Counselling Brochure JEE (Advanced) 2013

Important Dates

JEE(Advanced) Results 23 June 2013

Registration for Architecture Aptitude Test 24-25 June 2013

Architecture Aptitude Test 28 June 2013

Architecture Aptitude Test Results 2 July 2013

Release of 1st round of course allocation 4 July 2013

Candidate who got seat allotment in the first round of course 4-8 July 2013 allocation report to the Zonal IITs for provisional admission

Release of 2nd round of course allocation 9 July 2013

Candidate who got seat allotment for the first time in the second 10-11 July 2013 round of course allocation report to the Zonal IITs for provisional admission

Last date for withdrawal of seat 11 July 2013

Release of 3rd and final round of course allocation 13 July 2013

Candidate who got seat allotment for the first time in the third 14-15 July 2013 round of course allocation report to the Zonal IITs for provisional admission

1. ADMISSIONS THROUGH JEE (ADVANCED) – 2013

1.1 INTRODUCTION different categories over the years on a roster basis. This year, the seats available to PwD candidates Indian Institutes of Technology are institutions of belonging to different categories are also given in national importance established through an Act of Table-1. Parliament for fostering excellence in education. There are sixteen IITs at present, located at Two seats are available for preferential allotment in Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Delhi, Gandhinagar, each institute for children of defence/ paramilitary Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Jodhpur, Kanpur, personnel killed or permanently disabled in action Kharagpur, Mandi, Mumbai, Patna, Ropar, Roorkee during war or peace time operations (DS). Candidates and Varanasi These institutes, along with Indian claiming a DS seat should submit the original School of Mines (ISM), Dhanbad, play a leading role certificate issued by the competent authority in the in technological manpower development. The Directorate of Resettlement and Rehabilitation, New admissions to the Undergraduate Programmes for Delhi under the Ministry of Defence or Ministry of the academic year 2013-2014 for all Indian and Home affairs, Government of India. Foreign nationals at these institutions are made through the JEE (Advanced)-2013 1.1 Counselling for Shortlisted Candidates

M. Sc. Integrated courses in pure and applied Candidates shortlisted for counselling to the IITs/ ISM sciences and M.Tech. Integrated courses in few Dhanbad will pass through following stages, namely disciplines are also offered by many of these 1. Online registration institutes. In addition, most institutes offer Dual 2. Online choice filling Degree M.Tech. programmes wherein both B.Tech. 3. Online seat allotment and M.Tech. degrees are awarded at the end of the 4. Online Provisional admission (Candidates programme. must physically present at the respective zonal IITs for certificate verification and fee 1.2 NUMBER OF SEATS AVAILABLE AND SEAT payment) RESERVATION POLICY In addition, Candidates shortlisted for counselling The number of seats available in each institute for and desirous of joining the B.Arch. course (Codes: various courses through JEE (Advanced)-2013 are G5101 and R5101) will be required to qualify in an given in Table-1. Table-2 gives Institute-wise list of Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT-2013). The AAT-2013 the courses offered and total seats. will be held on Friday, June 28th, 2013 at seven Zonal IITs (Bombay, Delhi, Guwahati, Kanpur, Kharagpur, The details of fees at the institutes are given in Madras and Roorkee). Table-3. The following reservation policy is followed for admission to various courses: 27% seats are The AAT-2013 will be of three hours duration, from reserved for OBC (non-creamy layer) 15% for SC and 9.00 AM to 12.00 noon. Candidates must bring their 7.5% for ST category candidates. Allotment of seats original JEE (Advanced)-2013 Admit Card with them to qualified persons with Physical Disabilities (PwD) to appear in the AAT-2013. Candidates who fail to belonging to different categories, i. e., GE, OBC(NCL), qualify in this Aptitude Test will not be eligible for SC, and ST will be made category-wise in admission to B.Arch. courses. Syllabus for the test is JEE(Advanced)-2013. Up to 3% of the total seats given in the JEE (Advanced)-2013 Information available in each category in each of the institutes Brochure will be made available to the PwD candidates. These seats will be allotted to PwD candidates according to Candidates desirous of appearing for this AAT-2013 their categories, ranks in the category-wise PwD must register for the test center where they wish to merit list and the choice sheet of courses submitted. write this test by visiting As the allotment of a seat in every course in every http://jee.iitd.ac.in/aatregister between June 24-25, institute to PwD candidates will lead to more than 3% 2013. reservation, the PwD seats will be allotted to

the candidate has low AIR. The choices locked by the 1.3.1 Step-by-Step Procedure for the Counselling candidate in JCOP are final and cannot be changed Process at a later stage. Thus, in their own interest, candidates must fill in a sufficiently large number of Step 1: Online registration choices of courses in the decreasing order of preference. A candidate shortlisted for counselling for admission to the IITs and ISM Dhanbad should visit the Courses in Mining Engineering and Mining Machinery JEE(Advanced)-2013 Online Counselling Portal, JCOP Engineering and related courses (Codes: G4130, at http://jee.iitd.ac.in/ to get a User ID and register S4130, V4130, S4131, G5247, S5247, V5247, G5248 any time between June 24-30, 2013 (7 days). The and S5402 in Table 1) have additional prescribed candidate will be required to provide some standards of fitness. These candidates should be free JEE(Advanced)-2013 related personal information from colour blindness and the standard of visual and prompted for a password, which is required for acuity with or without glasses should be as per DGMS all subsequent visits to the JCOP. Circular 14 of 1972 (the distant vision of eye with or without glasses should be not less than 6/6 for better eye and 6/9 for worse eye). The candidates with Step 2: Online choice filling one-eyed vision are also not eligible for these courses. In addition, candidates seeking admission in After registration, shortlisted candidates are Petroleum Engineering related Courses and M.Sc. permitted to enter the JCOP site to fill the course Tech. Applied Geology (Codes: S4134, S5252 and choices. Course choice filling is open till 5 PM on June S5701) should also be free from colour blindness. 30, 2013. Candidates can fill in as many numbers of choices in the order of preference from the list of Candidates must make sure that they meet these available seats. Candidates are permitted, if they so standards if they opt for these courses. The desire, to change or re-order their choices, delete responsibility for ensuring this is entirely the earlier choices and add new choices any number of candidate’s. In case a candidate does not meet these times until they lock their final choices. Choices requirements but opts for these courses and is should be positively locked before 5 PM on June 30, allotted one of them, his/her admission will be 2013. If candidates fail to explicitly lock their choices cancelled later on. In all such cases the candidate will by 5 PM, July 30, 2013, their choices will be have no claim for any other course of study in any of automatically locked after this deadline. the institutes. ISM Dhanbad does not admit women candidates in the Mining Engineering, Mining If for some reason access to the JCOP is denied, an Machinery Engineering and related courses (Codes: online request may be submitted to the JEE helpline S4130, S4131, S5247, and S5402 in Table 1).Women ([email protected]) for gaining access. The candidates are eligible to opt for Mining Engineering last date for receiving such a request is 5 PM, June at IIT Kharagpur and IIT(BHU), Varanasi 29, 2013. (Codes:G4130, V4130, G5247, V5247 and G5248 in Table 1), provided they fulfill the special medical The course allocation for a candidate is done strictly requirements as mentioned above. Women on the basis of the all India rank (AIR) he/she gets candidates opting for these courses may also note based on the performance in JEE(Advanced)-2013 as that Section 46(1) of the Mines Act, 1952 states that well as the courses he/she selects in order of “No women shall, notwithstanding anything preference during Counselling For example, a contained in any other law, be employed (a) in any candidate with AIR 558 will be allotted a seat after all part of a mine which is below ground, (b) in any mine candidates with AIR less than or equal to 557 have above ground except between the hours 6 AM and 7 been allotted one. For every candidate, if his/her first PM”. choice is available, he/she is allotted that choice. Otherwise further choices, strictly in order of the To take care of the possibility that some candidates declared preferences in the choice sheet, are may not take the admission, the number of considered. The highest choice available is allotted to candidates considered for online seat allotment is the candidate and all subsequent choices are kept more than the number of seats available in the ignored. If the candidate does not fill sufficient participating institutes. Therefore, short listing for number of courses as choices, he/she may not get online Counselling on qualification in any course allotment, especially in the case where JEE(Advanced)-2013 does not guarantee admission. 3

Step 3: Online seat allotment Table 5 : Reporting date for provisional admission There are three rounds of course allocation in JEE (Advanced)-2013. The first round of course Candidate Dates allotment will be declared on the JCOP on July 4, Candidate who got seat allotment 2013, the second round of course allotment on July from the first round of course July 4-8, 2013 9, 2013, and the third round of course allotment on allocation July 13 , 2013. At the end of every round a candidate Candidate who got seat allotment July 10-11, should visit the JCOP site to know about the course for the first time in Second round 2013 allotted to him/her. This allotment can change in the of course allocation subsequent rounds to a choice better than the one Candidate who got seat allotment July 14-15, allotted in the earlier round depending on the for the first time in Third round 2013 number of candidates declining the seats offered to of course allocation them in the earlier round. In no case will a candidate be allotted a choice lower in her/his list in a round than what is allotted during the previous rounds. The Candidate must bring JEE (Advanced) 2013 original course allotted at the end of third round of admit card, original certificates for verification and course-allocation is final. There is no provision to DD for fee payment. Candidates who got a freeze the course allotted to the candidate at the provisional seat allotment in any of the first three end of the first or second rounds. rounds but not reported to the Zonal IIT within the stipulated period will not be considered for further Beyond 30 June, 2013, no fresh choice filling will be rounds of allotment and WILL BE CONSIDERED AS permitted, registered candidates will not be allowed THEY HAVE DECLINED THE ADMISSION OFFER AND to alter or resubmit their choices. Seats will be WILL LOSE THE ALLOTTED SEAT. Further, a candidate allotted against the available vacancies in the taking admission in through JEE (Advanced) 2013 will respective rounds and results will be available on the not be considered for JEE (Main) 2013 and vice versa. web site. Candidate must take a printout of the course allotment. Procedure for provisional admission is as follows

Step 4: Provisional admission All candidates must bring the following original documents along with one attested copy for physical Candidates who got a seat allotment for the first time verification for taking provisional admission in any of the first three rounds should report to the Zonal IIT from where he/she appeared for the 1. Printout of the course allotment letter from JCOP JEE(Advanced) - 2013 (Table 4) during the stipulated portal dates (Table 5) for taking the provisional admission. 2. Original Admit card of JEE (Advanced) - 2013 3. Duly filled Application Form (Annexure 1) Table 4: Address of Zonal IITs 4. Dully filled Medical Examination Report Zone Address (Annexure 2) IIT Bombay Chairman, JEE (Advanced) - 2013, IIT 5. Class X( High School) Board Certificate/ Any other Bombay, Powai, Mumbai 400076 certificate as proof of data of birth IIT Delhi Chairman, JEE (Advanced) - 2013, IIT 6. Mark sheet and certificate of passing the Delhi, Hauz Khas, New Delhi 110016 qualifying examination. IIT Guwahati Chairman, JEE (Advanced) - 2013, IIT 7. Certificate of category (OBC Guwahati, Guwahati 781039 (NCL)/SC/ST/PwD/DS) issued by the competent IIT Kanpur Chairman, JEE (Advanced) - 2013, IIT authority. The format of the certificates are Kanpur, Kanpur 208016 available in the Information Brochure of JEE IIT Kharagpur Chairman, JEE (Advanced) - 2013, IIT (Advanced)-2013 irrespective of whether or not Kharagpur, Kharagpur 721302 such a document was given along with the JEE IIT Madras Chairman, JEE (Advanced) - 2013, IIT (Advanced) registration form. Madras, Chennai 600036 8. Attested photocopy of the page in their passport IIT Roorkee Chairman, JEE (Advanced) - 2013, IIT that contains the name, photo and nationality Roorkee, Roorkee 247667 (Only for the foreign national candidates). 9. Demand Draft for the Registration Fees Rs. 60,000/- (Rs.20,000/- in case of SC/ST category) 4

to accept the offer of admission. Demand Draft will not be eligible for appearing JEE should be drawn in favor of Organizing (Advanced)-2014. Chairman, JEE (Advanced)-2013, Payable at New Delhi. The amount paid will be adjusted towards At the end of every round a candidate should visit the the fee to be paid at the time of admission JCOP portal to know about the course allotted to him/her. This allotment can change in the During document verification, seat allotment is subsequent rounds to a choice better than the one liable to be cancelled due to the any one of the allotted in the earlier round depending on the following number of candidates declining the seats offered to them in the earlier round. These candidates need  If the candidate born before October 01, 1988 not visit IITs for reconfirmation of up gradation. (before October 01, 1983 for SC/ST/PwD candidates) If a candidate gets a seat that has a higher preference in his/her list of choices, in any round of  Passed qualifying examination (Refer Appendix 4 allotment, the candidate will automatically forfeit of JEE(Main) Bulletin for the list of qualifying his/her claim on the seat previously allotted. examination) for the first Time in or before 2011 AFTER 16 JULY, 2013, CANDIDATE CAN TAKE  Obtained Marks in the qualifying examination PRINTOUT OF THE FINAL COURSE ALLOTMENT less than 60 % for those who passed in 2012 ALONG WITH PROVISIONAL ADMISSION LETTER (less than 55 % for SC/ST/PwD candidates) ISSUED AND REPORT TO THE ADMITTING INSTITUTES ON THE DATE OF REGISTRATION. DATE  Obtained marks less than 20 percentile of OF REGISTRATION OF IITS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM successful candidates in their corresponding HOME PAGE OF THE CORRESPONDING IITS. board in corresponding category for those who CANDIDATES ONCE ADMITTED TO A PARTICULAR passed qualifying examination in 2013 INSTITUTE THROUGH JEE (ADVANCED)-2013 CANNOT BE TRANSFERRED TO ANOTHER During document verification, if the category ADMITTING INSTITUTE. candidate fails to produce category certificate as per required format, then candidate becomes ineligible 1.4. PREPARATORY COURSE for the current allotted seat. These candidates will In case the seats reserved for SC/ST/PwD candidates be considered as General in the subsequent are not filled, a limited number of candidates are allotment rounds against the available vacancies in admitted to a Preparatory Course of one-year those rounds provided their marks in the JEE (Main) duration on the basis of further relaxation of is above General cutoff. If he/she gets seat in the admission criterion. Admission is given to the subsequent round, then they must report to the any candidates in the preparatory course provided (i) the of the Zonal IITs with documents (1-9) within seats reserved for the respective category are vacant stipulated time for provisional admission. (ii) candidates satisfy minimum norms, and (iii) candidates have not undergone the Preparatory A candidate who wishes to vacate the seat accepted Course earlier. On successful completion of the in the first or second round may do so by submitting course, the students will be offered a direct the withdrawal form (Annexure 3) duly signed by admission to the undergraduate programs in July the parent/guardian at the same IIT where they 2014, against the unfilled reserved seats of JEE were issued the provisional admission letter BEFORE (Advanced) - 2013. 11 July 5 PM. For these candidates the registration fee will be refunded immediately at the same IIT 1.4.1 Counselling for Preparatory Course where they were issued provisional admission letter. All the sixteen IITs and ISM Dhanbad run preparatory Candidate physical presence is mandatory for seat courses of one year duration for SC, ST and PwD withdrawal. In addition, the candidate will be eligible candidates. After successful completion of these to write the JEE (Advanced)-2014 provided other courses these candidates will be eligible for eligibility criteria are satisfied. admission to appropriate courses in the institute where they are undergoing the course in the next A candidate, who takes provisional admission but academic year (2014-15) against the vacancies of does not report to the allotted institute for admission 2013. The preparatory counselling will also be will not get any refund. In addition these candidates performed on the JCOP site. 5

2. ADMITTING INSTITUTES

2.1 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Km from the Bhubaneswar City Center and 14 BHUBANESWAR Km from city Airport.

Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar is Hostel Accommodation one of the eight new IITs and was set up by Accommodation with mess and other the Government of India in 2008. The facilities are available for both girls and boys Institute started functioning from the campus at the different hostels provided by the of its mentor institute IIT Kharagpur and Institute. The hostels have 24x7 internet shifted operation to Bhubaneswar on 22 July facility, library, gymnasium, common room, 2009. Currently, the Institute has 460 and other recreational facilities. Medical students in the Bachelor of Technology facility is provided to the students both in the programme in Civil, Electrical and Mechanical campus and in the hostels. A counseling cell Engineering. The Institute offers a new B. with a psychologist-cum-counselor and Tech. programme in Computer Science & student guides also assist the students. Engineering from 2013-14 in addition to the existing B. Tech. programme in Civil, Electrical Academic Programmes and Mechanical Engineering with an intake of The Institute presently offers the following 40 students in each discipline. programmes:  4 year B. Tech. Degree programme The Institute promotes a borderless  Joint M.Tech-Ph.D. Programme interdisciplinary academic environment to  Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D. Programme encourage the academic staff and students to  Ph. D. Programme work together through the concept of Schools The credit based curriculum for B.Tech. rather than Departments. Currently, the programme is spread over 8-semesters and Institute has School of Basic Sciences; School includes summer internship, as well as of Earth, Ocean and Climate Sciences; School research projects. For evaluation in a subject, of Electrical Sciences; School of Humanities, the Institute follows a seven-point grading Social Sciences and Management; School of system with letter grades and the Infrastructure; School of Mechanical Sciences corresponding grade points per credit. The and School of Mineral, Metallurgical and Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) is Materials Engineering. computed at the end of each semester. The CGPA secured by a student reflects his/her Campus & Facilities performance up to and including that IIT Bhubaneswar is presently operating from semester. the following locations in the city of Bhubaneswar: IIT Kharagpur Extension Centre Rules for Change of Branch at Samantapuri, Toshali Bhawan at A student admitted to a particular branch of Satyanagar. The students are able to access the B. Tech. Course will normally continue the facilities of Central Tool Room and studying in that branch till completion. Training Center and Institute of Minerals and However the Institute may permit a limited Materials Technology for their hands training. number of students to change from one The academic campus is Wi-Fi enabled and branch to another based on CGPA criteria and equipped with class rooms having sanctioned strength in a School after the audio-visual aid, laboratories, well-stocked completion of first two semesters. library, high bandwidth internet and video conferencing facility.The permanent campus Financial Assistance/Scholarships of the Institute is on 936 acres of land in a Merit-cum-Means scholarship and other picturesque surrounding at Argul about 25 financial assistance are available to the students according to the rules and procedure

6 laid down by the Senate. science, management and humanities education on a par with the best in the world. Training and Placement Located at Powai, in the metropolitan city of Career Development Cell maintains active Mumbai, the industrial and economic capital association and excellent contacts with of India, the IIT campus extends over 500 reputed private and public sector acres of verdant land, nestled between hills organizations. The first batches of the B. Tech. and flanked by Powai and Vihar lakes. The students have been recruited in various campus is located on the north-east part of organizations of the country and abroad. The Mumbai, about 30 km from the main railway Career Development Cell is in an active stations and about 15 km from the airports. process to match the needs of the industry with the aspirations of the students. The Institute offers a large number of undergraduate and postgraduate How to Reach Us programmes in engineering, science, The Samantapuri Campus is about 8 km from management and humanities. It has a total of Bhubaneswar Railway Station and 12 km from fifteen academic departments, one school, the city Airport. The Toshali Bhawan, four centres and four interdisciplinary Satyanagar campus is about 1 km from programmes which together constitute the Bhubaneswar Railway Station and 5 km from academic fabric of the Institute. city Airport. Private/Pre-paid taxi can be hired to reach the Institute. The institute has well-equipped laboratories and workshops, and also excellent computer Important Contacts facilities in all the departments in addition to For further information, please contact: a central Computer Centre. It also houses one Information Cell : of the finest technical libraries in the country. Phone : +91-674-2306-300 About 3656 students are on roll in the +91-674-2301-337 undergraduate programmes and 4671 in the Academic Section : +91-674-2576-009 postgraduate (including Doctoral) Registrar’s Office: +91-674-2306-220/211 programmes. This includes a number of Fax: +91-674-2301-983 foreign students. The faculty strength is Email : [email protected] about 500. Web : www.iitbbs.ac.in IIT Bombay follows a semester system. An Important Dates academic year (July-April) consists of two Date of registration: 24th July 2013 semesters, each of approximately 16 weeks Date of classes begin: 29th July 2013 duration. The first semester begins in the last week of July and ends by the last week of 2.2 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY November. The second semester starts in BOMBAY the first week of January and ends by the last week of April. In each of the two semesters IIT Bombay was established in 1958, with the of the first year, a student is required to cooperation and participation of the then register for all the courses listed in the Government of USSR under UNESCO’s curriculum for that semester. Students technical assistance programme, and belonging to the SC/ST category and students celebrated its Golden Jubilee in the year who are identified as academically weak at 2008-09. It is reputed for the quality of its the end of the first semester may be faculty and the outstanding calibre of the prescribed a specially worked-out Reduced students graduating from its undergraduate Load Programme (RLP). Such students may be and postgraduate programmes. Today the required to undergo special courses in case Institute is recognized as a centre of academic they are found to have inadequate and research excellence offering engineering, background.

The Institute follows a credit system. Credits multifarious competencies that employers are allotted to various courses depending on demand besides satisfying the widely varying the number of lectures, tutorials and attitudes, abilities and aspirations of students. laboratory hours per week. The student’s The Institute continues to introduce new performance in a course is continuously areas in its academic programme and evaluated throughout the semester and innovation in its academic activities. The culminates in the award of Grade on a 10- Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management, the point scale. Performance in a semester is School of Biosciences & Bioengineering and evaluated in terms of the weighted average of the Department of Energy Science & grade points secured in all the courses Engineering are recent initiatives. Student registered in that semester, which is known exchange programmes initiated with as Semester Performance Index (SPI). A Universities in Germany, France, USA, and Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) is the Japan have taken off successfully. Students weighted average of the grade points are encouraged and supported to submit obtained in all the courses registered by the research papers and participate in national student since they entered the Institute. The and international conferences. teaching programmes are characterized by their flexibility and informality. The strong IIT Bombay is a residential campus that has all faculty-student interaction on the residential the students and most of the faculty and staff campus provides opportunity to students to living on campus. The Institute has 13 work on seminars, publication and projects students’ hostels, which include the recently sponsored by the industry and national added two state-of-the-art hostels each agencies. having accommodation facilities for about 450 students and two well-secured hostels for To students admitted through IIT-JEE 2012, IIT women students. Each hostel has modern Bombay offers the following undergraduate amenities including a computer room, gym, and postgraduate programmes: LAN connection to each room. Students,  B.Tech however, are not permitted to operate and  Dual Degree (B.Tech. + M.Tech.) maintain motorized vehicles of any type in  5-year Integrated M.Sc. the campus except on medical grounds. The The B.Tech. programme consists of eight Institute also has a good 52-bed hospital with semesters spread over four years, and the OPD and in-patient facilities that include, a Dual Degree M.Tech. and Integrated M.Sc. pathology lab, dental care, radiology, programmes consist of 10 semesters spread sonography, physiotherapy, and an operation over five years. In the Dual Degree M.Tech. theatre. programme, a B.Tech. degree of the parent department and an M.Tech. degree of a The Student Activity Centre (SAC) provides specialization within the parent department is excellent facilities for sports and cultural given at the end of fifth year. In the activities. Sports facilities include a undergraduate programmes, a “Minor” is swimming pool, tennis, badminton and awarded to a student for completing, in squash courts and vast playgrounds for field addition to the minimum requirement of 250 games. Wildlife camps and trekking are credits, a prescribed set of courses from popular off campus activities. Cultural departments other than that in which the activities on the campus are fostered by film student is enrolled for his basic B.Tech. clubs, classical music societies, debating and programme. Similarly, “Honours” is drama clubs and a hobbies club. The Institute awarded to students completing a prescribed also has strong NSS/NSO programmes. The set of courses and/or project in their own Entrepreneurship Cell guides students and departments. This structure of academic promotes in them the spirit of programmes provides flexibility to suit the entrepreneurship by organizing competitions, varied interests of students and helps build and lectures and workshops by eminent

8 entrepreneurs. A business incubator also in CPI order, provided the strength in provides opportunities to students to develop branch B, to which the change is being products and technologies, and to generate sought, does not exceed its sanctioned their own business ventures. The Cell for strength by more than 10%. There is no Human Values – a unique feature of IIT restriction on the strength of branch A (may Bombay, enriches the minds of students go well below its sanctioned strength) during through its various activities. the application of this rule. The request of this A Faculty Advisor is specially appointed to student will be reconsidered again, strictly in look after the academic performance and CPI order, if she/he does not violate the not matters related to SC/ST students. A exceeding 10% of sanctioned strength in the Foreign Students’ Advisor helps and guides branch condition, due to another student the students from abroad in academic and getting transferred to branch A. non-academic matters. 4. A student will be permitted to change from Rules for Change of Branch branch A to branch B, strictly in CPI order, if The Senate of IIT Bombay has approved new she/he rules for change of branch which is effective (a) was eligible for admission to branch B at from the JEE batch of 2011 onwards. Students the time of entry to IIT Bombay, and (b) strength of branch B does not exceed are eligible to apply for change of Branch / the sanctioned strength by more than 10%, Programme after completing the first two and semesters. The following rules/guidelines (c) strength of branch A does not fall will be used for considering applications for below 85% of its sanctioned strength change. (equivalently at most 15% students of sanctioned strength of a branch are permitted 1. The eligibility criteria to apply for to leave it). The request of this student will be change of Branch / Programme are reconsidered again, strictly in CPI order, if (a) completion of the course credits she/he does not violate rule 4(b) and 4(c) prescribed in the first two semesters, and due to another student getting transferred to (b) no backlog at the end of first year of 4- branch A. year B.Tech./5year M.Sc./Dual Degree programmes, and 5. For other students, request for change, (c) secured a Cumulative Performance strictly in CPI order, from a student from Index (CPI) branch A to branch B will be considered if the • ≥ 8.0 for General and OBC (a) Strength of branch B does not exceed category students the sanctioned strength by more than 10% • ≥ 7.0 for SC, ST and PD category (b) Strength of branch A does not fall below students 85% of its sanctioned strength (equivalently at most 15% students of sanctioned strength 2. Applications from students who satisfy the of a branch are permitted to leave it). The eligibility criteria are to be considered in the request of this student will be reconsidered order as given below. again, strictly in CPI order, if she/he does not • All students who satisfy the norms violate rule 5(b) and 5(c) due to another specified in rule 3 are allocated first. student getting transferred to branch A. • Students who satisfy the norms specified in rule 4 are allocated 6. If a student S1 is not permitted to change subsequently. from branch A to branch B, due to rules 3, 4 • Students who satisfy the norms or 5, any other student S2 with CPI less than specified in rule 5 are allocated at the end. S1 will also not be permitted to change to branch B. 3. A student with CPI ≥ 9.0 will be permitted to change from branch A to branch B, strictly

7 (a). The rules 3 to 6 are applicable for all status of a university with powers to decide categories with the concession in eligibility its own academic policies, to conduct its criteria mentioned in rule 1 for SC, ST and PD examinations, and to award its degrees. students. IIT Delhi is situated at Hauz Khas in South (b) Every student has a birth category Delhi, bounded by Sri Aurobindo Marg on the attribute, which is one of GE, OBC, SC, ST or east, Jawaharlal Nehru University complex on ST. the west, National Council of Educational (c). A vacant seat that is available for Research and Training on the south, and the allocation is defined to be one of six different Outer Ring Road on the north. The Institute types.The types are i) open, ii) reserved for campus is about 20 km from lndira Gandhi GE, iii) reserved for OBC, iv) reserved for SC, International Airport, 10 km from domestic iv) reserved for ST and vi) reserved for PD. terminal of the airport, 19 km from Delhi (d).The additional seats in a branch, limited main Railway Station and 14 km from New to maximum of 10% of its sanctioned Delhi Railway Station. strength, that are made available to students for allocation at the time of change of branch The Institute campus extends over an area of are defined at the start of the allocation 320 acres with many topographical features, process to be of type "open" in nature (do not imaginatively laid out with picturesque belong to any category). There may also be a landscape. With clean and wide roads, the few vacant seats of type "reserved for campus presents a spectacle of harmony in category X" at this point in time. architectural and natural beauty. Most of the (e). A vacant open seat in Branch B, when students, faculty and staff reside on the allocated to a student in branch A belonging campus. The main academic building houses to birth category X, creates a vacant seat in various teaching and research facilities. branch A of type "reserved for category X". Although each department is a separate (f). A vacant seat of type "reserved seat of entity, all the departments together category X" is available for reallocation only constitute an integrated complex. to students of birth category X. Each academic year consists of two semesters 8. All branch transfers can be effected only and a summer term. The education system is once at the beginning of the second academic organized around a credit system, which year. No application for change of branch ensures continuous evaluation of a student’s during the subsequent academic years will be performance and provides flexibility to entertained. choose courses so as to facilitate progress at an optimum pace suited to one’s ability or 9. Students will be permitted to change convenience. Each course is assigned certain from B.Tech. to Dual Degree number of credits depending upon the class Programme in the same department at contact hours. A minimum number of credits the end of third and fourth semesters subject are to be completed in order to qualify for the to the department’s recommendation. award of degree. IIT Delhi has revised its curriculum and the new curriculum is effective from academic session 2013-14. 2.3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY The revised curriculum emphasizes on broad DELHI based training, design and innovation activities, and significant co-curricular Established as a College of Engineering in components. It leaves sufficient time for 1961, this Institute was declared as Institution students to take part in other activities like of National Importance under the “Institutes sports and recreation, and encourages them of Technology (Amendment) Act 1963” and to be creative and innovative. was renamed as “Indian Institute of Technology Delhi”. It was then accorded the

The Students Activity Centre provides a Rules for Change of Branch number of facilities for students’ A student is eligible to apply for change of extracurricular and physical development. branch at the end of the first year only, The central two-storied block with a provided he/she satisfies the following swimming pool and a gymnasium hall has criteria. amenities such as squash courts, hobbies . CGPA for General category students > workshop, seminar rooms, music rooms and 7.50 other multipurpose rooms for reading and . CGPA for SC/ST and Person with indoor games. The amphitheatre constructed Disability category students > 6.50 in modern style is an added amenity to the . Earned credits at the end of the first Centre. The campus also provides such academic session > 40 amenities as staff club, hospital, shopping centre, bank, post office, community centre, Change of the branch will be permitted stadium and playing fields. strictly in the order of merit as determined by CGPA at the end of the first year, subject to Credit System the limitation that the actual number of The prominent features of the credit system students in the third semester in the are: the process of continuous evaluation of discipline to which transfer is to be made a student’s performance, the absence of should not exceed the sanctioned strength, pass or fail on annual basis and the and the strength of the discipline from which flexibility to allow a student to progress at transfer is being sought does not fall below the pace suited to his/her individual ability 90% of the existing strength. and convenience subject to the regulations of the credit requirements. For a student with CGPA = 9.0, even if a vacancy does not exist, he/she will be

permitted to change discipline provided the Each course, except for a few special courses, has a certain number of credits assigned to it strength in the discipline to which the change depending on its lecture, tutorial and is being sought does not exceed by 5% of the sanctioned strength. Also, in such cases, laboratory contact hours in a week. Each he/she will be permitted to change discipline course is coordinated by a member of the even if the strength of the discipline from faculty called the course coordinator. He/she has the full responsibility for coordinating the which change is being sought falls below 90% course, coordinating the work of other of the existing strength. A stipulation of minimum credits and CGPA requirements will members of the faculty involved in the not be insisted upon for change of discipline course, holding tests and awarding grades. In to a branch in which a vacancy exists and the case of any difficulty, students are expected to approach the course coordinator for advice concerned student was eligible for admission and clarification. to that discipline at the time of entry to IIT Delhi. However, requirements of credits and

CGPA will continue to apply in case of both A letter grade with a specified number of General and SC/ST category students seeking grade points is awarded in each course for which a student is registered. A student’s change to a discipline to which the concerned performance is measured by the number of student was not eligible for admission at the time of entry to IIT Delhi. More liberal rules credits that he/she has earned and by the for change of branch are being worked out. weighted grade point average maintained by If these are approved, these rules may him/her. A minimum number of credits and a minimum cumulative grade point average become effective for the students admitted in (CGPA) are necessary in order to qualify for a 2013-14. degree.

Change from a 4-year B.Tech. programme 2.4 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY to a dual degree programme GANDHINAGAR A student registered for a 4-year degree programme in a Department can be IIT Gandhinagar strives to offer the best permitted to change his/her registration from undergraduate engineering education in India the 4-year to a 5-year programme of the with unmatched innovations in curriculum. A same department provided the B.Tech. part five week immersion Foundation Programme of the dual degree programme into which the for all new undergraduate students is student is desirous of registering is the same designed to nurture creativity, as the programme for which the student was communication skills, ethics, teamwork, social admitted through JEE subject to fulfilling the engagement and physical fitness. To promote following criteria: critical thinking and an appreciation of the (a) The student must have completed at interdisciplinary character of knowledge, least 120 credits by the end of 6th students take almost 20% of their coursework semester and secured a minimum in the humanities and social sciences – nearly CGPA of 7.5. twice the proportion of other leading (b) The maximum number of students engineering colleges in the country – as well that can be permitted such a change as courses in design and the life sciences. We will be limited to 10 % of sanctioned empower our students to discover and pursue strength of the intake into the their passion with the most liberal branch relevant 4-year programme of the change policy among all IITs, an emphasis on department. project based learning and options for Change from any 4-year B.Tech. minors. The IIT Gandhinagar undergraduate programme into a PG (M.Tech.) experience stresses diversity and programme with advanced standing globalization. Fully a quarter of the A student registered for a 4-year B.Tech. undergraduate students from the 2012 and degree programme can earn an additional 2013 batch availed educational or internship M.Tech. degree by opting for a change in opportunities abroad. his/her registration to that with advanced Campus standing. The option is to be exercised IIT Gandhinagar (IITGN) is located in towards the end of the 6th semester. Ahmedabad, which consistently ranks as the Advanced standing request will be considered best city to live in India in several major only if the student has a CGPA of at least 7.5 national surveys. Situated on the banks of the at the end of the 6th semester. In the River Sabarmati, Ahmedabad, the fifth largest advanced standing scheme, the student can city in the country, has deep cultural roots earn an M.Tech. degree in addition to his/her and played a central role in India’s B.Tech. degree by spending an additional independence movement. The Mahatma year. Gandhi Ashram is just 15 minutes from the Subject to the above conditions, change over campus. Ahmedabad is vying for the status of from one undergraduate programme to UNESCO’s World Heritage City. At the same another (viz., B.Tech., and 5-year M.Tech. time, Ahmedabad is reputed for its excellent Dual Degree) is permissible. infrastructure and thriving industries,

prestigious academic and research institutes, Important Dates including the Indian Institute of Management, Reporting Date: 18.07.2013 the National Institute of Design, Physical Classes Begin: 23.07.13 Research Laboratory, etc. and an vibrancy and

ambiance that fosters excellence and

entrepreneurship. The Institute presently

operates from its VGEC Campus in the

Chandkheda section of Ahmedabad. It expects to move to its new 400-acre campus

12 along the banks of the Sabarmati River in setup integrates the entire IITGN community Gandhinagar in July 2014, in close proximity into a single unit. The Institute premises and of GIFT city. The master plan of the new the student hostels are Wi-Fi enabled. campus strives to capture the same energy Important scientific software such as and vitality that marks its academic programs. Mathematica, PSCAD 4.2, STATA 11.1, Matlab, ANSYS Multi-Physics Simulation Software and Neighbourhood of IITGN: a wide range of CAD, CFD, and Finite Element The Ahmedabad/Gandhinagar area has been software are available. The institute has listed as the 19th most rapidly growing city in computational labs with networked the world. Ahmedabad is also ranked as one multi-core desktop computers and a high of India’s safest cities. It boasts uninterrupted performance computing (HPC) platform for water and electricity supply throughout the advancing research and teaching in year. Several supermarkets, vegetable stores, computational science and engineering with and neighbourhood shops are located in the networked workstations set up with partial vicinity of the Institute. The area around support from Fujitsu and Nvidia. IITGN campus is undergoing major urban IIT Gandhinagar’s Central Library possesses a expansion with the construction of many rich collection of books, research journals, high-rise condominiums, apartment and electronic resources in Engineering, complexes and malls. Sciences, Humanities and the Social Sciences. The campus is easily accessible from both the Library electronic resources are accessible train station and airport in Ahmedabad. A taxi from anywhere on campus and the library ride from the airport to the campus costs itself, like the rest of campus, is Wi-Fi about Rs 250. Auto rickshaws are the most enabled. common form of transportation; a typical fare The institute has cut cutting edge teaching from Ahmedabad Railway Station to campus laboratories in numerous areas, including by auto rickshaw is about Rs. 100.The city is electronics, mechanisms, physics, chemistry, also well connected by BRTS, a bus rapid bus solid mechanics, etc. In addition, the institute transit system that circles major spots has several research laboratories in image throughout the city. processing, fiber-optics, biomedical design, Ahmedabad airport has numerous domestic VLSI, power systems, soil mechanics, etc. for and direct international flight connections to student and faculty projects and to expose Doha, Dubai, and Singapore, which serve as students to the latest research in different global hubs for other international areas of science and engineering. destinations. It is very well connected by rail and road networks to other cities in India. The Sports World Bank recently recognized the highways A highly qualified physical education in and around Ahmedabad as model road instructor is on staff to train students. transportation infrastructure for emulation by Grounds are available for football, cricket, other cities. The construction of a metro volleyball and basketball, as well as indoor subway rail link between Ahmedabad and facilities for badminton, table-tennis, etc., and Gandhinagar is presently underway. a modern multi-purpose gym staffed with There are several banks within a instructors. Participation in sports activities is half-kilometer radius of the Institute. The IIT highly encouraged at IITGN and its students Gandhinagar branch of State Bank of India is have been exceedingly competitive and located across the street from the campus. successful in Inter IIT Meets. The post office is also close to the Institute. Hostel Facilities Facilities on Campus All students receive fully furnished IITGN has state-of-the-art computer facilities accommodation on campus or in a building with high-end hardware, a wide range of complex across the street from the institute. software and excellent connectivity. The LAN Accommodation for girl students is in a

13 separate girls’ hostel on campus. Dining achievements of undergraduate students facilities, overseen by a qualified nutritionist, irrespective of their parental income. The are available on campus. Students should Institute is therefore establishing scholarships anticipate monthly living expenses of around for outstanding students who distinguish Rs 3,500 for food and other personal costs, in themselves in academics, sports, cultural, addition to their tuition fees. social, and leadership activities. It offers financial support for undergraduate research, Medical facilities including travel to conferences and for Two qualified medical practitioners are research projects, as well as financial rewards available on the institute premises for several for undergraduate publications. hours on working days to provide medical Credit System care and advice to students, staff and faculty. The credit system at IIT Gandhinagar is as Hospitalization expenses of all students are follows: covered under a medical insurance policy. A trained male nurse is on staff full-time to Letter Grade Grade Point provide emergency first aid and for routine A+ 11 medical services, such as checking A 10 temperature, blood pressure, blood sugar, A- 09 oxygen level and dressing wounds. An B 08 Electrocardiogram (E.C.G) machine is B- 07 available for diagnostic purposes. C 06 C- 05 Academic Programmes D 04 IIT Gandhinagar offers 4-year B. Tech E 02 programmes in Chemical, Civil, Electrical and F 00 Mechanical Engineering and M. Tech, PGDIIT S Satisfactory and PhD programmes in several engineering, U Unsatisfactory science, humanities and social science I Incomplete disciplines. The institute has introduced a  The SPI/CPI at the end of any futuristic undergraduate curriculum keeping semester shall have a maximum in mind the urgent need to develop engineers limit of 10. st and problem solvers for the 21 century.  Grade “P” refers to passing in course and is not counted in CPI/SPI Curricular Initiatives calculations. The brand new curriculum is a significant  Minimum passing grade is D. departure from any other engineering  The letter grade E may be curriculum in the country. It focuses on the considered as sufficient exposure to overall development of students and has a satisfy the prerequisites of another significant component of humanities and course, where applicable. social sciences, compulsory coursework in the  Grade “I” is a place holder grade and life-sciences, exposure to design and gets converted to an appropriate creativity, and it provides flexibility to grade before the commencement of students with several options of the next semester. Honors/Minors.For more details visit: http://www.iitgn.ac.in/academic.htm Rules for Change of Branch Financial Assistance To provide an environment where students The Institute offers Government grants and are free to develop their passions, IITGN has merit-cum-means scholarships to adopted the most liberal policy for branch undergraduate students. The Institute changes at any IIT after the first year. Virtually believes in rewarding outstanding all students are given an opportunity to

14 switch to a discipline of their choice in the graduating students is pursuing a master’s or second year. We also have created a formal doctoral degree. Over 10% are headed abroad structure to convey the excitement, promise, to some of the world’s finest research and relevance of each branch of engineering institutions, including CalTech, Stanford, to our students. This is probably the first time Notre Dame, Michigan, Houston and Imperial in the history of the IIT system that such a College. policy has been successfully implemented. In 2012, the Institute was able to accommodate Our 2012 graduates were recruited by major virtually every branch request of eligible industries such as Ricoh, BPCL, Grasims, TCE, students. Finisar, JCB, etc. Backed by the training and After successful completion of the first two support of the institute’s Career Development semesters, students may apply for branch Cell, students at IITGN regularly interact with change under the following guidelines: experts in the industry and IIT alumni, thus staying abreast of the needs of the job 1. Any student with a CPI 9.50 or higher is market. The Placements Cell brings allowed a change of programme without companies spanning the full range of sectors any restriction. of management, research and IT,in addition 2. For others, change is permitted in order to core engineering, to suit the diverse of merit determined by their CPI. aspirations of students. Its graduates are Students with a CPI of 6.50or higher and ready to capture the world through their without any fail grade/backlogs are presence in Microsoft, Flipkart, Timetooth, eligible to apply. DRDO and other leading organizations. 3. The request for change (in the order of The Career Development Centre (CDC) is a merit) for a student (say S1) from part of Student Placement Office, which programme A to programme B will be provides a platform to students to enhance considered so long as: and groom their professional skills and (a) Strength of programme B does demeanor. Through various workshops and not exceed by more than 10% events with eminent external speakers, the the sanctioned strength for that CDC exposes students to a wide range of programme. career opportunities and assists them in (b) Strength of students on the rolls making informed decisions about their in programme A does not fall careers. The mission of CDC is to be a catalyst below 50% of its sanctioned in the development of students to become strength. leaders in a technologically based global (c) The request of S1 will be ambience. re-considered (again in order of merit) if another student Other important information about the transfers to branch A, provided Institute this re-consideration does not Innovations at IITGN: violate (b) above. IITGN aspires to be a leader and a 4. All such transfers can be effected only trend-setter in education. In this endeavour, once at the beginning of the second it enthusiastically encourages novel academic year. Applications for change of educational initiatives consistent with the Programme during subsequent academic core values, mission and vision of the years are not entertained. Institute. Some of our recent initiatives are outlined below. Training and Placement at IIT GN IITGN’s 2012 graduating class testifies to the Foundation Programme for Self success of its vision and mission. Nearly 60% Development: IITGN recently introduced a voluntarily opted to add a minor or honors to Foundation Programme that requires all new their B. Tech. Nearly 25% availed educational undergraduate students to undergo an or internship opportunities abroad. One in six

15 intense five-week immersion programme to Short-Courses: IITGN has started a develop their life-skills. The programme helps Short-Course Series for the well-rounded students make a smooth transition from the growth of its students. Each short course runs days of single-minded preparation for the JEE for 8-10 hours and is conducted by a guest to a new phase in life that will ultimately scholar on a topic different from the subjects shape them to be well-rounded human in the regular curriculum. Students earn one beings, outstanding engineers and credit (listed in the grade card) for each short responsible citizens. This programme focuses course, which is voluntary. Recent short on nurturing creativity, communication skills, courses have been conducted on Indian ethics, teamwork, and includes various games Democracy, Entrepreneurship, Energy and workshops on theatre, an appreciation of Efficiency, Literature, and Cosmology. architecture, arts, etc. Project-Based Learning: The Institute places International Faculty: The Institute has great emphasis on students undertaking recruited its full time faculty from some of the projects of interest to them outside the world’s leading institutes, such as CalTech, curriculum. Students have been involved in Carnegie Mellon, Purdue, Cambridge, exciting projects in Fire Engineering, Low-cost Michigan, Vanderbilt, Texas Tech, Berkeley, Mechanical Gadgets, Biomedical Engineering Cornell, Illinois, Max Planck, Harvard, and the like, under the mentorship of faculty Warwick. A vigorous visiting faculty program from the institute, as well as scholars and and a flexible short course structure exposes corporations at top institutions worldwide. students to scores of the most prominent Earn-While-You-Learn Programme: scholars and professionals from all over India, Undergraduate students help in the library, as well as the United States, France, Portugal, computer centre, and in grading assignment Switzerland, Singapore, Canada, New Zealand, sunder an optional earn-while-you-learn etc. programme that provides financial help, Comprehensive Viva-Voce: The Institute has instills the value of the dignity of labour, and introduced a comprehensive viva-voce to builds the self-esteem of participating identify the talents and weaknesses of students. students. The students are encouraged to pursue their talents vigorously and to address Awards to Students for Research areas of concern without hesitation. This is a Publications: The institute places significant mandatory activity conducted every semester emphasis on undergraduate research and for all undergraduate students by a panel of considers participation in research activities faculty and enables the Institute to establish critical for the holistic growth of students. one-on-one connections by giving attention Undergraduate researchers who publish in and feedback to each individual, and assess peer-reviewed journals are eligible for cash our teaching-learning ambience. awards. All undergraduates receive financial assistance to attend conferences and for Emphasis on Physical Education: With firm research-related travel. belief in the truism that a healthy mind lives in a healthy body, the Institute has introduced IITGN’s Enthusiasm Quotient a demanding physical education regimen into The students and faculty of IITGN show an the curriculum. All undergraduate students extraordinary level of enthusiasm and must engage in formal sports activity at least participation in institute affairs. Some recent five days a week during the first two examples are outlined below. semesters at the Institute. This programme Amalthea: Every October, the students at has been exceedingly effective in rekindling a IITGN organize Amalthea, a two-day conclave passion for sports and outdoor activities and technical summit that attracts thousands among students and is reflected in IITGN’s of students and faculty from colleges performances at IITGN Sports Meets. throughout Ahmedabad and beyond. The

16 event in the past two year have covered Additional Information: renewable energy and autos and included See our brochure Partners in Success at sessions on solar, wind and bio-energy, latest http://www.iitgn.ac.in/pdf/Partners-in-Succes auto technologies and a number of panel s.pdf discussions. Amalthea is supported by major You can follow the growth trajectory of the companies throughout India in the form of Institute from our quarterly newsletter lectures, sponsorships, exhibitions, etc. Connections at: Numerous eminent speakers shared their http://iitgn.ac.in/iit-newsletter.htm knowledge and vision with students at the conclave. Website Information and Telephone Cognition, Experience, & Creativity: To foster Numbers of JEE Offices: creativity, the faculty in Philosophy at IITGN Website: www.iitgn.ac.in organized an international conference in October 2010 to focus on how experience and Telephone: +91 93284 74222 creativity are modeled on cognition, and to understand innovative thought-processes Fax: +91 79239 72324 from an inter-disciplinary perspective. The conference included many distinguished Reporting Dates for Admitting Candidates: speakers from Bulgaria, England, France, Date for registration: July 21, 2013 (Sunday) India, Ireland, Japan, Macedonia, Portugal, Classes begin: July 22, 2013 (Monday) Turkey, and the US, who talked about No provision of late registration for new UG cognition from a philosophical, biological, and students. computer science perspective.

Community Outreach: The Institute is 2.5 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY strongly committed to sensitizing students to GUWAHATI the needs of society and to motivate them to make socially meaningful contributions from Situated on the north bank of the majestic an early age. Since August 2010, a team of river Brahmaputra, the Institute campus is IITGN girl students has been spending three spread over 700 acres and has been planned hours every weekend with 75 girl students taking full advantage of the natural features from Sakar School, Ahmedabad, to enthuse of the terrain, which consists of several them about science and mathematics. In hillocks and lakes. It is arguably the most January 2011, members of the IITGN beautiful campus in India. The campus is community started Nyasa, a programme to about 20 km from the railway station and address the health and education needs of about 18 km from the airport. Institute bus construction workers and their families on services ply regularly, to and from the city campus. Nyasa has organized community centre (near Guwahati railway station). Taxis lunches and clothes collection drives, and and three wheelers are also available at the distributed woollen clothes in winter. railway station. A pre-paid taxi service is Currently, the Nyasa team hosts 2-hour available at the airport to go to the Institute. play-sessions with the children of construction workers every Sunday. The weather remains pleasant for most part of the year with a maximum day temperature Blithchron: Students organize the flagship in summers of around 350C and a minimum inter-college cultural festival Blithchron every temperature in the winters of around 70C. year, which in recent years has featured a hit Guwahati is the gateway to the north eastern fashion show “Panache,” a “whodunit” region of India, and is well connected by rail competition called “The Butler Did It,” and air to all major cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Antaragnee, and live concerts, acts and Kolkata , Bangalore, Chennai , Hyderabad , performances. Lucknow , Jaipur etc. All major domestic

17 airlines operate regular flights from Guwahati Centre (TIC) to allow students to translate to all major cities in the country. their innovative ideas into commercially significant products by extending support to Academic Programmes them after they graduate, in the form of Undergraduate programmes offered include finance, space and technical guidance. The B.Tech. in ten disciplines, viz. Biotechnology, Institute is 18 years old, but is still young, as Chemical Engineering, Chemical Science & the average age of faculty numbering 330, is Technology, Civil Engineering, Computer 38 years. This combination allows it to excel Science & Engineering, Electronics & in all spheres. Communication Engineering, Electronics & Electrical Engineering, Engineering Physics, Boarding and Lodging Mathematics & Computing, and Mechanical There are nine boys hostels and a girl hostel Engineering; and B.Des. in Design. for accommodating students. Each hostel has Postgraduate programmes offered are a mess, a canteen, a stationary shop, indoor two-year M.Sc. in Physics, Chemistry, and games facilities, cable TV, local area network Mathematics & Computing, a two year M.A. (LAN) connection in every room, and in Development Studies, two-year M.Tech. in uninterrupted water and power supplies Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Civil (with generator sets to provide power during Engineering, Computer Science & load shedding). All students enjoy the privacy Engineering, Electronics & Electrical of a single room. Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and a two-year M.Des.in Design. Ph.D. programs are The campus has an academic complex, an available in the fields of Science, Technology, administrative building, a library cum and Humanities & Social Sciences to the computer centre building and a lecture desirous candidates. At present the student theatre complex to cater to the requirement strength in the institute is 4,500 with about of class rooms and laboratories. Besides, a half of them undergraduates, and about a married scholars’ hostel, a fully furnished quarter of them in PhD programmes. guest house with a capacity of 144, a convention centre, a state-of-the-art Facilities Unique to the Institute auditorium and ample residential quarters for State-of-the-art teaching laboratories in all housing faculty and support staff are also the engineering and science disciplines, there in the campus. Branches of Canara Bank combined with a Central Workshop and and State Bank of India with ATMs, a post Computer Centre, provide value and strength office, a computerised railway Passenger to the various programmes being offered. The Reservation System (PRS) counter, a book Computer Centre with its modern facilities shop, a food court, and a shopping complex and pleasant atmosphere is a favourite place serve the needs of campus residents. of the students for cracking software The Institute has a stadium for football, problems or surfing the Internet. The Central cricket, hockey and track and field events, and Library has an excellent collection of books, modern courts with synthetic surfaces for current periodicals and back volumes of tennis, volleyball, squash, and basketball. It journals. The Central Library also subscribes also has a gymnasium, an indoor sports to most journals online, allowing everyone to complex, and a swimming pool. Artificial access them from their computers while in lights allows sports activities to continue after the campus. In addition to the facilities dark. The campus offers plenty of scope for available in the different departments, the trekking and climbing, so that one can enjoy a Central Instruments Facility (CIF) of the challenging and stimulating academic Institute has many state-of-the-art equipment environment blended with a rich outdoor life. to support students in carrying out their projects and research work. The Institute has also established a Technology Incubation

Health Care Credit System The Institute gives great importance to health The Institute follows a semester-based credit care. There are three regular Medical Officers system. The B.Tech. and B.Des. programmes (all postgraduates) besides a number of consist of 8 semesters spread over 4 outsourced specialists. The Institute has a academic years. A student takes 4 to 5 theory seventeen-bed hospital with trained nurses courses in addition to laboratory courses in on duty round-the–clock and a Medical each semester. A project in the final year Officer available on call. The hospital has provides the student ample scope for modern diagnostic equipment, a pathological independent work. Credits are allotted to laboratory, a pharmacy, and ambulances. For various courses depending on the number of serious patients requiring higher level of care lecture/tutorial/laboratory hours per week. A , the Institute also has arrangements with top student’s performance in a course is medical institutions of Guwahati, such as continuously evaluated throughout the Guwahati Neurological Research Centre semester and culminates in the award of a (GNRC), International Hospital, Down Town grade on a 10-point scale. Performance in a Hospital, Guwahati Medical College Hospital, semester is evaluated in terms of the etc. weighted average of grade points secured in all the courses registered in that semester, Physical Training (two hours per week) as a known as the Semester Performance Index non-credit, but compulsory course during the (SPI). A Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) is first two years of the undergraduate given, representing the weighted average of programme, is offered to all the students to grade points secured by a student in all the keep them mentally and physically healthy, semesters.

Financial Assistance/Scholarships Minor Programme The Institute offers a number of scholarships 1) In order to allow students to get exposure to the students. A Merit-cum-Means to areas other than their branch, they are Scholarship is available to a maximum of 25% allowed to opt for a minor in a discipline of General and OBC category undergraduate other than the discipline he/she is students. Institute Merit Scholarship is registered in. Students completing a awarded to those undergraduate students of minor will have the minor mentioned in second, third and fourth years, who score the the degree certificate and in the final highest Yearly Performance Index (YPI) in grade card. The credit requirements for a their respective disciplines. minor discipline will be in the range of In addition, Govt. of India SC and ST 30-36 credits. scholarships, State Govt. scholarships and 2) Only those students who have completed various industry sponsored scholarships are all the credits required in the first two also available to the deserving students. semesters of their major discipline with a CPI of 6.5 or above, will be eligible for a Training and Placement minor discipline after the end of second The 15th batch of B.Tech. and 12th batch of semester. B.Des. students are graduating this year. The 3) There are restrictions on the number of graduates of the previous batches have been seats in each minor discipline and recruited in reputed private and public sector allocation is strictly on the basis of merit. organizations through campus interviews. A large number of B.Tech. and B.Des. graduates Rules for Change of Branch have obtained admission to M.S. and Ph.D. The Institute has one of the most liberal programmes in universities abroad with branch change schemes among all IITs. scholarships. Students are allowed to change from one branch of study to any other branch after the end of the second semester, subject to

19 certain conditions, some of which are given ultramodern aesthetics with world class below: amenities. The hostels have a very unique 1. Any student who has completed all the architecture making it more of a dwelling courses of the first two semesters rather than a hall of residence. without failing in any is eligible for branch change. There is no CPI restriction. The institute has 104 full time dynamic 2. Change of branch is permitted strictly on faculty. IITH has on its roll, approximately 580 the basis of merit (CPI at the end of two B.Techs (CSE, EE, ME, Chem., Civil , Engrg. semesters) subject to the limitation that Sci.), 56 M.Sc. Students, 229 M.Techs, 5 the strength of a branch does not fall M.Phil, and 212 Ph.D. students.IITH graduated below the existing strength by more than its first batch of M.Techs. in June 2011 and ten percent and does not go above the the first batch of B.Techs., the first batch of sanctioned strength by more than ten M.Sc., and the second batch of M.Techs.in percent. June 2012.

Important Dates The vision of IITH centers around Invention and Innovations; with this in mind several Registration: July 25, 2013 (Thursday) research laboratories have been set up: Orientation: July 26, 2013(Friday) X-Materials Innovations Center,,Center for Classes begin: July 30, 2013 (Tuesday) Cyber Physical Systems, Center for Nano-X, and many more research centers are in the 2.6 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY offing. IITH also has state-of-the-art teaching HYDERABAD labs and workshops for basic courses as well as labs for high end courses. IITH IIT Hyderabad started its academic program in approximately 70 sponsored and consultancy 2008. Today it has twelve departments with projects. enrolment of 1082 students, comprising of B.Techs., M.Sc. M.Techs. and Ph.Ds. In 2013, IITH follows a semester system. An academic IITH will be offering B.Tech. programs in year (July end to April end) consists of two Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical semesters, each of approximately 16 weeks. Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, IITH follows a credit system for evaluation. Engineering Science and Engineering Physics.. Credits are allotted to various courses IIT Hyderabad has active collaboration with depending on the number of lectures and Japan and MoUs with several leading tutorials. The student’s performance in a universities in the USA. At present IITH is course is continuously evaluated throughout located in its temporary campus at Ordnance the semester and culminates in the award of Factory Estate (ODF), Medak. Though Grades (A+, A, A-, B, B-, C, C-, D, FS and FR) on temporary, it is a beautiful campus with a 10point scale. Performance in a semester is greenery, lots of open spaces and playing evaluated in terms of the weighted average of fields and state of the art research facilities grade points secured in all the courses IITH has very nice hostels with 24 hour hot registered in that semester. IITH has a unique water using solar water heaters. The campus and highly flexible academic program. is about an hour’s drive from the swanky Hyderabad airport and about an hour and IITH has, for the first time in India, introduced forty minutes from Nampally railway station. the concept of fractional credit courses which The permanent campus, approximately, 570 has enabled a strong industry interaction. A acres is close by. The work for the typical 3 lecture course has 3 credits leading construction of the main campus has begun; to 42 lecture hours in a semester. Fractional the campus buildings are designed by world credits can be 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5, 3.0 having renowned architects and have an 7, 14, 21, 28, 35 and 42 lectures hours

20 respectively. All fractional credit courses are heaters and solar lighting. It has good mess formal courses with exams and a grade. Some facilities for all students. It has sports fields examples of fractional credit courses that are: for all sports. The institute has very Trends in Storage Systems, Mobile convenient access to the ODF hospital, which Applications, Data Management and is equipped with all modern medical facilities. Computing on the Cloud, Empowering Three Billion (taught by former President Dr. Kalam), Students at IITH are involved in numerous Finance and Economy, Sales and Marketing, sports and cultural activities. There is an Smart Communication, Still Photography – all annual techno-cultural festival called Elan. these courses were of 1 credit except Smart There are nearly 15+ clubs for hobbies. Communication which was of 0.5 credits. Moreover, IITH has an active E-Cell (Entrepreneurship Cell). At IITH we give a lot emphasis on project work and most courses have a strong project For further information on IITH please visit component. IITHoffers a minor in Innovation www.iith.ac.in. You can also view the and Entrepreneurship, besides other minors. presentation on IITH at http://www.iith.ac.in/files/pdfs/2013%2005% To students admitted through JEE (Advanced) 20IITH%20Vision.pdf in 2013, IITHoffers the following programs in CE (Civil Engineering), CH (Chemical 2.7 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Engineering), CSE (Computer Science and INDORE Engineering), EE (Electrical Engineering), ESC (Engineering Science), and ME (Mechanical The Institute Engineering), EP (Engineering Physics): IIT Indore started functioning from July 2009 under the mentorship of IIT Bombay. - B. Tech. Continuing with the tradition of the older IITs, - B. Tech. with Honours option. IIT Indore aims to play an active role in the - B. Tech. with minor option. task of propelling India on her - growth-trajectory by focusing on education, All the above seven programs are spread over research and development. four years. An Honours degree is given to students completing the basic requirements Indore City in the parent department and additional Indore is the commercial capital of Madhya requirements like project and courses in the Pradesh with many industries in the area of same department. A minor is given to mechanical engineering, pharmacy and students completing the basic requirements electronics. It is an educational-hub and have in the parent department as well as additional institutes of international repute, Raja course requirement in another department. Ramanna Center for Advanced Technology Moreover, IITH offers fractional credit courses (RRCAT), IIM, IUCA, etc. Indore has young and / modules in specialized areas. vibrant students' population. The city is well connected by road, rail and air and is IITH has a very liberal branch change option strategically located in close proximity to at the end of first semester. IITH has started a Mumbai, Delhi and Ahmedabad. Placement Cell to cater to the needs of graduating students. The placement cell has Academic Programmes and Collaborations been very successful resulting in 100% The institute offers a 4-year B. Tech. placement in for batches graduating in programme in (i) Computer Science and May-June 2012. Engineering, (ii) Electrical Engineering and (iii) Mechanical Engineering, with an intake of 40 IITH is a residential campus, with very good seats (20 for general category, 11 for OBC students’ hostels with WiFi, solar water category, 6 for SC category, and 3 for ST

21 category) in each branch and Ph.D. members and explore new methods of programmes in the three engineering cooperation in instruction and joint research. disciplines, HSS, Basic Sciences and The key take away is the flexibility offered by Bio-Sciences and Bio-Engineering. The the foreign partner to provide avenues for Institute is also going to start following new financial support to the students. Several programmes from AY 2013-14: reputed companies such as National Instruments, IBM, Tata Technologies, Texas Two year M.Sc., M.Sc.+ Ph.D. dual degree in Instruments have approached the institute for Chemistry and Physics, opening Centres of Excellence in the chosen Two year M.Tech., M.Tech.+ Ph.D. dual areas of specializations and efforts are on to degree in Communication & Signal Processing concretize such proposals. Two courses on (CSP) and Production & Industrial Engineering French are also being offered by the institute (PIE) in association with Alliance Francaise. Institute have signed a MOU with French The institute has developed its own new language and education for the French academic curriculum for UG and Ph.D. language tutor programme. students and implemented it from academic year 2010-11 onwards. More information The Faculty related to academics can be found at There are total 76 faculty members, which http://www.iiti.ac.in. A six months internship includes 61 regular faculty members, 11 has been introduced for the batch admitting contractual faculty members, 4 visiting faculty in 2013. This will allow students to take real members including 2 as retired visiting faculty life problems and better industrial from the old IITs. All faculty members of the interaction. IIT Indore, in its last four institute have been selected on the basis of academic year, has grown manifold since its the same high standard criteria as being inception due to admission of 135 Ph.D. followed in the older IITs. All faculty members students in the various specializations of hold Ph.D. degrees from reputed national and Engineering, Humanities and Social Sciences, international institutions and several have and Basic Sciences. This has given impetus to international post-doctoral research the research activity at the institute and to experience. The process to recruit more the creation of the state-of-the-art teaching faculty members is under process. Several and research facilities and laboratories. Such research projects have been awarded to the facilities are extremely beneficial to the faculty members from the sponsoring undergraduate students also as they get agencies such as CSIR, DST, etc. while many exposure to the latest developments in the project proposals are under considerations of respective field of study. other sponsoring agencies. The faculty members are actively involved in research As a part its commitment to strengthen publications, paper presentation in the collaboration with acclaimed international international conferences/ workshops/ Institutes, IIT Indore has signed MoU with symposium, delivering invited talks, chairing Saarland University, Saarbrucken, Germany, sessions of the conferences, and being Keele University, UK, Ecole Internationale Des members of editorial boards of the reputed Sciences Du Traitement De international and national journals. L’Information-France, New Mexico State University, USA, University of Upcoming Campus Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA, IIT Indore's permanent campus is located at Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Forderung der Simrol which is a small village in Mhow Tehsil angewandten Forschung, Germany, Uchicago, in district of Indore. The site for IIT Indore is Argonne LLC, IL, USA, the University of about 20 km from Indore city centre, Wiscosin, Madison. The partnership allows connected to it by the state highway, the institute to exchange students and faculty Khandawa Road. The state government has

22 allotted 501.42 acres of land for the institute's scholars and also to attract best of the development. The pre-construction activities research scholars and faculty members as have been completed including contour part of our endeavour for a world class survey, soil-investigation, water-resistivity research institute. survey, etc. and construction of the boundary wall is in progress. Master plan of the campus Library is ready and passed through statutory bodies. The Central Library of IIT Indore provides Water & electricity connections have been students and faculty members resources for approved by concerned authorities. Institute their varied needs, comfortable and peaceful will soon commence its construction for environment conducive to study, and help in academic buildings, sports complex, hostels locating and using the resources. The and staff residential area. It is expected that resources include books, e-resources, IIT Indore will have its infrastructure magazines, and newspapers. The text book sufficiently ready so that the institute can collection in the library provides vital support start shifting in- to its permanent campus by for on-going UG and PhD teaching 2015. programme. The library is also developing a fine collection of books on literature and English language, and also sports, The Temporary Campus and Institute biographies, and general interest titles. At Facilities present, the library has more than 25,000 Currently, IIT Indore functions from two books in its collection. The magazine and temporary campuses. The School of newspaper section includes all prominent Engineering is located in the newly technical and general magazines and local constructed building rented from the and national dailies. The library provides Pithacmpur Auto Cluster Limited (PACL) on access to many full-text and bibliographic Indore-Mhow road. While, the School of Basic e-resources from reputed publishers Sciences and School of HSS are located in the such as Elsevier, Taylor & Francis, Sage, Wiley, premises of the Institute of Engineering and Nature, American Chemical Society, Royal Technology (IET) of Devi Ahilya Society of Chemistry, American Institute of Vishwavidyalaya (DAVV) on Khandwa Road. Physics, American Mathematical Society, and This campus has complete modern academic many more. The library has also subscribed facilities including modern classrooms with e-books from IEEE-Wiley. The Library regularly sophisticated audio-video teaching aids, a organizes demonstrations and training modern computer centre, ever-expanding programs for various e-resources to facilitate Central Library, well-equipped UG Chemistry maximum utilization of these resources. In and Physics laboratories and probably are addition to this, “Booksville”, a book fair is amongst the best of the undergraduate organized annually by the library. laboratories in the country. IITI has also The library is in the process of introducing developed one virtual classroom (VCR) under various new services to users in addition to NKN project with state-of-art video-conferring the lending facility, reading room facility, facilities and a dedicated NKN Link of 1 GBPS renewals, reservations, etc. The library has capacity. IITI was the first IIT to complete automated its services with the help of an creation of VCR and one of the three IITs integrated library management software to chosen by its inauguration on 05/02/2011. provide fast and effective library services to The core engineering laboratories developed users including OPAC (Online Public include Experimental Engineering Lab, Basic Access Catalogue) facility. The library Electrical and Electronics Engineering Lab. orientation classes are held for new students The institute has also acquired some where they are informed about the library state-of-art research equipments and facilities collection, services, rules and regulations, and to cater to the research interests and needs introduced to the library team. of the existing faculty members and research

Medical Facilities IITI hostel also has a student activity centre IIT Indore has two dispensaries, situated at its which includes facility like indoor games, two campuses i.e. Silver Springs (hostel music room, gym equipment, etc. It also has premises) and PACL campus with a good general store, where students can get all daily medial team including three doctors, one need items and stationary items for daily use nurse and a pharmacist to look after the at discounted price. Printing and medical needs of IITI students and its photocopying facility is also available at this community. Institute has MOU with five best store. hospitals of Indore city, CHL Apollo Hospital, A well-equipped Gym and a hostel library cum Choithram Hospital & Research Centre, reading room are under development at Gokuldas Hospital, Rajshree Hospitals & hostel. It is expected that the same will be Research Centre and Bombay Hospital to available for students by July 2013. cater to the medical requirements of the Formal bus-transport facility is provided to students, faculty, staff, and their dependents. students to shuttle between hostel and The students and faculty, staff members and institute at regular intervals throughout the their dependents are issued medical cards to day. A 24-hour Ambulance in case of ensure cashless medical treatment to the emergency is also available. patient along with issue of the required medicines. Moreover, institute doctor is Life at IIT Indore available in the hostel premises on regular Sports activities are essential part of IIT basis and for medical emergencies a Indore life to bring freshness and recreation round-the-clock ambulance and during busy academic schedule. The institute transportation facility is also available at the has developed sports facilities around its hostel premises. temporary campus to promote sports, such as football, volleyball, badminton, basketball and Hostel Accommodation and Transportation table-tennis. Athletic tracks at DAVV campus IIT Indore is fully residential with hostel are used for athletic events. Sports facilities in facility provided to all the students. All and around Indore are being used for regular undergraduate students are given the practice of sports like cricket, swimming and opportunity to stay in the hostels. We provide tennis. The institute also have a gymnasium studio apartments kind of accommodation with state of the art facilities for the students. facility to students. It has twin sharing bedrooms with the facilities like cot, mattress, Rules for Change of Branch chair, table, almirah, geyser, RO, washing After successful completion of the first two machine, etc. semesters, students can apply for the change We have well maintained, spacious and of branch subject to the fulfilment of the hygienic dining halls both for Veg and Non following rules: Veg food. Students are provided four meals a 1. Top 1% students of the total admitted day: Breakfast, Lunch, Evening Snacks and students in that year will be eligible for Dinner. change of branch without any constraints. Residential campus is equipped with 2. For others, change will be permitted strictly recreational Sports Facilities and Computer on merit basis. Students without fail grades Centre which is equipped with enough PCs and backlogs and with CPI > 6.5 will only be with 24x7 LAN connectivity and wi-fi service eligible to apply and can give their choices. in each student’s units. 3. The request for change (in the order of We have dedicated medical dispensary for merit) for student S1 from branch A to branch students at the hostel. We also have 24X7 B will be considered if - ambulance facility available for emergency A. Strength of branch B does not exceed the medical situation. Each apartment is provided sanctioned strength for that branch. with first-aid box and fire extinguisher for security concern.

B. Number of students on rolls in the branch Fax no.: 07324-240700 A does not fall below 85% of the e-mail: [email protected] sanctioned strength. C. The request of S1 will be re-considered Academic Office: (again in the order of merit) if S1 does not Phone no.: 07324-240761 violate (b) above due to another student Fax no.: 07324-240700 getting transfer to branch A. e-mail: [email protected] D. If student S1 is not permitted to change from branch A to B (due to (b) above), any 2.8 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY other student S2 in any branch with CPI KANPUR less than S1 will also not be permitted to change to branch B. History 4. All such transfers can be effected only once IIT Kanpur is reputed all over the world for its at the beginning of the second academic year. innovative academic programmes stressing No application for change of branch during science-based engineering education. Since the subsequent academic years will be its inception in 1960, the Institute is engaged entertained, except as in item 6, below. in carrying out original research of 6. The rules for change of Branch/Programme significance and technology development at from students belonging to SC/ST category the cutting edge. It introduced for the first would be similar to that of other candidates time in the country computer science in the except for the following concessions: undergraduate curriculum, semester-based A. Their CPI must be 6.0 or more flexible programmes, interdisciplinary (without any kind of backlogs). programmes in several areas, and a B. Each branch does not exceed its broadband letter grading system. In its initial sanctioned strength by more than 2. years, IIT Kanpur benefited from a novel experiment in international cooperation Important Contacts: when a consortium of nine leading Website: iiti.ac.in universities of the USA collaborated with it to launch world-class engineering education in Director’s Office: our country. Phone no.: 0731-2438711 Fax no.: 0731-2361482 Location and Accessibility e-mail: [email protected] It is located just outside the major industrial town of Kanpur which is well connected with Registrar’s Office: all other metropolitan cities. Phone no.: 0731-2438702 Fax no.: 0731-2364182 Academic Programmes e-mail: [email protected] IIT Kanpur imparts training to students so that they become competent and motivated IITI JEE Chairman: engineers and scientists, and awards Phone no.: 07324-240716 Bachelors, Masters and Doctoral degrees in Fax no.: 07324-240700 various branches of technology and science. e-mail: [email protected] The Institute celebrates freedom of thought, cultivates vision, nurtures entrepreneurship Dean, Academic Affairs: and encourages growth, inculcating human Phone no.: 07324-240702 values and concern for the environment and Fax no.: 07324-240700 society at the same time. e-mail: [email protected] The Institute follows the semester system Deputy Registrar, Academic Affairs: with two eighteen-week semesters, including Phone no.: 07324-240705 a one-week recess in each semester. In

25 addition, an eight-week summer term is also the decision making processes of the Institute offered to help students make up deficiencies via student representatives in various in their course work. This enables students to Institute committees. reduce any delays in completing their programme due to illness or any other Boarding and Lodging reason. Starting July 2011, the Institute is The Institute has a fully residential beautiful following a credit based system. The picturesque campus, spread over 1055 acres satisfactory academic performance of a of land, with all modern amenities. It has student as well as the graduation about 3000 undergraduate and 3000 requirements are based on successful postgraduate students, around 350 faculty completion of a certain number of credits. members and 650 supporting staff. A shopping complex, branches of State Bank of A diagnostic test to ascertain general India and Union Bank of India, a post office, proficiency in English is conducted for ALL and other amenities fulfill the needs of the students admitted to IIT campus community. The students are Kanpur. Based on their performance in this accommodated in ten boys’ hostels and two test, some students are told to take a basic girls’ hostels. In addition, there is housing course in English Language. facility for married students. All rooms in the hostels have provisions for internet Facilities Unique to the Institute connectivity and connection to other In keeping with its reputation for academic computers through Local Area Network. excellence, the Institute has state-of-the-art facilities with one of the best and openly Health Care accessible computing facilities and modern Equipped with pharmacy, clinical laboratory, laboratories that include a unique flight physiotherapy facility and a 30-bed indoor laboratory with several powered aircrafts, ward, the Health Centre provides medical gliders and a one kilometer runway. The P K help and emergency care to the campus Kelkar Library of the Institute is one of the community round-the-clock. finest scientific and technological libraries with an online information retrieval system Recreational/Extra-Curricular Facilities over the campus LAN. The curriculum at IIT A number of extra-curricular activities, Kanpur has a strong emphasis on Humanities recreational as well as managerial, are an and Social Sciences (HSS). The HSS integral part of the educational experience at department offers courses in Psychology, IIT Kanpur. All such activities are coordinated Sociology, Economics, Philosophy, Fine Arts by the Students Gymkhana. Students are and English language and literature, among involved in all decision making bodies, many other areas. A Language Laboratory including the administration of academic with computer controlled audio and video programmes, hostel management and even components, offers courses in foreign disciplinary matters. Further, students languages like French and German. organize events such as Antaragni—the all India cultural festival, Udghosh—the all India About the students games and sports festival, and Techkriti—the The Institute has a strong counselling service all India science, technology and to help students settle down comfortably in entrepreneurship festival. These events draw the new environment and cope with the participation from academic institutions all stresses of student life. Sincere and dedicated over the country. In addition, students student volunteers, helped by faculty organize a large number of extracurricular advisers, organize the orientation programme events encompassing literary, cultural and for fresh entrants, provide extra help in sports aspects through a number of clubs and course work if needed, conduct language societies. These include Adventure Club, classes, etc. The students are involved in all Nature Club, Astronomy Club, Photography

Club, Students Film Society, Aero-modelling used for branch/programme change are as Club, Gilding Club, Robotics Club, HAM Club, follows. Music Club, Dance Club and Theater 1. The strength of any branch/programme Workshop, etc. The Institute has an should not exceed the larger of its Olympic-sized swimming pool, excellent existing and sanctioned strengths, and indoor and outdoor sports facilities, an open should not fall below 60% of its air theatre, and a 1200-seat auditorium with sanctioned strength due to change of excellent acoustics. A strong NSS programme branch/programme. to inculcate social values in students and their 2. All cases are decided in decreasing order personality development is also conducted. of Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of the eligible applicants. Financial Assistance/Scholarships 3. A unique aspect of IIT Kanpur rule is that IIT-Kanpur provides a large number of branch change is allowed not just after scholarships to its students. At least 25% second semester but also after 3rd and Under-graduate (UG) students [B.Tech., B.S.] 4th semester. in a batch will receive Merit-cum-Means 4. All students are initially admitted to a scholarships from the institute. The details of programme in Bachelor of all such scholarships are available at the Science/Bachelor of Technology. The website interested students can apply for http://www.iitk.ac.in/dosa/DOSA/scholarship. conversion to a dual-degree programme. htm The second degree may be M. Tech./M.S./M.B.A./M. Des. This will In order to be considered for any of these normally require an additional year for scholarships a student must produce a completion. “Parental Income Certificate” at the time of 5. An interested student, who is doing well registration to establish the means criterion. in his/her programme, can decide to opt The form for this purpose (Format for for a second major. This option can be Parental Income certificate) is also available exercised at the end of fifth semester. at the same website. 6. The Institute runs an interdisciplinary programme: B Tech. in Engineering Apart from Merit-cum-Means scholarships Science. Interested students can opt for several merit scholarships, sports this programme as a branch change. This scholarships, awards and prizes are also programme is especially aimed at highly awarded to deserving students. motivated students who feel constrained within the conventional Training and Placement compartmentalization of departments. The Institute has a very active Student 7. Relaxed eligibility criteria are adopted for Placement Office that coordinates Campus students of SC/ ST categories. Recruitment. It is housed in the Outreach Building with excellent facilities and support 2.9 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY to prepare and train students for placement. KHARAGPUR A very large number of national as well as international companies visit the Institute to The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur hire the students. was founded in 1951. A forerunner of the other fourteen IITs, and in many ways a role Rules for Change of Branch/Programme model for them, IIT Kharagpur has been A student may be allowed to change the producing scientists and technologists of the branch/ programme subject to certain highest calibre who continue to provide constraints on the number of students in each leadership in education, research, industry, branch/programme. Some of the guidelines and management. Many of its alumni are illustrious men and women whose

27 achievements command admiration and from Alumni Contributors. A large new respect everywhere and evoke a just sense of Computer and Informatics Centre, a new wing pride in the IIT community. for Information Technology, computer network for halls of residence, students’ Situated 120 km west of Kolkata, Kharagpur hostels rooms and a capacious lecture hall can be reached in about two and a half hours complex are fully operational. Some of the by train from the Howrah railway station of laboratories are: a world class VLSI Design Kolkata. Kharagpur is also connected by direct Laboratory, Communication Empowerment train service to other major cities of the Laboratory, Media Lab Asia, Microsoft country. The Institute is about 10 minutes’ Laboratory, Motorola Laboratory, Centre for drive (5 km) from Kharagpur railway station. Excellence in Composite Technology, Ocean Located in a sylvan landscape, far from the Science and Technology Cell, Advanced heat and dust of the city, the campus Technology Centre, Space Technology Cell, provides a calm and serene environment for etc. Vinod Gupta School of Management dedicated academic pursuits. IIT Kharagpur (VGSOM) and G S Sanyal School of has two fully operational extension centres, Telecommunications (GSST), Schhol of one at Calcutta and the other at Infrastructure Design and Management, Bhubaneswar, besides the main campus at School of Intellectual Property Law offering Kharagpur, which is the largest in the country. LLB program are the first of their kinds in the IIT system, owe their existence to the IIT Kharagpur has the largest number of PG generous contributions from its alumni. IIT and UG programmes and has a large number Kharagpur is the first to plan establishment of of doctoral research scholars. It offers 22 multispeciality hospital and Medical School undergraduate (B.Tech., B.Arch., M.Sc.), 87 and would be offering MBBS programs in the postgraduate (M.Tech., Dual Degree, M.C.P., near future. M.B.M.) and research (M.S., Ph.D., D.Sc.) programmes. Flexible Curricula In the new millennium, IIT Kharagpur has IIT Kharagpur has been a prime mover in the switched over to a more flexible academic modernization of technical education in system aiming at capability-based learning independent India. Excellent research where students would get wider options to facilities and support in the frontier areas of exercise and brighter students would be able science and technology are available at IIT to achieve more. Over and above receiving a Kharagpur, which includes some of the most B.Tech. (Hons.) Degree, a B.Arch. (Hons.) advanced laboratories and the largest Degree, a Dual Degree or an Integrated M.Sc. technical library in the country housing a Degree, for which he/ she has registered, a state-of-the-art electronic library. All the student depending on his/her performance departments and centres are equipped with and availability would have the option to earn modern instruments. Central Research Facility additional credits across disciplines. On caters to the special needs of all including accumulation of sufficient prescribed credits, outside organizations. The Institute also a student would be able to earn a MINOR in a houses an Astronomical Observatory set up discipline other than the degree for which by the Positional Astronomy Centre, he/she has registered. For example, a student Government of India and the ISRO Satellite in Electrical Engineering (EE), say, would Remote Sensing Centre. A well-equipped obtain a B.Tech. (Hons.) degree in EE and can centre for Education Technology, and earn a MINOR in Computer Science and Language and Psychology laboratories are Engineering (CSE) or Mechanical Engineering additional assets. Many special purpose top (ME), or even a MINOR in a science discipline. rung laboratories have been created in IIT Provisions have been kept in the curricula so Kharagpur out of the R&D grants received that a student has the freedom to pursue and from Industries, Government, Defence and sustain multidisciplinary interest.

The Institute follows a ten point grading booking, air ticket booking, car rental, and system with letter grades (Ex, A, B, C, D and P) STD/ISD phone calls. corresponding grade points (10 to 5) per credit. The Cumulative Grade Point Average Recreational/Extra-Curricular activities (CGPA) is computed at the end of each IIT Kharagpur aims at the all round semester. The CGPA secured by a student development of personality, with emphasis reflects his/her performance. on physical, socio-cultural and value-oriented education. In the rich tapestry of culture that Accommodation and Amenities marks this IIT, students play a vital role. They The institute is fully residential. Students are participate in almost all decision-making accommodated in 20 Halls of Residence, 13 bodies of the Institute, starting from hostel for boys and 6 for girls and one for Research administration to Senate, and organize Scholars with family. A boys’ hostel with cultural and techno-management activities ~2000 capacity is on the verge of completion. throughout the year, culminating in the Research personnel working in sponsored and Spring Fest and Kshitij. projects are accommodated in a Residential Complex. The halls have 24 hours internet Technology Students’ Gymkhana, along with connectivity. All the Halls of Residence have the newly expanded Students’ Activity Centre regular catering facilities. Some additional is the nerve centre for sports, cultural and food outlets are located within the campus; a social activities and puts a premium on few late evening canteens are available as creativity and teamwork. It has a number of well in some of the halls of residence. Several outdoor and indoor stadia for sports and restaurants including air-conditioned ones games, a modern swimming pool and a and a Café Coffee Day unit are located in the gymnasium. Photography Club, Fine Arts Club, campus, particularly in the hostel area. For Publicity Club, Music Club, Yoga Club, Film daily necessities and groceries, one can walk Society, Dramatics Society, Aquatics Society, down to the Tech Market within the campus. Astronomy Club and many more special A larger market, Gole Bazaar, is about 5 km interest groups are supported by the from the Campus. Three banks with ATM Gymkhana. Lately a large number of facility are located inside the Campus. The technology and social service focused student State Bank of India branch with core banking societies have been formed, quite often the services is in the campus close to the Institute local chapter of an international body. The Main building and it provides foreign halls of residence also offer a few in-house exchange facilities as well. An extension sports facilities in addition to the central counter of Syndicate Bank is situated on the facilities. first floor of the Institute main building. A branch of Punjab National Bank is situated in Health care the Tech Market where business transactions The B. C. Roy Technology Hospital is located are carried out in the afternoon. In addition, at the center of the Campus. It provides an Axis Bank ATM is available as well inside indoor and outdoor medical facilities for the Gymkhana premises. common ailments. However, a few specialized visiting medical practitioners regularly attend The Post Office is located close to the State the outdoor chambers. The Hospital has its Bank branch. Outlets of a few courier services round the clock emergency medical are also available within the campus.South attendance arrangement, and a 24x7 Eastern Railway has been operating a counter medicine counter. Complicated cases are in the Institute Main Building area extending referred for treatment to the State Hospital Railway ticket booking facilities especially to or to the Railway Hospital or to Hospitals in the students and the campus residents.There Kolkata. The Institute has Students’ Medical are also a few privately run outlets in the Insurance Coverage which is obligatory on the campus to cater facilities for railway ticket part of the students and which usually covers

29 a part of medical expenses for such referred Discussions etc. are made as per the cases. 24 hours Institute ambulance service is requirements of the Organizations. The also available for the purpose of shifting the section also arranges for summer practical patients to other hospitals for better training for all pre-final year B.Tech. (Hons.) management. A few specialized medical and Integrated M.Sc.students and third year practitioners are also available around the IIT students of 5 Year dual degree M.Tech. campus for private consultation; this list of courses. neighbourhood medical facilities is posted at http:// noticeboard.iitkgp.ernet.in/hospi.htm The Science and Technology Entrepreneurs’ park (STEP) of IIT Kharagpur has given a fillip Counselling Centre to entrepreneurial activities in the region. The Counselling Centre offers a broad range of services including psychological Rules for Change of Branch assessment, individual therapy, group The Institute may permit a student of B.Tech. therapy, and management to promote mental or integrated M.Sc. Course (except for B.Arch. health, life skills training, emotional resilience students) to change from one branch of and overall wellbeing of the student studies to another after the first academic community. Full-time clinical psychologists year (first two semesters). Only those and a visiting psychiatrist are available for students will be eligible for consideration for consultation. a change of branch who has completed all credit courses in the first two semesters in Financial Assistance/Scholarships their first attempt and obtained a CGPA of not The Institute also offers a very large number lower than a prescribed value at the end of of scholarships, medals and prizes which is second semester. made possible by the munificence of its well-wishers, providing due recognition and Change of branch shall be permitted strictly reward for merit. on the basis of inter-se-merit of the applicants. For this purpose, the CGPA The Institute awards merit-cum-means obtained at the end of the second semester scholarship to all eligible students of 4-year B. shall be considered. If there is any tie, it will Tech (H), 5-year Dual Degree, 5-year B. Arch., be resolved by considering the JEE rank of the 5-year M.Sc. courses subject to a maximum applicants. number of 25% of the total number of 1. In making the change of branch, those registered students of that sessions. Apart applicants, who have secured a rank from this, various endowment scholarships within the top one percent, shall be are also available. allowed to change the branch to their choice without any constraint. The sponsored research and consultancy 2. The remaining eligible applicants shall be projects generate significant amount of fund allowed a change of branch strictly in and provide generous support for order of their inter-se merit, subject to undergraduate students doing good projects. fulfillment of both the constraints given in (a) and (b) below. Training and Placement (a) The actual number of students in The Training and Placement Section of the the third (autumn) semester in Institute centrally handles campus placement the branch to which the transfer of the graduating students of all is to be made, should not exceed Departments, Centres and Schools. The 110% of the number of students Section provides excellent infrastructure to on roll in that branch in the support every stage of the placement previous semester. process. Arrangements for Pre-Placement (b) A maximum of 10% students Talks, Written Tests, Interviews, Group registered in a branch can go out

from that branch due to branch provide to the country’s best talent, a living, change. learning and working environment that 3. The applicants registered for a Dual enables cutting edge work. Leading Degree Programme will be considered institutions and organizations across the for change of branch to another Dual world actively collaborate with us through a Degree Programme only, for which variety of projects, programmes and schemes. the above norms will be applicable. Generally, our faculty and students jointly All changes of branch made in accordance work on all of these, including large scale with the above rules will be effective from socially relevant projects for our nation and third (autumn) semester. people.

2.10 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Academic Programme MADRAS The four year B Tech and the five year dual degree (B Tech + M Tech and BS + MS) The Indian Institute of Technology Madras programmes consist of an amalgamation of (IITM) is among the finest, globally reputed core courses in the chosen higher technological institutions that have engineering/science discipline along with been sensitive and constructively responsive courses in basic sciences, humanities and to student expectations and national needs. practical engineering skills. Laboratory IITM was founded in 1959 as an ‘Institute of courses and an industry internship give national Importance” by Government of India students a platform to test the fundamentals with technical and financial assistance from acquired in the classroom. The institute the Federal republic of Germany. The institute follows a policy of relative grading and offers high quality academic programmes continuous assessment done through leading to B Tech, M Tech, Dual degree M numerous class tests, assignments and Tech, Dual degree BS and MS in Physics, MSc, examinations. M S, M.A, M B A, and PhD degrees through its technology, engineering, science, The curriculum of the five year dual degree management and Humanities and Social programme is common with the four year Sciences Departments. Young students programme for the first three years, after seeking a wholesome academically rigorous which electives are offered in the chosen M intellectually challenging personally enriching Tech specialization. and value laden educational experience have for long found IIT Madras an ideal institute for Students admitted to IIT Madras in four year pursuing their higher studies. B Tech or five year dual degree (B Tech and M Tech) programmes can opt for B Tech IIT Madras campus is famed for its scenic (Honours) at the end of the fourth semester serene and stimulating natural environment. of the programme. They should have a CGPA Comprising 650 acres of lush green forest, of 8.5 and above, and should have cleared all including a large lake and variety of flora and the courses as prescribed in the curriculum in fauna, the campus is the pride of its residents the first attempt. In addition, B Tech and provides an ideal setting for serious (Honours) students must register for academic and other developmental pursuits. additional courses for the 12 PMT credits and a project work. Dual degree students who State of the art education, research and meet the above criteria will be awarded B general campus infrastructure is provided in Tech (Honours) and M Tech degree. tune with the institute’s nation-centric vision and to support its inspiring and challenging The Curriculum academic programmes. Our workshops, With our focus on research and development, laboratories, computing infrastructure, in the complex changing scenario of today’s library, hostels and other campus facilities industry, our curriculum constantly reflects

31 key trends and upcoming areas of interest. It for technology so aptly displayed as in is reviewed regularly and changes are Shaastra, the IIT Madras annual technical incorporated to enable our students to be in festival. Shaastra has the unique distinction of dynamic equilibrium with their world and being the first ISO9001 certified technical time. The greatest strengths of the IITM festival in our country. curriculum are its flexible rigor and the variety it offers one to pursue one’s interest in The centre for Innovation houses state of the diverse disciplines ranging from engineering, art equipment and instruments that students technology, the pure sciences management can use to transform their creative ideas into and humanities and social sciences including proof of concept or prototypes of useful economics, sociology, philosophy and products. The Centre for Technology literature. Interdisciplinary learning is Innovation Development and Entrepreneurial stressed and achieved through our policy of support (CTIDES) kindles the students’ giving our students a great deal of freedom in entrepreneurial spirit and helps them to form choosing their electives and minor streams. companies and launch their products. The curriculum, pedagogy and the atmosphere together infuse in our students a The students also learn a lot from eminent strong spirit of inquiry joys of learning and the personalities across various fields through the excitement of knowledge discovery. extra mural lectures organized frequently every semester. Rules for Change of branch Personality development is also an integral The academic programmes offer ample part of education and students at IITM are flexibility. For instance, students can change presented with ample opportunities to their branch to a more preferred one at the develop into all round mature responsible end of the first semester depending on their individuals. Students can choose to pursue academic performance. Dual degree students almost any interest being quizzing, music are permitted to change to other dual degree theatre, public speaking, creative writing, programmes. However, change of branch photography, trekking or sports. Medleys of from Engineering design dual degree (M92 clubs organize meetings and workshops and M93) to other branches and from other throughout the year. branches to M92 and M93 is not permitted in view of the specialized nature of the The cultural fever reaches its annual peak in curriculum and course contents of these dual January when Saarang the IIT Madras cultural degree programmes. Changeover from a B festival happens. Its keenly contested events Tech course to a dual degree course within and performances by renowned national and the same department is permitted at the end international artists make it an unforgettable of sixth semester. All changes are subject to experience for all the participants. certain institute rules which are available in the institute website. ‘A healthy mind resides in a healthy body’. In Please visit http://www.iitm.ac.in for full order to encourage overall development of a information details and clarifications. student, the institute places emphasis on sports and physical fitness. With enviable Co-curricular and Extra-curricular activities facilities it comes as no surprise that our To foster the spirit of engineering among the students, year after year, prove their mettle students, a number of hobby clubs including by emerging winners in many meets. The Robotics, Astronomy and Rocketry to name a General Championship at inter IIT sports meet few, function vibrantly. These provide has often been won by IITM. The institute has students with opportunities to innovate and an Olympic size swimming pool, a well implement their own ideas and designs, equipped fitness centre and Gymnasium, the develop a passion for technology, under the lush green Chemplast Cricket ground, flood lit able guidance of faculty. Nowhere is this zest tennis, badminton and volleyball courts along

32 with sprawling grounds for football hockey IITM enjoys a warm affectionate relationship and athletics. There are good facilities for with its over 30000 alumni located all over other games and sports such as table tennis, the world. The alumni have extended bridge, billiards, skating etc. Various inter intellectual and financial support that has hostel sporting events are held round the enabled the institute to build infrastructure year and the winner gets to keep the coveted for learning and living in its beautiful campus Schroeter rolling trophy. Students must enroll and also establish various advanced facilities. in one of the NCC/NSO/NSS programmes for a year as part of their B Tech programme Important Dates requirements. Registration: July 23, 2013 (Tuesday) Facilities Classes Begin: July 29, 2013(Monday) The recent renovation of hostels has provided residents with not only extremely comfortable living conditions but also with a 2.11 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 24 hour internet connectivity and clean water MANDI (HIMACHAL PRADESH) supply. The institute has a well run hospital with a 24 hour pharmacy. There are three Brief history of the Institute restaurants that cater to a diverse set of Founded in 2009, IIT Mandi is the only IIT tastes, a power laundry, 24 hour ISD/STD located in the Himalayas. IIT Mandi’s Vision is booths, ATM counters of various banks and to be leader in science and technology an expansive open air theatre in which education, knowledge creation and movies are screened every week. In order to innovation, in an India marching towards a make transition to college life as smooth as just, inclusive and sustainable society. possible, the institute’s Guidance and Counselling unit helps students tackle The transit campus of IIT Mandi is situated in problems they may face. All students are the premises of the Vallabh Degree College in assigned faculty advisors and student historic Mandi town of Himachal Pradesh. counselors to guide them in addressing issues Mandi is located at a distance of around 475 of concern. As students continue through Km from Delhi and around 200 Km from their year at IITM they are given more and Chandigarh in Delhi-Manali route. The more responsibility giving them an active say 538-acre main campus of IIT Mandi is located in deciding institute policies. at Kamand which is about 15 kms from Mandi town. It lies along the river Uhl which is a Industry and Alumni Relations tributary of the river Beas. IITM is actively involved with national and international organizations through its Centre IIT Mandi is the only one of the new IITs to for Industrial Consultancy and Sponsored develop and use its main campus. In Research (IC&SR). Set up in 1973, the IC&SR) July-September 2012, around 120 B.Tech plays a vital role in bringing together industry students, some faculty members, a few professionals and faculty of the institute for research scholars and the Director moved to gaining insight and solving challenging the permanent fully residential campus in problems. These joint efforts result in Kamand. This migration will accelerate in the significant contributions to technology design coming academic year and by early 2014, it is and development, improved efficiencies in expected that all activites of IIT Mandi will be industrial performance and increasing care for carried out at the Kamand campus. The fully the integrity of our national environment. constructed campus in the serene landscape Students are actively involved in all these by the river Uhl will offer a world-class efforts. academic environment with a high quality of life in a setting of natural splendour.

experimental facilities for combustion and Academic Programs and Facilities engine analysis. The Institute offers B.Tech programs in Computer Science & Engineering (CSE), IIT Mandi has a few sophisticated virtual class Electrical Engineering (EE) and Mechanical rooms that is used for conducting classes Engineering (ME). The intake is 40 students in remotely from anywhere in the world. A high each branch. The academic program has been performance computing facility consisting of innovatively developed and is offered by the two clusters with a total of 404 processor following four schools: School of Computing cores and having memory of 2 TB and 40 TB and Electrical Engineering, School of disk storage is available for use. The campus is Engineering, School of Basic Sciences and equipped with a 1 Gb/s NKN connection and School of Humanities and Social Sciences. The 45 Mb/s Internet connection. organization of the institute into these schools rather than into traditional IIT Mandi has a Central Library, with a departments is for enabling the evolution of a growing collection of books and journals in flexible curriculum with an emphasis on soft and in print forms. Library operations are interdisciplinary capabilities. These four automated using the KOHA LMS. The Library schools also run individual research based currently houses over 12,000 books and postgraduate programs. IIT Mandi has provides access to more than 2500 e-journals. currently 88 research scholars, of which 21 The library has also subscribed to e-books are doing MS degree (by research) and 67 are from several reputed publishers, such as pursuing PhD in Engineering and Basic ASME, Cambridge University Press, Elsevier, Sciences. IEEE, Pearson, Taylor & Francis, World scientific, Tata McGraw Hill and Wiley. The IIT Mandi follows a semester system with two Library also has a very good collection of AV 16-week semesters per academic year. The materials, such as CDs and DVDs. All records first semester starts in early August and ends of the library are accessible on a Web based by end of November. The second semester platform, Web OPAC. runs from February to June. IIT Mandi has about 55 faculty members, of The Academic Building of the transit campus whom over 80% are under 40 years of age. of IIT Mandi has well equipped class rooms This yields a potent blend of exuberance and with modern facilities and teaching experience. laboratories for Physics, Chemistry, Computer Sciences, Electrical Engineering and basic and The Institute has research and teaching analogue Electronics. A well-equipped collaboration with several Institutions around Mechanical Engineering workshop is the world, involving exchange visits by faculty operational at the Kamand campus. The and students. These include Blekinge Institute design laboratory covers experiments in of Technology, Sweden; the IT University, mechanics and materials. It is equipped with a Copenhagen, Denmark; Stuttgart University universal testing machine, surface roughness and the TU9 Institutions, Germany; Dublin and hardness tester. The thermofluids City University, Ireland and the India-UK laboratory is equipped with basic instruments Advanced Technology Centre for research on for measuring pressure, temperature and next generation networks. flow rates. A number of experiments covering basic concepts in thermodynamics, fluid In order to serve research activities, fully mechanics and heat transfer were designed functional Synthesis and Characterization and fabricated in-house by students and Labs are already established at IIT Mandi with faculty. The institute is also planning to setup a full range of basic instruments and facilities. a sophisticated wind tunnel facility and In addition, an Advanced Materials Research Centre has been established in a

34 purpose-built building in the new campus, learning process. This is achieved through a with state-of-the-art instruments, such as a ‘Design Practicum’ Model of learning, which is High Resolution Transmission Electron built into the curriculum. Thus, in the first Microscope, a 500 Mhz Nuclear Magnetic year, the student carries out a ‘reverse Resonance Spectrometer, a Single Crystal XRD engineering’ project, where student teams analyzer and Powder XRD analyzer. dismantle a common gadget/equipment, understand how it works and then put it back About the B.Tech Curriculum at IIT Mandi together in working order! At the second year The B.Tech curriculum is designed keeping in level, student teams propose product ideas mind the need to produce well-rounded and then build working prototypes of these graduates many of whom will go on to join products. Many of these product ideas are industry in technical or managerial roles, or to useful to the society. The products which join the administrative services as were successfully built and demonstrated this technocrats, while a few aspire to research year include a low cost 3-D printer, a versatile careers. Some may even go on to become hybrid phone charger, a 3D visualizer and a entrepreneurs. Thus, at IIT Mandi, the model of an automatic vehicle parking students are exposed to a broad range of system. knowledge and skills that will enable them to At the third year level, the students have the perform well in tomorrow’s increasingly option of working on an ‘Interdisciplinary complex and inter-dependent world. Socio-Technical Project’ (ISTP). In this project, A B.Tech. student at IIT Mandi will study student teams explore some of the foundation courses in basic sciences, issues/problems of society and propose engineering sciences and practice, humanities technology-based solutions for them and also and social sciences, and the core in his/her evaluate them from various angles. Finally, chosen discipline. Electives in the discipline during the fourth year, the students have the will enable the student to develop significant option of doing a Final Year Project either knowledge in a specialized area with exposure individually or in a group. to research trends and developments. The Overall, the curriculum at IIT Mandi is category of free/open electives outside the designed to encourage and enable the chosen discipline will enable the student to student to become well-qualified and obtain significant inter-disciplinary well-rounded engineers in all respects. knowledge. In addition, the curriculum allows Hostel accommodation and student activities specialization in a ‘Minor’ area, by taking a set The Institute is fully residential. Presently, of 3-4 courses in another discipline. For there are five hostels for Boys and two example, a Mechanical engineering student hostels for girls capable of accommodating can qualify for a minor in Computer Science around 550 students. The girls’ hostels are or even German Studies. located near the Administrative buildings and The degree program also allows the student Faculty Quarters. In addition, a few more to go on exchange visits of upto one semester Hostels are coming up this year. The hostels to other universities and industry for course are located within a distance of 0.5-3 kms work and projects. Several MOUs, including from the Academic Building, and Institute with TU9 system of German universities are in buses are available for commuting. Hostels place to provide the framework for such have a mess serving wholesome food, wi-fi exchange visits. Internet connection, LCD TV, washing machine, table tennis, badminton, etc. A The student can consult a ‘Faculty Advisor’ caretaker looks after routine matters. with regard to the planning of curriculum and Wardens and resident wardens are available other academic issues. in loco parentis at all times. An important aspect of the curriculum is the integration of innovation and design into the

In spite of being a new IIT, the Institute has private hospitals. A 500-bed Govt. Hospital been successful in developing a firm cum College is also coming up at a distance of foundation in sports. Training is provided by 25 km from Kamand. experienced coaches with adequate facilities. Students are encouraged to participate in Credit system various inter-collegiate tournaments. IIT IIT Mandi follows the credit system with Mandi participated in the Inter-IIT Sports continuous internal evaluation throughout Meets during the last 3 years and the semester. This results in the award of a distinguished itself in the league of new IITs. grade on a 10 point scale for each course. Overall performance is measured by the IIT Mandi provides facilities for the following weighted grade point averages (SGPA and sports: Athletics, Football, Cricket, CGPA). A student has to attain a minimum of Badminton, TableTennis, Volleyball and CGPA and earned credits to receive the Basketball. B.Tech degree.

At IIT Mandi, students are encouraged to Change of Branch develop themselves into well rounded During the first year, students get an persons. A diverse array of extracurricular introduction of all the branches of opportunities is available for this. engineering. As a result, they may decide that they want to change their branch. Normally, Cultural activities include Choreography, at the end of the 1st year, any student who is Magazine, Music, Dramatics and English in good academic standing, having done the Debating & Literary Society. There are several full complement of courses and having no technical groups such as Website Information backlog can apply for a change of branch. The and Network Group (WING), Robotics, change is allowed provided that the strength Electronics, Astronomy, Energy and of a class does not fall below the sanctioned programming Clubs, Society for Collaborative strength by more than 50% and does not Research and Innovation operative at IIT exceed the sanctioned strength by more than Mandi. National Service Scheme (NSS) helps 25%. In case either of these limits is reached, students to work for the betterment of the CGPA will be used for as the criterion for community around them. A Hiking and award of change of branch. Trekking Club is there for students to take advantage of the unique geography of the There are provisions, in exceptional cases, for surrounding Himalayas. change of branch up to the end of the 2nd year. See EXODIA is a popular Tech-Cult Fest organized http://www.iitmandi.ac.in/academics/branch by IIT Mandi students every year. Students _change.html for details. from well reputed technical institutions from all over India as well as students from regional Training and placement facilities colleges take part in several exciting technical Placement associated activities are handled and cultural events in this program. by the Career and Placement Cell (CnP). The https://www.facebook.com/Exodia.IITMandi CnP consists of faculty, staff and student volunteers working to help students get Health care facilities internships and jobs. The Placement Session IIT Mandi has a medical unit consisting of for the batch of 2013 marked the entry of IIT male and female doctors, staff nurses and a Mandi into the fray. With the recently pharmacisit. The The medical Unit is also concluded placement session of its first ever equipped with an Ambulance to take care of batch of B. Tech students IIT Mandi has risen emergency medical problems. Modern to the challenge of hosting reputed healthcare facilities are available in Mandi organization of the world at its campus and town with a number of Government and providing students with job opportunities

36 across various sectors and profiles. Beginning Mandi is 200 kms from Chandigarh, about 6 with a batch of 96 students we achieved hrs by bus or 5 hrs by taxi. Delhi–Mandi buses nearly 85% placements with an average pass through Chandigarh and some buses package of 7.7 lakhs per annum across all the start from Chandigarh itself to Mandi. disciplines, with the highest package offered being 18 lakhs for a CS student. Despite the The nearest airport to Mandi is the Kullu uncertain economic environment, around 50 Airport at Bhuntar, at a distance of about 60 reputed companies showed interest in km from Mandi town. There are daily Air India recruiting from IIT Mandi and about 30 flights from Delhi except on Tuesdays. companies made final offers including several major companies, such as Amazon, HPCL and 2.12 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Microsoft. Six to eight weeks of Industrial PATNA Internship during the third year is a mandatory requirement in IIT Mandi About the Institute curriculum. The CnP cell helps all students go Indian Institute of Technology Patna was to reputed industries to do their internships. established by an Act of Parliament in 2008 along with 8 new IITs. Initially it was under the Financial assistance mentorship of IIT Guwahati. IIT Patna has The Institute provides Merit-cum-Means successfully created a niche for itself in the area Scholarships to deserving B.Tech Students of academics and research within a short span based on their academic performance and on of time. The institute infuses new and fresh financial background. energy and vigor in a region that has been a centre of knowledge since ancient times. IIT For Female Students Patna aims to bring prosperity and IIT Mandi encourages female students to join enhancement to life through quality and the institute and strongly believes that female holistic education and pioneering research. students are well suited to pursue an With a faculty who have a wide range of engineering career. Being located in the academic and research experience, lit Patna is peaceful hill state of Himachal, IIT Mandi successfully running B.Tech., M.Tech. and Ph.D. provides an especially safe environment for programmes in Engineering, Sciences and girls to pursue their engineering studies. Humanities. The Institute aims to Female students are provided all facilities at encourage collaborative activities along IIT Mandi for both academic and extra- with leadership skills among students. Students curricular activities. As their hostel is located are encouraged to participate in various adjacent to the faculty quarters, they have co-curricular activities and visits to nearby immediate access to faculty at all times of day industrial units help in honing their skills and and night. IIT Mandi has instituted knowledge. The institute aims to take students scholarships for female students to increase into a world of discovery, innovation and the enrollment. self-reliance which will lead to inclusive Further information will be posted on http:// development not only of the individual but also www.iitmandi.ac.in/undergrad/forgirls/ of the society at large.

How to reach Mandi About Patna Mandi is a central town of Himachal Pradesh. Patna is an ancient city and was earlier known It is accessible from Delhi and Chandigarh. as 'Patliputra'. Situated on the banks of the The distance between Delhi and Mandi is river Ganges, this city has been a centre of ~475 km which is covered in 10-12 hrs. The knowledge and has attracted visitors from alternative is to travel by train up to Kiratpur China, Indonesia, Japan, Korea and other Sahib, then 4-5 hours by road to Mandi. nations. The ancient city was home to some of the greatest minds of the time like Aryabhatta who worked on Astronomy, Algebra

37 and trigonometry and introduced the concept Hostel accommodation of 'zero', Chanakya who is famous for his There are four boys' hostels which can treatises on Economics and Politics. Modern accommodate about 600 students. The Patna too does not lag far behind. It has hostels are located very close to the produced illustrious people like Dr. Rajendra Institute main building. The girl students Prasad, the first President of independent India are accommodated in rented apartment in and many political figures and jurists of a nearby locality. They are provided renown. Its rich history is visible in the various transport facility for commuting to the buildings which showcase elements of Afghani, Institute building. The hostels are Mughal and British architecture. Some of the equipped with uninterrupted power and historical legends from this region include Lord water supply. The hostel rooms are also Gautam Buddha, Lord Mahavir, Guru Govind provided with internet connections. Each Singh. hostel has separate mess and canteen facility. For recreation and entertainment Campus location & facilities of the students, the hostels have facilities Currently IIT Patna is functioning from its transit for indoor games, such as, Table Tennis campus on Navin Government Polytechnic in and Carom. It also has a TV room with Patliputra Colony, Patna. The permanent cable connection. To keep the students fit campus, spread on 500 acres of land, is and healthy, a well equipped gymnasium is expected within the next two years at Bihta, a also provided in the hostel. The newly suburb of Patna. constructed gymkhana building has a badminton court, music section, yoga and At this point of time, the Institute has sufficient meditation section and other indoor game basic facilities and modern infrastructure to run facilities. A basket ball court inside the B.Tech. programmes in Chemical Science and hostel premises has also been constructed. Technology, Civil and Infrastructure Engineering, A ground for playing football, cricket and Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical athletics is also available in the STPI Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. The building premises of the institute. The transit campus has six buildings: a four-storey hostel wardens reside in rented flats main building, a double-storey science block, a situated near the hostels. double-storey STPI building, a double-storey extension building and two other buildings Students of IIT Patna are actively involved in housing the Mechanical Engineering several extra-curricular activities. The workshop and Electrical Engineering workshop. students organize their annual function IIT Patna has world class research facilities in called Anwesha. During this science and engineering disciplines which is technocultural extravaganza, they substantiated with the enrolment of M.Tech. organize several events. The other event and Ph.D. students. Some of the state-of-art organized by the students of IIT Patna is facilities have been created to boost the the Annual Foundation Day. IIT Patna also education and research. participates in the PanllT and inter-IIT sports meet. Many international institutes have shown their interest in collaborating with IIT Patna in Health care facilities various areas of research and teaching. The institute has a full time medical officer Some of them include, University of to take care of all health related issues of Houston, Louisiana State University, the students and employees. For the University of North Texas, University of outdoor health care, the services of two Columbia at Missouri, University of local hospitals, viz. "Mahavir Vatsalya Saskatchewan, University of New South Aspatal" and "Sahyog Hospital" are Wales, National University of Singapore, and available to the students. A doctor from University of Hartford. Mahavir Vatsalya Aspatal visits the

38 campus every day except Sunday for one dispensary and faculty chambers. The hour. In addition, the institute has also central library is stocked with sufficient hired a psychiatrist and a psychologist. number of text and reference books. Online They are available on weekends. A access to various technical and scientific 24-hour ambulance service is also journals under the INDEST-AICTE provided by the above hospitals in case consortium is available. The STPI building of of emergencies. Students of IIT Patna are IIT Patna has a conference room, a class covered under the Vidyarthi mediclaim room, a Training and Placement Cell and insurance policy. Under this scheme, faculty chambers. Besides this, it has two every student can avail the cashless laboratories namely Hardware Lab of medical facility throughout the country up Computer Science and Engineering to Rs. 50,000/-. The current location of the Department, and Digital and Signal institute is such that the facilities of all Processing Lab of Electrical Engineering good hospitals of Patna city can be Department. The Mechanical Engineering availed, if need arises. Workshop building houses all the Mechanical Engineering Laboratories, viz. Academic programmes Basic and Conventional Manufacturing IIT Patna is currently offering B.Tech Lab, Advanced Manufacturing Lab, programmes in five disciplines Computer CAD/CAM Lab, Dynamics Lab, Fluid Science and Engineering, Electrical Mechanics Lab, Heat and Mass Transfer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Lab, Instruments and Control Lab, IC Chemical Science & Technology and Civil Engines Lab, Material Testing Lab, & Infrastructure Engineering. All the ten Metrology and Metallographic Lab, departments-Computer Science and Robotics Lab and Polymer engineering Lab. Engineering, Electrical Engineering, The Electrical Engineering workshop Mechanical Engineering, Chemical & building has an Electrical Machines Biochemical Engineering, Material Laboratory and an Advanced Electrical Science & Engineering and Civil & Engineering Laboratory. The Science block Environmental Engineering, Physics, has well equipped classrooms with Chemistry, Mathematics and Humanities & modern teaching gadgets, faculty Social sciences are running Ph.D chambers and advanced laboratories for programmes. The institute offers M.Tech. Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics programmes in three interdisciplinary departments. This includes Materials disciplines viz. Mechatronics, Research Lab and Optics Research Lab of Mathematics and Computing and Nano the Physics Department; Chemistry Science and Technology since July, 2012. Instruments Lab, Chemistry Research Lab and Bioscience Lab of the Chemistry All classrooms of the institute are Department and Computational Research equipped with modern audio-visual Lab of the Mathematics Department. All electronic gadgets. The main building has these Labs are home for numerous state-of-the-art laboratories in Computer state-of-the art equipments. IIT Patna has Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics and recently developed three highly Chemistry. It also houses Computer Centre sophisticated virtual classrooms equipped with total 1 GBPS (provided by NKN) with ultra modern electronic gadgets internet connections and adequate server funded by Department of Information infrastructure. Laboratories in Basic Technology, Government of India, under Electronics, Analog Electronics, Digital the National Knowledge Network project. Electronics, VSLI, Control, Instrumentation These classrooms add to the concept of and Communication are also located in this virtual classroom where one can learn building. The building also has a central something from the teacher who is teaching library, the administrative office, a remotely. IIT Patna has a team of 68 young

39 and dynamic faculty members. Many more study to another after the end of the are expected to join by this year. These second semester, subject to certain faculty members are actively engaged in conditions, some of which are given teaching, research and developmental below: activities of the Institute. All of them 1. Only those students will be eligible for a are accommodated in nearby rented change of branch who have completed apartments. all the common credits required in the first two semesters of their studies in Credit System their first attempt with a CPI of not less The B. Tech programmes consist of 8 than 8.00 and without having had to semesters spread over 4 academic years. A pass any course requirement in the student takes 5 to 6 theory courses in summer term examination. addition to laboratory courses in each 2. Change of branch is permitted strictly semester. Credits are allotted to various on the basis of merit (CPI at the end of courses depending on the number of two semesters) subject to the lecture/tutorial/laboratory hours per limitation that the strength of a week. A student's performance in a course branch does not fall below the existing is continuously evaluated throughout the strength by more than ten percent and semester and culminates in the award of a does not go above the sanctioned grade on a 10-point scale. strength by more than ten percent. Based on the performance of a student, each student is awarded a final letter Training and placement facilities grade in each subject at the end of the The Training and Placement Cell of the semester. The letter grades and the institute handles all aspects of placements corresponding grade points are as follows: at IIT Patna for the graduating students of all departments. Right from contacting Grade Grade Point companies to managing all logistics of AA 10 arranging for tests, pre-placement talks AB 9 and conducting final interviews the BB 8 training and Placement Cell officials and BC 7 volunteers provide their best possible CC 6 assistance to the recruiters. CD 5 DD 4 Placement F 0 Nearly 100 percent students have been placed so far this year. Major recruiters for In addition, there shall be two transitional IIT Patna are Hero Moto Corp,New Delhi, grades ‘I’ and ‘X’ used by the instructors. Microsoft, IDC Hyderabad, Caterpillar India, Chennai, Tata Motors, Jamshedpur, Bank The students' Semester Performance Index Bazaar, Bangalore, TCS, Kolkata, Flipkart, (SPI) is evaluated by weighted average of Bangalore, Finisar, Malaysia, Infosys grade points secured in all the courses Development Centre, Pune, Spalgo, registered by the student in that semester. Kolkata, Bharat Petroleum Corporation , The Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) Mumbai, Headstrong, Gurgaon, Tata representing the weighted average of the Technologies, Pune, Zeus Numeric, Pune, grade points secured by the students in all Indian Navy, Vishakapatnam, Airvana the semesters is also recorded. Networks, Bangalore, Masamb Electronics, Noida, Flytxt, Trivandrum, DRDO, Synopsis, Rules for change of branch Bangalore, Bank of India, Mumbai, The Institute permits a limited number of Siemens Ltd, Mumbai, Samsung India, students to change from one branch of Noida, Amazon, Bangalore, Polaris Software,

Chennai, LG, Bangalore and Sicon Tech, The Institute provides Merit-cum-Means Bangalore. The highest package offered to Scholarships to B. Tech students on merit IIT Patna students is Rs.16.30 lakhs p.a. by basis and to those having financially weak Microsoft followed by Flipcart and Morgan backgrounds. Stanley, which have offered Rs.12.55 lakhs p.a. and Rs. 11.30 lakhs p.a. respectively. How to reach the campus Patna is well connected to other parts of IIT Patna is one of the partner member India by road, rail and air. The institute is institutes of MIT ACS of Canada, INRIA of approximately seven kilometers away FRANCE and Sastri Indo- Canadian from the Patna Junction and eight Institute Internship programmes abroad. kilometers from the Loknayak Jai Prakash Foreign Universities where students have Narayan International Airport Patna. been sent for training are University of Houston, USA, Georgia State University, 2.13 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY USA, University of South California, JODHPUR Australia, Australia, University of Auckland, New Zealand. History Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur is one Indian Organizations where students have among the new IITs established in 2008. The been sent for training are Alumunus institute has seen tremendous growth in Software Ltd., Kolkata, CD AC, Bangalore, academic excellence, infrastructure and CAIR, DRDO, Bangalore, HP India development of facilities in this short span of Software Pvt. Ltd. Bangalore, I-CEE, time. With the establishment of a number of Kolkata, Interra Systems, Kolkata, IYC World Centers of Excellence, IIT Jodhpur has grown Soft. Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, from being just an academic institution to a Appulse Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, renowned center for research. IIT Jodhpur Microsoft India (R&D) Pvt. Ltd. strives to ensure a multidisciplinary ethos and Hyderabad, Nextag Software Service Pvt. multicultural work environment in its Ltd., Gurgaon, TCS, Hyderabad, Thinvent academic endeavour. Tech. Pvt. Ltd., Gurgaon, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, Location Amararaja, Tirupati ,CMERI, Durgapur, At present, IIT Jodhpur operates from two COREEL Tech., Bangalore, LG Soft India Pvt. campuses - academic and residential, Ltd. Bangalore, MIC Electronics Ltd., separated by a distance of 14 kms. The Hyderabad, Reliance Communication, academic campus is in the heart of the city, Navi Mumbai, Tektronix India Ltd., while the residential area is at a calm locality, Bangalore, DRDO, Dehradun, National away from the hustle and bustle of the city. Instruments, Bangalore, Rajasthan Rajya The academic campus is operating from the Vidyut Prasaran Nigam Ltd., Jaipur, AG MBM Engineering College Campus in Jodhpur, Measurematics, Roorkee, Atomic Energy which is situated on the Old Residency Road, Regulatory Board, Mumbai, Bajaj Auto Ltd., Ratanada, at a distance of about 4 kms from Pant Nagar, BOSCH Ltd., Bangalore, the Railway Station and 3 kms from the COMSOL Multiphysics Pvt. Ltd. airport. The permanent campus of the Bangalore, Bonfiglioli Transmission Pvt Ltd., institute is coming up on about 842 acres of Chennai, Hyundai Motors, Chennai, IOCL, land near Jodhpur Ayurveda University which Megatherm Group, Kolkata, JCB India Ltd., is 23 kms away from the Jodhpur city center Ballabgarh, ONGC Panvel, Navi Mumbai, on the National Highway 65. TATA Motor Ltd., Pant Nagar, TATA Motor Ltd., Lucknow Financial Assistance

Academic Programs characterizing living organisms to model unique adaptive design, and to attain a IIT Jodhpur offers four-year B. Tech. program deeper understanding of such systems as in five branches: (i) Computer Science and brain, mind, and consciousness to develop Engineering, (ii) Electrical Engineering, (iii) intelligent algorithms and innovative designs. Mechanical Engineering, (iv) Systems Science The institute also offers Masters and Ph. D. and (v) Biologically-inspired Systems Science. programs in all its Centers of Excellence. Apart from the traditional streams, the objective of the Systems Science program is Facilities Unique to the Institute to provide the students a foundation in basic IIT Jodhpur provides young minds the sciences and engineering with necessary tools opportunity to contribute with the faculty in in mathematics, which will make them establishing state-of-the-art laboratories and competent to solve complex problems in the research centers. Not only do IIT Jodhpur domain of Systems Science. This includes, but students have the opportunity to learn from is not limited to, engineered systems, national and international faculty, they also ecological systems, business and financial play a pivotal role in moulding the vision of systems and complex networked systems the institute. IIT Jodhpur, therefore, promises such as smart communities with an emphasis its students a world-class academic on the ethical stance towards society, environment which helps them acquire sustainability of the solutions proposed and academic brilliance, professional expertise, awareness of the implications to the leadership skills and the acumen for environment and society. The program aims independent thinking. at creating systems' thinkers who would IIT Jodhpur has close relations with several develop, construct, operate, redesign, analyse, International Universities, Research verify and integrate various systems. These Institutions and Corporations, including the thinkers may become entrepreneurs who University of Waterloo, the University of would be able to find innovative and Western Ontario in Canada, the Universitat sustainable solutions to societal problems. Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain, for students' The program gives due attention to the and faculty exchange programs. mathematical foundations that underlie these systems. Laboratories The program in Biologically-inspired Systems IIT Jodhpur’s state-of-the-art infrastructure Science (BiSS) has as its vision the designing of includes well equipped, advanced novel, adaptive, and sustainable technological laboratories endowed with the latest solutions inspired by biological systems and machinery and devices of international processes. Graduates of this program will standard. The laboratories are the nerve interface different disciplines including centers of the institute with extensive engineering, physical and life sciences, and on-going research with our prestigious humanities. Such interdisciplinary approach international partners. The unique areas of will promote innovation and a holistic research include Renewable Energy, Material approach toward developing technological Analysis, Communications and solutions. Instrumentation, CAD/CAM. Further details The program covers areas such as information can be found on processing in the brain, the emergent http://www.iitj.ac.in/iitjlab/ phenomenon of cognition, biologically-inspired modelling, design, and Library algorithms for real world applications. The The library meets most of the information broad objectives are: to explore brain needs and knowledge pursuits of the IIT behaviour processes, to study the intricate Jodhpur community. The library has a vast relationships among brain, mind, and society, collection of books comprising of textbooks, to understand the various mechanisms research and reference works; subscribes to

42 various printed periodicals and has a good Health Care collection of AV material like CDs and DVDs. The Residential Campus has a health center The library continues to enrich its collection in which provides essential health care to the books, journals and electronic/digital residents. Apart from this, the institute has resources. IIT Jodhpur library provides access tie-up with leading hospitals in Jodhpur for to a wide range of electronic resources, viz., specialized health care needs. All students e-journals and full text databases from all are covered by medical and accidental national and international publishers; journals insurances. archive like Jstor; e-books; bibliographic databases like Math SciNet; citation and Financial Assistance/Scholarships indexing databases viz., Scopus; research Merit-cum-Means Scholarships are awarded discovery tools like Sci Finder, and to many to deserving undergraduate students. open access resources. The library is fully However, the Director has a discretionary automated facilitating the access of power to provide financial aid and help to web-based Online Public Access Catalogue students who deserve special consideration. (Web OPAC) in both, academic and residential, campuses. Training and Placement Industry-oriented short term courses are Boarding and Lodging conducted for the students during winter and Students of IIT Jodhpur are accommodated in summer vacations. The students’ placement a scenic campus located on Pali Road, cell provides necessary assistance to the Jodhpur. It is situated at a distance of 15 kms students towards their placement in jobs or from the railway station and 14 kms from the internships. airport. The campus is well guarded and Majority of the students have been equipped with all basic amenities (including successfully placed with leading organizations WiFi network access, a library and a computer in core engineering, IT and banking sectors. center) required for a residential colony. It Students also do an eight-week summer also houses the faculty and staff members of training in reputed organizations, both in the institute. The institute provides transport India or abroad. Several students have also to the students for commuting between the actively participated in research projects at residential complex and the institute. universities in USA, Canada, Switzerland, Japan and Ireland, apart from participating in Recreational/Extracurricular Facilities research projects in other premier National The Institute has progressed significantly over institutions. the past five years. The students have been successfully nurturing a culture filled with Branch Change Rules energy and initiative. Change of the branch will be permitted The students are encouraged to participate in strictly in the order of merit as determined by co-curricular activities that will further help in the Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) at their all-round personality development. the end of second semester. In case of a tie, Extracurricular activities include participation the JEE rank of the applicants will be in the Book Club, the Science and Technology considered. Council, Photography Club, Sports, Music, 1. Eligibility Criteria Astronomy and Films. The Students (a) The CPI at the end of the second Gymkhana takes the onus of coordinating semester should be: various activities organized by the students. i. Greater than or equal to 7.0 The institute frequently provides for SC/ST applicants opportunities to the students to interact with ii. Greater than or equal to 8.0 experts from different fields and imbibe for other applicants variegated ideas. (b) The student should have passed all the courses till second

semester (including the courses in AHEC, three centres of excellence in the areas which S/X grades are awarded). of Nanotechnology, Disaster Mitigation and 2. Strength Constraints Management and Transportation Systems No branch may exceed 105% of respectively. The academic activities of the sanctioned strength or fall below 90% Institute are supported by six academic of its existing strength as a result of service centres and units, namely as Institute branch changes. Computer Centre, Information Superhighway Centre, Instrumentation Centre, Centre for Contact Details Continuing Education, M.G. Central Library For further information, please contact: and Institute Hospital. The Institute offers Academic Section thirteen undergraduate programmes leading Tel: +91-291-2449002, +91-291-2449071, to Bachelor’s degree in different disciplines of Email: [email protected] engineering, technology and architecture. Counseling Services Effective from 2013-14 session, the http://cs.iitj.ac.in/team.html outstanding students admitted to http://cs.iitj.ac.in/dropbox.html undergraduate programs will have the option of joining 5 year Integrated Dual Degree Important Dates Programme after completion of 3rd year in Date of Registration – July 23, 2013 (Tuesday) any existing M.Tech. specialization of the Classes Commencement – July 26, 2013 respective engineering department. In (Friday) addition, the Institute also offers one IDD programme in Process Engineering with MBA, 2.14 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY five integrated masters programmes in ROORKEE different disciplines of engineering and sciences, and fifty three postgraduate IIT Roorkee is an Institute with a long and programmes in specialized areas leading to illustrious history. It started as Roorkee Master’s degree in technology, architecture, College, the first Engineering College of South sciences and management. The Institute is Asia, in 1847. The college was renamed as engaged in advanced research at doctoral and Thomason College of Civil Engineering in 1854 post-doctoral levels in the cutting edge areas and was rechristened, in 1947, as Thomason of technology and sciences. College of Engineering. On November 25, 1949, the Thomason College of Engineering The academic programmes in Paper was elevated to become the first engineering Technology and Polymer Science and university of independent India, namely, the Technology, and IDD(PEMBA) run at the University of Roorkee. Nurtured as the Saharanpur campus of IIT Roorkee. premier institution by the State of Uttar Pradesh, the University was declared as an The Institute has entered into a number of Institute of national importance and Memorandum of Understandings (MoU) with converted into the Indian Institute of several leading institutions of the world to Technology Roorkee (IIT Roorkee) by an Act of widen the domain of education. Parliament with effect from September 21, 2001. The academic activities of the Institute Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee has are spread over three campuses: i) 365 acres about 415 highly qualified and motivated Main Campus at Roorkee, ii) 25 acres Campus faculty members with strong commitment to at Saharanpur, and iii) 10 acres Campus at teaching and research. The institute Greater Noida called Greater Noida Extension frequently offers its expertise to private and Centre. public sector industries, and various Government agencies through sponsored The Institute has eighteen academic research and consultancy services. The departments, one academic centre, namely Institute is playing a key role in the

44 development of Uttarakhand State and the having internet facilities. In order to promote Nation at large. the effective use of information technology, the Institute has established an Information All the Departments of the Institute have Superhighway Centre in March 1996. The modern laboratories equipped with Centre manages a state-of-the-art Institute sophisticated facilities. Some of the network with data, voice and video state-of-the-art facilities available include: communication facilities. The network covers Atomic Force Microscope, 500 MHz NMR all departments, centres, hostels as well as Spectrometer with cryoprobe, broadband the residences of the campus. The Centre also probe, LCNMR MS, Thermal lionization Mass maintains the Institute website and various Spectrometer (Triton T1 from Thermo online web based utilities to facilitate the user Finnigan, U.K.) for high resolution isotope community in the campus. The Institute ratio determination, X-ray diffractrometer prepares its students to meet ever increasing (Bruker, Germany), Thermal Analysis System technological and social challenges through for TGA, DTA and DSC studies. The other its traditions of self-discipline, hard work, sophisticated state-of-the-art facilities and all-round personality development and laboratories at different departments are innovative approach to problem solving. Climatology Laboratory, Protein Biochemistry and Analytical Biotechnological Laboratory, The Institute organizes several co-curricular Process Dynamic Control Laboratory, activities for all-round personality Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory, Ultra development of the students, such as Clean Laboratory for Geochronology isotope THOMSO and RAVE, the annual youth Geology, Corrosion Engineering Laboratory, festivals, COGNIZANCE, an all-India technical VLSI Design Laboratory, Wind Tunnel, etc. A festival, and JIGYASA, a national-level paper fully computerized satellite earth station and presentation contest. Hobbies club and its an automatic satellite data acquisition system annual exhibition SHRISTI is one of the unique have been installed at the Institute which can features of the Institute that promotes acquire data from more than 20 neighbouring creativity among students. countries. The Institute has several sprawling sports The Institute has spacious classrooms with grounds, a modern swimming pool, a boat multi-media facilities and a Central Library to club on Ganga Canal and a host of student cater to the needs of the students. The clubs with Tennis, Squash, Badminton and Central Library stocks about 3.81 lacs printed Billiards facilities. Societies and Associations volumes of books, journals, and reports in in the campus along with activities like NSS, various disciplines of engineering, technology, NCC, Rangering and Rovering, and sciences, and is a member of the Indian Mountaineering and Trekking provide National Digital Library in Science and excellent opportunities for self development. Technology (INDEST) Consortium. This There are two branches of two nationalized membership provides online access to about banks, namely State Bank of India and Punjab 8000 e-journals. The library is accessible National Bank with ATM and internet banking through its website http://library.iitr.ernet.in. facilities, a Post Office and a Computerized Besides the Central Library, each Railway Reservation counter in the campus. department/centre has its own library. The Institute follows modern methods of Roorkee is 30 km south of the Shivaliks and continuous evaluation through a credit about 180 km north of Delhi. Situated on the system in all its UG, 5-year Dual Degree and banks of the Upper Ganga Canal, IIT Roorkee PG programmes. The system offers flexibility has a peaceful green and lush campus. It is to progress at a pace commensurate with the fully residential, with well-designed hostels capabilities of a student, subject to minimum (Bhawans) for both boys and girls, each credit requirements. There is no annual/

45 semester pass or fail. The award system regulations thereof in force and are subject to follows letter Grades on a 10- points scale change from time to time. where the performance is measured in terms of weighted Semester Grade Point Average A student enrolled in any academic (SGPA) and Cummulative Grade Point Average programme, except B.Arch. through Joint (CGPA). A student has to satisfy minimum Entrance Examination (JEE), is eligible for CGPA and earned credit requirements to be change of branch/programme at the end of eligible for the award of degree. autumn semester of the first year provided that he/she satisfies the criteria laid down by Roorkee is located on the Amritsar-Howrah Institute. main railway line and is linked to Delhi through a number of trains including Shatabdi 2.15 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY and Jan Shatabdi. It is also well connected by ROPAR road being located on the Delhi-Hardwar-Mana National Highway (NH The Indian Institute of Technology Ropar is 58). Located at 268 m above the mean sea one of the eight new IITs set up by the level, the town has a cold winter. Roorkee is Ministry of Human Resource Development an important centre of engineering activities (MHRD), Government of India in 2009. In true in Northern India and several National tradition of IIT system, this institute is Institutes such as Central Building Research committed to provide state-of-the-art Institute (CBRI), National Institute of technical education in a variety of fields and Hydrology (NIH), Irrigation Research Institute also for facilitating transmission of knowledge (IRI), Irrigation Design Organization (IDO) are in keeping with the latest developments in located at Roorkee. Saharanpur, which hosts pedagogy. IIT Delhi was assigned the the satellite campus, is about 50 km from responsibility of mentoring IIT Ropar. The first Roorkee and about 150 km from Delhi. It is academic session (2008–09) of IIT Ropar was situated on Amritsar-Howarah, conducted at IIT Delhi campus. The institute Delhi-Hardwar-Dehradun and currently operates from the premises of Delhi-Meerut-Ambala-Amritsar main railway Government Polytechnic College for Girls lines. It is also well connected by road to (Ropar), which has been fully renovated and Delhi, Chandigarh, Amritsar, Hardwar and furnished. The temporary campus for IIT Dehradun. Saharanpur is a hub of research Ropar is set up with all the required facilities. and manufacturing of Pulp and Paper Class rooms fitted with multimedia, faculty teaching,. rooms and administrative wing are all in place. There are four hostels; three for boys The Institute offers merit-cum-means and one for girls. These hostels, equipped scholarship to undergraduate students in with modern messing units. Faculty engineering and technology. These are recruitment, creation of laboratories and permissible to about 25% of students whose other support facilities are in full swing. The parental annual income is upto 4.5 lakh. The Institute has been operating from the transit present value of merit-cum-means scholarship campus since 18th August, 2009. In a few is `1000/- per month for general category years, the institute will be relocated to its students and the recipient is exempted from own campus, spread over a 500 acre area, paying tuition fee. The Institute also awards the along the banks of the river Satluj. Note: IIT free messing and ` 250/- per month as pocket Ropar was previously called IIT Punjab. allowance or rupees one thousand per month for ten months to the SC and ST students whose Campus Location & Facilities parents annual income is upto ` 4.5 Lacs. The The Institute is located at Ropar, the terms and conditions of the award of headquarters of Rupnagar district, Punjab. scholarship are laid down in the rules and This institute, with its establishment, joins a string of premier educational institutions in

Punjab. The town of Ropar, the district In addition, the library also facilitates access headquarters, is 42 kms from Chandigarh, the to a number of journals through its capital of Punjab. Rupnagar is well connected participation in consortia such as by both road (National highway NH-21) and INDEST-AICTE. At present, users can consult railways (the Delhi-Ambala-Una railway line more than 5300 books (available on shelves) passes through Rupnagar). The nearest and hundreds of journals (though electronic airport is in Chandigarh, about 50kms from subscription). The library staff members are Rupnagar. Mohali, the nearest major city, will currently working towards automation of user soon have its own international airport. services using LIBSYS 7 *(Web centric Library Management System) and other aspects of Recreational / Extra-curricular Activities info management and settling up a digital At present, the transit campus has excellent library and e-resource centre. facilities for several sports, including a cricket field, three lawn tennis courts, a football field, Hostel Accommodation: a hockey field, a gymnasium, a basket ball The Institute campus houses four hostels with court, badminton courts, an athletics track, latest and modern facilities: Jupiter, Mercury table tennis room and also number of (Wing A & Wing B), Neptune Hostels for boys facilities for several athletic events. The and Venus Hostel for girls. The hostels are institute also encourages its students to well equipped for comfortable lodging and participate in inter-IIT sport events and other boarding of approximately 550 students. All competitions. Space for recreational and hostels are provided with water coolers and creative activities is also available. RO systems. Each hostel has a common room that provides facilities for indoor recreation Academic Facilities and games. The hostel complex also includes MoUs/GRPE: The institute is actively involved four shops that cater to the basic needs of the in collaboration programmes with residents; washing machine facilities are also international organizations and universities. available to the students in the hostels. Under the MoU between IIT Ropar and Universities of UK, IIT Ropar is exploring the Health Care : partnership with the following Universities: The institute has allocated a separate 1. Imperial College building, which adjoins the hostel complex, 2. Aston University for its medical facility. A doctor (Homeopathic IIT Ropar has signed GRPE (Glasgow Research & Allopathic), Pharmacist & Staff nurse have Partnership in Engineering) with: been appointed to attend to medical 1. University of Glasgow emergencies of the campus residents. In 2. University of Strathclyde addition the institute relies on a few Virtual Classrooms (NKN): Two virtual super-specialty hospitals in the city of Ropar classrooms have been set up at IIT Ropar. and Chandigarh for providing medical care to NKN interconnect the institutions engaged in its members. research, higher education and scientific development in the country. Academic Programmes: Library: The central library of IIT Ropar is At present, the institute offers a 4-year functioning as the primary information programme leading to the Bachelor of resource and repository for all the teaching Technology (B. Tech.) degree in three and research activities at the institute. Apart disciplines, viz., Computer Science and from textbooks and recommended reading Engineering, Electrical Engineering and material prescribed for each course offered at Mechanical Engineering, with a sanctioned the institute, the library houses a growing intake of 40 students in each. The curriculum collection of research monographs, reports, followed at IIT Ropar provides a multi volume reference books, dictionaries, comprehensive technical education, with a encyclopaedias handbooks and so on. view to produce quality engineer-scientists. It

47 facilitates broad-based knowledge acquisition agencies. and, simultaneously, nurtures a temper of life-long learning and exploration. Students Rules for change of branch: are encouraged to go beyond the classroom to conduct and carry out independent work A student is eligible to apply for change of by means of research projects, guided discipline at the end of first year only, reading, and by allowing them to join the provided he/she satisfies the following research activities undertaken by faculty criteria:- members. The idea behind such a fashioning (a) CGPA for GE/OBC category student is 7.50 of the curriculum is the belief that classroom or greater. activities must be supplemented by (b) CGPA for SC/ST/PH category student is independent study and also by individual 6.50 or greater. research that broadens one's horizon and (c) Earned credits at the end of first provides opportunities to bring one's ideas to academic session are 40 credits or more. fruition. Change of the discipline will be permitted strictly in the order of merit as determined by Credit System: their CGPA at the end of first year subject to The Institute follows a credit system. Each the limitation that the actual number of course has a certain number of credits students in the third semester in the assigned to it depending on its lecture, discipline to which the transfer is to be made, tutorial and laboratory contact hours in a should not exceed the sanctioned strength week. Each course is coordinated by a and the strength of the discipline from which member of the faculty called the course transfer is being sought does not fall below coordinator. He/she has the full responsibility 90% of existing strength. for coordinating the course, coordinating the For a student with CGPA 9.0 or more, even if work of other members of the faculty a vacancy does not exist, he/she will be involved in the course, holding tests and permitted to change provided the strength in awarding grades. In case of any difficulty, the discipline to which the change is being students are expected to approach the course sought does not exceed by 5% of the coordinator for advice and clarification. approved strength. A student with CGPA 9.0 or more will be The student’s performance in a course is permitted to change discipline even if continuously evaluated throughout the strength of the discipline from which change semester and culminates in the award of is being sought falls below 90% of the existing Grade on a 10point scale. Performance in a strength. semester is evaluated in terms of the Stipulation of minimum credits and CGPA weighted average of grade points secured in requirements will not be insisted upon for all the courses registered in that semester, change of discipline to a branch in which a which is known as Semester Grade Point vacancy exists and the concerned student was Average (SGPA). A Cumulative Grade Point eligible for admission to that discipline at the Average (CGPA) is the weighted average of time of admission to IIT Ropar. However, the grade points obtained in all the courses requirements of credits and CGPA will registered by the student since they entered continue to apply in case of all students the Institute. seeking change to a discipline to which the concerned student was not eligible for The teaching programmes are characterized admission at the time of entry to IIT Ropar. by their flexibility and informality. The strong faculty-student interaction on the residential campus provides opportunity to students to Training and Placement Facilities: work on seminars, publication and projects Two full-fledged rooms for the training and sponsored by the industry and national placement office are in operation. Video

Conferencing, Skype Facilities for interviews How to reach the Campus: and interaction with the companies are also By Air made available. Audio and Video facilities The nearest airport, is in Chandigarh, about with state of art technology are available for 50kms from Rupnagar. Any visitor wishing to the pre placement talks. Interview rooms, come to Rupnagar/Ropar could take a flight Conference room and Computer labs for from his/her respective place to Chandigarh, conducting online tests are also made if available, or a flight from Delhi to available. Chandigarh and then take a taxi from the Team consisting of the following members: airport to reach the campus of Indian Institute a) Training and placement officer. of Technology Ropar (IIT Ropar) which is b) Faculty In Charge. approximately one and a half hour journey. c) Two staff. d) Student representatives from all By Train three branches – Computer Science & There are regular trains running between Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Delhi and Rupnagar. The Delhi-Ambala-Una Mechanical Engineering. railway line passes through Rupnagar. The duration of the journey is around six hours Financial Assistance: from Delhi. Anyone wishing to visit the campus may also take a train from his/her The institute offers Merit-cum-Means place to Ambala or Chandigarh and then a taxi scholarship to about 25% of the students. The ride to the IIT Ropar campus just takes around recipients of the scholarship are exempted one and a half hours. from paying the tuition fee and get a scholarship of Rs.1000/- per month. The By Road criteria for the same are based on the ALL Rupnagar is well connected by road through INDIA RANK (AIR) in the JEE and Means (only National highway NH-21. It is about 290 km those students are eligible, whose parental from Delhi through highway. For reaching income is below Rs.4.5 lakhs per annum). Rupnagar initially can follow NH-1 from Delhi Further as per IIT rules, there is a limit that to Ambala city via Panipat, Karnal and the total scholarship received from all sources Kurukshetra then reach Chandigarh and for a student should not exceed Rs.50,000/- finally go along NH-21 to reach Rupnagar via per annum. Kharar, Kurali. IIT Ropar also provides Institute Free Studentship to 10% of the students on the 2.16 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY basis of means only. The recipients of the free (BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY), VARANASI studentship are exempted from paying the tuition fee. The criterion of 10% free The Indian Institute of Technology (Banaras studentship is similar to that of MCM Hindu University) is intimately linked to Scholarship. Banaras Hindu University which has Also all SC and ST category students are given pioneered engineering education as early as full tuition fee waiver irrespective of their in 1919 by being the first in the country to parent’s/guardian’s income. start degree courses in Mechanical and Besides these, the institute also offers merit Electrical, Mining, Metallurgy, Ceramic prizes and certificates to the top 7% of the Engineering and Pharmaceutics with the students of each 4-year B. Tech program for establishment of the Benaras Engineering 1st and 2nd Semester. The value of the merit College, the College of Mining and Metallurgy prize is Rs.2500/-. and the College of Technology in the years Many other organizations in India and Abroad 1919, 1923 and 1932 respectively. In 1969 also offer some assistance to the students of these three colleges were amalgamated to IIT Ropar. constitute the Institute of Technology, in the year 2012 renamed as Indian Institute of

Technology (Banaras Hindu University), registered. A student’s performance is Varanasi under the incorporation of Institutes measured by the number of credits that of Technology (Amendment) Act 2012. . he/she has earned and also by the weighted grade point average earned by him/her for a Banaras Hindu University has a magnificent semester/course. The industry oriented campus spread over nearly 1300 acres at the summer internship programme is aimed at southern end of the ancient city of Varanasi inculcating professional culture amongst the on the banks of river Ganga. “Within the students and familiarizes them in the work same campus”, besides the IIT (BHU), here environment in the industry. The students are exist three prestigious Institutes, viz. the also encouraged to opt for summer internship Institute of Medical Sciences, the Institute of in industrial/R&D/reputed educational Agricultural Sciences, the Institute of institutions in India and abroad. Environment & Sustainable Development and Fourteen Faculties, making mark at the The Institute has over 250 highly qualified and national and international levels in a number motivated faculties. Besides teaching, the of frontier areas in over 150 diverse faculty members are engaged in quality disciplines including Ancient History, Oriental research and consultancy. Students are also Learning, Performing and Fine Arts, Indian exposed to these R&D projects under the able and foreign languages, Management, Science, guidance of the faculty members. The Social Sciences, Law etc. research and development activities are supported by different National Agencies, viz. Academic Programme UGC, AICTE, DST, CSIR, DRDO, DBT, BARC, IIT(BHU) offers 4-Years B.Tech./B.Pharm. TIFAC etc through programmes such as SAP, Degree programme (UGD), 2-Years COSIST, FIST and PURSE, in addition to M.Tech./M.Pharm. Degree programme (PGD), sponsored research projects. 5-Years Integrated B.Tech.-M.Tech./B.Pharm.-M.Pharm. Dual Facilities degree programme (IDD), 5-Years Integrated The Institute has well equipped laboratories M.Tech. Degree programme (IMD) and Ph.D. and workshops, excellent computer facilities programme. It consists of nine engineering in all departments/schools in addition to a departments (Ceramic, Chemical, Civil, Central Computer Centre. The Institute has Computer, Electrical, Electronics, Mechanical, one Main Library along with many Metallurgical, and Mining Engineering), a Departmental Libraries. These libraries house Department of Pharmaceutics, three Basic more than 200,000 books and subscribe to a Sciences Departments (Chemistry, large number of scientific and technical Mathematics and Physics), and three journals. Online access of these journals is Interdisciplinary Schools (Biochemical also possible. All the students are provided Engineering, Biomedical Engineering and with textbook bank facilities where limited Materials Science and Technology). number of books is issued to them for full An academic year consists of two semesters semester. each of approximately 16 weeks duration. Each theory and laboratory course has a Financial Assistance/Scholarships certain number of credits assigned to it Large numbers of scholarships are awarded to depending on its lecture and laboratory the undergraduate students. contact hours in a week. Each course is Merit-cum-Means Scholarship is awarded to coordinated by a Coordination Committee, 25% of the students in each class of each which has full responsibility for coordinating branch. There are a large number of the course, holding the tests and awarding Endowment Scholarships which are awarded grades. A seven-point letter grade (with to specified categories of students in different specified number of grade points) is awarded branches. The IIT (BHU) is also one of the in each course for which a student is recognized institutions for award of

50 scholarship to SC/ST students under Central amenities. The messes are managed by Section Scholarship Scheme of top class students and wardens. There is an Institute education scheme of Ministry of Social Justice Cafeteria, which runs during working hours. and Empowerment and Ministry of Tribal The health problems of the students are Offices. looked after by Students Health Care Complex. For specialized treatments, the Entrepreneurship Development consultation of senior specialists is available The Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the renowned Sir Sunder Lal Hospital Development is being promoted in the attached to the Institute of Medical Sciences Institute to create entrepreneurial culture to of the University. foster techno-entrepreneurship for generation of wealth and employment by our Personality Development student and alumni. The Malaviya Centre for The analytical, creative and managerial skills Innovation Incubation and Entrepreneurship, of the students get a chance to flourish the Technology Business Incubator of the through activities of the vibrant Institute Institute, supported by National Science & Gymkhana, which has cultural, sports & Technology Entrepreneurship Development games, and co-curricular wings. The Institute Board, DST, GOI, is actively involved in has full-fledged cricket and football grounds, incubation program in the area of Information and also volleyball, basketball and lawn tennis Technology, Biotechnology, Food Processing, courts. All the hostels have facilities for Agribusiness and allied areas. indoor games and entertainment. Apart from these, all students of the Institute enjoy the Placement privilege of a swimming pool, a gymnasium Placement Cell of the Institute is actively with lateral facilities and indoor stadiums. involved in arranging in-campus placement of Gymkhana activities, mainly managed by the students in various industries the cell also students, encourage artistic and creative organizes soft skill development programme talents in dramatics, elocution, music and and provides pre placement training on visual arts. Gymkhana has various active various aspects. clubs, viz. HAM, Audio, Photography, Automobile and Aeromodelling, Cine, The placement record of the Institute has Computer, Astronomy, Robotics etc. Students been excellent and the job offers are approx actively take part in managing three national 150 to 180% for each student. These job level events every year, viz. All India Cultural offers mostly come from organizations like Festival “KASHI-YATRA”, All India Sports Microsoft, Hindustan Unilever, De Shaw, Competition “SPARDHA”, and All India NTPC, Deloitte, Morgan Stanley, BHEL, GAIL, Exhibition of Engineering and Technology Goldman Sachs, Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum, Models “TECHNEX”. DRDO, Tata Motors, etc. The students who have aptitude for Rules for Change of Branch: management are qualifying for management A student admitted in an UG programmes in IIMs. The alumni of the Degree/IDD/IMD programme through Institute are in the apex seat of esteemed JEE-Advanced, is eligible for change of branch organizations/institutions in India and abroad. at the end of second semester provided Large numbers of students are also opting for he/she has scored CPI > 8.0 & satisfies the higher studies in reputed universities all over following criteria: the world. 1. While making the change of branch of a student, the number of students in a Hostel & Health Care class should not fall below the existing All students are provided with hostel number of students by more than 10% accommodation in separate boys and girls and should not exceed the sanctioned hostels. Hostels are equipped with modern number of students by more than 10%.

For this purpose the existing number of and other infrastructural facilities for its students refers to the total number of cosmopolitan community. students in the class of a given branch The school is situated about 3 km north of registered in the beginning of the third Dhanbad Railway Station on the Grand Chord semester excluding the failures and of Eastern Railway. ISM being situated at the re-admission cases. core of the industrial base of the region 2. The change of branch of UGD, IDD or covering mines, steel plants, fertilizer plants, IMD students is permissible within refractories, heavy machine building plants their respective programmes only. etc derives locational advantage in learning 3. Student admitted to UGD/IDD and teaching process in terms of keeping programmes in Pharmaceutics are not abreast with changing technology in the permitted for change of branch. industry.

Website of Institute and Telephone numbers Departments and Academic Programmes of JEE Office ISM offers B.Tech programmes in 10 disciplines, viz. Mining Engineering, Institute website address: Petroleum Engineering, Mining Machinery http://www.iItbhu.ac.in Engineering, Mineral Engineering, Computer Email:[email protected] Science & Engineering, Electronics Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Phone Nos.: 0542-2307039; 6702067; Electrical Engineering, Environmental 6702070 Engineering and Chemical engineering; five year integrated dual degree programmes in Fax No.: 0542-2368428 Mining Engineering, Mining Engineering with MBA, Petroleum Engineering, Mineral 2.17 INDIAN SCHOOL OF MINES, DHANBAD Engineering and Mineral Engineering with MBA. Indian School of Mines (ISM) was established It also offers five year integrated M,Tech in by the Government of India in 1926 on the Mathematics & Computing and five year pattern of Royal School of Mines, London to integrated MSc Tech programmes in Applied teach Mining Engineering and Applied Geology and Applied Geophysics. Geology and thus to provide manpower to ISM has been offering, since 1972, a number the Indian Mineral Industry and the of industry-oriented M.Tech. and M. Phil. concerned departments of the Government. Programmes. The Ph.D. Programmes in Subsequently in 1957, Petroleum Engineering Engineering and Sciences also attract many and Applied Geophysics disciplines were also postgraduate students from across the added. In due recognition of its vital role in country. the service of the mineral exploration and The School also offers 3 year M.Sc. Tech mining sectors of the national economy, ISM Programmes in Applied Geology and Applied was granted autonomy by the Government of Geophysics, 2 year M.Sc. Programmes in India in 1967; and has been functioning as a Applied Geology, Applied Physics, Chemistry Deemed University under the University and Mathematics & Computing, through a Grants Commission Act, 1956. In 1996, it separate All India Competitive Examination. A came under financial and administrative 2 year M.B.A. Programme is also offered control of MHRD, Government of India. It has where the admission is based on combined 218 acres of fully residential campus of its scores of CAT and personal interview/ group own consisting of graceful blend of old and discussion of candidates. new style buildings. The serene campus Department of Mining Engineering has been comprises academic buildings, separate granted the status of Centre for Advance hostels for boys and girls, faculty & staff Studies (CAS) in Mine Safety and quarters, health centre, workshop, canteen Management and also a Quality Improvement

Programme (QIP) Centre for higher studies each room of hostels, residences of faculties (M.Tech. and Ph.D) by University Grant and officers. Internet access is provided to all Commission. the users through dedicated internet links of 100 Mbps and its augmentation to 500 Mbps Laboratories is underway. ISM can boast of a large number of well Computer Centre has a number of equipped state of-the-art laboratories in state-of-the-art servers, LINUX and WINDOWS various departments such as Rock Mechanics, Labs and application softwares. Rock Excavation, Mine Surveying, Mine Environment and Safety Engineering, Central Library Computer Aided Mine Planning & Design The Central Library of the School has rich Laboratories in the Department of Mining collection of books, journals, conference Engineering; Thermal, Steam Power, Theory proceedings, standards, reports, theses and of Machines, CAD, Oil Hydraulics, Strength of dissertations on all branches of engineering, Material, Fluid Power, Fluid Mechanics, applied sciences, earth science, social science, Material Handling, Mining Machninery, environmental science and management. The Drilling Engineering Laboratories in the library provides access to nearly 105,000 Department of Mechanical Engineering and books, 415 current and 40, 000 bound Mining Machinery Engineering; volumes of journals, more than 8000 theses Paleomagnetism, Gravity and Field Testing, and dissertations and many conference Electromagnetic Models, Seismic, D.C proceedings, 14 national newspapers and 35 Resistivity, Instrumentation Laboratories in current magazines. the Department of Applied Geophysics; Rock Different sections and services of library are Cutting, Ore Geology, Engineering Geology, automated with help of an Integrated Library Photo Geology, Geochemistry, Coal Geology Management Software called “LIBSYS”. All and Sedimentology, Petrology, Geohydrology records of the library are accessible on Web Laboratories in the Department of Applied based Online Public Access Catalogue Geology; Mineral Characterisation, (WEBOPAC) popularly known as internet Communition & Classification, Gravity catalogue, on the ISM campus wide network Separation, Magnetic & Electrostatic as well as through internet. It provides access Separation, Pyroprocessing, Fuel Technology, to more than 14000 electronic journals. Bio-mineral Processing Laboratories in the The library has 4 servers, 32 PCs and other Department of Fuel and Mineral Engineering; accessories adequate to cater to the needs of Perophysics, Drilling Fluids, users. Four information KIOSK are meant for Reservoir Fluids, Reservoir Engineering, Crude users to access OPAC data bases, e-books, Oil and Product Testing and Petroleum e-journals and other e-resources. Engineering Laboratories in the Department The official website of the Central Library of Petroleum Engineering to name a few. (http:// www.ismlib.ac.in) provides access to An extensive Geological Museum, a different data bases and e-journals viz Science Seismological Observatory, an Direct, AIP, APS, ACS, One Petro, ASME, Experimental-cum-Training mine at No. 26 ASCE,, IEL online, EBSCO, ACM Digital Library, incline Godhur Colliery of BCCL, and Longwall Nature, JCCC –INDEST and Springer Link. Training Gallery are unique instructional A new Centrally Air-conditioned 8 storied facilities in Asia. library building is under construction.

Computing and Internet facility Alumni Association ISM has a state-of-the-art Computer Centre ISM is proud of its alumni. Traditionally, ISM which supports campus wide Fibre Optic alumni are holding top positions in industries Network comprising of 3000 nodes that and government offices. Graduates of this connect all the academic departments, school are heading public and private sectors central library, administrative departments, and also holding key positions in the area of

53 academic and research both in India and with facilities for treatment of outdoor abroad (USA, Canada, Australia etc). ISMAA is patients. The services of specialized visiting extremely active and vibrant in meeting its doctors are also available on regular basis. objective of enabling the alumni to keep in Important hospitals in the country have been touch with the Alma mater, to promote and tied up for providing medical assistance and foster spirit-de-corps amongst the past and treatment in emergency. present students and the teachers of the School and to contribute towards furtherance Games and Sports of science and technology through its seven The School has unique infrastructural facilities national and one international chapters on campus for indoor/ outdoor games and located respectively in Bhubaneshwar, sports. The upper and lower grounds Dhanbad, Delhi, Ranchi, Kolkata, Mumbai, constitute beautiful arena for outdoor games Nagpur, and North America. and annual sports. The Sports Complex comprises infrastructure for tennis, basketball, volleyball, and badminton. A Training and Placement central gymnasium equipped with modern The training and placement cell of the School, apparatus and Yoga Centre provide ample headed by a Professor, maintains active facility for building and toning up of physical association and excellent contacts with and mental health. Srijan, the biggest techno- industries and the corporate sectors to secure cultural-management festival of Eastern India jobs in various organizations of the country is organized by ISS body of students every and abroad. The placement cell coordinates year which draws nationwide participation the placement activities to match the needs from different institutes. A number of student of the industry with the aspirations of the societies and hobby clubs functioning on ISM students. campus are the potential avenues to unleash students’ creativity and imagination in R&D Activities and Technical Collaboration constructive events. ISM, in its various departments, is currently doing R&D projects worth more than rupees Financial Assistance/Scholarships hundred millions sponsored by various ISM provides financial assistance/ Government Organisations namely, UGC, CIL, scholarships to a large number of students AICTE, MHRD, DST, SAC (ISRO), CSIR etc. The covering almost 40% of the student strength. School has signed MOU for technical Under ISM merit-cum-means scholarship, the collaboration with CSIR laboratory, McNally institute provides scholarships to 25% of the Bharat Engineering. Co. Ltd, MTI (SAIL), Dept. students on role that includes tuition fee of Atomic Energy, GOI, BHP Billiton reimbursement in full apart from financial (Australia), Bosch Rexroth AG Germany, assistance @ Rs 800/- per month. Ten percent Politecnico Torino, Italy etc. of the students on role are provided with only The School enjoys seven posts of Chair tuition fee reimbursement in full. All 5-Year Professors in different departments instituted Integrated M.Sc/M.Sc Tech students selected by National Mineral through IIT JEE are given DST Inspire Development Corporation, Steel Authority of Scholarships @ Rs.80,000 per annum. All M.Sc India Limited, Tata Steel, Coal India Limited, Tech students of Applied Geology and Applied (two) Uranium Corporation India Limited and Geophysics are given scholarship @ Rs 1000/- Oil and Natural Gas Corporation. per month in their III year.

Medical Facility Under New Central Sector Scholarship Medical facilities as available at health centre Scheme 10 students are provided every year of the School are provided to all students free boarding and lodging apart from during their period of study at ISM. The grant-in-aid of Rs 45000/- for purchase of Health Centre is well staffed and equipped computer. Besides, there are a host of

54 scholarships sponsored by different State will be resolved by considering the JEE Rank Governments and public and private of the applicants. corporate sectors. While permitting change of branch, the strength of a class should not fall below the Rules for Change of Branch existing strength by more than 10% and Change of branch will be considered at the should not go above the sanctioned strength. end of second semester, based on the It should be ensured that the strength of the performance in the first and second semester class, post change, should not fall below 50% examinations. Interested students may of the sanctioned strength. submit such applications within three days after the start of new academic session. Students who complete both first and second Change of branch shall be permitted subject semesters in all respects and secure rank to the following terms and conditions: within top one percent of the successful Students must not have passed any semester students (without special examination or through special examination or by repeating repeating 1st or 2nd semester) of the batch the semester. shall be allowed to change to the branch of Students must have obtained at least 7.5 GPA their choice irrespective of conditions out of 10.0 considering both first and second stipulated at serial 3 & 4 provided that by this semesters. However, SC/ST and PD change no branch should exceed the candidates with a minimum of 6.5 GPA out of sanctioned strength by five percent. The 10 can apply for change of branch in their eligibility criteria as stipulated at serial 1 & 2 respective categories. Change of branch will will, however, apply. be made strictly as per merit. In case of tie, it

3. SCOPE AND DESCRIPTION OF COURSES

Excellent opportunities exist for preparation of expertise in any of the three major areas of a successful professional career in design, specialization, namely, Farm Machinery and construction, manufacture, management, Power, Land and Water Resources Engineering, teaching and research in several branches of and Food Process Engineering as well as two engineering and sciences at all the Institutes. interdisciplinary areas of Aquacultural Candidates should, however, carefully select Engineering and Agricultural Systems the courses, taking into account their aptitude, Management. talent and interest. Brief information on various courses available at these Institutes, BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND BIOENGINEERING arranged according to the course numbers (Code : K4103) given in Table-1 is given below. A new B.Tech. program in biological sciences and bioengineering (BSBE) at IIT Kanpur was 3.1 FOUR-YEAR B.TECH. COURSES started in 2004. The program provides a unique AEROSPACE ENGINEERING fusion of biology with other basic and (Codes : B4101, G4101, K4101, M4101) engineering sciences. There is no prerequisite The aerospace engineers are concerned with of biology at school level for admission in this the design, analysis, construction, testing and program. The goal of this program is to prepare operation of flight vehicles, including aircrafts, the students, both in theory and practice, for helicopters, rockets and spacecrafts. The leadership in the globally competitive fields of course is based on the fundamentals of fluid Life Science, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology dynamics, materials science, structural industry, academia and research. The program analysis, propulsion, aerospace design, has been developed to meet the increasing automatic control and guidance, and demand in these fields of industry and development of computer software. research. Students of this program would find unique opportunities of employment and AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD ENGINEERING research in the areas of biomedical (Code : G4102) engineering, drug design, bioinformatics, With increase in growth and associated biotechnology, nano-biotechnology, genomics industrial potential, Indian agriculture has now etc. The course is designed to introduce been accorded the status of an industry. The biology as an experimental science, in contrast course on Agricultural and Food Engineering to its commonly perceived notion as a aims at producing engineering graduates to descriptive subject. The students will also find meet the requirement of technical manpower the application of a wide range of techniques in in development of farm machines, land and physical, chemical and mathematical sciences water resources management, agricultural for designing, executing and interpreting production and manufacture of processed experiments in biology. food. In order to meet the present demand of The students of BSBE will take courses agricultural and food industries, the course has common with all other branches of science and been suitably modified to include specialized engineering in the first year. During their training in design,development, testing and second year, they will take foundation and selection of tractors and farm implements, elective courses in basic biology and irrigation, drainage and watershed bioengineering topics, besides developing their management using Remote Sensing and GIS; interest and excitement in biological information technology, processing of food, experimentations and discoveries. Concepts in fodder and fibre, utilization of biomass, biology will be developed to provide a holistic byproducts and wastes in the production of view and to facilitate integration of these biochemicals, fuels, manure and concepts with the fundamental principles of non-conventional energy. The course provides physics, chemistry, mathematics and ample flexibility to the students for acquiring engineering.

The final two years of the program will be students to develop intelligent algorithms and dedicated to the development of the innovative designs. The curriculum also professional competence of the students on a incorporates economics and entrepreneurship, broad spectrum of topics. These include communication, and other soft skills courses, structural and computational biology, which are offered during regular and as well biomaterials, downstream processing, summer/winter sessions. Further, the program bioengineering and genomics etc. encourages industry and research internship in Major emphasis during the final semesters will India and abroad in order to inculcate be on research and development and focus will professional work culture. be on development of entrepreneurial skill. Students would also compete for ‘Joy Gill BIOTECHNOLOGY Endowment” scholarship for R&D internship in (Code : R4104, W4104) Biopharma and Biotech industries besides The Department of Biotechnology at IIT participating in Bio-business plan competitions. Guwahati offers a wide range of elective courses on various specialized topics such as Biologically-inspired Systems Science Gene therapy, Food Biotechnology, Functional (Code: K4140) Genomics, Metabolic Engineering and so on. Students can also opt for relevant elective Biologically-inspired Systems Science (BISS) is a courses from other departments. The unique Center of Excellence initiated with the laboratories in the department are equipped broad objective to design novel, adaptive, and with state of the art facilities for teaching and sustainable technological solutions inspired by research in Biochemistry, Microbiology, Plant biological systems and processes. Biotechnology, Molecular Biology, Biochemical Understanding biological systems will help an Engineering and Computational Biology. engineer design adaptive intelligent systems The Department of Biotechnology at IIT for the ever changing environment. Graduates Roorkee has well equipped laboratories for of this center will interface different disciplines teaching and research in various areas of including engineering, physical and life Biotechnology. The curriculum has been sciences, and humanities. With such designed with Core Courses in Biological interdisciplinary approach, the center seeks to Sciences and Engineering and a number of promote holistic development of innovative Elective courses in broad areas of Microbial technological solutions. Biotechnology, Animal Biotechnology, Plant The B. Tech. program in BISS at IIT Jodhpur Biotechnology, Environment Biotechnology, contains foundational courses in engineering Biochemical Engineering, Biomedical and basic sciences, computing skills and Engineering to prepare the students for career algorithms, computer oriented drafting skills in Bioengineering. along with hands-on laboratory experience in basic and engineering sciences. This curriculum BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMICAL is common for all engineering disciplines in first ENGINEERING three semesters. (Code : G4105) BISS offers a rich blend of advanced courses This four-year B.Tech. programme in along with hands-on laboratory sessions which engineering (based on Modern integrate, at the levels of both theory and Biology/Bioprocess Engineering) provides practice, engineering, physical and life training in Natural, Biological, and Engineering sciences, and humanities disciplines. sciences including relevant computer and Accordingly, the curriculum includes signal management subjects. First year courses are processing, artificial intelligence, quantum common as in other engineering disciplines. A information, systems biology, neuroscience, unique feature of the programme is the neuropsychology, philosophy and cognition. blending between life sciences and This perspective would provide a deeper engineering. understanding of biological systems including brain, mind, and cognition, enabling the

Students get in-depth theoretical reinforcement materials. During 20th century background/practical training in various many new glass and ceramic materials, known disciplines such as Genetics, Microbial as advanced ceramics, have been developed Biotechnology, Plant Cell Culture, Agricultural for a large number of engineering applications. Biotechnology, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology, The advanced ceramic materials processed by Environmental Biotechnology, Immunology, the use of synthetic raw materials are required Downstream Processing, Metabolic for making large number of electronics devices; Engineering, e.g. capacitors, magnets and magnetic Enzyme Technology, Protein Engineering, recording materials, computer binary chips, Bioinformatics, Intellectual Property Rights, piezoelectric and pyroelectric sensors, solid etc. along with adequate laboratory classes. state lasers, optical fibers for communication, Basic process engineering subjects include electro-optic devices, humidity and gas Fluid Flow, Mass Transfer, Transport Processes, sensors, and solid state batteries. High strength Biochemical Reaction Engineering, toughened ceramics are used Instrumentation and Process Control, etc. in aerospace, turbine, auto-mobile, and cutting Design of bioreactor and other bioprocess tool applications. The field of bio-ceramics has equipment is an integral part of the course. picked up immensely in the last two decades Research projects are offered in cutting edge due to its applications as implant materials and relevant to the subjects like as bonding materials to soft as well as hard Nano-Biotechnology, Biomicrofluids, Tissue tissues. Similarly nanoceramic technology is Engineering, Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, another area for future generation devices Recombinant DNA Technology, Structural with novel properties. Biology and Bioprocess technology. The four-year B.Tech course structure is The course is highly multidisciplinary one and designed to train the students for developing students can take minor in other core expertise in the processing, manufacturing and engineering subjects for acquiring expertise to applications of different class of ceramic suit placement in allied areas. The most materials and products. The graduates are in modern exposure in theory and laboratory great demand for various ceramic and glass classes ignite urge for innovation to play industries besides Steel, Non ferrous leadership role in bio-industries of tomorrow. metallurgy (e.g. Aluminum, Copper, Zinc etc), There are many elective subjects to fulfill the Cement and Fertilizer Industries. The graduates objective as well. are also selected as software engineers and management trainees. Some of the graduates CERAMIC ENGINEERING proceed for higher studies to Institutions in (Code : V4106) India and abroad. Ceramic Engineering is traditionally the oldest branch of Engineering practiced for thousands of years. It involves processing and CHEMICAL ENGINEERING manufacturing of all inorganic solid materials. (Codes : B4107, D4107, G4107, H4107, K4107, Traditional ceramic areas are (1) Pottery and M4107, N4107, R4107, S4107, V4107, W4107) Heavy Clay ware, which include table wares, Chemical engineers work in diverse fields like sanitary wares, decorative wares and tiles, (2) petroleum refining, fertilizer technology, Cement, concrete and building materials, processing of food and agricultural products, (3) Refractories, in the form of bricks, blocks, synthetic food, petrochemicals, synthetic monolithicsand castables, (4) Abrasives, for fibres, coal and mineral based industries, and grinding and polishing operations, and (5) prevention and control of environmental Glasses such as window, architectural and pollution. Chemical engineering is concerned decorative glasses, laboratory and kitchen with the development and improvement of wares, bottles for industrial and processes, design, construction, operation, pharmaceutical packaging, lenses for management and safety of the plants for these equipment and ophthalmic uses and fibers as processes and research in these areas.

engineering facilities have become integral CHEMICAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY parts of civil engineering profession. (Code :W4108, P4108) A four year B.Tech programme in Chemical CIVIL AND INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEERING Science and Technology, is being offered by the (Code: P4141) Department of Chemistry at IIT Guwahati from With the rising societal and industrial demands the year 2009 and will be offered at IIT Patna for better infrastructural facilities, a four-year from the year 2013. These programs will B.Tech programme in Civil and Infrastructure prepare the students for the emerging need of Engineering under the aegis of Department of qualified persons with adequate knowledge in Civil and Environmental Engineering at Indian both Chemistry and its technology related Institute of Technology Patna intends to be the issues, in both academics and industry. It will forefront of imparting engineering education also provide students practical training in basic by amalgamating traditional Civil Engineering science and engineering. The technological with modern Infrastructure Engineering. With a course components include applied catalysis, view to emphasize application oriented and drug design, medicinal chemistry, project-based learning, the programme aims nanomaterials and nanoscience, fine and bulk develop a brigade of young graduates capable chemicals, green chemical and technological of planning, developing, maintaining and practices. During the course, the students will managing public infrastructures for be trained to do frontline research in transformation of society through the provision interdisciplinary areas, which include materials of world class teaching, research and training science, environmental science and molecular engagements in interdisciplinary learning biology. Graduates will have diverse job environment. The specialty of the programme opportunities in the chemical industry, in also lies in its widely-diverse elective courses pharma companies, in Biotech companies, in including Integrated Region and Smart City, environment related businesses, and in R&D Town and Regional Planning, Green Building organisations. System, Intelligent Building Automation System, High-Rise Structures, Lifeline CIVIL ENGINEERING Structures, Urban Transportation Systems, (Codes : A4109, B4109, D4109, G4109, H4109, Offshore Infrastructures, Infrastructural K4109, M4109, N4109, R4109, S4109, V4109, Machineries, Infrastructure Project Economics W4109) and Financial Models, Remote Sensing and GIS, A civil engineer is concerned with planning, Disaster Management, etc. There are analysis, design, construction and maintenance provisions in the programme to ensure of a variety of facilities such as buildings, significant industry interaction with the highways and railways, airports, waterways students through summer internship and and canals, dams and power houses, water training and thereby the graduates will have treatment and waste water disposal systems, diverse job opportunities in the industries and environmental quality control, docks and R&D organizations in the growing harbours, bridges and tunnels. A civil engineer infrastructure sector. is also required to deal with critical problems of today such as disaster mitigation and COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING management, constructing offshore structures (Codes : A4110,B4110, C4110, D4110, E4110, for oil production, flood forecasting and flood G4110, H4110, J4110, K4110, M4110, P4110, control, traffic congestion, transportation R4110, S4110, U4110, V4110, W4110) planning, use of non-conventional energy The course is concerned with theoretical and resources, for example, wind, tides, waves, etc. engineering aspects of Computer Architecture, The breadth and diversity of the civil System and Application Software, Computer engineering profession make it particularly Networks, VLSI, Internet Technology and attractive. Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Applications. Adequate emphasis is also given software development for various civil to Programming, Algorithm Design and

Analysis, Formal Languages and Automata Students are required to take up projects Theory, and Theoretical Computer Science. relevant to their specialization in the final year. The course is well designed for the students ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING who intend to pursue higher studies in any (Codes : A4111, B4111, C4111, D4111, E4111, branch of electronics, communication and G4111, H4111, J4111, K4111, M4111, N4111, computer engineering. Excellent employment P4111, R4111, S4111, U4111, V4111) opportunities exist in public and private These courses pertain to the broad disciplines enterprises and also in R&D organizations. of electrical power engineering and electronics engineering. An electrical engineer is ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION concerned with the generation, distribution ENGINEERING and use of electrical power, power control and (Codes : R4114, S4114, W4114) instrumentation applications. An electronics The course provides a sound foundation in engineer deals with the application of Electronic Devices, Circuits and Systems, electronics in the processing of information in Microelectronics and CAD, Electrical and the fields of communication and control Optical Communications, Signal/ Image systems, electronic computers, industrial Processing, Control, Microwaves, Fibre Optics, electronics and instrumentation. Computer Hardware, Software Design and Computer Vision. This programme is based on ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (POWER AND essential core and elective subjects which AUTOMATION) provide the flexibility necessary for a student (Code : D4112) to concentrate on his/her particular interests, The course pertains to the broad areas of as well as for the department to introduce new generation, transmission, distribution and topics as the subject expands. A substantial utilization of electrical energy. Apart from the part of final year is devoted to a project of relevant basic and engineering science courses, topical interest. The course is well designed for students are taught the fundamental courses the students who intend to pursue higher of electrical, electronics, communication and studies in any branch of electronics and computer engineering with orientation communication engineering. towards electrical power and energy systems. This is achieved through compulsory and ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL elective courses in relevant areas which cater COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING to the needs of power industry. The courses in (Code : G4115) these areas include Electrical Machines, Power The course is a judicious combination of core Systems, Power Electronics, Drives, Computer subjects and professional electives. The core Applications, Energy Efficiency and Conversion, subjects provide a sound foundation in areas Renewable Energy, Control and like electronic devices, circuits, control, signals Instrumentation, HVDC, Signal Processing, etc. and networks, computers and communications, and electromagnetics. The ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING foundation is strengthened by depth subjects (Code : V4113) in microelectronics, microwaves, The course provides a sound foundation in communication, computers, digital signal Electronic Devices, Circuits and Systems, processing, etc. The breadth subjects in Microelectronics and CAD, Electrical and Mathematics, Sciences, Humanities, Optical Communications, Signal/ Image Management, etc. widen the scope of the Processing, Control, Microwaves, Fibre Optics, course. The course lays considerable emphasis Computer Hardware, Software and CAD. on the laboratory classes. The course Vision. The programme is based on essential accommodates students' special interests core and elective subjects which provide the through professional elective subjects in the flexibility necessary for a student to choose areas ofmicroelectronics and VLSI engineering, his/her field of interest. visual information processing and embedded

60 systems, telecommunication systems industry where automation, process control, engineering, RF and microwave engineering, electronic sensing and monitoring of Fibre Optics and light-wave engineering. New environment and civil structures are required. elective subjects are added from time to time Apart from covering core subjects such as to cater to the future technological needs. The system dynamics, industrial instrumentation curriculum also includes industrial training and and process control, analytical and bio-medical intensive project work of topical interest. The instrumentation and robotics, the course will curriculum makes a balance between excellent cover software and hardware topics such as (i) industrial prospects as well as higher studies microprocessor and microcontroller based inany branch of electronics and communication instrumentation, (ii) VLSI and embedded engineering. system designs, (iii) computer architecture and organization and (iv) computer control of ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRIAL ENGINEERING processes. Computer languages are also part of (Code : W4116) the curriculum. This will make the graduates fit A B.Tech. Programme in Electronics and for both hardware and software industries. Electrical Engineering (EEE) has wide scope with growing application of electronics in ENGINEERING PHYSICS electrical power generation, transmission, and (Codes : B4117, D4117, H4117, M4117, distribution and drive systems. The programme W4117) aims at producing engineers with sound Ideas and discoveries in Physics have not only knowledge in Electrical Engineering and a enhanced our understanding of the physical strong background in Electronics. The pass-out world but also provided the main driving force graduate engineers will have scope to orient behind many of the recent technological themselves to take up challenging jobs in the advances. In order to understand and keep industries and engage themselves in research pace with these changes, and also to initiate and development activities in the fields of and press through further advancements, an Electronics and Electrical Engineering. individual must have a strong grasp of the The EEE curriculum has a number of core underlying fundamental principles. The Electronics course. These courses are aimed at Engineering Physics programme is challenging, developing adequate background in digital and with a curriculum designed to stretch the mind. analog electronics, microprocessors, It is intended for students with strong aptitude embedded systems, communication and signal in science and mathematics, who wish to apply processing. The Electrical Engineering courses these fundamental subjects to technological focus on electrical machines, measurement problems without regard for the historical and instrumentation, control systems, power divisions among the disciplines. The electronics and power systems analysis, programme helps in conceptual visualization of operation and control. The laboratory courses new frontiers in engineering and technology are aimed at giving hands-on experience in and their attainment for the benefit of electronic circuits, microprocessors and mankind. It prepares the students for embedded systems, digital signal processors, challenging careers in industry, R&D control and instrumentation, electrical institutions, advanced studies in engineering, machines and power systems. The electives are science and technology, as well as designed keeping in view the important entrepreneurship in future developments. developments in Electronics and Electrical The Engineering Physics programme at IIT Engineering. Bombay provides a broad education in theoretical and experimental aspects of ELECTRONICS AND INSTRUMENTATION modern physics with an orientation towards ENGINEERING (Code: S4142) some of the skills that will be useful to technological applications. In addition to The new course in Electronics and several core courses in physics, special topics Instrumentation is designed to cater for will be covered by electives such as solid state

61 electronics, materials science, and applied Photonics. The academic curriculum provides nuclear science. excellent academic/ laboratory training in The B.Tech. Programme in Engineering Physics Digital Electronics, VLSI, Communication at IIT Delhi stresses on the basic physics that Systems, and experiments based on advanced underlies the most developments in principles of physics. engineering, and on the mathematical tools B. Tech programme in Engineering Physics at that are important to all engineers and IIT Hyderabad attempts to provide training in scientists. This emphasis, combined with all major areas of fundamental and applied hands-on experience with modern computers, Physics, enabling them to be innovators of new electronics, lasers and state-of-the-art ideas and technologies. In particular, the equipment and technologies, and a practical emphasis will be given on modern Quantum training in industry, leads to an excellent Technologies. The programme provides an preparation for a broad range of careers. The opportunity for specialision in physics-driven opportunities are available in the key areas of technological areas such as Nano-magnetism, VLSI, Photonics, Data Storage and Recording Spintronics, Nano-Electronics, Nano-Photonics, media, Communication, Holography, Quantum Accelerator Physics, Plasmonics, Ultrafast Laser Electronics and Optical Devices, Optical Dynamics, Quantum Information, Solar Energy, Computing, Information Medical Physics etc., Technology, Lasers, Plasma Processing, Particle These programmes will be suitable for those Beams, MHD, Fusion Devices, Space Science students who intend to pursue higher studies and Engineering, Environment Technologies, in physics, or would like to take up advanced Biomedicine, Neural Networks, studies in engineering requiring a good grasp of Nanotechnology, MEMS and so on. physical principles or wish to branch out after The B.Tech. programme in Engineering Physics graduation in industrial research and at IIT Guwahati provides a strong theoretical development programmes. Good employment and experimental foundation in physics as well opportunities for Engineering Physics as in key areas of applied physics and graduates exist in universities and in research engineering. The programme has a fair and development sections of national distribution of courses in pure sciences, applied laboratories and industries. physics, humanities and social sciences, and ENGINEERING SCIENCE engineering streams. Biophysics, analog and (Code : H4118) digital electronics, materials science, nano B.Tech. in Engineering Science, at IIT technology, computational techniques, Hyderabad, is unique program offered in India measurement techniques, and photonics are for the first time. It completely opens the doors some of the core courses taught in the to different specializations and provides a programme. Elective courses would be chosen holistic engineering education. The basic from a wide range of advanced topics in pure structure is as follows: For the first 2.5 years (5 and applied physics, engineering and semesters) the student does basics courses in technology. Laboratory courses and a Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and different two-semester project work are designed to fields of engineering. In the last 1.5 years (3 impart practical skills and hands-on experience semesters) the student then specializes in any on variety of experimental techniques. field of his / her choice. Specialization is This programme at IIT Madras encourages completely open: it could be any branch of students to learn the fundamental aspects of engineering — Computer Science and frontier areas in Physics and Electrical Engineering, Electrical, Mechanical, Chemical, Engineering. In addition to several core courses Civil, Material Science, Bio Tech., Biomedical, in Physics, Electrical Engineering and other Physics, Mathematics, Chemistry, Economics, engineering branches, special topics will be Psychology, Design, etc. The final degree will covered by elective courses such as Solid State read: B.Tech. in Engineering Science with Devices, Cryogenic Engineering, Materials Specialization in X, where X denotes the Technology, Communications Engineering and specialization.

This is the first program that caters to what is optimization of complex processes or systems often referred to as the “T Education”; the involving people, materials, and energy in a horizontal line in ‘T’ corresponds to an productive way. Industrial engineering is education giving breadth, while the vertical line providing all kinds of analytical skills and in ‘T’ corresponds to an education giving depth. educational training to analyze and solve the The new Engineering Science Program achieves complex real world problem encountered in breadth as well as depth. different sectors of our economy. Manufacturing, Logistics, financial and ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING insurance, health care and many other service (Code : S4119) sectors employ industrial engineers to address Industry worldwide is on the throes of their problem and enhance their efficacy, tumultuous change contending with productivity, and market share. . All modern hydra-headed environment issues and norms. tools and techniques such as optimization, In order to cater skilled and trained simulation, stochastic modeling, system Environmental Engineering graduates to the dynamic, statistical modeling, and industry, ISM Dhanbad has conceptualized a computational intelligence are covered in four year B. Tech. Course in Environmental wider details to capture real world problems Engineering. During the first two semesters, and solve them. Linear and non linear the students will undergo the core courses in interactions observed during development of basic sciences and engineering subjects. From decision support model through analytical third semester onwards, the course will cover tools are interfaced with modern Information important subjects like Environmental and communication tools (ICT) to simplify the Chemistry, Atmospheric Physics and implementation of decision making process for Meteorology, Environmental Microbiology, Air the benefit of industry in particular and society and Noise Pollution, Industrial Waste in general. Management, Geology for Environmental The department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering, Solid waste Management, Management at lITKharagpur has the distinct Principles of Unit Operations and Process in credential to be the first department of its kind Water and Wastewater Treatment, in India. The Department has continually Instrumentation Methods for Environmental restructured itself to cater to the needs of the Analysis, Principles of Structural Engineering, Indian Industries. Over the years, the scope of Hazardous and Biomedical Waste industrial engineering has expanded. The Management, Hydrology and Geotechnology, state-of-the-art of industrial engineering and Municipal Wastewater Engineering, management encompasses fields of study such Environmental Impact Assessment, as: production and product system design, Environmental Economics and Socio-economics systems engineering, quality control and and Rehabilitation Planning, Environmental engineering, software Aspects of Mines, Advances Soil Mechanics, engineering/e-commerce, ergonomics/human Environmental Audit and EMS, Risk Assessment factors/ safety engineering, supply chain and Disaster Management, Environmental management, and technology management. Policies, Legislation, Issues, Treaties, Protocols Over the years, the disciplines of Industrial and Conventions, Remote Sensing and GIS. A Engineering, as being practiced at large number of elective subjects will also be lITKharagpur, has attracted several reputed taught as per the choice of the students to and well-established private and public sector cater the industries like Petroleum, Chemicals, companies for sponsored research and Metallurgy, Mining and allied Industries. industrial consultancy where bright and enterprising B Tech students get an INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING opportunity for nourishing their immense (Code : G4120) potential for career development. Moreover, Industrial Engineering is the branch of the department takes pride in having a highly engineering that deals with the design and dedicated, student-friendly group of faculty

63 members with constantly updating MATERIALS SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING international academic support base. (Code : K4123) Advances in technology depend on the INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING availability of high performance materials. The (Code : G4121) field of engineering materials has expanded Instrumentation ensures better quality and enormously in the recent past and has increased productivity in industries. It is also encompassed a variety of materials such as used for diagnostics in health care, ceramics, polymers, electrical and magnetic environmental pollution measurement and in materials, glasses and composites, along with all fields of advanced research and the traditionally important metals and alloys. development. Instrumentation Engineering is a Critical selection of such materials for multidisciplinary program drawing on several advanced engineering applications in high disciplines: electrical, electronics, computer, technology areas such as space, energy, and chemical and mechanical engineering, material communications, is of utmost importance. science and biomedical engineering. Flexibility B.Tech. programme in material science and in curriculum is provided through electives engineering has been designed to train enabling the student to choose subjects to engineering graduates, who would be highly their own fascination and career objective. The competent in meeting the emerging needs of main emphasis is on process instrumentation India in advanced materials. A wide variety of and control. Advanced tools and techniques electives available during the third and fourth like VLSI design, MEMS, signal and image years of study give an opportunity to the processing, optoelectronics and intelligent student to concentrate in an area of his/her instrumentation are also included. choice.

MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING ENGINEERING (Code : W4124) (Code : G4122) Modern scientific investigations and The Manufacturing Science and Engineering technological developments require Programme is designed to create a specialized sophisticated tools from mathematics. The breed of engineers-cum-managers, who are B.Tech. programme in Mathematics and expected to evolve, build and manage with Computing at IIT Guwahati, the first of its kind global outlook, a new class of physically in the IIT system, provides a fusion of distributed enterprises. The programme first mathematics with Computer Science and builds a solid background of manufacturing Financial Engineering. The curriculum is systems and processes, with exposure to basic designed to provide the students with in-depth courses in engineering design and thermal theoretical background/practical training in sciences. It covers subjects like quality control, computer science, numerical computing, and CAD, CAM, AI, CIM, Robotics, etc. The students mathematical finance. Graduates of this are also exposed to state-of-the-art programme are prepared for careers in developments in micro-mechanical systems software industries, financial institutions, and intelligent systems driven by continuous investment banks, and government innovation in product and process organizations or to pursue higher studies. technologies. The programme, with its fine blend of advanced manufacturing technologies MECHANICAL ENGINEERING and broad based IT and management skills, is (Codes : A4125, B4125, C4125, D4125, E4125, ideal for students who wish to take up G4125, H4125, J4125, K4125, M4125, N4125, challenging careers in engineering P4125, R4125, S4125, U4125, V4125, W4125) management and innovative system Mechanical Engineering is concerned with the entrepreneurship design, operation and maintenance of machines and their components, mechanisms,

64 machine tools, manufacturing systems and to the student to concentrate in an area of processes, components of thermal power his/her choice. systems including internal combustion engines and turbo machinery, solar energy, heat METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING AND transfer, air-conditioning, refrigeration and MATERIALS SCIENCE industrial engineering including production (Code : B4128) planning and control. The students of The field of engineering materials has mechanical engineering have an opportunity to expanded enormously in the recent past and study both the fundamentals and applied has encompassed a variety of materials such as aspects of these areas. ceramics, polymers, electrical and magnetic materials, glasses and composites, along with METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING the traditionally important metals and alloys. (Code : V4126) Critical selection of such materials for A metallurgical engineer is concerned with the advanced engineering applications in high extraction of metals from ores, their refining technology areas such as space, energy, and and purification, and their fabrication into semiconductors, is of utmost importance. useful shapes by casting, joining and B. Tech. programme encompassing mechanical working. He/she is also concerned metallurgical engineering and materials science with the study of the physical and chemical has been designed to train engineering properties of metals and their structure in graduates, who would be highly competent in relation to their properties, principles of meeting the emerging needs of India in formation of alloys and methods of improving advanced materials as well as in conventional their properties. metallurgical engineering. The programme METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS allows the students to grasp the fundamentals ENGINEERING of extraction, characterization, processing, (Codes : G4127, M4127, R4127) selection, and life assessment of engineering Advances in technology depend on the materials. A wide variety of elective courses availability of high performance materials. The available during the third and fourth years of field of engineering materials has expanded study give an opportunity to the students to enormously in the recent past and has concentrate in area of their choice relevant to encompassed a variety of materials such as the emerging challenges and excitement to link ceramics, polymers, electrical and magnetic with the technological needs of their materials, glasses and composites, along with disciplines. the traditionally important metals and alloys. Critical selection of such materials for MINERAL ENGINEERING advanced engineering applications in high (Code : S4129) technology areas such as space, energy, and A four-year B.Tech. Programme in Mineral communications, is of utmost importance. Engineering, the first of its kind in India, is B.Tech. programme encompassing being offered by ISM Dhanbad since 1984. This metallurgical engineering and materials programme has a multifaceted orientation with science/engineering have been designed to a fine blend of core subjects, professional train engineering graduates, who would be courses and allied courses relevant to the highly competent in meeting the emerging discipline of Mineral Engineering. needs of India in advanced materials as well as During the first two years, the students in conventional metallurgical engineering. undergo the core courses in basic sciences and Comprehensive programmes of studies allow basic engineering subjects including the student to grasp the fundamentals of metal Engineering Drawing, Workshop Practice, etc. extraction, characterization, processing and followed by professional courses in Mineral selection of engineering materials. A wide Processing, Coal Preparation and Fuel variety of electives available during the third Technology. Besides these, important allied and fourth years of study give an opportunity subjects like Ferrous and Non-ferrous

Extractive Metallurgy, Agglomeration NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND OCEAN Modelling and Simulation, Computational ENGINEERING Techniques, Materials Handling, Maintenance (Code : M4132) Engineering, Environmental aspects, Geology & Ocean Engineering is an interdisciplinary field Mining, are also offered. The students are that is concerned with all aspects of familiarized with the application of classroom exploration and exploitation of the resources concepts in industrial circuits through visits to of the oceans. Naval Architecture deals with local washeries and various processing plants, design, construction and maintenance of ships. intensive industrial training and all India The programme also deals with other water educational tours. borne vessels. Apart from the core programme in science and mathematics, well structured MINING ENGINEERING courses in fluid and solid mechanics, wave (Codes : G4130, S4130, V4130) hydrodynamics, offshore structures, Mining Engineering, a 4-year B.Tech. foundation and coastal engineering are taught. programme at IIT Kharagpur, IIT( BHU) Varanasi The programme also imparts good design and and ISM Dhanbad, is concerned with the experimental skills. The courses in the production of minerals. The field of study advanced semesters lay emphasis on numerical exposes the students to aspects of planning, modeling and CAD, with electives from many design, construction, mineral excavation, postgraduate courses. Excellent facilities exist transportation, maintenance, safety, and for carrying out the final year project work on management of mines. Courses in the first two advanced design, and experimental as well as years provide the students with essentials of numerical analysis of ocean engineering science, basic engineering, computing, and systems including marine vehicles. information technology. In the subsequent A wide variety of job opportunities are years, a group of core and elective subjects available to the graduates in companies dealing including methods of mining, geomechanics, with offshore engineering, ship building and numerical methods, environmental ship repair, Coastal and Port Engineering, engineering, industrial management, shipping companies, classification societies, computer-aided mine planning, remote sensing statutory bodies, Port Trusts, Coast Guard, the and geographic information system (GIS) are Indian Navy and consulting organizations. taught to keep pace with the latest Because of the multidisciplinary nature of the developments in mining technology and to programme, a large number of graduates find meet the present demands of the industry. employment in allied engineering professions and management area also. MINING MACHINERY ENGINEERING (Code : S4131) OCEAN ENGINEERING AND NAVAL Engineering graduates in Mining Machinery are ARCHITECTURE concerned with the selection, operation, (Code : G4133) maintenance and design of all types of the Ocean Engineering provides solutions to needs machinery used in the exploration and of the society for exploration and utilization of exploitation of minerals including heavy earth the ocean, its coastlines, and its vast natural moving equipment. ISM Dhanbad is the only resources such as extraction of oil from Institute in the country that produces mining offshore wells, minerals from the sea bed, machinery engineers. biological resources like fish and other sea During the first two years, the inputs are given food. The subject of ocean engineering is in different areas of basic engineering like concerned with various industrial activities of mechanical, electrical, electronics and design and construction, building and computers. The next two years are utilized for maintenance, production, operation, and in-depth practice-oriented studies of mining transportation of marine structures. Naval and allied equipment. architecture is a major branch of ocean engineering, which deals with design,

66 construction, and maintenance of ships and Engineering, Drilling Engineering, Refining other water borne vessels. The discipline of Engineering, Petrochemical Engineering, EOR ocean engineering not only includes insights Simulation, etc. Students benefit from courses, from all branches of engineering but it also seminars and interaction with fellow students incorporates unique marine features. Marine and faculty of the associated department of Hydrodynamics, Water Wave Mechanics, Geophysical and Geological Sciences, and other Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing Institutes, e.g. CMRI, CFRI, PDIL, ONGC, OIL, (CAD-CAM), Computational Methods in Marine IOC & PCRA. Academic training imparted to the Hydrodynamics and Structural Mechanics, students is supplemented by appropriate oil Design of Ships and Marine Structures, Marine field training of fourteen weeks during their Construction and Welding, Coastal Engineering, degree programme. Hydroelasticity, Port and Harbour Engineering, Coastal Zone Management, etc. have become POLYMER SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY an integral part of this engineering profession. (Code : R4135) The employers of ocean engineers and naval The ever-increasing industrial demand for architects are the various offshore industries, polymers and their products have generated a ship building and ship repair yards, shipping rapidly growing demand for qualified companies, classification societies, statutory manpower in the area of polymer science and bodies under the Ministry of Surface Transport, engineering. The academic institutions, R&D offshore consulting firms, coastal and dredging organizations, and user industry dealing with consulting firms, instrumentation and data polymers/plastics and composites need a large analysis firms and institutions, drilling number of quality scientists and engineers companies, seismic and hydrographic surveying specializing in polymer science and technology. companies, Indian Navy, DRDO laboratories, To fill-in this need, a B.Tech. programme in coast guards, port trust, environmental Polymer Science and Technology is offered at protection agencies, pollution control boards, the Saharanpur campus of IIT Roorkee. This and academic institutions. Due to programme is a blend of basic sciences, multidisciplinary nature of Ocean Engineering engineering and polymer science and & Naval Architecture, a large number of technology. The students will be exposed to graduates find employment in allied various aspects of science and technology of engineering professions, management and polymers, their synthesis, characterization, information technology areas. testing, processing, and applications in nanotechnology, aerospace, electronics, etc. PETROLEUM ENGINEERING The second year of the programme is devoted (Code : S4134) to basic sciences, viz. physics, chemistry, ISM Dhanbad is the only recognized institute mathematics, and engineering sciences. In the offering B.Tech. degree in Petroleum last two years the programme covers the Engineering in India. Course structure was courses on polymer science, technology, initially developed by representatives of ONGC, engineering, and elective courses from ISM, IOC and Ministry of Education, different departments of the Institute. The Government of India. The course is regularly strong flavour of chemical engineering, updated to keep pace with developments in mathematics, and engineering sciences makes Petroleum Engineering the world over by a this programme unique in its structure and body comprising of industry representatives, utilitarian in its employment potential. academicians and research institutes. A rich selection of scientific challenges awaits PRODUCTION AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING students in Petroleum Engineering. All students (Codes : D4136, R4136) receive rigorous training in the basics of Production and Industrial Engineering aim at Petroleum Engineering, Petroleum Geology, higher productivity by integrating design and Reservoir Engineering, Well Testing, Production planning of operative systems. These engineers deal with planning, measuring and controlling

67 all activities within the organization, besides optimum use of resources. SYSTEMS SCIENCE Production and Industrial Engineering program (Code : J4138) forms a knowledge bridge between production IIT Rajasthan, Jodhpur has a unique B.Tech activities and the management goals. The program in Systems Science, whose emphasis program covers major areas like manufacturing in on holistic and interdisciplinary approach for processes and automation, robotics, computer complex techno-socio-economic challenges. integrated manufacturing, cellular While the traditional engineering approach manufacturing, production planning, focuses on the parts-of-the-system, the scheduling and inventory control, material systems approach focuses on the complete requirement planning systems, operations system itself. research, quality management, man– machine One can observe a correlation between the systems and facilities design. Equipped with development of advanced technological broad-base knowledge of the employment in gadgets and the evolution of system theoretic all types of engineering and manufacturing abstractions that enabled their conception and systems, production and industrial engineers design. A number of ideas of systems thinking find their employment in all types of have played a major role in the creation of engineering and manufacturing industries both concepts that are central to modern products in the private and public sector. such as feedback, filtering, optimization, life cycle approach to design etc. By giving due PULP AND PAPER ENGINEERING attention to the mathematical foundations that (Code : R4137) underlie such systems, this B.Tech program Pulp and Paper Engineering deals with the aims at creating systems’ thinkers who would Science, Technology and Engineering used for develop, construct, redesign, analyse, and the manufacture of pulp and paper products integrate various systems. from fibrous and non-fibrous raw materials. The Bachelors program in Systems Science has The course is concerned with the a common core curriculum for three characteristics of raw materials and pulp fibers, semesters. It combines the foundation courses raw material storage, handling and like basic sciences and engineering, computing preparation, various pulping and bleaching skills and algorithms, computer oriented methodologies, processing of pulps, recovery drafting skills; along with hands-on laboratory of chemicals, preparation of stock waste, paper expertise in using mechanical and electrical recycling and deinking, paper manufacturing machines, various electronic devices and including pressing, drying, calendaring, reeling, materials characterization skills, tinkering labs winding and roll finishing, sizing, coating and and hobby clubs. The core curriculum also has super calendaring, surface treatments, paper humanities component that promote soft and properties, testing and end-uses of pulp & communication skills, economics and paper, instrumentation and process control, entrepreneurship etc. energy, and environment. Pulp and Paper Engineering is also concerned with the design The Systems science core program has a rich and development of processes, operation, blend of courses that emphasize the theory maintenance and management of plants, basic and practice of integration of complex systems economic consideration and cost control, such as communications, manufacturing, research and development and other technical automotive, robotics, financial markets, and marketing services related with the pulp biological systems, real time systems etc. The and paper industry. The employment synergy across various domains can be opportunities for engineers in this area have exploited from the system science perspective. been excellent in previous years. A number of laboratory sessions such as a Pulp and Paper Engineering course is offered at Human machine interaction lab, gait analysis Saharanpur Campus (50 km from Roorkee) of and ergonomic lab, CNC machine lab, robotics IIT Roorkee. lab, embedded systems lab, water and

68 environmental systems lab augment the in chemistry, adequate training in classroom instruction. Such mathematics, physics, computers and multi/inter-disciplinary training will be of engineering sciences. In the first two semesters immense help when the student is expected to of their stay in the programme, they take the solve a real life problem during his capstone same courses as their fellow engineering B.Tech project. Apart from the usual industrial students. During the course, they are trained to internships and student exchange programs, do frontline research in interdisciplinary areas, students are also encouraged to explore which include materials science, environmental innovative solutions for contemporary societal science and molecular biology, in addition to problems. traditional topics in chemistry. How system theoretic understanding can help comprehend the complexity of the world out ECONOMICS there is a fascinating endeavor. It is hoped that (Code : K4202) this understanding shall also help the students IIT Kanpur offers a unique B. S. program in to become agents of change and ambassadors Economics. It was conceptualized with a need of inclusive growth. to combine training in technology related issues with economics. Currently many TEXTILE TECHNOLOGY students with engineering degrees seek (Code : D4139) additional training in economics to make them The UG program in Textile technology is more efficient professionals. Similarly many primarily focused on the methods of engineering and management consultancy developing textile products from natural fibres firms find it necessary to attract professionals or from fibre forming polymers and on issues that are well versed in both technological and related to the management of the production economical skills. facilities. Core textile courses cover topics on Contemporary developments in materials fibre science, yarn manufacture, fabric research, telecommunications, information manufacture, textile chemical processing, technology, biotechnology as well as the textile testing and design of textile products sustainable development of nonrenewable and processes. Special courses are offered on resources necessitate an interaction between thrust areas such as technical textiles economics and technology. Even, conventional encompassing topics on medical textiles, service areas, such as banking and finance, geotextiles, filter fabrics etc., flexible and rigid have also undergone rapid and fundamental composites, smart textiles, nanoprocessing, changes, both in terms of products and apparel engineering and comfort as also processes, due to the development of environment management. From fifth information technology and computational semester onwards the students choose skills. Similarly commercialization of modern electives from a wide variety of textile courses technology (from laboratory to the market) and can specialize in a particular area of textile involves a whole gamut of patents, intellectual technology. In the final year they are required property rights, investment planning pricing to work on a project on one of the thrust contracts and so on. Therefore, a synthetic areas.They also undergo a practical training in understanding of technology and economics a textile production facility as part of their will provide the students with an enduring engineering education. expertise. The program provides courses in basic science, 3.2 FOUR-YEAR B.S. COURSE engineering, and computational methods in the first two years. The rest of the program CHEMISTRY offers extensive training in economic theory, (Code : K4201) econometric and quantitative techniques, This programme prepares the students for industrial economics, development trade, and modern day research in chemical sciences by infrastructure economics, environmental providing them, besides an in-depth education economics. The student will be able to take

69 specialized courses in areas that interface with A graduate of this programme would have a technology. For example, the areas covered broad based training in computational will be economics of information technology, techniques, mathematical modelling, economics of biotechnology, economics of simulation, probabilistic and statistical tools, research and development, multinational and will be equipped to make significant enterprises, transport economics, water contributions in academic research/teaching, resources economics, health economics and or to pursue a meaningful career in public/ health care policy, computational finance, private sector undertakings or in R&D environmental impact assessment, economics organizations. of regulation, economics of intellectual property rights, and law, technology and public PHYSICS policy. Every student who gets a M.Sc degree in (Code : K4204) Economics will have capabilities to identify real This course is designed to produce students world problems as they emerge, articulate an capable of pursuing advanced studies in appropriate mix of economic and technological theoretical and experimental physics as well as solutions, and design policies to implement handling problems related to applications of them instead of depending exclusively on physics in engineering, technology, industry known solutions. and medicine. This is achieved by making use Such students will be in great demand in of a well-balanced course structure consisting international and national business and of undergraduate core courses in basic consultancy organizations, multinational sciences, engineering sciences, technical arts, corporations, firms dealing with information and workshop practice. In addition, students technology, banking and financial sectors, are required to study courses in computer conventional government departments, and science, humanities and social sciences, etc. In administrative services. They will also be in a the final years of the programme, the students position to compete with students from the can opt for specialized courses in advanced best known foreign and Indian institutions in physics and they have to work for projects pursuing further research work. related to current problems in experimental and theoretical physics. MATHEMATICS AND SCIENTIFIC COMPUTING (Code : K4203) 3.3 FOUR-YEAR B.PHARM. COURSE The development of mathematics has always affected all human endeavours, including the PHARMACEUTICS computing technology. Today, the nature of (Code : V4301) mathematics and the way mathematicians The Department of pharmaceutics, IT-BHU is think are also being affected significantly the first Department to offer B.Pharm. degree because of the fast changing trends in course first time in India since 1932. It is a computing technology. Modern Mathematics unique course of its kind imparting knowledge has a significant computing component that is on various aspects of design, development, essential in vast areas of scientific and testing, safe and effective uses of drugs and industrial activities. medicines including drug delivery systems. The This programme provides a rigorous training in program provides a unique fusion of biology mathematical thinking and the analytical with engineering and technological concepts to capability needed in present-day scientific develop skilful process(es)/techniques for computing. Through a carefully designed designing, procuring, and evaluating various sequence of compulsory and elective courses, kinds of drugs, drug delivery systems, and the programme enables a student to specialize consumer products. The course thus provides a in the area of his/her choice, be it pure unique opportunity to pharmacy qualified mathematics, applied mathematics, statistics, professionals to serve the humanity by or computing and development of alleviating the discomfort, pain and sufferings mathematical software. (caused by various diseases) through discovery

70 and development of safe and effective drugs DESIGN and medicines. (Code : W4401) In addition to the study of basic Sciences, IIT Guwahati offers for the first time in the Computer programming and Communication country a four-year undergraduate program in skills etc. at first year level, the course of other Design leading to B.Des. degree. This three years includes an in-depth study of both integrated design programme focuses on theory and practical aspects of various subjects enhancing analytical and methodical like – Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical approaches in creative problem solving Technology, Pharmaceutical Engineering, covering the fields of Industrial Design – which Pharmacokinetics, Pharmaceutical includes products and product systems, and Management, Microbiology, and Communication Design – which includes all Biotechnology, Pharmaceutical and Medicinal written, symbolic and visual information and Chemistry, Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, materials. Pharmacognosy and Tissue Culture, The curriculum covers the subject domains Pharmacology, and analysis/Assay of Drugs and influencing Design, including Technology, Pharmaceuticals, etc. Educational Tour, Human Factors Engineering, Aesthetics and Training in Pharmaceutical Industry, Seminars Social Sciences. and Projects are also part of the curriculum. The industrial designer is concerned with the Considering the fact that India is the fifth design and innovation of new products through largest country in the world in terms of an maximum consumption of pharmaceutical understanding of how people use products, products, the pharmacy qualified professionals how industry manufactures them, and with have tremendous opportunities to get jobs as their appearance, functionality, usability and managers and Executives in rapidly growing safety. Bulk Drug and Pharmaceutical(more than 15 % Designers are trained to work in the areas of annual growth worldwide every year), Graphic Design, Information Design, New Biotechnological, Herbal, Neutraceutical, Media, Interaction Design, Instruction Design, Cosmetic, Fast Moving, Consumer Exhibition Design, etc. Goods(FMCG) and pharmacy need based In the emerging competitive business Software Industries. Pharmacy Graduates and environment, this new profession offers Postgraduates, also get employed in Analytical tremendous opportunities for professional Testing Services Laboratories, Drug Control work in various industries in the country and Administration(as Drug Controller/Assistant abroad. This program is recommended for Drug Controller/ Drug Inspector), Drugs and candidates with flair for creative work and Formulations Development and research & possessing aesthetics sensibilities. Development Laboratories of CSIR as well as During the first year of the four-year B.Des. privately funded Laboratories, Hospitals (As Programme, the students develop their Clinical and Community Pharmacy Services), visualization and conceptualization skills and Drug Distribution through wholesale and retail master the basics of design and model building. chains of Pharmacy stores, Entrepreneurship in In the next two years, the program focuses on pharmacy and also in research and Teaching in user-centric considerations in design where Universities and Institutes offering such they further develop their knowledge of the courses worldwide. The competent, skilled and various aspects of technology, materials, knowledgeable pharmacy qualified graduates human factors, and methods of problem and postgraduates can get the above jobs not solving. Computer application in design is an only in India but also abroad, (USA, Europe and important thrust area in the program. Various other developed and developing countries). projects that are undertaken by student provide hands-on experience of ‘learning by doing’. During the final year, students 3.4 FOUR-YEAR B. DES. COURSE undertake courses in the professional practice and management of design, alongside a major

71 design project. To give them real life develop one’s creative talents and artistic skills, experience of working in a professional as well as hone one’s analytical aptitude for environment, the students are encouraged to building science and technological innovation. take projects that meet requirements of The role and importance of an architect in industry or design firms. At the end of every society has been acknowledged since time academic year they are encouraged to immemorial, and assumes special significance undertake industrial training at different in today’s world when buildings and spaces industries and design firms. serve complex and diverse functions and need Design Graduates today have ample expert monitoring and coordination during opportunities to work amongst leading planning and construction. industries that have their own design Architectural education equips a student with departments or to pursue higher studies in the basic design and visual arts skills, as well as a fields of Design, Usability, Human Factors and thorough knowledge of building materials, Design Management. Product designers are methods of construction, structural principles placed in design departments amongst the and innovations and other related leading companies that technological aspects of building (like air include automobile manufactures, the conditioning, acoustics, illumination and computer industry, the furniture industry, and intelligent systems). The student is also consumer product industries. In the field of exposed to hard-core construction issues such Communication Design, opportunities exist for as construction project management, designers to work in IT related areas of web professional practices, specification, estimation design, information design, interaction design, and arbitration. There is a strong emphasis on and also in Consulting Design Firms engaged in practical training, whereby the student works the areas of packaging design, corporate as a professional apprentice in an established identity design, exhibition design and print architectural firm for almost the entire ninth media design. semester. The final semester consists of a A majority of students who have graduated complete real-life architectural project handled from the program in the previous years have single-handedly by the student which is a true opted for higher simulation of entire scope of works, studies in design in leading universities abroad responsibilities and liabilities of a practicing while the others have joined leading Indian architect. On completion of five years of industries. education, the Council of Architecture (India) The importance of the profession got offers a professional license to the architect for recognition in the country when Corporate independent practice in the profession. India instituted the first national design award, The professional opportunities for a graduate ‘Business World-NID Award for Design architect are diverse. Apart from the option of Excellence’ in June 2004. independent practice or expert consultancy, an architect 3.5 FIVE-YEAR B. ARCH. COURSE may gain employment in professional consulting or construction firms, private, public ARCHITECTURE or government organizations, as well as pursue (Codes : G5101, R5101) higher research and teaching careers. The An Architect is a professional who designs avenues of higher studies and research open to buildings and built environments, and acts as a graduate architect are also wide ranging. The the leading coordinator for the entire related research areas include urban design, construction project from conception to interior design, landscape design, industrial completion. Architecture is the “art and product design, city and regional planning, science of building” – hence an Architect’s transportation planning, environmental education needs to be a perfect balance planning, heritage and conservation studies, between art, science and technology. As an sociological aspects of the human-built architecture student, one is encouraged to environment interface, digital art and visual

72 communication, and computer applications programme. Third year onwards electives for (design software programming, decision dual degree students will be in the area of their support systems and artificial intelligence). M.Tech. specialization.Project work will start in Candidates desirous of joining the B.Arch. summer of 4th year and extend through the course (Codes: G5101 and R5101) will be 5th year (14 months). required to qualify in an Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT-2012), as given in section 1.9 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING (Page-4). Syllabus for the Architecture Aptitude (Codes : G5201, M5201) Test is given below: Aerospace engineers are concerned with the Freehand drawing: Simple drawing depicting design, analysis, construction, testing and the total object in its right form and operation of flight vehicles. The basic courses proportion, surface texture, relative location are based on the fundamentals of Fluid and details of its component parts in Dynamics, Materials Science, Structural appropriate scale. Common domestic or Analysis and Development of Computer day-to-day life usable objects like furniture, Software. The M.Tech. programme has equipment, etc., from memory. Geometrical common core in the areas of Aerodynamics, drawing: Exercises in geometrical drawing Aerospace Technology, Design, Propulsion and containing lines, angles, triangles, Structures. A number of electives are available quadrilaterals, polygons, circles etc. Study of for specialization in areas related to Aerospace plan (top view), elevation (front or side views) Engineering. Project work of fourteen months of simple solid objects like prisms, cones, duration will be in one of the areas of Design, cylinders, cubes, splayed surface holders etc. Analysis and Control of modern aircrafts, space Three-dimensional perception: Understanding vehicles, engines and flight machines. Modern and appreciation of three-dimensional forms experimental facilities are available for project with building elements, colour, volume and work. orientation. Visualization through structuring objects in memory. Imagination and aesthetic AEROSPACE ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN sensitivity: Composition exercise with given APPLIED MECHANICS WITH SPECIALIZATIONS elements. Context mapping. Creativity check IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING through innovative uncommon test with (Code : M5202) familiar objects. Sense of colour grouping or As we head into the new millennium, the application. Architectural awareness: General ability to gather and apply new scientific interest and awareness of famous architectural knowledge from diverse areas will constitute creations - both national and international, skills critical for the students. With this places and personalities (architects, designers foresight, and by virtue of its interdisciplinary etc.) in the related domain. composition, the Department of Applied Mechanics, IIT Madras, has introduced a 3.6 FIVE-YEAR M.TECH. DUAL DEGREE unique interdisciplinary Dual Degree COURSES programme with various Departments. The program with Aerospace Department is In addition to the 4-year B.Tech. degree expected to cater to the exponential demand programmes, some dual degree (B.Tech. & of biomedical engineers in Indian and M.Tech.) programmes are also available. The International aerospace industries. salient features of the dual degree At the end of successful completion of 5 years, programmes are: the student will be offered a B.Tech degree in Two degrees (B.Tech. & M.Tech.) will be given Aerospace Engineering and an M.Tech. degree at the end of 5 years, but the requirements for in Applied Mechanics with specialization in B.Tech. degree will not be completed at the Biomedical Engineering. With basic knowledge th end of the 4 year. in Aerospace Engineering and a specialized Up to second year, the courses will be common knowledge in the area of biomedical with the corresponding 4-year B.Tech. instrumentation, biomechanics, quantitative

73 physiology and biomedical imaging would automation of farm machines and provide a unique set of skills and the students operations for precision agriculture with can take challenging tasks in interdisciplinary emphasis on ergonomics, safety and health. areas. The course in Land and Water Resources The Department of Applied Mechanics has Engineering emphasizes on the interaction of been offering M.Tech. degree for the last 40 land and water systems along with changing years. Students from various Engineering climate conditions in agricultural production colleges with background in Aerospace and imparts knowledge and skills necessary for Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical the proper development and management of Engineering, Naval Architecture and Electrical land and water resources for agriculture. Engineering are admitted to the programme. Students are trained on the fundamentals of Due to the interdisciplinary character of the surface and subsurface hydrology in general Applied Mechanics Department, the student with a focus on sustainable land and water who graduates with the M.Tech. degree in resources planning and management, including Applied Mechanics are much sought after in conjunctive use of surface and groundwater, core jobs by organizations like GE, Philips, management of waterlogging and salinisation Siemens, Johnson and Johnson, IBM, GM, TATA in canal commands, integrated water resources etc. A similar trend is also expected for the management as well as climatic and graduates from the Dual Degree programme of socio-economic impacts on water resources. Applied Mechanics. Applied Mechanics In-depth knowledge of modern tools and department also provides an excellent techniques such as Simulation and environment that nurtures the students who Optimization Modeling, Remote Sensing (RS), wish to pursue a research career. Geographic Information System (GIS) and Emerging Soft-Computing Techniques, together AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD ENGINEERING with their application to land and water WITH M.TECH. IN ANY OF THE LISTED resources (both quantity and quality) SPECIALIZATIONS management is provided. (Code : G5203) The course inFood Process Engineeringis a The department offers five specializations balanced amalgamation of fundamental and under the Dual Degree programme. A applied sciences and engineering aspects of comprehensive coverage of all essential processing of food and perishables. It aims at aspects of Agricultural &Food Engineering imparting training to students for will be provided in the first three years. A meetingthe technological demands of dual degree student has the flexibility to opt various food industries dealing with for anyone of the following M.Tech. processing of dairy and food products specializations based on his/her own choice inclusive of beverages, cereals, pulses, oil and performance at the end of the third seeds, fruits, vegetables, and plantation year: crops. Advanced knowledge in mechanical, (i) Farm Machinery and Power thermal and mass transfer operations along (ii)Land and Water Resources Engineering with novel and advanced techniques are (iii) Food Process Engineering given major emphasis in the curricula (iv) Aquacultural Engineering through incorporation of compulsory and (v) Agricultural Systems and Management elective subjects like Food Process The course in Farm Machinery and Power Modelling, Food Plant and Equipment aims at developing and disseminating Design, Food Packaging and Handling, Grain engineering knowledge and skills for the Storage Principles, Non-thermal Preservation mechanization of farm operations, of Foods, Instrumentation and Control in utilization of farm power and alternative Food Industry, Computer Programming etc. energy resources in sustainable agricultural The course in Aquacultural Engineering aims production and environmental at imparting knowledge and skills for the management. It also focuses on design and development of aquaculturalfacilities and

74 production of fish by applying the BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND engineering principles and practices to BIOTECHNOLOGY aquaculture. To meet the demand of (Code : D5205) fisheries and several other organizations The course as offered by IIT Delhi is designed to dealing with the engineering aspects of provide the students a balanced education in aquaculture, the students are trained in various science and engineering subjects that fishery biology, open channel hydraulics and covers a wide range of disciplines. It relies coastal engineering, planning and design of heavily on bioprocess engineering, chemical aqua cultural projects,aquacultural facilities engineering and downstream processing. Due and equipment, aquacultural systems emphasis is given to biochemistry, analysis, fish processing and fishing crafts microbiology, molecular biology and genetic and gears. engineering. The main objective of the The course in Agricultural Systems and programme is to equip the students with the Management aims at imparting knowledge capability of innovation, analysis, design and and technical know-how for augmenting and optimal operation of the processes in which sustaining agricultural productivity in the biochemical catalysis has a fundamental and perspectives of limiting resources, degrading irreplaceable role. environment, and increasing demand for Main features of this programme include the agricultural produce by applying the study of biological sciences with a unified cell principles and practices of the systems concept in a approach to agricultural arrangement. The quantitative manner-a shift in the learning programme has an optimum mix of concepts of chemical engineering from classical agricultural science, engineering and unit operations to transport phenomena. management courses with built-in flexibility Practice School (optional) in the last semester through a large number of elective subjects. is designed to develop student’s ability to apply the knowledge of biochemical engineering to BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN the problems of industry that would accelerate BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING AND one’s professional development. Projects may BIOTECHNOLOGY include solution of various problems (Code : V5204) concerning sterility, bioreactor productivity, The dual degree course in Biochemical recombinant cell’s stability, wastewater Engineering emphasizes mainly on the treatment, etc. Solution of such problems may emerging input to engineering aspects of result in emergence of alternate designs and biotechnology. It relies heavily on Enzyme integration of technology. Engineering, Bioreactor Design, Chemical The broad based education and integrated Engineering, Down Stream Processing and study of the biological sciences with Bioseparation Engineering. Due importance is engineering arts and sciences prepare the given to Microbiology, Biochemistry, Molecular students for variety professional careers like Biology, Genetic Engineering and Planning, production and management of Microbial/Plant/Animal Biotechnology. The bioprocess industries such as foods, importance will also be given to new areas viz. pharmaceuticals, organic chemicals and Bioinformatics, Immunology, Nano- pollution control; industrial R&D; Academic biotechnology, IPR in biotechnology and the research in applied biological sciences and like. biochemical engineering; Science and The main objective of the programme is to technology planning. generate new brand of students with the knowledge of both biology and engineering BIOENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN who can deal with the problems related to the BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY biotechnological industries, R&D organizations (Code : V5206) and they may also be outstanding input to the The dual degree programme aims at academic institutions. integrating the engineering principles and

75 technology to analyze and solve biological and areas such as bioprocess engineering, medical problems. The course also bridges the biomedical engineering, biomolecular gap between the Biomedical Sciences and engineering and computational biology. This Engineering & Technology. The program is will allow the students to have a wider designed to nurture the students’ inherent appreciation of the biology-engineering curiosity and to provide them strong scientific interface and allow them to evolve and technical base, to develop skills to upgrade interdisciplinary approaches to problem and apply their knowledge to serve the ever solving, research and technology development. expanding requirement of Bioengineers and In addition to core theory and practical Biomedical Technologists in Industry, Hospitals courses, a basket of elective courses will be and R&D organizations. offered in bioprocess engineering, biomedical The students admitted to the dual degree engineering and computational biology. The programme, will get theoretical and practical curriculum also aims to impart a more training in the subjects like Basic Sciences, research-based training than what is available Computer Applications, Engineering Drawing, in traditional M.Tech. Biotechnology Biology with special emphasis on Human programmes. Each student will undertake an Anatomy/ Physiology, Microbiology, extensive research project spread over the last Biochemistry, Electronic Devices and Circuits, three semesters of the curriculum. The Microcontroller and Microprocessor, Polymer programme will also allow the students Technology, Biomaterials, Composite and sufficient time and courses to familiarize Nanomaterials, Biomechanics, Control themselves with different areas of the Biomedical Instrumentation. The students will biology-engineering interface before be also exposed to the research environment embarking on a specialization. It will open-up through the project and different avenues for taking up doctoral-level dissertation work in the frontier areas of research; and also expands the scope of the Bioengineering & Biomedical Technology. industry-job market. The students graduating from this dual degree programme will be BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING well-positioned to take up academic research (Code : M5207) at Ph.D. level, or explore the job market in The Department of Biotechnology at IIT bioprocess industries. The programme trains Madras has a large faculty body having students to be employed as process engineers expertise in diverse areas such as bioprocess and R&D scientists in industries. engineering, chemical biology, computational Biology at school level is not a prerequisite for biology, cellular & molecular biology and admission to this programme. structural biology. The Dual Degree B.Tech. & M.Tech. course on BIOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOCHEMICAL Biological Engineering brings together ENGINEERING engineering principles and molecular life (Code : G5208) sciences to develop and operate biology-based This course is an extension of the 4-year technologies in diversified fields such as B.Tech. Programme. The course gives special energy, environment, bioprocesses, emphasis on professional subjects, such as biomaterials, diagnostics, biopharmaceuticals Recombinant DNA Technology, and food processing. Hence, the curriculum in Immunotechnology, Immobilization biological engineering is designed to be a Technology, Biotechnology of Plant broad-based one. The programme will impart Metabolites, Bioseparation, Bioprocess Plant knowledge on different areas of the and Equipment Design, etc., in addition to the biology-engineering interface. It emphasizes subjects covered in 4year B.Tech. programme. core courses in basic sciences, biological It also includes special laboratory classes in the sciences and provides a solid foundation in above areas. application of engineering principles to The Courses offered in the 5th year instill biological systems, through courses in different confidence and competence in areas of

76 recombinant therapeutics, diagnostics, Bio CIVIL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN APPLIED processed food, new generation drug MECHANICS IN ANY OF THE LISTED development etc. The project work enables SPECIALIZATION hand-on exposure and research planning (Code : M5212) necessary for a modern bio-industries or As we head into the new millennium, the related R&D. ability to gather and apply new scientific knowledge from diverse areas will constitute CERAMIC ENGINEERING skills critical for the students. With this (Code : V5209) foresight and by virtue of interdisciplinary The theory and practical subjects for Four-Year nature, the Department of Applied Mechanics, B.Tech. Program and Five-Year B.Tech.-M.Tech. IIT Madras, has introduced a unique dual degree program in Ceramic Engineering interdisciplinary Dual Degree programme with are identical up to the 3rd year. It lays down various Departments. the foundation of knowledge for processing, At the end of successful completion of 5 years, manufacturing and characterization of whole the student will be offered a B.Tech degree in range of ceramic materials and products. Civil Engineering and an M.Tech. degree in During 4th and 5th years of the dual degree Applied Mechanics. As of now the Civil programme, the candidates will have option of Engineering students are expected to specialize selecting elective courses in the specialized in Applied Mechanics in the area of Solid branches of Ceramic Engineering as well as the Mechanics / Fluid Mechanics / Biomedical topic of the Post graduate dissertation work. Engineering. Based on the students’ choice and These specialized areas are pottery, porcelain performance records as well as availability of and heavy clay ware, cement technology, seats for each of the specializations, the refractory technology, glass and glass ceramic students can choose the M.Tech. specialization technology, electronic ceramics, engineering at the end of 7th semester. ceramics, ceramic coatings, bio ceramics etc. Basic knowledge in Civil Engineering and The graduates with this dual degree will have specialized knowledge in the area of Solid potential for working in industrial Mechanics / Fluid Mechanics / Biomedical organizations. There will be ample Engineering would provide a unique opportunities for higher studies and combination and hence the students can take employment in Research and Development challenging tasks in interdisciplinary areas. The Organizations and Academic Institutions in Department of Applied Mechanics has been India and abroad. offering M.Tech. degree for the last 40 years. Students CHEMICAL ENGINEERING from various Engineering colleges with (Code : D5210, G5210, M5210) background in Aerospace Engineering, Civil The major thrust of this dual degree course in Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Naval Chemical Engineering at IIT Bombay, Delhi, Architecture and Electrical Engineering are Kanpur, Kharagpur, and Madras is to prepare admitted to the programme. Due to the an incumbent for advanced applications in interdisciplinary character of the Applied industry, R&D, and academics. The course Mechanics Department, the student who imparts advanced concepts in specialized areas graduates with the M.Tech. degree in Applied such as, computer-aided process engineering, Mechanics are much sought after in core jobs intelligent automation and control, advanced by organizations like GE, GM, TATA and also in separation processes, interfacial science, high software jobs such as TCS, Infosys, Cognizant temperature technology and combustion, etc. A similar trend is also expected for the multiphase systems, biosystems engineering, graduates from the Dual Degree programme of nanosciences etc. A student with this degree is Applied Mechanics. Applied Mechanics adequately equipped for taking up challenges department also provides an excellent in the newer areas in chemical engineering. environment that nurtures the students who wish to pursue a research career.

India and abroad, upon completion of this CIVIL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN programme. INFRASTRUCTURAL CIVIL ENGINEERING (Code : M5213) CIVIL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN Infrastructure is seen as one of the key drivers STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING for economic growth the world over. In India, a (Codes : V5214) large portion of the budget and a significant M.Tech. (Dual Degree Programme) in portion of the GDP (nearly 6%) is invested in Structural Engineering has been started due to the infrastructure sector today. In the next six its high demand in the market. With the basic years, India will be investing Rs. 3,20,000 knowledge of civil engineering and specialized crores for the development of infrastructure training in structural engineering, students will projects viz., roads, ports and harbours, have in-depth knowledge of materials of airports, pipe line etc. The boom in construction, numerical techniques and IT infrastructure investment has widened the gap applications to different types of problems between demand and supply of qualified and such as Structures under random excitation, trained graduate engineers specialized in the Fluid-structures under interaction, Shell area of Infrastructural Civil Engineering. structures, Composite structures, Engineers specialized in infrastructural Biomechanics, Reinforced concrete members, engineering are therefore in great demand and Bridge structures, and Restoration of they have a key role to play in planning, design, structures. The programme is well designed to construction, maintenance and asset choose either experimental or theoretical management of the various infrastructure investigations including applications of projects in the country in the years to come. computer in computer aided designs. The dual degree programme in Infrastructural After completing the programme, the students Civil Engineering at IIT Madras is an will feel confident both as a research scientist inter-disciplinary programme which provides and professional civil engineer. the students an opportunity to gain knowledge It is expected that the next 3-4 decades will see and expertise to plan, design and manage a massive boom in infrastructure in the various infrastructure projects. The students country. There is greater demand for Engineers will learn basics of Civil Engineering with with M.Tech. in Structural Engineering. The additional exposure to advanced topics in department has proposed a 5 year Integrated planning and design of infrastructure projects Dual Degree Programme leading to B. Tech. in in the areas of transportation engineering, Civil Engineering and M. Tech. in Structural water resources, environmental engineering Engineering. apart from construction, planning and management. In addition, the students will also CIVIL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN ANY OF be exposed to courses in finance and THE LISTED SPECIALIZATIONS management viz., infrastructure finance, (Codes : G5215, M5215) infrastructure planning and management. The The following specializations are available at students will be facilitated Dual Degree level. The students will be able to to take up internships with reputed national exercise options for specialization after and multinational infrastructure firms to obtain completing sixth semester. By then, they will hands on experience in infrastructure planning have a better perspective of the specializations and management. The current and future and will be in a position to make a right choice demand for infrastructure specialists is such depending on their performance and that students specialized in Infrastructural Civil preference of the subjects. Engineering programme are likely to be Building Technology and Construction presented with very lucrative and challenging Management (available only at IITM) job offers and also opportunities to pursue Environment Engineering (available only at higher education at reputed institutions in IITM)

Environmental Engineering and Management Networks, Design and Analysis of Algorithms, (available only at IITKgp) Automata and Formal language Theory, Geotechnical Engineering Artificial Intelligence emerging trends and its Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering applications in different fields. Structural Engineering The dual degree programme at IIT Madras Transportation Engineering prepare the students in all aspects of computer The programme is well designed to specialize a Science and Engineering with emphasis on civil engineering graduate in any of the above programming, Engineering aspects of the areas through experimental and theoretical design of Computers (both hardware and knowledge including applications of computer software) and applications, Computer aided design. Past experience shows that the Communications and Networking, aspects of students who have an in-depth knowledge are Information Technology, and Design of more capable and confident to take up the Computer based Control Systems. Advanced challenging assignments of a specialized electives are offered in all the above areas. professional civil engineer. Final project of fourteen months duration on a specific topic has to be carried out. COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING Both B.Tech. and M.Tech. degrees will be given (Codes : D5216, G5216, M5216, S5216,V5216) in Computer Science and Engineering. This course at IIT Bombay, Delhi, Kanpur, Madras, and IT, BHU is concerned with the ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING theoretical foundations of Computer Science, (Code : M5217) Programming, Engineering aspects of the The Dual Degree program in Electrical Design of Computers (both hardware and Engineering at IIT Madras has been structured software) and Application, Computer to make it highly flexible. During the first five Communication and Networking, Aspects of semesters a strong foundation is laid by Information Technology, and Design of courses such as Signals and Systems, Digital Computer based Control Systems. At the Signal Processing, Electrical Machines, M.Tech. level the areas of specialization are Electromagnetic Fields, Control Engineering, Computer Design, Software Engineering, VLSI Analog and Digital Circuits, Solid State Devices. Design, Expert Systems, Parallel Processing, etc. From the sixth semester onwards, courses and Sophisticated Computer Applications. from a basket of restricted electives enable a General electives are offered in all the above student to specialize in a particular area. For areas. Final project of fourteen months example, a student can specialize in duration will be on a problem of relevance to Communications and Signal Processing, Industry. Microelectronics and VLSI Design, Power The dual degree programme at IIT Delhi allows Systems and Power Electronics, or Photonics. It students to specialize in one or more areas of is also possible to take courses that span across their interest developed during the first three the above specializations, e.g., a student can years of the take courses in Microelectronics & VLSI and common undergraduate programme and delve also in Photonics. In addition to the Restricted deeper into concepts and ideas that are of Electives, a student can choose electives from interest to industry and academic research, an array of advanced courses in various culminating in a Master’s dissertation which specializations. The final year is largely devoted may be publishable, whose ideas may be to a high quality project, which has the patentable or even produce a product of potential to result in research publications, interest to industry. patents, and/or product design. The dual degree course at IIT Kharagpur aims A sample list of advanced level courses are: at providing strong foundation on different Probability Foundations for Signal Processing, aspects of Computer Science and Engineering Introduction to Wireless and Cellular with emphasis on Computer Architecture, Communication, Image Signal Processing, Compiler Design, Operating System, Computer Communication Networks, VLSI Technology,

Analog & Digital IC Design, Synthesis of Control for the graduates from the Dual Degree Systems, Robust and Optimal Control, Power programme of Applied Mechanics. Applied Converter Analysis and Design, High Voltage Mechanics department also provides an Technology, Introduction to Photonics, Optical excellent environment that nurtures the Engineering, Foundations of Optical students who wish to pursue a research career. Networking. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN COMMUNICATIONS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING APPLIED MECHANICS WITH SPECIALIZATION (Code : B5219) IN BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING Communication and signal processing is an (Code : M5218) area which has a tremendous impact on As we head into the new millennium, the day-to-day life. Cellular telephones, personal ability to gather and apply new scientific communication systems, and communication knowledge from diverse areas will constitute on the internet are examples. skills critical for the students. With this In this programme a student will take advance foresight, and by virtue of its interdisciplinary level courses like Computer Communication composition, the Department of Applied Networks, Telematics, Adaptive Signal Mechanics, IIT Madras, has introduced a Processing, Computer Vision, Fibre Optic unique interdisciplinary Dual Degree Communication, Artificial Neural Networks, programme with various Departments. The and Wavelets. Many of these courses will have programme with the Electrical Engineering an associated laboratory component. The Department is expected to provide biomedical students will also have an advanced level engineers for the rapidly growing health care project. sector both Nationally and Internationally. At the end of successful completion of 5 years, the student will be offered a B.Tech degree in ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN Electrical Engineering and an M.Tech. degree in MICROELECTRONICS Applied Mechanic with specialization in (Code : B5221) Biomedical Engineering. Basic knowledge in Microelectronics deals with the science and Electrical Engineering and specialized technology of making integrated circuits. In this knowledge in the areas of biomedical programme students get a good foundation in instrumentation, biofeedback control systems, basic electrical engineering and electronics and biomechanics, quantitative physiology and go on to advanced courses and laboratories in biomedical imaging would provide the student microelectronics. a unique combination and hence the students A sample of the courses offered are: Bipolar can take challenging tasks in interdisciplinary and MOS Devices, Integrated Circuit areas. Technology and Design, Computer Aided The Department of Applied Mechanics has Design of ICs, Modern Electronic Design, Digital been offering M.Tech. degree for the last 40 System Design, Device Characterization, Nano years. Students from various Engineering Devices, Device Simulation, Integrated Sensors colleges with background in Aerospace and Circuit Simulation. Many of these courses Engineering, Civil Engineering, Mechanical have an associated laboratory component. Engineering, Naval Architecture and Electrical Engineering are admitted to the programme. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN Due to the interdisciplinary character of the ANY OF THE LISTED SPECIALIZATIONS Applied Mechanics Department, students who (Code : G5222) graduate with the M.Tech. This integrated dual degree program offers degree in Applied Mechanics are much sought both the B.Tech.(Hons) and the M.Tech. after in core jobs by organizations like GE, degrees on successful completion at the end of Philips, Siemens, Johnson and Johnson, IBM, the 6th semester, based on students choice GM, TATA etc. A similar trend is also expected and performance records as well as availability

80 of seats for each of the disciplines. The and Microwave Engineering; Visual Information academic curriculum is the same as that of the Processing and Embedded Systems as the 4-year B.Tech. (Hons) programme in Electrical M.Techspecializations. The students are Engineering for the first six semesters. From required to undergo the core theory courses the 7th semester, the students begin to and the corresponding laboratory courses undertake postgraduate level courses in their pertaining to the specialization and opt for a respective areas of specialization. Considerable prescribed number of elective subjects in the flexibility exists in choosing electives. Project various emerging areas of their choice. The work begins at the B.Tech. level and gets students are also required to complete an carried over to the M.Tech. level. M.Tech dissertation in the firth year. The degree programme is designed to prepare a ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN student to undertake research, development, POWER ELECTRONICS teaching, or any other specialized professional (Codes : V5223) career. There has been tremendous growth during the last two decades in the area of Power ENERGY ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN Electronics and use of power electronic ENERGY SYSTEMS ENGINEERING converters in industrial and domestic (Code : B5226) applications. This dual degree programme The Department of Energy Science and addresses the important area of Electrical Engineering at lIT Bombay has designed this Engineering at the undergraduate level which Dual degree programme to provide specialist includes core subject in Electrical Engineering: engineers to meet the challenges of the energy Electrical Machines, Power Systems, Control sector with cross cutting analytical skills. The Systems, Instrumentation, Power Electronics, development of energy systems is constrained with the flexibility of choosing electives in by the depletion of fossil fuel, local communication, Digital Signal Processing, environmental impacts (for example adverse Artificial Intelligence. At the postgraduate level, health impacts) and the problem of global the course is focused in Power Electronics warming and associated climate change. Applications employing modern digital control Energy security concerns also dictate the tools including, fuzzy logic, ANN and expert search for alternative transport fuels to reduce systems control. the dependence on imported oil. There is This course covers applications in Modern significant need for engineering, design, Drive Systems, Flexible AC Transmission research and development inputs in building Systems, efficient conventional energy systems, cost HVDC, Active Power Filters, Switched Mode effective renewables, new energy sources and Power Supplies, UPS, etc. with projects, design, conversion devices. simulation and dissertation work. The course has been designed for the energy sector with courses related to mechanical ELECTRONICS AND ELECTRICAL engineering (thermodynamics, heat transfer, COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING WITH fluid mechanics), electrical engineering (power M.TECH. IN ANY OF THE LISTED electronics, electrical machines, power SPECIALIZATIONS systems) and chemical engineering (Code : G5225) (combustion, transport processes). In addition The degree programme provides a sound to this are the core energy courses (energy foundation in Electronics and Electrical management, renewable energy, nuclear Communication Engineering through its B.Tech energy, modeling, energy economics) providing curriculum, and it also offers M.Tech degree in the required background for analysing and any of the specializations pursued by the designing energy systems. The course has an department. Currently, the department energy innovation laboratory and an energy pursues Microelectronics and VLSI Design; design project apart from the Dual degree Telecommunication System Engineering; RF project. A variety of energy related electives

81 are available for the student to choose based encompass best design practices followed on their interests. world-over. Emphasis on creativity, efficient The energy sector provides tremendous use of materials, sensitivity to environment opportunities for analysis, design of energy and managerial skill development are some of efficient equipment and systems, innovative the aspects of the program. financing and project management, technology The curriculum focuses on the aspects of development and fundamental research. learning to learn and teaching of concepts Engineers with interdisciplinary skills and an through case studies especially in unstructured understanding of energy systems will be in design situations. demand in energy supply companies, energy The mission of the programme is to make IIT consulting and financing companies, energy Madras a Global centre of Excellence in equipment manufacturers, energy intensive Engineering Design. We manufacturing and process industries. The are looking at students with exceptional background provided in this course will equip abilities to provide leadership to the Indian students with the tools and techniques industry in the area of design and manufacture required to analyse and improve conventional of new products in the increasingly globalised energy systems and design the sustainable economy. energy systems of the future. There is significant scope for entrepreneurship and new ENGINEERING DESIGN WITH M.TECH. IN start-up companies in this area. Recent BIOMEDICAL DESIGN advances in nano-science and nanotechnology (Code : M5228) have already resulted in potential applications The course will be a dual degree program with for new materials in photovoltaics, hydrogen a B.Tech in Engineering Design and a M.Tech. energy storage, improved batteries, super in Biomedical Design. A medical equipment is capacitors, fuel cells and provide several any instrument, apparatus, or material that is opportunities for technology and system used in diagnosing, treating, and/or preventing development. diseases in humans. Medical devices constitute one of the fastest growing industries. German ENGINEERING DESIGN WITH M.TECH. IN medical devices industry is one of the largest AUTOMOTIVE ENGINEERING with an estimated 100,000 employees working (Code : M5227) in more than 500 companies. Lead by giants in Engineering Design is an exciting dual degree the field like Siemens, there are twenty or programme recently introduced at IIT Madras. more companies with a turnover of more than The programme consists of B.Tech. and 35 million Euros. An analysis of the costing of M.Tech. degrees in Engineering Design with a medical devices reveals that the highest post graduate specialization in Automotive component is the intellectual content and Engineering. Specializations in Robotics and development costs of the invention and the Biomedical Design may be offered actual product cost is very much less by subsequently and the students may have the comparison. option for switch over to these fields. The major objective of this course is to develop The objective of the programme is to produce biomedical designers who have the engineering graduates well versed in the background to design, manufacture, test and process of design. This involves designing market such products. The biomedical products to meet customer requirements, for instrumentation as the course is called in many the required quality standards, taking into Indian universities, is usually tuned towards account manufacturability, serviceability, maintenance of medical instrumentation and is reliability, human factors, efficiency of heavily biased towards electrical engineering. operation and economics. Though such courses are no doubt important, The programme represents a shift in emphasis there is a need to develop biomedical from analysis to skill sets appropriate for designers, who have an interdisciplinary design, development and prototyping and will background in mechanical design, controls,

82 mechatronics and manufacturing science. INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN Apart from this they should be well versed in INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING AND human anatomy and physiology, mechanics as MANAGEMENT applied to physiology and biology (there is a (Code : G5230) recent book titled “Cardiovascular Solid This dual degree course, offered by Mechanics”), biosensors, protocol and lITKharagpur, provides an in-depth procedures for animal models, signal background on various areas of Industrial processing and so on. In our opinion, no such Engineering during its B Tech phase. course which systematically builds a designer Thereafter, the students are exposed to the exists. integrative concepts of Industrial Engineering and Management by selecting electives from ENGINEERING PHYSICS WITH M.TECH. IN a list of advanced courses on Logistics and ENGINEERING PHYSICS WITH SPECIALIZATION supply chain Management,production IN NANOSCIENCE planning and control, systems modeling and (Code : B5229) analysis, intelligent manufacturing, financial The rapid shrinking sizes of artificially management and accounting, facility layout fabricated structures and devices into the and design, service operations management, nanometer range is leading to a whole new safety and risk management, six sigma world of nanostructured devices based on fundamentals and applications, applied quantum phenomena making use of various multivariate modelling, and others. During kind of electronic, optical, magnetic the course of study, the students need to superconducting and molecular materials. carry out project work for one full year that Many future applications in should ideally involve design and telecommunications, computing, information optimization of a real-life industrial problem. systems, biomaterials, and medicine will be based on research and development in MANUFACTURING SCIENCE AND nanoscale technologies. In this perspective, ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN INDUSTRIAL Nanophysics and technology in a wider sense ENGINEERING AND MANAGEMENT will be the focus of the proposed dual degree (Code : G5231) programme offered at the Department of This dual degree course is offered jointly by the Physics. Department of Mechanical Engineering and the The program targets students with deep Department of Industrial Engineering and interest in physics and the aptitude to apply it Management at IIT Kharagpur. The programme to technological issues, without regard to prepares the students to implement modern formal boundaries of science and technology. concepts of industrial and systems engineering The vibrant interdisciplinary atmosphere of the in manufacturing and service organizations. IITs provides a uniquely stimulating Initially, the programme provides an in-depth atmosphere for such an initiative. background in the area of Manufacturing The programme aims to promote advanced Sciences and Engineering with exposure to learning and applications with due emphasis on basic courses in Engineering Design and fundamentals. The graduating students should Thermal Sciences. Thereafter, the students are aim at careers in research and development in exposed to the tools and techniques of Universities, Research Organizations and Industrial Engineering and Management. The Industrial environments. Nanoscale Physics and programme focuses on the efficient design and Advanced Materials Physics are expected to be operation of production systems, and includes the future building blocks for Nanotechnology subjects in the areas of work systems design, and hence these uniquely trained students are production planning and inventory control, expected to find unlimited challenges and supply chain management, software opportunities to develop a rewarding R & D engineering/e-business, financial management career. and accounting, quality engineering, project management, advanced decision modeling,

83 and related elective courses. simulation. During This is a new programme which replaces and the course of study, the students need to carry upgrades five-year integrated M.Tech. in out project work for one full year that should Mathematics and Computer Applications. The ideally involve design and optimization of a objectives of the programme are to train real-life industrial problem. students to handle problems in industries and government organizations through the MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY combined use of mathematical and computer (Code : V5232) techniques. The programme imparts the The last few decades have witnessed large necessary knowledge of numerical and scale technological applications of a plethora of computational techniques, various topics in novel and complex materials ranging from computer science, mathematical modeling, ceramics to polymers and their composites. simulation, probabilistic and statistical tools Several of these materials possess functional and trains them to develop their own and intelligent characteristics making them computer software for several applications useful for designing smart devices and which they may come across in their structures. The emergence of biomaterials, professional career. Some of the typical high temperature superconductors, carbon courses in the programme are computer cluster compounds, and nanomaterials has architecture, computer graphics, image further extended the horizons of the field of processing, DBMS, programming languages, Materials Science and Technology. The subject theory of automata, parallel algorithms, areas of Materials Science and Technology has optimization methods and applications, become truly interdisciplinary in nature. The statistical methods and algorithms, neural more familiar an engineer or technologist is computing, fuzzy sets and applications, with the structure, properties and processing scientific visualization, etc. of these advanced materials, the more proficient and confident he/she would be in MECHANICAL ENGINEERING making a judicious selection of materials or (Code : V5233) even in designing a new material with desired A comprehensive coverage of all aspects of characteristics for particular application. Mechanical Engineering will be provided in the Keeping in view the ever expanding first three years of this dual degree course. requirement of the Materials Technology Subsequently, students will specialize in one of Industry and R & D organizations, a dual degree the following four streams, Solid Mechanics 5 year programme leading to B.Tech. and and Design, Fluid and Thermal Sciences, M.Tech. degrees at the end of the course has Manufacturing Sciences, and Robotics. The been launched at IT, BHU. The courses are so area of specialization is allocated at the end of designed that the students develop a the third year on the basis of availability of comprehensive understanding of the structure, seats and the preference and performance of properties, processing and applications of the students. Both B.Tech. and M.Tech. various advanced technology materials and at degrees will be awarded in Mechanical the same time also acquire specialized skills Engineering. and understanding in selected areas of materials technology through the various MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN electives. The dissertation work starting from COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN AND the summer semester of the fourth year AUTOMATION through the fifth year will provide the students (Code : B5234) to develop a flavour of research in frontier Designing machines is one of the principal areas of advanced materials in a stimulating activities of a mechanical engineer. Easy environment. availability of computers has added speed, accuracy and reliability and has made the MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING overall integration of design easier. CAD has (Code: D5254) become an important element in modern

84 industry to perfect design, optimize material electives of their choice in the area of Thermal utilization, minimize cost, reduce design cycle Engineering. time, and customize the activity. The courses are aimed to provide the This dual degree programme will focus on the specialized knowledge expected of a thermal fundamental issues of CAD and automation, engineer, and give the background necessary and their to do a project on a specialized topic in applications. It will cover computer-aided Thermal Engineering. stress and mechanical modeling, graphics, finite element and dynamic element packages, automatic and computer controls, microprocessors, robotics, etc. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN INTELLIGENT MANUFACTURING MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN (Code : M5237) COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING Intelligent Manufacturing under dual degree (CIM) programme will cover various related topics in (Code : B5235) addition to the basic mechanical engineering Computers have revolutionized manufacturing areas. Present day manufacturing requires activity by automating and integrating various precision, repeatability and quality to satisfy stages in product design and production. One the customer needs at an affordable cost. A can design, visualize, analyze and simulate thorough knowledge update on the these activities on a computer to create a computer-based technologies is needed to virtual manufacturing environment. achieve the above goal. With this in view, The objective of the programme is to cover in CAD/CAM, Advanced Material-removal depth the fundamentals of manufacturing Techniques, Microprocessors, Controllers, engineering with an emphasis on CIM. Backed Sensors for Intelligent Manufacturing Systems, up by the basic courses in Mechanical Networking Procedures, Expert Systems and Engineering the programme will provide Artificial Intelligence, Flexible Manufacturing special courses in the areas like Computer Systems, Mechatronics, Computer Aided Graphics, Computer Numerical Control, Quality Evaluation, Management Information Robotics, Database, Manufacturing Systems, etc. are the areas that will be covered Automation, etc. Special elective courses on under various courses in Intelligent Management, Computer Science, etc. will also Manufacturing. be available. The programme also envisages active interaction with industries in terms of MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN sponsored M.Tech. projects. PRODUCT DESIGN (Code : M5238) MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN This specialization is aimed at enabling the THERMAL ENGINEERING student to imbibe the essence of a holistic (Code : M5236) approach to the design of a product so that After studying the general mechanical there is integrity in form, function and use. The engineering courses in the first six semesters, courses cover Product Engineering, Design the students of this stream study courses and Synthesis, Design of Mechanical Systems, also do a two-semester project work on a Stress and Compliance in Machine Elements, specialized topic in thermal engineering. The Ergonomics and Aesthetics, Mechatronics, core courses during the M.Tech. study phase CAD/ CAM for Product Design, etc. The project include Applied Thermodynamics, Design and can be taken up in the following areas: Design Optimization of Energy Systems, and Development of Mechanisms, Incompressible Fluid Flow, Numerical Methods Machines/Mechanical Systems, New Products, in Thermal Engineering, Advanced Energy Development of CAD software for Equipment Conversion and Measurements in Thermal and System Design. Engineering. The students also pursue four

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN student has the option to specialize, through a ANY OF THE LISTED SPECIALIZATIONS large number of postgraduate electives, in the (Code : G5239) fields of design and development of advanced The Dual Degree courses of the Department metals and alloys for are designed to develop manpower with basic structural and functional applications, Process background in Mechanical Engineering with modeling and simulation, Nanoscience and specialized knowledge in any of the major nanotechnology, Phase transformations, specific areas of Mechanical Engineering. Deformation and fracture behavior of metals, Accordingly, the Department offers three Particulate technology, Solidification Dual Degree programmes which are as follows: Processing and Foundry Technology, Extractive . Mechanical Engineering with M.Tech. Metallurgy, Environmental degradation, in Manufacturing Science and Surface Engineering. Engineering This programme essentially covers the METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS relevant topics like CAD, CAM, Robotics, ENGINEERING Mechatronics, Flexible Manufacturing, to (Code : M5241) provide awareness of the state-ofthe-art Over the past decades, considerable efforts and future trends in manufacturing. have been devoted towards an integrated . Mechanical Engineering with M.Tech. understanding of the nature of processes in Thermal Science Engineering involved in extraction and refining downstream In this course the students are given an processing, evolution of micro and opportunity to specialize in one or more macrostructure, various evaluation and areas of thermal engineering with special characterization techniques of materials. A emphasis on computational fluid dynamics, process engineer should not only have a sound simulation, modelling and optimisation of understanding of the scientific principles of complex thermal systems. metallurgy, but should also have sufficient . Mechanical Engineering with M.Tech. expertise in engineering areas like heat and in Mechanical Systems Design mass transfer, equipment and process design, The course encompasses all the basic subjects plant engineering, instrumentation and process of Mechanical engineering and specialized control, etc. subjects on solid mechanics, machine The present-day competitive environment vibrations, design optimisation, fluid power demands modern metallurgical plants to control and material handling equipment operate at high levels of productivity and needed to become an efficient professional in efficiency. The course is designed to produce the specialization of mechanical system design. engineers having an integrated understanding, Some of the subject areas are vibration and who can contribute to process optimization noise control, modelling and simulation of and control, and design and development. dynamics systems, dynamics & control of There are ample job opportunities for robots, machine tools & other complex graduates with specialization in the areas of mechanical systems, dynamics & control of production, design, development and research. smart structures, composite materials, signal processing, mechatronics, rotor dynamics and METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS machinery condition monitoring. ENGINEERING WITH M. TECH. IN METALLURGICAL AND MATERIALS METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING ENGINEERING (Code : V5240) (Code : G5243) It is a five year program with first three years of It is a five-year programme with the first three studies common with B.Tech. programme. and half years of studies common with the Major emphasis of the remaining period will be B.Tech. programme. Major emphasis of the on training in advanced areas through remaining period will be on education in specialization and independent research. The advanced areas through specialization courses

86 and research. The student has the option to specialization is expected to provide exciting specialize, through a large number of career opportunities. postgraduate electives, in the fields of Design and development of advanced materials for structural and functional applications, Process modeling and simulation, Nanoscience and METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING AND nanotechnology, Phase transformation in MATERIALS SCIENCE WITH M.TECH. IN materials, Deformation and fracture behaviour METALLURGICAL PROCESS ENGINEERING of materials, Particulate technology, (Code : B5245) Solidification processing and foundry Over the past decades, considerable efforts technology, Extractive metallurgy, have been devoted towards an integrated Environmental degradation of materials, and understanding of the nature of processes Surface Engineering. involved in extraction and refining downstream processing, evolution of micro and METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING AND macrostructure, various evaluation and MATERIALS SCIENCE WITH M.TECH. IN characterization techniques of materials. A CERAMICS AND COMPOSITES process engineer should not only have a sound (Code : B5244) understanding of the scientific principles of The introduction of new technologies has metallurgy, but should also have sufficient always depended to a large extent on the expertise in engineering areas like heat and availability of newer, inexpensive and better mass transfer, equipment and process design, materials. The development of new materials plant engineering, instrumentation and process has resulted in a revolution in areas such as control, etc. information technologies, telecommunications, The present-day competitive environment microelectronics, lasers, fibre optics, demands modern metallurgical plants to biotechnology, etc. Continuous development of operate at high levels of productivity and advanced ceramics and composites with novel efficiency. The course is designed to produce and unique characteristics has clearly engineers having an integrated understanding, necessitated having a specialization in this who can contribute to process optimization area. and control, and design and development. The metallurgical and materials engineer of There are ample job opportunities for 21st century will need a thorough knowledge graduates with specialization in the areas of of the fundamentals of materials science in production, design, development and research. order to be able to participate in research, development, design and production of MINERAL ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN advanced materials. The objective of the MINERAL ENGINEERING specialization is an in-depth coverage of (Code : S5246) Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Transport The M.Tech. Programme in Mineral Phenomena, Mechanical Behaviour of Engineering will have a few specialized subjects Materials, Phase Transformations and a from IX semester onwards such as processing thorough treatment of topics such as Ceramics of industrial minerals, iron and steel making, Processing, Electronic and Magnetic Ceramics, processing plant processes, refractory Semiconducting and Superconducting materials and furnaces, waste processing and Materials, Structure and Properties of utilization etc. with sufficient number of Engineering Polymers, Composite Materials electives as per the students’ choice. The X and Glasses, and Glass-based Products. semester has been made available exclusively Substantial exposure to design and selection of for projects such that students can take up materials is envisaged. industry oriented challenging and real life With rapid growth of Ceramics, Polymers and problems. The course curriculum ensures that Composites as structural materials, this all advances and practical aspects of Mineral Engineering are covered.

In addition to the core courses on Safety MINING ENGINEERING/MINING ENGINEERING Systems in Engineering, Rescue and Disaster WITH M.TECH. IN MINING ENGINEERING Management, Legislation and Environmental (Codes : G5247, V5247, S5247) Laws, this course provides opportunity to the This five-year dual degree course as offered by students to acquire knowledge in emerging IIT Kharagpur lays greater emphasis on fields such as Human Factors Engineering, acquiring deeper knowledge, widens the scope Geo-Technical Earthquake Engineering, of understanding of interdisciplinary subjects Reliability and Quality Engineering, Application such as economics, management and advanced of Remote Sensing, GIS, GPS, Virtual Reality treatment of undergraduate subjects and on and Artificial Intelligence, Injury Epidemiology design and problem solving using and Natural Hazards Mitigation. computational techniques. The students would The multi-disciplinary nature of the course be able to enjoy wider choice of electives. The enables the students to undertake their project extensive project work provides opportunity work and vocation in various mining, oil and for the students to analyze, to synthesize, and natural gas industries, and national and to creatively apply fundamental engineering international organizations with which the principles to new problems and make useful Department is interacting through sponsored and original contributions to this branch of research and academic collaborations. engineering. The dual degree programme at IIT(BHU) NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND OCEAN Varanasi and ISM Dhanbad has a multi-faceted ENGINEERING orientation with blend of core mining (Code : M5249) engineering subjects, professional courses and The discipline of Ocean Engineering and Naval allied courses relevant to the mining engineers Architecture is one of the oldest of the IIT in present global scenario. The mining System. It started in 1952. Ocean Engineering engineers are concerned with mine planning, provides solutions to basic needs of the society design, exploitation and processing of ore/coal. by exploration and exploitation of the Salient course structure gives coverage on the resources from the ocean : mineral oil from fundamentals of basic science and engineering, offshore oil fields, high protein food (fish of mining geology, mine surveying, mine various varieties and see weeds), minerals e.g. development, mine ventilation, rock cobalt, nickel etc. and energy (thermal, wind mechanics, underground and surface coal & and tidal waves). The subject of Ocean metal mining methods, environmental Engineering is concerned with various management, mining methods, mining industrial activities of design, construction, machinery, mineral processing and other allied building, transportations, installation and subjects. This maintenance at site of the marine structure course will be followed by PG seminar and floating or fixed at a place. Naval Architecture research-based dissertation work. is a major branch of Engineering, which deals with design, classification approval, MINING SAFETY ENGINEERING construction and maintenance of merchant (Code : G5248) ships, defense ships and other floating or Considering the importance of occupational submerged moveable vehicles. The discipline health and safety, The Department of Mining of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture is Engineering has introduced this Dual Degree unique and balanced blend of different course with B.Tech, (Honors) in Mining engineering, management and science streams Engineering. First of its kind in India, this which gives it a unique characteristic. The course prepares the students with in-depth curriculum includes subjects dealing with knowledge and hands on training in various Marine Hydrodynamics, Wave Mechanics, Solid aspects of the present and emerging fields of Mechanics, Computational Methods in Marine Safety Engineering and Disaster management. Hydrodynamic and Structural Mechanics, Structural Vibration, Computer Aided Design

88 and Manufacture, Design of Ships and Marine Engineering colleges with background in Structures, Coastal Engineering, Coastal Zone Aerospace Engineering, Civil Engineering, Management, Port and Harbour Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Naval Architecture Green Technology, etc. and Electrical Engineering are admitted to the The employers of Ocean Engineering and Naval programme. Due to the interdisciplinary Architecture Graduates (B.Tech) and character of the Applied Mechanics postgraduates (Dual Degree M.Tech and 2 year Department, the student who graduates with M.Tech) are shipbuilding and repair yards, the M.Tech. degree in Applied Mechanics are classification societies, offshore industries, much sought after in core jobs by organizations shipping companies, statutory bodies of like GE, GM, TATA and also in software Central Government and State Government companies such as TCS, Infosys, Cognizant etc. Ministries, consulting firms, ministry of A similar trend is also expected for the Defense and Home Ministry, software graduates from the Dual Degree programme of industries, engineering and economic data Applied Mechanics. Applied Mechanics analysis firms, research organizations, department also provides an excellent academic institutions and many more. environment that nurtures the students who wish to pursue a research career. NAVAL ARCHITECTURE AND OCEAN ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN APPLIED OCEAN ENGINEERING AND NAVAL MECHANICS IN ANY OF THE LISTED ARCHITECTURE SPECIALIZATIONS (Code : G5251) (Code : M5250) Ocean Engineering in its broadest sense is As we head into the new millennium, the concerned with all engineering systems in the ability to gather and apply new scientific ocean. This includes systems for exploration knowledge from diverse areas will constitute and exploitation of the vast oceanic resources skills critical for the students. With this such as offshore oil and gas, seabed minerals, foresight, and by virtue of its interdisciplinary biological resources like marine and sea food, composition, the Department of Applied etc. Ocean Engineering also involves systems Mechanics, IIT Madras, has introduced a that utilize the ocean for transportation and unique interdisciplinary Dual Degree recreational purpose like ships and marine programme with various Departments. vehicles of different variety, submarine and At the end of successful completion of 5 years, underwater vehicles, pleasure crafts, floating the student will be offered a B.Tech degree in resorts, etc. Yet another important component Naval Architecture and an M.Tech. degree in of ocean engineering is related to seacoasts Applied Mechanics. As of now, the Naval and its protection, and marine hazards and its Architecture Engineering students are mitigation through engineering solutions. In expected to specialize in Applied Mechanics in short, any system that uses the ocean, the area of Solid Mechanics (or) Fluid operates in the ocean or related to the ocean Mechanics. Based on the students’ choice, in some sense falls under the purview of an performance records as well as availability of Ocean Engineer. Naval Architecture, an seats for each of the specializations, the important branch of Ocean Engineering, deals students can choose the M.Tech. specialization primarily with ocean transportation systems at the end of the 7th semester. such as ships. Due to its historic importance, Basic knowledge in Naval Architecture with a Naval Architecture stands out as a separate specialized knowledge in the area of Solid entity, and a Naval Architect is primarily Mechanics (or) Fluid Mechanics provides a engaged in the process of ship design in the unique combination for the students to take widest sense of the word ‘design’. Ocean challenging tasks in interdisciplinary areas of Engineering and Naval Architecture mechanics. The Department of Applied encompasses subjects such as marine Mechanics has been offering M.Tech. degree hydrodynamics, water wave mechanics, design for the last 40 years. Students from various

89 of marine structures, structural mechanics superior performance and economic value, related to there has been renewed realization in Indian marine structures, marine construction and Industry for highly qualified analytical, welding, coastal engineering, etc. developmental and design engineering In the five years of this dual degree M.Tech. professionals. With an aim to fulfil this need, a course, the students can specialize in any of new interdisciplinary dual degree programme the broad area of Ocean Engineering and Naval is introduced at IIT Kharagpur with B.Tech. Architecture such as marine and ocean (Hons) in Engineering Product Design and hydrodynamics, marine structures, design and Manufacturing and M.Tech in Design and construction of marine vehicles etc. through Quality Engineering. The interdisciplinary project and specialized courses. The prolonged programme is offered in two verticals – period of project work provides an opportunity Mechanical Engineering and Industrial to the student to gain expertise in one of these Electronics by the departments of Mechanical broad areas. Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Employment opportunities of Ocean Engineers Industrial Engineering and Management and Naval Architects exist in various offshore (Coordinating Department). A student opting industry, shipbuilding and ship repairing yards, for this dual degree programme will be marine classification societies and other allocated one of the verticals based on his/her government regulatory bodies dealing with choice and his/ her cumulative grade-point marine systems, Navy and Coast Guard, coastal average at the end of first year. engineering companies, Naval Defense R&D, The programme will inculcate in students an environmental protection agencies for coastal enhanced awareness of Engineering Design, protection, etc. Being multidisciplinary in Manufacturing and Quality issues related nature, students from this program generally either to Mechanical Engineering Products receive a broad engineering background, and such Automotive Systems or to Electronic this helps finding employment in other allied Products such as Real-time Embedded Systems. engineering fields as well including The academic content of the program is management and IT industry. accordingly designed to expose the students to most major engineering aspects related to such PETROLEUM ENGINEERING WITH M.TECH. IN products including Product Modelling and PETROLEUM ENGINEERING Development, Design for Quality, (Code : S5252) Manufacturability and Assembly, and With the fast depletion of the natural engineering courses on mechanical/industrial resources and the simultaneous increase in electronics discipline. The programme includes demand of energy specially Petroleum and its six-month dedicated Internship in leading products, the need for a better resource organizations in product design and management has been felt and this is the development. present day requirement expected by the The programme is aimed at imparting its employers from petroleum engineers who can students the required skill sets, knowledge, manage optimally and economically the competence and sufficient hands-on petroleum asset available at their disposal. experience to successfully perform in careers By undergoing this programme students will that involve determining customer be in an advantageous position after they join requirements, conceiving the solution, any Petroleum Industry. Moreover job designing the product, maturing it to a opportunities will be manifold in diversified as prototype, optimizing its performance and well as in specialized fields. designing the process to manufacture it while QUALITY ENGINEERING DESIGN AND ensuring superior quality and cost MANUFACTURING competitiveness of the final product. (Code : G5253) In the background of globalization, with the MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING consumer and industrial products needing (Code : D5254)

The objectives of the programme are to train PRL, NPL, Defence Science, Telecom Service, students to handle problems in industries and Industries apart from teaching institutions. government organizations through the combined use of mathematical and computer GEOLOGICAL TECHNOLOGY techniques. The programme imparts the (Code : R5302) necessary knowledge of numerical and This course is intended to train the students in computational techniques, various topics in different aspects of the pure and applied computer science, mathematical modeling, aspects of Geology in an integrated manner. simulation, probabilistic and statistical tools The emphasis of the course will be on Applied and trains them to develop their own Geology. The main objective is to impart the computer software for several applications latest technological advancements in the filed which they may come across in their of Applied Geology. The training will focus on professional career. Some of the typical developing the capability to apply the courses in the programme are computer knowledge in the exploration of natural architecture, computer graphics, image resources. Following branches of Applied processing, DBMS, programming languages, Geology will be given special attention: theory of automata, parallel algorithms, Petroleum Exploration, Remote Sensing and optimization methods and applications, Geographic Information System, Ground Water statistical methods and algorithms, neural Exploration, Mineral Exploration, Engineering computing, fuzzy sets and applications, Geology, Natural Disaster Mitigation and scientific visualization, etc. Environmental Geology. A special feature of the course will be the training of the students in Geophysical Exploration and Well Logging. 3.7 FIVE-YEAR M.TECH. INTEGRATED COURSES Some new courses being introduced for the first time are: Brittle Tectonics, Fluid Inclusion, ENGINEERING PHYSICS Petroleum Prospect Evaluation, Environmental (Code : V5301) Geochemistry, Instrumentation in Geochemical The Five Year Integrated M.Tech. in Analysis and Cross Section Balancing. Engineering Physics will train young students in There has been a spurt of activity in the county the areas of Space Physics, Plasma Physics, and in Petroleum Exploration. A number of Fibre Optics. Courses in Solid State Physics, companies in the private sector as well as in Quantum Mechanics, Thermodynamics, public sector have been actively engaged in oil Statistical Mechanics, Materials Physics, MHD, exploration, both onshore and offshore. Applied Nuclear Science, and Remote sensing Besides, in the next decade it seems there will will be included. In addition the courses from be a tremendous growth in IT related other Engineering Departments e.g. Electronics geosciences Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer sector. India is well poised to become an Science & Engineering, Materials Science & international hub for global geological Technology will also be included. Thus the database generation, processing and training imparted to the students will be broad interpretation, and a centre for geoscientific based, employment-oriented and will cover the manpower outsourcing. The M.Tech. course frontline areas. aims to focus on all these aspects and gear up We are looking at students with exceptional to the challenges to provide adequate training abilities who will ultimately provide sustainable to the students. All this require a large competitive advantage to the Indian industry in resource of trained manpower. The five-year the area of design and manufacturing of new integrated M.Tech. programme, with its high products in the increasingly globalised level of quality training, will go a long way in economic environment in modern science and meeting the needs of trained geologists in the technology. Students will have employment future. opportunities with ISRO laboratories, VSSC,

GEOPHYSICAL TECHNOLOGY problems. Concurrently they will also be (Code : R5303) required to study basic chemical, electronics The Five year Integrated M.Tech. Programme and electrical engineering courses. In the third in Applied Geophysics is aimed at training the year, the students will take applied chemistry students in different aspects of Geophysical courses emphasizing different areas of Technology in an integrated manner. The Industrial Chemistry. Subsequently in the emphasis of the course will be on Applied fourth year, the students get basic inputs in Geophysics. The aim is to train the students in frontier areas of Chemistry such as Drug the latest technological advancements in the design, Bio and Chemi-informatics, Corrosion field of Applied Geophysics. The training will and Environmental sciences, High tech focus on developing the capability to acquire, materials etc. and will also be required to work process and interpret geophysical data. The for projects related to one of these areas. course will aim at training the students in Based on this, in the last two semesters of the seismology, petroleum geophysics, mineral programme, students will study elective exploration, groundwater exploration, courses and work for their M.Tech. geotechnical investigation, environmental Dissertations. Students of this programme geophysics and borehole geophysics. A special would thus have a broad training over different feature of the course will be the training of the related areas of modern Industrial Chemistry students in Geophysical Inversion, and while developing expertise in some areas of Geophysical Data Processing and their choice. Interpretation. Due to increase in the exploration activity in oil MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING sector, a number of companies in the public (Codes : S5305, V5305) and private sector have been actively engaged This is a new programme which replaces and in oil exploration, both onshore and offshore. upgrades five-year integrated M.Tech. in The activity in exploration is expected to Mathematics and Computer Applications. The intensify further resulting in increased demand objectives of the programme are to train of trained personnel. A number of other students to handle problems in industries and companies in the IT sector are also taking up government organizations through the work related to processing and interpretation combined use of mathematical and computer of Geophysical data, related mainly to oil techniques. The programme imparts the sector. All this require a large resource of necessary knowledge of numerical and trained manpower. The five-year integrated computational techniques, various topics in M.Tech. programme in Applied Geophysics, computer science, mathematical modeling, with its high level of quality training, will go a simulation, probabilistic and statistical tools long way in meeting the needs of trained and trains them to develop their own geophysicists in the future. computer software for several applications which they may come across in their INDUSTRIAL CHEMISTRY professional career. Some of the typical (Code : V5304) courses in the programme are computer Modern chemical industries make synergistic architecture, computer graphics, image use of chemistry, chemical technology, and processing, DBMS, programming languages, chemical information technology. This theory of automata, parallel algorithms, programme focuses on training students for optimization methods and applications, such national and international industrial statistical methods and algorithms, neural manpower requirements. Keeping this in view, computing, fuzzy sets and applications, in the first two years of the programme the scientific visualization, etc. students will study courses in graduate level Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and applications of computer and information technology to chemical and engineering

3.8 FIVE-YEAR B.TECH. AND MBA DUAL be innovative and willing to keep pace with the DEGREE COURSES technological developments. Present day process plants operate at a very high capacity MINERAL ENGINEERING WITH MBA and constantly endeavour to improve their (Code : S5401) production efficiency with minimal energy This course has been framed to imbibe the consumption while meeting the environmental managerial skill to the Mineral Engineering and industrial safety concerns. The operation graduates after acquiring their B.Tech in and management of such mega plants/ Mineral Engineering. From IX semester industries demands the best of the talents to onwards the courses pertaining to man them. The introduction of the elements of management studies such as Entrepreneurship system engineering, optimization, process management, Strategic management, synthesis and integration to minimize energy, Accounting for managers, Productivity and mass consumption, and effluent/ emission management, Human resource development, reduction, and operations management along Sales and distribution management, Personnel with the knowledge of financial and economic management and industrial relations with aspects and marketing strategies, in the sufficient number of electives, which students engineering curriculum will enhance an can opt. The X semester is essentially a project engineer’s versatility, innovative and based, but three important subjects like leadership skills and effectiveness in his career management of self in organization, Project profile. management and Marketing management are To facilitate the above process, a 5-year offered as theory subjects to further integrated dual degree programme offering B. strengthen their capabilities. Tech. (Process Engineering) and M.B.A. has been designed. This programme will run at the MINING ENGINEERING WITH MBA Saharanpur Campus of IIT Roorkee. The (Code : S5402) composite programme is an integration of the This five-year program leading to a B.Tech. in best in process system engineering and Mining Engineering and an MBA builds on the management. This composite programme will combined strengths of the Department of provide the students opportunities to imbibe in Mining Engineering and Department of them the knowledge and skills in the area of Management Studies of ISM. The program is basic chemical and bioprocess engineering and designed to groom future leaders in business process system engineering such as process and technology, equipping them with both synthesis, process integration, modeling and technical knowledge and managerial skills. To simulation, computer aided design, system succeed in technology and knowledge based analysis and control, environmental society, a thorough understanding of management, industrial safety, process and engineering and technology along with a sound plant optimization, energy management, and knowledge of management skills are essential. innovative management techniques including Thus, this program will offer management enterprise resource planning, operations education to selected mining engineering management, strategic management for students by extending their stay in ISM Campus financial resource conservation and market for an additional year which will be exclusively leadership. devoted to management subjects. At the The graduating students will have excellent successful completion of the program, the employment opportunities in corporates, and student will get B.Tech. degree in Mining industrial organizations, bioprocess / chemical Engineering as well as the degree of MBA. process industries, pharma companies and service/ infrastructural sector. The graduates PROCESS ENGINEERING WITH MBA may also opt for design and consultancy (Code : R5403) organizations as also for entrepreneurial In the present day globally competitive development. economic environment, the industry needs to

3.9 FIVE-YEAR INTEGRATED M.Sc. students to develop expertise in the study of COURSES minerals, rocks, fossils and ores. Students are imparted laboratory and field training (a total APPLIED GEOLOGY of 18 weeks of field work) under this program. (Code : G5501) Apart from disseminating information, The Earth System is continuously evolving emphasis is given to acquisition of basic tools through a series of complex dynamic processes. for quantification of processes. Modern Understanding and modeling these processes is courses on crust-mantle interaction, mountain a challenging, but also intrinsically exciting task. building processes, global climate changes, These complex processes interact with each basin analysis, low-temperature Geochemistry, other leading to the development of oceans, water-rock interaction, Isotope Geology and mountain belts, plateaus, flood plains, deserts mineralogical spectroscopy have been and various picturesque landscapes; more formulated to expose students to frontier areas importantly, they also result in local scale of research. enrichment of various metallic, non- metallic, The course of Engineering Geology along with water and fuel resources that have formed the stimulating laboratory components is one of the backbone of the human civilization since its strengths of the Applied Geology curricula, existence. On the flip side, catastrophic events which is meant to integrate geological like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions and knowledge/information with rock and soil landslides represent the sinister manifestations engineering. Rigorous training on techniques of these processes. Geology and Geophysics, and tools for exploration of earth resources is the two sub-disciplines of Earth Science, have also imparted through adequate exposure to the common goals of understanding the origin courses such as Groundwater Geology, Remote of Earth vis-a-vis the solar system, of Sensing & GIS, Environmental Geology and quantifying the Earth's evolutionary processes, Micropaleontology, that have immediate searching for Earth Resources and predicting industrial and environmental importance. The and mitigating natural and anthropogenic teaching in Applied Geology is supported by disasters and hazards. Geology primarily excellent computational and laboratory facilities involves the unravelling of the physics and e.g. X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometer, Laser- chemistry of Earth processes through direct Raman Probe, Total Organic Carbon Analyzer, sampling of earth materials like rocks, soils, Gas source stable-isotope Mass Spectrometer, water and vegetation in the field, and the Automatic Compression Test Machine, to name development of sophisticated laboratory a few. methods and tools for interpretation of the The curricula of M.Sc. in Applied Geology collected field data. The primary objective of provide the opportunity of becoming specialized Geophysics is to probe the inaccessible depths in the field of interest by taking appropriate of the Earth for understanding its 'anatomy' on courses in the fourth and final years. Students the basis of bulk physical (electrical, magnetic, get ample opportunity to get acquainted with electromagnetic, gravitational, elastic and modern research methodologies while working visco-elastic) properties and phenomena, such for their Masters' dissertation during the last as electrical, magnetic, electromagnetic and two semesters. Exposure to industry and R & D gravitational properties, and propagation of activities are provided through summer training. elastic waves through its interior. Inevitably, Students get excellent job opportunity in the Geophysics requires sophisticated Cement, Oil and Natural Gas, Mining and instrumentation and rigorous mathematical Construction companies, and in various tools. The Department of Geology and Research Laboratories. Our graduates also Geophysics of lIT Kharagpur offers five-year excel in higher studies, with many being well integrated M.Sc. programs in both the placed in R&D sectors and Universities in India disciplines, imparting training on applied and abroad (e.g. US, UK and other developed aspects of Earth Science. countries). Core courses in Applied Geology enable

APPLIED MATHEMATICS their socioeconomic implications. Theory classes (Code : R5502) are supplemented by lab practices, projects, This programme has been designed to provide industrial training and seminars. The course the students a rigorous training in Mathematical would succeed in establishing a synergy between thinking through carefully designed curriculum technology and economics to understand the structure and courses, the students will get to real world situation more accurately and study various topics of Pure and Applied intensely. Mathematics along with getting the training in Through a suitable choice of professional software tools which will equip them better to electives, students can specialize in selected take research as a career. The programme will streams like environmental economics, also enable the students to compete better in quantitative economics, business economics with the job market in the software industry. provisions for super specialization in certain chosen fields under the streams. At the same CHEMISTRY time, ambitious and hard working students can (Codes : B5503, G5503) earn a minor in areas like mathematics and This programme prepares the students for computing, statistics, industrial engineering and modern day research in chemical sciences by management. The new breed of economists providing them, besides an in-depth education in specially trained for problem solving purposes chemistry, adequate training in mathematics, are expected to be in high demand in industry, physics, computers and engineering sciences. In institutions of higher learning and research, both the first two semesters of their stay in the at home and abroad, in the increasingly programme, they take the same courses as their globalized world of tomorrow. fellow engineering students. During the course, they are trained to do frontline research in EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS interdisciplinary areas, which include materials (Code : G5505) science, environmental science and molecular Geophysics is a branch of Earth sciences that biology, in addition to traditional topics in deals with the delineation of Earth’s subsurface chemistry. It also trains students for industrial structure. The primary objective of Geophysics is production and research. to explore the inaccessible depth of the Earth for ECONOMICS understanding its anatomy on the basis of bulk (Code : G5504) physical properties and phenomenon (density, IIT Kharagpur offers an excellent opportunity for magnetic susceptibility, elastic, visco-elastic, exceptionally bright students to get admitted to a electrical conductivity, natural radioactive five year integrated M.Sc. programme in radiation etc). Propagation of elastic waves economics, a unique programme in IIT system. though earth’s interior enable geophysicist to This holistic programme is being offered by the visualize the Earth from surface to its center. Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Various geophysical methods are based on which has a multidisciplinary character, with the various physical principles such as Newton’s law involvement of sister departments like of gravitation, Coulomb’s law of forces between Mathematics, Industrial Engineering and magnetic poles, Snell’s law, ohm’s law and Management, Computer Science and natural disintegration (α,β, γ radiation) of Engineering, Architecture and Regional Planning, radioactive substances. Geophysicist performs and Vinod Gupta School of Management. The different experiment in the field and delineates common programme in the first two semesters different physical properties associated with oil would make the students efficient in developing and gas, minerals, groundwater, subsurface verbal and quantitative abilities with a scientific pollution etc. All these require sophisticated approach. Thereafter, students get a thorough instrumentation, rigorous mathematical and intense exposure to economic theory, techniques and knowledge about modern day’s analytical tools, mathematical techniques and computer programming and applications. applied econometric models with adequate stress on interpretations of the results along with

The Department of Geology and Geophysics The 5-year Integrated M.Sc.course in at IIT Kharagpur offers a 5-year integrated Mathematics and Computing is designed to M.Sc. Program in Exploration Geophysics. This provide strong foundation in both program covers fundamental courses on Solid Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Earth Geophysics, Geophysical field theory and Science. It gives exposure to basic courses like various exploration techniques with special Real Analysis, Linear Algebra, Functional emphasis on mathematical and computational Analysis, Complex Analysis, Topology, tools. Gravity, Magnetic, Seismic, Electrical, Numerical Analysis, Graph Theory, Algorithms, Electromagnetic, Well logging, Radiometric Probability, Stochastic Process and Simulation, methods of exploration are covered in great Operational Research etc. Also several details. Earthquake Seismology, Seismic advanced courses like Artificial Intelligence, Tomography, Geophysical Signal Processing, Database Systems, Computer Networks, Geophysical inversion/optimization are integral Parallel Algorithms, Dynamical Systems, part of the program. Students and exploration Computational Statistics, Computational Fluid geophysics undergo rigorous field training that Mechanics, Cryptography, Theory of Operators, involves use of various equipments and Sequence Spaces, Decision Theory etc. are acquisition of data in the field. State-of-the-art covered. Some of the subjects are supported equipment in Geophysics include 48-channel by computer labs. Reflection, Refraction and Engineering The students on completing this course get seismograph, Broad Band Seismograph, Strong lucrative placements in topnotch Motion Accelarograph, Gravimeter, finance/business/software/ companies as Magnetometer , Resistivitymeter, VLF, VLF-R design/development engineers/research and magnetotelluric EM equipments and consultants. Several students also get Radiation measurement equipments. A global scholarships abroad to pursue M.S./Ph.D Seismological Observatory has been programmes in the areas of Mathematics, commissioned in the department. Statistics, Operating Research and Computer Apart from the fundamental courses on Science. Subsequently, many of them also join Geophysics, Exploration Geophysics students teaching/research positions in reputed get solid knowledge about geological subjects National/ International Universities/ Institutes/ that makes them an excellent Geophysicist. Companies. Curricula are very much flexible and student can choose for study advanced mathematics, PHYSICS electronics, computers and management (Codes : G5507, R5507) courses. This course is designed to produce students Students get ample opportunities to get capable of pursuing advanced studies in themselves acquainted with modern research theoretical and experimental physics as well as methodologies while working for their Master’s handling problems related to applications of dissertations during the last two semesters. physics in engineering, technology, industry Exposure of Industries and R&D activities are and medicine. This is achieved by making use provided through summer training. of a well-balanced course structure consisting Students get job opportunities Government of undergraduate core courses in basic and Private organizations in the Oil and Natural sciences, engineering sciences, technical arts, gas, Mining sectors and Research Laboratories. and workshop practice. In addition, students Our graduate excel in higher studies abroad, are required to study courses in computer most of them being well placed in R&D sectors science, humanities and social sciences, etc. In and Universities in US, UK and other developed the final years of the programme, the students countries. can opt for specialized courses in advanced physics and they have to work for projects MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTING related to current problems in experimental (Code : G5506) and theoretical physics.

3.10 FIVE-YEAR B.S. AND M.S. DUAL Madras. This special course is designed impart DEGREE COURSES an exciting curriculum in the foundations and applications of Physics to students who would BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES become distinguished scientists and/or leaders (Code : M5601) in the academic world or play a lead role in The Department of Biotechnology at IIT pure and applied research and development in Madras has a large faculty body having interdisciplinary areas which requires a strong expertise in diverse areas such as bioprocess background in Physics. Students would get engineering, chemical biology, computational accelerated exposure to advanced principles biology, cellular & molecular biology and and applications in a curriculum format that is structural biology. carefully paced to make comprehensive The Dual Degree Course on Biological Sciences learning an exciting and fulfilling experience. A offers a strong foundation in biology. It strong research component in the final year encompasses the study of living organisms and will be a stimulating component of this life processes at all levels, including individual program. Students admitted to this programme organisms, tissues, cells, subcellular structures, are eligible for applying to DST sponsored and molecules. The application of biological “Inspire Fellowship”. sciences to improve health, agriculture and environment is unlimited. Currently, there is a 3.11 FIVE-YEAR M.Sc. TECH COURSES dearth of well-trained manpower in interdisciplinary areas in biological sciences. APPLIED GEOLOGY Apart from the fundamental courses in (Code : S5701) biological sciences, the curriculum will The Department of Applied Geology of ISM, emphasize on Dhanbad is the pioneering centre of teaching other areas such as chemical biology and and advanced research in “Applied Geology” in computational biology. In addition to a few India. Established in 1926 with the core theory and laboratory courses, a basket of fundamental objective, of education and elective courses will be offered in each of these training for professional careers in the field of areas. Each student will undertake an extensive Applied Geology, the trained graduates of the research project, spread over the last four Department, by virtue of their high semesters of the curriculum. Therefore, this professional ability and skill, have always been programme provides intense research-based in the mainstream of the Nation’s mineral training, which is lacking in traditional M.Sc. exploration and development programmes. Biology programmes. The curriculum imparts The Department hosts well-equipped specific skills on interfacing cellular and laboratories and the state-of-art analytical molecular biology, trains students to undertake facilities for training and advanced research in academic research in frontier areas including the field of Applied Geology. The laboratories medical and computational biology, and equips of the other sister Departments (Applied students with skills to be employed in R&D Geophysics, Mining Engineering and Petroleum laboratories of pharmaceutical and Engineering and Mineral Engineering) biotechnology industries. Biology at school complement the facilities that make the level is not a prerequisite for admission to this courses of study in Applied Geology unique at programme. Students admitted to this ISM. (In addition to the specialized course of programme are eligible for applying to DST study, the Department is also engaged in sponsored “Inspire Fellowship”. providing industry based executive development programmes and consultancy services). PHYSICS Considering the increasing demand of trained (Code : M5602) manpower in the field of Geology, the A new five-year integrated Dual Degree, B.S. Department is reintroducing its 5year plus M.S. in Physics, has been introduced by IIT

97 integrated M.Sc. Programme in Applied design/production/quality assessment and Geology. feedback from the market. In the first six semesters the students will be studying basic APPLIED GEOPHYSICS courses in Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Physical (Code : S5702) Pharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Technology, This is a multi-disciplinary programme with Pharmaceutical Analysis, Pharmaceutics inputs from Geology, Physics, Mathematics, Jurisprudence, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Electronics and Computer Sciences. Basic and Pharmaceutical Biochemistry, Drug Activity in advanced papers on Exploration Geophysics Biological Systems and Microbial aspects of with special emphasis on hydrocarbon genetically engineered drug molecules. exploration including exploration for gas Additionally, they will also be given elective hydrates and coal bed methane are taught. A courses (any one) in History of Science and significant part of the programme is devoted to Technology, IPR, Ethics, Energy Management, Solid Earth Geophysics and Earthquake Industrial Psychology and Entrepreneurship Seismology. The programme gives equal Development. The semesters VII and VIII will be emphasis on each unit of exploration activity, a combination of UG and PG courses in viz, acquisition, processing and interpretation. Formulation Design, Advanced Pharmaceutical Training in the filed constitutes an integral Analysis, Advanced Pharmaceutical Medicinal programme arranged by the Department with Chemistry, Advanced Drug Delivery Systems, leading Oil and Mineral Industries besides its Pharmaceutics and Pharmacognosy. Semesters rigorous in-campus and field training activity IX and X will be entirely devoted to PG courses, organized by the Department. comprising advanced courses in The Department is actively engaged in R&D Biopharmaceutics, Pharmacokinetics, activities with major areas of research such as Molecular and Clinical Pharmacology, Exploration for Gas Hydrates and Coal Bed Evaluation of Drugs, General Pharmacology, PG Methane, Magneto Telluric Studies, Seminars and Dissertation on selected topic. Geophysical Signal Processing, Earthquake The courses have been designed with basic Seismology, Petrophysics, Remote Sensing and subjects in Pharmaceutical Sciences for the first Gravity Magnetic Studies. six semesters, and the last four semesters are Presently students with Applied Geophysics designed with a view to prepare the students degree have excellent job opportunity with for wide variety of research-oriented studies, leading oil companies in India and abroad. which have a bearing to ongoing and futuristic programmes. The students, thus, will have an 3.12 FIVE-YEAR M.PHARM. DUAL DEGREE exposure to masters’ courses, since such an COURSE exposure will eventually become necessary for an advanced level understanding of PHARMACEUTICS Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, (Code : V5801) leading to optimised user friendly therapeutic The M.Pharm. Dual Degree Course framed with systems, and will prepare the students for a view to prepare the incumbent to cater to excellent placement in the ever developing the current and Pharmaceutical industry. future needs of advanced level aspects of pharmaceutical production, drug development, computer-aided production of various types of newer and targeted drug delivery systems, the design of process and product development techniques. This programme will expose the students to research methods currently being studied worldwide, with an emphasis on smooth transition from basic principles to actual handling of production

Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

Four‐Year B. Tech. Courses

1 Aerospace Engineering IIT Bombay B4101 31179 31001 62

2 Aerospace Engineering IIT Kanpur K4101 23127 41100 48

3 Aerospace Engineering IIT Kharagpur G4101 169 4 20010 32

4 Aerospace Engineering IIT Madras M4101 18105 31000 37

5 Agricultural and Food Engineering IIT Kharagpur G4102 169 5 31000 34

6 Biological Sciences and Bioengineering IIT Kanpur K4103 19105 31110 40

7 Biologically‐inspired Systems Science IIT Jodhpur K4140 19106 31100 40

8 Biotechnology IIT Guwahati W4104 27158 41000 55

9 Biotechnology IIT Roorkee R4104 23126 30010 45

10 Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering IIT Kharagpur G4105 137 4 21000 27

11 Ceramic Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V4106 29168 41010 59

12 Chemical Engineering IIT Bombay B4107 61321992100124

13 Chemical Engineering IIT Delhi D4107 35181151100 71

14 Chemical Engineering IIT Gandhinagar N4107 18105 20000 35

15 Chemical Engineering IIT Guwahati W4107 34181151100 70

16 Chemical Engineering IIT Hyderabad H4107 148 5 21000 30

99 Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

17 Chemical Engineering IIT Kanpur K4107 38201061010 76

18 Chemical Engineering IIT Kharagpur G4107 26137 40110 52

19 Chemical Engineering IIT Madras M4107 36201141001 73

20 Chemical Engineering IIT Roorkee R4107 54291682100110

21 Chemical Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V4107 58311792110119

22 Chemical Engineering ISM Dhanbad S4107 19116 31000 40

23 Chemical Science and Technology IIT Guwahati W4108 22126 31010 45

24 Chemical Science and Technology IIT Patna P4108 127 4 20000 25

25 Civil and Infrastructure Engineering IIT Patna P4141 127 4 20000 25

26 Civil Engineering IIT Bhubaneswar A4109 20115 30010 40

27 Civil Engineering IIT Bombay B4109 57301892100117

28 Civil Engineering IIT Delhi D4109 53301672001109

29 Civil Engineering IIT Gandhinagar N4109 17105 21000 35

30 Civil Engineering IIT Guwahati W4109 39221261000 80

31 Civil Engineering IIT Hyderabad H4109 117 4 21000 25

32 Civil Engineering IIT Kanpur K4109 51271672101105

33 Civil Engineering IIT Kharagpur G4109 30179 41001 62

100 Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

34 Civil Engineering IIT Madras M4109 30161051100 63

35 Civil Engineering IIT Roorkee R4109 67352092101135

36 Civil Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V4109 39211261100 80

37 Civil Engineering ISM Dhanbad S4109 19116 31000 40

38 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bhubaneswar A4110 20106 30100 40

39 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Bombay B4110 42231372000 87

40 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Delhi D4110 31169 51100 63

41 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Guwahati W4110 39211261100 80

42 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Hyderabad H4110 20106 30100 40

43 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Indore E4110 20105 30110 40

44 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Jodhpur J4110 19116 31000 40

45 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Kanpur K4110 45241471100 92

46 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Kharagpur G4110 28148 40100 55

47 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Madras M4110 148 4 21010 30

48 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Mandi C4110 20106 20101 40

49 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Patna P4110 25137 41000 50

50 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Roorkee R4110 37191161100 75

101 Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

51 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Ropar U4110 20115 30010 40

52 Computer Science and Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V4110 30168 30011 59

53 Computer Science and Engineering ISM Dhanbad S4110 44241472100 92

54 Electrical Engineering IIT Bhubaneswar A4111 19116 21001 40

55 Electrical Engineering IIT Bombay B4111 28179 42000 60

56 Electrical Engineering IIT Delhi D4111 44231361101 89

57 Electrical Engineering IIT Gandhinagar N4111 189 5 30000 35

58 Electrical Engineering IIT Hyderabad H4111 20116 20001 40

59 Electrical Engineering IIT Indore E4111 19116 31000 40

60 Electrical Engineering IIT Jodhpur J4111 20106 30100 40

61 Electrical Engineering IIT Kanpur K4111 64351982111131

62 Electrical Engineering IIT Kharagpur G4111 27148 41100 55

63 Electrical Engineering IIT Madras M4111 32179 41111 66

64 Electrical Engineering IIT Mandi C4111 19116 31000 40

65 Electrical Engineering IIT Patna P4111 25137 41000 50

66 Electrical Engineering IIT Roorkee R4111 67 37 21 10 3 1 0 1 140

67 Electrical Engineering IIT Ropar U4111 20116 20001 40

102 Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

68 Electrical Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V4111 40211161100 80

69 Electrical Engineering ISM Dhanbad S4111 45241371110 92

70 Electrical Engineering (Power and Automation) IIT Delhi D4112 159 5 21000 32

71 Electronics Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V4113 39221251001 80

72 Electronics and Communication Engineering IIT Guwahati W4114 36201151000 73

73 Electronics and Communication Engineering IIT Roorkee R4114 37201061010 75

74 Electronics and Communication Engineering ISM Dhanbad S4114 45241461101 92

75 Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering IIT Kharagpur G4115 31169 40101 62

76 Electronics and Electrical Engineering IIT Guwahati W4116 20115 21111 42

77 Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering ISM Dhanbad S4142 19116 31000 40

78 Engineering Physics IIT Bombay B4117 158 4 20010 30

79 Engineering Physics IIT Delhi D4117 31178 51010 63

80 Engineering Physics IIT Guwahati W4117 23126 30010 45

81 Engineering Physics IIT Hyderabad H4117 4 3 1 11000 10

82 Engineering Physics IIT Madras M4117 148 4 21010 30

83 Engineering Science IIT Hyderabad H4118 127 3 21000 25

84 Environmental Engineering ISM Dhanbad S4119 20106 30100 40

103 Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

85 Industrial Engineering IIT Kharagpur G4120 148 4 21000 29

86 Instrumentation Engineering IIT Kharagpur G4121 159 5 21000 32

87 Manufacturing Science and Engineering IIT Kharagpur G4122 158 4 20000 29

88 Materials Science and Engineering IIT Kanpur K4123 46251471000 93

89 Mathematics and Computing IIT Guwahati W4124 22117 31100 45

90 Mechanical Engineering IIT Bhubaneswar A4125 19116 31000 40

91 Mechanical Engineering IIT Bombay B4125 47231370210 93

92 Mechanical Engineering IIT Delhi D4125 50281482010103

93 Mechanical Engineering IIT Gandhinagar N4125 187 6 30100 35

94 Mechanical Engineering IIT Guwahati W4125 39221261000 80

95 Mechanical Engineering IIT Hyderabad H4125 20115 30010 40

96 Mechanical Engineering IIT Indore E4125 19116 31000 40

97 Mechanical Engineering IIT Jodhpur J4125 20115 30010 40

98 Mechanical Engineering IIT Kanpur K4125 49261571100 99

99 Mechanical Engineering IIT Kharagpur G4125 34171050100 67

100 Mechanical Engineering IIT Madras M4125 37191161100 75

101 Mechanical Engineering IIT Mandi C4125 20115 30010 40

104 Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

102 Mechanical Engineering IIT Patna P4125 25137 41000 50

103 Mechanical Engineering IIT Roorkee R4125 38221162010 80

104 Mechanical Engineering IIT Ropar U4125 20106 30100 40

105 Mechanical Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V4125 48261582100100

106 Mechanical Engineering ISM Dhanbad S4125 51271481110103

107 Metallurgical Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V4126 34199 51100 69

108 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IIT Kharagpur G4127 21117 31100 44

109 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IIT Madras M4127 17105 31000 36

110 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IIT Roorkee R4127 54291682100110

111 Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science IIT Bombay B4128 48261381110 98

112 Mineral Engineering ISM Dhanbad S4129 29168 51010 60

113 Mining Engineering IIT Kharagpur G4130 20116 30000 40

114 Mining Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V4130 49261481110100

115 Mining Engineering ISM Dhanbad S4130 61321890000120

116 Mining Machinery Engineering ISM Dhanbad S4131 20116 30000 40

117 Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering IIT Madras M4132 17105 31000 36

118 Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture IIT Kharagpur G4133 169 4 21010 33

105 Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

119 Petroleum Engineering ISM Dhanbad S4134 46251470000 92

120 Polymer Science and Technology IIT Roorkee R4135 20106 30100 40

121 Production and Industrial Engineering IIT Delhi D4136 24127 40100 48

122 Production and Industrial Engineering IIT Roorkee R4136 29159 51100 60

123 Pulp and Paper Engineering IIT Roorkee R4137 19116 31000 40

124 Systems Science IIT Jodhpur J4138 20116 20001 40

125 Textile Technology IIT Delhi D4139 46241371110 93

Four‐Year B. S. Courses

126 Chemistry IIT Kanpur K4201 137 4 21100 28

127 Economics IIT Kanpur K4202 18105 31010 38

128 Mathematics and Scientific Computing IIT Kanpur K4203 25137 40000 49

129 Physics IIT Kanpur‐ K4204 148 4 20000 28

Four‐Year B. Pharm. Course

130 Pharmaceutics IIT(BHU) Varanasi V4301 34181051100 69

Four‐year B. Des. Course

131 Design IIT Guwahati W4401 22117 21101 45

Five‐Year B. Arch. Courses

106 Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

132 Architecture IIT Kharagpur G5101 24128 41100 50

133 Architecture IIT Roorkee R5101 20106 30100 40 Five‐Year B.Tech. and M. Tech. Dual Degree Courses

134 Aerospace Engineering IIT Kharagpur G5201 105 2 10010 19

135 Aerospace Engineering IIT Madras M5201 741 10000 13

Aerospace Engineering with M.Tech. in Applied Mechanics with 136 IIT Madras M5202 421 10000 8 specializations in Biomedical Engineering Agricultural and Food Engineering with M.Tech. in any of the listed 137 IIT Kharagpur G5203 169 4 31010 34 specializations

138 Biochemical Engineering with M.Tech. in Biochemical Engineering and IIT(BHU) Varanasi V5204 105 3 20000 20 Biotechnology

139 Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology IIT Delhi D5205 23136 41010 48

140 Bioengineering with M.Tech in Biomedical Technology IIT(BHU) Varanasi V5206 9 5 3 21000 20

141 Biological Engineering IIT Madras M5207 16 9 4 31010 34

142 Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering IIT Kharagpur G5208 137 3 20010 26

143 Ceramic Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V5209 105 3 20000 20

107 Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

144 Chemical Engineering IIT Delhi D5210 25138 41100 52

145 Chemical Engineering IIT Kharagpur G5210 137 4 21000 27

146 Chemical Engineering IIT Madras M5210 953 10000 18

147 Civil Engineering (Infrastructural Civil Engineering) IIT Madras M5213 742 10000 14

148 Civil Engineering with any of the listed specialization IIT Kharagpur G5215 115 3 20100 22

149 Civil Engineering with any of the listed specialization IIT Madras M5215 742 10000 14

Civil Engineering with M.Tech. in Applied Mechanics in any of the 150 IIT Madras M5212 421 00000 7 listed specializations

151 Civil Engineering with M.Tech. in Structural Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V5214 105 3 20000 20

152 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Delhi D5216 159 5 21000 32

153 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Kharagpur G5216 19116 31000 40

154 Computer Science and Engineering IIT Madras M5216 13 6 4 20100 26

155 Computer Science and Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V5216 8 3 2 10100 15

108 Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

156 Computer Science and Engineering ISM Dhanbad S5216 9 4 3 10100 18

157 Electrical Engineering IIT Madras M5217 22 12 7 31000 45

Electrical Engineering with M.Tech in Applied Mechanics with 158 IIT Madras M5218 422 00000 8 specialization in Biomedical Engineering

159 Electrical Engineering with M.Tech. in any of the listed specializations IIT Kharagpur G5222 106 3 21000 22

Electrical Engineering with M.Tech. in Communications and Signal 160 IIT Bombay B5219 169 5 10001 32 Processing

161 Electrical Engineering with M.Tech. in Microelectronics IIT Bombay B5221 168 5 20100 32

162 Electrical Engineering with M.Tech. in Power Electronics IIT(BHU) Varanasi V5223 9 5 3 21000 20

Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering with M.Tech. in 163 IIT Kharagpur G5225 19116 31000 40 any of the listed specializations

164 Energy Engineering with M.Tech. in Energy Systems Engineering IIT Bombay B5226 157 5 20100 30

165 Engineering Design (Automotive Engineering) IIT Madras M5227 21 11 7 31000 43

166 Engineering Design (Biomedical Design) IIT Madras M5228 732 10100 14

Engineering Physics with M.Tech. in Engineering Physics with 167 IIT Bombay B5229 6 3 2 10000 12 specialization in Nano Science

109 Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

Industrial Engineering with M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering and 168 IIT Kharagpur G5230 115 4 11000 22 Management Manufacturing Science and Engineering with M.Tech. in Industrial 169 IIT Kharagpur G5231 7 4 2 10000 14 Engineering and Management

170 Material Science and Technology IIT(BHU) Varanasi V5232 105 3 20000 20

171 Mathematics and Computing IIT Delhi D5254 24127 40100 48

172 Mechanical Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V5233 9 5 3 21000 20

173 Mechanical Engineering (Intelligent Manufacturing) IIT Madras M5237 12 5 4 20100 24

174 Mechanical Engineering (Product design) IIT Madras M5238 12 6 4 20000 24

175 Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Engineering) IIT Madras M5236 12 7 3 20000 24

Mechanical Engineering with M.Tech. in any of the listed 176 IIT Kharagpur G5239 23137 31001 48 specializations

177 Mechanical Engineering with M.Tech. in Computer Aided Design IIT Bombay B5234 116 3 21000 23

Mechanical Engineering with M.Tech. in Computer Integrated 178 IIT Bombay B5235 106 3 21000 22 Manufacturing

179 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering IIT Madras M5241 732 10000 13

110 Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

Metallurgical and Materials Engineering with M.Tech. in Metallurgical 180 IIT Kharagpur G5243 105 3 10000 19 and Materials Engineering

181 Metallurgical Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V5240 105 3 10001 20

Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science with M.Tech. in 182 IIT Bombay B5244 7 3 2 10000 13 Ceramics and Composites Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science with M.Tech. in 183 IIT Bombay B5245 6 3 2 11000 13 Metallurgical Process Engineering

184 Mineral Engineering with M.Tech in Mineral Engineering ISM Dhanbad S5246 9 5 3 00001 18

185 Mining Engineering IIT Kharagpur G5247 105 3 10000 19

186 Mining Engineering IIT(BHU) Varanasi V5247 9 5 3 21000 20

187 Mining Engineering ISM Dhanbad S5247 9 5 3 10000 18

188 Mining Safety Engineering IIT Kharagpur G5248 9 5 3 10000 18

189 Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering IIT Madras M5249 532 00000 10

Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering with M.Tech in Applied 190 IIT Madras M5250 421 10000 8 Mechanics in any of the listed specializations

191 Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture IIT Kharagpur G5251 115 4 20000 22

111 Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

192 Petroleum Engineering with M.Tech in Petroleum Management ISM Dhanbad S5252 9 5 3 10000 18

193 Quality Engineering Design and Manufacturing IIT Kharagpur G5253 7 3 2 10100 14

Five‐Year Integrated M. Tech. Courses

194 Engineering Physics IIT(BHU) Varanasi V5301 104 3 20100 20

195 Geological Technology IIT Roorkee R5302 148 5 21000 30

196 Geophysical Technology IIT Roorkee R5303 157 5 20100 30

197 Industrial Chemistry IIT(BHU) Varanasi V5304 105 2 20010 20

198 Mathematics and Computing IIT(BHU) Varanasi V5305 105 3 20000 20

199 Mathematics and Computing ISM Dhanbad S5305 169 5 31000 34 Five‐year B.Tech. and MBA Degree Courses 200 Mineral Engineering with MBA ISM Dhanbad S5401 9 5 3 10000 18

201 Mining Engineering with MBA ISM Dhanbad S5402 9 5 3 10000 18

202 Process Engineering with MBA IIT Roorkee R5403 189 4 30010 35

Five‐Year Integrated M.Sc. Courses

203 Applied Geology IIT Kharagpur G5501 18105 30000 36

112 Table 1 Seats Available in the Institutes for Various Courses ST Course Institute Course SC Total Code (NCL)

ST_PD SC_PD GE_PD OBC_PD GENERAL OBC

204 Applied Mathematics IIT Roorkee R5502 148 5 21000 30

205 Chemistry IIT Bombay B5503 169 4 20010 32

206 Chemistry IIT Kharagpur G5503 169 5 31000 34

207 Economics IIT Kharagpur G5504 21117 31100 44

208 Exploration Geophysics IIT Kharagpur G5505 179 5 30000 34

209 Mathematics and Computing IIT Kharagpur G5506 23127 41100 48

210 Physics IIT Kharagpur G5507 17105 31000 36

211 Physics IIT Roorkee R5507 158 4 20010 30 Five‐Year B.S. and M.S. Dual Degree Courses

212 Biological Sciences IIT Madras M5601 179 5 31000 35

213 Physics IIT Madras M5602 5 3 1 10000 10 Five‐Year Integrated M.Sc. Tech. Degree Courses 214 Applied Geology ISM Dhanbad S5701 8 4 2 10000 15

215 Applied Geophysics ISM Dhanbad S5702 7 4 2 11000 15

Five‐Year Integrated B.Pharm and M.Pharm. Dual Degree Programme

216 Pharmaceutics IIT(BHU) Varanasi V5801 9 5 3 21000 20

113 Table 2 Courses Offered and Number of Seats in the Institutes

IIT Bhubaneswar 1 Civil Engineering A4109 2 Computer Science and Engineering A4110 3 Electrical Engineering A4111 4 Mechanical Engineering A4125 IIT Bombay 5 Aerospace Engineering B4101 6 Chemical Engineering B4107 7 Civil Engineering B4109 8 Computer Science and Engineering B4110 9 Electrical Engineering B4111 10 Engineering Physics B4117 11 Mechanical Engineering B4125 12 Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science B4128 13 Electrical Engineering with M.Tech. in Communications and Signal Processing B5219 14 Electrical Engineering with M.Tech. in Microelectronics B5221 15 Energy Engineering with M.Tech. in Energy Systems Engineering B5226 16 Engineering Physics with M.Tech. in Engineering Physics with specialization in Nano Science B5229 17 Mechanical Engineering with M.Tech. in Computer Aided Design B5234 18 Mechanical Engineering with M.Tech. in Computer Integrated Manufacturing B5235 19 Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science with M.Tech. in Ceramics and Composites B5244 20 Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science with M.Tech. in Metallurgical Process Engineering B5245 21 Chemistry B5503 IIT Delhi 22 Chemical Engineering D4107 23 Civil Engineering D4109 24 Computer Science and Engineering D4110 25 Electrical Engineering D4111 26 Electrical Engineering (Power and Automation) D4112 27 Engineering Physics D4117 28 Mechanical Engineering D4125 29 Production and Industrial Engineering D4136 30 Textile Technology D4139 31 Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology D5205

114 Table 2 Courses Offered and Number of Seats in the Institutes

32 Chemical Engineering D5210 33 Computer Science and Engineering D5216 34 Mathematics and Computing D5254 IIT Gandhinagar 35 Chemical Engineering N4107 36 Civil Engineering N4109 37 Electrical Engineering N4111 38 Mechanical Engineering N4125 IIT Guwahati 39 Biotechnology W4104 40 Chemical Engineering W4107 41 Chemical Science and Technology W4108 42 Civil Engineering W4109 43 Computer Science and Engineering W4110 44 Electronics and Communication Engineering W4114 45 Electronics and Electrical Engineering W4116 46 Engineering Physics W4117 47 Mathematics and Computing W4124 48 Mechanical Engineering W4125 49 Design W4401 IIT Hyderabad 50 Chemical Engineering H4107 51 Civil Engineering H4109 52 Computer Science and Engineering H4110 53 Electrical Engineering H4111 54 Engineering Physics H4117 55 Engineering Science H4118 56 Mechanical Engineering H4125 IIT Indore 57 Computer Science and Engineering E4110 58 Electrical Engineering E4111 59 Mechanical Engineering E4125 IIT Jodhpur 60 Biologically‐inspired Systems Science K4140

115 Table 2 Courses Offered and Number of Seats in the Institutes

61 Computer Science and Engineering J4110 62 Electrical Engineering J4111 63 Mechanical Engineering J4125 64 Systems Science J4138 IIT Kanpur 65 Aerospace Engineering K4101 66 Biological Sciences and Bioengineering K4103 67 Chemical Engineering K4107 68 Civil Engineering K4109 69 Computer Science and Engineering K4110 70 Electrical Engineering K4111 71 Materials Science and Engineering K4123 72 Mechanical Engineering K4125 73 Chemistry K4201 74 Economics K4202 75 Mathematics and Scientific Computing K4203 76 Physics K4204 IIT Kharagpur 77 Aerospace Engineering G4101 78 Agricultural and Food Engineering G4102 79 Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering G4105 80 Chemical Engineering G4107 81 Civil Engineering G4109 82 Computer Science and Engineering G4110 83 Electrical Engineering G4111 84 Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering G4115 85 Industrial Engineering G4120 86 Instrumentation Engineering G4121 87 Manufacturing Science and Engineering G4122 88 Mechanical Engineering G4125 89 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering G4127 90 Mining Engineering G4130 91 Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture G4133 92 Architecture G5101

116 Table 2 Courses Offered and Number of Seats in the Institutes

93 Aerospace Engineering G5201 94 Agricultural and Food Engineering with M.Tech. in any of the listed specializations G5203 95 Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering G5208 96 Chemical Engineering G5210 97 Civil Engineering with any of the listed specialization G5215 98 Computer Science and Engineering G5216 99 Electrical Engineering with M.Tech. in any of the listed specializations G5222 100 Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering with M.Tech. in any of the listed specializations G5225 101 Industrial Engineering with M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering and Management G5230 102 Manufacturing Science and Engineering with M.Tech. in Industrial Engineering and Management G5231 103 Mechanical Engineering with M.Tech. in any of the listed specializations G5239 104 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering with M.Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering G5243 105 Mining Engineering G5247 106 Mining Safety Engineering G5248 107 Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture G5251 108 Quality Engineering Design and Manufacturing G5253 109 Applied Geology G5501 110 Chemistry G5503 111 Economics G5504 112 Exploration Geophysics G5505 113 Mathematics and Computing G5506 114 Physics G5507 IIT Madras 115 Aerospace Engineering M4101 116 Chemical Engineering M4107 117 Civil Engineering M4109 118 Computer Science and Engineering M4110 119 Electrical Engineering M4111 120 Engineering Physics M4117 121 Mechanical Engineering M4125 122 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering M4127 123 Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering M4132 124 Aerospace Engineering M5201 125 Aerospace Engineering with M.Tech. in Applied Mechanics with specializations in Biomedical Engineering M5202

117 Table 2 Courses Offered and Number of Seats in the Institutes

126 Biological Engineering M5207 127 Chemical Engineering M5210 128 Civil Engineering (Infrastructural Civil Engineering) M5213 129 Civil Engineering with any of the listed specialization M5215 130 Civil Engineering with M.Tech. in Applied Mechanics in any of the listed specializations M5212 131 Computer Science and Engineering M5216 132 Electrical Engineering M5217 133 Electrical Engineering with M.Tech in Applied Mechanics with specialization in Biomedical Engineering M5218 134 Engineering Design (Automotive Engineering) M5227 135 Engineering Design (Biomedical Design) M5228 136 Mechanical Engineering (Intelligent Manufacturing) M5237 137 Mechanical Engineering (Product design) M5238 138 Mechanical Engineering (Thermal Engineering) M5236 139 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering M5241 140 Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering M5249 141 Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering with M.Tech in Applied Mechanics in any of the listed specializations M5250 142 Biological Sciences M5601 143 Physics M5602 IIT Mandi 144 Computer Science and Engineering C4110 145 Electrical Engineering C4111 146 Mechanical Engineering C4125 IIT Patna 147 Chemical Science and Technology P4108 148 Civil and Infrastructure Engineering P4141 149 Computer Science and Engineering P4110 150 Electrical Engineering P4111 151 Mechanical Engineering P4125 IIT Roorkee 152 Biotechnology R4104 153 Chemical Engineering R4107 154 Civil Engineering R4109 155 Computer Science and Engineering R4110 156 Electrical Engineering R4111

118 Table 2 Courses Offered and Number of Seats in the Institutes

157 Electronics and Communication Engineering R4114 158 Mechanical Engineering R4125 159 Metallurgical and Materials Engineering R4127 160 Polymer Science and Technology R4135 161 Production and Industrial Engineering R4136 162 Pulp and Paper Engineering R4137 163 Architecture R5101 164 Geological Technology R5302 165 Geophysical Technology R5303 166 Process Engineering with MBA R5403 167 Applied Mathematics R5502 168 Physics R5507 IIT Ropar 169 Computer Science and Engineering U4110 170 Electrical Engineering U4111 171 Mechanical Engineering U4125 IIT(BHU) Varanasi 172 Ceramic Engineering V4106 173 Chemical Engineering V4107 174 Civil Engineering V4109 175 Computer Science and Engineering V4110 176 Electrical Engineering V4111 177 Electronics Engineering V4113 178 Mechanical Engineering V4125 179 Metallurgical Engineering V4126 180 Mining Engineering V4130 181 Pharmaceutics V4301 182 Biochemical Engineering with M.Tech. in Biochemical Engineering and Biotechnology V5204 183 Bioengineering with M.Tech in Biomedical Technology V5206

119 Table 2 Courses Offered and Number of Seats in the Institutes

184 Ceramic Engineering V5209 185 Civil Engineering with M.Tech. in Structural Engineering V5214 186 Computer Science and Engineering V5216 187 Electrical Engineering with M.Tech. in Power Electronics V5223 188 Material Science and Technology V5232 189 Mechanical Engineering V5233 190 Metallurgical Engineering V5240 191 Mining Engineering V5247 192 Engineering Physics V5301 193 Industrial Chemistry V5304 194 Mathematics and Computing V5305 195 Pharmaceutics V5801 ISM Dhanbad 196 Chemical Engineering S4107 197 Civil Engineering S4109 198 Computer Science and Engineering S4110 199 Electrical Engineering S4111 200 Electronics and Communication Engineering S4114 201 Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering S4142 202 Environmental Engineering S4119 203 Mechanical Engineering S4125 204 Mineral Engineering S4129 205 Mining Engineering S4130 206 Mining Machinery Engineering S4131 207 Petroleum Engineering S4134 208 Computer Science and Engineering S5216 209 Mineral Engineering with M.Tech in Mineral Engineering S5246 210 Mining Engineering S5247 211 Petroleum Engineering with M.Tech in Petroleum Management S5252 212 Mathematics and Computing S5305 213 Mineral Engineering with MBA S5401 214 Mining Engineering with MBA S5402 215 Applied Geology S5701 216 Applied Geophysics S5702

120 Table 2 Courses Offered and Number of Seats in the Institutes

Institute Code GENERAL OBC (NCL) SC ST GE_PD OBC_PD SC_PD ST_PD Total IIT Bhubaneswar A 78 43 23 11 2111160 IIT Bombay B 432 230 129 63 13 7 4 2 880 IIT Mandi C 59 32 17 81111120 IIT Delhi D 416 224 122 63 13 7 4 2 851 IIT Indore E 58 32 17 92110120 IIT Kharagpur G 657 351 195 98 20 11 6 3 1341 IIT Hyderabad H 101 57 30 15 4111210 IIT Jodhpur J 98 53 29 14 2211200 IIT Kanpur K 405 217 120 60 12 7 4 2 827 IIT Madras M 410 220 122 61 13 6 4 2 838 IIT Gandhinagar N 71 36 21 10 1100140 IIT Patna P 99 53 29 16 3000200 IIT Roorkee R 541 289 161 81 17 9 5 2 1105 ISM Dhanbad S 503 272 152 74 11 6 3 2 1023 IIT Ropar U 60 32 17 80111120 IIT(BHU) Varanasi V 533 283 156 85 16 9 5 3 1090 IIT Guwahati W 323 175 97 45 10 5 3 2 660 4844 2599 1437 721 140 75 44 25 9885

121 Table 3 Institute Fee Details

Institutes Fees One Time Payable Each Refundable Medical Total Fees Other Fees Payment Semester Caution Insurance Payable at the Deposit Premium Per time of Annum Admission IIT Bhubaneswar Mess advance per semester Rs. 12,000/‐ Hostel Establishment Rs. 5900 50000 (5000) 12000 700 68600 (23600) 7,300/‐ IIT Bombay 5000 59750 (14750) 3000 126 67876 (22876) Hostel fee additional

IIT Delhi 2600 49535 (4535) 4000 500 56635 (11635) Hostel fee additional

IIT Gandhinagar 3500 54100 (9100) 5000 ‐ 62600 (17600) Mess advance per semester Rs. 13,000/‐ IIT Guwahati Mess charge per month Rs 2600/‐ and Hostel fund per semester 2150 48850 (3850) 5600 ‐ 56600 (11600) Rs 400/‐ IIT Hyderabad Information Awaited IIT Indore Information Awaited

IIT Jodhpur 3150 55600(10600) 8000 2000 68750(23750) Mess advance 12000

IIT Kanpur 2950 56567 (11567) 7000 ‐ 66517 (21517) Mess advance of 3,000/‐ to the respective Hall of Residence

IIT Kharagpur 3100 45000(3650) 6000 726 57876(13400) HMC overhead and mess advance amounts to Rs 19,250

IIT Madras 2050 49950(4950) 2000 927 54927(9927) Hostel fee additional

IIT Mandi 3750 53800(8800) 4000 750 62300(17300) Mess Security : Rs. 2000, Mess Advance : Rs. 12000 IIT Patna Rs 1500 Per Semester for Electricity/Water Charges and Rs 12000/‐ 3650 50100 (5100) 6500 531 60250 (15250) Per Semester for Mess Charges (On Advance ) IIT Roorkee 4790 52750 (7750) 6000 280 63820(18820) Mess Fees payable at every semester is Rs 10500/‐

IIT Ropar 3000 51150(6150) 4000 500 58650(13650) Mess fee additional

ISM Dhanbad ‐ 49842(19842) Hostel fee additional

IIT (BHU) Varanasi 6250 50950(5650) 9000 66200(20900) Admission fee/Mess deposit may need to be paid extra Fees payable by SC/ST students, where different from those payable by others, are shown in parentheses Annual Fee for foreign students: US $ 2000 + other charges in Indian Rupes(for SAARC countries) US $ 4000+ other charges in Indian Rupees(for other countries)

122 Annexure 1 JEE(Advanced)-2013 APPLICATION FORM FOR ADMISSION INDIAN INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY Bhubaneswar, Bombay, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Mandi, Patna, Rajasthan, Roorkee, Ropar, Varanasi and ISM Dhanbad

1. JEE(Advanced)-2013 Roll No. 2. a) All India Rank b) Category Rank

3. JEE(Advanced)-2013 Registration No. 4. Nationality Paste your recent

(Indian/Foreign) photograph here

5. Category (Tick whichever is applicable) GE OBC(NCL) SC ST PwD DS

6. Applicant’s Name …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

7. Date of birth (DD/MM/YYYY) ……………………………………………………………… 8. Gender : …………………………………………………………

9. Parent’s/Guardian’s Name ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

10. Permanent Address 11. Address for Communication

………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………….. ……………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………………. PIN Code ……………………………………………………….. PIN Code ………………………………………………… Mobile No ……………………………………………………… Email ID ………………………………………………… 12. Academic Qualifications Percentage of Examination School/College Board/University Year of Passing marks 10th Class 10+2

Class/Intermediate 13. Are you colour blind or uniocular ? Yes/No 14. Declaration: I hereby declare that the particulars stated above are true to the best of my knowledge and belief. In the event of suppression or distortion of any fact, I understand that my admission/degree acquired is liable to cancellation. I also understand that the decision of the Joint Admission Board regarding my admission to any of the IITs/ISM Dhanbad is final and I shall abide by the rules and norms of the discipline of the Institute which I join.

Left thumb impression of the candidate Signature of the candidate Place :…………………………….. Date: ……………………………… Countersigned by Parent/Guardian

Annexure 2 JEE(Advanced)-2013 MEDICAL EXAMINATION REPORT (to be issued by a Registered Medical Practitioner)

General Expectations

Candidates should have good general physique in particular.

a) Chest Measurement should not be less than 70cm, with satisfactory limits of expansion and contraction. b) Vision should be normal. In case of defective vision, it should be corrected to 6/9 in both eyes or 6/6 in the better eye. Colour blind or uniocular persons are ineligible for admission in Mining Engineering and Mining

Machinery engineering courses. c) Hearing should be normal. Defective hearing should be corrected. d) Heart and lungs should not have any abnormality and there should be no history of mental illness or epileptic fits.

PERSONAL HISTORY

1. Name …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2. JEE(Advanced) – 2013 Roll No. …………………………3. All India Rank ……………………… Category Rank……….

4. Parent/Guardian’s Name …………………………………………………………………………….

5. Age ……………….. Years……………………. Months 6. Gender…………………………………

7. Identification mark on the body, if any (this can be a mole, scar or birthmark) ………………………………..

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

8. Major illness/operation, if any (specify nature of illness/operation)

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Signature of the candidate

MEDICAL CERTIFICATE (the following are to be filled by the Medical Officer conducting the medical examination) 1. Height ……………………… cm 2. Weight …………………….kg. 3. Past History: (a) Mental Disease ……………………………………………………………………………………………… (b) Epileptic Fit ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4. Chest: (a) Inspiration …………………. Cm (b) Expiration ………………….cm 5. Blood Group …………………………………………….. 6. Hearing …………………………

7. Vision with or without glasses

(a) Right Eye ………………………………………………. (b) Left Eye ………………………………………

8. Respiratory system ……………………………….. ….. 9. Nervous system ………………………..

10. Heart: (a) Sounds ……………………….. (b) Murmur ……………………………………

11. Abdomen (a) Liver …………………………… (b) Spleen ………………………………………

12. (a) Hernia ……………………………………………….. (b) Hydrocele ………………………………...

13. Any other defects ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Certified that …………………………………………………………………… son/daughter of …………………………………. ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… (a) fulfills the prescribed standard physical fitness and is FIT for admission to Engineering/Architecture/ Pharmaceutics / Science course

(b) does not fulfill the prescribed standard of physical fitness and is unfit/ temporarily unfit for admission due to following defects ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

………………………………………………. Signature of the Medical Officer

Date: …………………………………………… Full Name ……………………………………. Medical Registration No. ……………..

Official seal

Annexure 3

JEE(Advanced)-2013 ADMISSION WITHDRAWAL FORM Bhubaneswar, Bombay, Delhi, Gandhinagar, Guwahati, Hyderabad, Indore, Kanpur, Kharagpur, Madras, Mandi, Patna, Rajasthan, Roorkee, Ropar, Varanasi and ISM Dhanbad

NAME OF THE REPORTING IIT ………………………………………………………….

A) PERSONAL DETAILS (To be filled by the Candidate)

Name: ……………………………………………………………………………. JEE(Advanced)-2013 Roll No.: ………………………………………… All India Rank:……………………. Category Rank :……………………………….. Gender: ……………………………. Mobile No: ……………………………………….. Landline No: ……………………… E-mail address: ……………………………….. Postal Address:…………………………………………………………….. …………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………… PIN Code…………………………

B) DETAILS OF ADMISSION (To be filled by Candidate)

Institute to which candidate admitted: …………………………………………………….

Branch in which candidate admitted:……………………………………………………….

Round of Course Allocation:…………………………………………………………………….

DD Details

Amount:……………………… Bank Name and Branch: ………………………………………………………………………………… Date:………………

DECLARATION I withdraw the provisional admission for the seat allotted through the Counseling of JEE (Advanced)-2013. I am aware that by doing this I will not be eligible for further rounds of counseling and seat allotment in 2013. I request you to kindly refund the initial fee after deductions as per rules.

Signature of Candidate Signature of the Parent/Guardian