f/;ks ;ks u% izp ksn ; kr ~ ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROPAR f/;ks ;ks u% izp ksn ; kr ~ ANNUAL REPORT 2017-18 (APRIL '17- MARCH '18) IIT ROPAR : AT GLANCE DEPARTMENTS & CENTERS DEPARTMENTS : 10 CENTERS : 01 STUDENTS ADMITTED IN AY 2017-18 UG PROGRAMME : 254 PG PROGRAMME : 111 PhD : 129 STUDENTS STRENGTH UG PROGRAMME : 642 PG PROGRAMME : 162 PhD : 331 NUMBER OF DEGREES AWARDED B. TECH. : 118 M. TECH. : 11 M. SC. : 18 PhD : 13 FACULTY & STAFF STATISTICS FACULTY : 121 NEWLY JOINED FACULTY : 26 STAFF : 70 NEWLY JOINED STAFF : 04 RESEARCH PRODUCTIVITY JOURNALS : 146 CONFERENCES : 74 BOOK CHAPTERS : 4 BOOKS : 3 ICSR & II NUMBER OF CONSULTANCY PROJECTS : 16 OUTLAY : 0.83 CRORES NUMBER OF SPONSORED PROJECTS : 27 OUTLAY : 10.87 CRORES GRANTS (IN CRORES) DBT : 1.39 DRDO : 0.54 DST : 7.19 INDUSTRIAL CONSULTANCY : 0.75 MHRD : 0.04 OTHERS : 1.71 ICSSR : 0.07 TOTAL : 11.70 CONTENT FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK . 1 THE INSTITUTE . 3 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . 4 A BRIEF HISTORY- ROPAR . 7 NIRF RANKING. 7 GOVERNING BODIES Ÿ Board of Governors . 9 Ÿ Senate . 10 Ÿ Finance Committee . 12 Ÿ Building & Works Committee . 12 Ÿ Academic Committee for Undergraduate Studies (ACUGS) . 13 Ÿ Research Progress Evaluation Committee (RPEC) . 14 Ÿ Administration . 15 Ÿ Library Committee . 16 INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT @IIT ROPAR (2017-18) Ÿ Infrastructure and Development . 18 ACADEMICS Ÿ Academics. 20 Ÿ Financial Assistance to Students . 23 Ÿ Testimonials of the Students . 24 Ÿ Outreach Programme . 25 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES Ÿ Research and Development Activities . 28 Ÿ Overview . 29 Ÿ Research Awards . 31 Ÿ Vajra Scheme@IIT Ropar . 31 Ÿ Consultancy Activities . 32 Ÿ List of some Consultancy Projects Initiated . 32 Ÿ Internal Grant for R & D . 32 Ÿ Augmentation of Research Infrastructure . 33 Ÿ Research Thrust area. 35 Ÿ Intellectual Property Right Cell. 35 Ÿ List of Sponsored Projects . 36 CAREER DEVELOPMENT & CORPORATE RELATIONS CENTRE (CDCRC) Ÿ Training & Placement . 42 Ÿ Corporate Relation Cell . 43 Ÿ Professional Development . 45 Ÿ Technology Business Incubator Foundation . 46 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS Ÿ Visit of IIT Ropar Delegation to Australia & Singapore . 48 Ÿ IIT Delegation visit to Canada, USA & Germany . 48 Ÿ Glimpse of MoU's. 49 Ÿ Workshops . 50 FACULTY & STAFF Ÿ Faculty Statistics. 53 EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES . 57 DEPARTMENTS AND CENTERS Ÿ Department of Chemical Engineering . 69 Ÿ Department of Chemistry . 73 Ÿ Department of Computer Science & Engineering . 79 Ÿ Department of Civil Engineering . 83 Ÿ Department of Electrical Engineering . 86 Ÿ Department of Humanities & Social Sciences . 91 Ÿ Department of Mathematics . 96 Ÿ Department of Mechanical Engineering . 102 Ÿ Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering . 109 Ÿ Department of Physics . 111 Ÿ Center for Biomedical Engineering . 117 PUBLICATIONS @ IIT ROPAR . 127 STUDENT AFFAIRS Ÿ Students Residency Status . 140 Ÿ Life @IIT Ropar . 141 Ÿ Student Activities Centre. 142 Ÿ Student's Body . 147 FACILITIES @ IIT ROPAR . 149 SUMMARY OF ACCOUNTS . 157 f/;ks ;ks u% izpksn;kr~ FROM THE DIRECTOR'S DESK IIT Ropar has completed 10th year of its with the increase in faculty and student existence. During this period it has not only strength, IIT Ropar has invested heavily in its s e e n u n p r e c e d e n t e d g r o w t h i n research infrastructure with procurement infrastructure building, steady increase of of state-of-the-art equipments. It is in the students and faculty and introduction of process of building a new central research n e w e r a c a d e m i c p r o g r a m s a n d facility with the state-of-the-art clean room departments but also in the quality of and has procured a high performance academics and research. This has enabled computing facility. the institute to be rated as one of the top Research is one of the major hallmarks of IIT institutes of the country and has even Ropar. At IIT Ropar we have built a tradition resulted in global ranking. We would like to of emphasizing on the quality of research put forward our growth story both which is evident from the fact that the quantitatively and qualitatively in this institute holds the highest number of report for the larger public and policy citations per publications among the newer makers to be informed about the IITs. We are also interested towards happenings in the institute. promoting research areas which are The major incident during the past year was impactful for the society and dedicated to the movement to our newly built campus. the service of the nation. The following are a We have already moved the departments of few of them which are worth mentioning Computer Science & Engineering, Electrical 1. Sensors developed for Explosive's Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Detection Metallurgical & Materials Engineering to the 2. Diabetic Wound Healing new campus. Our central administration is 3. Cheap and Painless Skin Cancer in the process of moving to the new Detection campus. Our first phase of construction 4. Infrared Technology to detect Breast (Phase-1A) consisting of Utility Block, Dining Cancer Hall, Lecture Hall.