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 Published by: Office of Alumni Affairs and International Relations, IIT Kharagpur, Pin-721302 Ph: +91 3222 282236 Email: [email protected] Web: www.iitkgp.org Design and Printed by: Cygnus Advertising (India) Pvt. Ltd. 55B, Mirza Ghalib Street, 8th Floor, Saberwal House Kolkata - 700 016, West Bengal, India Phone : +91-33-3028 1737, Tele Fax : +91 03 22271528 Website : www.cygnusadvertising.in © 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,