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January 2016

campus diaryCelebration of Republic Day at IIT Bombay

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IIT Bombay celebrated the 67th Republic Day of thenation on January 26, 2016. It was on this day in theyear 1950 that the constitution of India came intoeffect, thereby, cementing India’s status as asovereign socialist secular democratic republic.Keeping up with tradition, the Director, Prof. DevangKhakhar hoisted the national flag during theceremony held at the Gymkhana Grounds.

Link : www.iitb.ac.in/en/activities/campus-diary

Earlier in the day, students of Campus School andKendriya Vidyalaya carried out a march past. Thisyear, even the security team at IIT Bombayparticipated in the march past. As a part of theRepublic Day celebrations, awards and cash prizeswere distributed to meritorious members of the staff,students of IIT Bombay, Campus School, KendriyaVidyalaya and KG School.

Prof. D .V. Khakhar, Director, IIT Bombay hoisting National Flag and addressing the gathering during Republic Day celebration.

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The list of the winners is given below:

Award and Meritorious Certificates to IIT Bombay Staff Members

Shri H. B. Mali, Sr. Helper, Mathematics Department Shri J. C. Keyravan, Jr. Watchman, Security SectionShri M. D. Rokade, Jr. Watchman, Security Section Shri S. S. Shinde, Jr. Watchman, Security SectionShri R. S. Yadav, Jr. Watchman, Security Section Shri Pramod Zore, Jr. Watchman, Security SectionShri P. P. Ghodke, Jr. Watchman, Security Section Shri M. P. Jadhav, Security Inspector, Security SectionShri M. R. M. Verma, Watchman, Security Section Shri M. A. Mhatre, Jr. Watchman, Security Section

Winners of Essay Writing Competition held during Vigilance Awareness Week (October 26-31, 2015)

a) STUDENTS CATEGORY :

First Prize (Rs. 10,000) : Mr. Anuragh Nagaich (M.Tech., CSRE)Second Prize (Rs. 7,000) : Mr. Atharva S. Kelkar (DD, CE)Third Prize (Rs.4,000) : Mr. Dileesh P.W. (PhD, ME)Honorable Mention (Rs.2000) : Mr. Sagat Shaunik (M.Phil, HSS)Honorable Mention (Rs.2000) : Mr. Karan Taneja (DD, EE)Honorable Mention (Rs.2000) : Mr. Devanand (PhD, IEOR)

b) FACULTY & STAFF CATEGORY :

First Prize (Rs. 10,000) : Ms. Lathika Das (Jr. Supdt. MEMS)Second Prize (Rs. 7,000) : Ms. Madhu (Executive Officer, PPR Section)Third Prize (Rs.4,000) : Prof. R.S. Pant (Professor, Aerospace Deptt.)

Meritorious Certificate for representing IIT Bombay:

a) Ms. Apeksha Fernandis (Daughter of Prof. B.G. Fernandis, Dept. of Electrical Engg.)She represented Maharashtra State at the 32nd Sub-Junior National Aquatics Championships held at Pune inJuly 2015 and won Bronze medal. She has also won Best Swimming Technique award in Breaststroke under10 years category in the nation.

b) Mr. Ashwin Kanhere (3rd year, B.Tech.)He has won five gold medals in different categories (50 m Breaststroke, 100 m Breaststroke, 200m Breaststroke4 x 100 freerelay, 4 x 100m Medley relay) at the 31st Inter IIT Aquatics Meet held at IIT Madras.

Winners of Drawing Competition (K.G. School Students)

UPPER KG STUDENTS LOWER KG STUDENTS

First Prize : Ms.Sishakha Rajaraman First Prize : Ms.Tanvi SrivastavaSecond Prize : Ms. Neeraja Nandgaonkar Second Prize : Ms. Urmi ChakrabortyThird Prize : Ms. Veedhi Ahluwalia Third Prize : Ms. Lasya Reddy ManneConsolation Prize : Mst. Shuban Dey Consolation Prize : Ms. Devanshi Dharade

Winners of Drawing Competition ( Aman Day Care Centre)

Group I : ( Std 1 - Std 2) Topic: Nature Group II: (Std III-Std IV) Topic: My Family & Nature

Ms. Swapna Gaura Nayak - 2nd std Mr. Sagar Nandu Chaudari - 3rd StdMr. Tejram Rathiram Adivasi - 2nd std Ms. Chandini Mujibul Sheikh - 3rd Std

Group III: (Std 5 - Std 8) Topic: Save EarthMr. Vijay Gaura Nayak - 7th std

Winners of Drawing Competition ( IIT CAMPUS SCHOOL)

GROUP I (include Class I and II)First Prize : Ms. Vaibhavi Tarkesh Lometepatil (IInd std.)Second Prize : Ms. Vaishali Bhailal Solanki (Ist std.)Third Prize : Ms. Rutiksha Dayanand Jinde (Ist std.)Consolation Prize : Ms. Avantika Ganesh Bhamble (IInd std.)

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GROUP II (include Class III, IV and V)

First Prize : Ms. Shravani Ashok Patil (Vth std.)Second Prize : Ms. Namita Naresh Wankhade (IIIrd std.)Third Prize : Mst. Amar Niranjan Panda. (Vth std.)Consolation Prize : Ms. Kashish Hasmukh Solanki (IVth std.)

GROUP III (include Class VI, VII & VIII)

First Prize : Ms. Sejal Hasmukh Solanki (VIIIth std.)Second Prize : Ms. Deepa Rajendra Rawat (VIIth std.)Third Prize : Ms. Rutuja Dilip Patil (VIIth std.)Consolation Prize : Ms. Kalpana Premkumar Thapa (VIIIth std.)

GROUP IV (Include Class IX, X, and XI )

First Prize : Ms. Sheetal Prakash Jangale (XIth std.)Second Prize : Mst. Bhalchandra Pramod Jadhav (XIth std.)Third Prize : Mst. Ritesh Sanjay Manjrekar (IXth std.)Consolation Prize : Mst. Jignesh Dilipkumar Solanki (Xth std.)

Certificates awarded to the Campus School students in appreciation of the work done for the SchoolProject on ‘Eco-effeciency’ using solar energy, which has won the first position at the District levelunder the guidance of Shri Ashish R. Patil, T. G. Teacher (Science) of IIT Campus School.

Ms. Shruti Thorat (Student, Std. VIth std.)Mst. Vishnu Patil (Student, Std. VIth std.)

Certificates to the winners of Drawing Competition (KV Powai School)

GROUP I (include Class I and II)

First Prize : Ms. Ishana Mukherjee (IInd std.)Second Prize : Ms. Tanisha (IInd std.)Third Prize : Ms. Harita P. Kolgaonkar (IInd std.)Consolation Prize : Ms. Prishaa Rupani (Ist std.)

GROUP II (include Class III, IV and V)

First Prize : Ms. Arshiya (Vth std.)Second Prize : Mst. Ujjesha Tiwari (Vth std.)Third Prize : Ms. Deetya V. Mudaliar (IVth std.)Consolation Prize : Ms. Suyesha (IIIrd std.)

GROUP III (include Class VI, VII & VIII)

First Prize : Ms. Ritika Chandel (VIIIth std.)Second Prize : Ms. Chhavi Kowe (VIIth std.)Third Prize : Master Aiman Md. Islam (VIIIth std.)Consolation Prize : Ms. Suhani Solanki (VIIth std.)

GROUP IV (Include Class IX, X, and XI )

First Prize : Master Oshin Mishra (XIth std.)Second Prize : Master Krushal S. (IXth std.)Third Prize : Ms. Netrali T. (IXth std.)Consolation Prize : Master Vaibhav K. (IXth std.)

Certificates to winners and SGFI Participants (KV IIT School Students)

BOYSMaster Aaryan Bhosale (VIIth std.) : received 3 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals in SwimmingMaster Pritesh Chavan (VIIth std.) : received 2 silver and 3 bronze medals in SwimmingMaster Satvik (IXth std.) : received 2 Gold medals for DivingMaster Rochishnu Rawool (XIth std.) : received 1 Silver and 1 Bronze medal in SwimmingMaster Abhishek K. (XIth std.) : received 1 gold medal in AthleticsMaster Aryan Meshram (IVth std.) : He has won one gold medal at the National Level, held at Gulmarg(J & K). He has also been the youngest Indian team member at the Asian open championship held in Manila

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Philippines and holds a Unique World Record for continuous 24 hrs skating at Belgaum, Karnataka .— for IceSkating.

GIRLSMs. Maitriyani Bhosale (IXth std.) : received 3 gold, and 2 bronze medals in swimmingMs. Amisha (IXth std.) : received 1 gold, 1 silver and 2 bronze medals in swimmingMs. Saugandhika Kale(VIIIth std.) : received 1 Silver and 3 Bronze medals in swimmingMs. Susmita Kamble (VIIth std.) : received 1 Silver and 4 Bronze medals in Archery

WINNERS OF RASTRAPATI AWARD

Master Ankush Sharma (XIIth std.) Master Hrishikesh Sawant (XIIth std.)Ms. Manali Rane (XIth std.) Ms. Gayatri Shinde (XIth std.)

WINNERS OF NATIONAL CHILDREN’S SCIENCE CONGRESS 2015

Ms. Avantika Bardan (IXth std.) : received 1 gold medalMs. Vaishnavi N. (IXth std.) : received 1 gold medalMaster Navneet Lal (IXth std.) : received 1 gold medal

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In an endeavour towards creatingbetter awareness on educationalopportunities available at theIndian Institute of TechnologyBombay (IIT Bombay) forstudents at post-graduation anddoctoral levels and forgingcollaborative relationships withhigher educational institutions inBangladesh, a team of seniorofficials from IIT Bombay andrepresentatives from DAAD(German Academic Exchange

IIT Bombay delegation visits Bangladesh to promote DAAD Scholarships

Bangladesh. This was an uniqueopportunity for the students tomeet and get their queriesanswered from IIT Bombayofficials on academic programmes,infrastructural facilities,accommodation and financial aidavailable for the students.

Speaking on the occasion Prof.Devang V. Khakhar said, “Whenwe make connections withcountries which are somewhatsimilar, then comes a lot ofmotivation to work on similar,programmes and research. Indiaand Bangladesh should worktogether because we have similarkinds of problems and henceworking together would be anadvantage.”

This year 20 engineering studentsfrom Bangladesh will be coming toIIT Bombay for completing theirpost-graduate and post-doctoralprogrammes. DAAD will besupporting their studies, while IITBombay in addition, will provideTeaching Assistantships (TA) tothose selected for the Ph.D.programmes besides providingthem campus accommodation andother facilities. Currently there aretwo students from Bangladeshpursuing Ph.D. at the Institute.

Prof. Devang V. Khakhar, Director, Prof. Narayan Rangaraj, Dean (AP),Prof. Rajiv Dusane, Dean (IR) along with the representatives from DAAD in Dhaka

Service) visited Bangladeshduring January 10-14, 2016.

The IIT Bombay delegationincluded Prof. Devang V.Khakhar, Director, Prof. NarayanRangaraj, Dean (AcademicProgramme), and Prof. RajivDusane, Dean (InternationalRelations), The High Commissionof India in Dhaka organized aninteractive session on January11, 2016, for the students of

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E- Summit 2015- Where Innovation Transcends Business

15,000 attendees, 500+ startups, 80+ events and100+ speakers, clearly the EntrepreneurshipSummit 2016 of IIT Bombay was a great success.The two day annual event held during January 30- 31,2016 was a perfect meeting ground for industryexperts, business leaders, investors, entrepreneursand of course, students, many of whom are aspiringentrepreneurs. It’s was also the first ever event of itskind to receive patronage from the ‘Make in India’initiative, as well as UNESCO.

Some of the highlights of the e-summit this yearwere:

Eureka : Asia’s Largest B-plan competition- Eurekafinals were held during the summit. The smart helmetdesigned by a bunch of engineering graduates baggedthe first prize.

The Ten minute million Challenge: The secondedition of ‘The Ten minute million Challenge’witnessed 4 start ups walking away with investmentsworth 15 lakh while presenting their ideas in 10minutes. The start-ups which got funding this year areBangalore-based Strike, a mobile-first emailproductivity platform for Gmail; Chennai-basedMaaxmarket, which creates personalized contents forbusinesses thus claiming to increase their sales;Gurgaon-based Gamooz, which claims to be amongstIndia’s very few start-ups that deal with augmentedreality and Mumbai-based Soundsurround that claimsto have re-invented concert music by building asystem that connects up to thousands of wearablespeakers to give a rich experience.

Teen Tycoons: ‘ A new event this year at E-summit,‘Teen tycoons’, saw two school students winning Rs30,000 each for their innovative business ideas.

Innovation Conclave: Top innovators of Indiashowcased their success stories, strategies andproducts at the Innovation Conclave in 15-minute longinteractions. Anil Gupta, Founder, National InnovationFoundation and Ramesh Raskar, Head - MIT MediaLabs, with over 50 patents in his name, were amongthose who talked about their ideas and how theymade it happen.

Business Conclave: There was a meet-up in foursectors: HR, Marketing, Tech and Finance, which hadtalks by pioneers in each field, followed by closednetworking sessions.

Workshops and Competitions: Workshops wereheld for participants. Other attractions included theJob and Internship Fair which was open to all collegestudents, Start-up Expo and Lean Start-upworkshops. The summit also showcased variousentrepreneurship ecosystems, their unique featuresand their success stories. A range of competitionsdesigned to test skills needed to be successfulentrepreneurs was tested at E-Summit. Thecompetitions included Crowd Pitch, Ideablaze,national BizQuiz, Investor’s Hat, Pitch Please, IPLAuction, Apocalypse Management, Case Study,Investors’ Portfolio, M&A, Hackathon. The total prizesfor the competitions was overRs. 4.5 lakh.

Lectures, Seminars, Panel Discussions: The two-day event hosted eminent speakers such as HarshMariwala, Founder-Marico, Kanwal Rekhi, ManagingDirector - Inventus Cap, start-up success leaderssuch as Sachin Bansal, Founder- Flipkart, KunarShah, Founder & CEO - Freecharge, and many othersinteracting with young minds as part of Lectures,Seminars and Panel Discussions.

Conclusion: All in all, the Summit was a greatsuccess and saw participation from more than sevencountries.

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The FAN and DAM meet was held inGoa during January 16- 17, 2016.Annual Distinguished Alumni Meet isan initiative that brings togetherIITB’s distinguished alumni who havecontributed and have beenacknowledged for their distinguishedservices to the society at large. Themeet is held annually to plan thestrategic growth of the institution inthe future years. This event ispreceded by Faculty Alumni NetworkIndia Symposium where establishedand early stage researchers incertain identified research areasmeet the IITB alumni from the

The Faculty Alumni Network (FAN) & Distinguished Alumni Meet (DAM)

industry. This symposium is to explore young researchers’ profiles to be considered for IITB faculty positions. Thesymposium also explores possibilities of future association and to facilitate the problem solving measures with up todate research in the areas such as affordable energy solutions, water and sanitation and affordable health care.

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The movie “India Awakes” producedby Mr. Bob Chittester, wasscreened in the institute on January6, 2016. The screening wasfollowed by an interactive sessionwith the producer himself. The filmhas already been premiered at theIndian Embassy on August 13, 2015and an abbreviated version hasalso been screened at the GlobalBusiness Forum which was held inGoa in October last year.

Screening of the movie, “India Awakes”

Bob Chittester is an award winningmovie producer and heads the“Free to Choose Organization”which was founded by NobelLaureate Milton Friedman. Bob’smovies are screened by the PublicBroadcasting System (PBS) andNational Geographic mostly inmajor markets: New York, DC,Chicago, LA, SFO, Denver andHouston. Bob’s movies have alsobeen telecast by National

FAN and DAM Meet at Goa.

Geographic. His next movie is beingplanned on Innovation andEntrepreneurship and IIT Bombay isworking with him to garner supportand focus on work being done at theinstitute. His philosophy and moviesare very much aligned withWHEELS initiative and one cansafely assume that his movies willhelp IIT Bombay draw globalattention towards its own programs.

Ph.D. Consortium 2015

Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management for the firsttime organized a Ph.D consortium during November 30-December 1, 2015 on the theme “Management in the21st Century”. The consortium was inaugurated by Prof.P.M. Mujumdar, Deputy Director (Finance and ExternalAffairs) IIT Bombay and inaugural address wasdelivered by Prof. Ramadhar Singh, DistinguishedProfessor, IIM Bangalore. Twenty nine Ph.D Scholarsfrom India and abroad presented their papers during theconsortium in the areas of Economics and Finance;Information System & Technology Management;International Business; Marketing; OperationsManagement; Organizational Behavior and HRM;Quantitative Techniques and Decision Science; andStrategic Management. Distinguished speakers fromboth Academia and Industry shared their thoughts withthe young scholars during the consortium. Thedistinguished scholars from Academia included Prof.Pradip Khandwalla, Former Director, IIM Ahmedabad;Prof. M.R. Rao, Former Director, IIM Bangalore andFormer Dean, ISB Hyderabad; and Prof. Rajan Saxena,

Former Director, IIM Indore and present Vice-Chancellor,NMIMS. The experts from the industry includedMr. Mukesh Kothari, Director – Technology, DeloitteConsulting and Mr. Neeraj Jain, Senior Director, DeloitteIndia. Overall the consortium was a very enrichingexperience for the participating young researchers andthe School plans to continue organizing suchconsortium as annual event in future as well.

Ph.D Consortium 2015

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Research in Focus

Jaggery making is typically a rural and small-scale enterprise owned and manned by farmers.Studies clearly indicate that one of the areas thatneeds considerable improvement is the energyefficiency of the process. A research groupheaded by Prof. NG Shah of CTARA and ProfS.M. Mahajani of Chemical EngineeringDepartment, IIT Bombay set out to find out waysfor maximising energy efficiency of jaggery unitsand making them more cost effective, labourfriendly and environment friendly. The projectwas funded by Rajiv Gandhi Science andTechnology Commission, Maharashtra (India).Primary data was collected from 300+ jaggerymaking units in Kolhapur district and the entireprocess was evaluated so that an alternativeprocess solutions are developed.

The R and D work is in the stage of field level-testing and the various improved process-improvements are delinated as below:

Technology : Improvements in JaggeryProcessing and Product Improvements basedon the study

Jaggery Making: Process Improvements

Three alternatives in “Process Development& Tech-transfers” achieved :

Modified pan that converts from Batchto Continuous Mode : Installed at thecommercial unit (1Ton/day) at the siteof Jaggery unit holder in Warnanagar.

Benefits:- Labour friendliness- Cost of the modified pan : Rs 1 lakh/-

(The intervention pays back in oneseason (5 months) : cost saved throughlabour saving).

- Further dissemination is planned in nextjaggery making season

Demonstrated a process of EfficientCombustion saving Bagasse. Savedbaggase briquetted and sold

A Novel process pilot plant (100 Kg / 8hr) installed at TKEIT, Warnanagar.Patent is filed through IRCC. FurtherDissemination through: RegionalJaggery Research Centre, Kolhapur(ICAR-New Delhi) by conducting“Training Programmes” for Jaggery unitholders using the Novel Processdeveloped will be considered.

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Prof. Jonathan Agar, Professor ofScience and Technology Studies,University College London, UnitedKingdom, delivered an InstituteColloquium on the topic “What arethe big themes of the history oftwentieth century science?” onJanuary 7, 2016.

Dr. Pervez Hoodbhoy,Distinguished Professor of Physicsand Mathematics and Head,Physics Department, FormanChristian College, Qaid-e-AzamUniversity, delivered an InstituteColloquium on the topic “Is TheScientific Method Outdated?” onJanuary 12, 2016.

Prof. Anuj Dawar, Professor ofLogic and Algorithms, University ofCambridge, UK, delivered anInstitute Colloquium on the topic“Abstraction, Complexity andSymmetry in Computation” onJanuary 25, 2016.

Institute Colloquium /Lectures & Seminars

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Mini Colloquium

Prof. C. Y. Chang, National ChiaoTung University, Taiwan, Prof.Hiroshi Iwai, Tokyo Institute ofTechnology, Japan, Prof. Edward YiChang, National Chiao TungUniversity, Taiwan, talked ondifferent aspects of “Nano-scaleDevices” on January 12, 2016.

Department of Humanities andSocial Sciences

Dr. Kishore Dhavala, BasqueCenter for Climate Change, Bilbao,Spain, gave a talk in a seminar on“Can COP21-Paris pledges avertsevere climate change? An analysiswith integrated assessment framework” on January 8, 2016.

Dr. Ashwini Deo, Yale University,USA, gave a talk on “The Semanticand Pragmatic Underpinnings ofGrammaticalization Paths” onJanuary 14, 2016.

Prof. Pushpinder Syal, PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh, gave a talkon “Sign and Image inCommunication” on January 18,2016.

Dr. Anil N. Netravali, Jean andDouglas McLean Professor in FiberScience and Apparel Design,Department of Fiber Science &Apparel Design, Cornell University,USA, gave a talk in a seminar on thetopic “Green Materials andProcesses: From AdvancedComposites to Nanofilters and fromWound Healing to Hair Styling” onJanuary 11, 2016.

Climate Studies

Prof. Raghu Murtugudde, Faculty,Department of Atmospheric andOceanic Science/Earth SystemScience Interdisciplinary Center ofUniversity of Maryland & VisitingFaculty, IDP in Climate Studies, IITBombay gave a series of lectures onthe topic “Introduction to Atmosphericand Oceanic Circulations” duringJanuary 4 – 8, 2016.

Computer Science andEngineering

Prof. Rohit Parikh, City University,New York, gave a talk on the topic“Group Knowledge, Communicationand Behavior” on January 20, 2016.

Prof. Richard Voyles, PurdueUniversity, gave a talk on the topic“Disaster Robotics: RoboticIntervention for High-ConsequenceEvents” on January 27, 2016.

Dr. Manjari Chakrabarty, Visva-Bharati, Shantiniketan, gave a talkon “Why should a pencil or a paper-clip matter to philosophy?” onJanuary 27, 2016.

Department of MetallurgicalEngineering and MaterialsScience

Prof Rudolf Holze, TechnicalUniversity Chemnitz, Germany,gave a talk in a seminar on the topic“Intrinsically Conducting Polymersin Electrochemical EnergyTechnology: Trends and Progress”on January 25, 2016.

Department of MechanicalEngineering

Shri Rajiv Malhotra, Indian-American best-selling author andintellectual, Founder of InfinityFoundation, Princeton, New Jersey,gave a talk on “Geo-Politics andThe study of Indian Civilization” onJanuary 27, 2016.

Centre for TechnologyAlternative in Rural Areas(CTARA)

Prof. Alok Bhargava, University ofMaryland, School of Public Policy,College Park, USA, gave a talk onthe topic “Diet quality, child healthand food policies in developingcountries” on January 5, 2016.

DepartmentalLectures

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Awards andDistinctions

Prof. K.V. Venkatesh,Department of ChemicalEngineering, has been elected asFellow of the Indian Academy ofSciences, Bangalore.

Prof. Parinda Vasa, Departmentof Physics, has been elected as aMember of the Indian NationalYoung Academy of Science(INYAS), for the period 2016-2021.

Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya,Department of Computer Scienceand Engineering (currently theDirector of Indian Institute ofTechnology Patna) has beenappointed as President of theAssociation of ComputationalLinguistics (ACL).

Prof. R.B. Sunoj, Department ofChemistry, has been appointed asa Fellow of the Royal Society ofChemistry under “Leaders in theField” scheme for his outstandingcontributions to computationalmethods in chemical reactions.

Prof. K.P. Kaliappan,Department of Chemistry, hasbeen elected as a Fellow of theIndian Academy of Sciences,Bangalore.

Prof Ramesh Singh, Departmentof Mechanical Engineering, hasbeen selected to receive theSwarnjayanti Fellowship for aperiod of five years.

Prof. ShivaramKalyanakrishnan, Department ofComputer Science andEngineering, has been chosen asone of ‘AI’s 10 to Watch’ YoungScientists.

Prof. Deepankar Choudhury,Department of Civil Engineering,has been invited to join theEditorial Board of one of theoldest and prestigious journals inGeotechnical Engg., “CanadianGeotechnical Journal” publishedby NRC Canada.

Prof. Amiya Kumar Pani,Department of Mathematics, hasbeen felicitated by Mr. RajnathSingh, Home Minister, Govt. ofIndia for his outstandingcontributions to industrial andapplied mathematics during thesilver jubilee conference of theIndian Society for Industrial andApplied Mathematics held atSharda University, Greater Noida,during 29-31 January, 2016.

Prof. Sourav Pal, Department ofChemistry, has an uniqueachievement to his name. Two ofhis papers has found its place inthe list of most popular ( mostread) articles of Journal ofChemical Physics 2015. One ofthem is under Atoms, Moleculesand clusters and the other in thesection of Theoretical Methodsand Algorithms.

InvitedTalk

Prof. Nina Sabnani, Departmentof Industrial Design Centre, wasinvited as a Speaker at the JaipurLiterature Festival 2016 to speakon the Kaavad Tradition alongwith the storyteller Mr.KojaramRav on January 21, 2016.

Prof. Rajkumar S. Pant,Department of AerospaceEngineering, joined the School ofMechanical and AerospaceEngineering at NanyangTechnological University,Singapore as a Visiting Professorfor a year on December 14, 2015.He is on lien from IIT Bombay.

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Research Scholars Forum

Punnya Rajendran, Ph.D scholar,Department of Humanities andSocial Sciences, presented apaper titled “The product and thefragment: Engendering MollyCrabapple’s ‘Work’ of Art” at“Product, production,productivity”: A Women Studies’Symposium in School ofHumanities and Social Sciences,Nanyang TechnologicalUniversity, Singapore, duringDecember 11- 12, 2015.

Prof. Jennifer Widom, StanfordUniversity, gave a talk on the topic“Three Favorite Results” on January25, 2016.

Conference /Invited Lectures

Asian Pacific CorrosionControl Conference

The Department of MetallurgicalEngineering and MaterialsScience, organized the 17th AsianPacific Corrosion ControlConference (APCCC-17) duringJanuary 27-30, 2016 at theInstitute. The conferencewitnessed exciting technicalsessions blended with culturalprogrammes. The conferencestarted with four workshops ofinterest to industry; academia andR&D on the first day followed bythe technical paper presentationby participants on the second day.A focused symposia on somecurrent topics of interest was alsoorganized during the event.

Talks and LecturesA talk by Mr. Martin Zoltick,Patent attorney, working withRothwell, Figg, Ernst & Manbeck,P.C, was organized by Dean R &D office on the topic of “PatentProtection for Software-RelatedTechnology and Open SourceSoftware Licensing” on January14, 2016. The objective of thetalk was to provide an insight onthe question whether softwareshould be accorded strongerprotection through patenting.

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Publications

Prof. Sanjeeva Srivastava,Department of Bioscience andBioengineering, Özdemir, V,Dove, E.S., Gürsoy, U.K., Sardas,S., Yildirim, A., Yilmaz, S.G.,Ömer Barlas, I., Güngör, K., andMete, A, published a paper, K.,Mete, A., and Srivastava, S.published a paper “Personalizedmedicine beyond genomics:alternative futures in big data-proteomics, environtome and thesocial proteome” in J. NeuralTransm. Vienna Austria inDecember 2015.

Prof. Sanjeeva Srivastava,Department of Bioscience andBioengineering, Sahu, A.K,Dhoot, S, Singh, A, Sawant, S.S,Nandakumar, N, Talathi-Desai, S,Garud, M, Pagare, Nair, S.,Chaturvedi, and Murli Krishna C,published a paper titled “Oralcancer screening: serum Ramanspectroscopic approach.” in J.Biomed. Opt. 20, 115006 in Nov2015

Presentations/participation inconferences/workshopsDr. Sanjeeva Srivastava, Department of Bioscienceand Bioengineering was the convener of the TargetedProteomics Workshop and International Symposium(TPWIS-2015) from December 10 – 14, 2015followed by GIAN proteomics course from December10 – 19, 2015. In total, 7 parallel events wereconducted at IIT Bombay during December 10 -19,2015 with over 700 participants. As a result, thisevent has been featured as a pioneer event in thearea of proteomics from all around the world and hasbeen highlighted as one of the highest forum forproteomics globally by the Human ProteomeOrganization (HUPO). This brings India at theforefront of Proteomics alongside other globalleaders in the world.

resonance imaging and hencecould potentially be used for bothcancer diagnosis and anticancertherapies. The folic-acid-conjugated magnetic nanoparticlespermeated the membranes ofcervical cancer cells moreefficiently than normal cells. Thenanoparticles released moredoxorubicin at low pH levels thanat the higher pH levels that prevailin physiological environments.This suggests that undesired drugrelease from the nanoparticles canbe restricted. Additionally, Thedoxorubicin-modified nanoparticlesgenerated heat under AC magneticfield, and killed cancer cellsalmost more than 90%. Thecombination of doxorubicin andheat shrank the nuclei anddamaged the DNA of the cancercells, triggering their controlleddeath.

“Besides enhancing therapeuticefficacy, the modifiednanoparticles could protectanticancer drugs from degradationby enzymes in the bloodstream,”says lead researcher DhirendraBahadur.

(This article was originallypublished in the Nature Indiasection of NPG)

Targeted Proteomics Workshop and International Symposium

Prof. Bahadur D, Department ofMetallurgical Engineering andMaterials Science. Paper titled“A pH-responsive folateconjugated magnetic nanoparticlefor targeted chemo-thermaltherapy and MRI diagnosis’, hasbeen published on the cover ofDalton Transactions, AnInternational Journal of inorganicchemistry Published by.

The paper has also beenmentioned in an article titled“Nonoparticles ferry anticacadrug”, published in the NatureIndia Section of the NPG. Thearticle is reproduced below foryour convenience:

Nanoparticles ferry anticancerdrug

Researchers have synthesizedpH-sensitive, folic-acid-conjugated magneticnanoparticles that can efficientlydeliver the anticancer drugdoxorubicin to target cancercells. These nanoparticles arealso capable of killing cancercells by generating heat when anexternal magnetic field is applied.Furthermore, they are useful ascontrast agents for magnetic

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Appointments

Dr. Prasad V. Mandade,Department ofChemicalEngineering, hasbeen appointedas Post DoctoralFellow onJanuary 4, 2016.

Dr. Manoj Rao, Tata Centre forTechnology andDesign, has beenappointed as PostDoctoral Fellowon January 7,2016.

Dr. Bodhayan Roy, Department ofComputerScience andEngineering, hasbeen appointed asPost DoctoralFellow on January12, 2016.

Dr. Prerna Sharma, has beenappointed as PostDoctoral Fellow inWadhwaniResearch Centrefor Bioengineeringon January 21,2016.

Dr. V. Karthik, Department ofChemistry, hasbeen appointed asPost DoctoralFellow on January28, 2016.

Shri Rajendra P. Singh, SecurityInspector,Security Section,retired after 35years of service.

Shri Ramnath K. Kori, MechanicAssistant,Department ofMechanicalEngineering ,retired after 40years of service.

Shri Gundu M. Supal, Watchman(SG), SecuritySection, retiredafter 36 years ofservice.

Shri Prakash V. Surve, Helper(SG), ElectricalMaintenanceDivision, retiredafter 35 years ofservice.

Ms. Ashwini E. Ghosalkar,Jr.Attdt, CentralLibrary, retiredafter 3 years ofservice

NOTIFICATION1. Prof. Krishna P Kaliappan,

Department of Chemistry,has been appointed as Headof the Department w.e.f.January 20, 2016.

2. Prof. N. Venkataramani,Department of MetallurgicalEngineering & MaterialsScience has been appointedas Head of the Departmentw.e.f. January 1, 2016.

3. Prof. Varsha Apte,Department of ComputerScience & Engineering hasbeen appointed as HeadComputer Centre, w.e.f.January 18, 2016.

Dr. Bodhisatwa Hazra,Department ofEarth Science,has beenappointed asPost DoctoralFellow onJanuary 29, 2016

Shri P. Viswas, Sr. Tech. Supdt,Department ofMathematics,retired after 35years of service.

Retirements onJanuary 31, 2016

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CEP courses scheduled during March 2015

No. Course Title Course Coordinator / Department Duration

1 Elements in Chemical Engineering (RCCE-13) Prof. R.K. Malik, March 3-10, 2016Department of Chemical Engineering (8 days)

2 Energy Efficiency and Management Prof. Rangan Banerjee, March 8-9, 2016Department of Energy Science & Engineering (2 days)

3 New Product Development Prof. V. Bapat March 10 - 30, 2016Industrial Design Centre (21 dyas)

4 Combustion and Emission in IC Engine Prof. Sreedhara Sheshadri March 11-12, 2016Department of Mechanical Engineering (2 days)

5 Fast Bus Transfer Schemes Prof. A.M. Kulkarni March 11-12, 2016Department of Electrical Engineering (2 days)

6 Corrosion Protection by Paint Coatings, Prof. A.S. Khanna March 14-18, 2016Inspection and Quality Control Department of Metallurgical Engineering & (5 days)

Materials Science

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