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Prof. S. C. Saxena, Director, IIT Roorkee, Prof. Surendra Prasad, Director, IIT Delhi andProf. Damodar Acharya, Director, IIT Kharagpur visited German Universities together.

In following pictures, they are seen at various locations.

On an invitation from German Academic Exchange

Service (DAAD) Prof. S. C. Saxena alongwith two other

IIT Directors, Prof. S. Prasad of IIT Delhi and Prof. D.

Acharya of IIT Kharagpur visited universities at Karlsruhe,

Heidelberg, Aachen, Bonn, Berlin, Dresden and Frankfurt th th

in the Federal Republic of Germany from 6 to 13 June, th

2008. On 6 June, 2008, they were received by Professor

Dr. Norbert Henze, Vice Rector- Structure of University of

Karlsruhe. Prof. Henze made a presentation about the

University of Karlsruhe, and Karlsruhe Institute of

Technology and held useful discussions with the team

about the activities of common interest. Thereafter, there

was a meeting with the experts and supervisors of

IIT–students, Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Olaf Dossel of Electrical

Engineering; Professor Dr.-Ing. Lothar Stempniewski of

Civil Engineering and Dr. Iris Pantle of Acoustics. The

team visited the Institute for Biomedical Engineering and

saw facilities available in different laboratories and

interacted with post-doctoral and doctoral students and

held detailed discussions on their research problems.

In the evening, the team arrived at Heidelberg and

participated in the event “India Day”. H. E., the

Ambassador of India and other eminent persons from

political, business and educational circles participated in th

the event. On 7 June, 2008 morning, the team met with

Dr. Julien Vayssiere, Senior Researcher, SAP Research,

CEC Brisbane and Ms. Nina Kissel, Biz Dev. Manager,

SAP Research Business Development and explored the

L. to R. : Prof. Prasad, Prof. Acharya and Prof. Saxena outsideGerman Parliament in Berlin

At Karlsruhe Fort

At Opera House in BerlinWith IITs' students at Heidelberg

REPORT ON THE VISIT OF PROF. S. C. SAXENA, DIRECTOR, IIT ROORKEE TO THEth thFEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY FROM 6 TO 13 JUNE, 2008

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Prof. Saxena with IITR students at Heidelberg University

possibilities of collaborations between SAP Research

and IITs. In the forenoon, IIT Directors participated in

academic fair, talks on topics related to India,

workshops and DAAD award ceremony. Prof. Saxena

and other two Directors made presentations about

study and research in IITs in general and in their th

respective IITs in particular. On 8 June, 2008, the

Directors attended Orientation Seminar for the IIT

students of DAAD internship program, presentation of

TU9 and a meeting with the IIT trainees. During lunch

time, there was a meeting with Professor Dr. Kurt

Mehlhorn, Vice-President, Max Planck Society and

Professor Dr. Raimund Seidel of University of

Saarbrucken.th

On 9 June, 2008, Prof. Saxena and other Directors

held meeting with Professor Dr. Med. Rolf Rossaint,

Vice-Rector, Finances and Facilities, and Chairman,

Department of Anesthescology, University Hospital,

Aachen. The team visited the Institute of Textile

Technology and held useful discussions with Dr.-Ing.

Dieter Veit, Institute for Textile, RWTH Aachen and Mr.

Mohit A. Raina, participant in the DAAD-IIT programme.

The discussion included the experiences of DAAD-IIT-

Master-Sandwitch programme students. The team

visited Institute for Integrated Signal Processing

Systems and interacted with Prof. Dr.-Ing. Gerd

Ascheid-Director, Dipl.-Ing. David Kammler, Chief

Engineer, and Mr. Venkatesh Ramkrishnan. DAAD-IIT-

Master-Sandwitch programme students held separate

discussions with their respective Directors.

In the afternoon, the team left Aachen for Bonn.

There was a meeting at DAAD Head Quarter with Dr.

Helmnt Blumbach, Head of Southern Hemisphere

Department; Dr. Nina Lemmens, Head of Asia,

Australia, Oceania Division; Ms. Hanneclore

Bossmann, Head of South and Southeast Asia Section

and Ms. Susanne Scherzer of South and Southeast

Asia section. In the evening, there was a meeting with

Professor Dr. Max G. Huber, Vice-President of DAAD

and Special Delegate of the Federal Government for the

Promotion of German Universities abroad; Dr. H.

Blumbach, Dr. Nina Lemmens; Dr. Priya Bondre-Beil,

Programme Director, Division of Research Training

Groups; Mr. Ralf Wyrwinski, of Federal Ministry for

Economic Cooperation and Development, Ms. Marijke

Wahlers, Head of International Department, HRK

German Rectors Conference.th

The team left Bonn for Berlin in the early hours of 10

June, 2008. In Berlin, first visit was made to the Technical

University Berlin. The team held a very useful discussion

with Professor Dr. rer. nat. Kurt Kutzler, President of the

University, Dr. Harald Ermel, Director of International

Relations and Dipl.-Ing. Daniela Bechtloft of International

Relations. In the afternoon, Prof. Dr.–Ing. Robert

Liebich, Head of the Department for Design and Product

Reliability made a detailed presentation about the

research activities of his group. The team had useful

interaction with him on various activities of common th

interest. On 11 June, 2008, the team held a meeting with

Mr. Venio Piero Quinque, Managing Director, TU9

German Institutes of Technology; Prof. Dr. mult. Dr. H. C.

Mufit Bahadir, Vice-President of Research, Technical

University Braunschweig and Dr. Hannemor Keidel,

Vice-President, International Affairs, Technical

University Munchen. In the afternoon, the Directors met

H.E. Ms. Meera Shankar, Ambassador of India and

Professor Dr. K. V. Devi Prasad, Counsellor for Science

and Technology at the Embassy of Republic of India.

On June12, 2008, the team left for Dresden and first

visited Biotechnology Centre of Technical University

Dresden and held discussions with Professor Petra

Schuile. Thereafter, the team held a meeting with

Professor Manfred F. Buchroithner, Director, Faculty of

Forest, Geo and Hydro Sciences, Institute for

Cartography and Prof. Dr. Eng. Christian Lippold, Dean,

Faculty of Traffic and Transportation Sciences. In the

afternoon, Professor Manfred Curbach, Vice-Rector of

Technical University of Dresden made a presentation

about his university. Thereafter, there was useful

discussion with Professor Harald Grossmann, Faculty of

Mechanical Engineering; Professor Hermann Harting,

Faculty of Computer Science; Professor Michael

Kaliske, Faculty of Civil Engineering and Professor

Herwig O. Gutzeit, Department of Biology. The

presentations included topics of research being carried

out in different areas at TU Dresden. In the afternoon, the

team left for Frankfurt. Prof. Saxena left Frankfurt for

India on June 13, 2008.

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Shri N. K. Sinha, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Human

Resource Development (MHRD), New Delhi visited

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee during

June 11-12, 2008 in connection with the review and

feedback on Faculty Development and Finishing School

Programs being conducted by the institute. Shri N. K.

Sinha was received in the N. C. Nigam Guest House by

Prof. H. K. Verma, Deputy Director, Prof. Surendra

Kumar, Dean (F & P) and other officials of the Institute.

Shri N. K. Sinha along with Prof. H. K. Verma & Prof.

Surendra Kumar visited the Continuing Education Centre

where they were received by Prof. Vinod Kumar, Head

Continuing Education Centre. Prof. Vinod Kumar gave

the details of Faculty Development Program & Finishing

School Programs to Shri N. K. Sinha and informed that

Continuing Education Centre has organized three

programs under Faculty Development Program as per

decision in a meeting held in the Ministry of Human

Resource Development. Indian Institute of Technology

Roorkee being the only IIT organizing the Finishing

School Program of Ministry of Human Resource nd

Development, this program is being run 2 time in this

centre. This centre has also organized an orientation

Visit of Shri N. K. Sinha to the Institute

program for the participating institutes of Finishing

Schools. He also presented the course contents and

feedback of participants to Shri N. K. Sinha. Shri N. K.

Sinha was very much satisfied and happy.

Shri N. K. Sinha attended a lecture of an expert, which

was going on at that time under the Faculty Development

Program on “Research Methodology & Quantitative

Techniques”. Prof. D. K. Nauriyal introduced Shri N. K.

Sinha to the participants of this program. Shri N. K. Sinha

briefly explained the concept of Faculty Development

Program and also took feedback from participants for the

present program. Shri N. K. Sinha gave a presentation/

demo of a portal www.sakshat.ac.in and told the

participants that this portal has a rich source of course

material/Educational Resources which can be used by

the faculty and students.

Shri N. K. Sinha along with Prof. Vinod Kumar visited

the Institute Computer Centre and interacted with the

participants of Finishing School Program. Sh. N. K. Sinha

briefed the participants the concept of Finishing School

Program and informed that the Ministry of Human

Resource Development (MHRD) wants to scale up this

program in 100 institutes next year to meet the manpower

requirement in IT sector during next 5 years.

Shri N.K. Sinha in Continuing Education Centre with Prof. H.K. Verma and Prof. Vinod Kumar

CORRIGENDUMThe news in April – May 2008 under heading

Notification has been published incorrectly. The news

may be read as follows :

Public Information Officer :

Lt. Col. (Retd.) A. K. Srivastava

Registrar

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Roorkee – 247667

Phone : 01332-272430, 285311 (Office)

E-mail: regis@iitr.ernet.in

Roorkee School for Deaf

This year 10 students of Roorkee School for

the Deaf (6 students in Class-X and 4 in Class – XII)

appeared in the examinations conducted by

National Institute of Open Schooling. All of them

passed in their respective examinations. All the

students of 10 + 2 passed with First Division. This

has been possible due to sincere and dedicated

efforts of RSD Teachers.

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Dr. Anupam Chakrabarti, Assistant Professor, Civil

Engineering Department presented the paper,

“Vibration and Buckling of Sandwich Laminates th

having Interfacial Imperfections”, in 8 International

Conference on Sandwich Structures (ICSS8), held at

Porto, May 6 - 8, 2008 Portugal.

Dr. A. K. Saxena, Professor Department of

Electronics & Computer Engineering participated as

"Guest of Honor" in

- 'National Workshop on EDA tools in VLSI design'

held on June 10, 2008 at Centre for Development

of Advanced Computing, Noida.

- "Summer School on Design Technologies for

VLSI and Nanotechnology" held at N.I.T,

Hamirpur (H.P) . He also delivered the opening

inauguration lecture on 12/07/2008 and another

expert lecture on 13/07/2008.

Dr. Satyendra Mittal, Associate Professor, Civil

Engineering Department attended International

Conference “Geosynthet ics in Civ i l and

Environmental Engineering” in Shanghai, China

w.e.f. June 16 -19, 2008 and presented a paper,

“Study of Behaviour of Ballast using Geosynthetics”.

He also chaired a Technical Session of Soil

Improvement and Ground Improvement.

Dr. M. C. Bansal, Professor, Dr. U. K. Ghosh, st

Assistant Professor at DPT had participated in the 1

International Conference on Industrial Biotechnology

held from June 8 -11, 2008 at Naples, Italy. They have

presented their papers as below –

- N. Verma, M. C. Bansal and Vivek Kumar;

Protoplast Fusion Technology and its

Biotechnological Appl icat ions; Ch. E.

Transactions, 14, 113–120.

- N. Verma, M. C. Bansal and Vivek Kumar;

Mathematical Modelling Aspects of Trichoderma

Reesei System. Ch. E. Transactions, 14,

137–144.

- M. K. Ghosh and U. K. Ghosh; Comparative

Batch Growth Studies of Pure Lactobacillus

Strains and their Co - culture in Synthetic

Medium with different neutralizing agents. Ch. E.

Transactions, 14, 221- 228.

Dr. M. V. Kartikeyan, Associate Professor, Electronics th

& Computer Engineering Department attended 35

IEEE International Conference on 'Plasma Science',

held at Congress Center, Karlsruhe, Germany,

between June 15 -19, 2008 and presented the

following papers:

- Studies on a 127.5 GHz, 1.0-1.3 MW, CW

Longpulse Start-up Gyrotron for ITER.

- Design Studies of a 42 GHz, 200-250 kW, CW /

Participation in Conferences / Workshops / Seminars / Symposiums

Longpulse Gyrotron.

Dr. Durga Toshniwal, Assistant Professor, Electronics

& Computer Engineering Department, presented a

paper entitled "Using Moments for Feature Extraction th

from time Series Data" at the 17 International

Conference on Software Engineering and Data

Engineering (SEDE 08) during June 30-July 02, 2008

at Los Angeles, California, USA.

Dr. G. Ramasamy, Professor, Civil Engineering

Department, visited (i) PSNA College of Engg. and

Technology, Dindigal (ii) K. S. Rangasamy College of

Tech., Thiruchereode (iii) Bannari Amman Institute of

Technology, Sathyamangalam and (iv) Institute of

Road Transport, Erode in Tamil Nadu during June –

July, 2008. He inaugurated the Civil Engineering

Association and delivered lecture on 'Infrastructure

Development–Challenges and Opportunities in Civil

Engg.' at these colleges.

Dr. M. P. Sharma, Associate Professor, AHEC

presented a paper entitled “Evaluation of Engine

Performance on Biodiesel from Waste Cooking Oil” at th

the 12 World Multi-Conference on “Systemics,

Cybernetics and Informatics (WMSCI-2008)” under

the theme “Energy, Informatics and Cybernetics (EIC-

2008)” held at The Rosen Centre Hotel, Orlando,

Florida, USA on June 29 – July 02, 2008. The

conference was organized by International Institute of

Informatics and Systemics (IIIS), USA.

Dr. Navneet Arora, Associate Professor, Department

of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering presented a

research paper entitled, 'Analysis of flux consumption

in twin-wire submerged arc welding process with th

unequal wire diameters', at the 8 ASM International

Conference on 'Trends in Welding Research' held at

Callaway Gardens Resort, Pine Mountain, Georgia,

USA during June 1-6, 2008.

Dr. Satish Chandra, Professor, Department of Civil

Engineering was invited to deliver a key note lecture

on Road Safety – Issues and Concerns on June 23,

2008 during a short terms course on Road Safety,

Issues, concerns and pragmatic solutions organized

by the department of Civil Engineering, College of

Engineering, Trivendrum. He also made a

presentation on Incorporating Highway Safety in

Design, during his above visit.

Dr. Praveen Kumar, Professor, Civil Engineering rd

Department, attended 23 ARRB Conference at

Adelaide, Australia from July 30 to August 01, 2008.

He presented a paper “Advance Traveler Information

System for Developing Countries”. He also attended

Northern Zone Regional Workshop on SP-72 for

Flexible Pavement Design of PMGSY Roads held at

Scope Complex, New Delhi on August 07, 2008.

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FINISHING SCHOOL PROGRAM FOR ENGINEERING GRADUATES

Continuing Education Centre (CEC) conducted a

finishing school program for a period of 8 weeks in the

summer vacations of 2008 during May 26–July 18, 2008

on the initiatives of MHRD New Delhi. This year IIT

Roorkee was given the responsibility to co-ordinate the

Finishing School Program at National level. An

orientation program for the participating Institutes was

conducted during April 24 -25, 2008. MHRD has planned

to organize the Finishing School Program in 24 National

Institutes of the country. Around 18 engineering institutes/

colleges and 2 industries participated in the orientation

program at IIT Roorkee.

The finishing school program at IIT Roorkee was

organized under the coordinator-ship of Prof. Vinod

Kumar, Head - CEC & Prof. B. K. Gandhi, Co-coordinator

- CEC. A total of twenty eight students from AICTE

recognized institutes have attended this program.

Finishing School Program was designed for the

engineers who have been recently graduated from

various Engineering Institutes/Colleges and were looking

for a suitable employment. The main objectives of this

training was (i) to offer suitable candidates to IT industry

and (ii) to help young graduates to find jobs by inculcating

IT and soft skills components through appropriate

training.

During the Finishing School Programme, weekly

feedbacks were taken from the students. Further

students were given a feedback Proforma at the

beginning and at the end of the programme to assess the

value addition in their technical & soft skills. A test was

conducted by the NASSCOM NAC-Tech (NASSCOM

Assessment of Competence–Tech)–an employment

benchmarking test for the participants at the end of the

program.

The overall assessment of the program shows that it

has been successful in achieving its objectives.

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Dr. Satish Chandra, Professor, Department of Civil rd

Engineering attended 23 ARRB conference at Adelaide, Australia during July 30 – August 02, 2008. He presented two research papers, one on Overtaking Process on Two-Lane Rural Highways, and another on Speed Characteristics on Four-lane Divided Highways in Mixed Traffic Conditions.

Dr. Arun K. Saraf, Professor, Department of Earth Sciences was invited by Department of Earth Sciences, University of Manipur, Imphal to deliver the following invited Special Lectures:

1. Introduction to Global Positioning System.

2. Introduction to Geographic Information System.

3. False Topographic Perception Phenomena, its correction methods and new developments.

4. Developments of GIS databases for different applications.

5. Digital Elevation Models, their derivatives and applications.

6. Remote Sensing and GIS applications in earthquake studies.

Dr. Kamaluddin, Professor, Department of Chemistry attended and presented his research paper entitled “Hematite-water System: Its Possible Role in Chemical Evolution on Mars” in XV International Conference on Origin of Life (ISSOL) held at Florence, Italy during August 24–29, 2008. He has also been elected as a Councilor of ISSOL for the period 2008-2011.

Professor V. K. Gupta attended the first Regional Electrochemistry Meeting of South East Asia (REMSEA) 2008, held at National University of Singapore during August 5-7, 2008. He presented a paper, delivered an invited talk and chaired a Session in the Conference.

Dr. Anupam Chakrabarti, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department has presented the following

ndpaper in the 22 International Congress on Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ICTAM 2008) held in Adelaide, Australia during August 24-29, 2008:

Accurate Modeling of FRP Composite Sandwich Plates having Interlaminar Slips.

He also visited the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Adelaide and discussed about many possible joint academic programmes with Dr. A. H. Sheikh, Associate Professor of the Department.

Dr. R. D. Garg, Assistant Professor, Civil Engineering Department delivered two lectures on Thermal and Microwave Remote Sensing, followed by interactive question-answer session on August 29, 2008. The lectures were transmitted 'live' through EduSat Educational Satellite network from IIRS (ISRO), Dehradun and were well received by the more than 1000 students and faculty of 30 institutes situated all over the country.".

COURSES ORGANIZED(A) QIP Short Terms Courses organized during June – July, 2008 (One week)

Sl. Name of Department Course Title Duration No. ofNo. Coordinator (One Week) Participants

1. Dr. Satya PrakashDr. Surendra Singh and its applications in

Industry

2. Dr. Rajyashree Khushu-Lahiri Humanities and Psychological and Technical June 2-6,2008 21Prof. Renu Rastogi Social Sciences Problems in Effective

Communication

3. Dr. P.K. Garg Civil Engineering GPS and GIS Technology June 30-July 4,2008 28Dr. S. K. GhoshDr. R. D. Garg

4. Dr. Sunita Gakkhar Mathematics Mathematical Computations July 01-05,2008 33Using Software Tools

5. Dr. Premananda Bera Mathematics Applied Numerical Methods July 07-11,2008 24Dr. Manish Shrikhande Earthquake Engg.

6. Dr. Apurbba Kumar Sharma Mechanical & Composites: Design July 07-11,2008 32Dr. Inderdeep Singh Industrial Engg. and Manufacturing

7. Dr. N. Sukavanam Mathematics Robotic Vision and July 14-18,2008 20Dr. R. Balasubramanian Image Processing

Total No. of Participants 172

(B) QIP Faculty Development Training Programme (2 Weeks)

Sl. Name of Course Department Topic Duration No. ofNo. Coordinator (One Week) Participants

1. Dr. D.K. Nauriyal Humanities and Research Methodology and June 9-20,2008 38Dr. S.P. Singh Social Sciences Quantitative Techniques With

Software Applications

2. Dr. Krishna M. Singh Mechanical & Computational Fluid June 16-27,2008 28Dr. Bhupendra K. Gandhi Industrial Engg. Dynamics

3. Dr. Nagendra Kumar Humanities and Role of Soft Skills in Effective June 23- July 04, 2008 47Dr. Binod Mishra Social Sciences Classroom Management

Total No. of Participants 113

Course

Met. & Mat. Engg. Non Destructive Testing June 2-6,2008 24

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Dr. Kamal Lochan Pruseth, Asstt. Professor, Institute Instrumentation Centre, Phase relations in the Fe-As-Au-S system and possible role of partial melting of ores in concentrating gold, DST, Rs. 36.05 lacs.

Dr. Kaushik Ghosh, Asstt. Professor, Chemistry Department, Synthesis and Characterization of Novel Ruthenium Complexes and Their DNA Binding Studies, CSIR, Rs. 14.76 lacs.

Dr. Ramesh Ramachandran, Asstt. Professor, Chemistry Department, Bio-molecular solid-state NMR-theory, experiments and application, DST, Rs. 34.80 lacs.

Dr. Anil Kumar, Prof., Chemistry Department, Synthesis of Nanohybrids of Colloidal Semiconductor Oxides – An Analysis of Their Charge Dynamics, Electronic and Magnetic Properties, CSIR, Rs. 15.31 lacs.

Prof. A. K. Jain, Emeritus Fellow, Earth Sciences Department, Establishing a National Facility for 40AR-39AR Geo-thermochronology at the Indian

Sponsored Research Projectsw.e.f. 26.05.2008 to 25.08.2008 (Above 5.00 Lac or More)

Institute of Technology, Mumbai, DST, Rs. 39.03 lacs.

Dr. Ashwani Kumar Sharma, Asstt. Prof.,

Biotechnology, Structure analysis of a trypsin

inhibitor purified from seeds of Murraya koenigii,

DST, Rs. 19.92 lacs.

Dr. Amalendu Patnaik, Asstt. Professor, E & C

Engineering Department, Design optimization of

multiplayer microstrip antennas using artificial

neural networks, ISRO, Rs. 9.61 lacs.

Dr. Davinder Kaur, Asstt. Professor, Physics

Department, Fabrication of SMA/PZT Hetero

structure Films for Smart Systems, DRDO, New

Delhi, Rs. 9.89 lacs.

Dr. Apurbba Kumar Sharma, Asstt. Professor,

Mech. & Ind. Engineer ing Depar tment ,

Development and parametric study of

ultrasonically assisted abrasive flow machining

(UAAFM) for precision finishing, DST, Rs. 20.40

lacs.

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Er. Arun Kumar, AHEC, Preparing tender specification for setting up of Cattle Dung Power Generation Project in Ludhiana, Punjab Energy Development Agency, Solar Passive Complex, Sector

33-D, Chandigarh, Rs. 3.00 lacs. Performance Testing of Akkihebbal SHP project (2 x 2.5 MW) at Distt. Mandya, Karnataka, Cauvery Hydro Energy

th thLimited, First Floor, 8 Main, 7 Cross, R.M.V. Extn.,

Bangalore, Rs. 5.00 lacs. Preparation of DPR for Kolidhek Artificial Lake in Champawat, Executive Engineer, Irrigation Construction Division, Lohaghat,

Champawat, Rs. 15.56 lacs. Preparation of Hydel policy for Big Hydel project (25 MW) in Bihar, BSHPC, Sone Bhawan, Birchand Patel Marg, Patna,

Rs. 3.00 lacs. Performance Testing of Canal Based Sidhana HEP (1x1200 kW) Distt. Sangrur, Punjab, Aqua Power Pvt. Ltd., S.C.O. 140-141, Sector 34-A, Chandigarh, Rs. 5.00 lacs.

Dr. R. P. Saini, AHEC, Performance Testing of Taraila Hydro Electric Project (5 MW) at Distt. Chamba, H.P.,

ndGINNI Global Limited, 2 Floor, Shanti Chamber, Pusa

Road, New Delhi, Performance Testing of Brahmganga HEP (2 x 2.5 MW) Mainkaran, Distt. Kullu, HP, Harisons Hydel Construction Co. Pvt. Ltd., Akhara Bazar Kullu (H.P.), Rs. 5.00 lacs.

Performance Testing of Loharkhet small hydropower project (4.8 MW) in Uttarakhand, Parvatiya Power (P) Ltd., Abhivadan, Panchsheel Nagar, Raipur, Rs. 5.00 lacs.

Er. M. K. Singhal, AHEC, Preparation of DPR for Koti Jhala MHP (2x100 kW), Pinswad MHP (2x25 kW), Gangi-Reechak MHP (2x100 kW) in District Tehri Garhwal, and Kedarmath MHP (2x100 kW) in district Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand, Uttarakhand Renewable Energy Development Agency Dehradun, Rs. 7.00 lacs.

Er. S. K. Singal, AHEC, Review of Civil Construction design and drawings for Saptadhara (18 MW) SHP in Orissa, Sri Avantika Power Projects Pvt. Ltd., Aditya Enclave, Ameerpet, Hyderabad, Rs. 20.00 lacs. Preparation of DPR for four SHP in Uttar Pradesh, U.P. Jal Vidyut Nigam Limited, 14 – Ashok Marg, Lucknow, Rs. 23.50 lacs.

Shri R. K. Jain, APD, Residential Township at Obra, Executive Engineer, Obra Colony Civil Maintenance Div. II Obra, Rs. 7.70 lacs.

Dr. Bhupinder Singh, CED, Vetting of Design of Commercial Complex at Ludhiana, Brij Khanna, Rishi

Nagar, Ludhiana, Rs. 1.50 lacs. Vetting of Commercial Complex, Indoor Court, Auditorium, O.P. Khullar C/o Om Prakash, Surinder Mohan, Chandigarh, Rs. 1.40 lacs.

Prof. M. K. Mittal, CED, Design of River Protection Works for Ramganga Bridge at Sikander Pur Patti Moradabad, Executive Engineer, Construction Division 1, PWD Moradabad, Rs. 1.50 lacs. River Protection Works for the New Road Bridge on the River Ramganga on Seohara – Thakurdwara Road, Distt.

Bijnore, Executive Engineer, Construction Division – 2, PWD, Bijnore, Rs. 2.00 lacs.

Dr. U. C. Kothyari, CED, Drainage Plan for land Parcel from RD 10 km to RD 17 km along Taj Expressway, JPSK Sports Private Limited, NOIDA, Rs.

2.50 lacs. Hydrological Studies and Drainage Plan for the Ganga Expressway, JAYPEE Ganga Infrastructure Coporation Limited, New Delhi, Rs. 35.00

lacs. Estimation of Scour Arounds the Well Foundation of the Ghaggar Bridge, GMR Projects

Private Limited, Bangalore, Rs. 2.00 lacs. Design of Protection works for Garjia temple bridge on river Kosi Ram Nagar, Uttarakhand, Executive Engineer, P.W.D. Uttarakhand, Rs. 2.00 lacs.

Hydraulic/Hydrologic design of bridge on Ganga near Patna, Gifford India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, Rs. 15.00 lacs.

Prof. V. K. Gupta, CED, Vetting for Structural Design of Group Housing named “Parksapphire” Vaishali Ghaziabad, Optimum Design Pvt. Ltd., Ghaziabad, Rs.

1.15 lacs. Vetting of Structural Design of G+2 Building at Jaypee Residency Manor Barlowganj, Mussoorie, Resident Manager (Liaison), Jayprakash Associates Limited, Barlowganj, Mussoorie, Rs. 1.12

lacs. Structural Vetting of Building Design on Tower No. N1 & N2, Plot No. GH-6, Crossing Republic NH-24, Ghaziabad, Optimum Design Consulting Engineer, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad, Rs. 1.40

lacs. Structural Vetting of Building Design for Tower Nos. 1 to 6 GH – 6, Crossing Republic NH - 24 Ghaziabad, Sri V. D. Sharma, Optimum Design Consulting Engineer, Vasundhara, Ghaziabad, Rs. 2.82

lacs. Vetting of 20 persons barracks, BNAL Prefab

Pvt. Ltd., Chandigarh, Rs. 1.00 lacs. Testing of Materials, Executive Officer Pithoragarh Nagar Palika

Parishad, U.K., Rs. 1.39 lacs. Structural Vetting of Design of GH-6 Crossing Republic – Tower 01 & 02,

Rs. 1.61 lacs. Structural Vetting of Tower F1 & F1' at

GH-6, NH-24, Ghaziabad, Rs. 1.22 lacs. Testing of Structural Design of Tower B1 & B2 at GH-6, NH-24,

Ghaziabad, Rs. 1.44 lacs. Vetting of Structural Design for Tower R1, R2 & R4 of GH-6, Crossing

Republic, Ghaziabad, Rs. 3.00 lacs. Vetting of Structural Design of Building for Pheasant

Infrastructure Pvt. Ltd., Rs. 1.02 lacs. Structural Vetting of Design of GH-6 Crossing Republic, Optimum Design Pvt. Ltd., Consulting Engineers,

Vasundhara, Ghaziabad, Rs. 3.61 lacs. Inspection & Remedial Measures of 528 EWS Residences in Pratap Vihar, Ghaziabad, Sri Anil Garg, Chief Engineers, GDA Vikas Path, Ghaziabad, Rs. 1.25 lacs. Vetting of Structural Design of Hotel for Malsi Estates Ltd., Dehradun, Sri Ashok Bansal, Chief Projects, Malsi Estates Ltd., New Delhi, Rs. 4.50 lacs.

Dr. A. A. Kazmi, CED, Design of sewer system and sewarage treatment plant for Harduaganj Thermal Power Station, Executive Engineer, Harduaganj

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Thermal Power Station, Aligarh, Rs. 5.75 lacs. Vetting of Design of 50 MLD STP for RUIDP, Jodhpur Phase I, UEM India Limited, New Delhi, Rs. 2.00 lacs.

Dr. N. K. Samadhiya, CED, Testing of Rock Samples for Geo Mechnical Properties for Vishnugad Pipalkoti HE Project, Dy. General Manager, Design – (Civil & HM), THDC Ltd., Rishikesh, Rs. 5.55 lacs.

Stablility check of Well Nos. P4 and P5 – Beas Bridge-NS-37 (PB), Project Director, PIU, NHAI, Jallandhar, Rs. 2.50 lacs.

Prof. P. K. Garg, CED, Contour Mapping at Agrakhal Site, Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee, Rs. 2.09 lacs.

Prof. Praveen Kumar, CED, SDBC & Other Designs,

PWD Bagpat and REES, Rampur, Rs. 1.44 lacs. CBR and MDD Designs for Muzaffarnagar PMGSY Roads, RES Muzaffarnagar, Rs. 1.83 lacs.

Scrutiny of PMGSY Project Proposals for Phase VI of Uttar Pradesh, National Rural Roads Development

Agency, New Delhi, Rs. 4.90 lacs. Quality Assurance for BM and SDBC layers of New Tehri Roads, Executive Engineer, Provincial Division, PWD, New Tehri, Rs. 1.32 lacs.

Dr. M. P. S. Chauhan, CED, Advice for Quality Assurance of PC Work, Executive Engineer, Temp. Div. PWD Sahiya, Kalsi, Rs. 1.05 lacs.

Dr. S. Mittal, CED, Design of Crust Thickness on Basis of CBR, PWD Roorkee, Rs. 1.27 lacs.

Stability Analysis of Embankment, Irrigation Department Moradabad, Rs. 1.79 lacs.

Dr. Satish Chandra, CED, Checking of BM and SDBC Layers in Lansdawne, Executive Engineer, Provincial Division PWD, Lansdawne, Rs. 4.92 lacs.

CBR and MDD Designs for Meerut, RES, Meerut,

Rs. 1.84 lacs. Resurfacing of Runway at Airforce Station Adampur, M/s Suraj Bhan Goel & Co., New

Delhi, Rs. 1.00 lacs. Traffic Management Plan for Ambuja Cement Plant at Ropar, M/s Hemanti Richa, Ambuja Cement Ltd., Ropar, Rs. 1.00 lacs.

Dr. Anupam Chakrabarti, CED, Proof Checking of Design and estimate for construction of extended length of Viaduct portion of grade separator at Thakur - Dwara Intersection U.P., Chief Engineer, Ghaziabad Development Authority Ghaziabad, Rs. 1.10 lacs.

Dr. Vipul Prakash, CED, Structural Design of R.C.C. Bridges in Dhanauri over River Ratmau, Executive Engineer, Construction Division, P.W.D., Roorkee, Rs. 20.00 lacs.

Dr. G. L. Asawa, CED, Restoration of Hill Byepass Road in Hardwar, The Executive Engineer, PWD,

Hardwar, Rs. 6.80 lacs. Review and Value addition for Head loss for Tehri PSP Water Conductor System, Deputy General Manager, Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Faridabad, Rs. 3.00 lacs.

Dr. M. N. Vi ladkar, CED, Geotechnical Investigations for Proposed NTPC Township at Kyark Near Bhatwari (UK), General Manager, NTPC

Ltd., Uttarkashi (UK), Rs. 9.60 lacs. Geotechnical

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Investigations for Proposed NTPC Township at Matli Near Uttarkashi, General Manager, NTPC Ltd., Uttarkashi (UK), Rs. 7.00 lacs.

Dr. Mahendra Singh, CED, Geotechnical investigations and recommendation of foundation design for RCC Bridge on Ratmau River, Construction Division, PWD, Roorkee, Rs. 6.00 lacs.

Dr. Vinod Kumar, EED, Development of Software for Testing Energy Meters, Rs. 2.10 lacs. Development & Supply of Cards & Sensors of EM Test bench, Rs. 3.57 lacs. Rajasthan Electronics & Inst. Ltd., Jaipur.

Dr. R. N. Dubey, EQD, Vetting of Design for Proposed Group Housing for Mrs. Vijaya Mehta W/o Sri Subhash Chandra Mehta at Dehradun, Perceptions, 11/165 Vasundhra Colony, Ghaziabad, Rs. 1.00 lacs. Proof Checking of Structural Design and Drawings of Five Different Blocks of Group Housing “Heritage Green” at 256/1 Asaf Nagar, Roorkee, M/s Neesu Constructions Pvt. Ltd., CS-9, First Floor, Gyan Khand-II, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, Rs. 1.45 lacs. Vetting of Structural Design and Drawings for C/o Group Housing at Khasra No. 222, (KA to DA) Situated at Sewela Kalan, Pargana Kendriya Doon, Dehradun, UA, Swati Structure Solutions Pvt. Ltd., 37 & 43, Pocket – 4, Sector – 2, Rohini, Delhi, Rs. 1.50 lacs.

Dr. Pankaj Agarwal, EQD, Study of Structural Soundness of Civil Construction Works and Associated Equipments, Chemtrols Engineering Ltd., 401, Glacier, Near Plaza Inn, Jetalpur Road, Vadodara, Rs. 2.50 lacs.

Dr. D. K. Paul, EQD, Static and Dynamic Analysis of Proposed Group Housing Arjun City Roorkee, Arjun

ndKKR, Developer (P) Ltd., 2 Floor, Hotel Connaught, 37, Shaheed Bhagat Singh Marg, New Delhi, Rs. 5.00 lacs. Site Specific Earthquake Parameter Study for the Ramganga Barrage, Badaun Irrigation Scheme, U.P., Superintendent Engineer, Flood Works Board, Bareilly (U.P.), Rs. 5.00 lacs. Site Specific Seismic Design Parameters for Anpara–D Thermal Power Project, Anpara, Sonbhadra (U.P.), BHEL Power Sector, Project Engineering Management, Noida, Rs. 5.00 lacs.

Seismic Analysis of Bhakara Dam Stability Analysis (FEM), Director Design, Bh, Beas Design Dte.

BBMB, Nangal Township, Nangal, Rs. 10.00 lacs. Seismic Analysis of Bhakara Dam: Hazard Analysis, Director Design, Bh, Beas Design Dte. BBMB, Nangal Township, Nangal, Rs. 5.00 lacs.

Dr. Ashok Kumar, EQD, Strong Motion Network Around Tehri Region, THDC, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, Rs. 8.25 lacs.

Dr. Ashwani Kumar, Earthquake Engg. Department, Seismological Network Around Tehri Region, THDC, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, Rs. 27.00 lacs.

Dr. R. Anbalagan, Earth Sciences, Engg. Geological appraisal of Dobra bridge site, P.W.D. New Tehri, Rs. 1.99 lacs.

Dr. Sandeep Singh, Earth Sciences, Mapping and demarcating of mineral bearing areas, forest land

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Dr. S. K. Mishra, WRD&M, Vetting of Designs of Madhya Ganga Canal Stage II Project-Part III, Rs.

1.20 lacs. Vetting of design of Madhya Ganga Canal

Stage II Project Part I, Rs. 1.20 lacs. Vetting of design of Madhya Ganga Canal Stage II Project- Part

II, Rs. 1.20 lacs. Vetting of design of Madhya Ganga Canal Stage II Project-Part IV, Er. P. C. Jain, Director, RKS Infra Engineers Pvt. Ltd., “PESKON”, 699/6,

Sashtri Nagar, Meerut, Rs. 1.20 lacs. Vetting of Designs of Bridges on Madhya Ganga Canal Stage II Project – Part V, Er. P. C. Jain, Director “PESKON” – PKS Infra Engineers Pvt. Ltd., 699/6 Shastri Nagar, Meerut, Rs. 1.20 lacs.

and other landuse on settlement maps and environmental studies in soapstone belt of Kapkot Tehsil, District Bageshwar, Department of Geology and Mines, Govt. of Uttarakhand, Dehradun, Rs. 21.57 lacs.

Dr. N. K. Goel, Hydrology, Review of Hydrological Studies for Tehri Project, General Manager (Design – Civil – HM), THDC Ltd., Rishikesh, Rs. 4.00 lacs.

Hydrological Studies at Cuttack, Orrisa, Head & ACE (Water Supply), WAPCOS Ltd., New Delhi, Rs. 4.50

lacs. Review of Hydrological aspects of TATO-II and Siyom HE Project, Mr. Rahul Kuthiala, Addl. Vice President (HECCG), Reliance Infrastructure Limited, Noida, Rs. 6.00 lacs.

Prof. R. P. Gakkhar, MIED, Design Specification of Ropeway Systems for Kumaon Region, Kumaon Mandal Vikas Nigam Ltd., Nainital, Rs. 6.50 lacs.

Prof. Ram Pal Singh, WRDM, Design of Bhaunrat Dam Section & Spillway, Ex. Engg. ICD – II Lalitpur, Rs. 20.00 lacs.

Dr. U. C. Chaube, WRDM, Water Availability Study for Chattisgarh Ultra Mega Power Project, M/s Akaltara Power Ltd., Govt. of India, New Delhi, Rs. 14.50 lacs.

Dr. Pradeep Bhargava, CED, Scheme for Rehabilitation of Dhari Devi Temple, Alaknanda Hydro Power Company Limited, Srinagar, Rs. 5.25 lacs.

Dr. N. M. Bhandari, CED, Load Worthiness of Columns in different bays of heavy Forge Shop, Rs.

1.50 lacs. Third Party Quality Assurance for Civil Works of New Blade Shop-BHEL, RS. 2.90 lacs. Load Worthiness of Columns in different bays of Fabrication Shop-BHEL, Rs. 1.10 lacs., BHEL

Haridwar, Proof Checking of Hospital Building at Malsi Estate, Dehradun, MAPP-MAX House, New Delhi, Rs. 4.75 lacs.

Dr. C. S. P. Ojha, CED, Infiltration Gallery Designs for Srinagar Hydro Electric Project, Alaknanda Hydro Power Company Limited, Secundrabad (AP), Rs. 5.00 lacs.

Dr. A. K. jain, CED, Design of a Steel Bridge, Executive Engineer, PWD, Gochar, Rs. 5.75 lacs.

Dr. M. N. Viladkar, CED, Geotechnical Investigations for Construction of MES Complex, Joshimath (UK), MES, 56, APO, Joshimath, Rs. 2.25 lacs.

Dr. I. M. Mishra, CHED, Design of VOC Control Plant of a Refinery, M/s ARW Engineers (India) Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, Rs. 5.00 lacs.

Prof. S. S. Jain, CTRANS, Site Visit Discussion at Site and advice for Quality Assurance for Development of Bihar State under RSVY by CPWD, Rs. 229.62 lacs.

Field and Laboratory Studies for Quality Assurance for Development of Bihar State under RSVY by

CPWD, CPWD, Patna (Bihar), Rs. 229.62 lacs. Design of Crust for Gurgaon-Alwar Road by Benkelman Deflection Studies, Sub Divisional Engineer, HUDA, Haryana, Rs. 3.00 lacs.

Dr. H. O. Gupta, EED, Human Resource Work of MP Discoms and MP Transco, M. P. Poorv Kshetra Vidyut Vitaran Co. Ltd., Shakti Bhawan, Rampur, Jabalpur, Rs. 7.50 lacs.

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VISIT ABROADOn the invitation of Switzerland Govt. Professor

Nayan Sharma of WRD&M visited Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne in Switzerland as a Visiting Professor during June and July 2008. During his two months stay in Lausanne, Professor Sharma fruitfully conducted advanced research with Swiss colleagues on Dam Safety through innovations into latest techniques for spillway capacity enhancement for existing and new dams.

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No. Estt.(A)/1145/E- 2281 dated : June 04, 2008

No. Estt.(A)/1145/E- 2281 dated : June 04, 2008

No. Estt.(A)/1151/E- 2281(HODs) dated : June 06, 2008

No. Estt.(A)/1232/E-4597(Roster) VoI-II dated:June 10,

2008

No. Estt.(A)/1189/ELAC/ dated : July 09, 2008

No. SRIC/429/SURA dated : July 14, 2008

The Director is pleased to appoint the following as

Chairman and the Vice-Chairman for the Annual

Convocation-2008:

(a) Prof. H. O. Gupta,

Chairman

Dean, Postgraduate Studies & Research

(b) Prof. G.S. Srivastava

Vice-Chairman

Dean, Undergraduate Studies

The Director is pleased to appoint Dr. (Mrs.) Ritu

Barthwal, Professor, Biotechnology Department as Head,

Biotechnology Department with immediate effect till

December 31, 2008 in place of Late Prof. Ben M. J. Periera.

The Director is pleased to appoint Dr. Premanand Bera,

Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department as Liaison

Officer for SC/ST and Dr. A. K. Singh, Professor, Chemistry

Department as Liaison Officer for OBC, for a period of three

year w.e.f. 01.06.2008 in place of Dr. B. D. Indu, Professor,

Physics Department and Dr. Kamaluddin, Professor,

Chemistry Department, respectively.

The Director is pleased to approve the following Roster

Committee for implementation of reservation policy in IITR

for SC/ST and OBC categories for a period of three years

w.e.f. 01.06.2008:

1. Deputy Director Chairman

2. Concerned Dean Member

(Dean of Faculty Affairs, for

Group 'A' positions and

Dean Administration for

Group 'B', 'C' & 'D' positions)

3. Dr. A. K. Singh, Member

(Liaison Officer, OBC)

Professor,

Chemistry Department

4. Dr. Premanand Bera, Member

(Liaison Office, SC/ST)

Assistant Professor, Mathematics Department

5. Registrar Member Secretary

The Director is pleased to appoint Dr. Surendra Kumar,

Professor, Chemical Engineering Department as Chairman,

Library Advisory Committee for a period of two years w.e.f.

July 01, 2008 to June 30, 2010.

Prof. R. P. Singh, Biotechnology Department, is hereby

appointed as Chairman of the Ethics Committee with

immediate effect.

NOTIFICATIONS

No. Estt.(A)/1273/ E-2281 Dated : August 08, 2008

No. Estt.(A)/1287/ 2281(HoDs) dated : August 14, 2008

OFFICE MEMORANDUM

No. DOSW/THOMSO-2008/21 dated : August 28, 2008

SAC ELECTION NOTICE

No. Dean./25/B-13 dated : August 27, 2008

Ref. No. Dean./1137/B-13 dated : August 21, 2008

1- In terms of Board of Governor's Resolution No.

BG/21/2008 dated May 15 2008, it is hereby notified that

henceforth, the academic work of the Institute will be

looked after by the two Academic Deans as under:

(a) Dean (Academic Research): To take care of all

issues related to curriculum research under Ph.D.

Programme.

(b) Dean (Academic Studies): To take care of all UG, PG

programmes and class rooms teaching and

evaluation of all subjects taken by Research

Scholars.

2- Further, it is also notified that Prof. H. O. Gupta will

continue as Dean (Academic Research) and Prof. G. S.

Srivastava as Dean (Academic Studies), respectively.

Since Prof. R. P. Agrawal is proceeding on leave, Dr. I. M.

Mishra, Professor, Chemical Engineering Department has

been appointed Dean (DPT), Saharanpur Campus with

immediate effect till 31.12.2008.

The following Thomso Organizing Committee (TOC)

is hereby constituted to organize the Youth Festival of

students THOMSO-2008 to be organized during October

24-26, 2008:

Convener

Mr. Abhishek Chaturvedi Biotech III Year

MembersMr. Rahul Gupta B. Tech. Civil II YearMr. Sunny Shekhar B. Tech. Civil III YearMr. Manish Somani M. Sc. (Chemistry) IDD II YearMr. Prateek Agrawal B. Tech. (P&I) III YearMs. Sujata Singh B. Arch. IV YearMr. Mayank Kumar B.Tech. Biotech III YearMr. Akansh Dubey B. Tech. (P&I) III Year SACMr. Shakti Nandan B. Tech. (CSE) III Year nomineesMr. Ashutosh Panday B. Tech. (E&C) III Year

The following Executive Committee of the Students

Senate of SAC has been elected for the session 08-09.Sl. Name Class Room BhawanNo. No.General Secretary

Neeraj Agrawal B.Tech. (CSE) IV F-68 GovindJoint Secretary

Pesala Subrahmanyam M.Tech. (Civil) II G-135 JawaharTreasurer

Satish Kumar Bundelkar B.Tech. (Civil) III G-75 RavindraMembers 1- Aakanksha Singhal B.Tech. (E&C) IV F-31 Sarojini 2- Amit Jain B.Tech. (Civil) IV WF-5 Jawahar 3- Amit Sudarshan B.Tech. (Mech.) III F-83 Jawahar 4- C. Chaitanya K. Reddy B.Tech. (Mech.) III S-119 Jawahar

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STEP Entrepreneurship Development Cell (EDC), STEP,

organized an interactive session on “Ideas and th

Entrepreneurship” on 24 Aug in DOMS Building. The Chief

Guest of the session was Mr. Nishith Arora, Director of

Adi-Media, an IIMA alumni who has opened many ventures

both in India and USA. His experience and inputs helped

the students clearing their doubts pertaining to

entrepreneurship.

IN MEMORIAMBENEDICT M. J. PEREIRA, Ph.D.(1957 - 2008)

(By Prof. Daulat R.P.

Tulsani, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, U.S.A.)

Benedict Pereira passed away on May 24, 2008. When

I electronically received the message from one of his

colleagues, I was deeply saddened. It felt like I have lost a

very close relative and a dear friend. I first met Dr. Pereira

in 1994 in the Department of Biosciences & Biotechnology,

University of Roorkee, where I was invited to speak in a

symposium on, ”Complex Carbohydrates and Advances in

Biosciences”. Dr. Pereira was one of the junior members

of the department and one of the organizers of the

symposium. Suffice it to say that the symposium was well

organized and went very well. I returned to my home town

in Nashville, Tennessee, USA with many fond memories of

the organizers and participants of the meeting.

In 1996, Dr. Pereira sent me a letter expressing his

interest to take a sabbatical leave from his institution and

join my research group at the Vanderbilt University. He

came to my laboratory the same year and worked on a

project in Reproductive Biology, an area close to his heart.

He stayed in the Vanderbilt University for one year and

greatly contributed experimentally and intellectually

towards the publication of two research articles in high-

impact Journals. We continued our friendship for the next 8

or so years until he organized a much bigger meeting in

2006, and invited me to be one of the speakers. The

meeting was the XXIV Annual gathering of the, “Society for

Reproductive Biology and Comparative Endocrinology”.

However, after 12 years since I first met him, Dr. Pereira

was a senior member (a Professor and Chair) of the

Department of Biotechnology at the Indian Institute of

Technology, Roorkee. During these years he received

numerous awards and was recognized as one of the

established members of the Institute. The meeting he and

his associates organized was well attended and all of us

seem to be contented with the organization of the Scientific

and Cultural programs. I left Roorkee with many fond

memories of the meeting and Professor Pereira and his

research and training programs.

Ben, as we seniors fondly called him, directed the

training program in Reproductive Biology. He attracted

many talented students, and established a solid research

program at the Institution. He was a committed and

innovative teacher and researcher. He worked hard and

gave endless hours to train young researchers and future

teachers to keep science thriving in India. There is no

doubt in my mind that all of us who knew Ben will miss him

for a long time; however, in the hearts of his family,

students, many colleagues and we seniors, he will remain

alive for ever and ever. I always say and believe that there

are few things over which we humans have no control;

death is one of those things. Good-bye dear Ben; we will all

dearly miss you. May almighty God grant your soul the

peace and tranquility it deserves.

Honours and Awards�

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Prof. S. C. Saxena, Director, Indian Institute of

Technology Roorkee has been nominated as:

- Chairman of Northern Regional Committee, Kanpur

under the AICTE Act, 1987.

- Member of the Executive Committee of AICTE in the

capacity as a Chairman of the Northern Regional

Committee of AICTE.

- Re-nominated as a member of the Board of

Governors of Punjab Technical University for a

period of three years by the Government of Punjab.

Dr. Arun Kumar Saraf, Professor, Department of Earth

Sciences, has been nominated as Member of the

Executive Council of the Indian Society of Geomatics

(ISG) (headquarter at Space Application Centre

(ISRO), Ahmedabad) for three years.

Dr. Satish Chandra, Professor, Department of Civil

Engineering is nominated as member of technical

expert group for the development of Road Maintenance

and Management System (RMMS) for UP Roads.

Dr. Sunil Bajpai, Professor, Earth Sciences Department

has been nominated to the Expert Panel under Fast

Track Scheme in the area of Earth and Atmospheric

Sciences, under the Science and Engineering

Research Council (SERC), Department of Science &

Technology (DST), Government of India.