foojf.kdk BROCHURE †‹ok¡ 27 ,oa 28 twu] 2016 27th and 28th JUNE, 2016 ok¡ †‹ , Board of Governors Prof. S. P. Das Chairmen, Board of Governors Electrical Engineering Shri R.C. Bhargava Prof. Surajit Sinha SI. No. Name Position Period Chairman Humanities & Social Sciences Prof. Rahul Varman From To 01 Dr. Sampurna Nand, CM, U.P. Chairman, BoG 1959 1960 Prof. Indranil Manna Industrial & Management Engineering 02 Shri C.B. Gupta, C.M., U.P. Chairman, BoG 1960 1965 Director (Ex-officio Member) Prof. Anish Upadhyaya Materials Science & Engineering 03 Shri Padampat Singhania Chairman, BoG 1965 1971 Prof. Arbind Kumar Lal 04 Dr. S. Hussain Zaheer Chairman, BoG 1971 1974 Prof. P. Balaram Mathematics & Statistics 05 Dr. M.L. Dhar Chairman, BoG 1975 1978 Prof. J. K Bhattacharjee Prof. P. K. Panigrahi 06 Shri L.M. Thapar Chairman, BoG 1978 1980 Prof. Onkar Singh Mechanical Engineering 07 Dr. P Venkateswarlu,Director, IITK Officiating Chairman, BoG 1980 1980 Prof. G. C. Tripathi Prof. D. Chowdhury 08 Prof. R.N. Dogra Chairman, BoG 1980 1985 Prof. C.S. Upadhyay Physics 09 Dr. A.S. Ganguly Chairman, BoG 1985 1990 Shri Krishnamurthi Venkataramanan 10 Dr. S. Ganguly Chairman, BoG 1990 1993 Prof. Veejendra K. Yadav Heads of Inter-Disciplinary Programmes 11 Prof. R.C. Malhotra, Director, IITK Officiating Chairman, BoG 1993 1994 12 Shri Govind Hari Singhania Chairman, BoG 1994 1997 Key Institute Administrators 13 Shri Hari Shanker Bhartia Chairman, BoG 1997 2003 Prof. Satyaki Roy 14 Prof. C.N.R. Rao Chairman, BoG 2003 2006 Design 15 Prof. M Anandakrishnan Chairman, BoG 2006 2015 Prof. Indranil Manna Prof. Purnendu Bose 16 Prof. Indranil Manna, Director, IITK Officiating Chairman, BoG 2015 2015 Director & Chairman, Senate Environmental Engineering & Management 17 Shri R C Bhargava Chairman, BoG 2015 to date Prof. A.K. Chaturvedi Prof. Y. N. Mohapatra Deputy Director Materials Science Prof. Neeraj Misra Prof. P.K. Panigrahi Dean, Academic Affairs Nuclear Engineering & Technology Prof. K. Muralidhar Prof. Asima Pradhan Dean, Faculty Affairs Photonics Science and Engineering Prof. Onkar Dikshit Dean, Infrastructure and Planning Chairpersons & Conveners of Standing Directors Prof. Amalendu Chandra Committees of Senate Dean, Research & Development Prof. B.V. Phani SI. No. Name Position Period Dean, Resources & Alumni Prof. Indranil Manna From To Prof. A.R. Harish Chairman, Senate Educational Policy Committee 01. Dr. P.K. Kelkar Director 14.12.1959 11.04.1970 Dean, Students' Affairs Prof. D. Bahuguna 02. Dr. M.S. Muthana Officiating Director 12.04.1970 11.12.1970 Prof. Sudhir Misra Convener, Senate Educational Policy Committee 03. Dr. M.S. Muthana Director 12.12.1970 23.12.1974 Professor-in-Charge (Admin.), Prof. Shikha Dixit 04. Dr. Jagdish Lal Director 24.12.1974 01.05.1976 Secretary, Senate & Secretary, Board of Governors Chairperson, Senate Elections Committee 05. Dr. A. Bhattacharya Director 02.05.1976 20.01.1980 Prof. Indranil Manna 06. Dr. P. Venkateswarlu Director 21.01.1980 28.02.1981 Heads of Departments Chairman, Senate Honorary Degree Committee 07. Dr. S. Sampath Director 01.03.1981 31.08.1986 Prof. Rajiv Shekhar 08. Dr. A.K. Mallik Director 01.09.1986 21.06.1991 Chairman, Senate Library Committee 09. Dr. M.P. Kapoor Officiating Director 22.06.1991 24.05.1992 Prof. Sanjay Mittal Prof. Vinay K. Gupta 10. Dr. R.C. Malhotra Director 25.05.1992 30.09.1997 Aerospace Engineering Chairman, Senate Nominations Committee 11. Dr. K.A. Padmanabhan Director 01.10.1997 14.09.2001 Prof. S. Ganesh Prof. Ajai Jain 12. Dr. Ashwini Kumar Officiating Director 14.09.2001 16.10.2001 Biological Sciences & Bioengineering Chairman, Senate Post-Graduate Committee 13. Dr. Sanjay G. Dhande Director 16.10.2001 06.11.2012 Prof. V. Shankar Prof. Rajiv Shekhar 14. Dr. Indranil Manna Director 07.11.2012 to date Chemical Engineering Chairman, Senate Rules Committee Prof. Sandeep Verma Prof. Ashu Jain Chemistry Chairman, Senate Scholarships & Prizes Committee Prof. Purnendu Bose Prof. A. R. Harish Civil Engineering Chairman, Senate Students' Affairs Committee Prof. Sumit Ganguly Prof. T. Ravichandran Computer Science & Engineering Chairman, Senate Under-Graduate Committee Prof. Rajiv Sinha Earth Sciences Graduating Students 49th Convocation 2016 EXHORTATION Remember that your knowledge and intellectual attainment is the most sacred wealth of the nation. You shall therefore, use it in a manner befitting the honour and dignity of your country and of your alma mater. You shall make every effort, in all circumstances, to uphold the dignity of your profession and integrity of your character.You shall endeavour, in every way, through thought, word and action, to bring about the well-being of people. You must live a well-disciplined life. Never forget the commandment of the sacred scriptures: “Thou shalt perform deeds that are commendable and no others.” DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.) Aerospace Engineering Shweta Kukreja Prof. Jonaki Sen Y7118070 (Thesis Supervisor) Identification of novel candidate regulators of Pankaj Priyadarshi Prof. Sanjay Mittal retinotectal map formation and development of laminar Y6201062 Prof. Pradeep Kumar (ISRO) architecture of the optic tectum of Gallus gallus Prof. V. Adimurthy (Thesis Supervisors) Multifidelity Multiobjective Multidisciplinary Design Amaresh Chaturbedi Prof. K. Subramaniam Optimization (M3DO) of a Semi-Ballistic Reentry Y7218061 Prof. A. Bandyopadhyay Vehicle (Thesis Supervisors) PUF-8 and TOCA-2 Regulate Mitochondrial Dynamics to Promote Germline Development in Caenorhabditis Dhayalan R Prof. A.K. Ghosh Y9101065 (Thesis Supervisor) elegans Parameter Estimation of Flight Vehicles using Conventional and Neural based Methods Mamta Upadhyay Prof. S. Ganesh Y8118063 (Thesis Supervisor) Role of Lafora Disease Proteins in Cellular Stress Shantanu Srivastava Prof. A.K. Ghosh Response Y9101067 Prof. E. Rathakrishnan (Thesis Supervisors) Navodita Jain Prof. S. Ganesh Control of Supersonic Square Jet Y8118064 (Thesis Supervisor) Role of Lafora Disease Proteins in Autophagy and V M Krushna Rao Kotteda Prof. Sanjay Mittal Intracellular Trafficking Y9101068 (Thesis Supervisor) Computation of Flow in Supersonic Intakes and Nozzles Tanushree Vishnoi Prof. Ashok Kumar Y8218061 (Thesis Supervisor) Conducting Cryogel as a Potential Biomaterial for Navrose Prof. Sanjay Mittal Nerve Regeneration 10101063 (Thesis Supervisor) Flow-Induced Vibration of a Circular Cylinder Prem Swaroop Yadav Prof. A. Bandyopadhyay Y9118065 (Thesis Supervisor) Subrahmanyam Saderla Prof. A.K. Ghosh Deciphering the Gene Regulatory Network 10101064 (Thesis Supervisor) Downstream of BMP Signaling During Endochondral Parameter Estimation Using Flight Data of Unmanned Bone Morphogenesis Flight Vehicles at Low and Moderately High Angles of Attack Using Conventional Methods Ankur Gupta Prof. Ashok Kumar Y9218062 (Thesis Supervisor) Pramodkumar Manikrao Bagade Potential tissue engineering strategies for the Prof. T.K. Sengupta treatment of cartilage and bone defects 11101068 (Thesis Supervisor) Study of Transition in the Presence of Free Stream Ayan Ray Prof. A. Bandyopadhyay Turbulence for Internal and External Flows Y9218065 (Thesis Supervisor) The Cellular and molecular basis of articular cartilage Biological Sciences & Bioengineering differentiation Mohd Suhail Rizvi Prof. Sovan Lal Das Priti Agarwal Prof. K. Subramaniam 11118070 (Thesis Supervisor) Y6218064 (Thesis Supervisor) Modeling of Mechanical Behaviour of Fibrous Matrices Functional Characterization of PUF8:PUF-8 Functions and their Interactions with Cells Redundantly With GLD-1 to Promote the Meiotic Progression of Male Germ Cells in Caenorhabditis Elegans Gaurav Srivastava Prof. Mainak Das 11218065 (Thesis Supervisor) Iron Pyrite : A Seed Biostimulant Ravi Kumar Verma Prof. R. Sankaramakrishnan Y7118068 (Thesis Supervisor) Understanding the Evolution, Transport, and Kusurkar Tejas Sanjeev Prof. Mainak Das 11218067 (Thesis Supervisor Selectivity in Major Intrinsic Protein Superfamily: ) Tasar Silk Cocoons: Economic Route for Extracting Bioinformatics Studies and Molecular Dynamics Glowing Antioxidant “You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” Simulations ― Rabindranath Tagore 49th Convocation, 2016 49th Convocation, 2016 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) 1 DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.) DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY (Ph.D.) Brindan Tulachan Prof. Mainak Das Chemistry Dipankar Sahoo Prof. S.P. Rath Nityananda Sahu Prof. S. R. Gadre 13218062 (Thesis Supervisor) Y9107072 (Thesis Supervisor) 10207073 (Thesis Supervisor) Green Energy from Natural Fibers Electronic Structure and Modulation of Spin State of Development of Algorithms for Accurate Energetics Ashu Choudhary Prof. Amalendu Chandra Iron in Nonplanar Hemes: Implication for the and Spectra of Molecular Aggregates within Y8107066 (Thesis Supervisor) Hemoproteins Fragmentation Approach Anisotropic Structure and Dynamics of Solvation Chemical Engineering Shells of Simple Aromatic Solutes in Sub- and Tapan Kumar Pal Prof. P.K. Bharadwaj Supercritical Water Prosenjit Daw Prof. Jitendra K. Bera 10207083 (Thesis Supervisor) Y9107076 (Thesis Supervisor) Design and Synthesis of Porous MOFs: SC-SC Alok Kumar Srivastava Prof. A. Sharma Annulated Imidazo[1,2-a][1,8] naphthyridine Based N- Y7202061 (Thesis Supervisor) Transformations, Gas Adsorption and Heterogeneous Biswajit Santra Prof. G. Anantharaman Heterocyclic Carbene: Synthetic Strategy, Metalation, Synthesis of Micro/Nano Functional Materials and Y8107068 (Thesis Supervisor) Catalysis Catalytic Evaluation