2017-18

Annual Report
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DHARWAD

Indian Institute of Technology Dharwad http://www.iitdh.ac.in

Dharwad, Karnataka +91 836 2212 839,
India – 580011 pro@iitdh.ac.in
CONTENTSContents
CHAPTER PAGE
From the Director's Desk 01
Board of Governors 02
Academic Profile 03
Faculty Profile 05
Infrastructure Development 09
Temporary Campus 09

Permanent Campus 13

Summary of Institute Accounts 17

Student Events 24
Research Activities 26
Invited Talks 28
 From Director's Desk PROF. P SESHU

It gives me immense pleasure to present the second annual report of IIT Dharwad.

The Institute, in the year 2017-18, has taken considerable leaps towards establishing itself

firmly as a seat of learning. This year, we have welcomed a second batch of students from all

across the country. Our second batch of students is being taught and mentored by a steadily

growing team of young faculty members, as well as by professors from our mentor-Institute IIT

Bombay.

We have started outreach and networking activities with the rich industrial base around us. Our

students are also beginning to transform into bright young internees, with some of them

interning with companies like Google. Another proud moment for us this year was the

performance of our students in the Inter IIT Tech Meet held at IIT Madras, where they stood

sixth among all IITs for building a hexacopter from scratch. As an IIT that is taking significant,

but baby steps, we feel happy to see our students gradually blossom into engineers. In an

attempt to cater to their overall health and well-being we have also inaugurated student

mentorship programme, clay-modelling classes, counselling facilities and a well-equipped gym.

Our transit campus at WALMI has steadily shaped itself to cater the growing needs of our

Institute with a series of infrastructural improvements and changes. Besides establishing the

engineering and science labs, we have also been able to renovate and provide new hostel

buildings, games as well as recreational arenas to our expanding IIT community. We have

celebrated diverse festivals and cultural events, commemorated our Foundation Day on 30th

August, 2017, and commenced work on the development of our permanent campus.

In undertaking and achieving all of this, we continue to function as a well-knit family that is

growing in knowledge, experience and size. We remain indebted to the support of various

people, bodies and organizations especially the MHRD, the state government of Karnataka,

WALMI, PWD, our mentor-institute IIT Bombay, and many others. We are hopeful of their

continued support on the road forward.

In the days ahead, we aim to add and achieve more milestones in this historic journey. We

hope to create thinkers and tinkerers from among our bright young students, and become

dedicated mentors and guides ourselves, in our collective pursuit of excellence and innovation

at IIT Dharwad.

JAI HIND!

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Board of Governors
Name Address and Occupation Designation
Shri. R. Subrahmanyam Secretary, Department of Higher Education, Chairman

Ministry of Human Resource Development, (ex-officio)

Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

Shri. Sukhbir Singh Additional Secretary (Technical Education), Member

Sandhu Department of Higher Education, Ministry of

Human Resource Development, Shastri

Bhawan, New Delhi

Prof. P. Seshu Director, IIT Dharwad Member

Dr. Rajkumar Khatri Principal Secretary, Department of Higher Member

Education, Government of Karnataka

Smt. Darshana Momaya Joint Secretary & Financial Advisor, Member

Dabral Department of Higher Education,

Ministry of Human Resource Development,

Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

Shri. Prashant Agarwal Director (IITs’/IIITs’), Department of Higher Member

Education, Ministry of Human Resource

Development, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi

Prof. Avinash Mahajan Professor In-charge, Member

New IIT Mentoring Cell, IIT Bombay

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Academic Profile
IIT Dharwad, presently, is currently primarily following the course and curriculum

pattern of mentor institute namely IIT Bombay. The instruction of courses is in

collaboration with IIT Bombay faculty members. The Institute has eight Departments:

Biosciences and Bioengineering (BSBE),

Chemistry (CH),

Computer Science and Engineering (CSE),

Electrical Engineering (EE),

Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS),

Mathematics (MA),

Mechanical Engineering (ME), and

Physics (PH)

B.Tech. Program

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) programmes started in 2016 in three branches

namely, Computer Science and Engineering, Electrical Engineering and Mechanical

Engineering. The total number of enrolled students in 2017-18 is 113 and 13 among

them are girl students. In total, there are 227 B.Tech. students enrolled including the

previous batch (2016-17) and 32 among them are girl students.

Ph.D. Program

IIT Dharwad has also started Ph.D. Programmes from January 2018 in all the eight

departments. Admission into the Ph.D. Programme is done through entrance exams

and interviews conducted by various departments of the Institute. Eight students

have registered in January 2018.

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Academic Profile
Library

The library, besides having an excellent collection of books, also provides access to

variety of e-resources. At present library has more than 2000 books and provides

access to more than 3000 research journals of international repute.

Student Mentorship Programme

The IIT Dharwad Student Mentorship program enables constructive interaction,

guidance and mentorship of junior students by their seniors. The vision of the

programme is "to inculcate the right attitude right from the beginning". Presently, all

2nd year students are being mentored by dedicated 3rd year student-mentors.

Health Care

IIT Dharwad puts special emphasis on health and well-being of its student

community. Presently two doctors are available for consultation at the IIT Dharwad

campus thrice a week, as well as on call basis for emergency cases. All our students

are assured with Cashless Medical Health Insurance for a sum of Rs. 2,00,000/- per

annum to meet their medical needs. Under the scheme, all major hospitals of Hubli-

Dharwad, like SDM Medical College, Fortis Hospitals, etc. provide cashless medical

consultancy & treatments. The expenses incurred by students for minor treatments

can be reimbursable from the concerned department. 24×7 Ambulance (ICU on

wheels) facility is available in the campus for emergency situations. IIT Dharwad also

provides 24 × 7 app-based counselling support to its students via Yourdost- a

mental health support organization. The organization also provides a counsellor for

regular visits to the campus. The Institute conducts various sensitization and

awareness workshops for promoting overall well-being of the students.

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Faculty Profile

Prof. Ameer K Mulla Prof. AN Tiwari

Prof. Amlan K Barua
Assistant Professor Visiting Professor
Assistant Professor
(Electrical Engineering) (Mechanical Engineering)
(Mathematics)

Prof. BV Limaye
Prof. Bharat BN

Prof. BL Tembe Visiting Professor

Assistant Professor

Visiting Professor (Mathematics)

(Electrical Engineering)

(Chemistry)

Prof. C Amarnath Prof. D Narasimha Prof. Dhiraj V Patil

Visiting Professor Professor Assistant Professor

(Mechanical Engineering) (Physics) (Mechanical Engineering)

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Faculty Profile

Prof. G Nagaraja
Prof. Nagesh R Iyer Prof. NS Narasimha Sastry
Visiting Professor
Professor Visiting Professor
(Computer Science and
(Mechanical Engineering) (Mathematics)
Engineering)

Prof. P Seshu
Prof. NS Punekar
Prof. R Prabhu
Professor
Visiting Professor
Assistant Professor
(Mechanical Engineering)
(Biosciences and
(Physics)
Bioengineering)

Prof. Rajshekar K Prof. R Phawade

Prof. Rajesh Malakapalli
Assistant Professor Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor
(Computer Science and (Computer Science and
(Chemistry)
Engineering) Engineering)

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Faculty Profile

Prof. Ridhima Tewari Prof. Ruma Ghosh Prof. S Sivaji Ganesh

Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Visiting Professor

(Humanities and Social (Electrical Engineering) (Mathematics)

Sciences)

Prof. SRM Prasanna

Prof. Sandeep RB
Prof. Shyamprasad K Professor
Assistant Professor
Visiting Professor (Electrical Engineering)
(Computer Science and
(Mechanical Engineering)
Engineering)

Prof. Sudhanshu Shukla

Prof. Sudheer S Prof. Sushil Mishra
Assistant Professor
Assistant Professor Visiting Professor
(Biosciences and
(Mechanical Engineering) (Mechanical Engineering)
Bioengineering)

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Faculty Profile

Prof. SV Prabhu Prof. Tejas PG

Professor Assistant Professor

(Mechanical Engineering) (Mechanical Engineering)

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 Infrastructure
Infrastructure
Development
Development
Renovated Hostel

Temporary Campus

The Institute is currently functioning from a temporary

campus in the premises belonging to WALMI

neighboring the High Court on the national highway.

The temporary campus for housing about 400 students,

faculty, staff, laboratory facilities and some sports

facilities have been provided by renovating and

refurbishing the existing building blocks and structures

in a Phased manner. Phase-I was completed in the

Academic Building
previous year (2016-17).

IIT continued the work undertaken towards

improvement of the campus infrastructure this year

under Phase-II to meet its requirement. Pursuant to

this, the institute has in addition to the existing

infrastructure recently completed renovation and

repair of class rooms, Labs, hostels (7, 8 & 9), kitchen

and dining building, open areas of the Academic

Building, water tank, road network in the campus. At

the same time, an entirely renovated Board Room and

Director’s room were designed and refurbishment Renovated Hostels

works were completed. Using the drone, the campus

layout survey was carried out. The Deputy

Commissioner inaugurated some of the works that

were completed in Phase-II on 19th February 2018.

During the year, planning, design and estimate works

under Phase-III activities as approved by the BoG

through the concurrence of BWC were taken up to be

entrusted to State PWD. Some of the

photographs/snapshots are provided here displaying

the various completed activities this year.

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 120 Seater Class Room

Renovated Main Building

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 Renovated Hostel

Playground

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 Roads at Main Entrance

Roads at Hostel

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Infrastructure Development
Permanent Campus

The permanent campus is just across the National Highway located about 3.5 km

from the temporary campus. The site has an area of about 188 hectares (470.2

acres). IIT CAMPUS AREA about 470.2 acres (1895962.2811 sq. m) excludes forest

area of about 67 acres (272416.2625 sq. m). Drone was also employed to conduct

an aerial survey. This Aerial study provided Mapping Data (both contours and

Orthomosaic), photos of various spots, places locations including the forest zone,

boundaries, and detailed video covering the entire topology including the

surroundings adjoining the boundaries. The Orthomosaic data is with a resolution of

about 10cm/pixel and is georeferenced. This facilitated conduct not only the

Ecology Management studies but also the architects to design/landscape buildings

and even overlap drawing files since it has latitude and longitude details, and

elevation levels. Detailed contour survey and the Ecological Management Plan were

carried out during the year. Keeping in view the need for Development and Design

of New/Permanent Campus, steps were taken for the selection of the MPA/

Consultant through the process of EoI and issuance of RFP to the 26 empanelled

applicants. This required adherence and follow up of the required guidelines and

concurrence of the Building Works Committee (BWC) and approval of the Chairman,

of the Board of Governors (BoG) wherever necessary.

The duly constituted High Power Committee carried out the evaluation process of

the competitive applicants in two stages and selected the Master Plan Architect/

Consultant. Thus, the process that began in September 2017 was completed by end

of January 2018. The M/s Suresh Goel & Associates, New Delhi were duly appointed

Master Plan Architect/ Consultant in March 2018 following the due process. It is

envisaged that under Phase-1, these buildings will be completed in two steps,

namely Phase-1A and Phase-1B. Phase-1A of construction is being planned to be

ready in 2 years (2020) with all necessary buildings and utilities, so that these

portions will be occupied and operationalized quickly. Phase-1B of construction for

the remaining buildings should be ready in five-year period (2024) to make the

Phase-1 of campus fully operational. Construction of Compound wall work was

entrusted to Karnataka State PWD. The perimeter of the wall is about 7.4km that

proposes to have about 5 entry/exit gates. Some of the photographs show the

permanent campus layout and features.

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 Aerial View of IIT Dharwad (470.2 acres)

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 Aerial View of IIT Dharwad (470.2 acres)

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Summary of Institute
Accounts
Balance Sheet as on 31/03/2018
Schedule Amount in ₹
Current year Previous year
Sources of Funds
(2017-18) (2017-18)
Corpus/Capital Fund 1 62624319 103719211

Designated / Earmarked / Endowment Funds 2 925000 339000

Current Liabilities and Provisions 3 549615779 187127453

Total (A) 613165098 291185664

Application of Funds
Fixed Assets

Tangible Assets 4 56945128 26715018

Capital Works-in-Progress 4 3582764 1112188

Intangible Assests 4 2096427 214824

Investments from Earmarked / Endowment Funds 5 0 0

Current Assets 7 70302698 80245497

Loans, Advances and Deposits 8 480238081 182898137

Total (B) 613165098 291185664

Significant Accounting Policies 23

Contingent Liabilities and

24
Notes on Accounts

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Summary of Institute
Accounts
Income & Expenditure for the Year End 31/03/2018
Particulars Schedule Amount in ₹
Current year Previous year
Income
(2017-18) (2017-18)
Academic Receipts 9 28248836 14768735

Grants / Subsides (Irrevocable Grants Received) 10 125677181 95000000

Income from Investments 11 0 0

Interest Earned 12 0 0

Other Income 13 241559 0

Prior Period Income 14 0 0

Total (A) 154167576 109768735

Expenditure
Staff Payments and Benefits (Establishment Expenses) 15 50612662 15663780

Academic Expenses 16 10120621 2324155

Administrative and General Expenses 17 29983143 12460618

Transportation Expenses 18 4480263 1534789

Repairs and Maintenance 19 9546391 2095627

Finance Costs 20 8530 12585.48

Other Expenses 21 0 0

Depreciation 4 9807856 3757751

Total (B) 114559466 37849305

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Summary of Institute
Accounts
Income & Expenditure for the Year End 31/03/2018
Particulars Schedule Amount in ₹
Current year Previous year
(2017-18) (2017-18)
Balance being Excess of Income over 39608110 71919430

Expenditure (A-B)
Adjusted from Capital Fund (Depreciation) 9807856 3757751

Transfer to General Reserve 49415966 75677181

Transfer to/from Designated fund 0 0

Building Fund 0 0

Others (specify) 0 0

Balance being Surplus / (Deficit) Carried to 49415966 75677181

Corpus / Capital Fund

Significant Accounting Policies 23

Contingent Liabilities and Notes on Accounts 24 50612662 15663780

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Summary of Institute
Accounts
Receipts and Payments: 01/04/2017 to 31/03/2018
Receipts Amount in ₹ Payments Amount in ₹

I Opening Balance I Expenses

Academic Receipts 9 28248836 14768735

Grants / Subsides (Irrevocable Grants Received) 10 125677181 95000000

Income from Investments 11 0 0

Interest Earned 12 0 0

Other Income 13 241559 0

Prior Period Income 14 0 0

Total (A) 154167576 109768735

Expenditure
Staff Payments and Benefits (Establishment Expenses) 15 50612662 15663780

Academic Expenses 16 10120621 2324155

Administrative and General Expenses 17 29983143 12460618

Transportation Expenses 18 4480263 1534789

Repairs and Maintenance 19 9546391 2095627

Finance Costs 20 8530 12585.48

Other Expenses 21 0 0

Depreciation 4 9807856 3757751

Total (B) 114559466 37849305

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Summary of Institute
Accounts
Receipts and Payments: 01/04/2017 to 31/03/2018
Receipts Amount in ₹ Payments Amount in ₹
I Opening Balance I Expenses
a) Cash in hand 0.00 a) Establishment Expenses 49650542.00

b) Bank Balances b) Academic Expenses 9985229.00

I. In Current Account 80245496.52 c) Administrative Expenses 29873982.02

II. In Deposit Account 0.00 d) Transportation Expenses 4498256.00

III. In Saving Account 0.00 e) Repairs and Maintenance 7554318.00

f) Prior Period Expenses

II Grant Received II Payment against Earmarked

/ Endowment Funds 0.00
a) From Government of India 399900000.00

b) Grant in aid due in 2015-16

received in 2016-17 0.00

c) From State Government 0.00

d) From other sources 0.00

III Academic Receipts III Payment against

Sponsored Projects / 0.00
a) Fees from Students 42073170.00 Schemes
b) Other Receipts from Students 0.00

c) All India Entrance

Examination Receipts 0.00

IV Receipts against Earmarked IV Payment against

/ Endowment Fund Sponsored Fellowships and 0.00

Scholarship

V Receipts against Sponsored 0.00 V Investments and deposits

Projects / Schemes made
a) Out of Earmarked /

Endowment Fund 0.00

b) Out of Own Funds 0.00

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Summary of Institute
Accounts
Receipts and Payments: 01/04/2017 to 31/03/2018
Receipts Amount in ₹ Payments Amount in ₹
VI Receipts against VI Term deposits with
Sponsored Fellowships 0.00 Schedule Banks 0.00
and Scholarship
VII Income on Investment from VIII Other Payment including
Statutory Payments
a) On Bank Deposits 0.00 a) Other Adjustable Account

b) Loans, Advances etc. 0.00 11492890.00

c) Saving Bank accounts 0.00

d) Accrued Interest 0.00

IX Investment Encashed 0.00 IX Refund of Grants

X Term Deposits with Schedule 0.00 X Deposits and Advancesa)

Bank Encashed a) Advances Account 299760525.00

b) Refundable Deposits 74500.00

c) Recoverable Deposits 2618890.00

XI Other Income (Including Prior XI Other Payment

Period Income)
a) Continuing Education Programme 0.00 a) Grant from other organizations 0.00

b) Miscellaneous Receipts 0.00 b) Sundry Creditors 0.00

c) Guest House Receipts 81150.00 c) Loan - Inter Department 0.00

0.00 d) Surplus transfer to Endowment 0.00

XII Deposits and Advances V Closing Balances

a) Advances Account 731170.00 a) Cash in hand 0.00

b) Refundable Deposits 0.00 b) Bank Balances

c) Recoverable Deposits 29100.00 I. In Current Account 70302697.50

II. In Deposit Account 0.00

III. In Saving Account 0.00

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Summary of Institute
Accounts
Receipts and Payments: 01/04/2017 to 31/03/2018
Receipts Amount in ₹ Payments Amount in ₹
XIII Miscellaneous Receipts
Including Statutory Receipts
a) Other Adjustable Accounts 4795475.00

XIV Any Other Receipts

a) Grants from other Organisations 0.00

b) Sundry Debtors 0.00

Total 527855561.52 Total 527855561.52

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 Student Events
Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat
26th January 2018
Covered by All India Radio

Around 20 students participated in the programme

promoting the culture of Andhra Pradesh and Punjab.

Through a series of cultural interactions, they learnt

about each other’s unique heritage. The speeches

spotlighting both Andhra Pradesh and Punjab were

informative. Focusing on the specificity of Punjab’s

culture, there was a Bhangra performance by B. Tech

students.

List of Events

Informative speeches on both Andhra Pradesh and

Punjab.

A Bhangra acknowledging the rhythm of Punjab.

A vibrant dance performance based on the

culture of Andhra Pradesh

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 Student Events
Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat
17th March 2018
IIT Dharwad celebrated Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat

initiative through a series of performances on 17th

March 2018 dedicated to the following paired states:

Himachal Pradesh and Kerala

Uttarakhand and Karnataka

Covered by All India Radio

Students from these paired states planned a cultural

programme involving dance, song performances, and

speeches to celebrate the spirit of bonding in a

spirited manner. Around 20 students from 1st and 2nd

Year B. Tech Programme participated under the

guidance of the professors, help from the organizers,

and the collective effort of a number of students.

List of Events

A dance representing the cultural vibrancy of Kerala.

A song reflecting the rhythm of Kerala.

A dance representing the culture of Karnataka.

Discussion on places and cultural practices of

Uttarakhand

An inspirational speech on Himachal Pradesh

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Research Activities
Sponsored Projects
Title: Optimal Control of Pursuit Evasion, PI: Prof. Ameer K Mulla (EE), 2018-23,

Funding Agency: DST, Amount: ₹ 35 lakhs

Title: Investigations on Multiple Pool Fires: Experimental and Numerical Study,

PI: Prof. Sudheer S (ME), 2016-21, Funding Agency: DST, Amount: ₹ 35 lakhs

Awards
Prof. Nagesh Iyer received Brij Mohan Lal Memorial Prize. The Award/Prize is

given at the 32nd Indian Engineering Congress to be held at Hotel Le Royal

Meridian, Chennai on 21 December 2017.

MoUs
National Knowledge Network (NKN) India, 07 August 2017

Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) India, 28 August 2017

Publications
Hybrid Macrocycles of Subporphyrins and Triphyrins, Ankit Kumar, M. Rajeswara

Rao, Way-Zen Lee, and Mangalampalli Ravikanth, Organic Letters, 2017, 19(21),

pp: 5924-5927

α -Pyrrolyl dipyrrins as suitable ligands for coordination chemistry, Ritambhara

Sharma, M. Rajeswara Rao, Mangalampalli Ravikanth, Coordination Chemistry

Reviews, 2017, 348, pp: 92-100

Stable Core-Modified Doubly N-Fused Expanded Dibenziporphyrinoids, Sunit

Kumar, Malakalapalli Rajeswara Rao, and Mangalampalli Ravikanth, The

Journal of Organic Chemistry, 2018, 83(3), pp: 1584-1590

Unravelling the Long Non-Coding RNA Profile of Undifferentiated Large Cell

Lung Carcinoma, Sudhanshu Shukla, Non-Coding RNA, 2018, 4(1), pii: E4

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Invited Talks
Several invited talks were arranged for students to motivate them in various fields.

Details of the invited talks are as given below:

Date Name of the Speaker Title of the Talk

28-Aug-17 Prof. Roddam Narasiha Foundation day address

06-Oct-17 Prof. Sharad Sane Fibonacci Numbers and the Golden Ratio.

10-Oct-17 Prof. D. Narasimha Einstein's General Relativity

14-Oct-17 Prof. S.S. Rajput Retarding Potential Analyzer: Design, Testing and

Performance.

17-Oct-17 Mr. Druva Spiritial Quotient

21-Oct-17 Dr. Manjunatha Role of Agro-chemicals in Sustainable Agriculture

26-Oct-17 Prof. Patrick Flandrin Empirical Mode Decompositions: A Primer

30-Oct-17 Dr. Shrikant Joshi Phonetics

16-Nov-17 Dr. Shrikant Joshi Computational Linguistics

17-Nov-17 Dr. Priyankoo Sarmah Phonetic studies on languages and varieties.

17-Nov-17 Dr. Vinod Agrawal Design and development of Nano /Micro/ Small

satellites

22-Nov-17 Dr. Rudra Narayan Roy Modelling and direct numerical simulation of turbulent

reacting flows

12-Jan-18 Dr. Anirudha Dhananjay A Burning Rate Studies of Solid and Liquid Propellants

18-Jan-18 Dr. Shivshankar R. Mane Novel Polymeric Architectures for Biomedical

Applications

19-Jan-18 Dr. Upendra Kumar Pandey Organic Semiconductors in Electronics: From columnar

mesophases to Organic/Organic-inorganic hybrid

perovskite solar cells.

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Invited Talks
Date Name of the Speaker Title of the Talk
19-Jan-18 Mr. Bimal Sud Tears to Cheers!: Art and Science of Success

24-Jan-18 Dr. Raghu Murtugudde Opportunities for Science and Technology

Developments

24-Jan-18 Shivanand Kanavi Highlights of notable Ancient Indian achievements in:

Mathematics, Metallurgy, Medicine, Surgery,

Construction, Astronomy, Manufacture, Agriculture

25-Jan-18 Shivanand Kanavi Indian Contribution to Digital Technology

27-Jan-18 Dr. Harsh Shetty Workshop on Mental Health

29-Jan-18 Dr. Anup Aprem Cyber-physical-social systems: Applications in online

social media

01-Feb-18 Dr. HEA (Eddy) Campbell Innovation and Entrepreneurship

01-Feb-18 Dr. Sudipta Raha Roy Synthetic Chemist with Special Interest in Catalysis

02-Feb-18 Mrs. Mandakini Patil HCAL (Hadron Calorimeter) Upgrade and Technology

Interface opportunities

03-Feb-18 Mr. Varun Kaul Mindfulness in Everyday Life

08-Feb-18 Dr. Debashis Panda Fluorescence spectroscopy

09-Feb-18 Dr. Shashikant Pawar Axially homogeneous turbulent convection at high

Rayleigh numbers: scaling laws for flux and spectra

05-Mar-18 Prof. Hugo Leonardo Rufiner Challenges and opportunities in Brain Computer

Interfaces

05-Mar-18 Prof. Hugo Leonardo Rufiner Cooperative UAV-UGV Routing for Large-scale

Mapping with Refuelling Constraints

07-Mar-18 Prof. Sudhir Ghorpade The theory of partitions, an identity of Euler, and a

remarkable formula of Ramanujan

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Invited Talks
Date Name of the Speaker Title of the Talk
12-Mar-18 Dr. Anirudh Singh Material Science and Bioengineering

13-Mar-18 Dr. Barendra Kumar Bhoi Goods and Services Tax: Biggest Indirect Tax Reforms

in India

17-Mar-18 Dr. Mythily Ramaswamy Women in Science

17-Mar-18 Prof. Hiroya Fujisakidu Problems and prospects of spoken language

processing

21-Mar-18 Prof. Vaijayanthi Sarma Mediating the Medium: When language becomes an

impediment to learning

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