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campus diary55th Convocation Held At IIT Bombay

The 55th Convocation of the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay took place on August 12, 2017 inthe campus with a lot of zeal. During the 55th Convocation ceremony, 2612 students were awarded thedegrees. The convocation marks a new beginning in the lives of these graduating students, who willnow also be the flag bearers of the Institute in the outside world.

Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa Mr. Manohar Parrikar was the Chief Guest on the occasion and he

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Chief Guest Mr. Manohar Parrikar, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Goa, addressing the gathering during55th Convocation of the Institute

* 2612 students were awarded their degrees including 357 PhDs* Degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) conferred on Dr. Yusuf Hamied

* ‘Lifetime Achievement Award 2016-17’ conferred on Prof. N.B. Ballal

delivered the Convocation address.

The graduating students this year include 357* PhDs (* including179 awarded during interim convocation), 32 Dual Degree(MTech + PhD) and 20 Dual Degree (MSc + PhD). Out of these, 33research scholars were selected for the ‘Award of Excellence inPhD Thesis’ for the year 2017. In addition, 15 joint PhD degrees, inassociation with Monash University, were also conferred by theVice-Chancellor and President of Monash University Prof. MargaretGardner.

Besides these, 6 MSc (by Research), 8 Dual Degree(MSc+MTech), 4 Dual Degree (MSc+MPhil), 590 MTech, 63 MDes,25 MPhil, 117 MMgt, 220 two-year MSc, 29 five-year integratedMSc, 482 Dual Degree (BTech + MTech), 616 BTech degrees and21 PGDIIT degrees were awarded at the Convocation.

Presenting the Institute’s Report for the year 2016-17, Prof. DevangV. Khakhar, Director of IIT Bombay informed that IIT Bombay

Prof. Devang V. Khakhar, Director,IIT Bombay presenting the Director’sReport of the Institute


continues to be a sought-after destination forundergraduate and postgraduate studies. “Among23 IITs in the country, 41 of top 50 rankers and 61of top 100 rankers in JEE 2017 have joined IITBombay and 7 of the top 10 All-India JEE rankholders have chosen to join IIT Bombay. Similartrends are observed for the candidates qualifying inother entrance examinations as well,” he said.Wishing the graduating students the best in life,Prof. Khakhar said, “The education you havereceived at IIT Bombay is comparable to the bestin the world and you are now ready to take greaterchallenges and overcome them. Continue todevelop your knowledge and skills and alwayskeep in mind how you can help society and thenation through your work. I wish you all thesuccess in your future endeavors.”

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Prof. N. B. Ballal, Department of Metallurgical and MaterialsScience, receiving Lifetime Achievement Award 2016-17

Three students were presented withthe gold medals for their exemplaryperformance. The ‘President of IndiaMedal’ was bestowed on Mr. AniketSanjay Patankar, a student from theDepartment of MechanicalEngineering. The ‘Institute GoldMedal’ was awarded to Mr. HimanshuNigudkar, a student fromEngineering Physics and the ‘Dr.Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal’was conferred on Mr. ChiragChandrahasa Shetty, a studentfrom the Department of ElectricalEngineering. Additionally, morestudents were presented with goldmedals sponsored by donors.

The degree of Doctor of Science (Honoris Causa) was bestowed on Dr. Yusuf K. Hamied,Chairman, CIPLA Limited for his outstanding contributions to the growth of thepharmaceutical industry.

Mr. Dilip Shanghvi, Chairman,Board of Governors, IIT Bombayaddressing the gathering

Mr. Aniket Sanjay Patankar, Department of Mechanical Engineering,receiving the President of India Medal from Mr. Manohar Parrikar

Dr. Yusuf K. Hamied, Chairman,CIPLA Ltd. was awarded with thedegree of Doctor of Science byMr. Manohar Parrikar

The Convocation also witnessed the‘Lifetime Achievement Award 2016-17’ ofIIT Bombay being bestowed on Prof. N.B.Ballal from Department of MetallurgicalEngineering and Materials Science, inrecognition of his contributions to theInstitute.

Prof. Margaret Gardner, Vice-Chancellor,Monash University, Australia, members ofBoard of Governors and several otherdistinguished guests from India and abroadattended the Convocation function, besidesthe graduating students and their proudparents.


MEDALS AND PRIZES

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Chemical EngineeringAbhirup Basu

Civil EngineeringAupal Mondal

Computer Science and EngineeringEeshan Malhotra

Electrical EngineeringShah Deval Ashokbhai

Mechanical EngineeringAman KumarThakkar Arjav Pareshbhai

Metallurgical Engineering and Materials ScienceHem Shruti BhardwajKapil Kumar Gupta

Biomedical EngineeringSahil Garg

Environmental Science and EngineeringAyushi Khare

Geoinformatics and Natural ResourcesLakshmi Kanthan M

Earth SciencesRadhika Arora

Energy Systems and EngineeringP. Pradeep

Systems and Control EngineeringApoorva Sohani

Technology and DevelopmentLakshmikantha N. R.

Industrial Engineering and Operations ResearchRahul Munet

MASTER OF DESIGNAnimationGokul C.J.

MASTER OF PHILOSOPHYPlanning and DevelopmentPriya Sharma

MASTER OF MANAGEMENTAnkit Nayyar

OTHER MEDALS

Miss Jayati Deshmukh Memorial Gold MedalAnchit GuptaComputer Science and Engineering

Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold MedalShetty Chirag ChandrahasaElectrical Engineering (Dual Degree)

Vidyasagar Nehra Gold MedalPrajwal K.ACivil Engineering (BTech)

Prof. Madhav Kulkarni Lt. Col.(R) Gold MedalPrajwal K.ACivil Engineering (BTech)

President of India Medal (for the year 2016-17)Aniket Sanjay Patankar (BTech)

Institute Gold Medal (for the year 2015-16)Himanshu NigudkarBTech (Dual Degree)Engineering Physics

Institute Silver Medal (for the year 2016-17)

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY

Aerospace EngineeringPavan R. Hebbar

Chemical EngineeringRoshan Patel

Civil EngineeringPrajwal K.A

Computer Science and EngineeringAnchit Gupta

Electrical EngineeringShorya Consul

Mechanical EngineeringPatankar Aniket Sanjay

Metallurgical Engineering and Materials ScienceTushar Sanjay Karnik

Engineering PhysicsKhera Neev

MASTER OF SCIENCE (MSc) PROGRAMME

Applied GeologyMohd Rizwan

Applied GeophysicsNirban Majhi

ChemistryNikita ChiripalKorak Kumar Ray

MathematicsDeepanshu VermaHitaishi Arora

PhysicsAkhil Premkumar

BiotechnologyAvishek Shah

DUAL DEGREE (BTech + MTech)

Electrical EngineeringOjas Apoorva Kanhere

Mechanical EngineeringGhogare Sumedh

Metallurgical Engineering and Materials ScienceHussain Motiwala

MASTER OF TECHNOLOGY (MTech)PROGRAMME

Aerospace EngineeringSachchit Kalyan Vekaria


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Rajit Bhagwati Memorial Gold MedalAyushi KhareCESE

Hindi Vidya Bhavan Gold MedalAnkit NayyarCentre for Environment Science and Engineering

Sharad Maloo Memorial Gold MedalAnchit GuptaComputer Science and Engineering (BTech)

PRIZES

Prof. K C Mukherji AwardShorya Consul

Tulsiram Devidayal, P.M. Natu, Damle Trust PrizeAman KumarThakkar Arjav Pareshbhai

Prof. R.P. Singh Memorial Prize(BTech / 2 Year MSc)Akhil Premkumar

Chandrashekhar PrizeShivani Agrawal

Shri R Vembu Iyer Memorial PrizeMohd Rizwan

Dilip R Limaye Academic Excellence AwardPatankar Aniket Sanjay

Prof. A.B. Biswas Memorial andShri Prakash Krishnan Award Prize (MSc)Nikita Chiripal

Dr. Gargi Vishnoi Memorial PrizePriyatosh Ranjan

Prof. Hiralal Memorial AwardKorak Kumar RayNikita Chiripal

Shri Ashok Chaturvedi Memorial Prize (MTech)Aman KumarThakkar Arjav Pareshbhai

Prof. M.N. Gopalan Prize (MSc)Hitaishi Arora

Prabhulal Bhatnagar Memorial PrizeGouranga MallikMohammad Zafar

Mrs. Rama Mathur Memorial PrizeDeepanshu Verma

Ajit Shelat AwardRavi Shankar MishraAnurag Gupta

Bhavesh Gandhi Memorial PrizeArpit Sunil AgrawalAkhil Shetty

Akshay Dhoke Memorial AwardSneha Dilip Goenka

Prof. K.C. Khilar PhD AwardSaikat Roy

Prof. K.C. Khilar Prize (MTech)Savla Nirav Laxmichand

R.G. Manudhane MTech student ExcellenceAward Best MTech ThesisAbhirup Basu

R. G. Manudhane PhD Excellence AwardMahendra Kumar PrajapatHarini Madakashira

Indira Manudhane Student Excellence AwardHarshit Manocha

Mr. Pranab Ranjan Sen AwardAniruddha Singh Lakhnot

Shubhada Mulekar Joshi AwardAkansha Agarwal

Prof. S N Sinha memorial awardSaurabh Ranjan

Dr. P.V. Sukhatme Memorial AwardDeepanshu VermaShidhesh Dattatraya SupekarHitaishi AroraParth Dharmesh Dave

Institute Academic Prizes for the year 2016-17II year BTech / Dual Degree

Sr. No. Name Prize Value of prize Department1 Karkhanis Deep Tejas I Rs. 3000/- Mechanical Engineering2 Kartik Patekar I Rs. 3000/- Engineering Physics3 Sriram Balasubramanian II Rs. 2000/- Electrical Engineering4 R Sudarsanan II Rs. 2000/- Computer Science and Engineering5 Shah Sahil Hiral II Rs. 2000/- Computer Science and Engineering6 Kartik Khandelwal Additional Rs. 2000/- Electrical Engineering7 Shah Yash Additional Rs. 2000/- Computer Science and Engineering8 T Akshay Additional Rs. 2000/- Mechanical Engineering9 Sanchit Jain Additional Rs. 2000/- Computer Science and Engineering

10 Animesh Bohara Additional Rs. 2000/- Computer Science and Engineering11 Rao Pranav Vasudeva Additional Rs. 2000/- Mechanical Engineering12 Godbole Adwait Amit Additional Rs. 2000/- Electrical Engineering13 Joshi Nitish Hemant Additional Rs. 2000/- Electrical Engineering14 Sumit Chaturvedi Additional Rs. 2000/- Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science15 Manu Srivastava Additional Rs. 2000/- Engineering Physics


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III year BTech./Dual Degree/Four year BS/BDes BranchwiseBTech

Sr. No. Name Prize Value of prize Department1 Divyanshu Gola I Rs. 3000/- Aerospace Engineering2 Sathe Atharva Sunil II Rs. 2000/- Aerospace Engineering3 K S Reshma I Rs. 3000/- Chemical Engineering4 Malu Suraj Gopal II Rs. 2000/- Chemical Engineering5 Sudip Kumar I Rs. 3000/- Civil Engineering6 Akash Bhairav Gupta II Rs. 2000/- Civil Engineering7 Ayush Pandey II Rs. 2000/- Civil Engineering8 Bharat Khandelwal I Rs. 3000/- Computer Science and Engineering9 Charles Rajan II Rs. 2000/- Computer Science and Engineering

10 Arpit Singh I Rs. 3000/- Electrical Engineering11 Sridhar Srivatsan II Rs. 2000/- Electrical Engineering12 Saksham Jindal I Rs. 3000/- Mechanical Engineering13 Samir Wadhwa II Rs. 2000/- Mechanical Engineering14 Arjun Prashant Agrawal I Rs. 3000/- Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science15 Balreen Saini II Rs. 2000/- Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science16 Kulkarni Anish Kiran I Rs. 3000/- Engineering Physics17 Karambelkar Viraj II Rs. 2000/- Engineering Physics18 Sagar Airen II Rs. 2000/- Engineering Physics

III year BTech/Dual Degree/Four year BS/BDes BranchwiseDUAL DEGREE

Sr. No. Name Prize Value of prize Department1 Abhishek Singhal I Rs. 3000/- Electrical Engineering2 Hrushikesh Manoj Loya II Rs. 2000/- Electrical Engineering3 Shah Nikunj Minesh I Rs. 3000/- Mechanical Engineering4 Som Phene I Rs. 3000/- Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science5 Mehta Dhruvin Ketan I Rs. 3000/- Energy Science and Engineering6 Romal Kumar II Rs. 2000/- Energy Science and Engineering7 Mandar Milind Sohoni I Rs. 3000/- Engineering Physics

4 Year BS (Chemistry)Sr. No. Name Prize Value of prize Department

1 Akanksha Yadav I Rs. 3000/- Chemistry2 Susnata Bhowmick II Rs. 2000/- Chemistry

IV year BTech/Dual Degree/ Four year BS BranchwiseBTech

Sr. No. Name Prize Value of prize Department1 Tejaswi K C I Rs. 3000/- Aerospace Engineering2 Shravan Tangudu II Rs. 2000/- Aerospace Engineering3 Pranay Agarwal I Rs. 3000/- Chemical Engineering4 Himanshi Arora II Rs. 2000/- Chemical Engineering5 Gumireddy Sushmitha Sree I Rs. 3000/- Civil Engineering6 Shubham Agrawal II Rs. 2000/- Civil Engineering7 Ritwick Chaudhry I Rs. 3000/- Computer Science and Engineering8 Anuj Mittal II Rs. 2000/- Computer Science and Engineering9 Sohum Dhar II Rs. 2000/- Computer Science and Engineering

10 Chadha Karan Naresh I Rs. 3000/- Electrical Engineering11 Sattwik Deb Mishra I Rs. 3000/- Electrical Engineering12 Shah Abhin Swapnil II Rs. 2000/- Electrical Engineering13 Mikail Khona I Rs. 3000/- Engineering Physics14 Kalantre Sandesh Sachin II Rs. 2000/- Engineering Physics15 Yashraj Gurumukhi I Rs. 3000/- Mechanical Engineering16 Karan Jain I Rs. 3000/- Mechanical Engineering17 Potluri Vachan Deep II Rs. 2000/- Mechanical Engineering18 Gagrani Nisarg Bhushan I Rs. 3000/- Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science19 Vidit Gupta II Rs. 2000/- Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science


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IV year BTech/Dual Degree/ Four year BS BranchwiseDUAL DEGREE

Sr. No. Name Prize Value of prize Department1 Ov Shashank I Rs. 3000/- Electrical Engineering1 Praveen Sriram I Rs. 3000/- Electrical Engineering2 Aman Dixit II Rs. 2000/- Electrical Engineering3 Yashaswini K Murthy I Rs. 3000/- Mechanical Engineering4 Chirame Sanket Sanjivan I Rs. 3000/- Engineering Physics5 Rohan B. Vora I Rs. 3000/- Energy Science and Engineering6 Himanshu Gupta II Rs. 2000/- Energy Science and Engineering7 Kewal S. Bhat I Rs. 3000/- Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science8 Mapuskar Pratik Sushant II Rs. 2000/- Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science

IV year BTech/Dual Degree/ Four year BS Branchwise4 Year BS (Chemistry)

Sr. No. Name Prize Value of prize Department1 S.V. Shree Sowndarya I Rs. 3000/- Chemistry

V year Dual Degree/MSc(Integrated) BranchwiseDUAL DEGREE

Sr. No. Name Prize Value of prize Department1 Sarath Pattathil I Rs. 3000/- Electrical Engineering2 Patil Kalpesh Vijaykumar I Rs. 3000/- Electrical Engineering3 Bhat Ashwin Rajendra II Rs. 2000/- Electrical Engineering4 Harshwardhan Alok Singh I Rs. 3000/- Energy Science and Engineering5 Sushrut Dhananjay Thakar II Rs. 2000/- Energy Science and Engineering6 Nazhar Hussain I Rs. 3000/- Mechanical Engineering7 Saurabh Balkishan Bajaj II Rs. 2000/- Mechanical Engineering8 Pallavi Verma I Rs. 3000/- Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science9 Sanghavi Bhavik Jashmin II Rs. 2000/- Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science

10 Saumya Shivam I Rs. 3000/- Engineering Physics

V year Dual Degree/MSc(Integrated) Branchwise5 Year Integrated MSc

Sr. No. Name Prize Value of prize Department1 Sonya K Bharathkar I Rs. 3000/- Chemistry

II Year MSc(2 year)

Sr. No. Name Prize Value of prize Department1 Ranadeb Ball I Rs. 3000/- Chemistry2 Radhika Gupta II Rs. 2000/- Chemistry3 Birupakshya Panda I Rs. 3000/- Earth Sciences4 Meghomita Das II Rs. 2000/- Earth Sciences5 Vaibhav Sharma I Rs. 3000/- Physics6 Dibya Sankar Chattopadhyay I Rs. 2000/- Physics7 Bhavuk Dhamija I Rs. 3000/- Biosciences and Bioengineering8 Gargi Das II Rs. 2000/- Biosciences and Bioengineering.9 Rudra Prasad Das I Rs. 3000/- Applied Statistics and Informatics

10 Souvik Chakraborty II Rs. 2000/- Applied Statistics and Informatics11 Sachin Garg I Rs. 3000/- Mathematics12 Ritika Nair II Rs. 2000/- Mathematics13 Shivani Pandey I Rs. 3000/- Applied Geophysics

Institute Academic Prizes for the year 2015-16 for BDes

Sr. No. Name Prize Value of prize Department1 Shanbhag Maulashree Bhooshan I Rs. 3000/- Industrial Design center2 Bhagwat Samarth Aniruddha II Rs. 2000/- Industrial Design center


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Other Prizes

Name of the Prize Name of the Awardee Total Amount

Shri Rakesh Mathur Anuj Mittal Rs. 1,00,000/-Excellence Award IV Year UG student

Shri T.K. Subramanian Prize for Karan Jain Rs. 1000/-Academic Excellence IV Year BTech Mechanical Engineering

Urvish Medh Memorial Prize Syomantak Chaudhuri Rs. 2000/-(For Electrical Engg.) I Year BTech Electrical Engineering

Sriram Balasubramanian Rs. 2000/-II Year BTech Electrical Engineering

Sridhar Srivatsan Rs. 2000/-III Year BTech Electrical Engineering

Sattwik Deb Mishra Rs. 2000/-IV Year BTech Electrical Engineering

Prof. M.N. Vartak Memorial Prize Rudra Prasad Das Rs. 6000/-II Year MSc Applied StatisticsAnd Informatics

Mrs. Rama Mathur Sachin Garg Rs. 2000/-Memorial Prize II Year MSc Mathematics

Aditya Choubey Sriram Balasubramanian Rs. 4000/-Memorial Prizes II Year BTech Electrical Engineering

Subham Pirojiwala Rs. 10000/-II Year BTech Civil Engineering

S C Mehrotra Prize Sudip Kumar Rs. 10000/-III Year BTech Civil Engineering

Shubham Agrawal Rs. 10000/-IV Year BTech Civil Engineering

Prof. A.K. Mallik Award Gagrani Nisarg Bhushan Rs. 5000/-IV Year BTech Metallurgical Engineeringand Materials Science

Shri Ram Kumar Gupta Pranay Agarwal Rs. 10000/-Merit Award IV Year BTech Chemical Engineering

(Topper)

Shrimati Prakashvati Jain Divyam Hitesh Rs. 3750/-Devi Gupta Merit Award Himanshi Arora Rs. 3750/-

IV Year BTech Chemical Engineering(2nd highest)


National Carbonaceous AerosolsProgramme Project (NCAP) onCarbonaceous aerosol emissions,source apportionment and climateimpacts (NCAP-COALESCE project)was launched at IIT Bombay on July07, 2017. Hon’ble Union Minister forEnvironment, Forest and ClimateChange, Science and Technology,and Earth Sciences Dr. HarshVardhan was the Chief Guest on theoccasion. During the launch, Dr.Harsh Vardhan said that scientificresearch should reach the publicand scientists should work at thegrassroots level. The Ministeremphasized that there should besynergy and coordination betweenthe various scientific and technicalinstitutions working for the commongoal to combat climate change.

Launch of National Carbonaceous Aerosols Programme at Indian Institute ofTechnology Bombay

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Chief Guest Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Union Minister for Environment, Forest andClimate Change, Science and Technology, and Earth Sciences along with Prof. D.V.Khakhar, Director, IIT Bombay at the launch of NCAP-COALESCE project

The Environment Minister affirmed that climate change and global warming is the talk of the world and thisproject will be a milestone in our history. He also stressed that carbonaceous aerosols are a matter of greatconcern on the issue of climate change. He also urged the student community to set ambitious goals and workrelentlessly to achieve them. The Minister expressed the hope that the project will encourage our scientists toaddress important questions, generate new and impacting knowledge and produce research outputs which aresecond to none in the world.

The Minister informed that organizations like ISRO are working in the field of carbon emissions. He suggestedthat there should be a synergy between various organizations working in a particular field. He emphasized thatthe country needs environmental soldiers. The Minister disclosed that a data bank of environment friendlypractices is being prepared. For this, joint secretaries from the Centre are being sent to various regions acrossthe country. He encouraged the students to dream big and work hard and he assured them that the governmentwill support them on every step of the way. Speaking about India’s ancient culture, the minister said thatenvironmental protection is in the Indian DNA.

The NCAP-COALESCE project was launched as part of India’s National Climate Action Programme. Under theleadership of IIT Bombay’s Interdisciplinary Programme in Climate Studies, this multi-institutional, coordinatedproject would enable teamwork in cutting-edge fundamental research to understand the sources, fate andimpacts of carbonaceous aerosols on climate change in the Indian region.

The project would be a key step to build a strong knowledge base related to short-lived climate pollutants,including carbonaceous aerosols as part of India’s broad commitment to climate action.

Research activities in the NCAP-COALESCE project should lead to significant advances in understanding of keyareas within carbonaceous aerosol influence on climate change. The project would also contribute towardsbuilding scientific capacity, through training of MSc, MTech and PhD students as well as the creation ofinfrastructure and systems at the participating institutions.

It is envisaged that the project would strengthen scientific networks and provide key new knowledge to underpingovernment decision making in regard to climate change.

Over a period of time, the NCAP-COALESCE project would emerge as an important knowledge and informationresource to support national and state actions responding to climate change caused by carbonaceous aerosols.


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With depleting oil reserves andincreasing prices, pollution andpolitical instability over naturalresources, the world looks forwardto renewables. Recently there hasbeen uproar on photovoltaicsbeing used as building materialwith Tesla CEO Elon Muskunveiling its solar roof tiles. Acompeting technology has beeninvented in India by inventors fromIIT Bombay, a premieretechnology institute in India. IITBombay inventors Prof. AldrinAntony and Mr. AnishkumarSoman, a senior research fellow ofDepartment of Electrical Engineer,IIT Bombay and currently a PhDstudent of University of Delaware,have found a promising method inwhich they can use anyconventional solar cell technologyto integrate into buildings asarchitectural glass for buildingfenestrations like windows,facades, roof shingles etc. Theinvention consists of ananophotonic coating namedSMART© (Selectively ModulatedAesthetic Reflector Technology),which is the technological secretto fabricate different coloured solarmodules. The beauty of this

IIT Bombay Invents Next Generation Coloured Solar Cells For Building IntegratedSolar Power Generation For Urban Landscaping

invention is, just like mixingcolours or lights to make differentother colours, here the inventorshave succeeded in mixingnanophotonic coatings togenerate different colourappearance for solar modules.This invention has been done withthe financial support from MNREunder the National Solar Sciencefellowship award for Prof. Aldrin.The research work was carriedout at the National Centre forPhotovoltaics Research andEducation at IIT Bombay.

Building Integrated Photovoltaicsis at a very nascent stage whereresearchers across the globe aretrying to find new ways tointegrate solar cells to buildingmaterial. At present, more than90% of the solar market consistsof silicon solar cells, which areused as roof top or stand-alonesystems. Though there are newtechnologies like perovskite cellswhich are capable of givingcolour, they suffer from stabilityissues due to which they are notyet commercialized. The mainfactor which limited the productionof coloured solar cells was giving

colour to the cell which results invery high reflection losses, causingthe solar cell beneath not to work.However this invention smartlyreflects only a selected wavelengthof light to give it a coloured effectwhereas the cell below works withnearly 60 to 80% relative efficiency.Currently solar panels are onlyinstalled on roof tops and are bigbulky systems which consume a lotof space and are unaesthetic dueto its blue or black colour.

The inventors Prof. Aldrin and Mr.Anish feel that this invention couldchange the way we look at buildingarchitecture of the future andbelieve India is an upcomingmarket for such innovative andgreen technology with rising realestate business. “We wish to makesolar cells customizable, attractiveand irresistible to people along withcontributing to a greener planet.Imagine sparkling, appealing,beautifully coloured, customizablewindow shades and facadesgenerating energy for you! Isn’t itcool?” said Mr. Anish, one of theco-inventors. “I feel our work hasbeen in line with the governmentpolicy of Make-in-India campaignand we believe we should get moresupport from the government andmedia to promote development ofsuch technology within the country,”said Prof. Aldrin, who left his job insolar energy research andpermanent residency in Europe tojoin the National Solar EnergyMission research in India as aNational Solar Science Fellow, aprestigious fellowship awarded bythe President of India, under theMinistry of New and RenewableEnergy (MNRE). The inventorshave filed for an Indian patent anda PCT for their invention and theyare currently being approached byglass manufacturing companiesand wish to license their technologyto local players instead ofinternational ones to promotetechnology development within thecountry.

Prof. Aldrin Antony and Mr. Anishkumar Soman showcasing colored solar cells


Techfest Launches Initiative On Menstrual Hygiene

Launching of Techfest initiativeon menstrual hygiene by actressMs. Tapsee Pannu

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Techfest launched its initiative on menstrual hygieneon August 26, 2017. It saw celebrities and otherleaders involved in the initiative. The website of theinitiative was launched by actress Ms. Tapsee Pannu.

She spoke about the importance of menstrualhygiene and breaking the silence aroundmenstruation in our society. “Women must stepforward. Periods are not STDs or some crime but areas natural as any other body processes like eating,breathing, having sex, etc.,” she said.

Dean of Student Affairs of IIT Bombay Prof. SoumyoMukherjee congratulated the Techfest team for theinitiative and added, “It is high time we review someorthodox thoughts. Distribution of sanitary napkins isnot enough, ideas must change. Education on

menstruation should spread across all the sections ofthe society.”

This was followed by video testimonial of actressMs. Sonnalli Seygall, who unfortunately couldnt makeit to the launch event, but gave Techfest her heartiestcongratulations for taking up the initiative. She said,“Taboos around menstruation is probably the mostimportant issue that needs to be addressed in thesociety. Congratulations to Techfest, IIT Bombay fortaking up this initiative”.

The volunteer bus was flagged off right after byTapsee Pannu and Prof. Mukherjee followed by apanel discussion on the issue amongst Prof. AhonaRoy, Department of Humanities, IIT Bombay, Prof.Soumyo Mukherjee, Dean of Students Affairs and Mr.Nitin Wadhwani, founder of CACR Rotary 3141.

Digital Empowerment Program On The Theme Of Transforming To A Cash-Less Society

The Organizing Committee ofPanIIT organized a digitalempowerment program on thetheme of “Transforming To A Cash-Less Society” on July 22, 2017 atIIT Bombay. Pan IIT is the globalalumni association of all IIT Alumnirepresenting over 300,000 IITians.

Prime Minister Mr. Narendra Modihas given a clarion call for aDigital India with a vision totransform the country into adigitally-empowered society andknowledge economy. Towards this,PanIIT is carrying out a nationwideprogram to take thoughtleadership in the digitaltransformation policies ofGovernment of India with a view totransform India into a digitally-

empowered society andknowledge economy.

The program majorly aimed at fivethemes:

· Reforming Governance ThroughTechnology - Delhi

· Transforming To A Cash-LessSociety - Mumbai

· Start-Up India, Stand-Up India -Towards A Knowledge Economy- Bangalore

· Digital Empowerment OfSociety - Education/Health -Chennai

· Digital Transformation OfAgriculture

The event was attended by around250 business leaders representing

education, research, academia,banking, financial Services,entrepreneurs, start-ups, VCs,enterprises and technologyproviders. Mr. Deepak Patil,Vice Chairman, PanIIT AlumniAssociation delivered the welcomeand introductory speech.

Some key speakers included in theprogramme were Mr. A. P. Hota,CEO of NPCI, Mr. SanjeevChandak,Co-founder & CEO of FtCash,Mr. Madhivan Balakrishnan, CTO &CDO of ICICI Bank, Mr. SangramSingh, Head - Cards & Paymentsof Axis Bank, Prof. G. Sivakumar,Professor in IIT Bombay, Mr.Ashank Desai, Chairman ofMastek (Moderator).


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IIT Bombay And ISRO’s SCL Indigenously Augment Their 180-Nanometer TechnologyFor Versatile And Powerful Chips

A joint effort by IIT Bombay and ISRO’s Semi-ConductorLabs (SCL) Chandigarh has demonstrated, for the firsttime, indigenously developed Bipolar Junction Transistorto augment SCL’s 180-nanometer chip offering withversatile and powerful BiCMOS (short for Bipolar-CMOS) capability. This success boosts SCL’s capabilityto serve the nation’s civilian & strategic for the new waveof Internet-of-Things (IoT) technologies.

Internet-of-Things (IoT) connects sensors & appliance tocomputers and the internet to make an intelligentsystem. Essentially, this network of system will “see”situations instantaneously (through sensors), make“smart decisions” (using the internet / computer) andrespond (with tool / appliance) seamlessly. It requiresmany specialized integrated circuits (ICs) to create thisnetwork in different environments of national interest e.g.a home, hospital, factory or paddy field. For example, asensor IC may measure (e.g. soil moisture or roomtemperature or blood oxygen level in a patient) andcommunicate to a controller IC to enable a response.The sensors are normally “analog” as it reports aspecific value of moisture/ temperature/ oxygen within arange – while this is converted into a simplified “digital”information in a computer for decision-making.

Bi-CMOS technology enables mixed signal ICs. Itcombines two transistor technologies in one chip – thehigh-speed and high power Bipolar Junction Transistor(BJT), and low speed and low power CompliementaryMetal Oxide Semiconductor (CMOS). In simple terms,CMOS are equivalent of miniature on-off switches (i.e.digital) while BJTs are like miniature fan regulator dials(i.e. analog) that smoothly control the fan-speed. Theresult is a versatile technology platform in terms ofintegrated digital-analog (i.e. mixed) signal ICs, withoptimal performance based on choice of high speed(BJT) and low power (CMOS), which strongly enablesIoT applications.

India’s strategic needs is served by the 180-nanometerCMOS technology at Semi Conductor Labs Chandigarh.A team from IIT Bombay lead by Prof. Udayan Gangulyhas been collaborating with SCL to add BJT technologyto the existing CMOS manufacturing baseline at SCL to

indigenously develop BiCMOS technology. In May 2016,Dr. Piyush Bhatt kick-started the project by developingprocess design for nano-fabrication based on existingSCL capabilities and demonstrating the technicalfeasibility through computer simulations. Next, theequivalent process was implemented in the ICfabrication lab by a team under Mr. H S. Jatana at SCL.In June 2017, the fabricated devices showed first signsof life! The device amplified the input signal a 100 timesat the output! In fact, it worked so well that thisamplification is sufficient for the first version of BiCMOStechnology.

Prof. Devang Khakhar, Director of IIT Bombay notes,“Such successful joint technology development atteststo skill and the readiness of the Indian agencies toindigenously enhance our capabilities – which is a firststep towards market competitiveness in technology.”

India’s electronic consumption could outstrip its oilconsumption by 2020 according to National ElectronicsPolicy 2011. The Government of India is pushing mega-fabs (large-scale chip factories) to support this need. Mr.Surinder Singh, Director of SCL, has the enviableexperience of already running a smaller but high-techCMOS fab in India.

“Mega-fabs are necessary but the ultimate goal istechnology autonomy – enabled by indigenoustechnology development capability. Here, we haveleveraged the world-class expertise of IIT Bombay toenable a manufacturable technology development atSCL. This collaborative model works!” remarks Singh.

An Indian semiconductor manufacturing enhanced withthe ability for indigenous technology developmentsignificantly improves national access to technology thatis custom, unique and secure focused on national needsand priorities.

Spurred on by the success, the team is working towardshigher frequency BiCMOS technology. This involvesfurther engineering to incorporate of new materials intothe SCL fab using advanced processes. For example,replacing Silicon atoms with Germanium distorts thecrystal and speed up electrons to enable 1000x fastersystems. Such high-speed systems are used in high-end communications systems.

Prof. Udayan Ganguly’s team works at the bustlingCenter of Excellence in Nanoelectronics (CEN) at IITBombay, which was seeded by the Ministry ofElectronics and IT (MeitY) in 2005. Debashis Dutta,Group Coordinator, R&D in Electronics, MeitY says,“The research success of CEN at IIT Bombay is wellknown. However, the technology translation stories arecoming out only now. I believe these are signs of greatthings to come – which is essentially the realization ofvision of our Ministry for Make in India in ESDM(Electronics Systems Design and Manufacturing)”.


SHIRUCAFE was launched in IITBombay campus on August 1,2017. It is located on the first floorfoyer between two Lecture HallComplexes. This membership-based cafe offers students,professors and staff members achance to register and enjoycomplimentary drinks such asmango juice, tea and coffee.

Launching of SHIRUCAFE at IITBombay

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Hon’ble Union Minister forEnvironment, Forest and ClimateChange, Science and Technology, andEarth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhaninaugurated the 11th Foundation Dayof Ministry of Earth Sciences in NewDelhi on July 27, 2017. The YoungResearcher Award was presented toProf. Vikram Vishal, Department ofEarth Sciences, for the outstandingwork in Earth Science and Technology.His mother collected the award on hisbehalf.

The Innovation “IIGPU400364 –SelfCervi: a device for real-timeself screening of cervical cancer”by Prof. Rohit Srivastava, TataInnovation Fellow, INAE YoungAssociate, Department ofBio-sciences and Bio-engineering,IIT Bombay, his studentMr. Shantanu Phatak, NanoBiosLab, IIT Bombay and other teammembers Ms. Mukti Vats,NanoBios, IIT Bombay,Dr. Shital Munde, MD pathologystudent, KEM Hospital, Mr. KunjVora, student intern, NanoBiosLab, IIT Bombay and mentors Prof.Dr. Padmaja Mavani,Sr. Gynecologist, KEM Hospitaland Dr. Abhijit De, PI, ACTREChas been selected as one of theUniversity Challenge winners ofthe DST – Lockheed Martin – TataTrusts India Innovation GrowthProgramme (IIGP) 2.0 for 2017.The awards ceremony was heldon July 26, 2017 in New Delhi.

Shirucafe Launches In IIT Bombay Campus

IIT Bombay Faculty Wins Young Researcher Award

Hon’ble Union Minister forEnvironment, Forest and ClimateChange, Science and Technology, andEarth Sciences Dr. Harsh Vardhanpresenting the Young ResearcherAwards at the foundation day functionof the Ministry of Earth Sciences 2017,in New Delhi

University Challenge Winners Of The DST – Lockheed Martin – Tata Trusts IIGP 2017

Prof. Rohit Srivastava, Department of Bioscience and Bioengineering and teamreceiving the award at the Taj Mahal Hotel, Man Singh Road, New Delhi


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A group of 27 senior and midcareer academics and academicadministrators from the Universityof Pennsylvania (Upenn), USAvisited IIT Bombay on July 21,2017 as part of their ExecutiveDoctoral Programme at GraduateSchool of Education (GSE) atUpenn to understand aboutvarious aspects of an educationand research Institute like IITBombay.

Visit of academicians andadministrators of University ofPennsylvania (Upenn), USA atIIT Bombay

IIT Bombay-Washington Universityin St. Louis Research andEducational Academy (IWREA)launched the third batch of EMBAon July 12, 2017 in the Institute.Mr. Yogi Sriram, Sr. Vice President,Corporate HR, Larsen & Toubrowas the Chief Guest on theoccasion.

Upenn Mid Career Students Visit IIT Bombay

Launch Of Third Batch Of EMBA

Students and dignitaries during thelaunch of third batch of EMBA

IIT Bombay had organized tree plantation drive “VanMahotsav 2017” on July 1, 2017 at Building No. 15,behind Type H-1, hill side, IIT campus. All campusresidents, faculty members, staff and studentsparticipated in the programme to make it a success.Deputy Director Prof. A.K. Suresh was the ChiefGuest for the programme. He gave away certificatesto students of Kendriya Vidyalaya and CampusSchool.

Van Mahotsav 2017

Celebration of Van Mahotsav 2017 – tree plantation drive atIIT Bombay

Celebration of Librarian’s Day

Librarian’s Day 2017 was celebrated on August 21,2017 in Central Library at IIT Bombay. This day iscelebrated in memory of Dr. S. R. Ranganathan, thefather of Library Science in India. Dr. Jagdish Arora,Director of INFLIBNET Centre, Gandhinagar, Gujaratwas the Chief Guest on the occasion.

Prof. A.K. Suresh, Deputy Director (Academic &Infrastructural Affairs), Prof. P.C. Pandey, Dean(Administrative Affairs), Prof. Amitava De, Dean(Academic Programmes), Prof. S.V. Kulkarni,Associate Dean (Infrastructure Planning andSupport), Prof. P. Ramadevi, Convener of LibraryCommittee and Prof. G.K. Srinivasan, Member ofLibrary Committee graced the occasion.

Chief Guest Dr. JagdishArora, Director ofINFLIBNET Centre,delivering the keynoteaddress during the event


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Ms. Apeksha Fernandes – Champion in Aquatics

Ms. Apeksha Fernandes, a student of Std. VII inBombay Scottish School, is a IIT Swimming Clubswimmer and daughter of Prof. B.G. Fernandes,Professor and Head of the Department of ElectricalEngineering. She has represented Maharashtra statein the 8th sub junior national aquatic championshipconducted by Swimming Federation of India atBalewadi, Pune on 28-30th June, and won thefollowing medals:

*Silver medal in 100 m breast stroke,*Bronze medals in 50 m, 200 m individual medley and200 m free style*Gold medals in 4*50 m free style and medley relay,with new meet record.

Earlier to this, Ms. Apeksha has won the followingmedals at the state level:*Gold medal in 200 m individual medley, with newmeet record*Silver medals in 50 m and 100 m breast stroke and200 m free style*Gold medals in 4*50 m free style and medley relays.

Ms. Apeksha is being trained by Dr. P. Mohan Reddy,Senior Sports Officer, IIT Bombay Gymkhana.

71st Independence Day was celebrated on August 15, 2017 with a lot of enthusiasm. The National Flag wasunfurled by Prof. Devang V. Khakhar, Director, IIT Bombay in the area in front of SJMSOM building, followed byMarch Past.

A series of cultural events and competitions based on India and its culture were organized during the week inthe Institute.

Before the Independence Day, a pledge was taken by IIT Bombay staff to make a “New India” by 2022 in thememory of Quit India Movement.

IIT Bombay staff taking pledge to make a “New India”by 2022 in the memory of Quit India Movement

Celebration Of Independence Day

Floral decoration at venue during the celebration ofIndependence Day at IIT Bombay

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Research in focus

A REACTOR FOR REMOVAL OF PERSISTENT POLLUTANTS PRESENT IN POTABLE WATER

Water is no longer a safe and free commodity because most perennial Indian rivers are polluted withpersistent organic pollutants. Thus provision of clean and safe potable water to all sec ons of society is thekey challenge faced by our nation today. Clean water is also the key to enable Indian industries to producegoods of environmentally acceptable quality.

A project completed by us is an endeavor to provide an indigenous patented technology for the removal ofpriority chlorinated pollutants in potable water. We have designed a versa le reactor (Fig. 1) which involvesthe usage of palladium immobilized on an eco-friendly biopolymer, bacterial cellulose (Fig. 2) for degrada onof priority chlorinated pollutants to a non-toxic end-product using a suitable reductant. DDT,pentachlorophenol, endosulfan, trichloroethylene and nitrate are some of the non-point source pollutantspresent in ground and surface water bodies which can be eûec vely removed using the reactor. We wouldlike to emphasize that there are a number of challenges that need to be tackled prior to translating thetechnology developed by us for field scale applications; be it ground, surface or industrial water treatment.Clearly more investment in terms of me and finance is the way forward for improving the technology.

Prof. Sumathi Suresh,Centre for Environmental Science and Engineering, [email protected]

Fig.1 Schema c diagram of reactor used for treatingwater containing chlorinated pollutant

PdBC = palladized bacterial cellulose, PCP =pentachlorophenol is an example of chlorinated pollutant

Fig.2 Picture on the left shows bacterial cellulose immobilized on acrylic discswhile the picture on right shows palladized bacterial cellulose on acrylic discs


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Challenges in Global Health” onAugust 29, 2017

Department of Humanities andSocial Sciences

Prof. Sai Bhatawadekar, Director ofthe Center for South Asian Studiesat University of Hawaii delivered atalk in a seminar on “Symptoms ofWithdrawal: Hegel’s andSchopenhauer’s ConceptualStructuring of Hindu Religion andPhilosophy” on August 2, 2017

Dr. Sri Craven, Portland StateUniversity in Oregon, USA gave atalk in a lecture on “Feminist Studiesand Global Indian Literature:Literary Criticism in a New Century”on August 1, 2017

Dr. Shailaja Paik, University ofCincinnati, USA delivered a lectureon “The Social Life of Tamasha” onAugust 30, 2017

Department of Civil Engineering

Dr. Lisa Stewart, Head of FloodEstimation, Centre for Ecology &Hydrology, Wallingford, UK gave alecture on “Flood frequency and theUK Flood Estimation Handbook:data, methods and challenges” onAugust 1, 2017

Department of MechanicalEngineering

Prof. Shalabh Maroo, IIT Bombayalumnus and faculty in thedepartment of Mechanical andAerospace Engineering in SyracuseUniversity (USA) gave a talk in aseminar on “Experimental andMolecular Insights of Microlayer forBoiling Enhancement and Thin FilmEvaporation” on July 26, 2017

Centre for Policy Studies (CPS)and SJMSOM School of

Management

Mr. Parminder Jit Singh, ExecutiveDirector of IT for Change, an Indiabased NGO gave a talk on “Digitaldata - the new raw material in theGlobalising Economy” on July 28,2017

Centre of Excellence in SteelTechnology (CoEST)

Prof. Veena Sahajwalla, ScientiaProfessor, School of Materials

NOTIFICATIONProf. George Mathew,Department of Earth Scienceshas taken over the charge ofChairman of UCEED-CEED-JEE (Adv) 2018, w.e.f. August23, 2017

Prof. Bhalchandra P. Puranik,Department of MechanicalEngineering has beenappointed as the Head w.e.f.August 24, 2017

Institute Colloquium

Prof. Surajit Sen, Department ofPhysics, State University of NewYork at Buffalo, NY, USA gave anInstitute lecture on ‘Nonlinear

Dr. S. K. Mishra, DistinguishedScientist, DRDO, Ministry ofDefense delivered an Institutelecture on “India’s Achievementsin Missile Technology” on July 17,2017

Dynamics in the Real World’ onJuly 13, 2017

Departmental Lectures

Industrial Design Centre

Prof. Neeta Verma, University ofNotre Dame gave a talk on“Visualization Of Data: CreatingNarratives With Numbers” on July5, 2017

Department of AerospaceEngineering

Prof. N. Ananthkrishnan, anindependent consultant with over23 years experience in academiaand industry in multi-disciplinaryresearch & development across awide spectrum from combustionsystems to airplane aerodynamicsto flight control and guidancesystems gave a talk in a seminaron “Advanced Flight Dynamicswith Elements of Flight-Control”on August 23, 2017

Department of Bio-science andBio-engineering

Dr. Nisarg Shah, HarvardUniversity, delivered a lecture on“Assembling biomaterialregulators in tissue and immunedevelopment” on July 14, 2017

Prof. Manu Prakash, StanfordUniversity and Foldscope (PaperMicroscope) fame delivered alecture on “Frugal Science and

Mr. Raj Nair, Chairman, AvalonConsulting, India gave an Institutelecture on “The Future is Here” onAugust 3, 2017


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Prof. Anindya Dutta, Departmentof Chemistry has been chosen toreceive the Chemical Society ofIndia Bronze Medal in recognitionof his contributions to Chemistry.The medal will be presented at the22nd National CSRI Symposium

Prof. Varun Bhalerao,Department of Physics has beenselected as an Associate of theIndian Academy of Sciences

Prof. Deepankar Choudhury,Department of Civil Engineeringhas been appointed as the newCo-Editor (Associate Editor) ofASCE International Journal ofGeomechanics, published by theAmerican Society of CivilEngineers

Prof Vikram Gadre, Departmentof Electrical Engineering has beennominated as a member of IITcouncil. IIT council is the apexbody for IITs chaired by theMinister of MHRD

Prof. Anil Kumar, Department ofChemistry has been awarded thisyear’s NASI-Reliance IndustriesPlatinum Jubilee Award forApplication Oriented Innovations

Prof. Nina Sabnani, IndustrialDesign Centre has won theAnimation Gold Award at the 12thIndian Documentary Producers’Association Awards 2017 for theanimation film “Hum Chitra BanateHain” directed by Prof. Sabnani

Prof Rohit Srivastava, Departmentof Biosciences and Bioengineering,has developed a medical device fordetection of renal diseases. It wasselected for display in an exhibitionto be held in Parliament House inJuly 2017

Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri,Department of ElectricalEngineering has been selected forthis year’s Distinguished Alumnusaward of IIT Kharagpur. The awardwas conferred on him during IITKGP convocation ceremony held inAugust 2017

Recent work of Prof. SiddharthaChaudhuri, Department ofComputer Science and Engineeringon 3D shape structure, usingrecursive auto-encoders waschosen to be featured in a pressrelease of the Association forComputer Machinery (ACM) via theAmerican Association forAdvancement of Sciences (AAAS)

Projects of IDC Alumniselected to exhibit inGlobal Grad Show atDubai

Science and Engineering,University of New South Wales,Australia delivered a talk in aseminar titled “Reviving Waste inGreen Manufacturing: Creating newsolutions through Innovation andPartnerships” on August 21, 2017

Awards andDistinctions

Prof. C.P. Rao, Department ofChemistry has been chosen toreceive the Chemical ResearchSociety of India silver medal for hiscontributions to research inChemistry

Prof. Milind Atrey, Department ofMechanical Engineering has beenappointed as the Founding Chairof the Institution of MechanicalEngineers’ (UK) Process IndustryDivision’s India Technical Centre,which will be headquartered inMumbai for a period of 3 years inan honorary capacity

Prof. Suvarn Kulkarni,Department of Chemistry hasbeen invited to become a Memberof the Editorial Board of“Carbohydrate Research”, for aperiod of 3 years

Student News

Mr. Abhishek Verma, alumnus ofIndustrial Design Centre, has wonthe Annecy award for his animatedshort film “Maacher Jhol” at theprestigious Annecy InternationalAnimation Film Festival. It is one ofthe four international animated filmfestivals sponsored by theAssociation Internationale du Filmd’Animation (or ASIFA, theInternational Animated FilmAssociation).

Global Grad Show at Dubai willexhibit IDC Alumni Projects

Projects by IDC alumni have beenselected for the prestigious GlobalGrad Show at Dubai, an annualexhibition of graduate projectsfrom design schools around theworld. It is held in November as

part of Dubai Design Week. In theGlobal Grad Show, Mr. NishitParikh’s project titled ‘Solar studylamp for Rural India’, Mr. ArunShah’s project ‘Portable PatientChair for Dental Camps’ and Ms.Devanshi Saksena’s project‘Water Filter Bottle for CRPFJawans’ have been selected.

The exhibition brings togetherhighlights from the degree showsof the most innovative technologyand design programs in the world.Last year, it featured works from50 universities in 30 countries.This includes well-establishedschools such as MIT, RoyalCollege of Art, National Universityof Singapore etc.


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IIT Bombay and The Ohio StateUniversity, USA, jointly organizedan annual symposium on July 26,2017 on the topic of “Science andEngineering for SustainableDevelopment” in collaboration withTechstain Technologies asorganizing partner. Thesymposium theme this year was‘Sustainability of Earth and WaterResources from EcologicalPerspective’. Dr. V.K. Saraswat,member NITI Aayog and formerDirector General of DRDO, wasthe chief guest at the symposium.

The day-long symposium focusedon identifying the cross-linkagesbetween the concepts and practiceof sustainable engineering. Theevent involved presentations bystart-ups working in the area ofsustainability. It brought togetherthought leaders and practitionersacross multiple sectors todeliberate upon the criticalchallenges facing India’ssustainable development andbrainstorm about the directionneeded for exploring potentialsolution. The broad objectives ofsymposium were:

*To create awareness andnecessary linkages for bringingSustainability and Resilience

studies from periphery to center ofall engineering R&D initiatives

*To provide a platform forsustainability thinkers fromcorporate, academia, Governmentand NGOs for framing relevantand implementable policies for aclean environment

*To evolve sustainabilitygovernance framework at theglobal level with special attentionto the emerging economies likeIndia

*To identify key research projectsthose need to be incubated

*To build and maintain linkagesbetween laboratory researches,immediate industry need,corporate governance tools andgovernmental planning to supportsuch initiatives

The organisers and the hostincluded Dr. Biplab Pattanaik,Techstain Technologies, Prof.Yogendra Shastri, Department ofChemical Engineering, IIT Bombayand Prof. Bhavik Bakshi, The OhioState University, Columbus, Ohio,USA.

Publications

Prof. Tara Shankar Shaw,Department of Humanities andSocial Science recent paper (co-authored with Prof. Lerong Hefrom State University of NY) titled“Institution Logic in FamilyBusiness: Evidence from BoardStructure Change in Indian PublicFirm” was awarded the Best Paperaward in “The Ninth InternationalSymposium on MultinationalBusiness Management—Entrepreneurship, OrganizationalChange and EmploymentManagement” held at Nanjing,China on June 16-18, 2017

Dr. Ranjit Kumar Das, In-Charge,Central Library was invited to actas a Resource person to deliverlecture on “CollectionDevelopment of e-resources” forthe UGC Refresher Course inLibrary and Information Sciencefrom the UGC-Human ResourceDevelopment Centre, Sant GadgeBaba Amravati University,Amravati. As a Resource Person,Dr. Das delivered the lecture forthe UGC Refresher Course inLibrary and Information Scienceon July 10, 2017.

Prof. C.P. Chaturani, RetiredFaculty Of Department ofMathematics has been conferredfellowship of InternationalAcademy of Physical Sciences atHyderabad in July 2017

Invited Talk / Lectures Other News

Symposium On Science And Engineering For Sustainable Development

Chief Guest Dr. V.K. Saraswat, Member of NITI Aayog and former Director General ofDRDO addressing the conference


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Prof. Vineeth Nair, Department ofAerospace Engi-neering, has beenappointed asAssistant Professorw.e.f. July 20, 2017

Appointments Retirements onAugust 31, 2017

Prof. S.D. Jog, Department ofMechanicalEngineering, hasretired after 34years of service

Mr. Manoj D. Bhadekar, Jr. TechSuperintendent,Department ofAerospaceEngineering, hasretired after 32years of service

Mr. Ashok R. Joshi, Sr. Lab,Assistant, Centreof Studies inResourcesEngineering, hasretired after 40years of service

Mr. H. S. Verma, Dy. Registrar,Audit Section,retired after 20years of service

Ms. Pushpa S. Sharma, LibraryInformationOfficer, CentralLibrary, retiredafter 31 years ofservice

Retirements onJuly 31, 2017

Mr. Tukarakm B. Londhe,Attendant (SG),Estate Office,retired after 39years of service

Mr. Ashok K. Birare, Sr. Helper,Public HealthOffice, retiredafter 38 years ofservice

Mr. Yuvraj R. Mane, Sr. Helper,Printing Press,retired after 36years of service

Salt’n Pepperby Prof. Arun InamdarWilderness

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Photo Credit :Mr. Lakshmipathi N.Department of Aerospace Engineering


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CEP courses scheduled during September and October 2017

Duration Days Course Title Course Coordinator / Department

Open Programmes :

12-9-2017 5 days Advanced Welding Technology Prof. Amber Shrivastava Prof. Sushil M.Mechanical Engineering

14-9-2017 2 days Efficient Steam Handling Prof. Manaswita BoseEnergy Systems Engineering

18-9-2017 3 days Theory And Technology of Prof . Anil KottantharayilSilicon Solar Cell Electrical Engineering

21-9-2017 3 days Expo Info Design Prof. Ravi PoovaiahIndustrial Design Centre

24-9-2017 4 days Advanced Executive Prof. Dinesh SharmaProgram In Management School of Management

25-9-2017 2 days Perovskite Solar Cells Prof. Balasubramaniam KavaipattiEnergy Systems Engineering

In-House Programmes :

1-9-2017 5 months Transmission Electron Microscopy Prof. Nithyanand PrabhuMetallurgical Engineering & Materials Science

14-9-2017 3 days Process Hazard Evaluation Prof. Sandip S. RoyAnd Loss Prevention Chemical Engineering

Open Programmes :

3-10-2017 5 days E-Mobility And Innovations In Prof. Prashant P. DateSheet Metal Forming Mechanical Engineering

6-10-2017 3 days Leadership Development Programme Prof. S. BhargavaFor Managers And Entrepreneurs School of Management

31-10-2017 6 days Expo Creative Design Methods Prof. Ravi PoovaiahAnd Innovation Industrial Design Centre

In-House Programmes :

4-10-2017 2 days Systems Engineering Principles Prof. Hemendra AryaAerospace Engineering

5-10-2017 4 months A 21 Days Course On Prof. Vijay P. BapatNew Product Development Industrial Design Centre

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