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IndIAn InstItute of technology guwAhAtI

Annual Report 20122013


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Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati is the

sixth member of the IIT family. Indian Institute of

TechnologyAssam Society was formed in February

1989. The foundation stone of IIT Guwahati was laid

in July 1992 in Guwahati. The Institute of Technology

(Amendment) Act 1994, passed by the Parliament, was

notified in the Gazette of India on May 26, 1994, by

which the IIT GuwahatiAssam Society was made into

IIT Guwahati. By the Gazette of India notification of

the Ministry of Human Resource Development dated

September 1,1994, the Central Government declared

September 1,1994, as the date on which the Institute

of Technology (Amendment) Act 1994 (No. 35 of 1994)

came into force and IIT Guwahati was established.

Enrollment of students started in 1995.

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Particulars 2011-2012 2012-2013 Growth in %

Student Strength 3948 4506 14

Faculty Strength 296 325 10

R&D Funds Received (In crores of `) 27.18 37.36 37

Total Research Publication 1160 1140 -2

Major R&D Projects Received:

m Development of a general purpose CFD solver over a hybrid unstructured grid (Department of Mechanical Engineering) - ` 3.42 crores

m Development of copper (Cu)- carbon nanomaterial (CN) based nanocomposite formulations for heat recovery in different processes in a steel plant (Department of Mechanical Engineering) - ` 3.36 crores

m Multi-model broadcast analytics-structured evidence visualisation for event of security concern (Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering) - ` 1.40 crores

m Design, development of a watermarking system for scalable video authentication (Department of Computer Science and Engineering) - ` 1.02 crores

m Development of bioplastic based sustainable nanobiocomposite food packaging Sustain-NanoPACK (Department of Chemical Engineering) - ` .97 crore

Major Conference Held:

m 13th Indo-US Cytometry Workshop (IUCW 2012), 8-10 October 2012.

m National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FICS 2012), 2-4 December 2012.

m 21st International Symposium on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM-21), 10-13 December 2012.

m International Conference on Information System Security (ICISS 2012), 15-19 December 2012.

m Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS2012), 19-22 December 2012.

m International Conference on Numerical Linear Algebra and its Applications (NLAA 2013), 15-18 January 2013.

m Typography Day 2013, 7-9 March 2013.

Annual Report 20122013: Highlights



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Grants

MHRD Rs. 213.10 crores

Total Rs. 213.10 crores

Students Admitted

Preparatory 7

BTech/BDes 645MTech/MDes 409MSc/MA 151PhD/DUAL Degree 322Total 1534

Students Strength

Preparatory 7

BTech/BDes 2320MTech/MDes 759MSc/MA 301PhD/DUAL Degree 1119Total 4506

Number of Degrees Awarded14th Convocation (2012)

BTech/BDes 362MTech/MDes 269MSc 114MA 42PhD 71Total 858

Faculty/Staff Strength

Faculty 325Scientific Staff 29Non-Teaching Staff (Group A) 31Non-Teaching Staff (Others) 297Total 682

Research Papers

Journal Papers 592Conference Papers 548Total 1140

Annual Report 20122013: A Quick Look

Consultancy Projects

New Projects 133Outlay (Rs. in crore) 2.30

Sponsored Research Projects

New Projects 103Outlay (Rs. in crore) 42.60

Department/Centre

Academic Department 11Academic Centre 3Service Centre 3



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PART I

Organisation 11IIT Council 13 Board of Governors 16Finance Committee 18Building and Works Committee 19Senate 20Executive Summary 23

PART II

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS Biotechnology 39Chemical Engineering 73Chemistry 90Civil Engineering 108Computer Science and Engineering 127Design 140Electronics and Electrical Engineering 150Humanities and Social Sciences 164Mathematics 179Mechanical Engineering 190Physics 216

ACADEMIC CENTRES Centre for Energy 240Centre for the Environment 249Centre for Nanotechnology 257

CENTRALISED SERVICESCentral Library 266Centre for Educational Technology 267Central Instruments Facility 274Computer and Communication Centre 276

PART III

APPENDICES Faculty 281Officers and Scientific Staff (Group A) 289Degree Awardees 291Progress in Construction Works 311Details of Research and Development Projects 315 Summary of Institute Accounts 323

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PART I

Organisation

IIT Council

Board of Governors

Finance Committee

Building and Works Committee

Senate

Executive Summary



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Chairman, Council of IITsShri Kapil Sibal (Up to 28.10.2012)Dr. M. M. Pallam Raju (from 28.10.2012)Honble Minister for Human Resource Development, Govt. of India

Chairman, Board of GovernorsDr. R. P. SinghFormer Chairman and Managing DirectorPower Grid Corporation of India Limited

DirectorProf. Gautam Barua

Deputy DirectorProf. S. Nandi (From 3.9.2012)

Dean, AdministrationProf. S. Dandapat (Up to 2.9.2012)

Dean, Academic AffairsProf. S. Nandi (Up to 2.9.2012)Prof. A. Khare (From 3.9.2012)

Dean, Faculty AffairsProf. A. Srinivasan

Dean, Research and DevelopmentProf. D. Chakraborty

Dean, Students AffairsProf. B. K. Patel

Dean, Institute WorksProf. A. Dutta

Dean, Alumni Affairs and External RelationsProf. S. K. Bose

RegistrarDr. B. N. Raychoudhury

Organisation



Head, Department of Biotechnology Prof. A. Goyal (Up to 24.2.2013)Dr. V. V. Dasu (From 25.2.2013)

Head, Department of Chemical Engineering Dr. P. Saha (Up to 31.3.2012)Dr. V. S. Moholkar (From 1.4.2012)

Head, Department of ChemistryProf. A. Chattopadhyay

Head, Department of Civil EngineeringProf. S. K. Deb (Up to 31.3.2012)Prof. A. K. Sarma (From 1.4.2012)

Head, Department of Computer Science and EngineeringDr. P. Bhaduri (Up to 9.8.2012)Dr. S. B. Nair (From 10.8.2012)

Head, Department of Design Prof. A. K. Das (Up to 31.3.2012)Prof. D. Chakrabarty (From 1.4.2012)

Head, Department of Electronics and Electrical EngineeringProf. R. Bhattacharjee

Head, Department of Humanities and Social SciencesProf. R. M. Punekar

Head, Department of Mathematics Prof. R. K. Sinha (Up to 31.3.2012)Prof. B. K. Sarma (From 1.4.2012)

Head, Department of Mechanical EngineeringProf. P. Mahanta

Head, Department of Physics Prof. S. Ravi (Up to 31.3.2012)Prof. S. Basu (From 1.4.2012)

Head, Centre for Energy Prof. A. K. Ghoshal

Head, Centre for the Environment Dr. G. Das

Head, Centre for Nanotechnology Dr. S. S. Ghosh

Head, Central Instruments Facility Dr. A. K. Saikia

Head, Centre for Educational Technology Prof. S. Talukdar (Up to 22.4.2012)Prof. P. Yammiyavar (From 23.4.2012)

Head, Centre for Mass Media Communication Prof. A. K. Das

Head, Computer CentreDr. D. Goswami



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Minister in charge of Technical Education in the Central Government (Ex-Officio) Dr. M. M. Pallam Raju Chairman Honble Minister of Human Resource Development Govt. of India, New Delhi 110 115 Chairman of Board of Governors of all IITs (Ex-Officio)

Bombay Dr. Anil Kakodkar Member Chairman, BOG, IIT Bombay Delhi Dr. Vijay P. Bhatkar Member Chairman, BOG, IIT Delhi Guwahati Dr. R. P. Singh Member Chairman, BOG, IIT Guwahati Kanpur Prof. M. Anandakrishnan Member Chairman, BOG, IIT Kanpur Kharagpur Shri Shiv Nadar Member Chairman, BOG, IIT Kharagpur Madras Prof. M. M. Sharma Member Chairman, BOG, IIT Madras Roorkee Shri Analjit Singh Member Chairman, BOG, IIT Roorkee Director of all IITs (Ex-Officio)

Bombay Prof. Devang V. Khakhar Member Director, IIT Bombay Delhi Prof. R. K. Shevgaonkar Member Director, IIT Delhi Guwahati Prof. Gautam Barua Member Director, IIT Guwahati Kanpur Prof. Indranil Manna Member Director, IIT Kanpur

IIT Council



Kharagpur Prof. S. K. Som Member Director, IIT Kharagpur Madras Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi Member Director, IIT Madras Roorkee Prof. Pradipta Banerji Member Director, IIT Roorkee Chairman, University Grants Commission (Ex-Officio)

Prof. Ved Prakash Member Chairman, University Grants Commission Director General, Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (Ex-Officio)

Dr. Samir K. Brahmachari Member Director General Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Chairman, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (Ex-Officio) Dr. K. Kasturirangan Member Chairman, Council of IISc Bangalore Director, Indian Institute of Science (Ex-Officio) Prof. P. Balaram Member Director, IISc Bangalore Three nominees of the Central Government

To represent the Ministry concerned with Technical Education Smt. Vibha Puri Das Member Secretary, Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development New Delhi 110 115

To represent the Ministry of Finance Shri Sumit Bose Member Secretary (Expenditure) Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure North Block, New Delhi 110 001

To represent any other Ministry Shri J. Satyanarayana Member Secretary Department of Information Technology Electronics Niketan, CGO Complex, Lodhi Road New Delhi 110 003

Nominee of the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Prof. S. S. Mantha Member Chairman All India Council for Technical Education



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Nominees of the Visitor (minimum 3 and maximum 5) Prof. C.N.R. Rao Member Chairman Scientific Advisory Council to the Prime Minister Prof. C. S. Seshadri Member Director Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai Plot H1, SIPKOT IT Park, Padur, Siruseri 603 103

Prof. Sabyasachi Bhattacharya Member Ex-Director Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Homi Bhaba Road, Mumbai 400 005

Dr. Kota Harinarayan Member Dr. D. S. Kothari DRDO Chair Dr. D. S. Kothari Block Aeronautical Development Establishment DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India, New Thippasandra Bangalore 560 075

Shri Tarun Das Member Chief Mentor, Confederation of Indian Industry, Plot No. 249-F, Udyog Vihar, Sector 18 Gurgaon 122 015 Three Members of Parliament (two from Lok Sabha and one from Rajya Sabha)

Shri Janardhana Swamy Member Honble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) 137, South Avenue, New Delhi 110 011

Shri Deepender Singh Hooda Member Honble Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha) 9, Pandit Pant Marg, New Delhi 110 011 Smt. Vasanthi Stanley Member Honble Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) 106, South Avenue, New Delhi 110 001

Secretary to the Council Shri Ashok Thakur Secretary Special Secretary, Department of Higher Education Ministry of Human Resource Development New Delhi 110 115



Chairman

Dr. R. P. SinghFormer Chairman and Managing DirectorPower Grid Corporation of India Limited29, Paschimi Marg, First FloorVasant Vihar, New Delhi 110 057

Member (Ex-Officio)Prof. Gautam BaruaDirectorIIT Guwahati

Member-Nominees of the IIT CouncilShri Provash Chandra NeogyEC126, SectorISalt LakeKolkata 700 064

Shri K. Shankar Narayanan H 87, Bag Mugalia Extension Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh 462 043

Shri N. K. Sinha Joint SecretaryBureau of Distance Learning and ScholarshipsMHRD, Dept. of Higher EducationShastri Bhavan, New Delhi 110 115

Prof. Asis DattaProfessor of EminenceNational Institute of Plant Genome ResearchAruna Asaf Ali Marg, Post Box No. 10531 New Delhi 110 067

Member-Nominee of the Govt. of AssamShri H. K. Sharma, IASCommissioner and Secretary to the Govt. of AssamHigher Education (Technical) DepartmentDispur, Guwahati 781 006

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Member-Nominee of the Govt. of MeghalayaShri P. D. SawyanArchitect/IndustrialistHotel CentrepointPolice BazarShillong 793 003

Member-Nominees of the SenateProf. S. Dandapat (Up to 31.12.2012)Dean, Administration and ProfessorDepartment of Electronics and Electrical EngineeringIIT Guwahati

Prof. P. S. Robi (From 1.1.2013)ProfessorDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringIIT Guwahati

Prof. M. JawedProfessorDepartment of Civil EngineeringIIT Guwahati

Secretary (Ex-Officio)Dr. B. N. RaychoudhuryRegistrarIIT Guwahati



Dr. R. P. Singh Chairman (Ex-Officio)Former Chairman and Managing DirectorPower Grid Corporation of India LimitedA-1, PWO Housing Society, Hriday Deep, Sector 43Gurgaon, Haryana 122 002

Prof. Gautam Barua Member (Ex-Officio)Director IIT Guwahati

Financial AdviserIntegrated Finance Division MemberDepartment of Higher Education MHRD, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi 110 115

Shri N. K. SinhaJoint SecretaryBureau of Distance Learning and Scholarships MemberDepartment of Higher Education MHRD, Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi 110 115

Shri D. Saikia, IAS (Up to 27.8.2012) Member Former Commissioner and SecretaryGovernment of AssamDispur, Guwahati 781 006

Shri Nilmoni Bhakta (From 27.8.2012)Director (Finance)Numaligarh Refinery LimitedNumaligarh, Golaghat 785 699

Prof. P. K. Bora (Up to 27.8.2012)Prof. S. Dandapat (From 27.8.2012) MemberProfessor Department of Electronics and Electrical EngineeringIIT Guwahati

Dr. B. N. Raychoudhury Secretary Registrar IIT Guwahati

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Prof. Gautam Barua ChairmanDirector IIT Guwahati

Dr. Hem Chandra Bora MemberFormer Deputy General Manager, Oil India Ltd.Debdaru Path, Dispur, Guwahati 781 006

Shri Debi Charan Bora Member Former Commissioner and Secretary, PWD, Govt. of Assam Monalisa Path, Hatigarh CharialiZoo Narangi Road, Guwahati 781 024

Prof. S. Dandapat (Up to 2.9.2012) MemberDean, Administration andProfessor Department of Electronics and Electrical EngineeringIIT Guwahati

Prof. S. Nandi (From 2.9.2012) MemberDeputy Director andProfessor Department of Computer Science and EngineeringIIT Guwahati

Prof. A. Dutta MemberDean, Institute Works andProfessor, Department of Civil EngineeringIIT Guwahati

Chief Engineer (Buildings) MemberPWD, Govt. of Assam Chandmari, Guwahati 781 003

Superintending Engineer MemberAssam Central CircleIICPWD Complex, Garchuk, NH Bye Pass 37Opposite DY 365 Office, Guwahati 781 035

Dr. B. N. Raychoudhury Member SecretaryRegistrar IIT Guwahati

Building and Works Committee



Chairman

Prof. Gautam BaruaDirectorIIT Guwahati

Member Secretary

Dr. B. N. Raychoudhury, Registrar

Members

Prof. S. Nandi, Deputy Director and Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Prof. Alika Khare, Dean of Academic Affairs and Professor, Department of Physics

Prof. A. Mahanta, Professor, Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Prof. Debabrata Chakrabarty, Dean of Research and Development and Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Prof. A. Srinivasan, Dean of Faculty Affairs, and Professor, Department of Physics

Prof. B. K. Patel, Dean of Students Affairs, and Professor, Department of Chemistry

Prof. A. Dutta, Dean of Institute Works and Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Prof. Sanjay Kr. Bose, Dean of Alumni Affairs and External Relations and Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Prof. S. Dandapat, Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Prof. P. G. Yammiyavar, Professor, Department of Design

Prof. A. K. Gogoi, Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Prof. J. B. Baruah, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Prof. A. Chattopadhyay, Professor and Head Department of Chemistry

Prof. A. T. Khan, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Prof. P. K. Bora, Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Prof. S. C. Mishra, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Prof. A. K. Sarma, Professor and Head, Civil Engineering

Prof. P. S. Robi, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Prof. A. K. Dass, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

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Prof. R. Tiwari, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Prof. U. S. Dixit, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Prof. S. Majhi, Professor, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Prof. A. K. Ghoshal, Head of Centre for Energy and Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Prof. Debkumar Chakrabarti, Professor and Head, Department of Design

Prof. Ravi Mokashi Punekar, Professor, Department of Design

Prof. Amarendra K. Das, Professor, Department of Design

Prof. A. Barua, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Prof. S. Talukdar, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Prof. S. K. Deb, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Prof. S. K. Kakoty, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Prof. S. K. Dwivedy, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Prof. P. Mahanta, Professor and Head, Mechanical Engineering

Prof. R. Alam, Professor, Department of Mathematics

Prof. D. C. Dalal, Professor, Department of Mathematics

Prof. T. Punniyamurthy, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Prof. Chandan Mahanta, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Prof. S. Borbora, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Prof. Krishna Barua, Professor, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Prof. Bhaba K. Sarma, Professor and Head, Department of Mathematics

Prof. Rajen K. Sinha, Professor, Department of Mathematics

Prof. R. Swaminathan, Professor, Department of Biotechnology

Prof. P. Goswami, Professor, Department of Biotechnology

Prof. A. Goyal, Professor, Department of Biotechnology

Prof. S. Ravi, Professor, Department of Physics

Dr. S. B. Nair, Professor and Head, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Prof. Rohini Mokashi Punekar, Professor and Head, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences

Dr. V. V. Dasu, Head and Associate Professor, Department of Biotechnology

Prof. V. S. Moholkar, Professor and Head, Department of Chemical Engineering

Prof. Saurabh Basu, Professor and Head, Department of Physics

Prof. S. S. Ghosh, Head of Nanotechnology and Professor, Department of Biotechnology

Prof. Gopal Das, Head of Centre for the Environment and Professor, Department of Chemistry

Prof. M. Jawed, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Prof. M. Ray, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Prof. Anil K. Saikia, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Prof. Manmohan Pandey, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Prof. R. Bhattacharjee, Professor and Head, Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering



Prof. S. Natesan, Professor, Department of Mathematics

Prof. Diganta Goswami, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Prof. U. K. Saha, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Prof. Chitralekha Mahanta, Professor, Department of Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Prof. R. Roypaily, Professor, Department of Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Prof. S. R. M. Prasanna, Professor, Department of Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering

Prof. S. N. Bora, Professor, Department of Mathematics

Prof. L. Sahoo, Professor, Department of Biotechnology

Prof. P. K. Giri, Professor, Department of Physics

Prof. S. Dutta, Professor, Department of Civil Engineering

Prof. Pallab Ghosh, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Prof. V. Manivannan, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Prof. P. K. Iyer, Professor, Department of Chemistry

Prof. Prabirkumar Saha, Professor, Department of Chemical Egineering

Prof. Rama Gopal V. S. Uppaluri, Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering

Dr. K. V. Krishna, Chairman HAB and Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics

Dr. D. K. Sarma, Workshop Superintendent, Department Mechanical Engineering

Dr. P. Bhaduri, Head and Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering

Dr. Subhradip Ghosh, Chairman HAB and Associate Professor, Department of Physics

Members (External)

Prof. Kulendu Pathak, Former Vice-Chancellor of Dibrugarh University

Prof. Nabaneeta Dev Sen, Former Professor at Jadavpur University

Dr. Pranab Bharali, Former Director (Operations), Oil India Limited

Invitees

All Associate Professors and the Deputy Librarian of the Institute



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Executive Summary

INTRODUCTION

The year 2012 has seen its fourteenth batch of students taking their degrees in the month of May. The Institute takes pride in the achievements of its students and gladly announces that almost all the passed out students have been well placed in various government organisations and multi-national companies in India and abroad. All the achievements in academic and research areas have been successful only because of the relentless efforts of dedicated faculty members and the commendable cooperation of all other non-teaching employees of the Institute.

Here is a brief report on the activities and achievements of the Institute during the year 2012-2013.

THE BOARD OF GOVERNORS

Dr. R. P. Singh has been appointed as Chairman, Board of Governors of IIT Guwahati for another term of three years, till February 2016. Prof. P. S. Robi, Department of

Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati joined the Board in January 2013 as a nominee of the Senate. On behalf of the Board, I welcome him to the Board and thank the outgoing Board members, Mr. Provash Chandra Neogy, Mr. K. Shankar Narayanan, Shri N. K. Sinha and Prof Samarendra Dandapat, for their contributions during their tenure.

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

The Institute has 11 academic departments, 3 inter-disciplinary academic centres and 3 service centres. No additions were made this year. These are:

Departments

Biotechnology (BT ), Chemical Engineering (CL), Chemistry (CH), Civil Engineering (CE), Computer Science and Engineering (CSE), Design (DE), Electronics and Electrical Engineering (EEE), Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), Mathematics (MA), Mechanical Engineering (ME), and Physics (PH)

Academic Centres

Centre for Energy, Centre for the Environment, Centre for Nanotechnology

Service Centres

Computer and Communication Centre, Central Instruments Facility, Centre for Educational Technology

The Institute offers academic programmes covering a wide range of science, engineering, and humanities disciplines as given below:

Bachelor of Technology (BTech) programmes in Biotechnology (BT), Chemical Engineering (CL), Chemical Science and Technology (CT), Civil Engineering (CE), Computer Science and Engineering (CS), Electronics and Communication Engineering (EC), Electronics and



Electrical Engineering (EE), Engineering Physics (EP), Mathematics and Computing (MC), and Mechanical Engineering (ME),

Bachelor of Design (BDes) programme in the Department of Design,

Master of Technology (MTech) programmes in BT, CL, CE, CS, EE and ME,

Master of Design (MDes) programme in DE,

Master of Science (MSc) programmes in Chemistry (CH), Mathematics and Computing (MC), and Physics (PH),

Master of Arts (MA) programme in Development Studies (DS) in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences (HS),

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) programmes in all departments and in the Centres for Energy (EN), the Environment (EV), and Nanotechnology (NT),

A Dual (MTech+PhD) programme in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering started in July 2011.

The total number of enrolled students in 2012-2013 is 4506. Of these, 48% are post-graduate students. The detailed break up is:

Course 2011-2012 2012-2013

Preparatory 10 7

BTech and BDes 2048 2320

MTech and MDes 678 759

MSc 229 229

MA 85 72

Dual Degree (MTech+PhD) 3 6

Course 2011-2012 2012-2013

PhD 895 1113

Total 3948 4506

Fourteenth ConvocationIn the Fourteenth Convocation held on 25 May 2012, a total number of 858 students received their BTech, BDes, MA, MSc, MTech, MDes and PhD degrees as given below:

Programme Nos.

BTech/BDes

Biotechnology 23

Chemical Engineering 29

Chemical Science and Technology 19

Civil Engineering 41

Computer Science and Engineering 49

Design 20

Electronics and Communication Engineering 48

Electronics and Electrical Engineering 25

Engineering Physics 19

Mathematics and Computing 29

Mechanical Engineering 60

Total 362

MSc

Chemistry 36

Mathematics and Computing 39

Physics 39

Total 114

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Dr. Rajendra Pratap Singh and Prof. Gautam Barua along with the medal winners at the 14th Convocation



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Programme Nos.

MA

Development Studies 42

Total 42

MTech/MDes

Biotechnology 26


Civil Engineering 60


Design 20



Total 269

PhD

Biotechnology 11

Chemistry 8


Civil Engineering 9


Design 1


Humanities and Social Sciences 3

Programme Nos.


Mathematics 2

Physics 5

Centre for Energy 2

Centre for the Environment 5

Centre for Nanotechnology 1

Total 71

Grand Total 858

ACADEMIC INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPMENT

The Computer and Communication Centre has upgraded the existing internet leased line to cater to the ever increasing demand for Internet bandwidth. The centre has been providing internet connectivity through the 1 Gbps link of National Knowledge Network (NKN) along with updated 53 Mbps Internet bandwidth.

The Institute provides intranet and internet connectivity to the academic and administrative buildings through optical fibre cables and to the residential units using broadband ADSL 2+ connections. New network connectivity has been provided to upcoming hostels/buildings and the existing network infrastructure has been strengthened. Apart from these, the Institute provides Wi-Fi connectivity

Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam while addressing the gathering

Dr. Rajendra Pratap Singh, Chairman, BoG, IIT Guwahati, congratulating a degree recipient



necessary HDD and accessories to upgrade the existing mail storage for accommodating new users. Also a new student mail cluster will be added to the existing ones.

The Central Library is the central hub for academics and research. Besides having an excellent print collection of about 1.61 lakh books, back volumes and theses, it subscribes to electronic versions of almost all major journals in Science, Engineering and Humanities and Social Sciences. For the benefit of the students, teachers and researchers alike the library now opens from 8 in the morning till 12 midnight 365 days round the year. To address the needs of differently-abled students the library has provided an easy to access room with low height book shelves and reading facility.

in some specific areas of the campus. This year we will extend the Wi-Fi connectivity to the Academic Complex and procurement of necessary devices has been ordered accordingly.

On the Server front, the Computer Centre has two Computer Clusters one high availability cluster meant for regular programming and the other is meant for High Performance Computing (HPC), which is integrated with the Nation-wide GARUDA Grid project. Apart from these, a mix of high-end Servers from IBM, Dell, SUN, and HP caters to the need for Authentication, E-mail, Proxy, Automation and Web Servers. This year, we have ordered for 5 numbers of high-end HP servers and a Storage enclosure with

New equipments have been added to the laboratories of all the Departments and Centres. Some of the major equipment and facilities acquired by the Institute during the last year are

Radio Frequency Impedance / Material Analyser ` 78 lakhs (CIF)

Surface Area and Pore Size Analyser and High Pressure Surface Analyser ` 76.14 lakhs (CIF)

High Precision Non Contact Computerised Measurement of Surface Texture Apparatus ` 50.5 lakhs (ME)

Servo-Pneumatic Universal Testing Machine ` 47.8 lakhs (CE)

Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT) Machine ` 46.4 lakhs (EEE)

Radio Frequency Impedance/Material Analyser

Surface Area and Pore Size Analyser and High Pressure Surface Analyser

High Precision Non Contact Computerised Measurement of Surface Texture Apparatus



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Multi Channel Analysis of Surface Wave Apparatus (MASW) ` 46.3 lakhs (CE)

Cyclic Triaxial Apparatus ` 45 lakhs (CE)

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT

The number of PhD students on campus is increasing every year. This year has seen a big jump in numbers, growing from 895 students last year to 1113 this year. The current faculty to PhD students ratio stands at a satisfactory 3.43. The number of graduating PhD students is still low at 65. This will increase in the coming years as we have been admitting more than 200 students since the last three years.

The other component of our research programme is sponsored (or directed) research. There are 240 research personnel engaged in various research projects at the Institute.

We offer a Start-up Research Grant to newly-joined faculty members of the Institute to start their research activities. During this year, 22 projects worth 1.08 crores have been sanctioned under this scheme. A total of 116

projects were sanctioned till date.

During the year 2012-2013 over 350 research and development projects were in progress, having a total sanctioned value of ` 151 crores. In the year 2012-2013, IIT Guwahati received new projects of about 42.6 crores. This is in comparison to 28.35 crores last year, while the total funds received were ` 37.4 crores as compared to ` 27.2 crores. The R&D projects were mainly sponsored by Government Ministries and Departments with major support coming from Ministries of Environment (MoE), Human Resource Development (MHRD), Steel, Departments of Science and Technology (DST ), Biotechnology (DBT), Atomic Energy (DAE), Electronics and Information Technology (DeitY), Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and Defence Research Labs (DRL). The following table provides a comparison of this years R&D project profile with that of last year. The numbers of new sponsored research projects have increased considerably from last year. Similarly, the total sanctioned value of the projects has also increased from ` 28.35 crores to ` 42.60 crores.

Comparison of R&D project profiles of the year 2012-2013 and 2011-2012:

Particulars 2011-2012 2012-2013

New sponsored projects received 67 103

New consultancies received 120 133

Total sanctioned value of the new sponsored projects (in crores of `) 28.35 42.60

Total sanctioned value of the new consultancy projects and others (in crores of `) 2.20 2.30

Total amount received for all projects (new and ongoing) (in crores of `) 27.18 37.36

Total amount received for all consultancy projects and others (new and ongoing) (in crores of `) 2.62 3.08

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Major research projects received during the year 2012-2013:

Project Title Funding AgencyDept. / Centre

Amount Sanctioned (` in lakhs)

X-ray crystallographic structure elucidation of key drug target enzymes of Leishmania donovani DBT BT 72.69

Design and application of a robust process analytical technology (PAT) platform for real-time monitoring and control of hyaluronic acid production

DBT BT 71.45

Development of bioplastic based sustainable nanobiocomposite food packaging Sustain-NanoPACK DBT CL 97.43

Super critical fluid extraction of natural antioxidants for food preservation from spices and non-conventional fruits endemic in North Eastern region DBT CL 75.65



CO2 capturer by CO2 selective thin film composite polymeric membrane containing amine carrier DST CL 73.96

Developing of new conjugated materials for optoelectronic devices DST CH 84.00

New aminocatalytic asymmetric transformations DST CH 55.66

Development of Indo-Highway capacity manual (HCM) CSIR-CRRI CE 100.45

Design, development of a watermarking system for scalable video authentication DeitY CSE 102.05

Reducing cache access time in tiled chip multi processors DeitY CSE 79.00

Online testing of complex VLSI circuits using FDD theory of discrete event system DeitY CSE 124.00

Multi-model broadcast analytics-structured evidence visualisation for event of security concern DeitY EEE 139.51

Design and implementation of a blind assistance system using FPGAs and sensors DeitY EEE 70.26

Acoustic and tonal features based analysis of Mizo DeitY HSS 73.68

Development of a general purpose CFD solver over a hybrid unstructured grid BARC ME 342.16

Design development of a controller for bridge configured based bearing less motor DeitY ME 90.35

Setting-up Rural Technology Action Group-North-East (RuTAG-NE)Prin. Sc. Adviser

to the GoIME 110.85

Development of copper (Cu)- carbon nanomaterial (CN) based nanocomposite formulations for heat recovery in different processes in a steel plant

Ministry of Steel ME 336.00

Design and implementation of confocal microscopes with spatial light modulator based beam scanning and programmable beam manipulation mechanism

DST PH 89.66

Molecular investigation of epigenetic modification in exposure to environmental polluting using Neurospora crassa as a model system DBT ENV 55.00

Table2DBT Department of Biotechnology, Govt. of India

DST Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India

BARC Bhabha Atomic Research Centre

CSIR-CRRI Council of Scientific and Industrial Research-Central Road Research Institute

DeitY Department Electronics and Information Technology

In addition to sponsored Research Projects, IIT Guwahati undertakes consultancy assignments for various State Government Departments, Railways, National Highways Authority of India, Oil and Gas Sector, Construction and Infrastructure Companies, Power Sector, Educational Institutes, Health and Pharmaceutical Industries and Financial Institutions. Consultancy projects are contributing to the industrial, economic and social growth of the country with special emphasis on this region.

A total of 133 consultancy projects were carried out during the year. The total value of consultancy projects undertaken during this year is ` 2.30 crores, and ` 3.08 crores was received for all consultancies.

The IIT Guwahati Technology Incubation Centre (IITG-TIC) was established to facilitate co-operation and interaction between the Institute and entrepreneurs in various sectors of science and engineering and promote innovation. Four incubatees are currently working in IT



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and Electronics related projects. Two more incubatees are to join very soon.

IIT Guwahati houses the regional National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) library for North East Region to facilitate studies of higher mathematics. A grant of ` 26.55 lakhs was received from Department of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India to procure books, journals and periodicals during the reported year under this project.

FACULTY AND STAFF

The faculty strength at the end of March 2013 was 325. This is an increase of 29 from 296 at the end of last year.

The number of non-faculty staff increased by 21 to reach a total number of 357 at the end of financial year 2012-13. This is a jump from 336 in the previous year.

PUBLICATIONS

The faculty members of the Institute have been actively publishing research papers in international and national journals as well as in conference proceedings. The number of publications during the past one year is:

Papers in Journals : 592

Papers in Conference Proceedings : 548

CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS/SCHOOLS/COURSES

Various conferences, seminars, workshops and schools were organised by the Departments and Centres of the Institute during the year. A few of them are

Technology Vision 2035 Brainstorming Session, North East Region, 19 June 2012.

13th Indo-US Cytometry Workshop (IUCW 2012), 8-10 October 2012.

Workshop on Mathematical Finance (WMF 2012), 29 October 3 November 2012.

Workshop on Analysis of Biological Networks, 6-7 November 2012.

The first IIT Guwahati OSA (The Optical Society) Student Chapter Workshop on Optics, 15-17 November 2012.

National Conference on Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FICS 2012), 2-4 December 2012.

21st International Symposium on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM-21), 10-13 December 2012.

International Conference on Information System Security (ICISS 2012), 15-19 December 2012.

Theoretical Chemistry Symposium (TCS2012), 19-22 December 2012.

International Conference on Numerical Linear Algebra and its Applications (NLAA 2013), 15-18 January 2013.

13th Indo-US Cytometry Workshop

Technology Vision 2035 Brainstorming Session

Theoretical Chemistry Symposium



Typography Day 2013, 7-9 March 2013.

National conference on Recent Trends in the study of the Compact Objects: Theory and Observation (RETCO-2013), 11-13 March 2013.

MEMORANDA OF UNDERSTANDING

10 new Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) were signed with various educational and research institutes across the world during 2012-13. The MoUs are mainly on academic and research collaborations. Some of these institutes are RWTH Aachen University (Germany), Politechno de Milano (Italy), Chubu University (Japan), Chung Yuan Christian University (Taiwan), Victoria University of Wellington (New-Zealand), and GIFU University (Japan). Four MoUs have been renewed. At present the Institute has 36 active MoUs.

Currently there are 14 foreign students enrolled for various fulltime programmes at IIT Guwahati. A student from the National University of Singapore (NUS) attended

IIT Guwahati for one semester during 2012-2013 under the student exchange programme. Besides, 10 students and 3 faculty members of the Institute obtained fellowships under Erasmus Mundus Programme which aims at enhancing quality in higher education through scholarships and academic co-operation between Europe and the rest of the world.

FACULTY ACHIEVEMENTS

A number of faculty received awards during their year. Some of the major awards were:

Dr. V. V. Dasu, Biotechnology, received Talented Industrial Biotechnologist Award for 2012 by Association of Biotechnology and Pharmacy, India.

Dr. V. K. Dubey, Biotechnology, received Malviya Memorial Young Faculty Award for 2011 by Biotech Research Society of India in November 2012.

Dr. L. Rangan, Biotechnology, won National Academy of Biological Sciences (NABS) Women Scientist Award for the year 2011-2012 in May 2012.

Dr. G. Pugazhenthi, Chemical Engineering, received IEI Young Engineers Award in Chemical Engineering for year 2012-2013 from Institution of Engineers (India).

Prof. A. Chattopadhyay, Chemistry, received the first Young Career Award in Nano Science and Technology (2013), instituted by the Nanomission of the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India.

Dr. C. K Jana and Dr. S. C. Pan, Chemistry received Young Scientist Research Awards in Basic Sciences from Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), Govt. of India.

Dr. A. Kalamdhad, Civil Engineering, received ISTE- GSITS national award for best research by young teachers (below 35 years) of engineering colleges for the year 2012 from Indian Society for Technical Education India.

Prof. Arun Chattopadhyay receiving the Young Career Award from Prof. C. N. R. Rao,Chairman, Nano Mission Council, Govt. of India

Prof. Aly Nazmy (4R) and Md. Irshad Jamaldeen (3R), Abu Dhabi University along with IIT Guwahati Officials

21st International Symposium on Processing and Fabrication of Advanced Materials (PFAM-21)



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Prof. S. Dutta, Civil Engineering, was awarded the R. J. Garde research award of Indian Society of Hydraulics.

Dr. S. Karmakar, Design was awarded Professor Sachidananda Banerjee Memorial Young Scientist Research Award for the year 2012 by Physiological Society of India.

Dr. D. Udaya Kumar, Design, was awarded Bharat Ratna Rajiv Gandhi Yuva Shakti National Award for the year 2012 by Academy of Grassroots Studies and Research of India.

Dr. D. Udaya Kumar, Design, received Designer of the Year 2012 award given by India Design Forum.

Mr. K. Sorathia, Design, Amit Ranjan, and Jagriti (both alumni of the Institute) won Gandhian Young Technological Innovation Award 2013.

Dr. M. K. Bhuyan, Electronics and Electrical Engineering, received the National Award for Best Applied Research/Technological Innovation by Government of India.

Prof. S. C. Mishra, Mechanical Engineering, has been

elected a Fellow of American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME).

Prof. M. Pandey, Mechanical Engineering, was appointed Member of the Board of Directors of American Nuclear Society - India Section (ANS-IS) in April 2012.

The Institute congratulates them all.

CONSTRUCTION AND CAMPUS DEVELOPMENT

The construction activities of the Institute are increasing considerably in conformity with the increase in student intake. There are now nine hostels for men and one hostel for women.

The ninth boys hostel (named Brahmaputra) with a capacity of 1000 was occupied in July 2012. The construction work of the eighth boys hostel with a capacity of 504 is almost complete. Construction of the tenth boys hostel was begun this year. This hostel will have 184 rooms with attached toilets for research / foreign students and 772 normal single rooms. On the completion of the above boys hostels the total capacity of boys hostels would be 5160.

The womens hostel has a current capacity of 514 seats. The expansion of the kitchen and dining hall of the hostel has been completed. Extension of another block with an additional 156 rooms is in progress. Another hostel with 168 single and 174 double rooms with kitchen, dining and other common facilities has already been started. On completion, the total capacity of womens hostels will be 1186.

The Academic Complex which houses all departments and centres of the Institute had an initial floor area of about 74,000 m2. With the gradual increase in student strength the Academic Complex is being extended in a phased manner. In Phase-I, 4460 m2 area was

Dr. Manas Kamal Bhuyan receiving the award from the Honourable President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee

Brahmaputra Boys Hostel with a capacity of 1000 single bedded rooms



extended and in Phase-2, 6000 m2 area has been added. Construction work of the third phase of 8025 m2 is nearly complete. Phase-IV of the extension of the Academic Complex with area of 7240 m2 has already started. Further, it has been decided, to construct a multi storey Research Building for housing research facilities. The building is designed as a 10 storey framed structure with 1850 m2 per floor.

Based on the projected student intake for the next five years and available class rooms, an assessment of required class rooms has been made. A class room complex having 6 lecture halls of 200 capacity and 18 class rooms of 120 capacity with the provision of future vertical expansion has been planned. The area proposed to be constructed in this phase is 9875 m2.

Phase-II construction activities of the Kendriya Vidyalaya are in progress. Expansion of the school building, auditorium and residential quarters that was started in March 2010 is already completed and the facilities are ready for use.

Construction activities of the residences for faculty and non-faculty staff are also going on. On completion of all these by the end of 2013, the number of quarters will be 79 F-type; 114 E-type; 168 D-type; 72 C-type and 175 B-type adding up to a total of 608 residences. In order to meet the demand of residential buildings for faculty as well as for staff the Institute is planning to construct 100 units of F-type quarters in the new financial year. This is intended to be a multi storey building of nine floors.

The construction of a second Students Activity Centre is under way to make space for the activities of the welfare, cultural and technical boards. Also being constructed are two food courts, one of which is for students. A covered stage near the cricket ground which can be used for cultural activities as well as a pavilion during cricket matches has been constructed. A separate indoor sports complex with a Badminton Hall having 6 courts

with wooden base and a weight lifting hall is under construction. All these constructions will be completed before the next Inter-IIT Sports meet which will be held at IIT Guwahati in December 2013.

The existing guest house is also being expanded with 153 general rooms and 8 suites. For social get-togethers and different cultural activities of IIT Guwahati community, two community halls have been constructed till date. A third community hall is under construction.

The expansion of the electrical infrastructure and of the air-conditioning capacity has also been undertaken. A number of Diesel Generating sets and a new AC plant have been installed. In order to enhance the security of the campus, a road along the boundary wall of the campus is being built. This will allow patrolling of the campus perimeter by the security staff.

INSTITUTE EXPENDITURE

The details of expenditure during the year 2012-2013 are as follows (in crores of `):

Recurring : 93.58

Non-recurring : 133.14

Sponsored Research : 44.95

Total Expenditure : 271.67

In comparison, in 2011-12, ` 227 crores were spent.

STUDENTS ACTIVITIES

Alcheringa 2013

Alcheringa, the annual cultural festival of IIT Guwahati, was held during 31 January 2 February this year. Alcheringa is now regarded as one of the major students cultural event of the North-East where thousands of The Academic Complex

The Guest House



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students from across the country take part in various youth oriented competitions, workshops, seminars and informal events. Events featuring performances by various artistes of repute are the real crowd pullers. This year the well known singer Mohit Chauhan and the dance group Indian Jazz Suites performed before huge crowds.

Manthan the intra-IIT cultural festivalSpirit the inter-college invitation sports competitionSpardha the annual sports meetZest the annual athletics meet

Along with these, there have been regular events and competitions organised by the various clubs and societies of the Institute such as the Movie Club, the Fine Arts Club, the Literary Club, the Photography Club, etc.

Techniche 2012

Techniche-2012 the annual techno-management festival of the Institute was held during 30 August2 September 2012.

One of the main attractions of Techniche is the Lecture Series. Among the speakers were Dr. R. Chidambaram, nuclear scientist and the principal scientific adviser to the Government of India; Dr. Samuel R. Chand, President Emeritus of Beulah Heights University; Rashmi Bansal, author of four bestselling books on entrepreneurship including Stay Hungry Stay Foolish; George Kourounis, adventurer, known for his television series Angry Planet; Prabhu Chawla, Editorial Director of The New Indian Express Group.

Following are the other regular events organised by the students during the year:

STUDENTS ACHIEVEMENTS

Mr. Parag Agarwal, BTech student of Computer Science and Engineering received TCS-100 Best Student Award for the academic year 2012-2013.

Ms. Jashmini Deka, an alumnus and a research associate in the department of Chemistry, has been selected for the DST INSPIRE Faculty Award 2012.

Alcheringa

Alcheringa

Techniche

Techniche



Ms. Raihana Begum, a research student, department of Chemistry, has received MRSI Young Scientists Award 2012 at Young Scientists Colloquium 2012 organised by Materials Research Society of India (MRSI) Kolkata Chapter, Kolkata.

The IIT Guwahati students team (Tushar Krishnan, Vineel Kambala, Vivek Gunawat) won the National Finals of the MISB Bocconi Business Quiz. The winners won a trip to Milan, Italy.

Mr. Abhishek Panigrahi, alumnus of Chemical Engineering, (BTech 2011 batch) received the prestigious Panasonic Fellowship for higher study in Japan. He is among the four students receiving this award from India for the year 2013 chosen from a total of 6186 applicants on the basis of a rigorous selection process.

IIT Guwahatis students Team Aarogya won the fifth edition of the GE Edison Challenge held at the GE India Technology Centre, Bangalore. The winning teams project proposes wireless EEG (Electroencephalography) for monitoring of autistic patients. The team members were Jayesh Bhaskar Yerrapragada, Aditi Olemann, Abhinav Agarwal, and Abhijeet Singh. They are BTech

students of the Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering.

Four student teams of the Department of Design have won best design awards in Rich Interactive Narrative competition sponsored by Microsoft Research. The teams comprise of Minal Jain, Mannu Amrit, Anvay Meshram, Ranju Ravindran, Ishpreet Batra, Raina Agarwal, Nishtha Mehrotra, Himanshu Seth, Anjali, Yuva Raj, Jatin Bajaj.

A group of students of IIT Guwahati has won the silver medal for their project Chemically triggered release of molecular cargo encapsulated within the DNA icosahedron in Biomolecular Design (BIOMOD) 2012 held at Wyss Institute, Harvard University. The team comprised of Shaunak Kar, Harsha, Bharath (BTech, Biotechnology), S. Anand (BTech, Chemical Science and Technology), Bharath Srikanth (BTech, Chemical Engineering) and Anusuya Banerjee (National Centre for Biological Sciences in Bangalore, Karnataka).

Mr. Somasekhar Bondalapati, research student, Department of Chemistry, received the first prize of Eli Lilly Outstanding Thesis Awards 2012.

TRAINING AND PLACEMENT

The placement scenario at IIT Guwahati for the year 2012-2013 has been good so far. A total of 101 companies from various sectors have participated in the recruitment process. Out of a total of 909 students [BTech (408), BDes (23), MTech (287), MDes (20), MSc (70), MA (39) and PhD (62)] registered for placement, 72% BTech and 100% BDes have been placed so far.

The percentage of placement till now for the MTech and MDes is reasonable and stands at 43% and 70% respectively.

For MSc programmes, 2 students have been placed out of the 70 registered candidates. 11 PhD students have also received job offers through the Institute placement cell in education and research sectors.

Companies from various sectors have participated in the campus recruitment process. The percentages of participation from various sectors are 32% in Core Engineering, 54% in IT and 14% in others. Among the core sector companies, 19% are PSUs and Government organisations.

IIT Guwahati received Partnership Award from National Innovation FoundationIndia (NIFIndia) for mentoring and value addition support. The National Innovation Foundation-India, started functioning in March 2000 as Indias national initiative to strengthen the grassroots technological innovations and outstanding traditional knowledge. NIFIndia set up its cell at IIT Guwahati in 2002 as GIAN NE, renamed as National Innovation Foundation Assam Cell. Since its inception IIT Guwahati has provided continuous support (infrastructural, mentoring and value addition) to the cell.

Prof. Gautam Barua with the NIFIndia Partnership Award along with Prof. S. K. Kakoty, Chairman, Advisory Board of NIF Cell (L)



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The branch-wise placement details are:

UG (BTech/BDes) PG (MTech/MDes/MA/MSc)

Discipline No. of Student Reg.No. Student

Placed% of Student

PlacedNo. of

Student Reg.No. Student

Placed% of Student

Placed

CS 62 57 92 48 43 90

EC 55 42 76 43 23 53

EE 28 23 79

ME 63 53 84 66 32 48

CE 46 26 57 64 19 30

CL 45 28 62 41 5 12

BT 29 11 38 25

MC 31 24 77

CST 28 16 57

EP 21 8 38

DE 23 23 100 20 14 70

PH (MSc) 20

CH (MSc) 25

MC (MSc) 25 2 8

DS (MA) 39 3 8

CLOSING REMARKS

This is the season of evaluation of Institutions and of rankings. A lot has been written in the media about the absence of Indian Institutions in the list of top institutions of the world or even Asia. Our institution is young, and so we fall short on many categories. Thus, if the average research output of the last five years is compared with the current years, there will be a big difference. We also lose out on parameters such as reputation among academicains and among industry because we are not that well known. Indian institutions in general also fall short when it comes to internationalization. We do not

have too many foreign students and faculty from other countries are few and far in between. Another area we lose out is in the faculty to student ratio, although IIT Guwahatis position is better than many other IITs.

Nevertheless, our goal is to continuously assess our achievements and shortcomings, and to try and improve wherever we are lagging behind. For example, while we find that the number of papers that are being published is satisfactory, we know we fall short when it comes to technology transfer and patenting. I am confident our institute will continue to improve every year as we work as a team to help each other.



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PART II

ACADEMIC DEPARTMENTS

Biotechnology

chemical engineering

chemistry

civil engineering

computer science and engineering

design

electronics and communication engineering

humanities and social sciences

Mathematics

Mechanical engineering

Physics

ACADEMIC CENTRES

centre for energy

centre for the environment

centre for nanotechnology

CENTRALISED SERVICES AND PROGRAMME

central library

centre for educational technology

central Instruments facility

computer and communication centre



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DEPARTMENT Of BIOTEChNOLOGy

INTRODUCTION

department of Biotechnology was established in 2002. the department is one of its kind in the north-eastern region of India and is dedicated for promoting goal-oriented interdisciplinary research by interfacing modern biology with applied engineering sciences, addressing problems affecting human health/welfare, and training students to be the next generation engineers and researchers.

As of now, the department has 30 faculty members from diverse streams and specialisations, eight well-trained scientific staff members, and two administrative staff members. the department has developed extensive research facility and infrastructure to support the ongoing teaching and research initiatives.

the major thrust of the department includes biochemical engineering, tissue engineering, plant biotechnology, nanobiotechnology, computational biology, cancer biology, infectious diseases and proteomics. the department has initiated efforts to establish advanced research laboratories in all the thrust areas. Apart from fundamental research, the department aims to meet the targeted demands to cater the requirements of biotechnology based industries.

the detailed activities of the department of Biotechnology are reported below

ACADEMIC ACTIVITIES

the departmentoffersBtech, Mtech, and Phdprogrammes.

STUDENT INTAKE

Btech students enrolled in 2012 : 51Mtech students enrolled in 2012 : 31Phd students enrolled in 2012 : 35

fACULTy STRENGTh

Professor : 5Associate Professor : 8Assistant Professor : 17total : 30

MAJOR EQUIPMENTS AND fACILITIES

Atomic force microscope, Autotensiometer, Bioreactor, trinocular phase contrast microscope, trinocular stereo zoom microscope, flowcytometer, compact spectrofluorometer, fPlc system, digital imaging system, gradient PcR thermal cycler, hPlc system, Ion chromatography system, gas chromatography system, freeze dryer, Manual rotary microtome, Microplate reader, Real-time PcR system, ultracentrifuge.



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RESEARCh AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES

the major thrust of the department includes biochemical engineering, tissue engineering, plant biotechnology, environmental biotechnology, nanobiotechnology, molecular biology, stem cell biology and gene therapy, computational biology, cancer biology, infectious diseases and proteomics. Keeping in mind the demands of the modern biotechnological research, the plans for establishing advanced research facilities are underway. In 2012, the department has started two new elective courses open to all B-tech students and several departmental elective courses covering diverse areas of biology. In addition department is also involved in promoting science and education in the north east pertaining to the field of biotechnology by organizing workshops, symposium and seminar.

list of conferences and workshops in 2012-2013:

-Brain storming session on biotechnology in north eastern region.-workshop on Analysis of Biological networks 6th-7th november 2012-13th Indo-us cytometry workshop on Applications of flow cytometry in nanotechnology and Plant genomics 8th - 10th october 2012

RESEARCh PROJECTS

New Sponsored Projects

Principal Investigator Name of Project

Sponsoring Agency

Amount Sanctioned (` in Lakh)

Co-Investigator Duration

Anand, B. Molecular Mechanism of target Recognition and cleavage by the cRIsPR-cas Bacterial Immune system

dBt 122.96 Prof. s. Ramaswamy (PI, instem)

3

Anand, B. structural and functional characterization of Adaptation stage of cRIsPR-cas system in Mycobacterium tuberculosis

dBt 59.182 dr. nitin chaudhary

3

Biplab, B. Integrative investigation on critical transcriptional modules involved in proliferation of malignant cells

dBt 37.2 dr. sudip sen, AIIMs, new delhi

3

Bora, u. Identification and characterization of bio-active molecules from some indigenous plants of ne region of India with special references to antioxidant and hypolipidemic properties

dBt 78.42 dr. Rajyalakshmi devi (PI-1), co-ordinator, dr.Ranjan tamuli

3

dubey, V.K. X-ray crystallographic structure elucidation of key drug target enzymes of leishmania donovani.

dBt 72.69 dr. s. Patra 3

goyal, A. cloning, expression, biochemical and structural studies of family 5 glycoside hydrolase (gh5) cellulase and its derivatives from clostridium thermocellum

dBtcRest 14.5 none 1



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Sponsoring Agency



Jaganathan, B.g.

study of bone marrow microenvironment in patients with acute leukemia from north east India

IcMR 9.988 dr. Jina Bhattacharyyadr. damodar das, dr. Anil Agarwal (gMch)

1

Kanaujia, s.P. structural and functional studies of translation initiation factors from Pyrococcus horikoshii ot3.

dBt 52.9 dr. Vikash Kumar dubey

3

Kumar, M. characterization of immunogenic outer membrane proteins of leptospira interrogans for vaccine and diagnostics

IcMR 10 none 3

Kumar, M. Modulation of gene expression in leptospira interrogans exposed to human catecholamine hormone

dst 23 none 3

Kumar, s. InsPIRe faculty award for new castle disease virus

dst 35 none 5

Kumar, s. Improved Infectious Bursal disease Virus Vaccines using newcastle disease Virus Vector

dBt 47.34 dr n. choudhury 3

Kumar, s. Role of n-glycans of newcastle disease virus fusion protein in the host immune signaling molecules

BRns 16.8 none 3

Kunnumak-kara, A.B.

An Investigation of the therapeutic Potential of Butein Isolated from toxicodendron vernicifluum Against human oral squamous cell carcinoma

dst 23 none 2

Mandal, B.B. stimulation of stem cell differentiation on silk fiber reinforced composite with tunable strength and degradation towards enhanced osteogenesis

seRB-dst 23.00 none 3

Pakshirajan, K.

strategy development for the mitigation of heavy metals in surface waters around coal mining areas using native cyanobacterial strains

dBt 14.65 none 2

Ramakrish-nan, V.

design synthesis and characterization of self-assembled molecular materialsfromheterotactic polypeptide constructs. Application in drug delivery and nanoscale energy storage devices.

dBt 60.00 3

sahoo, l. Molecular cloning and functional characterization of cowpea drought responsive transcription factor gene dReB2A

dBt 82.70 Prof. s.K. Panda (Aus)

3

sahoo, l. generation of transgenic blackgram for aluminium tolerance in acidic soil

dBt 56.26(Phase I)

Prof. s.K. Panda (Aus)

2



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Sponsoring Agency



sahoo, l. cloning and characterization of stoP1 transcription factor from cowpea and its functional analysis

dst Indo-Japan

22.50 Prof. h. Koyama, gifu university, Japan; Prof. s.K. Panda (Aus)

3

goud,V.V. (chemical engineering)

development and establishment of efficient ultrasonic-assisted oil extraction process from microalgae for biodiesel production

csIR 18.96 sahoo, l. 3

goud,V.V. (chemical engineering)

super critical fluid extraction of natural antioxidants for food preservation from spices and non conventional fruits endemic in north eastern region

dBt 75.65 sahoo, l. 3

Ongoing Sponsored Projects


Sponsoring Agency



Anand, B. structural Basis for the Maturation of the Prokaryotic siRnA

dBt 38.48 - 3

Anand, B. dynamical Aspects of era gtPase - 16s rRnA Interactions and its Implication in Ribosome Assembly

dAe-BRns 16.85 - 3

Bora, u. silk Based scaffolds for neural tissue engineering.

dBt 58.44 dr.Ranjan tamuli 3

Bora, u. establishment of Institutional Biotech hubs (IBthubs) by dBt under special programme for north eastern states of India.

dBt 27.00 dr.Ranjan tamuli 3

Bora, u. development of Aptamer- Based Molecular diagnostics for Breast cancer

dBt 154.85 dr. Ranjan tamuli

3

Bora, u. development of silk silk protein derived artificial nerve growth conduction for neural tissue engineering

central silk Board

45.3 dr. Ranjan tamuli

3

chaudhary, n. understanding the role of cation- interaction in the self-assembly of amyloidogenic and de novo designed peptides

dBt 31.03 dr. R. nagaraj (PI) ccMB, hyderabad

3

chaturvedi, R. yield enhancement strategies for production of therapeutic compounds by cell and tissue cultures of tinospora cordifolia (willd.) Miers ex hook. f. & thoms.

dBt-twinning 82.52 Prof. B.K. Patel, IItgProf. V.s. Bisaria,IIt delhidr B.s. Bhau, neIst, Jorhat

3



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Sponsoring Agency



das, d. Process optimization for microbial synthesis of hyaluronic Acid from new isolates: development of structured kinetic model and experimental validation

csIR, new delhi

14.0 dr. Arun goyal 3

dubey, V.K. Betraying the parasites redox system: studies on spermidine synthase of leishmania donovani

dBt 82.18 dr. V. trivedi, Bt,dr. P.K.Iyer, chem

3

dubey, V.K. An integrated computational and biochemical approach to target ornithione decarboxylase, a key enzyme involved in synthesis of trypanothione for antileishmanial drug discovery

IcMR 43.00 dr. V. trivedi 3

dubey, V.K. studies on Peptide conjugated nanoparticles mediated antileishmanial drug delivery to macrophages


dubey, V.K. deciphering the molecular mechanism underlying the activity of antitumor agents as antileishmanial agents and their potential for therapy.

dBt 40.68 none 3

dubey, V.K. studies on trypanothione synthetase, a key enzyme of redox metabolism of leishmania donovani

dBt 27.73 none 3

dubey, V.K. *Variation in proteome profile of legume plants in response to heavy metal toxicity

dst 23.5 dr. Anil Verma, chemical engg

3

ghosh, s.s. fundamental Molecular Investigations in Biotechnology (core Project)

dBt 1133.68 Prof. P. goswamiProf. l. sahoo dr. B. Bose dr. A. Ramesh dr. s. Patra

5

ghosh, s.s. novel nanoscale materials targeted towards antimicrobial and anticancer activities.

dBt *Imple-mented at the centre for nanotechnol-ogy

169 Prof. A. chattopadhyay (chemistry)dr. Biplab Bose (Bt)

3

goswami, P. studies and application of redox enzymes for bioelectornics devices

dBt India 98 lacs dr. s. Patra 5 (2008 -2013)

goyal, A. Molecular and functional characterization of dextran production in weissella spp. - superior dextran producers for cereal applications

Indo-finland Joint Project, dBt, new delhi

77.03 none 3

goyal, A. development and application of recombinant and other cellulases for large scale recycling of cellulosic biomass

dBt 64.35 (Prof d. goyal, thapar univ)

3



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Sponsoring Agency



goyal, A. Prebiotics and neutraceuticals production from lactic acid bacteria.

Indo-Bulgarian Joint project, dst, new delhi

16.0 none 2

goyal, A. Bioinformatics Infrastructure facility dBt 20.0 co-coordinator: dr. V. dubey

Jul 2010-

goyal, A. M. tech. Program support dBt 170.0 coordinator 3

Jaganathan, B.g.

Role of Rho gtPase RhoA on interaction between human Mesenchymal stem cells and hematopoietic stem cells

dBt 39.26 dr. Anil M limaye and dr. Bosanta Boruah

3

Jaganathan, B.g.

cytoskeletal organization and migration potential of Mesenchymal stem cells (Msc) during different stages of differentiation

dst 24.2 none 3

Jaganathan, B.g.

Isolation of stem cells from human limbal and extra ocular muscle tissues and differentiation into retinal progenitor cells

IcMR 4.99 dr. damaris Magadalene (sri sankaradev nethralaya hospital)

2

Jaganathan, B.g.

study of Apoptotic signalling Pathways in Mesenchymal stem cells during normal and differentiated state

dBt 91.05 dr. Rajesh singh (IIAR)dr. chandramani Pathak (IIAR)

3

Mandal, B.B. Bioengineered silk vascular grafts for blood vessel engineering

dAe-BRns 17.00 none 3

Mandal, B.B. silk based biomimetic scaffolds for tissue engineering applications

IItg-start up grant

5.00 none 2

Mandal, B.B. Mechanically strong silk composite matrices for bone tissue engineering

IcMR-ne seed grant

10.00 none 3

Patra, s. structure, function, dynamics and Inhibition of Matrix Metalloproteinases (MMPs)

dBt 60 dr. V.K. dubey 3

Ramakrish-nan, V.

computational engineering of protein folding pathways: Implication on stability, misfolding and aggregation

dBtscheme: Inno-vative young Biotechnolo-gist Award.

6.39 1

Ramesh, A. evaluation of probiotic attributes of lactic acid bacteria based on bacteriocinogenic activity and in vitro adhesion properties

csIR 11.30 dr. Biplab Bose 3 years (2010- 2013)

Rangan, l. Molecular and physico-chemical characterization of selected ginger species from north eastern Region

dBt 52.75 dr A Parida (MssRf chennai)dr s Mitra (Jnu new delhi)

3



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Sponsoring Agency



Rangan, l. dnAB (dnA Barcoding) based biodiversity inventory in Zingiberaceae of northeast India

dIt,Ministry of Information tech, govt of India

71.18 dr u Boradr l sahoo

5

sahoo, l. development of transgenic cowpea for Virus Resistance using the tool of RnA Interference (RnAi)

dBt 83.34 dr. sunil Kumar Mukherjee, IcgeB, new delhi

3

sahoo, l. development of Pod Borer Resistant transgenic Pigeonpea and chickpea

IcAR 58.0 coordinator: Prof. s. K. sen, BRef Biotech, IIt Khragpaur

3

sahoo, l. development and evaluation of transgenic mungbean over expressing AtnhX1 and AVP1 for salt tolerance

dBt 78.75 - 3

sahoo, l. Molecular cloning and functional characterization of heavy metal stress specific phytochelatin synthase gene from eichhornia crassipes

dBt 78.40 - 5

saini, g.K. Isolation, characterization and identification of natural pigments of food and industrial values from filamentous fungi

dBt 56.76 dr. suresh (PI, north east Insti-tute (neRIst))dr. n.c. talukdar (PI, collaborating Institute (IBsd)

3

swaminathan, R.

single molecule fluorescence investigations on the mechanism of lysozyme aggregation and RnA helicase activity

dBt 60.50 dr. B. Anand and dr. s. Maiti (tIfR, Mumbai)

3

swaminathan, R.

Protein aggregation: early molecular events, mechanisms and inhibition

dst 53.40 none 3

swaminathan, R.

conjugating luminescent quantum dots to proteins: consequences on protein function and development of sensitive assays.

csIR 12.50 none 3

tamuli, R. studies on the cellular roles of calcium signaling proteins in neurospora crassa (ne-twining project)

dBt 50.70 dr. utpal Bora 3

tamuli, R. functional analysis of calcium signaling proteins in neurospora crassa.

dst 15.352 none 3

trivedi, V. Molecular Modeling, design and synthesis of Macrophage Phagosome-lysosome fusion Activators in development of anti-malarials

BRns 16.86 none 3



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trivedi, V. Biochemical and functional characterization of RIo kinase (s) from Plasmodium falciparum as a Potential drug target

dBt 31.48 dr. V.K. dubey 3

trivedi, V. winged helix domain-oligonucleotide recognition as an axis to develop PfRIo-2 specific inhibitor: implication in anti-malarial drug development

dBt 82.10 dr. sanjukta Patradr. chandra lata Bal (BIt Ranchi)

3

trivedi, V. Regulation of Macrophage cd36 Mediated Immune Response during Malaria.

dst 24.41 none 3

Completed Sponsored Projects


Sponsoring Agency

Amount (` in Lakh) Co-Investigator Duration

Bora, u. synthesis of Biodegradable nanocarriers for targeted drug delivery

dBt 14.686 Prof.Pranab goswami

3

Bora, u. electrospun nanofiber scaffolds for hepatic tissue engineering

dBt 52.55 dr. R R Bhonde, Prof.Pranab goswami

3

Bora, u. nanoparticle mediated targeted siRnA delivery to cancer cell lines.

dst 12.96 none 3

Bora, u. ganga river basin management plan: thematic group-ecology and Biodiversity.

Ministry of environ-ment and forests (Moef)

1600.00 (total)

dr. Ranjan tamuli and dr. Mrinal Kanti dutta

1

dasu, V.V. Process development for the Production of Recombinant cutinase

dst 33.49 none 4

dubey, V.K. studies on effect of small molecule compounds on folding and amyloid formation of proteins

csIR 23.50 dr. s. Patra 3

dubey, V.K. studies on trypanothione Reductase from leishmania Parasites: structure, function, folding and Potential for chemotherapy


goyal, A. Production of microbial carbohydrates and carbohydrate active enzymes for healthcare

dBt 11.74 none 3

goyal, A. Probiotic fermentation as a platform for production of neutraceuticals.

csIR 20.1 none 3

Rangan, l. cloning of fatty acid saturation genes and analysis of spatial and temporal expression from seeds of candidate plus tree Karanj (P. pinnata l.).

dst 22.64 dr B.g. Jaganathan

3



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sahoo, l. Molecular cloning and functional Analysis of na+ /h+ antiporter gene in cowpea (Vigna unguiculata l walp)

dBt 44.88 dr. s. K. Panda (Au, Assam)

3

sahoo, l. Amino acid polymorphism in conserved Motifs in hMA proteins and heavy Metal Resistance in Plants

Indo-Japan dst Project

4.20 Prof. h. Koyama, gifu university, Japan; dr. satoshi Iuchi, RIKen BRc, Japan; dr. s. K. Panda (Aus)

3

sahoo, l. genetic engineering of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) for resistance to pod borer and bruchid

dBt 11.62 dr. l. Rangan 3

sahoo, l. cloning of elite germplasm of Jatropha for large scale plantation

dRdo (center for energy)

9.98 none 3

sahoo, l. genetic engineering of cowpea (Vigna unguiculata l. walp) for storage pest resistance

dst 4.92 none 3

sahoo, l. development of micropropagation technology for Jatropha: A potential biofuel plant

nedfi 4.0 none 3

CONSULTANCy


Sponsoring Agency


sahoo, l. oil analysis and dnA fingerprinting of Jatropha and Patchouli accessions

nedfi 0.55 Prof. P. Mahanta 1.6

RESEARCh PUBLICATIONS

International Journal

1. M. gulati, n. Jain, B. Anand, B. Prakash, R.A. Britton. Mutational analysis of the ribosome assembly gtPase RbgA provides insight into ribosome interaction and ribosome-stimulated gtPase activation, nucleic Acids Res. 41, 3217-3227, 2013.

2. B. Anand, s. Majumdar, B. Prakash. the structural Basis unifying diverse gtP hydrolysis Mechanisms, Biochemistry, 52, 11221130, 2013.

3. P.J. Babu, P. sharma, s. saranya and u. Bora. uV light mediated synthesis of gold nanoparticles using ethonolic leaf extract of Bacopa monnieri, Materials letters, 93, 431434, 2012.

4. P.J. Babu, P. sharma and u. Bora. sapindus mukorossi aqueous fruit extract as reducing, capping and dispersing agents in synthesis of gold nanoparticles, Micro and nano letters, (7)12, 1296-1299, 2012.

5. P.J. Babu, P. sharma, s. saranya, R. tamuli and u. Bora. Piper betle Mediated green synthesis of Biocompatible gold nanoparticle, International nano letters, 2, 1828, 2012.

6. P.J. Babu, s. saranya, P. sharma, R. tamuli and u. Bora. sonocatalytic synthesis of gold nanoparticles using



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ethnolic extract of Andrographis paniculata and functionalization with gelatin-Polycaprolactone composites, front Mater sci, 6(3), 236249, 2012.

7. R.K. das, n. gogoi, P.J. Babu, P. sharma, c. Mahanta and u. Bora. the synthesis of gold nanoparticles using Amaranthus spinosus leaf extract and study of their optical properties, AMPc, 2, 275281, 2012.

8. R.K. das, P.J. Babu, n. gogoi, P. sharma and u. Bora. Microwave mediated rapid synthesis of gold nanoparticles using calotropis procera latex and study of optical properties, IsRn nanomaterials, 16, 2012.

9. A. Kumar and u. Bora, Molecular docking studies on inhibition of stat3 dimerization by curcumin natural derivatives and its conjugates with amino acids, Bioinformation, 8(20), 988-993, 2012.

10. A. Kumar and u. Bora. In silico inhibition studies of Jun-fos-dnA complex formation by curcumin derivatives, International Journal of Medicinal chemistry, 2012, 8 pages, doi:10.1155/2012/316972, 2012.

11. A. sett, s. das, P. sharma and u. Bora. Aptasensors in health, environment and food safety Monitoring, open Journal of Applied Biosensor, 1, 9-19, 2012.

12. P. nahar, u. Bora, g.l. sharma and d.K. Kannoujia. Microwave-mediated enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay procedure, Analytical Biochemistry, 421(2), 764-766, 2012.

13. n. Kasoju and u. Bora. silk fibroin based biomimetic artificial extracellular matrix for hepatic tissue engineering applications, Biomed. Mater, 7, 045004-16, 2012.

14. d. Moirangthem, n.c talukdar, n. Kasoju, R.K das and u. Bora. Antioxidant, antibacterial, cytotoxic and apoptotic activity of extracts of cephalotaxus griffithii hook. f. (stem bark), BMc complementary and Alternative Medicine, 12-30, 2012.

15. n. Kasoju and u. Bora. silk fibroin in tissue engineering, Advanced healthcare Materials, 1(4), 393412, 2012.

16. n. Kasoju and u. Bora. fabrication and charecterization of curcumin releasing silk fibroin scaffold Journal of Biomedical Materials Research: Part B Applied Biomaterials, 100(7), 18541866, 2012.

17. A. K.umar and u. Bora. In silico inhibition studies of Jun-fos-dnA complex formation by curcumin derivatives, International Journal of Medicinal chemistry, 2012, 8 pages, (doi:10.1155/2012/316972), 2012.

18. A. das, n Kasoju, u. Bora and l Rangan. chemico-biological investigation of rhizome essential oil of Zingiber morannative to northeast India, (doI 10.1007/s00044-012-0432-0), 2013.

19. d. Moirangthem, n.c. talukdar, n. Kasoju and u. Bora. differential effects of oroxylum indicum bark solvent extracts: total phenolic and flavonoid content, antioxidant, antimicrobial, cytotoxic and apoptotic study, cytotechnology, 65(1), 83-95, 2013.

20. A. Kumar and u. Bora. Interactions of curcumin derivatives and its metal complexes with nucleic acids and their implications, Mini Reviews in Medicinal chemistry, 13(2), 256-64, 2013.

21. M. singh and R. chaturvedi. extracts of dedifferentiated cultures of spilanthes acmella Murr. possess antioxidant and anthelmintic properties and hold promise as an alternative source of herbal medicine, Plant Biosystems, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/11263504.2013.766278, 2013.

22. R.R. hazarika and R. chaturvedi. establishment of dedifferentiated callus of haploid origin from unfertilized ovaries of tea (camellia sinensis (l.) o. Kuntze) as a potential source of total phenolics and antioxidant activity, In Vitro cell. dev. Biol. Plant, 49: 60-69, 2013.

23. M. singh and R. chaturvedi. evaluation of nutrient uptake and physical parameters on cell biomass growth and production of spilanthol in suspension cultures of spilanthes acmella Murr, Bioprocess Biosyst eng, 35(6), 943-951, 2012.

24. M. singh and R. chaturvedi. screening and quantification of an antiseptic alkylamide, spilanthol from in vitro cell and tissue cultures of spilanthes acmella Murr, Industrial crops Products, 36, 321-328, 2012.

25. M. singh and R. chaturvedi Rakhi. statistical optimization of media for enhanced azadirachtin production from redifferentiated zygotic embryo cultures of neem (Azadirachta indica A. Juss.), In Vitro cell. dev. Biol. Plant,



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48, 92-98, 2012.

26. A.n. singh, P.yadav and V.K. dubey. cdnA cloning and molecular modelling of Procerain B, a novel cysteine protease isolated from calotropis procera, Plos one, 8(3): e59806, 2013.

27. A.K. shukla, s.Patra and V.K. dubey. Pegylated nanospheres encapsulating antileishmanial drugs for their specific macrophage targeting, reduced toxicity and deliberate intracellular release, Vector-Borne and Zoonotic diseases, 12, 953-60, 2012.

28. A.K. shukla, s.Patra and V.K. dubey. Iridoid glucosides from nyctanthes arbortristis results in increased Reactive oxygen species and cellular redox homeostasis imbalance in leishmania parasite, european Journal of Medicinal chemistry, 54, 49-58, 2012.

29. n. sharma, A.K. shukla, M. das and V.K. dubey. evaluation of plumbagin and its derivative as potential modulator of redox thiol metabolism of leishmania parasite, Parasitology Research, 110, 341-348, 2012.

30. A. grover, s.P. Katiyar, J. Jeyakanthan, V.K. dubey and d. sundar. Blocking protein kinase c signaling pathway: mechanistic insights into the anti-leishmanial activity of prospective herbal drugs from withania somnifera, BMc genomics, 13, 7, s20, 2012.

31. R. Bhardwaj, P. saudagar and V.K. dubey. nanobiosciences: A contemporary line for Antiparasitic drug, Molecular and cellular Pharmacology, 4, 97-103, 2012.

32. d. chakraborty, P. saravanan, s. Patra and V.K. dubey. studies on ornithine decarboxylase of leishmania donovani: structure modeling and inhibitor docking, Medicinal chemistry Research, 167, 439-61, 2012.

33. M. Kumar, n. sarkar and V.K. dubey. evaluating quinacrine as a potential amyloid imaging compound: studies on hen egg white lysozyme as model system, Protein and Peptide lett., 19, 826-31, 2012.

34. A. grover, s.K. shakyawar, s. Prakash, V.K. dubey and d. sundar. epitopic analysis of potential vaccine candidate in leishmania infantum for development of human vaccine, letters in drug design and discovery, 9, 698-705, 2012.

35. A. grover., s.P. Katiyar, J. Jeyakanthan, V.K. dubey and d. sundar. Mechanistic insights into the dual inhibition strategy for checking leishmaniasis, Journal of Biomolecular structure & dynamics, 30, 474-87, 2012.

36. s. singh, A. Verma and V.K. dubey. Aluminium induced oxidative stress in germinating chickpea ( cicer arietinum l.) seeds, Brazilian Journal of Plant Physiology, 24, 47-54, 2012.

37. A. grover, s.P. Katiyar, s.K. singh, V.K. dubey and d. sundar. A leishmaniasis study: structure-based screening and molecular dynamics mechanistic analysis for discovering potent inhibitors of spermidine synthase, Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - BBA: Proteins and Proteomics, 1824, 1476-83, 2012.

38. s.K. Venkatesan and V.K. dubey. footprinting of Inhibitor Interactions of in silico identified inhibitors of trypanothione reductase of leishmania parasite, thescientificworldJouRnAl, Article Id 963658, 13 doi:10.1100/2012/963658, 2012.

39. s. singh, A.n. singh, A. Verma and V.K. dubey. A novel superoxide dismutase from cicer arietinum l. seedlings: purification and characterization, Protein and Peptide letters. 2013 (Accepted).

40. R. Khandelia, A. Jaiswal, s.s. ghosh and A. chattopadhyay. gold nanoparticleprotein agglomerates as versatile nanocarriers for drug delivery, small, 10.1002/smll.201203095, 2013.

41. n. chaubey and s.s. ghosh. Molecular cloning, Purification and functional 4Implications of Recombinant gst tagged hgMcsf cytokine, Applied Biochemistry Biotechnology, 169(5):1713-26, 2013.

42. V. Kohila, A. Jaiswal, s.s. ghosh. Rationally designed escherichia coli cytosine deaminase mutants with improved specificity towards the prodrug 5-fluorocytosine for potential gene therapy applications, Med. chem. commun.,3, 1316-1322, 2012.

43. s. sharma, P. sanpui, A. chattopadhyay and s.s. ghosh. fabrication of Antibacterial silver nanoparticle sodium Alginate chitosan composite films, Rsc Advances, 2, 5837-5843, 2012.

44. A. Jaiswal, s.s. ghosh and A. chattopadhyay. A quantum dot impregnated-chitosan film for heavy metal



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ion sensing and removal, langmuir, 28 (44), 1568715696, 2012.

45. d. saikia, n.K. Bordoloi, P. chattopadhyay, s. chockalingam, s.s. ghosh, A.K. Mukherjee. differential mode of attack on membrane phospholipids by an acidic phospholipase A2 (RVVA-PlA2-I) from daboia russelli venom, Biochim Biophys Acta. 18(12):3149-57, 2012.

46. Md. s.K. Palashuddin, A. Jaiswal, A. Paul, s.s. ghosh, A. chattopadhyay. Presence of Amorphous carbon nanoparticles in food caramels, scientific Reports, doi:10.1038/srep00383, 2012.

47. V.K. yata, P. gopinath and s.s. ghosh. emerging Implications of nonmammalian cytosine deaminases on cancer therapeutics, Applied Biochemistry Biotechnology, 167(7):2103-16, 2012.

48. P. goswami, s.s.R. chinnadayyala, M. chakraborty, A.K. Kumar and A.Kakoti. An overview on Alcohol oxidases and their Potential Applications, Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology, doI: 10.1007/s00253-013-4842-9, 2013.

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