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The Institute Mace
In Academia, the Mace is a treasured object of the “Symbol and Authority of Office”. The Mace adds dignity, meaning, and a sense of ceremonial authority to the convocation proceedings. It reminds both participants and spectators that education is a cherished attribute of the society and symbolizes the values that the Institute upholds. IISER Bhopal’s mace is made of brass and teak wood and displays the Institute’s logo in brass with deep brown and gold relief. Above and beneath the logo, the words ^Kkue~ cyefLr* and ‘Knowledge is Power’, respectively, are engraved. There is also a brass olive-wreath encircling the Institute logo proclaiming the fact that IISER Bhopal educates students with an aim of safeguarding and promoting peace.
Message
It is my privilege to welcome you all to the fifth convocation of IISER Bhopal. Shri Prakash Javadekar, the Hon’ble Minister of HRD, Govt. of India, Dr. Anil Kakodkar, a well renowned scientist of our country, and Shri Deepak Joshi, Minister of State, Technical Education & Skill Development are with us today to bless our graduands.
You all are aware that IISER Bhopal is completing 9 years of its journey since its inception in the year 2008. In the current academic year, we have a combined strength of about 1125 students in BS-MS (Dual Degree), Ph.D. and Integrated Ph.D. programmes pursing their studies in various branches of science. We are proud to make special mention that more than 30% of the student population is female. In addition to few Centers of Excellence, we have recently establsihed Innovation and Incubation Center for Entrepreneurship (IICE), with an aim to translate the outcome of the basic scientific research into technology for greater benefit of the society.
So far a total of 258 students have graduated from IISER Bhopal and all of them have been well placed in different corners of the world, bringing glories to the Institute. It is the result of the hard work put together by the students and our team of faculty members. Our Institute is continuously rising in various parameters of science and research, duly making a mark in the international platform.
This year 106 BS-MS (Dual Degree), 3 Bachelor of Science, 10 Master of Science and 25 Ph.D. degrees are being awarded by the Institute. An alumnus of any Institute plays an important role in establishing its identity. After graduation, you all will proceed further for advanced studies or will pursue professional career. I truly believe that the training you have received here has made you strong enough to achieve your aims and objectives in life.
I extend my best wishes to you all for a bright future ahead.
Vinod K Singh Director, IISER Bhopal
Chairperson Chairperson Shri Vipin Sondhi Professor Vinod K Singh
Members Members Professor Vinod K Singh Professor Sandeep Verma Shri Kewal Kumar Sharma, IAS Professor V Chandrasekhar Professor Anurag Kumar Professor S K Satheesh Professor Pradeep Mathur Professor Lilavati Krishnan Professor K Vijay Raghavan Professor Manindra Agrawal Dr. Sekhar Basu Professor S K Tandon Shri Basant Pratap Singh, IAS Professor Subhash Chaturvedi Professor Manindra Agrawal Professor Kankan Bhattacharyya Professor Sandeep Verma Professor P K Gupta Ms. Darshana M Dabral Professor S Rai Choudhury
The BoardThe of Governors Professor Praveen Kulshreshtha Shri K V Satya Murty Dr. Sheuli Mitra Registrar and Secretary Dr. Sunando Datta Dr. J Sankar Dr. Manmohan Kapur
Dr. Deepak Chopra Dr. Vineet Sharma Dr. D S Rana Dr. Prasanta Ghorai Dr. Nikita Agarwal
Professor Vinod K Singh Senate The Dr. R S Tomar Director Dr. Ramya Sunder Raman Dr. J Sankar Dr. Sankar Chakma Dean, Faculty Affairs Dr. Pawan Kumar Aurora Dr. Vishal Rai Dr. Sunando Datta Dr. Ambar Jain Dean, Academic Affairs Dr. S K Pathak
Dr. Manmohan Kapur Dr. Suvankar Dutta Dean, Research & Development Dr. Apurba Lal Koner Dr. Saurabh Shrivastava Dr. Deepak Chopra Dr. Pritam Nasipuri Dean, Student Affairs Dr. R Mahalakshmi
Functionaries Dr. Vineet Sharma Dr. Vinita Gowda Dean, Alumni and International Students’ Representatives: Relations Ranjeet Singh Mahla Lokenath Kundu Shri K V Satya Murty Registrar Shri K V Satya Murty Registrar & Secretary
Programme
Academic Procession starts (As soon as the procession enters, all audience should stand up)
Invocation
Chairperson, BoG declares the Convocation open
Award of D.Sc. ( Honoris Causa ) by the Chairperson, BoG (Citation will be read by Chairperson, Senate)
Acceptance speech by the recipient of D.Sc. ( Honoris Causa ) and Guest of Honour
Award of degrees by the Chairperson, Senate
Chairperson, BoG signs the register for award of degrees
Exhortation by the Chairperson, Senate
Presentation of Medals by the Chairperson, BoG
Valedictory address by the President’s Gold Medal Winner
Presentation of the Report of the Institute by the Director
Address by the Guest of Honour
Introduction of the Chief Guest by the Chairperson, BoG
Convocation address by the Chief Guest
The National Anthem (All will rise)
Chairperson, BoG declares the Convocation closed
Academic Procession leaves
Graduating Batch 2017 Doctor of Philosophy
Biological Sciences
Maurya Svetlana Rajkumar Thesis Supervisor: Dr. R Mahalakshmi Thesis Title: Molecular regulators of human VDAC-2 scaffold stability and function Saumitra Dey Choudhury Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Vimlesh Kumar Thesis Title: Genetic Analysis of AP2 Adapter Function in Synaptic Transmission and Growth Signaling at the Drosophila Neuromuscular Junction Manika Indrajit Singh Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Vikas Jain Thesis Title: Molecular insights into the structural stability and biological activity of T4 bacteriophage DNA polymerase processivity factor Sakshi Chauhan Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Raghuvir Singh Tomar Thesis Title: Biochemical characterization of histone H3 clipping by chicken liver H3 specific protease: Clipping is regulated by structure of histone H3 and inhibitor, stefin B Upendar Rao Golla Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Raghuvir Singh Tomar Thesis Title: Implication of Budding Yeast as a Model Organism for Understanding the Chemical-Genetics and Functional Toxicogenomics Chemistry
Mahapure Aniket Ashok Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Manmohan Kapur Thesis Title: Towards the synthesis of Lariatin B: Synthesis of Macrocyclic framework and Side Chain Rajshekhar Amrutrao Unhale Thesis Supervisor: Professor Vinod K Singh Thesis Title: Organocatalytic Enantioselective C-S and C-C Bond-Forming Reactions: Applications in Organic Synthesis Navjeet Ahalawat Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Rajesh K Murarka Thesis Title: Understanding the Molecular Mechanism of Allostery in Proteins and Conformational Plasticity of Natively Disordered Human CD4 Peptide using Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Network Models
Graduating Batch 2017 Doctor of Philosophy
Chemistry
R V Ramana Reddy Thesis Supervisor: Dr. J Sankar Thesis Title: Tetraphenylbenzene Appended Chromophores: Synthesis, Properties and Applications
Jagadeesh Kalepu Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Sreenivas Katukojvala Thesis Title: Annulation Reactions of Enaldiazo Ketones: Synthesis of Diverse Heterocycles
Vinaykumar Kanchupalli Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Sreenivas Katukojvala Thesis Title: Synthetic Applications of Pyridazine Derived Acceptor & Donor-Acceptor Metallocarbenes & A Novel [3+1+1] Annulation of Diacceptor Rhodium Enalcarbenoid With Vinyl Azides
Murugavel M Thesis Supervisor: Dr. J Sankar Thesis Title: Multi-metallic Modular Porphyrinoid Assemblies: Syntheses, Structure & Properties
Ravindra Barnala Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Prasanta Ghorai Thesis Title: Enantioselective Synthesis of Substituted oxa-Heterocycles via Intramolecular oxa-Michael Reaction of Alkoxyboronate Utilizing Cinchona Alkaloid Based Organocatalysts
Durga Prasad Ch Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Sangit Kumar Thesis Title: Carbon-Chalcogen Coupling Reactions: Efforts Toward the Synthesis of Diaryl Chalcogenides and Chalcogenyl Heterocycles
Md Rehan Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Prasanta Ghorai Thesis Title: Transition-metal Catalysed and Transition-metal Free Synthesis of Heterocyclic and Carbocyclic Molecules
Srinivasa Rao Adusumalli Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Vishal Rai Thesis Title: Single-site labeling of Native Proteins
Graduating Batch 2017 Doctor of Philosophy
Chemistry
Shailesh Kumar Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Sangit Kumar Thesis Title: Carbon-Carbon and Carbon-Chalcogen Bond Construction: Access to β- (Nitroaryl)-indoles, Dithioacetals and Ebselenol Antioxidants
Sajal Khatua Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Sanjit Konar Thesis Title: Multifunctional MOFs for Detection of Small Molecules and Proton Conduction
Virendra Kumar Tiwari Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Manmohan Kapur Thesis Title: Transition Metal Catalyzed Regiodivergent C-H Functionalization of Nitrogen Heterocycles
Suraj Kumar Gupta Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Joyanta Choudhury Thesis Title: Exploring Electronically Modulated Discrete Ruthenium(II) and Iridium(III)- NHC Complexes as Hydrocarbon Oxidation Precatalysts
Ajay Verma Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Sangit Kumar Thesis Title: Iodine and Organoselenium Assisted Intramolecular Cyclization Reactions: Synthesis of Normal and Medium-Sized Heterocycles
Arun Suneja Thesis Supervisor: Professor Vinod K Singh Thesis Title: Expedient Access to Isoindolinones and Tetrahydroisoquinolines (THIQs) via Catalytic Asymmetric Mannich-Type Reactions
Srinivasulu P Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Sanjit Konar Thesis Title: Functional Metal-Organic Frameworks for Heterogeneous Catalysis
Soumava Biswas Thesis Supervisor: Dr. Sanjit Konar Thesis Title: Lanthanide Based MOFs for Cryogenic Magnetocaloric Effect, Slow Magnetic Relaxation and Proton Conduction
Graduating Batch 2017 Doctor of Philosophy
Physics
Rituraj Sharma Thesis Supervisor: Dr. K V Adarsh Thesis Title: Ultrafast exciton dynamics in 2-dimensional and amorphous chalcogenides
A total of 25 Ph.D. degrees will be awarded of which 5 graduands are from Biological Sciences, 19 from Chemistry, and 1 from Physics.
Graduating Batch 2017 Dual Degree of Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Biological Sciences ArjunV Kusum Lata Heena Noordeen Mamta Soumya Prakash Sahu Midhun Mohan M Aishwarya Lakshmi Mohit Kumar Manhas Ancy V S Rahul P V Anu Negi Rini R Arvind Meena Rohan Chakravarty Ashwathi Rajeevan Sagar Salim Athira S V Shrey Viviyan Athira A Silviya Sarah Lal Babi Joseph Smita Saha Chothwe Dipesh Sunil Taniya Mary Binny Devesh Kumar Thakur Udit Aswal Dilsha C Vaishak K P Himanshu Teta Vibhuti Shastri Karuna Surendran Vidyalekshmi M S Kawalbir Singh Yogesh Bhaskar Krupa Thankam Philip Ankita Roy Kumar Dhananjay
Chemistry Aayushi Chatterji Antony Joseph Aiswarya R Ardra M S Alok Pratap Singh Arppitha B S Amit Kumar Arunkumar M
Graduating Batch 2017 Dual Degree of Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Chemistry Ashish James Nanduri Savitri Srivatsasa Atreya Pal Nishanth Thomas Chimala Prathyusha Palak Ahir Divyanshu Soni Pritam Sadhukhan Evelin Lilly Varghese Ramees P P Gaurav Kudalkar Pramod Sabale Sani Dattaram Gokhale Rahul Mahesh Sachin Gopal Narayan Srivastava Saina Shaheeda M K Haritha P Saurabh Khodia Komal Kant Adlak Sherin G R Manish Kumar Sreehari V S Maria Francis Sujesh S Muhammed Shareef T Tannu Meena Myla Pradeep Kumar Tejaswinee Gangber Mathematics Mohamed Hashir P Merin Abraham Neethu S R Palkar Grishma Gurudas Brahadeesh Sankarnarayanan Palsule Aneesh Ramdas Haritha C Shubham Namdeo Kshire Mihir Manoj
Physics Amal Sebastian Anjana K N Amit Singh Arjun P Anagha Premaraj Arpith Kumar Aniruddh Verma Avishek Singh
Graduating Batch 2017 Dual Degree of Bachelor of Science and Master of Science
Physics Chandratre Kartiki Ganesh Pradeep Saran Chemate Dhanashree Bhaskar Prince Kumar Maurya Dinesh Kumar S Ramesh Chandra Shukla Gadgil Mihir Mukund Ravi Hare Krishna Salvi M Harsh Arora Shubham Kumar Singh Sable Hrushikesh Shashikant Somesh K Kamal Krishna Nath Aparna P
A total of 106 BS-MS (Dual Degree) will be awarded of which 37 graduands are from Biological Sciences, 36 from Chemistry, 9 from Mathematics, and 24 from Physics.
Graduating Batch 2017 Master of Science
Mathematics Anshu Nupur Patanker Ashutosh Pandey Sanjay Mahana
Physics Ajit Kumar Sajilesh K P Amlan Das Sarthak Gupta Gulloo Lal Prajapati Shashi Sourabh
A total of 10 Master of Science degrees will be awarded to students of Integrated Ph.D. programme. 4 graduands are from Mathematics and 6 from Physics.
Bachelor of Science
Biological Sciences Ajay Jaglan Kondadasula Sri Yogesh
Chemistry Renuka
A total of 3 Bachelor of Science degrees will be awarded to students of BS-MS (Dual Degree) programme. 2 graduands are from Biological Sciences and 1 from Chemistry.
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Exhortation
Remember that your knowledge and intellectual attainment is the most sacred wealth of the nation. You shall therefore, use it in a manner befitting the honour and dignity of your country and of your alma mater. You shall make every effort, in all circumstances, to uphold the dignity of your profession and integrity of your character. You shall endeavour, in every way, through thought, word and action, to bring about the well-being of the universe. You must live a well-disciplined life. Never forget the commandment of the sacred scriptures:
“Thou shall perform deeds that are commendable and no others.”
2017 Gold Medal Recipients
President’s Gold Medal Awarded for the Best Academic Performance amongst all disciplines of the BS-MS (Dual Degree) Amit Singh, Department of Physics Amit Singh joined IISER BHOPAL in the year 2012 as an INSPIRE fellow. He secured a Semester Performance Index (SPI) of 10 out of 10 in four semesters. His overall Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) is 9.79, the highest in the graduating batch. He has regularly participated in conferences and seminars including the World Science Conference held in Israel. He was also part of a team that visited the University of Southampton for formulating course content for a course on "Academic Writing for Scientists". During his stay here, he has shown interest in sports such as Cricket and Football. He has represented IISER BHOPAL cricket team in first ever IISM (2012) and has been a member of the batch-2012 cricket team for last five years.
Director’s Gold Medal Awarded for Outstanding All-Round Achievement and Leadership amongst all disciplines of the BS-MS (Dual Degree) Brahadeesh Sankarnarayanan, Department of Mathematics Brahadeesh joined IISER Bhopal in 2012 to pursue his interest in abstract mathematics. In his first year, he was awarded the CNR Rao Education Foundation Prize in each semester for securing the highest CPI in his batch. He was awarded the IASc-INSA-NASI Summer Research Fellowship twice to pursue a summer research project at NISER Bhubaneswar in number theory. He actively participates in the Mathematics Club and was a coordinator of the club for 2 years. He served as the captain of the Table-Tennis team in the Inter-IISER Sports Meet (IISM) 2012 and was the captain of the Chess team in IISM 2013 and 2015. He has worked on the Editorial Board of Uday as Associate Editor. He was part of the organising team of the first edition of Singularity, the annual science festival. He was nominated by the institute to attend the 1st World Science Conference, Israel (WSCI) 2015. He represented IISER Bhopal in the In-Residence Program for Scholars at Rashtrapati Bhavan in 2016. He was elected President of the Students Activity Council (SAC) for 2016- 17. He has secured all India rank 20 in the joint CSIR-UGC NET exam and will be enrolling in a Ph.D. program soon.
2017 Proficiency Medal Recipients Awarded for the Best Academic Performance in each discipline of BS-MS (Dual Degree)
Proficiency Medal in Biological Sciences Ankita Roy
Ankita joined IISER Bhopal as an INSPIRE Fellow in 2012. She has secured a CPI of 9.26 on a 10 point scale. She was chosen as an NIUS Fellow in her first year. She was a DAAD WISE Fellow to the University of Hamburg in Germany in her third year. She has received Ph.D. offers from four universities which include Pennsylvania State University and the University of Illinois at Urbana- Champaign. She has decided to join the Integrated Life Sciences Graduate Program at the University of Georgia in the United States of America to pursue her doctoral studies.
Proficiency Medal in Chemistry Ashish James
Ashish joined IISER Bhopal as an INSPIRE fellow in 2012 . He has secured a CPI of 9.21 on a 10 point scale. He has always shown keen interest in academics. According to Ashish, ‘The inspiring and encouraging environment has motivated me throughout my stay here. I was fortunate to receive the "Indian Academy of Sciences Fellowship" for 2015 and did summer projects in IISc Bangalore and NCL Pune’. Ashish worked on nanoclusters for his MS project in IISER Bhopal. Besides academics, he is also interested in creative writing and received second prize in essay writing competition held at IISERB.
Proficiency Medal in Mathematics Haritha C
Haritha joined IISER Bhopal as an INSPIRE Fellow in 2012. She has secured a Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) of 9.47 on a 10 point scale with highest possible Semester Performance Index (SPI) of 10 in three semesters. She has qualified in the CSIR-National Eligibility Test (CSIR- NET) held in 2016 December securing an All India rank of 17 and Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE) held in 2017 with All India rank of 327 in Mathematics.
Proficiency Medal in Physics Amit Singh
Amit Singh joined IISER BHOPAL in the year 2012 as an INSPIRE fellow. He has secured overall CPI of 9.79 on a 10 point scale. He obtained a SPI of 10 on a 10 point scale in four semesters. He was selected for both DAAD-WISE and SN BOSE fellowship in the year 2016 out of which he chose DAAD-WISE to carry out a three month project in Germany. He has worked in various areas in Physics during his summer project and master's thesis work, including Soft Condensed Matter Physics, Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Nuclear Astrophysics. He has also cleared
NET-JRF, GATE and JEST examinations.
Chief Guest
Shri Prakash Javadekar Hon’ble Minister of HRD, Govt. of India
Shri Prakash Keshav Javadekar is presently the Minister of Human Resource Development, Government of India. He was elected to the Rajya Sabha as a Member of Parliament from Maharashtra in 2008, and re-elected from Madhya Pradesh in 2014. He was first inducted into the Council of Ministers led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on May 26, 2014 as Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Environment, Forest & Climate Change and Ministry of Information & Broadcasting. Additionally, he worked as a Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs until November 9, 2014. He continued and concentrated thereafter as MoS (IC) of Environment, Forest and Climate Change until July 5, 2016 and subsequently he was elevated to the post of Cabinet Minister and assigned the key HRD portfolio. Born to Shri Keshav Krishna Javadekar and Smt. Rajani Javadekar on January 30, 1951 in Pune, Shri Prakash Javadekar had grown up in an academic environment. His father was a journalist working with ‘Kesari’, the Marathi newspaper founded by Lokamanya Tilak. His mother was a primary school teacher and had a profound influence on him right from his childhood inculcating in him the ethos of education. Shri Javadekar served in the Bank of Maharashtra between 1971 and 1981. Although fully committed to his profession, he never lost interest in student movements. His contributions toward the state of Maharashtra have been substantial. He was a member of the Youth Welfare Board of Government of Maharashtra during the late seventies. His political ambition received an impetus in 1981 when he joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the capacity of a full-time cadre. He has written extensively on issues relating to unemployment and organized various protests in the State and at the national level on the issue of unemployment. Shri Javadekar was elected to the Maharashtra Legislative Council in 1990 and continued to hold the seat till 2002. He always stood against any form of corruption and has been very active in raising issues
related to criminalization of politics and corruption within and outside the House. Shri Javadekar started his political journey in New Delhi in 2003 when he was appointed as BJP’s National Spokesperson which he continued until 2014.
As a Minister, HRD, Shri Javadekar is deeply involved in promoting educational institutes to meet global standards. The development and implementation of the National Depository Account (NAD) has been made possible under his leadership through which a central online depository will be the custodian of academic degrees of all institutions. Apart from launching the education portal of ‘RUSA’, he has ensured that 38 central universities in the country are wi-fi enabled. He firmly believes that the light of education should reach the grass root level and to achieve a target of “education for all” seems to be a reality under his vibrant leadership.
Guest of Honour
Shri Deepak Joshi Minister of State, Technical Education and Skill Development, Madhya Pradesh
Shri Deepak Joshi was born on June 13, 1962 at Hatpipaliya in Dewas district. Educated upto B. Com. LLB, Shri Joshi is entrepreneur. Shri Joshi has been a member of working committee of Bharatiya Janata Yuva Morcha since year 1983. He became the President of Students Union, Government Hamidia College Bhopal in the year 1984-85. He was also a member of working council of Barkatullah University, Bhopal during 1991-94. He is State Vice-President of Bharatiya Janata Party since year 2000. Shri Joshi was elected to 12 th Vidhan Sabha in year 2003, to 13 th Vidhan Sabha in 2008 and he was re-elected for the third time for 14 th Vidhan Sabha in the year 2013. He took oath as the Minister of State, Technical Education and Skill Development (Independent Charges), Labor, School Education on December 21, 2013.
Recipient of D.Sc. ( Honoris Causa ) and Guest of Honour
Dr. Anil Kakodkar Ex. Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Ex. Secretary to the Govt. of India, Department of Atomic Energy
Dr. Anil Kakodkar is one of the main architects of modern Nuclear Science and Technology in India. Born on November 11, 1943, Dr. Kakodkar obtained a B. E. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Bombay University and did his M. Sc. in Experimental Stress Analysis from the Nottingham University, UK. He joined BARC in 1964 and subsequently rose to become its Director in 1996. He has been the Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Secretary to the Government of India, DAE, during the years 2000-2009. He was DAE Homi Bhabha Chair Professor during January 2010 and January 2015 and the INAE Satish Dhawan Chair of Engineering Eminence at the BARC during January 2015 to January 2017. The primary focus of his work has always been self-reliant development of nuclear reactor systems to address the Indian programme requirements. Severe restrictions imposed by the international community could not deter his spirits. He has been successful in developing various systems for the pressurized heavy water reactor, building the DHRUVA reactor starting from its very inception, and in conceptualizing and developing the advanced heavy water reactor. Dr. Kakodkar's exceptional leadership qualities guided efficient utilization of our vast Thorium reserves which are used for energy production. This eventually paved the path for shaping the third stage of India's nuclear power programme. Dr. Kakodkar has played a seminal role in developing India's strategic programme and was involved in the first successful Peaceful Nuclear Explosion Experiment that India conducted at Pokhran, first in 1974 and later again in 1998. Under his leadership, India saw a commendable boost in the nuclear power programme despite the dearth of Uranium reserves. He played a pivotal role in obtaining the observer status for India at
CERN partnership in the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project and exemption for nuclear trade from Nuclear Supplier's Group (NSG). Dr. Kakodkar has always championed the cause of higher education in India and is credited for the establishment of Institutions like NISER, DAE-Mumbai University Centre for Basic Sciences and Homi Bhabha National Institute. Besides being the Chairman of Solar Energy Corporation, he has also been the Chairman of various organizations including IIT Bombay. A committee under his Chairmanship has worked out a detailed report for greater autonomy of the IITs and NITs. He has also been instrumental in providing comprehensive recommendations for the improvement of safety features for Indian Railways. A recipient of Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan, Dr. Kakodkar devoted his professional life for the development and proper execution of the Atomic Energy Programmes in India and has been a key contributor to India's Strategic Programme.
Shri Vipin Sondhi Chairperson, Board of Governors
Shri Vipin Sondhi is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of JCB India Limited, a leading manufacturer of earthmoving and construction equipment in India. Over the past 10 years, he has led the company's growth journey and JCB India has since established market leadership in the Industry.
During this time, he also successfully managed the acquisition, retention and development of an excellent team at JCB, which has been instrumental in strengthening the company’s operations and its steady expansion.
He has steered the growth of JCB India’s business, which includes exports to over 65 countries today. JCB manufactures a wide range of products on the philosophy of one global quality in its five state-of-the-art factories in India. These products are backed by the industry’s largest and finest after sales support network.
An alumnus of The Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and The Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, he has over three decades of experience in Manufacturing and Engineering based companies such as Honda, Tata Steel and Tecumseh (an American company which was the world’s largest manufacturer of compressors for refrigerators and air conditioners in its time).
He was appointed as the Chairperson, Board of Governors, of the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal in December 2015. An elected member of the Confederation of Indian Industry’s (CII) National Council and the Chairman of Capital Goods Committee, he has also been the Chairman of Excon, South Asia’s largest exhibition for construction equipment from 2006 to 2015.
He was awarded the CII’s Young Manager’s Trophy in the year 2000, the Udyog Rattan Award by the Institute of Economic Studies in 2011 and The CEO of the Year Award at CEO India Awards in 2014.
An avid golfer, he lives in Delhi with his wife and daughter.
Previous Convocations
FIRST CONVOCATION 2013
Degrees Awarded Dual Degree of Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Biological Sciences 4 Chemistry 8 Mathematics 3 Physics 3 Total Degrees Awarded: 18
2013 Medal Recipients President’s Gold Medal Proficiency Medals Arshad Akbar Department of Chemistry Department of Chemistry Arshad Akbar
Director’s Gold Medal Department of Mathematics Sunkula Mahesh Lala Chiraag Ramesh
Department of Mathematics Department of Physics Mukund Bapna
Chief Guest Dr. M. Mangapati Pallam Raju Minister of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India
Guest of Honour and D.Sc. ( Honoris Causa ) Recipient Professor C. N. R. Rao National Research Professor & Chairman, Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister of India
Previous Convocations
SECOND CONVOCATION 2014
Degrees Awarded
Discipline Dual Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Biological Sciences 11 - Chemistry 19 4 Mathematics 2 - Physics 12 - Total Degrees Awarded: 44 4
2014 Medal Recipients President’s Gold Medal Director’s Gold Medal Sai Puneet Desai Akash Jain Department of Chemistry Department of Physics
Proficiency Medals Department of Biological Sciences Department of Mathematics Aseem Shrivastava Gosavi Saurabh Madan
Department of Chemistry Department of Physics Sai Puneet Desai Akash Jain
Chief Guest Shri Pranab Mukherjee President of India Guest of Honour and D.Sc. ( Honoris Causa ) Recipient Professor Goverdhan Mehta National Research Professor, University of Hyderabad
Previous Convocations
THIRD CONVOCATION 2015
Degrees Awarded
Discipline Dual Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Biological Sciences 33 2 Chemistry 27 12 Mathematics 3 - Physics 20 2 Total Degrees Awarded: 83 16
2015 Medal Recipients President’s Gold Medal Director’s Gold Medal Shubham Kumar Jaiswal Chetana Tamadaddi Department of Biological Sciences Department of Biological Sciences
Proficiency Medals Department of Biological Sciences Department of Mathematics Chetana Tamadaddi Sweta Pandey
Department of Chemistry Department of Physics Deena Paul Charubala C S
Chief Guest Dr. Anil Kakodkar Ex. Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission and Ex. Secretary to the Govt. of India, Department of Atomic Energy Guest of Honour and D.Sc. ( Honoris Causa ) Recipient Dr. Vijay Kumar Saraswat Member, NITI Aayog
Previous Convocations
FOURTH CONVOCATION 2016
Degrees Awarded
Discipline Dual Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Bachelor of Science and Master of Science Biological Sciences 22 9 Chemistry 27 13 Mathematics 4 - Physics 15 3 Total Degrees Awarded: 68 25
2016 Medal Recipients President’s Gold Medal Director’s Gold Medal Sachin Shain P Amrutha V Department of Physics Department of Biological Sciences
Proficiency Medals Department of Biological Sciences Department of Mathematics Shah Lekha Vinod Sanjana Agarwal
Department of Chemistry Department of Physics Vaishnavi N Nair Sachin Shain P
Chief Guest Shri Vipin Sondhi Managing Director & CEO JCB India Limited & Chairperson, Board of Governors IISER Bhopal Guest of Honour and D.Sc. ( Honoris Causa ) Recipient Professor Ajay Kumar Sood Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Convocation 2017 Committee
1 Dr. Sunando Datta Chairperson
2 Dr. Saptarshi Mukherjee Member
3 Dr. J Sankar Member
4 Dr. Manmohan Kapur Member
5 Dr. Deepak Chopra Member
6 Dr. R S Tomar Member
7 Dr. S Chakma Member
8 Dr. Prasanta Ghorai Member
9 Dr. Vishal Rai Member
10 Dr. Ramya Sunder Raman Member
11 Dr. Pawan K Aurora Member
12 Dr. Nikita Agarwal Member
13 Dr. D S Rana Member
14 Dr. Madhumita Mukherjee Member
15 Shri K V Satya Murty Member
16 Shri Madan Pal Member
17 Shri Gaurav Awasthi Member
18 Ms. Sherly George Member Secretary
Convocation 2017 Sub-Committees
Convocation Hall Arrangements and Food/Refreshments Reception Dr. Saptarshi Mukherjee, Convener Dr. Dr. Kashyap Rajeevsarathy, Convener Dr. Alakesh Bisai Dr. Ram Kumar Mishra Mr. Gaurav Awasthi Dr. Dhanyalekshmi Pillai Mr. Pradeep Jaiswal Dr. S K Pathak Mr. Pushpraj Patel Mr. Vivek Singh Mr. Pappu Chauhan Public Address System, Invocation and Mr. Kamal Ajneria Announcements Dr. Aasheesh Srivastava, Convener Academic Procession Committee Dr. Madhumita Mukherjee Dr. Dr. Manmohan Kapur, Convener Ms. Monika Bais Dr. Dr. Arundhuti Ghatak Mr. Ranjeet Singh Mahla Dr. Dr. Abhijit Patra Mr. Vivek Bakshi Press and Publicity Shri K V Satya Murty, Convener Designing/Printing of Invitation Cards, Mr. Mayank Sharma Backdrop, Reports, Brochures, Degrees, Mr. Praveen David Grade Reports, Medals Mr. Ashwani Srivastava Dr. Sunando Datta, Convener Mr. Govind Agarwal Ms. Sherly George Mr. Priyank Bhavsar Medical Attendance Mr. Jitendra Rajput Dr. Mahesh K Lachhwani Mr. Brajendra Rajput Transport Photography/Telecast/Webcast/Local Dr. Apurba Lal Koner, Convener Cable TV, Telephone Mr. Bechan Prajapati Dr. Vishal Rai, Convener Mr. J K Jha Mr. Vinay Bajpai Mr. Ritesh Mishra Mr. Manvendra Singh Mr. Sushil Singh Security and Emergency Arrangements Mr. Vivek Singh Dr. Ravi S Singh, Convener Mr. Madan Pal Mr. J C Gupta Colonel Umashankar Upadhyay
Milestones
• Establishment of the Institute: 2008 • Professor Vinod Singh took charge as the Director: June 12, 2008 • The First meeting of the Board of Governors: July 10, 2008 2008-10 • The First meeting of the Senate: August 9, 2008 • Commencement of classes in transit campus: August 16, 2008 • Foundation Stone laid by the then Minister of HRD: October 8, 2008 • Construction of permanent campus started: July 29, 2009
• First Convocation: May 4, 2013 • Start of BS-MS (Minor) in EES: August 2011 2011-13 • Students moved to Hostels in Bhauri Campus: August 2012
• Start of Integrated Ph.D. Programme: August 2014 • Start of BS-MS (Major) in EES: August 2014 2014-15 • Establishment of Engineering Sciences: May 2014
• Re-organization of Engineering Sciences - Chemical Engineering and Electrical Engineering & Computer Science: March 2016 • Start of BS-MS (Minor) in HSS: August 2016 • Fully functional parmament campus and transit campus vacated: July 2016-17 2016
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