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January 16, 2016

Venue : Taj Exotica, Goa

The Faculty Alumni Network (FAN) is a community of IIT Bombay faculty

and alumni with backgrounds as researchers, university faculty,

students, and administrators. FAN's goals are to assist IIT Bombay in its

efforts to become a world-class research and teaching center.

07:00 - 07:30 Breakfast

07:30 - 08:00 Registration & Networking

Chair : Prof. Ravi Sinha, Dean (ACR), IIT Bombay

08:00 - 08:15 Welcome - Prof. Devang Khakhar, Director, IIT Bombay

08:15 - 08:30 Opening Remarks - Prof. Ravi Sinha, Indian FAN Meetings : Summary Action taken report of the Goa FAN Meeting (2015)

08:30 - 0915 Plenary Speaker: Mr.Adil Zainulbhai, Sr. Advisor, McKinsey & Co., Title: Start Up India and build MSMEs

09:15 - 0945 Coffee break

Chair: Prof. Kishore Chatterjee, Elect. Engg. Dept., Rapporteur : Prof. S. Srinivas, Energy Sci. & Engg. Dept.

09:45 - 10:00 Opening remarks : Prof. Kishore Chatterjee, IIT Bombay, Title: Affordable energy solutions- role of research at IIT Bombay

10:00 - 10:30 Keynote Speaker : Prof. VVN Kishore, Former Professor and Head, Dept. of Energy and Environment, TERI UniversityTitle: Affordable energy solutions, frugal research and micro-level Sustainability

10: 30 - 11:00 Panel Discussion: Energy Technologies for India: Which Way AheadModerator: Prof. Shireesh Kedare, Energy Sci. and Engg. IIT Bombay

11:00 - 11:30 PanelProf. Kishore Chatterjee, Elect.Engg.Dept.,IIT BombayProf. Priya Jadhav, CTARA, IIT BombayDr. Sameer Maithael, Greentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Delhi (Alumnus, IIT B)Dr. Vishal Sardeshpande, ATE Pvt. Ltd., Pune, (Alumnus, IIT B)

Chair: Prof. Sanjeev Chaudhari, Head, Centre for Environmental Sci. and Engg.Rapporteur : Prof. Sanjay Mahajani, Prof-in-Charge, Tata Centre for Technology and Design (TCTD).

11:30 - 11:45 Opening Remarks: Prof. Sanjeev Chaudhari, IIT Bombay, Title: Research in Water and Sanitation at IITB

11:45 - 12:15 Keynote Speaker : Prof. Murali Sastry, CEO, IIT Bombay - Monash Research Academy Title : Affordable Solutions for Water and Sanitation

12:15 - 13:15 Lunch

Morning Session :

SESSION - I :

SESSION – II :

Conducted by Prof. Anil M. Kulkarni, Assoc.Dean (R&D), IIT Bombay

Affordable Energy Solutions

Water and Sanitation

Afternoon Session :

SESSION – III :

SESSION – IV :

Conducted by Prof. Sanjay Mahajani, PIC, TCTD, IIT Bombay

Affordable Health Care

Interactive Session with Participants

13: 15 - 13:45 Panel Discussion: Water and Sanitation - Challenges and Opportunities in IndiaModerator: Prof. Jayesh Bellare, Chemical Engg. Dept. IIT Bombay

13:45 - 14:15 Panel Mr. Anuj Sharma COO, SarvajalProf. K. Kesava Rao, Chemical Engg., IISc., BangaloreProf. Anurag Garg, CESE, IIT BombayMr. Ulhas Paranjape, Founder, Jalvardhini PratishthanDr. Rakesh Kumar, Scientist-G and Head, Mumbai NEERI Zonal Lab.

14:15 - 14:45 Coffee Break

Chair: Prof. Rohit Manchanda, Head, Bio Sci. and Bio Engg. Dept., Rapporteur : Dr. Abhishek Sen, Biosense Technologies

14: 45 - 15:00 Opening Remarks: Prof. Soumyo Mukherji, Dean (SA), IIT Bombay

15:00 - 15:30 Affordable Healthcare- Research at IIT BombayKeynote Speaker: Dr. Arun Chandavarkar, CEO & Jt. Managing Director, Biocon Ltd., Bangalore.Title: Access and Affordability : Addressing a Critical Healthcare Imperative

15:30 - 16:00 Panel Discussion: Affordable healthcare: bench to marketModerator: Prof. Santosh Noronha, Chemical Engg. Dept.,IIT Bombay

16:00 - 16:30 Panel

Dr. Premnath Venugopalan, Head, NCL InnovationsDr. Shyam Vasudeva Rao, Managing Director, Forus Health Pvt. Ltd.Mr. Nishant Kumar, Embryyo TechProf. Debjani Paul, Bio.Sci. & Bio.Engg. Dept., IIT BombayProf. Santosh Noronha, Chemical Engg.Dept., IIT Bombay

Wrap-Up

16:30 - 16:45 Prof. Prasanna Mujumdar, Dy. Director (FEA), IIT Bombay : Concluding remarks and action points

16:45 - 17:00 Vote of Thanks: Prof. J.K. Verma, Dean (FA), IIT Bombay

17:00 - 17:30 High Tea

17:30 - 17:40 Prof. J.K. Verma, Dean (FA), IIT Bombay, Title : Faculty Recruitment at IIT Bombay

Presentation by :17:40 - 17:50 Prof. Debjani Paul, Bio.Sci. & Bio. Engg. Dept.,

IIT Bombay

17:50 - 18:00 Prof. Priya Jadhav, CTARA, IIT Bombay

18:00 - 18:10 Prof. Anurag Garg, CESE, IIT Bombay

18:10 - 18:30 Interaction with participants

19:30 onwards Dinner

Devang Khakhar

Petety V. Balaji

Jayesh Bellare

Arun Chandavarkar

Kishore Chatterjee

Sanjeev Chaudhari

Rajiv O. Dusane

Anurag Garg

Priya Jadhav

Shireesh B. Kedare,

V.V.N.Kishore

Anil M. Kulkarni

Nishant Kumar

Rakesh Kumar

Sanjay Mahajani

Sameer Maithel

Rohit Manchanda

Prasanna M. Mujumdar

Soumyo Mukherji

Santosh Noronha

Ulhas Mukund Paranjpe

Sachin C. Patwardhan

Debjani Paul

K. Kesava Rao

Vishal R. Sardeshpande

Murali Sastry

Abhishek Sen

Anuj Sharma

Dinesh Sharma

Ravi Sinha

Seethamraju Srinivas

Shyam Vasudeva Rao

Premnath Venugopalan

Jugal K. Verma

Adil Zainulbhai

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Summary of research done in the areas of the symposium at IIT Bombay

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SUMMARY OF WORK DONE IN THE AREA OF AFFORDABLE ENERGY

Contacts: Prof. Kishore Chatterjee, Prof. Shireesh Kedare, Prof. Chetan Solanki, Prof. Vishal Sardeshpande, Prof. Priya Jadhav

The Government of India launched the Jawaharlal Nehru

National Solar Mission (JNNSM) to promote ecologically

sustainable growth while addressing India's energy security

challenge. Funded by the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy

(MNRE), the National Centre for Photovoltaic Research and

Education (NCPRE) at IIT Bombay was set up under JNNSM in

October 2010. The main deliverables of NCPRE-I which have

been successfully accomplished are as follows:

1) Development of efficient and low cost Silicon Solar cells:

Monocrystalline solar cells having efficiency of 18% have been

developed and tested. In this case, instead of thermally oxidizing

the wafers, plasma treatment has been employed which has

reduced the cost of the manufacturing process considerably.

Further, the silver contacts have been replaced by copper

contacts which also have a tremendous influence on lowering the

production cost of the cells.

2) Stand Alone PV Based Single Phase Power Generating Unit

for Rural Household Application: The mandate of JNNSM is to

provide electricity evacuated from solar photovoltaic systems to

30 million households who do not have access to the national

grid. In view of this, a reliable and efficient single phase stand

alone system having a power rating of 500 VA has been

developed. The battery used here is the normally available 12 V

lead acid battery readily available in the rural areas.

3) 5 kVA SiC devices based high performance transformer-less

on-grid inverter for residential application : This system is

developed to harness the space which is available in the form of

house hold roof tops to install the solar panels. Silicon carbide

(SiC) based switching devices have been used to improve upon

the efficiency of the system. Although the price of SiC devices is

currently high, it is envisaged to come down in the near future

once they are manufactured on a mass scale.

4) Power electronic interfaced solar powered irrigation water

pump: The prime movers for the irrigation pumps are mainly

induction motors. An effort has been made to retrofit the already

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existing induction motors of such pumps with solar photovoltaic

based energy source so that the requirement of investment

remains low as well as the upgradation can be done at a faster

pace.

5) Low-cost BLDC motor for PV based deep bore-well water

pumping: Efficiency of induction motors are poor and hence,

brush-less DC (BLDC) motor is considered to replace the

induction motors employed for pumping systems. However, the

cost of BLDC motors is quite high as rare earth materials are

generally utilized to realize the permanent magnets. In this case,

a special BLDC motor is designed wherein the permanent

magnets are realized by utilizing ferrite magnets, and it is

envisaged that the cost will come down considerably from that of

the conventional BLDC motors.

Some other projects that have been taken up by researchers at

IIT-Bombay under the theme of “Affordable Energy” are as

follows.

i. SoUL (Solar Urja Lamp) Project: The objective of this project is

to provide high quality, affordable clean light & solar solution for

study purposes to one million rural school students. The targeted

beneficiaries are areas in remote rural locations and poorest

households. The project aims to provide employment

opportunities too by diffusion of off-grid solar photovoltaic

technology and equipping the local people with the knowledge &

skills of assembly, distribution, repair and maintenance of the

lamps. Till now, more than 735000 students in 9000 villages

spread across 22 districts and 71 blocks of the country have

received these lamps.

ii. ARUN Dish: Use of concentrating solar thermal collectors for

industrial process heat applications is one of the leading research 2themes in energy at IIT-Bombay. ARUN160, a 160 m Fresnel

Paraboloid Solar Concentrator for industrial process heat was

researched, developed, designed, fabricated, installed,

commissioned and tested for pasteurization of about 25,000 lit of

milk per day for Mahanand Dairy at Latur. The system included

pressurized water storage for solar heat at up to 180°C. This

technology is also being installed at other locations for different

applications.

iii. Reduction in losses through power factor (PF) improvement

in agricultural feeders: This was tried through the installation of

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capacitors at appropriate places in the distribution scheme.

Based on a case-study, it was shown that significant energy

savings are possible. Energy accounting for a transformer and

few other loads in the same feeder could be done for an entire

year, calculating the variation in distribution losses and power

factor over various months of a year. Variation in PF with changes

in water table needs to be studied. Such a study would give a

clearer picture of savings that could be done through PF

improvement for an entire year cycle.

iv. Improving energy efficiency of Jaggery processing to reduce

fuel consumption: Jaggery is a condensed form of sugarcane

juice produced by evaporation of moisture. Bagasse which is

internally generated during juice extraction from sugarcane is

used as the fuel for evaporation in a jaggery furnace. Any

efficiency improvement in the thermal performance of a jaggery

furnace leads to bagasse saving which provides additional

revenue for the jaggery manufacturer. A controlled fuel feeding

based on the oxygen percentage in the flue gases is proposed and

demonstrated. The traditional practice of fuel feeding rate is

changed to control feeding rate leading to reduction in specific

fuel consumption from 2.39 kg bagasse/kg jaggery to 1.73 kg

bagasse/kg jaggery. This procedure can be used for evaluation of

jaggery furnaces for identification and quantification of losses,

which will help in improving thermal energy utilization.

v. National Solar Thermal Power Testing, Simulation and

Research Facility: IIT Bombay has set up a 1 MWe (gross) solar

thermal power plant that supplies to the grid and also has testing,

research and simulation facilities to provide a platform for R&D in

solar thermal technology. The plant and test facility are installed

at the National Institute of Solar Energy (NISE) of the Ministry of

New & Renewable Energy (MNRE), near Gurgaon, Haryana. The

power plant uses a combination of collector technologies –

parabolic trough and Fresnel reflectors. It also features an option

of heat transfer oil storage as buffer for periods with cloud cover

and low solar radiation. The preliminary version of the software

(simulator) developed has been downloaded by 180 institutes

and 250 industrial and other organizations across 24 countries.

The simulator has capabilities to predict performance of plant

equipment, annual power generation, capital costs and energy

costs, and is helpful for people involved in the engineering and

analysis of solar thermal power.

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vi. 4-in-1 Multi-Utility Heat Pump Technology: This technology

combines functions of air-conditioning, water heating, portable

water-cooling and drying of clothes. It has potential use in

commercial and residential places with the initial capital cost for

this system lower than conventional systems. This is an

environment-friendly system that lowers operating cost by 60 to

70%. It has been successfully demonstrated in residential and

community premises, and patented in India (No. 212316). The

technology is available for licensing for commercial exploitation.

Drinking water supply and sanitation in India stillneeds

improvement, despite enduring efforts by various agencies of

government and communities at improving coverage. Increasing

population leads to increasing demand of good quality water for

domestic, industrial and agricultural activities. Thus, there is a

need to develop appropriate methods for water/ wastewater

treatment and recycling. Ground water is a major source of

drinking water all across the country though surface water also

serves significant population in India. Due to interdisciplinary

nature of environmental problems, several Centres (CESE, CSRE,

CTARA, TCTD, IDC) and Departments (Chemical Engineering, Civil

Engineering, Chemistry, BSBE, Electrical Engineering) at IIT

Bombay are contributing to research activities. The on-going

research(fundamental and applied)at IIT Bombay is focussed on

development of technologies for removal of contaminants

(inorganic, organic, biological, biodegradable and recalcitrant)

from water (surface as well as sub-surface) and wastewater

(industrial and domestic).

A community scale Arsenic filter (IITB Arsenic filter) based on zero

valent iron has been developed for the removal of arsenic from

ground water. Several plants are operational in the states of West

Bengal, Bihar, Assam, and U.P. In addition, research is also under

progress on the removal of pathogens, fluoride and nitrate from

water using various physico-chemical methods. Water

disinfection is a necessary step before supplying water to the

consumers. Efforts are on to develop disinfection units based on

silver nano-materials. In addition, removal of pesticides from

water is another area which is explored. Studies are undertaken

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to design a portable water purification system which is

independent of electric power supply for rural areas. Efforts are

being made to extract water from air for rural areas. Few working

models of Zero discharge toilets have been also implemented.

Apart from this, the stricter regulations, requires the

improvement of sensitivity of contaminant measuring devices.

Significant efforts have been made towards development of

biosensors for measuring arsenic, fluoride and E-coli bacteria.

Besides, work is also in progress to develop proper sensors for

ammonia and nitrate detection.

Domestic and industrial waste waters are the major point

sources of water pollution in India. Sewage is contaminated by a

variety of chemical and hazardous components due to improper

discharge of effluents from industries. For the removal of specific

pollutants, research is focussed on the advanced chemical

(advanced oxidation process, wet oxidation and reductive

processes), adsorption, electro-chemical methods and modified

biological methods. The research work on the treatment of

wastewater from various industries (such as textile, pulp and

paper, distilleries, pharmaceuticals, oil refineries etc) has also

been done and some is in progress. There are on-going pilot

studies for the purification of sewage by natural treatment

methods (such as wetlands).

Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) has been grossly

neglected area in India. Proper sanitation can be achieved by

developing sustainable MSWM system. There are efforts to

develop decentralised as well as centralised waste recycling and

energy recovery facilities (such as composting, anaerobic

digestion and energy from waste plant) from various

components of MSW. In IIT Bombay campus, waste collection

and source segregation has been started in organized manner to

develop 'zero waste community'. The proper collection and

disposal of waste will eliminate the need for precious land for

dumping and would also control the water, air and soil pollution

due to unscientific dumping of waste. In order to avoid the

interference of solid waste on water/ wastewater quality, the

research is focussing on the proper management of municipal

solid waste to eliminate uncontrolled dumping and littering.The prospective technologies are suitable for urban or rural or

both kind of settings all across the country depending upon the

site requirements. Besides, the above studies technologies have

the potential for implementation at the centralised or

decentralised levels.

The principal areas in healthcare research at IIT-Bombay include Basic Biology, Drug Discovery, Diagnostics, Bionano technology, Materials & Devices, Biochemical Engg, and Computational Biology. The sub-domain of innovative and affordable diagnostics is particularly well represented with research ongoing in the following areas: Molecular diagnosis, Metal ion & amino acid sensors, Platform technologies for sensors (optics, microchannels, microfluids, MEMS, NMES) and already-developed biosensors for proteins and bacteria, absorbance and fluorescence based optical biosensors for monitoring analytes in body fluids, water and the environment in general.

In the sphere of therapeutics, there is active research being undertaken in the development of gels, composites, implants, scaffolds, magnetic liposomes, gold nanostructures, therapeutic materials, drug carriers, and siRNA solutions. An indigenous modular rotating hingeknee prosthesis for young patients of osteosarcoma (OrthoCAD project) is under development/ testing, as are micro-devices for cardiac use(minimally invasive surgery) and nano composites for dental and orthopedic use.

SUMMARY OF WORK DONE IN THE AREA OF AFFORDABLE HEALTHCARE

A microfluidic platform for platelet enrichment

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In addition to the above, some research groups are also focussing

on the development of improved methods (such as GIS

techniques) to find potential water resources and its quality.

Work is also under progress on the forecasting of water

availability all over the country.

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A third principal focus of R&D is drug delivery, with the following areas being strongly pursued: Nano particles for drug delivery in cancers, targeted, triggered delivery, aerosols for respiratory diseases. liposomes for regional & systemic delivery, and drug loaded implants.

?A recent development that has provided a strong fillip to healthcare research at IITB has been the creation of four new initiatives that offer cross-disciplinary platforms where IITB faculty, clinicians from hospitals and healthcare industry professionals come together in order to brainstorm new ideas, innovate, and translate them into clinically usable products and processes. These are:

?Healthcare Research Consortium?Tata Centre for Technology and Design?Biomedical Engineering and Technology Incubation Centre

(BETiC)?Wadhwani Centre for Bioengineering

An impressive cohort of institutions enthusiastically participates in the Healthcare Research Consortium, including: Tata Memorial Centre, SRL Diagnostics, NIRRH, Span Diagnostics, Strand Life Sciences, Drishti, MCGM Hospitals, and Hinduja hospital

Under the banner of these initiatives, IIT Bombay, in conjunction with partnering institutions, seeks to:

Hollow Fibers for Kidney & Bio-artificial organ

Fiber optic sensor for explosive detection

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?Accelerate societal benefits from research in the area of Healthcare

?Catalyse integration of life sciences with engineering disciplines

?Strengthen inter-disciplinary research?Enhance manpower development?Translate technologies to products?Promote healthcare entrepreneurship

With vibrant R&D being conducted in all these domains, IIT-Bombay is poised to make a tangible impact on the innovation, development and deployment of affordable healthcare devices and protocols.

Multiplexed label free detection of cardiac bio-markers for point of care diagnostics: In-house designed and built Hotwire CVD cluster.

Devang KhakharDirector, IIT Bombay,Professor in Chemical Engineering

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B.Tech.,IIT Delhi, 1981 Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1986

Educational qualifications

Research interests include mechanics of granular materials and

polymer processing

?Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize (1997), ?Swarnajayanti Fellowship (1998), ?Excellence in Teaching Award IITB ?Mathur Award for Research Excellence

Research Interests

Awards/ Recognitions

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Ph.D. Indian Institute of Science of Bangalore, 1991


Broad research area: Glycobiology. Specific research area: Annotating the molecular functions of

enzymes involved in glycosylation in bacteria, identifying

structural templates for substrate recognition based on

sequence and 3D structure data of proteins

?Excellence in Teaching award, IIT Bombay

Research Interests


Petety V. BalajiDean (R & D),Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering,IIT Bombay

B.Tech., Chemical Engg., I.I.T. Bombay, 1982Ph.D. Chemical Engg., U. Minnesota, Minneapolis, U.S.A., 1988


Jayesh Bellare Institute Chair Professor of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay

I have been invited to moderate a session. My group's work is on

nano-biotechnology and nano-bioengineering with health care

applications as the focus, including nanomedicines, which have

proven their advantages in many modern medicinal molecules. I

will show our ability to deliver medicines for retinal cancer

directly through the eye. Using electron microscopy methods,

together with other modern analytical methods, I will show that

traditional medicines like Ayurvedic ones, and alternative

medicines like Homeopathic ones also have nanoparticles in

them. These studies in the materials science of various medicinal

systems could pave the way for new medicines and better health

for all. Our work in nano-biocomposite materials like 3Dscaffolds

and hollow fiber membranes helps expand stem cells, improves

kidney dialysis, improve purification/separation technology and

opens new avenues in regenerative medicine.

Abstract of the FAN speech

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Nanotechnology, cryo-electron microscopy, hollow-fiber

membranes, nano medicines (across multiple systems of

medicine) and biomedical devices. Use of nano structures

materials for affordable solutions to healthcare, water, chemical

processing and energy. Consultant to several industries, advisor

to many Government panels and institutions, and has served on

the board of advisors/directors of three companies

Research Interests

?Elected Fellow of the National Academy of Science, India; the

Indian National Academy of Engineering; The Maharashtra

Academy of Sciences; and the Electron Microscopy Society of

India. ?Distinguished Visiting Professorship at the University of

Minnesota, USA ?National Academy-Reliance Platinum Jubilee Award for

application-oriented research.?ICI Award for Excellence in Process/Product Development, of

the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers?Hindustan Lever IIChE award


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Arun ChandavarkarC.E.O & Joint Managing Director, Biocon Limited

B.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai, (1984Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, 1990


Led Biocon's focus on commercial scale operations across

diverse technology platforms spanning recombinant proteins,

monoclonal antibodies and small molecules. Responsible for

corporate strategy and strategic partnerships.

Research Interests

Access and Affordability are two critical challenges faced by the

healthcare sector globally. Three of the eight Millennium

Development Goals set by the United Nations are related to

improving health outcomes. Even developed countries that

allocate a higher percentage of their GDP to healthcare face

serious fiscal challenges in sustaining their high budgets.

Addressing these challenges requires understanding the

contribution of the various elements in the value chain such as

the price and availability of medicines, cost of distribution and

costs of diagnosis and treatment with or without hospitalization.

National policies around reimbursement, preventive healthcare,

health education and support for research and manufacturing

also have a large influence on Access and Affordability.Generics have had a significant impact in lowering the costs of

drugs and we expect biosimilars - generic versions of biological

drugs - to start making an impact in the near future. The latter are

important in view of the fact that many of the new patented

molecules being developed are biologics, especially in chronic


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areas like oncology, diabetes and auto-immune diseases. The

Access and Affordability are two critical challenges faced by the

healthcare sector globally. Three of the eight Millennium

Development Goals set by the United Nations are related to

improving health outcomes. Even developed countries that

allocate a higher percentage of their GDP to healthcare face

serious fiscal challenges in sustaining their high budgets.

Addressing these challenges requires understanding the

contribution of the various elements in the value chain such as

the price and availability of medicines, cost of distribution and

costs of diagnosis and treatment with or without hospitalization.

National policies around reimbursement, preventive healthcare,

health education and support for research and manufacturing

also have a large influence on Access and Affordability.Generics have had a significant impact in lowering the costs of

drugs and we expect biosimilars - generic versions of biological

drugs - to start making an impact in the near future. The latter are

important in view of the fact that many of the new patented

molecules being developed are biologics, especially in chronic

areas like oncology, diabetes and auto-immune diseases. The

technical, clinical and regulatory challenge is to make biosimilars

affordable through smart engineering and technical solutions

and risk based regulations that are specific to the patient needs

and standard of care in each country.

B.E., R.E.C., Bhopal, 1990M.E., B.E. College, Calcutta Univ., 1992Ph.D., IIT Kanpur, 1998


Kishore ChatterjeeProfessor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Bombay

His current research interests are efficient and reliable power

evacuation strategies from solar photovoltaic systems, control

aspects of ac and dc microgrids, modern var compensators,

active power filters, utility-friendly converter topologies,

induction motor and brush-less dc motor drives.

Research Interests

Currently Government of India is putting lot of efforts on

renewable energy sources, mainly solar photovoltaic systems, to

bridge the gap between the demand and supply of electric

power. In the discussion would like to critically review and

understand whether it is indeed possible to bridge this gap only

by relying on renewable energy sources. If not what are the other

possibilities on which we should harp on. Further, would like to

raise the issue of synergy that exists among the different

renewable sources, and how to make use of energy harnessed

from the renewable energy sources in the best possible manner.


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B.E., Civil Engineering, S.G.S.I.T.S., Indore, 1983M.Tech., Environmental Engineering, IIT Kanpur, 1985P.G. Diploma, Sanitary Engineering, IHE Delft, Netherlands, 1989Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, IIT Kanpur, 1993


Water and Wastewater Treatment. Arsenic, Chromium, fluoride

and Nitrate removal from Drinking water. Electrocoagulation for

removal of recalcitrant compounds from water and wastewater

Research Interests

Sanjeev ChaudhariProfessor and Head, Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering (CESE), IIT Bombay

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?AICTE Career Award ?DST-SYS award. ?Member of DST-PAC for research project evaluation. ?Member of Research Council for CSIR-NEERI, Nagpur


Rajiv O. DusaneDean, International Relations and Professor, Metallurgical Engineering & Materials Science, IIT Bombay

M.Sc.,Physics, Nagpur University, 1984Ph.D., Physics, Poona University, 1990


Thin film processing and characterization, Semiconductor thin

film devices, MEMS, Surface Nano-engineering

Research Interests

?Fellow of Maharashtra Academy of Sciences ? Recipient of the Kishore Kumar Memorial Award of the

Indian Institute of Metals, Badoda, India ?V. G. Bhide Memorial Lecture, Nagpur, India


B.E., Civil Engineering, University of Roorkee, 1995 M.E., Chemical Engineering, University of Roorkee, 1999Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, IIT Roorkee, 2005


Removal of persistent organic pollutants from wastewater;

Chemical and biological oxidation processes for wastewater

treatment; Sewage sludge treatment and recycling; Municipal

solid waste recycling; Energy from solid waste; Construction and

demolition waste management

?University medal for standing First in M. Tech. programme?Young Faculty award from IIT Bombay?Award from Institution of Engineers (India) for a review

paper; Nominated as Visiting Scientist to Scotland under

Bilateral Exchange programme?Serving as an expert on Solid Waste Management Advisory

Committees formed by municipal corporation?Acting as reviewer of research papers and project proposals

Research Interests


Anurag Garg

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The availability of clean drinking water at affordable cost is a

major challenge in India. The discharge of partially treated or

untreated industrial effluents in the natural water bodies and

uncontrolled land disposal of solid waste complicates the

decision making on an appropriate treatment technology for


Associate Professor, Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering (CESE), IIT Bombay

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surface as well as ground water. Therefore, the requirements for

water purification systems are site-specific. The adoption of

proper water remediation techniques primarily depends on the

nature of contaminants and their levels. In addition, the use of

excessive chemical fertilizer has deteriorated the ground water

quality. Hence, an integrated approach should be considered

rather than focusing on a specific aspect for the preservation of

surface and sub-surface water resources. At IIT Bombay, several

research groups across the Institute are involved to address

issues relevant to adequate water and sanitation in urban as well

as rural India. The major research activities in this area will be

highlighted in the presentation.

B.E. (Honors) Electrical and Electronics M.Sc. Physics, Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, India, 1993M.S., Electrical Engineering, Boston University, 1995Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 2012


Priya JadhavAssistant Professor, Centre for Technology Alternatives for Rural Areas, IIT Bombay

Electricity is a critical enabler in modern life, and yet electricity

supply in rural India is fraught with issues. The grid reaches 95%

of villages, though not 95% hamlets, yet 40% of the population

does not have access to electricity. In addition the quality of

supply is also poor in rural areas, far worse than urban areas, for

several possible reasons.

Research Interests

Climate change concerns and the accelerated depletion of fossil

fuels have generated much interest and substantial resources

have been directed towards the development of renewable

energy sources and the efficient use of energy. In India,

agricultural pumping comprises 18% of electricity consumption

and is estimated to have more than 30% savings potential.

Several DSM measures have been attempted over the years but

have not resulted in any long lasting effects. This is because the

combination of high subsidy, poor quality of supply, political

nature of agricultural supply, and complete lack of trust between

utility and consumer, make it almost impossible to induce

desirable behavior in agricultural consumers through traditional

methods.

But cheap electricity and the poor quality of power supplied do

not encourage energy efficient behavior from farmers. In turn

the distribution utilities are neglectful of the quality of service,

purportedly due to poor payback from rural areas.

It is worthwhile to look for new models, for e.g. institutionalized


Firstly and most importantly, the poor rural consumer does not

have a strong enough voice to demand better service. Secondly,

almost all rural distribution utilities in the country are public

sector entities. Profitability, and hence efficiency, is not an

important factor. The cost plus nature of electricity tariff

determination does not help. Inefficiencies translate into either

higher costs for consumers or a burden for taxpayers. Thirdly, the

highly politicized nature of the power sector results in distorted

policies and weak regulation which results in poor control over

public sector distribution utilities.Prof. Priya's research relates to rural grid supply that can affect

service to the poor consumer. Provisioning good public services

has been named as one of the important paths to development.

This is especially true in the case of electricity distribution, an

important contributor to development. Specifically, she is

interested in energy efficiencies in rural electrical systems, rural

cooperatives and organizational models of distribution,

evaluation of utilities, use of decentralized generation in rural

areas.

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demand side management, implemented by a third party, to

implement energy efficiency that could not only reduce losses to

utilities and farmers, but also improve the quality of supply to

rural areas.

Here I will talk about a few case studies that indicate the

practicability of implementing energy efficiency measures on

agricultural systems.

Shireesh B. Kedare, Professor, Department of Energy Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay

Associated Faculty Member, Centre for Technology Alternatives

for Rural Areas, IIT Bombay, Independent Director, ONGC

Current status / position / designation

B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 1985Ph.D., IIT Bombay, 1992


Concentrating Solar Collectors: optics, receivers, tracking

system, controls, field optimization, testing. Industrial process

applications of solar and other renewable energy sources, solar

cooling and desalination, solar thermal hybrid systems, steam

augmentation in thermal power plants. Solar thermal power,

thermal energy storage, solar co-generation and receivers for

solar Stirling Engines. Wind and water machines: Large / small

propeller / Savonious / Darrius machines. Rural application

technologies: Assessing needs, designing technology

alternatives and disseminating devices in the fields of traditional

cooking, drinking water, drying of food and agricultural produceContext specific participative development by enabling

voluntary agencies in rural areas

Research Interests

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India needs to plan for its energy future. It needs to supply

growing energy demand by keeping the right mix of renewable

energy practically possible. Energy efficiency in generation,

distribution and use as well as demand side management play a

major role at this stage. However for long run, it has to plan for its



?Dr. P K Patwardhan Technology Development Award 2014,

IIT Bombay for 'Conceptualization, design and installation of

a 1 MWe grid-connected solar thermal power plant', 2015?Featured among the top innovators in Sustainia100 for year

2015 for 'Concentrated Sunlight for Process Heating', the

Arun System developed with Clique Solar. Sustainia100 is an

annual guide that identifies readily available projects,

initiatives and technologies that are at the forefront of

sustainable innovation from around the world. Sustainia100

names the top 100 sustainability solutions after reviewing

more than 1500 projects and businesses from six

continents, June 11, 2015?Climate Solver Award 2013 for the innovation 'ARUN Dish-

Fresnel Paraboloid Solar Concentrator System' capable of

GHG reduction using solar concentrator for industrial

processes with estimated potential to mitigate 28 million

tons of GHG emissions by 2023 World Wildlife Fund (WWF)

on August 1, 2014, New Delhi?Most Innovative Product of the Year Award to Arun

Concentrator, Confederation of Indian Industries (CII), 2014?14th National Award for Excellence in Energy Management

2013 by Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) to solar

thermal concentrator Arun under the category of

"Innovative Energy Saving Product Award", August 20, 2013

Hyderabad ?Intersolar Europe 2013 - Munich Award for Solar Thermal

Technologies category : The award was received for

ARUN100 solar thermal concentrator system for industrial

process heat. This is the first and only Indian technology to

win this award. The award criteria include Technological

Innovation as well as technical, economic and

environmental Benefits. Munich, Germany, June 2013

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demand supplied by renewable energy. This requires intensive

research that involves storage for long term, both thermal and

electrical storage; and technology and organizational mechanism

for reduced cost.

V.V.N.Kishore Former Professor & Head, Dept. of Energy and Environment, TERI University, New Delhi

Consultant in Renewable Energy


B. Tech., Chemical Engineering, Andhra University, 1970M. Tech., Chemical Engineerin,. IIT Kanpur in 1972Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur in 1978


2008- 2013, Professor and Head, Dept of Energy and

Environment, TERI University, New Delhi 1992- 2008, Senior Fellow, The Energy and Resources Institute

(TERI), New Delhi 1990-1992, Dean, Energy Engineering and Technology and

Senior Fellow, Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi 1985-1990, Fellow, Tata Energy Research Institute, New Delhi1984-1985, Fellow, TERI FRU, Pondicherry 1980-1984, Scientist 'C', Central Salt and Marine Chemicals

Research Institute, Bhavnagar1978-1980, Research Engineer, Indian Institute of Technology,

Kanpur 1973-1978, Senior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of

Technology, Kanpur 1971-1973, Junior Research Fellow, Indian Institute of

Technology, Kanpur

Professional Experience

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Solar water pumping, Solar Ponds, Collector testing, Solar

cookers, Solar passive building design, hybrid systems etc.Biomass gasification (for power and SME thermal applications),

high performance biomass cook stoves, Biogas plant design,

High rate biomethanationEmission measurements from cook stoves and gasifiersLignocellulosic ethanol from rice straw and sweet sorghum

bagasseDistributed power generation systems (design, field

implementation, evaluation etc.)Techno-economics of renewable energy systems, system

integration, policy studies, technology diffusion modeling

Research Interests

?Visiting fellow at Kennedy School of Government, Harvard

University, USA?Visiting Professor at the UK Open University?Consultant for the World Bank, Winrock International,

Washington and Emergent Ventures India?Program Director for the National Renewable Energy

Fellowship program of the MNRE?Expert on evaluation/monitoring committees of MNRE,

TIFAC, CSIR, etc.?Member of Governing Council, Executive Secretary, Secretary

and Secretary/Treasurer, SESI (Solar Energy Society of India)?Member of ASME, AIChE, and ACS and Fellow of World

Technology Network.?Recipient of Dr K S Rao Memorial Award of SESI for the year

2001.


Renewable energy devices and technologies are generally

considered as expensive, though the maintenance costs could be

lower. Also, the cost of research for product and process

development could be very high. However, there are several

devices/products/processes which could be affordable and

which can be developed by using frugal resources. This

presentation describes a few such attempts, using some case

studies as examples.


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B.E., Electrical Engineering, University of Roorkee, 1992M.E., Electrical Engineering, IISc Bangalore, 1994Ph.D, IISc Bangalore, 1998


Power System Dynamics and Control, High Voltage DC systems,

Wide Area Measurement Systems, Simulation of Power System

Transients

Research Interests

?IIT Bombay Industrial Impact Award for the year 2011


Anil M. KulkarniAssociate Dean (R&D) andProfessor, Department of Electrical Engineering,IIT Bombay

Nishant KumarFounder and CEO of Embryyo Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Dual Degree, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2010


M.Tech., Environmental Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay, 1987 Ph.D., Environmental Engineering, NEERI, Nagpur, 1994


Rakesh KumarChief Scientist and Head, National Environmental Engineering Research Institute

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Novel and affordable medical devices design and

manufacturing; technology based interventions to improve

healthcare delivery; need-based, human-centric clinical

diagnostic and patient monitoring devices with special interest

in maternal and newborn health applications

?Grand Challenges in Tuberculosis Control in India award?Grand Challenges Explorations award from USAID and Bill and

Melinda Gates Foundation

Research Interests


[2014 - ongoing] Principal Investigator - Grand Challenges in

Tuberculosis Control in India[2014 - ongoing] Founder and CEO of Embryyo, a young medical

devices innovations company based in Pune[2012 - 2013] Solution Specialist - Medical Devices at Agiliad, a

product engineering services company[2010 - 2012] R&D Engineer - Philips Healthcare. Worked on the

design and manufacturing of interventional X-ray C-arm

equipment[2014] Fellow of the Startup Leadership Program, Pune Chapter


Worked on several projects on developing technologies for

automobile pollution control. Experience in all major fields of

environment science and engineering, especially air pollution

control and management, urban air quality monitoring,

emission inventory and modelling, Environmental Impact

Assessment and EA and Climate Change and Health. Significant

work also includes air quality health linkages. Coordinated a

multiple R&D and environment improvement initiatives with

USEPA during 2003-2011. Climate Change and Health initiative

have also been collaborated with various institutions in the

country including WHO. He has been working on climate change

mitigation technology development. Recent contribution is in

reuse and recycle technology for domestic and industrial

wastewater treatment with a new process which is

environmentally benign and low cost

Research Interests

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Water and sanitation linkages have remained as one of the

biggest challenges across the world, more so in poor countries.


?Hiyoshi Think of Ecology Award, 2015?Award for largest number of technology transfer for low cost

waste water treatment - PHYTORID in the year 2012 ?VASVIK award for 2012 for his exemplary work for urban

environment improvement and sustainable technology

"Phytorid" for sewage treatment for better environment. ?Awarded with "Environmental Leadership Award" by US Asia

Environmental Partnership and US-AID for the year 2005 for

outstanding contribution in improving quality of life for the

population of Asia ?Awarded with best patent for the year 2005-2006 for NEERI.?Distinguished personality Award by MIDC in August 2007 for

immense help in providing environment friendly direction to

MIDC policies ?Awarded for Best Patent for Technology Patent by NEERI in

2008-2009?Best scientist award, 1994 for NEERI ?Nominated for CSIR Young Scientist Award, 1995,1996?Commonwealth Commission Award, UK, in 1994


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The conventional methods have not been yielding the benefits as

desired due to power shortage and costs. The need of the hour is

to understand the ecological engineering and bring the

integration for better treatment options for waste water. The

reuse of such treated water can be considered as one of the

biggest source of water where natural water cycle provides

limited resource. The experience of waste water reuse must

bring a new way to address the whole issue leading to better

sanitation.

Sanjay Mahajani Professor, Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay

B.E., Chemical Engineering, University of Bombay, 1989

M.Tech., IIT, Bombay, 1992

Ph. D., Chemical Engineering, University of Bombay, 1996


Reaction Engineering, Catalysis, Process Intensification, Coal

Gasification

Research Interests

?Excellence in Teaching IIT Bombay

?P. K. Patwardhan award for Technology development

?Amar Dye Chem (IIChE) young Scientist.


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Sameer MaithelDirector, Greentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt Ltd, New Delhi

B.E., Mechanical Engineering, Malviya NIT, Jaipur, 1988,

M.Tech., Energy Systems Engineering, IIT Bombay, 1994

Ph.D., Energy Systems Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2003


Building energy efficiency, decentralized renewable energy,

cleaner technologies for building materials production.

Research Interests

?Damle Trust Award, IIT Bombay, 1994


Oil & Natural Gas Corporation (1988-1994) -Executive EngineerTata Energy Research Institute -TERI (1994-2006) - Fellow &

Director, Energy-Environment Technology DivisionGreentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt Ltd (2007- onwards) -

Director


I have been invited to moderate a session. My group's work is on

nano-biotechnology and nano-bioengineering with health care

applications as the focus, including nanomedicines, which have

proven their advantages in many modern medicinal molecules. I

will show our ability to deliver medicines for retinal cancer

directly through the eye. Using electron microscopy methods,

together with other modern analytical methods, I will show that

traditional medicines like Ayurvedic ones, and alternative

medicines like Homeopathic ones also have nanoparticles in


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them. These studies in the materials science of various medicinal

systems could pave the way for new medicines and better health

for all. Our work in nano-biocomposite materials like 3D scaffolds

and hollow fiber membranes helps expand stem cells, improves

kidney dialysis, improve purification/separation technology and

opens new avenues in regenerative medicine.

B.Sc. (Hons.), University of Oxford, UK, 1984Ph.D., University of Oxford, 1989


His research interests have centred on the biophysics of

neurotransmission in smooth muscle, and have recently

branched out into computational studies on the electrical

functioning and calcium dynamics of the urinary bladder and of

central neurons. He has written a research-based narrative

history of the first five decades of the Institute, titled Monastery,

Sanctuary, Laboratory: 50 years of IIT-Bombay.

?Twice won the Excellence in Teaching Award at IIT-Bombay. ?Has written two international award winning novels, In the

Light of the Black Sun and A Place in Mind.

Research Interests


Rohit ManchandaProfessor and Head, Department of Biosciences & Bioengineering, IIT Bombay

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Prasanna M. MujumdarDeputy Director (FEA) andProfessor, Department of Aerospace Engineering,IIT Bombay

B Tech., Aeronautical Engineering, IIT Bombay 1981M Tech., Aeronautical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 1983Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay, 1988


Vibrations and Structural Dynamics, Structural Stability,

Aeroelasticity and Aeroservoelasticity, Composite Structures,

Experimental Techniques, Aerospace System Design,

Multidisciplinary Design Optimization, Aeroelastic and

Aeroservoelastic Optimization, MDO Software Development,

MAV/UAV development.

Research Interests

?Shri H H Lala & Smt J H Lala Teaching Excellence Award, Dept

of Aerospace Engg, IIT Bombay, 2011?Excellence in Teaching Award, IIT Bombay, 2010?Excellence in Aerospace Teaching Award, Aeronautical

Society of India, 2009?AR&DB Research Excellence Award, presented at the

Aeronautics Research & Development Board Silver Jubilee

Celebration, NAL Bangalore, May, 1996


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Associate Faculty Member with the Centre for Research in

Nanotechnology and Sciences and with the Centre of Excellence

in Nanoelectronics, IIT Bombay


B.Tech., Instrumentation Engineering, IIT-Kharagpur, 1989M.S., Colorado State University, USA, 1992PhD., University of North Carolina, USA, 1997


His research focus is in the development of inexpensive sensors

and sensing platforms for wide-scale deployment in medical and

environmental applications

Research Interests

Soumyo MukherjiDean (Student Affairs) andProfessor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering,IIT-Bombay

B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, 1990Ph.D., Biochemical Engineering, U.M.B.C., 1996


Santosh NoronhaProfessor, Department of Chemical Engineering,IIT Bombay

Ulhas Mukund ParanjpeCivil Engineer and Consultant

Trustee, Jalvardhini PratishthanHon. Jt.Secretary, Indian Water Works Association, Mumbai

CentreVice President, Ferrocement Society, India


B.E.(Civil),Mumbai University - 1971


(I) From 1971 to 1981 service in Sardar Patel College of Eng. as

Asso. lecturer(ii) Since 1975 onward working as a partner in various

construction companies and completed several residential

buildings.(iii) Working as Rain Water Management consultant Since

2003 and have given design & drawing for several projects.(iv) At present, Hon. Jt. Secretary of Indian Water Works

Association Mumbai center.(v) Vice President of Ferrocement Society, India(vi) Trustee of "JALVARDHINI PARTISHTHAN"


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He has interests in microfluidics-based POC diagnostics solutions

and vaccine/therapeutic development, and currently looking

into screening programs for cervical cancer and business models

for rural healthcare.

Research Interests

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(vii) Book in Marathi--ZeluPaoosOnjalit in 2015 (viii) Constructed total about 175 Storage arrangement

/ Tank at various places in Maharashtra, M.P. Gujarat and

Uttarakhand

?Paryavaran Mitra Purskar - By Appa Joshi Pratishthan & TJSB

Sahakari Bank at Conference on Water Policy, 2012 , Vashi,

Navi Mumbai.?Kirloskar Vasundhara Sanman Puraskar 2013, Ratnagiri?Jal Gaurav Purskar, 2013 at Nanded by Bhartiya Jal

Sansruti Mandal-Aurangabad?For construction of more than 150 Ferrocement Tank in Rural

Maharashtra, was felicitated by Marathi Vidyan Parishad at

their 49th Annual Convention at Amaravati in Jan 2015?Dr. Costantino Faillace Friends of Active Adivasi Trust?Award for year 2013 by Indian Water works Association


Use of Natural Fibers and Non Woven Fabric in construction of

water storage Tank. Developing low cost water storage

structures with simple Rural Technology. Use of Rain water as

aprincipal or first source of water for all rural activities

Research Interests

Everybody Understands water is life. As per NRAA (National Rain

fed Area Authority), in India rain-fed agro-ecologies contribute

60% of the net sown area, 100% of the forest, 66% of the livestock

and provide livelihood, income, employment and environmental

security. In Maharashtra 82% agricultural is rain fed. Hence for

sustainable development we need assured source of water and

for this purpose potential of rain water can be used. If annual

average rain fall is between 500mm to 4000mm, then potential

of rainfall on every acre (4000sqm ) of land will vary from 2000 to

16,000 cum of water or 20 lac. to 160 lac. liters of water will be

available for use. This is a huge quantity water available per acre

of land . If farmer stores required quantity of rain water then his


Sachin C. PatwardhanProfessor, Department of Chemical Engineering,IIT Bombay

Associate Faculty, Systems and Control Engineering


B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, IIT.(B.H.U.), Varanasi, 1986 M.Tech., Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai,1988Ph.D., Systems and Control Engineering. IIT. Bombay, 1994,


Faculty member, Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, April, 1995-

Dec.,2001.Faculty member, Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Since Dec.,

2001. Visiting Professor, Dept. of Chemical and Materials Engineering,

University of Alberta, Canada, Dec., 2000 to Nov., 2001. Visiting Research Scholar, Dept. of Chemical Engineering,

Carnegie Mellon University, U.S.A., Aug., 2008 to May, 2009.Head, Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Jan., 2011 to Nov.,

2013.


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problem will be solved. Jalvardhini Pratishthan has developed

several different methods/options to store rain water or water.

Maximum expertise required is masson which is available at any

pada or village. Materials required are available at every taluka

place. This presentation will explain how rain water can be used

to solve water problem for this purpose case study of taluka

Karjat, dist. Raigad is presented

B. Sc., Physics (Honours), University of Calcutta, 1995M.S., Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1998Integrated Ph.D. (M.S. + Ph.D), Physics, Indian Institute of

Science, Bangalore, 2005


Her research group develops microfluidic diagnostic devices

relevant to India's healthcare needs. Some of the technology

platforms currently under development include a screening test

to detect Mycobacterium tuberculosis DNA on a paper

substrate, a microfluidic cell sorter for platelet separation and a

mobile microscopy platform to identify sickle cells in blood.

Research Interests

Debjani PaulAsst. Professor, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, IIT Bombay

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?Institute Chair Professor at I.I.T. Bombay (From April, 2015)?Indira Manudhane Best Post Graduate Teacher Award in

Chemical Engineering, 2004-2005. ?Manudhane Award for Best Applied Research in Chemical

Engineering, 2003.


Control relevant dynamic modeling of nonlinear systems. Non

linear model predictive control. On-line fault diagnosis and fault

tolerant control. Nonlinear Bayesian state estimation and

particle filtering. Adaptive control of Chemical and Bio-chemical

Processes. Published over hundred research articles in reputed

international journals and proceedings of international

conferences.

Research Interests

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Another research focus of her group is to use microfluidics to

address certain questions at the physics/biology interface, such

as, how single cells interact with their environments or how

physical parameters affect the growth of bacterial colonies.

?Grand Challenges Explorations (Round 14, June 2014) Phase 1

grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation (through

IKP-GCE).?Innovative Young Biotechnologist Award (2012) from

Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India.


K. Kesava Rao

B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, IIT Madras, 1972 M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, 1979Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, University of Houston, 1982


Flow of granular materials, De-fluoridation of drinking water

Research Interests


?Fellow, Indian Academy of Sciences

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore


The consumption of excess fluoride by human beings leads to a disease called fluorosis, which affects many people in India and other countries. We discuss the use of a solar still for De-

-fluoridation or removal of excess fluoride (F ).The still was constructed based on the design of Thomas (www.planetkerala.org).

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It consists of a tray containing a layer of sand and covered with a glass plate. For water samples with a fluoride concentration c in F

the range 5-20 mg/L, c for the distillate was usually below the F

acceptable limit of 1.5 mg/L. For experiments conducted at Bangalore during 2006-2008, the volume of distillate was in the

2range 0.3-4.0 L/m -day. Based on prices for the year 2010, the cost 2of the still was about Rs. 2200for a collector area of 0.5 m .

However, a large area of the collector is needed to produce enough potable water for a family. The reject water from a reverse

- - -osmosis unit at Yellampalli has high concentrations of F , NO , Cl32-and SO . When this water was fed to the still, the concentrations 4

of these ions in the distillate were well below the desirable limits.If time permits, the development of a low-cost colorimeter for the estimation of c will be discussed.F

Vishal R. SardeshpandeGeneral Manager - Research and Development, A.T.E. Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.

Adjunct Associate Professor, CTARA, IIT Bombay


B.E., Marathwada University, Aurangabad 1996PG Diploma in Steam Engineering, Forbes Marshall, Pune 1998M. Tech., (DESE), IIT Bombay 2000Ph.D., Department of Energy Science and Engineering (DESE), IIT

Bombay 2006


Dr. Sardeshpande has 20 years of experience in research, product

development and energy consulting on various engineering and

energy challenges in India and abroad. He specializes in thermal


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and energy engineering and developed solar thermal

concentrator for process heat application. He does application

driven research where he integrates theory and practice,

working from lab to industry scale. Presently he is developing

market and application engineering for solar concentrator

integrated with energy efficiency for various process heat

applications. He is working with A.T.E. Enterprises from last 8

years, in past he worked with industries like Ecoaxis and

Thermax. He is also working as an adjunct associate professor

with CTARA, IIT Bombay from last 3 years.

Working primarily in the domain of thermal and energy

engineering, to develop resource efficient applications,

processes for industries, commercial segment and rural

enterprises. As part of product development, Dr. Vishal has

developed concentrated solar thermal systems for process heat

applications. My areas of interest are technology and

innovation, energy efficiency, solar thermal systems, rural

enterprises, product development, social enterprises

Research Interests

?"POLADI PURUSH" : For contributing towards self-initiated

path with societal benefits 2015


Energy is needed for performing any desired task. Energy

technologies consist of a primary technology used for generating

convenient energy sources and a secondary technology used for

converting energy sources for the desired tasks.

Thermodynamically, the energy need for desired task either of

work type or heat type. The conversion of heat to work and vice

versa is well explained by the Second Law of Thermodynamics.

The use of work type energy for heat type desired task is a loss

(low overall efficiency). A classic example of this is the use of

electric geyser for water heating. The first step is to find such

conversion applications and device suitable solutions for them. This requires different degrees of interventions at technology,

system and policy levels. Gadgets consume energy for

performing various tasks, so the energy consumption is directly


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linked to the energy performance of a gadget. The use of

incandescent lamp vs LED for the same task with different carbon

footprints explains this. Technology innovations directed

towards development of energy efficient gadgets/processes is a

significant first step towards rationalizing the energy

requirement (starting from need side). The use of energy can

also be influenced by working on the system-level performance.There are "nice to have" and "must have" energy needs for

various tasks. Policy level interventions should be directed

towards supporting "must have" needs through various

mechanisms such as capital subsidy, soft loans, mass scale

deployment, tax subsidy, ESCO mechanism etc. A simple example

for this is the efficient and smokeless wood fired cooking stove.

We can look at policy mechanisms parallel to that of the toilets

for rural houses. Toilet at home is a must to avail government

schemes, can a similar mechanism be used for cooking stoves?

The mass scale deployment of such technologies will be possible

though local enterprises and social entrepreneurship.

Murali SastryCEO, IITB-Monash Research Academy

M.Sc., Physics,IIT Madras, 1982 Ph.D., Physics, IIT Madras, 1987


Deputy Director, NCL Pune (2003-2005); Chief Scientist, Tata

Chemicals (Sept.2005-July 2008); Chief Innovation Officer, Tata

Chemicals (July 2008-Oct.2011); Director India Innovation, DSM

India (Nov.2011-May 2015)Visiting scientist at various times at CNRS (Orsay, Paris),

University of Maryland (College Park, USA) and RMIT

(Melbourne, Australia).


?CSIR Young Scientist Award in Physical Sciences?Shanti Swarup Bhattnagar Prize in Chemical Sciences?ChemTech Business Leader Award?IIT Madras Distinguished Alumnus Award?MRSI and CRSI Medals?Thomson Reuters India Citation Award


Nanotechnology and the nano-bio interface; Responsible

innovation; Enhancing traditional knowledge with modern

science to deliver sustainable and appropriate solutions

Research Interests

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The benefits of technology often are denied to the economically

weaker segments of the population worldwide. In countries like

India, such effects are magnified underlining the need to develop

and adopt a new, responsible innovation paradigm. This

presentation will give an overview of what such a paradigm could

look like that takes into account resource constraints,

appropriate technologies, traditional knowledge and a more

holistic view of innovation. I will also discuss my experiences in

the commercial world on the development of Tata Swach, a low-

cost nano-enabled water purifier and the challenges in

formulation of robust, India-centric standards for drinking water.


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Abhishek Sen Co-founders,Biosense Technologies

M.B.B.S., Medicine, T.N. Medical College and B.Y.L. Nair Ch.

Hospital, Mumbai, 2010

M.Tech., Bioengineering, IIT Bombay, 2013


Chief Executive Officer, Biosense Technologies 2013-present

Chief Technology Officer, Biosense, 2010-2013


Focuses on research and entrepreneurship on Med tech

targeted at the developing world.

Research Interests

CEO, Sarvajal

Anuj Sharma

M.B.A., Institute of Rural Management, Anand. (IRMA).


India has more than 650,000 habitations/villages and about 1/3rd of these are officially considered quality affected. With the miniaturization of technology, multiple water purification options are available. Some of them at household level, community level, city/town levels. Similarly in urban india (For ex: national capital, 1/3rd-1/4th residents are beyond the pipe & hence have to fight over limited supply of non-reliable & questionable quality of water. Challenge is how one can create self- sustainable, market driven models that are quality accountable & price transparent. Sarvajal works with a bouquet of community level solutions choosing specific solutions based on size, monetization possibility & contamination profile. Sarvajal also tries to bring greater outcome orientation & proactive management of distributed operations through info layering solutions.


?Santa Clara University's GSBI Social Entrepreneurship Fellow?India's most talented rural marketing professional (CMO Asia)?Speaker at various forums such as Godrej green, AMCHAM

Healthcare & GIPC, WTO Geneva and at SEPT & BITS?Lead sessions on Social Entrepreneurship & Development

management at IIM-A & EDI-A ? Recipient of the Amul-Tata Scholarship.


Leveraging technology to develop Large-Scale, Low Cost & Fast-

Paced public- service delivery models for reaching out to the

underserved sections.

Research Interests

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7 years of leading Rajasthan chapter of Pratham Education

(Pratham Foundation), latter 3 years was also a national

managing committee for Pratham India .Built develop & led a

300 member team to run READ Rajasthan program in

partnership with primary education dept. govt. of Rajasthan

targeting 40,00,000 kids across 17,000 schools. Joined the

founding team of Piramal Sarvajal as COO responsible for

developing business models, Leading Growth Initiatives,

Operations & Community Awareness/Demand generation

efforts. Today, Sarvajal is known for its pioneering solutions like

ATM's/remote monitoring /decentralized community level

drinking water solution.


Ravi SinhaDean (Alumni and Corporate Relations) andProfessor, Department of Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay

B. Tech., Civil Engineering, IIT Bombay, 1986

M.S., Civil Engineering, Vanderbilt University, 1987

Ph. D., Civil Engineering, Northwestern University, 1991


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B.Sc., Delhi University, 1969,

M.Sc., Physics, BITS Pilani, 1971

Ph.D., TIFR, Mumbai University, 1984


VLSI design, Mixed signal design, Embedded systems

?Bapu Sitaram award of IETE for Excellence in Research and

Development in Electronics for the year 2001

?Excellence in teaching award from IIT Bombay 2014

?Lifetime achievement award, IIT Bombay 2015

?Sr. Member IEEE, Fellow IETE

Research Interests


Dinesh SharmaProfessor,

Electrical Engineering,IIT Bombay

Department of

B.Tech., Chemical Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, 2002, Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 2010.


Seethamraju SrinivasAssistant Professor, Department of Energy Science & Engineering, IIT Bombay

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?Dynamics behaviour of structures and equipment?Development and design of energy-absorbing and base-

isolating devices?Earthquake resistant design and vulnerability evaluation of

structures and facilities?Service life assessment and rehabilitation of structures?Vibration control of structures and equipment?Earthquake disaster mitigation and management?Experimental techniques in structural dynamics

Research Interests


?Member, Civil Engineering Safety Committee, Atomic Energy

Regulatory Board?Member of Expert Committee, Ministry of Road Transport

and Highways?Member, Earthquake Engineering Sectional Committee,

Bureau of Indian Standards?Member, Special Structures Sectional Committee, Bureau of

Indian Standards?Member, Expert Committee on Mass Housing, Government

of Maharashtra?Member, Anjar Area Development Authority, Government of

Gujarat?Member, Core Group on Earthquake Disasters, National

Disaster Management Authority

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Computer aided design and simulation, Conceptual Design of

processes, Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis, Thermodynamics of phase

equilibria, Gasification, Reactive distillation, Integration of

renewable energy and fossil energy resources, Waste to Energy

?Ambuja's Young Researcher's Award from IIChE in 2007

Research Interests


President & CTO at Forus Health (P) Ltd. Director at MYMO Wireless Technology (P) Ltd at SID - IISc, Bangalore. Technical Director at Maastricht University Medical Centre in Netherlands.In Academic Council of renowned Engineering colleges such as PESIT Bangalore, SJCE Mysore, ATMA Mysore, Adarsha Institute of Technology, T John Institute, East West Engineering, Nandi Institute of technology. Board of studies of Viswesweswariah Technological University, BMS Engineering College, MSRIT Bangalore.


B.E., Electronic & Communications, SJCE, Mysore, 1983M.Tech., Industrial Electronics, SJCE Mysore, 1987Ph.D., Elect Engg, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 1995


Shyam Vasudeva Rao

In his illustrious career Dr. Shyam has established university relationships for joint research programs to work on wireless technology and medical electronics with IISc, IIT Mumbai, IIT Karagpur, IIT Guwahati, Maastricht University & Alborg

Research Interests

Premnath Venugopalan

Head of NCL Innovations (the department within CSIR-National

Chemical Laboratory (NCL) charged with the responsibility of

championing the cause of technology innovation within NCL)

Head, Intellectual Property Group, CSIR-National Chemical

Laboratory (India's leading IP management group in the non-

profit sector) Sr. Principal Scientist, Polymer Science and

Engineering, CSIR-NCL Director, Venture Center (India's largest

science business incubator)


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University. While at Philips he has established the innovation framework for Consumer Electronics and Medical Systems division. He exponentially grew the patent portfolio of both the above divisions and established working relationships with best known academic and research institutions.

His innovation 3nethra, an all in one eye screening device, at Forus has won several laurels like ?DST Locked Martin Gold medal?Perimal Award?Sankalp Award, ?CNBC TV18 Award, ?Samsung Innovation Quotient Award, ?NASCOM Innovation Award?Anjani Mashelkar Inclusive Innovation Award for 2011.


B. Tech., IIT- Bombay, 1992Ph.D., MIT, Cambridge, USA, 1997Chevening Technology Enterprise Scholar with Centre for

Scientific Enterprise Ltd, London Business School and Dept of

Material Science, University of Cambridge, UK (2004-2005)


Biomed products development with a materials science focusNovel technology for security documents

?NCL RF-Cipla Hamied Award for the Best Process/ Product

Development, 2006?CSIR Technology Award for Technology Marketing and

Business Development, 2013

Research Interests


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He brings with him considerable experience in technology

development and commercialization (two successfully

commercialized families of biomedical products), incubation and

innovation management, working with start-up companies (in

Cambridge-UK and India) and engaging with large corporations

on research and consulting projects as project leader.Inventor/ technology developer for:?High crosslinked UHMWPE materials for joint replacement

produced by Zimmer-Biomet?Porous polyethylene implants produced by Biopore

SurgicalsFounder Director:?CSIR-Tech (a technology commercialization company)?Orthocrafts Innovations (degradable synthetic polymer

based biomed products start-up)?BiolMed Innovations (silk based biomaterials start-up).


Jugal K. VermaDean (Faculty Affairs) and Professor, Department of Mathematics, IIT Bombay

M.Sc., Mathematics, BITS-Pilani, 1981Ph.D., Purdue University, USA, 1987


?Fellow of International Centre of Theoretical Physics (2001-

2007)?Ramanujan Memorial Award Lecture, Indian Mathematical

Society, 2013?Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad, elected

in 2008?Fellow of Indian National Science Academy (INSA), New

Delhi, elected in 2012?Member, Sectional Commitee, INSA?Member, Sectional Commitee, SERB?Member, Board of studies, Homi Bhabha National University


My research involves investigation of algebraic structures which

arise in algebraic geometry, especially in the study of singularities

of algebraic varieties. I explore them using the theories of Hilbert

polynomials due to Hilbert and Samuel and local cohomology

due to A. Grothendieck.

Research Interests

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Chairman of the Quality Council of India, Chairman of Network18

and Tv18 , On the Boards of Directors of: Reliance Industries Ltd.,

Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Cipla


B.Tech., Mechanical Engineering, IIT Bombay, 1977MBA, Harvard Business School, 1979


Adil ZainulbhaiSenior Advisor, McKinsey India Limited

?Distinguished Service Award from IIT Bombay


Mr. Zainulbhai retired as Chairman of McKinsey, India after 34 years at McKinsey, and the last 10 in India. Prior to returning to India, he led the Washington office of McKinsey and founded the Minneapolis office. Mr. Zainulbhai counsels the CEOs of many of India's largest companies in a range of industries, including infrastructure, metals and mining, financial services, and pharmaceuticals-and he has helped several such companies become global leaders. He has also helped leading multinational companies build large, profitable businesses in India. Mr. Zainulbhai advises not only the CEOs of current and emerging industries, but also several government agencies on issues related to nation building. As Chairman of Quality Council of India, he leads the effort to achieve and sustain total quality and reliability in India, in all areas of life, work, environment, products and services, at individual, organisational, community and societal levels. Passionate about public service, he serves on the boards of numerous nonprofit organisations, including the Wockhardt Foundation, Saifee Hospital, and Saifee Burhani Upliftment Trust, which is redeveloping Mumbai's Bhendi Bazaar.


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Scientific Committees

Prof. Sanjeev Chaudhari (Convener)Centre for Environmental Sci.&Engg., IIT Bombay

Prof. Sanjay MahajaniProfessor Incharge, Tata Centre for Technology and Design

Prof. Anurag Garg Centre for Environmental Sci. & Engg.

Prof. Subimal GhoshCivil Engineering Dept., IIT Bombay

Prof. Jayesh BellareChemical Engg.Dept. IIT Bombay

Mr. Prasad ModakIL&FS (IITB alumnus)

Mr. Rakesh KumarNEERI (IITB alumnus)

Head,

Prof. Rohit Manchanda, (Convener)Head, Bio.Sci.& Bio. Engg. Dept., IIT Bombay

Prof. Soumyo MukherjiBio.Sci. &Bio.Engg. Dept., IIT Bombay

Prof. Debjani Paul Bio.Sci. &Bio.Engg. Dept., IIT Bombay

Prof. Santosh Noronha Chemical Engineering Dept., IIT Bombay

Mr. Abhishek Sen Biosense, (IITB alumnus)

Mr. Nishant Kumar Embryyo (IITB alumnus)

Water and Sanitation

Affordable Healthcare

Affordable Energy Solutions

Prof. Shireesh Kedare (Convener)Energy Sci. and Engg Dept., IIT Bombay

Prof. Kishore ChatterjeeElect Engg, Dept., IIT Bombay

Prof. S SrinivasEnergy Sci. and Engg. Dept., IIT Bombay

Dr. Sameer MaithaelGreentech Knowledge Solutions Pvt. Ltd. Delhi (Alumnus, IIT B)

Dr. Vishal SardeshpandeATE Pvt. Ltd., Pune (Alumnus, IIT B)

Organizing Committee

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Prof. D.V. KhakharDirector, IIT Bombay

Prof. P.M. Mujumdar Dy.Director (Finance & External Affairs), IIT Bombay

Prof. J.K. VermaDean (Faculty Affairs), IIT Bombay

Prof. Ravi Sinha Dean (Alumni & Corporate Relations), IIT Bombay

Prof. P.V. BalajiDean (Research & Development), IIT Bombay

Prof. Anil M. Kulkarni Associate Dean (Research & Development), IIT Bombay

Steering Committee

Mr. Sarang NandedkarDean (Alumni & Corporate Relations) Office

Mrs. Usha NarasimhanDean (Alumni & Corporate Relations) Office

Mr. Arnab Das Dean (Faculty Affairs) Office

Ms. Vandana Hate Dean (Faculty Affairs) Office

Ms. Swati NilakheDean (Alumni & Corporate Relations) Office

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