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Annual Report 2 0 13–2014 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati 781039, INDIA INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 2 ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is the sixth member of the IIT family. Indian Institute of Technology–Assam Society was formed in February 1989. The foundation stone of IIT Guwahati was laid in July 1992 in Guwahati. The Institute of Technology (Amendment) Act 1994, passed by the Parliament, was notifi ed in the Gazette of India on May 26, 1994, by which the IIT Guwahati–Assam Society was made into IIT Guwahati. By the Gazette of India notifi cation of the Ministry of Human Resource Development dated September 1,1994, the Central Government declared September 1,1994, as the date on which the Institute of Technology (Amendment) Act 1994 (No. 35 of 1994) came into force and IIT Guwahati was established. Enrollment of students started in 1995. Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati 3 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Annual Report 2013–2014: Highlights Growth Particulars 2012–2013 2013–2014 Growth in % Student Strength 4506 4891 8.54 Faculty Strength 325 342 5.23 R&D Funds Received (In crores of `) 37.36 33.67 – 9.87 Total Research Publication 1140 1248 9.47 Major R&D Projects Received: Centre for excellence in research and development of nanoelectronics theranostic devices (Centre for Nanotechnology) - ` 5775.00 lakhs Centre of excellence on sustainable polymers (Department of Chemical Engineering) - ` 600.00 lakhs Exploration and characterisation of seri-bio resources of North East India for potential textile and non-textile applications (Centre for the Environment) - ` 154.25 lakhs Rural hybrid energy - enterprise system (Centre for Energy) - ` 82.68 lakhs Genotyping single nucleoside polymorphisms (SNPs) with fl uorescently modifi ed nucleoside/ oligonucleotide probes (Department of Chemistry) - ` 82.12 lakhs Major Conference Held: International Conference on Advanced Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology (ICANN-2013), December 2013 12th Indo-European Winter Academy, December 2013 International Conference on Magnetic Materials and Applications (MagMA-2013), December 2013 Workshop on Xilinx FPGA Architecture and Design fl ow, November 2013 Continuities and Discontinuities of Asian Engagement: Borders, Mobility and Identity in Northeast India and Asia, October 2013 National Conference on Manufacturing: Vision for Future (MVF2013), October 2013 National School on Sustainable Polymers and First Symposium on Advances in Sustainable Polymers (ASP-14), January 2014 Workshop on Image and Speech Processing (WISP 2013), December 2013 4 ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 Annual Report 2013–2014: A Quick Look Department/Centre Academic Department 11 Academic Centre 3 Service Centre 3 Grants MHRD Rs. 285.11 crores Total Rs. 285.11 crores Students Admitted Students Strength Preparatory 4 Preparatory 4 BTech/BDes 647 BTech/BDes 2505 MTech/MDes 377 MTech/MDes 771 MSc/MA 152 MSc/MA 291 PhD/DUAL Degree 314 PhD/DUAL Degree 1320 Total 1494 Total 4891 Number of Degrees Awarded 15th Convocation (8 June 2013) BTech/BDes 431 MTech/MDes 305 MSc 95 MA 44 PhD 65 Total 940 Faculty/Staff Strength Faculty 342 Scientifi c Staff 29 Non-Teaching Staff (Group A) 31 Non-Teaching Staff (Group B & C) 290 Total 692 Research Papers Journal Papers 784 Conference Papers 464 Total 1248 Consultancy Projects Sponsored Research Projects New Projects 120 New Projects 93 Outlay (Rs. in crore) 1.30 Outlay (Rs. in crore) 90.14 5 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 6 ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 PART I Organisation 11 IIT Council 13 Board of Governors 14 Finance Committee 16 Building and Works Committee 17 Senate 18 Executive Summary 21 PART II ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS Biotechnology 43 Chemical Engineering 85 Chemistry 114 Civil Engineering 139 Computer Science and Engineering 170 Design 185 Electronics and Electrical Engineering 194 Humanities and Social Sciences 214 Mathematics 227 Mechanical Engineering 236 Physics 271 CONTENTS ACADEMIC CENTRES Centre for Energy 294 Centre for the Environment 303 Centre for Nanotechnology 309 CENTRALISED SERVICES Central Library 322 Centre for Educational Technology 324 Central Instruments Facility 328 Computer and Communication Centre 330 PART III APPENDICES Faculty 335 Offi cers and Scientifi c Staff (Group A) 342 Degree Awardees 344 Progress in Construction Works 369 Details of Research and Development Projects 372 Summary of Institute Accounts 383 7 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 8 ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 PART I Organisation IIT Council Board of Governors Finance Committee Building and Works Committee Senate Executive Summary 9 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI 10 ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 Organisation Chairman, Council of IITs Dr. M. M. Pallam Raju Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development, Govt. of India Chairman, Board of Governors Dr. R. P. Singh Former Chairman and Managing Director Power Grid Corporation of India Limited Director Prof. Gautam Barua (Up to 05.09.2013) Prof. Gautam Biswas (From 06.09.2013) Deputy Director Prof. S. Nandi Dean, Academic Aff airs Prof. A. Khare Dean, Faculty Aff airs Prof. A. Srinivasan Dean, Research and Development Prof. D. Chakraborty Dean, Students’ Aff airs Prof. B. K. Patel Dean, Institute Works Prof. A. Dutta Dean, Alumni Aff airs and External Relations Prof. S. K. Bose Dean, Outreach Education Programme Prof. A. K. Gogoi (From 10.10.2013) Associate Dean, Institute Works Dr. Rajib Kumar Bhattacharjya Associate Dean, Research and Development Prof. Chitralekha Mahanta 11 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Registrar Dr. B. N. Raychoudhury Head, Department of Biotechnology Prof. V. V. Dasu Head, Department of Chemical Engineering Prof. V. S. Moholkar Head, Department of Chemistry Prof. A. Chattopadhyay Head, Department of Civil Engineering Prof. A. K. Sarma Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Prof. S. B. Nair Head, Department of Design Prof. D. Chakrabarti Head, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering Prof. R. Bhattacharjee Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Prof. R. M. Punekar Head, Department of Mathematics Prof. B. K. Sarma Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering Prof. P. Mahanta Head, Department of Physics Prof. S. Basu Head, Centre for Energy Prof. A. K. Ghoshal Head, Centre for the Environment Prof. G. Das Head, Centre for Nanotechnology Prof. S. S. Ghosh (Up to 31.05.2013) Prof. R. P. Paily (From 01.06.2013) Head, Central Instruments Facility Prof. A. K. Saikia (Up to 31.05.2013) Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy (From 01.06.2013) Head, Centre for Educational Technology Prof. P. Yammiyavar Head, Computer Centre Prof. D. Goswami Librarian Dr. T. Guha (From 24.06.2014) 12 ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 IIT Council Minister in charge of Technical Education in the Central Government (Ex-Offi cio) Chairman Chairman of Board of Governors of all Indian Institutes of Technology (Ex-Offi cio) Member Director of all Indian Institutes of Technology (Ex-Offi cio) Member Chairman, University Grants Commission (Ex-Offi cio) Member Director General, Council of Scientifi c and Industrial Research (Ex-Offi cio) Member Chairman, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Ex-Offi cio) Member Director, Indian Institute of Science (Ex-Offi cio) Member Three nominees of the Central Government To represent the Ministry concerned with Technical Education Member To represent the Ministry of Finance Member To represent any other Ministry Member Nominee of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Member Nominees of the Visitor (minimum 3 and maximum 5) Member Three Members of Parliament (two from Lok Sabha and one from Rajya Sabha) Member Secretary to the Council 13 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Board of Governors Chairman Dr. R. P. Singh Former Chairman and Managing Director Power Grid Corporation of India Limited 29, Paschimi Marg, First Floor Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110 057 Member (Ex-Offi cio) Prof. Gautam Barua (Up to 05.09.2013) Prof. Gautam Biswas (From 06.09.2013) Director IIT Guwahati Member-Nominees of the IIT Council Shri Provash Chandra Neogy (Up to 07.04.2013) EC–126, Sector–I Salt Lake Kolkata 700 064 Shri K. Shankar Narayanan (Up to 07.04.2013) H 87, Bag Mugalia Extension Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462 043 Shri N. K. Sinha Joint Secretary Bureau of Distance Learning and Scholarships MHRD, Dept. of Higher Education Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi 110 115 Prof. Asis Datta Professor of Eminence National Institute of Plant Genome Research Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, Post Box No. 10531 New Delhi 110 067 Prof. M. K. Chaudhuri (From 01.04.2013) Vice-Chancellor Tezpur University Napaam, Tezpur 784 028 14 ANNUAL REPORT 2013-2014 Mr. Pydah Venkatanarayana (From 03.04.2013) Member, Pydah Educational Academy 3-16B-115, Santhi Nagar, Kakinada - 533 003 Dr. D. B. Goel Former Professor, IIT Roorkee 268/5, 16 Civil Lines Roorkee - 247 667 Member-Nominee of the Govt. of Assam Shri H. K. Sharma, IAS Commissioner and Secretary to the Govt. of Assam Higher Education (Technical) Department Dispur, Guwahati 781 006 Member-Nominee from North Eastern Region Shri P. D. Sawyan (Up to 06.07.2013) Architect/Industrialist Hotel Centrepoint Police Bazar Shillong 793 003 Mr. Er. Liansanga (From 01.07.2013) Ex Engineer-in-Chief, PWD Shivaji Tillah, Khatla Aizawl, Mizoram Member-Nominees of the Senate Prof. P. S. Robi Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering IIT Guwahati Prof. M. Jawed (Up to 31.12.2013) Professor Department of Civil Engineering IIT Guwahati Prof. A. Chattopadhyay (From 01.01.2014) Professor Department of Chemistry IIT Guwahati Secretary (Ex-Offi cio) Dr. B. N. Raychoudhury Registrar IIT Guwahati 15 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Finance Committee Dr. R. P. Singh Chairman (Ex-Offi cio) Former Chairman and Managing Director Power Grid Corporation of India Limited 29, Paschimi Marg, First Floor Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110 057 Prof. Gautam Barua (Up to 05.09.2013) Member (Ex-Offi cio) Prof. Gautam Biswas (From 06.09.2013) Director IIT Guwahati Director (IITs) Member Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt.