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INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH MOHALI (Estd. By Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India) Sector -81, Knowledge City, P.O. Manauli, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab Draft Minutes for the 34th Meeting of the Academic Senate held on May 16, 2018 at 3.00 p.m. in Academic Senate Room Administrative Block, Sector 81, IISER Mohali at IISER Mohali. The following members were present: 1 Professor Arvind, Chairman 2 Professor J. S. Bagla, Member 3 Professor P. Guptasarma, Member 4 Professor Sanjay Mandal, Member 5 Professor Kavita Dorai, Member 6 Dr. Kausik Chattopadhyay, Member 7 Dr. N. G. Prasad, Member 8 Dr. S. Arulananda Babu, Member 9 Dr. Amit Kulshrestha, Member 10 Dr. Vinayak Sinha, Member 11 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Member 12 Dr. Samarjit Bhattacharyya, Member 13 Dr. Anu Sabhlok, Member 14 Dr. S.K.Pal, Member 15 Dr. Mahak Sharma, Member 16 Dr. Varadharaj Ravi Srinivasan, Member 17 Dr. Anoop Ambili, Member 18 Dr. Rajesh V., Member 19 Dr. P. Visakhi, Member 20 Dr. Baerbel Sinha, Member 21 Dr. P. Bapaiah, Secretary Special Invitee: 1 Esha Haldar, SRC The following members could not be present in the meeting. Leave of absence was granted to these members: 1 Professor S. Bandyopadhayay, Member 2 Professor Damodar Acharya, Member 3 Professor Malashri Lal, Member Draft Minutes for the 34th Meeting of the Academic Senate, 16.5.2018 at 3.00 P.M. Page 1 of 86 4 Professor A. K. Bachhawat, Member 5 Professor Kapil Hari Paranjape, Member 6 Professor Sudeshna Sinha, Member 7 Professor C.S. Aulakh, Member 8 Professor Ramandeep Singh Johal, Member Item No. Agenda Senate 19.34.01 Introductory remarks by the Chairman The Chairman welcomed all and shared the good news that this year IISER Mohali is awarding 47 Ph.D. Degrees. Last year it was only 25 numbers, thus the number has almost doubled. Congratulations to all the faculty for achieving this feat. As per the practice to have the brief presentation from the supervisor of the Ph.D. Scholars, the following faculty made presentations: 1. Dr. Kavita Babu, 2. Dr. Samarjit Bhattacharyya, 3. Dr. Kavita Dorai, 4. Dr. Ram Kishor Yadav, 5. Dr. Rajesh Ramachandran, 6. Dr. Shravan Kumar Mishra, 7. Dr. Rachna Chaba, 8. Dr. Mahak Sharma, 9. Professor Sanjay Mandal, 10. Dr. Varadharaj Ravi Srinivasan, 11. Dr. Yogesh Singh, 12. Dr. Anu Sablok, 13. Dr. Sharvan Sehrawat etc. Senate 19.32.02 Confirmation of the Draft Minutes of the 31st Meeting of the Academic Senate held on December 18, 2018. Draft Minutes placed at Page No. 62-110 of the agenda. Some comments/remarks have been received from some Senators particularly on item no. 18.31.21(5) stating that though voting took place final decision was not taken on the issue. Subsequently in view of the MHRD letter File No. 36-01/2018-TS.VII dated 3.1.19, these items have not Draft Minutes for the 34th Meeting of the Academic Senate, 16.5.2018 at 3.00 P.M. Page 2 of 86 been taken up for discussions during the meeting held on 7.1.19. The issue has been addressed by the Academic Senate in its 33rd Meeting held on 20.3.19. Hence, it is requested to confirm the Minutes of 31st Academic Senate Meeting. Decision Confirmed. Senate 19.32.03 Action Taken report on the Draft Minutes of the 31st Meeting of the Academic Senate held on December 18, 2018. Placed at Page No. 111-116 of the agenda. Decision Noted. Senate 19.34.04 Confirmation of the Draft Minutes of the 32nd Meeting of the Academic Senate held on January 7, 2019. Draft Minutes placed at Page No. 117-123 of the agenda. Decision Confirmed. Senate 19.34.05 Action Taken report on the Draft Minutes of the 32nd Meeting of the Academic Senate held on January 7, 2019. Placed at Page No.124-125 of the agenda. Decision Noted. Senate 19.34.06 Confirmation of the Draft Minutes of the 33rd Meeting of the Academic Senate held on March 20th, 2019. Draft Minutes for the 34th Meeting of the Academic Senate, 16.5.2018 at 3.00 P.M. Page 3 of 86 Draft Minutes placed at Page No. 126-128 of the agenda. Decision: Confirmed on the day of Meeting itself with the signatures. Senate 19.34.07 Action Taken report on the Draft Minutes of the 33rd Meeting of the Academic Senate held on March 20th, 2019. Placed at Page No.129 of the agenda. Decision Noted. For Reporting: Senate 19.34.08 (i) Drop from the Semester. (Even Semester 2018-19) 1. Mr. Shubham A Singh, MS14025, PHY 2. Ms. Amrutha Ajitkumar, MS14119, PHY 3. Mr. Aritra Bhattacharyya, MS14145, MTH 4. Mr. Shubham Gajrani, MS14168, BIO 5. Mr. Chavan Aniket Laxman, MS14187, PHY 6. Mr. Thabassum Ahmad, MS15110, CHM 7. Ms. Rajdeep Kiran, MS16112, CHM Decision: Approved. (ii) Minutes of Meeting of the Disciplinary Committee dated 30.01.2019. The Committee met multiple times to discuss the incidents related to the hacked gmail account of Ms Dipali Singh (MS14109). Ms. Jai Khatri (MS14004) admitted in front of the committee that he had hacked the account and gave a written statement regarding the same. The committee also obtained written statements from other students regarding the incident : (Mr. Prateek Meena (MS14097), Prabhat Singh Rana (MS14140) & Sukhpal (MS14094). Based on the findings of the committee, and taking into account the acceptance of the guilt by the accused, the committee recommends the suspension of Mr. Jai Khatri (MS14004) for a period of one semester (effective from the date of approval by Director, IISER Mohali till May 31, 2019). He is also suspended from the hostel for the above period. Draft Minutes for the 34th Meeting of the Academic Senate, 16.5.2018 at 3.00 P.M. Page 4 of 86 -Sd/- -Sd/- -Sd/- Ms. Esha Haldar Dr.Neeraja Saharabudhe Dr.Manjari Jain SRC (Convener) Warden (Member) Warden (Member) -Sd/- -Sd/- Dr. N. G. Prasad Dr. Abhishek Chaudhuri Officiating Dean Academics Officiating Dean Students -Sd/- Director, IISER Mohali Later, based on a representation by Jai Khatri the committee reconsidered and the suspension period was reduced to April 30th. The Chairman senate allowed him to appear in the end semester examination by taking special permission to enter the campus while being under suspension. Decision: Noted. Senate 19.34.9 Some points to report to Senate Meeting received from Dean Academics. Placed at page no. 130 of the agenda. Decision: Approved. For Consideration and Approval: Candidates from IISER Mohali, applied for Direct Admission into Senate 19.34.10 the Ph.D. Programme. General/OBC List Sr. Name Reg. No. Major Category CPI PhD No (After applied th 10 to Deptt. Sem) 1. 1. Rishabh MS14028 PHY GE 8.5 PHY 2. 2. SubhashreeSubhrasm MS14046 PHY GE PHY 9.1 itaKhuntia 3. 3. NilotpalKakati MS14074 PHY GE 8.8 PHY 4. 4. Jorawar Singh MS14085 PHY GE 9.8 PHY 5. 5. Mrudula Mangesh MS14107 CHM GE CHM 8.1 Nikam 6. 6. Raman Choudhary MS14151 PHY GE 8.4 PHY 7. 7. Lejish V.P. MS14180 CHM OBC 9.0 EES 8. 8. Ravi Kumar Yadav MS14090 BIO OBC 8.0 EES 9. 9. Arun Chhikara MS14156 BIO OBC 8.1 BIO Draft Minutes for the 34th Meeting of the Academic Senate, 16.5.2018 at 3.00 P.M. Page 5 of 86 SC/ST List Sr. Name Reg. No. Major Category CPI (After PhD No 10th Sem) applied to Deptt. 1. 1. Amandeep MS14001 CHM SC CHM 9.1 Singh 2. 2. Sanjay MS14099 PHY ST PHY 7.0 Kapoor Decision: Approved subject to the verification of their certificates including caste certificate. (i) Students under the BS-MS dual degree program, fulfilling the Senate 19.34.11 requirements for the award of the degree. The following 153 students have completed the requirements (as per Senate decision 14.15.08) of BS-MS dual degree programme: Graduation requirements of BS-MS dual degree programme at IISER Mohali consist of the following: 1. Course work requirement: • 36 core courses. • 16 major courses (mandatory + elective). • 7 open elective courses of which two must be humanities courses. • 4 seminar courses. • Thesis research requirement: • 2 project courses in the final year. • Submission of MS Thesis in the prescribed format reporting the work undertaken in the final year project courses. Grades in neither of the project courses can be ‘F’. • CPI requirement: CPI of a graduating student must be at least 5.0 with not more than 2 ‘F’ grades in the entire programme. The senate is requested to approve the award of the BS & MS degree to the following students. MS13 Batch: S. No. Name Reg. No. Subject CPI 1. Kanha Ram Khator MS13030 PHY 6.2 2. Siddharth Kumar Kurdia MS13037 CHM 5.3 3. Pankaj Kharra MS13063 BIO 5.9 4. Abhinav MS13074 BIO 6.1 5. Ashish MS13076 CHM 5.3 6. Sandeep Singh MS13079 PHY 5.7 Draft Minutes for the 34th Meeting of the Academic Senate, 16.5.2018 at 3.00 P.M. Page 6 of 86 7. Shikha Bhateja MS13081 CHM 6.8 8. Sanjay Anand MS13110 BIO 5.3 9. Rohit Kumar MS13133 CHM 6.6 MS14 Batch: S. No. Name Reg. No. Subject CPI Amandeep Singh1 MS14001 CHM 9.1 Jagmeet Singh 1. MS14006 PHY 8.3 J Vaitheesh 2. MS14007 CHM 7.1 Animesh Singh 3. MS14010 CHM 6.9 Sukanta Behera 4. MS14011 BIO 8.1 Ravneet Singh Bedi5. MS14012 PHY 9.4 Divanshu Gupta 6.