COURSE BROCHURE

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GLOBAL INITIATIVE OF ACADEMIC NETWORKS

International Summer Term Course – 2016

on
NANOTECHNOLOGY:
SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, FABRICATION AND
APPLICATIONS
(June 06-11, 2016)

Course Coordinators
Prof N C Kothiyal, Prof B S Kaith and Dr Sangeeta Garg

Organized by
Department of Chemistry
Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology
Jalandhar – 144 011 (Punjab) India
 NANOTECHNOLOGY: SYNTHESIS, CHARACTERIZATION, FABRICATION
AND APPLICATIONS
About GIAN

Union Cabinet has approved a programme titled Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) in
Higher Education aimed at tapping the talent pool of Scientists and Entrepreneurs Internationally to
encourage their engagement with the Institutes of Higher Education in India so as to augment the
country's existing academic resources, accelerate the pace of quality reforms, and elevate India's
Scientific and Technological capacity to global excellence. GIAN is envisaged to catalyse higher
Education Institutions in the country that will initially include all IITs, IIMs, Central Universities, IISc
Bangalore, IISERs, NITs and IIITs, also subsequently cover good State Universities where the spinoff is
vast. GIAN is an evolving scheme which will initially include participation of foreign faculty in Institutes as
Distinguished / Adjunct / Visiting faculty / Professors of Practice. They will be delivering their expertise in
Short or Semester-long Courses. In addition to Short/Long Term Courses other activities will also be
included in due course of time.

GIAN IS ENVISAGED TO ACHIEVE THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES:

1. To increase the footfalls of reputed International faculty in the Indian academic Institutes.

2. To provide opportunity to our faculty to learn, share knowledge and teaching skills in cutting edge areas.

3. To provide opportunity to our students to seek knowledge and experience from reputed International
faculty.

4. To create avenue for possible collaborative research with the International faculty.

5. To increase participation and presence of International students in the academic Institutes.

6. To provide opportunity for the students of different Institutes/Universities to interact and learn subjects in
niche areas through collaborative learning process.

7. To provide opportunity for the technical persons from Indian Industry to improve their understanding and
update their knowledge in relevant areas.

8. To motivate the best International experts in the world to work on problems related to India.

9. To develop high quality course material in niche areas, both through video and print media that can be
used by a larger body of students and teachers.

10. To document and develop new pedagogic methods in emerging topics of National and International
interest.

About NIT Jalandhar

Dr B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology was established in the year 1987 as Regional
Engineering College and was given the status of National Institute of Technology (Deemed University) by
the Government of India on October 17, 2002 under the aegis of Ministry of Human Resource
Development, New Delhi. Now the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India has
declared the Institute as “Institute of National Importance” under the act of Parliament-2007. A large
number of reputed Industrial houses in the country visit the Institute for the placement of final year
students of Engineering/ Management and Science Streams.
 As one of the National Institutes of Technology (NIT), the Institute has the responsibility of providing high
quality education in Engineering, Technology, Management and Sciences to produce competent
Technical and Scientific manpower for the country. The Institute offers B Tech, M Tech, M Sc, MBA
and Ph D programmes in the several disciplines of Engineering, Sciences and Humanities &
Management.

Vision

To build a rich intellectual potential embedded with interdisciplinary knowledge, human values and
professional ethics among the youth, aspirant of becoming Engineers and Technologists, so that they
contribute to society and create a niche for a successful career.

Mission

To become a leading and unique Institution of higher learning, offering State-of-the-Art Education,
Research and Training in Engineering and Technology to students who are able and eager to become
change agents for the industrial and economic progress of the Nation. To nurture and sustain an
academic ambience conducive to the development and growth of committed professionals for sustainable
development of the Nation and to accomplish its integration into the global economy.

Quality Policy

 To develop technical human resource of excellence suitable for global requirements.

 To ensure good quality academic and industrial research programmes in different areas of Engineering
and Technology.
 To generate Industry-Institute synergy for shaping Technical Education to meet the requirement
of industry.

About the Department

The Department of Chemistry NIT Jalandhar is one of the sixteen Departments of the Institute. The
coherent, cohesive and homely environment of the Department is attributed to the students, faculty and
staff with tremendous potential and opportunities to grow academically, emotionally and spiritually. The
Department started functioning in 1989 for teaching undergraduate (B.Tech) students. MSc and PhD
Programs were initiated in July 2006. Department is striving to emerge as a premier Centre of Chemistry
teaching and research of the country. Within a short span of ten years of commencement of post
graduate classes, the Department has achieved results which reflect upon the growth pattern of the
Department. The Department has also been selected as ‘DST-FIST' sponsored Department.

About the Programme

Nanotechnology is the latest frontier of all developments in Scientific sectors. It is a discipline that
responds to the demand for a Technology and gets transferred into desired products. Generally
nanotechnology deals with structures sized between 1-100 nanometer in at least one dimension and
involves developing materials or devices within that size range. Nanotechnology integrates Physics,
Chemistry and Biology alongwith applications in Engineering, Science and Technology to ensure know-
how of practical implementation at various levels.

Nanotechnology: Synthesis, Characterization, Fabrication and Applications, a National programme is

dedicated to the field of Nanotechnology. The programme will highlight and demonstrate the recent
advances in the field of Nanotechnology.
 The Nanotechnology training programme aims to give the participants a broad view of Nanotechnology
and its prospective so that teachers can give a comprehensive view of this technology to their students,
Scientists and Engineers working in the area. The programme will help in understanding the subject with
ease through simplified and logical presentation of contents. The contents will be delivered to participants
at a very appropriate and understandable level by reputed International and National faculty.

Further, the programme will provide better exposure to the participants about the synthesis of
nanoparticles and nanomaterials, structure-property relationships, characterization and their applications.
The aim of the programme is also to make the participants ready to take up independent research in the
advanced areas of nanotechnology and nanofabrication.

Objectives of the Programme

The programme aims at achieving the following objectives:

1. To understand what is Nanotechnology, its fundamentals, Nanomaterials and their applications in the
modern day Technology and life.

2. To understand the subject with ease by presenting the contents in a simplified and logical sequence at a
level appropriate for students/teachers/researchers.

3. To give exposure to the participants in different areas like method of synthesis of Nanomaterials,
structure-property relationships and their characterization using modern methods.

4. To highlight important concepts related to each topic covered under the course.

5. To prepare the participants to take up independent research in the area of Nanomaterials.

Course Coverage

 Introduction to Nanotechnology and broad applications in everyday life

 Strategies for the synthesis of Nanomaterials

 Templates based synthesis and spray pyrolysis

 Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes, functionalization and their applications

 Characterization Techniques for Nanomaterials

 Self-assembly and Lithography as Nano-Fabrication Techniques

 Core shell Nanostructures and their applications

 Nano-composites

 Polymer based advance Nanomaterials and their applications

 Bio-composites

 Industrial applications of Nanomaterials: Nanocatalysts, Dielectric, Magnetic

and Optical Nanomaterials

 Applications of Nanotechnology
 Fee Details

The participation fee for taking the course would be:

Fees
Students: Rs. 1000/-
Academic Institutions: Rs. 2000/-
Industry/Research: Rs. 2500/-
Participants from abroad: US $100/-

The above fee includes the instructional materials, internet facility

and snacks between the sessions. The accommodation will be
provided on payment basis subject to availability on request
otherwise participants will have to make their own stay
arrangement.

Eligibility
 Material Scientists
 Scientists with Physics, Chemistry and Biology backgrounds
 Faculty members and students from academic Institutions (Technical Institutes/Universities) and
Industry/Research organizations involved in production of new innovative products/materials

Reaching to NITJ
It is situated at a distance of 146 km from its capital Chandigarh and is at a distance of 350 Km from New
Delhi on Delhi-Amritsar National Highway. Nearest Airports in the vicinity are at Amritsar and
Chandigarh. The Shatabdi Express trains plying from New Delhi in the morning at 07.20 hrs and in the
evening at 16.30 hrs, are the best modes of travel to Jalandhar from Delhi. Train takes about 5 hours to
reach Jalandhar City.

Registration Process
Step 1: One Time Registration

Registration for GIAN courses is not free because of constraint in the maximum number of participants
allowed to register for a course. In order to register for any course under GIAN, candidate will have to get
registered one time first to GIAN Portal of IIT Kharagpur using the following steps:

1. Create login and password at http://www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in/GREGN/index

2. Login and complete the Registration Form.
3. Select Courses
4. Confirm your application and payment information.
5. Pay Rs. 500/- (non-refundable) through online payment gateway.
6. Download and print “pdf file” of your enrolment application form for your personal records and copy of
the same to be sent to the Course Coordinator.

Step 2: Institute Registration

1. Institute registration process is an offline process. Interested candidates are requested to download the
Registration Form (docx/pdf)

2. Course Fee (Non-refundable):

Students/Research Scholars: Rs. 1000/-
Faculty/Staff of Academic Institutions: Rs. 2,000/-
Industry/Research Personnel: Rs. 2,500/-
Participants from abroad: US $100/-
3. The Registration fee has to be paid via Demand Draft/ NEFT, in favour of “GIAN: Nanotechnology:
Synthesis, Characterization, Fabrication and Applications” payable at Jalandhar.
4. Scan copy of the filled in “Registration Form” along with scan copy of “Demand Draft/ Receipt of
NEFT” and Application Form generated in Step 1 must be sent via E-mail to the Course Coordinator of
the programme kothiyalnc@nitj.ac.in, on or before May 23, 2016.

5. Hard copy of the above mentioned documents must reach to the Programme Coordinator of the
programme on or before May 25, 2016 by 5 PM.

How to Apply
1. Registration Form should accompany demand draft(s) of respective registration fees (non-refundable)
and/or accommodation fees (non-refundable) as applicable, which should be drawn in favour of “GIAN:
Nanotechnology: Synthesis, Characterization, Fabrication and Applications” payable at Jalandhar.
Payment can also be done through National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) to the account of
“GIAN: Nanotechnology: Synthesis, Characterization, Fabrication and Applications” (Account No.
: 65249528626) State Bank of Patiala, IFSC Code : STBP0000841.

2. Scanned copy of duly filled up Registration Form, and the demand draft/NEFT must be E-mailed to the
coordinator: kothiyalnc@nitj.ac.in on or before May 23, 2016.

3. Hard copy of the Form and draft must also be sent by Speed post/Registered post to

Dr N C Kothiyal,
Professor and Course Coordinator GIAN,
Department of Chemistry,
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology,
Jalandhar-144 011, Punjab

on or before May 25, 2016 by 5 PM.

4. Selection will be made purely on First Come First Serve Basis and Eligibility (Subject to fulfilling of
the seats available).

5. Maximum fifty (50) participants will be accommodated in the course.

6. The Brochure and the Registration Form may be downloaded from the Institute website www.nitj.ac.in.

Important Information
1. The students will obtain academic credits for this course based on the evaluation and grading process.
The host Institute will only provide information on the grading system, subject syllabus and the academic
policy. The home/sponsoring University/Institute of the student will be mainly responsible for transferring
academic credits.

2. As per the host Institute and instruction from GIAN, the course consisting of 30 lectures is of TWO credits.
This credit can be included in the student’s marks for seminar/presentation/college tour or any other
suitable subject as per the participating Institute/ College rules and regulation.

3. Participants will be provided registration kit and course material covering the entire course.

4. After successful completion of the course, all participants will get participation certificates alongwith
grades and credits as per Institute norms.

5. No TA, DA will be provided to the participants.

6. Limited accommodation is available in the Institute campus which will be provided on First Come
and First Serve Basis on payment mode.
7. Additional Fees for accommodation (if required):

 Rs 500/day for Students (Including Food)

 Rs 800/day for Faculty (Guest House-Including Food)
 Rs 120/meal for Day Scholars

8. List of selected participants will be available on Institute website on May 28, 2016.

The Faculty

Prof Suprakas Sinha Ray

Chief Researcher and Director,
DST-CSIR National Centre for Nanostructured
Materials, CSIR, Pretoria, South Africa
(rsuprakas@csir.co.za)

Prof A. K. Ganguli
Director
Institute of Nanoscience & Technology (INST)
Mohali, Punjab
(ashokganguliiitd@gmail.com)

For more details contact the following persons:

Professor N C Kothiyal
Coordinator(NSCFA)
Professor of Chemistry
& Dean faculty
Department of Chemistry
Dr B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar
Email :- kothiyalnc@nitj.ac.in
Phone: +91 94172-74496
www.nitj.ac.in, www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in
 Professor B S Kaith
Coordinator (NSCFA)
Professor of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Dr B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar
Email :- bskaith@yahoo.co.in
Phone: +91 97806-84883
www.nitj.ac.in, www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in

Dr Sangeeta Garg
Associate Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Dr B R Ambedkar NIT Jalandhar
Email: gargs@nitj.ac.in
Phone : +91 98728-26903
www.nitj.ac.in, www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in

Web Links:-
www.nitj.ac.in
www.gian.iitkgp.ac.in

Organised by:-
Department of Chemistry
(DST-FIST sponsored Department)
Dr.B.R.Ambedkar National Institute of Technology
Jalandhar-144 011 (Punjab) India
EPABX:- 0181-2690301, 2690453, 3082000
151024B06 : Nanotechnology: Synthesis, Characterization, Fabrication and Applications
(6th June 2016 to 11th June 2016)

Department of Chemistry
Dr. B R Ambedkar National Institute of Technology
G T Road Bye Pass, Jalandhar-144011, Punjab (India)
[A Summer Term Course, as per the MHRD Scheme “Global Initiative on Academic Network (GIAN)”]

REGISTRATION FORM

Name (Block Letters): ..............................................................................................................................

M/F: ..............................
Designation/Professional Title: ..............................................................................................................

Organization: ...........................................................................................................................................

Address: ..................................................................................................................................................

...................................................................................................................................................................

Tel.: ........................................Mobile: ......................................E-mail: ..................................................

Application Id (Generated during One time registration at GIAN portal of IIT Kharagpur):

..……………………………………….……………………………………………….
Course Fee: Covers only course materials without boarding and lodging
Students/Research Scholars: Rs. 1000/-
Faculty/Staff of Academic Institutions: Rs. 2000/-
Industry/Research Personnel: Rs. 2500/-
Participants from abroad: US $100/-

*
Limited shared accommodation is available in Institute Guest House/Hostels on request against the
advance payment on first come and first serve basis.

Accommodation Required: Yes/ No

If accommodation required, then Additional Fees for required accommodation:

Rs 250/day for Students (Excluding Food Charges)*
Rs 500/day for Faculty (Guest House-Twin Sharing basis, Excluding Food Charges)*
*Food Charges on actual basis
*Limited accommodation is available on first come first serve basis

Payment may be made through:

1. Demand Draft: In favour of “GIAN: Nanotechnology: Synthesis, Characterization, Fabrication and Applications”
payable at Jalandhar.
DD /Cheque no: , Date: ,
Amount: ; Bank:
OR
2. National Electronic Funds Transfer (NEFT) to the account “GIAN: Nanotechnology: Synthesis, Characterization,
Fabrication and Applications” (Account No. 65249528626) Bank: State Bank of Patiala, IFSC Code: STBP0000841)

Date: ………………… Signature of Candidate

APPROVAL FROM AFFILIATED INSTITUTE OF CANDIDATE

The applicant will be permitted to attend the above Course, if selected.

Date: ………………… Signature and Seal of approving Authority