lumni ANNUAL REPORT 2010-11 An Initiative of the Institutional Development (ID) Program

Office of Alumni Affairs and International Relations Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur Kharagpur - 721 302 IIT Kharagpur Institutional Development (ID) Program

Editorial Group

Patron : Prof. Amit Patra, Dean, AA&IR Chinna Boddipalli, Managing Director, ID Program

Content Development: Shreyoshi Ghosh Corporate Communication Executive

Idea Creation: Chinna Boddipalli Shreyoshi Ghosh

Contributors' Data: Shampa Goswami Sadhan Banerjee

Financial Reporting: Shampa Goswami Prasenjit Banerjee

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© IIT Kharagpur All Rights Reserved Contents:

Message from Prof. Amit Patra, Dean, AA&IR 1

Diamond Jubilee in View of Director, Prof. Damodar Acharya 2

Progress Report of ID Program by Chinna Boddipalli 8

Details of Advisors and Executive Advisors of ID Program 9

Financial Statements, 2010-2011 10

Year-wise List of Contributors 16 (Highlights: Leadership Gifts, Major Gifts and Sponsorships, Annual Premium Contributors, Featured Donors, Campaign Contributors)

Other Contributors over the years 40

IIT Foundation India Contributors' List 44

IIT Foundation USA Contributors' List 45

Sustainable Fund-raising 46

Fund-raising Programs 48

New Constructions in the Campus 49

Sponsored and Industrial R&D Projects 2010-2011 51

Our Recent Activities 60

Publications 61

Institute Lecture Series 62

Alumni Events 63

Giving Back Campaigns - My Imprint 65

Mentorship Program 66

Institute Awards: Distinguished Alumnus Awards 68 Distinguished Service Awards 71 Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology Award 73

Past Awardees : Distinguished Alumnus Awards 74 Life Fellows 75

Alumni Network : IIT Foundations (India and USA) 76 Domestic and International Chapters 77

Our Commitment 79

Dear Alumnus, Good News: Are you aware in 2010-11 your alma mater has been ranked among the top 25 technology colleges in Asia by QS Top Universities and the top engineering college by Outlook India? But the potential is far more. Let us work towards it together. With the reputation of the Institute strengthening itself in the world scenario, we decided to bring to you how we are making this progress possible, acknowledge your contributions and involvement towards this end and what more could be done to make your alma mater a top class global institution and sustain it thereof. Being associated with such an esteemed Institute as a student, alumnus, faculty and presently as Dean, Alumni Affairs & International Relations, has helped me to perceive the Institute through multi- dimensional aspects. As a result the need to address dynamic requirements of the Institute and the strategies thereof has become pristine. Throughout this last year we have worked towards realizing this process through a program called Institutional Development (ID). The ID program aims to contribute towards strengthening infrastructural projects from brand building to fund raising under development projects, chair professorships, the ID Program on ascendable resource development scholarships, R&D projects and general projects to overall growth of the Institute. endowments. In order to compete with the best technological universities in a global environment, You are a part of our timeline, and your engagement we must increase both long-term endowment and with the Institute is crucial in helping us reach our current operating funds. Also priority for the vision. You are energetic, knowledgeable and Institute is to provide more support for student immensely talented with strong networks, you can initiatives - and gifts from alumni and friends will mobilize funds and resources for over all help us do that. development and expansion of our alma mater. So, be proud to be connected, and make others proud by The Office of Alumni Affairs and International connecting and contributing. Relations is the coordinating centre of ID Program conducting all means of official communications, If you have any ideas on how we can engage with events and activities pertaining to alumni. Round the you, please feel free to contact me at year the office publishes journals and newsletters for [email protected] updating the alumni. Preeminently, with every We could do better . . . and we should! department publishing annual reports, this time as an initiative of the ID Program, the Office of Alumni Prof. Amit Patra Affairs & International Relations took its maiden Dean, Alumni Affairs & International Relations approach bringing forward its own annual report to IIT Kharagpur proffer comprehendible transparency on various

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 1 Diamond Jubilee in view of Prof. Damodar Acharya, Director

1. What are your recollection integrated M.Sc. programmes, 6 two-year M.Sc. highlights of the past 60 years? programmes and 52 postgraduate programmes. The Institute besides pioneering the IIT system of Ans. The Institute started with 208 undergraduates, education has been introducing many new 12 research scholars and 42 teachers from the programmes for the first time in the country and in historic Hijli Detention Camp in August 1951. the IIT system that includes B.Tech (Hons) in Research formed an integral part of teacher-centric Computer Science & Engineering, B.Tech (Hons) in IIT system of education. A teacher was fully Energy Science & Engineering, B.Tech (Hons) in empowered to design content of the syllabus, to teach Biotechnology, B.Tech (Hons) in Manufacturing and to continuously evaluate the performance of the Science & Engineering, B.Tech (Hons) in students. The concept was unheard of in this Instrumentation Engineering, Master of Medical country. Masters and PhD level research Science & Technology, Bachelor of Law with programmes followed. In last 60 years the Institute specialization in Intellectual Property Rights, and has grown in size. The Institute currently has over MBA. Research and innovation are being given push 9,000 students and about 575 faculty, offering 15 through creation of several Advanced Technology B.Tech (Hons) programmes, a B.Arch. (Hons) Development Centres, Research Centres and programme, 35 Dual Degree Programmes, 7 Multidisciplinary Research Groups. This has led to

2 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 three-fold increase in research output in terms of after Sir P C Roy. Sports and Games and other publications in peer reviewed journals, PhDs and facilities are being substantially augmented to Patents in last 10 years. The landscape of the meet the students' need. Campus is continuously being changed to vii) Other major initiatives include construction of accommodate large number of students, faculty and a Road Over Bridge at the entry, a new Water new academic initiatives. The basic structure and Supply System, Widening of the Roads and strength of IIT system of education that centered improvement in the Drainage Systems. around close interaction between the teacher and the taught, community living and holistic personality viii) Several Interdisciplinary Research Centres development are being painstakingly maintained. that include : Centre for Railway Research, IIT Kharagpur – DVC Research Centre on Power, 2. What are your initiatives in your General Motors Collaborative Research Laboratory in Electronics Controls and tenure as IIT KGP Director? Software are now functional. Ans. The academic initiatives taken during my ix) To have better involvement of the alumni and tenure as Director include: to strengthen their connectivity, an i) Bringing major changes in undergraduate, institutional development programme is in postgraduate and research programmes that place. This will increase transparency and include introduction of slow pace programmes. accountability. Results in the form of RCG School of Infrastructure Design and ii) Introducing Bioscience and Environmental Management, School of Water Resource Science as compulsory subjects for all Management, P K Sinha Centre of Bioenergy undergraduates. and Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering iii) Close monitoring of the programme and Entrepreneurship are visible. evaluation of the same by the students through ERP system. 3. Education in India in general and iv) New initiatives to encourage research through IITs in particular in undergoing Joint M.Tech-PhD, Joint M.Sc-PhD and Joint major expansion and change. What MS-PhD programmes. are the major highlights and v) New academic initiatives include : ? establishment of RCG School of Infrastructure opportunities Design and Management, School of Water Ans. Expansion and change that were overdue in Resource Management, P K Sinha Centre of education including in the IIT system are now taking Bioenergy and Rajendra Mishra School of place. Such changes are inevitable. IITs have no Engineering Entrepreneurship. doubt created a global brand for the quality of vi) Major initiatives have been taken to augment education that they offer particularly at the Campus infrastructure that include undergraduate level. The country requires good doubling the student accommodation facilities, quality Masters and Ph.D Degree holders in large creation of about 450 accommodation for the number to sustain its growing research and faculty, about 100 accommodation for the education needs. Producing good number of Ph.Ds supporting staff, a mega Classroom Complex and postgraduates is perhaps the most important that will have 83 classrooms in the first phase, challenge to the IIT system. With opening of the a First Year Laboratory Complex, a new Block education sector, the competition for good quality for Chemical Science named after the students is now a reality. Our quality of education Founding Director Sir J C Ghosh and a and research has to be at par with the best in the Chemical Science Laboratory Complex named world. The brand IIT now gives us opportunity to

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 3 spread our wing to other countries and to attract IIT KGP has contributed to the students from other countries to our Campus. This nation (e.g. in rural, agriculture, gives us good opportunity to upgrade our facilities and quality of education. The need for cutting edge environment, poverty, health…)? research is increasingly being felt. The Industries are Ans. IIT Kharagpur has significant contribution to now willing to support such research to remain the process of nation building. IIT Kharagpur is globally competitive. This gives us plenty of fortunate to have an Agricultural and Food opportunities to augment both quality and quantity Engineering Department that has significant of research. Major challenges are, therefore, for IITs contribution at national level. It includes to harness the opportunities. They include hiring technologies for modernization of rice mills, good quality faculty in large number, providing them technologies for post harvest processing of grains, attractive facilities and compensation packages, vegetables and fruits, developing new genetically upgrading the research and education infrastructure modified disease resistant cotton seed, developing and creating facilities comparable to the best technologies for precision agriculture, developing accommodation within the Institute for all. Good technologies for water harvesting and tea processing. quality schooling and healthcare support facilities The Institute has a Department of Architecture and are also to be provided. Regional Planning that has contributed significantly Generation, protection and commercialization of to develop Master Plans for growing cities including Intellectual Property is key to our success in New Town in Rajarhat in Kolkata, Bhubaneswar globalized market. The country needs scientists and and Cuttack Development Authorities, Durgapur, engineers with specialization in Intellectual Haldia and Regional Plan for the North-East. The Property Law. IIT Kharagpur has started a Law Department has contributed significantly to School, Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property renovation of Historic Monuments and Heritage Law”. Its graduates have already made marks for Buildings. IIT Kharagpur, being located in a rural themselves. area, has been promoting rural development through While receiving the Nobel Prize in Medicine, the its Rural Development Centre for more than three Nobel laureate remarked that the technology and decades now. It has a strong footpoints of district- medicine must become closer to each other, the two based regional development, schemes for Intensive diverse disciplines must merge. Keeping this in view, Crop Farming, Forestry, Horticulture, and NTFP- the Institute is launching a new School, Dr. Bidhan based Crafts. The newly added Regional Centre for Chandra Roy Institute of Medical Science and Rural Technology Action Group (RuTAG) has Research. The Institute will not be a run of the mill contributed significantly in development and Medical College. It will bring the technology and introduction of more efficient and effective rural medicine together to create new paradigm for technologies including Potters' Wheel, Ambar medical education and healthcare delivery. Students Charkha, machines for rope making, machines for studying medicine shall have opportunity to processing of minor forest produce, water filters for specialize on certain aspects of technology and vice safe drinking water and bioenergy production. The versa. Institute is engaged in developing Environment Impact Assessment and Environmental 4. IITs are known for technology, Management Plans for cities, mines, coastal zones etc. In the healthcare sector the Institute has education, research. But many ask pioneered in establishing a School of Medical Science the questions about how IITs have & Technology that promotes interdisciplinary contributed to “Nation building”. research relating healthcare to other engineering Can you give some examples of how disciplines. The School has successfully developed a Reversible Male Contraceptive 'RISUG' that is now

4 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 undergoing third phase of its clinical trial. It has dynamics based software for storm surge helped production of quality Copper T – a female measurements. contraceptive. India is now the largest exporter of In the areas of Life Sciences, the Institute has an this contraceptive. The School has made significant artificial heart development program that is contribution to Therapeutic and Nutraceutical undergoing phase II trial. A unique male Compounds, Non-invasive Testing Devices, material contraceptive, RISUG is undergoing third phase of for Jaipur Foot, Device for Heart Sound Monitoring trial. and Artificial Heart that has undergone trial on goat, Medical Implants and others to name a few. IIT The major research initiatives in nanotechnology Kharagpur is contributing at national level to key and nano-materials include work on nano- sectors of economy such as Steel Industries through composites, nano-wires, semiconductors and metal Steel Technology Centre, Railways through Railway alloys. A major research initiative in the Research Centre, Power through IIT Kharagpur – development of MBE cluster tool nano- DVC R&D Centre, Tea Industries through Tea semiconductor infrastructure and nano-devices has Engineering Research Centre, Telecom through been initiated. The area of micro-fluidics and bio- Vodafone Essar – IIT Kharagpur TCOE and to nano-mems has developed new techniques for DNA National Security through Centre of Excellence in hybridization, micro-scale cooling for electronic Information Insurance. components and digital microfluidics. The development of a solar powered aircraft as a 5. Can you think of major inventions major student-led funded research project has of discoveries coming out of IIT underscored the active participation of the students in niche areas. Kharagpur that we could highlight or feature particularly some 6. Can you point to some major IIT inventions or products that KGP alumni contributions – to IIT contributed to the country? Kharagpur, to India? Ans. IIT Kharagpur has applied for 242 Patents and Ans. Some of our illustrious alumni are : received 109 Patents in last few years. § Ajit Jain became president of Berkshire Over the years IIT Kharagpur has gained special Hathaway's Reinsurance Group. expertise in advanced chip design, CAD for VLSI and § MEMS, software development, planning, A. K. Malhotra contributed significantly as CEO management and ERP working closely with all major in formative years of ONGC. national and international organizations. Research § Arvind Kejriwal won Ramon Magsaysay Award has also been initiated on specialized areas such as for his work on RTI. MEMS based components for RF application. The § Arjun Malhotra co-founded HCL Technologies. large gamut of specialized software technologies include power management software, telemedicine § Arun Sarin became the CEO of Vodafone and software (currently used in several remote sites in received Knighthood. several States), communication empowerment § Asit K Biswas got the Stockholm Water Prize software for physically challenged, software for (equivalent to Nobel Prize in Water) and is the medical measurements and tools for security and Chairman, Third World Water Research Centre biometric authentication. in Mexico. Other important software developed include a § B. K. Syngal as founding Chairman of VSNL specialized bond-graph based technology, simulators contributed to the development in Telecom. for biomechanics, and a fluid mechanics and ocean

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 5 § K. Radhakrishnan is the Chairman of ISRO and 8. What are the grand challenges for Secretary, Dept. of Space. the next 50 years? § Kirit Parikh, founder Director of Indira Gandhi Institute of Development Research and a Ans. Change in the mindset from being one of the Member of Union Planning Commission of India. best Institutions, offering quality undergraduate programmes to one of the best that excels in Masters § Mani Lal Bhaumik invented the Excimer Laser. and Doctoral level education, creates new knowledge § Praveen Chaudhury contributed to the and contribute to national and global development development of Amorphous Silicon, the base initiatives is the major challenge. Scaling of semiconductor material. infrastructure and facilities to be at par with the best § Prith Banerjee has been appointed as the in the world is the next important challenge. This worldwide Director of HP Labs. will be essential for the Institute to draw good quality faculty and students from within the country and § Ramesh Chandra founded Unitech Group, from other countries. To become a global player in India's second largest real estate company. higher technical education, the Institute needs to § R. Gopalakrishnan is the Executive Director of generate sufficient resources apart from the Tata Sons. Government grant from within the country and § Ravi Kant is Vice Chairman and former abroad. The Institute has to excel in research and in Managing Director of Tata Motors. quality education to meet the needs of the Government, Corporate and Service Sectors. This in § Srikumar Banerjee is the Secretary, DAE and turn will call for a major change in the facilities, Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission. faculty profiles and research infrastructures. § Sushanta Kumar Bhattacharyya was awarded Increasing global exposure of the students is also the CBE, a Knighthood and Padma Bhushan. going to be a challenge. § Suhas Patil founded Cirrus Logic. 9. What are your future plans for IIT § V. C. Kulandaiswamy was awarded Padma Shri and Padma Bhushan. Kharagpur? What are you most § Vinod Gupta founded InfoUSA and established excited about or interested in? Vinod Gupta School of Management and Rajiv Ans. Keeping in view the vision of the Founding Gandhi School of IP Law. Fathers like Maulana Abul Kalam Azad and Sir J. C. Ghosh, the Institute shall strive to become an 7. What would you like to see the excellent Centre of Learning with students and alumni to do for the IITs for India? faculty drawn from all over the world. The Institute wants to have at least 10% of its faculty from other Ans. IIT Kharagpur would like the alumni to be its countries and 20% of postgraduate and research brand ambassador. The most important contribution students from abroad on its roll. This shall call for that the Institute looks from its alumni is their time. significant improvement in its infrastructure and They can use this time to work as Joint Faculty to generation of financial resources. Interdisciplinary share their experience with the students, to forge education and research that could make a difference collaboration in research with Industry of their will continue to be the effort of the Institute. choice and to mentor the students. Financially they The Institute is planning to enter into the field of could contribute towards endowment, scholarship, Medical Education to bridge the gap between two chair professorship, special programmes, learning diverse disciplines of Engineering and Medicine. The centres and towards Diamond Jubilee events that proposed Dr. Bidhan Chandra Roy Institute of include publications, mementoes, lecture series and Medical Science and Research within IIT Kharagpur PanIIT 2012 Global Conference.

6 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 will not be a run of the mill Medical College. It will whole could remain globally competitive. Keeping bring in a paradigm shift in Medical Education this in view, the Institute is creating a School of incorporating scientific analysis and technology into Quality Engineering Design and Manufacturing in the teaching of medicine. Simulation and virtual collaboration with several Industries from such reality will supplement the current experiential verticals as automobile, aerospace and electronics. learning and skill development. The product will be a This School will produce Dual Degree Graduates who technology and analysis savy doctor who will be in a can bridge the gap between the demand and the position to use technology in creating and sustaining supply of engineers who could be an innovative the healthcare delivery system with wider reach. The designer and a manufacturer of global products. programme will be supported by a Biomedical To produce a set of bright entrepreneurs and job Research Centre and a technology enhanced generators, the Institute has introduced a five-year outreach programme. Interdisciplinary research will Dual Degree programme on Engineering bring the engineering students and faculty closer to Entrepreneurship where a student gets a B.Tech the medicine and vice-versa. The programme will be (Hons.) and a Masters Degree in Entrepreneurship. supported by a 1,000 bed tertiary care hospital with Each student goes through an innovation process necessary infrastructure. The Institute will produce from his/her second year onwards to develop an idea more postgraduates and Ph.Ds than the into a commercially viable product or process. Each undergraduate MBBS. student is mentored by a faculty and a successful The Institute has considerable bioscience interest entrepreneur, preferably an IITian from across the offering programmes in Biotechnology, Medical globe. The student is not encouraged to appear at Science and Technology, Plant Genetics, Agriculture campus interview. However, deferred placement is Biotechnology and Food Processing besides Drug available to him if he fails as an entrepreneur. The Design and Delivery. To support these activities, the Institute helps him to arrange for venture capital Institute shall establish a School of Bioscience funding. It also provides him incubation facilities. basically focusing on Cell and Molecular Biology. Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Design and manufacturing of quality engineering Entrepreneurship is first of its kind. products need serious attention, if the country as a

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 7 India are in a transition phase with foreign varsities approaching the system and institutions like IIT being recommended to be self sustaining. You must be aware of the Rs. 200 crores grant in the budget of 2011-2012. However there is a condition to it. Every penny granted by the Government has to be matched by the Institute from an independent source. This is the first signal towards self sustenance. Such governmental strategies would require IITs to function and in a comprehensive manner. IIT KGP is committed to this transformation as evidenced by launching of Institutional Development (ID) Program and other initiatives. The ID Program envisaged a grand plan for IIT KGP in the coming years. This will include significant developments across the Institute. The ID team strives to create new methodologies of work and ambience and 'Indianize' the program to suit our requirements. Even though the top universities in the world have development programs, in India, IIT KGP has pioneered in designing this program which will serve as the guiding lamp for many others in the country. Through this program the Institute will exert towards self sustenance. To achieve this end the Program has been fashioned to improve alum connectivity, enhance communication and ensure Progress Report of accountability. Institutional The program's initial target is to raise the matching Rs. 200 crores from alumni and corporate. Another Development (ID) very important landmark for ID Program is to raise funds for Diamond Jubilee celebrations. The Program requirement is Rs. 7 crores. I would encourage all our alumni to contribute towards this cause and also assist us in reaching out to corporate and agencies Message from involved in investing for CSR programs, new Managing Director technology developments etc. Together we could make this possible and take out alma mater to new heights. The Institute has walked a long way and it has a lot more to achieve in the future. It is a KGP is moving forward with renewed vigor and renaissance for IIT KGP! Being a KGPian, I sincerely excitement. As you are aware, IIT Kharagpur is hope you will be part of all activities. celebrating its Diamond Jubilee on this August 18th, and immediately thereafter we plan to embark on a Chinna Boddipalli (AE/72/Azad) new journey that shall take us to even greater Managing Director, ID program heights of excellence. The higher education policies of IIT Kharagpur

8 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Institutional Development Program

IIT Kharagpur has initiated the Institutional Development (ID) program to leverage the alumni and corporate relations for the growth of the Institute. Approved by the Board of Governors on February 20, 2010, the program was formally launched on July 1, 2010 with the recruitment of the Managing Director of the program, Mr. Chinna Boddipalli ('72, AE). Our activities so far: Recruitment: Managing Director: Mr. Chinna Boddipalli (AE/72) Advisors (discussed in next chapter) Staff: 1. Corporate Communication Executive (on board) 2. Executive Officer (on board) 3. Campaigns Executive (in process) 4. Webmaster for alumni portal (in process) Alum Connectivity: Mission: Integrated Web Portal: An integrated web portal The program aims to support institute's offer to www.iitkgp.org has been developed. The portal was enhance its international ranking. launched during the 8th Annual Alumni Meet, 2011 Vision: by Director Prof. Damodar Acharya and is currently at its beta phase. The portal aims to connect to the § Provide support for all-round growth plans of the alumni and inter-connect them through online Institute directory, communities, discussion forum, blogs etc. § Implement a Sustainable and scalable resource Also the portal offers services like job portal, market development program place, details of availing Degree / Transcript / § Leverage the alumni and corporate relations for Certificates, Information about Office of AA & IR, ID the growth of the Institute Program, IIT Foundations and Alumni Associations § Promote the KGP Brand and Chapters, news and events, publications and book reviews, awards. Key components of the program: Emails & Newsletters – Regular mails on various § Alum connectivity activates and e-newsletters are sent to the alumni § Sustainable Fundraising § R&D Campaign Career Advancement tools for students and alumni: Keeping this in mind two activities have been § KGP brand building undertaken – § Recruitment and Retaining I) Mentorship program – senior alumni mentor the Founding Donors existing students. Mentor and mentee is matched based on their requirements specified § Arjun Malhotra and they are connected for further § Prabhakant Sinha communication § Purnendu Chatterjee ii) Online job portal § Ranbir Gupta § Mani Bhaumik Distinguished Alumni and Distinguished Service Awards – to recognize alumni contribution to their

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 9 fields, to the society at large, to the Institute; DAA § CSR programs have been in process for several years, DSA has Some strategies already initiated – press coverage recently been started. have been given on events like convocation, Alumni Database – Currently connected to 11500 foundation day and Pan IIT, series of articles have alumni and has involved 5000 among them with a been published in a systematic manner ensuring target to connect to 40000 alumni and involve at media visibility; engaged an agency for brand least 50% of them by 2012. The same database will management and PR activities. be used for networking by the Institute, fund raising, and inter-connectivity among the alumni themselves R & D Campaign through the web portal. For ensuring this task a ID Program has been working on collaborating with dedicated database manager is in the process of industrial houses and foreign universities for R & D recruitment. projects. We are in conversation with some such Designing Literature – developing content and institutions for jointly projects. More details in the designs for several promotional literatures – concerned segment. brochures, magazines, pamphlets, letter templates etc Recruitment & Retaining: Event management – in process of engaging Herein the program focuses on two distinct policies – professional who will organize and manage events faculty and students across the country Faculty: Sustainable Fund raising § Recruitment support § Chair Professorships for attracting international This is a continuous process. The alumni will be faculty connected to at the 1st level, then encouraged to § Encouraging experienced alumni to join as participate, make individual contributions, being faculty recognized as a contributor, henceforth leading § others to contribute and in turn getting connected to R&D participation those alumni. The strategies will include creating Students: endowment funds and funds raised for specific § purposes e.g. diamond jubilee, alumni meet etc. Scholarships – streamlining being done, MB Specific fund raising campaigns have been developed Scholarship in process, a special program called – corporate matching program, endowment funds, 'My Imprint' has been launched with its primary pledge program etc. The fund raising segment in this focus towards supporting students (more will be report details about the funds generated till now and discussed later in this report) being accounted for. § Campaign for reaching out to top JEE Aspirants Brand building initiatives § Placement Outreach The initiative aims to help acquire IIT KGP global IIT KGP has committed itself towards ranking among the top institutes and maintain the implementation of this program and making a position as a top ranking domestic institute. Some globally reputed position for the Institute. However, such initiatives are as below: this would require a wholesome participation from its students and alumni who stand as the brand § Centers of excellences ambassadors. We look forward to your ideas and § Brand Visibility Initiatives efforts for this endeavor. § Strengthening Media Relations – Domestic & It is fun to be part of the transformation process of International KGP! KGP ka Tempo Hai hai! § Foreign University linkages § Thought Leadership and prominent faculty Write to Chinna Boddipalli at visits [email protected] § Outreach programs

10 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Advisory Board Members

Mr. R. Gopalkrishnan Mr. Matt Ter Molen (ECE/1967/VS) - Alumni (India): - Non-Alumni (US): Mr. Gopalkrishnan is currently the Mr. Molen is Associate Dean for Executive Director of TATA Sons Development and Corporate Ltd, Chairman of TATA Honeywell Relations of Kellogg School of and Rallis India , Vice Chairman of Management and Associate Vice TATA Chemicals and a Director of President for Alumni Relations and several TATA Companies like Development for the Northwestern TATA Motors, TATA Power and University. Matt has extensive TATA Teleservices. As a member of experience in development at the Group Executive Office of Ratan Northwestern, having been with the University since Tata, he is deeply engaged in the management and 1998, working closely with senior leadership in the growth of the prestigious TATA Group. He also serves University including President, Deans, and as a Director on the Board of ICI Ltd, Castrol India Trustees. From 1998 through 2003, Matt was the and ABP Pvt. Ltd. He the President of All India Assistant Dean for Development at the Weinberg Management Association, Member of the Managing College of Arts and Sciences of NWU, managing all committee of Bombay Chamber of Commerce and aspects of development at the College. Prior to Industry, Member of the National Council of CII and Northwestern, Matt worked in development roles at Public Representative, Board of Governors, Bombay the University of Chicago . From 1987-1989, Matt Stock Exchange. He received the Bombay was with the United States Peace Corps. Management Association's Management Man of the Year Award in 2003. He is the author of The Case of Dr. Prabhakant Sinha Bonsai Manager, published by Penguin India. (ME/1970) - Alumni (US): Mr. Arjun Malhotra Dr. Sinha is co-chairman and co- (EC/1970/RP) - Alumni (US): founder of ZS Associates, a leading sales and marketing consultancy in Mr. Malhotra serves as Chairman of the world. He is also director of Headstrong Co. Board of Directors. Greenlight Planet, Inc., a company A pioneer of the Indian IT industry, dedicated to bringing affordable Mr. Malhotra has a long string of solar lighting to the powerless entrepreneurial successes. He co- around the world. He also teaches founded the HCL group, taking it in Executive Education programs at the Kellog from a six-person operation to one of School of Management, Indian School of Business as India's largest Information well as publishing a number of books and over 25 Technology corporations. He is a member of the Board other publications. In addition to receiving number of of Governors of IIT - Foundation (KGP), member of awards from American Marketing Association and Board of Governors of Indian School of Business (ISB), INFORMS Society, he has been honored as an Hyderabad, and member of Indian Public Schools inductee of the Chicago Entrepreneurship Hall of Society which runs the Doons School. He founded the Fame in 2005. Dr. Sinha established P.K. Sinha Prof. G.S. Sanyal School of Telecommunications at Center for Bio-energy, India's first such energy KGP through a personal endowment. Mr. Malhotra research center at IIT KGP, to undertaking research, was declared Life Fellow of IIT Khargpur in 2003. He teaching and technological implementation of is currently a member of the Executive Council of conventional and non-conventional energy. NASSCOM which is India's representative organization for thr IT&ITES industry.

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 11 Mr. B.K. Syngal (CTO), London , Councilor for India INMARSAT (EC/1962/RP) - Alumni (India): Council, London , Vice Chairman and Director, ICO Boards, Chairman of Governance Committee ICO, Mr. Syngal was the Chairman and Cayman Islands and Governor, INTELSAT Board, Managing Director (1991-98) of Washington DC . Mr. Syngal also assumed charge as Videsh Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (VSNL the Chairman of Reliance Telecom. He has been Ltd). Mr. Syngal is regarded as the recipient of many industry awards including Telecom father of Internet and data services Man of the Decade award by Wisitex Foundation, in India , which propelled the India, Partners in Progress award by Maharashtra growth of software exports from State Government for his contributions in India . In the international telecom telecommunications both in India and abroad. arena, he has held the positions of Chairman, Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization

Executive Advisors

Arjun Sen researcher in electric power engineering, an educator (AE/86/Patel) - Alumni (US): Executive Advisor in engineering, and an administrator in higher for Branding and Communication education. He holds M.S. (1968) from the University of California, Berkeley and a Ph.D. (1974) from Iowa Arjun Sen is president and founder State University, in Electrical Engineering. Dr. Bose of Zen Mango. Arjun's diverse holds the endowed Distinguished Professorship in background includes aeronautics; Power Engineering at Washington State University, restaurants; charities; launching and is the Site Director of the NSF sponsored Power one of the largest online businesses System Engineering Research Center. From 1998 to in the country. Arjun earned his 2005 he served as the Dean of the College of MBA from Brigham Young Engineering and Architecture. University in Provo, Utah and has worked for Fortune 500 companies in numerous Amit Goyal high-powered marketing positions and most recently (MT/86) - Alumni (US): Executive Advisor for served as VP of Marketing and Operations for Papa Research and Development John's. Since 2002 he has been teaching at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Arjun has authored Goyal is a researcher at the US an enchanting book called 'Raising a Father' (the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge book review is available at the Publications/Alumni National Laboratory (ORNL) in Books segment of www.iitkgp.org) Tennessee. Widely regarded as an international leader in the field of Anjan Bose high-temperature superconducting (EE/67/RK) - Alumni (US): Executive Advisor (HTS) materials, Goyal is known for Faculty Recruitment for his contributions to the practical use of HTS and development and Dr. Anjan Bose has over thirty-five fabrication of wires that allow these superconductors years of experience in industry and to be adopted in the marketplace. Goyal received academia, as an engineer, educator executive business training from Purdue University and administrator. He is well and the Sloan School of Management, known as a technical leader in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He has power grid control industry, a published more than 300 papers, has more than 5,000 citations and holds 54 patents. Goyal has also

12 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 been honored by the R & D Magazine whose awards Roy DaSilva are touted as the 'Oscars of Innovation.' (EE/76/RK) – Alumni (US): Executive Advisor for Sustainable Fund raising Neerja Raman Roy DaSilva is Executive Director, – Non-Alumni (US): Executive Advisor for Corporate Services for Epson Research and Development Electronics America Inc., (EEA) a Neerja Raman is a research wholly owned subsidiary of Seiko executive with over 25 years Epson Corporation, Japan. Roy experience in industry and received his Masters in academia. Her interest area is Management Studies (MMS) enhanced delivery of social impact Degree from the University of through international business. Bombay. Roy has been associated with Industry Ms. Raman is a graduate of the Organizations such as FSIA, Professional Kellogg Executive Program, Northwestern Organizations such as TiE, & SIPA, and Community University, and has Masters Degrees from S.U.N.Y Organizations such as India Community Center, and Stony Brook, New York and Delhi University, India. Goa Sudharop, many from their inception in Silicon She is Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Media X, Valley. Roy is also the President of IIT Foundation Stanford University, coach, mentor to entrepreneurs USA. He has been a driving force in leading several and as Senior Research Fellow at The Digital Vision new chapter events. Program studied barriers and enablers for over 100 early stage social entrepreneurs in residence at Joyjit Nath Stanford University. Prior, at Hewlett Packard Labs (ECE/87/RK) – Alumni (US): Executive Advisor she was Director, Strategic Planning and founder of for Alum Connectivity the Imaging Systems Lab which delivered product Joyjit Nath is the Sr. Principal Engineer (Software ideas and advanced research for Hewlett Packard's Architect) at Broadcom with specialties in Linux flagship printing, imaging and multi-media Kernel/BSP/Drivers, Embedded Linux, Win32 businesses. Programming, C/C++, Web Programming -- PHP/MySQL/http. Joyjit is the single point of contact for the IIT Foundation USA website.

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 13 Financial Statements 2010-2011

Particulars Amount (INR) Opening Balance as of 01.04.2010 12, 61,753.79 Donation Received - 2, 94, 86,115.00 Interest 26, 24,482.00 Other Income - 46,890.00 3, 34, 19,240.79 Use of Funds - Programs: MB Scholarship - 5, 60,702.00 84 Batch Endowment Fund 9, 46,163.00 Fund transferred to operative Account (Refer Note1) 2, 76, 00,400.00 Alumni Hospitality - 2, 08,268.00 Other expenses - 55, 263. 57 2, 93, 70,795.57 Closing Balance as of 31.03.2011 40, 48,445.22

Reference Notes: 1. Funds transferred for Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management

14 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Alumni who made a difference

On behalf of IIT-KGP we would like to thank you for your generous gift. Your commitment towards the fundraising activity will help us step closer towards our goal. Since its inception IIT-KGP has worked diligently to meet the dynamic educative demands of the aspiring youth in this country and changed lives for the better. It has been extensively supported by the HRD Ministry of the Govt. of India for decades. However, the brilliant alumni also, through its strong support have proved itself as a strong pillar for various development activities impacting KGP environment profoundly. Each year IIT-KGP continues to advance in its mission as mentioned above. With the help of thoughtful contributions from the alumni such as you we will continue to see the improvements. Herein we have made a modest effort to thank your contributions over the years. Office of Alumni Affairs & International Relations IIT Kharagpur

Vinod Gupta School of Ranbir & Chitra Gupta Management (VGSOM) School of Infrastructure Design & Management

Rajiv Gandhi School GS Sanyal School of of IP Law Telecommunication

Advanced VLSI Arun Sarin Design Laboratory Laboratory for Electronic Materials

PK Sinha Center Vodafone Essar for Bioenergy - IIT Centre of Excellence in Telecommunications

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 15 LEADERSHIP GIFTS

As a pioneer in Information Technology, Arjun Malhotra's (E&ECE '70) name has almost become a byword for innovation and enterprise. Arjun Malhotra, had a vision of Telecommunication needs and its growth potential in India. Mr. Malhotra and his wife, Mrs. Kiran Malhotra, made an invaluable endowment for setting up the G S Sanyal School of Telecommunications, named after his Professor and former IIT Kharagpur Director, to function as a center of excellence in the field of communication technology. He has also helped actively in setting up the campus communication network and VLSI Arjun Malhotra Laboratory. Arjun is Chairman of Vision 2020, an alumni initiative to create a $200 million endowment fund for IIT Kharagpur by the year 2020. In recognition of his outstanding contribution and services to the Institute, Mr. Malhotra was declared Life Fellow of IIT Kharagpur in February 2003.

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16 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 CONTRIBUTORS 2010 – 2011 Featured Donor (2010-2011)

Mitrajit Mukherjee (CHE/86/RK) - Mitrajit Mukherjee is the Founder and President of Exelus Inc. He has 20 years of experience in designing, developing, and implementing new industrial chemical processes. In IIT Mukherjee was the Hall President, General Secretary - Social & Cultural, Literary Secretary and Student Representative for Gymkhana. He did Masters from Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. Mitrajit made a significant contribution during the year 2010-2011. Mitrajit Mukherjee

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Mitrajit Mukherjee B Tech 1986 CH RK 500000 Anand Deshpande B Tech 1984 CS PH 250000 Krishan Khanna B Tech 1961 ME AZ 100000 Upesh Mahadeva B Arch 2005 AR NH 10000 Sushanta Kumar Ray B Tech 1961 CE AZ 10000 Pradipta Das M Sc 1984 GG RP 10000 Ajit Kumar Chakravarty M Tech 1981 AG RK 10000 OP Khanna B Tech 1961 ME PH 10000 Dr. V.R. Pavoor 10000 VM Nagarajan B Tech 1961 EE RP 10000 Anand Dattatraya Kurumbhate 10000 Ramachandran Subramanyan B Tech 1961 ME PH 5000 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS 2010-2011 Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowship Program On the occasion of 2010 Foundation day, MOU has been signed between the Technology Alumni Association (TAA), Bangalore and the IIT Kharagpur for the 'Outstanding Young Faculty Fellowship Program' to encourage faculty at IIT Kharagpur. Under the Program, the Institute would select the faculty annually who would be eligible for – a Citation, a Rolling Trophy and financial incentive to be decided by the selecting committee jointly with TAA-BLR on a yearly basis. The faculty should be below the age of 35 years to be eligible under the program. In 2010-2011 the fellowship has been conferred on Dr. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay of Computer Science Engineering. Dr. Mukhopadhyay joined the Institute in 2008. He also got the INSA Young Scientist Award (2010) and INAE Young Engineer Award (2010). His research areas are Cryptology, VLSI, Embedded systems for Cryptographic Systems, Side Channel Analysis. Contributors (Rs.15000 each): Varadu Seshamani 1969 ME NH Prof. Parameshwar P Iyer 1974 AGRK S Devarajan 1978 EE RP Dhananjay Collur 1981 ECRK Anup Varma 1982 EC AZ Rahul Bhalchandra 1989 NAPH Joseph Fernandes 1990 ME Shasikant Joshi 1990 CSPH Krishnaraj Venkataraman 1991 EE RP Rajesh Saligram 1992 ME Tarun Kumar 1995 CH PH Krishna Mehra 2006 CSRK

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 17 LEADERSHIP GIFTS

Vinod (Vin) Gupta (AGFE '67) is the Founder and Chairman of InfoUSA, Inc., headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. Vinod has always been conscious of his Indian roots and generously contributes to his alma mater for making him what he is today. In early '90s he gave $2 million to establish a business school at IIT Kharagpur which is called the Vinod Gupta School of Management, the first business school in the IIT system. Vinod has been donating money to a number of causes be it for events, Hall or Departmental Vinod Gupta requirements. He has also played a pivotal role towards the establishment of the Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law again the first of its kind in the IIT system.

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18 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS 2010-2011 MB Scholarship

MB Scholarship is being set up by batch-mates and friends from IIT Kharagpur, in the fond memory of their friend Malayesh Banerjee. Malayesh succumbed to bullet wounds during the ghastly terrorist attack in Mumbai on November 26, 2008. The Scholarship would be awarded to a UG student in the 3rd year on the basis of his 2nd year's performance. Donations from MB Scholarship Programme – Rs. 5, 60, 702 Contributors' Details

Donors Degree Year Dept Amount Donors Degree Year DeptAmount (INR) (INR) Khushboo Jha B Arch 2005 AR 197,200 Aditya Prasad B Tech 2004 EC 12,000 Chandan kumar 20,000 Rajat Pal Singh Rosha B Tech 2004 MI 10,000 Aayush Jain DD 2005 CE 10,000 Shouvik Som B Tech 2004 CS 10,000 Amlan Chaudhuri B Tech 2006 EE 10,000 Srijith Mohanan B Tech 2004 EE 10,000 Kamal Kishore Parida B Tech 2004 EE 10,000 Upesh Mahadeva B Arch 2005 AR 10,000 Rahul Sinha B Tech 2007 EE 10,000 Priyanka Dutta M Sc 2008 GG 6,000 Abhishek Ranjan B Tech 2010 CH 6,000 Prasun Choudhary B Tech 2003 AG 5,500 Jyoti Kumar M Sc 2004 GG 6,000 Rishabh Raj DD 2004 GG 5,100 Piyush Agrawal B Tech 2004 CE 5,100 Gautam Kumar B Tech 2004 CH 5,000 Himanshu Gupta B Tech 2001 EC 5,001 Gautam Singh B Tech 2003 CS 5,000 Abhinav Sinha B Tech 2003 CH 5,000 Himanshu Shekhar M Sc 2007 CY 5,000 Ajay Mohan Rao Dharanipathi B Tech 2005 AE 5,000 Joydeep Dutta Ph D 2008 AR 5,000 Anirudh Reddy DD 2005 EE 5,000 Kamlesh Tiwari B Arch 2005 AR 5,000 Anuj Sethi DD 2005 CE 5,000 Kanwaldeep Singh Kahlon B Tech 2004 CE 5,000 Anup Upadhyay 5,000 Krishnaswamy T B Tech 2003 EC 5,000 Ashutosh Shankar B Tech 2004 CH 5,000 Kumar Avijot B Tech 2004 MI 5,000 Ayushman Sen B Tech 2005 EE 5,000 Mouneesh Sinha DD 2005 EE 5,000 Chandan Ghosh DD 2004 EC 5,000 Mustansir Doctor M Sc 2005 MA 5,000 Deependra Mishra DD 2005 ME 5,000 Sachin Kumar Rastogi B Tech 2004 CE 5,000 Nishant Kumar B Tech 2009 CE 5,000 Sahil Saurabh Gupta DD 2007 IM 5,000 Parul Kulshreshtha B Arch 2005 AR 5,000 Shalini Grace Runda B Tech 2004 IM 5,000 Rohit Sinha B Tech 2004 ME 5,000 Shreeharsh Mallick B Tech 2004 EE 5,000 Romila Pradhan M Sc 2008 MA 5,000 Satvik Sarwade B Tech 2004 CE 4,000 Soham Dutta DD 2006 IM 5,000 Saket Sameer DD 2005 CE 4,000 Abhijeet Kumar Singh DD 2005 MI 4,000 Varun Kishore B Arch 2007 AR 3,000 Sandeep Kumar Mishra B Tech 2004 CE 3,000 Shree Krishna DD 2005 NA 2,500 Saugato Dey B Arch 2005 AR 2,500 Nitish Prasad Bandi DD 2005 AG 2,000 Anand Ladda B Tech 2003 IM 2,000 Sajjan Kumar Soni DD 2005 CH 2,000 Kumar Saurabh B Tech 2008 BT 2,000 Shailesh Kumar Mishra B Tech 2003 CH 2,000 Sandeep Agarwal B Tech 2003 CE 2,000 Subrat Kumar Panda Ph D 2010 CS 2,000 Sandeep Prasad B Tech 2004 CE 2,000 Nitin Mohta DD 2006 ME 1,000 Rohan Kumar B Tech 2003 CE 1,100 Abhineet Nayak B Tech 2002 EC 1,000 Piyush Singal B Tech 2003 CS 1,000 Anurag B Tech 2005 CE 1,000 Raj Kumar B Tech 2003 ME 1,000 Birendra Kumar Singh M Sc 2005 MA 1,000 Sachin Shukla DD 2006 MI 1,000 Madhuker Priyesh B Tech 2004 ME 1,000 Saurabh Roy B Tech 2006 MM 1,000 Rahul Kumar Lodha B Tech 2004 EC 501 Soumen Chakraborty DD 2005 EE 1,000 Ramesh Raman Jha B Arch 2007 AR 500 Anurag Verma B Tech 2004 EE 500 Sumeet Khanna B Tech 2002 ME 500 Prem Shankar B Tech 2003 NA 500 Sindhu Verma DD 2005 EE 100 Ankur Aggrawal B Tech 2004 AE 100 Vikram B Tech 2008 NA 20,000 Your Alma Mater thanks you whole heartedly.

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 19 LEADERSHIP GIFTS

Dr. Prabhakant Sinha (ME '70), Founder and Co- Chairman of ZS Associates in an effort of giving back to his alma mater, laid the foundation of P. K. Sinha Center for Bioenergy in the year 2009. Dr. Sinha, is seed-funding the Center with 10 crore rupees (2 million USD). We thank Dr. Sinha whole heartedly for establishing this multidisciplinary center – which aspires to be the nation's leading center for Bioenergy research will help to tap the full potential of the country's Bioenergy sources through a focused, integrated Prabhakant Sinha approach. In the fiscal year 2011-2012 Dr. Sinha has donated another Rs. 90 lakhs towards this purpose.

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20 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 CONTRIBUTORS 2009 – 2010 Featured Donor (2009-2010)

Himanshu Patel (B.Tech./84/Patel) – Himanshu is Manager – Gas Technology and Business Development, Bechtel Corp. Texus. Mr. Patel has contributed significantly during the 2009 annual alumni meet. He was also instrumental in coordinating with the US alumni for the meet.

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Himanshu Patel B Tech 1984 CH PH 2,46,163 Anand Deshpande B Tech 1984 CS PH 2,00,000 Ashok Kapur B Tech 1967 ME RK 10,000 Pradipta Kumar Das M Sc 1984 GG RP 10,000 Dev Ranjan Sircar B Tech 1960 CE AZ 5,051 Chiranjay Chaudhury M Sc 1985 GG RP 50H00 Yash Pal Singh Ph D 1969 EE NH 2500 CONTRIBUTORS 2008 – 2009 Featured Donor (2008-2009)

Rahul Jha (EC/ 1999) – Rahul is Associate at Millennium Capital Management, Singapore. He has extensively funded the Soft Computing Laboratory, Department of Mechanical Engineering for purchase of computers, AC unit and other accessories and further development of the lab. CONTRIBUTORS 2008 – 2009 Featured Donor (2008-2009) Sekar Srinivasan (CSE/84) – Mr. Srinivasan is a social entrepreneur. With close to 30 years of IT and product industry experiencehe aims to create an innovative company which can deliver high-quality, scalable education to both the underprivileged and the affording students of the world, relevant in achieving their personal goals.

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Rahul Jha EC 1999 ME Anand Despande B Tech 1984 CS PH 2,50,000.00 Sekar Srinivasan B Tech 1984 CS LLR 2,50,000.00 DVR Rao 25,000.00 Santosh Kumar Mishra B Tech 1981 EE NH 24,099.00 Prabhat Kumar Pal B Tech 1959 NA 10,000.00 Hebbar Airodi B Tech 1984 AE AZ 10,000.00 Krishan Khanna B Tech 1961 ME AZ 10,000.00 Arnab Datta B Tech 1984 ME LLR 10,000.00 Asit Das B Tech 1984 NA LLR 5,000.00 Pabitro Kumar De Sarkar B Tech 1956 CE NH 5,000.00 Ashok Kumar Mandal B Tech 1983 EC NH 5,000.00

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 21 LEADERSHIP GIFTS

Ranbir (Ron) Singh Gupta (B. Arch '70) is the Chairman of SIGMA7 Design Group Inc. with leadership role for almost 30 years, developing architecture in to a successful business enterprise. Under his patronage the Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design & Management was started in IIT KGP in 2008 with a seed-funding of about 1 million dollar. The school of Infrastructure Design and Management is the first of its kind to be setup in the IIT system and also in the country. Ranbir Gupta Your Alma Mater thanks you whole heartedly.

22 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 CONTRIBUTORS 2007 – 2008

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Anupam Shringi B Tech 1994 ME AZ 21000 Tata Power 20000 Ashok Kapoor B Tech 1967 ME RK 15000 N. Ganeshan 10000

CONTRIBUTORS 2006 – 2007

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Ashok Kapoor B Tech 1967 ME RK 15000 Aniruddha Banerjee B Tech 1979 ME RK 2500

CONTRIBUTORS 2005 – 2006

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Rabindra Nath Khanna B Tech 1962 EE 7500 Anuragi Raman B Tech 1993 AG RP 5000

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 23 LEADERSHIP GIFTS

Arun Sarin (MMT '75) was the CEO of Britain's Vodafone Group plc. a senior adviser at the private equity firm KKR. He serves on the board of directors of Cisco Systems and Safeway, Inc. He received an honarary knighthood from the Queen at Buckingham Palace on March 10, 2010. Sarin donated $500,000 to the Institute for setting up the Arun Sarin Electronic Research Laboratory. The laboratory will be aimed at developing electronic materials and research in allied field.

Arun Sarin Your Alma Mater thanks you whole heartedly.

24 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 CONTRIBUTORS 2004 – 2005

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Arjun Malhotra B Tech 1970 EC RP 320000 Anand Deshpande B Tech 1984 CS PH 50000 K P K Nair B Tech 1961 ME 40000 Ashok Kapoor B Tech 1967 ME RK 25000 CONTRIBUTORS 2002 – 2003

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Arnab Sarkar M Tech 1969 CH AZ 30000 K Khanna B Tech 1961 ME AZ 24000 CONTRIBUTORS 2001 – 2002

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Vinod Gupta B Tech 1967 AG RK 85,50,000 Anand Ashiya 10000 Debasis Mishra B Tech 1998 IM AZ 8000 Dr. Rajendra Nath Basu M Sc 1983 PH RK 5555 Kandavilli Rama Rao B Tech 1959 AG RP 5000 Prof T Ghatak, Kolkata M Sc 1969 GG RK 5000 Ved Prakash Sandlas B Tech 1967 EC VS 5000 Ivan Sindell 4000 Arjun Malhotra B Tech 1970 EC RP 2000 Gude Mahesh Kumar 2000 M K Bhattacharya B Tech 1963 MI NH 2000 Arjun Malhotra B Tech 1970 EC RP 1000 Bishwa Nath Mitra Ph D 1969 AG BCR 1000 Dr Debabrata Sen B Tech 1977 NA LLR 1000 E V Thomas B Tech 1982 AG RP 1000 Ujjal Mondal B Tech 1968 EE RK 1000

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 25 MAJOR GIFTS & SPONSORSHIPS

Dr. Chatterjee (B.Tech. '71) is The Chairman of Chatterjee Group (TCG), which makes long-term strategic investments in public and private companies, with primary focus in telecommunications and information technology industries. Chatterjee Group is the lead promoter of Haldia Petrochemicals, Ltd., a world-scale petrochemical complex in India. Dr. Chatterjee is a founding member of the AVLSI Lab and also contributed significantly towards Hostel Networking. Dr. Purnendu Chatterjee Your Alma Mater thanks you whole heartedly.

26 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 CONTRIBUTORS 2000 – 2001 Featured Donor

Dr. Arvind Jain (ME/69/Azad) – Dr. Jain has been a pioneer of IIT Kharagpur alumni activities in the U.S. for the past twenty years. Arvind was an outstanding student and a keen participant in extra-curricular activities at Kharagpur. He was on the editorial board of Impact, an independent campus magazine run by students during the sixties, President of the Mechanical Engineering Society in his final year, and the winner of his year's B.C. Roy Gold Medal.

Dr. Arvind Jain

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Arvind Jain B Tech 1969 ME AZ 26,00,000 Jane O' Connar 93000 B K Syngal B Tech, M Tech 1961, 1962 EC RP 11000 Raghuraj Ashiya M Tech 1963 EC JCB 10000 Arjun Malhotra B Tech 1970 EC RP 8000 N N Narkhede DIIT 1967 AG BCR 5555 Bal Krishna Kaplish 5250 Rupal Fodia M Tech 1995 EC 5020 Commander S P Anand 5001 Subhas Ch Bose 5000 Sushama S Joshi 5000 Ujjal Mondal B Tech 1968 EE RK 4000 B B Pandey B Tech 1961 CE RK 4000 P Appans 4000 Prashant R Govil B Tech 1961 NA RP 3000 Dr Mayajit Majumder M Tech 1970 CE 3000 S. Majumder 3000 Prashant R Govil B Tech 1961 NA RP 1111

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 27 MAJOR GIFTS & SPONSORSHIPS

Dr. Patil (E& ECE '65) is founder and Chairman Emeritus of Cirrus Logic Inc. a leading semiconductor company in USA. He is the main architect in the conceptualization of the campus wide network and has been one of the major contributor and fund-raisers for the same. The funds generated by his team were also used for procurement and distribution of subsidized computers to the students of this Institute. An honorary doctoral degree was conferred upon him in 1995 at the 41st annual convocation. Dr. Suhas Patil Your Alma Mater thanks you whole heartedly.

28 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 CONTRIBUTORS 1999 – 2000

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) K Rama Rao B Tech 1959 AG RP 20000 Amod Gujral B Tech 1958 ME RP 10000 Swapan Das M Sc 1980 MA 9929 Prof. Prabir Daripa B Tech 1978 ME NH 8000 P Sridhar B Tech 1983 EE 5501 Neeta Sharma 5500 Aniruddha Guha M Tech 1982 ME JCB 5050 A K Bandopadhyay 5000 Sharad Gupta B Tech 1968 EE RP 5000 Bhaskar Krmar 5000 K Balachandran B Tech 1988 AG LLR 5000 Swamy Rao Ajjampur 5000 Srijoy Kr. Ghosh B Tech 2000 IM NH 5000 A. P. Gupta 5000 Shiv Sharma B Tech 1966 MI AZ 5000 Krishna Kr Saxsena M Tech 1961 CY RP 3000 Manapuram Muralidhar 1000 Swarnendu Bhushan B Tech 1997 CH NH 1000

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 29 MAJOR GIFTS & SPONSORSHIPS

Mr.B K Syngal (E&ECE '61) was the Chairman and Managing Director of Videsh Sanchar Nigam Limited, the leading provider of international telecommunication services in India is actively associated with IIT Kharagpur as a member of the Advisory Committee of G. S. Sanyal School of Telecommunications. He was instrumental in setting up VSNL sponsored Chair on Information Technology and a number of scholarships for undergraduate students at IIT Kharagpur.

Mr. Brijendra Kumar Syngal Your Alma Mater thanks you whole heartedly.

30 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 CONTRIBUTORS 1998 – 1999 Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) H.P.C. Ltd, Mumbai 500000 Subrata Sen B Tech 1980 CH 10600 Debashis N. Mallick B Tech 1980 ME 10001 Abhijit Ray B Tech 1972 ME RK 10000 Nikhil Kr. Roy B Tech 1985 CH PH 10000 Swapan Kumar Hajra B Tech 1968 ME 10000 Chakresh Kumar Jain M Tech 1982 AG VS 10000 Binoy Kr Singh M CP 1970 AR 8000 Protip GhoshB Tech 1977 EC RP 6100 Ajoy Kr Banerjee B Tech 1966 ME RP 6000 T. N Tewari B Tech 1979 AG 5111 Vipin Asja 5001 V. K. Tewari B Tech 1979 AG 5000 Firdose A Vandrevala B Tech 1972 EE PH 5000 G. M. Hegde B Tech 1973 AG PH 5000 Prabitra Lal De B Tech 1968 ME VS 5000 Pranab Kr. Guha B Tech 1969 EE NH 5000 Manoj K. Maity M Tech 1963 MA BCR 5000 Nitin Tamhane B Tech 1975 MM LLR 5000 R. S. Gupta M Tech 1956 EE PH 5000 S. K. Bore 5000 D. N. Bose 5000 Surajit Amrit 5000 Nijhum Biswas B Tech 1984 AG NH 5000 Suraj P Varma 5000 P. K. Gupta 5000 P Joy Prabhakaran B Tech 1988 EC RP 5000 O P Nangolia 5000 P. Banerjee 4000 C. R. Lahiri Ph D 1962 CY BCR 3000 P. K. Ghosh 3000 Tapojyoti Pal M Sc 1973 GG RP 2000 P. K. Ghosh 1500 Sunil Kapoor B Tech 1986 ME PH 1100 Arup Kr. Paul B Tech 1968 ME AZ 1000 Preshant R Govil B Tech 1961 NA RP 1000 M. A. Parameswaran B Tech 1955 ME 1000 N V K Dutta 1000 M. Ratnaswami 600 Arjun Malhotra B Tech 1970 EC RP 2,00,00,000 C. L. Puri 240000 R. Gopal Krishnan 25000 V. R. (Sivam) Parameshwaram B Tech 1960 MM NH 15000 Sridhar Mitra 10000 Ramen Chakraborty 9000 Kamalendu Gupta 8750 Pradip Dutta B Tech 1983 ME AZ 5000 S. Bhattacharyya 5000 Capt. N. S. Mohan Ram 5000 Prof. Y. P. Singh 5000 Anupam Goyal B Tech 1962 ME RP 5000 Sekhar Nath Mukherjee M Sc 1993 PH RP 5000 Abhijit Sett 5000 A. K. Sen 5000 Subrata Bhattacharyya B Tech 1985 EC RP 5000 Paresh Rege B Tech 1982 ME RK 5000 C. K. Harayan 5000 Benu Bhushan Paul B Tech 1960 MM RK 5000 Your Alma Mater thanks you whole heartedly. Contributing alumni whose details are missing please contact us with their alum details at [email protected]

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 31 MAJOR GIFTS & SPONSORSHIPS

Mr. R. N. Mukhija (EE '65) is the President (Operations) and Board Member, Larsen &Tourbo. He is a whole-time Director on the Board. Mr Mukhija has founded Sushma Mukhija Memorial Scholarship from 2011-2012. Mr. Mukhija is also an Advisory Council member of VGSOM.

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Mr. Ramnath Mukhija

32 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 CONTRIBUTORS 1997 – 1998

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Ujjal Kr. Mondal B Tech 1968 EE RK 3000 A. Haque Ph D 1986 CY BCR 3000 Dipankar Sarkar B Tech 1980 EC PH 2000 Nimai Ch. Dutta Ph D 1971 CY BCR 1000 Y. C. Puri B Tech 1965 ME 1000 Akhil Puri 1000 B. Radesh 1000 Sabyasachi G. Dastidar 1000 P . K. Ghosh 1000 H. V. Makthal M Tech 1974 EE GH 1000 Sukumar Chowdhury B Tech 1956 CE PH 1000 Chandi Maitra 875 E. Chackachery 551 Amit Kr. P. Parikh B Tech 1996 IM RP 500 P. P. Chowdhury B Tech 1996 CH RK 500 Ashok Kr. Sharma 500 Krishna Bahadur Singh B Tech 1993 AG NH 500 Jayanta Mitra B Tech 1965 EE RK 300

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 33 ANNUAL PREMIUM CONTRIBUTORS

Anand Deshpande (CSE/84/Patel) - Anand Deshpande is the Founder, Chairman and Managing Director of Persistent Systems (BSE & NSE: PERSISTENT), a Company that he founded in 1990. Anand did Masters (1986) and a Ph.D. (1989) in Computer Science from Indiana University, Bloomington (USA). He is member of the Executive Committee of NASSCOM and serves on the Dean's Advisory Council of the School of Informatics of Indiana University. Mr. Deshpande has been contributing towards his Anand Deshpande alma mater diligently year after year. 2010-2011 – Rs. 250000 2009-2010 – Rs. 200000 2008-2009 – Rs. 250000 2004 - 2005 – Rs. 50000

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34 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 CONTRIBUTORS 1996 – 1997

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Prof. S. Sarkar 43290 Jayashree Saha 30000 Krishen Khanna B Tech 1961 ME AZ 24000 R. N. Khanna B Tech 1962 EE 15000 Tapojyoti Pal M Sc 1973 GG RP 11000 Tilak Sarkar B Tech 1985 NA RK 10000 Narendra Goel B Tech 1973 ME RK 5100 Paul Varghese B Arch 1980 AR RK 5000 M. Srinivasa Rao 5000 Indrajit Bhowmick B Tech 1968 ME 5000 Basabi Mitra 5000 Dr. M. M. Maiti M Sc 1967 CY VS 5000 R. T. Arasu 5000 Subir Bhattacharyya B Tech 1980 NA LLR 5000 Jagjit S Kohli B Tech 1971 AG RP 5000 Prof. J. P. Kundu 5000 Prof. N. Mukherjee B Tech 1977 MI 4000 Sumana Roy B Tech 1993 EE SN 3000 Ronal Mascaren 2000 A. K. Ghosal 1001 Rajiv Bahl B Tech 1993 EC NH 1000 Bishwarup Bhattacharyya 1000 S.K. Wadhwa B Tech 1963 ME RK 1000 Bishal Prasad 1000 P. K. Ghosh 500 Pratik Banerjee B Tech 1996 ME LLR 500

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 35 ANNUAL PREMIUM CONTRIBUTORS

Krishan Mohan Khanna (ME/61/Azad) – K M Khanna is the founder of India Watch Foundation. He is an engineer technocrat with 40 years of experience in business and management – both Indian and foreign, consultancy and entrepreneurship. He is the recipient National Citizen Award 1995-96, as Technocrat of the year, presented by the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India. Mr. Khanna has been contributing towards his alma mater for several years. 2010-2011 – Rs. 100000 Krishan Mohan Khanna 2008-2009 – Rs. 10000 2001-2002 – Rs. 24000 1995-1996 – Rs. 24000

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36 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 CONTRIBUTORS 1995 – 1996

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) C L Puri B Tech 1959 CE 18000 Sanjeev Sabharwal B Arch 1984 AR NH 5001 Prof. G L Dutta 5000 Debiprasad Ghosh B Tech 1995 CE PH 5000 P J J Raju B Arch 1958 AR 5000 Sandipan Bhattacharya B Tech 1967 EE RP 5000 Ahibhusan De B Tech 1965 MT VS 5000 William C Thompson 3000 Madon Gopal Sharma M Tech 1965 EC GH 1000

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 37 ANNUAL PREMIUM CONTRIBUTORS

Ashok Kapur (ME/67 /RK) - Mr. Kapur is General Manager - Commercial, Finolex Pipes Limited, PVC Resin Plant. Mr. Kapur has been contributing towards the developmental activities of the Institute annually for more than a decade. 2009-2010 – Rs.10000 2007-2008 – Rs.15000 2006-2007 – Rs.10000 2004-2005 – Rs.25000;

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38 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 CONTRIBUTORS 1994 – 1995

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) U R Saha B Tech 1956 EE NH 30000 S S Teparia 15000 Subrata Senapati 10032 Pratul Kundu B Arch 1969 AR NH 10001 Brijendra Kr. Sanya l5000 Ballabh Seth 5000 Y V Dharma Rao B Tech 1958 CE RP 5000 Subrata Sengupta B Tech 1969 ME 5000 Ashok Jhunjhunwala B Tech 1972 CH PH 5000 M K Hamid B Tech 1955 CE BCR 5000 Arun Jindal B Tech 1966 ME RP 5000 Neeta Sharma 5000 Krishnendu Chatterjee B Tech 2001 CS 5000 R K Caprihan B Tech 1967 EE RK 5000 P V Purushattam 5000 Ajit Singh B Tech 1962 ME NH 5000 S K Mishra 5000 S M Bhalla B Tech 1959 EE RP 5000 Biswajit Sood B Tech 1959 ME PH 5000 Chandra Kumar B Tech 1963 ME RK 5000 Pramod Bangani 1054 Pramod Bangani 1002 Y C Puri 1000 Kuldip Sharma B Tech 1972 MI LLR 1000 R K Banerjee B Arch 1962 AR PH 700 Dr. Ramesh Garg 550 R K Banerjee B Arch 1962 AR PH 500

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 39 Other Contributors over the years

Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Jitendra Nath Saha B Tech 1959 EC RP 132000 Dr Manilal Bhowmick Ph.D 1958 PHY 30000 Vinod Gupta B Tech 1967 AG RK 30000 S P Srivastava B Tech 1962 CE RK 25000 Prof N Mukherjee B Tech 1977 MI 20367 Peter Chen B Tech 1962 EE RK 20000 Tayi Sreeram B Tech 1994 EC NH 16120 K J Deshpande 10001 Ashok Kapoor B Tech 1967 ME RK 10000 Bata India Ltd. 10000 Lt. Col. M G S Khurana 10000 Prof J N Bandyopadhyay B Tech 1967 CE PH 10000 S K Kaushik Ph D 1971 CE GH 10000 Tilak Sarkar B Tech 1985 NA RK 10000 V. Ramachandra Moorthi M Tech 1967 EE JCB 10000 Vinod Sobti B Tech 1967 ME RP 10000 Dilip Nandi 8970 Cdr. R S Agawal B Tech 1959 EE NH 7500 Rabindar Nath Khanna B Tech 1962 EE 7500 Michael Yesudas B Tech 1989 ME AZ 6000 P N A P Rao 6000 M N Mahapatra B Sc 1957 GG 5100 S.Pavan Kumar B Sc 1994 CY RP 5100 Tejinder Singh Gill B Sc 1961 GG PH 5025 Srilata Mahapatra M Sc 1986 MSC SN 5021 Satish Chandra Parashar B Arch 1971 AR RP 5010 Brig K Handan 5001 A. C. Sanyal 5000 Anup Singh B Tech 1967 EE AZ 5000 Anwar Alam M Tech 1965 AG JCB 5000 Arvind Mathur B Tech 1972 EE RK 5000 AVM A K Roy 5000 B S Dhiman B Tech 1957 CE AZ 5000 Brig. P S P Sharma M Tech 1968 ME NH 5000 D Sitaremaich 5000 Debjyoti Mitra B Tech 1976 ME RP 5000 Dipti Maity Ph D 1980 CY SN 5000 I K Gokhar 5000 J Majumder 5000 Jitendra Prasad Shaw B Tech 1972 ME RP 5000

40 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Jyotirmoy Bandopadhyay B Tech 1970 EE RK 5000 K N Dutta 5000 K N Rai M Tech 1977 CE 5000 Karabi Chaudhury 5000 Mayur S Khokani B Tech 1971 CH 5000 Mukul Mitra B Arch 1970 AR PH 5000 N Gopal Krishnan M Tech 1962 ME AZ 5000 N Krishnan B Tech 1957 ME AZ 5000 Dr. Nawab Ali M Tech 1970 AG JCB 5000 Nirev Sampet 5000 Pankaj Dutta M Tech 1973 MM JCB 5000 Phalguni Kar B Tech 1972 CE LLR 5000 Prof D Acharya Ph D 1976 IM 5000 R N Khanna B Tech 1962 EE 5000 R N Mukhija B Tech 1965 EE RK 5000 Rabi Kanta 5000 S Bhattacharya 5000 S K Shrivastava 5000 S N Bhattacharya 5000 S Sagar Jain B Tech 1955 ME PH 5000 S Sankaran 5000 S. R Talwar B Tech 1962 ME RK 5000 Samarjit Chatterjee M Tech 1965 CE JCB 5000 Subhajit Roy B Tech 1991 CE NH 5000 T R Seshadri 5000 Vipin Popet 5000 Y C Rao B Tech 1955 ME PH 5000 Prof B N Avasthi M Tech 1958 CE RK 4000 Bhargal Maitra 3000 Debasis Roy 3000 K Srinivasa Raju 3000 L S Ramachandra B Arch 1991 AR AZ 3000 Jyothi Menezes 2325 Chaman Puri 2300 Kanai Dey 2300 Narendra Bhatia 2300 Ujjal Kr Mondal B Tech 1968 EE RK 2300 Dr D P Ghosh 2000 N Dhang M Tech 1985 CE AZ 2000 P J Pise 2000 Prof K S Reddy M Tech 1963 CE PH 2000 Prof P Chatterjee Ph D 1967 EC BCR 2000 S Dey 2000

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 41 Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) S P Dasgupta 2000 T I Eldho 2000 V R Desai 2000 Umesh A Korde B Tech 1982 NA PH 1500 M Kalani B Tech 1959 CE PH 1025 ChandidasGanguly M Tech 2001 CE 1001 Rajith L S M Tech 1998 ME PH 1001 Umesh Rashmi Rohatgi 1001 A K Dikshit B Tech 1992 MI NH 1000 A K Dutta Ph D 1994 AG BCR 1000 Anil Pradyumnarao Deshmukh M Tech 1975 ME JCB 1000 AdinPunyaMitra M Tech 1994 CH AZ 1000 B C Mal B Tech 1971 AG LLR 1000 BikramSankarDas B Tech 1988 CH LLR 1000 Chanchal KumarMukherjee B Tech 1974 NA LLR 1000 Chandra BhushanDubey B Tech 1994 ME LLR 1000 D J Sen B Tech 1985 CE NH 1000 Dr D K Baidya 1000 Hrishikes Das B Tech 1967 AG AZ 1000 HifjurRahaman M Tech 1985 AG VS 1000 Hemant Kumar 1000 JayantaBardalaya 1000 Keshaw PrasadPandey M Tech 1970 AG JCB 1000 M K Jha B Tech 1992 AE RP 1000 N S Raghuwansi 1000 NirupamaMallick 1000 P Pramanik 1000 PratimaMahanty 1000 Prof A K Sahoo B Tech 1985 CH RP 1000 Prof D Nagesh Kumar 1000 Prof Ligy Philip 1000 Prof NirjharDhang M Tech 1985 CE AZ 1000 R Singh 1000 Rintu Banerjee Ph D 1992 CH SN 1000 S Bandyopadhyay 1000 S Dutta 1000 S Kar DIIT 1966 AG JCB 1000 S N Pandey 1000 S Prasad 1000 S Srinivasan M Tech 1977 IM 1000 SatishBal B Tech 1966 AG PH 1000 Satya Hari Dey Ph D 1992 CH PH 1000

42 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Amount (INR) Subrata Ganguly 1000 Sudit Roy 1000 Tridib Kumar Goswami Ph D 1987 CRY BCR 1000 Udhav Hotchand Varyani B Tech 1985 CE PH 1000 Virendra Kumar Tiwari M Tech 1984 AG VS 1000 MukulAsthna B Tech 1972 ME PH 750 Kiran Seth B Tech 1970 ME AZ 501 Sabya Sachi Roy B Tech 1982 CE RP 500 Tapan Kr Mondal B Tech 1993 CE NH 500

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 43 IIT Foundation India Donor List Date Name Degree Year Dept Hall Rs. US$ 06.09.05 Y.P.S. Suri B Tech 1975 ME 10,001 16.09.05 Chennai Chapter 10,000 05.10.05 Neeta Jain Sharma 10,000 05.10.05 Bangalore Chapter 4,00,000 05.10.05 Ramnath Mani B Tech 1969 EC PH 1,00,000 19.10.05 A.G. Rajadhyaksha B Tech 1982 EE RP 10,000 19.10.05 B.K. Syngal B Tech 1961 EC RP 51,000 19.10.05 D.P. Sengupta B Tech 1961 EE AZ 2,000 19.10.05 V. Venkataswaran B Tech 1961 EE RP 250 10.01.06 M. Chakraborty B Tech 1971 MT LLR 5,000 10.01.06 O.P. Khanna B Tech 1961 ME PH 5,000 15.02.06 R.N. Khanna B Tech 1962 EE 2,05,100 13.04.06 M/s Steel RX Corporation Pvt. Ltd. 2,00,000 13.04.06 Sundar Mohan Murmu B Tech 1979 AE 21,000 08.08.06 Niraj Bechketi 10,000 12.09.06 M/s Oil India Ltd. 2,00,000 12.10.06 M/s Bharat Petrolium 1,00,000 07.11.07 M/s ONGC 4,94,900 17.01.07 Mihir Biswas B Tech 1955 ME PH 1,000 17.01.07 Srikanta Bandopadhyay B Tech 1968 MT RP 10,000 17.01.07 S.M. Murmu B Tech 1979 AE 10,000 17.01.07 Subhash Ch. Mondal B Tech 1982 MT AZ 4,000 17.01.07 Samit Banerjee B Tech 1992 ME PH 20,000 09.02.07 A.K. Sarkar 3000 19.07.07 Davangere Prahlad Naganand B Tech 1970 EC AZ 25,000 06.08.07 TAA, Delhi Chapter 4,50,000 25.09.07 B. K. Syngal B Tech 1961 EC RP 21,000 01.10.07 M/s. Bharat Petroleum 1,00,000 01.11.07 Janaki Ramanan & Raghavan B Tech 1971 CH PH 20$ 01.11.07 Manish Pandey & B Tech 1989 CS 75$ Madhulima Pandey 16.11.07 M/s. Hindustan Petroleum 1,00,000 26.11.07 Business World 1,11,250 06.12.07 Computer Factory 10,000 28.05.08 Arjun Malhotra B Tech 1970 EC RP 5,000 06.03.09 R.N. Khanna B Tech 1962 EE 10,000 30.12.09 Arjun Malhotra B Tech 1970 EC RP 5,000

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44 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 IIT Foundation US Donor List April 01st' 2010 – March 31st '2011 Donors Degree Year Dept Hall Pradeep Kumar Thayamballi Himadri Mayank B Arch 2007 AR Smarahara Misra B Tech 2001 EC Pranab K Ghosh Ph D 2003 CE Deepak Kumar Arup Kanti Paul B Tech 1968 ME AZ Nachiketa Mitra B Tech 1992 MT AZ Sundar K Sundaresan Joyjit Nath B Tech 1987 EC Rishiraj Das B Tech 2000 ME RP Shekhar N Mukherjee M Sc 1993 PH RP Ramakrishna Prasad Atluri Ramakrishna Prasad Atluri Arvind Deogirikar MTech 1974 EC Ranganathan Gurumoorthy B Tech 1979 EC Goutam Sinha B Tech 1979 MI NH Sumit K Mitra M Sc 1977 GG Ravi Krishna Budhia B Tech 1992 EC Ramayya P Addanki M Sc 1981 CY Rakesh Asthana B Tech 1979 EE AZ Dave K Agarwal Arindam Chaudhuri B Tech 1996 ME PH Daljeet Singh B Tech 1969 EE Sandeep Beotra B Tech 1995 EC LLR Bikash K Mohanty B Tech 1982 AE Indra Singhal B Tech 1981 MI PH Amitava Mitra B Tech 1969 ME PH Ph D 1987 RP Ravi Mohan Seam B Tech 1967 ME VS Debasish N Mallick B Tech 1980 ME RP Abhinav Anand B Tech 2002 IM AZ Rajan J Bhambhani B Tech 1974 NA NH Amit Kumar Saha B Tech 1999 CS RP Somnath Paul B Tech 1990 EC LLR Santanu Basu B Tech 1968 EE NH Madhusudhan Sarangi M Tech 1998 MT Ranjan Bhattacharya B Tech 1980 EE LLR Bibhuti B Banerjee B Tech 1985 ME AZ Om Prakash Arora B Sc 1995 CY AZ Prasad N Shastry Koushik K Das B Tech 1998 EC Kaushik Pal B Tech 1990 ME RK Naveen Boyina B Tech 2001 MT Abhishek Bose B Tech 2002 CE Sreenivas Jayaraman Arindam Ghatak B Tech 2004 ME Chintan Thakkar DD 2007 EC Reshma Patra DD 2007 CH Surojit Mookherjee B Tech 1979 MT LLR Your Alma Mater thanks you whole heartedly. Contributing alumni whose details are missing please contact us with their alum details at [email protected]

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 45 Sustainable Fund raising - scope, strategy, proportion

Leadership Gifts

Major Gifts & Sponsorships

Endowment Matching Corporations Foundations Individuals 600cr 200cr

Premium Giving - Annual

Campaign Contributions Scope: Contributor Categories: Key to achieving a such leaders. These funds could be utilized for new sustainable future is the need to develop and maintain a constructions and new projects and creating robust and diverse funding base. Accessing a wide range endowments for sustaining those projects. of funding opportunities will enable the Institute to Major Gifts and Sponsorships spread dependency across a range of funding sources Individuals – Alumni contributions majorly towards rather than few chosen alumni and the Government of developing varied aspects of the Institute India. The ID program wants to encourage a shared Corporations – ID Program is approaching corporations responsibility for fundraising. Here everyone is a for raising endowments as well funds for specified fundraiser for their beloved Institute. purposes. We are in the process of roping in corporate Endowments: In order to compete with the globally houses for this purpose. well ranked schools, we must increase both long-term Foundations – The Foundations, Alumni associations endowment and current operating funds. Endowments and local chapters have been supporting several alumni and rankings have a direct correlation. So we have events every year. The same could be channelized to targeted on endowment which will provide us a strong support fund raising programs for the Institute, the capital base in addition to sustainable source of funding advantage being herein we will get dedicated group of for various projects. Until now we have the policy of alumni who are aware about the Institute's goals and creating endowments, 80% of the interest earned from status. the endowment fund will be spend for the specific project, Annual Premium Giving – Herein we will find a the balance amount will be re-invested in the fund. perennial source of funds through systematic Matching: Many corporate houses have programs donations. This fund can be used for sustaining annual through which they will "match" the charitable projects and programs, meeting operational contributions made by their employees. Through gift expenditure. matching, an alumnus, a chapter or a corporate can Campaign Contributions – Campaigns are the best multiply the value of the gift made to the Institute, resource to raise small contributions from a making it go further. comparatively larger group. This will create a discipline Leadership Gifts – Gifts made by leading donors to among the givers to donate towards their alma mater. the Institute. The ID program focuses to create more

46 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Strategy

Method Kind of Donor Description Capital campaign Leadership Gifts / Intensive fundraising efforts to meet a certain Corporations financial goal in a specified period of time for one or more major projects, such as the construction of a building. Contributors may be inspired by the organization's vision or are motivated by the naming rights. Endowment campaign Leadership Gifts / Campaign to allocate funds specifically to create Individuals / or supplement a fund. The principal is protected Corporations and the income may be spent on operating expenses. Contributors here should understand the need for building the sustainability of the organization in order to meet its mission. Grants Leadership Gifts / Significant donations to a KGP for specific Individuals / programs. Corporations / Foundations Mass marketing Individuals/ Direct solicitation of funds by mass-mailing Campaign (including email or other electronic means) Contributions or telemarketing Planned giving Individuals/ Pre-arranged gift, such as a bequest, life Annual Premium insurance policy or gift annuity. Contributors Giving should share the organization's vision, and / or who want to take advantage of tax planning. Regular or annual giving Corporate Gift Fundraising program that generates funding Matching/ Annual support to help sustain yearly budgets or general Premium Giving / operations. This includes membership program. Campaign Contributions Special event Leadership Gifts / Activities organized by the KGP or other Individuals / supporting organizations to raise funds. Corporations For example, Diamond Jubilee. Sponsorship Corporations Deals that the KGP and sponsors (e.g., corporations) enter into with clearly defined benefits to each party. Gift-in-kind Individuals Donations of free or discounted goods and services. Contributors are usually businesses and professionals in the community. Fee for service Corporations / Charges for services a KGP already provides Individuals (or can provide) to clients who receive services provided. For example, access to industry knowledge centers. Merchandising Individuals Sale of branded souvenirs by KGP

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 47 Fundraising Programs and Proportions

Gift Categories Description Budget (INR) Minimum Amount (INR)

Special Programs Diamond Jubilee Full Sponsorship of Event and Branding 7 crores Mementos 1 crore Publication 1 crore Exhibition Train 2 crores Inauguration and Closing Ceremony 1 crore Technology Show 1 crore Nobel Laureate Lecture Series and Distinguished Visitors 1 crore Infrastructure Academic Areas The academic areas are the Institute’s most precious assets. These are the core Naming Rights of faculty-student relationship and center of knowledge exchange, create award-winning research, and develop innovative teaching curricula. The classrooms provide ideal forums for dissemination of knowledge by world-class faculty and lecturers. All classrooms will be outfitted with state-of-the-art technology. The Nalanda Complex is envisaged to 1. 4 Blocks, 8 Floors (8 floors - AG+7) 18 crores 2 crores/ 2. Classrooms (Capacity: 120, 240) 75 crores 50 lakhs each 3. Food Court 3 crores 1 crores Proposed Plan of New 4. Reading Room 5 crores 1 crores Academic Complex

These residential complexes connect students with the rich resources which Hills of Residence make them true KGPians. To facilitate the growing number student population Naming Rights several new halls are coming up and the existing ones are being extended as well. 1. Two Halls of 2000 capacity 100 crores 2 cr / wing 2. One ladies Hostel of 600 capacity 25 crores 2 cr / wing 3. Extension Block of Old Halls 30 crores 9 small blocks 1 cr / block 6 big blocks 2 cr / block Proposed Plan of 4. Renovation of Old Hall Common Chanakya Hall of Rooms and Furnishing of 7 New Residence Hall Common Rooms 50 lakhs 5. Convention Centre 30 crores 15 crores

48 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 New Constructions: Requirements: An Academic Campus requires facilities for

Academic Activities

Proposed Plan: Students Campus Residents Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Hall of Residence

Chanakya Hall of Residence Gurukul-I (Faculty Enclave) Other Activities

Academic Building Guest House Zone Nalanda Academic Complex Signature Building Faculty Residences Laboratories Commercial Area

School Zone Student Dining Facility Residences for Staff Hospital Zone Café Coffee Day Hotel/Amusement Park Convention/Amenity Center New Student Residences Laboratory Building

Nalanda Academic Complex

First Year Laboratory class for Electrical Technology, Electronics, Physics and Language, No. of floors: G+2 Total built-up area: 5022 sqm (expected by June, 2011)

Class room details and students seating accommodation in Plan of Entire Complex Block A Block B Block C Block D 120 Capacity class rooms 38 24 16 16 240 capacity class rooms 22 16 — — 60 capacity class rooms 96 48 28 56 Total students seating 15600 9600 3600 5280 Gross Nos. of seating for students 34080 Coverage of floor area (m2 ) 63641.8 39423.0 15136.0 31975.2

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 49 Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Hall of Residence Lal Bahadur Shastri Hall of Residence Chanakya Hall of Residence

Dr. B. R. Amdedkar Hall : Room area : 24 sqm | No. of boys accommodated: 2000 | Expected by November, 2011 Lal Bahadur Shastri Hall : Land Area: 38833.50 sqm | Total Built up Area: 43,377.16 sqm | Ground Coverage: 9102.15 sqm No. Rooms Provided: 680 | Room Area: 21 sqm | Module Area 571.21 sqm | No. of Blocks: 13 | Floor Height: 3.15 m | No. Floors: G+4 No. of Boys Accommodated: 2000. Chanakya Hall : Build, Operate and Transfer Project - 33 years | 400 rooms for Students and 50 number of Studio Apartment (Suite type) Vertical Extensions of Patel, Azad and Nehru Halls of Residence

Patel Hall of Residence: 49 rooms (145 beds) | Azad Hall of Residence: 49 rooms (146 beds) | Nehru Hall of Residence: 49 rooms (147 beds) Additional Blocks in RK, RP, MT, SN and Azad Halls of Residence

RK Hall: 96 rooms (288 beds) | RP Hall: 160 rooms (480 beds) | MT Hall: 56 rooms (168 beds) | SN Hall: 20 rooms (60 beds) | Azad Hall: 96 rooms (288 beds) | (expected in March, 2011) Students’ Activity Centre (North) Faculty Apartment Staff Apartment

Major Facilities: Multi purpose court | Yoga Room | Weight Lifting Room | Billiards Court| Squash Court | (Expected by June, 2011) A type Apartments: 63 nos., Allotted in November, 2010 | B type Apartments: 81 nos., expected by March, 2011 1 BR Apartments: 5 Blocks, 80 nos. Apartments | 2BR Apartments: 4 Blocks, 64 nos. Apartments (expected by June, 2011)

50 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Sponsored and Industrial R&D Projects: 2010-2011

Project Title Dept. Principal Project Investigator Cost (rs.) Development of SU-8 band Microstructures Advance Technology Dr. Pranabendu 500000 for Integrated-optic & Bio-applications. Development Centre Gangopadhyay Large Eddly simulation of AURA-type flying Aerospace Prof. K. P. Sinha 7020000 wing configurations with Dragerons at operating Engineering Mahapatra speed range. Autonomous Flight Control Design for AURA Aerospace Engineering Prof. Navtej Singh 2400000 Interplanetary satellite orbit determination Aerospace Prof. Manoranjan 1219000 using ground based observations. Engineering Sinha Study of flow structures and associated in a Aerospace Prof. K. P. 816000 weapon bay cavity using LES. Engineering Sinhamahapatra Studies on Microalgal triacylglycerols Agricultural & Prof. Nirupama 17029560 (TAGs) as a source of Biodiesel. Food Engineering Mallick1 High rate algal biomass production for food, Agricultural & Prof. H. N. Mishra 6656000 feed, biochemicals and biofuels. Food Engineering Rapid Soil Carbon Mappng using Soil Agricultural & Prof. Bhabani 6000000 Reflectance in the Visible & Near infrared Food Engineering Sankar Das Region Characterization. Region Characterization. Agricultural & Prof. Bhabani 6000000 Food Engineering Sankar Das Development of cage for Mariculture thriugh Agricultural & Prof. C. K. 4687400 numerical and physical modeling. Food Engineering Mukherjee Flood Inundation Zoning for different return Agricultural & Prof. Chandranath 3600000 periods in Mahanadi River Basin. Food Engineering Chatterjee Characterization of soil reflectance in the Agricultural & Prof. Bhabani 1965000 visible and near-infrared region for the Food Engineering Sankar Das iron-rich soils of Easern India. Impact assessment of MGNREGA in one Agricultural & Prof. N. S. 1915000 district of Madhya Pradesh (Mandla) & Food Engineering Raghuwanshi(AgFE) West Bengal (Paschim Medinipur). Prof. P. B. S. Bhadoria (AgFE) Climate change & rice-based crop Agricultural & Prof. D. K. Swain 1572000 production system of eastern & south Food Engineering eastern India: Impact assesment & risk Magement through simulation study. Development of pod borer resistant ALPGE Prof. S. K. Sen 20971740 transgenic pigeon pea & chick pea. Market Mechanism and the Drug Architecture & Prof. Banhi 442200 Availability state of consumers Health: Regional Planning Chakraborty An Investigation Study. GaN/In GaN based light emitting diodes, ATDC Prof. Dhrubes 65609600 solar cells photoelectrochemical (PEC) Biswas devide by MOCVD process. Bioful from Marine Microalgae Biotech Prof. Ramkrishna 5933000 (A NMITLI Project Sponsored by CSIR) Sen Reducing accumulation of Toxic metals or Biotech Prof. Mrinal 2981000 metalloids in rice grains by Kumar Maiti RNAi-medicated gene silencing approach. Effects of Auxiliary Membrane Components Biotech Prof. Anindya 2476000 on Biofilm Formation in Escherichia Coli Sundar Ghosh Biofuels Production in a Biorefinary Concept Biotech Prof. Ramkrishna Sen 345000 High rate algal biomass production for food, Biotechnology Prof. Debabrata 13828000 feed, biochemicals and biofuels. Das Bioprospecting of antarctic flore: Screening Biotechnology Prof. S. Dey 10596000 of novel genes and healthcare molecules MRDM3

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 51 Project Title Dept. Principal Project Investigator Cost (rs.)

Development of SU-8 band Microstructures Advance Technology Dr. Pranabendu 500000 for Integrated-optic & Bio-applications. Development Centre Gangopadhyay Large Eddly simulation of AURA-type flying Aerospace Prof. K. P. Sinha 7020000 wing configurations with Dragerons at operating Engineering Mahapatra speed range. Autonomous Flight Control Design for AURA Aerospace Engineering Prof. Navtej Singh 2400000 Interplanetary satellite orbit determination Aerospace Prof. Manoranjan 1219000 using ground based observations. Engineering Sinha Study of flow structures and associated in a Aerospace Prof. K. P. 816000 weapon bay cavity using LES. Engineering Sinhamahapatra Studies on Microalgal triacylglycerols Agricultural & Prof. Nirupama 17029560 (TAGs) as a source of Biodiesel. Food Engineering Mallick1 High rate algal biomass production for food, Agricultural & Prof. H. N. Mishra 6656000 feed, biochemicals and biofuels. Food Engineering Rapid Soil Carbon Mappng using Soil Agricultural & Prof. Bhabani 6000000 Reflectance in the Visible & Near infrared Food Engineering Sankar Das Region Characterization. Region Characterization. Agricultural & Prof. Bhabani 6000000 Food Engineering Sankar Das Development of cage for Mariculture thriugh Agricultural & Prof. C. K. 4687400 numerical and physical modeling. Food Engineering Mukherjee Flood Inundation Zoning for different return Agricultural & Prof. Chandranath 3600000 periods in Mahanadi River Basin. Food Engineering Chatterjee Characterization of soil reflectance in the Agricultural & Prof. Bhabani 1965000 visible and near-infrared region for the Food Engineering Sankar Das iron-rich soils of Easern India. Impact assessment of MGNREGA in one Agricultural & Prof. N. S. 1915000 district of Madhya Pradesh (Mandla) & Food Engineering Raghuwanshi(AgFE) West Bengal (Paschim Medinipur). Prof. P. B. S. Bhadoria (AgFE) Climate change & rice-based crop Agricultural & Prof. D. K. Swain 1572000 production system of eastern & south Food Engineering eastern India: Impact assesment & risk Magement through simulation study. Development of pod borer resistant ALPGE Prof. S. K. Sen 20971740 transgenic pigeon pea & chick pea. Market Mechanism and the Drug Architecture & Prof. Banhi 442200 Availability state of consumers Health: Regional Planning Chakraborty An Investigation Study. GaN/In GaN based light emitting diodes, ATDC Prof. Dhrubes 65609600 solar cells photoelectrochemical (PEC) Biswas devide by MOCVD process. Bioful from Marine Microalgae Biotech Prof. Ramkrishna 5933000 (A NMITLI Project Sponsored by CSIR) Sen Reducing accumulation of Toxic metals or Biotech Prof. Mrinal 2981000 metalloids in rice grains by Kumar Maiti RNAi-medicated gene silencing approach. Effects of Auxiliary Membrane Components Biotech Prof. Anindya 2476000 on Biofilm Formation in Escherichia Coli Sundar Ghosh Biofuels Production in a Biorefinary Concept Biotech Prof. Ramkrishna Sen 345000 High rate algal biomass production for food, Biotechnology Prof. Debabrata 13828000 feed, biochemicals and biofuels. Das Bioprospecting of antarctic flore: Screening Biotechnology Prof. S. Dey 10596000 of novel genes and healthcare molecules MRDM3

52 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Project Title Dept. Principal Project Investigator Cost (rs.)

Enhanced production, purification and Biotechnology Prof. Ramkrishna 10036800 charaterization of marine bacterial Sen Lipopeptide as potential broad-spectrum antimocrobial and anticancer agent for breast cancer therapy. Characterization of a novel short chain Biotechnology Prof. Amit Kumar 7670000 dehydrogenase reductase (SDR) family Das enzyme involved in fatty acid metabolism in Mycobacterium tuberculosis & structure based inhibitor synthesis. Silk Protein /Blend Matrics in Tissue Biotechnology Prof. S. C. Kundu 4133000 Engineering & Biotechnological Applications Exloration of diversity & microbial role in Biotechnology Prof. Pinaki Sar 2826000 arsenic mobilization in As-contaminated groundwater of North Eastern States (Arunachal Pradesh & Assam). Molecular characterization of DacD (a putative Biotechnology Prof. Anindya 2086000 DD-carboxypeptidise) of Escherichia Coli. sundar Ghosh Characterization of Mycobacterium exploration Biotechnology Prof. Amit Kumar Das 1686000 of tubercilosis GTP cyclohyrolase and its role in mycobacterial physiology. The Potential use of biosurfactants for Biotechnology Prof. Ramkrishna 414700 medical applications. Sen Creation of Integrated Development Centre for Educational Prof. Shyamal Kr. 4726000 Environment (IDE) for Generation of Technology Das Mandal Pronunciation Lexicon for Indian Languages (PL-IL) in W3C Pronunciation Lexicon Standard (PLS) & Example Lexicon in Hindi & Bangla Languages. Fabrication of Nanostructured Surfaces by Chemical Engineering Prof. Rabibrata 8039200 Soft Lithographic & Non Lithographic Mukherjee Techniques. Instabilty & Pattern Formation in thin Chemical Engineering Prof. Rabibrata 5220000 Polymer Bilayers. Mukherjee Droplet - Based Screeing of Amyloid Chemical Engineering Prof. Sunando 4344800 B - Peptide Aggregation. Dasgupta Foam-gel formation in thin layer with flow Chemical Engineering Prof. Somnath 3500000 complexities affecting the placement Ganguly Antimicrobial Coating on plasma treated Chemical Engineering Prof. Sudarsan Neogi 2000000 substrates for Biomedical Application. Modeling, Analysis and control of Reactive Chemical Engineering Prof. Amiya K. 926000 Distillation columns. Jana A Novel approach to a selective catalytic Chemical Engineering Prof. Sonali 700000 procss for reducing thiophenic sulphur Sengupta content from petroleum products. Hydrolysis and Fermentation of Cellulosic Chemical Engineering Prof. Saikat 500250 Substrates for Bioethanol Production Chakraborty Optimization of Batch Cystallization Chemical Engineering Prof. Debasis Sarkar 500000 Process Uncertainity. Production of monodispersed nanoparticles Chemical Engineering Prof. Jayanta 500000 for a large class of materials using heat Chakraborty treatment based post processing technique. Fabrication & Durability Studies on Chemical Engineering Prof. Rabibrata 3888000 structured super hydrophobic surfaces. Mukherjee J. C. Bose Fellowship Chemistry Prof. P.K. Cahattaraj 6800000 Development of silicon carbide supported graphene - Chemistry Prof. S. K. Srivastava 4982000 polymer nano composites for EMI shielding applications.

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 53 Project Title Dept. Principal Project Investigator Cost (rs.)

Nanoparticles of copper and its oxides for surface Chemistry Prof. Tarasankar Pal 2824400 enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) and catalysis. Asymmetric Synthesis of y-Butyroctone Chemistry Prof. Soumen Hajra 2528000 Natural Products. Effect of π - π interactions in chemiacal reactions: Chemistry Prof. Anoop Ayyappan 2135000 Computational study of Braverman cyclisation. Characterization of Ionic liquid confining Chemistry Prof. Nilmoni Sarkar 1967000 micrometerogeneous media & Investigation of ultra fast processes in these confined media. Metal Oxide Nanoparticles for Chemistry Prof. Tarasankar Pal 961000 Photocatalytic Applications. Synthesis of Metal Oxide Nanomaterials of Non- Chemistry Prof. Tarasankar Pal 600000 Spherical Morphologies for Enhanced Heat Transfer Computational study of Gold catalysed Chemistry Prof. Anoop Ayyappan 500,000 cydoisomerisation of unsaturated Hydrocarbons. Underwater non-contact explosive response Civil Engineering Prof. Nilanjan Mitra 7248000 of marine grade sandwitch composite panels. Electrocoagulation in continous Flow systems for Civil Engineering Prof. Sudha Goel 3590000 removal of drinking water contaminants. Improving Mechanical Performance & delamination Civil Engineering Prof. Nilanjan Mitra 2460000 resistance in sandwich composite panels. Smarter water resource management, Civil Engineering Prof. Dhrubajyoti 1809000 Disaster Mitigation & Diabetic Retinopathy. Sen(CE) & Prof. Chandan Chakraborty (SMST) Develop of Design Methodology for Civil Engineering Prof. Damodar Maity 1680000 Chemically Treated Bamboo Reinforced Concrete Members for Low Cost Housing Effects of fines on behavior of Geosynthetic - Civil Engineering Prof. Koushik Deb 500000 Reinforced Sands. Developing a suitable methodology for Identifying Civil Engineering Prof. Sudehsna Mitra 500000 accident Prone Sites in the Presence of Limited Data. Ganga River Basin Management Plan. Civil Engineering, Prof. D. Sen, 2500000 CORAL, Humanities, Prof. A. Gupta, RGSOIPL Prof. M. D. Behera & Prof. N. C. Nayak Setting up of three Virtual Classrooms in Computer Informatics Prof. P. K. Biswas 15500000 IIT Kharagpur Centre Design of side channel attack resistant Computer Science & Prof. Debdeep 7320000 programable block ciphere on FPGA's. Engineering Mukhopadhyay Creating Accessible study materials for Computer Science & Prof. P.P. Chakrabarti 5300000 print impaired students Engineering Preprocessing & Anlysis of degraded documents under Computer Science & Prof. Jayanta 3450000 development of robust document image understanding Engineering Mukhopadhyay system for documents in Indian Script - Phase II. Building Reliable Enbedded Real - Time System an Computer Science & Prof. P.P. Chakrabarti 3366000 Approach Combining Formal Methods & Testing. Engineering Statistical Structure and soft computing based Computer Science & Prof. Pabitra Mitra 2695000 techniques for pattern recognition: Theory alogrithms Engineering and application tobioinfomatics. Image analysis for preservation and Computer Science & Prof. Jayanta 2300000 archiving of Indian Cultural Heritage. Engineering Mukhopadhyay Software Tools for Cryptanalysis of Computer Science & Prof. Dipanwita 1985000 stream Ciphers Engineering Roy Chowdhury Elderly Speech Recognition with Application. Computer Science & Prof. Pabitra Mitra 1396800 Engineering

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Model-based Regression Test Suite Selection Computer Science & Prof. Rajib Mal 1285000 for Object - Oriented Programs. Engineering Degitization and web hosting of Bankim Computer Science & Prof. Anupam Basu 1000000 Rachnabali in unicode format. Engineering Design of a controller for finite field Computer Science & Prof. Debdeep 834000 Arithmetic on FPGAs. Engineering Mukhopadhyay Design & Analysis of a Light Weight Computer Science & Prof. Debdeep 792000 Cryptographic System on FPGs. Engineering Mukhopadhyay Design of an Integrated Code for Computer Science & Prof. Dipanwita 600000 Authentication and Error Correction. Engineering Roy Chowdhury Hardware security: Ensuring TRUST in Computer Science & Prof. Rajat Subhra 500000 Integrated circuits. Engineering Chakraborty IBM Faculty Award. Computer Science & Prof. Pabitra Mitra 471471 Engineering Study of Hadware Malware Vunerabilities & Computer Science & Prof. Rajat Subhra 900000 Mitigation Techniques for FPGAs. Engineering. Chakraborty Study of the surface and upper Ocean CORAL Prof. Mihir Kumar 3135750 Mesoscale features of North Indian Ocean Das from observation and Model. High resolution mesoscale prediction of land falling CORAL Prof. M. Mandal 1604200 Bay of Bengal cyclones for coastal disaster preparedness. Hfeature based study of the Indian Ocean CORAL Prof. Mihir Kumar 1542000 Circulation using Saral Altika Observations Dash Evaluation of atmospheric boundary layer CORAL Prof. A. N. V. 352800 parameters for validating atmospheric flow Satyanarayana models at Kalpakkam. Investigation on polymer nanocomposite for Cryogenic Engineering Prof. T. K. Dey 1076000 electronic packaging applications. Centre Design, Fabrication and Testing of Miniature Cryogenic Engineering Prof. Indranil Ghosh 1061000 Heat Exchangers & Heat Sinks. Centre Theoretical investigation of the transition metal CTS Prof. A. Tarafder 1872000 dichalcogenides (TDMS), highTc cuprates and the alternative route for high Tc Superconductors. SPIC MACAY Dean Prof. Joy Sen, 100000 (Alumni Affairs & I R) Prof Pallab Dasgupta INDO-CANADA Joint PDA on Nanoscale DEAN Prof. Souvik 800000 process for clean coal & bioinspired water (Students Affairs) Bhattachryya & GHG efficient energy technologies. Integrated Vehicle Health Mahagement Electrical Engineering Prof. Siddhartha 25960000 (IVHM) for Automotive Engine Applications. Mukhopadhyay Stability & Performance of Photovoltaic Electrical Engineering Prof. C. Ckakraborty 21850000 Design of an Embedded System for On-board Electrical Engineering Prof. Aurobinda 3960000 Assssment of Level of Alertness in Human Drivers. Routray Design & fabrication of SOI MEMS Electrical Engineering Prof. Siddhartha Sen 2861600 Capacitive Accelerometer Kinematic State Estimation of Multiple Electrical Engineering Prof. Siddhartha 996000 Aerospace Targets Mukhopadhyay IBM Open Collaboration Faculty Award Electrical Engineering Prof. A. K. Sinha 700000 Testing & Characterization of In - House Development Electrical Engineering Prof. Siddhartha Sen 500000 MEMS Capacitive Accelerometer. Synthesis of functional groups for immobilization of Electronics & Electrical Prof. T. K. 15701400 functional proteins on MEMS based micro-sensor Communication Engineering Bhattacharyya surfaces. Degradation and Breakdown of Metal GATE/HIGH- Electronics & Electrical Prof. C. K. Maiti 3236860 K/III-IV Semiconductor Structures Communication Engineering

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3-D Image sensor for capturing Minutes Surface Electronics & Electrical Prof. P. K. Biswas 3000000 Details and Visualizationg by Geometric Modelling. Communication Engineering An embedded low cost portable color Electronics & Electrical Prof. Swapna 2491440 doppler ultrasonography system Communication Engineering Banerjee Sub Project of TIETS Electronics & Electrical Prof. Dhrubes Biswas 2000000 Communication Engineering Support of Entrepreneurial and Management Electronics & Electrical Prof. Dhrubes Biswas 1729000 development of SMEs Through Incubators Communication Engineering Design & full - wave greens function analysis of a Electronics & Electrical Prof. Bratin Ghosh 1308000 COAX - Fed Two layer dielectric reonator antenne. Communication Engineering Extraction of Radar Signals in the 70-500 MHz Band Electronics & Electrical Prof. Mrityunjay 1000000 by Suppressing Interfering Communication Singals. Communication Engineering Chakraborty Design, Simulation & Development of mm - Electronics & Electrical Prof. B. K. Sarkar 990000 wave six port receiver Communication Engineering Modelling, Simulation & Fabrication of Split Electronics & Electrical Prof. Bratin Ghosh 982800 Ring Resonators. Communication Engineering Design of planar compact high performance Electronics & Electrical Prof. Subrata Sanya l894000 RF/Microwave filters for satellite application. Communication Engineering Seismic Hazard Assessment, Microzonation Geology & Geophysics Prof. Sankar Kumar 37099000 & Evaluation of Vulnerability, Risk & Nath Socio-Economic Impacts for the City of Kolkata. To Tobulate, compile & calculate the cross-sections of Geology & Geophysics Prof. Debashis 11040007 the nuclear reactions for the nuclear reactor Sengupta fuels, namely Thorrium, Plutonium & Uranium. The Indian Continental Shelf as a Potential Geology & Geophysics Prof. Muruganka 9300000 of Phosphate Kumar Panigrahi Reservoir Characterization using Artificial Geology & Geophysics Prof. William K. 4572000 Intelligent Techniques (Soft Computing). Mohanty Monsoon driven changes as preserved in marine Geology & Geophysics Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta4199280 sediments of Gujarat and Konkan Coasts during the past 20 Kyr. Phase relations in the Fe-As-An-S system and possible Geology & Geophysics Prof. K. L. Pruseth 3605000 role of partial melting of ores in concentrating gold. Thermal history of the inverted metamorphic Geology & Geophysics Prof. Santanu Kumar 1806000 sequence from the northwestern Arunachal Bhowmik Pradesh: Constraints from Microstructure, Thermobarometry and P-T Pseudosection analysis. Utilisation of Sar data for mineralexploration with Geology & Geophysics Prof. Amit Kumar 850000 special reference to bauxite ore deposits under, Risat UP. Bhattacharya Influence of S-fugfacity on the Minimum Temperature of Geology & Geophysics Prof. Kamal Lochan 500000 Melting in the system Pb-Fe-Zn-S: Implication on sulfide Pruseth Ore Remobilization by Partial Melting. Radiation Damage Pattern in Specific Geology & Geophysics Prof. D. Sengupta 366000 Minerals and the Dose Distribution Due to the Presence of Radionuclides from the Singhbhum Shear Zone, Jharkhand, India "SMS-KSM Fellowship Bridge Project" Geology & Geophysics Prof. Sankar Kumar Nath 300000 TEDx IIT Kharagpur. Geology & Geophysics Prof. S. Tripathy 300000 Groundwater - Sea water interactions and a Geology & Geophysics Prof. Abhijit Mukherjee 50000 coastal aquifer adjoining the Bay of Bengal: Implications on Flux & Solute exchange. Standardization Activity in 4G & Beyond in RAN. GSSST Prof. Suvra Sekhar Das 3275000 Expansion of Trade & Development of women Humanities & Social Science Prof. Kishor Goswami 551475 Tntrepreneurs in Handloom Industry in Assam Sustainability of Biodeisel Industry in North East India. Humanities & Social Sciences Prof. Kishor Goswami 914850 Institutional Development Project IIT Kharagpur Dean (Alumni Affairs & IR)1000000000

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Developing Comprehensive supply chain performance Industrial Engineering Prof. Jitesh J. Thakur 494000 indeces and Benchmarks for Indian Industry. & Management Multiple Access Array Antenna System at S-band Kalpana Chawla Space Prof. B. K. Sarkar 2450000 using Digital Beam forming Techniques. Technology Centre Analysis of diferent conducting & Dielectric Kalpana Chawla Space Prof. B. K. Sarkar 2231000 Structures as EMI Sensors. Technology Centre Design and development of high-speed Kalpana Chawla Space Prof. B. K. Sarkar 1970000 miniaturized RS MEMS switched capacitor Technology Centre Test Simulator for Sattellite based AIS Kalpana Chawla Space Prof. B. K. Sarkar 1685000 Technology Centre Synthesis of Satellite Footprints Patterns from Planar Kalpana Chawla Space Prof. B. K. Sarkar 1680000 Array Antennas By Combination of Particles Swarn Technology Centre Optimization and Fast Fourier Transfor Enhancement of Transport Layer Kalpana Chawla Space Prof. Raja Datta 1000000 Performance for Inter Planetary Network. Technology Centre Design & Development of ultra wideband Kalpana Chawla Space Prof. Somnath 341997 EMI sensors Technology Centre Sengupta Development of a low cost ceramic gas sensor system Material Science Centre Prof. S. B. Majumder 5000000 prototype for monitoring the air quality of automotive cabin. Development of Membrane Electrode Array Material Science Centre Prof. Basudam Adhikari 4150000 Based Novel Sensing System for Rapid Tastwe Cjaracterization of Food Agro products. Development of cotton Lap/Celulose pad Material Science Centre Prof. Basudam 4108000 subsitute from Jute. Adhikari. Development & Production of Wear Resistant Ceramic Material Science Centre Prof. Basudam 1212000 Tiles From Nalco Fly Ash: An Economic Approach. Adhikari High Strength Polymide - Siloxane Films Material Science Centre Prof. Susanta 998400 with Low Heat Shrinkage. Banerjee Synthesis of mixed metal oxide & porous oxide Material Science Centre Prof. Debabrata Pradhan 500000 nanostructured materials by using hydrothermal technique. Bulk and surface modified layerd-layerd and layerd - Material Science Centre Prof. S. B. Majumder 426500 spinel composite cathodes for lithium rechargeable batteries. On a class of pf doubly singular BVP arising Mathematics Prof. Rajni Kant 824340 in Physiology. Pandey A study on Quntum System with Position - Mathematics Prof. Asish Ganguly 310000 dependent Mass in the content of Hermitian /Non - Hermitian Interaction. Classification of the Actioms of Semisimple Mathematics Prof. Debapriya 165000 Lie Groups on Homogeneous Spaces. Biswas Development of Robust signal processing Mechanical Engineering Prof. A. R. Mohanty 6037000 Technique's for detection of underwater impact and burst nase. Pre-clinical Analysis of failure Mechanisms Mechanical Engineering Prof. Sanjay Gupta 2338000 and Design Optimization of Acetabular Prosthesis. Deep Drawing of Laser Welded Advanced Mechanical Engineering Prof. Susanta Kumar 1902000 High Strength Steels. Panda "Lab-on-chip device for Point-of-care Diognosis" Mechanical Engineering Prof. Suman Chakraborty 900000 Optimal design of human muscle like Mechanical Engineering Prof. Vikranth 814000 electroactive polymer actuators Racherla Optimal design of tough wear resistent Mechanical Engineering Prof. Vikranth 500000 nanostructured coatings Racherla DRDO Autonomous Ground Vehicle Project Mechanical Engineering Prof. Anindya Chatterjee 100000

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Feasibility of sequenstration of carbon Metallurgical & Prof. P. K. Sen 1236000 di-oxide from industrial systems - phase I. Material Engineering Atomistic Simulations of Gas Hydrates and Metallurgical & Prof. Tarun Kumar 3192000 Stabilizer/Inhibitor Design. (sub-project MRDMS5) Material Engineering Kundu Microstructure - Texture - Toughness Metallurgical & Prof. Debalay 285285 relations in high strength automotive. Material Engineering Chakrabarti 1T1/T1B2 B1-Layered and Multilayered Metallurgical & Prof. Shampa Aich 1676000 Coating on Steel Substate by pulsed layer Material Engineering depositions (PLD) Technique to Improve Tribological properties (High Wear/abrasion Resistance Low Frictin Coefficient) and Cutting Effeciancy Study of correlation between processing - Metallurgical & Prof. Sujoy Kumar 500000 microstructure - Microtexture & property in Material Engineering Kar a Beta Titanium Alloy, Ti-5553. Processing, characterization and Metallurgical & Prof. Jayanta Das 100000 deformation of Ti-Fe(Sn) Ultrafine Eutectic composites. Material Engineering Innovotive heat-treatment of cast Metallurgical & Prof. Debalay 1328000 microalloyed steels for improving the properties. Material Science Chakrabarti Euro-Indo Foeum for Nanomaterial Metallurgical & Prof. Jyotsna Dutta 741428 Research Cooerdination & Cooperation for Materials Engineering Majumdar Researchers in Sustainable Energy Technology.

CO2 abatement in iron & steel production Metallurgical Prof. P. K. Sen 8436000 by process optimization. Engineering Essar Steel Research Wing. Metallurgical Engineering Prof. P. K. Sen 2500000 Evaluation of Manganese Nodules Extration Metallurgical Prof. P. K. Sen 1512000 Processes for optimal Performance: Engineering A New Approach, Phase II Invesigation of Bolt Behaviour in Mining Engineering Prof. Debasis Deb 22954000 Development and Depillaring Panels under Blast Induced Dynamic Loading. An Invesigation on Adsorption Mining Engineering Prof. Samir Kumar Pal 9007000 Characteristics id Indian coals & to Ascertain recoveribility of CBM from deep seated coal & Lignite resources. Study of the behaviour of Oil spill on Ocean Mining Engineering Prof. K. Pathak 7800000 surface through laboratory experiments, modelling & Satellite images Invesigation on Aug-mentation of the life of Mining Engineering Prof. Samir Kumar Pal 5328000 dump truck tyres through the improvement of the tyre retreading compound & Development of an optimum road maintenanc management system. Modelling Extent of overbreak & cracked Zone due to Mining Engineering Prof. Kaushik Dey 2084000 blassting in tunnels of hydroelectric projects. Use of Hyper spectral remote Sensing Mining Engineering Prof. D. Chakravarty 1426000 imagery for mapping of minerals deposit Coastal Protection in the Mahakalpara area Ocean Engineering & Prof. N. R. Mandal 4232000 of Kendrapara District, Orissa. Naval Architecture A investigation into the maneuvering performance of Ocean Engineering & Prof. Vishwanath 2711700 ships in shallow navigation channels around Indian Naval Architecture Nagarjan Coast under different weather conditions FIST Project - To Strengthen the post-graduate Physics & Meteorology HEAD 36500000 teaching & research facilities in the department. Generation of tunable mid-infrared coherent Physics & Meteorology Prof. P. K. Datta 2257100 radiation in the range on 12.7-17 micrometer for strategic spectroscopic application

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Tuning of Structural & Electrical Properties of Physics & Meteorology Prof. Anushree Roy 1838570 Semiconductors by High energy light Ion - Irradiation. Evaluation study of Beedi workers welfare Rajiv Gandhi School of Prof. Dipa Dube 210450 Hospital. (Dhuliyan). Intellectual Property Law Reliability Modeling, Analysis & Prediction Reliability Engineering Prof. V. N. A. Naikan 420000 of 21 NA (Absolute) Pressure Transducers Centre Creation of Multimedia based Courseware for E&IT RGSOIPL Prof. Indrajit Dube 11500000 Students to be implemented by IIT Kharagpur. Development of Novel polymeric materials Rubber Technology Prof. Nikhil K. 1591000 for self-healing applications. Centre Singha Lab to land application of modified Rubber Technology Prof. T. K. Chaki 374880 Bituminous binder using waste plastics. Centre Adaptation of new technology for Rural Development Prof. P. B. S. 326400 Ambar Charkha Center Bhadoria Synthesis of Low Power High Performance School of Information Prof. Debasis 2543160 Mixed VLSI CMOS Circuits. Technology Samanta DST FIST for SMST School of Medical 8900000 Science & Technology Head Transcervical Delivery of Contraceptive in School of Medical Prof. Sujoy Kumar 4400000 the Female. Science & Technology Guha To Evaluate the clinical efficacy of the School of Medical Prof. Manjunathan 2023036 fuctional Electrical Stimulatio (FS) Therapy Science & Technology M. in Stroke Survivors. Separation and Electrical Characterisation School of Medical Prof. Soumen Das 8657000 of Biological cells using Microfluidic device Sciences & Technology Identification of potential biomarkers for the School of Medical Prof. Koel Choudhury 2520000 diagnosis of endometriosis: a proteomics Sciences & Technology approach. Assessment of Endometrial Receptivity and School of Medical Prof. Koel Choudhury 1757350 its correlation with Sub-Endometrial Blood Sciences & Technology Flow (SEBF) in women with Latent Genital Tuberculosis Undergoing IVF. Development of Statistical Analyzer based School of Medical Prof. Chandan 1308000 computer Aided Diagnostic (CAO) System Sciences & Technology Chakraborty for Asthma. Nano-micro polyelectrolytic magnetic & School of Medical Prof. Sujoy K. Guha 981559 electrical conductor composite as intra vas Sciences & Technology deferens reverible contraceptive. Centre of Railway Research at Sponsored Research & Prof. Siddhartha 203844000 IIT Kharagpur Industrial Consultancy Mukhopadhyay Virtual Labs main Phase Sponsored Research & Prof. C. S. Kumar 103432000 Industrial Consultancy

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 59 Recent Activities

Integrated Web Portal (www.iitkgp.org)

l Online Fund Raising – Three segments in the portal will facilitate this – Giving Back (Donations), Market Place (Shopping segment) and Events registration. The funds will be routed to our alumni fund account through the payment gateway integrated with the portal. In Giving Back segment fund raising campaigns are designed for donors to choose their preferences for each cause. Here we have tried to focus on all segments which will impact the Institute profoundly. The events section will have facility for online registration and payment facilities. l Market Place – Institute mementoes, videos, photos are being made available through the market place. The alumni can place order for any number of mementoes by making online payment through the shopping cart. Several more sections like Blogging facility, Knowledge Center and Continuing Education are in the process of development. Also the portal will be connected to several sites like mentorship program, chapter websites etc. Brand Shoppe Coming Soon l Alumni Network – Information available about Office of AA & IR, ID Program, IIT Foundations and Alumni The Students' Alumni Cell has planned to launch a Brand Associations and Chapters. Also there are communities for Shoppe on the occasion of Diamond Jubilee celebrations, Departments, Halls, Batches, Societies and Chapters. One at the campus facilitating the students and visiting can create forums and interact with other fellow alumni alumni to buy customized merchandise. The shop is belonging to that community, upload photos, create planned to be located at Technology Students' Gymkhana. campaigns, promote events etc. It will have a wide range of merchandise starting from l Alumni Services – Institute Awards recognitions for apparels, accessories, show pieces and decoration items, Alumni including, past awardees' profiles downloadable gift items, stationaries and many more. Each item will forms and award criteria, Degree Transcripts, carry registered logo and brand name of IIT Kharagpur Collaborations and will made available exclusively at the shop. l Networking - Strengthening the alumni network and database through various communities – Hall wise, The shop will be managed by an outsourced vendor. Their Department wise, Batch wise and Societies. Convocation services will include – supply chain and logistics, shop data is available in the portal along with the user profiles of management, billing and customer care, stock taking and those who have registered in the old alumni site and the replinshment. The Office of Alumni Affairs and new portal. International Relations will look after the quality and l Online Job Portal – Filtered job postings are made design of the products supplied and pricing mechanism as available to the alumni and students regularly. These are well as IIT-KGP brand presentation. job postings which are communicated either by the An online version of the shop will also be there at the Company itself or a placement agency of repute. The job alumni web portal www.iitkgp.org. For those alumni and openings are communicated to the alumni via the e- parents of students who cannot visit KGP campus but newsletter once a month. The alumni may also post would like to avail KGP merchandise, they can shop vacancies available with them which will benefit the young alumni immensely. Internships and Training opportunities online at the online market place of the portal. may also be posted herein. We are open to ideas and wish list of the alumni and l News & Events – The latest updates and announcements students. For this purpose we have created a wish list on about the KGPians (alumni, faculty and students) and the the online market place. You may register at the portal Institute or any information which may be of interest of and add the products you wish for in the wishlist. We will these groups are posted in these sections under several try to accommodate the same in our product range. categories.

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KGP Connection E-Newsletter Golden Jubilee Reunion - Class of 1961 This is newly launched fortnightly e-newsletter. The A nostalgic collection of articles, essays and newsletter comprising news about IIT KGP students, photographs form the alumni of the class of 1961. The alumni, faculty and the 'Insti' has been welcomed by book is a journey through the memories which have the alumni community. It is a connecting platform for become more promonent in 50 years, the youthful all the launus to their beloved alma mater. dreams and aspirations of the young college-goers and KGPian the dynamic paths they have travelled in these 50 years. Additionally the book has archived important The quarterly newsletter facts and achievemnts about the 1961 class goers, their KGPian is a connecting family and professional details. This book is collector's platform for all students, item for not just those belonging to that class but of all alumni and faculty. Here belonging to that era. we report Institute developments and Priced at Rs.750/- activities, alumni and Diamond Jubilee Canonical Book by Technology faculty achievements, Alumni Association, Kharagpur students' news, Institute The book “I was reborn on and chapter events and a varied range of topics related August 18, 1951" consists to the KGPians. of four parts viz. PURVA- Yearnings of Yore KAHINI (Autobiography), This Annual Alumni Meet Souvenir UTTAR KATHA (Photo connects the reminiscences of the Gallery), PARIKALPANA Golden and Silver Jubilee batches (Planner) and Diamond and also other alumni to the current Jubilee KGPian in a 3-sided hard bound jacket cover. students. You will find some rare Priced at Rs 500/- photos here. Diamond Jubilee Commemorative Volume This Diamond Jubilee Spirit of IIT Kharagpur Commemorative The coffee table photo book celebrates the 60th Volume brings the anniversary of IIT Kharagpur. In this book Roy has sixty-year journey of attempted to capture the spirit of our magnificent IIT Kharagpur to life, institution, which for the past sixty years has been in full colour. It invites helping buds to bloom. With one hundred photographs, everyone to join in the joyous celebration of the this superbly crafted book enhances our pride and landmarks, the growth and prosperity of the Institute, respect for our beloved alma mater while invoking fond the dreams and aspirations of its students and memories of the IIT Kharagpur spirit. teachers, and their devotion and dedication that has made the Institute what it is today. Price: Rs.990/- (without postage) Rs.1100/- (with postage) Priced at Rs. 795/- (Available to all IIT students, faculty and ex-students at 25 per cent discount)

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 61 Institute Lecture Series

Interactive Panel Discussion Institute Lecture (6) Speakers: Smt. Kumod Joshi, Chairperson Khadi Speaker: Prof. S. Krishnaswami, Department of and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Ministry Chemistry Physical Research Laboratory, of MSME, Govt. of India, Mumbai. Ahmedabad. Shri S.K. Bandyopadhyay, Padma Bhusan, Member Topic: “Natural Radionuclide's in Aqueous Systems: (East Zone), Khadi and Village Industries Commission Tracing and Timing Biogeochemical processes and (KVIC), Ministry of MSME, Govt. of India. particle Dynamics” Prof. D. Acharya, Director, Indian Institute of Institute Lecture (7) Technology Kharagpur Speaker: Acharya Saumendra Nath Moderator: Prof. C. Chakraborty, Dept. of Humanities Brahmachari, Alumnus of IIT Kharagpur (B.Tech, & Social sciences, IIT Kharagpur. ME, 1968) Dr. B.C. Roy Gold Medalist, President Topic: Relevance of Gandhi Today in the Economic Dev Sangha Seva Pratisthan Deoghar Development of the Country Topic: “Value Education” Institute Lecture (1) Institute Lecture (8) Speaker: Prof. Stefan Bengston, Professor and Speaker: Prof. Ajay K. Sood, Departments of Head, Department of Paleobiology Swedish Natural Physics, IISC Bangalore History Museum Stockholm, Sweden. Topic: Graphene: The Rising Star of 2D Topic: “Early Life on Earth” Nanomaterials Institute Lecture (2) Institute Lecture (9) Speaker: Swami Paramanand Giri Ji Maharaj, Speaker: Prof. David L Kaplan, Professor and Vedant Shiromani Yug Purush Maha Mandeleshwar, Chair Department of Biomedical Engineering Tufts Brahmn Gyani University, USA – Director: NIH Tissue Engg. Topic: “Vedanta Darshan” Resource Centre. Institute Lecture (3) Topic: “New Strategies for Tissue Engineering” Speaker: Prof. David Blair, Winthrop Professor and Institute Lecture (10) Director Australian International Gravitational Speaker: Prof. Bruce Ellingwood, Georgia Research Centre, University of Western Australia, Institute of Technology, Atlanta USA. Australia. Topic: “Assessment and mitigation of risk from Topic: “Exploring the Dark Side of the Universe with competing low- probability, high-consequence events” Gravitational Waves” Institute Lecture(11) Institute Lecture (4) – Science Day Lecture Speaker: Prof. Kumbakonam Rajagopal - Speaker: Prof. Bidyendu Mohan Deb, D.Phil Distinguished Professor, Regents Professor, Forsyth (Oxon, 1969), FNA, FASc, FTWAS Thereotical Chair in Mechanical Engineering, Professor of chemistry, chemical Physics, Atomic and Molecular Mathematics Texas A &M University, USA Physics - IISER Kolkata Topic: “Continuum Mechanics: The Eternal Well – Topic: “Glimpses into Indian Heritage in Science and spring” Mathematics.”

Institute Lecture (5) Speaker: Dr. Anil K Rajvanshi, Director Nimbkar Agricultural Research Institute (NARI), Maharastra. Topic: “Nation Building, IITians and Happiness”

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8th Alumni Meet, 7-9 January 2011

The 8th Annual Alumni Meet evening was ornamented with was held from January 7-9, a musical concert. There was 2011. This year the special a late night bonfire program batches were classes of '61 as well. (Golden Jubilee) and '86 The final day had the batch (Silver Jubilee). The Chief presentations by '61 and '86 Guest batches as well as was the illustrious Kanwal presentations by Students' VP, Alumni cell and Rekhi of IIT-B. The 3 day meet Training & Placement cell. Also mementoes were had a wide variety of activities. presented to all outstation Day 1 saw a rush in the special batches' alumni by the registration counters, sale of Director. The final event was mementoes, visit to the the Fine Arts Exhibition by Departments and Halls and the students and photo Nehru Museum. The alumni even participated in the session. This meet was evening entertainment program by WTMS and organized by the Office of ETMS. AA&I The second day started with the inaugural event. It R, Students' Alumni Cell and started with Distinguished Service Award and TAA, Kharagpur. The grand Outstanding Young Faculty fiesta was welcomed by over Fellowship Award. 125 alumni from KGP, rest of Presentations were made by the country and abroad. The Director, Prof. Acharya, Chief 2012 Alumni Meet is Guest, Prof. Amit Patra, scheduled on January 6-8; the Dean AA&IR, Prof. Nirjhar special batches will be the Dhang, Professor In-charge - Golden and Silver Jubilee Civil Works and Chinna batches and the batch Boddipalli, Managing Director, ID Program. The completing 10th year. new alumni portal www.iitkgp.org was launched Souvenirs: 700 high during this event by the Director. Also two new resolution photographs - programs for the alumni were priced at Rs.1000 (includes launched– Mentorship shipping in India) or USD 20 program and My Imprint (a (Shipping $5); Video - Rs. 2000 (includes shipping in pledge program). The second India) or USD 40 + Shipping $10; For your copy session featured the premiere please write to [email protected]. You can of the short film on alumni make payment online at the below mentioned bank nostalgia – KGP Connection. details: A/c Name: Annual Alumni Meet, A/c No.: The alumni also had the scope 95562200012031, IFSC Code: SYNB0009556; Bank of exhibiting their athletic side through a miniature Name: Syndicate Bank, Branch: IIT Kharagpur, cricketing tournament – Hong Kong Sixes. The

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 63 PAN IIT 2010

publications included issue of PiTech magazine featuring all IITs and a documentary on social change 'Pathik' featuring some non-conventional IITians. From KGP the The 3 day long Pan IIT 2010 latter included Conclave was organized at Soumyendranath Bannerjee, Peter Chan, Dr. India Expo Center in Kiran Seth and Late V K Jain. Greater Noida, Uttar A special meet was organized Pradesh, India between for KGPians on October 30. October 29 -31. The event Several issues were saw participation from about addressed in this meeting. 4000 people. The Conclave was planned as a Alumni wanted to know vignette of multifaceted activities - globally more about the recognized thought leaders, eminent panelists and developments taking place speakers and peers offered at IIT KGP in regard to Diamond Jubilee an opportunity of a Celebrations; the Director collaborative learning updated them accordingly. environment. Some among Prof. Patra, Dean AA & IR, the key speakers were Dr. communicated about the Sam Pitroda, Arvind Institutional Development Kejriwal, B Muthuraman, (ID) program which was very Mr. Nandan Nilekeni, Arjun well taken by the alumni Malhotra, Pulitzer awardee who look forward to engage Thomas L Friedman, themselves for the same. Alumni expressed a deep Pradeep K. Khosla, spiritual concern about IIT KGP not personality Sri Ravi remaining the first choice Shankar, Dr Montek Singh amongst Toppers of JEE as it Ahluwalia, Ministers - Dr C used to be; this was a direct P Joshi, Mr. Kapil Sibal, Dr. indication towards brand Farooq Abdullah. building of IIT KGP as an Several IIT Bands and professional performers immediate step. entertained during the 3-day meet. The WTMS represented from KGP. There were vibrant interactions, networking Announcement opportunities and chance to reconnect with friends. Annual Alumni Meet 2012 : January 6-8 Special Programs for the Pan IIT 2012 : December 7-9 families of the alumni were also organized. The

64 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Giving back campaigns – My Imprint

For the Students – By the Students

This is a students' pledge 'My Imprint' program reflects the exact KGPian program organized along tempo. The assistance which could have made your with the Students' Alumni project, studies and research, and living, better in Cell, wherein fresh IIT KGP, My Imprint aims to resolve those to the students takes pledge to very next generation of KGP inmates- Through this give back a percentage of program, you will be able to directly make imprint their annual income to towards the progress of our revered Institute. their alma mater to My Imprint ceremony is organized twice a year, support several causes: during Alvida (students' farewell program) and on 1. Student Participation at Global Competitions the occasion of Convocation. On these occasions 2. Financial Aids to Needy Students you can fill up the 'My Imprint' pledge form and 3. Stundet Amenities/ Infrastructure submit to the Office of Alumni Affairs & International Relations. You can also sign up 4. Brand Building activities of the Institute to online: log on to www.iitkgp.org and click on enhance students' career opportunities 'Giving Back' 5. Institutional Development Endowment to We had a modest launch with 23 students signing facilitate consistent developmental activities up for the campaign during Alvida. Herein below Community - My Imprint focuses on the student we acknowledge the gifts from all the students who community and recent pass-outs within the last 10 have signed up for the program: years.

F Name L Name Year Hall Dept Degree F Name L Name Year Hall Dept Degree

Abhishek Gupta 2011 JC BBM MBA Paramjeet 2011 PH HSS M Sc Aditya Vasudivan 2011 MS CE B Tech Rohit Jain 2011 RK EC B Tech Ankul Anand 2011 PH MI B Tech Sanjeet Kumar 2011 PH ME B Tech Ashesh Kr. Sinha 2011 HJB IM B Tech Satish Chennoju 2011 MMM ME M Tech Ashish Awasthi 2011 PH ME B Tech Shatrughna Tripathi 2007 PH EE B Tech Batthula Tharun 2011 RP EE B Tech Siddharth Doshi 2011 PH AE B Tech Gorvachne Pothal 2011 MMM CS M Tech Sourav Agarwal 2007 MS CE B Tech Harkanwal Singh 2011 RK EC B Tech Sumeet Mohanty 2011 AZ BT B Tech Jatin Khera 2011 MMM PH M Tech Sushant Sinha 2011 RK EE B Tech Khamithlcar Babu Rao 2009 MMM ME M Tech Tushar Mahapatra 2007 PH ME B Tech Kumar Utsav 2011 MS CE B Tech Vijay Kiran Cheruvu 2011 HJB ME B Tech Manoher Ravuhi 2011 MMM ME M Tech

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Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 65 Mentorship Programme The mentorship program aims at a healthy interaction between an interested mentor and an eager protégé. This program matches the profiles of the applicant and the alumni based on common goals and career interest. The mentors would advice the protégé on any sort of problems faced by them and would be able to provide information related to professional and career development. Issues related to career path, resumes, course selection, international perspectives and work/family could be discussed with the mentors. The students have the opportunity to remain in contact with the mentors even after graduating. Registrations for Alumni Student Mentorship Programme will be open once every semester. Registered students will be allotted a Mentor through a well defined allotment process considering various factors like department, interests, year, etc. Assistance will be provided by Students' Alumni Cell - [email protected]. To register log on to www.iitkgp.org Here is the list of mentors for the year 2011 Name & Year Designation Company Nawang Chhetan (2005) Student IIM Calcutta Varun Arora (2005) Software Engineer Aster Data Inc., USA Subhendu Panigrahi (2010) Shelf Life Engineer Infratab Abhishek Choudhary (1953) KK BK Anjani Singh (2005) Senoir Engineer NTPC Limited Ramanathan Narayanan (2005) Associate Goldman Sachs Soumya Kundu (2009) PhD Pre-candidate University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Souvik Majumdar (2001) Partner TuneSpray Vidhu Shekhar (2004) Investment Manager QVT Rahul Lodha (2004) Senior Software Engineer Sonus Networks India Pvt. Ltd. Aroosh Sohi (2006) SMTS Oracle Priyank Jain (2010) Analyst Avendus Capital Himanshu Sharma (2008) Director Sarita Equipments India Pvt. Ltd. Anurag Mark Topno (2010) PGP Student IIM Ahmedabad Saurabh Harnathka (2010) Student IIM Bangalore Ashish Sharma (2007) Systems Engineer IBM India Pvt. Ltd. Shubhrayan Dasgupta (2008) Asst. Executive Engineer ONGC ltd Anirban Banejee (2002) Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata Husain Kapadia (2010) Iviz Technosolutions pvt ltd SaaS Developer Yashwanth Reddy (2010) Student IIM Calcutta Rohit Sinha (2004) Manager - Acquisitions ACWA Power International and Project Finance Sriganesh Sundaram (1995) Director, Software Development Sabre Holdings Inc. AnishKhadiya (2006) Junior Associate Mckinsey & Company Aditya Garg (2010) Student - PGP IIM Ahmedabad Balram Suman (2003) Staff Research Scientist Chevron Anil Gourishetty (2008) Assistant Professor Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee Souvik Adhya (2005) Operations Manager Schlumberger

66 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Name & Year Designation Company Mayank Tayal (2006) Field Service Manager - Wireline Schlumberger Rohit Mahapatra (2009) Student IIM Calcutta Avinash Ranjan (2007) PGP Student (MBA Program) IIM Ahmedabad Jatindra Das (2007) Geophysicist NTPC Ltd. Avinash Ranjan (2007) PGP Student (MBA Program) IIM Ahmedabad Amit Sharma (2010) PhD Student Cornell University Lakshmikanth Reddy M (2010) Deputy Manager Essar Steel Limited, Hazira,Gujarat. Vijay Agwan (1975) Proprietor Vee Ai Associate Pappu Bharti (2009) Junior Manager SAIL SagarGoel (2007) - - Subhajyoti Mukherjee(1990) Sr. VP and Head Plant-A (5 MTPA Essar Steel Ltd Steel Plant) Arijit Ghosh (2010) Junior Research Fellow Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science Nitish Bandi (2005) Associate Williams Capital Advisors Khyati Sharma (2008) Tata Consultancy Services ASE Krishan Khanna (1961) Chairman i Watch, see www.wakeupcall.org & i2K Solutions, see www.i2k.in Gaurav Bhadoria (2010) Business Management Analyst JP Morgan Chase Parijat Banerjee (2006) Consultant - Financial Services Oliver Wyman Practice Arnab Bandyopadhyay (2002) Senior Design Engineer Advanced Micro Devices, Inc (AMD) Nitin Goyal (2008) SDE Microsoft Sandipan Chowdhury (2008) Graduate Student University of Wisconsin, Madison Pankaj Sharma (2009) Executive Tata Steel Soumyajit Mandal (2002) Postdoctoral Research Scientist Schlumberger-Doll Research Siddhartha Priya (2004) Entrepreneur Entrepreneur Anant Tripathi (2005) Consultant Feedback Ventures Subhajit Sarkar (2010) Junior Research Fellow Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences Naveenji Arun (2009) Doctoral Student University of Saskatchewan ChandraSekhar Yadala (2010) Engineer - R&D Solar Semiconductor Pvt LTD Alokesh Das (1999) Senior Project Manager Tavant technologies Byomkesh Kumar (2003) R & D engineer II; SMTS; Synopsys; Mentor Graphics; Reliance Handset Engineer Communications Pravin Kaushal (2010) Student IIT Kharagpur Prabodh Sharma (2010) Assistant Manager Vodafone Robin Kalia (2009) Research Engineer Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 67 Institute Awards Distinguished Alumnus Awards

IIT Kharagpur recognizes the professional www.iitkgp.org, alumni web portal. You are excellence of its alumni through the Distinguished requested to help us identify those alumni of this Alumnus Award. So far about 43 alumni have Institute, who, in your opinion should be received this prestigious Award, the details of considered for these Awards and get the whom are available herein below. However, it is nomination form filled up and submitted to the believed that many others are also deserving of Office of the undersigned by 31st March, every such recognition and we need the help and year. A soft copy of the nomination form should also cooperation of all alumni of the Institute to identify be submitted by email to and nominate them for the same. [email protected]. Nominations Details regarding the eligibility and the process of received after this will be considered for the next selection of these awards along with a nomination year. form, are available at 'alumni services' segment of

68 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Mr. Subrata Biswas B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering in1961 (4th rank, Institute merit scholar all years) and M.Tech. Mr. Subrata Biswas - Mr. in EE in 1962 (1st rank). He joined IIT-KGP in 2003 Subrata Biswas is the as Chair Professor bridging the gap between Chairman, Damodar Valley academia and research in biomedical Corpration. He started with instrumentation, new drug molecule continuing CEO in 2006 and took over Chairman from and a clinically accepted medical product. Oct.2009. As a leader he transformed the corporation from a regional to national player. Mr. Uttam C Jain Biswas was born on April 13, 1959. He did B.Tech. in ME in 1981. Uttam Chand Jain is a renowned architect-planner. He Mr. Amit Chatterjee is the principal partner of UCJ Architecture & Environment Amit Chatterjee is currently since June 2008 developing several landmark General Manager for the Visual projects. He graduated in Architecture (B.Arch.) Studio Team Test Business at with 1st Class Hons. on a scholarship from IIT- Microsoft. Amit leads a KGP in 1958. distributed development team located at Hyderabad, Redmond, and Raleigh, on a mission to Prof. Narendra Kumar establish Microsoft as a key leader in the Testing Industry. He did graduation and post-graduation Prof. Narendra Kumar is the from IIT Kharagpur completing B.Tech (Hons.) in Homi Bhaba Distinguished E&ECE in 1994 and M.Tech in CSE in 1985. He Professor in Raman Research was winner of the President of India Gold medal Institute. He is also an Honorary award in 1984 and the Technology Alumni Professor of Jawaharlal Nehru Association Gold Medal in 1985. Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. He graduated in B.Tech in E&ECE from IIT KGP in the Prof. Mihir K Chaudhuri year 1962 and secured 2nd rank. In 1963 he completed M.Tech in Electronics & ECE with Mihir Kanti Chaudhuri is Vice specialization in UHV & Microwave Engineering Chancellor of Tezpur University. and secured 1st rank. . He is well-known for his outstanding and significantly Mr. Malay Mukherjee useful contributions in the field of inorganic chemistry. Prof. Chaudhuri did Ph. D. from IIT, Kharagpur. Malay Mukherjee is the Chief Executive Officer, Essar Steel Prof. Sujoy K Guha Business Group. Previously he was a member of the Board of Sujoy K Guha is the Professor of Directors of Arcelor Mittal and COO of Mittal Biomedical Engineering in the SteelMukherjee did B.Sc. in Physics (1964-67). He School of Medical Science and was a resident of Nehru Hall Technology, IIT KGP. He did Mr. R. N. Mukhija Dr. Prabhakant Sinha

Mr. R. N. Mukhija is the President Prabhakant Sinha is a (Operations), Whole time-Director consultant and Co-chairman and Board Member, L&T. with a and co-founder of ZS Associates glorious career in L&T spanning the leading Sales Management over 45 years. He did B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering Consultancy in the World. He is also Director in in 1965. He was awarded Freedom of Hall and Greenlight Planet, Inc. P.K. Sinha did B.tech. in President of Electrical Engineering Society. ME in 1970. He has seed funded the P K Sinha Center for Bioenergy at IIT-KGP. Dr. K. Radhakrishnan Ranbir Singh Gupta Dr. K. Radhakrishnan is the Chairman, ISRO and Space Ranbir Singh Gupta is the Commission and Secretary, Dept. of Chairman of SIGMA7 Design Space, GOI and a key man in the Group Inc. He has been in Chandrayaan mission with a career of more than 38 leadership role for almost 30 years in space technology, applications and space years, developing architecture in to a successful programme management. He did Ph.D. in IEM from business enterprise. Mr. Gupta did B. ARCH in IIT Kharagpur. 1970 and won Silver Medal. Under his patronage the Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Prof. Kailas C Sahu Infrastructure Design & Management was started in IIT KGP in 2008 Prof. Kailas C Sahu is presently academic advisor in VGSOM, IIT-KGP. He has an extensive teaching career in various organizations of repute on various topics. Prof. Sahu did B.Tech. (1957) and M.Tech (1963) in Mechanical Engineering and PHD in Industrial Engineering (1968).

70 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Institute Awards Distinguished Service Awards

IIT Kharagpur has started a new Award called of www.iitkgp.org, the alumni web portal. You are Distinguished Service Award to recognize the requested to help us identify those alumni of this contribution of alumni to the Institute or the Institute, who, in your opinion should be alumni community. This contribution could be in considered for these Awards and get the the form of taking up organizational activity nomination form filled up and submitted to the among the community, giving back to IIT Office of the undersigned by 31st March, every Kharagpur in any form like mentoring students, year. A soft copy of the nomination form should also supporting research through collaborations or be submitted by email to funding support, etc. [email protected]. Nominations Details regarding the eligibility and the process of received after this will be considered for the next selection of these awards along with a nomination year. form, are available at the 'alumni services' section

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 71 Dr. Arvind Jain research collaborator. Mani has been following up for the railway over bridge and road form Kolkata Highway Dr. Arvind Jain (ME '69, Azad) to KGP campus. has been a pioneer of IIT Kharagpur alumni activities in Dr. Hitendra Ghosh the U.S. for the past twenty years. Arvind was an outstanding Dr. Hitendra Ghosh (E & ECE student and a keen participant in extra-curricular '58) was a merit scholar. He was a activities at Kharagpur. He was on the editorial topper in his class and was board of Impact, an independent campus magazine awarded fellowship from run by students during the sixties, President of the University of Illinois where from Mechanical Engineering Society in his final year, and he did MS and PhD. In 1998 Dr the winner of his year's B.C. Roy Gold Medal. Arvind Ghosh co-founded the first Pan IIT alumni chapter, is a strategic consultant in the aluminum and Capital IIT Alumni Corp in Greater Washington DC resource industries based in Pleasanton, California. area and organized the first Pan IIT alumni He is currently Vice President of Rio Tinto Alcan, conference in 2002 on IP. During his tenure as co- Montreal. president of Pan IIT USA, Dr Ghosh started the Pitech magazine, Pan IIT logo and Pan IIT credit Sundar Mohan Murmu card. Together with Dr Raj Dave, Dr Ghosh also helped establishing 'Rajiv Gandhi Memorial IP Sundar Mohan Murmu (AE '79, School' in IIT KGP – first of its kind in India. Nehru) is a social engineer, sportsman, environmentalist, Puran Dang philosopher and a change maker. Puran Dang (Civil '59, RP) is one of the However, he is foremost a earliest and proudest graduates of IIT visionary social thinker. Murmu is the Deputy Kharagpur. Puran Dang was the General Manager of Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. now Founder and President/CEO of his heading CRM. He is an active alumnus of KGP and company, Minuteman Group Inc, for Pan IIT body. He is an inspirational force behind the three decades and is now a Senior alumni movement in TAA Delhi, Hyderabad and Advisor. Hundreds of Indian-Americans and many IIT-KGP Bangalore. He raised more than 1.5 million INR for alumni have been beneficiaries of his professional expertise TAA Delhi & Foundation. Murmu has been a key and humanitarian assistance. Founder of the first ever IIT person in availing 80G tax exemption for IIT Alumni Association in the world: Indian Institutes of Kharagpur Alumni Foundation. Technology Society of New England (IIT-SINE) was founded by Puran Dang in 1991. He is the Founding Charter Member Ramnath S Mani of TIEBoston, ensuring IITians achieve heights in innovation and creation of new companies. He also facilitated meetings Ramnath S Mani (E & ECE '69, of the Directors with renowned professors, local alumni, fundraisers for IIT KGP and involved in Faculty Hiring & Patel) is one of the pioneers in the University Coordination. field of Industrial Automation in India. He is instrumental in creating India's first portal on industrial automation, www.automationexcellence.com. He is the founder member and current vice president of IIT KGP Alumni Foundation India. He has been an extensive networker and fund raiser for his alma mater. He has also been an Adjunct faculty and

72 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Nina Saxena Excellence in Technology Award

A first of its kind, India-wide award to encourage and promote technical innovation Entries open to all Indian Technologists In a bid to encourage and promote technical 2010 innovation, the Institute announces the Nina Dr. Jagannath Nayak and Team Saxena Excellence in Technology Award. The award commemorates the spirit and memory of its Research Centre Imarat, Vignyana Kancha, illustrious alumna Dr. Nina Saxena, B.Tech (Hons.), Hyderabad ECE 1992 who passed away tragically in 2005. Open Innovation : Development of State of Art Fiber to all Technologists who are Indian citizens, the Optic Gyroscope technology for Aerospace System award was announced at the IIT Kharagpur 2009 Foundation Day on August 18th, 2006. The award will be conferred every year on the same day to an 1. Prof. Milind V Rane, individual who embodies the drive for technical Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT excellence that Dr. Nina Saxena personified. Bombay The award is funded through an endowment of the Innovation : Tube-Tube Heat Exchanges (TT_HE) Nina Saxena Memorial fund that has been 2. Smart and Innovative textile Materials collected through IIT Foundation (a non-profit Research Group organization and a US 501(c) organization). The intent of the fund is to perpetuate excellence Department of Textile Technology, IIT Delhi despite all odds. The charter of the Fund is to (Mr. Kartick Kumar Samanta, Mr. Prateek provide facilities, mechanisms and opportunities to Sabharwal, Mr. Rohit Lohani, Dr. Ashwini K. enable individuals to rise above expectations and Agrawal Dr. Manjeet Jassal) better serve society. Innovation: Atmospheric pressure glow discharge A distinguished committee will be formed by IIT plasma reaction technology for functionalization of Kharagpur to confer upon this award. The award textile substrates will be conferred on August 18, 2008. The award 2008 committee will be chaired by Director of IIT Kharagpur and will be comprised of Deans and Dr. Subhash P. Andey, Dr. Prakesh S. Kalker, selected faculty members of IIT Kharagpur and Dr. Madan V. Nanoti well known alumnus, based in India and the US. Scientists, Geo-Environment Management Nominations for best application of technological Division, NEERI, Nagpur practices or a technological breakthrough will be Innovation: Household Multi Pollutant Water decided on the basis of the following dimensions Treatment Unit and in the following order of importance: 2007 a) Innovation above and beyond well known results Dr. S. P. S. Khanuja and Team b) Novel Application of a well known result Director, Central Institute of Medicinal and c) Societal improvement Aromatic Plants, Lucknow d) Benefit to India Innovation: Anti-malaria treatment through plant e) Application of Technology to underdeveloped genotype development areas and causes

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 73 Past Awardees Distinguished Alumnus Awards

Dr. Arun Phadke Mr. Ravi Kant Dr. Kiran Seth Dr. Biswadip Mitra Dr. Amit Goyal Subir Chowdhury (EE /59) (MT/66) (ME/70) (B.Tech. E&ECE/85, (MT/86) (AE/89) Ph.D CSE/93)

Arvind Kejriwal Dr. A. K. Malhotra Shantanu Mohapatra Dr. P. Kr. Roy Dr. Duvvuri Subbarao Dr. Kirit S. Parikh (ME /89) (B.Tech. President (Bsc. GG / 1997) (MT/64) (B.Sc. Physics/69) (M.Tech Gold Medal 1961) Structures /57)

Dr. P. Banerjee Dr. Panjab Singh Dr. Supriyo Datta Dr. Pradip. Kr. Roy Prof. Asit K Biswas Shri Ravinder Nath (E&ECE/81) (Ph.D /69) (EE / 1975) (MT/64) (CE/1960) Khanna (EE/62)

Dr. A R Sir Arun Sarin Prof S K Shri R. Gopalakrishnan Prof. Anjan Bose Prof Prem Vrat Upadhya (A) (MT/75) Bhattacharyya (E7ECE/67) (EE/67) (ME/66 (ME/60) M.Tech. /68)

Dr. S. Banerjee Dr. P. Chaudhari Prof. V. C. Kulandaiswamy Mr. Vinod Gupta Dr. Purnendu Chatterjee (MT/67 1967, (MT/ 61) (M.Tech in Civil (AGFE/67) (B.Tech.) Ph.D /74) Engineering in 1956)

74 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Past Awardees

Life Fellows

Sri B. K Syngal, Dr. Satyendranath Das Dr. A S Gupta Mr. Arjun Malhotra (B.Tech/61 Ph.D/Maths/ 58, (E&ECE/70) and M.Tech /62) D.Sc./Maths /66

Mr. Bijoy G. Chatterjee Dr. Suhas S. Patil Prof. G. S. Sanyal (E&ECE/65) (1922-2011)

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 75 Alumni network IIT Foundations

IIT Foundation India: IIT Foundation USA: To act as a centre for networking of the alumni of The IIT Foundation is a non-profit organization the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, devoted to enhancing the capability of Indian in order to promote bonding and fellowship Institute of Technology ("IIT"), Kharagpur. The amongst the alumni and, thereby, create a pool main purpose of The IIT Foundation is to raise of knowledge, skills and experience to be utilized funds for IIT Kharagpur, primarily from alumni for adding to the strength and reputation of the based in the US and Canada. The IIT Foundation alma mater, Indian Institute of Technology, is registered as a non-profit organization with Kharagpur, India by contributing to the the U.S. Internal Revenue Service under section scientific, technological, industrial, managerial 501(c) of the Internal Revenue Code. All and economic development of India and for the contributions to the IIT Foundation are tax- progress of science and technology in the world deductible for U.S. taxpayers. in general. Executive Committee: Elected office bearers are: § Roy Da Silva, President, EE, 74 Ramnath S Mani, President, EC, 69, § Dave Banerjee, Treasurer, CE,76, NH [email protected] § Vasan Raman, Secretary, EC, 68 Abhijit Ray, Vice President, CE, 69, Directors: [email protected] § Hitendra Ghosh, EC, 58 Pronob Guha, Secretary, EE, 69, § Partha Sarathi Chatterjee, CS, 87 [email protected] § Purnendu Chatterjee, ME, 71 B K Mathur, Treasurer, PH, 77, § Prith Banerjee, EC, 81 [email protected] § Anjan Bose, EE, 67 § Puran Dang, CE, 59 § Sunil Gaitonde, EE, 83 § Pradeep Khosla, EE, 80 § Joe Srestha, NA, 72

76 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Domestic Chapters

Chapter Name Designation Name Email Aligarh Mr. Pradeep Mittal [email protected] Bangalore President Mr. S. Devarajan [email protected] Bangalore Secretary Mr. R. Ravichandran [email protected] Chennai President Mr. K. R. Subramaniam [email protected] Vice President Mr. Sekhar Priyadarshee [email protected] Secretary Mr. S. Chandrasekharan [email protected] Delhi President Mr. YPS Suri [email protected] Hyderabad President Mr. C.K. Jain [email protected] Hyderabad Secretary Mr.M.N. Gupta [email protected] Jamshedpur Mr. Manzer Hussain [email protected] Kanpur Mr. Abhijit Ghosal [email protected] Kharagpur President Prof. G. Bandyopadhyay [email protected] Kharagpur Secretary Dr. Dilip K Nanda [email protected] Kharagpur Jt. Secretary Prof. Kajal Biswas [email protected] Kharagpur Treasurer Dr. Joy Sen [email protected] Kolkata President Mr.Biswajit [email protected] Kolkata Secretary Ranjoy Ghosh [email protected] Kolkata Treasurer Arun Prakash Das [email protected] Mumbai Mr. M. Balachandran [email protected] Mumbai Mr. Krishan Khanna [email protected] Pune Secretary Saumyasanta Choudhuri [email protected] Pune President J. P. Banerjee [email protected] Ranchi S. N. Bandopadhyaya [email protected] Roorkee Prof. V. K. Gupta [email protected]; [email protected] Surat Chapter Mr. Hemant M. Raste [email protected] Vadodara Mr. Ashis Ranjan [email protected] Bandyopadhyay

Contributing alumni whose details are missing please contact us with their alum details at [email protected]

Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur 77 International Chapters

Chapter Name Designation Name Email Atlanta Ms. Mondira Deb Pant [email protected] Atlanta Mr. Rajan Sriram [email protected] Atlanta Mr. Sandip Dutta [email protected] Atlanta Mr. Manas Bajaj [email protected] Bangkok Dr. S. K. Bhatnagar Boston Mr. Sriketan Monhanti [email protected] Boston Palaghat A Balasubramanian [email protected] Chicago Mr. Ramu Ramachandran [email protected] Chicago Mr. Saurabh Bagchi [email protected] Chicago Mr. Shailendra Verma [email protected] Chicago Mr. L Ramachandran [email protected] Chicago Mr. Vikram Vuppala [email protected] Dubai Mr. K.V.Rajah Dubai Mr.Ashwini Jain [email protected] Houston Mr. Partha Chatterjee Houston Mr. Hemant Jha [email protected] Kuwait President Mr. M.V.Babji Rao [email protected]; [email protected] Kuwait Mr. Indrajit Bhowmick [email protected] London Mr. Rajeev G Nair [email protected] Malaysia Mr. Subroto Haldar [email protected] Malaysia Mr. Dipanjan Majumder [email protected] Melbourne Mr. Mouli Ganguly [email protected] Michigan Prof. Subrata Sengupta Minneapolis Mr. Rajiv Tandon [email protected] Minneapolis Mr. Balram Suman [email protected] New England Mr. Puran Dang [email protected] New England Mr. Anoop Kumar [email protected] New York Mr. Ajit K Agrawal [email protected] New York Mr. Subhodev Das [email protected] Ohio Chapter Mr. Jacob Mathew [email protected] San Francisco Mr. Joy Bhattacharya [email protected] Bay Area San Jose Mr. Roy daSilva [email protected] Seattle Mr. Pankaj Sethi [email protected] Singapore Mr. Devashish Dutta [email protected] Singapore Mr. Biswajit Khan [email protected] Southern California President Mr. Alok Chatterjee [email protected] SOCAL Treasurer Mr.Debasish Banerjee [email protected] Sydney Mr. Davender K Jain [email protected] Toronto Mr. Ujjal Mondal [email protected] Washington DC Mr. Raju S Dave [email protected]

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78 Alumni Annual Report 2010 - 11 Our Commitments § The Alumni Annual Report will be released in the month of August every year on the occasion of the Foundation Day of the Institute. § It will have details of funds generated, expenditure made and channels of expenditure, progress in work, fund planning and closing balance. § The report will reflect how your imprint made a difference. § We will also ensure proper and on-time completion of project undertaken. § Individual project briefs will be provided to the sponsor on request. During these 60 years, the Institute has come a long way. A sub-urban pre-independence detention camp where the Institute was established, it has rose to the stature of a great institution producing world-class alumni over the years. From initial student strength of 224 and 10 departments today we are at a student strength approximating 10000 with 33 departments, schools and centres, including multidisciplinary programmes. In this transformation process a key role has been played by possible the alumni, students and faculty have for their beloved Institute. Now that we have an excellent track record of delivering results with consistency, we are doing it again through the introduction of our 2020 Vision. There is a long way ahead and we urge your whole hearted support and co-operations. United we stand. KGP ka Tempo High hai

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