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IISc Profile 2012

Contents

Foreword v The Court viii The Council ix Administration x

Division of Biological Sciences Department of Biochemistry 2 Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology 4 Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics 6 Molecular Biophysics Unit 8 Centre for Ecological Sciences 10 Centre for Neuroscience 12 Central Animal Facility 14 Primate Research Laboratory 16

Division of Chemical Sciences Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 18 Department of Organic Chemistry 20 Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit 22 Materials Research Centre 24 NMR Research Centre 26

Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics 28 Department of Mathematics 30 Department of Physics 32 Astronomy and Astrophysics Programme 34 Centre for High Energy Physics 36 Centre for Contemporary Studies 38 Centre for Cryogenic Technology 40

Division of Electrical Sciences Department of Computer Science and Automation 42 Department of Electrical Engineering 44 Department of Electrical Communication Engineering 46 Department of Electronic Systems Engineering 48

Division of Mechanical Sciences Department of Aerospace Engineering 50 Department of Chemical Engineering 56 Department of Mechanical Engineering 58 Department of Materials Engineering 62 Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing 64

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Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences Department of Civil Engineering 66 Department of Management Studies 70 Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 72 Divecha Centre for Climate Change 74 Centre for Earth Sciences 76 Centre for Sustainable Technologies 78

Central Laboratories and Facilities Supercomputer Education and Research Centre 82 Centre for Nano Science and Engineering 86 Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems 88 Archives and Publications Cell 90 International Relations Cell 92 JRD Tata Memorial Library 94

Outreach Activities Centre for Continuing Education 96 Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning 98 Centre for Scientific and Industrial Consultancy 100 Society for Innovation and Development (SID) 102 Intellectual Property Cell 104 Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) 106 Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology 108

Inter-disciplinary Programme 110 Directors 111 Honorary Fellows/Centenary Visiting Professors 112 Endowed Chairs for Faculty 113 Endowed Visiting Chairs/DST-IISc Centenary Chair 116 Lectures 118 Centenary Lectures 123 Awards for Faculty 125 Medals for Meritorious Students 127 Acknowledgement 130 Foreword

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was conceived as a ‘Research Institute’ or ‘University of Research’ by Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, in the final years of the 19th century. A long period of almost thirteen years was to elapse from the initial conception in 1896 to the birth of the institute on May 27, 1909. The early history of the Institute is a fascinating chapter in the story of higher education and scientific research in India. The cast of characters in the drama that led to the establishment of the Institute includes, in addition to its charismatic and generous founder J.N. Tata, figures from the pages of Indian history. There is Swami Vivekananda, whom J.N. Tata befriended on his famous voyage to the United States, the Maharaja of Mysore, Shri Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV and his mother then acting on his behalf, and Lord Curzon the Viceroy of India, whose first task on arrival on December 31, 1898 was to receive a draft proposal prepared by the Provisional Committee set up to plan the establishment of the Institute. The plan was shepherded through many difficult years by Burjorji Padshah, a close associate of J.N. Tata. Unfortunately, J.N. Tata died in 1904 unaware that his vision would indeed be realized a few years later. When the British Government finally issued the Vesting Order in 1909, an unmatched experiment in higher education and research was launched in India. IISc is truly the first example of a public-private partnership in this country; an institution, whose evolution over a century is testimony to the robustness of its foundations.

The Institute occupies nearly 400 acres of prime land in Bangalore, generously donated by the Maharaja of Mysore in March 1907. Indeed, the contribution from the princely state of Mysore was the decisive element in determining the location of J.N. Tata’s proposed institution. Remarkably, in a gesture unmatched in the annals of private philanthropy in India, Tata did not wish his name to be associated with the Institute. His dream was to create an institution that would contribute to the development of India. The name, Indian Institute of Science, which was finally chosen, reflects in every way the wishes of J.N. Tata. Visitors to Bangalore who seek out IISc still have to ask local residents for directions to the ‘Tata Institute’, a clear recognition that Jamsetji Tata’s act of generosity has remained undimmed in public memory, despite the passage of a century.

The Institute began with only two departments: General and Applied Chemistry and Electro- Technology. The first Director, Morris W Travers began the task of organizing the Institute shortly after his arrival in India at the end of 1906. Travers began the construction of the main building, which is one of Bangalore’s landmarks today. The Departments of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry were among the earliest to be established. The Physics department came into being in 1933, when C.V. Raman became the first Indian Director of the Institute. In the century that has passed since its inception, IISc has grown to become India’s premier centre for research and postgraduate education in science and engineering. The evolution of the Institute over the past one hundred years has mirrored the development of science and technology in India. A long history, a strong tradition of academic research and an ambience that favours scholarly activity have been important elements

v vi Foreword in making the Institute a most attractive place for students and faculty. As the Institute has grown, several new areas of research have been established, many of them for the first time in India. The Institute’s departments in fields ranging from Biochemistry to Aerospace Engineering have served to nucleate research and development in both the public and private sectors. The faculty and alumni of the Institute have been responsible for establishing and spearheading many new institutions and programs across the country, reflecting in a real sense, a major contribution of this centre of learning to national growth and development. Homi Bhabha conceived the idea of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and an Atomic Energy Program while working in the Department of Physics. Vikram Sarabhai, the founder of India’s space program was an alumnus. Following his premature death, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was built by the farsighted leadership of Satish Dhawan, who simultaneously held the position of the Director of the Institute with the greatest distinction. The first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Kharagpur was established by J.C. Ghosh, who was the Director of IISc in the critical period 1939–48, during which much of the activity in engineering was initiated at the Institute. Many of India’s most distinguished scientists have been associated with the Institute as students or faculty. Notable among them are G.N. Ramachandran, Harish Chandra, S. Ramaseshan, A. Ramachandran, C.N.R. Rao and R. Narasimha. Alumni of the Institute head many major organizations in India and abroad.

The Institute offers a variety of Master’s degree programs in Engineering, an integrated Ph.D. (post- B.Sc.) program in Sciences and Ph.D. programs in a wide spectrum of disciplines in science and engineering. Last year the Institute launched a 4-year undergraduate program leading to a B.S. degree, with an opportunity for students to obtain a broad foundation in science, including an exposure to research. The research laboratories at the Institute are extremely well equipped. Many national facilities are housed at the Institute. The library and computational facilities at the Institute are amongst the best in India. A major program for modernizing laboratories is underway. The Institute hosts hundreds of visitors from India and abroad every year and is the venue for many major national and international academic events.

The face of science and engineering research has been changing very rapidly over the past few years. In approaching the second century of the Institute many new activities have been initiated. Notable among them are the interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs in Mathematical Sciences and Nanoscience and Engineering. A new program in Bioengineering has been launched this year. These programs are intended to blur the traditional boundaries between disciplines, thereby promoting cross-disciplinary research. An M.Tech. program in Transportation Engineering was introduced in 2010 and a Master’s program in Management with a focus on Technology Management and Business Analytics was started last year. New centres in the areas of Earth Sciences, Climate Change and Neuroscience have been established in the last few years. The Institute hopes to foster collaborative and interdisciplinary research in a vigorous fashion in the years to come. The Institute is also committed to promoting post-doctoral research in the areas of science and engineering.

The Institute engages in interactions with society and industry through a variety of outreach programs. The Centre for Scientific and Industrial Consultancy (CSIC) and the Society for Innovation and Development (SID) promote collaborative interactions with industry, while the Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) provides an opportunity for working scientists and engineers to enrich themselves academically. The Institute actively promotes programs that encourage bright Foreword vii young school and undergraduate students to undertake research careers. The Institute adminis- ters the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) program of the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The Institute’s commitment to socially relevant research is specifically emphasized by the activities undertaken at the Centre for Sustainable Technologies (CST), together with the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), which is housed on the campus.

The Institute completed a century of existence in 2009. It has embarked on a new phase of expan- sion and renewal. To live and work at the Institute is a special privilege. The Faculty, Staff and Students of the Institute can be rightly proud of its past and optimistic about its future.

P BALARAM July 2012 THE COURT

PRESIDENT Ratan N Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons Ltd., Mumbai

MEMBERS P Rama Rao, Hyderabad Ashoke Sen, HRI, Allahabad Ashok Thakur, Secretary MHRD, Dept. of Higher Education, GOI, New Delhi Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation, Bangalore Sushanta Dattagupta, Vice Chancellor, Visva-Bharati Univesity, Santiniketan K R Shashidhar, Commissioner, Dept. of Collegiate Education, GOK, Bangalore R K Krishna Kumar, Director, Tata Sons Ltd., Mumbai T S Sridhar, Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, GOTN, Chennai Saroj K Poddar, Chairman, Gillette India Ltd., Kolkata S N Agarwal, Chairman, Bhoruka Power Corporation Ltd., Bangalore Pamod H Lele, Chief Executive, P D Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai Chairman, AICTE, New Delhi Samir K Brahmachari, Director General, CSIR, New Delhi Er Har Sarup Chahal, VC, Deenabandhu Chotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthai, Haryana A M Pathan, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga Damodar Acharya, Director, IIT Kharagpur Devang V Khakhar, Director, IIT, Mumbai K Kasturirangan, Member, Planning Commission, New Delhi V S Ramamurthy, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore V Babu Sathian, President, IISc Alumni Association, Bangalore P Balaram, Director (Ex-officio) N Balakrishnan, Associate Director (Ex-officio) Members of the Council who are not otherwise members of the Court and Professors of the Institute (Ex-officio) N Mohan Das, Registrar (Ex-officio)

viii THE COUNCIL

CHAIRMAN K Kasturirangan, Member, Planning Commission, New Delhi

MEMBERS Ashok Thakur, Secretary, MHRD, Dept. of Higher Education, GOI, New Delhi N K Sinha, Addl. Secretary, MHRD, Dept. of Higher Education, GOI, New Delhi G Madhavan Nair, Former Chairman, ISRO, Bangalore Siddaiah, Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, GOK, Bangalore L V Nagarajan, Principal Secretary, Dept. of Finance, GOK, Bangalore J J Irani, Director, Tata Sons Ltd., Mumbai A N Singh, Managing Trustee, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Mumbai Ajit Kembhavi, Director, IUCAA, Pune Murli Manohar Joshi, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) N Dharam Singh, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) Ashok S Ganguly, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) P Rama Rao, Hyderabad Er Har Sarup Chahal, VC, Deenabandhu Chotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthai, Haryana A M Pathan, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga Chairman, AICTE, New Delhi Samir K Brahmachari, Director General, CSIR, New Delhi P Balaram, Director (Ex-officio) N Balakrishnan, Associate Director (Ex-officio) M R N Murthy, Dean, Science Faculty (Ex-officio) B N Raghunandan, Dean, Engineering Faculty (Ex-officio) N Mohan Das, Registrar (Ex-officio Secretary)

ix ADMINISTRATION

DIRECTOR MEDICAL OFFICERS P Balaram C Satish Rao PhD (Carnegie Mellon) MBBS (Mysore) FNA, FASc, FNASc, FTWAS L Sharada MBBS (CMC Vellore), DGO (Vellore) ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR R Nirmala N Balakrishnan MBBS (MGR Medical) PhD (IISc) FASc, FNAE, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS OFFICERS (other areas) REGISTRAR N Mohan Das SECURITY OFFICER PhD (Anna) M R Chandrasekhar BSc (Mysore), LLB (Bangalore) DEPUTY REGISTRARS K Panneer Selvam PhD (Gandhigram Rural) OFFICER IN-CHARGE Uma Chandran (Public Information/Official Language Unit) MA, LLB (Bangalore) V Thilagam PGDPM (NIPM), GDMM (IIMM) PhD (Bangalore) ASSISTANT REGISTRARS T S Vishwanath GYMKHANA BSc (Bangalore), PGDM & PGDHRM, President (IGNOU) Siddartha P Sarma V Nagaraja PhD (Maryland) MA (Mysore) M J Nandeesh SENIOR SPORTS OFFICER MSc (Mysore), PGDMM (Annamalai) C P Poonacha Aparna Kandi BA (Mysore) BE (VTU) MP Ed (Karnatak)

FINANCIAL CONTROLLER HOSTELS Indumati Srinivasan Chairman, Council of Wardens MA (JNU, New Delhi), PGDPPM (IIMB) A M Umarji PhD (IIT/Madras), MRC DEPUTY FINANCIAL CONTROLLER Associate Chairman M Krishna Murthy L Umanand PhD (Bangalore) PhD (IISc), DESE ACCOUNTS OFFICER P Manivannan Honorary Wardens MA (Madras) Dipshikha Chakravortty PhD (Pune), MCB INTERNAL AUDITOR Muddu Sekhar S R Lakshminarasimhan PhD (IISc), Civil Engineering BCom (Mysore) Abha Misra PhD (IIT/Bombay), IAP CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER Aveek Bid G R Nagabhushana PhD (IISc), Physics MBBS (Mysore) P Thilagar PGDM&CH (IGNOU) PhD (IIT/Kanpur), IPC Administration xi

Ganesh Nagaraju CENTRE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, PhD (IISc), BC SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION & URBAN PLANNING: ADVISOR (Students Affairs) T G Sitharam Anjali A Karande PhD (Bombay) CENTRE FOR NANOSCIENCE & ENGINEERING: STUDENTS COUNSELLORS Rudra Pratap P K Das CENTRE FOR NEUROSCIENCES: PhD (Columbia) Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath J M Chandra Kishen PhD (IISc) CENTRE FOR PRODUCT DESIGN & G Jagadeesh MANUFACTURING: PhD (IISc) Anindya Deb Anjula Gurtoo PhD (IIM, Ahmedabad) CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL CONSULTANCY: Chairpersons of Departments J M Chandra Kishen AEROSPACE ENGINEERING: Debasish Ghose CENTRE FOR SPONSORED SCHEMES & PROJECTS: ARCHIVES & PUBLICATIONS CELL: A G Menon CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES: BIOCHEMISTRY: Sudhakar M Rao H S Savithri CHEMICAL ENGINEERING: CENTRAL ANIMAL FACILITY: Prabhu R Nott K Somasundaram CIVIL ENGINEERING: CENTRE FOR ATMOSPHERIC & OCEANIC C S Manohar SCIENCES: G S Bhat COMPUTER SCIENCE & AUTOMATION: Y Narahari CENTRE FOR CAMPUS MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT: DIVECHA CENTRE FOR B V Venkatarama Reddy CLIMATE CHANGE: J Srinivasan CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY STUDIES: R Gadagkar ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING: CENTRE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION: P Vijay Kumar P Venkataram ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING: CENTRE FOR CRYOGENIC TECHNOLOGY: P S Sastry S Kasthurirengan ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING: CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCES: K Gopakumar A G Menon INORGANIC & PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY: CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES: A G Samuelson R Sukumar INSTRUMENTATION & APPLIED CENTRE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS: PHYSICS: B Ananthanarayan K Rajanna xii Administration

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CELL: NMR RESEARCH CENTRE: S Vasudevan INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CELL: G Rangarajan ORGANIC CHEMISTRY: Santanu Bhattacharya J R D TATA MEMORIAL LIBRARY: R Krishna Murthy PHYSICS: H R Krishnamurthy MANAGEMENT STUDIES: M H Bala Subrahmanya PRIMATE RESEARCH LABORATORY Aditya Murthy MATERIALS ENGINEERING: Vikram Jayaram ROBERT BOSCH CENTRE FOR CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMS: MATERIALS RESEARCH CENTRE: S Asokan K B R Varma SOLID STATE & STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY MATHEMATICS: UNIT: Mrinal Kanti Ghosh D D Sarma

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING: SOCIETY FOR INNOVATION & R Narasimhan DEVELOPMENT: Jayant M Modak MICROBIOLOGY & CELL BIOLOGY: V Nagaraja SUPERCOMPUTER EDUCATION & RESEARCH CENTRE: MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS UNIT: R Govindarajan Dipankar Chatterji

MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT & GENETICS: P Kondaiah DEPARTMENTS Department of Biochemistry

Profile ulation of telomere maintenance and cell senescence, homing endonucleases; development of DNA vaccine The department of Biochemistry was started in 1921 for rabies; cellular immune response against viruses and and was recognized as a Centre of Advanced Study immunomodulation, structure and function of viral in Biochemistry in 1968 by the University Grants encoded proteins, molecular mechanisms of assem- Commission, and has remained so ever since. The bly, replication and movement in single stranded RNA Department offers excellent PhD and post doctoral and DNA plant viruses; biochemical and structural programmes. More than thousand PhDs and two studies on pyridoxal phosphate dependent enzymes; thousand fellows have been trained. restriction-modification enzymes and DNA mismatch repair proteins – their utilization as model systems to study protein-DNA interactions; DNA repair, recom- Major Research Areas bination, genomic instability and cancer in mammalian cells; delineating the mechanisms of action of glycode- Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics, Structure lin and the role of oligosaccharides in the regulation and function of Proteins and Enzymes, Molecular of activity; design of immunotoxins of abrin for tumor Immunology, Virology, Cell Biology, Biotechnology, therapy, gene regulation and signal transduction during Systems Biology and Bioinformatics. embryo development and seed development in plants; identification of triacylglycerol biosynthetic pathways in developing cotyledons and oleaginous yeast; biotech- Current Research nological production of pharmaceutically important alkaloids and terpenoids found in medicinal plants – Some of the current research projects in the depart- plant and fungal bioactive secondary metabolites; ment are: characterization and functional roles peptidases from Investigation of heme biosynthesis in the malarial para- Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium; mouse site and development of new antimalarial drug targets, CD4+ T cell activation; interferon modulated genes and molecular biology of DNA-DNA pairing and strand roles of free radicals, understanding the mechanisms of exchange promoted by RecA proteins of Escherichia coli protein translocation into mitochondria, protein fold- and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, molecular genetics of ing: understanding the mechanism and regulation in chromosome synapsis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; reg- eukaryotic system, iron-sulphur cluster biogenesis, role Department of Biochemistry 3

of heat shock proteins in health and diseases; role of acterization of enzymes involved in ubiquitin-mediated molecular chaperones in the biogenesis of proteins in protein degradation; characterization of host genes eukaryotic cells; evaluation of heat shock proteins as involved in antiviral response; biology & biotechnol- drug targets against malaria; molecular analysis of ogy of Pichia pastoris, metabolic flux balance analysis chromosome condensation and sister chromatid cohe- and modeling of pathways relevant to Mycobacterium sion during mitosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, char- tuberculosis.

Chandra Nagasuma R Manjunath R Rao, D Narasimha PhD (Bristol), Associate Professor PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, FNA, D’Silva, Patrick Muniyappa K Professor PhD (IIT/Mumbai), Assistant Professor PhD (IISc), FNASc, FASc, FNA, Savithri H S Ganesh Nagaraju FTWAS, Professor PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNASc, PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Nandi, Dipankar Professor Jayabaskaran C PhD (Calif, Berkeley), Professor Utpal Tatu PhD (IISc), MNASc, Professor Raghavan, Sathees C PhD (llSc), FASc, Professor Karande, Anjali Anoop PhD (BHU), Assistant Professor Vathsala P G PhD (Bombay), Professor Rajasekharan, Ram PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Laloraya, Shikha PhD (IISc), FNAASc, FNASc, FASc, FNA, Professor (on lien) PhD (UW – Madison), Associate Professor Rangarajan P N PhD (IISc), FNASc, FASc, Professor

Established : 1921 Phone : +91-80-2293 2473 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0814 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.biochem.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : H S Savithri Degree Programs Offered : PhD and Int PhD Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology

Profile Areas of current research The Department has been recognised as a FIST  Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology – level II Department by the Department of Science Gene structure, organization and expression; tissue and Technology and a Centre for Advanced Studies specific and developmental stage-specific expres- in Molecular Medical Microbiology by the Indian sion; molecular basis of differentiation in plants; Council for Medical Research, and the UGC Centre molecular genetics of flower development; global for Advanced Studies. regulation of genes in Candida in response to stress, melanosome biogenesis and protein trafficking, molecular basis of RNA splicing in yeast; molecu- Major Research Areas lar biology of cancer; regulation of expression of growth factors and oncogenes; DNA-protein inter- Cell and Molecular Biology, Molecular Microbiology, actions; eukaryotic transcription regulation. Molecular Immunology, Molecular Virology,  Microbiology and Immunology Genetics and Development, Plant Molecular Biology. – Structure, organization and regulation of genes involved in transcrip- tional activation in bacteria; DNA topoisomerases; DNA repair; regulation of cell division in mycobac- Current Research teria; bacterial virulence/pathogenesis; initiation of The Department has emphasized research on prob- protein synthesis; molecular biology and immunol- lems related to infectious diseases of bacterial and ogy of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; mechanism viral origin and also modern molecular and cell biol- of action of antiviral and anticancer compounds; ogy. It is the focal point of research on infectious immunology of bacterial and viral infections. diseases in the campus. The research carried out by  Molecular Virology – Transcription and replica- the Department has received recognition and finan- tion of RNA viruses; immune responses to viral cial support from national and international agencies. proteins; mechanism of action of antiviral agents; MCB was the earliest in the country to introduce for- viral expression vectors; recombinant vaccines; mal teaching and research in Molecular Biology and molecular biology of morbilli viruses, rotavirus, is presently involved in training post-doctoral fellows, Japanese encephalitis virus, hepatitis C virus and PhD and Integrated PhD students. enteroviruses. Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology 5

Ajitkumar P Rajanna C Talawar, Ramappa K PhD (IISc), Associate Professor MSc (Bangalore), Technical Officer MSc (Karnatak), Technical Officer Balaji K N Rao, C Durga Varshney, Umesh PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (IISc), FNASc, Professor PhD (Calgary), FNA, FASc, FNASc, Chakravortty, Dipshikha Saumitra Das Professor PhD (Pune), Associate Professor PhD (Calcutta), FNA, FASc, FNASc, Vijaya S Indi S S Professor PhD (IISc), Professor PhD (Exeter, UK) Somasundaram, Kumaravel Vijayraghavan, Usha Senior Scientific Officer PhD (Madurai Kamaraj), FNA, FASc, PhD (Caltech), FNA, FASc, Professor Nagaraja V FNASc, Professor PhD (IISc), FNA, FASc, FNASc, Subba Rao, G Professor PhD (JNU), Assistant Professor Nath, Utpal Surin William Rasican PhD (Bombay), Assistant Professor PhD (JNU), Scientific Officer

Established : 1941 Phone : +91-80-2293 2413 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 2697 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.mcbl.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : V Nagaraja Degree Programs Offered : PhD and Int PhD Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics

Profile functions and in particular growth factors/hormones- mediated regulation of folliculogenesis; delineation The activities of this department are directed towards of apoptotic regression of corpus luteum and effects generating an integrated research program in reproduc- of pesticides on adrenal and gonadal functions. Also, tive biology, cell-developmental biology and genetics. the research on cross-talk among bone, glucose and fat metabolism during pregnancy and lactation is being investigated, employing transgenic mouse Major Research Areas model systems. (2) Cellular and molecular regulation of gamete maturation, preimplantation embryo Reproductive Biology, Developmental Biology, Stem development and blastocyst hatching-implantation Cell Biology, Bacterial and Human genetics, Signal phenomena. (3) The role of gonadotropins and tes- Transduction, Cancer Biology, Protein structure and tosterone in spermatogenesis; cloning, expression and function. structure-function relationships of glycoprotein hormones and their receptors is being investigated. Current Research Novel proteins important for cyclic nucleotide signaling in mycobacteria have been identified and char- Our current interests in the area of reproductive biol- acterized. Studies on signal transduction mechanisms ogy include (1) physiology and cell biology of ovarian are focused on the roles of receptor guanylyl cyclases Department of Molecular Reproduction Development and Genetics 7

and cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases and tyro- development is also being explored. Gene signatures sine kinases, as also on the evolutionary aspects of that predict different clinical categories of breast can- adenylyl and guanylyl cyclases. The spatio-temporal cer are being explored. The role of growth factors in dynamics of signal transduction is also an area of regulating gene expression during differentiation and investigation wherein bacterial two component sys- disease is also an active interest. (3) The development tems and eukaryotic GPCRMAPK pathways are of Drosophila and zebra fish as model systems to studied using live cell imaging and other traditional study human muscle development, cardiomyopathies methods. and nemaline myopathies is being attempted. In cell-developmental biology, studies are being con- In genetics, research is directed towards uncovering ducted to understand the correlated influences of the reasons behind the existence of cryptic genes as cellular calcium, cell cycle phase and intercellular sig- well as the role played by these genes during the nor- naling in determining the pattern of gene expression mal bacterial life cycle and in evolution. In the area of in the social amoeba Dictyostelium. human genetics, the molecular-genetic basis of human genetic disorders is being investigated; the mapping, In stem cell biology, (1) using mouse ES-cell and iPS- isolation and mutational analysis of genes causing cell lines, the molecular basis of pluripotent stem different genetic disorders such as microspheropha- cell differentiation to lineage-specific cell types such kia, anencephaly, Parkinson’s disease and primary as cardiac and neural cell types is being investigated. microcephaly are being investigated. In addition, the (2) The cellular and molecular basis of carcinogen- roles of the BRITl and ASPM genes in human brain esis is being investigated using oral and breast cancer develop are also being actively investigated. as model systems and the role of stem cells in cancer

Arun Kumar Mahadevan S Rangarajan, Annapoorni PhD (BHU), DABMG, Professor PhD (Tufts), FASc, Professor PhD (NCBS), Associate Professor Saini, Deepak K Medhamurthy R Seshagiri, Polani B PhD (AIIMS), Assistant Professor PhD (Saskatchewan), PhD (IISc), Professor Associate Professor Dighe, Rajan R Visweswariah, Sandhya S PhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, FNA, Nanjundaiah, Vidyanand PhD (IISc), FASc, Professor Professor PhD (Chicago), FASc, FNA, Professor Kondaiah P Nongthomba, Upendra PhD (Osmania), Professor PhD (Mysore), Assistant Professor

Established : 1997 Phone : +91-80-2293 2659/2548 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0999 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.mrdg.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : Paturu Kondaiah Degree Programs Offered : PhD and Int PhD Molecular Biophysics Unit

Profile X-ray crystallography – covering structure and interactions of amino acids, peptides, ionophores, drugs The research activities in the Unit are concerned and other effector molecules, protein crystallography, mainly with the structure, conformation and interac- virus crystallography and structural genomics. tions of biomolecules, with the objective of understanding biological activity in molecular terms. The Synthetic, physico-chemical and spectroscopic stud- general strategy has been to employ modern synthetic, ies covering ionophores and membranes; biologically biochemical, spectroscopic, X-ray crystallographic, active peptides, oligonucleotides, DNA binding drugs computational methods, molecular modelling and and oligosaccharides. Biological chemistry - folding, molecular biological, electrophysiological techniques structure and function of proteins and molecular for the realisation of this objective. chaperones; sequence specific structure and functions of DNA; DNA-protein interaction; genomics; proteomics; regulation of gene expression; protein Current Research engineering; membranes; ionic channels and electro- physiology, NMR analysis of protein structure, single Computer simulation to study biomolecular interac- molecule biology, stress response in bacteria, biology tions; knowledge based prediction and design of pro- of pathogenic microorganisms. tein and nucleic acid motifs; computational genomics to study gene sequences and protein functions. Molecular Biophysics Unit 9

Badarinarayan Murthy M R N Srinivasan N AMIE, Scientific Assistant PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNASc, PhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, Professor FTWAS, Professor Balaram P Suguna K PhD (Carnegie Mellon), FASc, FNA, Narayanan, Rishikesh PhD (IISc), FNASc, Professor FNASc, FTWAS, Professor PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Surolia, Avadhesha Bansal, Manju Raju S PhD (Madras), FASc, FNA, FNASc, PhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, FNA, MSc (Annamalai), Technical Officer FTWAS, M-IMBN, Professor (on lien) Professor Ramasamy P Varadarajan, Raghavan Chatterji, Dipankar MSc (Bharathidasan), PhD (Stanford), FASc, FNA, Professor PhD (lISc), FASc, FNA, FNASc, Scientific Assistant Vijayan M FTWAS, Professor Sarma, Siddhartha P PhD (IISc), FNA, FASc, FNASc, Gopal B PhD (Maryland), Associate Professor FTWAS, DAE Homi Bhabha Chair PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Sikdar, Sujit K Professor Govindaraju M MedSci (Kyushu), FASc, Professor MSc (Annamalai), Scientific Assistant

Established : 1971 Phone : +91-80-2293 2459 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0535 Email : [email protected] URL : http://mbu.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : Dipankar Chatterji Degree Programs Offered : PhD and Int PhD Centre for Ecological Sciences

Profile  Animal Communication and Bioacoustics – A major aim of this research is to understand the causes and consequences This is the first Centre of Excellence supported by the Ministry of of animal behaviour in natural environments at both proxi- Environment and Forests, Government of India with an empha- mate and ultimate levels, for which we use acoustic commu- sis on field-oriented research. It offers exciting opportunities for nication as the model. We aim to understand the structure, research in a variety of areas in ecology. These include animal diversity, perception and function of acoustic communica- behaviour, evolutionary biology and sociobiology, community tion signals, taking into account physiological, ecological ecology and biogeography, molecular genetics and conservation and evolutionary factors. The methods employed are both biology, and climate change. Research is being carried out on a reductionist (using behaviour and physiology) and syn- number of taxa, ranging from ants to elephants, and including thetic (using simulations), with concurrent quantification wasps, crickets, spiders, herpetofauna, birds and mammals. of the natural abiotic and biotic environment. Research projects span the areas of bioacoustics, animal behaviour, Students community and habitat ecology, and systematics. Program On Roll as on 31-03-2012  Applied Evolutionary Ecology – We are interested in the conse- PhD 32 quences of individual behaviour for populations and the appli- Int PhD 5 cation of approaches from behavioural ecology and evolution towards conservation. Examples of our research include deci- Current Research sion-making by antelope in fragmented grassland landscapes and the consequences of these decisions towards crop dam- The Centre concerns itself with research in the following age; oviposition decisions by female mosquitoes and the con- major areas: sequences towards larval population dynamics and mosquito  Animal Behaviour and Sociobiology – The research in this population control; and the role of extreme mating strategies field addresses the following questions: What favours the of a mammal disperser on the spread of an invasive plant. evolution of sociality in certain groups of animals? What  Community Ecology and Biogeography – The aim of this role do social animals ranging from wasps to elephants play research is to understand the distribution and diversity of in biological communities? What is the adaptive significance organisms at various spatial scales from local communities of mimicry in ant-mimicking spiders? What are the behav- to macroecological scales, and at various levels of organisa- ioural and chemical bases for the success and evolution of tion from genes to ecosystems. We combine field ecology, such mimicry systems? What are the behavioural strategies phylogenetic information and ecological modelling to under- that predators and prey utilise and how do they change at stand evolutionary and biogeographic patterns. We address different scales, and with different levels of community com- the following questions: How are biological communities plexity? How do animals reconcile conflicting information? organised? What determines the diversity and composition What are the mechanistic and adaptive basis of grouping of species occurring in any community? How do diversity and collective coordinated motion in animals? What are the patterns change at different scales, i.e. at landscape and ecological conditions and evolutionary processes that lead regional levels, along elevational and latitudinal gradients? to variation in mating systems across species? What tactics How do metapopulation dynamics and island bioge- do individuals show to attract mates, fight off competitors, ography help in understanding the effects of forest frag- and respond to predators? What information do individuals mentation on diversity? How can this information inform use to choose mates and determine levels of predation risk? conservation prioritization?  Climate Change and Tropical Forests – Understanding and mitigating the impacts of climate change is one of the main challenges in society. This research asks: How do various forest ecosystems in India sequester carbon? What is the impact of climate change on forests in India? What is the potential of forestry as a climate mitigation option? How can we strengthen the economic and institutional aspects of forestry mitigation options and adaptation to climate change?  Ecophysiology – We are particularly interested in understanding the physiological mechanisms that vertebrates use to survive under different ecological conditions. For example, how do hormonal stress responses vary within and among species along habitat gradients and across geo- graphical areas? Does the same physiological mechanism underlie different behavioural strategies? Centre for Ecological Sciences 11

 Forest ecology – The dynamics of forests are influenced by evolution of mutualisms such as those between ants and a number of intrinsic and extrinsic factors – plant species’ ant-plants and between figs and fig wasps? We also address functional traits, local species interactions, topography questions about the visual communication between plants and soils, climate, fire, pests, herbivory by large mammals, and animals, i.e. visual ecology. We have established a dispersal agents, and direct human impacts. Several ques- chemical ecology facility at CES equipped to investigate tions, relating to both basic and applied ecology, are being the chemistry of compounds involved in these interactions. investigated since 1988 within a network of permanent  Wildlife biology – Studies of elephants in this region have forest plots (one 50-hectare plot and 20 1-hectare plots) characterized their distribution in relation to forest cover in the Nilgiris in the Western Ghats. This research aims and land-use patterns, impact of ivory poaching on popula- to examine the relation between the functional traits of tion structure (male:female ratio) and dynamics, aspects of plants and their response to various climatic factors and elephant-human conflicts, population genetic structure, and fire, as well as measure changes in carbon stocks within social organization. We have been monitoring the long-term different vegetation components. dynamics of the elephant population of the Nilgiris since  Mathematical and spatial ecology – We have established 1988 and been involved in devising strategies for successful a mathematical ecology laboratory to investigate, analyze conservation of the Asian elephant. Research is ongoing on and predict ecological patterns in space and time. For the long-term population structure, dynamics and genetics example, we study how local interactions among nearby of the elephant populations as well as human-elephant con- animals lead to collective synchronous motion in animal flict. Research is also being carried out on ecology and evo- groups. Research is underway to predict and analyze pat- lutionary biology of marine turtles, including population terns of animal movement in various scenarios such as biology and genetics, and behaviour and movements. The foraging, migration and predator-prey interactions. We research focuses on olive ridley turtles on the coast of India, are also developing mathematical models to understand leatherback turtles in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, spatial organization of vegetation in Indian ecosystems. and green turtles in the Lakshadweep Islands.  Molecular Ecology – Modern molecular genetic tools in conjunction with new data analysis methods have revolu- Facilities tionized the fields of ecology, evolution, behavior and conservation biology. At CES, we have established a molecular The Centre has excellent facilities for theoretical as well as ecology laboratory to take advantage of molecular genetic experimental research in plant, animal and human ecology as approaches in addressing certain questions in these areas of well as the social behaviour of insects. Field research facilities research. For example, at the genetic level, how is molecular are maintained at Karkala near Kudremukh National Park diversity distributed within and among populations and spe- (Dakshin Kannada district), and Masinagudi near Mudumalai cies? Research projects underway include population genet- Sanctuary (Nilgiri district) where a variety of ecological stud- ics of large mammals (Asian elephants, gaur, Nilgiri tahr), ies are being carried out. Field stations have recently been marine turtles, and phylogeny of Hemidactylus geckos. established at a number of other sites including in Rushikulya on the Orissa Coast, and Kadmat, Lakshadweep.  Plant-animal Interactions – What is the evolutionary ecology of species interactions in pollination, seed dispersal Some available analytical facilities include: and herbivory systems? What are the behavioural and Molecular Ecology Laboratory chemical bases for such interactions? What favours the Mathematical Ecology Laboratory

Balakrishnan, Rohini Joshi, NV Thaker, Maria Associate Professor Associate Professor Assistant Professor Borges, Renee M Karanth, Praveen Bhat, DM Professor Assistant Professor Senior Scientific Officer Gadagkar, Raghavendra Nanjundiah, Vidyanand Pillai, N N Janardanan Professor Professor, Adjunct Faculty Technical Officer Guttal, Vishwesha Shanker, Kartik Ramachandra, TVR Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Scientific Officer Isvaran, Kavita Sukumar, R Assistant Professor Professor

Established : 1983 Phone : +91-80-2293 2506, 23600985 Fax : +91-80-23601428 Email : [email protected] URL : http://ces.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : R Sukumar Degree Programs Offered : PhD, Int PhD Centre for Neuroscience

Profile esis of neurodegenerative diseases with a goal towards translating into rational disease-modify- Understanding the structure, function and developing therapies. (Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath) ment of the brain in health and disease represents a fascinating challenge. It requires studying the brain across  Analysis of molecular pathways that control neu- different levels of organization using molecular, cellu- rogenesis and determination of neuronal pheno- lar, systems, cognitive and computational approaches. types during development and in embryonic stem cells differentiation. (Shyamala Mani) Created in the centenary year of IISc, the Centre will leverage the existing expertise at the institute in engi-  Visuomotor control and decision-making using neering, mathematics, physics and biology to create a a combination of behavioral, electrophysiologi- vibrant, interdisciplinary group to address problems cal and computational techniques in humans and that are beyond the capabilities of individual inves- non-human primates. (Aditya Murthy) tigators. The Centre recruits faculty across wide-  Visual perception and object recognition using ranging disciplines to establish a strong program in behavioural studies in humans, single-neuron basic neuroscience. At the same time, it has developed recordings in monkey visual cortex and computa- strong links with clinical centres in order to introduce tional modeling (S P Arun) an element of translational research.  Neural mechanisms of selective attention and the role of brain rhythms in cortical processing using Major Research Areas chronically implanted micro-electrode arrays  Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience in monkeys and macro-electrodes in humans. (Supratim Ray)  Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience  Neuronal, morphological and molecular basis of  Computational Neuroscience learning and memory using small animal behavior, optical spectroscopy and microscopy. (Balaji Current Research Jayaprakash) Some of the current research areas are:  Elucidating redox signaling mediated molecular mechanisms in synaptic processes and pathogen- Centre for Neuroscience 13

Arun S P Rangarajan G Sinha, Anindya PhD (Johns Hopkins) P/MA, Associate Faculty Adjunct Faculty Assistant Professor Ravindranath, Vijayalakshmi Veni Madhavan C E Jayaprakash, Balaji PhD (Mysore), FASc, FNA, FNASc, P/CSA, Associate Faculty PhD (TIFR), Assistant Professor FTWAS, FAMS, Professor Vishwamitra, Sanjaya Mani, Shyamala Ray, Supratim Adjunct Faculty PhD (SUNY, Syracuse) PhD (Johns Hopkins) Associate Professor Assistant Professor Murthy, Aditya Seshagiri, Polani PhD (Pittsburgh) P/MRDG, Associate Faculty Associate Professor

Established : 2009 Phone : +91-80-2293 3431/3432/3433 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 3323 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.cns.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath Degree Programs Offered : PhD and Int PhD Central Animal Facility

Profile rabbits and several strains of mice (C57BL/6, BALB/c, CD1, C3HeJ and Swiss albino). These The CAF is involved in the breeding and maintenance animals are used extensively in research involving of laboratory animals for biological research and pro- frontal areas of science. A special facility with a viding infrastructure for animal experimentation. controlled environment/clean atmosphere is utilized for breeding of above said strains as well as special strains of immuno-compromised mice (nude mice Major Research and Activities and knock out mice).

The Central Animal Facility is integrated functionally  Centre for Infectious Disease Research into two units for administrative convenience: The Centre for Infectious Disease Research and • Small Animal Facility the Biosafety laboratories have been conceived • Centre for Infectious Disease Research and built to provide infrastructural support to infectious disease research. With a view to enable  Small Animal Facility IISc faculty to address topical research questions in a multidisciplinary manner pertaining to the The small animal facility breeds and maintains genet- numerous new and emerging infections, IISc has ically pure inbred strains of different species of ani- established a world class BSL-3 facility. The BSL-3 mals for use by various investigators of the Division facility comprises approximately 15000 sq. ft. of of Biological Sciences and other disciplines. The built up space with generous contributions from the animal species bred and maintained include Wistar Department of Biotechnology and the Sir Dorabji rats, Sprague Dawley rats, New Zealand White Tata Trust. The facility includes internationally Central Animal Facility 15

certified biosafety cabinets, horizontal autoclaves air riser outlet, the BSL-3 facility also has in place with intricate safety features, carbon-di-oxide incu- utility lines for carbon-di-oxide and liquid nitro- bators, -80°C freezers, aerosol infection equipment, gen that can be serviced from outside the facility, refrigerated high speed centrifuges, and individual visitor view panels, constant monitoring through ventilated caging system for animal experimen- a panel of 10 video cameras, along with fire and tation. In addition to separate ducting for rooms smoke alarms, emergency shower and captive waste dealing with different types of pathogens, negative treatment to safeguard the environment. The IISc air pressure relative to the environment, 4 dou- BSL-3 facility was subjected to third party valida- ble door horizontal autoclaves of unique custom tion and certification by Messers Bassler-Hoffman design, and protective HEPA filters at every return of Switzerland.

Somasundaram, Kumaravel Ravindranath H Aladakatti PhD (Madurai Kamaraj), Professor PhD (Karnatak), Scientific Officer Balaji K N Shivakumar K R PhD (IISc), Associate Professor, MSc (Mysore), Technical Officer Convenor, Small Animal Facility Ramachandra S G PhD (UAS), Principal Research Scientist

Established : 1971 Phone : SAF : +91-80-2293 2457 PRL : +91-80-2293 2735 CIDR : +91-80-2293 3063/64 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 6569 Email : [email protected] [email protected] URL : http://caf.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : Kumaravel Somasundaram Primate Research Laboratory

Profile biology, neurobiology and other allied areas of biology. The facility has a modern surgical theatre. The Primate Research Laboratory (PRL) is involved in the breeding and maintenance of nonhuman primates for biological research. The PRL houses bonnet monkeys (Macaca radiata). The PRL was established Major Research and Activities in 1965 to provide facilities and assist investigators  Reproductive Biology to undertake research using non-human primates. Research employing monkeys include reproductive  Neuroscience

Aditya Murthy PhD (Pittsburgh), Associate Professor and Convener PRL Ramesh V MSc (Bangalore), Technical Officer

Established : 1965 Phone : +91-80-2293 2735 Chairperson : Aditya Murthy

Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry

Profile Current Research The Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry The areas of current research are: is devoted to modern research and teaching in  Molecular structure and quantum chemistry – Chemistry. Since its inception as one of the two Rotational, vibrational and electronic spectros- founding departments of the Institute in 1911, copy; supersonic jet spectroscopy; magnetic the department has distinguished itself as a cen- resonance spectroscopy; quantum chemistry; tre for innovative and pioneering research in a wide molecular electronic structure calculations. range of areas in inorganic and physical chemistry. It was elevated to the status of a UGC Centre of  Chemical kinetics and dynamics – Solvation Advanced Study in 1980 in recognition of its achieve- dynamics, ligand-protein interaction kinetics; high ments in these fields. It has been sponsored under temperature chemical kinetics related to combus- Funds for Improvement of Science and Technology tion and atmospheric chemistry. Infrastructure in Universities & Higher Educational Institutions (FIST) by the Department of Science &  Laser spectroscopy – Time resolved absorption and Technology, Govt. of India. Raman spectroscopy; study of ultrafast electron- transfer processes; molecular nonlinear optics and spectroscopic application of nonlinear optical tech- Major Research Areas niques in solution; photochemistry and photophysics of excited states; photodissociation of small Molecular Structure, Dynamics & Spectroscopy, molecules relevant to the atmosphere and environ- Quantum Chemistry, Laser Spectroscopy, Solid State ment by time resolved spectroscopy. Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Chemical Kinetics, Poly mer Chemistry, Boron Chemistry, Organometallics,  Biospectroscopy – Use of infrared and Raman Coordination Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, microscopy to study biological and biomedical Quantum Dynamics, Nanostructured Materials, research problems. Theoretical Chemistry, X-ray Crystallography, Magnetic Materials, Supramolecular Chemistry,  Solid state chemistry – Layered materials and Statistical Mechanics, Transport in nano-junctions, intercalation; oxides of high surface area; hetero- solution-phase simulations. geneous catalysis. Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 19

 Electrochemistry – Electroanalytical chemistry;  Bioinorganic chemistry – Modelling the functional organized assemblies; electrochemical biosensors; and structural properties of metalloproteins; anti- electro-chemical energy conversion and storage; cancer active metal complexes; artificial nucleases; electrocatalysis; conducting polymers. selenoenzymes; zinc hydrolases.  Theoretical chemistry – Theoretical problems in  Organometallic/Coordination chemistry – Synthesis, classical and quantum dynamics; soft condensed structure and reactivity of organometallic com- matter and biophysical chemistry; applied theo- pounds, metal clusters and magnetic clusters; retical chemistry; computational chemistry; sta- Supramolecular chemistry; metal-organic based tistical mechanics. Transport in nano-junctions, extended frameworks; host-guest chemistry of solution-phase simulations. nanoscopic cages; homogeneous catalysis.  Polymer chemistry – New polymerization methodologies; conjugated polymers; hyperbranched  Physical chemistry of materials/nanostructured polymers; conformational control in synthetic materials – Host-guest chemistry in layered and polymers; statistical mechanics of polymers. porous solids; heterogeneous catalysis and zeo-  Chemistry of Boron – Boron containing conju- lites; structure of elemental boron and boron-rich gated polymers; chemosensory materials, optoe- solids; metallic nanoparticles – synthesis, proper- lectronic materials and planar chiral Lewis acids ties, catalysis; organic thin films – self assembly; for asymmetric catalysis. Langmuir-Blodgett films; NLO properties.

Arunan E Munichandraiah N Sandya S PhD (Kansas State), FASc, Professor PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (Kerala), Scientific Officer Chakravarty A R Nethaji M Sanjay Prasad PhD (Calcutta), FASc, FNA, Professor PhD (Madras), Chief Research MTech (Anna), Scientific Officer Scientist Cherayil, Binny J Sebastian K L PhD (Chicago), Professor Ramakrishnan S PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA Professor PhD (U Mass, Amherst), FASc, Das P K Thilagar P Professor PhD (Columbia), FASc, Professor PhD (IIT/K), Assistant Professor Sai G Ramesh Jagirdar, Balaji R Umapathy S PhD (Wisconsin-Madison), PhD (Kansas State), Professor PhD (Otago), FAS Professor Assistant Professor Mugesh G Upendra Harbola Sampath S PhD (IIT/Bombay), PhD (JNU), Assistant Professor Associate Professor PhD (IIT/Madras), FASc, Professor Vasudevan S Samuelson A G Mukherjee, Partha Sarathi PhD (IIT/K), FASc Professor PhD (Jadavpur), Associate Professor PhD (Cornell), Professor

Established : 1911 Phone : +91-80-2293 2382 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0683 +91-(080)-2360 1552 Email : [email protected] URL : http://ipc.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : A G Samuelson Degree Programs Offered : PhD, Int PhD Department of Organic Chemistry

Profile biologically significant protein domains; enzyme active site mimics. The Department is involved in teaching and research in all the frontier areas of organic chemistry. The  Carbohydrate Chemistry – Studies of glycosylation Department has been recognized as a Centre for reactions, synthetic modifications of monosaccha- Advanced Study by the UGC and gets support from rides and oligosaccharides, studies of biological DST under the FIST program. and material properties of glycosides and neogly- coconjugates.  Organic Materials – Study of organic and aqueous Major Research Areas gels and functional gels, structure of novel molec- Bio-inspired Chemistry, Carbohydrate Chemistry, ular materials; structural studies of photochemi- Chemical Biology, Organic Materials, Physical cal reactions and nonlinear effects in constrained Organic Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry and media, synthesis of bile acid derived dendrimers; Asymmetric Synthesis. synthesis of hyperbranched macromolecules and dendrimers; structural, functional and interfacial studies; nanocomposites. Current Research  Physical Organic Chemistry – Reaction mechanisms and kinetics; studies of dynamic phenom-  Bio-inspired Chemistry & Chemical Biology – ena, equilibria; stereochemistry; correlation of Design, synthesis of novel lipids and evalua- substituent properties. tion of functional models of membranes and membrane bound enzymes; organic reactions  Synthetic Organic Chemistry & Asymmetric in supramolecular assemblies, micelles, vesicles, Synthesis – Stereoselective total-synthesis of bio- etc., gene transfection and molecular recognition active natural products; molecules of diverse of DNA, enzyme inhibitors. Development of structures; biologically interesting molecules; new novel telomerase inhibitors. Design and synthesis synthetic reactions and reagents, asymmetric synthe- of covalent peptide binding elements: hydrogen sis; synthesis of non-natural products with unusual bond mimics; structural and functional mimics of properties; asymmetric catalysis; green chemistry.

Bhattacharya, Santanu Mukherjee, Santanu Srikrishna A PhD (Rutgers), FASc, FNA, Professor PhD (Cologne), Assistant Professor PhD (Hyderabad) FASc, FNASc, Chandrasekhar, Sosale Prabhakaran E N FNA, Professor PhD (London), Professor PhD (IIT/K), Assistant Professor Guru Row T N Jayaraman N Prabhu K R PhD (IISc), FASc, P/SSCU, PhD (IIT/K), FASc, Associate Professor PhD (IISc), Principal Research Associate Faculty Maitra, Uday Scientist Chandrasekaran S PhD (Columbia), FASc, FNA, Prasad K R PhD (Madras), FASc, FNA, FTWAS, Professor PhD (Pune), Associate Professor Honorary Professor

Established : 1911 Phone : +91-80-2293 2403 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0529 Email : [email protected] URL : http://orgchem.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : Santanu Bhattacharya Degree Programs Offered : PhD, Int PhD

Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit

Profile crystals and Materials, Electrochemistry with emphasis on, Batteries, Fuel Cells and Supercapacitors. The Unit provides opportunities for research and teaching in areas of solid state, structural, surface and materials chemistry. The Unit has established strong interactions with other departments through inter- Current Research disciplinary and inter-departmental research pro- The areas of current research are: grammes. It contributes to the Institute’s Integrated PhD programme in Chemistry and the IISc Young Synthesis of new materials, structure, electronic and Fellowship programme. magnetic properties of oxides, chalcogenides and related materials – covering preparative solid state The University Grants Commission has recognised chemistry; amorphous solids; Nanomaterials, solid the Unit as a Centre for Advanced Study in Solid ionics, materials electro-chemistry with emphasis on State Chemistry. The Commission has also extended batteries, fuel cells and supercapacitors; solid state support to the Unit under its Science and Technology electro-chemistry; oxide catalysis; electron states Infrastructure Improvement Programme. Recognising in molecules, solids and surfaces (X-ray spectros- the importance of postdoctoral research as part of copy and photoelectron spectroscopy; EELS, etc.); the professional training of scientists, several research high temperature superconductivity; metalinsula- associates continue to be encouraged at the Unit. tor transitions; phase transitions in solids; colossal magnetoresistance; fullerenes; carbon nanotubes; theoretical solid state chemistry of strongly correlated Major Research Areas systems; X-ray crystallography (structural aspects of bio-organic and bio-inorganic systems; electron den- Structure and Properties of Oxides, High tempera- sity distribution and chemical bonding); molecular ture, Superconductivity, Strongly Correlated Systems, relaxation phenomena; reaction dynamical statistical Nanomaterials, X-ray Crystallography and Charge mechanics and interfaces and other frontier areas of Densities, Biophysical Chemistry, Reaction Dynamics, theoretical chemistry. Soft matter, ion conductivity Statistical Mechanics and Computer Simulations in materials, mesoporous materials for drug storage and the Condensed State, Microporous and Mesoporous control release. Organic materials for solar cells, poly- Inorganic complexes, Organic memory devices, Plastic mer nanocomposites. Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit 23

Bagchi, Biman Natarajan S Satish Patil PhD (Brown), FNA, FASc, FNASc, PhD (IIT/Madras), FASc, FNASc, PhD (Wuppertal, Germany), FTWAS, Professor Professor Associate Professor Bhattacharyya, Aninda J Pandey Anshu Shivakumara C PhD (Jadavpur), Associate Professor PhD (University of Chicago) PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Assistant Professor Desiraju, Gautam R Shukla A K PhD (Illinois), FASc, FNA, FNASc, Ramasesha S PhD (IIT/K), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor PhD (IIT/K), FASc, FNA, FTWAS, FNAE, UGC-BSR Faculty Professor Giridhar Madras Vasan H N PhD (Texas A&M), P/CE, Rao C N R PhD (IISc), Associate Faculty DSc (Mysore), PhD (Purdue), Principal Research Scientist DSc (hc), ScD (hc), LLD (hc), FASc, Govindaraj A Vasanthacharya N Y FNA, Hon FRSC, FRS, FTWAS, PhD (Mysore), PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Principal Research Scientist Linus Pauling Research Professor, INSA Albert Einstein Research Vasudevan S Guru Row T N Professor, National Research PhD (IIT/K), P/IPC, FNA, FASc, PhD (lISc), FASc, FNA, FRSC, Professor, Honorary Professor Associate Faculty Professor Sarma D D Venkatesh H M Jayaram V PhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, FNA, BSc LLB (Bangalore), PhD (IISc), FTWAS, Professor Scientific Assistant Principal Research Scientist Sathishkumar R Yashonath S Kannan K R MTech (Madras), Scientific Officer PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, Professor MSc (Engg) (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Established : 1976 Phone : +91-80-2293 2336 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 1310 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.sscu.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : D D Sarma Degree Programs Offered : PhD and Int PhD Materials Research Centre

Profile the majority enrolled in the PhD programme. It also participates in the Integrated PhD programme of the To promote materials science activities in a coordi- Division of Chemical Sciences. MRC attracts major nated manner, the Materials Research Laboratory was research projects, and funding both from national and established in 1978. The laboratory functioning within international agencies, and is a leader in both funda- the Division of Physical and Mathematical sciences mental and applied Materials Science. This is reflected and run by a committee of distinguished faculty drawn both in publications and funding, which are among from different departments was mandated to promote the highest in the Institute. interdisciplinary research programmes in materials and provide centralized services on a few sophisticated, major instruments. A programme of direct admission to research was initiated in 1985, making a change in Major Research Areas the character of the Materials Research Laboratory and was renamed as Materials Research Centre Functional Ceramics and Composites, Electronic, (MRC). Currently, the Centre enjoys the status of a Electro-Optic and Optoelectronic Materials, Ferroic department for all academic activities, with additional Materials and High-Tc Superconducting Oxides, Thin responsibility for promoting interdisciplinary research Films and Sensors, Glasses and Glass nano crystal in Materials Science. The Centre continues to provide composites, Quantum Dots and Nano Epitaxy, III–V critical sophisticated equipment support to the entire Epitaxy and Stress analysis, Nano structures and campus. The Centre has the distinction of belonging hybrids for energy applications, Biomaterials. to both the science and engineering faculty and admin- istratively belongs to the Chemical Sciences Division. Presently the core faculty strength of the Centre is Current Research nine. In addition, one honorary professor participates in all the activities of the Centre. The Centre runs two The current focus of research is on functional mate- academic research programmes leading to the degrees rials. Present activities centre around the synthesis of PhD and MSc (Engg). On an average, the Centre and characterisation of materials, ceramic-based sen- has 60 students on roll between the programmes, with sors, optoelectronic materials including luminescent Materials Research Centre 25

phosphors, electronic ceramics, thin solid films, dia- oxides. Electrical, magnetic, and thermal properties mond coatings, Biomaterials, ceramic composites, of materials at ambient and high temperatures and amorphous and metastable materials. The Centre has pressures are being investigated. Multifunctionalities undertaken a new initiative in nanomaterials, includ- of glass nanocrystal composites are being addressed. ing nanopatterning. It has initiated a microstructural Research activity on nanopatterning using a nano- characterisation of materials using transmission lithographic approach has been started. Theoretical and scanning electron microscopes and collaborated research covers defect physics, martensitic transfor- extensively with other departments of the IISc. It mation, friction, dislocation dynamics and instabili- has a strong programme on materials science and ties in plastic flow, using concepts of stick-slip and technology. An active programme on MOCVD and growth instabilities in bifurcation and chaos. Research MBE of III–V semiconductors is in progress. Physical on materials modelling includes multiscale simulation vapour growth of multicomponent oxide thin films is and properties of nanostructures. Many of the cur- being actively pursued. There is considerable activ- rent research projects listed below are on the develop- ity on ferroic materials and high-Tc superconducting ment of nanostructures of functional materials.

Krupanidhi S B Ravishankar N Umarji, Arun M PhD (Delhi), FASc, Professor PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (IIT/Madras), Professor Nanda, Karuna Kar Bikramjit Basu Varma K B R PhD (IOP), Associate Professor PhD (Katholieke Belgium), PhD (Madras), Professor Raghavan, Srinivasan Associate Professor PhD (Penn State), Assistant Professor Sahoo, Balaram Rao C N R PhD (Duisberg), Assistant Professor DSc (Mysore), PhD (Purdue), Singh, Abishek K DSc (hc), ScD (hc), LLD (hc), PhD (Tohoku), Assistant Professor Hon FRSC, FASc, FNA, FRS, Linus Pauling Research Professor, INSA-Albert Einstein Research Professor, Honorary Professor

Established : 1978 Phone : +91-80-2293 2515 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 7316 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.mrc.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : K B R Varma Degree Programs Offered : PhD, MSc (Engg) and Int PhD NMR Research Centre

Profile Molecules and Materials Science, Quantum Computing by NMR techniques. The NMR Research Centre had its inception in 1977 with the installation of the first superconducting magnet-based high-field NMR spectrometer in the country. It has continued to grow steadily over the Current Research years retaining its leadership in the field of Magnetic The activities of the Centre cover both theoretical Resonance spectroscopy. The Centre has at present and experimental aspects of nuclear magnetic reso- seven NMR spectrometers covering a range of fre- nance spectroscopy. These include development of quencies from 400 to 800 MHz with differing capabili- new techniques for application to liquids, solids, ties. The research interests of the faculty at the Centre mesophase and biomolecules; studies of relaxation include – theoretical and experimental aspects of NMR, phenomena, multidimensional and multiple quan- development and applications of NMR based tech- tum NMR spectroscopy; GFT and fast methods niques for the study of liquids, solids and liquid crys- for data collection and quantum computing. The talline mesophases, biomolecular NMR spectroscopy systems studied include oriented samples, liquid and NMR quantum computing. crystalline phases, hydrogen bonded and supramolecular assemblies, peptides, proteins, nucleotides, model-membranes, perfused cells and tissues, and Major Research Areas in-vitro studies of biological systems. In addition the Centre is actively involved in the development Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: of software and hardware for new techniques and Applications and Development of NMR Techniques special experiments. to Biomolecular Structure Determination, Oriented NMR Research Centre 27

Atreya, Hanudatta S Raghothama S Vasudevan S PhD (Mumbai), PhD (IISc), MNASc, PhD (IIT/K), FASc, Professor Assistant Professor Principal Research Scientist Wilson P T Mathias P C Ramanathan K V MSc (Madurai), Scientific Assistant PhD (IISc), PhD (IISc), FNASc, Professor Associate Professor Suryaprakash N PhD (Bangalore), FNASc, Professor

Established : 1977 Phone : +91-80-2293 2536 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 1550 Email : [email protected] URL : http://nrc.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : S Vasudevan Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics

Profile  Microscopy and Nanoscale Imaging – Scanning probe microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, The department was established in the year of 1996 atomic force microscopy, multiphoton micro- and pursues a wide area of interdisciplinary research scopy, nanoscopy, 3D nano metrology, point activities in the broad domain of instrumentation and spread function, multidimensional imaging and applied physics. reconstruction, nano manipulation, superresolu- tion imaging, confocal microscopy, photophysics, functional fluorescent nanoparticles, nanome- Major Research Areas chanical properties of biological samples, bioin- strumentation and bioimaging, magnetic tweezers. Microscopy and Nano-scale Imaging sensor development and Instrumentation, Material Science  Sensors development and related Instrumentation – and Engineering, Applied Photonics, Integrated Piezoelectric & piezoresistive phenomena based Systems and Electronics, Energy Systems, Mass sensors for impact measurments and biomediacl Spectrometry, System Design and Instrumentation, applications, radiation sensors, microgenerators, Surface Engineering, Plasma Processing, optic and etc. Microfluidics Instrumentation.  Material Science and Engineering – Novel semiconductors, nano-materials, metamaterials, mechanics of nanostructures, mass spectrometry, self Current Research assembly. The Department of Instrumentation and Applied  Applied Photonics – Optical and ultrasound Physics has a primary focus on applied and inter-dis- assisted optical tomography, quantitative flow ciplinary research. The current areas of research can diagnosis of high-speed and turbulent flows, be broadly classified into the following zones: reconstruction strategies for diffuse optical-, Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics 29

photo-acoustic and diffuse correlation tomog- sensing systems, mass spectrometry etc. machine raphy, fiber optics, lasers, thermal wave spec- design and FEM analysis. troscopy, fiber Bragg grating sensors, all optical  Surface engineering – Physical vapor deposition switching, photoconductivity studies. (PVD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD),  Integrated Systems and Related Electronics – plasma enhanced CVD, ion plating techniques, Integrated circuits, micro-electromechanical- thin film growth mechanism and correlation systems (MEMS), semiconductor device physics, between structure and property, hard coatings, chalcogenide glasses, electrical switching and Plasma surface modification. phase change memories, electronics on flexible  Plasma Processing – Development of Plasma substrates, ink-jet printed electronics, piezoelectric Processes – Atmospheric, Conventional and ECR sensors, optic fiber based sensing and instrumen- plasmas – Plasma diagnostics – Surface modifica- tation, electro-magnetics. tion of Polymers – Plasma assisted PVD and CVD  Energy Systems – Thin film batteries, general of thin films. principles of energy harvesting, solar photo-  Optics and Microfluidics Instrumentation– Imaging voltaic, thermoelectric, piezoelectric, novel solu- flow Cytometry, Quantitative Phase Microscopy, tions for energy storage, low power system design. Optics and Microfluidics based Instrumentation,  Mass spectrometry – Ion trap instrumentation, Computational Imaging, Interferometry and shape optimization, novel trap design. Non-destructive Testing, Three-dimensional shape measurement techniques, High-throughput Cell  System Design and Instrumentation – Design and Characterization Techniques using Optical/fluo- development of measurement systems eg. pre- rescence Microscopy in Microfluidics Platform. cision (nm) motion control, optics based stress

Ahuja, Sharath Misra, Abha Rao, L Kameswara MSc (Alagappa), Technical Officer PhD (IIT/Bombay), Assistant Professor PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Asokan S Mohanty, Atanu K Rao, G Mohan PhD (IISc), FNASc, Professor PhD (Polytech. N. Y), AP/SERC, PhD (IISc), Professor Associate Faculty Chandran M Sambandan, Sanjiv PhD (IISc), Principal Research Mondal Partha P PhD (Waterloo), Assistant Professor Scientist PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Shivaprakash N C Chatterjee, Vani V Mondal T K PhD (Mysore), Chief Research PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Scientist Gorthi, Sai Siva Somashekara B N PhD (EPFL), Assistant Professor Nagaraju J BSc (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant PhD (Nagarjuna), Professor Gunasekhar K R Vasu, Ram Mohan PhD (IISc), Principal Research Rajan K PhD (Aston UK), Professor Scientist PhD (IISc), AcP/PHY, Vanitha M N Associate Faculty Jayanth G R BE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant PhD (Ohio State), Assistant Professor Rajanna K Vijaya H S PhD (IISc), Professor Mathias P C MSc (Annamalai), Scientific Assistant PhD (IISc), AcP/CNMR, Ramgopal S Associate Faculty MSc (Engg), (IISc), Principal Menon A G Research Scientist PhD (IISc), Professor

Established AS CISL : 1964 Phone : +91-80-2293 2269 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0135 Email : [email protected] URL : http://isu.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : K Rajanna Degree Programs Offered : MTech, MSc (Engg), PhD Department of Mathematics

Profile Current Research The Department of Mathematics has an active  Algebraic and Combinatorial Topology – research faculty with diverse research interests. Combinatorial manifolds, PL-manifolds, mini- Research at the Department reflects an interest in mal triangulation of manifolds, triangulation of some of the most current topics in mathematics, as spheres and projective planes with few vertices, well as work in interdisciplinary areas in which math- pseudomanifolds with small excess, equivelar poly- ematics plays a key role. hedral maps.  Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry – Study of derivation modules of curves and hyper surfaces, connection with Zariski - Lipman con- Major Research Areas jecture, monomial curves, complete intersections and set theoretic complete intersections, intersec- Algebraic and Combinatorial Topology, Commutative tion theory of algebraic varieties, minimal number Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, Complex Analysis, of generators for ideals and modules, study of cer- Differential Geometry, Functional Analysis, tain algebraic surfaces. Algebraic cycles, splitting Harmonic Analysis, Low Dimensional Topology, criteria for vector algebraic varieties. Nonlinear Dynamics, Partial Differential Equations, Probability and Stochastic Processes, Mathematical  Complex Analysis – Several complex variables, Finance, Representation Theory, Time Series pluripotential theory and complex dynamical sys- Analysis, Statistics, Numerical Analysis. tems, integrable kernels, interpolation problems in Department of Mathematics 31

several complex variables, complex approximation  Numerical Analysis – Finite element methods, dis- theory. continuous Galerkin methods, adaptive/multilevel methods.  Differential Geometry – Geometry and topology of Einstein manifolds, topology of positively  Partial Differential Equations – Homogenization curved manifolds. of partial differential equations, controllability, tomography and computations.  Functional Analysis – Hilbert modules, multi- variable operator theory, indefinite inner product  Probability and Stochastic Processes – Random spaces. matrix Theory, zeros of random analytic functions, stability and control of stochastic systems,  Harmonic Analysis – Harmonic analysis on Lie diffusion and related topics, stochastic dynamic groups and integral geometry. games, first passage time problems for anomalous  Low Dimensional Toplogy – Toplogy of smooth diffusion, long memory processes, mathematical four-manifolds, especially connections with three- finance, random geometric graphs, superprocesses. manifold topology via refinements of topological  Time Series Analysis – Application of time series field theories. analysis techniques to neuroscience especially to  Metric and Riemannian Geometry – Especially sta- brain-machine interfaces, applications to geo- bility of curvature conditions under perturbation. physics.  Nonlinear Dynamics – Coupled dynamical systems,  Representation Theory – Representation of groups synchronization, Turing patterns, applications of over local rings and local fields, Representation of Lie algebraic methods to nonlinear Hamiltonian finite dimensional Artin algebras. systems.

Bharali, Gautam Manjunath Krishnapur Seshadri, Harish PhD (Wisconsin), Associate Professor PhD (UC/Berkeley), PhD (SUNY, Stony Brook), Bhattacharyya, Tirthankar Assistant Professor Associate Professor PhD (ISI), Associate Professor Misra, Gadadhar Singla, Pooja Datta, Basudeb PhD (SUNY, Stony Brook), FNA, PhD (IMSc), Assistant Professor FASc, Professor PhD (ISI), FASc, Professor Thangavelu S Gadgil, Siddhartha Nandakumaran A K PhD (Princeton), FASc, FNA, PhD (Cal Tech), Professor PhD (TIFR-IISc), Professor Professor Ghosh M K Narayanan E K Thirupathi Gudi PhD (TIFR-IISc), FASc, FNASc, PhD (ISI), Associate Professor PhD (IIT/B), Assistant Professor Professor Patil, Dilip P Verma, Kaushal Iyer, Srikanth Krishnan PhD (TIFR-Bombay), Professor PhD (Indiana), Associate Professor PhD (UC/Santa Barbara), Rangarajan G Professor PhD (Maryland), FASc, FNASc, Mahesh Kumari Professor PhD (IISc), UGC Research Scientist ‘C’

Established : 1956 Phone : Office + 91-80-2293 2265/2267/2711/3215/2514 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0146/0683 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.math.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : M K Ghosh Degree Programs Offered : PhD and Int. PhD Department of Physics

Profile  Atomic and Optical Physics – Laser cooling, atom trapping, laser tweezers, optical activity. The department of Physics was established by Prof. Sir C V Raman in the year 1933. Many eminent sci-  Biocrystallography and Bioinformatics – X-ray entists like Homi Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai, G N crystallographic studies of the structure and con- Ramachandran, S Ramaseshan and R Chidambaram formation of proteins, peptides and DNA. Denovo have all been either students or faculty of the design of peptides, stereodynamics and supercoil- Department in the past. The department has strived ing of DNA, structural genomics, protein folding, hard to continue this tradition of excellence and is now computational biology, drug design. an internationally recognized centre for research. The  Experimental Condensed Matter Physics – Optical department provides facilities for undergraduate teach- and transport properties of bulk and thin film semi- ing, post-graduate research and advanced instruction conductors, photoluminescence, photoreflectance, in several areas of Physics such as Condensed Matter magneto-transport in narrow gap semiconductors, Physics, Atomic Spectroscopy, Bio-Crystallography amorphous semiconductors, DLTS, thermoelectrics, and Astronomy and Astrophysics. It has introduced bio-MEMS; spintronics and magnetism; crystal many innovations in research and instructional activi- growth, CMR manganites and multiferroics; nuclear ties that have contributed to the growth of physical and electron magnetic resonance; molecular elec- sciences in the country. tronics, conducting polymers and their composites; The department has been recognized as a Centre for nanoscale physics: nanophotonics and nanoplas- Advanced Study by the UGC and is supported by monics; physics of nanodevices; Raman spectros- Funds for Improvement of Science & Technology copy of strongly correlated oxides and manganates; Infrastructure in Universities & Higher Educational electrical, thermal and optical properties of polymer Institutions (FIST) from the Department of Science & nanocomposites; soft matter physics: dynamics, rhe- Technology. ology, and chaos in complex, confined and glassy fluids; physics of soft nano composites; driven colloidal and granular matter, superfluidity in liquid and solid helium, diffuse optical tomography, ultrasound mod- Major Research Areas ulated optical tomography, algorithms and computer Condensed Matter Physics, Complex Systems and architectures for medical imaging and microscopy. Biology Inspired Physics, Bio-molecular Structure and  Theoretical Condensed Matter and Computational Biophysics, Atomic and Optical Physics, Astronomy Physics – Strongly correlated quantum systems – and Astrophysics. giant magnetoresistance, high-Tc superconductivity, quantum phase transitions, transport in strongly correlated systems, the physics of cold atoms and entan- Current Research glement in many body systems; soft, living and driven matter – self-propelled systems, vortex matter, com-  Astronomy and Astrophysics – Cosmology, dark plex fluid flow, granular matter; dense and confined energy. Physics around black holes and other com- liquids and the glass transition; molecular modeling pact objects. Nuclear astrophysics. Galactic astron- of nanoscale and biological systems – nanotubes, omy, interstellar matter. Plasma astrophysics, solar DNA and water; fluid and plasma turbulence; car- physics. Astrophysical fluid phenomena including diac arrhythmias; medical imaging and tomography. accretion disks and jets, variability of compact The Department of Physics also operates the Joint objects and related Quasi-Periodic-Oscillation Astronomy and Astrophysics programme (JAP) with phenomena, physics of gravitation, particle astro- support from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics physics including field theory in curved space-time, (IIA), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), early universe, neutrino astrophysics, dynamics Bangalore and the Raman Research Institute (RRI). and evolution of interacting galaxies. The activities of JAP are given separately. Department of Physics 33

Anil Kumar P S Menon, Reghu Ramesh Chandra Mallick PhD (Pune), Associate Professor PhD (IISc), Professor PhD (IIT/M), Assistant Professor Aveek Bid Mukhopadhyay, Banibrata Saini, Tarun Deep PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor PhD (Jadavpur), Assistant Professor PhD (Pune), Assistant Professor Basu, Jaydeep Kumar Natarajan, Vasant Satyamurthy K N PhD (Calcutta), Associate Professor PhD (MIT, USA), Professor MSc (Bangalore), PGDI (Bangalore) Choudhuri, Arnab Rai Pandit, Rahul Scientific Assistant PhD (Chicago), FASc, FNASc, PhD (Illinois), FASc, FNA, Shenoy, Vijay B FNA, Professor Professor PhD (Brown), Associate Professor Dasgupta, Chandan Prasad Vishnu Bhotla Sood, Ajay Kumar PhD (Pennsylvania), FASc, FNA, PhD (IISc), Principal Research PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor Scientist FTWAS, Professor Ganesan R Prateek Sharma Srinivas V C PhD (IISc), Principal Research PhD (Princeton), Assistant Professor BE (Bangalore), Technical Officer Scientist Rajan K Suja Elizabeth Ghosh, Arindam PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (IISc), Principal Research PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Ramakumar S Scientist Jog, Chanda J PhD (IISc), Professor Subroto Mukerjee PhD (Stony Brook), FASc, Ramanuja M N PhD (Princeton), Assistant Professor FNASc, Professor PhD (IISc), MSc (IIT/M), Venkataraman V Koteswara Rao K S R Senior Scientific Officer PhD (Princeton), Professor PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Ramaswamy, Sriram Victor Suvisesha Muthu D Krishnamurthy H R PhD (Chicago) FASc, FNA, PhD (IISc), Principal Research PhD (Cornell), FASc, FNA, Professor Scientist FNASc, FTWAS, Professor Ramesh K P Maiti, Prabal Kumar PhD (Bangalore), Associate Professor PhD (IIT/K), Associate Professor Ramesh K Manjula M V PhD (IISc), Principal Research MSc (Annamalai), Scientific Assistant Scientist

Established : 1933 Phone : +91-80-2293 2315 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 2602 Email : [email protected] URL : www.physics.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : H R Krishnamurthy Degree Programs Offered : PhD, Int PhD and BS Astronomy and Astrophysics Programme

Profile The staff of these institutions also participate in the training program. This joint programme is organized in collaboration with the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, and the Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore to Current Research encourage research and developmental activity in dif- Theoretical work on the early universe, the formation ferent areas of astronomy and astrophysics. and evolution of galaxies, plasma, astrophysics and The programme runs with the support of the galactic, stellar and solar physics is carried out at the Department of Physics, and is coordinated by a com- IISc, RRI, IIA and ISRO. mittee of members from the collaborating institutions.

Choudhuri, Arnab Rai Mukhopadhyay, Banibrata Academic CoordinatorS PhD (Chicago), FASc, FNASc, PhD (Jadavpur), Assistant Professor H R Krishnamurthy Professor Prateek Sharma T D Saini Jog, Chanda J PhD (Princeton), Assistant Professor PhD (Stony Brook), FASc, FNASc, Saini, Tarun Deep FNA, Professor PhD (Pune), Assistant Professor

Centre for High Energy Physics

Profile quantum chromodynamics, quantum gravity and string theory, non-commutative field theories, appli- The Centre for High Energy Physics which is now cations of field theory to condensed matter systems, housed in the Physical Sciences building, was estab- quantum computation. lished in 2004 after the Centre for Theoretical studies was reorganized. It carries out research in elementary particle physics, quantum field theory, and their applications to frontier areas of theoretical high Current Research energy physics. The internationally recognized faculty Research in different fields in theoretical high energy carries out independent and collaborative research at physics and mathematical physics is carried out by the the highest levels, supported by grants from national faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and graduate funding agencies. The Centre runs its own PhD pro- students at the center. The areas of interest include gram as well as the integrated PhD program along quantum field theory, searches for new states of mat- with Department of physics. The faculty also teach ter at high energy particle colliders, quantum chro- at advanced national and international schools, and modynamics, heavy ion collisions, string theory and serve on editorial boards of various journals. black holes, non-commutative geometry, quantum wires and spin systems, quantum information theory and quantum computation. Major Research Areas Elementary particle physics, quantum field theory, the standard model of particle physics and beyond,

Ananthanarayan B Krishnan, Chethan Sinha, Aninda PhD (Delaware), Professor PhD (Austin), Assistant Professor PhD (Cambridge), Assistant Professor David, Justin Raj Patel, Apoorva Vaidya, Sachindeo PhD (TIFR), Associate Professor PhD (Caltech), Professor PhD (Syracuse), Associate Professor Godbole, Rohini M Sen, Diptiman Vempati, Sudhir Kumar PhD (Stony Brook), FASc, FNA, PhD (Princeton), FASc, FNA, PhD (PRL), Assistant Professor FNASc, FTWAS, Professor FNASc, Professor

Established : 2004 Phone : +91-80-2293 2266 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0106 Email : [email protected] URL : http://cts.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : B Ananthanarayan Degree Programs Offered : PhD and Int PhD

Centre for Contemporary Studies

Profile The Centre for Contemporary Studies, a seven year old experiment at the Institute, endeavours to bring to the campus some of the best practitioners of different disciplines in the human sciences, such as phi- losophy, sociology, economics, law, literature, poetry, art, music, cinema etc. These scholars, drawn from all over the world, visit and lecture at the Institute and some are in residence for periods ranging from a few days to several months. Students, faculty and staff of the Institute as well a number of people from other institutes in Bangalore attend these lectures. The aim of this experiment is to forge useful and meaningful interaction between the natural sciences and human course entitled “The Production of Knowledge – sciences with a special focus on understanding the A comparison of Natural and Social Sciences”. The diverse research methodologies of different disciplines latest edition of this course was offered during Aug- and create opportunities to rethink the foundations of Dec 2010, and will next be offered in 2012. There our own disciplines – often the opportunity to criticize are also Visiting Scholar programmes and an inno- the methodological foundation of another discipline vative Library and Writing Fellowship programme leads to a re-examination of the foundation of one’s co-hosted with another institution that affords inter- own discipline. disciplinary scholars an institutional environment to In addition to such one-off lectures, the Centre work in. The Centre has now moved to the former offers (presently, once in two years), a one semester JNCASR building near the Health Centre.

Associate Faculty Pratap, Rudra P/ME Chanakya H N PRS/CST Ramakrishnan S P/IPC Gadagkar, Raghavendra PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FTWAS, Ramaswamy, Sriram Foreign Assoc US NATLAcad Sci, P/Phy Professor

Established : 2004 Phone : Off: +91-80-2360 6559; 2293 2486 Chairman: +91-80-2360 7253 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 2121 Email : [email protected] URL : http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/ragh/ccs/Welcome.html Chairperson : Raghavendra Gadagkar

Centre for Cryogenic Technology

Profile A large spectrum of research activities in the Institute is critically dependent on the reliable and adequate supply of cryogens. CCT has been successful in producing and supplying liquid nitrogen and liquid helium to all the users in the Institute and also in supporting the need for cryogens in various R&D and medical institutions in and around Bangalore. CCT has produced and supplied ~4,25,000 litres of liquid nitrogen and ~35,000 litres of liquid helium in current year. In addition, a new liquid helium plant (Linde 1610) has been successfully commissioned in the premises of Physical Sciences Department.

Current Research Major Research Areas Pulse tube and thermoaccoustic coolers, heat transfer, Cryocoolers, heat transfer, cryogenic instrumenta- liquid level sensors for cryogens, calibration of tem- tion, cryogenic treatment on metals, helium reconden- perature sensors, cryotreatment on metals, helium/ sation, cryoadsorption. nitrogen recondensation system, cryosorption pumps.

Karunanithi R Nadig D S Upendra Behera PhD (IISc), Associate Professor MTech (IIT/Kharagpur), Senior MTech (IIT/Kharagpur), Senior Kasthurirengan S Scientific Officer Scientific Officer PhD (Bombay), Professor Subhash Jacob PhD (IISc), Professor

Established : 1971 Phone : +91-80-2360 1612, 2293 2339 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 1612 Email : [email protected] URL : http://ccf.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : S Kasthurirengan

Department of Computer Science and Automation

Profile  Theoretical Computer Science – Algorithms, algorithmic algebra, graph theory, combinatorial The department pursues fundamental research in geometry, computational geometry, computa- Computer Science and Intelligent Automation. It tional topology, coding theory, cryptology, logic, is recognized by the UGC as a Center of Advanced formal verification. Study and has also been awarded a grant from the DST under the FIST program. The top 100 cited papers  Computer Systems and Software – Computer by the faculty and students of the Department have architecture, multi-core systems, parallelization, received 20,000 citations (as of December 31, 2011, embedded systems, energy aware computing, Source: Google Scholar). compilers, operating systems, storage systems, database systems, distributed computing, cloud computing, systems security, mobile and wire- Major Research Areas less systems, cyber-physical systems, performance modelling, graphics, visualization, program analy- Algorithms and Complexity; Graph Theory and sis, software engineering. Combinatorics; Cryptography and Information  Intelligent Systems – Pattern recognition, machine Security; Computational Topology and Computati learning, convex optimization, graphical models, onal Geometry; Formal Verification; Programming soft computing, data mining, information retrieval, languages and Software Engineering; Compiler bioinformatics, social network analysis, network Design; Distributed Computing; Computer Archi science, reinforcement learning, stochastic control tecture, Operating Systems, Storage Systems; Data and optimization, stochastic simulation, electronic base Systems, Pattern Recognition, Machine commerce, game theory, auctions and mechanism Learning, Information Retrieval, Data Mining; Game design, cognitive systems. Theory and Mechanism Design; Stochastic Control and Optimization.

Current Research There are three main research clusters in the Department and the following list provides the principal topics in which research is being actively pursued. Department of Computer Science and Automation 43

Agarwal, Shivani Jacob, T Matthew Ravindran Kannan PhD (Illinois), Assistant Professor PhD (Wisconsin), P/SERC, PhD (Cornell), Adjunct Faculty Associate Faculty Bhatnagar, Shalabh Sarma V V S PhD (IISc), Professor Jagadish N PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNAE, Bhattacharyya, Chiranjib BE (Mysore), Technical Officer Honorary Professor PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Kanade, Aditya Shevade, Shirish K Bhattacharya, Indrajit PhD (IIT/Bombay), Assistant Professor PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (Maryland), Assistant Professor Kumar, P Vijay Srikant Y N Chandran, L Sunil PhD (Southern California), PhD (IISc), Professor FIEEE, P/ECE, Associate Faculty PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Susheela Devi V Chatterjee Sanjit Murty, M Narasimha PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer PhD (IISc), FNAE, FNASc, Professor PhD (ISI Kolkata), Assistant Professor Uday Kumar Reddy D’Souza, Deepak Narahari Y PhD (Ohio State) Assistant Professor PhD (IISc), FNA, FASc, FNAE, PhD (CMI), Associate Professor Veni Madhavan C E FNASc, FIEEE, Professor Dukkipati, Ambedkar PhD (IISc), Professor Natarajan, Vijay PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Viswanadham N PhD (Duke), Assistant Professor Gopinath K PhD (IISc), FNA, FASc, FNAE, PhD (Stanford), Professor Patil D P FIEEE, FTWAS, PhD (TIFR), P/MA, INAE Distinguished Professor Govindarajan R Associate Faculty PhD (IISc), FNAE, P/SERC, Associate Faculty Pushparaj B K DTE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Govindarajan, Sathish PhD (Duke), Assistant Professor Raghavan K V PhD (Wisconsin), Assistant Professor Hansdah R C PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Ramesh Hariharan PhD (Courant Institute of Haritsa, Jayant R Mathematical Sciences), PhD (Wisconsin), FASc/FNAE/FNASc Adjunct Faculty P/SERC, Associate Faculty

Established : 1969 Phone : +91-80-2293 2368/2229/2386/2468 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 2911 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.csa.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : Y Narahari Degree Programs Offered : PhD, MSc (Engg), ME [Computer Science and Engineering], ME [Systems Science and Automation] (Jointly with EE) Department of Electrical Engineering

Profile  Power Electronics and Drives – Electro-magnetics, switched mode power conversion, compact SMPS The Department pursues advanced and fundamental employing soft switching, power quality, distrib- research in Electrical Engineering. It is recognized by uted generation, PWM techniques, digital con- the UGC as a Center of Advanced Study. trol of industrial drives, induction motor drives; control of slip-ring induction machines, current source inverter drives for induction and synchro- Major Research Areas nous machines, high power converters, multilevel Power systems, Power electronics, High voltage inverters, digital controller design, permanent engineering, Energy Studies, Real-time Systems, magnet machines, high performance filter design Sensor Networks, Digital Signal Processing, Speech for distributed generation and power quality. Processing, Multimedia systems, Computer Vision,  High Voltage Engineering – Insulation engineer- Image Processing, Pattern Recognition and Machine ing, dielectric materials, power apparatus, diag- Learning. nostics and condition monitoring, HV testing and measurement, partial discharges, overvoltages, Current Research protection, EHV/UHV transmission, electromagnetics, lightning protection, EMI/EMC, pulsed  Power Systems – Advanced power system analy- power and air pollution control. sis, power system dynamics and computer control;  Sensor Networks and Real-Time Systems – Sensor voltage stability; applications of expert systems networks resource management and communica- and artificial neural networks; computer aided tion protocols, real-time scheduling, multiproces- protection and design of distribution systems, sor utilization bounds, soft real-time applications, FACTS applications for VAR control; distribu- real-time communication and QoS routing. tion systems; distribution automation; deregu- lated power system operation. Study of demand  Image Processing, Computer Vision and Machine side management, distributed generation. Learning – Computed tomography- 2D and Department of Electrical Engineering 45

3D reconstruction, compression of CT images, recognition, pattern classification, noisetolerant computational study of vision, image understand- learning, temporal data mining, statistical models. ing, motion analysis and object tracking, statisti-  cal techniques in computer vision, steganography, Signal Processing – Adaptive filtering and active digital forensics, computational photography, dis- noise cancellation, machine listening, audio- tributed camera networks, video analytics, medical retrieval, spike extraction in MEA recordings, image processing, Document image analysis and online handwriting recognition.

Bhaskar K Pramanik, Manojit Sen, Indraneel MCA (Bangalore), Technical Officer PhD (Washington), PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Assistant Professor Champaka M K Shenoy U J MSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Officer Rajanikanth B S PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist PhD (IISc), Professor Chandra Sekhar S Subba Reddy B PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Rajgopal K PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer PhD (IISc), Professor John, Vinod Suryanarayana P V PhD (Wisconsin), Assistant Professor Ramakrishnan A G MSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Officer PhD (IIT/M), Professor Joy Thomas M Thukaram D PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Ramakrishnan K R PhD (IISc), Professor PhD (IISc), Professor Lawrence Jenkins Udayakumar PhD (Notre Dame), Professor Rathna G N PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (IISc), Muthuvel, Arigovindan Venu Madhav Govindu Principal Research Scientist PhD (EPFL), Assistant Professor PhD (Maryland), Assistant Professor Nagendra Rao P S Sastry P S PhD (IIT/D), Professor PhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor Narayanan G Satish L PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (IISc), Professor

Established : 1911 Phone : +91-80-2293 3170/2361 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0444 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.ee.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : P S Sastry Degree Programs Offered : PhD, MSc (Engg), ME (Electrical Engineering), ME (Systems Science & Automation) jointly with the CSA Department, ME (Signal processing) jointly with the ECE Department Department of Electrical Communication Engineering

Profile channel estimation and data detection MIMO. Modelling, analysis, optimization and control of The Department pursues advanced and fundamental resource allocation in wireline and wireless net- research in the areas of communication and network- works; scheduling in networks; quality of service ing, signal processing, microelectronics, microwaves, in heterogeneous networks; cross-layer design and photonics. It is recognized by the UGC as a in wireless networks; energy efficient protocols. Centre of Advanced Study. Wireless sensor networks: self organisation, distributed signal processing, system architectures for various applications, distributed computing algo- Major Research Areas rithms for sensor networks, algorithms for energy management in sensor networks. Communication Communication theory and systems, information protocol specification and verification, AI appli- theory and coding, wireless communication systems, cations to communication networks and their communication networks. management, mobile agents, multimedia commu- Signal processing theory and applications: speech and nication, ubiquitous computing. Cognitive radio audio processing, biomedical signal processing, array communication. processing, compressive sensing and sparse signal  Photonics – Fiber-optic communications and net- recovery. works systems (MOEMS); Biophotonics: Bio- Photonics and optical communications, electromag- sensors. netics, microwaves, antennas, micro-nano electronics:  Electromagnetics – Passive and active circuits (RF devices, circuits and technology. Biophotonics and and microwave), microwave antennas. microstrip biosensors. antennas, fractal designs in electromagnetics, ultrawide band microwave systems, millimeter and Current Research sub-millimeter wave components and systems, composite materials for microwave applications,  Communications – Information theory, distributed computational electromagnetic, single power joint source-channel coding; error control coding integrity, EMI in high speed chip-package sys- including space-time codes, network coding, codes tems, Integrated millimeter wave systems. for storage systems codes on graphs, coded mod-  Nanoelectronics and VLSI – Nano-CMOS tech- ulation and pseudorandom sequences; CDMA, nology, non-classical transistor design, tran- wireless mobile communication, energy harvest- sistor variability in nanoelectronics, adaptable ing communication, multiuser detection, MlMO, circuit design, integrated MEMS sensors, VLSI OFDM, cooperative communications, wireless architectures for high performance computing, channel modeling, cognitive radio communica- low power techniques in hardware and software. tions. Interference modeling, physical layer security, Communication circuits and architectures, soft- secure multi party computation, green communica- ware and hardware for embedded systems and tion, machine learning for communication. system-on-chip, formal and informal verifica-  Communication Networking – Physical-layer design tion technologies, fault-tolerant and self-healing of energy harvesting communications; wireless system design, bio-electronics. Technologies for Department of Electrical Communication Engineering 47

pattern recognition, classification, and machine varying signal models. Neural coding of signals, learning. CMOS based analog, mixed signal and sparse notation, algorithms for speech and audio RF integrated circuits. coding, speech and music recognition, and speech and music enhancements applications to audio  Signal Processing – Time-frequency analysis: digi- indexing, watermarking, and hearing aids. tal filter structures, spectrum estimation, signal detection and denoising. Multirate signal process- Statistical signal processing – Space-time signal ing, filter bank sparse signal recovery design, semi- processing, algorithms with application to wireless blind and robust channel estimation, distributed communication systems, acoustic signal separa- spectrum sensing, signal processing in extremely tion using microphone arrays, radar processing. low power sensors. Biomedical Signal Processing – Processing of bio- Signal processing for indoor positioning and navi- medical signals using nonlinear dynamical tech- gation. niques; abnormality detection in ECG and EEG signals; connectivity study of networks in the Speech and Audio Processing – Speech and audio brain. (music) signal modelling; auditory and time

Anandi Giridharan Gopalaiah S V Rajan, B Sundar MSc (Engg), (IISc), MSc (Engg), (IISc), PhD (IIT/K), FNA, FNAE, FNASc, Senior Scientific Officer Senior Scientific Officer Professor Badrinarayana T Hari K V S Ravishankar M K PhD (IISc), Principal Research PhD (UC San Diego), Professor MSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientist Hegde G S Senior Scientific Officer Bharadwaj, Amrutur BSc (Karnatak), BE (Bangalore), Sharma, Vinod PhD (Stanford), Associate Professor Scientific Assistant PhD (Carnegie-Mellon), Bhat, Navakanta Kumar, Anurag Professor PhD (Stanford), Professor PhD (Cornell), FIEEE, FNA, Shivaleela E S Banerjee, Gaurab FNAE, FASc, Professor PhD (IISc), PhD (Washington), Kumar, P Vijay Principal Research Scientist Assistant Professor PhD (USC), FIEEE, TATACHEM Chair, Sreenivas T V Chockalingam A Professor PhD (TIFR/B), Professor PhD (IISc), FNAE, FNASc, Kashyap, Navin Srinivas, Talabattula Professor PhD (Michigan), Associate Professor PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Gope, Dipanjan Malati Hegde Sundaresan, Rajesh PhD (Washington), PhD (IIT/K), Principal Research PhD (Princeton), Associate Professor Assistant Professor Scientist Venkataram P Elizabeth Rani K Mehta, Neelesh B PhD (Sheffield), FIEE, Professor BTech (JNTU/Kakinada), PhD (Caltech), Associate Professor Vinoy K J Technical Officer Mukherji, Utpal PhD (Penn State), Associate Professor Ghosh, Ambarish ScD (MIT/USA), Associate Professor Varma, Manoj PhD (Brown), Assistant Professor Murthy, Chandra R PhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor PhD (UCSD), Assistant Professor

Established : 1946 Phone : +91-80- 2293 2276/2278 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0563 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.ece.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : Vijay Kumar P Degree Programs Offered : PhD, MSc (Engg), ME (Telecommunication) ME (Signal Processing) jointly with EE, ME (Microelectronics) jointly with DESE Department of Electronic Systems Engineering

Profile Current Research The department pursues advanced research in power Power converters for high power applications, high conversion, semiconductor device modeling, com- performance drives, power converter topologies and munication networks, electromechanics, sensors and control for EV applications. Bond graph modeling actuators, intelligent controlling, VLSI and embed- for power electronic systems, alternate energy systems ded systems with special emphasis on implementa- (solar, wind). Optimal routing and scheduling in wire- tion methods. It is recognized as a resource centre for less ad hoc and sensor networks, performance analy- many educational projects. sis of TCP connections over 802.11 WLANs, Energy harvesting with applications in sensor networks. Non classical MOSFET device, single electron transistor, Major Research Areas quantum cellular automata, rapid single quantum flux, CMOS-Nano hybridization. Electromechanics, Power Converters and Controls, Semiconductor sensors, actuators based smart materials,: intelligent Device Modelling, Communication Networks, VLSI controlling, instrumentation, sensor development, Design, Electromechanics, Biomechatronics, Sensors robotics. Electromagnetic interference and compat- and Actuators, Intelligent control. ibility. Department of Electronic Systems Engineering 49

Chalapathi Rao N V Joy Kuri Prabhakar T V PGDM (IIM/B), PhD (IISc), Professor MSc (Engg), (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Krishnakumar M Senior Scientific Officer Dagale, Haresh MTech (IISc), Ramachandran P MSc (Engg), (IISc), Principal Research Scientist MSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Assistant Senior Scientific Officer Kuruvilla Varghese Saravanan A P Dinesh N S MTech (IISc), BSc, PG Dip Instrumentation PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Principal Research Scientist (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Diwakar J E Mahapatra, Santanu Sachidananda C R PhD (IISc), PhD (EPF Lausanne), DTE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Principal Research Scientist Associate Professor Srinivasan, Shayan Garani Gopakumar K Mahesh G V PhD (Georgia Tech), PhD (IISc), FIETE, FNAE, FIEEE MSc (Engg), (IISc), Assistant Professor Professor Principal Research Scientist Sudharshan G Gunasekaran M K Nagakrishna V BE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant PhD (IISc), Associate Professor ME (Bharatiyar), Scientific Assistant Umanand L Jamadagni H S Pittet, Andre PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (IISc), Professor, PhD (EPF Lausanne), Vasantha K B Senior Member, (IEEE), Chief Project Advisor DEE (Bharatiyar), Scientific Assistant Member (Part time) TRAI

Established : 1975 Phone : +91-80-2293 2246 Fax : +91-80-2293 2290 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.dese.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : K Gopakumar Degree Programs Offered : PhD, MSc (Engg), MTech, ME Department of Aerospace Engineering

Profile Composite Materials and Structures, Multifunctional Materials and Smart Structures, Micro and Nanotech The department was established in 1942 as the nologies, Nonlinear Mechanics, Helicopter Dynamics, Department of Aeronautical Engineering to meet the Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity, Combustion expanding needs of the Hindustan Aircraft Company and Propulsion, Combustion Acoustics, Flight Vehicle (currently Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.). The activi- Guidance, Computational Algorithms, Aerospace ties in the department have seen a tremendous transi- Electronic Systems, Guidance Control and Dynamics tion since then and now cover both aeronautics and of Aerospace underwater Vehicles, Micro Aerial space science and engineering. The department has Vehicles, Co-operative Controls, Swarm Control 26 faculty members, 11 scientific staff and about 180 Satellite Image Classification. graduate students. The department with its wind tunnels, shock tunnels and structural testing facilities caters to a large number of R&D projects of national importance. In recent years, the department has Current Research developed several futuristic concepts and technolo- Fundamental Aspects of Fluid Dynamics Prediction gies for the aircraft and space industry in advanced of transition, structure of turbulent boundary layers, materials in the avionics, energy sector and the auto- turbulence management, flow instabilities, flows in motive industry. The Research focus has recently been complex geometries, control of fluid flows/flow sepa- broadened beyond traditional aerospace engineering ration, vortex dominated flows. by including various evolving aspects of autonomous flight, bio-inspired design, human factors and nano-  Computational Fluid Dynamics – Aerospace appli- bio-technologies. cations, algorithms: kinetic schemes, unstructured meshes, meshless solvers, DNS/LES; unsteady The department works in close association with the flow computations using chimera cloud of points. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and with various Defence Research & Development  High Speed Flows – Study of supersonic and Organization (DRDO) laboratories. Several research hypersonic flows, advanced high speed flow diag- centers such as the Center for Gasification and nostics. Simulation of high enthalpy flows at high Propulsion Laboratory (CGPL), UGC Centre speeds using shock tube/shock tunnel and hyper- for Advanced Studies in Aerospace Propulsion, sonic wind tunnel; re-entry aerodynamics; real Aeronautical Research & Development Board (ARDB) gas effects, gas dynamic lasers, shock wave appli- Center of Excellence in Aerospace Computational cations, high temperature chemical kinetics and Fluid Dynamics, and ARDB Center of Excellence in dusty gas dynamics, computation of high speed Composite Structures and Technology (ACECOST) flows, industrial and bio-medical applications. work in close collaboration with various organiza-  Low Speed Aerodynamics – Aerodynamic interfer- tions at national and international level on cutting- ence; model studies of flight vehicle configurations, edge research topics. A large number of international unsteady aerodynamics of oscillating airfoils, transi- collaborations exist with universities in the USA, tional flows, turbulence and stability. Canada and the European Union and with multinational companies such as Boeing, Pratt & Whitney  Fatigue and Fracture – Constitutive modeling of and General Motors. fatigue in metallic and composite materials; mechanisms of defect formation and crack initiation and their influence on the life of structural components; dynamic fracture due to impact and high Major Research Areas strain rate loading; complex fracture processes in composites and design of composites considering Fundamental aspects of Fluid Dynamics, Computa these effects in next generation aircraft structures. tional Fluid Dynamics, High Speed Flows, Low Speed Aerodynamics, Fatigue and Fracture, Non-Destructive  Non-Destructive Evaluation and Structural Health Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring, Monitoring – Development of advanced methods Department of Aerospace Engineering 51

and tools for non-destructive evaluation of struc-  Nonlinear Mechanics – Geometric and material tural components with guided ultrasonic wave, nonlinearities and their interaction; nonclassi- x-ray tomography, infrared thermography and cal phenomena in upcoming multifunctional optics; design and instrumentation of hardware and materials, multibody systems and futuristic aer- software for Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring; ospace structures; inflatable structures; micro rapid diagnosis of structural health using sensor air vehicles; nondeterministic concurrent multi- network, laser and wireless technologies; solving scale modelling based on variational asymptotic damage detection and quantification problems in methods. complex systems like aircraft, automotives and  spacecraft; probabilistic prediction of failures and Helicopter Dynamics – Optimal and neural control- remaining life of structures and subsystems, use of lers for helicopter vibration minimization, active such information in vehicle usage management and suppression of dynamic stall, thin walled compos- prevention and failure. ite beams; aeroelastic analysis of smart helicopter rotor, health monitoring of helicopters, design  Composite Materials and Structures – Mathematical optimization of helicopters for vibration reduc- modelling involving mechanics and physics of tion; modelling of composite helicopter rotors; ceramic/polymer/metal fiber reinforced polymer finite element methods in helicopter dynamics. matrix composites, understanding micro and nano-  Combustion and Propulsion – Study of full chem- scale behaviour of these composites using theoretical istry effects in fluid flows, flame propagation, modelling and experimentation; processing and sec- extinction and ignition in boundary layer flows, ondary manufacturing studies of composite materials combustion of droplets, computer simulation of and structural components; sustainable manufactur- reacting flows, combustion in separated flows, ing of composite structures; design methodology for radiation from engine exhausts, spray character- improved stiffness and strength properties; dynamic istics of liquid propellant rockets and gas turbine reponse of composite structures under vibratory, engines, space electric propulsion, MPD thrusters, acoustic and impact loadings. Multi-Functional chemistry of propellants; space propellant man- Materials and Smart Structures Piezoelectric, mag- agement, DNS of turbulent combustion; numeri- netostructive, shape memory and non-Newtonian cal modelling of solid rocket motors; combustion fluidic materials and their novel properties which can instability in rockets and gasturbine engines. be applied to sense, alter and control objects with applications in smart structures, vibration suppres-  Combustion Acoustics – Acoustic emission from sion, energy harvesting, smart electronics and bio- flames, oscillatory combustion, combustion of interface; integration of these materials into systems coal. to achieve a combined set of functions; technological  Flight Vehicle Guidance applications related to aircraft and spacecraft, auto- – Guidance systems mobile, unmanned air vehicles, robots, human health for flight vehicles, remote sensing, radar signal care, safety and early warning systems. processing, optimization of antenna arrays and apertures under practical constraints, distributed  Micro- and Nano-technologies – Nano- and micro- processing; collision avoidance of automated scale phenomena in solids and liquids and their guided vehicles, decentralized multiple-agent deci- applications in synthesis and phase transition of sion making, cooperative control of MAV swarms, materials, sensing through electronics, ionics and path-planning algorithms. photonics, coatings and thin films and composite  Computational Algorithms – Scheduling problems, materials; improvement of mechanical, thermal distributed systems, evolutionary computation. and electronic properties by suitable synthesis and design of materials and microand nano-scales.  Aerospace Electronic Systems – Civil air navigation, GPS and hybrid navigation systems, landing  Structural Dynamics and Aero-elasticity – systems – ILS and MLS, aviation safety, aviation Structural dynamics, wave propagation, fluid struc- weather surveillance, radars for aviation, weather ture-interaction and finite element techniques, and ATC. aeroservoelasticity and smart aeroservoelastic systems, nonlinear vibration of joint-dominated  Control and Dynamics of Aerospace Vehicles – structures, flutter of airfoils with local structural Spacecraft formation flights, dynamics and control nonlinearities, unsteady aerodynamics, nonlinear of smart structures, control of aerospace vehicles, control synthesis for vibrations, unsteady flow autonomous unmanned air vehicles, robust con- past oscillating airfoil and airfoil cascades. trol system synthesis for aircraft, precision satellite 52 Department of Aerospace Engineering

attitudes and rates estimation, orbital rendezvous,  Satellite Image Classification – Using neural net- reentry vehicle dynamics and control of reusable works and genetic programming approaches. Mobile vehicles; dynamic inversion for nonlinear and robotics and underwater vehicles Path planning and optimal control synthesis using neural networks. guidance.

Balakrishnan N Lakshmisha K N Ratnoo, Ashwini PhD (IISc), FASc, FNAE, FNASc, PhD (IISc), Professor PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor FNA, FTWAS, Professor Mahapatra P R Reddy K P J Balakrishnan N PhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor PhD (BIT/Ranchi), Professor PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Mani V Roy Mahapatra D Bhat, M Ramachandra PhD (IISc), Professor PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor PhD (IISc), Chief Research Scientist Mathew, Joseph Samanta, Arnab Bhat, M Seetharama PhD (MIT), Professor PhD (Illinois), Assistant Professor PhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor Nagashetty K Saravanan S Dey, Jyotirmoy MSc (Engg), (Bangalore), PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer PhD (IISc), Professor Scientific Assistant Sheshadri T S Ganguli, Ranjan Naik, G Narayana PhD (Georgia Tech), PhD (Maryland), FNAE, Professor PhD (IISc), Principal Research Associate Professor Scientist Ghose, Debasish Sivakumar D PhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor Omkar S N PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (IISc), Principal Research Gopalakrishnan S Suhasini, Gururaja Scientist PhD (Purdue), FNAE, Professor PhD (Washington), Assistant Professor Oommen, Charlie Harursampath, Dinesh Kumar Surendranath V PhD (IISc), Principal Research PhD (Georgia Tech), MSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientist Assistant Professor Principal Research Scientist Padhi, Radhakant Hemchandra, Santosh Vasudevan B PhD (Missouri), Associate Professor PhD (Georgia Tech), MASc (Toronto), Principal Research Assistant Professor Raghunandan B N Scientist PhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor Jagadeesh, Gopalan Venkatraman, Kartik PhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor Rajan N K S PhD (IIT/M), Associate Professor Kandagal S B PhD (IISc), Principal Research PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Scientist Ramesh O N Kulkarni P S PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (IISc), Principal Research Rao, S V Raghurama Scientist PhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Established : 1942 Phone : +91-80-2293 2417 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0134 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.aero.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : Debasish Ghose Degree Programs Offered : PhD, MSc (Engg), ME Department of Aerospace Engineering 53

Joint Advanced Technology Programme

Profile  Development of Modelling and Design Framework for Sheet Metal Spring back. JATP is a collaborative program between the Institute and the Defence Research and Development  Non- Linear Autopilot Design. Laboratory, Hyderabad, set up primarily for research  CFD Analysis of Base Drag Reduction of Missile and development in propulsion, aerodynamics, com- Configurations. putational fluid dynamics, guidance and control, radar engineering, optoelectronics, air liquefaction, DSP, A project on Numerical and Experimental investiga- matrix composites, power supply and interdiscipli- tions of viscous flows over a complete Aircraft jointly nary areas such as fluid-structure and structure-con- between Department of Aerospace Engineering & trol interactions. The investigating groups are drawn M/s. Bombardier, Canada. from the departments of Aerospace Engineering, JATP also has the facility to sanction in-house short Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and term explorative projects in emerging areas. The cur- Automation, Physics, Centre for Electronics Design rent in-house projects are: and Technology, Cryogenic Technology as well as other departments in the Institute. While some projects  Computational Analysis of High Powered Engines now under investigation aim at generating fundamen- for Combat Vehicles. tal results, the others aim at creating design and analy-  Modulation Analysis of time Varying Signals. sis data for various national aerospace projects.  Study of Crack Propagation Behaviour due to About 124 projects have been sanctioned in the dif- Application of Electric Current. ferent areas mentioned above and 118 have been completed. Six (6) are currently in process and many are  Inkjet printing of conducting copper lines paper. in the pipeline. Many developmental aspects of aero-  Porous conducting nano composites derived from space vehicles such as structural design, aerodynam- gelation of multiwall carbon nano tubes in bi- ics design, control and propulsion systems have been continuous polymer blends. tackled through these R&D projects. The faculty of  JATP participates in Committee meetings, recruit- Synthesis and characterization of In doped ment and assessment, and conduct review meet- Cu2GeSe3 solid solution. ings. Currently, the hypersonic R&D Program has  Carbon nanotube-polymer based smart compos- been identified as one of the key areas for sponsored ite for armour applications. projects.  Study of high temperature high performance

PbTiO3-BiscO3 based ferroelectric piezoelectric ceramics. Current Research  Electrically Conducting Polymer nano composites.  Studies on Pulse Detonation Engine.  Self correcting circuits with nano-robots.  Adaptation of OPENFOAM for GPU Processors. JATP has a number of Computing Systems and Multi  Aerodynamic Studies on Performance of LCA Wing Media Projecting facilities. A cluster of computers with Vertex Generator(VG) using CFD Tools. 54 Department of Aerospace Engineering

having 32 and 8 Nodes Parallel Processors has been The following R&D Projects with DRDL have been installed at JATP. Shared memory architecture based initiated: parallel computer around Dual Core also been assembled and used for several projects. Also Network  Impact Analysis for Hypersonic Technology Storage Device upto 12TB Data procurement in Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV). advanced stage. Establishment of Computational  Ultra Hard Materials for Hard Coating. Mechanics Laboratory (CML) to carryout low speed and high speed Computational Aerodynamics and  Design of Locking System Elements based on Biofluids. Impact Dynamics.

Established : 1983 Phone : +91-80-2293 2510/2360 1521 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0649 Email : [email protected] Convener : Ranjan Ganguli Department of Aerospace Engineering 55

ISRO-IISc Space Technology Cell

Profile The Cell coordinates activities relating to the IISc- ISRO Educational Program (HEP), which provides a The Cell has been established with the support of technical forum to discuss problems of current inter- the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and est. It also caters to the growth of academic activities draws upon the research base and expertise available by providing facilities to ISRO engineers sponsored at ISRO and the Institute for promoting research and for ME/MTech/research programmes in various development in areas relevant to the technological departments of the Institute. needs of the Indian Space Programme. The Cell provides support for research projects, visiting scientists, and technical publications.

Established : 1982 Phone : +91-80-2293 2503/2525 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 1279 Email : [email protected] Convener : Joseph Mathew Department of Chemical Engineering

Profile and control of fermentation processes using genetic algorithms; transport and kinetic modelling of The Department of Chemical Engineering was multiphase bioprocesses. started in 1943 as a wing of the Division of Pure and Applied Chemistry and acquired independent status  Colloids – Crystallization; formation of nanoparti- in 1947. Over the last six decades, the department has cles in micelles; liquid-liquid dispersions; Ostwald evolved significantly, reflecting changes in the Indian ripening; solubilization in surfactant solutions; chemical industry and the chemical engineering pro- stability of emulsions. fession worldwide. Today, the department is engaged  Complex Fluids – Analysis of slow granular flow; in research activities in various frontier areas in flow of powders in bins, channels, and hoppers; Chemical Engineering. It is recognized by the UGC fluid mechanics of suspensions; hydrodynamic as a Center of Advanced Study. stability of flows on flexible surfaces; rheology of liquid crystalline materials; continuum modeling of two phase flows. Major Research Areas  Environmental Engineering – Activated car- Biochemical Engineering; Colloids; Complex Fluids; bon fabric studies; biosorption of heavy metals; Environmental Engineering; Liquid-phase Adsorption; defluoridation of drinking water; polymer recy- Modelling and Simulation; Nanotechnology; Reaction cling; remediation of contaminated soils with Engineering; Solid-fluid Phase Equlibria; Therapeutic supercritical fluids; solid waste management; syn- Engineering; Transfer Processes; Thermodynamic thesis of biodegradable polymers. Properties of Gas Hydrates.  Modelling and Simulation – Bubble nucleation; CFD modelling of process equipment; hydro- Current Research gen storage; modelling of nanoparticle synthesis; molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simula-  Biochemical Engineering – Bioleaching of ocean tion of confined fluids and interfaces; nanoparti- nodules and sulphides; kinetics of enzymatic reac- cle crystallization; population balance equations; tions in supercritical fluids; metabolic control and reactive mixing in turbulent flows; simulation of sensitivity analysis of bioreactors; optimisation self assembling systems. Department of Chemical Engineering 57

 Nanotechnology – Functional nanoscale architec- behaviour of gas hydrates; self-assembly of nano- tures; guided self-assembly to form 2D and 3D particles; phase transition in confined fluids. superlattices; semiconductor nanowires; synthesis  Therapeutic Engineering – Drug pharmacokinetics of metal nanoparticles. and rational therapy optimization; dynamics of  Reaction Engineering – Kinetics of reactions medi- HIV and hepatitis C virus infections; theoretical ated by ultrasound and microwaves; multiphase immunology; virus-cell interactions. sonochemical reactors; photocatalysis; polymer  Transfer Processess – Multicomponent precipi- synthesis and degradation reactions in supercriti- tation; separation and extraction of amino acids cal fluids; sintering reactions using microwaves; and metals; transport processes in supported liq- transport processes and reactions in packed beds. uid membranes.  Thermodynamics – Adsorption in zeolites and activated carbons; kinetics of nucleation; phase

Ayappa, K Ganapathy Mudakavi J R Sudeep Punnathanam PhD (Minnesota), Professor PhD (IIT/Madras), PhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor Principal Research Scientist Dixit, Narendra M Venugopal S PhD (Illinois), Associate Professor Nott, Prabhu R PhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor Giridhar Madras PhD (Princeton), Professor PhD (Texas A&M), Professor Pillay, S Armugam Kesava Rao K MSc (Madurai), Technical Officer PhD (Houston), FASc, Professor Raghuram P T Kumaran V MSc (Engg), (IISc), PhD (Cornell), FASc, FNAE, Professor Senior Scientific Officer Modak, Jayant M Sanjeev Kumar Gupta PhD (Purdue), FNAE, Professor PhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Established : 1943 Phone : +91-80-2293 2318 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 8121 Email : [email protected] URL : http://chemeng.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : Prabhu R Nott Degree Programs Offered : PhD, MSc (Engg), ME Department of Mechanical Engineering

Profile Current Research Mechanical Engineering activities at the Indian  Mechanical Systems and Design – Structural and Institute of Science commenced with the establish- dimensional synthesis of kinematic and compli- ment of the Department of Internal Combustion ant mechanisms; theoretical kinematics; multi- (IC) Engineering in 1945. The mechanical engineer- disciplinary design optimization; dynamics and ing section of the Power Engineering Department control of robot and multi-body mechanical sys- was established in 1951, and later became a full- tems; computer-controlled mechanical systems; fledged Mechanical Engineering Department. The hybrid automotive vehicles; bio-medical devices; IC Engineering Department merged with the ME constructing 3D models from sketches, assembly Department to give it its present form in 1970. The sequence planning and evaluation, tools for early department offers Master of Engineering, MSc stages in design, vibrations, structural shape and (Engg) and PhD programmes. The activities in the topology optimization, kinematic assembly mod- department can be broadly classified into the fol- eling, geometric and topological modeling. lowing groups: Mechanical Systems, Thermal  Microsystems – Modelling, design, and micro- Science and Fluid Mechanics, Material Science and fabrication of micro-electro-mechanical systems Nanotribology, Dynamics, Microelectromechanical (MEMS); energetics of micro and nano devices; systems (MEMS) and Acoustics, Optimal design, and nano-mechanics; acoustic sensors, rate gyroscopes, Biomechanics. accelerometers, ultrasound sensors, force sensors and polymer pumps; development of analysis tools for coupled multi-physics problems; optimal Major Research Areas synthesis methods for MEMS; micromanipula- tion; In-situ TEM nanoindentation, deformation Mechanical Systems and Design, Thermal Sciences mechanisms of materials. Effect of roughness and and Fluid Mechanics, Combustion energy systems, surface asperities on the solid-liquid interface. Internal Combustion Engines, Technical Acoustics, Biomechanics, Tribology, MEMS, Semi-solid  Fracture Mechanics and Tribology – Fretting fric- Forming, computational mechanics, and Fracture tion mechanics; impact fracture and fragmenta- mechanics. tion dynamic, mixed mode, indentation; thin film; Department of Mechanical Engineering 59

polycrystalline diamond, super hard ceramics, electronic systems; Heat and mass transfer in multilayered and bond coated coating structures, buildings, natural ventilation, heat and mass trans- contact mechanics of impact and indentation, fer in food products; two-phase flows and heat nanotribology of boundary lubrication; metal cut- transfer, heat transfer in renewable energy systems; ting, soot, detergents, fuel additives, metal work- numerical heat transfer; refrigeration and air-con- ing, development of nanoparticle (fullerene) based ditioning; adsorption coolers and gas storage; lubricants and coatings, scanning probe micro- mathematical modelling and simulation of ther- scopy, wear mechanism of metals in IC engines. mal systems; thermal modelling and experimen- Fracture of single crystals and amorphous metals, tation in solidification, arc welding pools, laser Eco-friendly lubricants, friction in metal forming. welding of dissimilar metals, surface alloying.  Biomechanics – Nonlinear mechanics of soft bio-  Combustion & Spray Research, IC Engines – Multi- logical tissues, elastomers and protein rubbers, dimensional modelling of in-cylinder processes cell mechanics, mechanotransduction, bio-micro including two-phase flow, turbulence and com- manipulation, miniature bio-reactors and cell cul- bustion chemistry; cold-start emission reduction ture in scaffolds, computational design of proteins technologies; diesel engine combustion chamber and tissue engineering. geometry optimization; alternative fuel research, bio-lubricants: high-efficiency biogas-fuelled  Metal Casting and Advanced Manufacturing – engine technology; application of laser-based Semisolid forming, die casting, squeeze casting, diagnostic techniques in engine research; fuel mould design and metal flow analysis, computer spray characterization using shadowgraphy and aided design of near-net shaped castings; friction interferometric Mie imaging techniques; trapped- stir welding, friction stir processing. vortex based combustor research.  Fluid Mechanics – Multiphase stability; stability  Technical Acoustics – Automotive noise control; of unsteady boundary layers; unsteady boundary- vibration diagnosis of rotating machinery; acous- layer separation; transition and turbulence; turbu- tics of ducts and mufflers; industrial noise control; lence modelIing, fish-like propulsion. acoustic characterization of absorbing materials.  Thermal Sciences – Turbulent Rayleigh-Benard Sound from turbulent flows, asymptotics in struc- convection; double-diffusive convection, mixed tural acoustics, nonlinear structural acoustic inter- convection, heat pipes, thermal management of actions. 60 Department of Mechanical Engineering

Ananthasuresh G K Gurumoorthy B Satish V Kailas PhD (Michigan), FNAE, Professor PhD (Carnegie-Mellon), Professor PhD (IISc), Professor Arakeri, Jaywant H Himabindu M Saptarshi Basu PhD (CalTech), FASc, FNAE, Professor PhD (Anna), Scientific Officer PhD (Connecticut), Bobji M S Jog, Chandrashekhar S Assistant Professor PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Shukla, Ratnesh Dharuman C Professor PhD (UCLA), Assistant Professor MSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Munjal M L Sonti, Venkata R Officer PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNAE, PhD (Purdue), Associate Professor FNASc, Honorary Professor, Dibakar Sen Srinivasan J INAE Distinguished Professor PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (Stanford), FNA, FASc, Dutta, Pradip Narasimham G S V L FNAE, Professor PhD (IISc), Chief Research Scientist PhD (Columbia), FNAE, FASME, Thirumaleswara Naik R FASc, INAE Chair Professor, Professor Narasimhan R PhD (IIT/Delhi), Scientific Officer PhD (CalTech), FASc, FNA, Ghosal, Ashitava Tomar, Gaurav FNAE, Professor PhD (Stanford), FNAE, Professor PhD (IIT/K), Assistant Professor Pratap, Rudra Govardhan, Raghuraman N Venkataraman M K PhD (Cornell), Professor PhD (Cornell), Associate Professor MSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Officer Ravikrishna R V Gundiah, Namrata Yogendra Simha K R PhD (Purdue), Associate Professor PhD (UC Berkeley), PhD (Maryland), Professor Assistant Professor

Established : 1945 Phone : +91-80-2293 2332 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0648 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.mecheng.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : R Narasimhan Degree Programs Offered : PhD, MSc (Engg), ME

Department of Materials Engineering

Profile Starting in January 2013, it will start offering courses in the Materials stream of the undergraduate pro- Established in 1945 as Department of Metallurgy gramme of IISc. and re-named in 2006, the Department of Materials Engineering has active research groups exploring the exciting world of materials. With its rich history of Current Research accomplishments, it is recognized as a leading academic centre in materials education and research. It  Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy – has been a Centre for Advanced Study (a recognition Bioleaching of copper, zinc, gold and silver ores; conferred by the University Grants Commission) biocorrosion; bio-environmental control; mineral since 1990. It won a nation-wide competition in 2008 beneficiation; mathematical and physical mod- to host the UGC Networking Resource Centre for eling and simulations of metallurgical processes; Materials (NRC-M) which now fosters collaboration solid flow behaviour in shaft reactors; electroslag between IISc faculty with research groups at other refining. Indian institutions, and facilitates advanced research  Physical Metallurgy – Diffusion in binary and ter- training of postgraduate students and young faculty nary systems, with applications to electronic pack- through Summer and Winter Schools. aging, processing of superconducting wires and The Department’s research interests span a broad thermal barrier coatings; Bulk metallic glasses; spectrum that include materials processing, mechani- high entropy alloys; phase field simulations of cal behaviour, thermodynamics and diffusion, ferroe- microstructural evolution; deformation and trans- lectrics, polymer nanocomposites and devices, organic formation textures at micron and sub-micron photovoltaics, biomaterials, thin films, texture and length scales; micro- and nanostructures produced grain boundary engineering, and computational mate- by far-from-equilibrium processes such as weld- rials science. The research groups work on challenging ing of dissimilar metals, laser and electron-beam problems in almost all materials classes: light alloys welding, surface alloying, spray forming, rapid and composites, high temperature materials, metallic solidification, mechanical alloying, and equi-chan- foams, bulk metallic glasses, structural ceramics, ferro- nel angular processing. electric and multiferroic materials, and polymers. The  Mechanical Behaviour – Development of experimen- phenomena being explored also span multiple length tal and theoretical tools for studying mechanical and time scales: electronic structure of materials, behaviour of thin films, coatings, and micropil- nanomaterials and nanodevices, microstructural evo- lars; microstructure-property correlations in bulk lution, and bulk behaviour. The department publishes metallic glasses, shape memory alloys, metallic over 90 research papers each year in ISI journals. foams, advanced Ti-, Al- and Mg-alloys, ceramics, Currently, the department offers postgraduate pro- polymers, and ultra-fine and nanocrystalline mate- grammes leading to masters and doctoral degrees. rials. Effect of temperature and ultra-high strain rates; superplasticity; cavitation failure; friction, wear, and tribology; processing and mechanical properties of metal-matrix and polymer-matrix composites; fracture and failure analysis.  Ceramics – Synthesis of metalstable multi-component oxides and ultra-fine powders; low temperature consolidation of glasses and nanocrystalline ceramics; grain boundary sliding and diffusion creep in doped and two-phase ceramics.  Biomaterials – Polyelectrolyte multilayer films and capsules for drug delivery and diagnostics. Tissue engineering, Regenerative medicine, Medical implants. Department of Materials Engineering 63

 Functional Materials – Electroactive polymers, electric materials (scutterudites and tellurides); organic photovoltaics, nanoelectronics and sen- oxide based semiconductors (titania and zirco- sors; Polymer blends, carbon nanotube and graph- nia). Electromigration in solid films and liquid eme based polymer nanocomposites, ferroelectric, metals; thermo-electro-mechanical excursions and pyroelectric, relaxor ferroelectric, magnetic, and their effects on short and long term reliability of multiferroic materials; high-temperature thermo- microelectronic packages.

Abinandanan T A Jayaram, Vikram Ramamurty U PhD (CMU), Professor PhD (Stanford), FASc, FNASc, PhD (Brown), FNAE, FASc, Avadhani G S FNAE, FACerS, Professor Professor PhD (IISc), Karthikeyan S Ranganathan S Principal Research Scientist PhD (Ohio State), Assistant Professor PhD (Cambridge), FASc, FNA, Babu V Kishore FNASc, FNAE, FTWAS, FIIM, AMIM (Kolkata), Technical Officer PhD (IISc), Emeritus Professor Emeritus Professor Banerjee, Dipankar Kumar, Praveen Ranjan, Rajeev PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNAE, PhD (USC), Assistant Professor PhD (BHU), Assistant Professor FNASc, Professor Kumar, Subodh Ravi R Bose, Suryasarathi PhD (London), Professor PhD (IISc), PhD (IITB), Assistant Professor Principal Research Scientist Narayana B V Chatterjee, Kaushik PhD (SVU), Srivastava, Chandan PhD (Penn Stat), Assistant Professor Principal Research Scientist PhD (Alabama), Assistant Professor Chattopadhyay K Natarajan K A Subramanian S PhD (BHU), FASc, FNASc, FNA, PhD (Minnesota), DSc (IISc), FASc, PhD (Mysore), Professor FNAE, FIIM, Professor FNASc, FNAE, FIIM, Emeritus Surappa M K Chokshi, Atul H Professor PhD (IISc), FNAE, FNA, Professor PhD (USC), FASc, FNASc, FNA, Padaikathan P (on lien as Director, IIT/Ropar) FNAE, FIIM, Professor MSc (Engg), (Bangalore), Suwas, Satyam Deshpande R J Scientific Officer PhD (IIT/K), Associate Professor MSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Officer Paul, Aloke Gupta, Govind S PhD (Delft), Associate Professor PhD (Wollongong), Professor Raichur, Ashok M Jacob K T PhD (Nevada), Professor PhD (London), DSc (Engg), Ramamurthy, Praveen C (London), FASc, FNASct FNA, PhD (Clemson), Assistant Professor FNAE, FIIM, Emeritus Professor

Established : 1945 Phone : +91-80-2293 2259 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0472 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.materials.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : Vikram Jayaram Degree Programs Offered : ME, MSc (Engg), PhD Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing

Profile Current Research The Department promotes teaching, research, indus- Research into innovation and sustainability is prima- trial interaction and prototype development activities rily focused on supporting the early stages of product in the field of Product Design and Manufacturing at development. Current research includes investigating the Institute. It offers a 2-year M Des programme in the nature of and influences on design creativity and its Product Design and Engineering. The department links with exploration and biometric triggering proc- conducts both fundamental and applied research at esses, automated synthesis and embodiment of design the Master and PhD levels in areas of relevance to concepts including micro and nanosystems, biomimet- design and manufacturing. rics, knowledge capture and reuse, design for variety, distributed collaborative design and shared work- The Infrastructure for product development is avail- spaces, and analysis and mitigation of environmental able at the Centre through its excellent fabrication impacts of products during product development. facilities, a precision tool room, and skilled manpower specializing in various trades. The depart- Research areas in ergonomics include computerized ment is endowed with state of the art infrastructure anthropometry, digital human modelling for ergo- for conducting cutting edge research into design and nomic design and product evaluation, workspace and manufacturing. visibility analysis, sketch based interface development for early design phases visual perception modeling, the development of products for the physically challenged. Major Research Areas In addition to various ergonomics studies, current interest areas in human engineering include research Design Methodology, Human Factors, Product on biosensor development, biomechanics, biomedical Design, Product Safety and CAE, Product Information instrumentation, signal processing of different human Modeling, Design of automotive Systems, Digital potentials like ECG, EMG, EEG etc. for a better Human Modeling, VR & Haptis, 3D product sketch- understanding of human behaviour and response. ing, computerized anthropometry, mechanisms & mechatronics, Human Engineering, Eco Sustainability, Problems of current interest in the areas of collaboration and knowledge engineering. Mechanisms and Mechatronics are computer aided Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing 65

synthesis of mechanisms, sketch based exploration tion of lightweight vehicle platforms with electric of articulated motion in products, intelligent assem- and hybrid-electric power-trains is being studied and bly planning, bio-mimetic locomotion and walking implemented. Advanced computer-based methodolo- machines, and deployable mechanisms. gies are being developed for efficient and optimized design of structural systems for human protection Research in computer tools for product design is under low to high velocity impact conditions. focused on the areas of reverse engineering, direct rapid prototyping, modelling information flow in The Major areas of focus in the virtual reality labo- product design and product lifecycle management. ratory are: Haptics enabled precise Virtual Simulation Assembly processes, generation of assembly sequences A major area of interest is CAD and CAE driven and system assemble plans, assessment of assem- design of automotive systems including lightweight blability, knowledge, insighted product and process vehicles for meeting multifunctional requirements definitions, acquisition of expert and sustainable man- embracing attributes such as styling, ergonomics, ufacturing. NVH, durability, and crashworthiness. The integra-

Ananthasuresh G K Sen, Dibakar Mani, Monto PhD (Michigan), Professor, PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (IIT/Madras), AP/CST, Associate Faculty Diwakar J E Associate Faculty Arakeri, Jaywant H PhD (IISc), Mathew, Mary PhD (CalTech), Professor, Principal Research Scientist PhD (IISc), AcP/MS, Associate Faculty Associate Faculty Ghosal, Ashitava Satish V Kailas Chakrabarti, Amaresh PhD (Stanford), Professor, PhD (IISc), P/ME, Associate Faculty PhD (Cambridge), HonFIED, Associate Faculty Shivakumar N D Professor Gurumoorthy B Senior Scientific Officer Chalapathi Rao N V PhD (Carnegie-Mellon), PGDM (IIM/B), PRS/DESE, Professor Associate Faculty Maiti, Rina Deb, Anindya PhD (IIT/Bombay), Assistant Professor PhD (SUNY, Buffalo), Professor

Established : 1998 Phone : +91-80-2293 2359 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 1975 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.cpdm.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : Anindya Deb Associate Chairperson : J E Diwakar Degree Programs Offered : PhD, MSc (Engg), MDes Department of Civil Engineering

Profile  Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering – Pre and post liquefaction behaviour of soils; Effect of The Department has been in the forefront of non-plastic fines on the cyclic behaviour of sand; advanced research in Civil Engineering and has also Determination of dynamic properties of soil in been pro-active in industrial interaction and tech- the laboratory; Seismic hazard analysis and local nology development. The Department is recognized site response; Seismic microzonation; Dynamic as a Centre for Advanced Studies by the University behavior of retaining structures and substructures; Grants Commission. The Department has served Earthquake resistant design using geosynthetics. as the nodal centre for execution of the National Program on Earthquake Engineering Education and  Soil Reinforcement and Geosynthetics – Geo National Program for Capacity Building of Engineers synthetic reinforced soil slopes, geocell supported in Earthquake Risk Management. soil structures and soil nailed walls, geosynthetic clay liners, geosynthetics in unpaved roads and response of soils reinforced with coir fibers and waste plastics. Current Research  Numerical Modelling in Geomechanics – Investi The four main areas of research are Geotechnical gations of bearing capacity through numerical Engineering, Water Resources and Environmental limit analysis; Micromechanics of granular media Engineering, Structural Engineering, and through discrete element modeling. Transportation Engineering.  Reliability in Geotechnical Engineering – Reliability and Risk assessment in site characterization and Geotechnical Engineering design; Reliability based design of shallow and  Soil Behaviour – Clay mineralogical and suction deep foundations, earth dams, buried pipes, retain- controls in the engineering response of soft clays, ing structures and unsaturated slopes; Load resist- expansive clays and collapsing solid; Influence of antance Factor Design of retaining walls, MSE chemical additives with applications to improve- walls, soil nailed structures for static and seismic ment of difficult ground; Mechanical behavior of loading. sands through advanced elemental testing.  Rock Mechanics – Experimental and theoretical  Foundation Engineering – Analysis of shallow and aspects of rock mechanics, Analysis and design deep foundations through analytical, model and of structures in rock; Static and seismic response field studies; Soil structure interaction; Analysis of jointed rock; Stabilization of rock slopes; Blast and design of offshore foundations. induced fracture in rock.  Geophysical Exploration – Site characterization  Railway Geotechnical Engineering – Ballast char- and geophysical exploration using Multi-channel acterization through laboratory and field studies; Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW), Spectral Experimental studies on degradation and fouling Analysis of Surface Waves (SASW), Ground of ballast. Penetration Radar (GPR). Water Resources & Environmental Engineering  Geoenvironmental Engineering – Influence of chemical contamination on the hydro-mechanical  Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology – Natural behavior of soils; Design of clay liners and pro- and anthropogenic climate changes, Impact of tection systems for deep geological, nuclear waste climate change on hydrology, Modeling uncer- repositories; Constitutive modeling of Municipal tainties associated with general circulation model Solid Waste (MSW); Behaviour and constitutive (GCM) outputs, downscaling GCM outputs to modeling of unsaturated soils; Characterization river basin and sub-basin scales, regionalization and utilization of municipal soild waste and fly of hydrologic parameters, stochastic modeling of ash in geotechnical engineering applications; hydrologic extremes, rainfall and stream flow pre- Geochemistry of contaminated aquifers. dictions. Groundwater recharge and levels. Department of Civil Engineering 67

 Surface Water Hydrology – Rainfall-runoff mod- control and energy minimization, water quality eling; hydrologic forecasting; regional frequency modeling in urban networks, contaminant trans- analysis of floods, precipitation and low-flows; port in urban networks and use of soft computing, runoff generating mechanisms; modeling chaotic application to field problems. behavior of rainfall and stream flows; hydrologic  Environmental Hydraulics – Design and improving droughts; data mining applications to model the efficiency of water and waste water treatment hydrologic extremes; contaminant transport in plants; reuse of waste water. surface waters; remote sensing applications.  Groundwater Hydrology – Groundwater resources Structural Engineering assessment at various scales in hard rock aquifers;  Structural Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering water balance models; recharge modeling; pre- – dictive models for groundwater dynamics due to Earthquake engineering; modeling of natural phe- climatic variations and land use changes; remote nomena; random vibration; safety and reliabil- sensing and GIS applications in groundwater ity of structures; nonlinear dynamics; Structural assessment and management; integrated urban dynamics of bridges, dams, buildings and indus- groundwater management; tunneling & ground- trial structures; active and passive vibration con- water. trol of structures; smart materials for vibration control in composites; dynamics of randomly  Groundwater Quality – Solute transport in ground- parametered structures; structural reliability; water; modeling reactive solutes in fractured multivariate extreme value theory; earthquake medium; stochastic finite element for modeling response analysis of extended multi-support struc- contaminant transport in heterogeneous medium; tures; modal testing and damage detection using modeling of flow and transport from landfills; vibration data; structural system identification; biodegradation; modeling water rock interactions real time substructure testing; condition assess- in groundwater; nitrate and salinity in groundwa- ment and health monitoring of existing struc- ter in agricultural catchments. tures; application of particle filters in structural engineering; vibration control of structures using  Vadose Zone Hydrology – Development of mod- semi-active devices (MR dampers) and develop- els for prediction of moisture and contaminant ment of control algorithms. movement in different soil horizons, identification of soil moisture characteristics, field experiments  Fracture Mechanics of Concrete & Composites – for prediction of moisture movement at watershed Application of fracture mechanics to plain and scales, role of heterogeneity in moisture and con- reinforced concrete; application of fractal geom- taminant redistribution, soil moisture assimila- etry and fractal functions in fracture mechanics; tion and modeling; satellite soil moisture retrieval, Numerical modeling of plain concrete fracture; crop model (STICS) calibration for crops in South analysis of mixed mode fracture of quasi brit- India; inversion of crop models to estimate soil tle softening materials like concrete; application hydraulic properties. of fracture mechanics of layered composites to understand delamination; mixed mode fracture at  Multiphase Flows – Movement of NAPL con- interface between dissimilar materials with appli- taminant in porous/fractured aquifer systems, cation towards safety assessment of dams; residual identification of capillary pressure/saturation fatigue life assessment of concrete structures; cor- relationships, development of general purpose relation between fracture and damage; numerical multiphase flow models, application on coastal methods for determination of thermal bi-material aquifers, CO disposal in abandoned aquifers and 2 stress intensity factors – line integral, domain inte- geothermal reservoirs. gral and weight function methods; fatigue crack  Water Resources Systems – Reservoir operation; propagation in plain and reinforced concrete; use surface water quality management; conjunctive of acoustic emission (AE) technique, digital image use of surface and groundwater; application of correlation (DIC), scanning electron microscopy stochastic optimization; fuzzy systems & artificial (SEM) and micro- indentation to study the frac- neural networks; remote sensing and GIS applica- ture process in quasi-brittle materials. tion in hydrology and irrigation management.  Structural Masonry and low carbon building mate-  Urban Water Distribution Systems – Performance rials – Studies on brick masonry structures; influ- of water networks, predictive and inverse mod- ence of interfacial bond strength on masonry eling, application of control algorithms, leakage behavior; earthquake resistant design of masonry; 68 Department of Civil Engineering

characteristics of fly ash based roofing files; finite element analysis; strain-space plasticity; strength and stability of rammed earth walls; dis- adhesively bonded trengthening of civil structures; semination of building technologies; strength- uncertainty quantification; stochastic finite element ening of load-bearing masonry and masonry methods; parallel computation for solving mechan- in-filled structures using FRP; energy in buildings; ics problems of large-scale systems; domain decom- thermal conductance in building components; position; mesh-free methods: hybrid schemes Characterization of mortars and concrete using bridging mesh-free and finite element methods; iron ore tailings as fine aggregate. unsymmetric and stabilized weak forms; discon- tinuous Galerkin methods; adaptive and multi-  Reinforced, prestressed, fibre reinforced and high grid schemes; geometrically exact beam and shell performance concrete – Experimental and analyti- theories; parametrization of 3D rotations; Cosserat cal studies on the behavior of fiber reinforced high point theories; applications to mechanics of wrin- strength concrete members. Application of nonlin- kled and slack membranes and fluid-structure ear finite element analysis to fiber reinforced con- interaction problems with large added mass effects. crete. Studies on the use of glass and carbon FRP composite plates and fabrics as a means of repair  Inverse Problems via Stochastic Filtering – Semi- and retrofitting concrete members; development analytical Monte Carlo filters; Rao-Blackwellized of self compacting concrete with fiber cocktails for particle filters; Girsanov filters based on exact repair of concrete members; creep and shrinkage simulations of diffusion bridges; pseudo-dynamic studies in normal and heavy density concrete and filters for regularization of ill-posed inverse prob- high performance concrete; behavior of concrete lems with static measurements, ensemble Kalman under high temperature, methods of repair for filters; applications of parameter dentifications of fire damaged structures; constitutive modeling of large dimensional dynamical systems. concrete accounting for Hygrothermo-mechanical  Transportation Engineering – Sustainable trans- coupling effects. portation planning, public transport planning  Computational Mechanics – Studies on structural and management, optimization of transportation shape optimization of reinforced and prestressed systems, application of geo-informatics in trans- concrete members; continuum damage mechan- portation, driver behavior and road safety, traffic ics; multiscale modelling; damage detection using management, road safety engineering, transporta- inverse techniques and safety assessment; nonlinear tion needs and climate change, travel behavior. Department of Civil Engineering 69

Allam M M Murthy, Tejas G Shantha Kumar S PhD (IISc), Professor PhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor BE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Anbazhagan P Nagesh Kumar D Sivakumar Babu G L PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor PhD (IISc), Professor PhD (IISc), Professor Chandra Kishen J M Nanjunda Rao K S Sivapullaiah P V PhD (Colorado), Professor PhD (IISc), Principal Research PhD (IISc), Professor Scientist Ghosh, Debraj Srinivas V V PhD (Johns Hopkins), Pandey P C PhD (IIT/M), Associate Professor Assistant Professor PhD (Liverpool), Professor Thallak, G Sitharam Kumar, Jyant Raghuveer Rao P PhD (Waterloo), Professor PhD (IISc), Professor MSc (Engg) (Bangalore), Senior Venkatarama Reddy B V Scientific Officer Madhavi Latha G PhD (IISc), Professor PhD (IIT/M), Associate Professor Ramaswamy, Ananth Venkatesha S PhD (Louisiana), Professor Manohar C S MSc (Engg) (IISc), PhD (IISc), Professor Rao, Sudhakar M Senior Scientific Officer PhD (Poona), Professor Mohan Kumar M S Verma, Ashish PhD (IISc), Professor Roy, Debasish PhD (IIT/B), Assistant Professor PhD (IISc), Professor Mujumdar P P Vidyasagar R PhD (IISc), Professor Sekhar M PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer PhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Established : 1950 Phone : +91-80-2293 2324 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0404 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.civil.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : C S Manohar Degree Programs Offered : PhD, MSc (Engg), ME [Civil Engineering with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Water Resources & Environmental Engineering], and MTech [Transportation & Infrastructure Engineering] Department of Management Studies

Profile  Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Networking – Social and technological contexts of entrepre- The department pursues applied and fundamental neurship; Role of knowledge management and research in the areas of economics, energy manage- networking in promoting entrepreneurial perform- ment, entrepreneurship, finance, human resource ance. Understanding decision making in entrepre- management, intellectual property, marketing, opera- neurial start-ups. A multi-stage process model for tions management, operations research, project man- leveraging knowledge in an organization. agement, and public policy.  Finance – Modeling liquidity using AFT and logis- tic regression in limit order markets. Comparison Major Research Areas of uni and multivariate XARCH and SVM models for volatility forecasts and exploitation. Applied Operations Research, Applied Statistics,  Human Resource Management, Organizational Behaviour of inventors, Energy & Environmental Behavior and Knowledge Management – Manpower Policy and Management, Entrepreneurship and planning, training and compensation system for Knowledge Networking, Finance, Human Resource strategic growth, Measurement of collective intel- Management, Industrial Economics, Industrial ligence at the team level, HR concerns in Urban Relations, Innovation and Intellectual Property transportation and planning, Vocational training Management, International Marketing, Language for and evaluation of Apprenticeship Act, assessment Specific Purposes, Marketing, Mobile based payment of quality initiatives in the IT industry, organi- systems, Operations Management, Organizational zational design, downsizing, patent strategy for Behaviour and Knowledge Management, Patent protecting competitive advantage, global virtual pricing, Policy Studies, Project Management, teams in new product development, measurement R&D Management, Services Marketing, Strategic of competencies in the IT industry, and retention Management, Technology Management, Technology strategies, personality assessment and behavioral and Sustainability, Translation and commercializa- analysis. tion of intellectual property. Building flexibility into product development teams, Development of multi construct frame- Current Research work for assessing work life balance, Collective intelligence at the team level, Smart city technolo-  Applied Operations Research – Logistics and supply gies as drivers of innovation, Employee pension chain management, and electricity planning, integer schemes and Social security in India. programming. Control mechanisms for customer buy down behaviour, Active demand management  Industrial Economics – An empirical examination in urban water distribution systems, Revenue man- of changing innovation paradigm and competi- agement, and Energy systems modeling. tiveness status of Indian economy in the global scenario since 1990s. Growth of start-ups in  Applied Statistics – Bayesian analysis of super Indian economy and its influence on SME growth. imposed renewal processes incorporating infor- External technology acquisition experience of mation on repair time. Bayesian model selection SMEs, and SME internalization. using intrinsic bases factor. Bayesian accelerated life testing.  Industrial Relations – Labour policy in the current national socio-economic context, restructuring  Energy & Environmental Policy and Management – and privatization of state owned enterprises and Assessment of Climate change mitigation impera- informal sector. tive as a stimulus for universalizing rural energy access in India; Development and demonstration  Language for Specific Purposes – Research in of rural Hybrid energy-enterprise systems; and teaching of foreign languages and designing Analysis of nexus between energy and poverty in teaching materials. Learning languages for specific the context of climate change. purposes. Department of Management Studies 71

 Marketing, International Marketing, Services  Project Management – Enhancing and upgrading Marketing, Strategic Management and project management capabilities. Knowledge-based Transportation – Marketing of space services, project systems design and analysis. Representation International marketing opportunities for IRS and modeling of requirements engineering in soft- data products and services, VALS model, interna- ware projects. tional market opportunities for defence, corporate  Technology Management – Assessment of Nano philanthropy, strategies for optimum capacity uti- technology initiatives in India, Measurement of lization. Quantitative measures for business proc- innovation in SMEs, innovation in ICT sector, ICT ess reengineering, optimum strategy for aircraft trends in R&D, Organizational competencies for fuel conservation, key factors of consumer sat- innovation in the ICT sector, Organizational inter- isfaction for IT products, modeling of transport ventions for patent culture, Commercialization sector – application of SERVQUAL to transport of patents, Price of singleton patents, Intellectual sector, modeling global brands, assessment of property negotiations, Patent prior art analysis, factors influencing oil production, roadmap to University intellectual property, University based knowledge process outsourcing, and development startups, Organization design for intellectual prop- of technology indicators. erty management, Managing the R&D scientist,  Operations Management – Optimization in design, Developing R&D road maps for industrial research, planning, control and improvement of operations Mobile payment systems, Medical innovations and in both manufacturing and service, private and go-to market strategies, R&D Process manage- public sectors. Scheduling problems, particularly ment, Knowledge-based project systems design. scheduling of batch processors and/or discrete processors in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Steel Casting Industry, Gear Manufacturing, and Foundry management.  Policy Studies – Policy frameworks for sustainability of industrial, human and social institutions (sectors: electricity, rural economy, informal economy, health, environment, urban planning); Employment regulations (formal and informal); Corporate social responsibility; Direct and indi- rect (second and third order) regulatory impacts.

Akhilesh K B Iyer, Parameshwar P Ramachandran, Parthasarathy PhD (IISc), Professor PhD (California), Principal Research PhD (Oklahoma State), Associate Bala Subrahmanya M H Scientist Professor PhD (ISEC/Bangalore), Professor Mathew, Mary Srinivasan R Balachandra P PhD (IISc), Associate Professor FIIM (IIM/Bangalore), Professor PhD (IISc), Principal Research Mathirajan M Yadnyvalkya Scientist PhD (IISc), Principal Research MS (Engg), (Moscow), MA/Russian Gurtoo, Anjula Scientist (CIEFL), Principal Research Scientist Fellow (IIM/Ahmedabad), Mukhopadhyay C Associate Professor PhD (Missouri), Associate Professor

Established : 1947 Phone : +91-80-2293 2378 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 4534 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.mgmt.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : M H Bala Subrahmanya Degree Programs Offered : PhD and MMgt Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences

Profile Major Research Areas The monsoon, which is so deeply woven into the fab- The main research areas are atmospheric boundary ric of Indian society and culture, is the prime motiva- layer, clouds, aerosols, radiation in the atmosphere tor for the formation of CAOS. The focus of research and ocean, tropical convection, application of high at the Centre is on understanding the monsoon and performance computing and grid computing for the its variability in the context of global climate. Tropical study of climate, modelling (parameterization) of oceans and their subtle coupling with the monsoon clouds and convection, intraseasonal to multidecadal are an integral part of the Centre’s research. The variability of monsoon rainfall, air-sealand interac- Centre has attracted faculty and students from dif- tions, subseasonal to interannual predictability, rain- ferent branches of science and engineering because fall and hydrology, global carbon cycle and climate monsoon research is interdisciplinary, and addresses change, and Indian Ocean circulation and thermody- issues relevant to our society and our future. CAOS namics. is unique in the country in having expertise in theory, The discoveries of a threshold in the surface tempera- observations and modelling. The faculty at the Centre ture of the tropical ocean for the formation of raining played a lead role in formulating the Science Plan of clouds, a dipole mode of the Indian Ocean climate, the Indian Climate Research Programme, and in three change in the intensity of monsoon rainfall in a national monsoon field experiments, MONTBLEX warming globe, nonintuitive changes in entrainment (1989–90), BOBMEX (Bay of Bengal, 1999) and and mixing behaviour of laboratory cloud-like flows, ARMEX (Arabian Sea, 2002–05) CAOS hosts the the study of orographic effects on the monsoons, and Programme Office for the national programme CTCZ. high resolution simulations of Indian Ocean circula- The Centre has been involved in developing satellite tion are some of the highlights of the Centre’s work. meteorology programmes and new climate satellites. Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 73

The Centre has also developed methodologies to inte- Current research involves observational, data analysis grate knowledge of the monsoon in farming strate- and modeling approaches, addressing problems in the gies for enhanced production. areas listed above.

Bala, Govindasamy Goswami B N Srinivasan J PhD (McGill), Associate Professor PhD (Gujarat), FASc, FNA, FNASc, PhD (Stanford), FASc, FNA, FNAE, Bhat G S Professor (on lien) Professor PhD (IISc), FASc, Professor Nanjundiah, Ravi S Sukhatme, Jai Chakraborty, Arindam PhD (IISc), Professor PhD (Chicago), Assistant Professor PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Satheesh S K Vinayachandran P N Ghosh, Prosenjit PhD (Kerala), FASc, FNA, Professor PhD (IISc), FASc, Professor PhD (PRL/Ahmedabad), AP/CEaS, Sengupta, Debasis Vuruputur, Venugopal Associate Faculty PhD (Bombay), Professor PhD (Minnesota), Assistant Professor

Established : 1982 Phone : +91-80-2293 2505 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0865 Email : [email protected] URL : http://caos.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : G S Bhat Degree Programs Offered : PhD, MSc (Engg), MTech (Climate Science) Divecha Centre for Climate Change

Profile young people about climate change and its consequences. This has been done through lectures, work- The “Divecha Centre for Climate Change” was estab- shops and quiz contests. There is an annual invited lished at Indian Institute of Science in January 2009 public lecture called the “Jeremy Grantham Lecture with a generous financial contribution from Arjun on Climate Change”. The centre has embarked on and Diana Divecha and the Grantham Foundation a major research initiative to document and under- for the Protection of the Environment. The primary stand the factors that contribute to the retreat of goal of this centre is create awareness about climate Himalayan glaciers. The centre has identified solar change, conduct research on climate change and their photovoltaic power generation with concentrators as impact on the environment and explore ways to miti- a technology with great potential and is working with gate climate change. Chroma Energy, Pune to establish a 10 kW system in the Challekere campus of the Indian Institute of Research Areas Science. The centre is doing joint research work with Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial During the past three years the centre has undertaken College, London on the impact of climate change on many outreach activities to create awareness among water.

Bala, Govindasamy Nanjundaiah, Ravi S Sukhatme, Jai PhD (McGill), PhD (IISc), PhD (Chicago), AcP/CAOS P/CAOS AP/CAOS Bhat G S Ramasesha, Sheela K Sukumar R PhD (IISc), FASc, PhD (IISc), PhD (IISc), P/CAOS Visiting Research Scientist P/CES Chakraborty, Arindam Ravindranath N H Vinaychandran P N PhD (IISc), PhD (IIT/B), PhD (IISc), AP/CAOS P/CST AcP/CAOS Ghosh, Prosenjit Satheesh S K Vuruputur, Venugopal PhD (PRL), PhD (Kerala), PhD (Minnesota), AP/CEaS AcP/CAOS AP/CAOS Kulkarni, Anil V Sengupta, Debasis PhD (Shivaji), PhD (Bombay), Distinguished Visiting Scientist P/CAOS Mujumdar P P Srinivasan J PhD (IISc) PhD (Stanford), FASc, FNA, FNAE, P/CiE P/CAOS

Established : 2009 Phone : +91-80-2293 2075 Fax : +91-80-2360 0865 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.dccc.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : J Srinivasan

Centre for Earth Sciences

Profile subduction zone; using seismological, GPS and geological constraints to model tsunami generation and Understanding the processes and natural events that recurrence. have shaped the interior and surface of the earth from the time of its formation to the present is a challenge. Stable isotope studies to monitor and label atmos-

Established in 2007, the mission of the Centre for the pheric greenhouse gases like CO2 to establish a link Earth Science is to undertake an innovative, multi- between climatic instability and temperature change; disciplinary approach involving petrological, geo- estimating CO2 budgets, tracing pathways and inter- physical and geochemical tools to understand Earth action of terrestrial, oceanic and atmospheric pools processes, both modern and past, its impact on the of carbon; reconstruction of observed temperature biosphere as well as the role of the biosphere in mod- changes on a regional and global scale; understanding ulating Earth processes. Equipped with state-of-the- sources and sinks of greenhouse gases and estimat- art analytical facilities and wide-ranging expertise, the ing their fluxes; reconstruction of regional and global Centre seeks to provide quality education in Earth paleoclimate based on analyses of geological archives. Science and fuel interdisciplinary research for better clumped isotopic composition of carbonate samples preparedness for the future. to reconstruct a long-term climate of India. Paleo-tectonic studies using geological, petrological, geochemical and geochronological data; understand- Major Research Areas ing lower crustal process in the early Earth to understand past tectonic activity; key areas of research Earthquake geology, seismic hazard analysis; seismo- include major shear/suture zones in south India as tectonics; earthquake and tsunami recurrence; Major, well as Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Cameroon, East trace element and isotope geochemistry; geochronol- Asian terrains and some older terrains in Europe; ogy; cosmochemistry; impact processes; Petrology; understanding rock magnetism and magnetic proper- Metamorphism; paleoclimate reconstruction. ties of minerals, its relations to metamorphism and lower crustal processes. Using short-lived (now extinct) radionuclides like Current Research 146 142 Sm (which decays to Nd, T1/2 ~ 103 Ma) to study Reconstruction of earthquake history using geologi- meteorites as well as ancient crustal rocks to under- cal evidence and using them to develop source mod- stand early evolution of the Earth and its companions. els and style of deformation is an area that is being pursued actively. Seismic source zones in the Central Using radiogenic isotope systematic (Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, Himalayas, NE India and the Rann of Kutch are U-Th-Pb, Lu-Hf) to understand petrogenesis of igne- being explored. In the Rann of Kutch various geo- ous rocks particularly alkaline igneous complexes; physical techniques are used to map the subsurface trace element and Nd isotopic provenance study stratigraphy to quantify the response of the built envi- ancient sediments; using non-traditional stable iso- ronment to ground shaking from large earthquakes; topes of Ca, Mg, Si, Fe, Cr to understand modern understanding response of interplate boundaries to surface processes, paleo-seawater compositions and plate driving forces, trench segmentation, earthquake paleo-redox. and tsunami recurrence in the Andaman-Sumatra Centre for Earth Sciences 77

Chakrabarti, Ramananda Mujumdar P P Sreenivasan, Binod PhD (Rochester), Assistant Professor PhD (IISc), P/CiE, Associate Faculty PhD (Cambridge), Associate Professor Ghosh, Prosenjit Nagesh Kumar D Srinivasan G PhD (PRL), Assistant Professor PhD (IISc), P/CiE, Associate Faculty PhD (PRL), Associate Professor Krishnan, Sajeev Rajendran, Kusala Sukhatme J S PhD (Okayama), Assistant Professor PhD (South Carolina), Associate PhD (Chicago), AP/CAOS, Associate Manohar C S Professor Faculty PhD (IISc), P/CiE, Associate Faculty Sengupta D Venugopal V Menon A G PhD (NIO), P/CAOS, Associate PhD (Minnesota), PhD (IISc), P/IN, Associate Faculty Faculty AP/CAOS, Associate Faculty

Established : 2007 Phone : +91-80-2293 3405 Email : [email protected] URL : http://ceas.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : A G Menon Degree Programs Offered : PhD and MSc (Engg) Centre for Sustainable Technologies

Profile Major Research Areas The Centre for Sustainable Technologies (CST) which Bioenergy was established as a Centre for ASTRA (Application of Science & Technology for Rural Areas) in 1974, is Thermochemical conversion for heat and power gen- an inter-disciplinary research and technology devel- eration, hydrogen generation and BTL, biological opment centre. It provides sustainable solutions to a conversion, conversion devices for heat and power, host of global concerns dealing primarily with energy, forestry and biomass production. buildings and the environment. The Centre’s focus is on promoting sustainable technologies tailored to Alternative Building Technologies suit local conditions of resource availability and habi- Energy efficiency in buildings, functional perform- tation. Successful examples of CST’s diverse inter- ance of buildings, low-carbon building materials, re- ventions are energy efficient wood burning devices, use of industrial and mining waste, sustainability and biomethanation, biomass gasification, alternative human settlements (habitats). buildings and BiPV, water purification and defluoridation, sanitation, sustainable biomass for energy, Climate-responsive architecture/buildings forestry, bioenergy & climate change, and environmental quality assurance-impact studies. The Centre Building comfort studies in tropical regions, solar-pas- for Sustainable Technologies has also been carry- sive architecture, Building Integrated Photovoltaics ing out rural extension activities at its Ungra Field (BIPV), green buildings. Energy and Environment Centre, located about 110 km from Bangalore in Energy planning, natural resources management. Kunigal Taluk, Tumkur District. Integrated energy-environment policy, barriers and strategies for promoting renewable energy technolo- CST (formerly ASTRA), having always followed the gies. aquatic toxicology, water pollution impacts adage that the world is a global village, is now evolving on biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems, population to address modern-day energy and environment needs. dynamics and community ecology. Preserving vulner- Keeping in mind current national and international able fresh water and marine species, coastal pollution, issues of concern, the Centre has started research pro- vulnerability, mitigation and aquatic biota assessment. grammes in MSc (Engg) and PhD covering a host of modern issues such as converting industrial waste into building products, tailoring clays to retain radioactive Water & Sanitation waste, building sustainable habitats human settle- Treatment of water and wastewater, sustainable ments, producing climate responsive architecture and ground water quality management, appropriate onsite planning, building comfort studies in tropical regions, domestic (eco) sanitation, aquatic toxicology, water and tsunami and earthquake resistant shelters provid- pollution impacts on biodiversity of aquatic ecosys- ing sanitation for near-coastal settlements, and apply- tems, population dynamics and community ecology. ing desalination and bioremediation to waste-water and decentralized energy planning. Coral reef Studies In addition, looking ahead, CST is developing tech- Preserving vulnerable fresh water and marine spe- nologies for carbon mitigation, using nano-materials cies, coastal pollution, vulnerability, mitigation and to treat chromium and nitrate contaminated water, aquatic biota assessment. bio-fuels, nitrogen recovery from contaminated surface and groundwater resources, biomass refineries Waste Handling for gas (producer gas, hydrogen, etc), liquid fuels and byproducts, energy generation from waste, low- Appropriate waste treatment, Solid and Hazardous carbon buildings and climate change mitigation. waste management, energy from waste recycling, Efforts are also being directed towards policy studies small-scale bioremediation of organic waste-water, on energy, environment, and sustainable development characterisation and reuse of industry and mine and in developing comprehensive design guidelines waste in building materials and geotechnical engi- for region specific green buildings and materials. neering applications. Centre for Sustainable Technologies 79

Climate change, Mitigation, Adaptation & Energy, environment and climate change Vulnerability  Estimation of GHG inventory estimation for land Studies in forest, land use and biofuel sectors, climate use and forest sector. change impact, vulnerability and adaptation assess-  Environmental and GHG implications of biofuel ment, climate change policy. production.  Regional integrated energy plan. Current Research  Bioenergy and clean development mechanisms. Bio-energy  Ground water characterization and treatment  Efficient biomass combustion for meeting various technologies (e.g. fluoride, arsenic and nitrate energy needs. treatment).  Biological conversion using new concepts like solid-  Re-use of industry and mining waste materials in state stratified bed bioreactors for soft biomass. Civil Engineering applications. Plug-flow like reactors for biogas from biomass in a 3-zone fermentation model for MSW feed stocks.  Modification of clays to capture contaminants.  Measurement of technology induced livelihood/  Climate change vulnerability profiles and adapta- food security, knowledge and empowerment gaps, tion. individual and group knowledge relationships, social mobility, etc. vis-a-vis participatory technology development and technology induction Technology Packages Developed among resource poor farmers.  Bio-film bioreactors for high-rate treatment of  Thermo-chemical conversion techniques. coffee wastewater.  Energy efficient devices to meet energy demands in  Bioreactors for segregated urban solid wastes. domestic as well as industrial sectors.  Biogas plants for leaf biomass at cluster scales.  Engines for biogas and producer gas applications.  Gasification technology for power generation in Buildings gas-alone mode for village electrification, captive power generation and grid linked IPP (upto 1  Embodied energy in buildings and building mate- MWe). rials  Gasification technology for thermal applications  Safe sanitation in areas with high water table: upto 5 MW th. modified pour-flush and compact three chamber septic tanks for coastal regions.  Building integrated photovoltaics – roof integration design.  Environment-friendly, low energy buildings, low carbon materials, and construction technologies.  Combustion devices for domestic and industrial applications.  Thermal comfort in BiPV structures.  Building design and sanitation technology for tsu- Policy nami affected coastal (island) communities.  Integrated energy-environment policy analysis.  Alternate building technologies; walls, roof, mud- block, efficient kilns, etc.  Prioritization of barriers and strategies for promoting renewable and energy efficient technolo-  Earthquake resistant designs. gies in India.  Package for fluoride contaminated water treat-  Development of a framework for commercializing ment. sustainable technologies; energy, water, building, etc.  Bioenergy technologies for rural development.  Technology transfer and diffusion mechanisms for sustainable technologies.  Methods for forest sector mitigation projects.  Mitigation and adaptation policies.  Roof-integrated PV design for buildings. 80 Centre for Sustainable Technologies

Education Industrial Consultancy CST offers PhD and MSc (Engg) programmes (equiv- The Centre, through its faculty, offers services to alent to MS by research) in all the research areas men- industry and government agencies both in India and tioned above. This is an inter-disciplinary programme abroad, in the areas of energy, buildings, water, envi- that integrates domain-specific scientific knowledge ronment and climate change. with relevant engineering/technologies in energy, water, environment, etc. CST also periodically conducts specific training programmes.

Balachandra P Nanjunda Rao K S Sanna, Durgappa D PhD (IISc), PRS/MS, Associate Faculty PhD (IISc), PRS/CiE, Associate Faculty PhD (KUD), Assistant Professor Chanakya H N Raghunandan B N Siva Kumar Babu G L PhD (UAS), Chief Research Scientist PhD (IISc), P/AE, Associate Faculty PhD (IISc) P/CiE, Associate Faculty Dasappa S Ramachandra T V Somashekar H I PhD (IISc), Associate Professor PhD (IISc), SSO/CES, Associate MSc Ag (UAS), Technical Officer Faculty Jayant M Modak Venkatakrishnappa D PhD (Purdue), P/CE, Associate Rao, Sudhakar M MSc (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Professor PhD (Poona), P/CiE, Associate Faculty Venkatarama Reddy B V Monto, Mani Ravindranath N H PhD (IISc), P/CiE, Associate Faculty PhD (IIT/M), Assistant Professor PhD (IIT/B), Professor

Established : 1974 Phone : +91-80-2293 2447 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.astra iisc.ernet.in/ Chairperson : Sudhakar M Rao Degree Programs Offered : PhD, MSc (Engg)

Supercomputer Education and Research Centre

Profile and applications. Some of the key current research areas and projects are: The Computer Centre was established in 1970 as a central facility. The Centre became the Supercomputer  Computer Aided VLSI Design, System-on-Chip, Education and Research Centre (SERC) in 1990 to pro- Embedded Systems – architecture space explora- vide state-of-the-art computing facilities to the faculty tion for reconfigurable silicon cores, reconfigurable and students of the Institute. The Centre is conceived computation structures on silicon cores, applica- of as a functionally distributed supercomputing envi- tion synthesis/compilation on heterogeneous and ronment, housing leading-edge computing systems, reconfigurable silicon multi-cores, streaming sup- with sophisticated software packages. It is connected port on reconfigurable silicon cores, system virtu- by a powerful high-speed network. The Centre has alization. been created to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of  Computer Architecture, Compilers and High the Institute and is fully funded by the Ministry of Performance Computing – Architecture and com- Human Resource Development (MHRD). piler support for accelerator-based HPC architec- Ever since its inception, SERC has stimulated the ture, computer system performance evaluation. rapid growth of computer-based research, develop-  Computer Graphics, Scientific Visualization and ment, and training at the Institute. The powerful cam- Computational Topology – Multiresolution repre- pus wide network has created an enhanced awareness sentations for scientific visualization, topological of network computing and information processing. analysis of scalar fields, visualization in life sci- The Centre has been acting as a referral agency for sev- ences. eral government and non-government organizations in their pursuit to set up computing centres to suit  Computational and Numerical Electromagnetics their user needs. The faculty of SERC are involved in – Design and analysis of ion traps for mass spec- several consultancy and sponsored research projects trometry, finite-difference time domain method, of government and non-government organizations. finite element method, fast multi-pole techniques, spectral iteration techniques, RCS prediction, antenna design. Major Research Areas  Database Systems – Robust query processing, power-efficient database engines, database tuning Computer Aided VLSI Design, System-on-Chip, and testing. Embedded Systems, Computer Architecture,  Information Security and Multimedia Systems Compilers, High Performance Computing, Computer – Graphics, Scientific Visualization, Computational Design and analysis of intrusion detection systems, Topology, Computational and Numerical Electro streaming protocols for web based multimedia, magnetics, Database Systems, Fluid Mechanics, Finite optimization and control of mobile wireless sen- Elements in Moving Mesh and Fluid Dynamics, sor network systems. Information Security, Multimedia Systems, Lattice  Lattice Gauge Theories and Quantum Gauge Theories, Quantum Computation, Medical Computation. Imaging, Multiparameter radars, Numerical Linear  Algebra, Optical Physics, Parallel and Grid Computing, Medical Imaging. Scientific Computing, Signal Processing, Video  Multiparameter Radars – Scattering models for Analytics, Computer Vision, Image Understanding, weather targets, weather radars, fractals. Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.  Numerical Linear Algebra – Norms and condition numbers of a matrix. Current Research  Optical Physics – Optical properties of nanocom- posite materials, optical properties of surface/sub- SERC is engaged in research programs in areas relat- surface particles, parallel computing for dipole ing to high performance computing systems design lattices. Supercomputer Education and Research Centre 83

 Parallel and Grid Computing – Large-scale parallel  Algorithms, Softwares and databases to analyze application optimization on computational grids nucleic acid sequences and protein structures. and state-of-the-art supercomputers, adaptivity  Development of Internet computing engines and fault tolerance of HPC applications, middle- and knowledge bases for the analysis of protein ware for parallel processing systems. sequences and structures.  Scientific Computing – Computational stochas-  Video Analytics, Computer Vision, Image tics, Constrained dynamics and optimization, Understanding – Human action/activity analy- Application to multiscale systems. sis, object detection and tracking, event detection  Signal Processing – Robust speech and speaker and recognition, image/video quality assessment, recognition, signal compression for satellite imag- human computer interaction. ery and video, optical character recognition for The Centre is also involved in several sponsored Indian languages. research projects in collaboration with many govern-  Adaptive finite element method (hp-fem) for mul- ment and private agencies. Its clientele include differ- tiphase flows. ent departments of the Government of India, public and private sector undertakings, and multinationals  Efficient and Robust Numerical Scheme for such as AMD, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Intel, IBM, Parallel Computation of Multidimensional Lucky Goldstar, Microsoft, Nvidia, Philips Research, Radiative transfer. ST Microelectronics, Texas Instruments, etc. Many  Development of computational methods for of these projects have fed critical inputs to various studying protein-protein interaction. national initiatives in High Performance Computing and Communication Technology.  Correlating protein dynamics and function. 84 Supercomputer Education and Research Centre

Balakrishnan N Lakshmi J Patel, Apoorva PhD (IISc), FASc, FNAE, FNA, PhD (IISc), Principal Research PhD (Caltech), Professor FNASc, Professor Scientist Raghuraman K P Bhakthavathsalam R Mathias P C MSc (Phy), (Bharatidasan), PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Technical Officer Chandrappa T A Minj, Filbert Raha, Soumyendu MSc (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant MTech (JNU), Senior Sientific Officer PhD (Minnesota), Associate Professor Ganesan, Sashikumaar Mohanty, Atanu K Rajaraman V PhD (Otto-von-Guericke, Germany), PhD (Brooklyn Polytech), PhD (Wisconsin), Honorary Professor Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Saqquaf S S Govindarajan R Muralidharan M R BE (Bangalore), Technical Officer PhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor MTech (Mysore), Sekar K Principal Research Scientist Gowranga K H PhD (Madras), Associate Professor MSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Assistant Nalini S Vadhiyar, Sathish S MSc, MPhil (Bangalore), Gundu Rao A PhD (Tennessee), Associate Professor BE (Bangalore), Technical Officer Scientific Assistant Venkatapathi, Murugesan Nandy S K Haritsa, Jayant R PhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor PhD (Wisconsin), FNASc, FNAE, PhD (IISc), Professor Venkatesh Babu R FASc, Professor Natarajan, Vijay PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Jacob, T Matthew PhD (Duke), Assistant Professor Yalavarthy, Phaneendra K PhD (Wisconsin), Professor Negi, Yoginder Kumar PhD (Dartmouth), MTech (Delhi), Scientific Officer Krishna Murthy R Assistant Professor ME (IISc), Chief Research Scientist Pal, Debnath Krishnamurthy H PhD (Jadhavpur), Associate Professor ME (IISc), Chief Research Scientist

Established : 1970 Phone : +91-80-2293 2737/2738 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 2648 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : R Govindarajan Degree Programs Offered : PhD, MSc [Engg], MTech (Computational Science)

Centre for Nano Science and Engineering

Profile Devices and Sensors, Polymer and Nanophotonic Devices, Soft Lithography, Self-Assembled The Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (E) Monolayers (SAM), Shape Memory Materials and focuses on research and education in the broad area Devices, Ferroelectrics and Phase Shifters, Simulation of nano scale science and technology covering top- and Modeling of Nanoscale Phenomena, RF MEMS ics such as nano scale electronics, devices, materials, Novel System Architecture Paradigms, Optical micro and nanoelectromechanical systems, bio and MEMS, Chemical and Gas Sensors. nanophotonics, bioelectronic interfaces and integrated small-scale systems. In addition to the research programs of the core faculty, the Centre runs a multi- Major Facilities disciplinary research and training program involving more than 40 faculty members from various depart- 1. National Nanofabrication Centre consisting of ments of engineering and basic sciences at the Indian a comprehensive 1400 sq. ft. clean room facility Institute of Science. The Center has state-of-the-art with following capabilities, nano-fabrication and characterization facilities to ü Photolithography: enable the development of cutting- edge nanoscale Laser writer, Coater and Developer Station, technologies for various applications. Double-sided and Single-sided Mask Aligners, E-beam Lithography ü Major Research Areas Deposition: Oxidation Furnaces, CVD, LPCVD, Plasma Some of the topics currently pursued at CeNSE CVD, ALCVD, E-beam Evaporation, RF are NanoCMOS Transistors, Non Silicon Based Sputtering, Dual-Ion Beam Sputtering, Pulsed Transistors, Novel Memory Architectures such as Laser Deposition FeRAM, MRAM and Phase Change Memory, ü Etching: High-K Gate Dielectrics, Spintronics, Photovoltaic Wet etching, RIE, DRIE, CMP, Lift-off and Devices, Testing and Characterization of Nanoscale Supercritical Drying Phenomena, NEMS, Magnetic Materials for RF- CMOS, Bio-Sensors and Actuators, Acoustic Sensors, ü Packaging: Inertial Sensors, CMOS-MEMS Integration, Energy Wafer Bonder, Dicer, Wire Bonder, Stereo- Harvesting and Power MEMS, Organic Electronic lithography Centre for Nano Science and Engineering 87

Cleanroom corridor inside the National Nanofabrication Centre.

2. Micro and Nano Characterization Facility with ü Material Characterization: the following capabilities Dual-Beam FIB, FESEM, Particle Analyzer, ü Electrical Characterization: AFM Wafer Probe Stations, Semiconductor Device 3. In addition, there will be separate labs in the Analyzers, Vector Network Analyzers, RF Signal Centre that will cater to polymer processing, elec- Sources, Storage Oscilloscopes trochemistry, electro-optics, DNA/bio circuits, ü Mechanical Characterization: systems integration, MEMS and NEMS charac- Micro System Analyzer, 3D Optical Profilo terization, neuron and tissue culture. meter, Rate Table, Pressure Calibrator, Acoustic Microscope, UTM ü Optical Characterization: Micro-Raman, PL and EL Measurement, FTIR, Solar Simulator, Variable Angle Spectroscopic Ellipsometer

CORE FACULTY Naik, Akshay Raghavan, Srinivasan PhD (Maryland), Assistant Professor PhD (Penn. State), Assistant Professor Bhat, Navakanta PhD (Stanford), Professor Pratap, Rudra Varma, Manoj PhD (Cornell), Professor PhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor Ghosh, Ambarish PhD (Brown), Assistant Professor

Established : 2010 Phone : +91-80-2293 3291/3276 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.cense.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : Rudra Pratap Degree Programs Offered : PhD Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems

Profile Major Research Areas Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems, The research and development activities of the established with a generous philanthropic grant by Centre can be best viewed as a grid of verticals and the Robert Bosch Foundation, aims to engage in laterals where verticals indicate the application areas applied research on Cyber Physical Systems – an and laterals represent enabling techniques common to emerging interdisciplinary area that brings together multiple applications. At the intersection of the verti- advances in distributed sensing, wireless communi- cals and laterals lie the specific research projects. The cation, networking, computing, controlling physical Centre has initiated five verticals, namely, agricul- devices, algorithms, and other allied technologies. ture, buildings, healthcare, transportation, and water. The Centre, in addition to focusing on fundamental Some of the laterals identified include algorithms; and applicable research on Cyber Physical Systems, analytics, software, and middleware; design and pro- will consider applications such as tele-medical care, totyping; electronics; modeling and simulation; net- urban transportation, water networks, environmen- works; and sensors. tal monitoring, energy-efficient buildings, emergency response, disaster management, smart agriculture, etc. In line with the current view that Cyber Physical Current Research systems are likely to transform how we interact with the physical world by creating an Internet of physical Research done at the Centre comprises five pro- objects and not just computing and communication grammes: agriculture, buildings, healthcare, trans- devices, the Centre will undertake research projects portation, and water. Projects under each programme that are likely to lead to innovative technology prod- cover multiple disciplines and are coordinated and ucts that will have an enormous impact on society. executed by faculty of the Institute and the techni- The Centre will also interact with the industries and cal staff of the Centre, which includes Chief Member support entrepreneurial activities to help transfer the of Technical Staff (CMTS), Principal Member of technologies developed in the Centre to the world at Technical Staff (PMTS), Senior Member of Technical large. Staff (SMTS), Member of Technical Staff (MTS), Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems 89

Student volunteers sending SMS alerts to registered visitors about the campus events on the IISc’s Open Day on March 3rd, 2012.

Research Associates, Technicians, Entrepreneurs in The Centre also pursues short-term small projects, Residence, and administrative staff. Selected projects called the  projects, that focus on developing inno- of the Centre include: vative products in the area of cyber physical systems. Selected  projects include:  Cyber Surgery and Remote Patient Care  Touch Screen Anywhere  Remote Neonatal Monitoring and Intervention  Decentralized low power desalination via field  Zero Energy Building effect − A water bottle for desalination  Sensor System for Monitoring Stroke Patients in Rehabilitation  Verified Real Time Operating System for Multicore Processors  Formal Analysis of CPS Protocols and Software.

Bharadwaj, Amrutur Ananthasuresh G K Asokan S PhD (Stanford), AcP/ECE PhD (Michigan), FNAE, P/ME PhD (IISc), FNASc, P/IAP

Established : 2011 Phone : +91-80-2293 3430 Fax : +91-(080)-2293 2046 Email : [email protected] [email protected] URL : http://cps.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : S Asokan Associate Chairs : G K Ananthasuresh Amrutur Bharadwaj Archives and Publications Cell

Profile There are three Series of Publications that this committee oversees: The Archives Cell was established on May 17, 2007. Subsequently it was enlarged to include a publica- IISc Centenary Lecture Series (ICLS) tions wing and was renamed as the Archives and Publications Cell (APC) on January 31, 2008. IISc Lecture Notes Series (ILNS) The APC has a two-fold responsibility. The first is to Misra, Gadadhar, P/MA, Series Editor collect, catalogue and preserve all documents, photo- Jog, Chandrashekar S, AcP/ME graphs and other articles of relevance to the Institute. Joy Kuri, AcP/DESE The second is to coordinate and facilitate the publica- Sebastian K L, P/IPC tion activities of the Institute. Sen, Diptiman, P/CHEP Sandhya, Visweswariah, P/MRDG The activities of several Committees are coordinated by the APC. These Committees include: IISc Research Monographs Series (IRMS) Kesava Rao K, P/CE, Series Editor Archives Misra Gadadhar, P/Math Ahuja, Sharath, Coordinator, TO/IN Krishnamurthy H R, P/PHY Nirmala Das, Consultant Kumar P Vijay, P/ECE Sowmitri Ranganathan, Consultant Ramasesha S, P/SSCU Vijayaraghavan, Usha, P/MCB IISc in-house publication committee Office Asokan S, P/IN, Chairperson Ahuja, Sharath, TO/IN, Member A G Menon, P/IN, Chairperson Ghosal, Ashitava, P/ME, Member Kavitha Harish, Stenographer Gr II Panneer Selvam K, DR, Member Panduranga G, Consultant Thilagam V, PRO, Member Narasimha P, Secretarial Assistant

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science Archives Guru Row T N, P/SSCU, Editor Activities: An exhibition ‘IISc in the News – an exhibi- Ananthasuresh G K, AcP/ME, Member tion of press cuttings’ arranged in the Main Building Asokan S, P/IN, Member as part of the ‘Open Day’ celebrations, on March 3rd Borges, Renee M, AcP/CES, Member 2012. Ghose, Debasish, P/AE, Member Natarajan, Vasant, P/PHY, Member Scanning and uploading: (1) Annual Reports: All Sengupta, Debasis, P/CAOS, Member Annual Reports (from 1909–till date) have been Shaila M S, P/MCB, Member scanned and uploaded. (2) Court Records from Vinoy K J, AP/ECE, Member 1938 available both in soft and hard copies. (3) Kavitha Harish, Editorial Assistant Council Proceedings-hard copies have been collated. (4) Mr. B. V. Subbarayappa’s papers (around 2000 pages) have been compiled, digitized, OCR’ed and IISc Press-WSPC Publications uploaded. (5) Materials from the National Archives Kumar, Anurag, P/ECE, Chairperson have been scanned, wherever possible OCR’ed and are Ananthasuresh G K, AcP/ME, Convener ready for uploading. (6) News paper clippings related Kesava, Rao K, P/CE to the Institute have been down loaded for the period Misra, Gadadhar, P/Math 1990–1995, 2009–till date (650 pages). Additionally all Pandit, Rahul, P/PHY news paper clippings collected in the Archives (from The Chairperson, APC (Ex-officio) its inception) are being digitized. (7) Oral Archiving: Archives and Publications Cell 91

A video recording of Mr. K. V. Sheshadri was car- IISc Press-WSPC Publications ried out. (8) 3 videos, ‘In Step with Future’, ‘Creative Consultancy’ and ‘Athreya’ are converted from tape IISc Press and World Scientific Publishing Company to digital format and made available for screening. (WSPC), Singapore have a joint publishing collabo- They have also been uploaded on the Archives site. ration to co-publish textbooks and monographs (9) Wall Calendars of the Institute from 1999–till in all major disciplines. There are three Series of date have been digitized and uploaded. (10) Speeches Publications that this committee oversees: delivered by important dignitaries on special occa- IISc Centenary Lectures Series (ICLS) sions have also been digitized and uploaded (10 nos.) In all, approximately 16,500 pages have been scanned, The books in the ‘IISc Centenary Lectures Series’ OCR’ed and uploaded in the current year. comprise the transcripts of the lectures and the compilation of selected articles by designated eminent In-house publication scholars and researchers from all over the world. The following in-house publications were brought out IISc Lecture Notes Series (ILNS) in the current year: The IISc Lecture Notes Series consist of books that IISc-Profile 2011–12; Scheme of Instructions 2011–12; are reasonably self-contained and can be used either Telephone Directory 2011–12; Annual Report (Hindi/ as text books or as self-study manuals at the post- English) 2010–11; Annual Accounts (Hindi/English) graduate level in science and engineering. The books 2010–11; Admission poster 2012; Budget Estimate; are based on material that has been class-tested for Draft minutes of the Court Meeting 2011; Integrated the most part. PhD poster 2012; IISc Wall and Desk Calendars 2012; IISc Research Monographs Series (IRMS) UG Poster and Information Brochure 2012 and application form; Talent Development Centre Report. The ‘IISc Research Monographs Series’ comprises state-of-the-art monographs written by experts in specific areas. The books will include, but are not lim- Journal of the Indian Institute of Science ited to, the author’s own research work. The Journal of the Indian Institute of Science has In the current year, IIScPress published the following been published by the Institute since 1914. In early Monograph: years Journal published original research work carried out by the faculty and students of the Institute as well ‘Crystal Engineering’ a textbook by Gautam R as other institutions around the world. Since 2007, Desiraju, Jagadese J Vittal, Arunachalam Ramanan. however, the Journal format was changed. It became a quarterly Journal and published only invited review articles, each issue being guest edited by eminent researches. In the year 2011, Volume 91 of the Journal was published; the four special issues were entitled: No. 1. Special issue on Algebra and its applications, (Guest Editor: Dilip P. Patil, Dept of Mathematics, IISc); No. 2. Physics and Applications of Amorphous Semiconductors − Recent Advances, (Guest Editor: Prof. S. Asokan, Dept of Instrumentation and Applied Physics & Applied Photonics Initiative, IISc); No. 3 Bio-fluid Mechanics (Guest Editor: Prof. Jaywant H. Arakeri, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, IISc); No. 4 Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, (Guest Editor: Prof. G. Mugesh, Dept of IPC, IISc).

Established : 2007 Phone : +91-80-2293 2618/2066/2750 Fax : +91-(080)-2293 2066 Email : [email protected] URL : http://apc.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : A G Menon International Relations Cell

Profile The International Relations Cell (IRC) of the Indian Institute of Science was set up in 1998. A Committee, with members from each Academic Divisions of the Institute, is responsible for the functioning of IRC. The IRC oversees and coordinates all the international programmes of the Institute. In particular, it is responsible for the following: ü Admission of foreign students to the Institute. ü Facilitating the Institute’s links with international Over the years, the institute has attracted a large partners. number of visitors and delegations exploring possible ü Promoting academic collaborations and student/ collaborations in specific areas of research and stu- faculty exchange programmes with institutions dent and faculty exchange. The Institute has signed and universities abroad. MOUs with several Institutions abroad for co-operation in research and exchange of students and faculty. ü Formulating and helping in signing Memoranda These institutions are from the USA, UK, Germany, of understanding (MOUs) between IISc and France, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Australia, institutions abroad for collaborative research and Sweden, Nepal, Norway, Korea, Taiwan, Saudi student exchange. Arabia, South Africa and Mauritius. ü Maintaining a data base of all IISc International Co-operation Programmes, visits of foreign delegations, etc. ü Acting as an advisory body to the growing number of foreign students and visitors at the Institute.

Chockalingam A Rangarajan G Umapathy S P/ECE, Member P/BC, Member P/IPC, Member Pratap, Rudra Subramanian S Vijayraghavan, Usha P/ME, Member P/Mat. Eng, Member P/MCB, Member Ramamurty U Thilagam V Registrar P/Mat. Eng, Member Hindi Officer/Admin, Member Member Secretary

Established : 1998 Phone : +91-80-2293 2560 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 2567 Email : [email protected] URL : http://irc.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : G Rangarajan

J.R.D. Tata Memorial Library

Profile technical reports, standards and patents and stack rooms for books and bound volumes of periodicals. The JRD Tata Memorial Library has completed its cen- Compact Storage area for placing pre-1986 bound vol- tenary year of establishment in 2011. It is regarded as umes of periodicals and pre-1976 books have been set one of the best scientific and technical libraries in India. up. The Library has a well equipped binding section. With an excellent blend of print and electronic resources User Terminals are provided to access Online Public in the form of books, journals, reports, standards and Access Catalogue (OPAC) in the ground and first floors patents, the library collection is one of the finest in the of the library. country particularly in the field of science and technology. This rich and valuable collection has some rare Services reference materials and several important journals. The total print collections exceed 5 lakh volumes. The elec- Library offers regular library services such as refer- tronic resources cover most professional society publi- ence services, referral services; book lending service cations and also several bibliographic and Scientometric and on-line public access catalogue through LibSys. databases. As a support system for Information services Federated searching of e-journals has been enabled. on the campus, the library is committed to The Document Delivery Service (DDS) is also provided to organizations, and individuals on a no-profit ü Maintaining pre-eminence in information resource basis. gathering so that the faculty and researchers will have access to a comprehensive information repository. Activities ü Provide comprehensive access to core eResources. Regular house keeping operations of the library The library is easily accessible to the academic and include acquisition of books, subscription to journals research community on the campus and is located in and databases, classification and cataloguing. It also about 5,000 sq.mts. area. provides gateway services to various information lit- eracy and information repository services. The library offers a two year on-the-job training programme for Facilities Available For Users M.L.I.Sc graduates and for students with DLISc., BLISc. or JOC qualifications. More details can be The Library has reading rooms for research and text found on the library website http://www.library.iisc. books, separate rooms for current periodicals, abstracts, ernet.in J.R.D. Tata Memorial Library 95

 Library Automation and Database related activi- of Prof. N. Balakrishnan of IISc, Bangalore. The ties – The library uses standard library man- library on its own and through its participation in agement software, for its in-house operations. the INDEST-AICTE Consortium, provides access Web-OPAC through LibSys is provided to the to a large number of e-resources which include users who can interact with the system to search e-journals, ebooks, e-standards, and bibliographic the library collection to know the availability of and scientometric databases as given below a required book or journal etc. They can make  Access to Bibliographic databases: INSPEC online reservation if the book is issued to some on EiVillage, MathScinet, Scifinder Scholar, other user. Maintaining library holdings through etc. LibSys database, e-Journals database, e-backfiles  Scientometric databases: SCOPUS and Web database & a library portal are some of the data- of Science. base related activities of the library.  e-books: The Library has access to e-books from Springer, Elsevier, Annual Reviews and  Barcode & RFID Technology – The entire book, CRC Press, etc. bound volume of periodicals and theses collec-  e-Standards: Indian Standards from Bureau tions of the library are bar coded. RFID technol- of Indian Standards, ASTM Standards etc. ogy has also been implemented on a pilot basis  Archives /backfiles: The library has online and a small set of the collection is RF tagged. access to archival/back issues to some of the  Partnership with other Organizations – The major resources of Elsevier Science, Wiley National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) Inter-Science, Institute of Physics Publishing has recognised the J.R.D. Tata Memorial library and American Physical Society, ACS, SIAM, as the Regional Center for Mathematics for the and JSTOR – a scholarly Journal Archive Southern region and continues to award special resource. grants for developing the collection of books on  J.R.D. Tata Memorial Library Annexe and Digital Mathematics. Library – The Digitization of Institute theses, and  MHRD INDEST-AICTE Consortium and Access out-of-copyright books from the main library col- to Electronic Resources – Library is one of the core lection is an important activity carried out at the members of the INDEST-AICTE Consortium library annexe. It also houses print collections of set up by the Ministry of Human Resource standards and theses. Electronic thesis and disser- Development (MHRD) on the recommendation tation access: http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in made by an Expert Group under the Chairmanship

Anuradha K T Nagarjuna, Pitty Rout S K PhD (Mysore), ADISc (ISI), ME (Satyabhama), A.D.I.Sc. (DRTC,ISI), M.L.I.Sc. Technical Officer Scientific Officer (IGNOU), Technical Officer Chudamani K S Nagendra V N Sandhya B C PhD (Bangalore), MA (Kanpur), M.Lib.Sc. (Mysore), Deputy Librarian Scientific Assistant Technical Officer Jayakanth, Francis Nirmala Devi K Srinivasan, Pushpa PhD (BU), MLIS (Madras) M.Lib.Sc. (Annamalai), MSc (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Assistant Librarian Technical Officer Krishna Murthy R Puttabasavaiah ME (IISc), Chief Research M.Lib.Sc. (Mysore), Scientist, Library In-charge Deputy Librarian

Established : 1911 Phone : +91-80-2293 2407 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 1653 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.library.iisc.ernet.in Library In-charge: : R Krishna Murthy Centre for Continuing Education

Profile The Centre was established with the primary objective of making the resources of the Institute available to people employed in universities, R&D laboratories and industries. It has now grown considerably in the range and depth of its activities.

Major Activities Quality Improvement Programme (QIP); CCE – Pro- ficience Courses, Short term, Sponsored and Self supporting courses, Curriculum Development, High School Science Teachers Programme, Mathematics Olympiad, Extension Lectures, etc. conducted several intensive research oriented training Current Research programmes for the benefit of small scale and multinational industry personnel. The Centre is also actively The Centre has been actively pursuing research in involved in higher education quality improvement Ubiquitous Leaning Mechanism Developments. programmes and has participated in national policy Recently, the Centre has developed an Internet based on pedagogy training for all Engineering Teachers in interactive online system for teaching and also bet- the Country and conducted a couple of workshops ter student assessment. Besides this, the Centre has on engineering pedagogy.

ADVISORY COMMITTEE Kumar, Anurag Chattopadhyay K P/ECE Chairman, Division of P/MT, Chairman, Raghunandan B N Electrical Sciences, Member Division of Mechanical Sciences, P/AE Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Member Registrar, IISc Member Member Lawrence Jenkins P/EE, Chairman, SCC, Member Venkataram P Diwakar J E P/ECE, Chairman CDC Coordinator and PRS/CPDM Proficience, Invitee

Established : 1975 Phone : +91-80-2293 2491 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0911 Email : [email protected] [email protected] URL : http://www.cce.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : P Venkataram

Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation & Urban Planning (CiSTUP)

Profile Other areas The Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transpor- Traffic flow around TTMCs, e-auto rickshaw, tation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) of Indian Insti- Bus priority lane, Fleet changes, Vertical exhaust, tute of Science (IISc) was established in the year 2009 Biodiesel; Requirment of software with O R tools during the centenary celebrations of Indian Institute to optimize resources and meet the variable demand of Science, in collaboration with the Government of for Bus System. Karnataka. The mandate and vision of CiSTUP is to produce knowledge that addresses the unique urban issues specifically on sustainable urban transportation along with other related topics of infrastructure and urban planning. Further, the centre will conduct training programmes, capacity building and also develop expertise and provide complete technological and planning solutions for urban renewal and development programmes related to urban transportation and infrastructure engineering. The main areas of specialization and interest are Infra- structure, Sustainable Urban Transportation and Urban Planning. Among these areas, Sustainable urban transport is the prime focus for the activities of the centre. Our Centre has been true to its motto of being a Vehicle for Analytical thinking to improve the unique urban issues. The uniqueness of the Centre has been the practical, implementable solutions suggested for day to day issues on infrastructure, sustainable transportation and urban planning instead of only giving theoretical/research oriented measures.

Major Research Areas Traffic and transportation engineering, Urban infrastructure, Building & Construction Engineering, Urban Sprawl and Planning, Tunneling engineering and underground space utilization, Climate Change, Geohazards and disaster mitigation, Environmental Impact Assessment, ICT for Transportation/Infra- structure, & Urban economics and social issues.

Established : 2009 Phone : +91-80-2293 2521/2043/3251/3252 +91-80-2346 8207 Fax : +91-(080)-2346 8207 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.cistup.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : T G Sitharam

Centre for Scientific and Industrial Consultancy

Profile • Software development The Institute encourages and promotes interaction • Technical advice and guidance on industry in-house between its faculty and industries/research organisa- R&D tions. The aim of such interaction is to link academic • Complex technical investigations and evaluation work with problem-solving in real life. The Centre for Scientific and industrial Consultancy (CSIC) was • Technical evaluation and support for patenting formally established to give institutional support and ideas, products and processes. encouragement to Institute – Industry interaction. For all the above tasks, CSIC draws upon the vast The CSIC has catalysed and nurtured scientific and expertise and state-of-the-art facilities available in industrial consultancy projects of national impor- various departments, centres and laboratories. tance and relevance. Some recent projects undertaken are: Major Activities • Mathematical modeling of sintering process Industry Interaction, Campus Recruitment, Auditoria • Practical memory refresh in linux Management. • Electronics interface for MEMS ultrasonic sensor • Light scattering properties of non-particle assem- Industry interaction blies and associated thin films Some of the technological services provided through • Kernel methods for understanding data generated CSIC projects are: from workloads • Design and development of products and processes • Flash as a new storage tier • Transfer of technology • Distributed storage codes for content distribution • System design and analysis • Interaction between superalloys and the bond coats Centre for Scientific and Industrial Consultancy 101

• Ratcheting analysis and material characterization During the academic year 2011–12, 365 students reg- for Chaboche model analysis istered for placement, out of whom 300 participated and 252 got placed. The number of industries who • An action plan for mitigating wildlife – human came for placement interviews was 70, out of which conflicts 17 of them had come for the first time. Our students • Experimental studies on optical probes got placed in multi-national companies including IBM Researh, Microsoft Research, Texas Instru- • Assessment of the impact of climate change on ments, Intel Technologies, Airbus Engineering Centre, forests in Karnataka Yahoo R&D, Goldman Sachs, General Motors, Gen- • Development of climate change vulnerability pro- eral Electric and others. Beside these, many Indian files for different states in India companies such as Ashok Leyland, TVS Motors, Mahindra and Mahindra, Bharath Electronics, Tata • Measurment of turbulence on model in wind tunnel Motors, Tata Consultancy Services and others have • Evaluation of synergic nano-composites offered placements to our students. Campus Recruitment Auditoria Management The Placement Section at CSIC is the link between CSIC manages the programmes and activities at the our students and employers. The employers come National Science Seminar Complex (NSSC) and the from a wide spectrum of industries and government Satish Dhawan Auditorium (SDA). R&D bodies.

Established : 1975 Phone : +91-80-2293 2446 Fax : +91-(080)-2331 4845 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.csic.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : J M Chandra Kishen ASSOCIATE Chairperson : N C Shivaprakash Society for Innovation and Development (SID)

Profile Through collaborative interactions with more than 200 organizations including Indian Public Sector The Society for Innovation and Development (SID) Units, Indian and Foreign Multinational companies, was founded in the year 1991. The mission of SID is SME’s, Government and semi Government agencies, to enable development and diffusion of IISc’s innova- SID has successfully completed more than 550 R&D tions in science and technology by creating a purpose- projects involving 200 faculty members of IISc. ful and effective channel to help industries and business establishments to compete and prosper in the face of global competition, turbulent market conditions and Joint R&D Centres fast moving technologies. SID strives to bring the intellectuals at IISc and the fruits of their research and SID promotes joint R&D programs with corporate development closer to industries and business estab- research centres housed on the IISc Campus. The lishments, which in a mutually beneficial way with the proximity of these Centres to the research laboratories prosperity of the nation, as the ultimate goal. of faculty enables focused interactions. SID is a society registered under the Karnataka Societ- Currently the following R&D centers are operational ies Act, with a symbiotic relationship with IISc. It draws in the IISc-SID Campus from and provides access to intellectual and infrastruc-  FMC India Pvt Ltd tural resources of IISc. SID creates infrastructure in IISc and promotes interdisciplinary activity.  Tata Motors Ltd  Society for Asian Nature Conservation Foundation  Phyto Biotech Private Limited Individual or Group Projects SID undertakes research and development projects Entrepreneurship Cell based on individual or joint proposals from the faculty and scientists of IISc in collaboration with industries, An Entrepreneurship Cell was constituted in SID with business establishments, and national and interna- a view of strengthening all activities related to entre- tional organizations. preneurship and technology transfer. Society for Innovation and Development (SID) 103

A few alumini of the Institute, with vast industry General Agreements experience, have accepted to be the part of the Cell to give shape to the activities. Agreements with the following companies have been signed during the period.  Other Modes Volva Corporation  Saint Gobain SID can formulate new, innovative modes of interaction to suit the specific needs of any proposed collab-  Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems orative activity between IISc scientists and external  I2n Technologies Private Limited agency.  Pratt & Whitney Micron, USA Project Details New Projects Initiated (2010–2011) 32 Visitors On-going Projects 91 SID's popularity has been increasing at the national/ international levels and has resulted in various heads Incubation Centre of corporate and academic institutions visiting SID. Some of them are: The following incubate companies operate under the Incubation Centre provided by SID.  Panasonic  Mymo Wireless Technology Pvt Ltd.  Airbus  Instrumentation Scientific Technologies Pvt Ltd.  Rolls Poyce  Gamma Porite Electrotech Pvt Ltd.  Medtronic

Chief ExEcutive: Mary Mathew Amaresh Chakrabarti AcP/MS P/CPDM Jayant M Modak P/CE P Kondaiah P K Das Resource Executives: P/MRDG P/IPC Navkant Bhat S Gopalakrishnan AcP/ECE P/AE

Established : 1991 Phone : +91-80-2293 2544/3295 Fax : +91-(080)-2331 4314 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.sid.iisc.ernet.in Intellectual Property Cell

Profile session of the Rajya Sabha. The Bill aims to ensure the protection of all intellectual property resulting from The Intellectual Property Cell (IP Cell) of the Indian government support for R&D. It prescribes that intel- Institute of Science (IISc) was set up in 2004. It was lectual property (IP) that results from research under- started with the primary objective of protecting and taken with public funds must be protected, with strong maintaining the Intellectual Property of the Institute. penalties for failing to do so. IP Cell drew the attention This, coupled with the twin objectives of transfer of to the adverse implications of the Bill in its present technology and IPR consultation, has resulted in the form, and is seeking to alter provisions in the Bill in a evolution of the IP Cell from a basic office to a front- manner that it achieves its stated goals and serves the line administrative entity. The IP Cell aims to promote public interest even better. awareness among the IISc community of the importance and relevance of Intellectual Property Rights In its drive towards the valorization of the IP within (IPR) in the present day. In other words, the IP Cell is a the portfolio of the Institute, the IP Cell has entered one-stop window for all IP-related issues at the Institute. into a technology license agreement with Phyto Biotech Ltd., a Biotech company based in Kolkata, Currently, the IP Cell serves actively as the “nodal West Bengal. Similarly, it entered into an amended agency” of IISc that reviews various research agree- License agreement with Intellectual Ventures (I.V), ments, NDA’s, MTA’s, license agreements, and MoU’s a US-based company focused exclusively on licensing to ensure that they are consistent with the IP Policy IP from universities around the world. The agree- officially adopted by the Institute in 2005. Based on ment with IV which was revised in 2009 was again the requirements, IP Cell engages itself in drafting, revised/amended in 2010 to be more favourable to amending and/or negotiating the agreements with IISc. This company basically helps us evaluate our IP outside organizations and is working towards pursu- and position them in potential markets, thereby creating a systematic, mutually-beneficial engagement with ing applications for IISc’s inventions and discoveries. research-based national and international compa- Additionally, the IP Cell, with the help of the inven- nies in order to encourage them to partner with IISc. tors, has entered into license agreements with the pub- The IP Cell is also working towards simplified and lic sector companies-Balmer Lawrie and BHEL. The standardized “Model Agreements” that serve the IP Cell is also engaged in discussions with Phillips, the needs and the interests of IISc best, thus enhancing Netherlands-based multi-national company, Lakshmi significantly the responsibilities of the office. Life Sciences of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and with The IP Cell made strong representations on behalf of the Government of Malaysia. IISc to the Government regarding the Protection and Similar efforts are in progress with other Companies, Utilization of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill and it is hoped that 2012 will be a very busy year, with (PUPFIP Bill), a new legislation being considered by a slew of patents getting commercialized. Parliament, which was introduced in the 2008 winter Intellectual Property Cell 105

IISc’s IP filing over the years, is illustrated below.

Associate Faculty Mary Mathew AcP/MS

Established : 2004 Phone : +91-80-2293 2037/2038 Fax : +91-(080)-2346 4088 Email : [email protected] [email protected] Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)

Profile Fellowship Details The Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is Fellowship Value Qualifications a programme initiated by the Department of Science Rs. 4000/-p.m. XII Std./+2 and Technology, Government of India to encourage students of Basic Sciences to take up research career Rs. 5000/-p.m. I to III year BSc/BS/Int. in Basic/Natural Sciences. This programme is admin- MSc/Int.MS istered by the IISc, in association with the Zonal Cen- Rs. 7000/-p.m. I/II year MSc/IV/V year BS/ tres at IISER (Kolkata), HBCSE (Mumbai). Int. MSc/MS The aim of the programme is to identify and encourage Contingency Grant Four months Fellowships per talented students with an aptitude for research. This year programme strives to assist the students to realise their potential and to ensure that the best scientific talent is KVPY fellows will be eligible to attend the Interview/ tapped for research and development in the country. Counselling for admission to the five year Integrated MS Programme conducted by the Indian Institue of The KVPY programme is open to Indian Nationals Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata/ for study in India. Students joining class 11 (+1) to sec- Pune/Mohali/Bhopal/Thiruvananthapuram. KVPY ond year bachelor’s degree programme in Science such fellows SA/SX/SB are also eligible to apply for 4 year as BSc., BS., Integrated MSc., MS., during the aca- Bachelor of Science (BS) programme conducted by demic year in which the award are made are eligible to IISc Bangalore. apply for the KVPY fellowship under various streams. A processing fee of Rs. 200/- (Rs. 100/- for SC/ST) is charged at the time of applying. The payments of the processing fee is, however, exempted for physically and Summer Programme visually challenged students and girl students. Summer programme in prestigious research and educational institutions in the country is organized, every year to fresh awardees. Fellows on Roll – As on 30.04.2012 Stream Continuing Fresh award Vijyoshi Programme Provisional For the last three years (2009–2011) the KVPY has SA 311 283 organized a programme known as Vijyoshi (Vigyan SB 154 66 Jyothi Shivir), a new initiative programme sponsored by DST. It is a direct contact programme of students SX 187 854 who have excelled in (Basic Science) and accomplished SP (Basic scientists from India and abroad. Science- including Engineering students) 89* 27** SP (Medicine) 57 10 Total 798 1240 * including 20 engineering students ** including 12 engineering students Generous fellowships (Rs. 4000–Rs. 7000 p.m. plus contingency grant equal to 4 months of fellowship per year) are given (up to the pre-PhD level) to the selected students. Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) 107

Convener Members of the Basic Ashok Raichur M P/Mat.E Chandrasekaran S Committee Hon. P/OC Das P K Subburaman B K Adviser – Head, Admin Co-Convener P/IPC Karande Anjali Anoop Padmanabhan K G Gadadhar Mishra P/BC/CAF Administrative Officer P/Math Anil Kumar P S AcP/Phy

Established : 1999 Phone : +91-80-2293 2975/2976 2360 1008/2360 2367 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 1215 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.iisc.ernet.in/kvpy http://www.kvpy.org.in convener : Chandrasekaran S Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology

Profile Major Programmes Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology  Natural Resources Data Management System (KSCST) was established in the year 1975. It is one (NRDMS) of the first State S&T Councils to be set up inthe  Karnataka State Spatial Data Infrastructure country. KSCST is an autonomous S&T organization (KSSDI) under Department of Science & Technology, Govern-  ment of Karnataka. Student Project Programme (SPP)  Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) During the last three and half decades of its existence, KSCST has been pro-actively engaging itself  Biofuel Programme to identify locale specific needs/problems in the broad  State Awards for Scientist and Engineers areas of Agriculture, Water, Education, Energy, Ecol-  ogy and Environment, Habitat, Health, Solid and State Science and Technology Conference Electronic waste and Infrastructure. In co-operation  National Science Day with the Indian Institute of Science and several other  Patent Information Centre premier R&D institutions in the state, KSCST exe- cutes many projects and programmes, leading to S&T based solutions such as providing access to energy for Ongoing Projects cooking and lighting, making available potable and  safe drinking water, alternate building technologies, Bacteria Free Water for Drinking by Silver Treat- which prevail as the issues of highest priority even ment (BFWDST) to this day, thereby improving quality of life of peo-  Assessment of the Status of Kalyanis (Village ple. Over the years, a number of technologies have Ponds) and measure for rejuvenation in different been translated, from research and demonstration Agro-climatic zones of Karnataka using Geo-Spa- phase, to the implementation and operational phase. tial technologies KSCST has also been providing necessary support to  Digital Geospatial Data Generation and Terres- the Central and State Governments for the formula- trial Scanning for 3D Reconstruction of Heritage tion of S&T based policies and its wider acceptance Site at Hampi by carrying out activities like scientific survey, project implementation, co-ordination & monitoring, orga-  Frontier lecture series on Science & Technology nization of science meets and awareness campaigns. on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of The Department of Science and Technology, Gov- Bharatha Rathna Sir M. Vishveshvaraya ernment of India advocated KSCST as a model to all  The Development of Organic Seedings of Horti- the states. cultural Crops by Rural Farmers and Dissemina- Vision: Application of Science & Technology for the tion of the Technology management of resources, improvement of environ-  Organising Workshops on ‘Identification of Strat- ment, quality of life and socio-economic conditions egies for Mapping of S&T Needs in the State of of the people of Karnataka. Karnataka’ – Phase II Mission: Co-ordinate R&D activities for genera-  Organisation of National Spatial Data Infrastruc- tion of knowledge for S&T based interventions, ture – 11th Meeting NSDI-11 at Bangalore development and popularization of appropriate  Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Docu- technologies for adaptation by the civil society to mentation of Watershed works under IWMP overcome local specific problems and, inspire and programme improve human resources of the S&T sectors in  the state. Suvarna Bhoomi Yojane (Kolar, Chikaballapur and Bijapur) Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology 109

Secretary Executive Secretary M S Mohan Kumar M Prithviraj P/CiE

Established : 1975 Phone : +91-80-2334 1652/2334 8848/ 2360 1824/2331 1394 Fax : +91-(080)-2334 8840 Email : [email protected] [email protected] URL : http://www.kscst.iisc.ernet.in http://www.kscst.org.in Inter-disciplinary PROGRAMME

Mathematical Sciences The Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences is administered by the IISc Mathematics Initiative (IMI). This programme provides an unique opportunity for students to work in areas spanning mathematics, biology, physics and engineering. Students can work in any of the interdisciplinary research areas mentioned below. Each selected student will work with two research supervisors (from two different Departments). For example, a student can have supervisors from Mathematics and an Engineering Department or Biology and an Engineering Department. System biology; computational neuroscience; computational biophysics; computational biology; evolutionary biology; theoretical biology; viral dynamics; constrained biomolecular dynamics; mathematical immunology; numerical analysis; computational fluid dynamics and scientific computation; wireless communication and sensor networks; stochastic optimal control; mathematical finance; partial differential (algebraic) equations; optimization; computational geometry and topology; computational geometry and data visualization; inverse boundary value problem in the context of imaging; coding theory and techniques; game theory.

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology The area of nanoscience followed by nanotechnology is truly an interdisciplinary area with the convergence of many disciplines like physics, chemistry, biology, material science and engineering. Realizing the importance of nanoscience and nanotechnology and attempting to promote its growth, the Institute has recently launched Institute Nanoscience Initiative (INI). Under this program, state-of-the-art facilities like high resolution transmission and scanning probe microscopes, nearfield optical microscopes, e-beam writing etc are made available to users. Research programs involving faculty members from more than one department includes areas like biosensors and drug delivery, nanocomposities, nanotubes, nanomechanics, nano -catalysts, Nano devices etc.

Bioengineering The interdisciplinary PhD program in bioengineering is designed to prepare students with engineering, medicine, or science background to become well-rounded professionals and researchers to address the growing needs in the area of bioengineering in academia and industry. Each student in this program is advised by two faculty members from two different academic departments of the Institute. A comprehensive curriculum is being developed to make all the students in this program become familiar with essential topics that include engineering mathematics, algorithms and programming, biomaterials, thermodynamics and transport phenomena, biomechanics, biology, physiology, experimental and computational techniques in bioengineering, irrespective of their prior background. The program aims to initiate and nurture novel research at the interface of biology and engineering by interacting with medical researchers and practitioners. Current research areas under this programme include, but not limited to, biodesign, biomechanics, biofluids, biolubricants, biomaterials, biomedical products, biotechnology, biomedical imaging, cell mechanics, clinical engineering, healthcare technology, mechanobiology, medical electronics, muscular control, nano-biology, synthetic and systems biology, tele-medicine, tissue engineering, and allied topics.

110 Directors

Directors M W Travers Nov 1906–June 1914 Alfred Bourne Oct 1915–Mar 1921 Martin Onslow Forster Nov 1922–Mar 1933 C V Raman April 1933–July 1937 Jnan Chandra Ghosh Aug 1939–Dec 1948 M S Thacker Sept 1949–Aug 1955 S Bhagavantam Mar 1957–Dec 1962 S Dhawan Dec 1962–July 1981 S Ramaseshan Aug 1981–July 1984 C N R Rao Aug 1984–July 1994 G Padmanaban Aug 1994–July 1998 Goverdhan Mehta Aug 1998–June 2005 P Balaram Since July 2005

Joint/Associate/Deputy Directors S Ramaseshan 1979 – 81 Joint Director G Padmanaban 1993 – 94 Deputy Director A Sridharan 1994 – 97 Deputy Director M Vijayan 2000 – 04 Associate Director N Balakrishnan Since Sept 2005 Associate Director

Officiating/In-charge/Acting Directors Alfred Hay June 1914–Oct 1915 Officiating Director Mar 1921–Nov 1922

B Venkateshachar July 1937–July 1939 Director-in-Charge E V Ganapathi Iyer Nov 1947–Sep 1949 Acting Director K Sreenivasan Aug 1955–Mar 1957 Acting Director D K Banerjee April 1971–Mar 1972 Acting Director

111 Honorary Fellows/ Centenary Visiting Professors

Honorary Fellows Alfred Hay 1922 J J Sudborough 1925 J K Catterson Smith 1930 H J Bhabha 1932 M O Forster 1933 H E Watson 1938 Vithal N Chandavarkar 1957 Jawaharlal Nehru 1959 M Visvesvaraya 1959 C V Raman 1959 J R D Tata 1968 A L Mudaliar 1968 Vikram M Sarabhai 1968 D S Kothari 1968 R Choksi 1972 G K Chandiramani 1981 S Dhawan 1981 Indira Gandhi 1984 M G K Menon 1984 G N Ramachandran 1984 S Bhagavantam 1984 A Ramachandran 1984 S Moolgaokar 1985 Raja Ramanna 1985 C N R Rao 1994 A P J Abdul Kalam 2008 Ratan N Tata 2008 M S Swaminathan 2008 R Narasimha 2008

Centenary Visiting Professors Name Department Year Prof. Nicholas D Spencer, Switzerland ME 2008–2009 Prof. Gabi Ben-Dor, Israel AE 2009 Prof. Joseph Zyas, France SSCU 2010 Prof. Jean Marie Tarascon, France SSCU 2011

112 Endowed Chairs for Faculty

Year Name Department ABB 1996–97 Prof. K Parthasarathy EE 1997–2000 Prof. M S Naidu HV 2000–01 Prof. R S Nema HV 2001–03 Prof. K R Padiyar EE 2003–04 Prof. G R Nagabhushana HV 2004–06 Prof. H P Khincha EE 2006–09 Prof. V Ramanarayanan EE 2012–15 Prof. P S Sastry EE

AMRUT MODY 1995–98 Prof. S S Krishnamurthy IP 1998–01 Prof. S Chandrasekaran OC 2001–04 Prof. S Ramasesha SS 2004–07 Prof. Biman Bagchi SS 2007–10 Prof. K L Sebastian IP 2011–13 Prof. K B R Varma MR Prof. P K Das IP

ASTRA 1985–87 Prof. V Sasisekharan MB 1987–88 Prof. J D Padayatty BC 1988–90 Prof. V S R Rao MB 1990–91 Prof. N R Moudgal BC 1991–94 Prof. M Vijayan MB 1991–94 Prof. P R Adiga BC 1991–94 Prof. N Appaji Rao BC 1991–94 Prof. Madhav Gadgil ES 1991–92 Prof. T Ramasarma BC 1992–95 Prof. P S Sastry BC 1994–97 Prof. P V Subba Rao BC 1994–97 Prof. K P Gopinathan MC 1994–97 Prof. K R K Easwaran MB 1997–2000 Prof. P Balaram MB 2000–03 Prof. A Surolia MB (Joint Award) Prof. M R S Rao BC 2003–06 Prof. Rabindranath Nayak MC 2006–09 Prof. Dipankar Chatterji MB 2009–12 Prof. Manju Bansal MB 2012–15 Prof. Sandhya S Visweswariah MRG

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Year Name Department KSIIDC 1985–87 Prof. R Kumar CH 1987–89 Prof. A K Rao AE 1989–90 Prof. N S Lakshmana Rao CE 1990–93 Prof. G N V Rao AE 1991–94 Prof. S Ranganathan MT 1991–94 Prof. A Sridharan CE 1991–94 Prof. M L Munjal ME 1991–92 Prof. S Sathyanarayana IP 1992–95 Prof. D P Sen Gupta EE 1993–96 Prof. H S Mukunda AE 1994–97 Prof. K T Jacob MT 1994–97 Prof. T S Nagaraj CE 1994–97 Prof. Y V R K Prasad MT 1997–2000 Prof. A V Krishna Murty AE 2000–03 Prof. B Dattaguru AE 2003–05 Prof. R Narayana Iyengar CE 2006–09 Prof. M K Surappa MT 2009–12 Prof. Jaywant H Arakeri ME 2012–15 Prof. P P Mujumdar CE

MSIL 1985–86 Prof. P S Narayanan PH 1986–88 Prof. K P Sinha PH 1988–90 Prof. T V Ramakrishnan PH 1990–93 Prof. N Kumar PH 1991–94 Prof. N Mukunda TS 1991–94 Prof. R Rajaraman TS 1991–94 Prof. E S Raja Gopal PH 1991–93 Prof. M A Viswamitra PH 1993–96 Prof. Phoolan Prasad MA 1993–96 Prof. S V Subramanyam PH 1994–97 Prof. Anil Kumar PH 1994–97 Prof. P L Sachdev MA 1994–97 Prof. J Pasupathy TS 1997–2000 Prof. J Ramakrishna PH 2000–03 Prof. A K Sood PH 2003–06 Prof. H R Krishnamurthy PH 2006–09 Prof. Rohini M Godbole HE 2009–12 Prof. Rahul Pandit PH 2012–15 Prof. Chanda J Jog PH

Prof. SATISH DHAWAN 1996–97 Prof. M A Ramaswamy AE 1997–2000 Prof. K P Rao AE 2000–03 Prof. S M Deshpande AE 2003–06 Prof. N Balakrishnan AE Endowed Chairs for Faculty 115

2006–09 Prof. B N Raghunandan AE (Joint Award) Prof. P R Mahapatra AE 2009–12 Prof. M Seetharama Bhat AE (Joint Award) Prof. C R L Murthy AE 2012–15 Prof. K P J Reddy AE

TATACHEM 1991–94 Prof. V Krishnan IP 1991–94 Prof. V Rajaraman SE 1991–94 Prof. M A L Thathachar EE 1991–92 Prof. T R Kasthuri OC 1992–95 Prof. K J Rao SS 1992–95 Prof. N Viswanadham CS 1994–97 Prof. K M Madyastha OC 1994–97 Prof. G S R Subba Rao OC 1994–97 Prof. B S Sonde EC 1997–2000 Prof. Y V Venkatesh EE 2000–03 Prof. J Gopalakrishnan SS 2003–06 Prof. K Chattopadhyay MT 2006–09 Prof. S B Krupanidhi MR 2009–12 Prof. A G Samuelson IP 2012–15 Prof. P Vijay Kumar EC Endowed Visiting Chairs

Year Name Department ADITYA BIRLA 2003 Prof. H K D H Bhadeshia University of Cambridge, UK 2003 Prof. T Debroy The Pennsylvnia State University, USA 2004, 2005–06 Prof. Rishi Raj University of Colarado, USA 2005 Prof. John Pethica University of Dublin, Ireland 2006 Prof. Vaughan R. Voller University of Minnesota, USA 2006–07 Prof. Amiya K Mukherjee University of California, USA 2006–07 Prof. Guruswami Ravichandran California Institute of Technology, USA 2012 Prof. Lalit Anand Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA ALUMNI 2004 Dr. R Chidambaram Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt of India, New Delhi BRAHM PRAKASH 99–2000 Prof. T R Anantharaman National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi 2000–01 Prof. R R Tummala Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA 2001–02 Prof. Brij M Moudgil University of Florida, USA 2002–03 Prof. Subhash Chander The Pennsylvania State University, USA 2003–04 Prof. Subra Suresh Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA 2005–06 Prof. R Ramesh University of Califronia, USA 2006–07 Prof. Subhash Mahajan Arizona State University, USA 2009 Prof. Ing. Gunther Eggeler Universitat Bochum, Bochum 2010 Prof. S Chandrasekar Purdue University, USA Prof. Tanguy Rouxel University of Rennes, France 2011 Prof. Antony David Rollett Carnegie Mellon Univerity, USA

DUPONT 2005 Prof. Anand Jogata University of Lehigh, USA G N RAMACHANDRAN 2006, 2008–09 Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan MRC Lab of Molecular Biolog, Cambridge, UK 2008 Prof. Tom Blundell University of Cambridge, UK I G SARMA MEMORIAL 2002–03 Prof. N Sundararajan Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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Prof. SATISH DHAWAN 2001 Prof. K R Sreenivasan Yale University, USA 2002 Prof. S S Iyengar Louisiana State Univesity, USA SUNDARARAJAN 2001 Prof. Romila Thapar Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi 2002 Prof. S K Ramachandra Rao Mysore University 2002 Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan New Delhi 2003 Prof. Ramachandra Guha Bangalore 2004 Prof. Meenakshi Mukherjee Secunderabad 2005 Prof. Ashok V Desai New Delhi 2006–07 Prof. U R Anantha Murthy Bangalore 2008–09 Prof. Rajan Gurukkal School of Social Sciences, Kottayam 2011 Prof. S L Byrappa Mysore PRATT & WHITNEY 2011 Prof. Dilip R Ballal Univ. of Dayton, USA 2012 Dr. Jayant S Sabnis VP, System Functional Design, Pratt & Whitney Corpn, USA DST-IISc Centenary Chair 2011 Prof. Venkataraman Ramakrishnan MRC Laboratory, Cambridge UK 2011 Prof. Bruno Ricco Universita di Bologna, Italy 2011 Prof. Tom Albright Salk Institute, San Diego, USA 2012 Prof. P M Ajayan Rice University, Houston Texas, USA Lectures

Memorial Lectures J N TATA H J Bhabha Atomic Energy in the Indian Economy 1962 S Bhagavantam The Widening Spiral of Science and Technology 1964 Vikram A Sarabhai Science and World Affairs with special reference to developing countries 1966 P B Gajendragadkar The Imperatives of an Indian Federation 1968 M G K Menon The Social Conscience of Science 1970 Malcom Adiseshaiah Growth: Its Imperatives and Limits 1972 H N Sethna Energy: Systems, Development and Policy 1974 Raja Ramanna The Safety of Nuclear Installations 1976 D S Kothari Science and Self-Knowledge 1979 M S Swaminathan Indian Agriculture at the Crossroads 1981 LK Jha Technology and Development 1985 Nani A Palkhiwala The Ideal of Human Unity and the North-South Dialogue 1987 Abid Hussain The Eighth Plan: Some Strategic Perspectives 1989 E S Venkataramaiah Higher Learning in India: Legal and Social Aspects 1991 Vasant Sathe Economic Reforms and Structural Change in Indian Polity 1994 APJ Abdul Kalam Towards a World Knowledge Platform 2006 Gopalkrishna Gandhi The Peoplehood of India 2010

M CT M CHIDAMBARAM CHETTYAR K L Rao The Modern Design of Dams 1961 V M Ghatge The Growth of the Aeronautical Industry In India 1965

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G S Kasbekar The development of Chemical Plants and Chemical Plant Fabrication in India 1968 A P Kanvinde The Role of the Architectural Profession in a Socialistic Pattern of Society 1971 M M Suri Scientific Education and Unemployment in India 1973 A Ramachandran Solar Energy – Challenges and Perspectives in India 1977 B D Tilak Challenging Opportunities for Rural Development through Science and Innovative Technology 1985 A S Ganguly A Retrospective on Industrial Research 1987 M M Sharma Microphases for Process Intensification 1989 A P Mitra Environmental Hazards – A Scientific Appraisal 1991 S K Joshi My Incursions into Condensed Matter Physics 1994 Y K Alagh The future of Science and Technology in India 1997 V K Aatre Electronic Warfare – A Perspective 2000 D Subbarao Economic Crisis and Crisis in Economics: Some Reflections 2010

VITHAL N CHANDAVARKAR A D Shroff Finance for our Industries 1963 H V R lyengar The Impact of Government on Business Management 1964 P L Tandon The New Managerial Society 1967 B R Shenoy National Savings and Industrial Finance – The Indian Experience 1969 Bharatram The Role of Science and Technology in Economic Development 1973 S Varadarajan Scientists in the Management of Business 1978 D S Kothari Science and Self – Knowledge 1979 P R Brahmananda Productivity in the Indian Economy 1982 Manmohan Singh Planning and Markets – Some Lessons of Recent Experience 1986 Hiten Bhaya Energy Prospects – A Challenge to Indian Science and Technology 1988 P K lyengar Nuclear Power-Science and Technology in it – In Retrospect 1990 120 Lectures

Viren J Shah The Management of Transition 1993 Bimal Jalan Science, Technology and Development 1998 Montek Singh Ahluwalia Critical Challenges for Economic Development 2006 C Rangarajan The Indian Economy: Challenges Ahead 2008 Kapil Sibal Empowerment Through Education 2010

GOLDEN JUBILEE Vikram A Sarabhai The Sun and Interplanetary Space 1966 K Venkataraman New Dyes for Old and New Fibres 1968 S Swayambu Modern Trends in Electric Drive Systems for Industry 1971 G P Kane 1974 – A Year of Crisis or Opportunity? 1975 S Krishnaswamy Energy Prospects for India in the International Environment 1977 A Sreenivasan Some Growing Points in Food Research 1979 S Ramamritham The Pharmaceutical Industry’s Need for Technology Improvement 1981 L S Srinath Intellectual Honesty and the Spirit of inquiry 1987 T R Satish Chandran The Indian Economy-Some Disturbing Trends 1989 R Chidambaram Fascination at High Pressures 1991 P Rama Rao The Development and Application of Low Alloy Ultra High Strength Steels 1993 N Seshagiri Virtual Reality – an Emerging High-tech Discipline for Enhanced Perception in Scientific and Engineering Research 1995 E S Raja Gopal Metrology: New Vistas 1998 Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker Some Perspectives for Biotechnology 2001 K Kasturirangan A Broadband Space Observatory – A Unique Tool to Explore the Cosmos 2005 Mohammad Hamid Ansari Lecture on the release of the Centenary Postage Stamp 2008 Shivshankar Menon Science and Security 2010 Lectures 121

C V RAMAN S Ramaseshan C V Raman 1978 Sukhdev Research and Development in the Chemical Industry 1980 C N R Rao Man, Minerals and Microscopes 1983 R Narasimha Order and Chaos in Fluid Flows 1986 S Chandrasekhar Optical Phenomena in Liquid Crystals 1988 Govind Swarup Radio Astronomy and the Structure of the Universe 1990 M S Valiathan Cardiac Surgery – An Offspring of Experiment 1992 V J Modi Satellites, Space Shuttles and Space Stations: Evolution and Challenges 1995 Ramanath Cowsik My Meanderings in Search of Neutrino Mass 1996 Narendra Kumar Quantum Zono Effect: Slowing Down of Reactions By Fast Perturbations 1999 D Balasubramanian Molecular and Cellular Approaches to Understand and Treat Some Diseases of the Eye 2002 Michael E Fisher Molecular Motors – Observation and Theory 2007 Michael Pepper Electrons in Semiconductor Nanostructures 2010

MORRIS TRAVERS G Mehta Art and Logic in Organic Synthesis 1990 R A Mashelkar Fascination of Non – Newtonian Fluids 1992 P T Manoharan Molecular Ferromagnets: A New Challenge for Inorganic Chemists 1995 Mihir Chowdhury Magnetic Field and Chemical Dynamics 1998 J F Nixon Phosphorus: The Carbon Copy 2002 Alan G Mac Diarmid Electronic Polymers and Nano-Science 2004 Ryoji Noyori Asymmetric Hydrogenation As Ideal Green Chemistry 2006 Akihisa Inoue The Development and Application of Bulk Metallic Glasses 2008 Richard J Saykally Water Music: The Latest Word on the Most Important Substance in the Universe 2011 122 Lectures

S RAMASESHAN C N R Rao The Chemical Design of Materials – A Journey through Half a Century 2005 Srikumar Banerjee How the Design of an Advanced Nuclear Reactor Evolves 2011 M J THIRUMALACHAR & M J NARASIMHAN ENDOWMENT LECTURES Richard J Roberts Why I Love Bacteria 2011 Venkataraman Ramakrishnan How Antibiotics illuminate Ribosome Function & vice versa 2011 Centenary Lectures

C N R Rao Tall Oaks from Little Acorns: Birth and Growth of Solid State and Materials Chemistry 24th Jan. 2008 Andrew Viterbi The Foundations of the Digital Wireless World 27th May 2008 M S Swaminathan Scientific Management of the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture 9th July 2008 Michael D Fayer Watching Ultrafast Molecular Motions in Liquids, Molecules and Proteins 16th July 2008 A R Ravishankara Ozone layer depletion and the world’s response: A model for global environmental problems? 2nd Dec. 2008 George Guy Dodson The Origins of structural analysis and its scope in modern biological research 19th Jan. 2009 Ronald Breslow Work on organised molecular systems leads to a proposal for the origin of prebiotic homochirality 23rd Jan. 2009 Jean-Marie Lehn Perspectives in Chemistry: From molecular to supramolecular chemistry towards adaptive chemistry 11th Feb. 2009 George Philander The hoax at the equator that elucidates the ethical dilemmas of global warming 12th Mar. 2009 Peter Wolynes Landscapes of matter 8th July 2009 Shaul Mukemal Multidimensional spectroscopy of biomolecules: From nmr to x-rays 23rd Dec. 2009 Dennis P Sullivan Effective models and algebraic topology 24th Dec. 2009 Venkataraman Ramakrishnan From Baroda to Cambridge: a life in science 5th Jan. 2010 Joseph Zyss Molecular photonics − From concepts to applications in IT and life sciences 15th Feb. 2010 Francis Collins Human Genome & Beyond 3rd Dec. 2011 John Michael Wallace Climate-Related Extreme Events: Teachable Moments 25th Jan. 2012 F. Fleming Crim Controlling Reactions in Gases & Liquids 15th Feb. 2012

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Kurt Wuthrich Exploring the Protein Universe with Physics & Physical Chemistry Techniques 3rd April 2012

Special Lectures/Institute Lectures Jayant V Narlikar A Critique of Big Bang Cosmology 4th April 2008 Gulzar Saahitya ke Jharokhe se Vigyan ki Rangoli 28th Aug. 2008 Klaus Mullen Molecular Electronics 23rd Oct. 2008 Sandip Pakvasa Neutrinos: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 2nd April 2009 M G K Menon Homi Bhabha’s life and work 23rd June 2009 M S Valiathan Vagbhata – physician, poet and preceptor extraordinary 16th Sep. 2009 T V Ramakrishnan Superconductivity: Yesterday, today & tomorrow 14th Oct. 2009 Peter J Gregson The technical challenges facing air transport in the 21st century 26th Nov. 2009 Charles M Vest Engineering education in the 21st century 19th Jan. 2010 Eric A Cornell How symmetric is the electron? Looking for out-of- Roundness of 10–15 femtometers. 5th March 2010 Uriel Frisch Turbulence: scaling and beyond. Can field theory and statistical physics help? 21st Dec. 2010 Richard G M Morris The making, keeping and loosing memories 16th Jan. 2012 Bruce Alberts Science and the World’s Future 20th Jan. 2012 Harald zur Hausen Infectious causes of Human Cancers 24th Jan. 2012 Shinya Yamanaka Induction of Pluripotency by Defined Factors 31st Jan. 2012 Peter C. Doherty Science Protects Humanity: Adventures in Infection & Immunity 12th Mar. 2012

THE CELL PRESS – TNQ INDIA – IISc DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP SERIES David Baltimore MicroRNAs in Inflammation and Cancer 16th Jan. 2008 Elizabeth Blackburn Control of Telomerase 10th Feb. 2009 Shinya Yamanaka New era of Medicine with iPS Cells 30th Jan. 2012 Awards for Faculty

Jaya-Jayant Award for Teaching Excellence in Science/Engineering Year Science Dept. engineering Dept. 1989 Prof. V G Tikekar MA Prof. N S Lakshmana Rao CE 1992 Prof. R Vittal Rao MA Prof. B S Sonde EC 1995 Prof. C Ramakrishnan MB Prof. D P Sen Gupta EE 1998 Prof. S V Subramanyam PH Prof. N J Rao ED 2004 Prof. H L Bhat PH Prof. V Ramanarayanan EE 2007 Prof. Diptiman Sen HE Prof. Priti Shankar CS 2010 Dr. Mahesh Kumari MA Dr. M K Gunasekaran ED

Alumni Award for Excellence in Research in Science/Engineering Year Science Dept. engineering Dept. 1991 Prof. P Balaram MB Prof. R Kumar CH 1992 Prof. G Padmanaban BC Prof. M A L Thathachar EC 1993 Prof. S K Rangarajan IP Prof. A Sridharan CE 1994 Prof. V Krishnan IP Prof. S Ranganathan MT 1995 Prof. K P Gopinathan MC Prof. H S Mukuda AE 1996 Prof. M Vijayan MB Prof. N Viswanadham CS 1997 Prof. T V Ramakrishnan PH Prof. Y V R K Prasad MT 1998 Prof. G S R Subba Rao OC Prof. V V S Sarma CS 1999 Prof. A Surolia MB Prof. Y V Venkatesh EE 2000 Prof. Anil Kumar PH Prof. K A Natarajan MT Prof. K J Rao SS 2001 Prof. S S Krishnamurthy IP Prof. S M Deshpande AE Prof. N Balakrishnan AE 2002 Prof. Biman Bagchi SS Prof. K Chattopadhyay MT 2003 Prof. A K Sood PH Prof. L M Patnaik CS 2004 Prof. S Chandrasekaran OC Prof. V H Arakeri ME 2005 Prof. D D Sarma SS Prof. J Srinivasan AS Prof. S K Biswas ME 2006 Prof. H R Krishnamurthy PH Prof. Vikram Jayaram MT 2007 Prof. K Muniyappa BC Prof. M Narasimha Murthy CS 2008 Prof. S V Bhat PH Prof. Anurag Kumar EC Prof. S Ramasesha SS 2009 Prof. T N Guru Row SS Prof. Y Narahari CS Prof. V Nagaraja MC Prof. Atul H Chokshi MT 2010 Prof. M S Hegde SS Prof. K P J Reddy AE Prof. H S Savithri BC 2011 Prof. A K Shukla SS Prof. C E Veni Madhavan CS 2012 Prof. Manju Bansal MB Prof. B N Raghunandan AE

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Prof. Rustom Choksi Award for Excellence in Research in Science/Engineering Year Faculty Name Dept. 1993 Engineering Prof. V Rajaraman SE 1994 Science Prof. N Mukunda TS 1995 Engineering Prof. M L Munjal ME 1996 Science Prof. Madhav Gadgil ES 1997 Engineering Prof. K T Jacob MT 1998 Science Prof. H Sharat Chandra MC 1999 Engineering Prof. K R Padiyar EE 2000 Science Prof. J Gopalakrishnan SS 2001 Engineering Prof. B Dattaguru AE 2002 Science Prof. M R N Murthy MB 2003 Engineering Prof. R Narasimhan ME 2004 Science Prof. Chandan Dasgupta PH Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar ES 2005 Engineering Prof. V T Ranganathan EE 2006 Science Prof. S B Krupanidhi MR Prof. Rohini M Godbole HE 2007 Engineering Prof. M K Surappa MT 2008 Science Prof. Rahul Pandit PH Prof. Saraswathi Vishveswara MB 2009 Engineering Prof. B Sundararajan EC 2010 Science Prof. M S Shaila MC 2011 Engineering Prof. P R Mahapatra AE Prof. V Kumaran CH

Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award in the Field of Sustainable Development Year Faculty Name Dept. 1998 Science Prof. G Lakshmi Sita MC 1998 Engineering Prof. D K Subramanian CS 2000 Engineering Prof. K S Jagadish CE 2002 Engineering Prof. H S Mukunda AE Engineering Prof. Udipi Srinivasa ME 2006 Engineering Prof. S Soundranayagam ME 2008 Engineering Prof. S S Lokras CH 2010 Engineering Prof. B V Venkatarama Reddy CE Medals for Meritorious Students

For the Best Course Students [ME/MTech/MDes/M.Mgt] For ME Students Sl. No. name of the Medal Frequency Dept. 1. Mrs. Sabita Chaudhuri Alternate year (alternate to Memorial Medal Dr. D Narayanamurti medal) AE 2. Dr. D Narayanamurti Medal Alternate year (alternate to Mrs. Sabita Chaudhuri medal) – 3. Prof. N R Kuloor Memorial Yearly CH Medal 4. The P S Narayana Medal Alternate year (alternate to MSc (Engg)) CE 5. The Computer Society of India Yearly CS Medal (Bangalore Chapter) 6. The KK Malik Medal Yearly MT 7. SV Sastry Memorial Medal Yearly ME 8. The Alumni Medal Yearly EC/ED 9. Prof ISN Murty Medal Yearly EE/EC 10. The NR Khambhati Memorial Yearly EE Medal (For System Science & Automation) 11. The NR Khambhati Memorial Yearly EE Medal 12. Prof. SVC Aiya Medal Yearly EC For MTech Students 13. Motorola Medal Yearly SE 14. The DESE Design Medal Yearly ED 15. H R Babu Seetharam Medal Yearly IN For MDes Students 16. MAA Communications Medal Alternate year (alternate to PhD/MSc (Engg)) PD For Master of Management (M. Mgt) Students 17. Prof B G Raghavendra Yearly MG Memorial Medal For Research Students (PhD) 18. Prof Chintakindi V Joga Rao Alternate year (alternate to AE Medal Prof. A K Rao medal) 19. Prof. A K Rao Medal Alternate years (alternate to AE Prof. Chintakindi V Joga Rao Medal)

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20. Prof. B K Subba Rao Medal Yearly ME 21. Prof. K P Abraham Medal Yearly MT 22. The Alumni Medal Yearly CS 23. The Seshagiri Kaikini Medal Yearly EC 24. Prof. D J Badkas Medal Yearly EE 25. Prof. N S Govinda Rao Medal Yearly CE 26. Prof. Giri Memorial Medal Yearly BC 27. Mrs. C V Hanumantha Rao Yearly MD Medal 28. The Shamrao Kaikini Medal Yearly ES 29 The M Sreenivasaya Medal Yearly MC 30. Prof. B H Iyer Medal Yearly MB 31. Dr. J C Ghosh Medal Yearly IP (Physical Chemistry) 32. Prof. S Soundararajan Medal Yearly IP (Inorganic Chemistry) 33 The Guha Research Medal Yearly OC 34. The Toulouse Medal Yearly SS 35. The Martin Forster Medal Yearly MA 36. Prof. Anil Kumar Memorial Yearly PH Medal [Experimental Physics] 37. Kumari L A Meera Memorial Yearly PH/HE Medal [Theoritical Physics] 38. The Indian Economic Yearly MG Association Medal 39. Sir Vithal N Chandavarkar Yearly SE Memorial Medal For Research Students (PhD/MSc(Engg.)) 40. Prof. N R Kuloor Memorial Yearly CH Medal 41. The Roddam Family Medal Yearly AS 42. The Sudborough Medal Yearly MR 43. Dr. Srinivasa Rao Yearly IN Krishnamurthy Medal 44. Amulya and Vimala Reddy Medal Yearly ST 45. Tag Corporation Medal Yearly ED 46. MAA Communications Medal Alternate year (alternate to MDes) PD For MSc (Engg.) Students 47. NASA’s Medal Alternate year (alternate to Mr Sabita Chaudhuri medal) AE 48. Mrs Sabita Chaudhuri Alternate year (alternate to Memorial Medal NASA’s medal) AE 49. ME Department Alumni Yearly ME Medal 50. Dr. Karra Narasimhamurthy Yearly MT Memorial Medal 51. Dr. M N S Swamy Medal Yearly CS Medals for Meritorious Students 129

52. Prof. F M Mowdawalla Medal Yearly EC 53. The Hay Medal Yearly EE 54. Prof. K N Krishnaswamy Yearly MG Medal 55. Prof. P S Narayana Medal Alternate year (alternate to ME ) CE 56. Subramanian Rajalakshmi Medal Yearly SE For Integrated PhD Students (MS Level) 57. Dr. R K Maller Memorial Medal Yearly Biological Sciences 58. Dr. A Nagaraja Rao Medal Yearly Chemical Sciences 59. Prof. P L Bhatnagar Medal Yearly Mathematical Sciences 60. Kumari L A Meera Memorial Yearly Physical Sciences Medal Acknowledgement

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