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Minutes for the 26th
Meeting of the Academic Senate, 28.7.2017 at 3.00 P.M. Page 1 of 14
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
AND RESEARCH MOHALI
(Estd. By Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India)
Sector -81, Knowledge City, P.O. Manauli, S.A.S. Nagar, Mohali, Punjab
Minutes for the 26th Meeting of the Academic Senate held on July 28, 2017 at 3.00 p.m.
at IISER Mohali. The following members were present:
1 Professor N. Sathyamurthy, Chairman
2 Professor Arun K. Grover, Member
3 Professor M . K. Surappa, Member
4 Professor Arvind, Member
5 Professor Sudeshna Sinha, Member
6 Professor J. S. Bagla, Member
7 Professor P. Guptasarma, Member
8 Professor K. S. Viswanathan, Member
9 Professor Sanjay Mandal, Member
10 Dr. R. S. Johal, Member
11 Dr. N. G. Prasad, Member
12 Dr. Abhishek Chaudhuri, Member
Dr. P. Bapaiah, Secretary
Special Invitee
1 Mr. Amol, SRC Convener
2 Mr. Rohit
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1 Professor Lilavati Krishnan, Member
2 Professor Anand K. Bachhawat, Member
3 Professor Kapil Hari Paranjape, Member
4 Professor C.S. Aulakh, Member
Item No. Agenda
Senate 17.26.01 Introductory remarks by the Chairman
The Chairman welcomed the members specially Professor M. K.
Surappa who came all the way from Bangalore sparing his
valuable time. The Chairman informed the Senate with
profound grief that Mr. Mayank Kumar, BS-MS-14 batch
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student has died on 26.7.2017. He was a good student and
gentle in his behaviour. The Institute lost a very good student.
The Academic Senate observed 2 minutes silence in honour of
the departed soul.
The Chairman informed the Senate that Ms. Swetha, a former
student of IISER Mohali, now doing Ph.D. in MIT, has been
bestowed with the best teaching assistant award. Ms. Vaishnavi
Sridhar, an MS graduate in 2017 has been selected as one of the
five SERB scholars to pursue Ph.D. in University
British Columbia, Canada. The Academic Senate congratulated
them.
The Academic Senate appreciated the services rendered by
Professor I.B.S. Passi and Professor Somdatta Sinha as Senators
over the years and wanted to place it on record. The Academic
Senate desired that the appreciation be conveyed to them.
Further, The Chairman informed the Academic Senate that Dr.
Kavita Dorai, Associate Professor has co-authored a book on
“cross relaxation and cross-correlation parameters in NMR”
and Professor J. S. Bagla edited a book along with Sunee
Engineer on "Gravity and the Quantum". The Academic
Senate congratulated both the faculty members.
Senate 17.26.02 Confirmation of the Draft Minutes of the 25th Meeting of the
Academic Senate held on May 16, 2017.
Draft Minutes of the 25th Meeting of the Academic Senate held on May 16,
2017 were circulated to all the members and requested the members to convey
the observations/comments, if any. Some observations have been received from
Professor Sanjay Mandal placed at page no. 10-13 of the agenda. After
consideration of the Observations, the Minutes of the 25th Meeting of the
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Academic Senate held on May 16, 2017 may be confirmed. Minutes placed at
Page No. 14-72 of the agenda.
After considerable deliberations on the observations, the
minutes of the 25th Meeting of the Academic Senate Meeting
held on 16.05.2017 were confirmed.
Senate 17.26.03 Action Taken report on the Draft Minutes of the 25th Meeting of the
Academic Senate held on July 28, 2017.
Placed at Page No. 73-79 of the agenda.
Noted.
For Consideration and Approval
Senate 17.26.04 Appeals from BS-MS students, Int. Ph.D. students and Ph.D. Students.
1. BS-MS Students.
a. The following students have made an appeal against their termination of
BS-MS programme:
MS14 Batch:
S. No. Reg. No. Name No. of 'F' grades before
Summer Semester
CPI
i) MS14064 Neetish Kumar
Sharma *
03 3.6
ii) MS14094 Sukhpal ** 04 4.3
* Did not register during summer semester 2017.
** Requested courses were not offered during summer semester 2017.
i.) The Appeal of Mr. Neetish Kumar Sharma was discussed
in detail and it was agreed to give him one LAST
CHANCE. No further appeal will be entertained.
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Dr. Abhishek Choudhary will mentor him.
ii.) The appeal of Mr. Sukhpal, MS14094 was accepted for re-
instatement into the programme.
b. The following students have made an appeal against their termination of BS-
MS programme and as per their requests, they have been allowed to register
during summer semester 2017:
(i) Termination against number of 'F' grades in core courses:
MS14 Batch:
S. No. Reg. No. Name No. of 'F' grades
before
Summer Semester
No. of 'F'
grades after
Summer
Semester
CPI
1. MS14068 Vandana
Verma
3 2 5.2
2. MS14080 Ankuj
Kumar
3 2 4.1
3. MS14126 Renu Meena 3 2 4.6
The Academic Senate approved re-instatement of the above
three candidates.
MS13 Batch:
S. No. Reg. No. Name No. of 'F' grades
before
Summer Semester
No. of 'F'
grades after
Summer
Semester
CPI
1. MS13133 Rohit Kumar 3 2 5
The Academic Senate approved re-instatement of Mr. Rohit
Kumar.
MS11 Batch:
S. No. Reg. No. Name No. of 'F' grades
before
Summer
Semester
No. of 'F'
grades after
Summer
Semester
CPI
1. MS11072 Barun Khaidem 6 6 4.4
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The Academic Senate examined his request and the possibility
of his improvement. Finally it was decided that he could be
given a chance to clear his backlogs so that he can meet the
requirements for the BS degree. It would be impossible for him
to fulfill the requirements for the BS-MS degree, with the
academic record he has so far. Thus the Senate approved for his
re-instatement with the condition that Mr. Barun Khaidem will
clear his backlogs for receiving the BS Degree.
(ii) Termination against CPI below 4.0 in a row:
Sr No. Reg. No Name CPI before
summer
semester
CPI after
summer
semester
1. MS16089 Manish Kumar 2.6 3.4
2. MS16100 Siddharth 3.4 3.9
3. MS16101 Anima Angelina
Lakra 3.8 4.8
4. MS16108 Nitika Devi 2.8 3.1
5. MS16147 Chetan 3.2 3.5
6. MS16153 Sachin Bhatt 3.2 3.4
7. MS16154 Shivam Kumar 3.3 3.8
8. MS16166 Himanshu Meena 3.8 4.5
The Academic Senate approved the re-instatement of all the
above eight candidates.
2. Integrated Ph.D. Students.
a. Appeal received from Mr. Somnath Maji, MP15015 placed at page no. 80-
81 of the agenda.
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The Academic Senate approved the re-instatement of Mr.
Somnath Maji by giving him one last chance. No more chances
will be given. Shri S. Arulananda Babu will mentor him.
3. Ph.D. students.
a. Appeal received from Mr. Rabi Prakash Maheswari, Ph16002 placed at
page no. 82-83 of the agenda.
The Academic Senate agreed for the re-instatement of Rabi
Prakash Maheshwari.
4. Appeal from Ms. Sreshta Elchuri
a. Appeal received from Ms. Sreshta Elchuri on medical grounds is placed at
page no. 84-86 of the agenda.
Request of Ms. Sreshta Elchuri has not been acceded to as there
is no fresh material. Her earlier request was the same which
was not acceded to by the Academic Senate on 16.05.2017.
5. Appeal from Mr. Shivam Kumar.
a. Appeal received from Mr. Shivam Kumar dated 25.7.2017 placed at page no.
138 of the agenda.
As at item no. (ii) above covering 8 appeals, his candidature was
covered for his re-instatement.
Senate 17.26.05 Reviewing of the payment of fellowships to the Ph.D. Students
admitted directly and candidates not qualified JRF/NET.
ITEM WITHDRAWN.
Senate 17.26.06 Academic Calendar for the year 2017-18 (Even Semester) and 2018-
19(Odd Semester).
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Academic Calendar for the year 2017-18 Even Semester and for the year
2018-19 Odd Semester are placed at page no. 87-90 of the agenda.
The Academic Senate approved the Academic Calendar.
However the Dean Academics may explore the possibility of
commencing the session on January 4 or 8, 2018.
Senate 17.26.07 Students Fulfilling the Requirements for Award of Ph.D. Degree.
The following students have fulfilled the requirements for the award of PhD Degree:
1) Name of Student: Moumita Rana
Registration No.: PH15010
Registration: August 2015
Name of Supervisor: Dr. Ujjal K Gautam
Title of the Thesis: Investigations on Nanocrystalline Metal and Carbon Entities
for Energy Conversion and Other Chemical Applications
Date of Thesis Submission: February 21, 2017
Thesis Examination Committee:
i) Dr. Ujjal K Gautam (Supervisor)
ii) Professor Amitava Patra, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science,
Kolkata (External)
iii) Professor N. Ravishankar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (External)
iv) Professor Laure Bourgeois, Monash University, Australia (External)
Based on the recommendation of thesis examination committee viva-voce was
conducted on June 15, 2017
Viva-voce Committee:
i) Dr. Ujjal K Gautam (Convener)
ii) Professor Amitava Patra, Indian Association for the Cultivation of
Science, Kolkata (External Examiner)
iii) Professor K. S. Viswanathan iv) Dr. Arijit K De
The viva-voce committee has recommended that the PhD degree be awarded.
2) Name of Student: Ramarao Parella
Registration No.: PH10073
Registration: January 2011
Name of Supervisor: Dr. S. ArulanandaBabu
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Title of the Thesis: Studies on Stereo- and Regioselective Synthesis of
Functionalized Carbocycles, Heterocycles and Olefins through the Pd(II)-Catalyzed C-
H Activation
Date of Thesis Submission: April 17, 2017.
Thesis Examination Committee:
i) Dr. S. Arulananda Babu (Supervisor)
ii) Dr. Alakesh Bisai, IISER Bhopal (External) iii) Dr. Sankar K. Guchhait, NIPER, Mohali (External) iv) Dr. James A Bull, Imperial College London, UK (External)
Based on the recommendation of thesis examination committee viva-voce was conducted on June 30, 2017
Viva-voce Committee: i) Dr. S. Arulananda Babu (Convener)
ii) Dr. Alakesh Bisai, IISER Bhopal (External Examiner)
iii) Dr. S. V. Ramasastry Sripada iv) Dr. Sugumar Venkataramani
The viva-voce committee has recommended that the PhD degree be awarded.
Dr. Ujjal Gautam and Dr. S. Arulananda Babu made
presentations. The Academic Senate congratulated them. The
Senate Recommended to the BOG for awarding the degrees to
Ms. Moumita Rana and Mr. Ramarao Parella.
Senate 17.26.08 Results of Summer Semester.
1. The following courses were taught during summer semester 2017:
S. No. Course
Code
Title of the Course Cre
dits
No. of
students
enrolled
No. of 'F'
grades
cleared
1. CHM101 Chemistry of elements and
chemical transformations
3 20 20
2. CHM201 Spectroscopic and other physical methods
3 6 6
3. MTH102 Analysis in one variable 3 18 15
4. MTH201 Curves and surfaces 3 10 7
5. HSS101A Language skills A 2 26 26
Total No. of students enrolled: 60
Number of 'F' grades cleared: 74
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Noted.
2. Number of scholarships restored after summer (w.e.f. August 2017): MS14 Batch:
• Adarsh Krishan (Reg. No. MS14177), CPI: 6.1
Noted.
3. Number of students who have submitted thesis (since the last senate meeting):
01.
S.
No.
Name Reg. No. Sub Supervisor Title of the Thesis
1. Leena PH14062 PHY Dr. Gautam
Sheet
Tip-induced Superconductivity in
Topological Semimetals
Noted.
4. Number of students who have submitted Synopsis (since the last senate
meeting): 06
S.
No.
Name Reg. No. Sub Supervisor Title of the Thesis
1. Nitin Kishor PH10064 BIO Prof. P.
Guptasarma
Dodecamer assembly and
enzymatic function in a
Bacterial Aminopeptidase from Bacillus subtilis and its
engineered variant(s)
2. Harpreet Singh PH11076 PHY Prof. Arvind
& Dr. Kavita
Dorai
Generation, estimation, and
protection of novel quantum
states of spin systems
3. Rajneesh
Kumar
PH11092 PHY Dr. Rajeev
Kapri
Polymer translocation through
narrow pores: role of
semiflexibility and
hydrodynamics
4. Kanupriya
Verma
PH12147 CHM Prof. K. S.
Viswanathan
Exploring Hydrogen Bonding
Interactions in Multifunctional π
Systems using Matrix Isolation
Infrared Spectroscopy and Ab
Initio Computations
5. Ginny Karir PH12152 CHM Prof. K. S.
Viswanathan
The “strange case” of
Phenylacetylene: Competition
between H-π and n-σ* Contacts,
Studied using Matrix Isolation
Infrared Spectroscopy and Ab
Initio Computations
6. Preetinder
Singh
PH09023 MTH Dr.
LingarajSahu
Construction of a Class of
Quantum Dynamical
Semigroups Associated with
Formal Lindbladians via
Hudson-Parthasarathy Flows
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Noted.
2. 5. Number of students whose viva voce is pending and scheduled: 01
S.
No.
Name Reg. No. Sub Supervisor Title of the Thesis
1. Hare Ram
Yadav*
PH12122 CHM Dr.
Angshuman
Roy
Choudhury
Understanding the Influence of
Fluorine in Crystal Packing of
Organic Molecules in the
Presence and in the Absence of
Other Strong/Weak Hydrogen
Bonds: A Structural Analysis
* Viva-voce scheduled on July 28, 2017.
Noted, however, during the deliberation, The Academic Senate
emphasized the need for pre-submission seminar. The Academic
Senate ruled that Pre-submission seminar is mandatory.
3. 6. Number of students whose thesis review reports have arrived: 01
S.
No.
Name Reg.
No.
Sub Supervisor Title of the Thesis
1. AvinashChandel
PH10041 BIO Prof. Anand K. Bachhawat
Studies on the redox regulation of calcium channels in the yeast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Noted. 4. 5. 7. Major has been allotted to the following students as they became eligible to
choose their major after summer semester 2017: MS15 Batch:
S.
No.
Reg No. Name Number of Fs in
Core courses
before summer
semester 2017
Number of Fs in
Core courses
after summer
semester 2017
Major
requested
1. MS15028 Aiswarya A S 3 1 Biology
2. MS15056 Athul R
Ramesh
3 1 Biology
3. MS15082 Himanshu 4 2 Chemistry
4. MS15091 Mohit Barsain 4 2 Biology
5. MS15123 Vishwas Kamal 3 2 Biology
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6. MS15147 Krishna KanthT.G
3 1 Physics
7. MS15148 Deepak Potyan
Negi
3 1 Biology
8. MS15161 Aakanksha Meena
3 1 Biology
9. MS15179 Harpreet Kaur 3 1 Chemistry
10. MS15184 Simran Panda 3 1 Biology
11. MS15188 Sujata 3 1 Biology
12. MS15198 Shivansh 3 2 Biology
The breakup is as follows:
Biology: 09
Chemistry: 02
Mathematics:00
Physics: 01
Pending: 07
Noted. 6.
8. The following student got a grade in PRJ502 which was incomplete during the
last senate meeting, but he is not graduating as he has total 3 'F' grades:
Reg. No. Name CPI with
Incomplete Project
grade
CPI after the actual
grade received
MS11020 Deepanshu 5.4 5.6
Noted. 7.
9. The following students resigned from the PhD programme (since the last senate
meeting):
1. Ms Sruthi Mohan (PH16046), CHM (resignation accepted w.e.f. May 25,
2017) 2. Mr. Santosh Kumar Behera (PH15056), BIO (resignation accepted w.e.f. May
31, 2017)
3. Mr. Chayan Karmakar (PH16065), MTH (resignation accepted w.e.f. June 27,
2017) 4. Ms Prashansa Gupta (PH16050), PHY (resignation accepted w.e.f. July 10,
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5. Mr. Saurabh Thapliyal (PH16073), BIO (resignation accepted w.e.f. July 17,
2017)
Noted.
Senate 17.26.09 Proposal for developing of an EES Major Program as part of the BS-
MS course curriculum offered by IISER Mohali.
Professor Sampat Tandon was invited for spending a month at IISER
Mohali as a visiting Professor for developing the proposal to make EES
as a major Program as a part of the BS-MS course curriculum offered by
the IISER Mohali. Professor Sampat submitted the proposal for making
EES as a major program for BS-MS course placed at page no. 91-123 of
the agenda.
Since the required material was not available to the senators in
advance, they were requested to look into the material/proposal
placed as an agenda, page no. 91-123 and send their opinion
/report/review to the Chairman, Academic Senate. The same
will be conveyed to the Curriculum Review Committee.
Senate 17.26.10 Candidates from IISER Mohali, applied for Direct Admission into
the Ph.D. Programme.
In the 25th Meeting of the Academic Senate vide agenda item no. Senate
17.25.05 permitted 16 nos. of General/OBC candidates and 5 nos. of
SC/ST candidates i.e. total 21 candidates have been permitted to admit
into the Ph.D. program. In addition to that now Ms. Mugdha Thakur,
MS12048 has also applied for direct admission into Ph.D. program under
general category. Her CPI is 8.1. Request is placed at page no. 124 of
the agenda.
Mr. Mohamed Musthafa Iqbal, MS12061 has also applied for direct
admission into Ph.D. program under OBC category. His CPI is 8.0.
Request is placed at page no. 125 of the agenda.
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The following students, who were offered admission into Direct PhD
programme, have registered notionally in PhD Programme for the session
August 2017:
1. Gaurav Saxena, MS12003, PHY
2. Amit Devra, MS12012, PHY
3. Ankit, MS12014, EES
4. Bindia Chawla, MS12045, BIO
5. ShivaliSokhi, MS12046, PHY
6. Anjali Krishna, MS12054, PHY
7. Vikas Srivastava, MS12085, MTH
8. Mohan Lal, MS12094, PHY
9. Akanksha Gautam, MS12106, PHY
10. Aleena Anna Thomas, MS12115, CHM
11. Vishnu P K, MS12127, PHY
The Academic Senate approved the proposal to admit Ms.
Mugdha Thakur and Mohammed Musthafa Iqbal to the Ph.D.
programme directly, in addition to the 21 candidates approved
earlier.
Senate 17.26.11 1. Government of India Gazette Notifications of UGC & AICTE (Credit
Framework for online learning course through SWAYAM)
Regulations, 2016
2. Placed at page no. 126-133 of the agenda.
After considerable deliberations, a committee with all the Heads
of the Departments with the Dean Academics as the convenor
was formed to study the Gazette Notifications and submit the
report to the Chairman, Academic Senate.
Senate 17.26.12 3. New Courses
Proposal for MTH429 and MTH 430 courses received is placed at page
no. 134-135 of the agenda.
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Approved.
Senate 17.26.12 Qualifying for Comprehensive Exam by the Int. Ph.D. and Ph.D.
students.
A letter dated 18.5.2017 received from Professor Sanjay Mandal on the
above subject is placed at page no. 136 of the agenda.
The Academic Senate decided that the present practice would
continue.
Senate 17.26.13 Suggestion on Ph.D. programme.
A letter dated 16.5.2017 received from Professor Sanjay Mandal
regarding Ph.D. D. programme is placed at page no. 137 of the agenda.
The Senate appreciated the suggestion and decided that the
proposal will be considered critically in course of time.
Senate 17.26.13 4. Any other item with the permission of the Chair.
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