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Annual Report 2014-2015 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati STC on Advanced Techniques in Cellular and Molecular Biology National Conference on Sustainable Development of Environmental Systems (NCOSDOES 2014) Annual Symposium on Solid Waste Management - RECYCLE 2014 Workshop on GPU Programming and Applications (GPA-2014) A cultural perfomance at a students’ festival Conference on North East in India’s Look East: Issues and Opportunities Participants of Ishān Vikās pilot phase Prof. Gautam Biswas, Director, IIT Guwahati, awarding a certifi cate to one of the participants of the Ishān Vikās programme pilot phase Postgraduate Level Training Programme on Diff erential Equations IEEE Student Branch Workshop on Advanced MATLAB (AdMAT 14) Mathematics Training and Talent Search Programme – 2014 STC on Advanced Techniques in Cellular and Molecular Biology National Conference on Sustainable Development of Environmental Systems (NCOSDOES 2014) Annual Symposium on Solid Waste Management - RECYCLE 2014 Workshop on GPU Programming and Applications (GPA-2014) A cultural perfomance at a students’ festival Conference on North East in India’s Look East: Issues and Opportunities Participants of Ishān Vikās pilot phase Prof. Gautam Biswas, Director, IIT Guwahati, awarding a certifi cate to one of the participants of the Ishān Vikās programme pilot phase Postgraduate Level Training Programme on Diff erential Equations IEEE Student Branch Workshop on Advanced MATLAB (AdMAT 14) Mathematics Training and Talent Search Programme – 2014 ANNUAL REPORT 2014–2015 Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Guwahati 781039, INDIA Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is the sixth member of the IIT family. Indian Institute of Technology–Assam Society was formed in February 1989. The foundation stone of IIT Guwahati was laid in July 1992 in Guwahati. The Institute of Technology (Amendment) Act 1994, passed by the Parliament, was notifi ed in the Gazette of India on May 26, 1994, by which the IIT Guwahati– Assam Society was made into IIT Guwahati. By the Gazette of India notifi cation of the Ministry of Human Resource Development dated September 1,1994, the Central Government declared September 1,1994, as the date on which the Institute of Technology (Amendment) Act 1994 (No. 35 of 1994) came into force and IIT Guwahati was established. Enrollment of students started in 1995. Annual Report 2014–2015: Highlights Growth Particulars 2013–2014 2014-2015 Growth in % Student Strength 4891 5186 6.03 Faculty Strength 342 372 8.77 R&D Funds Received (In crores of `) 33.67 73.95 120 Total Research Publication 1248 1250 0.2 Major R&D Projects Received: National Initiative for setting up of Design Innovation Centre (Department of Design) `100 crores (MHRD) A Pilot Project on Ishan Vikas, `60 crores (MHRD) Establishment of centre of excellence for training and research in frontier areas of science and technology (Department of Chemistry) `40 crores (MHRD) Mathematical model study of the river Brahmaputra with emphasis on climate change (Department of Civil Engineering) `2.8 crores (Govt. of India, Brahmaputra Board) Technical Education Quality Improvement Programme (Centre for Educational Technology) `2.5 crores (MHRD) Major Conference Held: Conference on North East in India’s Look East: Issues and Opportunities, October 2014 International Ergonomics Conference (HWWE 2014), December 2014 National Conference on Recent Advances in Cancer Biology and Therapeutics, December 2014 XXI DAE-BRNS High Energy Physics Symposium, December 2014 5th International and 26th All India Manufacturing Technology, Design and Research Conference (AIMTDR-2014), December 2014 3rd NKN Annual Workshop, December 2014 Annual Report 2014–2015: A Quick Look Department/Centre Academic Department 11 Academic Centre 4 Service Centre 4 Grants (Rs. in crores) MHRD Non-Plan: 153.33 Plan: 143.50 Total Rs. 296.83 crores Students Admitted Students Strength Preparatory 3 Preparatory 3 BTech/BDes 632 BTech/BDes 2570 MTech/MDes 398 MTech/MDes 760 MSc/MA 163 MSc/MA 309 PhD/DUAL Degree 369 PhD/DUAL Degree 1544 Total 1565 Total 5186 Number of Degrees Awarded 16th Convocation (13 July 2014) BTech/BDes 547 MTech/MDes 441 MSc 117 MA 21 PhD 106 Total 1232 Faculty/Staff Strength Faculty 372 Scientifi c Staff 36 Non-Teaching Staff (Group A) 33 Non-Teaching Staff (Group B & C) 347 Total 788 Research Papers Journal Papers 763 Conference Papers 487 Total 1250 Consultancy Projects Sponsored Research Projects New Projects 119 New Projects 82 Outlay (Rs. in crore) 3.25 Outlay (Rs. in crore) 50.00 CONTENTS PART I Organisation 11 IIT Council 13 Board of Governors 14 Senate 15 Finance Committee 16 Building and Works Committee 17 Executive Summary 18 PART II ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS Biosciences and Bioengineering 35 Chemical Engineering 81 Chemistry 111 Civil Engineering 136 Computer Science and Engineering 154 Design 169 Electronics and Electrical Engineering 179 Humanities and Social Sciences 203 Mathematics 215 Mechanical Engineering 225 Physics 249 ACADEMIC CENTRES Centre for Energy 276 Centre for the Environment 285 Centre for Nanotechnology 292 CENTRALISED SERVICES Lakshminath Bezbaroa Central Library 301 Centre for Educational Technology 303 Central Instruments Facility 309 Computer and Communication Centre 311 PART III APPENDICES Faculty 315 Offi cers and Scientifi c Staff (Group A) 323 Degree Awardees 325 Progress in Construction Works 356 Details of Research and Development Projects 358 Summary of Institute Accounts 371 PART I Organisation IIT Council Board of Governors Senate Finance Committee Building and Works Committee Executive Summary ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 Organisation Chairman, Council of IITs Associate Dean, Institute Works Smt. Smriti Zubin Irani Dr. R. K. Bhattacharjya Hon’ble Minister for Human Resource Development, Govt. of India Associate Dean, Research and Development Prof. Chitralekha Mahanta (Up to 19.11.2014) Chairman, Board of Governors Prof. S. R. M. Prasanna (From 20.11.2014) Dr. R. P. Singh Former Chairman and Managing Director Associate Dean, Students’ Aff airs Power Grid Corporation of India Limited Prof. L. Rangan (Up to 20.11.2014) Prof. K. Pakshirajan (From 20.11.2014) Director Prof. Gautam Biswas Registrar Dr. B. N. Raychoudhury (Up to 30.11.2014) Deputy Director Mr. U. C. Das (From 01.12.2014) Prof. S. Nandi Head, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering Dean, Academic Aff airs Prof. V. V. Dasu Prof. A. K. Ghosal (Up to 15.12.204) Prof. M. G. P. Prasad (From 16.12.204) Head, Department of Chemical Engineering Prof. V. S. Moholkar Dean, Faculty Aff airs Prof. A. Srinivasan (Up to 31.08.2014) Head, Department of Chemistry Prof. P. Mahanta (From 01.09.2014) Prof. B. K. Patel Dean, Research and Development Head, Department of Civil Engineering Prof. D. Chakraborty Prof. A. K. Sarma (Up to 19.01.2015) Prof. S. Dutta (From 20.01.2015) Dean, Students’ Aff airs Prof. Chandan Mahanta Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Dean, Infrastracture. Planning and Management Prof. S. B. Nair (Up to 31.08.2014) Prof. A. Dutta (Up to 22.07.2014) Prof. D. Goswami (From 01.09.2014) Prof. S. K. Kakoty (From 23.07.2014) Head, Department of Design Dean, Alumni Aff airs and External Relations Prof. D. Chakrabarti Prof. S. C. Mishra Head, Department of Electronics and Electrical Dean, Outreach Education Programme Engineering Prof. A. K. Gogoi Prof. R. Bhattacharjee (Up to 31.10.2014) Prof. Chitralekha Mahanta (From 01.11.2014) Associate Dean, Academic Aff airs Prof. A. Saikia (From 01.04.2014) Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Dr. A. Saikia 11 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Head, Department of Mathematics Head, Central Instruments Facility Prof. B. K. Sarma Dr. G. Krishnamoorthy Head, Department of Mechanical Engineering Head, Centre for Educational Technology Prof. P. Mahanta (Up to 02.09.2014) Prof. P. Yammiyavar Prof. A. K. Dass (From 03.09.2014) Head, Computer Centre Head, Department of Physics Prof. D. Goswami (Up to 31.08.2014) Prof. S. Basu Prof. S. V. Rao (From 01.09.2014) Head, Centre for Energy Head, Centre for Linguistics Science and Technology Prof. A. K. Ghoshal (Up to 01.04.2014) Prof. S. Nandi (From 31.12.2014) Prof. P. Goswami (From 02.04.2014) Head, Centre for Career Development Head, Centre for the Environment Prof. S. Natesan Prof. G. Das Librarian Head, Centre for Nanotechnology Dr. T. Guha Prof. R. P. Paily 12 ANNUAL REPORT 2014-2015 IIT Council Minister in charge of Technical Education in the Central Government (Ex-Offi cio) Chairman Chairman of Board of Governors of all Indian Institutes of Technology (Ex-Offi cio) Member Director of all Indian Institutes of Technology (Ex-Offi cio) Member Chairman, University Grants Commission (Ex-Offi cio) Member Director General, Council of Scientifi c and Industrial Research (Ex-Offi cio) Member Chairman, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Ex-Offi cio) Member Director, Indian Institute of Science (Ex-Offi cio) Member Three nominees of the Central Government To represent the Ministry concerned with Technical Education Member To represent the Ministry of Finance Member To represent any other Ministry Member Nominee of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Member Nominees of the Visitor (minimum 3 and maximum 5) Member Three Members of Parliament (two from Lok Sabha and one from Rajya Sabha) Member Secretary to the Council Secretary 13 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI Board of Governors Chairman Member-Nominee of the Govt. of Assam Dr. R. P. Singh Shri H. K. Sharma, IAS Former Chairman and Managing Director Commissioner and Secretary to the Govt. of Assam Higher Education (Technical) Department Power Grid Corporation of India Limited Dispur, Guwahati 781 006 29, Paschimi Marg, First Floor Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 110 057 Member-Nominee from North Eastern Region Mr. Er. Liansanga Member (Ex-Offi cio) Ex Engineer-in-Chief, PWD Prof. Gautam Biswas Shivaji Tillah, Khatla Director Aizawl, Mizoram IIT Guwahati Member-Nominees of the Senate Prof. P. S. Robi (Up to 31.12.2014) Member-Nominees of the IIT Council Professor Prof.