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Annual Report
2018 - 2019
Indian Institute of Technology

Kharagpur
September 2019
Contents
Subject Page No.
Organisation
Members, Council of Indian Institutes of Technology
Board of Governors
Finance Committee
Building and Works Committee
Administrative Heads
The Senate
Director's Report
Courses of Study
PART–I
Departments, Centres and Schools
Academic Programmes
Departments (19)
Aerospace Engineering
Agricultural and Food Engineering
Architecture and Regional Planning
Biotechnology
Chemical Engineering
Chemistry
Civil Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering
Geology and Geophysics
Humanities and Social Sciences
Industrial & Systems Engineering
Mathematics
Mechanical Engineering
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Mining Engineering
Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture
Physics
Centers (12)
Advanced Technology Development Centre
P K Sinha Centre for Bio-Energy
Centre for Computational and Data Sciences
Centre for Educational Technology
Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences
Center for Re-Water Research
Centre for Theoretical Studies
Cryogenic Engineering Centre
Materials Science Centre
Rubber Technology Centre
Rural Development Centre
Steel Technology Centre
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Schools (12)
G. S. Sanyal School of Telecommunications
Rajendra Mishra School of Engineering Entrepreneurship
Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law
Ranbir & Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management
School of Biosciences
School of Energy Science and Engineering
School of Environmental Science and Engineering
School of Medical Science & Technology
School of Nano Science and Technology
School of Water Resources
Subir Chowdhury School of Quality and Reliability
Vinod Gupta School of Management
Centers of Excellence (5)

Centre of Excellence in Artificial Intelligence
Centre of Excellence in Robotics
Deysarkar Centre of Excellence in Petroleum Engineering
DHI Centre of Excellence on Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Science of Happiness
PART–II
Centralised Services, Programmes and Units (19)
Alumni Affairs & Intitutional Development
B.C.Roy Technology Hospital
Career Development Centre
Central Library
Central Research Facility
Computer and Informatics Centre
Central Workshop & Instruments Service Section
Continuing Education Centre
Estate Civil, Construction & Maintenance Section
Estate (Electrical & Mechanical) Works Section
Extra Academic Activities (NSO, NCC, NSS)
Institute Information Cell
Kalpana Chawla Space Technology Cell
Rajbhasha Vibhag
Science & Technology Entrepreneurs’ Park
Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy
Technology Students Gymkhana
Technology Telecom Centre
Water Works Section
PART– III
Statistical Information
Table A-1: Admission to Undergraduate Courses
Table A-2: Admission to 2-Year M.Sc. Courses
Table A-3: Students Awarded M.C.M. Scholarship
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Table A-4: Students Awarded only Free Tuitionship
Table A-5: Students (SC & ST) Awarded Financial Assistance
Table A-6: Endowment Prizes - (Under Graduate)
Table A-7: Students Awarded Scholarships by External Agencies
Table A-8: Students from Foreign Countries on Roll – Undergraduate
Table A-9: Statement of Results (Undergraduate)
Table A-10: Students on Roll (Department wise) – Undergraduate
Table B-1: Admission to Postgraduate Courses
Table B-2: Postgraduate Students on Roll
Table B-3: Statement of Results of Postgraduate Examination
Table C-1: Number of Research Scholars Enrolled
Table C-2: Number of MS Students Enrolled
Table C-2a: Number of PDF
Table C-4: Number of Research Scholars on roll
Financial Information
PART – IV
Detailed reports of Departments, Centers, Schools, Sections and Units
(on attached CD)

Members of the Council of
Indian Institutes of Technology
(Till date)
Sl. No. Name and Designation
1. Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal (from 31.05.2019)
Shri Prakash Javadekar, (Chairperson, IIT Council)
Minister for Human Resource Development
2. Shri Dhotre Sanjay Shamrao, Minister of State for Higher Education
3. Shri. R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary, Department of Higher Education
Chairperson, BOG of six new IITs at Tirupati, Jammu, Goa, Dharwad,
Bhilai-Durg and Palakkad
4. Shri. Dilip Shanghvi, Board of Governors, IIT Bombay
5. Shri R.C. Bhargava, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Kanpur
6. Dr. Pawan Goenka, Chairperson, BoG, IIT Madras
7. Dr. Sanjib Goenka, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Kharagpur
8. Prof. Ashok Misra, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Roorkee
9. Prof. D.D. Mishra, Chairperson, Board of Governors, I.I.T.(ISM) Dhanbad
10. Shri Ajai Chowdhry, Chairperson, BOG IIT Patna
11. Mrs. Lila Poonawalla, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Ropar
12. Shri. Subodh Bhargava, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Mandi
13. Dr. B.V.R. Mohan Reddy, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Hyderabad
14. Prof. Devang V. Khakhar, Director, IIT Bombay
15. Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao, Director, IIT Delhi
16. Prof. Partha P. Chakrabarti, Director, IIT Kharagpur
Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya, Director (Officiating Present)
17. Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director, IIT Madras
18. Prof. Gautam Biswas, Director, IIT Guwahati
19. Prof. Ajit Kumar Chaturvedi, Director, IIT, Roorkee
20. Prof. C.V.R. Murty, Director, IIT Jodhpur
21. Prof. Pushpak Bhattyacharya, Director IIT Patna
22. Prof. Sudhir K. Jain, Director, IIT Gandhinagar
23. Prof. U.B. Desai, Director, IIT Hyderabad
24. Prof. Sarit Kumar Das, Director, IIT Ropar
25. Prof. R.V. Rajakumar, Director, IIT Bhubaneswar
26. Prof. Timothy A. Gonsalves, Director, IIT Mandi
27. Prof. Pradeep Mathur, Director, IIT Indore
28. Prof Rajiv Shekhar, Director, IIT(ISM) Dhanbad
29. Prof. K.N. Satyanarayana, Director, IIT, Tirupati, Tirupati(AP)
30. Prof. P.B. Sunil Kumar, Director, IIT, Palakkad, Palakkad(Kerala)
31. Prof. B.K. Mishra, Director, IIT, Goa
32. Prof. Rajat Moona, Director, IIT Bhilai-Durg

33. Prof. Seshu Pasumarhy, Director, IIT Dharwad (Karanataka)
34. Prof. Anil D. Shahsrabudhe, Chairperson, AICTE.
35. Dr. (Mrs.) Tessy Thomas, Director, ASL, Hyderabad.
36. Prof. Vijayalakshmi Ravaindranathm, IISc Bangalore
37. Prof. Vikram M. Gadre, Deptt. Of Elect. Engg., IIT Bombay
38. Secretary, Department of Information Technology
39. Prof. Anurag Kumar, Director, IISc Bangalore
40. Dr. S.S. Sandhu, AS (TE), MHRD
41. Ms. Darshana M. Dabral, JS&FA, MHRD
42. Dr. Sandeep Chaterjee, Registrar, IIT Delhi
43. Shri. Prashant Agarwal, Director (IITs), MHRD, New Delhi
44. Shri Kundan Nath, Under Secretary (IITs), MHRD
45. Shri V.K. Wadhwa, Project Officer, Secretariat of Council of IITs
46. Shri Mohit Gupta, A.S.O. MHRD
47. Shri Arun Karan, A.S.O. MHRD
48. Mrs. Henna Kumar, A.S.O. MHRD
49. Shri Abhinav Pandey, A.S.O. MHRD
New Members of the Council

1. Dr. R. Chidambaran, Chairperson, BOG IIT Jodhpur
2. Shri. R. Subrahmanyam, Secretary (HE), MHRD
3. Prof. Rajiv Shekhar, Director, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
4. Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Director, IIT Kanpur
5. Prof. Manoj Singh Gour, Director, IIT Jammu
6. Prof. Vikram M. Gadre, Deptt. Of Elect. Engg., IIT Bombay
Dr. G. Satheesh Reddy, Director General, DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Director, IIT
7. Dharwad
8. Prof. H.C. Verma, Retired Professor, Deptt. Of Physics, IIT Kanpur
9. Prof. Pramod Kumar Jain, Director, IIT (BHU) Varanasi
Outgoing Members of the Council

1. Prof. Ashok Misra, Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Roorkee
2. Sh. K.K. Sharma, Secretary(HE), MHRD
3. Prof. D.C. Panigrahi, Director, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad
4. Prof. Indranil Manna, Director, IIT Kanpur
5. Prof. Ashok Jhunjhunwala, Deptt. of Elect. Engg., IIT Madras
6. Prof. R.C. Bhudhani, Director, NPL
7. Dr. S.K. Joshi, Ex-DG, CSIR
8. Dr. Srikumar Banerji, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Kharagpur
9. Prof. Girish Chandra Tripathi, Chairperson, BOG IIT (BHU) Varanasi

Board of Governors, IIT Kharagpur
(From 1st April, 2018 to 31st March, 2019)
Sl. No Name & Address Position
1. Shri Sanjiv Goenka Chairman

Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group,CESC House,
1, Chowringhee Square, Kolkata – 700001
2. Smt. Arundhati Bhattacharya Member

Former Chairperson, State Bank of India
Corporate Centre, 6th Floor, State Bank Bhavan,
Madame Came Road, Mumbai-400021
3. Dr. (Smt.) Sudha N. Murty Member

Chairperson, Infosys Foundation, III Floor,
Infosys Tower, 27, Bannerghatta Road
Bangalore-560076
4. Prof.(Dr.) Jai Pal Mittal Member

M.N. Saha Distinguished Professor(NASI)
11-B, Rohini Coop. Housing Society
Vashi, Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra-400703
5. Prof. N. Balakrishnan Member

Supercomputer Education and
Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560012
6. Prof. Partha P. Chakrabarti Member

Director
IIT Kharagpur
Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya Member

Director (Officiating Present)
IIT Kharagpur
7. Prof. Sunando Dasgupta Member

Dept. of Chemical Engineering
IIT Kharagpur.
8. Prof. Sudeshna Sarkar Member

Dept. of Computer Science & Engineering
IIT Kharagpur
9. Prof. B N Singh Secretary

Registrar (Officiating)
IIT Kharagpur

Constitution of Building & Works Committee, IIT Kharagpur
Sl No Name and Address Position
1 Prof. Partha P. Chakrabarti Chairman

Director
IIT Kharagpur
Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya Chairman
IIT Kharagpur
2 Superintending Engineer & Circle Manager Member
Midnapore Distribution Circle
West Bengal State Electricity Distribution Co. Ltd.
(WBSEDCL)
190, S. K.Bose Road
Paschim Medinipur, PIN - 721101
3 Superintending Engineer Member

South Western Circle
Public Works Department (PWD)
Saheed Mangal Pandey Sarani
Paschim Medinipur, PIN- 721101
4 Head Member
Department of Civil Engineering
IIT Kharagpur.
5 Head Member
Department of Electrical Engineering
IIT Kharagpur.
6 Head Member
Department of Architecture & Regional Planning
IIT Kharagpur.
7 Prof. B N Singh Secretary

IIT Kharagpur

Constitution of Finance Committee, IIT Kharagpur
Sl No Name and Address Position
1 Shri Sanjiv Goenka Chairman

Chairman, RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group
CESC House, 1, Chowringhee Square
Kolkata – 700001
2 Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser Member

Government of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Department of Higher Education
Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi -110001
3 Director(IITs) Member
Govt. of India
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Department of Higher Education
Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi -110001
4 Prof. N. Balakrishnan Member

Supercomputer Education and
Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science
Bangalore - 560012
5 Prof. Partha P. Chakrabarti Member

Director, IIT Kharagpur
Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya Member

IIT Kharagpur
6 Prof. B N Singh Secretary

IIT Kharagpur

Administrative Heads
Director Prof. Partha Pratim Chakrabarti, CSE

Director (Officiating Present) Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya, CE
Deputy Director Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya, CE
Deans
Alumni Affairs Prof Subrata Chattopadhyay (A&RP)
Continuing Education Prof. Adrijit Goswami, Maths
Faculty Prof. Subhasish Tripathy, GG
Human Resource Prof. B. N. Singh, Aero
International Relations Prof. Baidurya Bhattacharya, CE
Planning & Coordination Prof. Manoj Kumar Tiwari, ISE
Postgraduate Studies & Research Prof. Prasanta Kumar Das, ME
Students’ Affair Prof. Somesh Kumar, Maths
Sponsored Research & Industrial Prof. Pallab Dasgupta, CSE
Consultancy
Undergraduate Studies Prof. Sudhir Kumar Barai, CE
VGSOM Prof. Prabina Rajib
RGSOIPL Dr. Padmavati Manchikanti
Associate Dean (AA) Prof. Surjya Kanta Pal, ME From 22.10.2018
Associate Dean (CE) Prof. Swagata Dasgupta, Chem
Associate Dean (IR) Dr. Anandaroop Bhattacharya, ME From 01.07.2018
Associate Dean, SRIC Prof. Suman Chakraborty, ME
Associate Dean, SRIC Prof. Gour Gopal Roy, MT
Heads of the Departments

Aerospace Engineering Prof. Dipak Kumar Maiti
Agricultural & Food Engineering Prof. Nirupama Mallick
Architecture & Regional Planning Prof. Joy Sen
Biotechnology Prof. Sudip Kumar Ghosh Upto 31.12.2018

Prof. Ramkrishna Sen From 01.01.2019
Chemical Engineering Prof. Gargi Das
Chemistry Prof. Manish Bhattacharjee
Civil Engineering Prof. Kusam Sudhakar Reddy Upto 31.12.2018

Prof. Nirjhar Dhang From 01.01.2019
Computer Science & Engineering Prof. Sudeshna Sarkar
Electrical Engineering Prof. Pranab Kumar Dutta
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Electronics & Electrical Prof. Prabir Kumar Biswas
Communication Engineering
Geology & Geophysics Prof. Anindya Sarkar Upto 31.12.2018
Prof. Saibal Gupta From 01.08.2019
Humanities & Social Sciences Prof. Priyadarshi Patnaik
Industrial & Systems Engineering Prof. Jhareswar Maiti Upto 31.12.2018
Prof. Sarada Prasad Sarmah From 01.08.2019
Mathematics Prof. Mahendra Prasad Biswal
Mechanical Engineering Prof. Sukanta Kumar Dash
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Prof. Rahul Mitra
Mining Engineering Prof. Debasis Deb
Ocean Engineering & Naval Prof. Prasad K. Bhaskaran

Architecture
Physics Prof. Krishna Kumar
Heads of Centres
Advanced Technology Development Prof. Sunando DasGupta
Centre
Centre for Computational and Data Prof. Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay, Chem
Sciences
Centre for Artificial Intelligence Prof. Sudeshna Sarkar,CSE From 19.04.2018
Centre for Educational Technology Prof. Swagata Dasgupta, CET Upto 31.07.2018
Prof. Rajib Mall, CSE From 01.08.2018
Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Prof. Arun Chakraborty Upto 05.08.2018
Atmosphere & Land Sciences Prof. Anil Kumar Gupta, G&G From 06.08.2018
Centre for Theoretical Studies Prof. Somnath Bharadwaj, Phy
Centre for Re-Water Research Prof. M M Ghangrekar, Civil
Cryogenic Engineering Prof. Parthasarathi Ghosh
Material Science Centre Prof. Pallab Banerji
Rubber Technology Centre Prof. Nikhil Kumar Singha
Rural Development Centre Prof. Nirupama Mallick, AgFE
Steel Technology Centre Prof. Surjya Kanta Pal, ME
Heads of Schools
G. S. Sanyal School of Prof. Saswat Chakrabarti
Telecommunication
Rajendra Mishra School of Prof. Partha Pratim Das, CSE
Engineering Entrepreneurship
Ranbir & Chitra Gupta School of Prof. Bhargab Maitra, CE
Infrastructure Design & Management
School of Bioscience Prof. Amit Kumar Das, BT

School of Energy Science & Engg. Prof. Suneel Kumar Srivastava
School of Environment Science and Prof. Makarand Madhao Ghangrekar, CE
Engineering
School of Medical Science & Prof. Suman Chakraborty
Technology
School of Nano-Science and Prof. Rahul Mitra, Met & Mat
Technology
School of Water Resources Prof. A K Gupta, Civil Engg
Subir Chowdhury School of Quality Prof. V. N. Achutha Naikan Upto 30.11.2018
and Reliability Prof. Sanjay Kumar Chaturvedi From 01.12.2018
Heads of Centre of Excellence

Centre for Robotics, PIC Prof. Dilip Kumar Pratihar, ME From 08.08.2018
DHI Centre of Excellence on Prof. Surjya Kanta Pal, ME
Advanced Manufacturing Technology
P. K. Sinha Centre for Bio Energy Prof. M M Ghangrekar, Civil
Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the Prof. Priyadarshi Patnaik, HSS
Science of Happiness
Heads of Sections
Computer & Informatics Centre Prof. Arobinda Gupta Upto 31.12.2018
Prof. Shamik Sural(CSE) From 01.01.2019
Institute Information Cell Prof. Ghosh, CSE
Asso. Head, IIC Dr. Pralay Mitra, CSE
Administrative Computer Service Prof. Adrijit Goswami, Maths
Support Centre (ACSSC)
Chairman, Vice-Chairman
Civil Construction & Maintenance Prof. Debasis Roy, CE
CCM, Vice-Chairman Dr. Nilanjan Mitra, CE
Dr. Haimanti Banerji, ARP
Hall Management Centre Prof. Surjya Kanta Pal, ME Upto 13.09.2018
Prof. Partha Saha (ME) From 14.09.2018
Career Development Centre Prof. G.P.Raja Sekhar

Prof. P A Deshpande, ChE
CDC, Vice-Chairman Prof. Uday Shankar, RGSoIPL From 01.01.2018
Prof. Mamata Jenamani, ISE
Central Library Prof. Suneel Kumar Srivastava
GATE – JAM Prof. Ramkrishna Sen Upto 26.05.2018
Prof. Manjunatha Mahadevappa, SMST Prof. From 27.05.2018
GATE – JAM, Vice-Chairman Madan Kumar Jha, AgFE
Prof. Prasanta Kumar Datta
JEE Prof. Pallab Banerjee, MSC Upto 25.08.2018
JEE, Vice-Chairman Dr. Rabibrata Mukherjee, ChE From 26.08.2018
Dr. Mihir Kumar Dash, CORAL

Enterprise Resource Planning Prof. Adrijit Goswami, Math
ERP, Vice-Chairman Prof. Shamik Sural, CSE
Prof. Soumya Kanti Ghosh, CSE
Central Research Facility, Mat. Sc. Prof. Jyotsna Dutta Majumder
Central Research Facility, Life Sc. Prof. Amit Kumar Das, BT
Central Workshop & Instruments Prof. Asimava Roy Choudhury, ME
Service (CWISS)
Rajbhasha Vibhag Prof. Venkappayya R Desai, CE
Nehru Museum of Science & Prof. Dhrubajyoti Sen, CE
Technology
Kalpana Chawla Space Technology Prof. Dipanwita Roy Chowdhury, CSE Upto 31.12.2018
Cell (KCSTC) Prof. Santanu Chattopadhyay, E&ECE From 01.01.2019
House Allotment Committee (HAC) Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta, CE
Commercial Establishments & Prof. Madan Kumar Jha, AgFE
Licencing Committee (CELC)
Campus Schools Advisory (CSA) Prof. Somnath Sen, ARP
Committee
Campus Green Cover (CGC) Prof. Bhabani Sankar Das, AgFE
Computer Purchase and Network Prof. Arobinda Gupta, CSE
Maintenance Committee
Vice-Chairman, Technology Aquatic Dr. Alok Kanti Deb, EE
Society (TAS)
Vice-chairman, Technology Film Dr. Amreesh Chandra, Phy
Society (TFS)
Treasurer, TFS Dr. A K Goswami, RCGSIDM
President, Technology Students’ Prof. William Kumar Mohanty, GG
Gymkhana (TSG)
Treasurer, TSG Prof. Kingshook Bhattacharyya, ME
Principal Medical Officer (Acting) Dr. Samir Dasgupta, SMO From 12.10.2018
Chief Vigilance Officer Prof. Sujoy Ghose, CSE Upto 23.06.2018
Prof.Biswajit Mahanty, ISE From 24.06.2018
Managing Director, STEP Prof. Satyahari Dey, Biotechnology
Professors-in-Charge
Chief Engineer, Electrical Works Mr. Vivek Prakash Srivastava
Refrigeration & AC Unit Prof. M. Ramgopal, ME Upto 31.07.2018

Dr. Parthasarathi Ghosh, Cryo From 01.08.2018
Horticulture Prof. Bhabani Sankar Das, AgFE
Water Works & Sanitation Prof. Chandranath Chatterjee, AgFE
Institute Guest Houses Prof. B. C. Meikap, ChE
Technology Telecom Centre Prof. Raja Datta, E&ECE
Time Table Prof. Jyotsna Dutta Majumdar, MT
Audio Visual Cell Prof. Asimava Roy Choudhury, ME

Examinations Prof. Dilip Kumar Baidya, CE
Advanced VLSI Laboratory Prof. T.K.Bhattacharyya, E&ECE
IPR & IR Prof. C Retna Raj , Chemistry
IIT Kharagpur Kolkata Campus Prof. B C Meikap, ChE
IIT Kharagpur Bhubaneswar Ext. Prof. Subhasish Tripathy, GG
ALPGE Prof. Sudip Kumar Ghosh, BT
Incubation & Entrepreneurship Prof. Satyahari Dey, BT
B.C.Roy Technology Hospital Prof. Rajib Mall, CSE
Centre for Railway Research, CRR Prof. Subhransu Roy, ME
Outsourced Manpower Prof. Santanu Kumar Bhowmik, GG
Counseling Centre Prof. Sangeeta Das Bhattacharya, SMST Upto 11.08.2018
Prof. Siddhartha Sen, EE From 12.08.2018
Transport & Automobile Section Prof. Arun Kumar Majumder, MI Upto 25.05.2018
Dr. Mihir Sarangi, ME From 26.05.2018
Rajarhat Research Park Prof. Partha Pratim Das, CSE
HR Training & Development Prof. Trilochan Sahoo, Naval
Miscellaneous Assignment
Faculty Coordinator, International Dr. Sanjay Gupta, ME
Relations
NSS Programme Coordinator Dr. Arghya Deb, Civil Engg
Programme Coordinator, NSO (Health Dr. Shivakiran B N Bhaktha, Phy
& Fitness)
Programme Coordinator, NCC Dr. Kamal Lochan Panigrahi, Phy
Institute’s Representative at the Indian Prof.Om Prakash Sha, Naval
Member Council
Coordinator for Rural Technology Prof. P B S Bhadoria, AgFE
Action Group (RuTAG) Cell
Public Information Officer (PIO) Shri Achintya Kumar Mandal, Deputy
Registrar (S&P)
Assistant Public Information Officer Shri A K Naskar, DR (Acad)
(APIO) Shri P C Das, DR (E)
Shri B Bhattacharyya, DR (F&A)
Shri S K Biswas, DR (SRIC)

List of Senate Members
th th
The 328 Meeting of the Senate held on 14 March 2019 at 3.30 P.M. in the Senate Hall
Section 14(A) - Director Agricultural & Food Engineering

Prof. Partha P. Chakrabarti Prof. Rajendra Singh
Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya (Officiating) Prof. Virendra K. Tewari
Section 14(B) Deputy Director Prof. Kamlesh Narayan Tiwari
Prof. Sriman Kumar Bhattacharyya Prof. R.K. Panda (On Lien)
Section 14(C) Professors of the Institute Prof. Rintu Banerjee
Aerospace Engineering Prof. P.B.S. Bhadoria
Prof. Kalyan P. Sinhamahapatra Prof. Ashis K. Datta
Prof. Bhrigu Nath Singh Prof. Hari Niwas Mishra
Prof. Dipak Kumar Maiti Prof. N. S. Raghuwanshi (On Lien)
Prof. Manoranjan Sinha Prof. S. N. Panda (On Lien)
Architecture & Regional Planning Prof. Tridib K. Goswami
Prof. Uttam K. Banerjee Prof. Nirupama Mallick
Prof. Jaydip Barman Prof. Madan Kumar Jha
Prof. Subrata Chattopadhyay Prof. Hifjur Raheman
Prof. Joy Sen Prof. Snehasish Dutta Gupta
Prof. Sanghamitra Basu Prof. Adinpunya Mitra
Biotechnology Prof. Chandranath Chatterjee
Prof. D. Das Prof. Bhabani Sankar Das
Prof. Satyahari Dey Prof. E. V. Thomas
Prof. Ananta K. Ghosh Prof. P. Srinivasa Rao
Prof. Amit K. Das Prof. Dillip Kumar Swain
Prof. Tapas K. Maiti Prof. Ashok Mishra
Prof. Sudip Kumar Ghosh Bioscience
Prof. Ramkrishna Sen Prof. Nihar Ranjan Jana
Prof. Pinaki Sar Centre for Ocean, Rivers, Atmosphere & Land
Prof. Anindya Sundar Ghosh Prof. P. C. Pandey
Prof. Mrinal Kumar Maiti Prof. Arun Chakraborty
Chemical Engineering Chemistry
Prof. A.N. Samanta Prof. Pratim K. Chattaraj
Prof. Sunando Dasgupta Prof. Tanmaya Pathak
Prof. N. C. Pradhan Prof. Amit Basak
Prof. Sirshendu De Prof. Debashis Ray
Prof. Gargi Das Prof. M. Bhattacharjee
Prof. Sudarsan Neogi Prof. S. K. Srivastava
Prof. Jayanta Kumar Basu Prof. Nilmoni Sarkar
Prof. Goutam Kundu Prof. Swagata Dasgupta
Prof. B.C. Meikap Prof. Srabani Taraphder
Prof. Swati Neogi Prof. Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay
Prof. Sudipto Chakraborty Prof. Joykrishna Dey
Prof. Rabibrata Mukherjee Prof. Kumar Biradha
Civil Engineering Prof. C. R. Raj
Prof. Dhrubajyoti Sen Prof. N. D. Pradeep Singh
Prof. Sriman K. Bhattacharyya (Officiating Dir.) Prof. Samik Nanda
Prof. K.S. Reddy Computer Science & Engineering
Prof. L.S. Ramachandra Prof. Sujoy Ghose
Prof. Subhasish Dey Prof. Partha P. Chakrabarti (Director)

Prof. Dilip K. Baidya Prof. Anupam Basu (On Lien)
Prof. Nirjhar Dhang Prof. Indranil Sengupta
Prof. S. K. V. Barai Prof. Jayanta Mukhopadhyay
Prof. V. R. Desai Prof. Indranil Sengupta
Prof. Ashok Kumar Gupta Prof. Sudebkumar Prasant Pal
Prof. M. M. Ghangrekar Prof. Rajib Mall
Prof. Baidurya Bhattacharya Prof. Dipanwita Roy Chowdhury
Prof. Damodar Maity Prof. Pallab Dasgupta
Prof. Debasis Roy Prof. Sudeshna Sarkar
Prof. Bhargab Maitra Prof. Chittaranjan Mandal
Prof. Aniruddha Sengupta Prof. Arobinda Gupta
Prof. Anjali Pal Prof. Partha Pratim Das
Prof. M. Amarnatha Reddy Prof. Niloy Ganguly
Prof. Arghya Deb Prof. Shamik Sural
Prof. Sujit Kumar Dash Prof. Soumya Kanti Ghosh
Cryogenic Engineering Prof. K. Sreenivasa Rao
Prof. Parthasarathi Ghosh Prof. Sudip Misra
Prof. V. Rao Vutukuru Prof. Partha Bhowmick
Prof. Kanchan Chowdhury Prof. Pabitra Mitra
Electrical Engineering Prof. Debdeep Mukhopadhyay
Prof. S.K. Das Prof. Abhijit Das
Prof. Amit Patra Electronics & Electrical Comm. Engineering
Prof. N.K. Kishore Prof. R V R Kumar (On Lien)
Prof. Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay Prof. Prabir K. Biswas
Prof. Siddhartha Sen Prof. Mrityunjoy Chakraborty
Prof. Pranab K. Dutta Prof. Sant Sharan Pathak
Prof. B.M. Mohan Prof. D. Biswas (Long Absent)
Prof. Debapriya Das Prof. Santanu Chattopadhyay
Prof. Tapas K. Bhattacharya Prof. Tarun Kanti Bhattacharyya
Prof. Chandan Chakraborty Prof. Goutam Saha
Prof. Ashok Kumar Pradhan Prof. Anindya Sundar Dhar
Prof. Debaprasad Kastha Prof. Raja Datta
Prof. Aurobinda Routray Prof. Indrajit Chakrabarti
Geology & Geophysics Prof. Sudipta Mukhopadhyay
Prof. Sankar K. Nath Prof. Pradip Mandal
Prof. Biswajit Mishra Prof. Amitabha Bhattacharya
Prof. Anil K. Gupta Prof. Bratin Ghosh
Prof. Debashish Sengupta G S Sanyal School of Telecommonucations
Prof. Abhijit Bhattacharya Prof. Saswat Chakraborti
Prof. Subhasish Tripathy Humanities & Social Sciences
Prof. Anindya Sarkar Prof. Damodar Suar
Prof. Subhasish Das Prof. Anjali Gera Roy
Prof. Mruganka K. Panigrahi Prof. K.B.L. Srivastava
Prof. Santanu K. Bhowmik Prof. Suhita Chopra Chatterjee
Prof. Saibal Gupta Prof. Vijai Nath Giri
Prof. Shashi Prakash Sharma Prof. Chhanda Chakraborti
Prof. Manish A Mamtani Prof. Priyadarshi Patnaik
Prof. William K. Mohanty Prof. Narayan Chandra Nayak
Prof. Ravikant Vadlamani Prof. Manas K Mandal
Prof. Arindam Basu Prof. Kishor Goswami

Prof. Paresh Nath Singha Roy Prof. Bhagirath Behera
Industrial & Systems Engineering Prof. Jitendra Mahakud
Prof. Biswajit Mahanty Prof. Pulak Mishra
Prof. Pradip K. Ray Materials Science
Prof. Manoj K. Tiwari Prof. Pallab Banerjee
Prof. Jhareswar Maiti Prof. Chako Jacob
Prof. Sarada Prasad Sarmah Prof. Susanta Banerjee
Prof. Mamata Jenamani Prof. Subhasish Basu Majumder
Mathematics Prof. Bhanu Bhusan Khatua
Prof. Umesh Chandra Gupta Mechanical Engineering
Prof. Mahendra Prasad Biswal Prof. Biswajit Maiti
Prof. Somnath Bhattacharyya Prof. S Bhattacharya (On Lien)
Prof. Adrijit Goswami Prof. Ranjan Bhattacharyya
Prof. Somesh Kumar Prof. Sukanta K. Dash
Prof. Rajni Kant Pandey Prof. Prasanta K. Das
Prof. G. P. Raja Sekhar Prof. Amiya Ranjan Mohanty
Prof. P.V.S.N. Murthy Prof. Sati Nath Bhattacharyya
Prof. Pratima Panigrahi Prof. Soumitra Paul
Prof. Chandal Nahak Prof. Manas Chandra Ray
Prof. Debjani Chakraborty Prof. A. K. Nath
Prof. Geetanjali Panda Prof. Subhransu Roy
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Prof. Dilip K. Pratihar
Prof. N. Chakraborti Prof. Suman Chakraborty
Prof. Indranil Manna Prof. Anirvan Dasgupta
Prof. Siddhartha Das Prof. Abhijit Guha
Prof. Karabi Das Prof. Maddali Ramgopal
Prof. Gour Gopal Roy Prof. Ashimava Roy Choudhury
Prof. Rahul Mitra Prof. Manab Kumar Das
Prof. P.K. Sen Prof. Surjya Kanta Pal
Prof. Jyotsna Dutta Majumdar Prof. Arun Kumar Samantaray
Prof. Shiv Brat Singh Prof. Kumar Siva Cheruvu
Prof. Sudipto Ghosh Prof. Sanjay Gupta
Prof. Tarun Kumar Kundu Prof. Sandipan Ghosh Moulic
Prof. Shampa Aich Prof. Partha Pratim Bandyopadhyay
Prof. Tapas Laha Prof. Partha Saha
Prof. Debalay Chakrabarti Prof. Goutam Chakraborty
Prof. Koushik Biswas Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture
Mining Engineering Prof. Debabrata Sen
Prof. S.S. Bhamidipati Prof. O. P. Sha
Prof. Ashis Bhattacharya Prof. Trilochan Sahoo
Prof. K. U. M. Rao (On Lien) Prof. Prasad Kumar Bhaskaran
Prof. Samir K. Das Prof.Hari V Warrior
Prof. Khanindra Pathak Rajiv Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Law
Prof. Jayanta Bhattacharyya Prof. Padmavati Manchikanti
Prof. Samir Kumar Pal Prof. Dipa Dube
Prof. Debasis Deb Prof. K. D. Raju
Prof. Biswajit Samanta Prof. Indrajit Dube
Prof. Debashish Chakravarty Rubber Technology
Prof. Arun Kumar Majumder Prof. Nikhil Kumar Singha
Prof. Santanu Chattopadhyay

Physics Prof. Kinsuk Naskar
Prof. Samit K. Ray (On Lien) School Of Medical Science & Technology
Prof. Arghya Taraphder (On Deputation) Prof. Soumen Das
Prof. Krishna Kumar Prof. Koel Chaudhury
Prof. Somnath Bharadwaj Prof. Sangeeta Das Bhattacharya
Prof. Sayan Kar Prof. Mahitosh Mandal
Prof. Anushree Roy Prof. Manjunatha Mahadevppa
Prof. Prasanta Kumar Datta Prof. Jyotirmoy Chatterjee
Prof. Tapan Kumar Nath Prof. Santanu Dhara
Prof. Achintya Dhar Subir Chowdhury School Of Quality & Reliability
Prof. Pragya Shukla Prof. V.N.A. Naikan
Prof. Sudhansu Sekhar Mandal Prof. Sanjay Kumar Chaturvedi
Prof. Utpal Sarkar Vinod Gupta School Of Management
Prof. Dipak Kumar Goswami Prof. Prabina Rajib
Prof. Sonjoy Majumder Prof. Sangeeta Sahney
Prof. Partha Roy Chaudhuri
Prof. Ajay Kumar Singh
Prof. Kamal Lochan Panigrahi
Prof. Bhupendra Nath Dev
Under Section 14 (1)(a) Heads of the Students’ Representatives :
Deptts./Centres/Schools other than Professors Mr. Vishal Kumar Singh, Vice President, TSG
Already included under ‘C’ above Ms. Aruja Rustagi, PG Representative
Under Section 14 (1)(b) The Librarian of the InstituteMs Jyayasi Nath, Women Representative
Dr. Bablu Sutradhar Mr. Sujit Madhab Ghosh
Under Section 19 (2) The Registrar (Secretary)
Prof. Bhrigu Nath Singh

Director's Report
Honourable President of India Shri Ram Nath Kovind Chief Guest of 64th Convocation, Honourable Governor
of West Bengal Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi, Honourable Chief Minister of West Bengal, Respected Mamata
Banerjee, Minister-in-charge, Irrigation and Waterways Department, Government of West Bengal, Dr Saumen
Kumar Mahapatra, Shri Sanjiv Goenka, Chairman, Board of Governors, IIT Kharagpur and Chairman, R. P. Sanjiv
Goenka Group, Members of the Board of Governors, Members of the Senate, Distinguished Alumni, Guests,
Dear Faculty and Staff Colleagues, Students, Degree and Award Recipients, Media Persons, Ladies and Gentlemen!
I stand here with great pride to extend a warm welcome to you on this solemn occasion of the 64th Convocation
of our prestigious Institute that bear fond memories of the great sacrifices by multitude of great patriots. On this
auspicious day, I feel overwhelmed and privileged to be in the august presence of many eminent men and women,
visionaries, parents and our dear graduates the future of our great Nation.
Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact on the lives of students who define the
future of India. Convocations are solemn occasions for both faculty members and students alike. Graduates are at
the threshold of embarking on a new phase of the journey in the real world as these bright, young minds get ready
to face the challenges that await them in the real world outside in contributing to the cause of humanity and
development. True education helps learners to transform challenges into opportunities and be unfazed in the face
of failure, until success is reached.
It has been mentioned in an ancient piece of literature: “Education, Logic, Science, Memory, Initiation and Work, a
person who has these six virtues, for him nothing is unachievable.” As an institution, we take pride in our teaching
tradition, which provides education to students not only to become scholars with specialized skills in their domain,
but we inculcate in them social responsibility and creative and critical thinking abilities to transform them into
citizens of the world, who can meet national needs and global expectations.
For the independent India, the foremost challenge was to be industrially evolved. For this, it was critical to train our
own engineers and technocrats on our soil. With this deep desire to be a truly independent nation, the Indian
Institutes of Technology were conceived as a symbol of progress and a beacon of hope. IIT Kharagpur is the first
to be founded in its class, which embodied the aspirations of a New India; an India with its own human resource,
trained in specialized skills to contribute to nation-building, research and development in ushering a brighter future.
Since its inception, this pioneer Institution has been dedicated to the cause of excellence and has contributed
immensely in a wide array of fields, such as engineering and technology, architecture, arts, culture, medicine, law
and management. The rich and long tradition of teaching and research of this Institution is well known around the
globe which has expanded into a wider range of areas of national importance, current relevance and happiness;
maintaining highest ethical values, environmental concern and societal goodness.
We are proud of our alumni who are spread across the globe. They have proved themselves in leadership and
trendsetting in various fields. International and national business leaders, renowned scientists, technologists and
administrators, lauded journalists, celebrated actors and artistes, cultural activists, architects, political leaders who
have played important roles in shaping the destiny of our Country and our alumni have left their imprints in all walks
of life. They are the true ambassadors of this Institution of excellence who continue to give back to their Alma
Mater. They did selfless service in taking forward our relentless striving to achieve higher goals set; be it as
infrastructural support or as being the true flag bearer of this Institute both in the country and around the globe. I
thank each one of them from the depth of my heart.
Over the years, the Institute has built its reputation as a leading centre for higher learning. Our efforts to achieve
excellence in all fields of science and technology have been recognised by different ranking agencies, both at
National and International levels. We have taken a series of steps to bring closer ties between our Institute and
industries, either by developing focussed research centres with close collaboration with industries or by developing
new courses keeping the industrial requirements in mind. To foster young minds with scientific enthusiasm and
instil an urge to solve problems, we have initiated the Young Innovators Program that has attracted the attention of
the nation. I am glad that corporate houses and industries continue to employ our bright graduates, proving, again
and again, the merit of the education and learning we impart.

It is noteworthy to state that the Institute has responded timely by introducing a course on Happiness under the
'Rekhi Centre of Excellence'. In addition, an MOU has already been signed with the Rajya Anandam Sansthan of
Government of Madhya Pradesh. It is important to note that the researchers at IIT Kharagpur have achieved
innovative breakthrough on production of bio-fuel.
Let me now have privilege of introducing our Chief Guest, and the Guests of Honour who however do not need any
introduction.
Shri Ram Nath Kovind, honorable President of India is lawyer, veteran political representative and long-time advocate of
egalitarianism and integrity in Indian public life and society. Before assuming charge of the office of the 14th
President of India on July 25, 2017, Shri Kovind served as the 36th Governor of the state of Bihar from August 16,
2015, to June 20, 2017. Shri Kovind completed his school education in Kanpur and obtained the degrees of B.Com and
LL.B. from Kanpur University and enrolled as Advocate with the Bar Council of Delhi in 1971. Shri Kovind was
Union Government Advocate in the Delhi High Court from 1977 to 1979 and Union Government Standing Counsel
in the Supreme Court from 1980 to 1993. He became Advocate-on- Record of the Supreme Court of India in 1978.
He practiced at the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court for 16 years till 1993. Shri Kovind was elected as a member
of the Rajya Sabha from Uttar Pradesh in April 1994. He served for two consecutive terms of six years each till
March 2006. Shri Kovind served on various Parliamentary Committees like Parliamentary Committee on Welfare of
Scheduled Castes/Tribes; Parliamentary Committee on Home Affairs; Parliamentary Committee on Petroleum and
Natural Gas; Parliamentary Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment; and Parliamentary Committee on Law and
Justice.
Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi, His Excellency the Governor of West Bengal has been a Senior Advocate by profession,
Keshari Nath Tripathi’s professional acumen, nationalistic fervour, social commitment and moral values took shape
under the guidance of his revered parents and elder brother. He graduated from Allahabad University in 1953 and
passed LL.B Examinations in 1955. His long association with judicature in general and Allahabad High Court in
particular was acclaimed by the Allahabad High Court when he was unanimously designated as a Senior
Advocate in 1989 by Full Court. Known as an eminent Lawyer on the Civil Side, Shri Tripathi was regarded as an
expert in election law. Shri Tripathi has been conferred many Honoris Causa Degrees by various Universities and
Institutes. Shri Tripathi is not only a social and political worker but is also associated with a number of educational,
cultural and literary institutions. He is a revered and widely acclaimed poet. Shri Tripathi has also written an exhaustive
commentary on the Representation of the People Act, 1951.
Respected Mamata Banerjee is the first woman Chief Minister of West Bengal and has been serving as the Chief
Minister since 2011. She completed her education from Calcutta University. She has dedicated her life in the service
of the society and empowerment of the downtrodden. Prior to being the Chief Minister, she held various portfolios
as Union Minister and has been a longtime parliamentarian. She has represented the country in various
International forums. The Times Magazine named her as one of the 100 Most Influential People in the World in 2012.
Dr Saumen Kumar Mahapatra, Dr Mahapatra did his Bachelor, Masters, and PhD from Calcutta University in
Zoology and was Associate Professor in Pingla College. I am happy to inform that Dr Mahapatra was associated with
IIT Kharagpur. He did a training program in National IT Service Scheme at IIT Kharagpur.
Shri Sanjiv Goenka Chairman, Board of Governors of IIT Kharagpur is the Chairman of the RP-Sanjiv Goenka
Group with an asset base of over USD 4.3 billion, and over 50,000 employees and over a hundred thousand
shareholders. Born in 1961, Sanjiv Goenka is currently the Honorary Consul of Canada in Kolkata. In April 2001,
he took over as the youngest-ever President of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), was appointed Chairman of
the Board of Governors of the Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur and currently serves on the board of the
Indian Institute of Management, Kolkata (IIM, Kolkata). Shri Sanjiv Goenka was a former President of the All India
Management Institute (AIMA), and a member of the Prime Minister’s Council on Trade & Industry. He is also the
current Chairman of the Board of Directors of Woodlands Medical Centre Ltd, Kolkata.
HIGHLIGHTS OF ACHIEVEMENTS DURING THE PAST YEAR

I take this opportunity to present before you some of the key achievements of the Institute in the past year.

Institute’s Leading Role in National Initiatives
Ever since its inception, the Institute has always made its willing and whole-hearted contribution to the growth of the
nation. Our continuous effort to live up to the founding motto of our Institute, “Dedicated to the Service of the Nation”
has strengthened us to lead several national initiatives with far-reaching benefits to the country and its citizens.
The Institute, as the host and the coordinator of the National Digital Library of India (NDLI) initiative, has
accomplished more than 30 million contents with single-window access to all the existing digitized and digital
contents of the nation. In the last year, with the guidance of the Ministry of Shipping of the Government of India, the
Institute started its journey with a new Centre for Inland and Coastal Maritime Technology under the Sagarmala
programme. The newly created Centre for Computation and Data Science of the Institute has been playing a
leading role in establishing the 1.3 peta-flop supercomputing facility under the National Supercomputing Mission
(NSM) of the Government of India. The Institute took a leading role as the co-coordinator of the Smart Indian
Hardware Hackathon (SIHH) program and as the nodal centre for the Grand Finale, which provided a unique
platform to the budding innovators to initiate unique solutions that can be converted to tangible products and
business.
With an aim of improving the research ecosystem of India’s higher educational institutions by facilitating academic
and research collaborations between top-ranked Indian Institutions and globally ranked Foreign Institutions, through
joint research projects involving mobility of students and faculty, the Government of India recently launched the
Scheme for Promotion of Academic and Research Collaboration (SPARC). Our Institute, acting as the National
Coordinating Institute, successfully implemented the scheme that has created collaborative networks involving top
Universities from 28 countries. To help educational institutions of the country to achieve excellence, our Institute
has initiated the implementation of Software for Managing Institutions of Learning and Education (SMILE), an ERP
for Academic Institutions.
The Young Innovators Program 2019 launched by our Institute has received International attraction, where young
students from both inside and outside the country participated in this unique program offered by the Institute that
aims to ignite the innovative young minds of school children. To encourage students from neighbouring countries to
study in Indian institutes, our Institute has launched a full scholarship programme for students from the SAARC
region for full-time enrolment at undergraduate, postgraduate, and doctoral levels.
Recognitions
The Institute’s excellence in teaching and research in diverse areas of academics has been recognised by the
National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) 2019, where for two consecutive years IIT Kharagpur is the only
Institute to be ranked in the top list in overall category (fifth rank) as well as in Engineering (fourth rank),
Management (sixth rank), Architecture (first rank), and Law (fourth rank), in addition to the newly developed
innovation Ranking (fifth rank) in the Atal Ranking of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA). The institute
made the highest rate of improvement for top-ranked Indian Institutions in the latest QS Rankings by moving up 14
places. The tri-Institute programme on Business Analytics (PGDBA) co-offered by the Institute ranked 14th in the
world by QS Ranking. The Institute ranked as India’s Best in the Times Higher Education Impact Ranking and
among World’s top 50 in Industry, Innovation & Infrastructure category. The Institute has been conferred Excellence
Award by National Backward Classes Finance & Development Corporation for efficient implementation of clean
energy in several backward villages through CSR funding. We have also been adjudged the winner of the DSCI
Excellence Award for Cyber Security Education at the NASSCOM-DSCI Annual Information Security Summit 2018.
It is a matter of great pride that IIT Kharagpur has been recommended for MHRD’s Institution of Eminence status by
the University Grants Commission.
Research with Impact on Society
The Institute with its dedicated teams of students and faculty members makes persistent efforts to carry out
research that reaches the society. Researchers from the Institute have developed AI-based mobile app for elderly
care-giving that addresses accidental falls, mental health and physical wellbeing, an app to help smokers quit, tools
to detect interstitial lung diseases and lung cancer, technology to filter fake news about disasters, methods to boost
LPG distribution, development of the ‘Potable Water Project’ that provides 1000 litres of purified water to 60 families
every day at Re 1, model to predict variability and trends in rainfall in India, battery-free implantable medical
devices, and city-level maps to help cut damage from earthquakes, among many other exciting technologies that
received wide attention. We are proud to have supplied employment generating rural technologies and equipment,
developed under the Design Innovation Centre and RuTAG at IIT Kharagpur, to the North East Region of India.
With our commitment to the development of rural technologies, the Institute organized the Rural Technology
Hackathon 2018.

New Initiatives in Teaching
Institute has launched the first of its kind Undergraduate Research Programme (UGRP) that aims to give new
incentives to students to carry out project ideas of their own and have it as part of their transcripts. The initiative is
aimed to encourage and nurture the spirit of research and innovation among UG students early on. The UGRP
funds select research ideas proposed by the students on a competitive basis and each successful proposal is
guided by a member of the Institute’s faculty. To impart teaching through learning, the institute has introduced a Do
It (DIY) laboratory, where young minds can nurture their innovative ideas; and we are set to make this as a part of
our curricula. The Institute has introduced Amazon Web Services (AWS) Educate programme to provide AWS
Cloud Computing experience and AI-enablement for all our students, irrespective of their branch of study.
Academia-Industry Collaboration
To focus our research more towards real-world problems, the Institute closely interacts with several industrial
partners in different technological areas. In a first of its kind project in India towards the development of Cancer
Image Data Bank for harnessing Artificial Intelligence Technology in Cancer research, a project on Cancer Image
Data bank (Chavi) is being carried out by the National Digital Library, IIT Kharagpur and Tata Medical Centre,
Kolkata. The Centre for Artificial Intelligence and the EPINET Data Science team of ONGC are jointly developing
the Knowledge Architecture for Data Analytics of ONGC. The Institute has joined hands with Wipro to carry out joint
research on 5G and artificial intelligence. Research outcomes from this partnership would be used by Wipro to
develop solutions for its customers, across industry verticals, while we would benefit from the commercialization of
the joint research insights and Wipro’s real-world industry expertise. In collaboration with Jindal Stainless Limited,
the Institute has started a 3-credit course on stainless steel as a part of the institute’s undergraduate and
postgraduate curriculum. The Rekhi Centre for the Science of Happiness of the Institute is collaborating with the
Pullela Gopichand Badminton Academy for development of excellence, happiness and science & technology in
sports. I am very glad to inform that today the Hon'ble Minister will inaugurate and dedicate to the nation 'IIT
Kharagpur Research Park' at Rajarhat Campus, Kolkata. This research park will spur innovation, start-up and boost
Industry-Academia Interaction for successful translation of IIT's innovative technologies for the benefit of the society
and is in line with Make-in-India initiative.
Waste to Wealth
The Institute has initiated a project to re-imagine discarded and obsolete items of different departments and Central
Stores, to an Engineering Design and Innovation Centre, by scavenging, salvaging, restoring, repairing and reusing
parts and components, materials and other accessories to carry out innovative projects and teach hands-on
Engineering product development. This Scrap-yard Design Innovation Laboratory will be a unique facility for
Engineering Designers and Innovators and a wonderful training ground for IIT Kharagpur students.
The “Aditya Choubey Centre for Re-Water Research (CRW)” to develop and demonstrate affordable technologies
to produce reusable quality treated water from polluted waters has been established with generous support from our
alumni Shri Aneesh Reddy and Shri Anant Choubey. The centre will connect with the Government and the public
sector for implementation of the technologies to curb the problem of water pollution and to reduce the stress on the
freshwater resources by encouraging reuse of the treated water.
ACADEMIC PROGRAMMES
Various academic programmes at IIT Kharagpur are run by 19 Academic Departments, 17 centres, 13 schools, and
more than 25 Industries & Research Labs, Research Centres and Centres of Excellence.
The Institute offers B. Tech. (Honours) programme in 15 different disciplines, B. Arch. (Honours) Programme in
Architecture, 6 five-year Integrated M. Sc. programmes, 16 Dual Degree programmes, nine two-year joint M. Sc.-
Ph. D. programmes and 54 Postgraduate Degree programmes leading to Joint M. Tech. /MCP-Ph. D., MBA,
MHRM, EMBA, PGDBA, LLB, LLM and MMSR Degrees. The Curricula and Syllabi are updated periodically to meet
the changing demands of the world. In addition, the Institute offers a number of micro specializations from diverse
disciplines. In its continuous endeavour to make course curricula flexible, IIT Kharagpur has introduced several
micro-credit courses. Eminent Visiting Experts (denoted as Adjunct or Visiting faculty) from national/international
academic Institution/industry/R&D Laboratories associated with a faculty member from IIT Kharagpur have been
teaching in these courses.
The Institute has introduced a number of new academic programmes, namely M. Tech. in Quality and Reliability
Engineering, M. Tech. in Functional Materials and Devices and three Master of Science (two year) programmes
under the Joint M. Sc. - Ph. D. programme to be offered by IIT Kharagpur in association with Tata Medical Centre
(TMC), Kolkata in the areas of Nuclear Medicine, Molecular Medical Microbiology, and Medical Physics. Besides,
the Institute has also decided to offer Certificate of Excellence in Research (CER) for the PDF and Visiting Fellows

at IIT Kharagpur, and Ph. D. Programme for the working professionals with minimum residential requirements.
Introduction of the Prime Minister’s Fellowship Scheme for Doctoral Research by the Government of India is
expected to encourage bright students to pursue doctoral research in the areas of Science, Technology,
Engineering, Agriculture and Medicine. Other new academic initiatives by the Institute include Short-term Reciprocal
Student Exchange Programme between Foreign University and IIT Kharagpur, Learn-Earn-Return (LER)
programme for awarding of LER merit scholarships to the top 02 JEE Advanced rankers, and Undergraduate
Research Platform (UGRP) to increase the culture of research among the undergraduates.
In our pursuit to offer prompt quality services to the IIT community, the ERP system has been further revamped. All
academic issues including students’ registration, enrolment, course allocation, annual progress report, synopsis
submission, examination results, students’ feedback, sponsored research, faculty recruitment and salary and
income tax details are now available online.
Today, at this function we will be conferring 295 Ph. D. (i.e., 264 Ph. D. + 02 Joint MS - Ph. D. + 12 Joint M. Tech.
/MCP - Ph. D. + 17 Joint M. Sc. - Ph. D.), 30 MS, 624 M. Tech., 39 MCP, 112 MBA, 27 EMBA,10 MMST, 18
MHRM, 8 LLM, 29 LLB, 52 PGDBA (a tri-institute programme with IIM Kolkata and ISI Kolkata), 529 Dual Degree,
475 B. Tech. (Hons.), 36 B. Arch. (Hons.), 178 five - year integrated M. Sc. and 154 two-year M. Sc. degrees.
DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI AWARDS
I am honoured and privileged to announce that in this convocation the Senate and Board of Governors of the Institute
will confer the Distinguished Alumnus Award to the following eminent personalities.
Prof. Ashim Kumar Datta [1979/B. Tech./AG/NH], Prof. Ashim Kumar Datta of the Department of Biological and
Environmental Engineering at Cornell University is a path-breaking researcher and a dedicated teacher. Prof. Datta
completed his B. Tech. in Agricultural and Food Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1979. He did his M. S.
(1982) from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and his PhD (1985) from the University of Florida,
Gainesville. He joined Cornell University in 1987.
Prof. Haresh Lalvani [1967/B. Arch./AR/RP], Prof. Haresh Lalvani is an internationally recognized architect, artist-
inventor and design scientist. He is currently Professor, School of Architecture and Director, Center for
Experimental Structures at Pratt Institute, USA. Prof. Lalvani completed his B. Arch. from IIT Kharagpur in 1967 and
was awarded Silver Medal for being department topper. He did M. S. in Architecture from Pratt Institute in 1971 and
PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in 1981 under the legendary architect, systems theorist, inventor and
futurist, Richard Buckminster Fuller.
Dr Samir V. Kamat [1985/B. Tech./MT/RK], Dr Samir V. Kamat has been conducting cutting-edge research and
development on materials for various defence applications for the past three decades. He is presently Distinguished
Scientist and Director General, Naval Systems and Materials, Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO),
and posted at Visakhapatnam. Dr Kamat completed his B. Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering in 1985 from IIT
Kharagpur and was a recipient of the Institute Silver Medal as department topper. He obtained PhD from Ohio State
University, USA in Materials Science and Engineering in 1988 and did Post-Doctoral Fellowship from the
Washington State University, Pullman, USA.
Dr Parag V. Havaldar [1991/B. Tech./CS/LLR], Dr Parag V. Havaldar is a pioneering computer vision and graphics
specialist who has won a Technical Oscar for his animation technology. He is currently Lead Manager, Software
Research and Development, at Blizzard Entertainment, and adjunct professor in the Department of Computer
Science at the University of Southern California. Dr Havaldar completed his B. Tech. in Computer Science and
Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1991, and obtained his PhD in computer vision and graphics from the University of
Southern California in 1996.
Prof. Ramesh Jain [1975/PhD/EC/BCR], Prof. Ramesh Jain is a well-known researcher, entrepreneur and a leading
academician in various fields of computer science with a career spanning over 45 years. He is currently
Professor and Director, Institute for Future Health, Department of Computer Science, University of California, Irvine,
USA. Prof. Jain completed his PhD in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in
1975. He did his B.E. in Electrical Engineering from Nagpur University in
1969. Prof. Jain joined the University of California, Irvine, as the first Bren Professor in Bren School of Information
and Computer Sciences in 2005.

Prof. Santanu Chaudhury [1984, 1989/B. Tech., PhD/EC, CS/RP], Prof. Santanu Chaudhury is an eminent academician
well known for his contributions in the field of computer vision and pattern recognition. He is currently Director,
CSIR-CEERI, Pilani. Prof. Chaudhury completed his B. Tech. in Electronics and Electrical Communication
Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1984 and PhD in Computer Science and Engineering in 1989. He was Lecturer at
the Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering Department of IIT Kharagpur before joining IIT Delhi,
where he continues as Professor, Electrical Engineering Department.
Dr Sudipta Seal [1990/B. Tech./MT/RK], Dr Sudipta Seal is an eminent scientist, distinguished professor and
entrepreneur. He is currently Trustee Chair, Pegasus and University Distinguished Professor at the University of
Central Florida (UCF), and Chair, Materials Science & Engineering, Advanced Materials Processing Analysis Center
(AMPAC), Nanoscience Technology Center (NSTC), UCF College of Medicine, University of Central Florida, USA.
Dr Seal completed his B. Tech.in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering in 1990 and won the Institute Blue for
outstanding performance in sports and games. He did his M.Met. from the University of Sheffield, UK and PhD in
Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA in 1996.
Lieutenant-General Utpal Bhattacharyya [1969/B. Tech./CE/VS], Lieutenant- General Utpal Bhattacharyya is a
distinguished former army officer and management expert. He retired from the Indian Army after serving it for 40
years, having reached the highest possible rank for an Indian Army Engineer (Three Star General – Lieutenant
General). He is currently Board Director in West Coast Paper Mills, which is one of the oldest and largest producers
of paper for printing, writing, and packaging in India. Lt. Gen. Bhattacharyya earned his B.Tech.in Civil Engineering
from IIT Kharagpur in 1969. He did M.Sc. in Defence Studies and M.Phil. from Madras University, and Master of
Management Studies from Osmania University, Hyderabad.
Swami Smaranananda (Dr N Sridhar Reddy) [1980/PhD/EC/JCB], Swami Smaranananda Giri (Dr N. Sridhar Reddy)
is the General Secretary of Yogoda Satsanga Society of India, founded by Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda in 1917. The
Society renders spiritual, humanitarian, and charitable services, and disseminates the Kriya Yoga teachings of
Yoganandaji for the holistic development of man. Swamiji did his PhD in Digital Signal Processing from IIT
Kharagpur in 1980. He completed his B. E. from Sri Venkateswara College, Delhi University and secured University
First rank. He did his postdoctoral fellowship from Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
Dr V Narayanan [1990, 2001/M. Tech., PhD/CR, AE/VS, GH], Dr V. Narayanan is an expert in cryogenic rocket
propulsion technology. He joined the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) in 1984 and has held various
positions during the last 34 years. Currently, he is Outstanding Scientist and Director, Liquid Propulsion System Centre
(LPSC), ISRO, Thiruvananthapuram. LPSC is the lead centre of ISRO and is responsible for the development of liquid
propulsion systems for satellite launch vehicles and spacecraft. Dr Narayanan did his M.Tech. in Cryogenic
Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1990 and won the Institute Silver as department topper. He completed his PhD in
Aerospace Engineering, specializing in cryogenic propulsion, from IIT Kharagpur in 2001.
Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya [1984/B. Tech./EE/RP], Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya is a pioneering researcher in
Natural Language Processing, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence, and a keen educator. He is presently
Director and Professor of Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Patna and Professor (on lien), Department of
Computer Science and Engineering, IIT Bombay. Prof. Bhattacharyya did B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering
from IIT Kharagpur in 1984. He completed his M. Tech. from IIT Kanpur in 1986 and PhD from IIT Bombay in 1994.
He has been a visiting scholar and faculty member in three American universities - Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, Stanford University, University of Houston, and University Joseph Fouriere (France).
Prof. Chaitali Chakrabarti [1984/B. Tech./EC], Prof. Chaitali Chakrabarti is an acclaimed scientist, teacher and
mentor. She is currently Professor of the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, Ira; A. Fulton Schools
of Engineering, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA and Associate Director of ASU’s Centre for Wireless
Information Systems and Computational Architectures (WISCA). Prof. Chakrabarti received her B. Tech. in
Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1984. She received her M. S. and PhD
in Electrical Engineering from the University of Maryland in 1986 and 1990 respectively.
Prof. Narayan B. T. Mandayam [1989/B. Tech./EE/NH], Prof. Narayan B.T. Mandayam is a much-acclaimed scientist
known for his contribution to wireless data communication. He is currently Distinguished Professor of Electrical &
Computer Engineering and Associate Director, Wireless Information Network Laboratory (WINLAB), Rutgers

University, USA. Prof. Mandayam did his B. Tech. in Electrical Engineering from IIT Kharagpur in 1989 and earned
the Institute Silver medal as department topper. He completed his M.S. in Electrical Engineering in 1991 and PhD in
1994 from Rice University, Houston, Texas.
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

I shall now outline some of the research and development activities various Departments, Schools and Centres are
carrying out.
The Department is involved in various Sponsored project such as: Optimal design of thin-walled beam/plate
structures for maximum elasto-plastic buckling load funded by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB),
DST, Govt. of India; An Investigation of the Unconventional Tandem Flapping Foil Propulsion Mechanism for
Underwater Vehicles sponsored by Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB). Other Research Projects
are: investigation on the propulsive performance of the tubercle flapping aerofoil, development of IB-LBM solver for
the fluid-structure interaction and development of Robotic Jelly Fish.
Agriculture and Food Engineering
As one of the leading departments of the country in the field of agricultural research, the Department of Agriculture
and Food Engineering has treaded new heights in the realm of Sensor-based technology interventions for precision
farming; Solar energy operated farm machinery and micro-irrigation systems; Remote sensing and GIS applications
for integrated watershed management; Soil and crop health monitoring; Simulation-optimization and climate
modelling for holistic water management; High pressure processing of high-value perishables and nutraceuticals;
Targeted metabolomics of floral scents for value-added products; Microalgal biofuel production; Waste utilization in
aquaculture; Development of autonomous tractor; Organic farming; RTE-Health food for malnourished children; and
Vacuum frying of food.
The Department of Architecture and Regional Planning IIT Kharagpur has made a very significant headway in front-
line research collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA, Ivy League Graduate school of
Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), Columbia University, NYC, USA, The School of Urban and
Regional Planning, Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA, Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan and others and been
accordingly earmarked as NIRF RANKING ONE for two consecutive years: 2017-18 and 2018-19 as the top
architectural school in the country. The department has also organised several workshops and guest lectures by
leading researchers in academia and industries from across the world.
Biotechnology
The Department has explored several research areas in the last years such as: Antimicrobial chemotherapy,
bacterial morphology and biofilm formation, Bioremediation of heavy metals, radionuclides and organic pollutants,
Molecular analysis of microbial community structure and function at contaminated sites, Molecular cloning,
expression and characterization of E. invadens encystation specific proteins, Recombinant protein expression in
plant, animal and microbial systems, Structural and functional studies of protein from M. tuberculosis and S. aureus
aiming at drug and inhibitor design, Improvement of hydrogen production from industrial waste using hybrid
bioreactor, Continuous hydrogen production by immobilized recombinant E. coli BL-21, Molecular analysis of
cypovirus infecting tasar silkworm, Phytomedicine and molecular farming, Development of low fat content
transgenic oilseed plant, Biomicrofluidics and Biochip development, Identification and characterization of
immunomodulator from natural sources, Microbial fuel cell, Characterization of Antarctic microbiota, Probiotic based
nutraceutical product development, Cellular microbiology and immnuobiology, Systems biology of genetic and
nongenetic variations, Host-pathogen interactions, Green Process & Product Development in Microalgal-Microbial
Biorefinery Models for anticancer lipopeptides, biosurfactants, biopolymers and bio oil & biofuels with carbon
capture and waste valorization.
The major areas of research in the Department includes Environmental Pollution Control, Polymer Processing and
Composites, Plasma Engineering and Surface Science, Computational Materials Science, Colloid and Interface
Engineering, Molecular Simulation, Computational Fluid Dynamics and Thermal Engineering, Catalysis and
Reaction Engineering, Bioenergy, Coal Science and Engineering, Petroleum Production Engineering, Carbon
Capture and Storage, Fine Particle Engineering, Crystallisation Engineering, Process Optimization, Dynamics and
Control, Membrane Separation, Bio and Energy Materials, Soft Nanotechnology, Complex Fluids, Microfluidics and
Microscale Transport Engineering, Porous Media and Structured Fluids and also Multiphase Flow.

Chemistry
The Department is engaged in frontier research embracing both basic and applied areas of Chemistry, such as,
advanced materials, Synthetic Chemistry, Colloids and Macromolecules, Biomolecules and Biomimics and
Theoretical and Computational Chemistry. The Department is equipped with state-of-the art experimental and
computational facilities, namely, (only major equipments) Bruker APEX SMART CCD Single Crystal Diffractometer,
Bruker 500 MHz NMR, Bruker AVANCE II 400 MHz and AVANCE II 200 MHz spectrometer, Shimadzu DT-40
model 883 IR Spectrometer, PW-17291710 X-Ray, Diffractometer, Cyclic Voltammeter Model P9001, Chrompac
Gas Chromatograph and JASCO DIP 370 digital polarimeter, SpexFluorolog 3 fluorimeter, Time Resolved
Fluorescence Measurements (TRFM), Fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM), Easy Life lifetime
apparatus, BET Surface Area Analyser, Perkin Elmer C, H, N Analyser and CPU-GPU hybrid HPC cluster, and High
Resolution Mass Spectrometer. Currently, the Department is handling a large number of sponsored projects from
various agencies, including major research grants from DST as FIST level-II support and the Seed Grant for
Research Infrastructure in an area of Emerging Thrust (SGDRI) of the Institute.
Civil Engineering
The Department is actively engaged in carrying out research in Structural Health Monitoring, Finite Element Model
Updating, Reliability of Structures, Seismic Analysis of Dams, Recycled Construction Materials, Low Cost and
Sustainable Housing, Biomechanics, Stability of Plates and Shells, Computational Nanostructures, Molecular
Simulations, Fluid-structure Interaction, Soil-structure Interaction, Sustainable Ground Engineering, Erosion Control
and Mechanical Stabilization of Soils using Natural Fibers, Geosynthetics, Industrial By-products, Ground
Improvement, Soil-microbe Interaction, In-situ Testing, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering, Landslides and Slope
Stabilization, Tunnelling, Road Safety Analysis, Transport Economics, Sustainable Transport Planning, Traffic
Engineering and Operations, Evaluation of Pavements, Pavement Materials, Pavement Analysis, Environmental
Impact Assessment, Air Quality Management, Environmental Monitoring and Planning, Bio Electrochemical
Processes, Integrated Waste Management, Life Cycle Analysis and Sustainable Engineering, Environmental Risk
and Impact Assessment, MSW Management for Smart Cities, Water and Waste Water Treatment, Industrial
Effluent Treatment and Reuse, Anaerobic Waste Water Treatment, Groundwater Hydrology, Analytical and
Computational Hydrodynamics, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Flow on Turbulent Submerged Jets, River
Hydraulics and Engineering, Urban Flood Monitoring and Management, Models for Flood Forecasting, Hydro
Climatology and Water Resources Engineering, Climate Change Impacts on Water Resource, Recycling of Asphalt
Pavements, Short panelled Concrete Pavements of high volume Roads, Evaluation of Pavement Surface
characteristics for road safety and Development of High modulus of bituminous mixes for Indian highways.
The Department is extensively working in the field of algorithms and theory that were derived on problems about
bounding sizes of bisecting and separating families for set systems, approximation algorithms for vertex guarding
for various classes of simple polygons, optimal-time combinatorial algorithms for computation of inner and isothetic
polygons and polyhedra, orthogonal convex skulls and hulls, inner and outer triangular covers, and triangular hulls
of point sets in the integer space and In the field of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. The Department
has also worked on Opinion Dynamics on Social Networks, representation learning for NLP and temporal, point-
processes for computational advertising. In Cryptography and Security, we have been working on optimization of
real-time encryption performance for high volume storage data, traffic and verification challenges in compression
and cryptographic stacks in Quick Assist Technology. In the mobile context, the Department leverage on the user’s
smartphone engagement to recognize her physical activities, group activities as well as to detect the emotional
state of the user. We also work on sensor networks and sensor systems converging to IoT. In visual information
processing, some of the research problems that we have worked on include Automated Representation and
Analysis and Interpretation of Indian Classical Dance (Bharatanatyam) using Multimedia Data.
The Department is involved in two major activities: Hybrid Electrical Vehicle and Management and grid connectivity
of solar PV units. The Department also has strong presence in Signal Processing and Machine Learning funded
from some of the leading industries. Some of the research areas are AC and DC Microgrids, Biomedical Image
Processing, Computer Vision, Control Allocation, Control of MIMO systems, Control of Power Converter Circuits,
Converter design for solar PV, Cyber Physical and Human Systems, Cyber physical systems, Electric Vehicles,
Powertrain & Battery Management, Energy Harvesting for Powering Microsys, Fractional order Circuits and
Systems, FRA Diagnostics of Power Transformer, High Voltage AC/DC systems and FACTS, Hybrid AC-DC
microgrids, Motor controller& battery charger for EV, Multilevel Converters, Networked Control, Optical Imaging and
image processing, Pattern Recognition, Reconstruction of 3D architecture, Deep learning networks, Brain signal
processing and brain mapping, Power Converters for DC micro grid, Power Management IC, Robust Control,

Contamination and environmental Sensor Development, Smart Grid and Renewable, Solar Photovoltaics, Solar PV
Systems, Switched Mode Power Converters, Synchrophasor Technology, Wide Area Measurement Application and
Converters for wind Power Generation.
The Department is working on various topics like MEMS/NEMS based sensors, Medical Electronics, Nano Devices,
Nanobio Electronics, Network/System on Chip, Adaptive Signal Processing, Biomedical Signal Processing, Medical
Imaging, Deep Learning and Applications, Microwave and Millimetre-Wave Circuits, Miniaturized Antennas,
Microwave Imaging, Metamaterials, Fibre optics and Nano Photonics, Quantum Communication, Computational
Neuroscience, Systems Biology, Intelligent Internet of Things, Eye Movement Analysis, Ground Penetrating Radar,
Low Power Digital Design and Testing, Low temperature and High Frequency Electronic Circuits, Gas sensor,
Water contaminant sensor, Video Coding/QoE Aware Video Streaming, Super capacitor based energy device, VLSI
and Embedded Systems, UAV networks, Thermal Aware Testing, Signal Conditioning & Mixed-Signal VLSI Design,
Queuing theory and Computational Science, Synthetic Aperture Radar, Speech Processing, Structural Health
Monitoring, Wireless Communication Networks, Network Security, 5G Network, MIMO Communication, Optical
wireless communication.
The emerging areas of departmental research activities are application of fractals in earth science, Bengal Basin,
Bone Histology, Cenozoic Himalaya, Computational Seismology, Cosmochemistry, Crustal deformation monitoring
with GPS, Crustal Fluids, Earthquake forecasting, Electrical & Electromagnetic Geophysics, Engineering Geology,
Engineering Seismology, Exploration, Geochemistry, Geochronology, Geomorphology, Geophysical optimizations,
Geophysical signal processing, Gondwana Stratigraphy, Isotope Geology, Landslide Susceptibility, Slope Stability,
Microtectonics, Mineral and Groundwater Exploration, Modeling and Simulation, Numerical Modeling, Ore Deposits,
Palaeobiology, Pattern recognition in earth sciences, Petrology, Remote sensing and GIS, Rock Mechanics,
Sedimentology, Seismic attenuation tomography, Seismic Hazard, Seismic Microzonation & Risk, Seismic
Prospecting, Seismic wave propagation, Sequence Stratigraphy, Stable Isotope Geochemistry, Structural Geology
and Vertebrate Palaeontology.
Humanities & Social Sciences
The Department is extensively involved in research areas: Quantitative economics and Financial economics;
Economics of growth; Industrial economics; Development economics, Environmental and resource economics;
Developing world bioethics; Gender and trade; financial institutions and markets; Sociology of health and medicine;
Human resource development; Brain and behaviour; Interpersonal, intercultural and organizational communication;
Visual aesthetics; Business ethics; Corporate social responsibility; Economics of biofuels; Bioethics and Public
Health Ethics. The Department also conducts training and development programmes in the areas of Aesthetics,
Interpersonal communication, Recent trends in human resource development, Strategic management, Emotional
intelligence, Logic and applications of logic, Research methodology and data analysis, Financial modelling and risk
management, Leadership and teambuilding, Language, cognition and communication, Understanding culture and
practising cross-cultural communication, Creative writing, Critical thinking, reading and writing skills, Environmental
humanities, Sanskrit and French. The Department also undertakes a number of projects addressing a wider range
of research interests including socially inclusive and sustainable development, environmental and resource
economics, HR, music perception, generosity, end of life care, environmental history, food security, and popular
culture and literary theory.
The Department is carrying out research in various areas of industrial & systems engineering, such as, Real Time
Monitoring and Embedded Analytics for Quality Traceability on Cold Chains for Sea Export of Agricultural Produce
(IMPRINT-2) Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB); Digital Manufacturing and Industrial Internet of
Things for Enhanced Supply Chain Coordination, Quality and Maintenance sponsored by Department of Heavy
Industries (DHI), Govt. of India and Consortium of Indian manufacturing industry; Manufacturing of Shells for Field
Guns with Improved Design and Performance (IMPRINT -1) MHRD, Govt. of India; Safety analytics: save people at
work from accidents and injuries data sponsored by MHRD, Ministry of Steel, and Tata Steel, Jamshedpur, under
Uchhatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY); Development of Reinforcement Learning Methods for Cyber-security and
Reliability for a Fleet of Remote Unmanned Mobile Units ISIRD, SRIC, IIT Kharagpur, Development of Large Scale
Optimization Techniques to Study the Survivable Network Design for Digital Content Supply Chain ISIRD, SRIC, IIT
Kharagpur, Data driven sustainable and resilient safety management system for Tata Steel, Jamshedpur TATA
STEEL LIMITED and E Business Center of Excellence sponsored by MHRD, Govt. of India. The Department
published eighty-one journal and eighteen conference publications in the year 2018-2019.

Mathematics
The Department of Mathematics is exploring research and development activities in the five major areas:
Theoretical Computer Science, Operations Research, Pure Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Statistics
namely, TOPAS. In theoretical Computer Science major results are developed in the Graph Theory, Cryptography
and Machine learning. In Optimization major thrust on Robust Optimization jointly with National University of
Singapore. More computational works have been completed in Applied Mathematics. Finally, Statistics is very well
used in Artificial Intelligence.
The Department has set up unique research facilities on microfluidics and nanofluidics towards developing ultra-low
cost medical devices to perform on-spot diagnostics of diseases by testing one drop of blood, deploying
technologies appropriate for resource-poor settings. These devices have been validated successfully under clinical
settings and in extreme challenging conditions on-field. An elaborate research facility on this has also been
established in the Department. Design and development of various types of intelligent and autonomous robots
Mechanical and Metallurgical properties of the difficult-to-weld materials using electron beam welding.
The R&D program of the Department encompasses various areas like Corrosion Science and Technology,
Extractive Metallurgy, Mechanical Metallurgy, Melting, Casting and Solidification Processing, Modelling, Simulation,
Physical Metallurgy, Powder Metallurgy, Surface Engineering, etc. Investigations related to structure-property
relationship have been performed on various ceramic and metal-matrix composites, high temperature materials and
advanced alloys. Further, activities involving development of newer grades of dual phase and micro alloyed steels,
super alloys, high strength light weight alloys, and composites remained the quest areas of research. Moreover,
studies related to the development of bulk nano-crystalline materials, severe plastic deformation process,
metastable alloys through non-equilibrium processing, thin films and functionally graded materials, as well as
studies emphasizing the principles of processing and correlation of structural defects with the macroscopic
structural and functional properties have been carried out. Significant research has been conducted on modelling
and simulation to elucidate various metallurgical aspects. Concepts of computational fluid dynamics, heat and mass
transfer, thermodynamic modelling and dislocation dynamics have been applied successfully to model various
complex metallurgical and materials phenomena. Further, atomistic simulation, molecular dynamic simulation,
genetic algorithm, and neural networks have received significant attention.
Mining Engineering
Assessment and Implementation of Complex Image Co-registration and Phase unwrapping and Wavelet Based
Phase Noise Reduction for Interferometric SAR Processing, Study of Blind Backfilling of Unapproachable
Underground Mine Workings/Voids Using Suitable Mix of Fill Material and Method of Filling, Development of 3D
Geomechanical Model for Stability Analysis of Production Bore well. Development of a Novel Underground Mining
Method for Exploitation of Chromite Deposits from Friable Orebody and Host Rocks of Sukinda Valley, Odisha,
Study of Effect of Pore Structure of Indian Gas Shales on its Methane and CO2 Adsorption Behaviour, Fault
Mapping and Facies Prediction using BIG Data Analytics, Investigation on In Situ Leaching of Uranium, and
Integrated Information System and Knowledge Discovery Platform for ONGC.
Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture
The Department is actively involved in various research activities and industrial projects sponsored by government,
research organizations, and industry. The academic and research programs are designed emphasizing on cutting
edge knowledge in the subject areas such as ocean hydrodynamics, marine structures, ocean environment, hydro-
elasticity, offshore technology, design of marine vehicles & systems, coastal engineering, marine production &
planning, and other niche areas. Recently the Centre for Inland and Coastal Maritime Technology (CICMT) was
established at our institute supported by the Sagarmala Cell, a flagship programme under the Ministry of Shipping,
Government of India. Focus of the CICMT will be on key domain areas: Ship Design for Coastal/Inland waterways,
Ship building Technology and Structural Design, Transport Systems & Logistics, Cryogenic Cargo Handling,
Green/Renewable Energy harvesting from Coastal and Inland waters, Automation and AI for Maritime Operations.
As a part of this major programme, the Infrastructure to be created are: Modern Shallow water seakeeping and
Manoeuvring basin, Wave-Current Flume, Setup for studying sloshing characteristics in LNG Tanks. The Centre will
provide innovative research and development for inland and coastal waterways.
Physics
Ultrafast Science (UFS) Laboratory of Physics Department produced a number of research papers in high quality
journals in collaboration with several leading researchers from within and outside the country.

This Centre of excellence is promoting MEMS and Biosensor activity that encompasses design, fabrication and
engineering of biomedical & microfluidic devices for electro-physiological characterization of living cells and also
Design, fabrication and characterization of Integrated-Optic, Waveguides and Devices on Silicon and Lithium
Niobate substrates. Established a state of the art characterization set up for measurement of electrical
characteristics of installed Solar PV installations, evaluation and modelling of various SPV module’s real life
performance, image analysis of drying patterns of blood as a diagnostic tool, modelling of ADVANCED MOSFET
Devices, development of Junction less Solar photovoltaic device, studying the policy aspect of distributed solar PV
plants, initiation of study on soiling characteristics of glass used in solar module, study on technical and social
aspects of “Solar Dome” system, design and development of dynamic model and controllers for Automated Manual
Transmission for xEVs.
Center for Excellence in Robotics
The Centre for Excellence has Designed and developed of various types of intelligent and autonomous robots.
Centre for Artificial Intelligence
The Centre has undertaken several major sponsored projects. The Centre has received funding from Capillary
Technologies and TCG Foundations to set up infrastructure and for initiating various activities. The activities include
use of AI in modelling and decision making task related to a chemical process plant. The Centre is running a project
funded by ONGC to develop an integrated information system for ONGC to enable machine learning and
knowledge discovery. The AI Centre is working to set up an AI resource platform in collaboration with the National
Digital Library. It is working with Amazon AWS for some solutions related to making an AI platform.
Professors and students of this centre are involved in various Research activities, such as, studying the driving
forces underlying macromolecular crowding effects on biological processes using molecular simulations and
optimizing the current computational methods to investigate such large-sized complex systems, and predicting the
molecular properties, structure and dynamics of material interfaces using machine learning approaches.
A major research agenda of the Centre for Educational Technology is to enhance and improve the teaching learning
experience with technological aids. The focus of Centre for Educational Technology is on improving the Instructional
Systems Design and to introduce ICT in Education to a larger community. The faculty members engage in research
on Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality in education, Speech and Natural Language Processing, Educational
Data analytics, Cognitive and physiological parameters in learning and problem solving, and the teaching learning
processes for Special children with Dyslexia and Attention Deficit. In addition, several faculty members also work in
structuring a formal framework for designing curricula and learning objectives. In collaboration with TCS Innovation
Lab the Centre is focused on building high end Smart classrooms that shall address the individual needs of the
learner in the ICT age. The Centre has also been actively involved in creating and generating Teaching Learning
material for Science Maths and Languages for Secondary school level and development of automated assessment
techniques using text processing. Another major research agenda of the department is to develop an efficient
distributed search paradigm for very large volume of unstructured data using multicore processors.
The Centre is actively engaged in carrying out research in frontal areas of Atmospheric, Ocean, Cryosphere and
Land System Studies. Approximately, sixty research publications have been published in international journals of
repute by the faculty of CORAL, besides forty important conference publications. Seven Ph. D. degrees awarded to
the students CORAL. Faculty members are actively working in the area of cyclone research and vulnerability area
which are of national interests. Centre has also initiated discussions to offer an integrated M. Sc. programme of
Climate Science in the coming year. Centre has received almost four crores EMR research grants from different
research organizations.
This Centre is involved in variety Research work such as in the areas of Astrophysics and Gravity, Condensed
Matter Physics, Mathematics, Nonlinear Sciences, High Energy Physics, Dynamics and Control, Theoretical
Chemistry, Quantum computation and Quantum information, Materials and Fluid Mechanics.
The Centre is actively engaged in carrying out research in Cryogenic two phase flow, Cryogenic fluid management
systems for space propulsion, Cryogenic turbo expander, Cryocooler for HTS applications, Space applications of
metal foam, Cryogenic compact and miniaturized heat exchangers, LNG technologies, High temperature

superconductivity applications, HTS Cables for power applications, Cryogenic air separation, Cryogenic bubble
cooling, Thermo acoustic coolers and wave expanders, Developed Cryosorption pump for scanning probe
microscope and Superconductivity based cryogenic liquid level sensor developed and submitted for patent.
Research activities of the Centre include projects, invited talks and publishing the research articles in
Journal/conference. The Centre has also invited the faculty and industry persons to improve the research activities.
The Centre is engaged in the development and application of novel polymers, ceramics, and semiconductor
materials. Currently, major research and development activities carried out at the Centre include the following:
Nanostructured and bulk materials for energy (Li-ion batteries, fuel cells, supercapacitors, thermoelectrics,
photovoltaics, and photocatalytic H2 generation) and environment (degradation of organic pollutants), Synthesis of
new polymers and composites, polymer membrane for fuel cells and also Materials for gas sensors, cement, and
concrete.
The Centre has a multi-disciplinary team of faculty members and students drawn from various disciplines and
specializations and is actively involved in research from biological, social, behavioural, and ecological orientations.
Optimism and Nudge Creating Happiness through Technologies, Measurement of Happiness, Happiness and
Wellbeing through GNH, Relationship and Values, Resilience and Failure Management, Self-improvement,
Generosity and Compassion, Cultures and Traditions in Happiness, Practice of Happiness: Mindfulness and
Meditation, Happiness Analytics, Culture, Community and Positive Relationships. MoUs and Partnership for training
and collaborative activities with: Zurich University of Applied Science, Switzerland, SEED, University of Waterloo,
SAIL India, and CRPF India.
The faculty members have brought large research projects under IMPRINT-2, published 24 papers in International
Journals and 13 conference papers. Three research scholars have joined Curtin University under the dual Ph. D.
program (DDDP). All regular M. Tech. students are placed in reputed industries and students of the current batch
are hired as interns. The new course curriculum under the aegis of School banner has started from the academic
year 2018-19. A micro-specialization in Quality Engineering for the UG students of other departments of the Institute
has also been offered. A customized reliability engineering training programs, consisting of four modules, and
tailored to the TVSE Motor Company, Hossur to train their 30-40 engineers. Another course RAMS for railway
systems has also been running successfully.
Research at the Centre focuses on: Design of rubber products, like tire, seal etc.; Rubber composites and nano-
composites; Development of polymers for, biomedical and electronic applications; Polymer foam and microcellular
rubber composite for various critical and industrial applications; Polymer nano-composites for food packaging;
Controlled radical polymerization; Green tire technology; Rheology and process ability of rubber compounds and
polymer blends; Conductive rubber composites for electrical and electronics application; Smart and Stimuli
responsive flexible materials; and Block copolymers in drug delivery.
The research and development of this school mainly focused on two aspects: Research Collaborations and
Research projects. The centre is actively engaged in research collaboration with leading researchers from across
the world. Various research projects are also carried out of by this department, e.g., Adoption of Technology -
Oriented Drinking Water Facilities in Rural India, Drinking Water Purification System for Rural People by Using
Readily Available Products and Open Engineering Techniques in Dakshin Arashini Village (funded by TATA Steel),
Development of Digital Platform for Financial Inclusion and Rural Women Empowerment, and Strengthening the
Marketing and Credit Linkage for small and Marginal Vegetable Farmers in West Medinipur District of West Bengal.
School of Bioscience
The School presently has 29 Ph. D. students; one student has completed
Ph. D. in 2018-19 academic year. The School has enrolled its 4th batch of students of Integrated M. Sc. - Ph. D.
program in Chemical and Molecular Biology. Our professors have been awarded with DST Early Career Research
Awards, DST BRICS multinational projects and DBT extramural projects. Our students attended various
International Conferences.

Energy Science and Engineering
The Department has established a state of the art characterization set up for measurement of electrical
characteristics of installed Solar PV installations and carried out evaluation and modelling of various SPV module’s
real life performance, Modelling of ADVANCED MOSFET Devices, Development of Junction less Solar photovoltaic
device, studied the policy aspect of distributed solar PV plants, Initiation study on soiling characteristics of glass
used in solar module and Study on technical and social aspects of “Solar Dome” system, Simulations to
demonstrate structuration effect in nano- confinements under shear (paper published in RSC Nanoscale), modelling
of dual-axis sensor less solar cooker (Patent submitted to IPR office), study of molecular mechanism of heat
transport in nanofluids, restored the wind tunnel facility that was stationed in the school, study on the aspects of
desalination and water purification using low grade energy and study on ion concentration polarization in
membranes to explore its impact on energy conversion at nanoscales.
G. S. Sanyal School of Telecommunications
G. S. Sanyal School of Telecommunication is doing cutting edge research in 5G and associated areas. Few areas
where the school is currently focusing are in the areas of: Millimetre Wave Communications, Massive MIMO
Systems, C-RAN, Visible Light Communication (VLC), High Speed Vehicular Communication Network, Techno-
economic Analysis of Wireless and Optical Access Networks, Flexible and Secure Optical Access Network Design,
Design and Performance Analysis of Elastic Optical Network Simulation Environment using NKN Infrastructure in
India, Performance Analysis of Wireless Communication System, Energy harvesting based communications,
Physical Layer Based Secret Key Generation under User Anonymity, Self-Similar Traffic in disruption tolerant
vehicular networks and Network Function Virtualization for 5G. Further, the School has developed a Mobile App
NerQuake for Telecommunication mobile tower locations under danger due to natural disaster in North-East India.
Recently a modification of the Contact Graph Routing (CGR) for Deep Space Inter-Planetary Networks named
fragmentation Aware CGR has been published in CCSDS.
The research and development of this School is mainly focused on Sustainable development and legal aspects of
Climate change, Contract theories and their application in Indian mercantile laws, IP licensing: Intricacies and legal
dimensions, IP Management, Environmental Law, Policy and Governance, Sexual and Gender based Violence and
Victims of Crimes, Internet Governance, Direct and Indirect Taxation, Corporate & International Taxation,
Procedural Laws & Land Laws, Corporate Law & Governance, Competition Policy & Law, Recombinant Drug
Regulation, Implementation of IP Laws, Biodiversity Law Implementation, International Economic and Trade Law,
Copyright Infringement and Liability, International Investment Law aspects, International Commercial Arbitration,
International Human Rights Law, Municipal Governance, Socio-Economic Rights, Energy Law, Bioenergy-IP and
commercialization and Labour and Industrial Law.
Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management
The School has developed an integrated land use transport emissions model utilizing emerging big data sources for
quantifying energy and environmental impacts of ridesharing services, with University of Leeds, supported by
MHRD/SPARC. Faculty member of this school involved in various research and grant like Assessment of emissions
from thermal power plants due to energy demand from electric vehicles: policy recommendations for renewable
energy integration, ICCSR/IMPRESS, Promoting stronger road safety regulations in India with an emphasis on safe
speed, speed management, enforcement, and public Awareness, IFRC Switzerland, Developing a spatial data
infrastructure with application in Urban Transport, NRDMS, DST, GoI., Transit oriented development (tod):
Developing an integrated, Housing and transport model with Queens University, UK, MHRD and UKERI,
Technology innovations and pilot projects for alternatives to HMA in Road construction, Kolkata Municipal
Corporation, 2019-2020: A pilot study for Design, Construction and Performance Evaluation, PWD, Govt. of West
Bengal with Ultratech Cement Ltd. 2018-2020.
The School has focused research areas like Health care service delivery, Digital Technology applications, Smart-
Grid and energy management, Manufacturing &System Design, Grass-roots innovation, and Entrepreneurship.
Energy Lab initiated research project on alternative design of the safest and the most reliable mode of energy
storage, that is, the lead acid battery to decrease the dead weight of the conventional battery thereby making it
more efficient in terms of specific energy and power. The Analytics Lab advanced research on Behaviour Monitoring
and Analysis for Personalized Preventive Care, Application of Visual-Inertial Fusion for Large-Scale Scene
Reconstruction, Resource Allocation and Scheduling in Emergency Medical Services, Planning Interventions for
Cardiovascular Disease Prevention. The Products Analytics and Modelling lab initiated research on Design and

development of transmission and control system for Hybrid electric vehicle (HEV) and Imaging and Rapid
Prototyping based Product Engineering.
The Agri-preneurship Lab inducted research in Insecticidal Formulation development from locally available
indigenous Plant materials, Development of Nutraceutical and cosmeceuticals products and processing of Non-
edible oil seeds for production of bio Diesel, Bio-lubricants and Oleo chemicals. The Social Research Group also
progressed with the importance and knowledge of understanding grass-root innovation and use of appropriate
technology in Indian context, research on agricultural extension.
specializations and is actively involved in research from biological, social, behavioural, and ecological orientations.
Optimism and Nudge Creating Happiness through Technologies, Measurement of Happiness, Happiness and
Wellbeing through GNH, Relationship and Values, Resilience and Failure Management, Self-improvement,
Generosity and Compassion, Cultures and Traditions in Happiness, Practice of Happiness: Mindfulness and
Meditation, Happiness Analytics, Culture, Community and Positive Relationships. MoUs and Partnership for training
and collaborative activities with: Zurich University of Applied Science, Switzerland, SEED, University of Waterloo,
SAIL India, and CRPF India.
The Cell carries out collaborative research projects in the following broad areas: Liquid Combustion, Propulsion and
Cryogenics; Space Communications and EMI/EMC; Micro-machine Sensors; Control, Navigation and Guidance;
Embedded Systems and IP-Cores; Cryptography and Security; Remote Sensing; Life Support Engineering; Smart
Materials & Exotic Materials; Power Electronics; Space Education; Electronics Devices; Cryogenics; and Quantum
Communication. As an outcome of the research work, approximately forty one papers have been published in
reputed national and international journals and conferences. The cell has offered two courses on ‘Fundamental
Concepts of Digital Image Processing for Interpretation of Remote Sensing Data’ & ‘Special Topics on Antenna
Theory & Practice’ in the academic year of 2018-2019.
School of Medical Science and Technology
The School is engaged in interdisciplinary teaching, research and development in medical science and technology.
MOU between Institute and TMC Kolkata was signed to carry out collaborative academic and medical research
activities & spearheaded by SMST. SMST launched three Joint M. Sc. - Ph. D. program and successfully completed
first year of new academic collaboration with Tata Medical Center, Kolkata and the second batch of students are
currently being admitted via JAM exam. SMST and TMC Kolkata have jointly initiated Advance Research Certificate
Program for clinical oncologists. The school has begun the exercise to face-lift the existing MMST program to adjust
according to the current global requirements. Significant number of scholars (>85) are pursuing fundamental and
translational research in the areas of cancer biology and early diagnostics, wound healing, regenerative medicine,
biomaterials, tissue engineering, neuro-rehabilitation prostheses, epidemiology, proteomic/ metabolomic
dimensions of health and disease, reproductive health, herbal medicine, medical informatics, MEMS and
microfluidics-based biosensors, immunology and cardiovascular diseases. Several R&D projects are being
supported by West Bengal Govt. and Govt. of India (e.g., MHRD, DBT, DST, ICMR, CSIR, IMPRINT, DRDO) and
other funding agencies. Students of this school have received awards with various international scholarships (e.g.,
DAAD, Khorana, and Fulbright Fellowships).
School of Nanoscience and Technology
The School of Nano-Science and Technology is involved in diverse research activities of interdisciplinary nature,
such as, Group-IV and III-V semiconductor nanostructures for electronic and photonic devices, MEMS and
microsystems, Nano-electronics, Nano-scale biosystems engineering, GMR & magneto-electric and magnetocaloric
materials, Polymer and rubber based nanocomposites, Polymer thin film instability, self-organization and meso-
mechanics, Carbon nanotubes, graphene, metallic nanowires, and nano-particles, Biocompatible nanostructures for
bioimaging & diagnostics, drug delivery, biosensor, Intermetallics, bulk amorphous alloys and nanocomposites,
Nanostructured or nanocomposite thin films and coatings, Oxide gas sensors, Lithium ion rechargeable batteries,
and Computational nanostructure.
The School has set up eco-friendly treatment systems for reuse of greywater, Leak detection and urban water
supply network management, Pathway identification & toxicity analysis of electrochemical oxidation of methyl
orange and also developed various approaches for real-time short-to-medium range streamflow and reservoir inflow
forecasting with a maximum lead-time of 7-days, a stream-aquifer interaction model under sparse data-availability
scenarios to estimate the exchange flux and a technique for daily-scale monitoring of river pollution using remote

sensing data by Bathymetric survey and water quality and sediment quantity analysis in Tilaiya Dam, Land surface
process modeling using JULES in Krishna River basin and Sediment characterization using sediment finger printing
approaches in the Konar Dam Catchment.
VGSoM Faculty have been quite productive with their research and development activities. They have collectively
published over 45 papers in SCOPUS indexed Journals and Journals listed through the Australian Business Deans
Council, with about 25% of their publications featuring in the top ranked Journals (A and A*). Three Current and one
past faculty at VGSoM have earned the sponsorship of a total of 2 projects through the coveted IMPRESS initiative
of ICSSR with a consolidated budget of Rs. 26 Lacs. The School has also re-designed the MBA Curriculum, which
was approved by the Senate in spring 2019, and is being implemented for the 2019-21 batch of MBA students. The
new curriculum has been designed futuristically to include a diverse basket of elective courses, and a number of
micro-specializations in areas that are increasingly becoming an integral part of management education in top
business schools worldwide. Since July 2018, VGSoM has inducted 5 new faculty members in various functional
areas to cope with this additional teaching load. The faculty at VGSoM are also routinely offering courses through
the NOC portal of NPTEL. Seven (7) of these courses are being re-run regularly, and some more are in various
stages of development.
INFRASTUCTURE DEVELOPMENT
As a modern technological institution, we constantly upgrade our existing infrastructure to accommodate growing
number of campus residents and to facilitate state-of-the art methods of teaching and research. Listed below are
some recent additions and development.
The Department has developed various experimental setup like low speed tandem bladed axial flow compressor,
low speed nozzle turbine blade linear cascade tunnel, pressure probe calibration facility, cobra shaped 3 hole
probes, Characterization and Mitigation of Boundary Layer in Convergent Flow Passage and variety of Spares of
spectrometer: Time Correlated Single Photon Counting (TCSPC) Electronics, Emission detector (Peltier cooled
Photo-multiplier (PMT) and EasyTau 2-Fluorescence Spectrometer Control and Data analysis software Make: M/S
PicoQuant GmbH. Beside the above facilities Department possessed Optical filter: UVFS reflective Neutral Density
filter (Make: Thorlabs) Optical filter: UV-VIS band pass filter (Supplier: Edmund optics),Lens: Visible Achromatic
Doublet lens (Supplier: M/S Advanced Photonics,) and Laser energy meter, energy sensor(Make: Ophir Optronics).
A state of the art recirculating water tunnel facility in the Department has been built for low speed aerodynamics
experimental studies. Department has recently procured Miniature wire hot wire probes, Pitot static tube-4 mm dia,
NI based data acquisition system and Pressure pump for pressure scanner calibration.
The School has updated its Geo-Informatics Lab, Transportation engineering and Innovative communication Lab,
and a Digital Iconographic Lab. The presence of a senior Fulbright fellow Prof. Amita Sinha from the School of
Planning, University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne, USA (2018-19) had great impact on Cultural mapping exercises
on Santiniketan to be earmarked as UNESCO world heritage site. State-of-the art software and advanced
Simulation/computing/digital Adobe systems have been procured to advance the laboratory activities.
Biotechnology
The Department has set up facilities like Real-time PCR (BioRad), Floor Model High Speed Centrifuge (Beckmann
Coulter India Pvt. Ltd.), Fermenter with sophisticated process control and accessories (Biojenik Engineering),
Multiparameter controlled refrigerated shaker incubator (Scigenic Biotech Pvt. Ltd.), Ultrasonic Sonicator (Indo
Scientific & Surgical Pvt. Ltd.), Laminar Hood (Lab Solution),(Packed bed reactors (K C Engineers Ltd.) and
Continuous Stirred Tank Reactors (Creative Lab).
The Department has recently acquired facilities like High Performance Computing Server, COMSOL Software,
Direct Mercury Analyser, Rheometer and also Time-resolved Micro PIV.
Chemistry
The Department has enhanced the facilities by acquiring Agilent High-Resolution Mass Spectrometer, Bruker Auto-
sampler and Bruker Cooling Unit for 500 MHz NMR spectrometer, and Bruker Single Crystal X-Ray Diffractometer.
Civil Engineering
The Department has installed variety of facilities like 1000 kN Creep Testing RIG, 400 litre Carbonation Test
Chamber for accelerated ageing tests of concrete, 400 litre steam curing humidity test chamber, Accelerometers for

high frequency impact testing, Rapid Chloride penetration test equipment for concrete, Digital Flat Jack testing
equipment for strength evaluation of masonry and stone structures, Light Weight Accelerometers for 6 degrees of
freedom shake table and also Heat Source Modulated Halogen Lamp for IT Thermography. The department has
also upgraded and installed some facilities like 60t Tinius Olsen UTM, Models to serve as Teaching Aids for
undergraduate Structural Engineering Courses, Concrete Test Hammer and UPV Meter, Hydrocarbon Fire Furnace,
Pressure Sensor for Shock Waves, Data Acquisition systems (DAQ), Accessories and Sensors, SARA (Saturates,
Asphaltenes, Resins and Aromatics) Analyzer, Video Based Contact Angle Meter/ Goniometer and also
Accelerated Polishing Stone Testing Machine.
The Department installed a new GPU-based server cluster with one master node and ten computation nodes. Each
server has 2 no. Xeon Gold 5118 CPUs, 128 GB RAM, 4TB hard disk, and either dual NVIDIA Tesla P-100 or
NVIDIA Quadro P4000 GPU cards.
The Department upgraded the laboratory by installing a Solar PV system lab and Hardware in loop.
Magnetron Reactive Co-suttering System, Electron Beam Evaporation System, Furnace, Tip Enhanced Raman
Spectroscopy, Electrochemical Workstation (Bi-potentiostat/Galvanostat), Bench Top Centrifuge, UV VIS
Spectrophotometer, Steady State Fluorescence Spectrometer (PL), Humidity Control Probe Station, Frequency
Converter ACP series for Load lock Pump of D.R.I.E., Biological Safety Cabinet and Wafer Cleaning System, Nano
IR spectroscopy; Tunable femto-second laser; Quantum communication setup; Microscope enabled FTIR; High-
resolution digital microscope; Rack-based EDFA.
The Department has recently set up a High Pressure Experimental Petrology Laboratory, simulating conditions
deep within the earth’s mantle and also recently procured a state-of-the-art Digital Polarizing Microscopy facility.
Humanities & Social Sciences
The Department is now equipped with CANTAB for Cognitive Assessment. It has bought Eye-tracker and Polygraph
for conducting intensive behavioural research.
Industrial and Systems Engineering
The Department has installed software ANYLOGIC and STATA for simulation and data analysis to the department
laboratory.
The Department upgraded the characterization laboratory by acquired facilities like, High resolution X-Ray
Diffraction facility, Pin-on-disc and ball-on-disc Tribometer, High power ultrasonic testing instrument, Optical
microscope and High temperature furnaces.
Mining Engineering
New Mining Engineering Annexe Building was completed and inaugurated.
Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture
The Department has upgraded the laboratory facilities for the UG/PG and RS students. New software’s are also
procured for the ongoing R&D activities in the Department. Computational systems were upgraded and new servers
were also acquired to enhance the computational skills.
Physics
The Department has excellent research facilities like a femto-second Laser with output power 2.5W at 800nm and
80MHz is procured in Ultrafast studies (UFS) laboratory for development of Up-conversion set-up with time
correlated single photon counting system and an innovative laboratory is being developed for undergraduate
students. It has already procured a 3D printer and a portable lathe machine.
The Centre has various facilities like Optical Lithography System along with Mask Aligner and Precision Spin
Coater, Diffusion Furnaces for Photonics, Inverted Microscope and Embedded Control System lab for M. Tech,
ECS.
The Centre has purchased two serial manipulators, one humanoid robot, one tracked vehicle, one drone, one 3D
printer, a few workstations, and also developed set-up for orthotic and prosthetic devices.

The Centre has been set up at a temporary location in Nalanda Administrative Complex. Several computing servers
and systems have been acquired. A GPU Cluster has been acquired with one master node, 2 compute nodes with 2
x NVIDIA QUADRO P4000 with 8 GB memory and 2 compute nodes with 2 x Nvidia Tesla P100 with 16 GB
Memory, 2 x 2 TB 512n SATA HDD, 12 Gbps RAID controllers, 100 GBPS Infiniband Adapters, 18-port unmanaged
100 Gbps Infiniband switch and a server rack.
Centre For Computational and Data Sciences
The Centre has a few high-end GPU-based servers with hybrid 2CPU-1GPU architecture are being procured by the
center. Each of the servers consists of two Intel Xeon-Gold 6126 (2.6GHz/12-core) CPU processors with one
NVIDIA Tesla V100 PCIe 32 GB card, 256 GB memory and 40 TB of hard disk space. Each server is expected to
have a computational performance of 7 TeraFLOPs. These servers will be dedicated for research activities of the
center.
The Centre for Educational Technology is in the process of developing an AR -VR Laboratory for Educational
Technology. Specific research equipment such as EEG (32 channel), a mobile eye tracker and a Galvanic Skin
Response Recorder with PPG settings have been purchased. The department has also developed a Cognitive,
Language and Information Processing Lab (CLIP) equipped with explicit bio-markers like the 32 channel EEG
machine and Tobii 120 Eye Tracker. For the development of improved content for Secondary education, the Centre
has also further developed the state of art Mobile Studio.
Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Science
The Centre has augmented video conference facility, reprography laboratory and seminar hall facilities. The Centre
also initiated to establish a state of art Marine biogeochemistry Laboratory, Marine Seismograph Laboratory and
Laboratory for Himalayan Research. A high quality camera for Digital hemispherical Photographs is another
acquisition at the Centre.
The Centre has Facility of Rack Mountable Computing Server (Intel® Xeon® Gold Series): PRIMERGY RX2540
M4.
Cryogenic Engineering
The Centre has recently equipped with Scanning probe microscopy (AFM, MFM, PFM) with high vacuum and low
temperature capability
The Department is now equipped with Drilling Fluid Lab Equipment Purchased through Diamond Jubilee Institute
Funds Purchase of Approx. 20 lakhs along with existing equipment like Ageing cells, Digital viscometer, Digital
Retort, Fluid mixer and LTLP filtration. Modernised the laboratory by acquiring Reservoir Simulation Lab
Workstations through Diamond Jubilee Institute Funds Purchase of approx. 41.8 lakhs ($ 61,076). In this project 12
workstations were purchased and installed. The Department further enhance the research activities by procured
advanced equipment like Fracturing Fluids Equipment through donation of PfP Technology of USA: Donation
received of Rs. 11 lakhs from this fund department purchased and installed Oilfield viscometer & mixer. Additionally,
three 2nd-hand HT viscometers were received as donation and installed.
The Department has upgraded the laboratory by procurement of Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
(DST FIST Grant).
The Centre is in the process of setting up three laboratories focusing on: Psychometry and data analytics, Virtual
reality and immersion, Physiological measures, Equipment and software: CANTAB, 64 Channel EEG, Wearable
Eye-Tracker, 16 Channel Polygraph.
The Department has procured Mooney viscometer DIN Abrader.
Rural Development
The Department enhanced the research activities by developing of Conference Room, Agripreneurship and Rural
Development (ARD) Lab and GIS Lab.

The School has acquired Fluorescence microscope, Computer cluster and established fly genetics laboratory.
G.S. Sanyal School of Telecommunication
The School has recently acquired state of the art GPU servers and Work Stations, L2 and L3 switches, Routers for
the development of Distributed Radio Access Network (DRoNA) with Wireless Access. The School has also
procured USRP boards, Directional Antennas, Omni- directional Antennas. It will explore the Cloud Radio Access
Network (C-RAN) and Fog-RAN concept. The School is in the process of acquiring infrastructure under IMPRINT to
design and develop phased array antenna with beam-forming module for 5G communications. The School has
procured Xilinx Vertex Ultra Scale plus evaluation kits for development of a test bed for passive optical network
based cellular infrastructure. It is also in the process of acquiring AWG, Power Splitter, Optical Fibre cables,
Measuring Instrument and Work Stations for optical back haul network.
Nano Science and Technology
The School now has Rack server system facilities like Intelligent gas sensing System, Screen printer, Nfapt- leap-
apt accessed jointly with IITM, Chennai Remotely, Atomic Force Microscope, 3D-Confocal Raman Imaging System,
CCR Based Cryogen free probe station, Semiconductor parameter analyser, DPSS laser, Data Acquisition System,
Electron Beam Lithography, High Vacuum Dual Deposition System and Digital mass flow controller.
The School has established the Legal Aid and IP Facilitation Cell which was inaugurated by the Hon’ble Justice
Aniruddha Bose, Judge, High Court at Calcutta and Executive Chairman, West Bengal State Legal Services
Authority.
Ranbir & Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Management
A new state of the art laboratory developed for Non-destructive Testing with 15 Basic and Advanced Equipment
along with a new state of the art laboratory developed for Infrastructure Monitoring and Assessment with IOT
Framework, sensor network, etc. for acquisition of temporal and spatial data from heterogeneous data sources and
visualization of the data. The School has also acquired portable air quality monitoring system to measure the
transport users’ exposure to air quality while using various modes of transport, and assessing the impact
pedestrianization has on the air quality of the street environment and Laser temperature sensor, for assessment of
surface temperature.
The analytics lab at RMSoEE has augmented its computational resources with the help of SRIC project
LRI_ICG_2017_SGSIS grant and other Institutional grants. It will be used for intensive data processing applications
such as large collection of numerical, text, images and video data and implementation of various computer vision
and machine learning based algorithms for 3D scene reconstruction project and healthcare data analytics
applications. School are using Rotary Evaporator (Stuart) for separating solute from the solvent controlling
temperature and pressure. Separation, Isolation and Characterization of phytochemicals and biocompounds is done
by HPLC or High Pressure Liquid Chromatography (Agilent). In case of volatile compounds, Separation, Isolation
and characterization is done by Gas Chromatography or GC (Thermo Fisher). Micro and histopathological
examination for determination of bio-efficacy of phytocompound on plant or animal tissue is done by high resolution
optical microscope with camera (Olympus). A peristaltic pump (Masterflex) is procured to test the efficiency of
nanomaterial based bio-implants. Distilled and analytical grade water is obtained from Millipore water purification
system (Merck Lifesciences) for chromatographic systems installed in the laboratory.
A number of software and hardware modules have been procured under KCSTC projects to enhance the research
platform of KCSTC as well as different departmental laboratories: CST software for Electromagnetic simulation tool
(2) GPU Computing Platform, (3) Map Downloader software (4) GPS L1 IF data recorder- cum – software (5) High
voltage differential probe, 500MHz 12 BIT ADC Digital Storage Oscilloscope, Rogowski Coil Current Probe, 80V,
25A Regulated DC Power Supply (6) Potentiostat Galvanostat- Princeton Applied Research VersaSTAT4, Linear
Micro/Nano Positioner-Smar Act SLC 2445 (7) FLOWNEX Software (8) GFSSP.
The School has acquired a new 4-laser Multicolour, Multiparameter flow cytometer and Mobile health care unit
through institute funding for facilitated development of inter-departmental research facilities.
The School has developed an Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler (ADCP) for research.

The first phase of development of the Quality Engineering Lab is complete and next phase will have a focus on
developing automated quality control systems.
The School has installed a Solar Cooker in a village school for mid-day meal scheme. Improved version has been
designed. It has conducted evaluation and modelling of various SPV modules’ real life performance. Improvement
of heat transfer of fluids mixed with nanoparticles for solar thermal applications and efficiency of a-Si solar cells are
ensured. It has developed Dye Sensitized solar cell (DSSC) fabrication and characterization. A light-harvesting
model to describe microalgal growth kinetics, a green-cathode for generation of bioelectricity using microalgae, an
in-situ trans-esterification method for biodiesel production directly from yeast biomass, and the proof of the concept
of a yeast bio refinery for deriving multiple products and benefits using yeast biomass as feedstock have been
developed.
VGSoM has focussed a majority of its efforts towards maintaining the existing infrastructure, and updating it to meet
the evolving needs of the students and faculty. One of the MBA classrooms has undergone significant renovation
with a new lectern, and updated projection and sound systems have been installed. A research scholars’ room has
been refurbished with cubicles along with computers and printing facilities for the Ph. D. students at various stages
of their program.
INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THE INSTITUTE

The Civil Construction and Maintenance section has taken up several construction projects to cater to the
infrastructural requirements of the Institute. Vikram Sarabhai residential accommodation with 164 rooms for Boys
and 164 rooms for Girls has been completed and handed over. All 88 rooms of Nalanda class room complex have
been handed over. In the J. C. Ghosh Science Block and P. C. Ray Laboratory Block, 16 Floors have been handed
over to SIDM, CORAL, Petroleum Engineering and Department of Chemistry. Currently, HAVC work is in progress.
For 100 units of post-doctoral accommodation and foreign visitor accommodation handing over is under progress.
Out of 66 units of New Faculty Accommodation, 24 units have been handed over. RCC structural work is under
progress for B-Type faculty accommodation.
Expansion of Aerospace Engineering building, new Annex Building in Mining Engineering Department and JC Bose
Annex Laboratory building is completed and handed over. For the Super Speciality Hospital, main hospital building,
Electrical substation, AC Plant room, and pump house and STP have been completed. MGMS, CSSD, Signage
work, testing commissioning of lifts & HVAC work are in progress. The Institute has initiated the process of taking
over of the facilities.
The Main Building including Auditorium and sub-station of IIT Kharagpur Research Park at Rajarhat has been
completed. The testing commissioning of HVAC is in progress. The Acoustic work for Auditorium and Classrooms
has been awarded by CPWD.
Under the new water supply project of the Institute, total pipe laying has been done for 11.04 km out of 12.60 km.
The work is in progress in the SE Rly Goods yard Area where total of 5.316 km has been laid out of 5.50 km.
Currently, Approach Bridge Fabrication and Erection is in progress.
For NANO CRF and Life Science Building of Diamond Jubilee Complex, the RCC Structure has been completed
and handing over is under progress. Work has been completed for development of synthetic athletic track.
Basketball, Volleyball and Tennis Court works are under progress.

Technology Telecom Centre (TTC) provides the voice communication services to subscribers in the academic as
well as in the residential campus on conventional copper wires as well VoIP and Digital Telephony and the value
added services like Audio Conferencing bridge and mobile extensions etc. It is having the state of art Centralized
EPABX at Technology Telecom Centre and a satellite exchange at New Guest House. It is also providing the
centralized fax services to Institute community.
In the financial year (2018-2019) TTC completed the installation and commissioning of upgrading of existing MD-
110 EPABX at JCB lab complex (Annex building) with server based system. Restructuring of telephone cables in
Deptaerment of Agricultural and Food Engineering and BC Roy Technological Hospital was completed. The
Renovation work of Pillar boxes (painting and repairing) in the Campus is also going on.

One major work that has been taken up is the voice communication in the upcoming “Dr. B. C. Roy Institute of
Medical Science and Research”. TTC has planned to upgrade the present EPABX system so that it can take up the
load of the massive (2000 lines in future) and important telephone connectivity of the super-speciality hospital.
Already the upgradation of the system has been initiated and is waiting for approval of the concerned authority.
Estimation of telephone cabling work at admin block of Nalanda Class Room Complex is done and a composite
work has been completed by CCM. In the same manner restructuring of telephone cables work also completed by
CCM as composite work. In near future, telephone-cabling work at the newly constructed buildings like Diamond
Jubilee Complex, New Faculty Accommodations (NFAs), International Guest House, etc. will be taken up with
respective PMC.

Central Research Facility (CRF) aims to extend access to multi-material state-of-the-art micro and
nanotechnologies for users from industry, R&D and academia, either national or international level; providing
training to students at the UG/PG/RS level and organizing workshop/training program to the engineers outside
Institute on specific equipment.
CRF is equipped with 36 laboratories with 30 associated faculty members and 30 technical staff. We are equipped
with sophisticated instrumentations like: Field emission scanning electron microscopes; Dual beam FIB-FEG
microscopes; Transmission electron microscopes; X-ray diffractometers; X-Ray Micro-CT; Scanning Auger
Nanoprobe; Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer; Atomic Force Microscope; Nano- triboindenter; Raman
Spectrometer; Thermal Analyzers; SQUID-VSM; Hall- effect measurement, MALDI, X-ray, ITC, FACS.
CRF organized various seminars, workshops, training in last academic year on topics such as: From 3D Images to
Models - Introduction to Simple ware Software Workshop, Rietveld Analysis – Application Training, Advancement
on High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy.
Alumni Affairs and Institutional Development (ID) Program

The Office of International Relations was set up in the year 2003. Since 2014, the Office has grown significantly with
the range of activities with regards to the signing of international MoUs and collaborations, outreach programs,
facilitation of faculty and students visits etc. The Office has also been made responsible for the Institute’s branding
and corporate social responsibility program. Following are the major activities undertaken during 2018-19 by the Office
of International Relations:
four international students were hosted for degree programs from Russia, Columbia and Bhutan, South Korea, and
29 international students for short-term programs. Funding opportunities were made available under Shri Gopal
Rajgarhia International Program (SGRIP), Asoke Deysarkar International Program, ICCR and other funding
programs. The flagship program of Office of International Relations, SGRIP supported 9 International Faculty, 2
International Research Scholars: 2, 3 scholarships for international students, 2 International Workshops and
Meetings. International MoUs were signed with 35 foreign universities including with special emphasis on student
exchange. Work is in progress for Multi-institutional Dual Degree programs with James Cook University, Australia,
University of Auckland, University of Alberta, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and Rutgers University. Apart
from these, there were several inbound visits, the foreign training program was conducted for students of IIT
Kharagpur, and e-newsletter was published for students and faculty for news dissemination.
Activities undertaken by Dean, International Relations for Branding and CSR include the following:
a) Launching the IIT Kharagpur news website, The KGP Chronicle, www.news.iitkgp.ac.in, relaunching R&D and
alumni magazines, increasing the reach of social media through Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, making of IIT
Kharagpur short film for the national television channel of Doordarshan, internationalization of the science and
technology competition for school students, Young Innovators Program and offering a large range of brand
memorabilia.
b) Raising CSR funding for merit scholarship from Tower Research Capital, innovation incubation from HDFC
Bank, for Centre for Classical Arts from AKS System Pvt Ltd. and Magic Software.
Alumni Relations and Outreach
Close to 68% connectivity with the alumni has been achieved by the end of the financial year including registrations
on the alumni website, during annual alumni meet, visits, social media platforms and other alumni engagement
programs. Out of a total number of 64316 alumni, the Institute is connected with close to 43000 alumni and is able
to network with them.

Alumni and Institute Events
Annual Alumni Meet
Students’ Alumni Cell organized the 16th Annual Alumni Meet from 11th Jan to 13th Jan 2019. This year the
batches of 1969, 1979 and 1994 were the special guests of honor. The meet was attended by 368 alumni including
special guests. The Meet is now a major event anticipated by both the alumni and the students. As the years pass
by and winds of change keep blowing, the Alumni Meet too shall keep evolving with the pace of time, hoping to
bring to the alumni an experience that they may cherish all their lives.
Homecoming
The first ever edition of Homecoming from 17th-19th August 2018 saw 47 Alumni registered and a total of 90 people
including the accompaniments occupied the Technology Guest House.
Alvida
The atmosphere was tinged with a bit of sadness at Alvida, the annual farewell dinner, this time for the Batch of
2019. The evening started off on an amazing note as the Director and Dean, Alumni Affairs, began addressing the
students. This was followed by the eagerly awaited Batch awards which the passing batch thoroughly enjoyed. A
lovely dinner followed soon after at the Vikramshila complex. A wave of nostalgia hit the diners as they discussed
the unending memories this campus had given them. There was no better way to end the night than dancing to
IITKGP’s famous ‘tempo’, and signing off with love.
Convocation
The 64th Convocation of IIT Kharagpur brought together on stage several luminaries - Honourable President of
India, Shri Ram Nath Kovind, the Honourable Governor of West Bengal, Shri Keshari Nath Tripathi, and the
Honourable Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee. Commending IIT Kharagpur for its pioneering role in
engineering and technical education in the country, President Kovind said, “Over the years, IIT Kharagpur, and in
fact the IIT network and community, has become an important window to the entire world.” The Chief Minister of
West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, won a thundering applause from students when she announced that she believed
IIT Kharagpur was the number one IIT in the country. IIT Kharagpur gave out degrees to 2616 students, 295 of
them doctoral and joint Ph. D.
FoundationDay
The 68th Foundation Day of IIT Kharagpur saw the Young Alumni Achiever Award being conferred on 12
outstanding KGPians who are high achievers as professionals, academics, scientists, and mentors. Dr. Purnendu
Chatterjee, Founder Chairman of The Chatterjee Group (TCJ) that runs Haldia Petrochemicals, was Chief Guest on
the occasion. Three student awards and eight staff excellence awards were given away by the Director. The day
saw the Nina Saxena Award being conferred upon the Founders of Pathshodh Healthcare Pvt Ltd, a medical device
research and development company incubated at the Indian Institute of Science. Several staff were also honoured
for completing 25 years of service at the Institute.
Fundraising Campaign
Under theInstitutional Development (ID) Program several alumni fundraising campaigns are being carried out to build
corpus through endowment and gift mode to ensure self-sustainability in the long run. For FY 2018-19 Rs. 8.75
Crore was raised from the under mentioned various giving back initiative run by the ID Program.
Any batch together donating Rs. 50 Lakhs is recognized as ‘Founding Batch of Endowment’ and a class-room in
the newly built Nalanda Classroom complex is named after the batch with all the donor names displayed at the
entrance. Grass-roots campaign contribution has long term impact as well as benefit KGP for years to come. Batch
Endowment is ideal for both grass-roots and major donors as the principal would remain intact and only the interest
generated would be used be for institute’s growth.
1991 Batch has completed their journey of raising 50 Lakhs in a record breaking 3 months to become the first
‘Founding Batch of Endowment’ and then other grad batches successfully raised funds and they are - 1966, 1967,
1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1984, 1993, 1994 and 1997. Batches from different genres like 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965,
1987, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1990 are vying to be the next one. In 2018-19, the batch of 1969 and 1994 received
endowed class rooms at the Nalanda Complex during “Annual Alumni Meet” January 2019.
Hall Gift is another campaign where alumni were appealed to donate for the development of their Halls. A primeval
sense of loyalty binds KGP’ians to their respective Halls of Residence. This is where they spend their most joyous
moments together with friends. The alumni are returning to care for these spaces as they would their family homes.
Contribution for hall renovation has given way to an outpouring of grassroots involvement in reconstruction and

renovation drives. The donation drive for Radha Krishnan hall set the trend for giving back followed by Patel and
Rajendra Prasad halls for their collective giving back. Alumni from various halls raised about Rs. 50 Lakh for hall
development activities and the work is completed for Patel hall first phase, Nehru Hall model room pilot project, and
others are underway.
IIT Kharagpur is helping students to learn without being unduly worried about expenses, shape their career and
then give back to their Alma Mater through the grassroots campaign of Learn-Earn-Return. This scheme aims to
create a financial support system for students so that they imbibe the culture of giving back. The awardees receive
Rs. 10,000 per month for 4 years as cash award. At the end of the first semester of the 1st year, the award will be
given out on the basis of JEE Advanced rank. From the second semester onward, the recipients of the award would
have to maintain a CGPA of 9. LER helps students to study without worrying about financial burden. Three hundred
alumni from various batches raised about Rs. 59 Lakh till FY 2018-19 under this initiative.
A new initiative which was started in 2018 to raise funds for various departmental events and campaigning, named
as “Alumni Department Engagement Program - ADEP”, is aimed to reconnect alumni with their departments.
This program facilitates alumni and dept: for initiatives like - visiting faculty, special lectures, workshops, foreign and
industry collaboration, PG and RS placement, internships and live projects. Under this campaign for the first time in
the history of the Institute, a Geoscience seminar was organized at the Geology and Geophysics Dept totally from
the resources contributed by the alumni. A special volume of the Geoscientific magazine - GEOS was launched
during the seminar. It had 28 technical articles from the IIT Kharagpur alumni from 1956 to 2009, with contribution
from both India and abroad.
In an initiative to strengthen the health and wellness program of IIT KGP. The alumni of the Institute have helped
design and customize ambulance for safeguarding dynamic patient requirements and gifted an Ambulance to KGP
and putting more efforts for the wellness program. Several doctors and super specialty hospitals were consulted to
ensure best-in-class emergency medical fittings and effective vehicle design for long-distance journey. Custom
fittings were fabricated, such as medical equipments, upgrading internal panels, electrical wiring for fireproofing and
fire retardant components etc.
Class Gift is another inspiring giving back program at IIT KGP, where a batch funds a special initiative to create a
signature place at the Institute. The batch of 1970 is the first graduating class who has endow a lasting legacy at
their beloved Institute. A uniquely structured garden beside Tikka circle, ADDA is represented as place for students,
faculties and other campus staffs to contemplate, meditate and discuss in an open lush green space. One more
such initiative is undertaken by the alumni specially, from the US side through IIT KGP US Foundation and driven
by Distinguished Alumnus Vinod Gupta. This is to add one more signature place to the campus a Clock Tower.
Endowed Chair Professorships are also a great initiative where illustrious alumni contribute. Endowed
Professorship is one of the highest honors awarded in the academic arena and is reserved for the best faculty
members as an acknowledgement of their contributions to research and teaching. Endowed Chair also lends an
additional prestige to the departments. Thus, it is both an honor to the named holder of the appointment and also an
enduring tribute to the donor who establishes it. Distinguished Alumnus Vinod Gupta instituted “Prof A. S. Davis
Chair”, Shion Deysarkar [son of Dr. Asoke Deysarkar, Distinguished Alumnus of IIT KGP] instituted “Prof. P. K.
Bhattacharya Chair” and also “Prof. N. K. Roy Chair”.
Student Scholarships and Awards are also a great way to contribute to the institute. It often provides students a
critical push in their academic career at different junctures, especially by giving them a much-needed financial
cushion and support system while they pursue their goals, live their dreams and have a fulfilling career. Perhaps
most importantly, scholarships make students aware of the importance of philanthropy or giving back. Under this
initiative, Karuturi Chakravarthy, instituted the “Shri Karuturi Ramamurty Endowment Award” in the memory of
his father. The 1997 batch of Mechanical Engineering (B. Tech.) instituted the Ritesh Ranjan Memorial
Scholarship in the memory of their batch mate, late Ritesh Ranjan. Institute visiting Professor and alumnae, Amita
Sinha and her batch mates instituted “Prakasham Gupta Best Thesis Award” in memory of their friend and fellow
batch mate Late Prakasham Gupta.
Distinguished alumnus Partha Ghosh made contributions for a pioneering project launched by the Institute - Partha
Ghosh Leadership Academy (with an endowment fund of 1 million USD). Distinguished alumnus Shri Arjun
Malhotra is driving the campaign for the Center for Classical Arts and made a contribution and also, a grassroots
campaign has been launched for the alumni to contribute towards this Center.
In the unique ecosystem of IIT KGP, senior classes play a role not commonly seen in any other institution of higher
learning. “My Imprint” initiative is actually a “By the Students, for the Students” giving back initiative where

graduating batches are given the chance to contribute their caution money deposits to the welfare of the Institute.
Graduating students thus get a head start in contribution to their alma mater almost from the moment they step out
into the world as IIT KGP alumni. 300+ graduating students donated their caution money under the My Imprint
campaign which amounted close to Rs. 18 Lakh for building bus stands in the campus.
IIT Kharagpur is on a mission to help people reap the benefits of several of its research outcomes through its newly
launched Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) program. The Institute is gearing up to partner with corporate
houses and NGOs to help people to have a better life. The Institute received CSR funding through IDP from HDFC
Bank Ltd and Tower Research Capital. HDFC Bank Ltd., a leading private bank in India has instituted a fund of Rs.
60 Lakh for supporting start-up and incubation at the IIT KGP in the area of sustainable development, community
empowerment and clean/renewable energy. Whereas Tower Research Capital, the renowned financial services
firm, has instituted a fund of Rs. 60 Lakh over two years for the “TRCI Meritorious Scholarships” for eight students
of 2nd or 3rd year B. Tech. of Computer Sciences and Engineering.
International Relations, Branding and CSR

The Office of International Relations was set up in the year 2003. Since 2014, the Office has grown significantly with
the range of activities with regards to the signing of international MoUs and collaborations, outreach programs,
facilitation of faculty and students visits etc. The Office has also been made responsible for the Institute’s branding
and corporate social responsibility program. Following are the major activities undertaken during 2018-19 by the
Office of International Relations:
four international students were hosted for degree programs from Russia, Columbia and Bhutan, South Korea, and
29 international students for short-term programs. Funding opportunities were made available under Shri Gopal
Rajgarhia International Program (SGRIP), Asoke Deysarkar International Program, ICCR and other funding
programs. The flagship program of Office of International Relations, SGRIP supported 9 International Faculty, 2
International Research Scholars 3 scholarships for international students, 2 International Workshops and Meetings.
International MoUs were signed with 35 foreign universities including with special emphasis on student exchange.
Work is in progress for Multi-institutional Dual Degree programs with James Cook University, Australia, University of
Auckland, University of Alberta, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, and Rutgers University. Apart from these,
there were several inbound visits, the foreign training program was conducted for students of IIT Kharagpur, and e-
newsletter was published for students and faculty for news dissemination.
(a) Launching of the IIT Kharagpur news website, TheKgp Chronicle,
www.news.iitkgp.ac.in, relaunching R&D and alumni magazines, increasing the reach of social media through
Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, making of IIT Kharagpur short film for the national television channel of
Doordarshan, internationalization of the science and technology competition for school students, Young
Innovators Program and offering a large range of brand memorabilia.
(b) Raising CSR funding for merit scholarship from Tower Research Capital, innovation incubation from HDFC
Bank, for Centre for Classical Arts from AKS System Pvt Ltd. and Magic Software.
Sponsored Research & Industrial Consultancy (SRIC)

The Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SRIC) Cell is the primary conduit for all sponsored research
and consultancy in the institute. It also plays a pivotal role in the preparation and execution of the research roadmap
of the institute, and in managing the internal mechanism of the institute for disbursement of its research funds. As
research is one of the key indicators of institutional excellence, and as the government increasingly leans towards
the IITs to infuse its technology towards industrial application and social responsibilities, SRIC has become primary
handle for a wide variety of technology interventions.
The huge diversity of engineering and science disciplines at IIT Kharagpur offers a single window for all types of
educational and research service required by the industry. The diversity of in-house expertise at IIT Kharagpur has
also catalyzed the development of a healthy ecosystem for large-scale industrial collaborations in multi-disciplinary
areas including AI, Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Intelligent Transportation Technology, and Affordable
Healthcare Technology, Geosciences for the Future of Earth, Innovative Infrastructure Design, Industrial Internet of
Things, and Industrial Robotics etc.
SRIC played a key role in catalyzing the submission of a large number of proposals from IIT Kharagpur under the
Uchchatar Avishkar Yojana (UAY), IMPRINT, and Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and worked with the other IITs in
carrying out the selection process. Under UAY-I (2016-2017), the institute has received funding to the tune of INR

66 crores spread over 12 projects. In the year 2017-2018, under UAY-II, 14 projects were submitted and 7 were
selected, total amount being INR 11.85 crores. Under IMPRINT-1 and IMPRINT-2, the Institute has already
received a fund-commitment in the tune of INR 123 crores spread over 27 projects and INR 9 crores spread over 12
projects. The Institute has also received a fund-commitment of INR 251.09 crores under SPARC Programme.
Since inception of Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) program in 2015-16, IIT Kharagpur is coordinating
this program nationwide. Aimed at tapping the talent pool of scientists and entrepreneurs worldwide and garnering
the best international experience into our systems of education, the GIAN initiative has attracted an astonishing 18
advanced courses involving international experts in 2018-2019. These courses have been made available online for
attendees across the nation.
Additional educational initiatives under the leadership of IIT Kharagpur include the National Digital Library initiative,
the National Initiative for Design Innovation, the Teaching Learning Center for Pedagogy Design & Research, and
the MOOC compliant e-content creation initiative. Major MHRD supported initiatives include the E-Business Centre
of Excellence, Virtual Labs, and Real Time Virtual Labs.
During the year 2018-2019 the Institute received 257 research projects from the Government, private and
international funding agencies/enterprises for a total value of INR 493.34 crores and 154 consultancy projects worth
30.56 crores. This includes a number of high-value and flagship projects from the government and the industry,
such as:
1. Development of Filament Wound Type 3 Composite Cylinder for the Storage of Compressed Hydrogen Gas
2. Road Safety Audit on Five (5) State Highways in the State of West Bengal
3. A Formal Coverage Management Framework for AMS Design Verification (GRC Proposal ID: P32524)
4. LUDCP for Newly Added Haldia Planning Area (Phase 1)
5. Health Study of Main and Annex Building of Honourable High Court, Kolkata
6. Scientific Study Related to 04 Zones of Handidhua Colliery
7. Cryptography and Cryptanalysis
8. Preparation of Human Resources (HR) Plan of SECL Including Executives for Next Five Years taking into
Consideration the Man-Machine Combination, Training Needs for Different Disciplines to Augment the
Production and Productivity for the Next 05 (five) Years
9. Study to Assess Stability for an Unstable Part of NH-2 Bypass near Dalmia under the Jurisdiction of
Salanpur Area of ECL for Implementation of Raniganj Master Plan
10. Specifications for Design of De-dusting System for 1X800 T. P. D. Calcined Petroleum Coke Rotary Kiln at
Paradeep, Orissa.
The Intellectual Property Rights and Industrial Relations (IPR & IR) Cell under SRIC is responsible for the filing and
maintenance of Intellectual Property Rights, and also for licensing and the transfer of technologies developed by
researchers at IIT Kharagpur to the commercial sector. In the financial year 2018-19, a total number of 63
intellectual properties (national and international) have been filed and a total of 5 intellectual properties were
granted. Several technologies have been transferred to industries.
A two day IPR Workshop on ‘Innovation, Invention and Creativity – Roadmap for Patent Creation’ was organized on
25th August and 5th September 2018 by IPR & IR Cell, SRIC, in association with RGSoIPL, IIT Kharagpur. An IPR
Special Lecture on “The multiple facets of IPR: An Engineers’s Perspective” was delivered by Prof. Ravinder David
Koilpillai, Qualcomm Institute Chair Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, IIT Chennai, on 26th of
February, 2019 which enriched the students and faculties of IIT Kharagpur at large. An Institute lecture on
“Commercializing Innovations – why do inventors patent their invention?” and a one day Workshop on “IP
Powerhouse: the fuel for startups” was organized on 1st March 2019 and 2nd March 2019 respectively, by IPR & IR
Cell, SRIC, in association with RGSoIPL, IIT Kharagpur. The world Intellectual Property day was celebrated on 26th
April 2019, raising IP awareness among students and researchers and felicitating the inventors whose patent has
been granted. The world Intellectual Property day was celebrated on 26th April 2018 with the theme “Powering
change: Women in innovation and creativity” encouraging more women inventors of the Institute. The IP day
celebration started with the inauguration of the Technology Transfer Brochure of the Institute.
The Entrepreneur Cell under SRIC supports a variety of incubation programs funded by the Government.
Various student activities are encouraged and supported through SRIC. Notable activities include the following:

• Design and implementation of autonomous ground vehicles. The team has designed, fabricated and
operated autonomous vehicle with multiple sensors data processing and fusion incorporating sophisticated
control steps to participate in various competitions in India and abroad. It is indeed is a matter of pride to
note that Team AGV, IIT Kharagpur has secured second position in 26th International Ground Vehicle
Competition (IGVC) held at Oakland University in Rochester, Michigan on June 1 - June 4, 2018, organized
by the Association for unmanned vehicle system international (AUVSI).
• TeamKART designs and manufactures formula style racing cars. The team has successfully made 6 cars
and is on its way to make the 7th car. The team bagged 9th position out of 74 teams in the Formula Bharat
rulebook quiz. The team was one of the 16 teams out of 77 teams that participated, to clear the Mechanical
Scrutiny, tilt and the noise test in Formula Bharat 2019. Also for the first time team participated in the 3rd
FSEV Concept Challenge and bagged overall 4th rank.
• RoboSoccer activity for design and implementation of a team of soccer playing robots. This activity is
coordinated under a students’ group named “Kharagpur Robosoccer Students’ Group” (KRSSG). It
regularly organizes robo-soccer competition during the techno-management fest “Kshitij”. KRSSG qualified
for RoboCup SSL 2019 and Humanoid Simulation League held in Sydney, Australia. In July 2018, KRSSG
won the second place in Goalie Skills Challenge of Humanoid Simulation League, in Montreal, Canada.
• Swarm Robotics IIT Kharagpur took part in DRDO’s DRUSE 2018 (DRDO Robotics & Unmanned Systems
Exposition) which was held in Pune from 23rd May to 25th May 2018 and won the First Runners Up
position to win a cash prize of 1 Lakh Rupees for further research and implementation. This was the
culmination of the national level challenge which had over 1000 entries out of which 164 qualified for the
Zonals on 28th March 2018, where they were crowned the runners-up in the 30 teams selected for the
finals.
• Aerial Robotics Kharagpur (ARK) is a students’ group working for building autonomous aerial vehicles. The
group was formed in February 2015. They are developing a system for flight control of a drone for
participating in International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC).
• TeamAUV activity for design and implementation of autonomous underwater vehicle. The team has
designed and operated an upgraded underwater vehicle with multiple sensors and sophisticated control
computers to participate in various competitions in India and abroad.
• Signals and systems for Life Science, a thrust area of Research at IIT Kharagpur, organized a one week
long orientation programme during May 8-12, 2017 at IIT Kharagpur for selected ICMR-IITKGP MedTech
interns of this year. In the 8 week long internship, 2 ICMR Scientists and 4 medical college students from 3
different AIIMS worked at IIT Kharagpur laboratories while 7 IIT Kharagpur engineering students reported to
different centers of ICMR namely, NCDIR, Bangalore, NIRRH, Mumbai, NARI, Belgavi, RMRC,
Bhubaneswar.

CIC has extended the existing private cloud computing infrastructure by building a new OpenStack based cloud
system (Meghamala-II). Wi-Fi infrastructures at Nehru, Patel, Azad, LLR, RK and RP halls have been upgraded.
CIC has connected the Institute to eduroam, a global service that enables students, researchers and staff from
participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity across campus and when visiting other participating
institutions by simply opening their laptop or activating their smartphone or other portable device through Wi-Fi. CIC
has started Internet access without proxy servers from the residential area and Technology Guest House. The
centre has completed the extension of Institute networking facility to various laboratories of different departments,
newly constructed Annex Buildings (Annex of JCB Lab Complex, Annex Building of the Department of Aerospace
Engineering, and Extension of Mining Engineering), hall of residences (VSRC G+7 blocks for Boys and Girls) and
buildings (4 nos. NFA Blocks), new centers (Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Rekhi Centre of Excellence for the
Science of Happiness). In addition to these the existing network infrastructure has been upgraded at Central Library
and IIT Kharagpur extension centre Kolkata for NDLI project. CIC has laid the underground cable duct to connect
Dr. B. C. Institute of Medical Science & Research through OFC with redundant path. Considering the availability of
dark fiber in the existing OFC cable plant, CIC has also laid the additional cable duct to setup OFC links for J. C.
Ghosh and P. C. Roy Science Block, Diamond Jubilee Complex, VSRC (G+7) blocks, Nalanda Class Room
Complex, Sir J. C. Bose Laboratory Complex, Department of E&ECE, Central Library, RMSoE, Department of
Mining Engineering and Halls of Residence. CIC also provided temporary IT infrastructure during several events like
SIH2019 software and hardware editions, Spring Fest, Kshitij, Alumni meet, Convocation and different

national/international academic conferences. The laboratories in CIC (5 Nos) have been utilized for Institute
academic activities like conducting lab classes along with various online tests like GATE/JAM, JEE-Main, JEE
(advanced), NPTEL, UGC NET, Moodle based online class tests, ACM-ICPC Asia Regionals 2018 Kharagpur and
online examinations conducted during placement.
Science and Technology Entrepreneurship Park (STEP)

STEP, IIT Kharagpur is one of the oldest and most successful innovation and incubation Centre in the country,
having supported the entrepreneurship endeavour of our graduates and others in establishing the start-ups for over
three decades. During year 2018-19, five new companies were inducted. During the year, three Committee
Meetings for Incubation and Seed Loan, 14 workshops and outreach camps have been conducted. Among the
major activities, a shed area at STEP Gopali Campus has been renovated for civil works, water connection,
electrification to provide better facilities to incubates, Phase-II boundary wall in Gopali mouza is being constructed
to improve security measures of STEP Gopali campus, Animal Cell Culture Based Testing Laboratory is ready for
operation, Ultra High Temperature furnace (3000 0C) for mono-atomic layer graphene (first in the country), Raman
Spectrometer and Universal Testing Machine are in the process of installation, Infrastructure for internship program
for students from textile colleges is ready. The tissue cultured pineapple and banana plantation will now be
expanded to 40 acres and development of natural fibre based clothes and footwear (bonded with graphene-
derivatives) will be undertaken.
Rajbhasha Vibhag
The Rajbhasha Vibhag translates all Institute documents and correspondence including Institute’s Annual Report
and Annual Accounts statement along with the routine translation of various technical / non-technical documents,
administrative orders, RTI and letters from English to Hindi and vice versa. In addition to the translation of
documents, the Vibhag ensures the bilingual display of different nameplates, notice boards, rubber stamps, and
preparation of Degrees / Diplomas certificates awarded by the Institute. Rajbhasha Vibhag has initiated Hindi
Training to Institute employees for Praveen, Pragya and Parangat course under Hindi Teaching Scheme. In the last
academic year, the department has trained 76 employees in Praveen, Prgaya and Parangat with 15 employees
trained in Hindi typing.
Hindi workshops and HR Training were organized for the Officers and employees of the Institute on 14 Sep 2018,
18-22 Jun 2018, and 05-11 March 2019. The Institute celebrated “Hindi Divas” on 14th Sep 2018. Several
programmes and competitions in Hindi were organised for employees and students of the Institute as well as for the
students of nearby schools. Rajbhasha Vibhag publishes a monthly News Magazine “Jharokha” in Hindi covering all
the academic, cultural, extra-curricular activities of the institute with the rules, regulations, and policy matters related
to Rajbhasha. Rajbhasha Vibhag has several Hindi Software like i-leap, ISM Publisher, ISM Office, Leap Office etc.
Vibhag also uses the tools, PARIVARTAK, MANTRA, TRANSLITERATION, etc. developed by Department of
Official Language, MHA, Government of India, C-DAC and other agencies. Recently ISM V.6 was procured which is
Unicode compatible. The Vibhag has activated UNICODE in all the computers of departments and trained the
employees to work in Hindi. The Rajbhasha Vibhag has made its website bilingual. The Rajbhasha Vibhag has also
made the Institute’s website bilingual and efforts are being made to make the contents of the website bilingual. The
Institute has constituted Official Language Implementation Committee (OLIC) for the implementation of Rajbhasha
Policies and to monitor the progressive use of Hindi in the Institute in day-to-day work. In addition to this, Rajbhasha
Vibhag, IIT Kharagpur plays a vital role in co-ordination for implementing the Official Language policy in the town.
As the Director of the Institute is the senior most officer of the Central government posted in Kharagpur, Rajbhasha
Vibhag, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has nominated him as Chairman of Town Official Language
Implementation Committee (TOLIC). In the last academic year two meetings were held on 13 Aug 2018 and 10 Jan
2019.
Conferences, Seminars, Symposia and Workshops

Listed below department wise are the conferences, seminars, symposia and workshops organized by the Institute.
• National Conference on: National Aerospace Propulsion Conference, December 17-19, 2018.
• Symposium on: Aero elasticity and Unsteady Aerodynamics in Turbomachinery, May 06-10, 2019.
• Workshop on: Applications of gradient grating period guided mode resonance filter by Prof. Cheng Sheng
Huang from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, NCTU Taiwan, November 27, 2018.

• Seminar on: MEMS Logic Gate by Prof. Tsung Lin Chen from the Department of Mechanical Engineering,
NCTU Taiwan, November 27, 2018.
• Seminar on: “Experimental work on insect aerodynamics and flight”, March 15, 2019.
• Workshop on: Experimental Flow Visualisation and Measurement Techniques for both Incompressible and
Compressible Flow Regimes, March 12-15, 2019.
Agricultural & Food Engineering
• Workshop on: Prakriti-2019: “Sustainability”, March 15-17, 2019.
• Workshop on: Agricultural Watersheds: Hydrologic and water quality data collection and analysis,
December 10-14, 2018.
• Workshop on: Micro-irrigation and Fertigation, January 21-22, 2019.
• Symposium on: Technology Demonstration Mela under Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, February 16, 2019.
• Workshop on: Advanced Training in Agricultural Engineering, June 03-21, 2019.
• Workshop on: Organic Farming for Sustainable Agricultural Production, August 06-30, 2019.
Biotechnology
• Conference on: 2nd International Conference on Contemporary Antimicrobial Research (ICCAR-2018),
December 15-17, 2018.
• Conference on: 6th Molecular Virology Meeting, March 01-02, 2019.
• Workshop on: International Workshop on Rural Water Quality and Management (in association with Global
Challenge Research of University of Edinburgh), May 14-16,2019
• Workshop on: Heterogeneous Catalysis for Chemical Engineers (TEQIP Short), December 10-14, 2018.
• Workshop on: Pollution Prevention in Process Industries, May 05-12 2018.
• Workshop on: Modeling and Computational Techniques for Multiphase Systems (AICTE QIP Short), April
30-May 06, 2018.
Chemistry
• Sir J. C. Ghosh Memorial Lecture 2019 by Bernard L Feringa, Nobel Laureate, Chemistry 2016 on March
18, 2019.
• Workshop on: Towards Smart Functional Materials: An Interdisciplinary Approach, March 19, 2019.
• Conference on: Chemistry Alumni Meet 2019, March 30, 2019.
CivilEngineering
• Conference on: Session on Hydrologic Extremes in a Changing Climate in 15th Annual Meeting of Asia
Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS 2018), June 03-08, 2018.
• Workshop on: A general guideline for preparation and management of a sustainable water supply system
with special emphasis on DPR preparation, tendering, execution and operation/maintenance of the project,
August 23-26, 2018.
• Workshop on: A sustainable water supply system with special emphasis on DPR preparation, tendering,
execution and operation/maintenance of the project, February 04-07, 2019.
• Workshop on: Design and maintenance of sewerage network and sewage treatment plant: special
emphasis on recycle and reuse perspective, April 23-25, 2018.
• Workshop on: Practical hydraulics: Applications in free surface and pressurized flows, February 04-16,
2019.
• Workshop on: Recent Trends in Industrial Pollution Control and Regulation, November 19-23, 2018.
Computer Science & Engineering
• Conference on: 5th Annual International Conference on Algorithms and Discrete Applied Mathematics
(CALDAM 2019), February 14-16, 2019.
• Workshop on: CALDAM Indo- Italian Pre- Conference School on Algorithms and Combinatorics, February
11-12, 2019.
• Workshop on: Workshop on Machine learning for Medical Image Analysis, September 17-21, 2018.

• Workshop on: International course on “Bioproduction in Photosynthetic Microbes” under the GIAN program
of MHRD, India, May 21-25, 2018.
Geology & Geophysics
• Conference on: Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation, February 26-March 02, 2019.
Humanities and Social Science
• International workshop on Landscape Urbanism: From Adi Ganga to Tolly’s Nullah, December 21-22, 2018.
• GIAN: Managing and Governing Resource in the Anthropocene: Political Ecological Explorations from
South Asia, November 26-28, 2018.
• Symposium for Development of Shared Knowledge on Inclusive Development and Growth Dynamics,
February 14-15, 2019.
• TEQIP Training Program, July 01-05 2019.
• International Workshop on Rural Water Quality and Management, May
14-15, 2019.
• Workshop on: Environmental performance of manufacturing system: Modelling and Application, March 25-
29, 2019.
• Workshop on: Quality Engineering in Products and processes for Ordnance factory officials, June 17-28,
2019.
• Workshop on: Sustainable production management: Concept and practices, May 13-24, 2019.
Mathematics
• International Conference on Computational Fluid Mechanics, November
23-25, 2018.
• Conference on: Congress of Metallurgical Professionals involving Students, Industry and Teachers, March
16-17, 2019.
• Workshop on: Fracture, Fatigue and Failure of Materials, June 16-22, 2019.
• Workshop on: Rietveld Analysis -Application Training, March 14-15, 2019.
• Workshop on: Non-destructive Testing for Failure Analysis and Prevention, May 20-22, 2019.
• Workshop on: Laser-Assisted Atom Probe Tomography, July 10, 2019.
Ocean Engineering & Naval Architecture
• Workshop on: Analysis and Design of Coastal Structures, December 10-14, 2018.
• Workshop on: High Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations for Marine Applications, December
10-15, 2018.
• Workshop on: Large Eddy Simulations (LES) for Ship research, December
17-26, 2018.
• International workshop on Technology Enhanced Learning, February
28 - March 1, 2019.
• Workshop on Argument Driven Inquiry, November 11-18, 2018.
• Workshop on Understanding Concepts in Mathematics through Origami, March 18-20, 2019.
• Pedagogy Innovation Workshop for In Service Teachers, July 21-25, 2019.
• Workshop on: Analysis and Design of Coastal Structures, December 10-14, 2018.
• Workshop on: High Fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulations for Marine Applications, December
10-15, 2018.
• Workshop on: Large Eddy Simulations (LES) for Ship research, December
17-26, 2018.

• Seminar on: Lecture series on combinatorial commutative algebra (Mathematics), July 02-06, 2018.
• Seminar on: An Hour with Leonhard Euler, The Music of the Primes by Prof. A. K. Mallik, July 17-18, 2018.
• Seminar on: Effect of flexibility in fish- type propulsion by Prof. Jaywant H Arakeri, March 08, 2019.
• Seminar on: 17th S. Datta Majumdar Memorial Lecture by Prof. Raghavendra, Gadagkar, October 25,
2018.
• Symposium on: Frontiers of Fluid Mechanics 2019, March 16, 2019.
• Seminar on: The Bicycle: A Technological Marvel and Great Social Reformer by Prof. Amitabha Ghosh,
March 27, 2019.
• Conference on: ICEC27-ICMC 2018, September 03-07, 2018.
• Conference on: International Conference on Cryogenic and Refrigeration (ICCR18), April 12-14, 2018.
• Conference on: International Conference on Computational Methods, Simulation and Optimization
(ICCMSO-2018), June 22-24, 2018.
• Conference on: Energy Resources: Advances in Technology and Future Outlook, November 24-25, 2018.
• Workshop on: Data Driven Digital Twin for Asset Integrity Management, March 22-24, 2019.
• Seminar on: Climate Change, the Transitional Role of Fossil Fuels and Geopolitics, January 31, 2019.
G. S. Sanyal School of Telecommunication
• Seminar on: Efficient Detection of OTFS Modulation by Prof. Emanuele Viterbo, fellow IEEE, Monash
University, Melbourne, Australia, May 16-18,2019.
• Seminar on: 5G Communications by Dr. Subhas Mondal Chief Architect – 5G, CTO Team, WIPRO Ltd.,
January 11, 2019.
• Seminar on: 5G Networks by Mr. Indrajit Sanyal, Senior Director, Ericson, Kolkata, January 11, 2019.
• Seminar on: Contribution of Prof. Probodh Kumar Bhowmick in the field of Action and Applied
Anthropology, December 06-07, 2018.
• Conference on: 4th International Conference on Public Policy, June 25-28, 2019.
• Workshop on: Arsenic in the Food Chain, June 25-28, 2019.
• Workshop on: Rural Drinking Water Technology Hackathon 2019, May
13-14, 2019.
• Workshop on: International Workshop on Rural Water Quality and Management, May 13-14, 2019.
• Conference on: Climate Change Impacts, Vulnerabilities, and Adaptation: Emphasis on India and
Neighbourhood (CCIVA 2019, February 26-May 14, 2019.
• Conference on: Sustainability of Smallholder Agriculture in Developing Countries under changing Climatic
Scenario, February 14-May 14, 2019.
Bio Science
• Conference on: 6th Molecular Virology Meeting, February 28-March 02, 2019.
• Workshop on: Entrepreneurship Awareness Program (PMY MSDE, GOI), July 30, 2018-July 09, 2019.
• Workshop on: Mentoring student entrepreneurs at IIT Kharagpur, July 30, 2018-July 09, 2019.
• Workshop on: PRISM workshop organized at Techno India, July 30, 2018-July 09, 2019.
• Workshop on: 4th National Moot Court Competition, August 31-Septmber 02, 2018.
• Conference on: National Colloquium on Legal Research, March 15-16, 2019.
• Workshop on: Research Scholars Day, March 15, 2019.
• Workshop on: AICTE Workshop on Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights, February 04-March 09,
2019.

• Workshop on: The Multiple Facet of IPR: An Engineering’s Perspective with collaboration with IPR Cell,
February 26, 2019.
• Workshop on: Patent drafting workshop – Mr. Dipan Banerjee, Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan Attorneys,
February 02, 2019.
• Workshop on: IP Power house: Fuel for start-ups, Dr. Malath Lakshmikumaran, March 01, 2019.
• Conference on: Industrial relations, Make in India and Skills and Skill India, May 27-31, 2018.
• Conference on: GIAN course on ‘Law and Policy on Renewable energy’, May 07-18, 2018.
• Symposium on: International IP Symposium October 3-6, 2018.
• Workshop on: Roadmap for Patent Creation, August 25, 2018.
• Workshop on: Roadmap for Patent Creation, August 25, 2018.
• Workshop on: Road Map for Patent creation, September 08, 2018.
• Workshop on: Sustainable Cities: Planning & Designing for Green Urban Mobility, October 12, 2018-July
19, 2019.
• Workshop on: GIAN course on Information Technology Applications in Transportation Planning and
Management, March 11-15, 2019.
• Workshop on: Smart Infrastructure Planning to Connect People and Jobs, March 18-22, 2019.
• Workshop on: GIAN course on Smart Urban Multimodal Transport Planning, Operations and Management,
July 08-12, 2019.
• Workshop on: AICTE Course on Using Free and Open Source Geospatial (FOSS4G) Tools in Urban
management, February 28-March 03, 2019.
• Workshop on: GIAN course on Land Cover Land Use change and its Impacts on Climate with Prof. Atul
Jain, University of Illinois, USA, October 29-November 02, 2018.
• Workshop on: TEQIP Course on Sustainable Urban Transport: Design of Road infrastructure and Facilities,
February 15-17, 2018.
• Workshop on: Latest Trends in Structural Repairs and Retrofits by Dr. Mangesh Joshi, CEO, Sanrachana
Structural Strengthening Pvt. Ltd, Mumbai, March 18, 2019.
• Workshop on: Communication by Commander Veerendra Jaitly, two day course, February 14-15, 2019.
• Workshop on: GIAN course on Space is the Machine: SPACE SYNTAX METHODOLOG Y, October 19-23,
2018.
• Symposium on: Curtin University- IIT Kharagpur Joint Symposium, December 12-14, 2018.
• Symposium on: Infrastructure Development and Management in Future Cities, April 17-18, 2019.
• Seminar on: Research Scholars Day cum Visiting Seminar, December 11, 2018.
• Seminar on: Medical Device Regulation: How and Why, December 21, 2018.
Continuing Education Program

The Continuing Education Programme is a significant academic activity of the Institute. Over the years, it has
diversified in terms of variety of programmes, coverage of disciplines, mode of teaching, duration, and the range of
industries and academia served. The activities includes providing continuing education and training to professionals
from industries, R&D organisations and academia, providing opportunities to teachers and students of Engineering
Colleges to update their knowledge through short term courses and for pursuing M. Tech. and Ph. D. programme
under Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) of MHRD. Facilities provided by the Office of Continuing Education
include Video Conferencing Studios at Kolkata, Bhubaneswar and Kharagpur.
During 2018-2019 the Office of Continuing Education organised 14 QIP short term courses with 312 participants,
13TEQIP-III sponsored courses with 419 participants; while the number of sponsored and self-sponsored short term
courses conducted were 93 with as many as 2412 participants. Also, during this period 26 conferences/workshops
were conducted with 1476 participants. The three year executive E MBA programme organised by the unit had 28
students in its Kolkata centre. During this year 9 QIP scholars were awarded Ph. D. degrees.

Under the scheme TEQIP- III, four Faculty Induction Workshops were conducted with 241 faculty participants.
Additionally UG and PG students from CANADA are also trained under the MITACs programme of TEQIP-III,
MHRD. GIAN Courses: A flagship programme of the Govt. of India. These courses of 2 weeks or 10 working days
duration were designed around current and multidisciplinary themes of Science, Engineering, Management and
Law with a judicious blend of lectures and tutorials per day. A total of 577 national and international participants
from the academia and industry participated in the 24 GIAN courses during 2018-2019. The GIAN courses provide
an excellent platform to our students, faculty and industry professionals to seek knowledge and experience from
international faculty. It also provided them an opportunity to interact and learn subjects in niche areas through
collaborative learning process. High quality course material, both through print and video are developed under the
GIAN programme so as to be used by a larger body of students and teachers.
One credit courses on micro specializations are being conducted successfully for the last few years. 15 micro credit
courses were conducted during 2018-2019. Recently a six month certificate course on Foundations of Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Learning has been launched in March 2019. Live, interactive classroom sessions are
conducted simultaneously from Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad and Kharagpur.
Laurels and Distinctions Awarded to Faculty

Last year, like every other year, faculty members and students of the Institute received a number of awards and
honours, laurels and distinctions in recognition to their excellence. Faculty members were honoured with prestigious
awards and elected as Fellows of the National Science and Engineering Academies. The students were rewarded
with various scholarships and their excellent contributions were acknowledged in various conferences, symposia
etc.
Fellowships
Prof. Nirupama Mallick, Department of Agricultural and Fellow, National Academy of Sciences (NASI), India.
Food Engineering
Prof. Adinpunya Mitra, Department of Agricultural and Fellow, West Bengal Academy of Science and
Food Engineering Technology, West Bengal.
Prof. D. K. Pratihar, Department of Mechanical Shastri Fellowship (Indo-Canadian) to work on

Engineering Humanoid Robots.
Prof. Nilmoni Sarkar, Department of Chemistry Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India
(NASI) 2018.
Prof. Niloy Ganguly, Department of Computer Science Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineers
and Engineering (INAE).
Prof. Shamik Sural, Department of Computer Science Fulbright Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence
and Engineering Fellowship (FNAPE).
Prof. Sudip Misra, Department of Computer Science and Fellow of Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation National
Engineering Fellowship by Indian National Academy of Engineers
(INAE).
Prof. Dewashish Upadhyay, Department of Geology and Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt.
Geophysics
Prof. Santanu Bhowmick, Department of Geology and Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Geophysics
Prof. Ayan Roy Chaudhuri, Materials Science Centre Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt fellowship (Alumni
program) 2018.
Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Department of Mechanical Sir J. C. Bose National Fellowship, by the Department

Engineering of Science and Technology, Government of India.
Prof. D. K. Pratihar, Department of Mechanical Fellow of Shashtri (Indo-Canadian Research

Engineering Fellowship).
Dr. Indrani Sen, Department of Metallurgical and Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for
Materials Engineering renewed research stay.
Dr. Somjeet Biswas, Department of Metallurgical and Fellow of Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for
Materials Engineering renewed research stay.
Dr. Swati Maitra, School of Ranbir and Chitra Gupta Fellow of Bilateral Exchange of Academics, for the visit
School of Infrastructure Design and Mngt. to Technical University, Darmstadt, Germany for
research, funded by German Academic Exchange
Service, 2019.
Prof. Mahitosh Mandal, School of Medical Science and Fellow of Indian National Academy of Science, New
Technology Delhi (FNA).
Prof. Ashok K. Gupta, School of Water Resources Fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineers.
Prof. Mahitosh Mandal, School of Medical Science and Sir J. C. Bose Fellowship, Science & Engineering
Technology Research Board, Department of Science and
Technology, Government of India.
Awards
Prof. Partha Pratim Chakrabarti Professor, Honored with D. Sc. (Honoris Causa) by University of Kalyani,
Department of Computer Science & Engineering West Bengal in their 29th Annual Convocation of the University.
and our Director
Prof. J. N. Roy, Advanced Technology Selected one of the INAE Sectional committee members and
Development Centre member of Scientific Committee of EUPVSEC-2018.
Dr. Joydeep Banerjee, Department of Young Scientist Award, Crop and Weed Science Society
Agricultural and Food Engineering (CWSS), Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalay, Mohanpur,
Nadia, West Bengal.
Prof. Ramkrishna Sen, Department of Received Shastri Indo-Canada Institute Award.
Biotechnology
Prof. Sirshendu De, Department of Chemical NRDC National Societal Innovation Award - 2018, for invention
Engineering of “Low Cost Arsenic Removal Filter for Drinking Water”
Prof. Ian Griffiths, Prof. Sirshendu De, Dr. University of Oxford Vice-Chancellor’s Innovation Award for
Sourav Mondal, Dr. Raka Mandal, and Mrs. K V Team Work on modeling of upscaled arsenic filter.
Krishnasri, Department of Chemical Engineering
Prof. N. D. Pradeep Singh, Department of Selected for the membership of the National Academy of
Chemistry Sciences, India.
Prof. Pratim K. Chattaraj, Department of Selected as Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Department
Chemistry of Chemistry, IIT Bombay.
Prof. N. D. Pradeep Singh, Department of Received the SERB Distinguished Investigator Award
Chemistry
Prof. Dibakar Dhara, Department of Chemistry Received the Challenge Grant on Collaborative International
Research of IIT Kharagpur.

Prof. Pratim K. Chattaraj, Department of Nominated as “Bentham Ambassador” by the Bentham
Chemistry Publication group.
Prof. Pratim K. Chattaraj, Department of Awarded the Acharya P. C. Ray Memorial Award of the Indian
Chemistry Chemical Society 2017.
Prof. Swagata Dasgupta, Department of Awarded Dr. Basudev Banerjee Memorial Award 2017 by the
Chemistry Indian Chemical Society.
Prof. Srabani TaraPh. D.er, Department of Awarded the INSA Teachers Award 2018.
Chemistry
Prof. B. B. Pandey (Late), Department of Civil Received IRC Life Time Achievement Award for the year 2018.
Engineering
Prof. Subhasish Dey, Department of Civil J. C. Bose Fellowship.

Engineering
Dr. Rajib Maity, Department of Civil Engineering Received Faculty Excellence Award 2018.
Dr. Debarghya Chakraborty, Department of Civil Received IEI Young Engineers Award 2018-19 of The Institution
Engineering of Engineers (India) in Civil Engineering Discipline.
Prof. Bhargab Bhattacharya, Department of Received the 2018 IEI-IEEE Joint Award for Engineering
Computer Science and Engineering Excellence.
Prof. Aritra Hazra, Department of Computer Received the IEI Young Engineers Award 2018-19.
Science and Engineering
Prof. Chandan Chakrabarty, Department of Received IEEE Bimal Bose Award.

Prof. J N Roy, School of Energy Science and Moderated a workshop on “Clean and Renewable Energies” at
Engineering Taj Bengal Kolkata on Oct. 3, 2018 organized by French
Embassy under their Academic-Industry Partnership Program.
Prof. J. N. Roy, School of Energy Science and Chaired a technical session on “National Workshop on
Engineering Photovoltaic Modul Reliability” Organised by IIEST-Shibpur on
Mar. 28, 2019 at Hotel Hindustan International- Kolkata,
Prof. J. N. Roy, School of Energy Science and Engaged in consultancy with SM technologies-Kolkata.
Engineering
Dr. Amit Ghosh, School of Energy Science and Invited speaker for Synthetic Biology Workshop at Institute of
Engineering Bioinformatics and Applied Biotechnology (IBAB), Bengaluru
under Building Bharat-Boston Biosciences (B4) Program,
funded by Department of Biotechnology (DBT).
Dr. Amit Ghosh, School of Energy Science and Invited Speaker at Symposium on Metabolic Bioengineering for
Engineering production of small molecules during 16-17 November 2018 at
NIPER Kolkata.
Prof. P. K. Ray, Department of Industrial and Received P C Mahalanobis Award given by Operational
Systems Engineering Research Society, India
Prof. Indranil Manna, Department of Selected as Institute Chair Professor
Prof. Manoj Kumar Tiwari, Department of Selected as Institute Chair Professor
Prof. S. P. Sarmah, Department of Industrial Received 2018 IEOM outstanding researcher award in the field
and Systems Engineering of IE and Operations Management in 8th IEOM conference held

in Malaysia in March 7, 2018 by IEOM Society International.
Prof. Indranil Manna, Department of Selected for the National Metallurgist Award 2018 of the
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Ministry of Steel, Government of India.
Dr. Indrani Sen, Department of Metallurgical and Awarded with Venus International Women.
Materials Engineering
Dr. Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Department of Received the Alain Reza Yavari - ISMANAM Junior Researcher
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Award in recognition of the promising research contributions at
the 26th International Symposium on Metastable, Amorphous
and Nanostructured Materials (ISMANAM-2019).
Prof. Trilochan Sahoo, Department of Ocean Outstanding Reviewer: JFS, EABE.
Engg and Naval Architecture
Dr. Gouri, School of Rajiv Gandhi School of Awarded the Y. V. Chandrachud Award, by Yashwantrao
Intellectual Property Law Chavan Pratisthan, Mumbai, December 15, 2018.
Dr. Arkopal K Goswami, Ranbir and Chitra Received Springer Best Paper Presentation Award at
Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Mngt. International Conference on Transportation Infrastructure
Projects Conception to Execution (TIPCE), along with Anand,
S., and Kavita, K. for the paper titled “Predicting Trends in
Roadway Crashes and Forecasting Crash Frequency in
Developing Countries: A Case of Mumbai-Pune Expressway”,
IIT Roorkee, January 2019.
Dr. Bharath H Aithal, School of Ranbir and Received Best Paper award, International Conference on Smart
Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design Cities along with Nimish Gupta and Sudeep Banad for the
and Mngt. paper titled “Spatial-temporal impacts of urban land use land
cover on land surface temperature: Coimbatore” at Jamia Milia
Islamia, March 2019.
Prof. Mahitosh Mandal, School of Medical Received Prof. S. S. Katiyar Endowment Lecture - Indian
Science and Technology Science Congress.
Prof. V. N. A. Naikan, Subir Chowdhury School Awarded the Certificate of outstanding contribution in reviewing
of Quality and Reliability by Elsevier Publisher (2018).
Prof. R. N. Rai, Subir Chowdhury School of Awarded Certificate of Outstanding contribution in reviewing by
Quality and Reliability the International Journal of Reliability Engineering and System
Safety (RESS), Elsevier in 2019.
Prof. Susmita Mukhopadhyay, Vinod Gupta World Human Resource Development Congress, Mumbai–Best
School of Management Professor Award (Human Resource Management) (2019).
Prof. Subhashish Tripathy, Department of Samanta Chandra Sekhar Award of the Odisha Bigyan
Geology & Geophysics Academy 2019.
Dr. Puneet Kumar Patra, Department of Civil Awarded the INSA Medal for Young Scientists for 2019.
Engineering
Prof. Saibal Gupta, Department of Geology & Awarded the INSA Teachers Award for 2019.
Geophysics
Prof. Debabrata Pradhan, Centre of Materials MRSI Medal 2019.
Science Centre
Membership of Editorial Boards and Professional Bodies

Prof. Suneel Kumar Srivastava, Member of Editorial Board Scientific Reports.
Department of Chemistry
Prof. Swagata Dasgupta, Department of Appointed Associate Editor of the journal ACS Omega.
Chemistry

Prof. Pratim K. Chattaraj, Department of Selected to feature in ACS Editors' Choice.
Chemistry
Prof. V. Vasudeva Rao, Centre of Member of Board of Research of Siksha 'O' Anusandhan (Deemed to be
Cryogenic Engineering a University).
Prof. Chandan Chakrabarty, Appointed as Chief Editor of IEEE Journal of Emerging and Selected
Department of Electrical Engineering Topic in Industrial Electronics.
Prof. J. N. Roy, School of Energy Member of Scientific Committee of EUPVSEC-2018 and INAE Sectional
Science and Engineering committee.
Prof. J. Maiti, Department of Industrial Elected as Editorial Board member of Safety and Health at Work and
and Systems Engineering International Journal of Injury Control and Safety Promotion.
Prof. J. Thakkar, Department of Elected as Editorial Board Member of Journal of Manufacturing and
Industrial and Systems Engineering Technology Management and Associate Editor of OPSEARCH.
Prof. J. K. Jha, Department of Industrial Elected as Editorial Board member of International journal of Industrial
and Systems Engineering, Theory and application.
Prof. Nirupam Chakraborti, Department Invited to serve as a Member of Editorial Board of Taylor and Francis.
of Metallurgical and Materials
Engineering
Prof. Prodip Kumar Sen, Department of Invited to serve as a Member of Editorial board of Steel Tech Journal.
Prof. Shiv Brat Singh, Department of Invited to serve as a Member of the Editorial board of Taylor and
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Francis.
Dr. Tapas Kumar Bandyopadhyay, Invited to serve as a Member in the Editorial Board of Bentham Science.
Department of Metallurgical and
Materials Engineering
Prof. Prasad Kumar Bhaskaran, Expert Panel Member, NRB, DRDO.
Department of Ocean Engg and Naval
Architecture
Prof. Prasad Kumar Bhaskaran, Expert Panel Member, PMRF.
Architecture
Prof. Prasad Kumar Bhaskaran, Expert Panel Member, PAMC, DST.
Architecture
Prof. Prasad Kumar Bhaskaran, Research Advisor, NAS Singapore.
Architecture
Prof. P Ganguli, School of Rajiv Gandhi Selected as Chairman of the Jury of Screening-cum-Selection
School of Intellectual Property Law Committee (SSC) Atal Innovation Mission, Niti Aayog.
Dr. Uday Shankar, School of Rajiv Max Planck Alumni Ambassador, Ad Hoc Committee of Max Planck
Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Alumni Association.
Law
Dr. Balraj K. Sidhu, School of Rajiv Inducted as editorial board member of the Journal - Environmental
Gandhi School of Intellectual Property Policy and Law published by IOS Press (The Netherlands).
Law
Prof. M. Padmavati, School of Rajiv Scientific Panel on Labelling and Claims/Advertising, FSSAI, GOI.
Gandhi School of Intellectual Property
Law

Prof. Soumen Das, School of Medical Member of associate editorial board of Nanobiotechnology journal,
Science and Technology Published by IET
Prof. Santanu Dhara, School of Medical Member of American Chemical Society.
Science and Technology
Dr. Nishant Chakravorty, School of Member of Royal Society of Biology, UK.
Medical Science and Technology
Prof. S. K. Chaturvedi, Subir Nominated as the member, Specialist National Committee for defining
Chowdhury School of Quality and the Certification Mechanism for Gaganyaan, ISRO (2019).
Reliability
Dr. A. Ayyappan, Department of Elected as Member, The National Academy of Sciences India in 2019.
Chemistry
Dr. A. Rajakumar, Department of Elected as Member, The National Academy of Sciences India in 2019.
Chemistry
Dr. S. K. Srivastava, Department of Elected as Member, The National Academy of Sciences India in 2019.
Physics
Prof. Suman Chakraborty, Department Commended by the Royal Society of Chemistry for being in top 10% of
of Mechanical Engineering their highly cited authors in the Physical Portfolio Journals.
Dr. Chandra Sekhar Tiwary, Selected for "ASM-IIM Visiting Lecture" jointly by the Indian Institute of
Metallurgical & Materials Engineering Metals (IIM) and American Society of Materials International (ASM
International) for the year 2019.
Prof. Siddhartha Das, Department of Selected by the Indian Institute of Metals for delivering the prestigious A.
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering K. Seal Memorial Lecture on the topic "Next Generation Energy Storage
Devices: A metallurgist's perspective".
Achievements by the Students
Laurels
Dash SM, Chavda S, Lua Received Best Conference Paper award for the following paper in the Fluid
KB, Department of Mechanics session in the conference International Conference on Recent
Aerospace Engineering Innovations & Developments in Mechanical Engineering-2018, Shillong,
Meghalaya, India.
Manojit Ray, School of Accorded the prestigious RISE Worldwide Research Host for the year 2017-18 by
Rajendra Mishra School of The RISE Worldwide, DAAD, Germany. Selection is based on a global competition
Engg. with most awardees located in top Universities and Research Centers of Developed
Countries. A German Scholar would soon be joining Manojit for research on
Cryptocurrency Anchored Distributed Energy Transaction Platform.
Ms. Akanksha Jaiswal, Awarded the Mitacs Globalink Research Award - To Canada to participate in the
School of Rajendra Mishra SFU-IIT India initiative in the summer of 2019, three months internship offer from
School of Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University, Canada.
Engg.Entrepreneurship
Sourabh Arora and Best Paper award for paper titled “Applying Push-Pull-Mooring Framework to
Sangeeta Sahney, School Investigate Consumers’ Webrooming Behavior: An Empirical Investigation”,
of Vinod Gupta School of Colloquium on European Research in Retailing 2018, held at the University of
Management Surrey, UK from the 11th July- 13th July 2018.
Sadrita Deb and Abhijeet Best Paper award for paper titled "Corporate Governance Mechanism in India:
Chandra, School of Vinod Thematic Analysis of the Recent Developments", at the "Qualitative Research in
Gupta School of Financial Markets (QRFM) Conference” held in June 2019 at University of Dundee,
Management Scotland (with a cash prize of £100 prize.
Mr. Arijit Mitra, Selected for the Best prize for poster presentation in “Advances in Materials

Department of Science” division at the 72nd Annual Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute of
Metallurgical and Metals held during 15-16 November, 2018 at Kolkata. The title of his presentation
Materials Engineering was, “Effect of microstructure and bulk macro-texture on the electrical resistivity of
electrodeposited Pb-free Sn-Cu solder films”.
Mr. Sudipta Patra, Selected for the Best prize for oral presentation in “Product” division at the 72nd
Department of Annual Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute of Metals held during 15-16
Metallurgical and November, 2018 at Kolkata. The title of his presentation was, “Development of high
Materials Engineering strength high toughness alloy steel for defence application”.
Ms. Anwesha Basu, Received best experimental poster award in a conference “Shapes and
Department of Physics Symmetries in Nuclei: from Experiment to Theory” (SSNET'18) held in Gif-Sur-
Yvette, France, from November 5th to 9th, 2018.
Ms. Shreya Mukherjee, Selected for the for the 3rd prize in Metallography Contest under the category of
Department of SEM/SPM division at the 72nd Annual Technical Meeting of the Indian Institute of
Metallurgical and Metals held during 15-16 November, 2018 at Kolkata. The caption of her
Materials Engineering micrograph-poster was, “In-situ Tensile Deformation”.
Mr. Debabrata Ganguly, Has received one of the best posters award in the National Rubber Conference
Center for Rubber 2018 held at Kolkata at The Lalit Great Eastern Hotel (27-28 November 2018). The
Technology conference was organized by the All India Rubber Industries Association, Eastern
Region. The title of the poster was "Smart Stimuli-responsive cement-rubber
composites". His Supervisor is Prof. Santanu Chattopadhyay, Rubber Technology
Center.
Mr. Amartya Pani, Selected as an Early Carrier Scientist (ECS) for the Science Forum, 2018 on "Win
Department of Humanities more, lose less: Capturing synergies between SDGs through agricultural research".
and Social Science The event was organized by the FAO-CGIAR’S Independent Science and
Partnership Council (ISPC) and co-hosted by the South African Agricultural
Research Council during 10-12 October 2018 in Stellenbosch, South Africa. He was
also a recipient of funding granted by Tata-Cornell Institute, Cornell University, USA
and Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations for attending the
Forum. In addition, he received prize money of USD 152 from the FAO. His
Supervisor is Prof. Pulak Mishra, Dept. of HSS.
Ms. Reddhy Mahle, Received the Best Young Researchers Presentation (YRP) Award for the paper
Department of Agricultural entitled "Impact of microbial consortia on CdS nanoparticle synthesis for Bio-energy
& Food Engineering generation" in the category of Energy and Environmental Biotechnology (EEB) at
International Conference on Biotechnological Research and Innovation for
Sustainable Development (BioSD-2018), organized by CSIR-Indian Institute of
Chemical Technology, Hyderabad, India in association with The Biotech Research
Society, India (BRSI) and IBA-International Forum for Industrial Bioprocesses (IBA-
IFIBiop), Franch from November 22-25, 2018. Her Supervisor is Professor Rintu
Banerjee, Dept. of AgFE.
Ms. Akanksha Rastogi, Received the Best Young Researchers Presentation (YRP) Award for the paper
Department of Agricultural entitled "In silico microbial cellulose synthesis: an existing global wonders" in the
& Food Engineering category of Food, Agriculture and Medical Biotechnology (FAMB) at International
Conference on Biotechnological Research and Innovation for Sustainable
Development (BioSD-2018), organized by CSIR-Indian Institute of Chemical
Technology, Hyderabad, India in association with The Biotech Research Society,
India (BRSI) and IBA-International Forum for Industrial Bioprocesses (IBA-IFIBiop),
Franch from November 22-25, 2018. Her Supervisor is Professor Rintu Banerjee,
Dept. of AgFE.
Mr. Ayon Karmakar, Received 2nd Best oral presentation award at the International Conference on
Department of Chemistry. Materials for Energy Applications (ICME-2018) held during 6-8th December,
2018 at Jaipur. The title of his presentation was, “Hydrated Nickel Cobalt Molybdate
Nanorods as Superior Positive Electrode Material for Supercapacitors”. His Ph.D
supervisor is Prof. S.K. Srivastava.

Mr. Utsav Ghosh, Awarded one of the best three oral presentations in RDC-2018 conference (Recent
Department of Chemistry. Developments in Chemistry) held at NIT Duragpur (17-19 Dec, 2018).
Mrs. Lakshmi E Received best oral presentation award (First and Best) during 12th International
Jayachadran, Department Working Conference on Stored Product Protection held during 6-11, October, 2018
of Agricultural & Food at Berlin Germany.
Engineering
Mr. Shyam Kumar Singh, Awarded third prize in "Process Engineering & Optimization" category for the
Department of Agricultural Poster entitled "Solar Pasteurization of Milk". Title: 11th National Convention and
& Food Engineering Seminar on Dairy Process Engineering from Farm to Table. Organized by: Indian
Dairy Engineers Association (IDEA) Venue: Labh Ganga Convention centre Indore
(Madhya Pradesh) Date: 21-22 oct 2018.
Mr. Rajdeep Mondal, Awarded the A.K. Bose Memorial Award for the Best M.Tech thesis in 2018 during
Department of the 56th National Metallurgists' Day celebration on 14th November, 2018 held at
Metallurgical and Kolkata. Mr. Rajdeep Mandal completed his M.Tech thesis under the guidance of
Materials Engineering Prof. S.B. Singh in May, 2018, and received his degree in 64th Annual Convocation
2018.
Mr. Pratap Pal, Received the following best poster awards in two conferences that he has attended in
Department of Physics the month of December, 2018. (1) Best Poster Award in International Conference on
Complex and Functional Materials (ICCFM 2018) organized by S.N.Bose National
Center for Basic Sciences. (2) C.V.Raman Prize (Innovation in Experiment) in National
Conference on Electronic Structuress (NCES 2018) organized by SRM Institute of
Science and Technology for best poster presentation. This award includes a certificate,
50gm gold plated silver medal and a memento.
Mr. Sujit Sharma, Center Received the best paper award in the IRMRA's 23rd Rubber Conference and
for Rubber Technology International Workshops on Emerging Trends in Rubber Materials, Technology,
Testing and Analysis for Future Generation held at the Lalit Great, Mumbai during
December 14-15, 2018. The title of the poster was "Simulation of Extrusion Dies for
Rubber Profiles" His Supervisor is Dr. Santanu Chattopadhyay, Rubber Technology
Center.
Mr. Sukanta Chakrabarty, Received Best Paper Award (II Prize) in the recently held International Symposium
Department of Chemistry. on Advances in Electrochemical Science and Technology held during January 8-
10, 2019 at Hotel Trident, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. His Supervisor is Prof. C. R.
Raj, Dept. of Chemistry.
Mr. Lakhinder Marandi, Awarded 2nd prize for poster presentation at the "Indo-German Bilateral Workshop
Dept. of Metallurgical and on Additive Manufacturing of Metals" held on 05-02-2019 at NML, Jamshedpur.
Materials Engineering The topic of his poster presentation was "Microstructure-property correlation of
Laser Engineered Net Shaping (LENS) processed NiTi". The certificate is attached
herewith. His Ph. D. Supervisor is Dr. Indrani Sen.
Mr Sankalp Arpit, School Selected for best paper award on work entitled "Thermodynamic Analysis of GT
of Energy Science and Cycle with Naphtha or Natural Gas as the Fuel: A Thermodynamic Comparison" in
Engineering International Conference on Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development,
Paris. This work has been carried out under the supervision of Prof. P. K. Das and
Prof. S. K. Dash of Mechanical Engineering Department.
Mr. Mopidevi Manikanta Awarded Best Poster Prize in the CRSI National Symposium in Chemistry held
Kumar, Department of during February 7-10, 2019 at CSIR-CLRI, Chennai. The Poster is entitled
Chemistry "Nitrogen-Doped Carbon Embedded Cobalt phosphide Nanostructure for Oxygen
Electrocatalysis". His Supervisor is Prof. C. Retna Raj, Deptartment of Chemistry.
Ms. Ramya Veerubbotla, Received the Best paper presentation award in the 8th International Conference on
Dept. of Biotechnology Clean and Green Energy (ICCGE 2019) held at Milan, Italy on February 13-15,
2019. Her Supervisor is Prof. Debabrata Das, Deptartment of Biotechnology.
Mr. Vikash Sharma, Awarded the Best Oral Presentation Award at "5th International Conference on
Department of Physics Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICONN-2019)" held from January 28-30, 2019

and organized by SRM Institute of Science and Technology in association with
Shizuoka University-Japan, NCTU-Taiwan, GNS-New Zealand, ACCMS, CSIR-
NPL-India and IET. Title of the paper: Porous nanospheres of Cu2O supported by
redox additive modified electrolytes to achieve high performance supercapacitors in
the temperature window 25 to 65 oC. Authors: Mr. Vikas Sharma and Prof.
Amreesh Chandra. His Supervisor is Prof. Amreesh Chandra, Department of
Physics.
Ms Snigdha Maiti, School Won the Best Student Poster Award on work entitled "Identification of structurally
of Bioscience rigid segments with important biological functions in intrinsically disordered regions
of HOX transcription factors by solution NMR spectroscopy" at National Magnetic
Resonance Society (NMRS) Silver Jubilee Conference held at AIIMS New
Delhi, Feb 13 to 16 2019.
Dr Subhrajit Mukherjee, Research Associate has received the Excellent Poster Award in The International
Dept. of Physics Conference in Fiber Optics and Photonics (Photonics-2018), held at IIT Delhi
during December 12-15, 2018. This is a part of his Ph. D. work carried out at ATDC
under the joint supervision of Professor Samit Kumar Ray, Department of Physics
and Professor Soumen Das, School of Medical Science & Technology.
Mr. Mrinmoy Mondal, Awarded for best poster presentation in Indo-German Joint Scientific Workshop on
Department of Chemical Membranes for Water and Energy held during February 18-20, 2019 organized by
Engineering. CSIR-Central Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, Bhavnagar, Gujrat,
India, Sponsored by Indo-German Science & Technology Centre. His Supervisor
was Professor Sirshendu De, Department of Chemical Engineering.
Mr. Sumanta Kumar Awarded a Certificate and a Cash Prize of INR 2000 for Best Oral Presentation in
Karan, Materials Science the "International Conference on Frontiers in Materials from Basic Science to Real-
Center time Applications" (F2DM-2019) held during March 13-16, 2019 at Center for Nano
and Material Sciences (CNMS), JAIN University, Ramanagra, Bangalore Rural,
India. The title of his Oral Presentation was "Bio-waste materials based
piezoelectric nanogenerator for green energy harvesting applications". His
Supervisor is Professor Bhanu Bhusan Khatua, Materials Science Center.
Mr. Raktim Bhattacharya Conferred the "BEST INTERACTIVER POSTER AWARD" at the International
Department of Agricultural Conference on Trends in Plant and Agrobiotechnology 2019 held during February
and Food Engineering 14-16, 2019 at IIT Guwahati. His Supervisor is Professor Adinpunya Mitra, Dept. of
Agricultural and food Engineering.
Mr. Arnab Acharya and Awarded Best Presentation Awards in Applied Power Electronics Conference and
Mr. Hariharan K. Exposition (APEC) 2019 which is in top ten conference list of Electrical Engineering
Department of Electrical Department. The Supervisor of Mr. Acharya is Professor Santanu Kapat, Dept. of
Engineering Electrical Engineering and the Supervisors of Mr. Hariharan are Professor Santanu
Kapat and Professor Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay, Dept. of Electrical Engineering.
Ms. Manisha Kahar Awarded "Dr. NNSSRK Prasad Award for Best Female Student Paper" for the
Department of Electronics paper titled "A Compact Circularly Polarized Annular Ring Antenna with Wide
and Electrical Effective Bandwidth" presented at 2018 IEEE Indian Conference on Antennas &
Communication Propagation (InCAP 2018) Hyderabad held during December 16-19, 2018. Her
Engineering Supervisor is Professor Mrinal Kanti Mandal, Dept. of E & ECE.
Ms. Manikuntala Received the Gandhian Young Technological Innovation
Mukhopadhyay (GYTI) Award/Appreciation 2019, for her work on "Image Analyzing Drying Patterns
of Blood and Plasma Droplets for the Rapid Detection of Thalassaemia Carriers".
Her Supervisor is Prof. Sunando Dasgupata, Dept. of Chemical Engineering.
Ms. Ellora Padhi, Won the best paper presentation award in the XXXVII International School of
Department of Civil Hydraulics held in Poland (21-24th May 2019). The Award Certificate is attached.
Engineering Her Supervisor is Prof. Subhasish Dey and Joint Supervisor is Prof. Venkappayya
R. Desai, Dept. of Civil Engineering.
Ms. Sumita Sahoo, Selected for the "European School on Nano Science & Nano Technology" to be

Department of Chemical held in Grenobel, France in August 2019. She has also been offered complete fee
Engineering waiver of the tune of Euro 2400, which will be borne by CEFIPRA. Her Supervisor
is Prof. Rabibrata Mukherjee, Dept. of Chemical Engineering.
Mr. Imon Kalyan School of Won prize for the best Poster (No.P.2.15) presentation on Symposium P titled
Nanoscience and "Soft-template mediated silver nanoparticles formation via galvanic replacement
Technology reaction of As(0) and its catalytic application" at EMRS 2019 in Nice, France during
May 26-31, 2019 and will receive a Certificate and a contribution of 270€. His
Supervisors are Prof. Anjali Pal (Dept. of Civil Engineering) and Prof. Tarasankar
Pal (Dept. of Chemistry).
Dr. Narendra Singh Ex-Research Scholar Dr. Narendra Singh Chandel (Roll No. 09AG9701) has
Chandel, Dept. of received the following two awards:
Agricultural and Food (1) Jawaharlal Nehru Award for P.G. Outstanding Doctoral Thesis Research in
Engineering Agricultural and Allied Sciences 2018 – Agricultural Engineering. (2) NASI-ICAR
Award for Innovation and Research on Farm Implements-2018. His Supervisor was
Prof. Virendra Kumar Tewari, Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering.
Ms. Gayatri Mishra, Ms. Ms. Gayatri Mishra (14AG92R04), Ms. Ranjana Rani (13AG32005) and Ms.
Ranjana Rani, Ms. Shubhangi Goswami (16HS91R01) have been awarded Gandhian Young
Shubhangi Goswami, Mr. Technological Innovation Award 2019. The name of the research project carried in
C. G. Dalbhagat, Ms. the Food Chemistry and Technology Laboratory was “Sensor for detecting
Jayshree Majumdar, Ms. infestation in food grains” under Professor Hari Niwas Mishra, Department of
Anjali Thakur and Ms. Agricultural and Food Engineering. Mr. C. G. Dalbhagat (15AG92P05), Ms.
Pooja Pandey, Dept. of Jayshree Majumdar (16AG92P05), have been awarded Gandhian Young
Agricultural and Food Technological Innovation Appreciation Award 2019. The name of the research
Engineering project carried in the Food Chemistry and Technology Laboratory was “Fortified
rice manufacturing technology” under Professor Hari Niwas Mishra, Department of
Agricultural and Food Engineering. Ms. Anjali Thakur (18AG90J02) and Ms. Pooja
Pandey (17AG91P01) have been awarded Gandhian Young Technological
Innovation Appreciation Award 2019. The name of the research project carried in
the Food Chemistry and Technology Laboratory was “Carbonated grain beverage
premix manufacturing technology” under Professor Hari Niwas Mishra, Department
of Agricultural and Food Engineering.
Mr. Sankha Karmakar and Won “DST-Lockheed Martin-Tata Trusts IIGP 2.0 - University Challenge 2019
Mr. Debashis Roy, Award” in the consecutive year (Prize Money 10 Lakhs). Their Supervisor is Prof.
Department of Chemical Sirshendu De, Dept. of Chemical Engineering.
Engineering
Mr. Vishu Sidana, Mr.
Kapgate Nitin Chopram,
Mrs. Bijaylaxmi Das, Ms. The team has won “DST-Lockheed Martin-Tata Trusts IIGP 2.0 - University
Pranjali Khandekar, Mr. Challenge 2019” for their innovation of “Real Time Glare and Shadow Removal
Karale Vikrant Anilrao, Mr. Algorithm for Image and Video Enhancement”. The India Innovation Growth
Saikat Sahoo, Department Programme (IIGP) 2.0 is a unique tripartite initiative of the Department of Science
of Electronics and and Technology (DST), Government of India, Lockheed Martin and Tata Trusts.
Electrical Communication The award ceremony for the same was held at New Delhi on 17th of July 2019 and
was attended by esteemed guests from the government, IIGP partners, and the
Indian start-up and innovation ecosystem. The work on the idea was initiated by Mr.
Vishu Sidana (14EC35024) The team was represented by Mr. Kapgate Nitin
Chopram (18EC65R04) at the screening and down-select event held at IIT Bombay
during 28-29 June 2019. As one of the winners of IIGP2.0 University Challenge
2019, the team will be provided with up to INR 10 Lacs for developing a
concept/prototype, opportunities to participate in a Design Thinking workshop,
mentorship and periodic feedback through monthly/quarterly reviews. Their
Supervisor is Professor Sudipta Mukhopadhyay, Dept. of E & ECE.

List of Scholarships availed by students in 2018-19 session
Sl Awarding organization/Institute 29 Rajeshwari Sahu Memorial Scholarship

No. endowment scholarships
30 Ritesh Ranjan Memorial Scholarship
1 ABS Scholarship
31 Shyamal Ghosh and Sunanda Ghosh
2 American Business List Humanities Endowment Scholarship
Scholarship
32 Sushma Mukhija Memorial Scholarship
3 Arjun Das Datta Memorial MCM
33 Swapan Gupta Memorial Scholarship
Endowment Scholarship
34 Technology Alumni Association (Calcutta
4 B. P. Poddar Scholarship
Chapter) Scholarship
5 Batch of ’85 Scholarship (2nd Year)
35 Technology Alumni Association
6 Batch of ’85 Scholarship (3rd Year) (Kharagpur Chapter) Scholarship
7 Devi Mahamaya Mallick Memorial 36 Vinod Gupta Leadership Scholarship
Scholarship
37 Inspire Scholarship Awarded by
8 Dr. Arunabha Chatterjee Memorial Department of Science & Technology,
Scholarship Govt. of India, New Delhi to the Students
of 5-Yr. Integrated M. Sc. Course
9 Dr. J. C. Ghosh Memorial Scholarship
(Science Stream Only)
10 Gora Lal Syngal Memorial Scholarship
38 Rajarshee Shahu Maharaj Merit
11 Gour Chandra Saha Memorial Scholarship, Director of Social Welfare,
Scholarship Mahararashtra State, Pune
12 Guru Kripa Educational Loan Scholarship 39 Sail Scholarship Being Awarded by Steel
Authority of India Ltd.
13 Hem Chandra Raut Scholarship
Through Vishakhapatnam Steel Plant
14 Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL)
40 Aditya Birla Scholarship, Aaditya Birla
Start-Up Scholarship
Group, Aditya Birla
15 Indian Women’s Association, BONN Management Corporation, Mumbai
Scholarship
41 Boeing Scholarship to the Students of
16 Institute MCM Scholarship Aero Space Engg. Department from the
ongoing Research Project “Boeing
17 K. K. Agrawal Memorial Scholarship University Relations”(Bur) Sponsored by
18 Kumud Monoroma Scholarship Boeing Company, U.S.A
19 M. K. Sircar Memorial Scholarship 42 Scholarship Under Scheme (Trust Fund)
for Differently Abled Students Being
20 Madan Sundar Sahu Memorial Awarded by National Handicapped
Scholarship Finance & Development Corporation,
21 MB Scholarship (NHFDC), Faridabad
22 Ministry of Steel Scholarship 43 KVPY Scholarship, IISC, Bangalore
23 Mrinal Chandra Basu Memorial 44 FAEA Scholarship to BPL Cat. SC/ST
Scholarship Students Being Awarded by Foundation
for Academic Excellence & Access, New
24 Mrs. Minoti Bagchi Scholarship Delhi
25 Partha Roy Choudhury Memorial 45 Post Matric Scholarship to SC/ST
Scholarship Students, Awarded Through Different
26 Prova Basu Memorial Scholarship District Welfare Officers in A.P. State,
Govt. of Anhdra Pradesh
27 Puri Memorial Scholarship
46 Directorate of Technical Education,
28 Rajendranath Das Memorial Award Chattisgarh

47 ST Scholarship Awarded by Singapore 55 AICTE Jammu and Kashmir Scholarship
Technologies Eng. Ltd., to Students of
56 SCICSR Scholarship (Shipping
Computer Science Engg. and Ocean
Corporation of India - for Naval Student)
Engineering & Naval Arch.
57 DRDO Scholarship for Girl Through
48 NTPC Scholarship
AR&DB
49 ONGC Scholarship
58 Swamy Vivakananda MCM Scholarship
50 EIL Scholarship, Engineers India Ltd.,
59 Dr. B. R. Ambedker Merit Scholarship
HRD, New Delhi
60 Samsung Star Scholarship
51 STEEL Scholarship
61 Ishan Uday Scholarship
52 Post-Matric Scholarship, Bihar
53 Central Sector Scholarship for ST
54 Mukhyamantri Medhavi Vidyarthi Yojana
Central Library
The Central Library, IIT Kharagpur is one of the largest technical libraries in Asia. It is fully automated and
air-conditioned library with an aim to serve more than 12,000 students and 1600 number of employee of the
institute. The Library has its dynamic website (http://www.library.iitkgp.ac.in) with rich content. The Central
Library is having two buldings (main and annex) internally connected with a carpet area of about 8000 sq.m.
The Central Library houses and maintains nearly 4.2 lakh print documents comprising of books and bound
volume journals. As far as e-resources are concerned, there are huge collection of e-resources comprising of
full text e-journals, e-books, online databases (full text and bibliographic) etc. As far as facilities are
concerned, the Central Library has ten air-conditioned reading halls with 1500 seating capacity for the users.
Moreover, the Central Library is ISO 9001:2015 certified library.
The Central Library has developed an Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) using open source software
namely DSpace. The IDR collects, preserves and disseminates in digital format of the research output (Ph.
D. theses, Technical Reports, Faculty Publications, etc.) within IIT Kharagpur Research Community. It
enables the Institute community to deposit (self-archiving) their pre-prints, post prints and other scholarly
publications using a web interface and organize these publications for easy retrieval. We are having 4010 Ph.
D. thesis both full text and abstract level uploaded in our IDR which is rapidly growing day by day. The
Institute research scholars are also using the IDR regularly. The Library also gets many requests from other
universities to provide access to full text content of Ph. D. thesis. The present URL of the IDR is
http://www.idr.iitkgp.ac.in/xmlui/. Web Scale Discovery Service: It is being introduced in our library where the
users can search and browse the full text subscribed e-resources using open source software VuFind
integrated with Summon Solution from ProQuest.
MHRD, under its NMEICT mission, has entrusted IIT Kharagpur to host, coordinate and set-up National
Digital Library (NDL) towards building a national asset. The objective of the project is to integrate all the
existing digitized and digital contents across educational institutions of the nation to provide a single-window
access with e-learning facility to different groups of users ranging from primary level to higher education level
of our county. NDL will harvest metadata and contents from all the Institutional Digital Repositories (IDR) of
Universities and Institutions, all other digital library initiatives, and NMEICT projects and index in the National
Digital Library Server so that all the e-contents can be searched and accessed in the full-text by the users
through a single window. The NDL project workstation is situated in the Central Library, Annex Building. For
details, visit NDL website: ndl.iitkgp.ac.in
The Career Development Centre (CDC) is responsible for arranging Industrial training for 3rd year B. Tech.,
4th year Dual Degree and 4th year Integrated M. Sc. degree students as part of their curriculum. CDC also
facilitates the job placement of final year students graduating from the Institute including Ph. D. students. The
Centre is actively engaged in forging synergistic relationships between the Institute and various industries.
Based on these interactions, CDC gives feedback to the Institute on the academic programmes.

Summer Training Details
Eight weeks of summer Internship at the end of 3rd year B. Tech., 4th year Dual Degree and 4th year
Integrated M. Sc. degree is a compulsory part of the curriculum at IIT Kharagpur, carrying 2 credits. All efforts
are made to place the concerned students in the best of organizations in India and abroad for summer
Internship through Career Development Centre with the support of departments/ schools/ centres of IIT
Kharagpur. An emergent trend is that more and more students are seeking summer Internship abroad. Also
students utilize opportunities various Universities with which IIT Kharagpur had signed MoU. These include
S. N. Bose Scholar’s Program, Viterbi-India Program, Khurana Program for Scholars, DAAD Scholarship
Program, MITACS and NTU-Singapore.
For the current summer internships of our students during May- July 2019, 93 companies either visited the
campus or conducted interviews through telephonic, Skype interviews and companies allotted seats after
seeking nominations. The details of internship are as follows.
Period of Nos. of students Nos. attending Internship in India Internship at

Internship enlisted for foreign
Selected by Nominations Self-
Internship Univ./Org.
various accepted by the arranged
companies companies
May-July 1232 461 26 644 101
2019
Placement Details
In the placement year 2018-19 more than 230 companies visited the campus and offered employment. The
details of number of the students who had registered for placement and those actually placed through
campus interviews are as follows:
Sl. No. Department Registered Placed Percentage Placed

1 B. Arch. 34 31 91
2 B. Tech. 463 397 86
3 Dual Degree 457 432 95
4 M. Sc. (5Yr Integrated) 139 119 86
5 LLB 17 14 82
6 Joint M. Tech. - Ph. D. (2yr) 523 287 55
7 Joint M. Sc. - Ph. D. 89 7 8
8 MCP 21 1 5
9 MS 6 6 100*
10 Ph. D. 23 23 100*
Total 1772 1317 74
(*For Sl. No: 9 and 10 only placed students are shown as registered)
This year the students of the Institute have been able to fetch 261 PPOs, out of which 213 PPOs have been
accepted. The overall placement percentage across all branches stands at 74%.
Student Participation
Career Development Centre at IIT Kharagpur has taken an initiative to harness the students’ management
skills through a formal system during the placement season since 2005-2006. The system has progressed
extremely well and from year 2010 onwards, the CDC has immensely benefitted from students participating
in placement process. CDC also conducts an in-house pre assessment test to prepare the students for the
placement season. This test score is also used by some of the recruiters as one of their short listing criteria.

The organizational skill of students has helped CDC to host 30-35 companies on campus on a given day
during the initial days and round the clock. During the placement season, students and CDC staffs play an
active role from contacting the companies to the final selection at campus by providing complete logistic
support with a close coordination from all the divisions of the Institute.
New Initiatives
In addition to the existing roles, Career Development Centre at IIT Kharagpur has taken some initiatives to
help student take up a better career and also to strengthen the relation with the recruiters. These are
1. Faculty/ Corporate & Alumni interactions on various career options
2. CDC has introduced the Corporate Relationship Index (CRI) which reflects the relationship of CDC with a
company based on certain parameters, like number of offers in internship, PPOs, offers during
placement, International offers etc. for providing better slots to them
3. From this year CDC has established M. Tech. Desk which will specifically work for enhancing the PG
placement index.
Achievements
1. Continuously achieved more than 1300 placements for the last three years.
2. Crossed the number of Internship offers as compared to last year.
3. Surpassed the number of Pre placement offers in comparison to previous year.
4. 1000 offers in day 6 of placement season making fastest 1000.
Nehru Museum of Science and Technology

The Nehru Museum of Science & Technology is the only museum of its kind in the entire IIT System. Located
in the historic Hijli Shaheed Bhavan Building, it preserves the rich heritage of its association with the Indian
freedom struggle movement and subsequently the journey of the Institute from its inception in 1951. The
museum has several galleries on various themes of science and technology and historical facts related to the
freedom struggle of India and the developmental history of the Institute. Recently, ‘Exploration Hub’, intended
mainly for school children has been added. The facility contains mechanical, electrical, electronics,
chemistry, and basic physics and mathematics setups for hands-on experiments. After the renovation with
the financial assistance from the Ministry of Culture, Government of India, the footfall of the museum has
increased significantly in recent times. Various participants of the short-term courses and seminars, the
students and their guardians, along with the visitors from the local community and many schools and
colleges visit the museum regularly. The documentary movie on the history of the IIT Old Building is
screened regularly in the audio-visual room of the museum. The history galleries and the ladies jail gallery of
the museum are under renovation and will be reopened soon. The museum also organises training
programmes and workshops for the school and college students. As a part of the outreach programme, last
year the museum has organised Summer Camp in association with the ‘Midnapur Science Center’ and two
days of Winter Workshops for the students of the various school of Kharagpur and Midnapur in association
with our B.Tech. NSS volunteers. The ‘Exploration Hub’, located on the 1st floor of the museum with facilities
containing mechanical, electrical, electronics, chemistry, and basic physics and mathematics setups for
hands-on experiments provides great support for the training and motivational programmes organised by the
museum. The documentary movie on the history of the Hijli Shaheed Bhavan is screened regularly in the
audio-visual room of the museum, which is appreciated by the visitors. Like every year the museum observes
the Hijli Martyrs’ Day on 16th September to commemorate the great sacrifices of our patriots’ roles for the
freedom struggle of India. The museum published its thematic calendar like previous years and the current
year’s theme was “The seasons’ colour on campus canvas”. During the time span on Kshitij to Spring Fest,
the museum conducted a photo exhibition on campus photography in association with the ‘ClickKgp’
photographic group of the students’ community.
Technology Students’ Gymkhana

Students’ Affairs
Technology Students’ Gymkhana is the hub of the numerous extra-curricular and co-curricular activities in IIT
Kharagpur ranging from Sports, Socio-Cultural to Technology. From its inception in 1952, the Gymkhana has
played a key role in the everyday lives of Kgpians cultivating and nurturing their extra-curricular talents. The
students under the auspices of TSG participated in a variety of activities during their leisure time for fun,

fitness, enjoyment and reviving their energy after academic workload and also for their overall development.
The highlights of the year 2018-19 are as follows:
Inter-IIT Meet
The 34th Inter IIT Aquatics Meet and 53rd Inter-IIT Sports Meet held at IIT Guwahati during 03-07 October
2018 and 13-21 December 2018, respectively. The participating students of the Institute in the Inter IIT
Aquatic Meet exhibited great performance with 2 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 2 bronze medals for men
and 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal for women’s team of IIT Kharagpur, leading IIT Kharagpur to finish
at 2nd in Overall G.C for swimming. Indresh Performed exceptionally well by bagging 4 silver medals. Water
Polo team has also brought us glory by securing 1st Position. Amlan Sil has been awarded with best player
of the tournament and Raj Prabhu has been awarded with best scorer of the tournament.
In 53rd Inter-IIT Sports Meet, IIT Kharagpur secured 3rd position in March past, Badminton (Men) won Gold
medal. Athletics (Boys & Girls), Badminton (girls), Chess, Squash, Table Tennis (Boys) won Silver medals.
Tennis (Men) won Bronze medal.
IIT Kharagpur Cultural team secured 3rd Position in the 3rd Inter-IIT Cultural Meet which was held at IIT
Roorkee in December 2018. IIT Kharagpur team bagged overall trophies in Music Cup- Band Performance,
Dramatics- Monologue, Quiz- Business, India, Mela, Film Making-Online Film Making and Literary-
Parliamentary Debate. Team secured silver medal in Music- Pair on Stage, Dance- Street Battle, FAD-
Charcoal Art, Quiz- Scitech, Sports, Culinary- Cook off, Literary- English Poetry Slam and story writing, Word
Games. Team also secured bronze medal in Quiz- Mela, Culinary- Tag Team, Literary- Online Hindi Writing.
The 7th Inter-IIT Tech Meet was hosted by IIT Bombay in Jan 2019. After five successful Inter-IIT Tech
meets, IIT Kharagpur continued the winning spirit and secured 3rd position in this Tech meet bringing out the
best in each category. With 21 participating IITs competing in ten events, this meet was grander in scale,
higher in quality and tougher in competition than ever before where a total of 1465 points were scored by IIT
Kharagpur with 3 Gold medals (Case Study, BETiC Medical Innovation Challenge and TV Audience
Measurement) & 1 bronze medal (Campus Sustainability Challenge).
Institute Awards and Medals

Event Inst. Blue/ Order of Honorable Special Mention Alumni Cup
Merit Mention
Sports & Games 22 20 09 02
Social & Cultural 06 11 13 01
Technology 12 11 - 01
Bhandarkar Cup was awarded to Abin Devassia Poovathottathil (14NA30029) (Athletics). Shrimati
Chandiramani Cup was awarded to Arkapravo Saha (14ME33029) for Soc. and Cult. G.S. Sanyal Cup was
awarded to Harsh Agarwal (15NA10001) for Technology. Amrit Barman Memorial Award as cash prize of Rs.
15000 was awarded to Vishal Kumar Singh.
Overall General Championship Results
Sports and Games Social and Cultural Technology

Azad Hall of Residence (Men) and Rajendra Prasad Hall of Rajendra Prasad Hall of
Mother Teresa Hall of Residence Residence Residence
(Women)
Alumni Cup
ALUMNI CUP in sports was awarded to Eslavath Jagadeesh in Athletics and Devanuj Deka in Badminton.
ALUMNI CUP in Social and Cultural was awarded to Utkarsh Sinha.
ALUMNI CUP in Technology was awarded to TYSS Santosh.

Major Events
Like every year, the TSG organized National Yoga Day on 21 June 2019 which was conducted by Mr. Sudhir
Kumar. Yogathan has also been organized at TSG premises. Quiz on Yoga, Health & Fitness was organized
on the pre International Yoga Day Program. TSG has organized two EK BHARAT SHRESTH BHARAT
program an initiative by MHRD govt. of India. In this program Cultural Exchange Activities, Food Festival and
Merchandise Sell were initiated. The different paired states are Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Uttar
Pradesh and Jharkhand and Goa. TSG has successfully organized Kharagpur Open in Tennis, Training
Program on Life saving skills in water, Navneet Memorial Tournament, Fancy Football Tournament on
Foundation day in Football, Annual children’s Aquatics meet. TSG successfully organized Run for unity on
31st October 2018, 26th January, 15th August, World Environment day and Vigilance awareness week with
South Eastern Railway. Mir Ranjan Negi (Former Captain Indian Field Hockey Team) delivered a
motivational lecture during Freshmen induction at IIT Kharagpur. Technology Adventure society, TSG has
organized adventure events and trekking trips. Kshitij, Spring Fest, Robotix events, Robosoccer, in-house
workshops, Indian case challenge 2018, TSG elections were successfully conducted throughout the year.
Rangoli and Illumination was celebrated on 8th November 2018 where different Halls of Residence
participated for a month to get their hostels illuminated on the day of Diwali along with the signature Rangolis
created in the Halls of Residence.
Extra Academic Activities

The extra academic activity (EAA) at the Institute involves undergraduate students in the National Service
Scheme (NSS), National Cadet Corps (NCC) and sports and fitness activities over four semesters. In each
semester, students get involved in approximately 45 hours of field work in EAA. Specific Highlights of the
EAA program in the year are as follows:
National Service Scheme of EAA covered about 1000 students in this year. The students typically spent
three hours per week over entire semesters working on social issues in the nearby villages and slums in and
around Kharagpur. They participated in facilitating education for the underprivileged school children by
organizing scholarships, prizes, study materials, stationery, bicycles and utensils. They monitored drinking
water quality at villages and provided nutritional supplements to primary school children to ameliorate
endemic malnutrition among tribal population. They also organized blood donation and medical camps and
awareness programs on issues such as substance abuse, health and hygiene and nutrition. They planted
and maintained saplings and participated in facility and infrastructure maintenance, e.g., repair of rural roads,
painting and maintaining school buildings and furniture.
Both 3 Bengal Tech Air Sqn NCC and one Bengal EME Coy NCC units are dedicated NCC units designed to
impart NCC training to students of the Institute as an allotted EAA subject for undergraduate students (1st &
2nd Year). During the training year 2018-19 a total number of 186 students were enrolled in 3 Bengal Tech
Air Sqn NCC and 181 cadets in one Bengal EME coy NCC.
Considering their importance and requirement various training activities were conducted by this unit for first
and second year cadets. All these activities include Drill; NCC & Aircraft Technical subjects; Aeromodelling;
Independence Day parade; Rastriya Ekta Diwas; Combined Annual Training Camp; Republic Day Parade;
Range Firing (22” Rifle) and ‘B’ Certificate examination. This unit also conducted various social and
community development activities, such as Blood Donation Camp; Tree Plantation; Swachh Bharat
Abhiyaan; Sadbhavana Run; and World AIDS Day.
The NSO (Health and Fitness) program served 890 UG students in the year 2018-2019 as a part of Institute’s
mandatory extra academic activity. The program was supervised by ten faculty members who serve as
program officers of individual units comprising of about 100 students each, and another faculty as program
coordinator. Every Wednesday and Saturday, the students assembled in the Jnan Ghosh stadium / Tata
Sports Complex at sunrise for workout sessions. In this, physical training was conducted under strict
supervision of qualified physical training instructors drawn from Students’ Gymkhana. Apart from routine
activities, the students took part in several special activities: Foundation Day Programme (18th August 2018,
conducted for 890 students); Cleanliness drive for plastic waste removal in the campus area as a part of
Gandhi Jayanti (2nd October 2018, conducted for 890 students); Art of Living Yoga Programme conducted
by Prof. Suman Kalyan Samanta, Dept. of Chemistry (16th March 2019, conducted for 456 students);
Disaster Management Training Programme by Sri Sathya Sai Seva Organisation, West Bengal (16th March

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF T ECHNOLOGY KHARAGPUR
2019, conducted for 434 students); Heartfulness Meditation (9th and 10th March 2019, conducted for 890
students); Anapana Meditation (31st March 2019, conducted for 100 students)
In addition to these, to serve a greater cause of spreading the message of health and fitness beyond the
physical reach of the Institute, a blog with URL: http://healthandfitnessiitkgp.blogspot.in/ is maintained under
this program.
GRADUATES OF THE YEAR
In this Convocation, we are going to confer degrees on outgoing students. I am very glad to announce that the
following students are recipients of Institute Gold Medals for their academic excellence and all round
performance in the year 2017-2018.
• Shri Abhishek Panigrahi of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering is the recipient of the
President of India Gold Medal 2017- 2018 for the best academic performance among the outgoing B.
Tech. (Hons.) and B. Arch. (Hons.) students.
• Miss Soumya Dubey of the Department of Mechanical Engineering has won the Dr Bidhan Chandra
Roy Memorial Gold Medal 2017- 2018 for the best all-round performance among the B. Tech.
(Hons.) and B. Arch. (Hons.) outgoing students.
• Shri Jeenu Grover of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering has been awarded The
Prime Minister of India Gold Medal 2017-2018 for the best academic performance among the Dual Degree
and Integrated M. Sc. outgoing students.
• Shri Rishabh Kumar Shrivastava of the Department of Electrical Engineering has been awarded
the Dr Jnan Chandra Ghosh Memorial Gold Medal 2017-2018 for the best all-round performance among
the outgoing Dual Degree and Integrated M. Sc. students.
• Miss Parnashree Ghosh of the Department of Mathematics has been awarded the Professor Jagadish
Chandra Bose Memorial Gold Medal 2017-2018 for the best academic performance among the
outgoing students of all 2-year M. Sc. courses in the Science Disciplines.
• Shri Pramod Kumar Jangir of the Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences
and Shri Mohammad Luqman of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering are the
joint recipients of The Director’s Gold Medal 2017-2018 for the best academic performance
among the students completing M. Tech. and MCP courses.
• Shri Sandeep Rana of the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering has been awarded
the Dr Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold Medal 2017-2018 for the best all-round performance among the
M. Tech. and MCP outgoing students.
I offer my heartiest congratulations to all the Medal Winners and the graduating students.
Wisdom is not a product of schooling, but the product of a lifelong attempt to acquire it, therefore, my friends,
while you go out and conquer the world; motivated by an irresistible longing to understand the secrets of
nature, please do so with tender care for our fellow countrymen who have supported your education in the
sincere hope that you will make their world better. Please try your best to ensure a smile in the face of fellow
citizens through social justice, societal sustainability with due respect to the indianness, which is our great
culture. Let’s live our lives to the fullest and die empty.
Jai Hind
Kharagpur Professor Partha Pratim Chakrabarti

July 20, 2018 Director, IIT Kharagpur

Courses of Study
Department of Aerospace Engineering

• B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech and M.Tech in Aerospace Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering and M.Tech in Engineering Entrepreneurship
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Aerospace Engineering and M.Tech in Financial Engineering
• M.Tech. in Aerospace Engineering
Department of Agricultural and Food Engineering
• B.Tech..in Agricultural and Food Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Agricultural and Food Engineering and M.Tech in Farm Machinery and
Power
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Agricultural and Food Engineering and M.Tech in Food Process
Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Agricultural and Food Engineering and M.Tech in Land and Water
Resources Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Agricultural and Food Engineering and M.Tech in Engineering
Entrepreneurship
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Agricultural and Food Engineering and M.Tech in Financial Engineering
• M. Tech. in Farm Machinery and Power
• M. Tech. in Land and Water Resources Engineering
• M. Tech. in Food Process Engineering
• M. Tech. in Agricultural Biotechnology
• M. Tech. in Aquacultural Engineering
• M. Tech. in Agricultural Systems and Management
Department of Architecture and Regional Planning
• Bachelor of Architecture (B.Arch)
• Master of City Planning (MCP)
Department of Biotechnology
• B.Tech .in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech and M.Tech in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering and M.Tech in Engineering
Entrepreneurship
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering and M.Tech in Financial
Engineering
• M. Tech. in Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering
Department of Chemical Engineering
• B.Tech. in Chemical Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech and M.Tech in Chemical Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Chemical Engineering and M.Tech in Petroleum Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Chemical Engineering and M.Tech in Financial Engineering
• M. Tech. in Chemical Engineering
Department of Chemistry
• M.Sc. in Chemistry (2 Years.)
• Integrated M.Sc. in Chemistry (5 Years.)
Department of Civil Engineering
• B.Tech .in Civil Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Civil Engineering and M.Tech in Engineering Entrepreneurship
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Civil Engineering and M.Tech in Financial Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Civil Engineering and M.Tech in Structural Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Civil Engineering and M.Tech in Environmental Engineering and
Management

• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Civil Engineering and M.Tech in Transportation Engineering
• M. Tech. in Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering
• M. Tech. in Transportation Engineering
• M. Tech in Environmental Engineering and Management
• M. Tech. in Geotechnical Engineering
• M. Tech. in Structural Engineering
• M.Tech in Railway Engineering (Mechanical)
• M.Tech in Railway Engineering (Civil)
• M.Tech in Railway Engineering (Electrical)
Department of Computer Science and Engineering
• B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech and M.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering and M.Tech in Engineering
Entrepreneurship
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering and M.Tech in Financial Engineering
• M. Tech. in Computer Science and Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
• B.Tech .in Electrical Engineering
• B.Tech..in Instrumentation Engineering
• Dual Degree - B .Tech in Electrical Engineering and M.Tech in Machine Drives and Power
Electronics
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Electrical Engineering and M.Tech in Control System Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Electrical Engineering and M.Tech in Power and Energy Systems
Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Electrical Engineering and M.Tech in Instrumentation Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Electrical Engineering and M.Tech in Instrumentation and Signal
Processing Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Instrumentation Engineering and M.Tech in Instrumentation and Signal
Processing Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Instrumentation Engineering and M.Tech in Engineering Entrepreneurship
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Instrumentation Engineering and M.Tech in Control System Engineering
• M. Tech.in Machine Drives and Power Electronics
• M. Tech. in Control System Engineering
• M. Tech. in Power and Energy Systems
• M. Tech. in Instrumentation and Signal Processing
Department of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering
• B.Tech in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering and M.Tech in
Engineering Entrepreneurship
• Dual Degree - B .Tech in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering and M.Tech in
Financial Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Electronics Electrical Communication Engineering and M.Tech in
Microelectronics and VLSI Design
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering and M.Tech in RF
and Microwave Engineering
Visual Information and Embedded Systems
Telecommunications System Engineering
• M. Tech. in Microelectronics and VLSI Design
• M. Tech. in RF and Microwave Engineering
• M. Tech. in Telecommunication Systems Engineering
• M. Tech. in Visual Information and Embedded Systems Engineering

Department of Geology and Geophysics
• Integrated M.Sc. in Exploration Geophysics (5 Years)
• Integrated M.Sc. in Applied Geology (5 Years)
• M.Sc. in Geophysics (2 Years.)
• M.Sc. in Geology (2 Years.)
• Integrated M.Sc. in Applied Geology and M.Tech in Petroleum Engineering (6 Years)
• Integrated M.Sc. in Exploration Geology and M.Tech in Petroleum Engineering (6 Years)
• M. Tech. in Exploration Geosciences
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Integrated M.Sc. in Economics (5 Years)
• Master of Human Resource Management
Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
• B.Tech in Industrial Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech and M.Tech in Industrial Engineering and Management
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Engineering Product Design and Manufacturing and M.Tech in Design
and Quality Engineering (Industrial Electronics)
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Engineering Product Design and Manufacturing and M.Tech in Design
and Quality Engineering (Mechanical Engineering)
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Industrial Engineering and M.Tech in Financial Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Industrial Engineering and M.Tech in Industrial Engineering and
Management
• M. Tech. in Industrial Engineering and Management
Department of Mathematics
• Integrated M.Sc. in Mathematics and Computing (5 Years)
• M.Sc. in Mathematics (2 Years.)
• M. Tech. in Computer Science and Data Processing
Department of Mechanical Engineering
• B.Tech .in Mechanical Engineering
• B.Tech .in Manufacturing Science and Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and M.Tech in Manufacturing Science and
Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and M.Tech in Thermal Science and Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and M.Tech in Mechanical Systems Design
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and M.Tech in Engineering Entrepreneurship
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and M.Tech in Financial Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering and M.Tech in Petroleum Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Manufacturing Science and Engineering and M.Tech in Engineering
Entrepreneurship
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Manufacturing Science and Engineering and M.Tech in Financial
Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Manufacturing Science and Engineering and M.Tech in Industrial
Engineering and Management
• M. Tech in Manufacturing Science and Engineering
• M. Tech. in Thermal Science and Engineering
• M. Tech. in Mechanical Systems Design
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
• B.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech and M.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and M.Tech in Engineering
Entrepreneurship
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering and M.Tech in Financial
Engineering
• M. Tech. in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering

Department of Mining Engineering
• B.Tech .in Mining Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech and M.Tech in Mining Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Mining Engineering and M.Tech in Safety Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Mining Engineering and M.Tech in Financial Engineering
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Mining Engineering and M.Tech in Petroleum Engineering
• M. Tech. in Mining Engineering
Department of Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture
• B.Tech.in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture
• Dual Degree - B.Tech and M.Tech in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture and M.Tech in Engineering
Entrepreneurship
• Dual Degree - B.Tech in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture and M.Tech in Financial
Engineering
• M.Tech.in Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture
Department of Physics
• Integrated M.Sc. in Physics (5 Years.)
• M.Sc. in Physics (2 Years)
• M.Tech.in Solid State Technology
Advance Technology Development Centre
• M.Tech.in Embedded Controls and Software
• M.Tech.in Multimedia Information Processing
• M.Tech in Earth System Science and Technology
• M.Tech in Cryogenic Engineering
• M. Tech. in Materials Science and Engineering.
• M. Tech. in Rubber Technology
• Dual Degree - B.Tech. in Parent Dept and M.Tech in Entrepreneurship Engineering
• Bachelor of Laws with Honours in Intellectual Property Law (LLB) (3 Years)
• Master of Laws (LLM) (2 Years)
• M.Tech. in Infrastructure Design and Management
• M.Sc. in Chemical and Molecular Biology (Jointly Offered by IIT Kharagpur and IACS Kolkata)
• M. Tech. in Reliability Engineering
• M.Tech in Energy Science and Engineering
• Master of Medical Science and Technology (3 Years)
• M.Tech in Medical Imaging and Informatics (2 Years)
• M. Tech. in Water Engineering and Management

• Master of Business Administration (2 Years)
• Master of Business Administration in the Executive MBA Programme (3 Years)
• Post Graduate Diploma in Business Analytics (2 Years) [Jointly offered by IIT Kharagpur, IIM
Calcutta and ISI]

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT
Head of the Department : Dipak Kumar Maiti
Professors
Name Highest Degree Research Areas
Bhrigu Nath Singh Ph.D. Smart and Composite Structures; Uncertainty
quantification; Dynamics and Aeroelasticity; Mechanics of
Composites; Structural Health Monitoring
Dipak Kumar Maiti Ph.D. Aerospace Structures; Composite and Smart Structures;
Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity; Structural Health
Monitoring
Kalyan Prasad Ph.D. Computational Fluid Dynamics; DNS and LES; Fluid
Sinhamahapatra Structure Interaction; Jet Control and Aeroacoustics; Low
Reynolds No. Aerodynamics
Manoranjan Sinha Ph.D.
Ph.D.
Associate Professors Ph.D.
Arnab Roy Ph.D. Computational Fluid Dynamics; DNS and LES; Low
Reynolds No. Aerodynamics; Single and Multiphase Fluid
Dynamics; Jet Control and Aeroacoustics
Manas Kumar Laha Ph.D.
Mira Mitra Ph.D.
Ratan Joarder Ph.D. Chemically Reacting flows; Droplet and Spray
Combustion; Single and Multiphase Fluid Dynamics; Heat
Transfer; Computational Fluid Dynamics
Somnath Ghosh Ph.D. DNS and LES; Computational Fluid Dynamics
Srinibas Karmakar Ph.D., Louisiana Droplet and Spray Combustion; Combustion of solid fuels
Sate University and propellant; Experimental methods in combustion
Suresh Chandra Pradhan
Assistant Professors
Akshay Prakash Ph.D.
Amardip Ghosh Ph.D.
Anup Ghosh Ph.D. Aircraft Structures; Composite and Smart Structures;
Micro Air Vehicle; UAV
Chetankumar Sureshbhai Ph.D., IIT Bombay Design of Turbomachines; Turbomachines performance
Mistry augmentation; Experimental & CFD study of
turbomachine; Fluid mechanic and Heat transfer;
Experimental aerodynamics
Mohammed Rabius Ph.D. Fluid Structure Interaction; Dynamics and Aeroelasticity;
Sunny Structural Health Monitoring; Smart Materials and
Structures; Tensegrity Structures
Mrinal Kaushik Ph.D., IIT Kanpur Shock-Boundary Layer Interactions; Active and Passive
Control of Jets; Aerothermodynamics of Hypersonic
Flows; Hydrodynamics of Hydrofoils
Naba Kumar Peyada Ph.D.
Prasun Jana Ph.D. Aerospace Structures; Computational Solid Mechanics;
Composite & Functionally Graded Material; Vibration
Damping; Elastic Stability
Sandeep Saha Ph.D. Hydrodynamics Stability; Low Reynolds No.
Aerodynamics; Chemically Reacting flows; Theoretical &
Computational Differential Equations; Solar and Wind
Energy Conversion

Sikha Hota Ph.D. Path planning of unmanned vehicles; optimal trajectory
planning; Collision avoidances; Obstacle avoidances;
Three dimensional path generations
Sunil Manohar Dash Ph.D. Low Reynolds No. Aerodynamics; Fluid Structure
Interaction; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Lattice
Boltzmann Method; Flapping Aerodynamics
Susmita Bhattacharyya Ph.D. Satellite Navigation Systems; Fault detection; Sensor
fusion
New Faculty Appointment
Name Designation Research Areas
Prasun Jana Assistant Professor Aerospace Structures; Computational Solid Mechanics;
Sunil Manohar Dash Assistant Professor Low Reynolds No. Aerodynamics; Fluid Structure
Interaction; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Lattice
Boltzmann Method; Flapping Aerodynamics
Promotion
Akshay Prakash Assistant Professor
Prasun Jana Aerospace Structures; Computational Solid Mechanics;
Susmita Bhattacharyya Assistant Professor Satellite Navigation Systems; Fault detection; Sensor
fusion
Re Appointment
Navtej Singh Professor

Retirement
Navtej Singh Professor
Brief Description of on-going activities
1. Sponsored project title: Optimal design of thin-walled beam/plate structures for maximum elasto-plastic
buckling load. Sponsoring agency: SERB, DST, Govt. of India. Project value: 20.08 Lakhs
2. An Investigation of the Unconventional Tandem Flapping Foil Propulsion Mechanism for Underwater
Vehicles. Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Other Research Projects

a) Investigation on the propulsive performance of the tubercle flapping aerofoil.
b) Development of IB-LBM solver for the fluid-structure interaction.
c) Development of Robotic Jelly Fish.
Research Areas
Active and Passive Control of Jets; Aerospace Structures; Aerothermodynamics of Hypersonic Flows;
Aircraft Structures; Chemically Reacting flows; Collision avoidances; Combustion of solid fuels and
propellant; Composite and Smart Structures; Composite & Functionally Graded Material; Computational Fluid
Dynamics; Computational Solid Mechanics; Design of Turbomachines; DNS and LES; Droplet and Spray
Combustion; Dynamics and Aeroelasticity; Elastic Stability; Experimental aerodynamics; Experimental & CFD
study of turbomachine; Experimental methods in combustion; Fault detection; Flapping Aerodynamics; Fluid
mechanic and Heat transfer; Fluid Structure Interaction; Heat Transfer; Hydrodynamics of Hydrofoils;
Hydrodynamics Stability; Jet Control and Aeroacoustics; Lattice Boltzmann Method; Low Reynolds No.
Aerodynamics; Mechanics of Composites; Micro Air Vehicle; Obstacle avoidances; optimal trajectory
planning; Path planning of unmanned vehicles; Satellite Navigation Systems; Sensor fusion; Shock-
Boundary Layer Interactions; Single and Multiphase Fluid Dynamics; Smart and Composite Structures; Smart

Materials and Structures; Solar and Wind Energy Conversion; Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity;
Structural Health Monitoring; Tensegrity Structures; Theoretical & Computational Differential Equations;
Three dimensional path generations; Turbomachines performance augmentation; UAV; Uncertainty
quantification; Vibration Damping;
Academic Performance
New Acquisitions 01
Collaboration 10
Doctoral Degrees Awarded 07
Fellow - Professional Bodies 01
Member - Professional Bodies 11
Member - Editorial Board 03
Awards & Honours 03
Sponsored Research Projects 29
Consultancy Projects 01
Visits Abroad by Faculty Members 05
Invited Lectures by Faculty Members 07
Seminars, Conferences and Workshops Organized 09
Short-Term Courses, Training Programmes and Workshops organised 03
Papers Published in Journals 40
Papers Presented in Conferences 30

Agricultural and Food Engineering
Head of the Department : Nirupama Mallick
Professors
Adinpunya Mitra Ph.D. Biochemistry of floral scent volatiles; Natural products
from root cultures; Secondary metabolism - molecular
biology; Physiology of plant volatilome; Histochemistry of
plant metabolites
Ashis Kumar Datta Ph.D. Computational Fluid Dynamics; Process Simulation,
Optimization & Control; Bio-energy & Development of
Relevant Materials; Thermoelectric materials; Extractive
metallurgy
Ashok Mishra Ph.D. Hydrological Modelling & Watershed Manag; Crop Yield
Modelling; Climate Change & Adaptation Analysis
Bhabani Sankar Das Ph.D. Soil Physics; Unsaturated flow and transport;
Hyperspectral Sensing; Solute Transport
Chandranath Chatterjee Ph.D. Flood hazard and risk analysis; Flood forecasting;
Impact of climate change on flood risk; Design flood
estimation; Application of UAV and Geo-informatics
Dillip Kumar Swain Ph.D. Sustainable Production Agriculture; Climate Change
Adaptation & Mitigation; Crop Modeling and Simulation;
Organic Farming & Crop Quality
Hari Niwas Mishra Ph.D. RTE Health Foods & Nutraceuticals; Food Storage &
Shelf Life Extension; Novel Food Product & Process
Development; Food Fortification & Bioactives; Food
Safety & Quality Control
Hifjur Raheman Ph.D. Renewable energy operated agri-machinery;
Combination offset disc harrow; Rubber tracks for
walking tractor; Use of robotic arm for transplanting
Kamlesh Narayan Tiwari Ph.D. Micro Irrigation; Protected Cultivation Technology; RS &
GIS Applications in Water Resources; Hydrology of
Horticultural Plantations; Solar PV Operated Irrigation
Systems
Madan Kumar Jha Ph.D. Basin-wide Groundwater Modeling; Water Harvesting and
Artificial Recharge; GW Management using RS, GIS and
MCDA; Field Investigation & Seawater Intrusion;
Goundwater-Surface Water Interaction
Narendra Singh Ph.D.
Raghuwanshi
Nirupama Mallick Ph.D. Microalgal Biofuels; Biodegradable films from
cyanobacteria; Bioactives from microalgae; Algal
Refinery; Climate Change and Soil Health
P Srinivasa Rao Ph.D. Nonthermal method of food processing; Process
Equipment Design and Development; Post Harvest
Engineering; Innovation and Business Incubation
Rabindra Kumar Panda Ph.D.
Rajendra Singh Ph.D.
Rintu Banerjee Ph.D.
Snehasish Dutta Gupta Ph.D.
Sudhindra Nath Panda Ph.D.
Thomas E V Ph.D. Rice transplanter and sowing equipments; Tea
processing; Harvesting of rice and wheat
Tridib Kumar Goswami Ph.D.
Virendra Kumar Tewari Ph.D. Farm Machinery Systems Design; Ergonomics & Industrial

Safety; Precision Agriculture
Associate Professors
Arunabha Mitra Ph.D.
Peeyush Soni Ph.D. Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization; Soil Tillage and

Traction Research; Precision Agriculture; Management of
Mechanized Agriculture; Automation in Protected
Cultivation
Prem Prakash Srivastav Ph.D. Fuctional Food Development; Herbal Neutaceuticals
Extraction; Design of food processing machineries
Proshanta Guha Ph.D. Agronomy; Post-harvest Technology

Shanker Lal Shrivastava Ph.D. Dairy & Food Process Engineering; Post Harvest
Engineering; Low cost food processing equipment
Amey Pathak Ph.D. Eco-Hydro-Climatology; Indian Monsoon Rainfall, Extreme
Events; Precipitation Recycling; Ocean–Land–
Atmosphere Interactions
Chanchal Kumar
Mukherjee
Damodhara Rao Ph.D.
Mailapalli
Jayeeta Mitra Ph.D., IIT Food Packaging and Storage; Mathematical Modeling and
Kharagpur Simulation; Equipment for Rural Food Processing;
Microwave Extraction; pesticide residue determination in
food
Joydeep Banerjee Ph.D. Plant Molecular Biology; Signal transduction and gene
expression; Promoter Characterization; Abiotic Stress in
Plants; Nutritional Quality
Kanishka Bhunia Ph.D. Functional Food Packaging; Food Safety and Risk
Assessment; Nonthermal Surface Sanitization of Food;
Food Stability and Shelf life; Process Modeling and
Simulation
Poulomi Ganguli Ph.D. Hydroclimatology and Water Resources Eng; hydrological
extremes; Statistical hydrology
Punyadarshini Punam Ph.D.
Tripathy
Rajendra Machavaram Ph.D. Machine Design and Design Optimization; Structural
Health Monitoring; Artificial Intelligence; Renewable
energy operated agri-machinery; Numerical Optimization
in Non-linear problems
Somsubhra Chakraborty Ph.D., Louisiana Hyperspectral Proximal Soil Sensors; Portable XRF
State University, Applications in Soil; Digital Soil Mapping; Data Mining;
USA Non-invasive Sensors

Promotion
Ashok Mishra Professor Hydrological Modelling & Watershed Manag; Crop Yield
Modelling; Climate Change & Adaptation Analysis
Dillip Kumar Swain Professor Sustainable Production Agriculture; Climate Change
Adaptation & Mitigation; Crop Modeling and Simulation;
Organic Farming & Crop Quality
P Srinivasa Rao Assistant Professor Nonthermal method of food processing; Process
Equipment Design and Development; Post Harvest

Engineering; Innovation and Business Incubation
Peeyush Soni Assistant Professor Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization; Soil Tillage and
Traction Research; Precision Agriculture; Management of
Mechanized Agriculture; Automation in Protected
Cultivation
 Sensor-based technology interventions for precision farming

 Solar energy operated farm machinery and micro-irrigation systems
 Remote sensing and GIS applications for integrated watershed management, and soil and crop
health monitoring.
 Simulation-optimization and climate modelling for holistic water management
 High pressure processing of high-value perishables and nutraceuticals
 Targeted metabolomics of floral scents for value-added products
 Microalgal biofuel production
 Waste utilization in Aquaculture
 Development of autonomous tractor
 Organic farming
 Solar energy utilization in food processing
 RTE-Health Food for malnourished children
 Vacuum frying of food
Research Areas
Abiotic Stress in Plants; Agronomy; Algal Refinery; Application of UAV and Geo-informatics; Artificial
Intelligence; Automation in Protected Cultivation; Basin-wide Groundwater Modeling; Bioactives from
microalgae; Biochemistry of floral scent volatiles; Biodegradable films from cyanobacteria; Bio-energy &
Development of Relevant Materials; Climate Change & Adaptation Analysis; Climate Change Adaptation
& Mitigation; Climate Change and Soil Health; Combination offset disc harrow; Computational Fluid
Dynamics; Crop Modeling and Simulation; Crop Yield Modelling; Data Mining; Design flood estimation;
Design of food processing machineries; Digital Soil Mapping; Eco-Hydro-Climatology; Ergonomics &
Industrial Safety; Extractive metallurgy; Farm Machinery Systems Design; Field Investigation & Seawater
Intrusion; Flood forecasting; Flood hazard and risk analysis; Food Fortification & Bioactives; Food Safety
and Risk Assessment; Food Safety & Quality Control; Food Stability and Shelf life; Food Storage & Shelf
Life Extension; Fuctional Food Development; Functional Food Packaging; Goundwater-Surface Water
Interaction; GW Management using RS, GIS and MCDA; Harvesting of rice and wheat; Herbal
Neutaceuticals Extraction; Histochemistry of plant metabolites; Hydroclimatology and Water Resources
Eng; hydrological extremes; Hydrological Modelling & Watershed Manag; Hydrology of Horticultural
Plantations; Hyperspectral Proximal Soil Sensors; Hyperspectral Sensing; Impact of climate change on
flood risk; Indian Monsoon Rainfall, Extreme Events; Innovation and Business Incubation; Machine
Design and Design Optimization; Management of Mechanized Agriculture; Microalgal Biofuels; Micro
Irrigation; Natural products from root cultures; Non-invasive Sensors; Nonthermal method of food
processing; Nonthermal Surface Sanitization of Food; Novel Food Product & Process Development;
Numerical Optimization in Non-linear problems; Nutritional Quality; Ocean–Land–Atmosphere
Interactions; Organic Farming & Crop Quality; Physiology of plant volatilome; Plant Molecular Biology;
Portable XRF Applications in Soil; Post Harvest Engineering; Post-harvest Technology; Precipitation
Recycling; Precision Agriculture; Process Equipment Design and Development; Process Modeling and
Simulation; Process Simulation, Optimization & Control; Promoter Characterization; Protected Cultivation
Technology; Renewable energy operated agri-machinery; Rice transplanter and sowing equipments; RS
& GIS Applications in Water Resources; RTE Health Foods & Nutraceuticals; Rubber tracks for walking
tractor; Secondary metabolism - molecular biology; Signal transduction and gene expression; Soil
Physics; Soil Tillage and Traction Research; Solar PV Operated Irrigation Systems; Solute Transport;
Statistical hydrology; Structural Health Monitoring; Sustainable Agricultural Mechanization; Sustainable
Production Agriculture; Tea processing; Thermoelectric materials; Unsaturated flow and transport; Use of
robotic arm for transplanting; Water Harvesting and Artificial Recharge;

Collaboration 20
Awards & Honours 09
Fellowships 03
Technology Transferred 01

Head of the Department : Joy Sen
Professors
Jaydip Barman Ph.D. Urban design; Landscape and landscape planning;
Creative Eco-tourism & Heritage based Tourism;
Community & Behavioral Studies in Planning
Joy Sen Ph.D. Community and Regional planning; Cultural Heritage
documentation; Regional analysis and programming
Sanghamitra Basu Ph.D.
Subrata Chattopadhyay Ph.D. Smartness of Traditional Indian cities; Mixed use
development model; Heat Stress on MSME workers; Pri
Urban Dymanics; Impact of settlement on flash flood
Uttam Kumar Banerjee Ph.D.
Abraham George Ph.D.

Debapratim Pandit Ph.D. Transportation Planning & Routing Services; Public
Transportation,Traffic Management & Safety; Community
& Behavioral Studies in Planning; Urban Planning:
Utilities, Services; IT based Infrastructure, Information
System
Haimanti Banerji Ph.D. Sustainable Community Planning; Residential Satisfaction
in Post Disaster Housing; Urban design; Human Factors
Engineering
Saikat Kumar Paul Ph.D., IIT
Kharagpur
Somnath Sen Ph.D., IIT
Kharagpur
Tarak Nath Mazumder Ph.D. Disaster management
Arjun Mukerji Ph.D. History and Theory of Architecture; Urban Culture,
Conservation & Heritage Planning; Urban design;
Landscape and landscape planning
Arup Das Ph.D. Disaster Management & Environmental Resilience;
Disaster Risk Mapping of Urban Areas; Urban Planning:
Utilities, Services
Shankha Pratim Ph.D.
Bhattacharya
Sumana Gupta Ph.D. Service quality assessment; Human Crowd study;
Housing and Community planning; Facility Planning for
Religious events
Sutapa Das Ph.D. Energy Studies of Buildings; Critical Infrastructure
Protection in Disaster; Healthy workplace; Intelligent
buildings; Building information modeling
Tapan Kumar Majumdar Ph.D.

Arjun Mukerji Assistant Professor History and Theory of Architecture; Urban Culture,

Visiting Faculty
Amita Sinha Assistant Professor
Promotion
Arjun Mukerji Assistant Professor History and Theory of Architecture; Urban Culture,
Retirement
Tapan Kumar Majumdar Assistant Professor
Re Appointment
Sanghamitra Basu Professor
The Department of Architecture and Regional Planning IIT Kharagpur has made a very significant headway
in front-line research collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA; IvyLeage Graduate
school of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP), Columbia University, NYC, USA; The School of
Urban and Regional Planning, GeorgiaTECh Atlanta, USA; Tokyo Metropolitan University, Japan and others
and been accordingly earmarked as NIRF ranking #1 for two consecutive years: 2017-18 and 2018-19 as the
top architectural school in the country.
Additionally, there are some major events like;
a)Workshops on Urban Informatics and AI driven analytics by TCS; on BIM by V Construct, a Pune based
organisation; on Stainless Steel BY Jindal Group; on sustainable architecture by Rabie Omar are few
mentionable.
b) Invited lectures by Prof. Amit Srivastava, The University of Adelaide, Australia ; Dr. Monobina Mukherjee
and Mr. Ambarish Mukherjee from USA on Transportation modelling; Prof. Arun Menon of IIT Chennai Prof.
Ravindra Vasavada of CEPT Ahmedabad and Ar. Vikas Dilwari in area of conservation; are a few
mentionable.
c) Visit of Prof. Amita Srivastava as Full Bright Fellow from University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign USA.
The students have received major grants for conferences in Japan, USA; and Australia.
Research Areas
Building information modeling; Community and Regional planning; Community & Behavioral Studies in
Planning; Critical Infrastructure Protection in Disaster; Cultural Heritage documentation; Disaster
management; Disaster Management & Environmental Resilience; Disaster Risk Mapping of Urban Areas;
Energy Studies of Buildings; Healthy workplace; Heat Stress on MSME workers; History and Theory of
Architecture; Human Factors Engineering; Impact of settlement on flash flood; Intelligent buildings; IT based
Infrastructure, Information System; Landscape and landscape planning; Mixed use development model; Pri
Urban Dymanics; Public Transportation,Traffic Management & Safety; Regional analysis and programming;
Residential Satisfaction in Post Disaster Housing; Smartness of Traditional Indian cities; Sustainable
Community Planning; Transportation Planning & Routing Services; Urban Culture, Conservation & Heritage
Planning; Urban design; Urban Planning: Utilities, Services;
New Acquisitions 01
Collaboration 16
Lectures by Visiting Experts 04

Awards & Honours 03
Short-Term Courses, Training Programmes and Workshops Organised 02

Biotechnology
Head of the Department : Ramkrishna Sen
Professors
Amit Kumar Das Ph.D.
Ananta Kumar Ghosh Ph.D. Recombinant DNA Technology; Immunotechnology;
Antimicrobial peptides; Virology
Anindya Sundar Ghosh Ph.D. Bacterial biofilm formation; Antibiotic Resistance
mechanisms; Penicillin-interactive enzymes; Multi-drug
resistance efflux pumps; Bacterial cell shape
Debabrata Das Ph.D.
Mrinal Kumar Maiti Ph.D. Plant Molecular Biology; Functional Genomics of Rice
Crop; Biotechnology of Plants, Fungi and Algae; Lipid
Metabolic Engineering; Bioprospecting of Endophytic
Microbes
Pinaki Sar Ph.D. Microbial genomics and metagenomics; Microbiology of
deep biosphere; Geomicrobiology; Bioremediation and
Biodegradation
Ramkrishna Sen Ph.D. Green Process & Product Development; Microalgal &
Microbial Biorefinery; Biofuels Bio-CCR & Waste
Valorization; Antimicrobial & Anticancer Lipopeptides;
Marine & Environmental Biotechnology
Satyahari Dey Ph.D.
Sudip Kumar Ghosh Ph.D. Plant Molecular Biology; nanobiotechnology; Molecular
Cell biology of Parasite
Tapas Kumar Maiti Ph.D.
Ranjit Prasad Bahadur Ph.D. Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
Agneyo Ganguly Ph.D. Mechanistic studies of RecQ helicases; Protein protein
interactions
Riddhiman Dhar Ph.D., University of Drug resistance evolution; Non-genetic variation; Gene-
Zurich, Switzerland environment interaction
Somdeb Bose Dasgupta Ph.D
Visiting Faculty
Tapas Kumar Maiti Professor
Debabrata Das Professor Biohydrogen Production; Biohythane Process
Development; Microbial Fuel Cell; CO2 sequestration by
microalgae; Photo-bioreactor and biodiesel production
Antimicrobial chemotherapy, bacterial morphology and biofilm formation; Bioremediation of heavy metals,
radionuclides and organic pollutants; Molecular analysis of microbial community structure and function at
contaminated sites; Molecular cloning, expression and characterization of E. invadens encystation specific
proteins; Recombinant protein expression in plant, animal and microbial systems; Structural and functional
studies of protein from M. tuberculosis and S. aureus aiming at drug and inhibitor design; Improvement of
hydrogen production from industrial waste using hybrid bioreactor. Continuous hydrogen production by
immobilized recombinant E. coli BL-21; Molecular analysis of cypovirus infecting tasar silkworm;

Phytomedicine and molecular farming; Development of low fat content transgenic oilseed plant;
Biomicrofluidics and Biochip development; Identification and characterization of immunomodulator from
natural sources; Microbial fuel cell; Characterization of Antarctic microbiota; Probiotic based nutraceutical
product development; Cellular microbiology and immnuobiology; Systems biology of genetic and nongenetic
variations; Host-pathogen interactions; Green Process & Product Development in Microalgal-Microbial
Biorefinery Models for anticancer lipopeptides, biosurfactants, biopolymers, biooil & biofuels with carbon
capture and waste valorization
Research Areas
Antibiotic Resistance mechanisms; Antimicrobial & Anticancer Lipopeptides; Antimicrobial peptides; Bacterial
biofilm formation; Bacterial cell shape; Biofuels Bio-CCR & Waste Valorization; Biohydrogen Production;
Biohythane Process Development; Bioinformatics and Computational Biology; Bioprospecting of Endophytic
Microbes; Bioremediation and Biodegradation; Biotechnology of Plants, Fungi and Algae; CO2 sequestration
by microalgae; Drug resistance evolution; Functional Genomics of Rice Crop; Gene-environment interaction;
Geomicrobiology; Green Process & Product Development; Immunotechnology; Lipid Metabolic Engineering;
Marine & Environmental Biotechnology; Mechanistic studies of RecQ helicases; Microalgal & Microbial
Biorefinery; Microbial Fuel Cell; Microbial genomics and metagenomics; Microbiology of deep biosphere;
Molecular Cell biology of Parasite; Multi-drug resistance efflux pumps; nanobiotechnology; Non-genetic
variation; Penicillin-interactive enzymes; Photo- bioreactor and biodiesel productio; Plant Molecular Biology;
Protein protein interactions; Recombinant DNA Technology; Virology;
New Acquisitions 01
Collaboration 23
Awards & Honours 01

Head of the Department : Gargi Das
Professors
Amar Nath Samanta Ph.D., IIT Carbon capture and storage; Robust, Nonlinear and
Kharagpur Adaptive control; Waste Water Treatment
Bhim Charan Meikap Ph.D. Pollution MOnitoring and Control; Pollution Control
Technologies; Coal science and technology; Fluidization;
Renewable Energy Sources
Gargi Das Ph.D. Multiphase flow and complex fluids; Process
Intensification; Mutiphase Flow in reduced dimensions;
Sensor Development for Multiphase system;
Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)
Gautam Kundu Ph.D.
Jayanta Kumar Basu Ph.D. Adsorption and Separation Science; Waste Water
Treatment; Advance Oxidation Processes; Reaction
Engineering
Narayan Chandra Ph.D.
Pradhan
Rabibrata Mukherjee Ph.D.
Sirshendu De Ph.D. Membrane separation; Water and waste water
treatment; Microfluidics; Transport Phenomena
Sudarsan Neogi Ph.D.
Sudipto Chakraborty Ph.D. Ultrafast Cooling (Spray, Jet, Coolants); Process
modelling and simulation; CFD and Heat transfer,
Carbon based nano-materials
Sunando Dasgupta Ph.D. Microfluidics; Microscale Transport Processes; Interfacial
Phenomena
Swati Neogi Ph.D.
Amiya Kumar Jana Ph.D.
Arnab Atta Ph.D. Computational Fluid Dynamics; Single and Multiphase
Fluid Dynamics; Microfluidics; Computational
nanostructures
Debasis Sarkar Ph.D. Computational System Biology; Crystallization
Engineering; Multi-objective Optimization
Jayanta Chakraborty Ph.D.
Parag Arvind Deshpande Ph.D. Computational chemistry; Computational material science;
Molecular simulation
Saikat Chakraborty Ph.D. Bio-energy & Development of Relevant Materials;
Microalgal Biofuels; Lignocellulosic Biofuels; Chemical
Reactor Modeling; Catalysis and reaction engineering
Somenath Ganguly Ph.D. Porous Media; Structured Fluid
Sonali Sengupta Ph.D. Petroleum engineering; Catalysis and reaction
engineering
Harikrishnan G Ph.D.
Koustuv Ray Ph.D.

Manish Kaushal Ph.D. Electrorheology; Soft-Glassy-Rheology; Drainge of vertical
liquid thin films; Microfluidics; Rheology of molecularly thin
liquid-film
Monojit Chakraborty Ph.D. Microfluidics and microscale transport; Interfacial
Phenomena; Liquid Thin Films; Microscale Heat Transfer;
Biomimetics
Sourav Mondal Ph.D. Transport in porous medium; Science of the Liquid crystal;
Hydrodynamics of low Reynolds number; Chemically
Reacting flows; Heat and Mass Transfer
Subhabrata Ray Ph.D.

Koustuv Ray Assistant Professor
Monojit Chakraborty Assistant Professor Microfluidics and microscale transport; Interfacial

Phenomena; Liquid Thin Films; Microscale Heat Transfer;
Biomimetics
Sourav Mondal Assistant Professor Transport in porous medium; Science of the Liquid crystal;
Hydrodynamics of low Reynolds number; Chemically
Reacting flows; Heat and Mass Transfer
Promotion
Manish Kaushal Assistant Professor Electrorheology; Soft-Glassy-Rheology; Drainge of vertical
liquid thin films; Microfluidics; Rheology of molecularly thin
liquid-film
Re Appointment
Gautam Kundu Ph.D.
Teaching and Research at Undergraduate, M.Tech/M.S., Ph.D., and Post-Doctoral Level
Research Areas
Adsorption and Separation Science; Advance Oxidation Processes; Bio-energy & Development of Relevant
Materials; Biomimetics; Carbon based nano-materials; Carbon capture and storage; Catalysis and reaction
engineering; CFD and Heat transfer; Chemically Reacting flows; Chemical Reactor Modeling; Coal science
and technology; Computational chemistry; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD); Computational material science; Computational nanostructures; Computational System Biology;
Crystallization Engineering; Drainge of vertical liquid thin films; Electrorheology; Fluidization; Heat and Mass
Transfer; Hydrodynamics of low Reynolds number; Interfacial Phenomena; Lignocellulosic Biofuels; Liquid
Thin Films; Membrane separation; Microalgal Biofuels; Microfluidics; Microfluidics and microscale transport;
Microscale Heat Transfer; Microscale Transport Processes; Molecular simulation; Multi-objective
Optimization; Multiphase flow and complex fluids; Mutiphase Flow in reduced dimensions; Petroleum
engineering; Pollution Control Technologies; Pollution MOnitoring and Control; Porous Media; Process
Intensification; Process modelling and simulation; Reaction Engineering; Renewable Energy Sources;
Rheology of molecularly thin liquid-film; Robust, Nonlinear and Adaptive control; Science of the Liquid
crystal; Sensor Development for Multiphase system; Single and Multiphase Fluid Dynamics; Soft-Glassy-
Rheology; Structured Fluid; Transport in porous medium; Transport Phenomena; Ultrafast Cooling (Spray,
Jet, Coolants); Waste Water Treatment; Water and wastewater treatment;

New Acquisitions 05
Collaboration 23
MS Degrees Awarded 01
Awards & Honours 02
Short-Term Courses, Training Programmes and Workshops 02
organised

Chemistry
Head of the Department : Manish Bhattacharjee
Professors
C Retna Raj Ph.D. Functional materials; Electrocatalysis; Biosensors; Energy
conversion and storage; Energy materials
Debashis Ray Ph.D.
Joykrishna Dey Ph.D. Organized assemblies; Macromolecules; Drug Delivery
Systems; Molecular Gels; Biomacromolecule-Ligand
Interactions
Kumar Biradha Ph.D. Structural Chemistry; Polymer synthesis; Functional
materials; Organized assemblies; Energy materials
Manish Bhattacharjee Ph.D.
Narayan Dhuleep Ph.D. Design and Development of FPRPG.; Development of
Pradeep Singh One and Two-Photon PRPG.; Organic Nanocarrier for
Image Guided DDS; PRPG for release of
Gasotransmitters.; Photocatalysis for Organic
Synthesis
Nilmoni Sarkar Ph.D. FCS, FLIM, FRET, Ultrafast Spectrosocpy; Graphene
oxide -Protein interaction
Pratim Kumar Chattaraj Ph.D.
Samik Nanda Ph.D. Asymmetric Synthesis; Total Synthesis of Natural
Products; Biocatalysis in Organic synthesis;
Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay Ph.D.
Srabani Taraphder Ph.D.
Suneel Kumar Srivastava Ph.D.
Swagata Dasgupta Ph.D. Protein-protein/nucleic acid interaction; Protein protein
interactions; Protein aggregation Studies; Protein
Chemistry
Tanmaya Pathak Ph.D.
Ahindra Nag Ph.D.
Amita (Pathak) Mahanty Ph.D.
Anoop Ayyappan Ph.D. Computational chemistry; Software Development;
Modelling Reaction Mechanism; Chemical Evolution;
Nanocluster modelling
Dibakar Dhara Ph.D. Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules; Synthetic Polymer
Chemistry; Polymers for Biomedical Applications; Stimuli
Responsive Polymers; Colloids and Nanomaterials
Ganesan Mani Ph.D. Organometallic, Main Group and Catalysis
Mintu Halder Ph.D. Experimental Physical Chemistry; Biophysics;
Spectroscopy; Single Molecule Spectroscopy;
Spectroscopy of Materials
Rajakumar Ph.D. Photocatalytic Organic Transformations; Analytical
Ananthakrishnan Methods for pollutant/radical; Nano Coordination Polymer
photocatalysts; Materials for Photocatalysis/Gas Sensing
Sabyashachi Mishra Ph.D. Enzyme Catalysis with Hybrid QM/MM; Molecular
Spectrocopy; Molecular Magnetism
Sanjib Kumar Patra Ph.D. Synthetic inorganic chemistry; Macromolecules;
Photovoiltices; Polymer synthesis; Organometallic
chemistry

Debabrata Mukherjee Ph.D. Synthetic inorganic chemistry; Organometallic, Main
Group and Catalysis
Ganesh Venkataraman Ph.D. Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Asymmetric Synthesis;
Transition Metal Catalysis; Total Synthesis of Natural
Products; Photoredox Catalysis
Madhab Chandra Das Ph.D. (IIT Bombay) Porous Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs); Porous
Covalent Organic Framework (COFs); Crystal
Engineering; Proton Conducting Materials; Functional
Porous Materials
Modhu Sudan Maji Ph.D.
Partha Pratim Jana Ph.D. Structural Chemistry; Energy materials; Computational
chemistry
Pradip Kumar Ph.D. Structural Chemistry; Electronic & magnetic materials;
Chakraborty Functional materials; Nano materials
Rajarshi Samanta Ph.D. Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Transition Metal Catalysis;
Asymmetric Synthesis
Santanu Panda Ph.D.
Sukanta Mandal Ph.D. (IIT Kanpur) Synthetic inorganic chemistry
Suman Kalyan Samanta Ph.D. Functional materials; Organized assemblies;
Macromolecules; Conductive polymers; Energy materials
Ganesh Venkataraman Ph.D. Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Asymmetric Synthesis;
Transition Metal Catalysis; Total Synthesis of Natural
Products; Photoredox Catalysis
Pradip Kumar Ph.D. Structural Chemistry; Electronic & magnetic materials;
Chakraborty Functional materials; Nano materials
Rajarshi Samanta Ph.D. Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Transition Metal Catalysis;
Asymmetric Synthesis
Santanu Panda Ph.D.
Suman Kalyan Samanta Ph.D. Functional materials; Organized assemblies;
Macromolecules; Conductive polymers; Energy materials
The faculty members of the department are involved in all the frontier areas of research. Large number of
publications in high impact factor journals shows the quality of ongoing research carried out in the
department. A large number of research projects are operational in the department.
Research Areas
Analytical Methods for pollutant/radical; Asymmetric Synthesis; Biocatalysis in Organic synthesis;

Biomacromolecule-Ligand Interactions; Biophysics; Biosensors; Chemical Evolution; Colloids and
Nanomaterials; Computational chemistry; Conductive polymers; Crystal Engineering; Design and
Development of FPRPG.; Development of One and Two-Photon PRPG.; Drug Delivery Systems;
Electrocatalysis; Electronic & magnetic materials; Energy conversion and storage; Energy materials; Enzyme
Catalysis with Hybrid QM/MM; Experimental Physical Chemistry; FCS, FLIM, FRET, Ultrafast Spectrosocpy;
Functional materials; Functional Porous Materials; Graphene oxide -Protein interaction; Macromolecules;
Materials for Photocatalysis/Gas Sensing; Modelling Reaction Mechanism; Molecular Gels; Molecular
Magnetism; Molecular Spectrocopy; Nanocluster modelling; Nano Coordination Polymer photocatalysts;
Nano materials; Organic Nanocarrier for Image Guided DDS; Organized assemblies; Organometallic
chemistry; Organometallic, Main Group and Catalysis; Photocatalysis for Organic Synthesis.; Photocatalytic
Organic Transformations; Photoredox Catalysis; Physical Chemistry of Macromolecules; Polymers for
Biomedical Applications; Polymer synthesis; Porous Covalent Organic Framework (COFs); Porous Metal

Organic Frameworks (MOFs); Protein aggregation Studies; Protein Chemistry; Protein protein interactions;
Protein - small molecule interactions; Proton Conducting Materials; PRPG for release of Gasotransmitters.;
Single Molecule Spectroscopy; Software Development; Spectroscopy; Spectroscopy of Materials; Stimuli
Responsive Polymers; Structural Chemistry; Synthetic inorganic chemistry; Synthetic Organic Chemistry;
Synthetic Polymer Chemistry; Total Synthesis of Natural Products; Transition Metal Catalysis;
New Acquisitions 01
Collaboration 23
Awards & Honours 10
Fellowships 08

Civil Engineering
Head of the Department : Nirjhar Dhang
Professors
Aniruddha Sengupta Ph.D. Soil Dynamics, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering;
Unsaturated Soilmechanics; Soil-Structure Interaction
Anjali Pal Ph.D.
Arghya Deb Ph.D. Discrete Elements; Size effect in concrete;
Micromechanics of Concrete
Ashok Kumar Gupta Ph.D. Water and wastewater treatment; Industrial Effluent
Treatment and Reuse; Environmental Impact
Assessment; Air Quality Management; Environmental
Monitoring and Planning
Baidurya Bhattacharya Ph.D. Structural Safety; Computational material science;
Probabilistic Safety Assessment; Molecular simulation;
Reliability Engineering
Bhargab Maitra Ph.D.
Damodar Maity Ph.D. Structural Health Monitoring; Vibration Control of
Highrise Structures; Cost Effective Housing; Seismic
Safety of Dams
Debasis Roy Ph.D. Soil Dynamics, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering;
Ground Improvement & Soil/Rock Stabilization;
Sustainable ground engineering; Numerical Modelling of
Geotechnical Systems
Dhrubajyoti Sen Ph.D. River hydraulics and engineering; Urban flood monitoring
and management; Hydraulic structures: design /operation
Dilip Kumar Baidya Ph.D. Soil Dynamics, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering;
Machine Foundations; Pile Foundations; Reliability in
Geotechnical Engineering; Ground Improvement &
Soil/Rock Stabilization
Kusam Sudhakar Reddy Ph.D. Pavement Materials; Pavement Analysis; Pavement
Evaluation
Lingadahally S Ph.D. Stability of Structures; Brittle Material Failure under
Ramachandra Impact; Nonlinear Dynamics
Makarand Madhao Ph.D. Water & Wastewater Treatment / Recycling; Anaerobic
Ghangrekar Wastewater treatment; Bioelectrochemical processes,
MFC, MDC,; Waste to Energy
M Amarnatha Reddy Ph.D.
Nirjhar Dhang Ph.D. Structural Health Monitoring and Control;
Micromechanics of Concrete; Dynamics of bridges;
Biomechanics
Sriman Kumar Ph.D.
Bhattacharyya (IIT Kharagpur)
Subhasish Dey Ph.D. Turbulence and Fluvial Hydraulics; Analytical &
Computational Hydrodynamics
Sudhir Kumar Barai Ph.D. Structural Health Monitoring; Sustainable Structures; Big
Data Analytics; Machine Learning
Sujit Kumar Dash Ph.D.
Venkappayya R Desai Ph.D.

Amit Shaw
Anirban Dhar Ph.D. Groundwater Hydrology; Analytical & Computational
Hydrodynamics; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Flow
Through Porous Media
Biswanath Banerjee Ph.D.
Brajesh Kumar Dubey Ph.D., University of Environmental Engineering; Integrated Waste
Florida Management; Life Cycle Analysis & Sustainable Engg;
Environmental Risk Assessment; MSW Management for
Smart Cities
Kousik Deb Ph.D. Soil-Structure Interaction; Ground Improvement &
Soil/Rock Stabilization; Numerical Modeling; Foundation
on Soft Soil; Soil Dynamics, Geotechnical Earthquake
Engineering
Nilanjan Mitra Ph.D.
Prashanth Reddy Ph.D. Turbulence and Fluvial Hydraulics; Mechanics of

Hanmaiahgari Sediment Transport; Unsteady Flows in Pipelines; Open
Channel Flow Hydraulics
Rajib Maity Ph.D. Hydroclimatology and Water Resources Eng; Remote
Sensing Applications; Climate Change Impacts on Water
Resource; Time Series Analysis and Forecasting; ML and
AI in Hydrology
Shubha Verma Ph.D.

Sudeshna Mitra Ph.D.
Sudha Goel Ph.D. Environmental Engineering; Water Quality and treatment;
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management; Environmental
Risk Assessment; Environmental Impact Assessment
Sushanta Chakraborty Ph.D. Development of Nobel Numerical Analysis Tools
Debarghya Chakraborty Ph.D., IISc Numerical Modelling of Geotechnical Systems; Soil
Bangalore Dynamics, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering; Ground
Improvement & Soil/Rock Stabilization; Reliability in
Geotechnical Engineering
Kranthi Kumar Kuna Ph.D.
Mohammad Saud Afzal Ph.D.
Paramita Bhattacharya Ph.D., IISc Numerical Modelling of Geotechnical Systems; Soil
Bangalore Dynamics, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering; Ground
Improvement & Soil/Rock Stabilization
Puneet Kumar Patra Ph.D. Nonlinear Dynamics; Computational material science;
Computational nanostructures; Molecular simulation
Shaikh Jahangir Hossain Ph.D.
Promotion
Biswanath Banerjee Associate Professor
Prashanth Reddy Ph.D. Turbulence and Fluvial Hydraulics; Mechanics of
Hanmaiahgari Sediment Transport; Unsteady Flows in Pipelines; Open
Channel Flow Hydraulics

Research Areas
Air Quality Management; Anaerobic Wastewater treatment; Analytical & Computational Hydrodynamics; Big
Data Analytics; Bioelectrochemical processes, MFC, MDC,; Biomechanics; Brittle Material Failure under
Impact; Climate Change Impacts on Water Resource; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Computational
material science; Computational nanostructures; Cost Effective Housing; Development of Nobel Numerical
Analysis Tools; Discrete Elements; Dynamics of bridges; Environmental Engineering; Environmental Impact
Assessment; Environmental Monitoring and Planning; Environmental Risk Assessment; Flow Through
Porous Media; Foundation on Soft Soil; Ground Improvement & Soil/Rock Stabilization; Groundwater
Hydrology; Hydraulic structures: design /operation; Hydroclimatology and Water Resources Eng; Industrial
Effluent Treatment and Reuse; Integrated Waste Management; Life Cycle Analysis & Sustainable Engg;
Machine Foundations; Machine Learning; Mechanics of Sediment Transport; Micromechanics of Concrete;
ML and AI in Hydrology; Molecular simulation; MSW Management for Smart Cities; Nonlinear Dynamics;
Numerical Modeling; Numerical Modelling of Geotechnical Systems; Open Channel Flow Hydraulics;
Pavement Analysis; Pavement Evaluation; Pavement Materials; Pile Foundations; Reliability in Geotechnical
Engineering; Remote Sensing Applications; River hydraulics and engineering; Seismic Safety of Dams; Size
effect in concrete; Soil Dynamics, Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering; Soil-Structure Interaction; Solid
and Hazardous Waste Management; Stability of Structures; Structural Health Monitoring; Structural Health
Monitoring and Control; Sustainable ground engineering; Sustainable Structures; Time Series Analysis and
Forecasting; Turbulence and Fluvial Hydraulics; Unsaturated Soilmechanics; Unsteady Flows in Pipelines;
Urban flood monitoring and management; Vibration Control of Highrise Structures; Waste to Energy; Water
and wastewater treatment; Water Quality and treatment; Water & Wastewater Treatment / Recycling;


Head of the Department : Sudeshna Sarkar
Professors
Abhijit Das Ph.D. IISc
Bangalore
Anupam Basu Ph.D.
Arobinda Gupta Ph.D. Systems and Networking
Chittaranjan Mandal Ph.D.
Debdeep Mukhopadhyay Ph.D.
Dipanwita Roy Ph.D.
Chowdhury
Indranil Sengupta Ph.D. CAD for VLSI & Embedded Systems; Information
Security; Nanoelectronics and Devices
Jayanta Mukhopadhyay Ph.D. Image and Video Processing; Bioinformatics; Medical
Informatics; Biomedical instrumentation; Robotics
Krothapalli Sreenivasa Ph.D. Signal Processing; Speech Processing; Audio, Music and
Rao Multimedia; Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition;
Big Data Analytics
Niloy Ganguly Ph.D.
Pabitra Mitra Ph.D.
Pallab Dasgupta Ph.D. Formal Methods; CAD for VLSI & Embedded Systems;
Artificial Intelligence;
Partha Bhowmick Ph.D. Algorithms; Theoretical Computer Science; Computer
Graphics; Image and Video Processing; Computer Vision
Partha Pratim Ph.D.
Chakrabarti
Partha Pratim Das Ph.D. Computer Vision; Machine Learning; Software Engg;
Digital Heritage; Technology Enabled Learning
Rajeev Kumar Ph.D.
Rajib Mall Ph.D. Program analysis; Program testing
Shamik Sural Ph.D. Data Science; Data and Application Security
Soumya Kanti Ghosh Ph.D. Spatial Informatics; Machine Learning; Spatial Web
services; Spatio-Temporal Data Analysis; Cloud
Computing
Sudebkumar Prasant Pal Ph.D. Design and analysis of algorithms; Computational
geometry; Combinatorics and Graph Theory
Sudeshna Sarkar Ph.D. Artificial Intelligence; Information Retrieval; Machine
Learning; Natural Language Pocessing
Sudip Misra Ph.D.
Sujoy Ghose Ph.D.
Associate Professors Ph.D.

Animesh Mukherjee Ph.D. Artificial Intelligence; Big Data Analytics; Natural
Language Pocessing; Information Retrieval; Machine
Learning
Debasis Samanta Ph.D.
Rajat Subhra Chakraborty Ph.D. Hardware Security; VLSI and Embedded Systems; Digital
Content Protection; Digital Image Forensics

Abir Das Ph.D. Computer Vision; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning;
Image and Video Processing; Pattern Recognition
Aritra Hazra Ph.D. Formal Methods; CAD for VLSI & Embedded Systems;
VLSI and Embedded Systems; Embedded Systems;
Design Verification
Bivas Mitra Ph.D. Network science, Multilayer networks; Social networks,
Data science; Anomaly detection; Mobile affective
computing; Socio-mobile applications, Social-IoT
Palash Dey Ph.D. Algorithms; Theoretical Computer Science
Pawan Goyal Ph.D. Natural Language Pocessing; Information Retrieval; Data
and Web Mining; Complex and Social Networks
Pralay Mitra Ph.D. Computational Biology; Bioinformatics; Molecular
(IISc, Bangalore) simulation; Computational Data Science
Rogers Mathew Ph.D.
Sandip Chakraborty Ph.D. Computer Networks; Assistive Systems; Systems and

(IIT Guwahati) Networking
Saptarshi Ghosh Ph.D. Information Retrieval; Data Mining; Natural Language

Pocessing; Machine Learning; Complex and Social
Networks
Somindu Chaya Ph.D. Cryptography; Theoretical Computer Science; Algorithms
Ramanna
Soumyajit Dey Ph.D. Formal Methods; CAD for VLSI & Embedded Systems;
Embedded Systems
Sourangshu Bhattacharya Ph.D. Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning; Information
Retrieval; Big Data Analytics; Spatial Informatics
Swagato Sanyal Ph.D. Algorithms; Theoretical Computer Science

Bhargab Bikram Professor
Bhattacharya
Palash Dey Assistant Professor Algorithms; Theoretical Computer Science
Saurabh Bagchi Assistant Professor
Swagato Sanyal Assistant Professor Algorithms; Theoretical Computer Science
Visiting Faculty
Bhargab Bikram Professor
Bhattacharya
Promotion
Somindu Chaya Assistant Professor Somindu Chaya Ramanna
Ramanna
Retirement
Dipankar Dasgupta Professor

Research Areas
Algorithms; Anomaly detection; Artificial Intelligence; Assistive Systems; Audio, Music and Multimedia; Big
Data Analytics; Bioinformatics; Biomedical instrumentation; CAD for VLSI & Embedded Systems; Cloud
Computing; Combinatorics and Graph Theory; Complex and Social Networks; Computational Biology;
Computational Data Science; Computational geometry; Computer Graphics; Computer Networks;
Computer Vision; Cryptography; Data and Application Security; Data and Web Mining; Data Mining; Data
Science; Design and analysis of algorithms; Design Verification; Digital Content Protection; Digital
Heritage; Digital Image Forensics; Embedded Systems; Formal Methods; Hardware Security; Image and
Video Processing; Information Retrieval; Information Security; Machine Learning; Machine Learning and
Pattern Recognition; Medical Informatics; Mobile affective computing; Molecular simulation;
Nanoelectronics and Devices; Natural Language Pocessing; Network science, Multilayer networks; Pattern
Recognition; Program analysis; Program testing; Robotics; Signal Processing; Social networks, Data
science; Socio-mobile applications, Social-IoT; Software Engineering; Spatial Informatics; Spatial
Webservices; Spatio-Temporal Data Analysis; Speech Processing; Systems and Networking; Technology
Enabled Learning; Theoretical Computer Science; VLSI and Embedded Systems;
New Acquisitions 01
Collaboration 46
Awards & Honours 12
Fellowships 02

Head of the Department : Pranab Kumar Dutta
Professors
Alok Barua Ph.D.
Amit Patra Ph.D. Control of Power Converter Circuits; Rechargeable
batteries; VLSI and Embedded Systems; Modelling &
Diagnostics of Industrial Systems; Modelling &
Diagnostics of Biomedical Systems
Ashok Kumar Pradhan Ph.D. Power System Protection; Wide Area Measurement
Application; Synchrophasor Technology; Smart Grid
Technology; Machine Learning Techn for Power Systems
Aurobinda Routray Ph.D.
Chandan Chakraborty Ph.D. Brushless and Magnetless Machines; Multilevel
Converters; AC and DC Microgrid; Solar PV Systems
Debaprasad Kastha Ph.D. Wind Power Generation; Switched Mode Power
Converters; Power Converters for DC micro grid; Machine
Drives
Debapriya Das Ph.D.
Murali Mohan Bosukonda Ph.D.
N K Kishore Ph.D. Electrical Overstress Studies; Healthcare application of
Electrostatics; Industrial Application of High Voltages;
Engineering Education; Electric Power and Energy
Systems
Pranab Kumar Dutta Ph.D. Optical Imaging and image processing; Biomedical Image
Processing; Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
Sarit Kumar Das Ph.D. Embedded Systems; Modelling & Diagnostics of
Industrial Systems; Modelling of Aerospace &
Automotive Systems; Soft Computing and Control
Siddhartha Mukhopadhyay Ph.D. Embedded Systems; Modelling & Diagnostics of
Industrial Systems; Modelling of Aerospace &
Automotive Systems; Soft Computing and Control;
Electric Vehicles: Powertrain & Battery Management
Siddhartha Sen Ph.D. Fractional order Circuits and Systems; MEMS Capacitive
Accelerometers; Sensor Development; Robust Control;
Control Allocation
Tapas Kumar Ph.D.
Bhattacharyya
Alok Kanti Deb Ph.D. Control Systems; Computational Intelligence; Fault
Diagnosis and Prognosis
Anirban Mukherjee Ph.D.
Gautam Poddar Ph.D.
Karabi Biswas Ph.D. Study of Fractional Order system; Sensor Design;
Instrumentation System Design
Prabodh Bajpai Ph.D. Hybrid AC-DC microgrids; Smart Grid and Renewable
Integration; Solar Photovoltaics; Power System Analysis,
Dynamics & Control; Electricity markets
Santanu Kapat Ph.D.
IIT Kharagpur

Arun Ghosh Ph.D. Control of MIMO systems; Periodic control; Robust control;
IIT Kharagpur Control applications
Ashis Ranjan Hota Ph.D. Game Theory; Network Security; Smart Grid and
Renewable Integration; Cyber-Physical and Human
Systems; Data-Driven Control and Optimization
Ashis Maity Ph.D. Power Management IC; Energy Harvesting for Powering
Microsys; Analog Electronics
Avishek Chatterjee Ph.D.
Debdoot Sheet Ph.D. Machine Learning; Computer Vision; Image and Video
Processing; Biomedical Systems; Medical Informatics
Dheeman Chatterjee Ph.D.
Dipankar Debnath Ph.D. Motor design for EV application; Motor controller&
battery charger for EV; Power electronics converter
topologies; Converter design for solar PV
Nirmalya Ghosh Ph.D. Image and Video Processing; Medical Informatics; Machine
Learning; Computer Vision; Pattern Recognition
Rajiv Ranjan Sahay Ph.D.
Sanand Dilip Amita Ph.D. Networked Control; Cyber physical systems; Applied
Athalye Linear Algebra; Control and Optimization; Algebraic
Riccati equations
Saurav Pramanik Ph.D. FRA Diagnostics of Power Transformer
Sourav Patra Ph.D.
Souvik Chattopadhyay Ph.D.
Suman Maiti Ph.D. High Performance Industrial Drives; High Voltage AC/DC
systems and FACTS
Tanmoy Bhattacharya Ph.D.
Ashis Ranjan Hota Assistant Professor Game Theory; Network Security; Smart Grid and
Renewable Integration; Cyber-Physical and Human
Systems; Data-Driven Control and Optimization
Sanand Dilip Amita Assistant Professor Networked Control; Cyber physical systems; Applied
Athalye Linear Algebra; Control and Optimization; Algebraic
Riccati equations
Visiting Faculty
Tangali S Sudarshan Professor
Promotion
Ashis Maity Assistant Professor Power Management IC; Energy Harvesting for Powering
Microsys; Analog Electronics
Ashok Kumar Pradhan Professor Power System Protection; Wide Area Measurement
Application; Synchrophasor Technology; Smart Grid
Technology; Machine Learning Techn for Power Systems
Aurobinda Routray Professor
Dipankar Debnath Assistant Professor Motor design for EV application; Motor controller&
battery charger for EV; Power electronics converter
topologies; Converter design for solar PV
Nirmalya Ghosh Assistant Professor Image and Video Processing; Medical Informatics; Machine
Learning; Computer Vision; Pattern Recognition
Retirement
Alok Barua Professor

Re Appointment
Sarit Kumar Das Professor
The Department has two very major activities- one in Hybrid Electrical Vehicle and another in Management
and grid connectivity of solar PV units. Both these activities multiple departments of various Institutes in India
and Abroad with multi-crore sponsored funding. Apart from this, there is a strong activity in Signal
Processing and Machine Learning funded from some of the leading industries.
Research Areas
AC and DC Microgrid; Algebraic Riccati equations; Analog Electronics; Applied Linear Algebra; Biomedical
Image Processing; Biomedical Systems; Brushless and Magnetless Machines; Computer Vision; Control
Allocation; Control and Optimization; Control applications; Control of MIMO systems; Control of Power
Converter Circuits; Converter design for solar PV; Cyber- Physical and Human Systems; Cyber physical
systems; Data-Driven Control and Optimization; Electrical Overstress Studies; Electricity markets; Electric
Power and Energy Systems; Electric Vehicles: Powertrain & Battery Management; Embedded Systems;
Energy Harvesting for Powering Microsys; Engineering Education; Fractional order Circuits and Systems;
FRA Diagnostics of Power Transformer; Game Theory; Healthcare application of Electrostatics; High
Performance Industrial Drives; High Voltage AC/DC systems and FACTS; Hybrid AC-DC microgrids; Image
and Video Processing; Industrial Application of High Voltages; Instrumentation System Design; Machine
Drives; Machine Learning; Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition; Machine Learning Techn for Power
Systems; Medical Informatics; MEMS Capacitive Accelerometers; Modelling & Diagnostics of Biomedical
Systems; Modelling & Diagnostics of Industrial Systems; Modelling of Aerospace & Automotive Systems;
Motor controller& battery charger for EV; Motor design for EV application; Multilevel Converters; Networked
Control; Network Security; Optical Imaging and image processing; Pattern Recognition; Periodic control;
Power Converters for DC micro grid; Power electronics converter topologies; Power Management IC; Power
System Analysis, Dynamics & Control; Power System Protection; Rechargeable batteries; Robust control;
Robust Control; Sensor Design; Sensor Development; Smart Grid and Renewable Integration; Smart Grid
Technology; Soft Computing and Control; Solar Photovoltaics; Solar PV Systems; Study of Fractional Order
system; Switched Mode Power Converters; Synchrophasor Technology; VLSI and Embedded Systems;
Wide Area Measurement Application; Wind Power Generation;
New Acquisitions 01
Collaboration 38
Awards & Honours 02
Fellowships 01

Head of the Department : Prabir Kumar Biswas
Professors
Ajoy Kumar Ray Ph.D.
Amitabha Bhattacharya Ph.D. Microwave Imaging; Microwave Stealth; Ground
Penetrating Radar; Microwave Propagation; High
Power Microwaves
Anindya Sundar Dhar Ph.D.
Bratin Ghosh Ph.D. Electromagnetics; Antenna and Arrays; RF and
Microwave Circuits
Dhrubes Biswas Ph.D.
Goutam Saha Ph.D. Biomedical Signal Processing; Speech Processing
Indrajit Chakrabarti Ph.D.
Mrityunjoy Chakraborty Ph.D. Digital Signal Processing; Adaptive Signal
Processing; VLSI Signal Processing; Compressed
Sensing; Applied Linear Algebra
Prabir Kumar Biswas Ph.D. Image and Video Processing; Multimedia; Sensor
Networks; Structural Health Monitoring; Machine
Learning and Pattern Recognition
Pradip Mandal Ph.D.
Raja Datta Ph.D. Sensor Networks; Optical Communication and
Networks; Telecommunication Systems and Networks;
Network Security; Algorithms
Ratnam Varada Raja Ph.D.
Kumar
Santanu Chattopadhyay Ph.D. VLSI and Embedded Systems; Network-on-Chip Design
and Test; Low Power Digital Design and Testing;
Thermal Aware Testing; Logic Encryption
Sant Sharan Pathak Ph.D.
Sudipta Mukhopadhyay Ph.D. Medical Image Processing; Video Postprocessing;
Biometric Authentication; Biomedical Signal
Processing; Machine Learning
Tarun Kanti Ph.D. BioMEMS; Electro-chemical, Electro-mechanical &
Bhattacharyya MEMS Sensor; MEMS and Microsystems; Circuits,
Devices and Sensors; Nanofabrication
Akhilesh Mohan Ph.D. RF and Microwave Circuits; Antenna and Arrays

Arijit De Ph.D.
Bibhudatta Sahoo Ph.D. Nanoelectronics and Devices; RF and Microwave
Circuits; Semiconductor Devices and Circuits; Signal
Conditioning & Mixed-Signal VLSI Design; Machine
Learning
Mrinal Kanti Mandal Ph.D. Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Circuits; Antenna and
Arrays; Six-port receiver; Radar systems
Prasanta Kumar Guha Ph.D. Sensor on CMOS MEMS platform; thermal
accelerometer; Water contaminant sensor; super
capacitor based energy device; Metal oxide/2Dlayered
mat. gas sensor
Rajarshi Roy Ph.D. Queuing theory and Computational Science; 5G
Communications; Telecommunication Systems and

Networks; Sensor Networks; Wireless and Optical
Networking
Rajat Roy Ph.D.
Ritwik Kumar Layek Ph.D., Texas A&M Systems Biology
University
Shailendra Kumar Ph.D. Microphotonics; Fiber Optics and Photonics; Nonlinear

Varshney Photonics; Quantum photonics; Optical wireless
communication
Sudipta Mahapatra Ph.D. Parallel and Distributed Computing; Wireless and Optical
Networking; Video Coding/QoE Aware Video Streaming;
Intelligent Internet of Things (IoT)
Aniket Singha Ph.D. Micro/nano-scale transport processes; Quantum
Transport modeling; Topological insulators and
materials; Thermoelectric energy harvesting; Spin based
devices
Basudev Lahiri Ph.D. Nanofabrication; Microphotonics; Catalysis &
Spectroscopy using Metal Nanoparticles; Nano materials
Chetna Singhal Ph.D. Wireless Networks; Wireless Communications;
Multimedia systems; Multimedia Communication; UAV
networks
Debashis Sen Ph.D. Image and Video Processing; Vision; Uncertainty
Jadavpur University Handling; Bio-Inspired Computing; Eye Movement
Analysis
Gourab Dutta Ph.D. Semiconductor Devices and Circuits; Nanoelectronics
and Devices; Modeling of Semiconductor Devices
Kapil Debnath Ph.D. Photonic Crystals; Fiber Optics and Photonics;

Nanoscale optoelectronics; Nanofabrication; Solar
Photovoltaics
Sarang Pendharker Ph.D. Reconfigurable microwave circuits; Photonics:
metamaterials and topology; Electromagnetic waves in
complex media; Optical microscopy techniques
Sharba Bandyopadhyay Ph.D., Johns Hopkins Neuroscience; Computational Neuroscience;
University, Baltimore, Physiological & Cognitive Data Analysis
USA
Sudip Nag Ph.D. Neuroscience; Bioelectronic Systems
Vivek Dixit Ph.D., National
University of
Singapore
Aniket Singha Ph.D. Micro/nano-scale transport processes; Quantum
Transport modeling; Topological insulators and
materials; Thermoelectric energy harvesting; Spin based
devices
Sarang Pendharker Ph.D. Reconfigurable microwave circuits; Photonics:
metamaterials and topology; Electromagnetic waves in
complex media; Optical microscopy techniques
Promotion
Basudev Lahiri Assistant Professor Nanofabrication; Microphotonics; Catalysis &

Spectroscopy using Metal Nanoparticles; Nano materials
Bibhudatta Sahoo Associate Professor Nanoelectronics and Devices; RF and Microwave
Circuits; Semiconductor Devices and Circuits; Signal
Conditioning & Mixed-Signal VLSI Design; Machine
Learning
Chetna Singhal Assistant Professor Wireless Networks; Wireless Communications;
Multimedia systems; Multimedia Communication; UAV
networks
Kapil Debnath Assistant Professor Photonic Crystals; Fiber Optics and Photonics;
Nanoscale optoelectronics; Nanofabrication; Solar
Photovoltaics
Mrinal Kanti Mandal Associate Professor Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Circuits; Antenna and
Arrays; Six-port receiver; Radar systems
Sudip Nag Assistant Professor Neuroscience; Bioelectronic Systems
Retirement
Ajoy Kumar Ray Professor
Research Areas
5G Communications; Adaptive Signal Processing; Algorithms; Antenna and Arrays; Applied Linear
Algebra; Bioelectronic Systems; Bio-Inspired Computing; Biomedical Signal Processing; BioMEMS;
Biometric Authentication; Catalysis & Spectroscopy using Metal Nanoparticles; Circuits, Devices and
Sensors; Compressed Sensing; Computational Neuroscience; Digital Signal Processing; Electro-chemical,
Electro-mechanical & MEMS Sensor; Electromagnetics; Electromagnetic waves in complex media; Eye
Movement Analysis; Fiber Optics and Photonics; Ground Penetrating Radar; High Power Microwaves;
Image and Video Processing; Intelligent Internet of Things (IoT); Logic Encryption; Low Power Digital
Design and Testing; Machine Learning; Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition; Medical Image
Processing; MEMS and Microsystems; Metal oxide/2Dlayered mat. gas sensor; Micro/nano-scale transport
processes; Microphotonics; Microwave and Millimeter-Wave Circuits; Microwave Imaging; Microwave
Propagation; Microwave Stealth; Modeling of Semiconductor Devices; Multimedia; Multimedia
Communication; Multimedia systems; Nanoelectronics and Devices; Nanofabrication; Nano materials;
Nanoscale optoelectronics; Network-on-Chip Design and Test; Network Security; Neuroscience; Nonlinear
Photonics; Optical Communication and Networks; Optical microscopy techniques; Optical wireless
communication; Parallel and Distributed Computing; Photonic Crystals; Photonics: metamaterials and
topology; Physiological & Cognitive Data Analysis; Quantum photonics; Quantum Transport modeling;
Queuing theory and Computational Science; Radar Systems; Reconfigurable microwave circuits; RF and
Microwave Circuits; Semiconductor Devices and Circuits; Sensor Networks; Sensor on CMOS MEMS
platform; Signal Conditioning & Mixed-Signal VLSI Design; Six-port receiver; Solar Photovoltaics; Speech
Processing; Spin based devices; Structural Health Monitoring; super capacitor based energy device;
Systems Biology; Telecommunication Systems and Networks; thermal accelerometer; Thermal Aware
Testing; Thermoelectric energy harvesting; Topological insulators and materials; UAV networks;
Uncertainty Handling; Video Coding/QoE Aware Video Streaming; Video Postprocessing; Vision; VLSI and
Embedded Systems; VLSI Signal Processing; Water contaminant sensor; Wireless and Optical
Networking; Wireless Communications; Wireless Networks;
New Acquisitions 01
Collaboration 31
Awards & Honours 06
Fellowships 04

Technology Transferred 01

Head of the Department : Saibal Gupta
Professors
Abhijit Bhattacharya Ph.D.
Anil Kumar Gupta Ph.D.
Anindya Sarkar Ph.D.
Arindam Basu Ph.D. University of Engineering Geology; Rock Mechanics
Hong Kong
Biswajit Mishra Ph.D.
Debashish Sengupta Ph.D.
Manish A Mamtani Ph.D. Structural Geology; Microtectonics
Mruganka Kumar Ph.D. Crustal Fluids; Ore Deposits; Geochemistry; Modeling and
Panigrahi Simulation
Paresh Nath Singha Roy Application of fractals in earth science; Geophysical signal
processing; Pattern recognition in earth sciences; Crustal
deformation monitoring with GPS; Earthquake forecasting
Ravikant Vadlamani Ph.D.
Saibal Gupta Ph.D.
Sankar Kumar Nath Ph.D. Computational Seismology; Engineering Seismology;
Seismic Prospecting; Seismic Microzonation & Risk;
Landslide Susceptibility Slope Stability
Santanu Kumar Bhowmik Ph.D.
Shashi Prakash Sharma Ph.D. Electrical & Electromagnetic Geophysics; Geophysical
optimizations; Numerical Modeling; Mineral and
Groundwater Exploration
Subhasish Das Ph.D.
Subhasish Tripathy Ph.D.
William Kumar Mohanty Ph.D.
Abhijit Mukherjee Ph.D.
Arun Singh Ph.D.
Chandrani Singh Ph.D. Seismic attenuation tomography; Seismic Hazard; Seismic

wave propagation
Dewashish Upadhyay Ph.D. Geochemistry; Isotope Geology; Geochronology;
Petrology; Cosmochemistry
Kamal Lochan Pruseth Ph.D.
Sanghamitra Ray Ph.D. Vertebrate Palaeontology; Palaeobiology; Bone Histology;

Gondwana Stratigraphy
Melinda Kumar Bera Ph.D. Sedimentology; Sequence Stratigraphy; Stable Isotope
Geochemistry; Cenozoic Himalaya; Bengal Basin
Probal Sengupta Ph.D.
Sabyasachi Maiti Ph.D. Remote sensing and GIS; Geomorphology; Exploration
Shubhabrata Paul Ph.D. Palaeobiology; Invertebrate Paleontology
Sudha Agrahari Ph.D.
Sujoy Kanti Ghosh Ph.D.

Paresh Nath Singha Roy Professor Application of fractals in earth science; Geophysical signal
processing; Pattern recognition in earth sciences; Crustal
deformation monitoring with GPS; Earthquake forecasting
Shubhabrata Paul Assistant Professor Palaeobiology; Invertebrate Paleontology
Visiting Faculty
Sourendra Kumar Professor
Bhattacharya

The Department of Geology and Geophysics of lIT Kharagpur offers two five-year integrated M.Sc.
programs in Applied Geology and Exploration Geophysics, two 2-year M.Sc. programs in Geology and
M.Sc. Geophysics, and a 2 year M.Tech. program in Exploration Geosciences. The department has past
and presently active collaborative work with various organisations like ONGC, GSI, OIL, UCIL, DAE etc.
The sponsored projects undertaken by the department include crustal evolution and geochronology of
Singbhum, central, Rajasthan and southern Indian cratons, experimental petrology, gold and uranium
mineralisation, mineral magnetics, Himalayan orogeny and sedimentation, stable isotopes in Phanerozoic
climate change, evolution of Ganges delta, hydrology of Bengal basin and coastal aquifers, seismic
tomography and deep crustal structure, engineering geology, seismic hazard and microzonation, near
surface geophysics, archaeology of eastern India and Indus valley civilisation, planetary investigation of
meteorites and Mars, and consultancy projects in ground water assessment, river chemistry, seismic
hazard and mining geology. The department hosts two DST national facilities of stable isotope and electron
probe micoanalysis, and a state of the art non- traditional and radiogenic MC-ICP MS laboratory. Besides,
the department hosts a spectrum of modern analytical and field equipment namely, X-ray diffractometer,
Raman laser, FTIR, gas and ion chromatographs, liquid scintillation counter, fluid inclusion stages,
magnetic susceptibility Kappa bridge etc. The geophysics laboratory hosts magneto-telluric, and array of
geophysical equipment including gravimeter and resistivity meters, radiation dosimeters, large number of
seismometers and a nationally networked broadband seismic observatory. The department has well
equipped engineering geology and remote sensing laboratories. The department has made fundamental
contributions in dating oldest rocks in India, Precambrian orogeny and metamorphism, Himalayan evolution
and Cenozoic climate change, arsenic pollution in Bengal basin, crustal structure below Himalayas, sesimic
microzonation of major cities, geotechnical properties of rocks, coastal geomorphology, theoretical
electromagnetics, discovering martian analogues and unravelling the oldest roots of Indus valley
civilisation. The faculty members are fellows of national science academies, recipient of national
geoscience award, and in editorial boards of prestigeous international journals.
Research Areas
Application of fractals in earth science; Bengal Basin; Bone Histology; Cenozoic Himalaya; Computational
Seismology; Cosmochemistry; Crustal deformation monitoring with GPS; Crustal Fluids; Earthquake
forecasting; Electrical & Electromagnetic Geophysics; Engineering Geology; Engineering Seismology;
Exploration; Geochemistry; Geochronology; Geomorphology; Geophysical optimizations; Geophysical
signal processing; Gondwana Stratigraphy; Isotope Geology; Landslide Susceptibility Slope Stability;
Microtectonics; Mineral and Groundwater Exploration; Modeling and Simulation; Numerical Modeling; Ore
Deposits; Palaeobiology; Pattern recognition in earth sciences; Petrology; Remote sensing and GIS;
Rock Mechanics; Sedimentology; Seismic attenuation tomography; Seismic Hazard; Seismic
Microzonation & Risk; Seismic Prospecting; Seismic wave propagation; Sequence Stratigraphy; Stable
Isotope Geochemistry; Structural Geology; Vertebrate Palaeontology;
New Acquisitions 02
Collaboration 18

Awards & Honours 03
Fellowships 01

Humanities and Social Sciences
Head of the Department : Priyadarshi Patnaik
Professors
Anjali Roy Ph.D. Postcolonial Literature and Theory; Partition 1947; Media
Studies; Popular Culture; Diaspora Studies
Bhagirath Behera Ph.D. Environmental Economics; Development Economics
Chhanda Chakraborti Ph.D.
Damodar Suar Ph.D.
Jitendra Mahakud Ph.D. Corporate Finance; Investment Management; Financial
Markets and Risk Management; Banking; Behavioral Finance
Kailash Bihari Lal Ph.D. Human Resources Development & Management; Social &
Srivastava Organizational Psychology & Behavior; Performance
Management; Knowledge Management; Change
management
Kishor Goswami Ph.D. Development Economics; Agricultural Economics; Economics
of Biofuels
Narayan Chandra Nayak Ph.D. Public Economics & Policy
Priyadarshi Patnaik Ph.D.
Pulak Mishra Ph.D. Industrial Economics; Public Economics & Policy; Economics
of Rural Development;
Suhita Chopra Chatterjee Ph.D. Sociology of Health; Medical Sociology; End-of-Life Care
Vijai Nath Giri Ph.D.
Gourishankar S Hiremath Ph.D. Efficiency of Financial Markets; International Capital Flows;
Open economy macroeconomics; Macro-Finance
Interlinkages
H S Komalesha Ph.D.
Jayashree Chakraborty Ph.D. Syntax; Semantics; Language Communication;
Sociolinguistics; Discourse Analysis
Rabindra Kumar Pradhan Ph.D. Industrial and Organisational Psychology; Organisational
Behaviour; Human Resources Development & Management;
Positive Psychology; Health Psychology
Saswat Samay Das Ph.D.
Seema Singh Ph.D. Language Studies & Literary Theories; Literature; Media &
Communication Studies; Translation & Culture
Zakir Husain Ph.D.
Anuradha Choudry Ph.D.
Anwesha Aditya Ph.D., Jadavpur International Economics; Development Economics
University
Archana Patnaik Ph.D. Natural Resource Management; Commons and Community;
Sociology of Science and Technology; Law and Society;
Gender and Society
Bimal Kishore Sahoo Ph.D.
Dripta Piplai (Mondal) Ph.D. Language Conflict in classroom; Language Technology,
Minority Languages; Syntactic Variation; Endangered
Language; Ethnomusicology, Language Documentation
Inder Sekhar Yadav Ph.D. Financial Economics and related Studies; Labour Economics;
Financial Macroeconomics; Development and Agricultural
Issues

Jenia Mukherjee Ph.D. Ecological Humanities & Anthropocene Studies
Mantu Kumar Mahalik Ph.D. Open Empirical Macroeconomics; Monteary Economics;
Housing Economics; Energy Economics; Financial
Economics
Rishabh Rai Ph.D.
Siddhartha Ph.D. Applied Econometrics; Economics of Growth; Development
Chattopadhyay Economics; Monetary Economics
Somdatta Bhattacharya Ph.D. Urban Cultures; Crime Fiction; Indian writing in English;
Social theories of space and spatiality; Public digital
humanities
Sree Vinutha Ph.D.
Venkataraman
Archana Patnaik Assistant Professor Natural Resource Management; Commons and Community;
Sociology of Science and Technology; Law and Society;
Gender and Society
Dripta Piplai (Mondal) Assistant Professor Language Conflict in classroom; Language Technology,
Mantu Kumar Mahalik Assistant Professor Open Empirical Macroeconomics; Monteary Economics;
Housing Economics; Energy Economics; Financial
Economics
Somdatta Bhattacharya Assistant Professor Urban Cultures; Crime Fiction; Indian writing in English;
Social theories of space and spatiality; Public digital
humanities
Visiting Faculty
Chhanda Chakraborti Professor
Damodar Suar Professor
Manas Kumar Mandal Professor
Promotion
Bhagirath Behera Professor Environmental Economics; Development Economics
Dripta Piplai (Mondal) Assistant Professor Language Conflict in classroom; Language Technology,
Inder Sekhar Yadav Assistant Professor Financial Economics and related Studies; Labour Economics;
Financial Macroeconomics; Development and Agricultural
Issues
Jitendra Mahakud Professor Corporate Finance; Investment Management; Financial
Markets and Risk Management; Banking; Behavioral Finance
Kishor Goswami Professor Development Economics; Agricultural Economics; Economics
of Biofuels
Pulak Mishra Professor Industrial Economics; Public Economics & Policy; Economics
of Rural Development;
Resignation
Sree Vinutha Assistant Professor
Venkataraman

Research and Development on: 1. Quantitative economics, 2. Financial economics, 3. Economics of growth, 4.
Industrial economics, 5. Development economics, 6. Environmental and resource economics, 7. Developing
world bioethics, 8. Gender and trade, 9. Financial institutions and markets, 10. Sociology of health and
medicine, 11. Human resource development, 12. Brain and behavior, 13. Interpersonal, intercultural and

organizational communication, 14. Visual aesthetics, 15. Business ethics, corporate social responsibility, 16.
Economics of biofuels, 17. Bioethics and Public Health Ethics, Human Resource Development 18. Literary
Theory 19. Developmental Sociology 20. Environmental Humanities and Social Sciences 21. Indian
Pscyhology 22. Organizational Psychology 23. Translation Studies, etc.
Training and development programmes on: Communication, Literary Theory and Practice, Human resource
development, Strategic management, Emotional intelligence,Logic, Research methodology and data analysis,
Financial modelling and risk management, Leadership and team building, 1anguage, cognition and
communication, Culture and Cross-cultural communication, Creative writing, etc.
Invited talks:
Dr. Monojit Choudhry, Microsoft Research Labs, Bangalore (by Dr. D. Piplai); Prof. Satyapriya Rout on
"Discourses of Water:
Post-Structuralist Critique" (by A. Patnaik); Workshop by the 1947 Partition Archive team, An Interaction with the
1947 Partition Archive (by Dr. S. Bhattacharya) Prof. Anol Bhattacharya, University of South Florida: Research
Methodology (by Dr. P Mishra)
Research Areas
Agricultural Economics; Applied Econometrics; Banking; Behavioral Finance; Change management;

Commons and Community; Corporate Finance; Crime Fiction; Development and Agricultural Issues;
Development Economics; Diaspora Studies; Discourse Analysis; Ecological Humanities & Anthropocene
Studies; Economics of Biofuels; Economics of Growth; Economics of Rural Development; Efficiency of
Financial Markets; Endangered Language; End-of-Life Care; Energy Economics; Environmental Economics;
Ethnomusicology, Language Documentation; Financial Economics; Financial Economics and related Studies;
Financial Macroeconomics; Financial Markets and Risk Management; Gender and Society; Health
Psychology; Housing Economics; Human Resources Development & Management; Indian writing in English;
Industrial and Organisational Psychology; Industrial Economics; International Capital Flows; International
Economics; Investment Management; Knowledge Management; Labour Economics; Language
Communication; Language Conflict in classroom; Language Studies & Literary Theories; Language
Technology, Minority Languages; Law and Society; Literature; Macro-Finance Interlinkages; Media &
Communication Studies; Media Studies; Medical Sociology; Monetary Economics; Monteary Economics;
Natural Resource Management; Open economy macroeconomics; Open Empirical Macroeconomics;
Organisational Behaviour; Partition 1947; Performance Management; Popular Culture; Positive Psychology;
Postcolonial Literature and Theory; Public digital humanities; Public Economics & Policy; Semantics; Social &
Organizational Psychology & Behavior; Social theories of space and spatiality; Sociolinguistics; Sociology of
Health; Sociology of Science and Technology; Syntactic Variation; Syntax; Translation & Culture; Urban
Cultures;
Collaboration 19
Awards & Honours 05
Fellowships 02

Head of the Department : Jhareswar Maiti
Professors
Biswajit Mahanty Ph.D. IIT Kharagpur Operations management; Systems Dynamics &
Simulation; Operations Research (OR); Project
Management, Maintenance & Monitoring
Jhareswar Maiti Ph.D. Data Science; Risk Assessment and Uncertainty
Analysis; Prognostic and Health Monitoring; Digital
Twins & Virtual Reality; Safety Analytics
Mamata Jenamani Ph.D. E- Business, Information Systems; Operations & Supply
Chain Management; Web data analytics; Online auctions
and e-procurement
Manoj Kumar Tiwari Ph.D. Manufacturing Operations Planning; Supply Chain
Management and Logistics; Intelligent Decision
Modeling; Operations Analysis and Management;
Product and Process Improvements
Pradip Kumar Ray Ph.D. Ergonomics and product design; Performance
Management; Operations & Supply Chain Management;
Quality and Safety Engineering; TQM and with Analytics
Sarada Prasad Sarmah Ph.D. Supply Chain Management and Logistics; Reverse
Logistics; Manufacturing/Production Planning & Control;
Operations management
Jitendra Kumar Jha Ph.D. Supply Chain Management and Logistics; Operations
Research (OR); Inventory Control; Facility Location
Jitesh J Thakkar Ph.D. Project Management, Maintenance & Monitoring;
Supply Chain Management and Logistics; Lean Six
Sigma; Operations management; Operations Research
(OR)
Akhilesh Kumar Ph.D. Wayne State Business Analytics; Closed-loop Supply Chains; Product
University, Detroit, Returns and Remanufacturing; Condition-Based
Michigan Maintenance
Goutam Sen Ph.D.
Sayak Roychowdhury Assistant Professor Reinforcement Learning; Process Simulation,
Optimization & Control; Statistical Decision Modeling;
Cybersecurity
Sri Krishna Kumar Ph.D. Supply Chain and Logistics; Operations Research (OR);
Game Theory; Non Linear Programming
Sayak Roychowdhury Assistant Professor Reinforcement Learning; Process Simulation,
Optimization & Control; Statistical Decision Modeling;
Cybersecurity
Chair Professor
Jyoti Mukherjee Professor
Soumyanath Chatterjee Professor
Visiting Faculty

O. Bala Krishna Assistant Professor
Promotion
Akhilesh Kumar Assistant Professor Business Analytics; Closed-loop Supply Chains; Product
Returns and Remanufacturing; Condition-Based
Maintenance
Jitendra Kumar Jha Associate Professor Supply Chain Management and Logistics; Operations
Research (OR); Inventory Control; Facility Location
Mamata Jenamani Professor E- Business, Information Systems; Operations & Supply
Chain Management; Web data analytics; Online auctions
and e-procurement
Resignation
Jyoti Mukherjee Professor
Research Areas
Business Analytics; Closed-loop Supply Chains; Condition-Based Maintenance; Cybersecurity; Data

Science; Digital Twins & Virtual Reality; E- Business, Information Systems; Ergonomics and product
design; Facility Location; Game Theory; Intelligent Decision Modeling; Inventory Control; Lean Six Sigma;
Manufacturing Operations Planning; Manufacturing/Production Planning & Control; Non Linear
Programming; Online auctions and e-procurement; Operations Analysis and Management; Operations
management; Operations Research (OR); Operations & Supply Chain Management; Performance
Management; Process Simulation, Optimization & Control; Product and Process Improvements; Product
Returns and Remanufacturing; Prognostic and Health Monitoring; Project Management, Maintenance &
Monitoring; Quality and Safety Engineering; Reinforcement Learning; Reverse Logistics; Risk
Assessment and Uncertainty Analysis; Safety Analytics; Statistical Decision Modeling; Supply Chain and
Logistics; Supply Chain Management and Logistics; Systems Dynamics & Simulation; TQM and with
Analytics; Web data analytics;
New Acquisitions 01
Collaboration 38
Awards & Honours 13
Fellowships 03

Mathematics
Head of the Department : Mahendra Prasad Biswal
Professors
Adrijit Goswami Ph.D. Data and Web Mining; Cryptography; Operations
Research (OR); Supply Chain Management and Logistics;
Fuzzy Sets and Applications
Chandal Nahak Ph.D.
Debjani Chakraborty Ph.D.
Dharmendra Kumar Ph.D.
Gupta
Geetanjali Panda Ph.D. Numerical Optimization; Optimization with uncertainty;
Portfolio Optimization; Convex Optimization
G P Raja Sekhar Ph.D. Biphasic mixture theory; Boundary integral methods; Flow
through anisotropic porous media; Transport phenomena
of viscous drops
Mahendra Prasad Biswal Ph.D.
Parmeshwary Dayal Ph.D.
Srivastava
Pratima Panigrahi Ph.D. Combinatorics and Graph Theory
P V S N Murthy Ph.D. Bio Fluid Mechanics; Double diffusive convective
instability
Rajni Kant Pandey Ph.D.
Somesh Kumar Ph.D. Estimation in Restricted Parameter Space; Estimating in
selected populations; Estimation in directional
distributions; Classification of observations; Mesaures of
Entropy and Reliability
Somnath Bhattacharyya Ph.D.
Umesh Chandra Gupta Ph.D.
Bappaditya Bhowmik Ph.D. Geometric Function Theory
Gnaneshwar Nelakanti Ph.D.
Jitendra Kumar Ph.D. Particle Technology; Mathematical Modelling and

Simulations; Development of Numerical Methods;
Mathematical and Numerical Analysis
Koeli Ghoshal Ph.D. Mechanics of Sediment Transport; Mathematical Modeling
of Fluid Flow; Turbulent flow in open channels; Maximum
Entropy Approach to Channel Flow; Homotopy Analysis
Method
Pawan Kumar Ph.D.
Ratna Dutta Ph.D. Obfuscation and multilinear maps; Functional Encryption

& cloud computing; Multivariate public key crypto- system;
Lattice and Code Based Cryptography; Elliptic curves and
bilinear pairings
Rupanwita Gayen Ph.D. Linear water waves; Integral equations
Sourav Mukhopadhyay Ph.D. Algebraic Cryptanalysis; Digital Rights Managements; Key
pre-distribution for WSN; Time/Memory Trade-off
Cryptanalysis; Functional Encryption & cloud computing
T Raja Sekhar Ph.D.

Asish Ganguly Ph.D. Quantum Mechanics; Quantum Information; Non-linear
Dynamics; Soliton Theory & Inverse Scattering; Fluid
Dynamics
Bibhas Adhikari Ph.D. Applied Linear Algebra; Theory of Complex Networks;
IIT Guwahati Quantum Information Theory
Bodhayan Roy Assistant Professor Theoretical Computer science; Combinatorics and Graph
Theory; Algorithms
Buddhananda Banerjee Assistant Professor Surrogate Endpoint Analysis in Clinical Trials; Functional
data analysis; Goodness-of-fit test for survival data;
Change point problem
Debapriya Biswas Ph.D. Calculus and Functional Analysis; Calculus and Topology;
Groups of symmetries, Analysis, Geometry; Mathematical
Physics & Parabolic Analytic Function; Vector Spaces and
Topology
Hari Shankar Mahato Ph.D. Partial Differential Equations; Applied Analysis;
Homogenization Theory; Transport in Heterogeneous
Media; Mathematical Biology
Mousumi Mandal Ph.D.
Nitin Gupta Ph.D. Applied Probability; Reliability Theory; Mathematical

Statistics
Prateep Chakraborty Assistant Professor Calculus and Topology; Vector Spaces and Topology;
Groups of symmetries, Analysis, Geometry
Rajesh Kannan Ph.D. Linear Algebra; Combinatorics and Graph Theory; Applied
Functional Analysis & Optimization
Ramakrishna Nanduri Ph.D. Commutative Algebra
Swanand Ravindra Khare Ph.D., IIT Bombay Applied Mathematics

Biswa Nath Datta Assistant Professor
Bodhayan Roy Assistant Professor Theoretical Computer science; Combinatorics and Graph
Theory; Algorithms
Prateep Chakraborty Assistant Professor Calculus and Topology; Vector Spaces and Topology;
Groups of symmetries, Analysis, Geometry
Visiting Faculty
Promotion
Bibhas Adhikari Assistant Professor Applied Linear Algebra; Theory of Complex Networks;
Quantum Information Theory
Retirement
Dharmendra Kumar Professor
Gupta
Parmeshwary Dayal Professor
Srivastava

Research Areas
Algebraic Cryptanalysis; Applied Analysis; Applied Linear Algebra; Applied Mathematics; Applied
Probability; Bio Fluid Mechanics; Biphasic mixture theory; Boundary integral methods; Calculus and
Functional Analysis; Calculus and Topology; Change point problem; Classification of observations;
Combinatorics and Graph Theory; Commutative Algebra; Convex Optimization; Cryptography; Data and
Web Mining; Development of Numerical Methods; Digital Rights Managements; Double diffusive
convective instability; Elliptic curves and bilinear pairings; Estimating in selected populations; Estimation
in directional distributions; Estimation in Restricted Parameter Space; Flow through anisotropic porous
media; Functional data analysis; Functional Encryption & cloud computing; Fuzzy Sets and Applications;
Geometric Function Theory; Goodness-of-fit test for survival data; Groups of symmetries, Analysis,
Geometry; Homogenization Theory; Homotopy Analysis Method; Integral equations; Key pre-distribution
for WSN; Lattice and Code Based Cryptography; Linear Algebra; Linear water waves; Mathematical and
Numerical Analysis; Mathematical Biology; Mathematical Modeling of Fluid Flow; Mathematical
Modelling and Simulations; Mathematical Physics & Parabolic Analytic Function; Mathematical
Statistics; Maximum Entropy Approach to Channel Flow; Mechanics of Sediment Transport; Mesaures
of Entropy and Reliability; Multivariate public key crypto-system; Numerical Optimization; Obfuscation
and multilinear maps; Operations Research (OR); Optimization with uncertainty; Partial Differential
Equations; Particle Technology; Portfolio Optimization; Quantum Information Theory; Reliability Theory;
Supply Chain Management and Logistics; Surrogate Endpoint Analysis in Clinical Trials; Theory of
Complex Networks; Time/Memory Trade-off Cryptanalysis; Transport in Heterogeneous Media;
Transport phenomena of viscous drops; Turbulent flow in open channels; Vector Spaces and Topology;
New Acquisitions 01
International Collaborations 10
Awards & Honours 04

Head of the Department : Sukanta Kumar Dash
Professors
Abhijit Guha Ph.D. University of
Cambridge
Amiya Ranjan Mohanty Ph.D.
Anirvan Dasgupta Ph.D. Mechanics of inflatable structures; Vibration induced
transport; Discrete and continuous system dynamics; Rail
vehicle dynamics
Arun Kumar Samantaray Ph.D. Nonlinear Dynamics; Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis;
Modelling & Diagnostics of Industrial Systems; Rail
vehicle dynamics; Systems and Control
Asimava Roy Choudhury Ph.D. Thin/thick Coatings & Nano-polymer Composites; Additive
and Laser based Manufacturing; Computer control of
machine tools; Design & development of machines; Non
traditional manufacturing
Biswajit Maiti Ph.D.
Cheruvu Siva Kumar Ph.D.
Dilip Kumar Pratihar Ph.D. Optimization & Modeling of Manufacturing Processes;
Robotics & Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE)
Goutam Chakraborty Ph.D. Mechanics of Advanced Materials; Vibration and Noise
Control; Dynamics of MEMS and NEMS devices; Vibration
of Electromechanical Systems
Maddali Ramgopal Ph.D.
Manab Kumar Das Ph.D. Surface engineering and coated materials
Manas Chandra Ray Ph.D.
Partha Pratim Ph.D. Surface engineering and coated materials
Bandyopadhyay
Partha Saha Ph.D.
Prasanta Kumar Das Ph.D. Single and Multiphase Fluid Dynamics; Heat Transfer;
Thermal Engineering; Computational Fluid Dynamics;
Flow of granular material
Ranjan Bhattacharyya Ph.D.
Rathindranath Maiti Ph.D.
Sandipan Ghosh Moulic Ph.D. Computational Fluid Dynamics; Hydrodynamic and
Thermal Instability; Spectral Methods in Fluid Dynamics;
Perturbation Methods in Fluid Dynamics; Convective Heat
Transfer
Sanjay Gupta Ph.D. Bio Mechanics
Sati Nath Bhattacharyya Ph.D.
Soumitra Paul Ph.D. Machining; Grinding; Cutting ool Coating; Residual Stress;
Manufacturing
Souvik Bhattacharyya Ph.D.
Subhransu Roy Ph.D. Heat Transfer; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Melting
and Solidification; Train Aerodynamics
Sukanta Kumar Dash Ph.D.
Suman Chakraborty Ph.D. Microfluidics and microscale transport
Surjya Kanta Pal Ph.D. Friction Stir Welding and Processing; Industry 4.0;

Modelling and Simulation; Ultrafast Cooling Methodologies
Anandaroop Ph.D. University of Thermal Engineering; Microfluidics; Thermal management
Bhattacharya Colorado of Li-ion batteries; Electronic Packaging and cooling
Kingshook Bhattacharyya Ph.D.
Kumar Ray Ph.D.
Mihir Sarangi Ph.D.
Somnath Roy Ph.D.
Sovan Lal Das Ph.D.
Sushanta Kumar Panda Ph.D.
Vikranth Racherla Ph.D. Friction Stir Welding and Processing; Optimization &
Modeling of Manufacturing Processes; Mechanics of
Composites; Computational Weld Mechanics & Welding
Technology
Aditya Bandopadhyay Ph.D.
Ajay Muljibhai Sidpara Ph.D. IIT Kanpur Surface finishing; Micromachining; Tribology
Atul Jain Ph.D.
Chirag Deepak Kalelkar Ph.D. Porous materials and structured fluids; Single and
Multiphase Fluid Dynamics
Dhananjay Kumar Ph.D.
Srivastava
Jeevanjyoti Chakraborty Ph.D. Microfluidics; Lithium-ion battery modelling; Fuel cells
modelling; Flow through deformable confinements
Jinu Paul Ph.D. Thin/thick Coatings & Nano-polymer Composites; Friction
Stir Welding and Processing
Rajaram Lakkaraju Ph.D.
Sankha Deb Ph.D. Computer Integrated Manufacturing; Automation and
Robotics; Flexible Manufacturing Systems; Soft
Computing techniques; Micromanufacturing Processes
Sourav Mitra Ph.D. Adsorption; Refrigeration; Thermal energy storage;
Thermal desalination
S Ramanujam Ph.D.
Promotion
Somnath Roy Associate Professor
Sourav Mitra Assistant Professor
Retirement
Rathindranath Maiti Professor
Research Areas
Automation and Robotics; Bio Mechanics; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Computational Weld Mechanics
& Welding Technology; Computer Integrated Manufacturing; Convective Heat Transfer; cutting tool coating;
Discrete and continuous system dynamics; Dynamics of MEMS and NEMS devices; Electronic Packaging
and cooling; Fault Diagnosis and Prognosis; Flexible Manufacturing Systems; Flow of granular material;
Flow through deformable confinements; Friction Stir Welding and Processing; Fuel cells modelling;
grinding; Heat Transfer; Hydrodynamic and Thermal Instability; Industry 4.0; Lithium-ion battery modelling;
machining; manufacturing; Mechanics of Advanced Materials; Mechanics of Composites; Mechanics of
inflatable structures; Melting and Solidification; Microfluidics; Microfluidics and microscale transport;

Micromachining; Micromanufacturing Processes; Modelling and Simulation; Modelling & Diagnostics of
Industrial Systems; Nonlinear Dynamics; Optimization & Modeling of Manufacturing Processes;
Perturbation Methods in Fluid Dynamics; Porous materials and structured fluids; Rail vehicle dynamics;
residual stress; Robotics & Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE); Single and Multiphase Fluid Dynamics;
Soft Computing techniques; Spectral Methods in Fluid Dynamics; Surface engineering and coated
materials; Surface finishing; Systems and Control; Thermal Engineering; Thermal management of Li-ion
batteries; Thin/thick Coatings & Nano-polymer Composites; Train Aerodynamics; Tribology; Ultrafast
Cooling methodologies; Vibration and Noise Control; Vibration induced transport; Vibration of
Electromechanical Systems;
Collaboration 22
Awards & Honours 03
Fellowships 03

Head of the Department : Rahul Mitra
Professors
Debalay Chakrabarti Ph.D. Physical metallurgy; Mechanical metallurgy; Iron & steel
technology; Structural Safety; Advanced Materials
Processing
Gour Gopal Roy Ph.D. Computational Fluid Dynamics; Electron beam welding;
Sponge iron technology by RHF; Extractive metallurgy;
NMI control in steel
Indranil Manna Ph.D.
Jyotsna Dutta Majumdar Ph.D.
Karabi Das Ph.D. Advanced Materials Processing; Bulk nanocomposites
and nanocomposite thin films; Surface Engineering;
Functionally Graded Materials; Wear Resistant Steels
Koushik Biswas Ph.D. Energy materials; Modelling of metals and ceramics;
Multifunctional ceramics; cement
Nirupam Chakraborti Ph.D. Extractive metallurgy; Process Simulation, Optimization &
Control; Soft Computing and Control; Computational
material science; Iron & steel technology
Rahul Mitra Ph.D. Advanced Alloys & Superalloys; Mechanical metallurgy;
Thin film growth and epitaxy; Corrosion & environmental
degradation; Advanced Materials Processing
Shampa Aich Ph.D. Magnetic Materials (Permanent Magnet); NiTi-based
Shape Memory Alloy Thin Film; Magnetic Shape Memory
Alloy; Bio-Materials; Surface engineering and coated
materials
Shiv Brat Singh Ph.D. Physical metallurgy of steel
Siddhartha Das Ph.D. Energy materials; Surface engineering and coated
materials; Failure Analysis; Characterization of Materials;
Nano Materials
Sudipto Ghosh Ph.D.
Tapas Laha Ph.D.
Tarun Kumar Kundu Ph.D.
Amit Bhaduri Ph.D.
Jayanta Das Ph.D. Metastable alloys, Bulk Metallic Glasses; Non-equilibrium

Processing; Bulk Nanocrystalline Metals and Alloys; Low
Stacking Fault Energy Materials; High Temperature
Oxidation
Narendra Nath Acharya Ph.D.
Sujoy Kumar Kar Ph.D. Processing-Structure-Texture-Property; Neural network &
Thermo-kinetic modeling; TiAl based high temperature
materials; Additive and Laser based Manufacturing; Ti
alloys, Ni based superalloys, Steels
Sumantra Mandal Ph.D. IIT Madras Alloy Design; Grain Boundaries and Interfaces; Aqueous
and High Temperature Corrosion; Creep, Fatigue and
Fracture; Computational Materials Modeling

Tapas Kumar Ph.D.
Bandyopadhyay
Amlan Dutta Ph.D. Computational material science; Modelling of dislocation
dynamics; Elastoplastic behaviour of nanomaterials; Bulk
metallic glasses
Chandra Sekhar Tiwary Ph.D.
Indrani Sen Ph.D. Shape memory alloys and smart materials; Improved
Structural materials; Additive and Laser based
Manufacturing; Marine Structural Engineering
Mangal Roy Ph.D. Bone Regeneration & Bone Tissue Engineering; Powder
metallurgy; Advanced Alloys & Superalloys
Siddhartha Roy Ph.D. Mechanics of Composites; Mechanical metallurgy
Somjeet Biswas Ph.D. Thermomechanical processing and SPD; Quantitative
Microscopy and Texture; Advanced light metals and
alloys; Mechanical & Physical Metallurgy; Recrystallization
and related phenomena
Chandra Sekhar Tiwary Assistant Professor
Siddhartha Roy Assistant Professor Mechanics of Composites; Mechanical metallurgy
Visiting Faculty
Gour Prasad Das Professor
Prodip Kumar Sen Professor
Promotion
Amlan Dutta Assistant Professor Computational material science; Modelling of dislocation
dynamics; Elastoplastic behaviour of nanomaterials; Bulk
metallic glasses
Chandra Sekhar Tiwary Assistant Professor
Debalay Chakrabarti Associate Professor Physical metallurgy; Mechanical metallurgy; Iron & steel
technology; Structural Safety; Advanced Materials
Processing
Koushik Biswas Associate Professor Energy materials; Modelling of metals and ceramics;
Multifunctional ceramics; cement
Shampa Aich Professor Magnetic Materials (Permanent Magnet); NiTi-based
Shape Memory Alloy Thin Film; Magnetic Shape Memory
Alloy; Bio-Materials; Surface engineering and coated
materials
Tapas Laha Professor
Tarun Kumar Kundu Professor
Research Areas
Additive and Laser based Manufacturing; Advanced Alloys & Superalloys; Advanced light metals and
alloys; Advanced Materials Processing; Alloy Design; Aqueous and High Temperature Corrosion; Bio-
Materials; Bone Regeneration & Bone Tissue Engineering; Bulk metallic glasses; Bulk nanocomposites and
nanocomposite thin films; Bulk Nanocrystalline Metals and Alloys; cement; Characterization of Materials;
Computational Fluid Dynamics; Computational material science; Computational Materials Modeling;
Corrosion & environmental degradation; Creep, Fatigue and Fracture; Elastoplastic behaviour of
nanomaterials; Electron beam welding; Energy materials; Extractive metallurgy; Failure Analysis;
Functionally Graded Materials; Grain Boundaries and Interfaces; High Temperature Oxidation; Improved

Structural materials; Iron & steel technology; Low Stacking Fault Energy Materials; Magnetic Materials
(Permanent Magnet); Magnetic Shape Memory Alloy; Marine Structural Engineering; Mechanical
metallurgy; Mechanical & Physical Metallurgy; Mechanics of Composites; Metastable alloys, Bulk Metallic
Glasses; Modelling and simulation; Modelling of dislocation dynamics; Modelling of metals and ceramics;
Multifunctional ceramics; Nano Materials; Neural network & Thermo-kinetic modeling; NiTi-based Shape
Memory Alloy Thin Film; NMI control in steel; Non-equilibrium Processing; Physical metallurgy; Physical
metallurgy of steel; Powder metallurgy; Processing-Structure-Texture-Property; Process Simulation,
Optimization & Control; Quantitative Microscopy and Texture; Recrystallization and related phenomena;
Shape memory alloys and smart materials; Soft Computing and Control; Sponge iron technology by RHF;
Structural Safety; Surface Engineering; Surface engineering and coated materials; Thermomechanical
processing and SPD; Thin film growth and epitaxy; TiAl based high temperature materials; Ti alloys, Ni
based superalloys, Steels; Wear Resistant Steels;
Collaboration 43
Awards & Honours 03
Fellowships 02

Mining Engineering
Head of the Department : Debasis Deb
Professors
Arun Kumar Majumder Ph.D.
Ashis Bhattacherjee Ph.D. Occupational health and safety; Injury epidemiology;
Safety data analytics; operations research applications;
Whole-body vibration of machine operator
Biswajit Samanta Ph.D. Mine Planning & Design : Coal & Metalliferous; Mine
Ventilation Planning and Design; Geostatistics
Debashish Chakravarty Ph.D.
Debasis Deb Ph.D. Rock Mechanics and Ground Control; Numerical

Modelling of Geotechnical Systems; Digital Image
Correlation
Jayanta Bhattacharyya Ph.D.
Karanam Uma Ph.D.
Maheshwar Rao
Khanindra Pathak Ph.D. London
University
Samir Kumar Das Ph.D.
Samir Kumar Pal Ph.D.
S Suryanarayana Ph.D.
Bhamidipati
Abhiram Kumar Verma Ph.D.
Aditya Kumar Patra Ph.D. Air quality measurement and modelling; Whole-body
vibration of machine operator; Ergonomics & Industrial
Safety
Basanta Kumar Prusty Ph.D. Coalbed methane and coal mine methane; unconventional
gas, shale gas; CO2 sequestration; mining environmental
management
Bibhuti Bhusan Mandal Ph.D.
Srikant Annavarapu
Kaushik Dey Ph.D. (Kanpur)
New Academic Programmes
1. M.Tech (Geomechanics for Mineral and Energy Resources (MI1)

2. M.Tech (Safety, Health and Environment (MI2)
Research Areas
Air quality measurement and modelling; CO2 sequestration; Coalbed methane and coal mine methane;
Digital Image Correlation; Drilling Fluid Waste Management; Ergonomics & Industrial Safety; Geostatistics;
H2 storage in porous materials; Injury epidemiology; Mine Planning & Design : Coal & Metalliferous; Mine
Ventilation Planning and Design; mining environmental management; Numerical Modelling of

Geotechnical Systems; Occupational health and safety; operations research applications; Petroleum
production engineering; Polymer synthesis; Rock Mechanics and Ground Control; Safety data analytics;
unconventional gas, shale gas; Whole-body vibration of machine operator;
New Acquisitions 09
Collaboration 06
Awards & Honours 02
Fellowships 01

Ocean Engg and Naval Architecture
Head of the Department : Prasad Kumar Bhaskaran
Professors
Debabrata Sen Ph.D.
Hari V Warrior Ph.D. Physical and Dynamical Oceanography; Turbulence
Modeling in Oceanography; Fluid Structure Interaction;
Computational Fluid Dynamics
Om Prakash Sha Ph.D. Marine Design and Production; High Performance Marine
Vehicles
Prasad Kumar Bhaskaran Ph.D. Ocean Modeling and Analysis; Marine Acoustics; Ocean
Wave Climate Studies; Port & Harbour Engineering;
Mechanics of Sediment Transport
Trilochan Sahoo Ph.D. Coastal Engineering; Hydroelasticity; Wave past porous
structures; Engineering Mathematics and Computation;
Flexural gravity wave blocking
Ashoke Bhar Ph.D.
Vishwanath Nagarajan Ph.D. Fluid Structure Interaction; Marine Hydrodynamics;

Seakeeping and Maneuvering; Ship Motion; Marine
Design and Production
Anirban Bhattacharyya Ph.D. Marine propulsion; Ship design; Energy Saving Devices
Arunjyoti Sarkar Ph.D. University of Marine operation for subsea installation; Low RPM current
Stavanger, Norway turbine; Offshore wind turbine; Subsea pipelines and
risers
Kiran Vijayan Ph.D. Vibration of marine structures; Fluid Structure Interaction;
Noise and Vibration Control; Measurement While Drilling,
Blasting Applications; Smart Materials and Structures
Nabanita Datta Ph.D. Vibration of marine structures; Fluid Structure Interaction
Ranadev Datta Ph.D. Fluid Structure Interaction; Hydroelasticity of Floating
Structures & Ships; Numerical Ship Hydeodynamics;
Green Water Loading, Slamming; Seakeeping of Offshore
Structure & Ship
Ritwik Ghoshal Ph.D. Fluid Structure Interaction; Marine Structural Engineering;
Vibration of marine structures; Computational Fluid
Dynamics; Mechanics of Composites
Ritwik Ghoshal Ph.D. Fluid Structure Interaction; Marine Structural Engineering;
Vibration of marine structures; Computational Fluid
Dynamics; Mechanics of Composites
Visiting Faculty
Subramaniam Neelamani Professor
Research Areas
Coastal Engineering; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Energy Saving Devices; Engineering Mathematics
and Computation; Flexural gravity wave blocking; Fluid Structure Interaction; Green Water Loading,
Slamming; High Performance Marine Vehicles; Hydroelasticity; Hydroelasticity of Floating Structures &
Ships; Low RPM current turbine; Marine Acoustics; Marine Design and Production; Marine Hydrodynamics;

Marine operation for subsea installation; Marine propulsion; Marine Structural Engineering; Measurement
While Drilling, Blasting Applications; Mechanics of Composites; Mechanics of Sediment Transport; Noise
and Vibration Control; Numerical Ship Hydeodynamics; Ocean Modeling and Analysis; Ocean Wave
Climate Studies; Offshore wind turbine; Physical and Dynamical Oceanography; Port & Harbour
Engineering; Seakeeping and Maneuvering; Seakeeping of Offshore Structure & Ship; Ship design; Ship
Motion; Smart Materials and Structures; Subsea pipelines and risers; Turbulence Modeling in
Oceanography; Vibration of marine structures; Wave past porous structures;
Collaboration 18
Awards & Honours 06

Physics
Head of the Department : Krishna Kumar
Professors
Achintya Dhar Ph.D. Organic Electronics; Solar Photovoltaics; Semicondutor
Thin Films; Thin Film Heterostructure
Ajay Kumar Singh Ph.D. Nuclear Structure; Gamma-ray spectroscopy; Nuclear
detectors
Anushree Roy Ph.D.
Arghya Taraphder Ph.D.
Dipak Kumar Goswami Ph.D. Organic Electronic Devices; Biomedical devices, Flexible
electronics; Organic thin film growth; Flexible healthcare
devices
Kamal Lochan Panigrahi Ph.D. High Energy Physics; String Theory; AdS/CFT duality
Krishna Kumar Ph.D. Hydrodynamic Instabilities; Nonlinear Dynamics;
Interfacial Waves
Partha Roy Chaudhuri Ph.D. Fiber & Integrated Optics, Photonics; Experimental Bio-
Photonics, Imaging
Pragya Shukla Ph.D. Statistical Studies of Complex Systems; System
Dependent Random matrix theory; Mathematical Physics;
Statistical Physics
Prasanta Kumar Datta Ph.D.
Samit Kumar Ray Ph.D.
Sayan Kar Ph.D.
Somnath Bharadwaj Ph.D. Astrophysics; Cosmology
Sonjoy Majumder Ph.D. Physics of ultra cold atom; Light matter interaction: Atomic
clock; Quantum Information Theory; Relativistic many-
electron theory; Astrophysics: Atomic data
Sudhansu Sekhar Mandal Ph.D., IIT Kanpur Fractional Quantum Hall Effect; Disordered
Superconductors; Magnetic Vortices and Skyrmions;
Physics of Topological Materials
Tapan Kumar Nath Ph.D. Functional materials; Engineered oxide & semiconductor
heterostructures; Thin film growth and epitaxy; GMR &
Magneto-electric & Magneto-caloric Materials; Spintronic
nanomaterials and devices
Amal Kumar Das Ph.D. Magnetism and Spintronics
Amreesh Chandra Ph.D.
Sanjeev Kumar Ph.D. Swift heavy ion-matter interaction; Nuclear Condensed
Srivastava Matter Physics; Local Magnetism; Quantum phase
transitions & criticality
Shivakiran B N Bhaktha Ph.D. Glass Photonics; Random Lasers; Optofluidics; Photonic

Crystals; Microresonators
Sugata Pratik Khastgir Ph.D. Mathematical Physics; Integrable Models
Amar Nath Gupta Ph.D. Biophysics; Soft Matter Physics; Single-Molecule Force
Spectroscopy; Microrheology; Protein folding

Debamalya Banerjee Ph.D.
Debraj Choudhury Ph.D., IISc GMR & Magneto-electric & Magneto-caloric Materials;
Bangalore Thin film growth and epitaxy; Electronic & magnetic
materials
Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya Ph.D. Quantum field theory; Gravity; String Theory; Relativistic
hydrodynamics; Quantum entanglement in QFTs
Maruthi Manoj Ph.D. Singular Optics; Correlation Optics
Brundavanam
Poornachandra Sekhar Ph.D. Soft Matter Physics; Non-equilibrium Statistical
Burada Mechanics; Low-Reynolds number Hydrodynamics;
Computational Physics
Sajal Dhara Ph.D. Nanoscale optoelectronics; Electron transport; Light-
matter interaction
Samudra Roy Ph.D. Nonlinear Photonics; Nonlinear Cavity Dynamics, Cavity
Soliton; Airy pulse dynamics
Sandipan Sengupta Ph.D. Classical gravity; Quantum gravity
Sitikantha Dhurjati Das Ph.D.
Tirtha Sankar Ray Ph.D. Particle Physics; Beyond Standard Model Physics;
Electroweak Symmetry Breaking; Astroparticle Physics
Visiting Faculty
Bhupendra Nath Dev Assistant Professor
Simone Peli Assistant Professor
Utpal Sarkar Professor
Promotion
Jyotirmoy Bhattacharya Assistant Professor Quantum field theory; Gravity; String Theory; Relativistic
hydrodynamics; Quantum entanglement in QFTs
Sitikantha Dhurjati Das Assistant Professor

Department of Physics runs the following academic programs:
1. Five year Integrated M.Sc.
2. Joint M.Sc.-Ph.D.
3. Two year M. Tech. in Functional Materials and Devices
4. Ph.D.
The faculty members of the Department are involved in research in frontiers of theoretical and experimental
physics in addition to teaching
Research Areas
AdS/CFT duality; Airy pulse dynamics; Astroparticle Physics; Astrophysics; Astrophysics: Atomic data;
Beyond Standard Model Physics; Biomedical devices, Flexible electronics; Biophysics; Classical gravity;
Computational Physics; Correlation Optics; Cosmology; Disordered Superconductors; Electronic & magnetic
materials; Electron transport; Electroweak Symmetry Breaking; Engineered oxide & semiconductor
heterostructures; Experimental Bio-Photonics, Imaging; Fiber & Integrated Optics, Photonics; Flexible
healthcare devices; Fractional Quantum Hall Effect; Functional materials; Gamma-ray spectroscopy; Glass
Photonics; GMR & Magneto-electric & Magneto-caloric Materials; Gravity; High Energy Physics;
Hydrodynamic Instabilities; Integrable Models; Interfacial Waves; Light-matter interaction; Light matter
interaction: Atomic clock; Local Magnetism; Low-Reynolds number Hydrodynamics; Magnetic Vortices and
Skyrmions; Magnetism and Spintronics; Mathematical Physics; Microresonators; Microrheology; Nanoscale
optoelectronics; Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics; Nonlinear Cavity Dynamics, CavitySoliton; Nonlinear
Dynamics; Nonlinear Photonics; Nuclear Condensed Matter Physics; Nuclear detectors; Nuclear Structure;

Optofluidics; Organic Electronic Devices; Organic Electronics; Organic thin film growth; Particle Physics;
Photonic Crystals; Physics of Topological Materials; Physics of ultra cold atom; Protein folding; Quantum
entanglement in QFTs; Quantum field theory; Quantum gravity; Quantum Information Theory; Quantum
phase transitions & criticality; Random Lasers; Relativistic hydrodynamics; Relativistic many-electron theory;
Semicondutor Thin Films; Single-Molecule Force Spectroscopy; Singular Optics; Soft Matter Physics; Solar
Photovoltaics; Spintronic nanomaterials and devices; Statistical Physics; Statistical Studies of Complex
Systems; String Theory; Swift heavy ion-matter interaction; System Dependent Random matrix theory; Thin
film growth and epitaxy; Thin Film Heterostructure;
New Acquisitions 02
Collaboration 49
Awards & Honours 01
Fellowships 01

ACADEMIC CENTERS
Head of the Department : Sunando Dasgupta
Ayantika Chatterjee Assistant Professor Information Security; Big Data Analytics; System Security
Somnath Sengupta Ph.D. Modelling & Diagnostics of Industrial Systems; Modelling
of Aerospace & Automotive Systems; Electric Vehicles:
Powertrain & Battery Management; Algorithms
Name Designaion Research Areas

Ayantika Chatterjee Assistant Professor Information Security; Big Data Analytics; System Security
Visiting Faculty
Jatindra Nath Roy Professor MEMS and Microsystems; Semiconductor Devices and
Circuits; VLSI and Embedded Systems; Solar and Wind
Energy Conversion
Promotion
Somnath Sengupta Assistant Professor Modelling & Diagnostics of Industrial Systems; Modelling
of Aerospace & Automotive Systems; Electric Vehicles:
Powertrain & Battery Management; Algorithms

Apart from PhD and M.S. degrees the centre has started a M. Tech. course on embedded control and
software (ECS). The course covers Design, Analysis and Implementation of high quality, functionally
accurate embedded software incorporating complex intelligent control mechanisms across a wide range of
hardware and software platforms. The methods address issues to Performance, Power / Energy, Fault
Tolerance, Real-Time Operations, Safety-Criticality, Communication, Security, Parallel / Distributed
Implementations, Software Engineering, etc. It will incorporate important applications, development of CAD
tools and include Laboratory and Industry experience. The course is Interdisciplinary and Collaborative in
nature and faculty members from several departments along with industry and other external experts are
taking classes. It includes possibilities of industry based projects, sponsored candidates and participation in
national level programmes. Researchorientation is a focus of this course which aims at developing new
methods of intelligent control and software technology. Recently the centre has started a new elective course
on ‘Principles of Automotive Dynamics & Control’, under the ECS program.
Micromachining and MEMS are one of the major areas of research at Advanced Technology Development
Centre. In addition to that, the fabrication of silicon and non silicon based microelectronic / microphotonic
devices and ICs are also focused area of research at different laboratories under ATDC. Several government
departments including NPSM/ADA, ISRO, DRDO, DST and BARC have funded projects to develop smart
sensors and their interfacing circuits for special applications. During the last one year the MEMS devices
developed in the laboratory include silicon piezoresistive, capacitive as well as tunneling accelerometer.
Design of MEMS acclerometer with enhanced sensitivity and Closed loop MEMS capacitive accelerometer
have also been undertaken. The technology for fabrication of silicon accelerometer has been transferred to
Semiconductor Complex Limited, Chandigarh. Activities have been started on development of high sensitive
MEMS accelerometer based on quantum tunneling phenomena and silicon MEMS pressure sensor. Design
and development of MEMS based micropropulsion devices for micro/nano satellite programme
such as accelerometer
The work on the broad area of micro and nano materials and structures are also continued. On-going
activities include synthesis of nanomaterials primarily through gas phase synthesis and characterization of
the nanomaterials produced.

Research and development is also undertaken in the field of Integrated Optics & Micro-Photonics. An
integrated-optic design software have been developed and copyrighted. This software can design single-
mode step-index and graded index waveguides along with bending losses and mode profiles. Fabrication
and characterization of titanium indiffused lithium niobate waveguides, directional couplers, power splitters,
switches for fiber-optic communication networks have been performed. Recently polymer based
microstructures for microphotonic applications have been developed in the centre. Polymer integrated-optic
waveguides have been fabricated and characterized in the centre for possible applications in passive
waveguide devices.
Research is being carried out on thin film nanostructures, semiconductor, ferroelectric and magneto-resistive
films for
microelectronics and sensor applications under various government sponsored projects at MicroScience
Laboratory of Dept. of Physics & Meteorology. A number of thrust areas have now emerged based on core
competency available in the Advanced VLSI Laboratory. These include analog and RF circuits, wireless
communication and Baseband processing, direct conversion receivers, power management circuits,
processors and IP cores for embedded applications and design for testability. More than 60 different chips
have been fabricated and tested. 15 leading companies have joined the AVLSI Consortium. More than 12
ongoing collaborative research projects funded by the Govt. of India and leading companies including
National Semiconductors, Intel, Synopsys, Infineon, Texas Instruments, Si2 Microsystems, Agilent,
Tessolve, Analog Devices and General Motors. The laboratory also offers regular intensive training to
students of IIT Kharagpur. Buoyed by these initial successes, the laboratory is striving to attain still higher
levels of excellence. Research directions are diversifying to new areas of mixed-signal SOCs, IP cores for
embedded applications and analog DFT. Research on Solar PV is also continued.
A radiation hardened 2.5GHz Phase Lock Loop (PLL) using 0.18μm technology has been designed to deliver
a clock with very low jitter in high radiation environment. Specific architectural design and techniques are
implemented to help mitigate the radiation effects that degrade the PLL performance. UMC 180 nm Silicon
on Sapphire (SOS) CMOS process technology is used in the developed radiation hardened PLL. This
indigenously developed IC uses a novel technology which can work up to a total radiation dose of 900Krad
which is higher compared to the commercially available radiation hardened PLL. Microfluidics group of the
centre focuses on several cutting edge research topics like healthcare technologies, and on-chip power
generation. They are currently working on two devices namely lab-on-a-compact-disk (LOCD) and ‘paper
and pencil’ based microfluidic platform. We have developed lab-on-a-CD device aiming towards inexpensive
diagnosis of malaria, which holds the potential of eliminating the stereotype clinical methodologies. Currently,
we are working towards the optimization of lab-on-a-CD device for haemoglobin-based disorders by
exploiting the rheological properties of blood. The ‘paper-and-pencil’ based devices, developed by us,
provide an inexpensive, efficient remedy for spot diagnostics considering the mass usage. We have
illustrated the
flow characteristics on such ‘paper-and-pencil’ devices and its subsequent use for mixing of two analytes.
We have also delineated the utility of the ‘paper-and-pencil’ device for simultaneous detection of multiple
analytes. We believe that the aforementioned microfluidic devices hold the potential of circumventing the
disadvantages of the stereotype clinical practices, and thus ushering in a new paradigm of efficient and
affordable diagnostics. We are currently in process of developing another device namely ‘plant-onchip’
aiming on-chip power generation, by utilizing the streaming potential generated, due to the flow of an
electrolyte solution within the micro-conduit.
The work ‘dynamics of thin liquid films’ includes studying the dynamics of thin liquid films (TLF’s), subject to
various modes of perturbation including thermal, electric and magnetic. A recent work regarding the effect of
magnetic body-force on the dynamics of thin liquid films provided a novel and highly promising mode of TLF
manipulation. The dynamics could be used for applications in Point of care diagnostic systems and towards
development of lab on chip devices in general.
Dual functionalities of superhydrophobicity and adhesion of a rose petal are investigated by soft-
lithographically replicating the structures of the petal. Moreover, the wetting states on these replicas are
determined using confocal microscopy. An innovative method has been developed for transforming an
elastomeric film in to a highly adhesive surface without sacrificing its wetting characteristics via the creation
of wrinkles on the elastomeric film surface. These wrinkled surfaces with tailored topography have
advantages in droplet manipulation, cell adhesion and proliferation, and sorting of the colloidal particles etc.
Cell micropatterning and cell sorting has important applications in the development of biosensors and lab-on-
a-chip devices, tissue engineering and fundamental cell biology studies. The colloidal self assembly and
lattice formation are observed inside a microchannel of varying width. The flow inside the channel is
achieved by capillary flow by altering the hydrophilicity of the channel. This can further help in sorting of
diseased RBCs from healthy RBCs based on their shapes and sizes.
Coffee ring effect can be used as a tool in diagnostic assays to enhance the sensitivity of biomarker
detection at the ring position. Protein drying pattern in presence of polystyrene beads has been studied. The
variation in the drying pattern can be used to quantify protein fibrillation.
Red blood cells (RBCs) of blood (~ 45% by volume) in matured state are typically biconcave discs with a
characteristic diameter of ~ 8 microns. RBC-laden blood droplets are subjected to natural evaporation over
substrates possessing different functional groups and the kinetics of RBC deformation as a function of
substrate property are monitored and correlated to a deformation index specific to variation in substrate
property.
BioMEMS is a rapidly advancing, inter-disciplinary research field for creation and development of new
methods/systems to effectively process or manipulate biological materials with electronic devices and
components. Giving a prior importance to the biomedical sensing research, an interdisciplinary R&D work
has been initiated to promote MEMS and Biosensor activity that encompasses design, fabrication and
engineering of biomedical & microfluidic devices for its electro-physiological characterisation. For the
evaluation of electrical and physical properties of bio molecules and cells using suitable micro-fluidic devices,
appropriate fabrication of polymeric coated bio-MEMS are being investigated and its utility are evaluated
under different microscopic and electrical impedance study. The research also involves development of
different BioMEMS transducers and related technologies for
electrical impedance study. The research also involves development of different BioMEMS transducers and
related technologies for sensing various biomedical signals for precise and appropriate diagnostics and
therapeutics. Microfabrication technology is being explored to develop various miniature MEMS devices for
deployment of in-vivo and in-vitro detection of biomedical signals and its characterisation. Research on
MEMS and BioMEMS also includes: Micromachining of flexible polymer for MEMS and electronic skin
applications; Development of MEMS based pressure sensor skin for medical robotics; Miniature active
devices for cardiac application; Development of Electronic Hotspot cooling device by using Digital
Microfluidics; and Comparative study of open and closed Digital Microfluidic System.
Recent research on biotechnology in the centre includes: Development of Auditory and Motor Cortical
Circuitry: In Autism Models and Normal; Frontal Cortical Encoding of Sounds for Executive Decision Making;
Vocalizations Structure in Different Contexts: In Autism Models and Normal; Auditory Cortical Encoding of
Sound Contrast; Multisensory Integration in Frontal and Sensory Cortices.
Research Areas
Algorithms; Big Data Analytics; Electric Vehicles: Powertrain & Battery Management; Information Security;
MEMS and Microsystems; Modelling & Diagnostics of Industrial Systems; Modelling of Aerospace &
Automotive Systems; Semiconductor Devices and Circuits; Solar and Wind Energy Conversion; System
Security; VLSI and Embedded Systems;
New Acquisitions 01

Head of the Department : Sudeshna Sarkar

1. Outreach Course: Certificate program for working professionals on "Foundations of Artificial
Intelligence and Machine Learning"
The Centre for AI engages in research and teaching in AI. It has offered courses on Machine Learning
and Deep Learning. It has also started an Outreach program for delivering AI related courses. A 6-
month Certificate program for working professionals is ongoing. The Centre for AI has engaged in
research projects with various partners.
New Acquisitions 01

P K Sinha Centre For Bioenergy
Head of the Department : Makarand Madhao Ghangrekar
This is India’s first integrated Bioenergy center. The activities of the centre include knowledge in action by
partnering with the government, commercial organizations, knowledge dissemination through academia,
industry and policy makers. The center’s faculty members are currently working in the areas of bio-ethanol,
bio-diesel, bio-hydrogen, bio-methane, algal bio-refinery and microbial fuel cells and genetic prospecting of
energy crops.

Head of the Department : Sanjoy Bandyopadhyay
Divya Nayar Ph.D. Computational chemistry; Molecular simulation; Solvation
thermodynamics; Biophysical chemistry; Statistical
Mechanics
Sandeep Kumar Reddy Ph.D. NQE in Condensed Phase; Molecular Modelling and
Simulation; Machine learning; Material Interfaces
Research Areas
Biophysical chemistry; Computational chemistry; Machine learning; Material Interfaces; Molecular Modelling
and Simulation; Molecular simulation; NQE in Condensed Phase; Solvation thermodynamics; Statistical
Mechanics;
New Acquisitions 01

Centre For Educational Technology
Head of the Department : Rajib Mall
Bani Bhattacharya Ph.D.
Atasi Mohanty Ph.D.
Jiaul Hoque Paik Ph.D. Big Data Analytics; Information Retrieval; Natural
Language Pocessing; Machine Learning; Learning
Analytics
Kaushal Kumar Bhagat Ph.D. Augmented Reality; Virtual Reality; Flipped
classroom; Online learning; Formative assessment
Manjira Sinha Ph.D. Text Readability, Language Comprehension;
Computer Assisted Education; Assistive
Technology; Assistive and Augmentative
Communication; Text Mining, Big Data
Plaban Kumar Bhowmick Ph.D. Natural Language Pocessing; Artificial Intelligence;
Digital Library; Computer Assisted Language
Learning
Rajlakshmi Guha Ph.D. Positive Psychology; Physiological & Cognitive
Data Analysis; Educational Neuroscience Cognitive
Neuro- psychology
Shyamal Kumar Das Ph.D.
Mandal
Kaushal Kumar Bhagat Assistant Professor Augmented Reality; Virtual Reality; Flipped
classroom; Online learning; Formative assessment
Manjira Sinha Assistant Professor Text Readability, Language Comprehension;
Computer Assisted Education; Assistive
Technology; Assistive and Augmentative
Communication; Text Mining, Big Data
Research Areas
Artificial Intelligence; Assistive and Augmentative Communication; Assistive Technology; Augmented
Reality; Big Data Analytics; Cognitive Neuro-psychology; Computer Assisted Education; Computer
Assisted Language Learning; Digital Library; Educational Neuroscience; Flipped classroom; Formative
assessment; Information Retrieval; Learning Analytics; Machine Learning; Natural Language Pocessing;
Online learning; Physiological & Cognitive Data Analysis; Positive Psychology; Text Mining, Big Data;
Text Readability, Language Comprehension; Virtual Reality;
Awards & Honours 03

Centre For Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Science
Head of the Department : Anil Kumar Gupta
Professors
Arun Chakraborty Ph.D. Ocean Modelling and Process Studies; Ocean Data
Assimilation; Regional coupled Modelling; Visualization of
3D Ocean Data; Bio-geochemical modelling
Achanta Naga Venkata Ph.D. Modeling of PBL & Air sea Interactions; Modeling of
Satyanarayana Extreme Events; Urban Boundary Layer, UHI Impact-
Climate; Parameterization- Land Surface Processes; Air
Pollution&Regional Climate Modeling
C Shaji Ph.D. Upper Equatorial Indian Ocean Dynamics; Ocean
Modeling and Analysis; Ocean Processes Studies; Water
Masses & Climate Variations; Physical Forcing on Biologi.
Activity
Mihir Kumar Dash Ph.D. Modelling of Mesoscale Ocean Processes; Monsoon
dynamics; Cryospheric Modeling using RS; Remote
Sensing of the Ocean Surfaces
Mukunda Dev Behera Ph.D. Terrestrial Remote Sensing; Spatial Biodiversity;
Ecological Climatology; Biomass and Carbon
Sequestration; Land Use and Land Cover Dynamics
Parthasarathi Ph.D.
Chakraborty
Abhishek Kumar Rai Machine Learning; Natural Hazards/Catastrophe
Modelling; Marine/Land Geophysics; Seismology/Seismic
Exploration; Remote sensing and GIS
Jayanarayanan D.Sc., University of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics; Climate Change and
Kuttippurath Pierre Marie Curie, Climate Modelling; Physical Oceanography;
Paris
Pranab Deb Past and future of Earth's Cryosphere; Climate dynamics;
Global teleconnection; Antarctic sea ice; Polar climate
change & variability
Parthasarathi Associate Professor
Chakraborty
Pranab Deb Assistant Professor Past and future of Earth's Cryosphere; Climate dynamics;
Global teleconnection; Antarctic sea ice; Polar climate
change & variability
Chair Professor
V Chandrasekar Professor
Visiting Faculty
Abhishek Kumar Rai Assistant Professor Machine Learning; Natural Hazards/Catastrophe
Prem Chand Pandey Professor

Promotion
Abhishek Kumar Rai Assistant Professor Machine Learning; Natural Hazards/Catastrophe
C Shaji Associate Professor Upper Equatorial Indian Ocean Dynamics; Ocean
Modeling and Analysis; Ocean Processes Studies; Water
Masses & Climate Variations; Physical Forcing on Biologi.
Activity
Parthasarathi Associate Professor
Chakraborty
Jayanarayanan Assistant Professor Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics; Climate Change and
Kuttippurath Climate Modelling; Physical Oceanography; Atmospheric
Pollution and Health effects
Research Areas
Air Pollution&Regional Climate Modeling; Antarctic sea ice; Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics; Bio-
geochemical modelling; Biomass and Carbon Sequestration; Climate Change and Climate Modelling;
Climate dynamics; Cryospheric Modeling using RS; Ecological Climatology; Global teleconnection; Land
Use and Land Cover Dynamics; Machine Learning; Marine/Land Geophysics; Modeling of Extreme Events;
Modeling of PBL & Air sea Interactions; Modelling of Mesoscale Ocean Processes; Monsoon dynamics;
Natural Hazards/Catastrophe Modelling; Ocean Data Assimilation; Ocean Modeling and Analysis; Ocean
Modelling and Process Studies; Ocean Processes Studies; Parameterization- Land Surface Processes;
Past and future of Earth's Cryosphere; Physical Forcing on Biologi. Activity; Physical Oceanography; Polar
climate change & variability; Regional coupled Modelling; Remote sensing and GIS; Remote Sensing of the
Ocean Surfaces; Seismology/Seismic Exploration; Spatial Biodiversity; Terrestrial Remote Sensing; Upper
Equatorial Indian Ocean Dynamics; Urban Boundary Layer, UHI Impact-Climate; Visualization of 3D Ocean
Data; Water Masses & Climate Variations;
Collaboration 07
Awards & Honours 03

Center for Re-Water Research

Research is being undertaken to produce reusable quality treated water from polluted water stream,
including sewage. Under this centre two sewage treatment plants are getting constructed on campus to
produce potable quality treated water, with the capacities of 1350 cu.m per day and 300 cu.m per day.
Another hybrid plant is already commissioned on campus to produce clean water from sewage for onsite
reuse except potability.

Convenor: Somnath Bharadwaj
Brief Descriptions on-going activities
1. CTS is offering new advanced post-graduate courses which are relevant across departments through
involvement of faculty from various departments. These courses are: a) Methods in molecular simulations
(TS70009), b) Advanced dynamics (TS70002), c) Wave propagation in continuous media (TS70003) d)
Advanced Mathematical techniques (TS70004), e) Advanced quantum theory (TS70005) f) Quantum
mechanics and quantum computing (TS70006) g) Hydrodynamics at Low Reynolds Number (TS61002) h)
Nanomechanics (TS61004) .
2. CTS also offering Micro-Specialization in "SIMULATION METHODS AND APPLICATIONS" for under
graduate student a) Simulations in Collider Physics and Cosmology (TS62001)
3. b) Monte Carlo Simulation in Engineering (CE60103)
4. CTS is also admitting PhD students through institute fellowships, CSIR fellowships. Currently eleven such
students are enrolled.
New Acquisitions 01

Head of the Department : Parthasarathi Ghosh
Professors
Kanchan Chowdhury Ph.D. Cryogenic air separation; Prevention of Fire in hospitals;
Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) transport; Liquefied Natural
Gas (LNG) vaporization; Safety in oxygen-rich
environment
Vutukuru Vasudeva Rao Ph.D. Applied Superconductivity; Vacuum Technology
Indranil Ghosh Ph.D. Heat Exchanges: PlateFin, Minichannel; Heat Transfer in
Metal Foam; Solid Sorption Cooling; Cryosorption
Storage of Hydrogen
Parthasarathi Ghosh Ph.D. Cryogenic refrigeration and liquefaction; Large scale
helium cryogenics; CFD of cryogenic fluid transfer
systems; Cryogenic rotating equipments; Low temperature
processes and equipment
Tapas Kumar Nandi Ph.D. Cryogenic refrigeration; Perforated plate matrix heat
exchanger; Cryogenic rocket propulsion; Thermoacoustics
engine
Venimadhav Adyam Ph.D.
Abhay Singh Gour Assistant Professor Sensors & Actuators; Applied Superconductivity; Power
Distribution System; Soft Computing and Control;
Semiconductor Devices and Circuits
Pavitra Sandilya Ph.D.
Abhay Singh Gour Assistant Professor Sensors & Actuators; Applied Superconductivity; Power
Distribution System; Soft Computing and Control;
Semiconductor Devices and Circuits
Promotion
Indranil Ghosh Professor Heat Exchanges: PlateFin, Minichannel; Heat Transfer in
Metal Foam; Solid Sorption Cooling; Cryosorption Storage
of Hydrogen
Tapas Kumar Nandi Ph.D. Cryogenic refrigeration; Perforated plate matrix heat
exchanger; Cryogenic rocket propulsion; Thermoacoustics
engine
Research Areas
Applied Superconductivity; Carbon capture and storage; CFD of cryogenic fluid transfer systems;
Cryogenic air separation; Cryogenic refrigeration; Cryogenic refrigeration and liquefaction; Cryogenic
rocket propulsion; Cryogenic rotating equipments; Cryogenics in chemical processes; Cryosorption
Storage of Hydrogen; Heat Exchanges: PlateFin, Minichannel; Heat Transfer in Metal Foam; Heat transfer
using nano-fluids; Large scale helium cryogenics; Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) transport; Liquefied Natural
Gas (LNG) vaporization; Low temperature processes and equipment; Perforated plate matrix heat
exchanger; Power Distribution System; Prevention of Fire in hospitals; Process Intensification; Process
modelling and simulation; Safety in oxygen- rich environment; Semiconductor Devices and Circuits;
Sensors & Actuators; Soft Computing and Control; Solid Sorption Cooling; Storage of cryogens;
Thermoacoustics engine; Vacuum Technology;
New Acquisitions 01
Collaboration 05

Awards & Honours 01

Head of the Department : Pallab Banerji
Professors
Bhanu Bhusan Khatua Ph.D. Polymeric Supercapacitors Materials; Polymeric Piezoelectric
Materials; Polymer Composite for EMI-SE Application;
Polymer-Graphene/CNT/CNH Nanocomposites; Polymer
processing and composites
Chacko Jacob Ph.D. Thin film growth and epitaxy; Nanofabrication; Functional
materials; 2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides;
Nanotechnology
Pallab Banerji Ph.D.
Subhasish Basu Ph.D. Oxide gas sensors; Fly ash based ceramic products;
Majumder Multiferroic thin fims and composites; Li and Na ion batteries;
Fiber reinforced cement composites
Susanta Banerjee Ph.D. Polymer synthesis; Membrane separation; Fluorinated high
performance polymers; Conductive polymers; Optoelectronic
polymers
Debabrata Pradhan Ph.D. Nanotechnology; Energy materials; Functional materials
Ayan Roy Chaudhuri Ph.D., IISc Engineered oxide & semiconductor heterostructures; Energy
Bangalore materials; Thin film growth and epitaxy; Nanofabrication; Two
Dimensional Ransition Metal Dichalcogenides
Hemakesh Mohapatra Ph.D. Stimuli-responsive polymers; Polymer processing and
composites; Self healing elastomers
Rajat Kumar Das Ph.D., IISc Self-healing hydrogels; Self healing elastomers
Bangalore
Shibayan Roy Ph.D., IISc Crystallographic texture and EBSD; Mechanical Properties;
Bangalore Additive and Laser based Manufacturing; Glass and glass-
ceramics; Modelling of metals and ceramics
Vidya Kochat Ph.D.
Hemakesh Mohapatra Assistant Professor Stimuli-responsive polymers; Polymer processing and
composites; Self healing elastomers
Vidya Kochat Assistant Professor
Promotion
Bhanu Bhusan Khatua Professor Polymeric Supercapacitors Materials; Polymeric Piezoelectric
Materials; Polymer Composite for EMI-SE Application;
Polymer-Graphene/CNT/CNH Nanocomposites; Polymer
processing and composites
Research Areas
2D Transition Metal Dichalcogenides; Additive and Laser based Manufacturing; Conductive polymers;
Crystallographic texture and EBSD; Energy materials; Engineered oxide & semiconductor heterostructures;
Fiber reinforced cement composites; Fluorinated high performance polymers; Fly ash based ceramic
products; Functional materials; Glass and glass-ceramics; Li and Na ion batteries; Mechanical Properties;
Membrane separation; Modelling of metals and ceramics; Multiferroic thin fims and composites;
Nanofabrication; Nanotechnology; Optoelectronic polymers; Oxide gas sensors; Polymer Composite for EMI-

SE Application; Polymer-Graphene/CNT/CNH Nanocomposites; Polymeric Piezoelectric Materials;
Polymeric Supercapac itors Materials; Polymer processing and composites; Polymer synthesis; Self healing
elastomers; Self-healing hydrogels; Stimuli-responsive polymers; Thin film growth and epitaxy; Two
Dimensional Ransition Metal Dichalcogenides;
New Acquisitions 01
Collaboration 48
Awards & Honours 03
Fellowships 01

Rubber Technology
Head of the Department : Nikhil Kumar Singha
Professors
Kinsuk Naskar Ph.D. High Performance TPV; Green Tyre Technology; Shape
memory polymer blends; Polymer and rubber
nanocomposites; Electron beam processing/crosslinking
Nikhil Kumar Singha Ph.D. Self healing elastomers; Polymer and rubber
nanocomposites; Synthetic Polymer Chemistry; Polymer
Characterizations & Modifications; Fluorinated high
performance polymers
Santanu Chattopadhyay Ph.D. Viscoelasticity of rubbery nanocomposite; Advanced
Rubber Compounds; Biopolymer and Biocomposites;
Smart Textiles/ Technical Textiles; FEA of rubber and
product design
Narayan Chandra Das Ph.D. IIT Kharagpur Polymer and rubber nanocomposites; New generation
green tire compounds; Polymeric food packaging
materials; Biodegradable polymers; Carbon dots &
nanomaterials for sensors
Emeritus Faculty
Anil Kumar Bhowmick Professor
Research Areas
Advanced Rubber Compounds; Biodegradable polymers; Biopolymer and Biocomposites; Carbon dots &
nanomaterials for sensors; Electron beam processing/crosslinking; FEA of rubber and product design;
Fluorinated high performance polymers; Green Tyre Technology; High Performance TPV; New generation
green tire compounds; Polymer and rubber nanocomposites; Polymer Characterizations & Modifications;
Polymeric food packaging materials; Self healing elastomers; Shape memory polymer blends; Smart
Textiles/ Technical Textiles; Synthetic Polymer Chemistry; Viscoelasticity of rubbery nanocomposite;
Collaboration 06
Awards & Honours 01
Fellowships 02

Rural Development
Head of the Department : Nirupama Mallick
Professors
Pradip Kumar Bhowmick Ph.D. Rural and Tribal Development Planning
Piyush Kumar Singh Ph.D. Agricultural Production and Management; Pricing & Risk
management in Agriculture; AgriValue Chain Financing
and Management; Digital Platform for Financial Inclusion;
Resource Use Efficiency in Farming
Somnath Ghosal Ph.D. Rural Development and Regional Planning; Ethnographic
and Qualitative Research; Aboriginal Culture, Believes &
Practices; Biodiversity and Environment; Community
Forestry
Research Areas
Aboriginal Culture, Believes & Practices; Agricultural Production and Management; AgriValue Chain
Financing and Management; Biodiversity and Environment; Community Forestry; Digital Platform for
Financial Inclusion; Ethnographic and Qualitative Research; Pricing & Risk management in Agriculture;
Resource Use Efficiency in Farming; Rural and Tribal Development Planning; Rural Development and
Regional Planning;
Collaboration 02
Awards & Honours 01
Fellowships 01

Steel Technology Centre
Head of the Department : Surjya Kanta Pal

The centre has got the state of the art facilities on different types of metal working processes, such as
instrumented rolling mills, forging press, different types of furnaces, characterization setups, optical
microscopes, tensile testing instruments etc.
The centre is actively doing industrial research with iron and steel making organizations such as Tata Steel,
and also with R&D laboratory of Iron and Steel making.

ACADEMIC SCHOOL
G.S Sanyal School of Telecommunication
Head of the Department : Raja Datta
Professors
Saswat Chakrabarti Ph.D.
Debarati Sen Ph.D. 5G Communications; Millimeter Wave Communications;
Large MIMO Systems; Cloud RAN; Green
Communications
Goutam Das Ph.D. Optical Communication and Networks; Cellular Networks;
Cognitive Radio Networks; Industrial Economics;
Computational chemistry
Suvra Sekhar Das Ph.D.
Amit Kumar Dutta Assistant Professor 5G Communications; Communication systems; Quantum
Information Theory; Physical Layer communication theory
Aneek Adhya Ph.D. Elastic optical networks; Computer Communication and
Networks; Hybrid Wireless-Optical Access Networks;
Physical Layer Impairment Issues
Parthajit Mohapatra Ph.D.
Asoknath Chatterjee Professor
Promotion
Resignation
Parthajit Mohapatra Ph.D.
Research Areas
5G Communications; Cellular Networks; Cloud RAN; Cognitive Radio Networks; Communication

systems; Computational chemistry; Computer Communication and Networks; Elastic optical networks;
Green Communications; Hybrid Wireless-Optical Access Networks; Industrial Economics; Large MIMO
Systems; Millimeter Wave Communications; Optical Communication and Networks; Physical Layer
communication theory; Physical Layer Impairment Issues; Quantum Information Theory;
New Acquisitions 07
Collaboration 12


Ranbir and Chitra Gupta School of Infrastructure Design and Mngt.
Head of the Department : Bhargab Maitra

Ankhi Banerjee Ph.D. (Kanpur) Residential Location Choice; Housing Affordability; Urban
and Regional Planning; Urban design; Urban Planning:
Utilities, Services
Arkopal Kishore Goswami Ph.D. Urban Transport Planning and Mgmt; Preservation of
Roadway Infrastructure; Performance Management;
Multimodal Transport Planning
Bharath Haridas Aithal Ph.D. Remote sensing and GIS; Urban design; Machine
Learning; Soft Computing and Control; Factor based
Modelling for Urban Mixed Land Use
Swati Maitra Ph.D. Transport Infrastructure; Retrofitting and Rehabilitation;
Concrete and Cementitious materials; Tourism
Infrastructure and Management
Promotion
Bharath Haridas Aithal Ph.D. Remote sensing and GIS; Urban design; Machine
Learning; Soft Computing and Control; Factor based
Modelling for Urban Mixed Land Use
Research Areas
Concrete and Cementitious materials; Factor based Modelling for Urban Mixed Land Use; Housing
Affordability; Machine Learning; Multimodal Transport Planning; Performance Management; Preservation of
Roadway Infrastructure; Remote sensing and GIS; Residential Location Choice; Retrofitting and
Rehabilitation; Soft Computing and Control; Tourism Infrastructure and Management; Transport
Infrastructure; Urban and Regional Planning; Urban design; Urban Planning: Utilities, Services; Urban
Transport Planning and Mgmt;
Collaboration 07
Awards & Honours 02

Head of the Department : Padmavati Manchikanti
Professors
Dipa Dube Ph.D.
Indrajit Dube Ph.D.
Padmavati Manchikanti Ph.D. Plant secondary metabolic pathways; Recombinant Drug
Regulation and IPaspect; Bioenergy-IP and
commercialisation; Implementation of IP Laws;
Biodiversity Law
Raju K D Ph.D. International Law; Intellectual property law; International
Economic and Trade Law
Uday Shankar Ph.D. Constitutional Law; Socio-Economic Rights; Energy
Law; Labour and Industrial Law
Arindam Basu Ph.D.
Balraj Kaur Sidhu Ph.D. International Law; Environmental Law; Courts and
Tribunals; Sexual and Gender based Violence; Internet
Governance
Gaurav Shukla Ph.D.
Gouri Ashok Gargate Ph.D. Intellectual property management; Intellectual property
audit, valuation; Intellectual property analytics; Technology
transfer; Intellectual property law
Niharika Sahoo Ph.D. Intellectual property law; Pharmaceuticals and IPR;
Bhattacharya Geographical Indication; Patent Law; Competition Law
and IPR
Shreya Matilal Ph.D.
S R Subramanian Ph.D. , Nagpur International Law; International Investment Law;
International Commercial Arbitration; International Human
Rights Law
Gouri Ashok Gargate Ph.D. Intellectual property management; Intellectual property
audit, valuation; Intellectual property analytics; Technology
transfer; Intellectual property law
Niharika Sahoo Ph.D. Intellectual property law; Pharmaceuticals and IPR;
Bhattacharya Geographical Indication; Patent Law; Competition Law
and IPR
Visiting Faculty
Prabuddha Ganguli Visiting Faculty
Promotion
Dipa Dube Ph.D.
Indrajit Dube Ph.D.
Padmavati Manchikanti Ph.D. Plant secondary metabolic pathways; Recombinant Drug
Regulation and IPaspect; Bioenergy-IP and
commercialisation; Implementation of IP Laws;
Biodiversity Law
Raju K D Ph.D. International Law; Intellectual property law; International
Economic and Trade Law
Uday Shankar Ph.D. Constitutional Law; Socio-Economic Rights; Energy

Law; Labour and Industrial Law
Resignation
Gaurav Shukla Ph.D.
Title and duration of Conferences organized

National
1. 4th National Moot Court Competition, (31st August, 2018 to 02nd September, 2018)
2. National Colloquium on Legal Research (15th March 2019 and 16th March 2019)
3. Research Scholars Day (15th March 2019 and 16th March 2019)
4. AICTE Workshop on Biotechnology and Intellectual Property Rights (04th to 10th February, 2019)
5. AICTE Workshop on IP Management of Academic and Research Institute (04th to 10th March, 2019)
6. Workshop on ‘The Multiple Facet of IPR – An Engineering’s Perspective’ with collaboration with IPR
Cell, IIT Kharagpur
7. Patent Drafting workshop – Mr Dipan Banerjee, Lakshmikumaran and Sridharan Attorneys (2nd March
2019)
8. Organized IP workshop along with IP Cell, IIT Kharagpur on ‘IP power house: Fuel for start ups’ – Dr
Malathi Lakshmikumaran
9. Short term course on “industrial relations – Make in India and Skills and Skilll India
10. GIAN course on ‘Law and Policy on Renewable energy’
International
1. International IP Symposium jointly conducted by IIT Kharagpur, George Washington University Law
School, USA and Gujrat National Law University, October 3-6
Institute Lecture
Organised Institute lecture jointly with IP Cell IIT Kharagpur on ‘Commercializing Innovation: Why do
inventors patent their inventions?’ By Dr Malathi Lakshmikumaran (March 2nd, 2019)
Research Areas
Biodiversity Law; Bioenergy-IP and commercialisation; Competition Law and IPR; Constitutional Law;
Courts and Tribunals; Energy Law; Environmental Law; Geographical Indication; Implementation of IP
Laws; Intellectual property analytics; Intellectual property audit, valuation; Intellectual property law;
Intellectual property law; Intellectual property management; International Commercial Arbitration;
International Human Rights Law; International Investment Law; International Law; Internet Governance;
Labour and Industrial Law; Patent Law; Pharmaceuticals and IPR; Plant secondary metabolic pathways;
Recombinant Drug Regulation and IPaspect; Sexual and Gender based Violence; Socio-Economic Rights;
Technology transfer;
Collaboration 03
Awards & Honours 01
Fellowships 02

Rajendra Mishra School of Engg Entrepreneurship
Head of the Department : Partha Pratim Das
Basab Chakraborty Ph.D.
Pranab Kumar Dan Ph.D. Transmission and Driveline Analysis; Efficient
Manufacturing System Design; Robust Optimisation to
Reduce Failure; Adaptive Transmission ECU Design for
Car; Vehicle Transmission Design and Testing
Bhaskar Bhowmick Ph.D. Social Entrepreneurship; Entrepreneurship Development;
Firm Environment and Leadership; Technology and
Sustainable Development; Start-up Ecosystem
Mamoni Banerjee Ph.D. Phytochemicals, Bio pesticides; Pesticidal bio-efficacy;
Rural Technology Development; Health Care
Management; Entrepreneurship
Manoj Kumar Mondal Ph.D.
Mrigank Sharad Ph.D. Signal Conditioning & Mixed-Signal VLSI Design; VLSI for
Neuromorphic Computing; Biomedical Systems; Artificial
Intelligence; Intelligent Internet of Things (IoT)
Prabha Bhola Ph.D. Entrepreneurship Development; Product Analytics and
Modelling; Statistical Decision Modeling; Energy
Management
Ram Babu Roy Ph.D. Health Care Management; Complex and Social Networks;
Big Data Analytics
Titas Bhattacharjee Ph.D. Financial Management; Corporate Governance;
(Rudra) Entrepreneurship; Agricultural Economics; Corporate
Reporting
Promotion
Basab Chakraborty Associate Professor
Research Areas
Adaptive Transmission ECU Design for Car; Agricultural Economics; Artificial Intelligence; Big Data
Analytics; Biomedical Systems; Complex and Social Networks; Corporate Governance; Corporate
Reporting; Efficient Manufacturing System Design; Energy Management; Entrepreneurship;
Entrepreneurship Development; Financial Management; Firm Environment and Leadership; Health
Care Management; Intelligent Internet of Things (IoT); Pesticidal bio-efficacy; Phytochemicals, Bio
pesticides; Product Analytics and Modelling; Robust Optimisation to Reduce Failure; Rural Technology
Development; Signal Conditioning & Mixed-Signal VLSI Design; Social Entrepreneurship; Start-up
Ecosystem; Statistical Decision Modeling; Technology and Sustainable Development; Transmission
and Driveline Analysis; Vehicle Transmission Design and Testing; VLSI for Neuromorphic Computing;
New Acquisitions 01
Collaboration 11


School of Bio Science
Head of the Department : Amit Kumar Das
Professors
Nihar Ranjan Jana Ph.D. Neurodegenerative disorders; Protein quality control
mechanisms; Experience-dependent synaptic plasticity
Abhijit Das Ph.D., Tata Institute Developmental neurobiology; Neuro-epigenetics; Ageing
of Fundamental and neuro-degenerative disorders
Research
Arindam Mondal Ph.D.,University of Molecular Virology; Biochemistry
Calcutta
Dibyendu Samanta Ph.D. Protein engineering; Immune receptors; Cell adhesion
molecules; Protein-protein/nucleic acid interaction
Ritobrata Goswami Ph.D., Indiana Immunology; T cell biology
University
Soumya De Ph.D. NMR Spectroscopy; Structural Biology; Biophysics; Signal
transduction and gene expression; Protein engineering
Nihar Ranjan Jana Ph.D. Neurodegenerative disorders; Protein quality control
mechanisms; Experience-dependent synaptic plasticity
Research Areas
Ageing and neuro-degenerative disorders; Biochemistry; Biophysics; Cell adhesion molecules;

Developmental neurobiology; Experience-dependent synaptic plasticity; Immune receptors; Immunology;
Molecular Virology; Neurodegenerative disorders; Neuro-epigenetics; NMR Spectroscopy; Protein
engineering; Protein-protein/nucleic acid interaction; Protein quality control mechanisms; Signal transduction
and gene expression; Structural Biology; T cell biology;
New Acquisitions 04
Collaboration 04
Awards & Honours 01
Fellowships 01

Head of the Department : Suneel Kumar Srivastava
Amit Ghosh Ph.D.,IISc
Bangalore
Chirodeep Bakli Ph.D. Microfluidics; Micro/nano-scale transport processes;
Nanofluidics; Molecular simulation; Renewable Energy
Sources
Sreeraj Puravankara Ph.D., Westphalia- Energy materials; Rechargeable batteries; Structural
Wilhelms Chemistry; Sodium ion batteries; Lithium-ion battery
University, modelling
Germany
Trilok Singh Ph.D. Energy materials; Functional materials; Nano materials;
Engineered oxide & semiconductor heterostructures; Solar
Photovoltaics
Research Areas
Energy materials; Engineered oxide & semiconductor heterostructures; Functional materials; Lithium-ion
battery modelling; Nano materials; Rechargeable batteries; Sodium ion batteries; Solar Photovoltaics;
Structural Chemistry;
Collaboration 01
Fellowships 01

Environmental Science and Engineering
Assistant Professor
Shamik Chowdhury Ph.D.

Shamik Chowdhury Assistant Professor
Visiting Faculty
Binay Kanti Dutta Visiting Faculty

School of Environmental engineering is undertaking leading edge research in the area of ground water
pollution control, Water quality management, sewage treatment and reuse, industrial water pollution
control, Soil pollution, solid and hazardous waste management, and air pollution control. The faculty
associated with the School are undertaking the sponsored research projects in this area and extending
consultancy services to the municipalities, State Governments and Central Government on
Environmental Related issues.
Research Areas
Biogas; Environmental Engineering; Pollution Control Technologies;
Collaboration 01

Head of the Department : Jyotirmoy Chatterjee
Professors
Jyotirmoy Chatterjee Ph.D. Oral Pre-cancer Therapeutic Patch Dev.; Wound Healing
& Honey; Stem cells Diffe. & Honey based Matrix; Multi-
modal Imaging on Oral cancer Diag; Lung Cancer &
Diabetic Retinopathy Diag
Koel Chaudhury Ph.D. Non-invasive biomarkers and sensors; Metabolomics;
Nanomedicine; Women's health; Respiratory disorders
Mahitosh Mandal Ph.D.
Manjunatha Ph.D.
Mahadevappa
Sangeeta Das Ph.D.
Bhattacharya
Santanu Dhara Ph.D.
Soumen Das Ph.D. BioMEMS; Microfluidics; Sensors & Actuators; MEMS and
Microsystems; Biomedical devices, Flexible electronics
Gayatri Mukherjee Ph.D. Immunology; Development of Immunetherapeutics;
Commensal Microbiota in Cancer; Immune modulation in
atherosclerosis
Nishant Chakravorty Ph.D. Regenerative Medicine; Clinical Research; Bone
Regeneration & Bone Tissue Engineering
Praphulla Chandra Ph.D. Atherosclerosis and non-coding RNAs; Immune
Shukla interaction in heart and vessels; Cardiac developmental
biology; Heart failure and vascular biology
Visiting Faculty
Debashree Guha Adhya Visiting Faculty
Marc J. Madou Visiting Faculty
Satadal Saha Visiting Faculty
Retirement
Analava Mitra Ph.D.
Chandan Chakraborty Ph.D. Biomedical Data Analytics; Digital Pathology; Medical

Image Analysis; Machine Learning for Medical Imaging
Three joint M.Sc./Ph.D. programs in collaboration with Tata Medical Center, Kolkata in
(i) Medical Physics,
(ii) Nuclear Medicine,
(iii) Molecular Medical Microbiology.
Research Areas
Atherosclerosis and non-coding RNAs; Biomedical devices, Flexible electronics; BioMEMS; Bone
Regeneration & Bone Tissue Engineering; Cardiac developmental biology; Clinical Research; Commensal
Microbiota in Cancer; Development of Immunetherapeutics; Heart failure and vascular biology; Immune
interaction in heart and vessels; Immune modulation in atherosclerosis; Immunology; Lung Cancer &
Diabetic Retinopathy Diag; MEMS and Microsystems; Metabolomics; Microfluidics; Multi-modal Imaging

on Oral cancer Diag; Nanomedicine; Non-invasive biomarkers and sensors; Oral Pre-cancer Therapeutic
Patch Dev.; Regenerative Medicine; Respiratory disorders; Sensors & Actuators; Stem cells Diffe. & Honey
based Matrix;Women's health; Wound Healing & Honey;
New Acquisitions 01
Collaboration 26
Awards & Honours 02

Head of the Department : Rahul Mitra

1. Ph.D program has been started from 2014 . MS/M.Tech Program will be started later .
The School of Nano-Science and Technology is involved in diverse research activities of

interdisciplinary nature:
(i) Group-IV and III-V semiconductor nanostructures for electronic and photonic devices;
(ii) MEMS and microsystems, Nano-electronics, Nano-scale iosystems engineering;
(iii) GMR & magneto-electric and magnetocaloric materials;
(iv) Polymer and rubber based nanocomposites;
(v) Polymer thin film instability, self organization and meso-mechanics;
(vi) Carbon nanotubes, graphene, metallic nanowires, and nano-particles;
(vii) Biocompatible nanostructures for bioimaging & diagnostics, drug delivery, biosensor;
(viii) Intermetallics, bulk amorphous alloys and nanocomposites;
(ix) Nanostructured/nanocomposite thin films and coatings;
(x) Oxide gas sensors, Lithium ion rechargeable batteries;
(xi) Computational nanostructures
New Acquisitions 13

Head of the Department : Ashok Kumar Gupta
Bhabagrahi Sahoo Ph.D. Integrated River Basin Management; Real-time flood
modeling and forecasting; Surface water - Groundwater
interaction; Meso-scale Solute Transport Dynamics;
Remote Sensing in Hydroinformatics
Manoj Kumar Tiwari Ph.D. Water & Wastewater Treatment / Recycling;
Bioremediation and Biodegradation; Fate and Transport of
Contaminants; Contaminated Site Management; Smart
Water Distribution Systems;
Partha Sarathi Ghosal Ph.D. Water and wastewater treatment; Geogenic pollutant
removal; Water supply network management; Advanced
wastewater treatment; Adsorption
Renji Remesan Ph.D. Land surface processes & environment; Climate Impacts
on Water Resources; Catchment modelling and
management; Hydroinformatics
Partha Sarathi Ghosal Assistant Professor Water and wastewater treatment; Geogenic pollutant
removal; Water supply network management; Advanced
wastewater treatment; Adsorption
Promotion
Bhabagrahi Sahoo Professor Integrated River Basin Management; Real-time flood
modeling and forecasting; Surface water - Groundwater
interaction; Meso-scale Solute Transport Dynamics;
Remote Sensing in Hydroinformatics

• Ecofriendly treatment systems for reuse of greywater
• Leak detection and urban water supply network management
• Pathway identification & toxicity analysis of electrochemical oxidation of methyl orange
• Developed approaches for real-time short-to-medium range streamflow and reservoir inflow
forecasting with a maximum lead-time of 7-days.
• Developed a stream-aquifer interaction model under sparse data-availability scenarios to estimate
the exchange flux
• Developed a technique for daily-scale monitoring of river pollution using remote sensing data
• Bathymetric survey and water quality and sediment quantity analysis in Tilaiya Dam
• Land surface process modeling using JULES in Krishna River basin
• Sediment characterization using sediment finger printing approaches in the Konar dam catchment
Research Areas
Bioremediation and Biodegradation; Catchment modelling and management; Climate Impacts on Water
Resources; Contaminated Site Management; Fate and Transport of Contaminants; Hydroinformatics;
Integrated River Basin Management; land surface processes & environment; Meso-scale Solute
Transport Dynamics; Real-time flood modeling and forecasting; Remote Sensing in Hydroinformatics;
Smart Water Distribution Systems; Surface water - Groundwater interaction; Water & Wastewater
Treatment / Recycling;

New Acquisitions 01
Collaboration 17
Fellowships 02

Head of the Department : Sanjay Kumar Chaturvedi
Professors
Sanjay Kumar Chaturvedi Ph.D. FMEA/FMECA, Reliability Apportionment; Network
Reliability; Reliability based Design; Reliability data
Analysis, Maintenance; SystemReliability Modelling and
Analysis
V N Achutha Naikan Reliability Engineering; Condition-Based Maintenance;
Quality Control; Simulation
Neeraj Kumar Goyal Accelerated Life Testing; Probabilistic Safety Assessment;
RAMS for Railway Systems; System Reliability Modeling;
Communication Network Reliability
Monalisa Sarma Ph.D.
Rajiv Nandan Rai Visiting Faculty RAMS analysis; Preventive Maintenance; Prognostic
Health Monitoring, Process Reliability; TQM and with
Analytics; Repairable Systems Reliability Analysis
Visiting Faculty
Promotion
Sanjay Kumar Chaturvedi Ph.D. FMEA/FMECA, Reliability Apportionment; Network
Reliability; Reliability based Design; Reliability data
Analysis, Maintenance; SystemReliability Modelling and
Analysis
1. The new course curriculum under the aegis of ‘School’ banner has started from the academic
year 2018-19. The School has also started a Micro-specialization in Quality Engineering for the
UG students of other departments of the Institute from the academic year 2018-19.

The M. Tech. new course curriculum of the school has been started from the session 2018-19. First batch
of students in the new curriculum are now in their project and thesis phase. The new building of the School
is expected to be handed over soon and by December 2019, the School will start operating in its entirety
from its new location. The faculty members have brought the research projects (under IMPRINT-2 as Co-
PI, from SRIC as PI)) in the tune of about a crore. There were 24 Int. Journals and 13 conference papers
contributed by the School during the last academic year. A MoU for development of outcome based series
of short term training modules tailored to TVSE Motor Company, Hossur has been signed for a period of
three years w. e. f. 2018. The faculty members visited their premises in September’18, November’18 and
February’19, respectively to complete the first year commitment to train their engineers in the area of
reliability, maintainability and maintenance engineering. The participants in this course were engineers
from their operations, R&D, and maintenance departments. Development of Quality Engineering Lab is
completed. First batch has successfully completed the lab work under the new curricula.
All regular students of current graduating batch got placed in Oceaneering International, Cummins India
Limited, Eaton Technologies, John Deere and Pranav Vikas, Faridabad, achieving a target of 100%

placement. Besides, the regular students of the current batch have got internship offer from various multi-
nationals for a period of 6-10 months. Currently there are 24 research students on roll of the School out of
which 21 are PhD scholars, three are MS students and one engineer from RINL, Visakhapatnam under
‘Certificate in Excellence Program (CER)’. Another two research students have successfully defended
their research leading to the award of Ph. D. degree whereas three research scholars have joined Curtin
University, under the dual Ph. D. program (DDDP) under an MoU with Curtin University.
An industry talk was organized for the benefits of our students in January 18, 2019. Mr. Pravin Kadekodi,
Engineering Manager – Center for Reliability & Safety, Eaton India Innovation Center delivered his talks
entitled “Expectation from reliability engineering in evolving technology landscape” and “Industry
challenges faced by reliability engineers”, respectively.
Research Areas
Accelerated Life Testing; Communication Network Reliability; Condition-Based Maintenance;

FMEA/FMECA, Reliability Apportionment; Network Reliability; Preventive Maintenance; Probabilistic
Safety Assessment; Prognostic Health Monitoring, Process Reliability; Quality Control; RAMS
analysis; RAMS for Railway Systems; Reliability based Design; Reliability data Analysis,
Maintenance; Reliability Engineering; Repairable Systems Reliability Analysis; Simulation; System
Reliability Modeling; SystemReliability Modelling and Analysis; TQM and with Analytics;
Collaboration 04
Awards & Honours 01

Head of the Department : Prabina Rajib
Professors
Gautam Sinha Ph.D.
Prabina Rajib Ph.D.
Sangeeta Sahney Ph.D. Marketing managment; Consumer Behavior; Services
Marketing; Organizational Behavior; Quality Management
Arun Kumar Misra Ph.D. Product Pricing and Product Risk; Asset-Liability
Management; Risk-Based Pricing; Banks' Capital and
Liquidity Management; Market Microstructure
Biplab Datta Ph.D. Leadership; Social Media Marketing [eWOM]; Customer
Relationship Management; Services Marketing
Chandra Sekhar Mishra Ph.D.
Parama Barai Ph.D.
Ranjan Chaudhuri Ph.D.
Rudra Prakash Pradhan Ph.D. Banking and Decisions making; Financial Economics and
related Studies; Statistical Decision Modeling; Public
Economics & Policy
Sujoy Bhattacharya Ph.D. Statistical Decision Modeling
Susmita Mukhopadhyay Ph.D. Spirituality and Work place happiness; People Analytics;
Behavioural issues in Microfinance; Leadership; Ethics
Abhijeet Chandra Ph.D. JMI New Corporate Finance; Financial Economics and related
Delhi Studies; Behavioral Finance; Financial Markets and Risk
Management; Asset Pricing
Ajay Kumar Mishra Assistant Professor Market Microstructure; Corporate Finance; Asset Pricing;
Banking Regulations; Short Selling and Informed Trading
Amit Upadhyay Ph.D. Operations Research (OR); Transportation and Logistics
Management; Revenue Optimization; Railway Analytics
Aradhna Malik Ph.D. Geriatric Well-being & End of Life Care; Social
Entrepreneurship; Media & Communication Studies;
Corporate Social Responsibility; Communication &
Sustainable Development
Barnali Nag Ph.D.
Saini Das Ph.D. Information Security; Information security risk
management; Management Information Systems; E-
commerce Technology and Applications; Cyber ethics :
security and privacy
Srabanti Mukherjee Ph.D., IIESc&T, Consumer Behavior; Social Media Marketing [eWOM];
Shibpur Services Marketing; Healthcare and Higher Education;
Bottom of Pyramid and Rural Marketing
Swagato Chatterjee Ph.D. Predictive Analytics; Game Theory; Big Data Analytics;
Statistical Decision Modeling
Tuheena Mukherjee Ph.D.
Tutan Ahmed Ph.D. Human Development; Applied Econometrics; 5. Education
for Sustainable Development; Labour Economics;
Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
Ajay Kumar Mishra Assistant Professor Market Microstructure; Corporate Finance; Asset Pricing;

Banking Regulations; Short Selling and Informed Trading
Biswarup Ghosh Visiting Faculty
Surojit Mookherjee Visiting Faculty Knowledge Management; Manufacturing/Production
Planning & Control; Operations management; Project
Visiting Faculty
Biswarup Ghosh Visiting Faculty
Kunal Kanti Ghosh Visiting Faculty Supply Chain Analytics; Product Analytics and Modelling;
Engineering Services Outsourcing; World Class
Manufacturing (WCM)
Sanjib Chowdhury Visiting Faculty
Surojit Mookherjee Visiting Faculty Knowledge Management; Manufacturing/Production
Planning & Control; Operations management; Project
Swagato Chatterjee Visiting Faculty Predictive Analytics; Game Theory; Big Data Analytics;
Tutan Ahmed Visiting Faculty Human Development; Applied Econometrics; 5. Education
for Sustainable Development; Labour Economics;
Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition
Vivek Kumar Dubey Visiting Faculty Predictive Analytics; Game Theory; Big Data Analytics;
Promotion
Parama Barai Associate Professor
Sangeeta Sahney Professor Marketing managment; Consumer Behavior; Services
Marketing; Organizational Behavior; Quality Management
Swagato Chatterjee Assistant Professor Predictive Analytics; Game Theory; Big Data Analytics;
Re-Appointment
Gautam Sinha Professor
Resignation
Ranjan Chaudhuri Associate Professor
Research Areas
Education for Sustainable Development; Applied Econometrics; Asset-Liability Management; Asset

Pricing; Banking and Decisions making; Banking Regulations; Banks' Capital and Liquidity Management;
Behavioral Finance; Behavioural issues in Microfinance; Big Data Analytics; Bottom of Pyramid and Rural
Marketing; Communication & Sustainable Development; Consumer Behavior; Corporate Finance;
Corporate Social Responsibility; Customer Relationship Management; Cyber ethics : security and privacy;
E-commerce Technology and Applications; Engineering Services Outsourcing; Ethics; Financial
Economics and related Studies; Financial Markets and Risk Management; Game Theory; Geriatric Well-
being & End of Life Care; Healthcare and Higher Education; Human Development; Information Security;
Information security risk management; Knowledge Management; Labour Economics; Leadership;
Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition; Management Information Systems; Manufacturing/Production
Planning & Control; Marketing managment; Market Microstructure; Media & Communication Studies;
Operations management; Operations Research (OR); Organizational Behavior; People Analytics;
Predictive Analytics; Product Analytics and Modelling; Product Pricing and Product Risk; Project
Management, Maintenance & Monitoring; Public Economics & Policy; Quality Management; Railway
Analytics; Revenue Optimization; Risk-Based Pricing; Services Marketing; Short Selling and Informed
Trading; Social Entrepreneurship; Social Media Marketing [eWOM]; Spirituality and Work place
happiness; Statistical Decision Modeling; Supply Chain Analytics; Transportation and Logistics
Management; World Class Manufacturing (WCM);

New Acquisitions 01
Collaboration 09
Awards & Honours 02
Fellowships 01

CENTERS OF EXCELLENCE
Head of the Department : Dilip Kumar Pratihar
New Acquisitions 01

Head of the Department : Anindya Sarkar
Associate Professor
Sandeep D Kulkarni Ph.D. Drilling Fluid Design & Characterization; Wellbore
Pressure Modeling; Wellbore Fluids Rheology and
Hydraulics.; Completion and Fracturing Fluids; Lost
circulation, Sag and APB
Assistant Professor
Aditya Vyas Ph.D.
Ankur Roy Ph.D. Reservoir Characterization; Rock Fractures and
Geomechanics; Geostatistics; Fractal Models
Sandeep D Kulkarni Associate Professor Drilling Fluid Design & Characterization; Wellbore
Pressure Modeling; Wellbore Fluids Rheology and
Hydraulics.; Completion and Fracturing Fluids; Lost
circulation, Sag and APB
Viting Faculty
Aditya Vyas Assistant Professor
• Drilling Fluid Lab Equipments Purchased through Diamond Jubilee Institute Funds (Purchase of
Approx. 20 lakhs) Equipments: Ageing cells, Digital viscometer, Digital Retort, Fluid mixer, LTLP
filtration
• Reservoir Simulation Lab Workstations through Diamond Jubilee Institute Funds (Purchase of
Approx. 41.8 lakhs ($ 61,076)) 12 workstations purchased and installed.
• Fracturing Fluids Equipments through donation of PfP Technology of USA: Donation received of Rs.
11 lakhs Oil field viscometer & mixer purchased and installed. Additionally, three 2nd-hand HT
viscometers were received as donation and installed.
• Purchase through Departmental Asset Funds (Purchase of approx. Rs. 10 lakhs) Items: Computers
(5), tables, UPS and books.
• International Student internship program with Texas A&M Universities: 2 students sent for summer
2019 internships 4 interns from IIPE, Vaizag worked at the Centre for summer 2019.
• ISIRD project (approved): "Fast oil and Gas Well history matching and well production prediction
using novel reservoir simulation and machine learning techniques." PI: Dr. Aditya Vyas, Faculty,
ADRACEPE.
• Pan-IIT ONGC project (in process): “Multiscale Modeling of Carbonate Reservoirs – A Fractal
Approach” (PI: Dr. Ankur Roy, Faculty, ADRACEPE, Co-PI: Prof. Debasis Deb, Coordinator,
ADRACEPE).
• Pan-IIT ONGC project (in process):"Modelling down hole (Deep water, High-temperature-high-
pressure and Sub-hydrostatic scenarios) rheology for drilling fluids design and drilling automation."
PI: Dr. Sandeep D. Kulkarni, Faculty, ADRACEPE.
• Pan-IIT ONGC project (in process): "Identify Suitable Weighting Material to Make and Maintain
Water-based Drilling Fluids of Densities from 1.50 to 2.35 SG for temperatures up to 180 oC and
higher." PI: Dr. Sandeep D. Kulkarni, Faculty, ADRACEPE Consultancy Project with Total (in

progress): "Drilling Fluid-Formulation Software Package". PI: Dr. Sandeep D. Kulkarni, Faculty,
ADRACEPE
Research Areas
Completion and Fracturing Fluids; Drilling Fluid Design & Characterization; Fractal Models;
Geostatistics; Lost circulation, Sag and APB; Reservoir Characterization; Rock Fractures and
Geomechanics; Wellbore Fluids Rheology and Hydraulics.; Wellbore Pressure Modeling;
Collaboration 02

Head of the Department : Priyadarshi Patnaik

Saamdu Chetri Assistant Professor

1. Micro Specialization in SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS

A. Research and Development Activities
specializations and is actively involved in research from (a) biological, (b) social (c) behavioural, and (d) ecological
orientations.
It organizes training programs for corporate sectors and government agencies on happiness and well being, and
plays a key role in the UG Induction program as well.
It offers 5 elective courses on different aspects of happiness and offers a micro-specialization on "Science of
Happiness."
New Acquisitions 01

DHI Centre of Excellence on Advanced Manufacturing Technology
Head of the Department : Surjya Kanta Pal
The Centre of Excellence in Advanced Manufacturing Technology has been established at IIT Kharagpur
through the support of the Department of Heavy Industry of Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public
Enterprises, Government of India, along with a consortium of top industry members in the country. The
centre aims to stimulate the innovation to manufacture smart machines in the capital goods sector. The
center will bring together various industries in this area to work in a synergistic way towards the
common goals of infusing cutting edge technologies, and to come up with research and development for
sustainable products having higher productivity with reduced cost.
This centre offers a unique platform for collaborative, consortium driven infusion of advanced
technologies in the manufacturing area, which is in harmony with the 'Make-in-India' initiative of the
Government of India. The centre will initiates innovative and top-quality research focused to the
industries on Specialty materials, Design and automation, Additive manufacturing, and Digital
manufacturing and Industrial Internet of Things. The centre will boost innovative interventions in the
advanced manufacturing domain by enabling an ecosystem among Institutes of higher repute, heavy
industries, and also the MSMEs and start-ups. The centre looks for active participation in this
ecosystem for a collaborative research in the proposed areas.
The centre also houses an Innovation Lab to facilitate the culture of innovation and open engineering.
The Innovation Lab invites MSMEs and the Start-ups to grab opportunities of getting an end-to-end
support from the experts including access to various state- of-the-art facilities for early prototyping of
their product. The centre also welcomes bright and talented scholars with high value doctoral fellowship
to support its activities.
The Centre of Excellence has the lofty ambition of positioning itself as one of the primary
knowledge centers on advanced manufacturing in the country. The broad objectives of the
centre are as follows:
• Reinvigorating manufacturing in India through technological interventions

• Value additions in terms of innovations in materials, manufacturing processes, new technologies,
and bringing academic rigor to industrial and organizational practices
• Inculcating modern concepts of IIoT, intelligent, and connected manufacturing through digital
interventions, robotics and automation
• Creating an ecosystem for indigenization and innovations in the manufacturing sector involving small
and medium scale enterprises
• Bringing in international expertise through partnerships with the best in the world
• Imparting skilling to industry people and inculcating start-up culture
• Securing Intellectual Property through IP protection and licensing
The Centre has got a total project funding of Rs 65.19 Cr. Presently, 6 industry members have joined the
consortium, including Tata Motors, Tata Sons, Tata Consulting Services, Tata Steel, Heavy Engineering
Corporation, Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited.

Alumni Affairs
Dean: Prof. Subrata Chattopadhyay
The Office of Alumni Affairs was set up in the year 2003. Since then the Office has expanded its activities
across various domains such as alumni networking, alumni fundraising, alumni events etc. Following are the
major activities undertaken during 2018-19 are given below.
Alumni Relations and Outreach
Close to 68% connectivity with the alumni has been achieved by the end of the financial year including
registrations on the alumni website, during annual alumni meet, visits, social media platforms and other
alumni engagement programs. Out of a total number of 64316 alumni, the Institute is connected with close to
43000 alumni and is able to network with them.
Alumni and Institute Events:
1. Annual Alumni Meet

We live our day to day lives oblivious to the beauty that surrounds us and by the time we do realize what
exactly it is that we've been blessed with, it's generally too late. However, when the good old days call yet
again, nostalgia surrounds us as we walk the hallowed boulevards of our youth. The Annual Alumni Meet
brings to our alumni a chance to reconnect with their Alma Mater. It lets them relive the carefree days of their
college lives as they get a chance to visit all the locations they once frequented.
Students’ Alumni Cell organized the 16th Annual Alumni Meet from 11th Jan to 13th Jan 2019. This year the
batches of 1969, 1979 and 1994 were the special guests of honor. The meet was attended by 368 alumni
including special guests. The Meet is now a major event anticipated by both the alumni and the students. As
the years pass by and winds of change keep blowing, the Alumni Meet too shall keep evolving with the pace
of time, hoping to bring to the alumni an experience that they may cherish all their lives.
2. Homecoming
The first ever edition of Homecoming from 17th-19th August 2018 saw 47 Alumni registered and a total of 90
people including the accompaniments occupied the Technology Guest House. The Central Government had
declared national mourning for 7 days in lieu of the death of Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee and we feared that we
would not be able to pull our act together. The exuberance with Kunal Rao, Musical Night with the Western
and Eastern Technology Music Society, Friendly Football were the events that could not happen because of
the same. We knew we couldn't let our alumni down, not when we had to stand up and fulfill our duties. After
a brainstorming session, the team came up with 'Art Attack' and 'Hall of Fame' to replace the canceled
events. Networking Lunch was followed by Campus Tour where all the alumni along with their families were
taken on an emotional ride down the memory lane. Department Visit brought back memories of teachers,
bunked classes, unfinished projects and sleepless nights. Through Hall Visit our Alumni got a golden chance
to relive those memories associated with their halls. 18th August marked the Foundation Day for IIT
Kharagpur and was celebrated with an award distribution ceremony for alumni, faculty, and students. The
afternoon witnessed some intellectual arguments by students and teachers at the Foundation Day Debate.
Here are some of the lovely responses we received from our ever enthusiastic alumni:
“It’s been like coming back home, this place is stuck in time. The new batches add to the place and culture
and hopefully keep the tempo high.”
-Sohail Khan

“Coming to kgp campus has always been an experience. I wish such events get us closer, make our life
liveable in a larger fraternity of our brothers and sisters.”
-Partha Sur,2008
“Team Students’ Alumni Cell, it was a fantastic time at Kgp. I wouldn’t have been able to believe in the power
of fairies and pixie dust.. but with the magic you weaved, I’m a strong believer (in pixie dust as well as the
fact that Kgp holds possibly the brightest and most active student community). Rock on!”
-Chandrashekhar KG
“Team Students’ Alumni Cell, you all have put your heart on the job. It was a homecoming indeed. There are
10 things you did great and 10 others you could have done better. But honestly, we in our times could not
have done even half as good as you all did. Relentless effort and responsiveness to every small bit of our
request. Keep up the tempo. Cheers to your spirit. Love you all!”
-Saurabh Mukherjee
3. Alvida
"Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes… because for those who love with their heart and
soul, there is no such thing as separation."
The atmosphere was tinged with a bit of sadness at Alvida, the annual farewell dinner, this time for the Batch
of 2019. The evening started off on an amazing note as the Director and Dean, Alumni Affairs, began
addressing the students. This was followed by the eagerly awaited Batch awards which the passing batch
thoroughly enjoyed. A lovely dinner followed soon after at the Vikramshila complex. A wave of nostalgia hit
the diners as they discussed the unending memories this campus had given them. There was no better way
to end the night than dancing to IITKGP’s famous 'tempo' and signing off with love.
4. Convocation
The 64th Convocation of IIT Kharagpur brought together on stage several luminaries – Honourable President
of India, Shri Ram NathKovind, the Honourable Governor of West Bengal, ShriKeshariNathTripathi, and the
Honourable Chief Minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee. Commending IIT Kharagpur for its pioneering
role in engineering and technical education in the country, President Kovind said, “Over the years, IIT
Kharagpur, and in fact the IIT network and community, has become an important window to the entire world.”
The chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee, won a thundering applause from students when she
announced that she believed IIT Kharagpur was the number one IIT in the country. IIT Kharagpur gave out
degrees to 2616 students, 295 of them doctoral and joint PhDs.
5. Foundation Day
The 68th Foundation Day of IIT Kharagpur saw the Young Alumni Achieve Award being conferred on 12
outstanding KGPians who are high achievers as professionals, academics, scientists, and mentors. Dr
PurnenduChatterjee, Founder Chairman of The Chatterjee Group (TCJ) that runs Haldia Petrochemicals,
was Chief Guest on the occasion. Three student awards and eight staff excellence award were given away
by the Director. The day saw the Nina Saxena Award being conferred upon the Founders of Pathshodh
Healthcare Pvt Ltd, a medical device research and development company incubated at the Indian Institute of
Science. Several staff were also honoured for completing 25 years of service at the Institute.
Fundraising Campaigns
Under the Institutional Development (ID) Program several alumni fundraising campaigns are being carried out
to build corpus through endowment and gift mode to ensure self-sustainability in the long run. For FY 2018-
19 Rs.8.75 Crore was raised from the under mentioned various giving back initiative run by the ID Program.
Any batch together donating Rs 50 Lakhs is recognized as 'Founding Batch of Endowment' and a class-
room in the newly built Nalanda Classroom complex is named after the batch with all the donor names

displayed at the entrance. Grass-roots campaign contribution has long term impact as well as benefit KGP
for years to come. Batch Endowment is ideal for both grass-roots and major donors as the principal would
remain intact and only the interest generated would be used be for institute’s growth.
1991 Batch has completed their journey of raising 50 Lakhs in a record breaking 3 months to become the first
'Founding Batch of Endowment' and then other grad batches successfully raised funds and they are - 1966,
1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1984, 1993, 1994 and 1997. Batches from different genres like 1962, 1963,
1964, 1965, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1996, 1990 are vying to be the next one. In 2018-19, the batch of 1969 and
1994 received endowed class rooms at the Nalanda Complex during "Annual Alumni Meet" January 2019.
Hall Gift is another campaign where alumni were appealed to donate for the development of their Halls. A
primeval sense of loyalty binds KGP'ians to their respective Halls of Residence. This is where they spend
their most joyous moments together with friends. The alumni are returning to care for these spaces as they
would their family homes. Contribution for hall renovation have given way to an outpouring of grassroots
involvement in reconstruction and renovation drives. The donation drive for Radha Krishna hall set the trend
for giving back followed by Patel and Rajendra Prasad hall for their collective giving back. Alumni from
various halls raised about Rs. 50 Lakh for hall development activities and the work is completed for Patel hall
first phase, Nehru Hall model room pilot project, and others are underway.
IIT Kharagpur is helping students to learn without being unduly worried about expenses, shape their career
and then give back to their Alma Mater through the grassroots campaign of Learn-Earn-Return. This
scheme aims to create a financial support system for students so that they imbibe the culture of giving back.
The awardees receive Rs 10,000 per month for 4 years as cash award. At the end of the first semester of the
1st year, the award will be given out on the basis of JEE Advanced rank. From the second semester onward,
the recipients of the award would have to maintain a CGPA of 9. LER helps students to study without
worrying about financial burden. Three hundred alumni from various batches raised about Rs. 59 Lakh till FY
2018-19 for under this initiative.
A new initiative which was started in 2018 to raise funds for various departmental events and campaigning.
This program named as "Alumni Department Engagement Program - ADEP" is aimed to reconnect
alumni with their departments. This program facilitate alumni and dept: for initiatives like - visiting faculty,
special lectures, workshops, foreign and industry collaboration, PG and RS placement, internships and live
projects. Under this campaign for the first time in the history of the Institute, a Geoscience seminar was
organized at the Geology and Geophysics Dept totally from the resources contributed by the alumni. A
special volume of the Geoscientific magazine - GEOS was launched during the seminar. It had 28 technical
articles from the IIT Kharagpur alumni from 1956 to 2009, with contribution from both India and abroad.
In an initiative to strengthen the health and wellness program of IIT KGP. The alumni of the Institute have
helped design and customized ambulance for safeguarding dynamic patient requirements and gifted an
Ambulance to KGP and putting more efforts for the wellness program . Several doctors and super specialty
hospitals were consulted to ensure best-in-class emergency medical fittings and effective vehicle design for
long-distance journey. Custom fittings were fabricated, such as medical equipment, upgrading internal
panels, electrical wiring for fireproofing and fire retardant components etc.
Class Gift is another inspiring giving back program at IIT KGP, where a batch funds a special initiative to
create a signature place at the Institute. The batch of 1970 is the first graduating class who has endow a
lasting legacy at their beloved Institute. An uniquely structured garden beside Tikka circle, ADDA is
represented as place for students, faculties and other campus staffs to contemplate, meditate and discuss in
an open lush green space. One more such initiative is undertaken by the alumni specially from the US side
through IIT KGP US Foundation and driven by Distinguished Alumni Vinod Gupta. This is to add one more
signature place to the campus a Clock Tower.
Endowed Chair Professorships are also a great initiative where illustrious alumni contribute. Endowed
Professorship is one of the highest honors awarded in the academic arena and is reserved for the best
faculty members as an acknowledgement of their contributions to research and teaching. Endowed Chair
also lends an additional prestige to the departments. Thus, it is both an honor to the named holder of the
appointment and also an enduring tribute to the donor who establishes it. Distinguished Alumnus Vinod

Gupta instituted "Prof A .S. Davis Chair", Shion Deysarkar [son of Dr. Asoke Deysarkar, Distinguished
Alumni IIT KGP] instituted "Prof. P.K. Bhattacharya Chair" and also "Prof. N.K. Roy Chair.
Student Scholarships and Awards are also a great way to contribute to the institute. It often provide
students a critical push in their academic career at different junctures, especially by giving them a much-
needed financial cushion and support system while they pursue their goals, live their dreams and have a
fulfilling career. Perhaps most importantly, scholarships make students aware of the importance of
philanthropy or giving back. Under this initiative, Karuturi Chakravarthy, instituted the "Shri Karuturi
Ramamurty Endowment Award" in the memory of his father. The 1997 batch of Mechanical Engineering
(BTech) instituted the Ritesh Ranjan Memorial Scholarship in the memory of their batch mate, late Ritesh
Ranjan. Institute visiting Professor and alumnae, Amita Sinha and her batch mates instituted "Prakasham
Gupta Best Thesis Award" in memory of their friend and fellow batch mate Late Prakasham Gupta.
Distinguished alumni Partha Ghosh made contributions for a pioneering project launched by the Institute -
Partha Ghosh Leadership Academy (with an endowment fund of 1 million USD). Distinguished alumni
Arjun Malhotra is driving the campaign for the Center for Classical Arts and made a contribution and also, a
grassroots campaign has been launched for the alumni to contribute towards this Center.
In the unique ecosystem of IIT KGP, senior classes play a role not commonly seen in any other institution of
higher learning. "My Imprint" initiative is actually a "By the Students, for the Students" giving back initiative
where graduating batches are given the chance to contribute their caution money deposits to the welfare of
the Institute. Graduating students thus get a head start in contribution to their alma mater almost from the
moment they step out into the world as IIT KGP alumni. 300+ graduating students donated their caution
money under the My Imprint campaign which amounted close to Rs. 18 Lakh for building bus stands in the
campus.
IIT Kharagpur is on a mission to help people reap the benefits of several of its research outcomes through its
newly launched Corporate Social Responsibility program. The CSR, Institute is gearing up to partner with
corporate houses and NGOs to help people to have a better life. The Institute received CSR funding through
IDP from HDFC Bank Ltd and Tower Research Capital. HDFC Bank Ltd, a leading private bank in India has
instituted a fund of Rs.60 Lakh for supporting start-up and incubation at the IIT KGP in the area of
sustainable development, community empowerment and clean/renewable energy. Whereas Tower Research
Capital, the renowned financial services firm, has instituted a fund of Rs.60 Lakh over two years for the
"TRCI Meritorious Scholarships" for eight students of 2nd or 3rd year B.Tech of Computer Sciences and
Engineering students.

B C Roy Technology Hospital
Prof-in-Charge : Prof. Rajib Mall
The Institute provides primary and emergency health care to the campus community through B C Roy
Technology Hospital located strategically within the campus. Constant efforts are on to upgrade and
improve the existing facilities at the B. C. Roy Hospital. Health Care remains a top priority in the activities
of the Institute.
In addition to General OPD service, special clinics are provided in General Medicine, Cardiology,
Paediatrics, Chest, Skin, Psychiatry, General Surgery, Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Orthopaedics,
Eye, ENT and Dental by various visiting consultants .32 Indoor Beds including 2 Bedded ICU and
a seperate Isolation Ward are fully utilized by students & institute beneficiaries. Physiotherapy is
also offered.
Round-the-clock emergency manned by regular medical officers and medical attendants and a 24x7
pharmacy caters to the odd hour emergencies. Critical care ambulance support is provided in emergency
situations to bring in or transport patients to higher centres as per need. The hospital is glad to
acknowledge the generous contribution from the alumni in procuring these ambulances.
Medical Insurance coverage through the Institute is available for the students
OPD services are provided 6 days a week (Sunday and institute holidays being off days). Diagnostic
services are provided in parallel with the OPD and frequent emergency services are also provided on On-
call basis. The entire student community of IIT along with all faculty, non-teaching staff, hall employees
and pensioners are the beneficiaries who receive medical treatment from BCRTH. Apart from that, any
patient, even without treatment entitlement at BCRTH, is never refused in case of any emergency and are
primarily treated at ER, BCRTH.
Presently there are two medical shops inside the campus which provides service to entitled patient, one
being inside the hospital premises, which remains open 24 x 7 for 365 days.
Cooperative medical store is located in the tech market premises which remains open at particular times
of the day. Beneficiaries are provided approved medicines free of cost, from this 2 out lets.
The arrangements for students and other members of the community are essentially same. The only
difference being that there are separate wards in the indoor for students and employees and pensioners.
The facilities extended to the beneficiaries are practically the same, irrespective of them being students or
employees. The isolation ward though, reserved for contagious diseases is reserved usually for the
students, though occasionally, in case of genuine need, an employee might be admitted .
BCRTH treats all kinds of cases that are brought under its purview. Most of the cases that require referral
are the cases requiring surgical intervention of any sort, which cannot be done at BCRTH presently. Few
medical cases requiring referral are cases of extreme life threatening emergency or cases requiring
higher modalities of intervention which are presently unavailable at BCRTH.
In cases of medical emergency patients are usually referred to hospitals in Kolkata with whom the
institute has tie ups. Trained medical assistant is sent along with that patient for tending to medical needs
of the patient en route.

BCRTH presently has 12 Medical Officers, 29 visiting consultants, 10 operative nurses, 8 ATNM along
with clerical staff and attendants ( Regular and Outsource ).
Total Man Power of the Hospital:
1) Out source Mode : 38 2) Permanent Jr. Attendant/Attendant : 13
3) Ministerial Staff: 3 4) Pathology: 5+1
5) Radiology: 2+1
MMST Student Time : 6.30pm to 10.30 pm Total No. 10 as of now
OPD Timing : 9am to 12.30 pm & 4.30 pm to 8 pm
Ambulance
Institute has five number of ambulance (4 Institutes and 1 outsource). Institute Ambulance are under PIC
Automobile Section. Drivers are also under Automobile Section. .
At present we have 5 ambulance (a) Critical Care 2 nos. one being donated by Alumni’s (b) Outsource
Ambulance (c) CCU ambulance for local (d)Tata Sumo which is used for campus in and around
Kharagpur.
Operation Theater
1. OT Table 2. OT Light 3. Anaesthesia Work Station
4. Diathermy Cautery 5. HP Steam Steriliser 6. Suction Machine
ICU
1. Multipara Monitor 2. Computerise ECG Machine 3. Ventilator
4. Defibrillator 5. Syringe Pump 6. Crash Cart
7. Ambu bag 8. Suction Machine
Emergency
1. Multipara Monitor 2. Pulse Oxymeter 3. Crash Cart
4. Ambubag 5. Suction Machine
Pathology
1. Fully automatic 2. Cell Counter (3 Parts) 3. Electro Microscope
biochemistry Analyser
4. Laminar Flow 5. Centrifuge Machine 6. Incubator
Radiology:
1. X-ray Machine (500mA) 2. CRU (Digital X-ray) 3. ECG Machine
4. USG Machine (not being operated due to technical reason)
Ophthalmology
1. Refractometer 2. Slit Lamp 3. Ophthalmoscope
Physiotherapy
1. Pulsed SWD Machine 2. IFT Machine 3. UST Machine
4. Red Infra Lamp 5. Ankle Exerciser/Knee Exerciser 6. Shoulder Exerciser
7. Wax Bath 8. Traction

Chairman : Prof. G.P.Raja Sekhar

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The Career Development Centre (CDC) is responsible for arranging Industrial training for 3 year B.
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Tech, 4 year Dual Degree and 4 year Integrated M.Sc. degree students as part of their curriculum.
CDC also facilitates the job placement of final year students graduating from the Institute including PhD
students. The Centre is actively engaged in forging synergistic relationships between the Institute and
various industries. Based on these interactions, CDC gives feedback to the Institute on the academic
programmes.
Summer Training Details

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Eight weeks of summer Internship at the end of 3 year B. Tech, 4th year Dual Degree and 4 year
Integrated M.Sc. degree is a compulsory part of the curriculum at IIT Kharagpur, carrying 2 credits. All
efforts are made to place the concerned students in the best of organizations in India and abroad for
summer Internship through Career Development Centre with the support of departments/ schools/
centres of IIT Kharagpur. An emergent trend is that more and more students are seeking summer
Internship abroad. Also students utilize opportunities due to various Universities with which IIT Kharagpur
had signed MoU. These include S. N. Bose Scholar’s Program, Viterbi-India Program, Khurana Program
for Scholars, DAAD Scholarship Program, MITACS, NTU-Singapore.
For the current summer internships of our students during May- July 2019, 93 companies either
visited the campus or conducted interviews through telephonic, Skype interviews and companies allotted
seats after seeking nominations. The details of internship are as follows.
Period of Nos. of students Nos. attending Internship in India Internship

Internship enlisted for at foreign
Selected by various Nominations accepted Self-
Internship Univ./Org.
companies by the companies arranged
May-July
2018 1232 461 26 644 101
Placement Details
In the placement year 2018-19 more than 230 companies visited the campus and offered employment.
The details of number of the students who had registered for placement and those actually placed
through campus interviews are as follows:
Sl.No Department Registered Placed Percentage Placed (%)

1 B.Arch. 34 31 91
2 B.Tech. 463 397 86
3 Dual Degree 457 432 95
4 M.Sc.(5Yr Integrated) 139 119 86
5 LLB 17 14 82
6 Joint M.Tech-PhD (2yr) 523 287 55
7 Joint M.Sc.-PhD 89 7 8
8 MCP 21 1 5
9 MS 6 6 100*
10 PhD 23 23 100*
Total 1772 1317 74

(*For Sl. No: 9 and 10 only placed students are shown as registered)
This year the students of the Institute have been able to fetch 261 PPOs, out of which 213 PPOs have
been accepted. The overall placement percentage across all branches stands at 74%.
Student Participation
Career Development Centre at IIT Kharagpur has taken an initiative to harness the students’
management skills through a formal system during the placement season since 2005-2006. The system
has progressed extremely well and from year 2010 onwards, the CDC has immensely benefitted from
students participating in placement process. CDC also conducts an in-house pre assessment test to
prepare the students for the placement season. This test score is also used by some of the recruiters as
one of their short listing criteria.
The organizational skill of students has helped CDC to host 30-35 companies on campus on a given day
during the initial days and round the clock. During the placement season, students and CDC staffs play
an active role from contacting the companies to the final selection at campus by providing complete
logistic support with a close coordination from all the divisions of the Institute.
New Initiatives
In addition to the existing roles, Career Development Centre at IIT Kharagpur has taken some initiatives
to help student take up a better career and also to strengthen the relation with the recruiters. These are
1. Faculty/ Corporate & Alumni interactions on various career options

2. CDC has introduced the Corporate Relationship Index (CRI) which reflects the relationship of
CDC with a company based on certain parameters like number of offers in internship, PPOs,
offers during placement, International offers etc. for providing better slots to them
3. From this year CDC has established M.Tech Desk which will specifically work for enhancing
the PG placement index.
Achievements
1. Continuously achieved more than 1300 placements for the last three years.
2. Crossed the number of Internship offers as compared to last year.
3. Surpassed the number of Pre placement offers in comparison to previous year.
4. 1000 offers in day 6 of placement season making fastest 1000.

Central Library
Chairman : Prof. Suneel Kumar Srivastava
The Central Library, IIT Kharagpur is one of the largesttechnical libraries in Asia. It is fully automated and
air-conditioned library with an aim to serve more than 12,000 students and1600number of employeeof
the institute. The Library has its dynamic website (http://www.library.iitkgp.ac.in) with rich in content. The
Central Library is having two building (main and annex) internally connected with a carpet area of about
8000 sq.m. The Central Library houses and maintains nearly 4.2 lakh of print documentscomprising of
books and bound volume journals. As far as e-resources are concerned, there are huge collection of e-
resources comprising of full text e-journals, e-books, online databases (full text and bibliographic) etc. As
far as facilities are concerned, the Central Library has ten air-conditioned reading halls with 1500 seating
capacity for the users. Moreover, the Central Library is ISO 9001:2015 certified library.
Academic Staff
Chairman
Prof. S. K. Srivastava Ph. D (IIT Kharagpur), Dept. of Chemistry
Librarian
BabluSutradhar Ph. D (V.U), M. Sc, MLIS, CCA
Deputy Librarian
Samir Kumar Jalal Ph. D (B.U),M. Phil, MA (Econ), ADIS (ISI)
Mr.Atin Nandi MLIS, M. Sc.
.
Assistant Librarian
Mr. Uma Shankar MLIS, MA
Mr.SamratGuha Roy MLIS, MCA,PGDLIM
Mr. M. Manivannan MLIS, MCA
Mr.Hemanta Kr. Biswal M. Phil, MLIS
Dr. Tapas Kumar Ghosh PhD (SU), MLIS, MA
Retirement
Mr. A.K. Goswami : Assistant Librarian
Print Collection: Added during 2018-2019
Books
Print Journals PhD Theses
General Text Books
1690 1048 57 315
List of e-Resources subscribed by IIT Kharagpur

Sl.No. Name of the e-Database Publishers Type/ no. of e-journals
1. Communication & Mass Media EBSCO Publishing 1029 journals
Complete
2. PsycArticles American Psychological 110 journals
Association
3. Hein Online William S Hein & Co. 2376 journals
4. Science Direct Elsevier 2738 journals
5. Business Source Complete EBSCO Publishing 3704 journals
6. GeoScienceWorld& Geo Ref GeoScienceWorld 46 journals
Databases
7. IEEE Electronic Library (IEL) IEEE 479 journals

Online
8. Proquest-ABI/Inform Complete Proquest 5440 journals
9. Magillon Literature Plus EBSCO Publishing Literary Database
10. Manupatra Online Manupatra Online database
11. Bloomberg Professional M/s Bloomberg Data Services Online database
Services
12. CapEX (IP) CMIE Online database
13. Economic Outlook (IP) CMIE Online database
14. Indiastat.com Datanet India, New Delhi Online database

15. Industry Outlook (IP) CMIE Online database
16. PDF-4+2018 (CD Version) ICDD Online database

and Sleve+2017
17. Pearson’s Crystal Data ASM International Online database
18. Prowess (LAN to IP) CMIE Online database
19. SciFinder Scholar American Chemical Society Online database
20. Scopus Elsevier Science Online database
21. Westlaw India Thomson Reuters Online database
22. World Intellectual Property WIPS Company Ltd. Online database
Search (WIPS)
23. IEC Complete Set International Electro technical Online Standards
Commission
24. IS Complete Set (Online) BSI Online Standards
25. SAE Standard (Ground SAE International Online Standards

Vehicle)
26. Grammarly@edu writing Grammarly@edu Software
support suit (250 users)
27. Turnitin2 – – Anti Plagiarism iParadigms, LLC Software
Web Tool
28. ProQuest Dissertation & Proquest Theses
Theses
List of major e-Resources subscribed by IIT Kharagpur

S.N Name of the e-Resource Publishers No. of e-Journals
ACS-All Publications Package American Chemical
1. Society 52
(including Archive)
American Society of
2. ASM Package 11
Microbiology
American
3. AMS Package 15
Mathematical Society
American Society of
4. ASME Standards (Complete Set) Online Standards
Mechanical Engineers
ASTM Standards + Engineering Digital American Society for Online Standards
5. Testing and Materials
Library
Cambridge University
6. Cambridge University Press 13
Press
7. Globe Online Journals Globe Publication 32
8. Taylor & Francis Core Journals Taylor & Francis 47
9. Taylor & Francis S&T Collection Taylor & Francis 448
10. Taylor & Francis SSH Collection Taylor & Francis 1280

Emerald ESS Collection Emerald Publishing
11. 310
12. IOP Journals Institute of Physics 75
Society of Petroleum
13. OnePetro Journals 34
Engineers
Optical Society of America (Optics Optical Society of
14. America 18
InfoBase)
National Academy of
15. PNAS 1
Sciences
Royal Society of
16. RSC Gold Package 51
Chemistry
17. SAE Journals + Archive SAE International 13
18. Sage (HSS) Sage Publications 629
19. Sage (EMS) Sage Publications 78
American Association
20. Science Online (AAAS) for the Advancement 1
of Science
Society for Industrial
21. SIAM - eSS Collection and Applied 17
Mathematics
Society of
Photographic
22. SPIE Digital Library 11
Instrumentation
Engineers
23. Total IT Solutions (Online Journals) Total IT Solutions 28
Wiley Custom- 223 and
24. Wiley Journals
Core- 75
List of e-Resources Available from ESS Consortium

No. of e-
Sl.No. Name of the e-Database Publishers
journals
American Institute of Physics - 19
1 American Institute of Physics
eSS Collection
Database
2 MathSciNet American Mathematical Society
American Physical Society - 13
3 American Physical Society
eSS Collection
36
4 ASCE Journals Online American Society of Civil Engineers
American Society of Mechanical 29
5 ASME Journals Online
Engineers
Annual Reviews - eSS 43
6 Annual Reviews Inc
Collection
1,143
7 ACM Digital Library Association for Computing Machinery
Institute for Studies in
Industrial Development (ISID) ISID Database
8
Database
Bibliographic
9 JGate Plus (JCCC) Informatics India Ltd. Database
Project Muse Johns Hopkins University Press 676

10
3,165
11 JSTOR Full-text JSTOR

1
12 Economic & Political Weekly Sameeksha Trust
SpringerLink 1700 Collection 1,701
13 Springer
+ Nature Journal
Oxford University Press eSS 262
14 Oxford University Press
Collection
Bibliographic
15 Web of Science Thomson Reuters Database
Print Journals Subscription: 57

E-Books Databases
• Springer Link e-books till 2019 • Wiley e-books 2016-2018
• Taylor & Francis e-books (2004-2019)
Bibliographic Databases
1. MathSciNet 3. Scopus
2. SciFinder Scholar 4. Web of Science
Financial Databases
1. Bloomberg Database – Accessible Online
2. IndiaStat
3. CMIE’s Database (CapEX, Economic Outlook, Industry Outlook, Prowess)
Law Databases
1. Hein Online 4. Westlaw India
2. Manupatra Online Legal Database 5. WIPS - Worldwide Intellectual Property
3. Supreme Court Cases Online Search
List of Standards Subscribed by Central Library
Following standards may be accessed through the links of library websites within LAN after Disable
Proxy:
1. ASME Standards 4. ASTM Standards

2. BSI Standards 5. ISO Standards
3. IEC Standards 6. SAE Standards (Ground Vehicle)
Theses & Dissertation
• ProQuest’s Theses & Dissertation
Databases and Software

1. Grammarly@eduwriting support suit 3. TurnitIn2 – Anti Plagiarism Software
2. ICDD’s PDF-4+ 2016 4. Pearson’s Crystal Data
NDLI E-resources
• World e-Book Library (September 2016 to August 2017)
• South Asian Archive (SAA) (Perpetual)
Digital Library
Following section provides information on services provided by Digital Library to the users for the period
April 2018 to March 31 2019.
• Total No. of Document Delivery Service : 75 out of 197
• Total No. of Book Accompany CDs : 25
• Total No. of Turnitin Anti plagiarism checking Service
o Student Id : 2756

o Instructor Id : 36
o Report Delivered : 85
• Total No. of ICDD’s PDF-4+ (Offline) :271
• Total No. of Ph.D. Theses Digitized : 562
• Kindly e-Book Reader : 68
• Audio Visual Lounge :38
• Grammarly service Provided to users :498
Institutional Digital Repository (IDR)
• The Central Library has developed an Institutional Digital Repository (IDR) using open source
software namely DSpace. The IDR collects, preserves and disseminates in digital format of the
research output (PhD theses, Technical Reports, Faculty Publications, etc.) within IIT Kharagpur
Research Community. It enables the Institute community to deposit (self-archiving) their pre-
prints, post prints and other scholarly publications using a web interface and organize these
publications for easy retrieval. We are having 4010 PhDthesis both full text and abstract level
uploaded in our IDR which is rapidly growing day by day. The Institute research scholars are also
using the IDR regularly. The Library also gets many requests from other universities to provide
access to full text content of PhD thesis. The present URL of the IDR is
http://www.idr.iitkgp.ac.in/xmlui/
• Web Scale Discovery Service: It is being introduced in our library where the users can search
and browse the full text subscribed e-resources using open source software VuFind integrated
with Summon Solution from ProQuest.
• eSearch Portal Link: http://www.library.iitkgp.ac.in/pages/eSearch2.1/
• VuFind eBook Search: http://www.library.iitkgp.ac.in/vufind
Facilities Created for Library Users
• Library Facilities- 24 x7 during Semester Exam: The Central Library introduced the facility of
24 x 7 hours reading room facility for 15 days during Semester Examinations of the
Undergraduate Students and Post Graduate Students.
• Pay Library Dues through Debit Card: Library users can make payment for their Library fines,
photocopying, printing and scanning through debit and credit card.
• Web Scale Discovery Service: It is being introduced in our library where the users can search
and browse the full text subscribed e-resources using open source software Vufind through
eSearch portal:http://library.iitkgp.ernet.in/sites/eSearch/index.html
• IDR Service and CCTV Service is also provided to the user
List of Workshops Organized by Central Library
Workshop on "Indian Citation Index and Demonstration on Indian Journals" was organized by Central
Library of IIT Kharagpur on 4th October, 2018.
• International Short Term Course on “Open Source Software for Library Management
(OSSLM)” Dated 7-12 May 2018. Total 110 participants from different parts of India, Sri Lanka
and Bangladesh were participated in the Training Programme.
National Digital Library (NDL)
MHRD, under its NMEICT mission, has entrusted IIT Kharagpur to host, coordinate and set-up
National Digital Library (NDL) towards building a national asset. The objective of the project is to
integrate all the existing digitized and digital contents across educational institutions of the nation
to provide a single-window access with e-learning facility to different groups of users ranging
from primary level to higher education level of our county. NDL will harvest metadata and
contents from all the Institutional Digital Repositories (IDR) of Universities and Institutions, all
other digital library initiatives, and NMEICT projects and index in the National Digital Library

Server so that all the e-contents can be searched and accessed in the full-text by the users
through a single window. The NDL project workstation is situated in the Central Library, Annex
Building. For details, visit NDL website: ndl.iitkgp.ac.in
Publications
1. Jalal, S. K (2019).Exploring web link analysis of IIT websites.DESIDOC Journal of Library

and Information Tec
2. hnology, 39(1), p.3-9. ISSN:09740643
3. Jalal, S. K (2018). Visualization of nanoscience research in India during 2001-2016 using
Vosviewer. RBU Journals of Library and Information Science ,Vol. 20 ISSN:0972-2750
4. Manivannan, M &Sutradhar, B (2018). “Digital Conversion and Preservation of old Ph.D.
Theses: A Study at Central Library, IIT Kharagpur”. 11th Convention PLANNER 2018,
INFLIBNET Centre & Tripura University, Agartala, Tripura, November 15-17, 2018.
5. Manivannan, M &Sutradhar, B (2018).“Document delivery service: an online service at
Central Library, IIT Kharagpur”.In PLANNER-2008. International Conference on Knowledge
Organization in Academic Libraries, I-KOAL-2018, University of Hyderabad, November 26-27,
2018.
6. Manivannan, M &Sutradhar, B (2018). “Online content delivery from different standalone
digital storage medium: a service”.MANLIBNET 2018-International Conference on Emerging
Trends in Librarianship Role of Libraries in Learning Environment, IIM Trichy, December 10-12,
2018.
7. Nandi, A(2018).Library services for specially-abled users. In the proceedings of the
International Conference on Marching Beyond the Libraries: Managerial Skills & Technological
Competencies, Organized by KIIT, Bhubaneswar, 16-17 November, 2018, pp. 581-588.
8. Roy, S.G(2018). Workshop Manual on DSpace and Koha Tutorial, International Short Term
Course on Open Source Software for Library Management on Dated 7-12th May 2018.
Invited Lectures/ Workshops
1. Sutradhar, B (2019). Delivered an invited talk on Open Source Software and tools to measure
the research output in the two days National Workshop on Academic writing and research
productivity organized by Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Punjab during 4-5 February,
2019
2. Sutradhar, B (2019). Invited talk on National Digital Library of India in the two days meeting in
the Hague, the Netherlands, organized by WDL, CLR, CLIR and European Foundation during 21-
22 March, 2019
3. Sutradhar, B (2019). Invited talk on Digital Library and resources in the national level seminar
on Librarianship in Digital Environment: Pedagogy, ethic and cohesionorganized by Vidyasagar
University during 28-29 March, 2019
4. Sutradhar, B (2019). Invited talk on National Digital Library of India in the IFLA -2018: World
th
Library and information Congress- 84 IFLA general conference and assembly at Kuala Lumpur,
Malaysian during 24-30 August, 2018
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5. Sutradhar, B (2019). Delivered an invited talk on National Digital Library of India at the 1
International conference on information and knowledge management (IKM-2019)organized by
East West University and BPAC , Dhaka, Bangladesh during 25-27 April, 2019
6. Jalal, SK (2019). Invited Lecture on "Library Automation, Digital Library System and Open
Source Software" at Integrated Test Range (ITR), Chandipur, Balasore, Orissa dated 25-26
March 2019.
7. Biswal, H.K (2019). Invited as Resource Person for CEP on“Application of open source
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software’s in TIRC/KC of DRDO” on 27 -28 March 2019 organized by ITR, DRDO, Chandipur,
Balasore
8. Roy, Samrat Guha (2018). Invited as Resource Person to Deliver a Lecture on Topic “Building
Institutional Digital Repository Training” in Regional (North-VI) IDR Workshop on 6-7th Apr
2018, organized by National Digital Library of India & Central Library, University of Jammu.
9. Roy, Samrat Guha (2018). Invited as Resource Person to Deliver a Lecture on Topic “DSpace,
Koha and Vufind Training” in International Short Term Course on Open Source Software for
Library Management on Dated 7-12th May 2018, Organized by Central Library IIT Kharagpur &
National Digital Library of India.

10. Roy, Samrat Guha (2018). Invited as Resource Person to Deliver a Lecture on Topic “Building
Institutional Digital Repository Training”in Regional (North VII) IDR Workshop on Dated 7-8th
Sep 2018, organized by National Digital Library of India & Central Library, IICA , IMT Manesar

Chairman (Material Science Division) : Prof. Jyotsna Dutta Majumdar

Chairman (Life Science Division) : Prof. Amit Kumar Das
Aims and objectives
Extending access to multi-material state-of-the-art micro and nanotechnologies for users from industry,
R&D and academia, either national or international level .
Training of students at the UG/PG/RS level.
Organizing workshop/training program to the engineers outside Institute on specific equipment.
Facilities
CRF is equipped with 36 laboratories with 30 associated faculty members and 30 technical staff. We are
equipped with sophisticated instrumentations like (detailed are presented in brief report):
• Field emission scanning electron microscopes

• Dual beam FIB-FEG microscopes
• Transmission electron microscopes
• X-ray diffractometers
• X-Ray Micro-CT
• Scanning Auger Nanoprobe
• Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer
• Atomic Force Microscope
• Nano- triboindenter
• Raman Spectrometer
• Thermal Analyzers
• SQUID-VSM
• Hall- effect measurement, etc.
• MALDI, X-ray, ITC, FACS .
Seminars/ Workshops/ Training Programmes/ Symposia/ Conferences Organized
From 3D Images to Models - Introduction to Simple ware Software Workshop.

Workshop: Rietveld Analysis – Application Training.
Advancement on High Resolution Transmission Electron Microscopy.

Head : Prof. Arobinda Gupta (upto 31.12.2018)

Prof. Shamik Sural (From 01.01.2019)
CIC has extended the existing private cloud computing infrastructure by buildinga new OpenStack based cloud
system (Meghamala-II).
Wi-Fi infrastructures at Nehru, Patel, Azad, LLR, RK and RP halls have been upgraded.
CIC has connected the Institute to eduroam, a global service that enables students, researchers and staff from
participating institutions to obtain Internet connectivity across campus and when visiting other participating
institutions by simply opening their laptop or activating their smartphone or other portable device through Wi-Fi.
CIC has started Internet access without proxy servers from the residential area and Technology Guest House.
The centre has completed the extension of Institute networking facility to various laboratories of different
departments,newly constructed Annex Buildings (Annex of JCB Lab Complex, Annex Building of the Department of
Aerospace Engineering, and Extension of Mining Engineering), hall of residences(VSRC G+7 blocks for Boys and
Girls) and buildings (4 nos. NFA Blocks), new centers (Centre for Artificial Intelligence, Rekhi Centre of Excellence
for the Science of Happiness).In addition to these the existing network infrastructure has been upgraded at Central
Library and IIT Kharagpur extension centre Kolkata for NDLI project.
CIC has laid the underground cable duct to connect Dr B C Roy Institute of Medical Science & Research through
OFC with redundant path. Considering the availability of dark fiber in the existing OFC cable plant, CIC has also
laid the additional cable duct to setup OFC links for JC Ghosh and PC Roy Science Block, Diamond Jubilee
Complex, VSRC (G+7) blocks, Nalanda Class Room Complex, Sir J C Bose Laboratory Complex Department of
E&ECE, Central Library, RMSoE, Department of Mining Engineering and Hall of Residences.
CIC also provided temporary IT infrastructure during several events like SIH2019 software and hardware editions,
Spring Fest, Kshitij, Alumni meet, Convocation and different national/international academic conferences.
The laboratories in CIC (5 Nos) have been utilized for Institute academicactivities like conducting lab classes along
with various online tests like GATE/JAM,JEE-Main, JEE(advanced),NPTEL, UGC NET, Moodle based online class
tests, ACM-ICPC Asia Regionals 2018 Kharagpur and online examinations conducted during placement.

Central Workshop And Instruments Service Section
Chairman : Prof. A. Roy Choudhury
AWS : Dr. S. Patra
The Central Workshop & Instruments Service Section (CWISS), a unique service centre at IIT, Kharagpur
was established in 1965 to cater to the fabrication of custom made Instruments, experimental set-ups and
samples for sustenance of laboratory work and experimental research activity in the Institute for all the
departments and Centres.
It is one of the major service sections of the Institute having following units:
(1) Mechanical
(2) Glass Blowing
(3) Carpentry
(4) Electronic Repair Section
(5) Audio Visual
Mechanical Section
a. Dr.S. Patra, Assistant Workshop Superintendent
Mechanical Section in CWISS comprises Mechanical fabrication and Glass Blowing Section.
b. Mechanical Fabrication Section
It is equipped with various types of machines like CNC Lathe, table mounted CNC Lathe, CNC
Engraving, CNC Milling, EDM, Milling, Conventional Lathe, Bench Lathe, Watch Maker’s Lathe,
Drilling, Shaping Machine, Bench Drill, Bench Shaper, Grinding Machines (Surface, Cylindrical,
Pedestal, Belt and Hand operated), Jig Boring, Power Saw, Shearing Machine, Polishing,
Press, Arc Welding, Brazing and Soldering, etc. CNC WEDM and Laser welding machine, have
enhanced our fabrication quantity and quality as well. Recently one 5-Axis CNC Machine has
been purchased which has significantly improved the capability of CWISS to serve the institute.
The Mechanical Fabrication Section caters to all the departments of the Institute for any type of
precision and complicated mechanical fabrication or repair with various types of metals with the
machines available in the section mostly for research and project works and regular experiment
classes for B. Tech. and M. Tech. as per design.
In CNC Machines different types of software are used for drawings, like Auto CAD, Rhinoceros,
3D Studio Max etc. works of the components to be fabricated and also use different types of CAM
software for their fabrication.
During the year 2018-19 the Mechanical Section has performed jobs of about 320workorders in
addition CNC Wire Cut EDM has completed 101 Work Orders.
Some of the notable fabrications successfully completed by CWISS are as follows:
1) Fabrication of Die-Punches of different sizes.

2) Fabrication of different sizes tensile, Chirpy specimens with different materials.
3) Fabrication of Heat Sink.
4) Fabrication of Wire Grip.
5) Fabrication of Micro- channel of various sizes& notches.
6) Fabrication of various types of crossed horn.
7) Fabrication of 3-D Printer Support.

8) Fabrication of mould part.
9) Fabrication of Rotary feed control valve.
10) Fabrication of Aerospace Swirler (Blisk).
11) Fabrication of Propeller.
12) Drone balancing platform.
13) Mask fabrication.
14) Transducer wash.er
15) Various type of fabrication for laser lab.
16) Fabrication of Electro chemical shell/cell.
17) Experimental set up of dust impact on PV installation.
18) Fabrication of brackets for 3D Printer.
19) Fabrication of Flange Plate for 9C Engine Lab.
20) Angular cutting by Milling Machine.
21) Fabrication of Die-Punch for SMST Lab.
22) Prototype design of Medical Screening Tool.
23) Fabrication of Aerodynamic Axisymmetric: Ramped spike & blunt body of Aerospace
Engineering (Material – Brass)
24) Fabrication of M8 Creep/stress Rupture Test SpecimenMaterial- Ni-Besc Super alloy
25)Fabrication of Fatigue Sample Test.
26)Fabrication of Complicated Machine Fixture,
27) Fabrication of Roller Holder Fabrication for Aerospace Engineering Dept.
28) Saddle Fabrication for Aerospace Engg. Dept.
Glass Blowing Section
This section is equipped with glass blowing lathe, glasscutter, glass grinder, glass annealing chamber, etc.
Mainly of Borosilicate glass work is done here with the help of oxygen & LPG. The main fabrication jobs
include different type of condensers, Dewars, different volume capacity F.B, R.B., Flask with neck
joints, manometers, U & S Tubes, glass bubbler, glass coil for oil bath, gas collector, etc. The
fabrication of Glass ware items are done as per drawing and design of the equipments.
During the year 2018-19 the this section has performed jobs of about 55workorders
Carpentry Section
Housed in the workshop complex behind Chemical Engg.& Automobile Section, This section has Wood
Lathe, Auto Planer, Joints Nature’s machinery, Vertical Band Saw and Multipurpose Machine. Apart from
carpentry jobs, as per requirement of the Institute. It also undertakes construction of MS Frames, Hand
painting, Spray painting, Polishing, Writing of name plates, display board &jobs as required by students’
projects.
This section also meets the major requirements of furniture in the Institute. During the year 2018-19, this
section has completed 101Workorders of various
Departments of the Institute.This section has manufactured teacher’s tables and chairs for 44 class rooms
at NCRC and also attended the repair work for stage for Convocation.
Electronics Section
Electronics section of CWISS has been revived and has facilities for repair of different types of electronic
equipments. It also helps users in their design and development activities. A LPKF PCB Prototyping
machine is available in this section which helps the users of different departments in fabrication of double
sided PCBs.
During the year 2018-19 the Electronics Section has performed jobs of about 24 Work Orders.

Audio Visual Section
Audio Visual Cell is primarily involved in providing audio visual support for conducting regular classes at
different lecture halls (approximately 1178 classes per week). It supports audiovisual facilities with
Multimedia projectors, Document cameras, PCs and PA system with wireless microphones for the following
class rooms: V1, V2, V3 & V4 at Vikramshila complex, F116, F127, F142, F232 & F244 at main building area
and all 44 classrooms at Nalanda classroom complex.
AV Cell used to provide support about 34,162 regular classes throughout the year in aforesaid classrooms.
Besides these the Cell provides AV facilities for all seminars, symposiums, workshops, short term courses
and meetings at Gargi,Moitrei, S. N. Bose Auditorium and associated programme at Netaji , Kalidas
Auditorium, Senate hall, Committee room. All the T. S. G. activity programmes are also supported by the
Cell. AV Cell also provides support to various student activities like Quiz, Plays, Spring festival, Kshitij, Inter
Hall competitions, T&P activities and other Tech Fests from different Departments.
It also helps in various other academic activities like Convocation, Senate Meeting, National & International
seminars, Conferences and Workshops and also JEE & GATE programmes. AV Cell also render technical
support for pre-placement talk during office hours & beyond office hours and sometime overnight for special
cases.
The Audio Visual Cell has a good number of sophisticated equipments like Multimedia Projectors, Document
Cameras, High quality Amplifiers and Mixtures, Wireless Microphones & Conference Systems and other
peripheral supporting systems. Primary maintenance of these equipments are also asserted by AVCell staff
itself. At Nalanda Phase II, audio visual installation with most modern AV equipments with video camera and
recorder for virtual classroom facility and Digital signage also, is in progress. Classes of VGSOM has already
been started in 4 nos. rooms of Nalanda phase II. Procurement process is under progress for Video wall at
Gargi & Maitree, powerful MM projectors for Kalidas auditorium and modern audio system at Raman &
Bhatnagar auditorium.
Outreach
CWISS has conducted a number of Short Term Courses on CAD-CAM applications & advanced CNC
programming at IIT Kharagpur. These courses have disseminated knowledge among Teaching Faculty, Staff
& Students of TEQIP colleges under the TEQIP-II programme.
The Short Term Course Principal Coordinators were Professor A. Roy Choudhury (Chairman, CWISS) and
Co-OrdinatorsDr. SuprakashPatra (AWS, CWISS) and Mr. Santanu Das/Sr. Tech. Supdt., CWISS.
CWISS has also carried out work for sponsored projects and for other institutions in consultancy mode
through SRIC.

Continuing Education Programme
Dean : Prof. Adrijit Goswami
The Continuing Education Programme is a significant academic activity of the Institute. Over the years, it
has diversified in terms of variety of programmes, coverage of disciplines, mode of teaching, duration, and
the range of industries and academia served. The activities includes providing continuing education and
training to professionals from industries, R&D organisations and academia, providing opportunities to
teachers and students of Engineering Colleges to update their knowledge through short term courses
and for pursuing MTech and PhD programme under Quality Improvement Programme (QIP) of MHRD.
Facilities provided by the Office of Continuing Education include Video-Conferencing Studios at Kolkata,
Bhubaneswar and Kharagpur.
During 2018-2019the Office of Continuing Education organised 14(fourteen) QIP short term courses with 312
participants, 13 (thirteen) TEQIP-III sponsored courses with 419 participants; while the number of sponsored
and self-sponsored short term courses conducted were 93 with as many as 2412 participants. Also, during
this period 26 (twenty six) conferences/workshops were conducted with 1476 participants. The 3(three)
year executive E MBA programme organised by the unit had 28 students in its Kolkata centre. During this
year 09(nine) QIP scholars were awarded PhD degrees.
Under the scheme TEQIP-III the number of Faculty Induction Workshops conducted were 04(four) and
the number of faculty participants trained were 241(two hundred and forty one). Additionally UG and PG
students from CANADA are also trained under the MITACs programme of TEQIP-III, MHRD.
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur initiated Global Initiative for Academic Networks (GIAN) which is
a flagship programme of the Govt. of India in the winter of 2015. These courses of 2 weeks or 10 working
days duration were designed around current and multidisciplinary themes of Science, Engineering,
Management and Law with a judicious blend of lectures and tutorials per day. A total of 577 national and
international participants from the academia and industry participated in the 24(twenty four) GIAN courses
during 2018-2019. The GIAN courses provide an excellent platform to our students, faculty and industry
professionals to seek knowledge and experience from international faculty. It also provided them an
opportunity to interact and learn subjects in niche areas through collaborative learning process. High quality
course material, both through print and video are developed under the GIAN programme so as to be used by
a larger body of students and teachers.
One credit courses on micro specializations are being conducted successfully for the last few years.
15(fifteen) micro credit courses were conducted during 2018-2019. Recently a 6(six) month certificate
course on Foundations of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning has been launched in March 2019.
Live, interactive classroom sessions are conducted simultaneously from Kolkata, Bangalore, Hyderabad and
Kharagpur.
IIT Kharagpur has been the largest contributor of online certification courses in the SWAYAM-NPTEL
MOOCs platform. A total of 152 courses have been offered by the
Institute Faculty members during the Jul-Oct 2018 (77 courses) and Jan-Apr 2019 (75 courses) semesters.
While 9,24,619 learners enrolled for these free open online courses, 1,49,625 learners appeared for the
proctored certification examination. In order to raise the awareness of the MOOCs program, 12 awareness
workshops were conducted during 2018-2019 in the Eastern region.

Civil Construction & Maintenance Section
Chief Engineer : Vivek Prakash Srivastava
As a part of the ongoing infrastructural development, various construction projects have been taken up by
Civil Construction and Maintenance Section. Current status of those projects is as follows:
J.C. Ghosh Science Block & P.C Roy Laboratory Block

Total – 16floors.All the floors have been handed over with 2 floorsto SIDM, 2 floors to CORAL, 2 floors to
Petroleum Engineering and 10 floors to ChemistryDepartment. HVAC works is in progress.
Expansion Work In Academic Buildings

Expansion of Aerospace Engineering Building is completed and handed over in August, 2018.
New Annex Building of Mining Engineering Department is completed and handed over in July, 2018.
JC Bose Annexe Laboratory Building has been handed over in June, 2019.
Construction Of B-Type Faculty Aparments

RCC structural work underprogress.
Expansion of Vikram Sarabhai Residential Accommodation

The building with164 rooms for Boys and 164 rooms for Girls have been handed over in November,
2018.
Construction of Super Speciality Hospital

The Main Hospital Building, Electrical sub-station, AC Plant room, pump house and STP has been
completed. MGMS, CSSD, Signage work, testing commissioning of lifts & HVAC work are inprogress.
The Institute has initiated the process of taking over of the facilities.
Construction of Research Park at Rajarhat Kolkata:

The Main Building including Auditorium and sub-station of IIT Kharagpur Research Park at Rajarhat has
been completed. The testing commissioning of HVAC is in progress. The Acoustic work for Auditorium
and Classrooms has been awarded by CPWD.
66 Units Of New Faculty Accommodation

Out of 66 units of New Faculty Accommodation, 24 units have been handed over in March, 2018.
Balance 42 units will be handed over shortly.
New Water Supply Project

Total pipe laying done 12.10 Km out of 12.600 km. The work is in progress in SE Rly Area where total of
5.316 km has been laid out of 5.500 km. Approach Bridge Fabrication and Erection is in progress.
NANO CRF & Life Science Building of Diamond Jubilee Complex

Handing over of Life Science Building is under progress.
100 Units of Post Doctoral Accommodation

Handing over is under progress.
Foreign Visitors’ Accommodation

Finishing works are under progress.
Infrastructure Development of Technology Students Gymkhana

Synthetic Athletic track has been completed. Basketball, Volleyball and Tennis Court worksare under
progress.

Extra Academic Activities
The extra academic activity (EAA) at the Institute involves undergraduate students in the National Service
Scheme (NSS), National Cadet Corps (NCC) and sports and fitness activities over four semesters. In
each semester, students get involved in approximately 45 hours of field work in EAA. Specific Highlights
of the EAA program in the year are as follows:
National Service Scheme
National Service Scheme of EAA covered about 1000 students in this year. The students typically spent
three hours per week over entire semesters working on social issues in the nearby villages and slums in
and around Kharagpur. They participated in facilitating education for the underprivileged school children
by organizing scholarships, prizes, study materials, stationery, bicycles and utensils. They monitored
drinking water quality at villages and provided nutritional supplements to primary school children to
ameliorate endemic malnutrition among tribal population. They also organized blood donation and
medical camps and awareness programs on issues such as substance abuse, health and hygiene and
nutrition. They planted and maintained saplings and participated in facility and infrastructure
maintenance, e.g., repair of rural roads, painting and maintaining school buildings and furniture.
NCC
Both 3 Bengal Tech Air Sqn NCC and one Bengal EME Coy NCC units are dedicated NCC units
designed to impart NCC training to students of the Institute as an allotted EAA (Extra Academic Activity)
subject for undergraduate students (1st& 2nd Year). During the training year 2017-18 a total number of
159 students were enrolled (129 Boys and 30 Girl cadets) in 3 Bengal Tech Air Sqn NCC and 161 cadets
in one Bengal EME coy NCC.
Training Activities
Considering their importance and requirement various training activities were conducted by this unit for
first and second year cadets. All these activities include (i) Drill; (ii) NCC & Aircraft Technical subjects; (iii)
Aeromodelling;
Institutional Training
I. NCC Syllabus (Theory & Practical) : 05 periods on all planned Saturdays

II. Combined Annual Training Camp : 28 Nov 18 -07 Dec 18
III. Range Firing (.22” Rifle) : 09 Mar 19
IV. ‘B’ Certificate examination : 30 Mar 19
(Appeared-44, Passed-43)
Ceremonial Parades
I. Independence Day parade : 15 Aug 18
II. Rastriya Ekta Diwas : 31 Oct 18
III. Republic Day Parade : 26 Jan 19
Social Service and Community Development activities conducted
I. Sadbhavna Diwas Run - 25 Aug 18 VI. Eco Conservation Drive &Swachh

II. Tree Plantation (40 Sapling planted) - Bharat Abhiyan - 17 Nov 18
25 Aug 18 VII. World AIDS Day (Awareness lecture) -
III. Swachhta hi Sewa - 29 Sep 18 01 Dec 18
IV. Cycle Rally organized to Purbapatri VIII. National Youth Day (Lecture
village & back conducted) - 12 Jan 19
V. Blood Donation Camp (Total 92 IX. Anti Female Foeticide & Anti Dowry
donors) - 06 Oct 18 Campaign - 16 Feb 19

X. (Awareness Rally organized) (a) Swachh Bharat Abhiyan - 29 Sep 18,
XI. Activities at Adopted Village 17 Nov 18, 09 Feb 19
Purbapatri- (b) Distribution of stationary to school
children - 09 Feb 19
NCC training year 2018-19 was successful in all aspects. Cadets’ response towards the training was
highly enthusiastic. The unit is alive to the requirement of improving the infrastructure so as to keep in
tune with the needs of present environment. The Training pattern is also updated to accommodate the
present socio-economic environment of the society. A sincere effort is made by the unit to groom the
students of IIT into responsible and sensible young citizens who will be able to take Leadership roles in
future and be the ambassadors of social causes.
NSO (Health and Fitness)
The NSO (Health and Fitness) program of IIT Kharagpur served 890 UG students in the year 2018-2019
as a part of Institute’s mandatory extra academic activity. The program was supervised by ten faculty
members who serve as program officers of individual units comprising of about 100 students each, a
program co-coordinator and a program coordinator. Every wednesday and saturday, the students
assembled in the Tata Sports Complex at sunrise for workout sessions. In this, physical training was
conducted under strict supervision of qualified physical training instructors drawn from Students'
Gymkhana. Apart from the routine activities, the students also took part in several special activities:
• Foundation Day Programme (18th August 2018, conducted for 890 students)
• Cleanliness drive for plastic waste removal in the campus area as a part of Gandhi Jayanti(2nd
October 2018, conducted for 890 students)
• Art of Living Yoga Programme conducted by Prof. Suman Kalyan Samanta, Dept. of
Chemistry(16th March 2019, conducted for 456 students)
• Disaster Management TrainingProgrammeby Sri Sathya Sai SevaOrganisation, West Bengal
(16th March 2019, conducted for 434 students)
• Heartfulness Meditation (9thand 10thMarch 2019, conducted for 890 students)
• Anapana Meditation (31stMarch 2019, conducted for 100 students)
In addition to these, to serve a greater cause of spreading the message of health and fitness beyond the
physical reach of IIT Kharagpur, a blog with URLhttp://healthandfitnessiitkgp.blogspot.in/ is maintained
under this program.

Institute Information Cell
Head: Prof. SoumyaKanti Ghosh, CSE
Associate Head: Dr. PralayMitra, CSE
The Institute Information Cell (IIC) has been the hub of academic information service of the Institute
throughout the year. In the past year, the IIC has maintained the IIT Kharagpur website data and added
new features. The cell is continuously adding new features to display more and more information on
departmental pages, academic programmes, profiles of all faculties, halls of residences and
administrative positions in the Institute. The website database has been interfaced with the Institute ERP
system which has facilitated maintenance and updation of information in a seamless manner.
The existing internal noticeboard have been updated to Apna website(http://www.apna.iitkgp.ac.in), which
fetches data from ERP system at regular intervals. The contents of the group mail service of IIT
Kharagpur internal users are now be listed in specific categories in the apna website (internal website).
The latest doctors’ roster of BC Roy Technology Hospital are published in the internal website with proper
interfacing with the Institute ERP. Other facilities of internal noticeboard like Academic/ Administrative/
Estate/ Hospital notices, Document/Forms, Rules & Regulations have are also available in the “apna”
(internal) website. Provisions have been made to display the notices in the ERP so that it can be viewed
using ERP login.
The cell also helps the Institute to upload tenders in the Institute website and CPPP portal of Government
of India. IIC has published the new communication directory (bi-lingual) of IIT Kharagpur in December
2019. IIC also prepares the Annual Report of the institute under the guidance of Dean (Planning & Co-
ordination).

Office of International Relations
Dean : Prof. Baidurya Bhattacharya
The Office of International Relations was set up in the year 2003. Since 2014, the Office has grown
significantly with the range of activities with regards to the signing of international MoUs and
collaborations, outreach programs, facilitation of faculty and students visits etc. The Office has also been
made responsible for the Institute’s branding and corporate social responsibility program. Following are
the major activities undertaken during 2018-19 by the Office of International Relations:
4 international students were hosted for degree programs from Russia, Columbia and Bhutan, South
Korea, and 29 international students for short-term programs. Funding opportunities were made available
under Shri Gopal Rajgarhia International Program (SGRIP), Asoke Deysarkar International Program,
ICCR and other funding programs. The flagship program of Office of International Relations, SGRIP
supported 9 International Faculty, 2 International Research Scholars: 2, 3 scholarships for international
students, 2 International Workshops and Meetings. International MoUs were signed with 35 foreign
universities including with special emphasis on student exchange. Work is in progress for Multi-
institutional Dual Degree programs with James Cook University, Australia, University of Auckland,
University of Alberta, University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth, Rutgers University. Apart from these,
there were several inbound visits, the foreign training program was conducted for students of IIT
Kharagpur, e-newsletter was published for students and faculty for news dissemination.
a) Launching the IIT Kharagpur news website, The Kgp Chronicle, www.news.iitkgp.ac.in, relaunching
R&D and alumni magazines, increasing the reach of social media through Facebook, LinkedIn and
Twitter, making of IIT Kharagpur short film for the national television channel of Doordarshan,
internationalization of the science and technology competition for school students, Young Innovators
Program and offering a large range of brand memorabilia.
b) Raising CSR funding for merit scholarship from Tower Research Capital, innovation incubation from
HDFC Bank, for Centre for Classical Arts from AKS System Pvt Ltd. and Magic Software.

Chairman : Prof. Dipanwita Roy Chowdhury, CSE (pto 31.12.2018)

Prof. Santanu Chattopadhyay, E&ECE (From 01.01.2019)
Brief description of on-going activities:
Space Technology Cell, IIT Kharagpur was renamed as KalpanaChawla Space Technology Cell and was
formally inaugurated by Chairman ISRO on 17th November 2004. This Cell has been functioning under the
supervision of chairman of Space Technology Cell since June 1998. The Cell is being funded by ISRO,
Bangalore. Currently, the cell handles thirty five on-going research projects whileseven new projects have
been approved in 2018-2019.These collaborative research projects are carried out in the following broad
areas :
1) Liquid Combustion, Propulsion and Cryogenics

2) Space Communications and EMI/EMC
3) Micro-machine Sensors
4) Control, Navigation and Guidance
5) Embedded Systems and IP-Cores
6) Cryptography and Security
7) Remote Sensing
8) Life Support Engineering
9) Smart Materials & Exotic Materials
10) Power Electronics
11) Space Education
12) Electronics Devices
13) Quantum Communication
As an outcome of the research work, approximately forty onepapershave been published in reputed
national and international journals and conferences. The cell has offered two courses on ‘Fundamental
Concepts of Digital Image Processing for Interpretation of Remote Sensing Data’ &‘Special Topics on
Antenna Theory &Practice’ in the academic year of 2018-2019.
Infrastructure Development and new Acquisitions
A number of software and hardwaremodules have been procured under KCSTC projects to
enhance the research platform of KCSTC as well as different departmental laboratories. A few of
these are as follows :
1. CST software for Electromagnetic simulation tool

2. GPU Computing Platform
3. Map Downloader software
4. GPS L1 IF data recorder- cum – software
5. High voltage differential probe, 500MHz 12 BIT ADC Digital Storage Oscilloscope, Rogowski Coil
Current Probe, 80V, 25A Regulated DC Power Supply
6. PotentiostatGalvanostat- Princeton Applied Research VersaSTAT4, Linear Micro/Nano Positioner-
SmarAct SLC 2445
7. FLOWNEX Software
8. GFSSP

Rajbhasha Vibhag
Chairman : Prof V.R.Desai
Senior Hindi Officer : Dr. Rajeev Kumar Rawat
On Going Activities of Vibhag
Translation
All the documents, correspondence, Institute's Annual Report and Annual Accounts statement are translated
by Rajbhasha Vibhag apart from the routine translation of various technical / non-technical documents,
administrative orders,RTI and letters from English to Hindi and vice versa. In addition to the translation of
documents, the Vibhag ensures the bilingual display of different nameplates, notice boards, rubber stamps,
and preparation of Degrees / Diplomas certificates awarded by the institute.
Hindi Training
Rajbhasha Vibhag has initiated Hindi Training to Institute employees for Praveen, Pragya and Parangat
course under Hindi Teaching Scheme. The classes are arranged in Institute with the help of Sri K K Pathak,
Hindi Pradhyapak, Hindi Teaching Scheme. The Vibhag has also initiated Hindi typing training under Hindi
Teaching Program and up and set up a small Hindi Typing Training Centre where our employees are being
trained for doing their official work in bilingual. This year the department has trained 76 employees
inPraveen, Prgaya and Parangat with 15 employyes trained in Hindi Typing)
Hindi Workshops and Seminars
With a view to create awareness for use of Hindi as Official Language in official work as well as to accelerate
the pace of its progressive use, Rajbhasha Vibhag used to organize various training programmes,
Workshops and Seminars for the employees / Officers of the Institute throughout the year. In the previous
year 2018-19 the following events took place:-
On 14 Sep 2018, 18-22 Jun 2018, 05-11 March 2019 Hindi workshops and HR Training were organized for
the Officers and employees of the Institute. In these Dr. Rajeev Kumar Rawat, Senior Hindi officer, Sri K K
Pathak, Sri Balendu Sharma Dadhich, Dr Rishi Kesh Rai, Sri Arvind Kumar Tiwar and other invited guest
speakers briefed the employees about the techniques for doing their day to day official work in Hindi and also
hands-on training was given to them to be able to work on computer in Hindi, noting and drafting. All the
secretaries working in Dean’s office, Establishment, Coordination sections were trained by Hindi Officer for
Hindi typing by going to their desk.
Celebration of Hindi Divas & Vishwa Hindi Divas
During the month of Sep 2018 the Institute celebrated "Hindi Divas" on 14th Sep 2018. Several programmes
and competitions in Hindi were organised for employees and students of the Institute as well as for the
students of nearby schools. Winners were motivated with certificates and Hindi books as prizes. A well
known speaker, motivator and Hindi Icon for IIT JEE Sri Anand Kumar, Founder of Super 30 gave the Hindi
Divas lecture on 14 Sep 2018 and motivated that “HAAN SAB SAMBHAV HAI” to the students of IIT and
nearby schools. He interacted with the B Tech, M Tech and Ph D Scholars of the institute and motivated
them to do their research in their mother tongues and Hindi.
The institute celebrated Vishwa Hindi Divas on 10 Jan 2019 and invited Dr A N Trivedi, Chief Manager UCO
Bank Kolkata delivered the lecture on The world scene of Hindi.
Publication
Rajbhasha Vibhag publishes a monthly News Magazine "Jharokha" in Hindi covering all the academic,
cultural, extra-curricular activities of the institute with the rules, regulations, policy matters related to
Rajbhasha.

Resources and Achievements, Softwares
Rajbhasha Vibhag has several Hindi Softwares like i-leap, ISM Publisher, ISM Office, Leap Office etc. Vibhag
also uses the tools, PARIVARTAK, MANTRA, TRANSLITERATION, etc developed by Department of Official
Language , MHA, Government of India, C-DAC and other agencies. Recently ISM V.6 was procured which is
Unicode compatible.
UNICODE
The Vibhag has activated UNICODE in all the computers of departments and trained the employees to work
in Hindi.
Rajbhasha Library
Rajbhasha Vibhag has a full-fledged Library with a collection of more than 1500 books of different writers on
literature, fiction, poetry, prose, play and various subjects of translation and language.
Bilingual web site
The Rajbhasha Vibhag has made its website bilingual. Useful information links are available on Vibhag
Website regarding training programmes, incentives schemes, different tools etc. The Rajbhasha Vibhag has
also made the Institute's website bilingual and efforts are being made to make the contents of the website
also bilingual.
Committees
Official Language Implementation Committee and Progress Measurement Committee
The Institute has constituted Official Language Implementation Committee (OLIC) for the implementation of
Rajbhasha Policies and to monitor the progressive use of Hindi in the Institute in day-to-day work. A meeting
of the OLIC is held quarterly and is chaired by the Director. This year four meetings were held to discuss
various issues.
Town Official Language Implementation Committee (TOLIC)
In addition to this, Rajbhasha Vibhag, IIT Kharagpur plays a vital role in co-ordination for implementing the
Official Language policy in the town. As the Director of the Institute, is the senior most officer of the Central
government posted in Kharagpur, Rajbhasha Vibhag, Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India has
nominated him as Chairman of Town Official Language Implementation Committee (TOLIC). All the central
government offices, Banks, Corporations, Autonomous bodies and enterprises are the members of TOLIC. At
present there are 54 member Offices in the committee. The committee has been assigned the task of
implementing the Rajbhasha policies and ensuring the orders and directives of government. The Chairman
TOLIC Kharagpur has nominated Dr Rajeev Kumar Rawat,Senior Hindi Officer as Member- Secretary of
TOLIC to look after the routine work of committee. As per the calendar, the meetings of TOLIC Khargpur are
fixed to be held in January and August every year. In the previous year two meetings were held on 13 Aug
2018 and 10 Jan 2019. The meetings were chaired by the Chairman TOLIC and attended by Heads of the
member offices with their Hindi Officers and Staff. Rajbhasha Vibhag invites the employees of TOLIC
member offices to participate in the workshops, seminars and training programmes organized in IIT
Kharagpur.

Science & Technology Entrepreneurs’ Park (STEP)
Managing Director : Prof. Satyahari Dey
Major Activities
Infrastructure facilities created:
1) Shed area at STEP Gopali Campus has been renovated for civil works, water connection,
electrification to provide better facilities to incubatees.
2) Phase-II boundary wall in Gopali mouza is being constructed to improving security measures of
STEP Gopali campus.
3) Animal Cell Culture Based Testing Laboratory is ready for operation.
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4) Ultra High Temperature furnace (3000 C) for mono-atomic layer graphene (first time in our country),
Raman Spectrometer and Universal Testing Machine are in the process of installation.
5) Infrastructure for internship program for students from textile colleges is ready.
6) Tissue cultured pineapple and banana plantation will now be expanded to 40 acres (all fruits will
mainly be delivered to students in Halls of residence) and development of natural fibre based cloth
and footwear (bonded with graphene-derivatives) will be undertaken
Committee Meeting for Incubation and Seed Loan

A screening Committee meeting for incubation was held on May 8, 2018. Five companies presented their
proposal namely M/s Bhadoria Rural Technologies Pvt. Ltd., M/s Vitae Science Pvt. Ltd., M/s AniGiene
Technical Textile Pvt. Ltd., M/s Setu Agrobiotech and Technical Textile Pvt. Ltd. and M/s Zelence
Industries Pvt. Ltd. attended the meeting. None of them have been selected for incubation or seed
support. The committee approved incubation to first four companies listed above out of which two
companies M/s Vitae Science Pvt. Ltd., M/s AniGiene Technical Textile Pvt. Ltd. have completed their
process of registration at STEP, IIT Kharagpur and the other two companies namely M/s Bhadoria Rural
Technologies Pvt. Ltd. and M/s Setu Agrobiotech and Technical Textile Pvt. Ltd. have withdrawn their
application. Further, seed loan was approved for M/s Zelence Industries Pvt. (Rs. 25 Lakhs).
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The 2 Committee Meeting for incubation was held on September 11, 2018. Two companies presented
their proposal namely M/s SensorDrops Networks Pvt. Ltd. and M/s DOS Instrumentation and
Automation Pvt. Ltd.. The committee approved incubation of both the companies and they have
completed the process of registration.
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The 3 Committee Meeting for incubation was held on February 20, 2019. Four companies presented
their proposal namely M/s Lignin Biosciences Pvt. Ltd., M/s. Redpine Signals Inc., M/s. Proficient Vision
Solutions Pvt. Ltd. and M/s Weber ElectroCorp Pvt. Ltd.. The committee approved incubation of all the
companies and M/s Lignin Biosciences Pvt. Ltd. has completed the process of registration.
M/s HDFC Banks Pvt Ltd has supported incubatees of STEP with Rs. 60 lakhs grant. M/s Ansys Software
Private Limited has supported STEP green house project with Rs 8 lakhs grant.
Workshop/ Outreach Camp [Self Help Group women from 42 villages have been trained on
organic oyster mushroom cultivation technology]
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Name of Workshop Venue Date
No.
1 PRISM Outreach SN Bose Auditorium, IIT Kharagpur: 16.05.2018
Motivating Lectures by Director, Dy
Director and Deans IIT Kharagpur
and MD, STEP, IIT Kharagpur
2 ENTREPRENEURSHIP-THE ZEAL Part I STEP,IIT Kharagpur (in 19.05.2018
collaboration with Institution of
Engineers)
3 ENTREPRENEURSHIP-THE ZEAL Part II STEP,IIT Kharagpur 20.05.2018
4 PRISM Outreach Bengal Institute of Technology and 02.06.2018
Management (BITM), Shantiniketan
5 PRISM Outreach Techno India, Salt Lake 03.08.2018

6 Entrepreneurship workshop on technical textiles STEP, IIT Kharagpur 22.09.2018
9 Technical textiles- rural innovation STEP, IIT Kharagpur 08.12.2018
10 Skill development/ entrepreneurship workshop STEP, IIT Kharagpur 05.01.2019
on oyster mushroom cultivation & tissue culture
based plant propagation technology
11 Skill development/ entrepreneurship workshop STEP, IIT Kharagpur 16.02.2019
on oyster mushroom cultivation & tissue culture
based plant propagation technology
12 PRISM and FIC Serial Weekly Workshops STEP, IIT Kharagpur 06.03.2019
Brief descriptions of on-going entrepreneurial activities

Total No. of existed companies: 16 STEP IIT Kharagpur Campus: 1.
No. of Companies registered in 2018-19: 5 STEP Gopali Campus: 4.
New Companies inducted at STEP-IIT Kharagpur
Name of the companies Major Entrepreneurial Activity

M/s M/s SensorDrops Networks Pvt. Ltd. Providing intelligent connectivity for enhanced continuity.
Companies incubated at STEP-Gopali campus
Name of the companies Major entrepreneurial activity

M/s Vitae Science Pvt. Ltd. Manufacturing of IOT based sensor for monitoring soil extracellular
polymer substances and allied equipments for maintaining the eps
biomas
M/s AniGiene Technical Textile Manufacturing of a bed beneath the rat cage: innovative product
Pvt. Ltd. related to technical textile.
M/s DOS Instrumentation and Design and development of industry 4.0 enabled micro fiction stir
Automation Pvt. Ltd. welding machine.
M/s. Lignin Biosciences Pvt. Production of medical mushroom based nutraceuticals and edible
Ltd. mushroom from agro waste
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Sponsored Research And Industrial Consultancy
Dean: Prof. Pallab Dasgupta
The Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy (SRIC) Cell is the primary conduit for all sponsored
research and consultancy in the institute. It also plays a pivotal role in the preparation and execution of
the research roadmap of the institute, and in managing the internal mechanism of the institute for
disbursement of its research funds. As research is one of the key indicators of institutional excellence,
and as the government increasingly leans towards the IITs to infuse its technology towards industrial
application and social responsibilities, SRIC has become primary handle for a wide variety of technology
interventions. .
The huge diversity of engineering and science disciplines at IIT Kharagpur offers a single window for all
types of educational and research service required by the industry. The diversity of in-house expertise at
IIT Kharagpur has also catalyzed the development of a healthy ecosystem for large scale industrial
collaborations in multi-disciplinary areas including AI, Advanced Manufacturing Technology, Intelligent
Transportation Technology, Affordable Healthcare Technology, Geosciences for the Future of Earth,
Innovative Infrastructure Design, Industrial Internet of Things, Industrial Robotics etc.
SRIC IIT Kharagpur played a key role in catalyzing the submission of a large number of proposals from
IIT Kharagpur under the UchchatarAvishkarYojana (UAY), IMPRINT, and SwatchtaAbhiyanand worked
with the other IITs in carrying out the selection process. Under UAY-I (2016-2017), the institute has
received funding to the tune of INR66crores spread over 12 projects. In the year 2017-2018, under UAY-
II, 14 projects were submitted and 7 were selected, total amount being INR 11.85 crores.Under IMPRINT-
1 and IMPRINT-2, the Institute has already received a fund-commitment in the tune of INR 123 crores
spread over 27 projects and INR 9 crores spread over 12 projects. The Institute has also received a
fund-commitment of INR 251.09 crores under SPARC Programme.
Since its inception of Global Initiative of Academic Networks (GIAN) program in 2015-16, IIT Kharagpur is
coordinatingthis program nationwide. Aimed at tapping the talent pool of scientists and entrepreneurs
worldwide and garnering the best international experience into our systems of education, the GIAN
initiative has attracted an astonishing advanced courses involving international experts in 2018-2019
These courses have been made available online for attendees all across the nation.
Additional educational initiatives under the leadership of IIT Kharagpur include the National Digital Library
initiative, the National Initiative for Design Innovation, the Teaching Learning Center for Pedagogy Design
& Research, and the MOOC compliant e-content creation initiative. Major MHRD supported initiatives
include the E-Business Centre of Excellence, Virtual Labs, and Real Time Virtual Labs.
During the year 2018-2019 the Institute received 257 research projects from the Government, private
and international funding agencies/enterprises for a total value of INR 493.34 crores and 154
consultancy projects worth 30.56 crores. This includes a number of high-value and flagship projects
from the government and the industry, such as:
1. Development of Filament Wound Type 3 Composite Cylinder for the Storage of Compressed
Hydrogen Gas
2. Road Safety Audit on Five (5) State Highways in the State of West Bengal
3. A Formal Coverage Management Framework for AMS Design Verification (GRC Proposal ID:
P32524)
4. LUDCP for Newly Added Haldia Planning Area (Phase 1)
5. Health Study of Main and Annex Building of Honourable High Court, Kolkata
6. Scientific Study Related to 04 Zones of Handidhua Colliery
7. Cryptography and Cryptanalysis
8. Preparation of Human Resources (HR) Plan of SECL Including Executives for Next Five Years
taking into Consideration the Man-Machine Combination, Training Needs for Different Disciplines
to Augment the Production and Productivity for the Next 05 (five) Years
9. Study to Assess Stability for an Unstable Part of NH-2 Bypass near Dalmia under the Jurisdiction
of Salanpur Area of ECL for Implementation of Raniganj Master Plan
10. Specifications for Design of De-dusting System for 1X800 T. P. D. Calcined Petroleum Coke
Rotary Kiln at Paradeep, Orissa

The Intellectual Property Rights and Industrial Relations (IPR & IR) Cell under SRIC is responsible for the
filing and maintenance of Intellectual Property Rights, and also forlicensing and the transfer of
technologies developed by researchers at IIT Kharagpur to the commercial sector. In the financial year
2018-19, a total number of 63 intellectual properties (national and international) have been filed and a
total of 5 intellectual properties were granted. Several technologies have been transferred to industries.
A two day IPR Workshop on ‘Innovation, Invention and Creativity – Roadmap for Patent Creation’ was
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organized on 25 August and 5 September 2018 by IPR & IR Cell, SRIC, in association with RGSoIPL,
IIT Kharagpur, where lecture was given by Dr. GouriGargate, Professor, RGSOIPL, IIT Kharagpur.
An IPR Special Lecture on “The multiple facets of IPR : An Engineers’s Perspective” was delivered by
Prof. Ravinder David Koilpillai, Qualcomm Institute Chair Professor, Department of Electrical
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Engineering, IIT Chennai, on 26 of February, 2019 which enriched the students and faculties of IIT
Kharagpur at large.
An Institute lecture on “Commercializing Innovations – why do inventors patent their invention?” and a
One day Workshop on “IP Powerhouse: the fuel for startups” was organized on 1st March 2019 and 2nd
March 2019 respectively, by IPR & IR Cell, SRIC, in association with RGSoIPL, IIT Kharagpur, which
witnessed the lectures of Dr. Malathi Lakshmi Kumaran and Mr.Dipan Banerjee, of Lakshmisri Law Firm,
New Delhi along with Institute Law School faculty members, PIC- IPR & IR Cell, with encouraged and
discussed upon queries from members of the audience.
The world Intellectual Property day was celebrated on 26th April 2019, raising IP awareness among
students and researchers and felicitating the inventors whose patent has been granted.
The world Intellectual Property day was celebrated on 26th April 2018 with the theme “Powering change:
Women in innovation and creativity” encouraging more women inventors of the Institute. The IP day
celebration started with the inauguration of the Technology Transfer Brochure of the Institute.
The Entrepreneur Cell under SRIC supports a variety of incubation programs funded by the Government.
Various student activities are encouraged and supported through SRIC. Notable activities include the
following:
• TeamAGV activity for design and implementation of autonomous ground vehicles.The team has
designed, fabricated and operated autonomous vehicle with multiple sensors data processing and
fusion incorporating sophisticated control steps to participate in various competitions in India and
abroad. It is indeed is a matter of pride to note that Team AGV, IIT Kharagpur have secured second
position in 26th International Ground Vehicle Competition (IGVC) held at Oakland University in
Rochester, Michigan on June 1 - June 4, 2018, organized by the Association for unmanned vehicle
system international (AUVSI).
• TeamKART designs and manufactures formula style racing cars. The team has successfully made 6
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cars and is on its way to make the 7 car. The team bagged 9th position out of 74 teams in the
Formula Bharat rulebook quiz. The team was one of the 16 teams out of 77 teams that participated,
to clear the Mechanical Scrutiny, tilt and the noise test in Formula Bharat 2019. Also for the first time
team participated in the 3rd FSEV Concept Challenge and bagged overall 4th rank.
• RoboSoccer activity for design and implementation of a team of soccer playing robots. This activity
is coordinated under a students' group named "Kharagpur Robosoccer Students' Group" (KRSSG). It
regularly organizes robo-soccer competition during the techno-management fest "Kshitij".KRSSG
qualified for RoboCup SSL 2019 and Humanoid Simulation League held in Sydney, Australia. In July
2018, KRSSG won the second place in Goalie Skills Challenge of Humanoid Simulation League, in
Montreal, Canada.
• Swarm Robotics IIT Kharagpur took part in DRDO's DRUSE 2018 (DRDO Robotics & Unmanned
Systems Exposition) which was held in Pune from 23rd May to 25th May 2018 and won the First
Runners Up position to win a cash prize of 1 Lac Rupees for further research and implementation.
This was the culmination of the national level challenge which had over 1000 entries out of which 164
qualified for the Zonals on 28th March 2018 where they were crowned the runners-up in the 30 teams
selected for the finals.
• Aerial Robotics Kharagpur (ARK) is a students' group working for building autonomous aerial
vehicles. The group was formed in February 2015. They are developing a system for flight control of
a drone for participating in International Aerial Robotics Competition (IARC).

• TeamAUV activity for design and implementation of autonomous underwater vehicle. The team has
designed and operated an upgraded underwater vehicle with multiple sensors and sophisticated
control computers to participate in various competitions in India and abroad.
• Signals and systems for Life Science, a thrust area of Research at IIT Kharagpur, organized a one
week long orientation programme during May 8-12, 2017 at IIT Kharagpur for selected ICMR-IITKGP
MedTech interns of this year. In the 8 week long internship, 2 ICMR Scientists and 4 medical college
students from 3 different AIIMS were to work at IIT Kharagpur laboratories while 7 IIT Kharagpur
engineering students were to report different centers of ICMR namely, NCDIR, Bangalore, NIRRH,
Mumbai, NARI, Belgavi, RMRC, Bhubaneswar.

Technology Students’ Gymkhana
President : Prof. William Mohanty
Students’ Affairs
Technology Students’ Gymkhana is the hub of the numerous extra-curricular and co-curricular
activities in IIT Kharagpur ranging from Sports, Socio-Cultural to Technology. From its inception in
1952, the Gymkhana has played a key role in the everyday lives of Kgpians cultivating and nurturing
their extra-curricular talents. The students under the auspices of TSG participated in a variety of
activities during their leisure time for fun, fitness, enjoyment and reviving their energy after academic
workload and also for their overall development. The highlights of the year 2018-19 are as follows:
Inter-IIT Meet
The 34th Inter IIT Aquatics Meet and 53rd Inter-IIT Sports Meet held at IIT Guwahati during 03-07
October 2018 and 13-21 December 2018, respectively. The participating students of the Institute in
the Inter IIT Aquatic Meet exhibited great performance with 2 gold medals, 7 silver medals and 2
bronze medals for men and 2 silver medals and 1 bronze medal for women’s team of IIT Kharagpur,
leading IIT Kharagpur to finish at 2nd in Overall G.C for swimming. Indresh Performed exceptionally
well by bagging 4 silver medals. Water Polo team has also brought us glory by securing 1st Position.
Amlan Sil has been awarded with best player of the tournament and Raj Prabhu has been awarded
with best scorer of the tournament.
In 53rd Inter-IIT Sports Meet, IIT Kharagpur secured 3rd position in March past, Badminton (Men)
won Gold medal. Athletics (Boys & Girls), Badminton (girls), Chess, Squash, Table Tennis (Boys) won
Silver medals. Tennis (Men) won Bronze medal.
IIT Kharagpur Cultural team secured 3rd Position in the 3rd Inter-IIT Cultural Meet which was held at
IIT Roorkee in December 2018. IIT Kharagpur team bagged overall trophies in Music Cup- Band
Performance, Dramatics- Monologue, Quiz- Business, India, Mela, Film Making-Online Film Making
and Literary- Parliamentary Debate. Team secured silver medal in Music- Pair on Stage, Dance-
Street Battle, FAD- Charcoal Art, Quiz- Scitech, Sports, Culinary- Cook off, Literary- English Poetry
Slam and story writing, Word Games. Team also secured bronze medal in Quiz- Mela, Culinary- Tag
Team, Literary- Online Hindi Writing.
The 7th Inter-IIT Tech Meet was hosted by IIT Bombay in Jan 2019. After five successful Inter-IIT
Tech meets, IIT Kharagpur continued the winning spirit and secured 3rd position in this Tech meet
bringing out the best in each category. With 21 participating IITs competing in ten events, this meet
was grander in scale, higher in quality and tougher in competition than ever before where a total of
1465 points were scored by IIT Kharagpur with 3 Gold medals (Case Study, BETiC Medical
Innovation Challenge and TV Audience Measurement) & 1 bronze medal (Campus Sustainability
Challenge).
Institute Awards and Medals
Event Inst. Blue/ Order of Honorable Special Mention Alumni Cup

Merit Mention
Sports & Games 22 20 09 02
Social & Cultural 06 11 13 01
Technology 12 11 - 01
Bhandarkar Cup was awarded to Abin Devassia Poovathottathil (14NA30029) (Athletics). Shrimati
Chandiramani Cup was awarded to Arkapravo Saha (14ME33029) for Soc. and Cult. G.S. Sanyal
Cup was awarded to Harsh Agarwal (15NA10001) for Technology. Amrit Barman Memorial Award as
cash prize of Rs. 15000 was awarded to Vishal Kumar Singh.

Overall General Championship Results
Sports and Games Social and Cultural Technology

Azad Hall of Residence (Men) and Rajendra Prasad Hall of Rajendra Prasad Hall of
Mother Teresa Hall of Residence Residence Residence
(Women)
Alumni Cup
ALUMNI CUP in sports was awarded to Eslavath Jagadeesh in Athletics and Devanuj Deka in
Badminton.
ALUMNI CUP in Social and Cultural was awarded to Utkarsh Sinha.
ALUMNI CUP in Technology was awarded to TYSS Santosh.
Major Events
Like every year, the TSG organized National Yoga Day on 21 June 2019 which was conducted by Mr.
Sudhir Kumar. Yogathan has also been organized at TSG premises. Quiz on Yoga, Health & Fitness
was organized on the pre International Yoga Day Program. TSG has organized two EK BHARAT
SHRESTH BHARAT program an initiative by MHRD govt. of India. In this program Cultural Exchange
Activities, Food Festival and Merchandise Sell were initiated. The different paired states are
Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya and Uttar Pradesh and Jharkhand and Goa. TSG has successfully
organized Kharagpur Open in Tennis, Training Program on Life saving skills in water, Navneet
Memorial Tournament, Fancy Football Tournament on Foundation day in Football, Annual children’s
Aquatics meet. TSG successfully organized Run for unity on 31st October 2018, 26th January, 15th
August, World Environment day and Vigilance awareness week with South Eastern Railway. Mir
Ranjan Negi (Former Captain Indian Field Hockey Team) delivered a motivational lecture during
Freshmen induction at IIT Kharagpur. Technology Adventure society, TSG has organized adventure
events and trekking trips. Kshitij, Spring Fest, Robotix events, Robosoccer, in-house workshops,
Indian case challenge 2018, TSG elections were successfully conducted throughout the year. Rangoli
and Illumination was celebrated on 8th November 2018 where different Halls of Residence
participated for a month to get their hostels illuminated on the day of Diwali along with the signature
Rangolis created in the Halls of Residence.

Prof-in-Charge: Prof. Raja Dutta
Technology Telecom Centre (TTC) provides the voice communication services to subscribers in the
academic as well as in the residential campus on conventional copper wires as well VoIP and Digital
Telephony and the value added services like Audio Conferencing bridge and mobile extensions etc. It is
having the state of art Centralized EPABX at Technology Telecom Centre and a satellite exchange at
New Guest House. It is also providing the centralized fax services to Institute community.
In the financial year (2018-2019) TTC completed the installation and commissioning of upgrading of
existing MD-110 EPABX at JCB lab complex (Annex building) with server based system. Restructuring of
telephone cables in Dept. of Agfe and BC Roy Technological Hospital was completed. The Renovation
work of Pillar boxes (painting and repairing) in the Campus is also going on.
One major work that has been taken up is the voice communication in the upcoming “Dr. B. C. Roy
Institute of Medical Science and Research”. TTC has planned to upgrade the present EPABX system so
that it can take up the load of the massive (2000 lines in future) and important telephone connectivity of
the super-speciality hospital. Already the upgradation of the system has been initiated and is waiting for
approval of the concerned authority.
Estimation of telephone cabling work at admin block of Nalanda Class Room Complex is done and a
composite work has been completed by CCM. In the same manner restructuring of telephone cables work
also completed by CCM as composite work. In near future, telephone-cabling work at the newly
constructed buildings like Diamond Jubilee Complex, New Faculty Accommodations (NFAs), International
Guest House, etc. will be taken up with respective PMC.

Water Works Section
The water works & sanitary section of IIT Kharagpur is one of the most important sections. It takes the
major responsibility in managing and providing water of high quality to all sections of the Institute as well
as manages the drainage.
The achievements include high quality drinking water through a recently constructed state of art
technology water treatment plant. There is also plan for another source of water by construction of a well
from a nearby river,Kangsabati.
The vision is to provide high quality water for all purpose.
Future plans:
• Even for additional demand of water from the community we take up the challenge to meet the
demand through working hard and our aim is to satisfy every one of the community.
• PMC has been appointed to prepare a draft proposal report for improving the sewerage network
which is quite old to enable the present load (Sewer) to be treated. It is in the discussion stage
and things are moving as per the direction of the authority.

STATISTICS
Table A-1
Admission to Undergraduate Courses
A. BTech
Sl No Course Sanction Strength Admission Offered Actually Admitted
212 Annual Report 2018-19

GN OB SC ST Total GN OB SC ST Total GN OB SC ST Total
1 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 16 9 5 2 32 16 9 5 2 32 16 9 5 2 32 + 1*
2 AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD ENGINEERING 18 11 5 2 36 18 11 5 2 36 18 11 5 2 36
3 BIOTECHNOLOGY 14 7 4 2 27 14 7 4 2 27 12 7 4 2 25
4 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 30 16 8 5 59 30 16 8 5 59 30 16 7 5 58 +1*
5 CIVIL ENGINEERING 34 17 9 6 66 34 17 9 6 66 32 17 9 6 64+1*
6 COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 31 16 9 5 61 31 16 9 5 61 31 16 9 5 61+1*
7 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 31 16 8 6 61 31 16 8 6 61 30 16 8 6 60
ELECTRONICS & ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION
8 35 19 10 5 69 35 19 10 5 69 35 19 10 5 69
ENGG.
9 INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 16 9 5 2 32 16 9 5 2 32 15 9 5 2 31+1*
10 INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING 17 8 5 2 32 17 8 5 2 32 17 8 5 2 32
11 MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING 17 10 5 2 34 17 10 5 2 34 17 10 5 2 34
12 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 37 20 11 8 76 37 20 11 8 76 37 20 11 8 76
13 METALLURGICAL & MATERIALS ENGINEERING 24 13 7 3 47 24 13 7 3 47 23 13 7 3 46
14 MINING ENGINEERING 23 13 5 3 44 23 13 5 3 44 23 13 5 3 44+2*
15 OCEAN ENGG AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE 18 9 5 3 35 18 9 5 3 35 17 9 5 3 34
Total (A) 361 193 101 56 711 361 193 101 56 711 353 193 100 56 702+7*
B. B Arch

1 ARCHITECTURE AND REGIONAL PLANNING 18 13 6 1 38 18 13 6 1 38 17 13 6 1 37+2*
Total (B) 18 13 6 1 38 18 13 6 1 38 17 13 6 1 37
Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur

C. Integrated MSc

1 CHEMISTRY 19 8 4 0 31 19 8 4 0 31 16 8 2 0 26+3*
2 EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS 18 8 5 0 31 18 8 5 0 31 17 8 5 0 30+1*
3 APPLIED GEOLOGY 22 9 6 1 38 22 9 6 1 38 17 9 5 1 32+2*
4 HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES 22 13 6 3 44 22 13 6 3 44 21 13 6 3 43
5 MATHEMATICS 27 14 8 4 53 27 14 8 4 53 27 14 8 4 53

6 PHYSICS 19 10 5 0 34 19 10 5 0 34 17 9 5 0 31+3*
Total (C) 127 62 34 8 231 127 62 34 8 231 115 61 31 8 215+9
D. Dual Degree
Sl
Course Sanction Strength Admission Offered Actually Admitted
No
1 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 9 5 4 1 19 9 5 4 1 19 9 5 4 1 19
2 AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD ENGINEERING 17 9 4 0 30 17 9 4 0 30 17 9 3 0 29+3*
3 BIOTECHNOLOGY 13 7 4 0 24 13 7 4 0 24 13 7 3 0 23+2*
4 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 14 7 4 2 27 14 7 4 2 27 14 7 4 2 27
5 CIVIL ENGINEERING 13 7 4 1 25 13 7 4 1 25 13 7 4 1 25
6 COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 24 12 7 3 46 24 12 7 3 46 24 12 7 3 46
7 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 13 7 4 2 26 13 7 4 2 26 13 7 4 2 26
8 ELECTRONICS & ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION ENGG. 23 12 7 3 45 23 12 7 3 45 23 12 7 3 45+1*
9 INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 12 6 4 1 23 12 6 4 1 23 12 6 4 1 23
10 MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING 8 5 3 0 16 8 5 3 0 16 8 5 3 0 16+1*
11 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 27 15 8 5 55 27 15 8 5 55 26 15 8 5 54+1*
12 METALLURGICAL & MATERIALS ENGINEERING 12 6 4 1 23 12 6 4 1 23 12 6 4 1 23+1*
13 MINING ENGINEERING 11 5 3 1 20 11 5 3 1 20 11 5 3 1 20+1*
14 MINING SAFETY ENGINEERING 10 5 4 0 19 10 5 4 0 19 10 5 4 0 19+1*
15 OCEAN ENGG AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE 13 7 3 1 24 13 7 3 1 24 11 7 3 1 22+2*
16 QUALITY ENGINEERING DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING 7 5 3 0 15 7 5 3 0 15 7 5 3 0 15+1*
Total (D) 226 120 70 21 437 226 120 70 21 437 223 120 68 21 432+14*
Annual Report 2018-19

732 388 211 86 1417 732 388 211 86 1417 1648 911 517 153 3229+ 32*
Total (A+B+C+D)
213
* Preparatory Students
Table A2
Admission to 2-Year M.Sc. Courses

1 CHEMISTRY 22 14 6 4 46 22 14 6 4 46 23 13 4 4 44
2 EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS 11 6 4 2 23 11 6 4 2 23 8 7 3 2 20
3 GEOLOGY 15 8 5 2 30 15 8 5 2 30 14 8 4 2 28
4 MATHEMATICS 15 8 5 2 30 15 8 5 2 30 15 7 6 2 30
5 PHYSICS 24 13 7 3 47 24 13 7 3 47 24 14 7 3 48
6 BIOSCIENCES 9 1 1 11 9 1 1 11 9 1 1 11
7 MEDICAL PHYSICS (3YR. M.SC.) 5 2 1 8 5 2 1 8 4 2 1 7
8 NUCLEAR MEDICINE 4 4 1 9 4 4 1 9 4 2 1 7
MOLECULAR MEDICAL
9 13 13 8
MICROBIOLOGY 6 4 3 6 4 3 5 2 1
Total (C) 111 59 33 14 217 111 59 33 14 217 106 55 28 14 203

Table A-3
Students Awarded M.C.M. Scholarship
Second Fourth Fifth
First Yr Yr Third Yr Yr Yr Total
Department
School School School School School
(A) B Tech 4-Year
1 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 5 2 3 3 13
2 AGRICULTURAL AND FOO ENGINEERING 2 3 3 8 16
3 BIOTECHNOLOGY 1 1 4 1 7
4 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 8 6 8 11 33
5 CIVIL ENGINEERING 7 9 11 9 36
6 COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 13 8 12 33
7 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 6 15 16 20 57
8 ELECTRONICS & ELECTRICAL 5 10 9 11 35
COMMUNICATION ENGG.
9 INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS 1 3 9 3 16
ENGINEERING
10 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 13 15 12 16 56
11 METALLURGICAL & MATERIALS 8 2 4 3 17
ENGINEERING
12 MINING ENGINEERING 6 5 5 4 20
13 OCEAN ENGG AND NAVAL 3 4 4 11
ARCHITECTURE
(B) B Arch 5 Year
1 ARCHITECTURE AND REGIONAL 1 2 5 7 8 23
PLANNING
(C) Integrated MSc 5 Year
1 CHEMISTRY 5 2 4 9 2 22
2 GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS 8 5 6 7 9 35
3 HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES 10 8 9 11 7 45
4 MATHEMATICS 4 1 5 5 6 21
5 PHYSICS 2 3 3 4 6 18
(D) Dual Degree 5-Year
1 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 3 3 2 8 16
2 AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD 3 6 9 8 26
ENGINEERING
3 BIOTECHNOLOGY 5 1 2 6 14
4 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 4 4 4 8 20
5 CIVIL ENGINEERING 4 3 2 6 15
6 COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 1 6 3 9 19
7 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 1 3 4 7 15
8 ELECTRONICS & ELECTRICAL 6 11 7 5 29
COMMUNICATION ENGG.
9 INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS 5 3 11 4 23
ENGINEERING
10 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 5 6 11 17 39
11 METALLURGICAL & MATERIALS 1 1 7 9
ENGINEERING
12 MINING ENGINEERING 4 7 8 21 40
13 OCEAN ENGG AND NAVAL 1 1 3 4 9
ARCHITECTURE
14 RELIABILITY ENGINEERING
15 PETROLEUM ENGINERING
Total 138 163 191 258 38 788

Table A-4
Students Awarded only Free Tuitionship Table
Sl. First Yr Second Yr Third Yr Fourth Yr Fifth Yr Tot
Department
No Schol Schol Schol Schol Schol al
(A) B Tech 4-Year
1 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 1 1
AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD
2 2 4 6
ENGINEERING
3 BIOTECHNOLOGY 1 1 2
4 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2 2
5 CIVIL ENGINEERING 2 3 5
6 COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 0
7 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 1 2 3
ELECTRONICS & ELECTRICAL
8 1 1
COMMUNICATION ENGG.
INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS
9 1 1
ENGINEERING
10 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 2 2 4 8
METALLURGICAL & MATERIALS
11 0
ENGINEERING
12 MINING ENGINEERING 1 1
OCEAN ENGG AND NAVAL
13 1 2 1 4
ARCHITECTURE
(B) B Arch 5 Year 0
ARCHITECTURE AND REGIONAL
1 1 1 2
PLANNING
(C) Integrated MSc 5 Year 0
1 CHEMISTRY 3 1 4
2 GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS 3 2 2 1 8
3 HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES 1 2 3
4 MATHEMATICS 2 2
5 PHYSICS 1 1 2
(D) Dual Degree 5-Year 0
1 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 5 5
2 3 1 4
ENGINEERING
3 BIOTECHNOLOGY 1 2 3
4 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 2 2
5 CIVIL ENGINEERING 1 2 1 4
6 COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 3 3
7 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 1 1
8 2 3 5
COMMUNICATION ENGG.
9 1 3 4
ENGINEERING
10 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 2 2
11 0
ENGINEERING
12 MINING ENGINEERING 2 1 1 4
13 1 1 1 3
ARCHITECTURE
14 QUALITY & RELIABILITY ENGINEERING 0
15 PETROLEUM ENGINERING 0
Total 0 20 34 36 5 95

Table A-5
Students (SC & ST) Awarded Financial Assistance
Grand
Count of Roll No. 1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th Year 5th year Total
Departments SC ST SC ST SC ST SC ST SC ST
AEROSPACE 1 1 2
ENGINEERING
AGRICULTURAL AND 1 2
FOOD ENGINEERING 3
ARCHITECTURE AND 1 1
REGIONAL PLANNING
BIOTECHNOLOGY 1 1 1 3
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 1 1 2
CHEMISTRY 1 1 1 3
CIVIL ENGINEERING 1 1 2 4
COMPUTER SCIENCE & 1 1
ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 1 1
ELECTRONICS & 2 2
ELECTRICAL
COMMUNICATION ENGG.
GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS 1 2 3
HUMANITIES & SOCIAL 1 1 2
SCIENCES
INDUSTRIAL AND 2 2
SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
MATHEMATICS 3 1 1 1 6
MECHANICAL 1 1 1 1 1 5
ENGINEERING
METALLURGICAL & 1 1
MATERIALS ENGINEERING
MINING ENGINEERING 2 1 3
OCEAN ENGG AND NAVAL 2 1 1 1 5
ARCHITECTURE
PHYSICS 1 1 1 3
QUALITY & RELIABILITY
ENGINEERING 1 1 2
Grand Total
Prep Course : ST-2

Table A-6
1. INSTITUTE GOLD MEDALS :
Sl.
Name of Medal/Prize Roll No. Name of the winner CGPA
No.
PRESIDENT OF INDIA GOLD MEDAL 15EC10026 Kaustav Brahma 9.92

1.
PRIME MINISTER OF INDIA GOLD MEDAL 14EC35030 Rajarshi Saha 9.75
2.
14AE30017 Shubham Jena 9.75
THE CHAIRMAN BOARD OF GOVERNORS Karri Sai Satish Kumar

15CS10018 9.09
3. GOLD MEDAL Reddy
DR. BIDHAN CHANDRA ROY MEMORIAL

14AR10018 Kosaraju Akhila 9.02
4. GOLD MEDAL
DR. JNAN CHANDRA GHOSH MEMORIAL

14NA30029 Abin Devassia 8.44
5. GOLD MEDAL
PROF. J. C. BOSE MEMORIAL GOLD

17CY40018 Manish Gupta 9.84
6. MEDAL
2. ENDOWMENT GOLD MEDALS:

Sl.
Name of Medal/Prize Roll No. Name of the winner CGPA
No.
ANUKUL CHANDRA SARKAR MEMORIAL

15CE10057 Vaibhav Agrawal 9.03
1. GOLD MEDAL
PROF. R. G. CHATTERJEE MEMORIAL

14PH20030 S Aravindh Swaminathan 9.37
2. GOLD MEDAL
3. SILVER MEDALS :
A. 4-YEAR B. TECH.(HONS.) COURSES
Sl.
Course Roll No. Name of the winner CGPA
No.
Shethia Shreyansh Rakesh

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 15AE10025 8.55
1. Kumar
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOCHEMICAL

15BT10015 Rohit Roy 8.60
2. ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING 15CE10057 Vaibhav Agrawal 9.03

3.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 15CH10004 Alok Anand Patra 9.50
4.
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 15CS10030 Nisarg Shah 9.69
5.
15EC10026 Kaustav Brahma 9.92
6. COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 15EE10045 Souradip Poddar 9.44

7.
INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING 15IE10037 Abhishek Gupta 9.14
8.

INDUSTRIAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 15IM10005 Boya Srikaran Reddy 9.29
9.
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 15ME10051 Satyam Anand 9.55
10.
MANUFACTURING SCIENCE & Thota Venkata Durga
15MF10030 9.05
11. ENGINEERING Sumugan Swaroop
MINING ENGINEERING 15MI10010 Arnab Manna 9.11

12.
15MT10035 Siba Sundar Sahoo 8.96
13. ENGINEERING
B. 5-YEAR B. ARCH.(HONS.) COURSE
Sl.
No.
ARCHITECTURE 14AR10018 Kosaraju Akhila 9.02

14.
C. 5-YEAR DUAL DEGREE COURSES
Sl.
No.
AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 14AE30017 Shubham Jena 9.75

15.
AGRICULTURAL & FOOD ENGINEERING 14AG3FP05 Abhishek Siwach 8.77
16.
BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOCHEMICAL
14BT30005 Bhumika Singh Rathore 8.91
17. ENGINEERING
CIVIL ENGINEERING 14CE3FP02 Arihant Buccha 9.15

18.
CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 14CH30012 Debangshu Haldar 9.72
19.
14CS30041 Ritam Dutt 9.71
COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
20.
14CS30013 Kushagra Aggarwal 9.71

14EC35030 Rajarshi Saha 9.75
21. COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 14EE32001 Manish Mukherjee 9.44

22.
INDUSTRIAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 14IM30006 Jarugu Sree Vishnu 8.81
23.
MANUFACTURING SCIENCE &
14MF3IM07 Manpreet Dash 9.53
24. ENGINEERING
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 14ME32008 Joshi Nikhil Vinayak 9.56

25.
MINING ENGINEERING 14MI33004 Akhil Jishnu P 8.85
26.
14MT3FP20 Venkatesh Pai 9.51
27. ENGINEERING
OCEAN ENGINEERING & NAVAL Apharande Sankalp

14NA30025 9.02
28. ARCHITECTURE Prakash

D. M. SC. (5-YEAR) COURSES
Sl.
No.
CHEMISTRY 14CY20007 Anuj Kumar Gupta 8.43

29.
APPLIED GEOLOGY 14GG20037 Vaibhav Agrawal 8.82
30.
ECONOMICS 14HS20035 Shashwat Gangwal 8.85
31.
MATHEMATICS & COMPUTING 14MA20049 Vysyaraju Nayan Raju 9.20
32.
PHYSICS 14PH20030 S Aravindh Swaminathan 9.37
33.
EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS 14EX20009 Duttatreya Das 9.15
34.
E. M.Sc.(2-YEAR) COURSES
Sl.
No.
CHEMISTRY 17CY40018 Manish Gupta 9.84

35.
GEOPHYSICS 17EX40010 Gouria Kirsten David 9.09
36.
MATHEMATICS 17MA40028 Suvojit Dhara 9.68
37.
PHYSICS 17PH40011 Debajit Bose 9.40
38.
GEOLOGY 17GG40022 Sandro Chatterjee 9.48
39.
CHEMICAL & MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 17BS4JP08 Surasree Pal 9.48
40.
3. ENDOWMENT PRIZES - (UNDER GRADUATE)
Sl.
Name of Prize Roll No. Name of the winner CGPA
No.
1. Sarat Memorial Prize 15CS10058 Sharmila Reddy Nangi 9.52
2. Suhasini Devi Memorial Prize 14AR10018 Kosaraju Akhila 9.02
3. P. K Bhattacharya Memorial Prize 14EX20009 Duttatreya Das 9.15
4. Sachinandan Basak Memorial Prize 15HS20045 Vishal Sharma 7.71
5. Swapan Kumar Saha Memorial Prize 15EC10026 Kaustav Brahma 9.92
6. Medury Bhanumurthy Memorial Prize 15ME10073 Harsh Saraf 8.60
7. H. N. Bose Memorial Prize 14PH20030 S Aravindh Swaminathan 9.37
8. Sharmila Bose Memorial Prize 14CY20027 Smita Mandal 8.28
9. Bigyan Sinha Memorial Prize 15EC10066 Soumya Mahapatra 9.81
10. Usha Martin Award 15MT10035 Siba Sundar Sahoo 8.96
11. Systems Society Award 15EE10010 Batchu Sai Vaibhav 9.36
12. Prof.K.L.Chopra Award 14PH20020 Philip Jacob 9.15
13. Charubala Devi Memorial Prize 16EE10008 Arkadeb Sengupta 9.99
14. Gouri Basak Design Award 15AR10010 Gunjal Jain 9.04

Sl.
No.
15. Prof. Prabodh Chandra Sanyal Award 17MA40019 Rohit Sarma Sarkar 9.26
16. B. L. Nagpal Memorial Prize 16CE10040 Prasanta Kumar Sahoo 9.20
17. Umesh Kumar Bhatia Sports Prize 15BT10003 Bhatia Gitanshu T 8.04
18. Pradeep Kumar Chakraborty Award 16MT10025 Parth Khandelwal 9.15
19. G. B. Mitra Award 14PH20030 S Aravindh Swaminathan 9.37
20. Bhartiya Cutler Hammer Prize 16EE10008 Arkadeb Sengupta 9.99
21. Mansara Prize 15AR10010 Gunjal Jain 9.04
22. R. M. Lalwani Prize 16EE10008 Arkadeb Sengupta 9.99
23. H. P. Bhadury Memorial Prize 16ME10017 Debapriya De 9.74
24. John Von Neuman Award 16EE10008 Arkadeb Sengupta 9.99
25. Prof. S. K. Nandi Memorial Prize 14CH30012 Debangshu Haldar 9.64
26. International Symposium (Microwave & 16EC10066 Divyansh Jhunjhunwala 9.78

Communication) 1981 Prize
27. Class Of 1970 Alumni (US) Association 17CS30035 Siddhant Agarwal 9.93
Prize
28. Technology Alumni Association (Delhi 18ME10061 Siba Smarak Panigrahi 9.96
Chapter) Award
29. IIT Kharagpur Alumni (California 17CS30035 Siddhant Agarwal 9.93

Chapter) Award
30. Ram Gopal Kabre Memorial Prize 16AR10031 Sachin Nandkumar 8.32
Uttarwar
31. Prof. S. P. Sengupta Memorial Prize 15ME10071 Srijan Neogi 9.10
32. K. Rama Rao Endowment Prize 16AG10030 Shivam Rohila 8.76
33. Smt. Ava Sanyal Memorial Prize 16MT10025 Parth Khandelwal 9.15
34. Prof. B.N. Avasthi Memorial Award For 15BT10003 Bhatia Gitanshu T 8.04
Sports
16EC10025 Hima Swetha N 9.08
35. Prof. Sunil Kanti Sen Memorial Award 18CS30049 Abhinav Bohra 9.78
36. Prof. Sudhir Ranjan Sengupta Memorial 15CE31003 Rahul Dev Kundu 9.27
Prize
37. Best B.Tech. Project Thesis Award By Mr. 15CH30003 1ST Amit Verma 8.26
Mitrajit Mukhopadhyay
15CH30043 2ND Gaurav Agarwal 9.06
15CH30038 3RD Omkar Roy 8.41
38. A. A. Hakim Memorial Endowment Prize 14AG38002 Anindra Kumar 7.18
39. Keshab K Parhi Endowment Prize 14EE33002 Sayan Samanta 9.07

Sl.
No.
40. Nilanjan Ganguly Memorial Award For 15EC10023 Joshua Peter Ebenezer 9.77
E&E.C.E. Deptt
41. Nilanjan Ganguly Memorial Award For 14PH20030 S Aravindh Swaminathan 9.37
Physics Deptt
42. Kedar Nath Singh Memorial Prize 14PH20030 S Aravindh Swaminathan 9.37
43. Dwaraka Nath Singh Memorial Prize 14ME32008 Joshi Nikhil Vinayak 9.56
44. Jugal Kishore Singh Memorial Prize 15ME10051 Satyam Anand 9.6
45. Rajender Kumar Khanna Memorial 15EE10045 Souradip Poddar 9.44

Award
46. Ramneek Sodhi Memorial Award 15MT30018 Swagata Roy 9.56
47. Sushil Kumar Chowdhury Memorial 15AE10025 Shethia Shreyansh Rakesh 8.55
Award Kumar
48. Ashim Ranjan Guha Memorial Award 15AG10011 Anukool Raj 8.32
49. TKT Srikrishnan Endowment Prize 15ME33028 Yeerella Ram Hemanth 8.62
15ME33048 Boddeda Hemanth Sai 8.12

Sandeep
50. Prof. J.P.Ghose Memorial Award 16NA30003 Anmesh Choudhury 8.56
51. Sikharini Nag Memorial Award 15ME10069 Gokavarapu Naga Venkata 9.41
Siva Srikar
14ME32008 Joshi Nikhil Vinayak 9.56
52. Sikharini Nag Memorial Award for Girl 16CH30029 Abha Kumari 9.65
Student
53. Prof. D.V.S.Murty Merit Award 15IE10037 Abhishek Gupta 9.14
54. Prof. P.K.Muhuri Memorial Award 14NA30025 Apharande Sankalp 9.02

Prakash
55. Prof. R.K.Brahma Memorial Prize 14ME32008 Joshi Nikhil Vinayak 9.56
56. Prof. Somnath Sengupta Memorial Award 15EC10026 Kaustav Brahma 9.92
57. Prof. K Venkataratnam Memorial Prize 16EE10008 Arkadeb Sengupta 9.99
58. Prof. Amitabha Chakrabarti Memorial 17GG40022 Sandro Chatterjee 9.48

Award
59. Prof. Supriya Mohan Sengupta Memorial 14EX20015 Kirloskar Mihir Milind 9.11
Award
14GG20037 Vaibhav Agrawal 8.82
60. Prof. Supriya Mohan Sengupta Memorial 17GG40012 Kanishak Sharma 8.43
Award
61. Late Prof. V G Rau Prize 15EE10045 Souradip Poddar 9.44

5. J. C. GHOSH MEMORIAL PRIZE
Sl.
Department Roll No. Name of the winner CGPA
No.
1. AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 16AE10010 Nallapareddy Charan 9.36

Reddy
2. AGRICULTURAL & FOOD ENGINEERING 16AG10030 Shivam Rohila 8.76
3. BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOCHEMICAL 16BT10001 Adarsh Singh 9.00

ENGINEERING
4. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 16CH30029 Abha Kumari 9.65
5. CIVIL ENGINEERING 16CE10040 Prasanta Kumar Sahoo 9.20
6. COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 16CS10058 Lovish Chopra 9.92
7. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 16EE10008 Arkadeb Sengupta 9.99
8. INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING 16IE10034 Jitendra Bhandari 9.44
9. ELECTRONICS & ELECT. COMMU. 16EC10066 Divyansh Jhunjhunwala 9.78

ENGINEERING
10. INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS 16IM10034 Bhargav D 9.36

ENGINEERING
11. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 16ME10017 Debapriya De 9.74
12. MANUFACTURING SCIENCE & 16MF3IM16 Sudhanshu Tiwari 8.95

ENGINEERING
13. METALLURGICAL & MATERIALS 16MT10025 Parth Khandelwal 9.15

ENGINEERING
14. MINING ENGINEERING 16MI31014 Sayan Guha 8.78
15. OCEAN ENGINEERING & NAVAL 16NA30003 Anmesh Choudhury 8.56

ARCHITECTURE
16. ARCHITECTURE & REGIONAL 16AR10005 Amlan Kumar Sahu 8.96

PLANNING
17. CHEMISTRY 15CY20007 Ekroop Kaur Cheema 9.02
18. APPLIED GEOLOGY 15GG20013 Ishiqua Agarwal 8.64
19. EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS 15EX20011 Divyansh Mani Tripathi 7.97
20. MATHEMATICS & COMPUTING 15MA20051 Harshit Jitendra Motwani 9.69
21. PHYSICS 15PH20005 Anirudh Deb 9.89
22. ECONOMICS (HS) 15HS20047 Rishav Bagri 9.14

6. BEST PROJECT AWARD :
A. 4-YEAR B. TECH.(HONS.) COURSES :

Sl.
Name of the Branch Roll No. Name of the winner CGPA
No.
1. AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 15AE10025 Shethia Shreyansh Rakesh 8.55

Kumar
2. BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOCHEMICAL 15BT30019 Rajendra Kc 8.47

ENGINEERING
3. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 15CH30003 Amit Verma 8.26
4. CIVIL ENGINEERING 15CE31006 Subhadeep Pal 9.12
5. COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 15CS10013 Duvvuri Venkata Sai Surya 8.98
Subramanyam
6. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 15EE10061 Kumar Joy Nag 9.11
7. INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERING 15IE10033 Akshat Gupta 8.73
8. INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS 15IM10031 Akash Tiwari J 8.72

ENGINEERING
9. ELECTRONICS & ELECT. COMM. 15EC10066 Soumya Mahapatra 9.81

ENGINEERING
10. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 15ME10014 Bigyansu Behera 9.03
11. MANUFACTURING SCIENCE & 15MF3IM16 Ayush Mohanty 8.51

ENGINEERING
12. METALLURGICAL & MATERIALS 15MT30004 Bandi Narsi Reddy 8.88

ENGINEERING
13. MINING ENGINEERING 15MI31031 Anand Kumar 9.02
14. OCEAN ENGINEERING & NAVAL 15NA10016 Nelli Sri Vinay Krishna Rayudu 8.33
ARCHITECTURE
5-YEAR B. ARCH. (HONS.) COURSE :
Sl.
No.
1. ARCHITECTURE & REGIONAL PLANNING 14AR10009 Ashutosh Sushil Sarda 8.27
B. 5-YEAR DUAL DEGREE COURSES :

Sl.
No.
1. AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 14AE30002 Adapa Venkata Sai Chaitanya 8.01
2. AGRICULTURAL & FOOD ENGINEERING 14AG3FP05 Abhishek Siwach 8.77
3. BIOTECHNOLOGY & BIOCHEMICAL 14BT30015 Nupur Jain 8.32

ENGINEERING
4. CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 14CH30033 Manish Ayushman 9.24

Sl.
No.
5. CIVIL ENGINEERING 14CE33013 Tangudu Jagadeesh 8.53
6. COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 14CS30015 Madhav Datt 9.11
7. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 14EE35020 Francis Tom 9.31
8. ELECTRONICS & ELECT. COMMU. 14EC35030 Rajarshi Saha 9.75

ENGINEERING
9. INDUSTRIAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 14MF3IM07 Manpreet Dash 9.53
10. INDUSTRIAL & SYSTEMS ENGINEERING 14QM30001 Abhishek Pandey 8.87

(MECHANICAL ENGINEERING VERTICAL)
11. MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 14ME33011 Danawe Hrishikesh Gajanan 9.49
12. METALLURGICAL & MATERIALS 14MT30016 Souvik Bhattacharya 8.86

ENGINEERING
14MT30015 Sourav Das 9.24
13. MINING ENGINEERING 14MI33004 Akhil Jishnu P 8.85
14. OCEAN ENGINEERING & NAVAL 14NA30025 Apharande Sankalp Prakash 9.02
ARCHITECTURE
15. FINANCIAL ENGINEERING 14CE3FP02 Arihant Buccha 9.15
C. 5-YEAR M. SC. COURSES :

Sl.
No.
1. CHEMISTRY 14CY20027 Smita Mandal 8.28
2. EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS 14EX20015 Kirloskar Mihir Milind 9.11
3. APPLIED GEOLOGY 14GG20037 Vaibhav Agrawal 8.82
4. ECONOMICS 14HS20041 Sumit Poddar 7.40
5. MATHEMATICS & COMPUTING 14MA20026 Rahul Mishra 7.74
6. PHYSICS 14PH20020 Philip Jacob 9.15
D. 2-YEAR M.Sc. COURSES :

Sl.
No.
1. CHEMISTRY 17CY40018 Manish Gupta 9.84
2. GEOPHYSICS 17EX40010 Gouria Kirsten David 9.09
3. GEOLOGY 17GG40012 Kanishak Sharma 8.43
4. MATHEMATICS 17MA40028 Suvojit Dhara 9.68
5. PHYSICS 17PH40011 Debajit Bose 9.40
6. BIO-SCIENCE 17BS4JP08 Surasree Pal 9.48

Table : A-7
UG STUDENTS AWARDED SCHOLARSHIP BY EXTERNAL AGENCIES
Sl.No. Awarding Organization No. of Recipient

1 INSPIRE Scholarship awarded by DST , Govt. of India, New Delhi 397 + 148
2 Rajarshee Shahu Maharaj Merit Scholarship, Maharastra 9
3 SAIL Scholarship awarded by Steel Authority of India 2
4 Aditya Birla Scholarship, Aditya Birla Group, Mumbai 6
5 National Handicapped Finance & Development, Faridabad 2
6 KVPY Scholarship, IISC Bangalore 4
7 FAEA Scholarship to BPL Cat. SC/ST students, New Delhi 8
8 Post Matric Scholarship from various state 16
9 ST Scholarship awared by Singapore Technologies Eng. Ltd 4
10 ONGC Scholarship 4
11 EIL Scholarship, New Delhi 8
12 Central Sector Scholarship for ST 26
13 IFCO Kissan Sewa 1
14 MMVY Scholarship, Madhyapradesh 5
15 AICTE Jammu & Kashmir Scholarship 1
16 Coal India Ltd. 1
17 Education Assistance from CSBF 2
18 ESSA Scholarship 1
19 FFE Scholarship 2
20 FIITJEE Scholarship 8
21 Financial Assistance (SC/ST) Scholarship 54
22 Hostel Subsidy 1
23 LAFBA Scholarship 1
24 INBA Scholarship 1
25 Ishan Uday Special 2
26 Jawarlal Nehru Science & Technology Scholarship 2
27 MCM Scholarship for professional & Technology 2
28 Millenium scholarship 2
29 MLA Fund 1
30 NTSE Scholarship 54
31 NIS Scholarship 1
32 Nisvartha Foundation Scholarship 1
33 NSF Scholarship 1
34 Indira Gandhi Scholarship for single Girl Child 4
35 PMSS Scholarship 2
36 Prime Minister Scholarship 11
37 Railway Staff Welfare Fund 17
38 Rajasthan Police Welfare Fund 1
39 Samajik Suraksha Yojana 1
40 Samsung Star Scholarship 26
41 SBI Staff Children Scholarship 7
42 SJVN Scholarship 1
43 State Govt. Assam Scholarship 1
44 Swami Vivekananda MCM Scholarship 27
45 Telangana Govt. Scholarship 1
46 Umbrella Scheme for Education of ST Child 1
Total 878

Table A-8
Students from Foreign Countries on Roll – Undergraduate
Sl.
No Department 1st Year 2nd Year 3rd Year 4th Year 5th Year Total
(A) B Tech 4-Year
1 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
2 AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD ENGINEERING
3 BIOTECHNOLOGY
4 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
5 CIVIL ENGINEERING
6 COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
7 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
8 COMMUNICATION ENGG.
9 INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
10 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
11 ENGINEERING
12 MINING ENGINEERING
13 OCEAN ENGG AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE
(B) B Arch 5 Year
1 ARCHITECTURE AND REGIONAL PLANNING
1 CHEMISTRY 1
2 GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS
3 HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES
4 MATHEMATICS
5 PHYSICS
1 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING
2 AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD ENGINEERING
3 BIOTECHNOLOGY
4 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING
5 CIVIL ENGINEERING
6 COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
7 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
8 COMMUNICATION ENGG.
9 INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS ENGINEERING
10 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
11 ENGINEERING
12 MINING ENGINEERING
13 OCEAN ENGG AND NAVAL ARCHITECTURE
(E) 2Yr MSc
1 CHEMISTRY
2 CHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY
3 GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS
4 MATHEMATICS
5 PHYSICS 1
6 MEDICAL PHYSICS (3YR. M.SC.)
NUCLEAR MEDICINE
MOLECULAR MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY
Total 2 2

Table A-9
STATEMENT OF RESULTS (UNDERGRADUATE)

S.No. Course 1st yr. 2nd yr. 3rd yr. 4th yr. 5th yr.
Total P I P I P I P I P I
1 EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 4
2 GEOLOGY & GEOPHYSICS 3 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 7
(A) B.Tech
1 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 22 6 27 5 11 7 17 4 0 0 99
2 AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD 22 9 16 15 12 14 32 2 0 0 122
ENGINEERING
3 BIOTECHNOLOGY 13 8 16 3 9 7 11 5 0 0 72
4 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 62 3 50 9 34 8 50 4 0 0 220
5 CIVIL ENGINEERING 47 11 37 17 43 4 50 7 0 0 216
6 COMPUTER SCIENCE & 65 5 55 9 52 7 64 5 0 0 262
ENGINEERING
7 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 60 7 51 11 47 15 61 7 0 0 259
8 ELECTRONICS & 68 7 61 9 58 4 64 1 0 0 272
ELECTRICAL
COMMUNICATION ENGG.
9 INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS 34 2 26 4 19 5 25 4 0 0 119
ENGINEERING
1 INSTRUMENTATION 28 9 30 6 26 4 27 5 0 0 135
0 ENGINEERING
1 MANUFACTURING 26 6 15 9 18 8 25 7 0 0 114
1 ENGINEERING
1 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 74 11 64 12 41 14 59 12 0 0 287
1 METALLURGICAL & 27 4 29 11 16 5 24 1 0 0 117
3 MATERIALS ENGINEERING
1 MINING ENGINEERING 30 4 19 14 10 11 26 2 0 0 116
1 OCEAN ENGG AND NAVAL 18 7 18 13 14 8 16 0 0 0 94
5 ARCHITECTURE
Total(A) 599 99 516 147 411 122 555 66 0 0 2515
(B) B.Arch
1 ARCHITECTURE AND 32 1 32 7 32 5 23 13 38 7 190
REGIONAL PLANNING
Total(B) 32 1 32 7 32 5 23 13 38 7 190
(C) M.Sc(2yr)
1 BIO SCIENCE 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20
2 CHEMISTRY 39 2 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 80
5 MATHEMATICS 26 1 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 56
6 PHYSICS 37 4 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 84
7 SCHOOL OF MEDICAL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Total(C) 178 11 164 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 356
(D) M.Sc(5yr)
1 CHEMISTRY 19 7 20 6 15 6 26 3 14 1 117
4 HUMANITIES & SOCIAL 47 3 40 11 44 6 43 8 33 5 240
SCIENCES
5 MATHEMATICS 53 5 45 10 42 17 43 9 55 7 286
6 PHYSICS 25 5 25 12 19 12 26 9 24 5 162
Total(D) 181 31 175 56 164 52 169 43 172 26 1069
(E) Dual Degree
2 AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD 24 5 13 19 27 14 28 3 29 3 165
ENGINEERING

3 BIOTECHNOLOGY 13 7 13 7 24 7 30 4 28 4 137
6 COMPUTER SCIENCE & 51 0 41 3 46 4 42 7 45 1 240
ENGINEERING
8 ELECTRONICS & 48 4 38 8 46 8 47 5 53 4 261
ELECTRICAL
COMMUNICATION ENGG.
9 INDUSTRIAL AND SYSTEMS 20 5 20 7 30 3 19 8 29 2 143
ENGINEERING
10 INSTRUMENTATION 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 3 0 0 14
ENGINEERING
11 MANUFACTURING 16 2 15 2 20 2 16 5 16 3 97
ENGINEERING
13 METALLURGICAL & 15 0 17 5 27 6 21 5 30 2 128
MATERIALS ENGINEERING
15 OCEAN ENGG AND NAVAL 15 5 10 13 16 7 20 1 32 0 119
ARCHITECTURE
16 QUALITY ENGINEERING 7 2 8 0 5 2 5 2 3 2 36
DESIGN AND
MANUFACTURING -
INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS
VERTICAL
17 QUALITY ENGINEERING 9 0 4 2 7 2 1 2 9 0 36
DESIGN AND
MANUFACTURING -
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
VERTICAL
Total(E) 402 51 325 112 461 106 477 71 514 40 2559
Total(A+B+C+D+E) 1392 193 1212 325 1068 285 1224 193 724 73 6689

Table A-10
Student on roll Departmentwise (UNDERGRADUATE)
Sl.
Department First Yr Second Yr Third Yr Fourth Yr Fifth Yr Total
No
M F M F M F M F M F
(A) B Tech 4-Year
1 AEROSPACE ENGINEERING 23 5 28 3 13 3 13 0 88
2 26 5 25 3 10 2 24 1 96
ENGINEERING
3 BIOTECHNOLOGY 16 4 18 2 12 2 9 1 64
4 CHEMICAL ENGINEERING 55 10 55 2 39 3 42 3 209
5 CIVIL ENGINEERING 50 8 48 4 44 2 43 4 203
6 COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 61 9 59 2 53 4 54 5 247
7 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 86 16 86 10 82 9 70 8 367
8 65 10 65 3 52 10 47 10 262
COMMUNICATION ENGG.
9 31 5 30 0 21 2 22 1 112
ENGINEERING
10 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING 98 17 95 2 81 1 74 3 371
11 26 5 32 4 20 2 20 1 110
ENGINEERING
12 MINING ENGINEERING 30 4 32 0 19 0 18 0 103
13 22 3 27 1 19 0 14 2 88
ARCHITECTURE
Total (A) 589 101 600 36 465 40 450 39 0 0 2320
(B) B Arch 5 Year
ARCHITECTURE AND REGIONAL
1 27 8 24 13 34 3 25 9 31 5 179
PLANNING
Total (B) 27 8 24 13 34 3 25 9 31 5 179
1 CHEMISTRY 22 3 22 4 18 4 23 4 12 3 115
GEOLOGY 22 4 28 1 22 5 18 2 21 1 124
3 HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES 44 6 40 10 37 12 36 11 36 2 234
4 MATHEMATICS 50 8 50 5 48 7 50 5 53 2 278
5 PHYSICS 25 5 30 3 32 2 30 0 22 6 155
Total (C) 181 28 194 29 185 31 178 25 170 17 1038
2 27 2 24 6 37 3 26 5 31 4 165
ENGINEERING
3 BIOTECHNOLOGY 17 3 14 5 27 4 28 4 25 10 137
6 COMPUTER SCIENCE & ENGINEERING 44 7 43 1 45 3 42 4 48 4 241
8 45 7 43 1 43 7 52 1 53 9 261
COMMUNICATION ENGG.
9 36 5 37 3 45 2 31 3 47 5 214
ENGINEERING
11 12 3 20 0 28 2 24 2 35 3 129
ENGINEERING
13 18 2 19 1 24 1 19 1 31 2 118
ARCHITECTURE
Total (D) 385 65 388 28 506 39 490 34 559 51 2545

(E) 2Yr MSc
1 CHEMISTRY 30 11 32 7 80
2 CHEMICAL AND MOLECULAR BIOLOGY 4 6 4 6 20
MEDICAL SCIENCES AND
3 10 12 22
TECHNOLOGY
4 EXPLORATION GEOPHYSICS 14 4 9 7 34
5 GEOLOGY 22 8 24 6 60
6 MATHEMATICS 21 6 18 10 55
7 PHYSICS 118 39 116 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 311
TOTAL(E) 219 86 203 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 582
Total of A to E 1401 288 1409 180 1190 113 1143 107 760 73 6664

TABLE – B-1 ADMISSION TO POSTGRADUATE COURSES IN 2018-2019
Deptt./ Sanct- Admit Reg-

Specialisation SP QIP DF FN/ AB GN SC ST PD OBC M F
Centre ioned ed ular
AE Aerospace Engineering 24 21 20 01 00 00 00 09 03 03 00 06 18 03
Farm Machinery & Power (AG1) 19 20 20 00 00 00 00 06 03 01 00 10 18 02

Land & Water Resources Engineering
18 19 19 00 00 00 00 07 04 01 00 07 16 03
(AG2)
Food Process Engineering (AG3) 30 28 28 00 00 00 00 11 04 2 00 11 26 02
Agricultural Biotechnology (AG4) 20 12 12 00 00 00 00 05 03 01 00 03 04 08
AG
Aquacultural Engineering (AG5) 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
Agricultural Systems & Management
19 15 15 00 00 00 00 05 04 01 00 05 12 03
(AG6)
AT Embedded Controls and Software 12 6 5 01 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 02 05 01
Biotechnology and Biochemical
BT 24 22 22 00 00 00 00 07 04 03 00 08 14 08
Engineering
CH Chemical Engineering 75 53 53 00 00 00 00 24 08 02 02 17 42 11
Hydraulic & Water Resources
20 11 11 00 00 00 00 04 02 01 01 03 11 00
Engineering (CE1)
Transportation Engineering (CE2) 20 20 17 00 00 03 00 09 03 02 01 05 20 00
Environmental Engineering and
18 13 10 01 00 02 00 07 01 00 00 05 12 01
CE Management (CE3)
Geotechnical Engineering (CE4) 18 10 10 00 00 00 00 05 01 00 00 04 10 00
Structural Engineering (CE5) 20 12 8 00 00 04 00 09 01 00 01 01 12 00
CS Computer Science & Engineering 67 74 67 01 00 06 00 43 10 04 02 15 61 13
CR Cryogenic Engineering 21 4 4 00 00 00 00 01 00 01 00 02 04 00
CL Earth System Science and Technology 31 10 10 00 00 00 00 02 01 03 00 04 08 02
Machine Drives and Power Electronics
18 11 11 00 00 00 00 02 02 01 01 05 09 02
(EE1)
EE Control System Engineering (EE2) 18 17 14 00 00 03 00 07 01 00 01 08 13 04
Power and Energy System (EE3) 18 16 12 01 00 03 00 10 02 01 00 03 14 02
Instrumentation Signal Processing (EE4) 18 19 17 00 00 02 00 10 03 01 01 04 15 04

Microelectronics and VLSI Design (EC2) 29 23 23 00 00 00 11 05 01 01 05 20 03
RF and Microwave Engineering (EC3) 28 16 12 00 00 04 00 07 02 02 00 05 15 01
Telecommunication Systems
28 17 12 00 00 05 00 07 01 01 01 07 13 04
Engineering (EC4)
EC

Visual Information and Embedded
28 18 17 00 00 01 00 08 03 01 00 06 16 02
Systems Engineering (EC5)
ES Energy Engineering 15 6 5 00 00 01 00 03 01 01 00 01 06 00
ET Multimedia Information Processing 15 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
GG Exploration Geosciences (GG1) 24 21 20 00 00 00 01 07 05 01 00 08 17 04
G S Sanyal School of
GS 10 5 5 00 00 00 00 02 01 00 00 02 04 01
Telecommunication
IM Industrial Engineering and Management 25 10 08 02 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 04 10 00
MM Medical Imaging and Informatics (SM) 15 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
MS Materials Science and Engineering 29 21 18 00 00 03 00 10 02 01 00 08 16 05
MA Computer Science and Data Processing 34 25 25 00 00 00 00 13 03 02 01 06 19 06
Manufacturing Science and Engineering
26 11 11 00 00 00 00 04 01 01 00 05 11 00
(ME1)
ME Thermal Science and Engineering (ME2) 33 9 09 00 00 00 00 03 03 00 00 03 09 00
Mechanical System Design (ME3) 44 27 23 02 00 02 00 13 04 02 00 08 27 00
MT Metallurgical & Materials Engineering 54 41 38 00 01 01 01 17 05 03 01 15 37 04
MN Mining Engineering 22 13 13 00 00 00 00 04 02 01 00 06 13 00
Ocean Engineering and Naval
NA 20 14 12 00 00 02 00 07 00 01 00 06 14 00
Architecture
PH Functional Materials and Devices 25 16 16 00 00 00 00 08 02 00 00 06 09 07
ID Infrastructure Design and Management 31 14 14 00 00 00 00 07 02 01 01 03 13 01
RE Quality and Reliability Engineering 20 17 09 00 00 08 00 12 02 01 00 02 17 00
RR Railway Engineering 10 4 00 04 00 00 00 02 00 00 01 01 04 00
RT Rubber Technology 24 19 19 00 00 00 00 05 02 02 00 10 17 02
WM Water Engineering and Management 12 8 08 00 00 00 00 02 01 01 00 04 06 02
Annual Report 2018-19 233

AR City Planning (MCP) 42 37 37 00 00 00 00 15 06 02 01 13 22 15
MM Medical Science and Technology 15 06 06 00 00 00 00 05 01 00 00 00 06 00
Intellectual Property Law (Bachelor of
IP 80 41 41 00 00 00 00 26 09 00 00 06 28 13
Laws)
Intellectual Property Law (Master of

IP 30 17 17 00 00 00 00 11 02 00 00 04 06 11
Laws)
BM Business Administration (MBA) 160 130 130 00 00 00 00 72 15 00 00 43 113 17
HS Human Resources Management 30 16 16 00 00 00 00 12 02 00 00 02 09 07
EMBA Executive MBA(Kolkata Campus) 50 28 28 00 00 00 00 27 01 00 00 00 27 01
Post-Graduate Diploma in Business
PGDBA 60 57 57 00 00 00 00 27 09 01 00 20 50 06
Analytics

TABLE B-2 - POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS ON ROLL 2018-2019
rd
1st 2nd 3
Dept./ Total
Specialization Code year year year
Centre
M F M F M F M F
AE Aerospace Engineering AE 19 03 15 03 - - 34 6
AG Farm Machinery And Power AG1 22 2 16 03 - - 38 5
AG Land and W ater Resources Engineering AG2 15 3 14 4 - - 29 7
AG Food Process Engineering AG3 30 3 20 09 - - 50 12
AG Agricultural Biotechnology AG4 12 04 6 6 - - 18 10
AG Aquacultural Engineering AG5 - - 8 3 - - 8 3
AG Agricultural Systems and Management AG6 14 3 12 6 - - 26 9
AT Embedded Controls and Software 7 1 5 3 - - 12 4
Biotechnology and Biochemical 34 14

BT BT 16 7 18 7 - -
Engineering
Hydraulic and W ater Resources 17 0
CE CE1 09 0 08 0 - -
Engineering
CE Transportation Engineering CE2 20 0 14 4 - - 34 4
Environmental Engineering & 20 3

CE CE3 14 1 6 2 - -
Management
CE Geotechnical Engineering CE4 8 0 7 3 - - 15 3
CE Structural Engineering CE5 10 0 13 2 - - 23 2
CH Chemical Engineering CH 40 11 47 13 - - 87 24
CL Earth System Science and Technology CL 5 2 12 0 - - 17 2
CR Cryogenic Engineering CR 2 0 20 1 - - 22 1
CS Computer Science and Engineering CS 58 13 49 09 - - 107 22
EC Microelectronics & V LSI Design EC2 28 04 26 2 - - 54 6
EC RF and Microwave Engineering EC3 16 0 9 2 - - 25 2
EC Telecommunication Systems Engineering EC4 18 5 25 1 - - 43 6
Visual Information and Embedded 33 5

EC EC5 15 2 18 3 - -
Systems Engg.
EE Machine Drives and Power Electronics EE1 8 2 13 2 - - 21 4
EE Control System Engineering EE2 11 2 12 0 - - 23 2
EE Power and Energy Systems EE3 12 2 9 2 - - 21 4
EE Instrumentation Signal Processing EE4 15 3 12 2 - - 27 5
GG Exploration Geosciences GG1 20 3 11 6 - - 31 9
GS Wireless Communications and Networks GS/GS1 4 1 5 1 - - 9 2

TABLE B-2 - POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS ON ROLL 2018-2019
rd
1st 2nd 3
Dept./ Total
Specialization Code year year year
Centre
M F M F M F M F
ID Infrastructure Design and Management ID 14 1 11 00 - - 25 1
IM Industrial Engineering and Management IM 10 1 10 3 - - 20 4
IT Information Technology IT 1 0 1 00 - - 2 0
MA Computer Science and Data Processing MA 19 5 20 7 - - 39 12
ME Manufacturing Science and Engineering ME1 13 0 12 1 - - 25 1
ME Thermal Science and Engineering ME2 10 0 16 0 - - 26 0
ME Mechanical Systems Design ME3 33 0 27 0 - - 60 0
MI Mining Engineering MI 14 0 17 0 - - 31 0
MS Materials Science and Engineering MS 15 5 16 4 - - 31 9
MT Metallurgical and Materials Engineering MT1 35 3 31 6 - - 66 9
Ocean Engineering and Naval 35 1

NA NA 14 0 21 1 - -
Architecture
PH Solid State Technology PH2 9 6 10 4 - - 19 10
RE Reliability Engineering RE 14 0 12 0 - - 26 00
RR Railway Engineering RR 6 0 11 0 - - 17 00
RT Rubber Technology RT 17 2 9 3 - - 26 5
WM Water Management WM 6 2 7 3 - - 13 5
AR City Planning MCP 22 14 22 16 - - 44 30
MM Medical Science And Technology MM 8 1 8 0 8 2 24 3
BM Business Administration BM 113 18 88 36 - - 201 54
HS Human Resources Management HS 11 7 8 9 - - 19 16
Executive MBA (3 Yrs.) (Kolkata 77 4

BM EMBA 27 1 16 1 34 2
Campus)
Intellectual Property Law (Bachelor of
IP IP 29 13 27 7 14 16 70 36
Laws)
Intellectual Property Law (Master of 7 23
IP IP 05 12 2 11 - -
Laws)
Post Graduation Diploma in Business 92 17
PGDBA 50 7 42 10 - -
Analytics

TABLE- B -3 - STATEMENT OF RESULTS OF POSTGRADUATE EXAMINATION 2019
Deptt./
Specialisation Code Registered Successful Incomplete
Centre
AE Aerospace Engineering AE 18 18 0
AG Farm Machinery and Power AG1 15 15 0
AG Land and Water Resources Engineering AG2 15 15 0
AG Food Processing Engineering AG3 25 25 0
AG Applied Botany AG4 12 12 0
AG Aquacultural Engineering AG5 10 10 0
AG Agricultural Systems and Management AG6 18 18 0
AT Embedded Controls and Software AT 8 8 0
BT Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering BT 24 24 0
CH Chemical Engineering CH 51 50 1
CE Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering CE1 7 5 2
CE Transportation Engineering CE2 15 13 2
CE Environmental Engineering and Management CE3 8 8 0
CE Geotechnical Engineering CE4 9 9 0
CE Structural Engineering CE5 13 13 0
CS Computer Science and Engineering CS 53 53 0
CR Cryogenic Engineering CR 20 20 0
CL Earth System Science and Technology CL 12 12 0
EE Machine Drives and Power Electronics EE1 15 14 1
EE Control System Engineering EE2 9 9 0
EE Power and Energy System EE3 8 8 0
EE Instrumentation EE4 12 12 0
EC Microelectronics & V LS I Design EC2 20 20 0
EC RF and Microwave Engineering EC3 9 9 0
EC Telecommunication Systems Engineering EC4 19 19 0
Visual Information and Embedded Systems
EC
Engg.
EC5 17 15 2
GG Exploration Geosciences GG1 15 13 2
GS Wireless Communications and Networks GS 6 6 0
IM Industrial Engineering and Management IM 12 12 0
MS Materials Science and Engineering MS 18 18 0
MA Computer Science and Data Processing MA 26 26 0
ME Manufacturing Science and Engineering ME1 10 10 0
ME Thermal Science and Engineering ME2 12 12 0
ME Mechanical Systems Design ME3 22 20 2
MT Metallurgical and Materials Engineering MT 35 33 2
MI Mining Engineering MI 15 12 3
NA Ocean Engineering and Naval Architecture NA 20 20 0
PH Solid State Technology PH2 14 14 0
ID Infrastructure Design and Management ID 10 10 0
RE Quality and Reliability Engineering RE 12 12 0
RR Railway Engineering RR 10 8 2
RT Rubber Technology RT 22 22 0

TABLE- B -3 - STATEMENT OF RESULTS OF POSTGRADUATE EXAMINATION 2019
Deptt./
Specialisation Code Registered Successful Incomplete
Centre
WM Water Management WM 8 7 1
AR City Planning MCP 37 37 0
BM Business Administration MBA 123 123 0
MM Medical Science and Technology MMST 9 9 0
HS Human Resources Management MHRM 16 16 0
IP Intellectual Property Law IP3 30 30 0
IP Intellectual Property Law(Masters law) IP2 12 12 0
BM Executive MBA Programme EMBA 32 32 0
BM Post Graduation Diploma in Business Analytics PGDBA 52 52 0
Total 1020 1000 20

Table C-1- NUMBER OF PHD RESEARCH SCHOLARS ENROLLED IN 2018-19
Dept/Centre/ Working
CSIR/DBT/UGC Institute Project QIP Sponsored Total
School Professional
GE OB SC ST GE OB SC ST GE OB SC GE OB SC GE OB SC ST GE SC
F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M M F M F F M M F M F M F M F

AE 2 10 3 1 5 21
AG 2 1 5 4 1 3 3 3 5 1 1 29
AI 1 1 2
AR 1 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 13
AT 9 16 3 2 2 8 3 1 1 45
BM 1 2 7 1 11
BS 1 1 1 3 2 8
BT 2 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 15
CD 1 1 2
CE 4 14 1 3 1 2 2 1 1 29
CH 9 7 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 26
CL 1 4 1 3 1 2 1 1 14
CR 3 1 4
CS 3 5 2 1 2 2 7 1 1 1 25
CY 2 6 2 2 2 1 9 13 2 4 1 4 1 49
DE 1 2 1 4
EC 1 3 6 2 1 4 2 2 1 1 1 24
EE 3 9 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 22
EF 3 1 1 1 1 7
ES 1 5 1 2 1 1 11
ET 1 2 2 5
GG 3 2 2 1 1 1 1 9 1 9 1 1 1 1 34
GS 1 2 1 1 5

Table C-1- NUMBER OF PHD RESEARCH SCHOLARS ENROLLED IN 2018-19
Dept/Centre/ Working
CSIR/DBT/UGC Institute Project QIP Sponsored Total
School Professional

GE OB SC ST GE OB SC ST GE OB SC GE OB SC GE OB SC ST GE SC
F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M F M M F M F F M M F M F M F M F
HS 8 6 1 6 2 1 1 3 3 2 2 2 3 1 41
ID 2 2 1 5
IM 2 7 1 3 1 14
IP 4 4 1 1 10
MA 2 2 1 1 1 2 6 2 1 2 20
ME 1 12 3 2 1 1 20
MI 4 2 1 1 1 1 1 11
MM 1 1 2 2 1 1 8
MS 1 1 1 1 1 1 6
MT 1 9 2 4 4 1 1 1 23
NA 1 1 2 2 6
NT 1 3 2 6
null 1 1 2
PH 1 1 1 1 6 2 3 4 3 2 24
RD 2 1 3
RJ 1 4 3 1 1 1 11
RT 4 1 2 2 1 1 11
RX 2 2
TS 1 1 1 3
WM 2 1 3
Total 18 25 8 14 2 9 3 5 101 189 28 63 11 51 2 4 15 38 4 9 6 1 1 2 2 5 4 1 1 2 1 1 7 1 634

Table C-2 NUMBER OF MS STUDENTS ENROLLED DURING 2018-19
Department GE OB Total
Female Male Female Male
AG 1 1 2
AT 2 8 2 12
BM 1 1
CE 1 1
CS 5 4 1 10
EE 3 3
ET 1 1
GS 1 1
ID 2 2
IM 1 1
ME 2 1 3
MI 1 1
MM 1 1
RE 1 1 2
Grand Total 13 20 1 7 41

Table C-2a NUMBER OF POST DOCTORAL FELLOWS AS ON 31/05/2019
Dept/Centre/School Total Male Female

BS 2 2
CD 1 1
CE 1 1
CH 2 1 1
CL 1 1
CR 1 1
CS 2 2
CY 7 6 1
EF 1 1
GS 1 1
MA 3 3
ME 3 2 1
MM 11 5 6
MS 1 1
MT 2 2
PH 2 2
TS 5 5
Total 46 28 18

Table - C-3 NUMBER OF RESEARCH SCHOLARS ON ROLL AS ON 31.05.2019
Empl- Working
Dept/ CSIR/UGC/DBT Institute Project QIP Sponsored Total
oyee Professional
Centre/ GE OB SC ST GE OB GE OB SC ST GE OB SC ST GE OB SC GE OB SC ST GE SC
School
F M F M F MFM M M F M F M F M F M F M F MFM M FMFMFM F MFMFMFM F M F
AE 5 35 13 1 10 2 1 1 1 1 5 1 76
AG 4 1 4 1 30 23 7 13 5 10 2 2 12 15 4 6 2 1 5 3 1 1 152

AI 1 1 2
AR 3 16 9 3 7 6 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 53
AT 1 1 30 67 5 15 1 9 1 10 17 3 5 1 2 4 1 1 1 175
BM 6 1 4 1 1 1 7 23 3 9 1 2 7 1 67
BS 3 3 1 2 1 1 7 3 2 1 1 1 26
BT 10 3 3 1 3 1 1 25 4 4 1 10 7 1 1 75
CD 1 1 2
CE 25 59 4 15 2 11 1 4 6 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 136
CH 25 37 6 6 1 13 2 2 1 1 1 1 96
CL 1 2 8 12 2 2 1 3 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 41
CR 2 19 1 3 1 26
CS 15 33 1 4 3 7 1 1 7 17 1 3 1 3 1 98
CY 9 37 2 6 2 6 2 22 37 6 14 5 7 1 1 157
DE 1 2 1 4
EC 1 1 19 38 4 10 4 4 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 6 101
EE 18 48 3 14 1 5 1 1 1 11 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 116
EF 6 11 3 5 2 1 1 1 30
ES 2 1 4 21 2 6 2 1 1 1 41
ET 11 3 1 1 1 17
GG 12 10 2 4 4 3 1 18 30 6 14 4 6 2 3 1 120
GS 1 4 16 1 1 3 2 1 1 2 2 34
HS 12 10 1 7 3 4 1 1 24 11 4 6 1 1 2 6 3 1 1 7 2 2 1 111
ID 1 10 13 2 1 1 1 29

Table - C-3 NUMBER OF RESEARCH SCHOLARS ON ROLL AS ON 31.05.2019
Empl- Working
Dept/ CSIR/UGC/DBT Institute Project QIP Sponsored Total
oyee Professional
Centre/

GE OB SC ST GE OB GE OB SC ST GE OB SC ST GE OB SC GE OB SC ST GE SC
School
F M F M F MFM M M F M F M F M F M F M F MFM M FMFMFM F MFMFMFM F M F
IM 6 25 1 9 1 2 6 2 1 2 1 56
IP 1 8 6 4 1 1 1 22
IT 1 1 5 3 1 1 4 3 1 2 1 1 24
MA 8 6 3 4 3 2 1 1 18 27 1 13 4 6 1 1 1 1 101
ME 1 7 102 24 1 14 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 160
MI 1 1 4 19 1 14 6 1 1 4 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 61
MM 1 3 1 2 1 21 24 4 2 1 3 1 1 2 5 1 2 1 76
MS 4 7 1 1 1 2 6 10 1 4 1 1 2 1 1 1 44
MT 1 13 39 5 22 4 19 3 4 2 4 1 3 2 1 1 5 1 2 1 133
NA 1 2 17 1 9 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 40
NT 1 1 12 19 2 4 1 1 41
PH 3 5 1 2 1 1 2 21 30 6 11 2 12 1 98
RD 2 1 1 1 3 3 1 12
RE 1 3 8 3 2 2 19
RJ 1 1 1 10 18 1 6 2 1 1 1 43
RT 1 3 1 1 10 2 1 2 3 7 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 42
RX 2 2
TS 2 5 3 1 1 12
WM 8 9 1 1 1 2 1 23
Total 72 111 16 36 21 31 8 6 2 2 488 925 86 290 50 182 11 18 68 139 19 37 2 18 1 6 16 2 6 3 2 15 64 1 16 2 7 2 4 1 7 1 2794

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