and Name and Institute Subject Area Host University

Venky Shankar Agnimitra Sengupta Construction Penn State University Jadavpur University Engineering State College

Aishwarya Rajen Harish Krishnaswamy College of Engineering Electronics and Columbia University Communication Chennai Guindy, Anna University New York Alok Anand Patra Joshua Robinson Indian Institute of Technology Pennsylvania State University Chemical Engineering Kharagpur State College

Anita Dong Hee Son Indian Institute of Technology Chemistry Kanpur College Station Texas A&M University College Ankit Verma Francis Halzen Motilal Nehru National Mechanical University of Wisconsin Institute of Technology Engineering Madison

Allahabad

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U.S. Mentor and Name and Institute Subject Area Host University

Arasu Arun Madhur Tulsiani Indian Institute of Technology Toyota Technological Institute Computer Science Hyderabad Chicago

Arnab Chakraborty Sharath Girimaji Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur College Station Texas A&M University Ocean Engineering

Arnab Kundu Peter May Mathematics and Chennai Mathematical University of Chicago Computational Sciences Institute, Siruseri

Arthi Vaasudevan Warren M. Garrison National Institute of Carnegie Mellon University Technology Materials Engineering Pittsburgh Tiruchirapalli Metallurgical And

Aryavart Anand Nicolas Dauphas Indian Institute of Technology Earth Sciences University of Chicago

Roorkee Ashish Sharma Hari Sundaram Indian Institute of Technology University of Illinois Computer Science Kharagpur

Urbana–Champaign Asimanshu Das Carlos Cesnik National Institute of University of Michigan Technology Aerospace Engineering Ann Arbor AtharvRourkela Jog Howard Katz Indian Institute of Technology Banaras Hindu University Technology Baltimore Material Science And Varanasi Johns Hopkins University

Avishek Nath Ramesh P. Singh Indian Institute of Technology Chapman University Geoinformatics Kanpur

Orange Dhiman Ray Qiang Cui Chemistry University of Wisconsin-Madison Indian Institute Of Science Education And Research Kolkata

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U.S. Mentor and Name and Institute Subject Area Host University

James W. Swan Dipanjan Ghosh Massachusetts Institute of Chemical Engineering Jadavpur University Technology Boston

Michael Soreghan Ekta Aggarwal Earth Sciences University of Delhi Norman University of Oklahoma

Gokul G Nair Daniel M. Abrams Indian Institute of Science Northwestern University Physics Bangalore Evanston

Harsh Sharma Matthew T. Mason Birla Institute of Technology Mechanical Carnegie Mellon University and Science Engineering Pittsburgh Pilani

Himadri Mishra Dawn Song Indian Institute of Technology University of California Computer Engineering Banaras Hindu University Varanasi Berkeley Hrishikesh Dutta Lalita Udpa National Institute of Michigan State University Electronics and Technology (College of Engineering) Communication Silchar

East Lansing Ishu Dharmendra Garg Katerina Fragkiadaki Indian Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Computer Science Chennai Pittsburgh

Mahima Unnikrishnan Prashant K. Jain University of Illinois Chemistry Urbana Champaign ThiruvananthapuramIndian Institute Of Science Education And Research Maitreyee Sanjiv Marathe Giri Venkataramanan National Institute of Electrical and University of Wisconsin- Technology, Srinivasanagar Electronics Engineering Madison

Surathkal Manideep Dunna Bhaskar D.Rao Communication Indian Institute of Technology University of California Engineering Chennai San Diego

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U.S. Mentor and Name and Institute Subject Area Host University

Manoj Kumar Routray Delores M. Robinson Indian Institute of Technology Earth Sciences Bhubaneshwar Tuscaloosa University of Alabama Mayuri Kiran Porwal Ryan C. Hayward Institute of Chemical The University of Massachusetts Technology Technology Mumbai Polymer Science And Amherst Meghomita Das Gautam Mitra Indian Institute of Technology University of Rochester Earth Sciences Mumbai

New York Mohit Kumar Tekriwal Mitul Luhar Indian Institute of Technology University of Southern California Kanpur Aerospace Engineering Los Angeles Naveen Bhati Vinod Srinivasan Indian Institute of Technology University of Minnesota Thermal Engineering Kharagpur Minneapolis

Pranav Nuti Kannan Soundararajan Indian Institute of Science Mathematics Stanford University Bangalore

Pranay Manocha Bhiksha Raj Electrical and Indian Institute of Technology Carnegie Mellon University Electronics Engineering Guwahati Pittsburgh

Praneeth Srivanth Ramesh Alexander Wei Indian Institute of Technology Purdue University Chemical Engineering Chennai

West Lafayette Rishabh Goyal Subhransu Maji Indian Institute of Technology University of Massachusetts Computer Science Kanpur

Amherst Jacob Taylor Sandesh Sachin Kalantre Joint Quantum Institute Indian Institute of Technology Engineering Physics University of Maryland Mumbai

College Park

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U.S. Mentor and Name and Institute Subject Area Host University

Satyaki Mukherjee Dragan Maksimovic Power Indian Institute of Technology University of Colorado Electronics,Electrical Kharagpur Boulder Machines and Drives

Shalini Addepalli Red Whittaker Visvesvaraya National Electronics and Carnegie Mellon University Institute of Technology Communication Pittsburgh Nagpur

Shashank Bhushan Anthony Arendt Indian Institute of Technology Earth Sciences University of Washington Dhanbad

Shobhit Gupta Austin Reiter Indian Institute of Technology Computer Science Delhi Baltimore The Johns Hopkins University Shreyas Vijay Malpathak William Hase Texas Tech University Chemistry PuneIndian Institute Of Science Education And Research Lubbock Siddharth Kannan Benjamin Kimia Birla Institute of Technology Electrical and Brown University and Science Electronics Engineering Providence Pilani

Soumi Sarkar Prasenjit Mitra National Institute of Information Science Pennsylvania State University Technology and Technology State College Durgapur

Sriraksha Srinivasan Paul Voyles St. Joseph’s College Chemistry University of Wisconsin-Madison Bangalore

Sunil Simha Hassan Satish Jason X Prochaska Indian Institute of Technology University of California Physics Chennai Santa Cruz

Tathagata Karmakar Shy Genel Indian Institute of Technology Simons Foundation Physics Kanpur

New York

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U.S. Mentor and Name and Institute Subject Area Host University

Juan Fernandez De La Mora Vaibhav Khanna Yale School of Engineering and Mechanical Delhi Technological Engineering University New Haven Applied Science

Vishal Rana R. Srikant Communication Indian Institute of Technology University of Illinois Engineering Kanpur Urbana-Champaign

Vrushali Sanjeev Garde Amit Varma College of Engineering Civil Engineering Pune Purdue University-West Lafayette Vinayak Pathak Arul Jayaraman Birla Institute of Technology Chemical Engineering and Science College Station Pilani Texas A&M University

In 2017, the following five U.S. students travelled to India under the U.S. component of the S.N. Bose Scholars Program: Name and Institute HOST INSTITUTION

Annrose M. Thuruthikara National Centre for Biological Sciences Bangalore

Loyola University at Chicago

Callie A. Mataczynski Indian Institute of Science University of Wisconsin- Madison Bangalore

Jonathan T. DiVito Indian Institute of Technology University of Wisconsin- Madison Kharagpur

Nicole R. Rademacher National Centre for Cell Science University of Wisconsin- Madison Pune

Sterling A. Just Indian Institute of Science University of Wisconsin- Madison Bangalore

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Intel® Science & Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2017

EAM India 2017” comprising of 29 showcased their award winning projects and young geniuses went on a special achievements. ‘TScience & Technology journey from 14 – 19 May 2017 to the United States. U.S., students got an opportunity to meet the Hon’bleBefore Union the departure Minister of of Science Team & – Technology India for competed at the Intel® International Science During the week, TEAM India participated and the world’s largest pre-collegiate high school and Earth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhan. At a scienceand Engineering research competition; Fair (ISEF), and Los also Angeles, got Chiefceremony of Mission, held at Embassy New Delhi, of United TEAM States India was flagged off by Mr. Joseph Pomper, Deputy and cultural interest in San Francisco. In Head - NCSTC, Department of Science and an opportunity to visit places of scientific addition, Team India had the honour to meet of America, New Delhi, Mr. Chander Mohan, the Consulate General of India and other Technology, Government®. of India and Dr. Anjan Ghosh, Regional Director, Corporate Affairs officials from Indian Embassy wherein they (Asia region), Intel

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Competing with more than 1700 participating science and research projects from over 78 countries, Team India won 9 Grand Awards, 11 special Awards, 1 Honourable mention in addition to having 6 planets named after them.

Team India -Intel ISEF 2017 Grand Awards Name of Intel ISEF 2017 Winner School Project Grand Awards Prashaant Carmel Junior Biodegradation of Chlorpyrifos $3,000 Ranganathan College and Soil Remediation Using First Grand Award of Jamshedpur Native Soil Bacteria and Triton

X-A Novel Approach Prashaant Carmel Junior Biodegradation of Chlorpyrifos $5,000 Ranganathan College and Soil Remediation Using Best of Category Award of Jamshedpur Native Soil Bacteria and Triton

X-A Novel Approach Sahithi Pingali Inventure $1500 Second Grand Award of Bangalore FreshwaterAn Innovative Bodies Crowdsourcing Academy Approach to Monitoring Suhani Jain & Divya Center Point Novel Iso-enzyme based Dot Blot $1500 Kranthi School Strip test for rapid detcetion of Second Grand Award of Nagpur Multiple Insecticide Residues Chaitanya & Geeve $1500 George School System using Imageprocessing Second Grand Award of UdupiLittle Rock Indian A Real-Time Vein Imaging

CameraAlgorithms On Images Obtained From A Standard Smartphone St. Columbas Enhancement of the behaviour $1,000 School of a species of NiHcd HER Third Grand Award of Jaskaran Singh Taneja New Delhi 2- Sethi & Aparimeya redoxelectrode mediator using ain stable a developed- Ni(OH) NiOOH phase transformation

two-step Alkaline

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Sairandri National $1,000 Sathyanarayanan Public School Third Grand Award of & Sacheth Gopalapuram Multi Axial Motion Unifying Gear Sathyanarayanan Chennai EnergyArrangement to Capture Wave and Other Random Run Away Shinjini Ghosh South Point High $1,000 School on the Variations in Intonation Third Grand Award of Language Identification Based Kunj Siddharth Kolkata Using Multi-Classifier Systems $500 Dedhia International among cyclists using the Fourth Grand Award of SchoolDhirubhai Ambani Preventing Low Back Pain Mumbai Autoregressive Model with a Team India -Intel ISEF 2017 Special Awardsreal-time feedback mechanism

Name of Intel ISEF 2017 Winner School Project Special Awards Philip V. Streich Memorial Prashaant Carmel Junior Biodegradation of Chlorpyrifos Ranganathan College and Soil Remediation Using International Youth Jamshedpur Native Soil Bacteria and Triton Award to the London fully paid trip Science Forum – 2 week X-A Novel Approach Sahithi Pingali Inventure Walton Sustainability SolutionsASU Rob and Initiatives Melani - First Bangalore FreshwaterAn Innovative Bodies Crowdsourcing Academy Approach to Monitoring

Award of $2,500 Sahithi Pingali Inventure International DevelopmentU.S. Agency for Global Bangalore FreshwaterAn Innovative Bodies Crowdsourcing Development Innovation - Academy Approach to Monitoring

Sahithi Pingali Inventure First Award of $3,000 Companions Foundation forKing Giftedness Abdul-Aziz and & His Bangalore FreshwaterAn Innovative Bodies Crowdsourcing Academy Approach to Monitoring of $1,000 for Water TechnologyCreativity - Award NSN Matriculation Innovative method of Walton Sustainability E.T. Ram Kumaar Higher Secondary raising paddy seedlings by SolutionsASU Rob and Initiatives Melani - First A. Siva Bharathi & School an economically viable and Chennai ecologically sustainable method

Award of $2,500 NSN Matriculation Innovative method of – a boon to farmers Research Honor Society - E.T. Ram Kumaar Higher Secondary raising paddy seedlings by Sigma, Xi, the Scientific A. Siva Bharathi & School an economically viable and $2,000 Chennai ecologically sustainable method First Life Science Award of

– a boon to farmers

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NSN Matriculation Innovative method of Development Innovation E.T. Ram Kumaar Higher Secondary raising paddy seedlings by USAID Global A. Siva Bharathi & School an economically viable and Chennai ecologically sustainable method Second Award of $2,000 Monsanto Company - First NSN Matriculation Innovative method of – a boon to farmers E.T. Ram Kumaar Higher Secondary raising paddy seedlings by A. Siva Bharathi & School an economically viable and Award of $2,500 Chennai ecologically sustainable method

Maxfort School ThumbFi Control Your Devices – a boon to farmers Mohd Faiz New Delhi With Your Fingertips American Intellectual Sarthak Sethi & Property Law Association Sairandri National - First Award of $1,000 Sathyanarayanan Public School FoundationAshtavadhani - Second Vidwan & Sacheth Gopalapuram Multi Axial Motion Unifying Gear Ambati Subbaraya Chetty Sathyanarayanan Chennai EnergyArrangement to Capture Wave and Other Random Run Away Samvid Education Samriddhi Bhavans R. K. Award of $500 Foundation - Third Geno Sarda Vidya Modelling for Mitigation Mandir A Real-Time Predictive Vishwakarma & Raipur Award of $250 Shresth Agrawal of Contagious Diseases-A International Council on Mohammed Sharief Mathematical Approach Systems Engineering - University College Honorable Mention MangaloreSt. Aloysius Pre communicationEco-phone - A future safe phone with Visible Light and InfraRed IUSSTF in partnership with Intel® announced - Kyle Fridberg, Fairview High School, a Grand Award Intel Indo-U.S. Science and Colorado Technology Forum Scientific and Cultural Discovery and Characterization of an Visit to India Award “ ISEF 2017, which entails Undocumented Ferric Sulfate Compound Formed by the Reaction of Gold Ore with Sulfuric Acid. a Scientific and Cultural exchange visit to India U.S.for aStudent week, winners for three will ISEF also “Best showcase of Subject their - Clara Wagner, Saginaw Arts and Sciences projectsCategory” at student the Initiative winners for from Research USA. These & Academy, Michigan Innovation in Science (IRIS) National Fair Investigating Tuned Magneto-Rheological Reservoirs, Compression Systems, and Rahul Subramaniam, Greenwich High Shear Thickening Fluids to Improve Mean -2017. Three U.S. Awardees are: School, Connecticut Peak Acceleration as Measured by High-G Accelerometers in Hockey Headgear. An Early Warning System for Zika Virus in Mosquito Populations Based on Real-Time Field Detection of Viral RNA in Mosquito Saliva.

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IRIS 2017 Intel® India in partnership with Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of projects were shortlisted to be showcased by India and Indo-US Science & Technology Forum 102After students a detailed during analysis IRIS 2017 and which evaluation, was held 70 hosts Initiative for Research and Innovation in from November 16-18, 2017 in New Delhi. research among young Indian innovators, Science (IRIS) to promote and nurture scientific The event was inaugurated by Ms. Meenakshi of Science, Technology, Engineering, and theLekhi, panel Member of judges of Parliamentand students, (Lok the Sabha).top 20 Mathematicsrecognize outstanding (STEM), and projects provide in a theplatform field After a detailed three-day interaction between to showcase them at a global stage through selected for award during the grand award Intel International Science Engineering Fair ceremony.projects selected for ‘TEAM INDIA 2018’ were (ISEF).

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Top 20 Grand Award Winners are as follows Area Project Winner School Engineering: Material & dosage monitoring tool for PEM Mohammed Suhail C S College Bioengineering An Economical Early detecting and Swasthik Padma and St Aloysius P U Computer Science Ishita Mangla Delhi Public School R K usingAn Inexpensive Deep Convolutional Solution for Neural Visual Puram Acuity Testing in Preverbal Children Computer Science Param Singh Gujral Networks Boys Architecture tweaking Image Analysis La Martiniere for Software for Automated Detection of Computer Science Detection of Phishing Websites Land Features in Satellite Images High School, Sagnik Anupam PutturPhilomena Aided using Nature-inspired Optimization Earth & Planetary AlgorithmsStudying planetary and Machine system Learning formation GD Somani Science through analysis of exoplanetary data Bhattacharya Memorial School Antara Raaghavi Computer Science Connecting doctors for good using a Parth Raghav K R Mangalam School Program Peer to Peer Lung Cancer Detection Computer Science Shinjini Ghosh South Point High School Machine Learning Approach to Cancer Identification Physics Determining space debris orbits for collision prediction using Chaos Suryanarayanan Senior Theory Aswath SecondaryDevi Academy School Plant Sciences Inventure Intelligence Based Collaborative PlatformThe Plant for Doctor Plant - DiseaseAn Artificial Kaushik Kunal Singh Academy Farmers Identification and Tracking for Mathematics Proof of the analogue of Szemeredi’s Delhi Public theorem for rectangles,n*n School, R K lattice,cuboid and n-orthotope Nishant Dhankhar Puram Mathematics Solving a Mathematical Mystery: Sacheth National Public Schinzel’s Conjecture Sathyanarayanan School, Chennai

Cellular & Shuvayu Dasgupta and Molecular Biology agent to accelerate cell apoptosis to Boys preventA novel approachmalignancy to anda p53 initiate stabilizing cell La Martiniere for arrest Syed Roshan Ali Microbiology chromium using anabaena cylindrica School, Unit-8 Biodetoxification of hexavalent Naisargik Lenka DAV Public Microbiology Insights into Bacterial Pathogenesis- Harshit Jindal Maharaja Establishing Quorum Sensing as a novel virulence regulator School Agarsain Public

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Area Project Winner School Computer Child safe Web browser based on age Paritosh Dahiya Sciences Multipurpose DWT and SVD PublicDAV School estimation from finger prints using Cellular & Epigenetically repressing endocrine Tanya Goyal and Maharaja Molecular Biology disruptors through algal derivative for Sharen Mangalam an obesity free world Chamu Ganesh School Agarsain Public Microbiology Kunal Singh Maharaja Genosensor for the Detection of pathogenicFabrication Eof coli Highly Using Specific Uniquely School Designed Molecular Tag from 16s r Agarsain Public

Behavioral & Creating self designed mazes for Tanya Kaur Talwar and RNA Gene Social Science autistic people to map their analytical International School,Amity Pushp Akshat Gupta vihar skills Medicine & Health Non-invasive self detection of Sciences asymptomatic acute myocardial infarction using BioElectrics: Akash Manoj The Ashok Leyland School transcutaneous blood analysis A translational investigation of Enviromental Cost effective, Real-time monitoring Bangalore Sciences of pollution in water bodies using a Siddharth Viswanath International Pranav Shikarpur and

Team-India 2018 wouldportable be floating mentored device at the Fair scheduled during May 2018Academy in Pittsburgh, various mentoring camps in preparation for Pennsylvania. the Intel International Science and Engineering

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STRATEGIC PROGRAMS U.S.-India Science & Technology Endowment Fund (USISTEF) [email protected] [email protected] Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (JCERDC) [email protected] Phase I Joint Clean Energy Research and Development Center (JCERDC) [email protected] Phase II BILATERAL WORKSHOPS, TRAINING SCHOOLS AND JOINT CENTERS [email protected] Indo-US Virtual Joint Centers [email protected] Bilateral Workshops Training Schools INDO-U.S. S&T PARTNERSHIPS [email protected] Resource Settings in India and the U.S. Affordable Blood Pressure Measurement Technologies for Low- [email protected] Partnerships for International Research and Education [email protected] PACEsetter Fund [email protected]

Real Time River Water and Air QualityCAPACITY Monitoring BUILDING PROGRAMS [email protected] Indo-U.S. Genome Engineering/Editing Technology Initiative(GETin) [email protected] SERB-INDO U.S. Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Program Indo- U.S. Fellowship for Women in STEMM (WISTEMM) [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Bhaskara Advanced Solar Energy (BASE) Fellowship Program [email protected] Bioenergy Award for Cutting Edge Research (B-ACER) Fellowships Building Energy Efficiency Higher and Advanced Network (BHAVAN) Khorana Program for Scholars [email protected] S. N. Bose Scholar Program for Indian students [email protected] S. N. Bose Scholar Program for U.S. students [email protected] [email protected]

Water Advanced Research and Innovation Fellowship Program IUSSTF - Viterbi Program [email protected] (WARI) Research Internships in Science and Engineering (RISE) Program [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Graduate Research Opportunities Worldwide (GROW) Program Microbiology American Society for Microbiology (ASM)- IUSSTF Professorship in [email protected]

IUSSTF American PhysicalINNOVATION Society (APS) AND Fellowships ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROMOTION [email protected] IRIS-Intel Science & Engineering Fair (IRIS-ISEF) [email protected] DST-Lockheed Martin India Innovation Growth Program Women Entrepreneurs Quest (WEQ) [email protected]

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