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Annual Report 2017-2018 (April 1, 2017 - March 31, 2018) Our Vision To contribute to India and the World through excellence “ in scientific and technical education and research; “ to serve as a valuable resource for industry and society; and remain a source of pride for all Indians. www.iitd.ac.in Contents 1. DIRECTOR’S REPORT 1 2. ABOUT US 6 3. ACADEMIC UNITS AT IIT DELHI 10 4. CURRENT DEGREE PROGRAMMES 11 5. PERFORMANCE HIGHLIGHTS 15-69 • Performance Statistics 16 • Admissions 18 • Academic Performance 25 • Internship & Placement 31 • Scholarships, Assistantships and Awards 34 • Infrastructure Development 41 • New Initiatives 51 • The Year in Perspective 63 6. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT 70-82 • Academic & Sponsored Research 71 • Research Projects and Consultancy 72 • Foundation for Innovation and Technology Transfer (FITT) 79 7. EVENTS 83-102 • Convocation 84 • Conferences / Workshops / Seminars / Lectures 86 • Interaction with Alumni 93 • Distinguished Visitors 95 8. FACULTY 103-111 • Faculty Awards / Recognitions 104 • Faculty in Position 107 • New Appointments 111 9. STUDENT ACTIVITIES 112-120 • Students Affairs Council (SAC) and its five Boards 113 • National Service Scheme (NSS) 118 • National Cadet Corps (NCC) 118 • Student Counselling Service (SCS) 118 • Student-teacher Interaction Committee (STIC) 119 10. SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY 121-123 • Relaxations to SC / ST / OBC / PD Students and Staff 122 • Scholarships and Financial Assistance 122 • Prepatory Course 122 • Concessions Allowed to Staff 123 • Summer Research Fellowship Programme 123 • Commitments in Sustainability and Environment 123 • Community 123 11. ALUMNI CONTRIBUTION 124 12. FINANCIALS 125-127 APPENDICES 128-132 1. Senate 128 2. Administrative and other Staff 130 3. Other Committees 132 www.iitd.ac.in Director : Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao IIT Delhi is a unique institution and a dream destination for those who wish to be leaders in science, technology and management, we “ are committed to provide excellent human resources“ to meet national needs and global expectations. Our faculty is one of the finest in the country and is recognized internationally for their quality of research, teaching and curriculum development. Director’s Report IIT Delhi is pleased to release its Annual Report for the produce technologically adept and socially conscious year 2017-2018 and I am delighted to share with you the professionals, and by catalyzing innovation-driven highlights of our major activities, achievements, initiatives entrepreneurship, thereby addressing strategic goals of the and future plans. nation and needs of global society. Our endeavour is to raise At the outset, it is a great pleasure and privilege for me to the bar and set higher benchmarks for ourselves and for the share that IIT Delhi has achieved the rank of 172 in the QS rest of the country. The last one year has been no exception. World University Rankings 2018. It may be noted that IIT We have done pretty well in all aspects of institutional Delhi is one of the three Indian Institutes in the top 200 activities, be it teaching, research or outreach activities. of this ranking, the other two being IIT Bombay and IISc Our faculty is one of the finest in the country and is Bangalore. Multiple engineering departments of IIT Delhi recognized internationally for their quality of research, have however been ranked in the top 100 in the QS World teaching and curriculum development. They also contribute ranking for this year. I am also pleased to share here that greatly for the development of the nation by being IIT Delhi is ranked first among engineering colleges in India associated with a large number of decision making bodies, for 2018 by India Today. The Institute is also ranked third providing crucial guidance and advice on policy matters among engineering colleges by the National Institutional and technical issues. Many faculty members received Ranking Framework (NIRF) in 2018 and Fourth overall. honours/ awards and were elected Fellows of several Over the years, at IIT Delhi, we have built a robust research professional national/ international bodies during the year. tradition, which can be seen by the inspiring statistics in For the year 2017-2018, the actual recurring expenditure terms of different research parameters. Specially, we have was to the extent of Rs. 472.1 crores and the non-recurring continuously enhanced on our credentials in research as expenditure was to the tune of Rs. 156.9 crores. The Institute evidenced by way of publications, citations and Ph.Ds per generated about 23% of the actual recurring expenditure faculty, which are among the highest for any institution in through internal revenue generation from fees, sponsored India and compare favorably with the best in the world. research, consultancies and continuing education Our target of continuously searching for and significantly programmes. During the year 2017-2018 under report, increasing the intake of quality candidates into our Ph.D. 282 Sponsored Research Projects with a total funding of programmes is on the right course and we have grown to Rs. 415.47 crores and about 333 consultancy projects with a significant level in this direction over the past few years. a total value of Rs. 34.26 crores were undertaken by the Over 60% of the students currently on rolls at IIT Delhi are Institute. 35 Collaborative Sponsored Research Projects post-graduate students. and 2 Consultancy Jobs with international funds were also IIT Delhi is committed to provide excellent human undertaken by the Institute. The collaborating countries resource to meet national needs and global expectations. include United States, Netherlands, France, Sweden, United It is a unique institution and a dream destination for Kingdom, Canada, The Netherlands, Ethiopia, Sri Lanka, those who wish to be leaders in science, technology and Korea, Italy, Egypt, Tunisia, Latvia and Argentina. management. IIT Delhi is internationally recognized for In order to jump start the research activities of newly joined delivering excellent education at the undergraduate faculty members, IIT Delhi provides a seed research funding and postgraduate levels, while endeavoring to become to the new faculty upon joining the Institute to the tune of a great research institution. While excellence has many Rs. 50 lakhs or more when necessary. We are expecting our parameters, setting up of state-of-the-art teaching and sponsored R&D funding to cross Rs.500 crores in the coming research infrastructure does require resources. With the year. This growth has become possible mainly because of support from the Government of India, industry and the our increased push for research and development activities alumni, IIT Delhi has been able to create an excellent in the Institute. infrastructure. While the Government has supported As the Research and Development activities are seeing us with generous funding for which we are grateful, our a robust growth at IIT Delhi, our focus has also been to alumni have extended noteworthy support to the institute. strengthen the “Relevance & Delivery” aspects of our The collective vision of IIT Delhi is to be a leading academic research. IIT Delhi has been entrusted with the responsibility institution in the world by advancing knowledge through of being the nodal coordinating institution for the country high impact research and impart quality education to by MHRD for the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan (UBA) programme www.iitd.ac.in 1 Director’s Report of Govt. of India. Till date, a network of 1832 Participating in collaboration with Automation Industry Association Institutions (PIs) with 9060 villages have been adopted (AIA). The agreement for setting up of DRDO-Joint Advanced under the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan. There are 11 Subject Technology Centre (JATC) was signed and projects totaling Expert Groups (SEGs) working on the subject specific over Rs. 170 crores have been approved by DRDO for the development problems and providing technical solutions. year 2017-18. Our Centre for Rural Development and Technology (CRDT), During the past one year, the Institute has made significant which is coordinating the UBA programme, has also efforts to connect with the industry. The major initiatives been making rapid strides in developing technologies and the activities of the Institute for collaboration with for the upliftment of rural areas through development of industry include the Postgraduate Executive Program in innovative technologies. MHRD through a letter has asked collaboration with NITIE, Mumbai in Visionary Leadership all institutions of higher learning in the country to study of Manufacturing; Common Engineering Facility Centre in the CRDT model at IIT Delhi and create similar centres in collaboration with Automation Industry Association; and their respective institutions. active participation in the Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana and IIT Delhi has many Centers of Excellence (CoEs) carrying the IMPRINT schemes of MHRD. There are also multiple out cutting edge research in interdisciplinary areas, with Centers of Excellence created with participation of external more than half of these CoEs coming into existence in agencies and industries at IIT Delhi. the last two years. These CoEs are funded by industries, Inter-disciplinary research is so critical for addressing the alumni and government. The CoEs are currently working real challenges of the society. In the 194th meeting of the on aspects such as air pollution, 5G technologies, Industry Board of Governors held on 4th Aug’17, IIT Delhi Board has 4.0, Renewable energies etc. In the last one year, we have approved the School of Interdisciplinary Research (SIRe) also operationalized two new departments, namely the and creation of a new “Department of Design”. These two Department of Design and the Department of Materials new academic entities which are expected to start their Science and Engineering, and two new Schools, namely operations in 2018-19 are expected to give a major boost the School of Interdisciplinary Research and the School of to the interdisciplinary research and product development Public Policy. Faculty recruitments and student admissions activities across the institute.