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http://www.iitb.ac.in/en/activities/campus-diaryMay - June 2017

IIT Bombay Shines At Transform Maharashtra CampaignTransform Maharashtra is an uniqueinitiative led by Hon’ble Chief MinisterMr. Devendra Fadnavis as part of hisefforts to engage the youth of the statein governance and create a road-map fordeveloped Maharashtra by 2025. It is astate-wide competition that invitedsolutions from college students acrossstate to the 11 themes which are basedon major socio-economic challengesfaced by Maharashtra. The competitionwas launched by the Chief Minister onDecember 26, 2016 during Mood IndigoFestival in IIT Bombay and has touchedaround 4,00,000 people (includingparticipants).

The students team ‘Drona’ from theDepartment of Civil Engineering at IITBombay provided solutions to addressthe issue under the theme ‘Jai Kisan:Drought-free Maharashtra’ and haswon first prize in the Judges Choice inthis theme for their valuable solutions.The prize comprises of a cheque of Rs.One Lakh to the team. The teamcomprised Rishu Bagla, M.Tech;Pratiksha Jain, PhD; Shivam Pundir,M.Tech; Parvathi S, M.Tech; and NithinP.P., M.Tech.

The second team ‘Samwad’ from IITBombay provided solutions to addressthe issues on the theme ‘By ThePeople: Citizen Engagement inGovernance’ and has won second prizein the Judges Choice under this theme.The team comprised of NitishFatarpekar, Department of Physics;Neha Bhargava and Shalini Srivastava,Department of Electrical Engineering;Gulam Sarwar and Mehul Lad fromDepartment of Mechanical Engineering.

The third team called ‘Project Solarise’gave solution on ‘Smart & Smarter:

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Development of Sustainable & Livable Cities’. The team has wonsecond prize under this theme and it comprises of Akhil Manepalli and P.Pradeep, Department of Energy Science & Engineering; Kartik Bilolikarand Gunjan Auti, Department of Mechanical Engineering; Mayur Mistry,Department of Civil Engineering; and Darshit Jain, Department ofElectrical Engineering.

The competition witnessed around 2300 submissions acrossMaharashtra. The solutions received from the students were judged fortwo exclusive categories of prizes – ‘Judges’ Choice’ and ‘Popular Choice’.To select entries for Judges’ Choice Prizes (specific for each theme),industry experts in relation to different themes were brought on board. ThePopular Choice Prizes (specific for each theme), were selected on thebasis of the online voting that created quite a buzz on the internet withmore than 6 lakhs votes cast.

The prizes to the winners were awarded by the Hon’ble Chief Minister Mr.Devendra Fadnavis after the teams presented their solutions on the selectthemes on Maharashtra Day in an event on May 1, 2017. This is the firsttime in Maharashtra that students discussed the issues concerning thestate with the Chief Minister Mr. Fadnavis.

The event was graced by noted industrialist, investor and philanthropistMr. Ratan Tata, Actor Mr. Akshay Kumar, Major General Mr. Anuj Mathuramongst others. The guests enjoyed a musical performance by Kay Kay,prominent Bollywood and cultural singer. It included an exhibition whichshowcased the innovative ideas / solutions / projects by other students ofMaharashtra, who could not attend the finale.

Student teams from IIT Bombay receiving awards for their solutions to varioussocio-economic problems prevalent in the society at the ‘Transform Maharashtra‘campaign.

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India’s Astrosat Catches Astronomical Imposter

Indian scientists leading aninternational team of astronomersshowed that a new object discoveredin the sky, believed to be related tothe latest gravitational wavediscovery, was in fact an unrelatedgamma ray burst.

The LIGO scientific collaboration’sdiscovery of GW170104 led to afrenzy of activity among partnerastronomers around the world, eachtrying to find any associatedexplosions in the sky. The Hawaii-based ATLAS group found a sourcethat was in the right place in the sky,and was fading fast –causingexcitement all around. But was itreally associated with GW170104?Was it the first discovery of anoptical source related to agravitational wave detection?

No, according to a study by theAstroSat CZTI team and theinternational GROWTHcollaboration. While studyingobservations of the source – namedATLAS17aeu – the team noticedsomething odd about how fast it wasfading. “Analysing the data, Iconcluded that ATLAS17aeu mustbe related to some explosion on 5thJanuary, not the 4th”, says Prof.Varun Bhalerao of IIT Bombay, thelead author in this study. The teamhad already used CZTI to look for X-rays coming from GW170104, andnot seen any. CZTI (Cadmium ZincTelluride Imager), a gamma raytelescope on ISRO’s maiden spaceobservatory AstroSat, proved to bethe most sensitive instrument in theworld to find transient sources withsub-second durations. So if therewas another burst in the sky, theywere sure they would find it in CZTIdata.

Prof. Varun continues, “I shot off anemail to my student Sujay, askinghim to search for a burst in CZTIdata in the calculated time window.And then I noticed an email fromVidushi (another student) in myinbox: she had found the burst I waslooking for”.

The culprit seemed to be a gammaray burst GRB 170105A – thatexploded in the same part of the sky21 hours later. But to be sure of this,astronomers needed more data.

Enter GROWTH: Global Relay ofObservatories Watching TransientsHappen. This multi-national teamhad already swung into action,observing ATLAS17aeu with optical,X-ray and radio telescopes.

Team member Mr. DipankarBhattacharya (IUCAA) said, “Theteam studied the source with radio,optical and X-ray telescopes for afew days, till it faded away intooblivion. Based on its behaviour, weconcluded that this event signalledthe birth of a new black hole when amassive star imploded in a galaxyseveral billion light years away”.

This gamma ray burst was missedby several other internationalsatellites which were pointing atother parts of the sky at that instant.It was detected only by theCadmium Zinc Telluride Imager(CZTI) on AstroSat, and by theChinese-European POLARinstrument. “This is the result ofinsightful instrument design,imaginative onboard software, andcollaborative data analysis from anationwide team,” said Prof. A.R.Rao from TIFR. The team has itseyes on the prize: finding the firstelectromagnetic counterpart to agravitational wave source. And thehighly sensitive CZTI might not beenough.

Prof. Rao added, “We need wideangle detectors scattered overinterplanetary space to discoverX-rays from LIGO sources. TheCZTI team has proposed a smallsized instrument called MOTIVE toISRO as a likely payload for a futureinterplanetary mission. Together,CZTI and MOTIVE can revolutionizethe field.”

CZT-Imager is built by a consortiumof Institutes across India. The TataInstitute of Fundamental Research,Mumbai, led the effort withinstrument design and development.Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre,Thiruvananthapuram provided theelectronic design, assembly andtesting. ISRO Satellite Centre(ISAC), Bengaluru provided themechanical design, qualityconsultation and projectmanagement. The Inter UniversityCentre for Astronomy and

Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune did theCoded Mask design, instrumentcalibration, and Payload OperationCentre. Space Application Centre(SAC) at Ahmedabad provided theanalysis software. PhysicalResearch Laboratory (PRL)Ahmedabad, provided thepolarization detection algorithm andground calibration.

A vast number of industriesparticipated in the fabrication andthe University sector pitched in byparticipating in the test andevaluation of the payload. The IndianSpace Research Organisationfunded, managed and facilitated theproject. This work was supported bythe GROWTH project funded by theNational Science Foundation underGrant No 1545949. GROWTH is acollaborative project betweenCalifornia Institute of Technology(USA), Pomona College (USA), SanDiego State University (USA), LosAlamos National Laboratory (USA),University of Maryland College Park(USA), University of WisconsinMilwaukee (USA), Tokyo Institute ofTechnology (Japan), NationalCentral University (Taiwan), IndianInstitute of Astrophysics (India),Inter-University Center forAstronomy and Astrophysics (India),Weizmann Institute of Science(Israel), The Oskar Klein Centre atStockholm University (Sweden),Humboldt University (Germany).

GROWTH is supported by theScience and Engineering ResearchBoard, Department of Science andTechnology, Government of India.

More information about thediscovery of the gravitational wavesource GW170104 can be obtainedat:

https://www.ligo.caltech.edu/page/press-release-gw170104, and athttp://www.gw.iucaa.in/news/gw170104


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Prof. Vikram Vishal Wins INSA Young Scientist Award - 2017

Prof. Vikram Vishal, AssistantProfessor in the Department ofEarth Sciences has won theprestigious Indian NationalScience Academy (INSA) medalfor Young Scientist (2017). Theaward is considered to be thehighest recognition of promise,creativity and excellence in youngscientists, and awarded annuallyby INSA for research conducted byscientists in India. It carries abronze medal and a cash prize ofRs 25,000. Till 2015, 737 youngscientists have been recognized byINSA.

While conveying the selection ofthe award to Prof. Vishal, INSAPresident Prof. Ajay K Sood stated,“He has shown great potential tobe a leader in research. I sincerelyhope he will continue to strive hardto reach his potential and to proveleadership in the coming years”.

Prof. Vishal, while thanking INSAfor this recognition and honour,also remembered his PhDadvisers

Prof. T. N. Singh (IIT Bombay) andProf. Ranjith P. G. (MonashUniversity) and his post-doctoralmentor Prof. Jennifer Wilcox(Stanford University). Prof. Vishalis currently working on aresearch, which attempts toreduce carbon-dioxide emissionsand their environmental impact bycapturing the natural gases. Hisresearch looks at “geologicsequestration” or capturing thecarbon dioxide that is releasedwhen coal is burnt (or created asa by-product in other industries)and injecting it back into the rockdeep underground so that it is notreleased into the atmosphere.

Prof. Vishal explained hisresearch work by stating, “Naturalgases have remained trapped indeep underground rock structuresfor several million years. Thisprovides an analogy to inject andstore the greenhouse gases inrocks and prevent their releaseinto the atmosphere. RealisingIndia’s vast geological diversity,

she offers ample opportunities forthe storage of carbon dioxide.Injection of carbon dioxide will notonly help develop a longsustainable earth, but also lead toenhanced recovery of methane topartly meet our growing energydemands”.

The true beneficiary of thisprocess will be the life-system onEarth. Through the enhancedrecovery of an otherwise non-recoverable resource, India willalso benefit from energy security.Prof. Vikram Vishal is the firstgraduate from the IIT BombayMonash Research Academy,which is a joint venture betweenIIT Bombay and MonashUniversity, Australia. Researchscholars study for a dual-badgedPhD from both institutions andenrich their research and buildcollaborative relationships byspending time in Australia andIndia over the course of theirdegree.

Prof. Vikram Vishal, Department of EarthScience during his research work


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IIT Bombay Student Develops Innovative Lightweight Water Purifier Cum Bottle

Devanshi Saksena, a student of IDC in IIT Bombay,has made a portable water purifier cum bottle to beused by the jawans in the army. The Central ReservePolice Force visited the IIT campus last year andspoke about how potable water was a problem for thejawans. Keeping in mind the needs of the jawan,Devanshi then designed a sound-proof bottle with aninbuilt purifier.

The bottle is bean-shaped and can hold up to 1.5litres of water. It has a filter attached to the base,which can be removed and let into the water body. Apump then sucks in water, which goes through thepurifier and onto the bottle. After filling, the tube canbe wound around the filter and the base can be re-attached.

The army jawans often travel several miles at astretch, and can, at the most, carry 4-5 litres of water.

In most cases, they drink water available from thenearest water body, which might be contaminated. Innaxal-affected areas, the fear of water contaminationis extremely high. So, this bottle is expected to helpthem get potable water at all times.

Mr. Saksena was lucky in getting the help of Prof. B.KChakravarthy and Prof. Hemendra Arya. “We invited afew CRPF jawans to get their feedback about themodel that Devanshi had designed initially. Some ofthe suggestions were that the bottle should belightweight, durable and sound-proof. We helped herimprovise on her earlier design and they weresatisfied with the final product,” said Prof.Chakravarthy.

The bottle weighs 600 gm and costs Rs 1,200. It ismuch cheaper and durable compared to other marketvariants. The bottles are on the way for field-testingsoon.

Water purifier cum bottle model designed by the student of Industrial Design Centre for armymen


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IIT Bombay Ranks 179 In The QS World University Rankings

The Indian Institute of Technology Bombay has, for the first time, made it to the list of the world’s top 200universities, according to the recently released QS World University Rankings. The Institute has movedsignificantly up from 219th rank last year to 179th rank this year. Overall, the Institution improved on its 2017performance by 40 places. IIT Bombay ranks second in India, with an overall score of 49.7 out of 100. Amongthese six parameters, Employer Reputation indicated the strongest one for IIT Bombay with a rank of 102globally.

Speaking on the improved performance of the Institute, Director Prof. Devang Khakhar said, “The improvedranking is a reflection of the continuous improvement of the quality of education and research at IIT Bombay”.

The Institute performed among the top 19% in the QS World University Rankings. Considering there areapproximately 26,000 universities globally, this made IIT Bombay one of the top 1.0% universities in the world.

Director of IIT Bombay Prof. Devang Khakhar inaugurated the office of IIT Bombay-Washington University inSt. Louis Research and Education Academy (IWREA) on May 18, 2017. The office is located on the ground floorof Main Building, IIT Bombay.

Inauguration Of Office Of IIT Bombay- Washington University At IIT Bombay

Prof. Devang V. Khakhar, Director, IIT Bombay inaugurating the office of IIT Bombay-Washington University in St. Louis Research andEducation Academy (IWREA) along with Prof. S. Bhargava, SJM School of Management and Mr. Shesh Kiran, CEO, IWREA


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IIT Bombay Starts A Bachelor Programme In Economics

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciencesin IIT Bombay has launched an undergraduateprogramme titled ‘Bachelor of Science in Economics’in July 2017. In the continuous process ofdiversification of academic programmes at IITBombay, the Department of Humanities and SocialSciences has been brainstorming about itscontribution to take the Institute to higher levels for awhile now. Based on the lessons gained from theconduct of core and elective courses in Economics forthe undergraduate and postgraduate students overseveral years, the Department has launched the newprogramme.

The vision of the Department is to create a uniquebrand of students who will be equipped to balanceeconomics, enterprise, science and technology withsocial objectives and produce well-trainedprofessionals with inter and multi-disciplinary skills forapplied economic analysis and efficient decision-making.

The programme aims to graduate students who, whilecontributing to technological applications andachieving significant breakthroughs, will also beequipped with a broad social-ethical perspective.Educationists have for long emphasized the need fora balance between economics, ethics and enterprise.

The Director of IIT Bombay Prof. Devang Khakharsaid, “The Department of Humanities and SocialSciences has built academic excellence in a numberof areas, including economics. The new programmein economics will provide students with a high qualityeducation based on a rigorous curriculum but with awide range of electives offered in our multidisciplinary

environment. The students will be well prepared tocontribute to addressing the issues being faced in theincreasingly complex national and global economicenvironments.”

The programme seeks to impart education tostudents to become more efficient analysts/ decision-making professionals in the areas of business, publicpolicy and development administration. Industrialhouses, banks, government/ semi-governmentagencies and organizations are increasinglydemanding graduates with these kinds of skills andcapabilities.

With a strong background in economics, socialsciences, mathematics and statistics, sciencesubjects, and exposure to computer science, IITBombay expects these students to find excellentplacements in a wide range of public and privatefirms.

“Taking advantage of the multiple departments andspecializations in IIT Bombay, we would encouragethese students to opt for a minor from Engineering,Entrepreneurship, IDC, Management, Sciences andother Social Sciences/Humanities,” saidProf. D. Parthasarathy, Head of HSS Department.

The admission to the programme is through theIIT JEE (Advanced).

Please visit: http://www.hss.iitb.ac.in/en/breaking-news/iit-bombay-launches-4-year-bs-economics-july-2017

Course Content:

http://www.hss.iitb.ac.in/sites/default/files/BS%20ECONOMICS%20Press%20release.pdf

Leading aerosol researchers from the WashingtonUniversity School of Engineering & Applied Sciencesparticipated in a two-day “Aerosol and Air QualityWorkshop” held on June 8-9, 2017 hosted by the IITBombay. This workshop was sponsored by MPCB,India. The workshop explored the latest research in airquality from renowned academics.

Prof. Virendra Sethi,Centre for Environment Science &Engineering of IIT Bombay, co-ordinated theworkshop.

Particle Technology and Pollution Control; AtmosphericAerosols and Monitoring; Aerosol Formation; Growthand Transport were discussed.

Two - Day Joint Workshop On 'Aerosol And Air Quality'

The main objective of the workshop was to bringtogether a group of researchers from IIT Bombay andWashington University in St. Louis (WUStL) withdiverse interests and expertise in nucleation,transport, growth, instrumentation, characterization,and multi-scale modeling of aerosols to discuss recentadvances,current challenges, and new directions.

The workshop commenced with the welcome addressby the IIT Bombay Director Prof. Devang Khakhar andDean of Washington University School of EngineeringDr. Aaron Bobi, followed by four moderated sessionsand short talks by the invited speakers.


A team from the Innovation Cell of IIT Bombay has wonthe 25th Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC),one of the biggest unmanned ground vehiclecompetitions in the world for university students. Thecompetition was held between June 2-5, 2017 atOakland University in Michigan, USA.

The vehicle ‘SeDriCa’ participated in all three eventsand secured first place in the Autonomous NavigationChallenge, second place in the Design Challenge,second place in the Interoperability Profiles Challengeand were placed first (overall) in the pool of 29participating teams from five different countries. Theteam scored a total of 88 points out of 96 pointsbeating the first runner-up from Japan by a margin of32 points.

The team was mentored by Prof. S N Merchant fromDepartment of Electrical Engineering and Prof.Ramesh Singh from Department of Mechanical

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IIT Bombay Wins 25th Intelligent Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC)

Mr. Ankit Sharma, Department of Aerospace Engineering andMr. Rishabh Chaudhary, Department of Chemical Engineering,with the trophy along with the other team members

Engineering. The team was led by students Mr. Ankit Sharma, Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mr.Rishabh Choudhary, Department of Chemical Engineering. Other members of the team were Mr. Anjan KumarPatel, Mr. Ravi Jain, Mr. Vatsal Kansara, Mr. Krishna Sandeep,Mr. Rohit Bhor, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Mr. Surya Teja, Department of ElectricalEngineering. The team got most of the funding from IRCC, IIT Bombay.

This has been the best performance till date by any Indian team and it also raises the bar for IIT Bombay acrossall the competitions.

IIT Bombay Stands First In The Ecosperity Young Leaders Dialogue (Ecos YLD)

A team of students from IIT Bombay stood first in theEcosperity Young Leaders Dialogue (Ecos YLD) andwon the $1000 prize money. The event was organisedby Singapore Technologies Endowment Programme(STEP) in partnership with Centre for BusinessSustainability at Nanyang Business School, NanyangTechnological University 2 teams of 4 members eachwere selected from IIT Bombay to represent India atthe 5 days event. 10 countries participated. A total of22 teams from South East Asia participated. The twoteams from IIT Bombay were the only teams to beselected from India.

Besides panel discussions, addresses by reputedpersonalities and group activities against thebackdrop of sustainable business practices, the eventalso had a presentation challenge where all the teamscompeted against each other to present their ownidea on a topic allotted by the organizers.

Mr. Shubham Goyal and Mr. Akshay Agarwal,Department of Mechanical Engineering, Mr. DeepShah & Mr. Ankush Thakkar, Department ofMetallurgical Engineering and Materials Sciences

Mr. Shubham Goyal and Mr. Akshay Agarwal, Department ofMechanical Engineering, Mr. Deep Shah & Mr. AnkushThakkar, Department of Metallurgical Engineering andMaterials Sciences receiving the prize at the Ecosperity YoungLeaders Dialogue held in Singapore

participated in the event held in Singapore from June 3 - 7, 2017. The name of the team was Pahal.

The Ecosperity 2017 theme was “Tomorrow Starts Today! - Securing our Sustainable Future in Asia”. The themeof business sustainability seeks to showcase the business perspective in managing sustainability issues andhow businesses transform their practices to promote sustainability.


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Students, faculty and staff members performing Yoga during the International Yoga Day Celebration at the Institute

Yoga is a 5,000-year-old physical, mental and spiritual practice that originated in India. It transforms both bodyand mind. On December 11 in 2014, the United Nations General Assembly declared June 21st as theInternational Day of Yoga.

On June 14, 2017, a movie on ‘History of Yoga’ was screened in the Institute. Yoga camps were organized onJune 17, 18 and 19, 2017 at different locations in the campus of IIT Bombay.

A heartfulness meditation camp was held on June 18, 2017.Trained yoga instructor Mr. S. D. Bhalekar, Medicalofficer, Kaivalyadhama, Lonawala and lecturer at Gordhandas Seksaria College of Yogas & Cultural Synthesisdelivered a lecture on ‘Importance of Yoga’ on June 20, 2017 in the campus.

IIT Bombay celebrated the third International Yoga Day on June 21, 2017. The event witnessed enthusiasticparticipation from all the members of the IIT Bombay community including students, faculty, staff and their familymembers.

Two yoga sessions wereconducted on June 21, 2017 atthe Badminton Hall located in thegymkhana building. During themorning session, a Common YogaProtocol was conducted. Theparticipants were taught variousaasanaas and pranayam. Theinstructor explained the benefits ofthese for one’s physical andmental health and well-being. Thetrainer encouraged theparticipants to practice yoga everyday.

The registered participants tookthe Yogathon challenge - toperform 108 rounds ofSuryanamaskar and most of themcompleted it successfully. Theparticipants practiced all theexercises with full determination and zeal.

IIT Bombay Celebrates International Day of Yoga


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Design & Degree Show 2017

The Design & Degree Show (DDS) of IndustrialDesign Centre, IIT Bombay was held from June 9-11,2017. The event showcased design projects of theoutgoing 2017 batch of Master of Design studentsfrom five specializations: Communication Design,Industrial Design, Interaction Design, Animation FilmDesign, and Mobility & Vehicle Design.

Noted animation film maker and national awardwinner Mr. E. Suresh inaugurated the DDS 2017 onJune 9 at Lecture Theater Complex, IIT Bombay. DDSthis year was a dual celebration for IDC as thepremier design institute marks the completion of tenyears of its Master of Design programs in InteractionDesign and Animation Film Design. To honour thismilestone, the first two days of the event hostedspecial talks by experts from these two disciplines.

About 20 eminent designers from a wide rangespecializations in the fields of Animation, UserInterface and Human Computer Interaction,Communication Design, Industrial Design, andMobility and Vehicle design shared their vision,experiences and case studies over three days of theevent.

Glimpses of Design & Degree Show 2017

Some of the speakers at the Design Conference wereMr. E. Suresh, Mr. Vaibhav Kumaresh, Mr. DeshnaMehta, Mr. Henry Skupniewicz , Mr. AbhimanyuKulkarni , Mr. Sajal Nagwanshi, Mr. Vijaybahu Joshiand Mr. Chirag Gander. The event was attended by aprofessionals from different streams of design, writing,art, media, academia as well as design students fromvarious institutes and organizations.

A special screening of the film ‘Hum Chitra BanateHai’ directed by Prof. Nina Sabnani of IDC was heldduring the event. This film has recently won the RajatKamal Award for the Best Animation Film at the 64thNational Film Awards this year in New Delhi. This filmis a playfully warm story that brings to life India’straditional art by incorporating it innovatively in theanimation itself.

A book on the design journey of Prof. SudhakarNadkarni, founder of IDC, was launched at IDCauditorium on June 11. Movies and animation filmsmade by the students of IDC School of Design werescreened during the event.


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Exhibition By Abhyuday On ‘1982, A Tale Of The Forgotten Past’

Guest of honor Mrs. Sampada Mehta, DistrictCollector for Mumbai (island city) during theexhibition organized by Abhyuday,student-run-non-profit organizationof IIT Bombay

IIT Bombay’s Abhyuday organized an interactiveexhibition ‘1982, a tale of the forgotten past’ from June11 to 13, 2017 in the Institute campus. The exhibitionhad been ideated by Chinmay Parab, an M. Desstudent of the Industrial Design Centre (IDC).

The guest of honor for this exhibition was newly-appointed District Collector for Mumbai (island city)Mrs. Sampada Mehta. She appreciated the efforts putin by the team Abhyuday and IDC student ChinmayParab for setting up the exhibition. One of the visitorssaid, “The exhibition was a brilliant depiction ofhistory. Unlike other exhibitions which aremonotonous and boring, this analogy of textile layoffwith IT industry was an eye opener.”

Abhyuday is a student-run non-profit organization ofthe IIT Bombay. Prof. Kavi Arya is the faculty in-charge of Abhyuday. The organization provides aplatform for social activities, campaigns, initiatives tobuild the nation bottom up and for upcoming ideas forsocial development. Abhyuday aims to empowerstudents taking the mission of social leadership todrive a change around the nation.

‘1982, a tale of the forgotten past’ attempted to tell thestory of the Great Bombay Textile Strike and its

impacts on the city culture. The aim, here, was tosensitize current population of Mumbai with theforgotten past of the city and leave them with aquestion mark, in order to envision a better future.Data visualization method was used to convey thestory is conveyed through juggling of data andnumbers.

Textile Worker’s strike in 1982 was a pivotal momentin the history of the textile industry and that ofMumbai. 240,000 mill workers from over 58 mills inthe mill district of Mumbai participated in the strikethat started on January 18, 1982 and ran for 18months.

Unsuccessful end of the strike served to change theface of the once industrial capital of the country intofinancial capital. In the past three decades, the citysaw a dramatic transition from mills to malls andresidential towers, considered as the most disruptiveurban transformations India has ever seen.

35 years after the strike, the situation seems to bealmost similar to that of the textile industry. IT sectorin India, on which the service industry thrives, isundergoing the digital transformation with automationand introduction of artificial intelligence. It wouldn’t bea surprise if history repeats itself in the white-collaredIT sector too.


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Research in focus

A Public Domain General Purpose Circuit Simulator

A general-purpose circuitsimulation packaged calledSEQUEL has been developed atIIT Bombay. SEQUEL isparticularly suitable for teachingcourses in electronics and powerelectronics. It has a graphicaluser interface (GUI) whichallows the user to enter thecircuit in a schematic form, setcomponent values andsimulation on parameters, andview the simulation results. Italso allows exporting of circuitschematics and the simulationplots so that they can beincluded in reports and

Prof. Mahesh B. PatilDepartment of Electrical Engineering

Please visit:http://www.ircc.iitb.ac.in/IRCC-Webpage/rnd/PDF/GlimpseIITBResearch/A_PUBLIC_DOMAIN_GENERAL_PURPOSE_CIRCUIT_SIMULATOR.pdf

presentations. The SEQUEL GUI has been developed for ease and flexibility, and users have found it to beconvenient and intuitive. A large number of simulation examples in the areas of electronics and powerelectronics have been incorporated in SEQUEL. The user can run these examples in the present form, editthem, or make up completely new examples if required. Several technical workshops have been conductedusing SEQUEL, and accompanying academic documents have also been developed. SEQUEL is being usedin several engineering colleges in India.

In the next phase, we plan todevelop an app based onSEQUEL which can be used byengineering college teachersdirectly in class. With the app, ateacher would be able to cover aspecific topic in class, and followit up with circuit simulation inclass. Since most of thestudents possess a smartphone, the app would beparticularly attractive in terms ofaccess. It will enable simulationin class to clarify basic conceptswithout having to move to acomputer lab for that purpose.


Prof. V.S.S. Pavan Kumar Hari,Department ofEnergy Scienceand Engineeringhas been appointedas an AssistantProfessor w.e.f. May12, 2017

Prof. Sandeep Kumar, Departmentof Energy Science& Engineering hasbeen appointedAssistant Professorw.e.f. June 06, 2017

Prof. Jahnavi Punekar,Department ofEarth Sciences hasbeen appointed asan AssistantProfessor w.e.f.June 19, 2017

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Passout student of Industrial DesignCentre, Mr. Abhishek Verma, haswon the Annecy award for ananimated short film he made called“Maacher Jhol.” at the prestigiousAnnecy International Animation FilmFestival. It is one of the fourinternational animated film festivalssponsored by the AssociationInternationale du Film d’Animation (orASIFA, the International AnimatedFilm Association)

Student News

Institute Colloquium /Lectures

Prof. Sanjeev Kumar, Department ofChemical Engineering, IISc Bangloredelivered an Institute DistinguishedLecture (in memory of Prof. K. C.Khilar) titled “Particle SynthesisMechanisms - Plenty of Room at theBottom” on May 4, 2017

Departmental Lectures

Department of Humanities andSocial Sciences

Prof. Asha Singh, Centre for Studiesin Social Sciences, Calcutta (CSSSC)gave a talk in a seminar titled“Constructing ‘Bhojpuri’ Language andPeople Methodological Reflections”on May 5, 2017

Department of Computer Scienceand Engineering

Mr. Vitalik Buterin, Co-founder,Ethereum Foundation,gave a talk in aseminar titled “The Economics ofBlockchain – Protocols, Challenges &Cryptoeconomics” on May 16, 2017

Prof. Narendra Shiradkar,Department ofElectricalEngineering hasbeen appointedas an AssistantProfessor w.e.f.May 11, 2017

Appointment

NotificationProf. Preeti Rao, Department ofElectrical Engineering has beenappointed as the Professor-Incharge of Continuing Educationand Quality Improvement Programw.e.f. May 19, 2017

Prof. Satish B. Agnihotri, hasbeen appointed as Head, Centerfor Technology Alternative in RuralAreas w.e.f May 19, 2017

Prof. Madhu Belur, Department ofElectrical Engineering has beenappointed as the Warden, HostelNo. 12 w.e.f. June 7, 2017

Prof. Mallikarjuna K. Rao K. S.,Associate Professor, IndustrialEngineering & OperationsResearch has been appointed asthe Associate Warden, HostelNo. 6 w.e.f. June 15, 2017Publications

Prof. S. Narayan Rao, SJM School ofManagement co-authored withMr. Suhas R H, Research Scholarpresented research paper “Do IndianProfessional Investors beat theMarket” at 24th Annual Conferenceof Global Finance Association held onMay 4-6, 2017 at Hempstead(NY, USA)

Two of the books/monographs of Prof.Subhananda Chakrabarti,Department of Electrical Engineering

have been published by springer tilldate. Two more are in the way ofpublishing in the next few months.The two links are mentioned below:http://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811043338http://www.springer.com/in/book/9789811008085

Prof. Tara Shankar Shaw,Department of Humanities andSocial Sciences recent paper (co-authored with Prof. Lerong He fromState University of NY) titled“Institution Logic in Family Business:Evidence from Board StructureChange in Indian Public Firm” hasbeen awarded the Best Paper awardin the “9th International Symposiumon Multinational BusinessManagement-Entrepreneurship,Organizational Change andEmployment Management” held atNanjing, China on June 16-18,2017.

Mr. Hare Krishna N. Bhaskar,Sr. Data Processor(SG), Departmentof Mathematicsretired after 36years of service

Mr. Amritlal G. Gupta, Jr.TechnicalSuperintendent,Estate Officeretired after 35years of service

Mr. Baliram P. Jinawar,Sr. Attendant,Department ofMechanicalEngineeringretired after retiredafter 35 years ofservice

Mr. Manohar D. Dhotre,Attendant (SG),Department ofChemistry retiredafter 35 years ofservice

Retirements onMay 31, 2017


Mr. Maruti T. Shinde, Attendant(SG), Departmentof CivilEngineeringretired after 36years of service

Mr. Vilas B. Kewale, Sr. Cook,Guest Houseretired after 29years of service

Mr. Adam S. Mulani, SecurityGuard, SecuritySection retiredafter 34 years ofservice

Mr. Kanubhai D. Solanki,Cleaner, Hospitalretired after 29years of service

Salt’n Pepperby Dr. Arun Inamdar

WildernessIn the

Photo Credit :by Mr. B. NagarkarRetired Staff, IIT Bombay

Retirements onJune 30, 2017

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Mr. Kamalakar M. Satve,Sr. Attendant,Department ofCivil Engineeringretired after 35years of service

Mr. R.S. Parihar, Sr.Attendant,Department ofCivil Engineeringretired after 32years of service

Mr. Narayan M. Nikhade,Sr.Attendant,Department ofCivil Engineeringretired after 32years of service

Mr. Shivaji B. Lad, Helper, EstateOffice retired after21 years ofservice

Prof. N.K. Nambudripad,AssociateProfessor,Department ofPhysics retiredafter 29 years ofservice

Mr. Ratan M.Dubey, SecurityGuard (SG),Security Sectionretired after 36years of service

Mr. Dhyan D. Barman, SecurityGuard (SG),Security Sectionretired after 36years of service


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CEP courses scheduled during August - September 2017

Starting Date Duration Course Name Faculty Department

Open Programmes :

6-8-2017 3 Days Leadership Development Programme Prof. S Bhargava School of ManagementFor Managers And Entrepreneurs

21-8-2017 2 Days 3 D Printing : Prof. K. P. P Karunakaran Mechanical EngineeringA Disruptive Technology of This Era

24-8-2017 3 Days Expo Pdi Prof. Ravi Poovaiah Industrial Design Centre

26-8-2017 10 Days Management Program In Prof. Dinesh Sharma School Of ManagementEntrepreneurship And Marketing

In House Programmes :

1-8-2017 2 Days Power System Protection Prof. Shreevardhan A Soman Electrical Engineering

4-8-2017 2 Days Power System Stabilizer Tuning Prof. Anil Manohar Kulkarni Electrical Engineering

Gian Courses :

14-8-2017 5 Days Computational Methods With Prof. Eldho T Iype Civil EngineeringApplications To Fluid Dynamics

Open Programmes :

12-9-2017 5 Days Advanced Welding Technology Prof. Amber Shrivastava Mechanical EngineeringProf. Sushil M

18-9-2017 3 Days Theory And Technology of Prof . Anil Kottantharayil Electrical EngineeringSilicon Solar Cell

21-9-2017 3 Days Expo Info Design Prof. Ravi Poovaiah Industrial Design Centre

25-9-2017 2 Days Perovskzite Solar Cells Prof. Balasubramaniam Kavaipatti Energy Systems Engineering

in House Programmes :

1-9-2017 5 Months Transmission Electron Microscopy Prof. Nithyanand Prabhu Metallurgical Engineering &Materials Science

Prof. L. M.Bhole, former Professor of Economics andHead of the Department of Humanities and SocialSciences, left for his heavenly abode on May 2, 2017.Prof. Bhole had played a significant role in the launch ofthe M.Phil programme in Development and Planning. Ourheartful condolences are with his family.

Mr. K R R Pillai, OSD, Director Office, left for hisheavenly abode on May 20, 2017 following a cardiacarrest. He was well-known for his dedication, sincerity andquality work during his service. Our heartful condolencesare with his family.

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