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Ad-hoc and Sensor Network-SYLLABUS

Introduction Mobile Communications and computing : Mobile Computing (MC)-

Introduction to MC, novel applications, limitations, and architecture GSM – Mobile services

, System Architecture , Radio interface, Protocols , Localization and calling , Handover,

Security, and new data services.

Wireless Medium Access Control: Motivation for a specialized MAC, SDMA, FDMA, TDMA ,

CDMA. Mobile Network layer – Mobile IP (Goals , assumptions, entities and terminology, IP

packet delivery, agent advertisement and discovery , registration, tunneling and

encapsulation, optimizations), Dynamic Host configuration Protocol (DHCP) . Mobile

transport layer – traditional TCP, Indirect TCP, Snooping TCP, Mobile TCP, Fast retransmit/

fast recovery, Transmission / timeout freezing , Selective retransmission, Transaction

oriented TCP.

Mobile Ad Hoc Networks(MANET) : Overview, Properties of a MANET, spectrum of MANET

applications, routing and various routing algorithms, Security in MANET protocols, and

Tools: Wireless Application Protocol – WAP. (Introduction, protocol architecture, and

treatment of protocols of all layers), Bluetooth (User scenarios, physical layer, MAC layer,

networking, security, link management) and J2ME.

Introduction: Wireless Sensor Network Applications, Collaborative processing , Key

Definitions of sensor networks. Canonical problem- localization and Tracking , Bayesian

state estimation , Distributed representation and interface of states , impact of choice of

representation, design consideration in distributed tracking , tracking multiple objects ,

state space decomposition, data association, sensor models, performance comparison and

metrics.

Protocols: IIIE 802.15.4 standard and zigbee, general issues, geographic , energy –aware

routing , unicast geographic routing , routing on a curve, energy – minimizing broadcast,

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attribute- based routing , directed diffusion , rumor routing , geographic hash tables ;

infrastructure establishment , topology control , clustering , time synchronization , clocks

and communication delays, interval methods, broadcasts , localization and localization

services , ranging techniques, range based localization algorithms, information- based

sensor tasking . IDSQ: information driven sensor querying , cluster leader based protocol ,

sensor tasking in tracking relations , joint routing and information aggregation , multi step

information – directed routing , sensor group management.

References

Jochen Schiller,Mobile Communications,Addison-Wesley,Second edition.

Feng Zhao,Leonidus Guibas,Wireless Sensor Networks-An information Processing approach,

Elsevier publication.

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Advance Fluid Mechanics- SYLLABUS

Basic Concepts and Fundamentals: Definition and properties of Fluids, Fluid as continuum,

Langragian and Eulerian description, Velocity and stress field, Fluid statics, Fluid Kinematics.

Governing Equations of Fluid Motion: Reynolds transport theorem, Integral and differential forms

of governing equations: mass, momentum and energy conservation equations, Navier-Stokes

equations, Euler’s equation, Bernoulli’s Equation.

Exact solutions of Navier-Stokes Equations: Couette flows, Poiseuille flows, Fully developed flows

in non-circular cross-sections, Unsteady flows, Creeping flows

Potential Flows: Revisit of fluid kinematics, Stream and Velocity potential function, Circulation,

Irrotational vortex, Basic plane potential flows: Uniform stream; Source and Sink; Vortex flow,

Doublet, Superposition of basic plane potential flows, Flow past a circular cylinder, Magnus effect;

Kutta-Joukowski lift theorem; Concept of lift and drag.

Laminar Boundary Layers: Boundary layer equations, Boundary layer thickness, Boundary layer on

a flat plate, similarity solutions, Integral form of boundary layer equations, Approximate Methods,

Flow separation, Entry flow into a duct.

Elements of Stability Theory: Concept of small-disturbance stability, Orr-Sommerfeld equation,

Inviscid stability theory, Boundary layer stability, Thermal instability, Transition to turbulence.

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Turbulent Flow: Introduction, Fluctuations and time-averaging, General equations of turbulent

flow, Turbulent boundary layer equation, Flat plate turbulent boundary layer, Turbulent pipe flow,

Prandtl mixing hypothesis, Turbulence modeling, Free turbulent flows.

Compressible Flows: Speed of sound and Mach number, Basic equations for one dimensional

flows, Isentropic relations, Normal-shock wave, Rankine-Hugoniot relations, Fanno and Rayleigh

curve, Mach waves, Oblique shock wave, Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves, Quasi-one dimensional

flows, Compressible viscous flows, Compressible boundary layers.

Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD): Boundary conditions, Basic discretization –

Finite difference method, Finite volume method and Finite element method.

References:

Batchelor G.K, An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics, Cambridge University Press, 1983.

Fox W. Robert, McDonald T. Alan, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Fourth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1995.

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Advanced Concrete Technology-SYLLABUS

Introduction to concrete – Mineral and chemical admixtures – Structure of hydrated

cement paste – Calcium Aluminate Cement – Cement Production quality control -

Transition zone in concrete – measurement of workability by quantitative empirical

methods – concrete properties: setting and hardening.

Concrete Design mix for higher grades.

Strength-Porosity relationship – Failure modes in concrete – plastic and thermal cracking –

maturity concept to estimate curing duration - Elastic behavior in concrete- Creep,

shrinkage and thermal properties of concrete.

Classification of causes of concrete deterioration – Permeability of concrete – durability

concept: pore structure and transport process - Alkali-aggregate reactivity.

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Non-Destructive testing methods - Semi-destructive testing methods. Concreting under

special circumstances – Special materials in construction – Concreting machinery and

equipment – Sustainability in concrete - Future trends in concrete technology.

References:

1. Shetty, M.S., Concrete Technology, Theory & Practice, S.Chand and Co, 2004.

2. Gambhir, M.L., Concrete Technology, Tata McGraw Hill, 2004.

3. Nevile, Properties of Concrete, Longman Publishers, 2004.

4. Santakumar A.R., Concrete Technology, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2007.

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Advanced Heat Transfer-SYLLABUS

Conduction

Derivation of energy equation for conduction in three dimensions – Initial and boundary

conditions. Transient conduction- Concept of Biot number – Lumped capacitance

formulation unsteady conduction from a semi-infinite solid-solution by similarity

transformation method. Solution of the general 1D unsteady problem by separation of

variables, Laplace equation – solution by variable separable method – concept of

superposition and homogeneous boundary conditions. Numerical solution of conduction

problems-Basic ideas of finite difference method –forward, backward and central

differences – Discretization for the unsteady heat equation.

Convection

Derivation of governing equation for convection. 2D laminar coquette flow and

nondimensional numbers. Concept of Adiabatic wall temperature. Integral methods for

momentum and thermal boundary layers. Pipe flow – concept of developed temperature

profile and solutions for constant wall flux and constant wall temperature boundary

conditions. Solution of entry length problem for constant wall and constant wall flux

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boundary conditions. Natural convection – governing equation, integral solution for flat

surface.

Radiation

Introduction. Concept of black body, derivation of black body radiation laws from first

principles Need for view factors,concept of view factors, mathematical definition. Shape

factor calculations. Radiosity, Irradiation method for gray diffuse enclosures. Gas Radiation.

REFERENCES :

1. Fundamentals of Heat & Mass Transfer by Thirumaleshwar, Pearson

2. Poulikakos, Conduction Heat transfer, Prentice Hall, 1994.

3. G.E. Mayers, Analytical methods in Conduction Heat Transfer, McGraw Hill, 1971.

4. Kays W M and Crawford M E, Convective Heat and Mass Transfer, McGraw Hill Int Edition, 3rd

edition, 1993.

5. Spalding D B, Introduction to Convective Mass Transfer, McGraw Hill, 1963.

6. R. Siegel and J.R. Howell, Thermal Radiation Heat Transfer, Taylor and Francis, 2002.

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Advanced Highway Engineering-SYLLABUS

Embankment Construction: Formation cutting in Soil and hard rock, Preparation of

Subgrade, Ground improvement, Retaining and Breast walls on hill roads, Granular and

Stabilized, Sub – bases / bases, Water Bound Macadam (WBM), Wet Mix Macadam

(WMM), Cement treated bases, Dry Lean Concrete (DLC).

Bituminous Constructions: Types of Bituminous Constructions, Interface Treatments,

Bituminous Surfacing and wearing Courses for roads and bridge deck slabs, Selection of

wearing Course under different Climatic and Traffic conditions, IRC specifications,

Construction techniques and Quality Control.Concrete road construction: Test on Concrete

mixes, Construction equipments,

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Method of construction of joints in concrete pavements, Quality Control in Construction of

Concrete pavements, Construction of Continuously reinforced, Prestressed, Steel Fibre

Reinforced (SFRC) Pavements, IRC, MORT&H, ACI Specifications, AASHTO Specifications,

Recycled pavements, Non – Conventional Pavements, Overlay Construction.

Hill Roads Construction: Stability of Slopes, Landslides – Causes and Control measures,

Construction of Bituminous and Cement Concrete roads at high altitudes, Hill road

drainage,

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Advanced IC Engines-SYLLABUS

ENGINE TESTING & PERFORMANCE

Engine Performance; Testing & Numerical: methods and Performance Characteristics;

Testing and measurement equipment- dynamometers, Air & Fuel consumption,

temperature, etc. Variables Affecting Engine Performance, Performance Maps; Physico &

Chemical Properties of fuels; Stoichiometric Air fuel calculations based on oxidation as well

as Hydro carbon contents.

SI ENGINE FUELING & COMBUSTION

SI engine fueling system design towards air fuel mixture calculation and their Numerical.;

Flame structure and Speed: Cyclic variations in combustion: Abnormal combustion SI

Engine Combustion Conceptual models, Thermodynamic Analysis of Combustion.

CI ENGINE FUELING & COMBUSTION

Fuel Injection and Spray Structure: Fuel Atomization and Droplet size distribution, Spray

Penetration. CI Engine Combustion Conceptual Models: Conventional and Dec’s

Combustion Models. Diesel Combustion Process Characterization: Ignition Delay, Effect of

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Engine and Operational Parameters on Delay, Pre-mixed Combustion, Mixing Controlled

Combustion. Thermodynamic Analysis.

ENGINE COOLING & LUBRICATION

Need for Cooling System, Types of Cooling System: Air Cooling System, Liquid Cooling

Systems, Forced Circulation System, Pressure Cooling System. Lubrication System; Mist,

Wet Sump Lubrication System

FORMATION OF ENGINE EMISSIONS & CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES (SI & CI)

Emission Effects on Health & Environment: Sources of Engine emissions: Formation of CO,

NO, UBHC, Soot and Particulate Matter. Diesel NOx-Particulate Trade off: Effect of SI

Design and operating variables: Effect of Diesel Engine Design and operating Variables. SI

Engine Emission Control Technology: Add-on systems for treatment of Emissions with in

Engine, Exhaust After treatment. CI Engine Emission Control Technology: Application of

EGR, Exhaust after treatment and new engine technologies for emission control

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Advanced Machine Design-SYLLABUS

Gear Design: - Involute gears, tooth thickness, interference, undercutting, rack shift etc.

Profile modification, spur, helical gears etc. bevel and worm gears - tooth loads - gear

materials - design stress - basic tooth stresses - stress concentration - service factor -

velocity factor - bending strength of gear teeth - Buckingham's equation for dynamic load -

surface strength and durability - heat dissipation - design for strength and wear.

Lubrication and Journal Bearing Design - types of lubrication and lubricants - viscosity -

journal bearing with perfect lubrication - hydrodynamic theory - design considerations -

heat balance - journal bearing design - rolling contact bearings - bearing types - bearing life

- static and dynamic capacity - selection of bearings with axial and radial loads - selection of

tapered roller bearings - lubrication, seals, shafts, housing and mounting details

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The Coupling Function- Couplings: Design of sunk keys under crushing and shearing, design

of splines, design of sleeve and solid muff coupling, clamp or compression coupling, rigid

and flexible flange coupling, design of universal joint.

Types of Coupling - Design of different types of keys, design of a muff and clamp

coupling,Rigid coupling, Flange Coupling, Flexible coupling- Oldham, universal coupling.

Couplings with and without transformation of energy. Types of couplings with an emphasis

on flexible couplings Rubber as a flexible material.

Flexible couplings calculation Torque on the coupling. Tuning of flexible couplings loaded

with periodically variable torque. Dynamic model of flexible couplings The damping ratio

and its importance.

References :

1. Elements of Advanced Machine Design by V.R. Hamilton and R.V. Setterfield

2. A Textbook of Machine Design by R.S. Khurmi

3. Handbook of gear design, Gitim M.Maitra, TMH 1994

4. Fundamental of gear design, Remond J drago, Butterworths, 1988

5. Bearing design in machinery- engineering tribology, Avraham Harnoy, CRC press 2002

6. Applied Tribology: Bearing Design and Lubrication By Michael M. Khonsari, E. Richard

Booser, john wiley and sons

7. Couplings and Joints: Design, Selection & Application, Jon R. Mancuso CRC PressA Text

Book of Machine Design Firewall Media By Rajendra Karwa

8. Design of machine elements V.B.Bhandari

9. Shaft Alignment Handbook, Third Edition, John Piotrowski - 2006

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Advanced Microcontrollers-SYLLABUS

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AVR MICROCONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE

Architecture of AVR microcontroller, ATMEGA 8, 16, memory organization, addressing modes,

instruction set, programming techniques, Assembly language & C programming- Development,

Tools, Cross Compilers, Hardware Design Issues.

PERIPHERAL OF AVR MICROCONTROLLER

LEDs, LCD, Memory, EEPROM, I/O Ports, Timers, Keyboard, DC Motor, Stepper, motor, Servo

motor, BLDC motor, UART, Interrupt Structure, Serial Communication with PC, ADC/DAC

Interfacing.

ARM ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANISATION

Arcon RISC Machine, Architectural Inheritance, Core & Architectures - Registers, ARM Design

Philosophy, Registers, Program Status Register, Instruction Pipeline, Interrupts and Vector

Table, Architecture Revision, ARM Processor Families, ARM organization.

ARM PROGRAMMING

Instruction Set: Data Processing Instructions, Addressing Modes, Branch, Load, Store

Instructions, PSR Instructions, Conditional Instructions., Thumb instruction set, The ARM

Programmer’s mode, ARM Development tools, Instruction cycle timings, ARM Assembly

Language Programming and ‘C Compiler programming.

ARM APPLICATIONS

MMU, Page Tables, Translation, Access Permissions, Context Switch, IDE Development,

Applications of ARM in Wireless sensor networks, Robotics.

Text Books

1. ARM Systems Developer’s Guides- Designing & Optimizing System Software – Andrew N. Sloss, Dominic Symes, Chris Wright, 2008, Elsevier.

2. Steve Furber, ‘ARM system on chip architecture’, Addision Wesley. 3. Andrew N. Sloss, Dominic Symes, Chris Wright, John Rayfield ‘ARM System Developer’s Guide

Designing and Optimizing System Software’, Elsevier 2007.

Reference Books

1. Trevor Martin, ‘The Insider's Guide To The Philips ARM7-Based Microcontrollers, An Engineer's Introduction To The LPC2100 Series’ Hitex (UK) Ltd.

2. Dananjay V. Gadre ‘Programming and Customizing the AVR microcontroller’, McGraw Hill 2001.

3. ARM Architecture Reference Manual. ________________________________________________________________________________

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Advanced Microwave Engineering-SYLLABUS

Transmission Lines and Waveguides: Review of TEM, TE, and TM mode solutions of Maxwell’s equations; TEM mode transmission lines: lossless line, line with small losses, power flow in a terminated line; Quasi- TEM mode lines: Fields in microstrip lines and strip lines, losses in microstrip, microstrip discontinuities, coupled lines, slot lines and coplanar waveguides; Surface waveguides: Surface waves along an impedance plane, dielectric-coated conducting plane, slab waveguide, corrugated plane; Wave velocities. Microwave Circuit Theory Principles: Equivalent voltages and currents; Z, Y, S, and ABCD parameters; Equivalent circuit representation of microwave junctions; Scattering parameter analysis of microwave junctions; Coupling of waveguides through probes, loops, and apertures. Impedance Transformers: Review of single-, double- and triple-stub tuners, waveguide reactive elements, quarter-wave transformers, design of maximally flat and Chebyshev transformers; Introduction to tapered transmission lines. Power Dividers and Couplers: Scattering matrix of 3- and 4-port junctions; Design of T-junction and Wilkinson power dividers; Design of 90° and 180° hybrids. Microwave Filters: Analysis of periodic structures, Floquet’s theorem, filter design by insertion loss method, maximally flat and Chebyshev designs.

Microwave Resonators: Principles of microwave resonators, loaded, unloaded and external Q, open and shorted TEM lines as resonators, microstrip resonators, dielectric resonators.

TEXT BOOKS:

1. Collin, R.E., “Foundations for Microwave Engineering”, 2nd Ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2000. 2. Pozar, D.M., “Microwave Engineering”, 3rd Ed., John Wiley & Sons. 2004 3. Edwards, T.C. and Steer M.B., “Foundations for Interconnects and Microstrip Design”, 3rd Ed.,

John Wiley & Sons. 2001 4. Ludwig, R. and Bretchko, P., “RF Circuit Design”, Pearson Education. 2000 5. Hunter, I., “Theory and Design of Microwave Filters”, IEE Press. 2001 6. Misra, D.K., “Radio-frequency and Microwave Communication Circuits”, John Wiley &

Sons.2001 7. Electronic and Radio Engineering – F.E. Terman, McGraw-Hill, 4th ed., 1955. 8. Elements of Microwave Engineering – R. Chatterjee, Affiliated East-West Press Pvt. Ltd., New

Delhi, 1988. 9. Micro Wave and Radar Engineering – M. Kulkarni, Umesh Publications, 1998.

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Advanced Process Control-SYLLABUS

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BASICS OF INSTRUMENTATION, PROCESS DYNAMICS AND CONTROL

Basic Concepts and Definitions, Process Characteristics and Dynamics, The Feedback

Control Loop–The Five Elements, Closed Loop Dynamics, Terminologies and Symbols

CONVENTIONAL CONTROL DESIGN

Degrees of Freedom and Control, Single Loop Control, PID Control Algorithms, Tuning

of PID Controllers

INTRODUCTION TO MODERN CONTROL ALGORITHMS

Multi-variable Control and Controller Design, Model Predictive Control (IMC Control

and DMC Control), Control Design for Non-Linear Systems, Concepts of Robust

Control, Plant-wide Control

CONTROL HARDWARE

Measurement of Process Parameters: Level, Temperature, Pressure, Composition,

Measuring Instruments and Their Selection, Data Sheets–Performance Related

Parameters for Instrumentation, Control Loop Hardware–Transmitters, Transducers,

Pneumatic System, Hydraulic System, Electronic System, Final Control Elements:

Control Valve–Types, Selection and Sizing, Inherent and Installed Characteristics,

Dynamic Behavior, Actuators

CONTROL PRACTICE–GENERIC CASE STUDIES

Centrifugal Compressor/Steam Turbine Control, Fired Heaters/Boiler Control,

Distillation Column Control (CDU also), Process Shutdown and Emergency Shutdown

Systems, Reactor Control: Catalytic Packed Bed Reactors, Solution Polymerization,

FCCU Control

OVERVIEW OF DCS AND SCADA

Definition, Application and Architecture, Performance Specification

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P&IDs AND CONTROL

Read a Simple P&ID, Identify Control Loop Details, Read and Interpret a Detailed P&ID,

Case Studies Specific to Hydrocarbon Industry

References:

B. W. Bequette, Process Dynamics--Modeling, Analysis and Simulation, Prentice Hall, Englewood

Cliffs, NJ, 1998.

W. L. Luyben, Process Modeling, Simulation and Control for Chemical Engineers, 2nd Ed., McGraw

Hill, 1990.

B. A. Ogunnaike and W. H. Ray, Process Dynamics, Modeling and Control, Oxford University Press,

UK, 1994.

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Applied Micro Paleontology-SYLLABUS

Calcareous, Agglutinated, Siliceous, Phosphatic and Organic- Walled Microfossils.

Staratigraphic-Geographic Distribution of Microfossils,

Chronostratigraphic Time Scale with some important Fossils Group (or index fossils).

Microfossils and their role in Petroleum Exploration. Micropaleontology in Petroleum

Exploration (Structural Problems, Stratigraphic , Problems, Biochronology, Well

Correlation, Source Rock Evaluation etc.)

Foraminifera, Ostracoda, Diatoms, Radiolarian, Condonts, Acritarchs, Chitinozoa,

Dinoflagellates, Spores and Pollen, Palynofacies and Kerogen Analysis, Thermal

Maturation,Biostartigraphy, Paleoenvironmental (paleobathymetry) and Paleogeographic

Interpretation, Quantitative Biostratigraphy, Stable Isotope Stratigraphy, Molecular Fossils,

Morphometric and Particle Analysis.

References:

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1. Armstrong, H.A. and Brasier, M.D. Microfossils, 2nd Edn., Blackwell Publishing, 2005.

2. BouDagher-Fadel, M.K. Evolution and Geological Significance of Larger Benthic

Foraminifera. Elsevier, The Netherlands, 2008.

3. Jansonius, J. and McGregor, D.C. (Eds.) Palynology: Principles and Applications. AASP

foundation, 1996.

4. Travers, A. Paleopalynology, 2nd Edn., Springer, 2007.

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Advanced Soil Mechanics-SYLLABUS

One and three dimensional consolidation theories and applications, Immediate settlement,

Methods of determination, Estimation of Pre-consolidation pressure, Secondary

consolidation.

Shear strength parameters of cohesion less and saturated cohesive soils, Principles of

Effective stress condition, Effect of rate of stress on shear parameters, Stress- Strain

relationship, Skempton's Pore pressure coefficients, Hvorslev's true shear parameters,

Effect of over consolidation on shear parameters.

Stability analysis of slope -effective vs. total stress analysis, Stability Analysis of Slope:

Effective and total stress approach, shape of slip surface, methods of slices, graphic

methods, location of critical slip circle, wedge analysis method, stability during critical

conditions.

Earth pressure – Rankine, Columb and Graphical Methods, Retaining walls structures,

Gravity cantilever and counter fort retaining walls: Stability checks and design:

Sheet Pile Structures: Cantilever sheet piling, Anchored sheet piling: Free and fixed earth

support methods of Analysis, Braced excavations.

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Soil Anchors: Inclusions and Installation Techniques, Design of Soil Anchors, Application

Criteria: Advantages and Limitations:

References:

1. B M Das, Advanced Soil Mechanics, Taylor and Francis

2. R F Scott, Principles of Soil Mechanics, Addison & Wesley.

3. R.O. Davis and A.P.S. Selvadurai, Elasticity and Geomechanics, Cambridge University Press, New

York.

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Advanced Strength of Materials-SYLLABUS

Introduction, Stress and Strains in 3-D – Cauchy formula, Principal Stress, hydrostatic stress,

deviatoric stress, stress transformations, Mohr circle, octahedral shear stress, strain energy

densities, etc. Theories of failure. Beam on elastic foundations. Bending of curved beams – Crane

Hooks & Chains. Torsion of Non-circular members, hollow members, thin walled sections;

Membrane Analogy. Columns -- Straight & initially curved columns, Rankine formula. Energy

Methods – Energy Theorems, Use of energy theories for calculating deflections, twists, solution to

torsion (non-circular) problems. Unsymmetrical bending, shear centre. Introduction to

Photoelasticity.

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Advanced Thermodynamics-SYLLABUS

REVIEW OF BASIC CONCEPTS OF THERMODYNAMICS

First and Second Law and Related Concepts, PVT behavior: Virial and Generic Cubic

Equations of State, Concept of Corresponding States (Two and Three Parameters),

Generalized Correlations for Compressibility Factor and the Second Virial Coefficient

THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES RELATIONS

Maxwell Relations, Reduced Thermodynamic Properties, Single and Multi-component

Systems

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SOLUTION THERMODYNAMICS

Chemical Potential, Vapor-Liquid Equilibrium, Fugacity and Fugacity Coefficients,

Generalized Correlations for Fugacity Coefficients, Excess Properties, Models of Solutions

HYDROCARBON THERMODYNAMICS

Pseudo-Components of Petroleum Fractions, Graphical Phase Equilibrium, Three-Way

Correlations among EFV-TBP-ASTM, Vacuum Phase Equilibrium Diagrams, High Pressure

Phase Equilibrium

CHEMICAL REACTION EQUILIBRIUM

Review of Equilibrium Constant and Effect of Temperature, Pressure and Composition on

the Equilibrium Constant, Evaluation of the Equilibrium Constant, Phase Rule and Duhem’s

Theorems for Reacting Systems, Multi-Reaction Equilibria

References:

J. M. Smith, H. C. van Ness and M. A. Abbott, Introduction to Chemical Engineering

Thermodynamics, 7th Ed., McGraw Hill, New York, 2005 (Indian Edn.).

Y. V. C. Rao, Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics, Universities Press, Hyderabad, India, 1997.

Y. V. C. Rao, Postulational and Statistical Thermodynamics, Allied, New Delhi, 1994.

W. C. Edmister, Applied Hydrocarbon Thermodynamics, Vol. 1, Gulf, Houston, 1988.

W. C. Edmister and J. J. McKetta, Applied Hydrocarbon Thermodynamics, Vol. 2, Gulf, Houston,

1988.

S. Glasstone, Thermodynamics for Chemists, Paperback Ed., Narahari Press (Tower Books), 2007.

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Advanced Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer-SYLLABUS

THERMODYNAMICS: Introduction, thermodynamic systems, properties, work, heat, Zeroth

law of thermodynamics, First law of thermodynamics for closed system and open system,

Second law of thermodynamics: heat engines, refrigerator and heat pump, Entropy:

increase of entropy principle, entropy change of solids, liquids and gases, isentropic

efficiencies of steady flow devices, entropy balance, entropy generation, Energy: reversible

work and irreversibility, second-law efficiency, energy change of a system, energy transfer

by heat, work, and mass, the decrease of energy principle and energy destruction, energy

balance of closed systems and control volumes.

CONDUCTION: Introduction, General 3-D heat diffusion equation in Cartesian, cylindrical

and spherical coordinates, Fourier’s law and thermal conductivity, boundary conditions

and initial conditions, One dimensional steady state conduction– plane wall, cylinder,

sphere, overall heat transfer coefficient, critical thickness of insulation, Fins of uniform

cross sectional area, fin performance, overall surface efficiency, Two dimensional steady

state conduction: flux plot, finite difference method, Transient conduction- Lumped

capacitance method, semi-infinite solids, finite difference method for 1-D transient

problems.

CONVECTION: Forced convection: Boundary layer – hydrodynamic, thermal B.L., continuity

equation, momentum equation and energy equation, heat transfer in laminar flow and

turbulent flow over a flat plate, Reynolds analogy, Laminar flow heat transfer in circular

pipe – constant heat flux and constant wall temperature, thermal entrance region,

turbulent flow heat transfer in circular pipe, flow across a cylinder and sphere, Natural

convection: Introduction, governing equations, vertical plate, horizontal cylinder,

horizontal plate, enclosed spaces.

RADIATION: Radiation intensity, Solid angle, Irradiation, Radiosity, Plank distribution,

Wien’s displacement law, Stefan Boltzmann law, Kirchhoff’s law, Gray surface, View factor,

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View factor relations, Radiation exchange at a surface, Radiation exchange between

surfaces, blackbody radiation exchange, Two surface enclosure, Radiation shields,

Reradiating surface, Gas radiation.

References :

1. Engineering Thermodynamics by P.K. Nag, McGraw-Hill ,New Delhi

2. Heat Transfer by J P Holman, McGraw Hill Publication, New Delhi

3. Cengel A. Yunus and Boles A. Michael. “ Thermodynamics An Engineering Approach, 5th

edition, Mc Graw Hill

4. Bejan Adrian. Advanced Engineering Thermodynamics. 3rd edition, Wiley and Sons.

5. Holman, J. P. "Heat Transfer", 7th edition, Mc Graw Hill, 1992.

6. Incropera, F.P. and Dewitt, D.P. "Fundamentals of Heat and Mass Transfer", John Wiley

Publishing Company

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Advances in Remote sensing and GIS-SYLLABUS

REMOTE SENSING & AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH METHODS

Structural Mapping, Geomorphological Mapping, Lithological Mapping, Seepage Analysis in

Onshore and Offshore Areas, Remote Sensing and Geomatics, Remote Sensing Inventory of

Active Oil Seeps & Chemosynthetic Community. Semi-Detailed (Traverse and Contact

Mapping) and detailed Geological Mapping (Fold, Fault and Associated structures) and

Fundamentals of Subsurface Mapping, Preparation of Outcrop Maps & Geological Sections,

Field Sedimentological & Stratigraphical Studies, Micropaleotology, Biostratigraphy and

Palynology in Petroleum Exploration.

PRINCIPLE OF SPATIAL DATABASES

Definition, Features of Spatial Databases, Concepts and Models of Spatial Databases. Overview of Process of File Organization and Structure,Data Access and Indexing, Concept of Relational Databases and SQL. Raster and Vector Data Structures, Database Design and Security.

HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE ANALYSIS

FIELD AND IMAGE SPECTROMETRY

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Spectral radiometry, History of spectrometry - Diffraction principles- imaging spectrometry : considerations – experimental design and instrumentation – factors affecting the field spectrum – hyperspectral sensor systems imaging, spectrometry – scattering principles - BDRF and hemispherical reflectance – models; Atmospheric correction of hyperspectral RS data (e,g FLASH,MODTRAN) - Sensors and platforms – data characteristics HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE APPLICATIONS Application to lithology, mineral exploration, planetary geology – agricultural crop systems – stress detection, plant production, vegetation bio physics and bio chemistry, soil moisture, soil characteristics, degradation status - forestry canopy characters, ecosystem, forest health, biodiversity, water quality, urban studies, environmental and resource management REFERENCES

1. Spatial Database System, Design, Implementation and Project Management, Yeung Albert

K W, Brent Hall G, The Netherland: Springer, 2007, 553pp

2. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing: Principles and Applications by Marcus Borengasser, William

S. Hungate, Russell Watkins (2007), CRC Press

3. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing by M. T. Eismann (2012), Bellingham, Washington, USA

4. Imaging Spectrometry Basic Principles and Prospective Applications by van der Meer,

Freek D., de Jong, S.M. (Eds.) (2001), Springer

5. Fundamentals of remote sensing, George Joseph, Universities press

6. Erdas Imagine Manual

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Air & Space Law-SYLLABUS

Definition of Air Law

Nature, Scope and Source, Development of Air Law (Paris Convention, 1910; Paris Convention,

1919; Madrid Convention, 1926; Havana Convention, 1928; Warsaw Convention and Chicago

Convention, 1944)

Regulation, Freedom of the Air and Sovereignty in the Air, Membership and Organs of ICAO

Legislative, Administrative and Judicial function, Economic and Technical regulations

Bilateralism and Multi-literalism

Concept of bilateralism, Views on multi-literalism, Merits and demerits, Regionalism in civil

aviation, India and bilateral agreement

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Safety and security in civil aviation

The Concept, Aviation terrorism, International Norms-conventions, protocols and regulations,

Regulation in India : Air safety provisions , Air Traffic management, Legal regime of Air Space and

Outer Space, Problem of application of Air, Space and telecommunication laws, State obligation to

provide Air Navigation services, Sovereign rights of States

New Development in India

Technology development and problem in civil aviation, Airports-leasing and privatization-legal

issues ,Liability in International civil aviation, Manufacturers, operators, operators agents and

maintenance contractors, Third party liability for surface damage

REFERENCES :

1. Azbeyratne, RIR, Legal and Regulatory Issues in International Aviation (1996)

2. S. Bhatt, The New Aviation Policy in India (1977)

3. Carole Blackshow, Aviation Law and Regulation

4. V.S.Mani, Recent Trends in International Space and Policy (1966)

5. Emerging Trends in air Law by Balakista Reddy.- Serial publication

6. Space Law by Sandeepa Bhat B.-easterjn Book Company

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Aircraft Design-SYLLABUS

Introduction to the design process , Requirements capture , Design optimization , Aircraft Design:

Design considerations for civilian and military aircraft , Weight estimation , Airfoil and geometry

selection , Thrust to weight ratio and wing loading , Initial sizing , Propulsion , Landing gear and

subsystems , Aerodynamics , Stability, control, and handling qualities , Flight mechanics and

performance issues , Aircraft layout and configuration , Structural aspects , Constraint analysis.

References

1. Raymer, D. P., Aircraft Design: A Conceptual Approach, 4th ed., AIAA (2006).

2. Anderson, J. D., Aircraft Performance and Design, McGraw-Hill (1999).

3. Corke, T. C., Design of Aircraft, Prentice Hall (2002).

4. Fielding, J. P., Introduction to Aircraft Design, Cambridge Univ. Press (1999).

5. Bruhn, E. F., Analysis and Design of Flight Vehicle Structures, Jacobs Publishing (1973).

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Aircraft Propulsion- SYLLABUS

Propellers

Ideal Momentum Theory and Blade Element Theory and their relative Merits, Numerical

Problems on the Performance of Propellers using Propeller Charts, Selection of Propellers,

Fixed, Variable and Constant Speed Propellers, Prop-Fan, Material for Propellers, Shrouded

Propellers Helicopter rotor in Hovering Performance.

Aircraft Piston Engines

The Internal Combustion Engine Process, Brief Historical Sketch S.I and C.I. Engines, 4-Stroke

and 2-Stroke Engines, Thermodynamics of Engine Analysis, Combustion Process, Air Standard

Cycles, Various Type of Arrangements or Multi-Cylinder Aircraft Engines, their Merits and

Operational Efficiencies, Intake and Exhaust Manifolds, Cooling and Lubrication Systems, Valve

Timing and Arrangements, I.H.P., B.H.P and F.H.P, Engine Performance, Effect of Altitude,

Power required and Power available, supercharging, Preliminary Design of Aircraft Piston

Engine.

Fuels, Combustion and Flame Stability

Liquid Fuels, Hydrocarbons, Gasoline, Starting Mixtures and Temperatures, Vapor Lock, other

Liquid Fuels and Blends, Combustion Knock and Knock Rating, Carburetion and Fuel Injection,

Ignition of the Charge, Ignition System, Gas Turbine Fuels, Solid and Liquid Propellants.

Aircraft Gas Turbine Engines

Air-Standard Brayton Cycle, Actual Gas Turbine Engine Cycle, Compressor and Turbine

Efficiencies, Compressor Work and Turbine Work, Centrifugal and Axial type of Compressor,

their Comparative Action, Relative Merits in Operations, Combustion Chambers: Various

Arrangements, Simplex and Duplex Burners.

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Steady 1D Gas Dynamics

Basics, Simple Flows: Nozzle Flow, Nozzle Design, Nozzle Operating characteristics for

Isentropic Flow, Nozzle Flow and Shock Waves. Nozzle characteristics for some Operational

Engines. Rayleigh Flow and Fanno Flow. Effect of Frictional Duct Length in Subsonic Flow and

Supersonic Flow, Numerical Problems in 1D Flow.

Inflets, Nozzles and Combustion Chambers

Subsonic Inlets: Pressure Recovery, Inlet Sizing Drag Flow Distortion. Supersonic Inlets: Total

and Sonic State Points, A/A* Normal Shock based Internal Compression Inlets, Design Sizing

and Performance. Exhaust Nozzle, C-D Nozzle, Engine Back Pressure Control, Exit Area Ratio,

Exhaust Nozzle System Performance in details. Combustion Systems, Burners, Ignition, Flame

Stability. After Burners: System Design, Flame Stability, Pressure Losses etc.

Parametric Cycle Analysis of Ideal Engines

Steps of Engine Parametric Cycle Analysis, Basic Assumptions. Applications to

Ideal Ramjet

Ideal Turbojet with and without afterburner

Ideal Turbofan engine, optimum BPR and afterburning

Ideal Turnoprop engine, and

Ideal Turboshaft engine.

Parametric Cycle Analysis of Real Engines

Cycle Analysis of Turbojet, Turbojet with after Burner, Turbofan and Turboprop.

Axial Flow Compressor

Euler’s Turbo Machinery Equations. Axial Flow Compressor Analysis, Cascade Action, Flow

Field. Euler’s Equation, Velocity Diagrams, Flow Annulus Area Stage Parameters. Degree of

Reaction, Cascade Airfoil Nomenclature and Loss Coefficient, Diffusion Factor, Stage Loading

and Flow Coefficient, Stage Pressure Ratio, Blade Mach No., Repeating Stage, Repeating Row,

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Mean Line Design. Flow Path Dimensions, No. of Blades Per Stage. Radial Variation, Design

Process, Performance.

Axial Flow Turbine

Introduction to Turbine Analysis, Mean Radius Stage Calculations, Stage Parameters, Stage

Loading and Flow Coefficients Degree of Reaction, Stage Temperature Ratio and Pressure

Ratio, Blade Spacing, Radial Variation, Velocity Ratio. Axial Flow Turbine, Stage Flow Path,

Dimensional Stage Analysis. Multistage Design; Steps of Design: Single Stage and two Stages.

Turbine Performance. Blade Cooling.

REFERENCES :

1. Sutton, G.P., “Rocket Propulsion Elements”, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York, 5 th Edn.,

1993.

2. Hill, P.G. & Peterson, C.R. “Mechanics & Thermodynamics of Propulsion” Addison –

Wesley Longman INC, 1999.

3. Cohen, H., Rogers, G.F.C. and Saravanamuttoo, H.I.H., “Gas Turbine Theory”,

Longman Co., ELBS Ed., 1989.

4. Gorden, C.V., “Aero thermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion”, AIAA

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Airport Planning & Management-SYLLABUS

Airports and airport systems

Introduction, Airport management on an international level, The National Plan of Integrated

Airport Systems—The Nation’s Airport System Plan , The rules that govern airport management,

Organizations that influence airport regulatory policies

Organization and administration

Introduction, Airport ownership and operation, The airport organization chart, Airport

management as a career, The airport manager and public relations

Airports and airport systems :A historical and legislative perspective

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Introduction, The formative period of aviation and airports: 1903–1938 55, Airport growth: World

War II and the postwar period, Airport modernization: The early jet age , Airport legislation after

airline deregulation, Airports in the twenty-first century: From peacetime prosperity, to terror

insecurity

The components of the airport

The airfield

The components of an airport, The airfield, Navigational aids (NAVAIDS) located on airfields, Air

traffic control and surveillance facilities located on the airfield, Weather reporting facilities located

on airfields, Security infrastructure on airfields

Airspace and air traffic control

Introduction, Brief history of air traffic control, The present-day air traffic control management

and operating infrastructure, The basics of air traffic control, Current and future enhancements to

air traffic control

Airport terminals and ground access

Introduction, The historical development of airport terminals, Components of the airport terminal,

Airport ground access

Airport operations and financial management

Airport operations management under FAR Part 139

Introduction, Pavement management, Aircraft rescue and fire fighting (ARFF), Snow and ice

control, Safety inspection programs, Bird and wildlife hazard management,

Airport security

Introduction, History of airport security, The Transportation Security Administration, Security at

commercial service airports, Security at general aviation airports, The future of airport security

Airport financial management

Introduction, Airport financial accounting, Revenue strategies at commercial airports, Pricing of

airport facilities and services, Variation in the sources of operating revenues, Rise in airport

financial burdens, Airport funding, Grant programs, Airport financing, Private investment, Sale of

the airport

Airport public administration and planning

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The economic, political, and social role of airports

Introduction, The economic role of airports, Political roles, Environmental impacts of airports

Airport planning

Introduction, Airport system planning, The airport master plan, The airport layout plan,

Forecasting, Facilities requirements, Design alternatives, Financial plans, Land use planning,

Environmental planning

Airport capacity and delay

Introduction, Defining capacity, Factors affecting capacity and delay, Estimating capacity,

Illustrating capacity with a time-space diagram, FAA approximation charts, Simulation models,

Defining delay, Estimating delay, Analytical estimates of delay: The queuing diagram, Other

measures of delay, Approaches to reducing delay, Administrative and demand management

The future of airport management

Introduction, Restructuring of commercial air carriers, New large aircraft, Small aircraft

transportation systems

Code of Federal Regulations: 14 CFR—Aeronautics

Code of Federal Regulations , 49 CFR—Transportation, 1500 Series: Transportation

Security Regulations

REFERENCES :

1. Airport Planning & Management by ‘Seth Young, Alexander Wells’, Mc Graw Hills, ISBN

0071750231-BEEPB

2. Airport Planning & Management by ‘Ed D Alexander T’, Mc Graw Hills, ISBN: 0071386556-

BEPDF

3.Airport Planning & Management by ‘Donald I Smith, John D Odegard, William Shea’, Wadsworth

Pub Co. , ISBN: 0534028772

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Alternate Energy Sources for Transportation- SYLLABUS

Introduction

Need for alternate fuel, availability and properties of alternate fuels, general use of

alcohols, LPG, hydrogen, ammonia, CNG and LNG, vegetable oils and biogas, merits and

demerits of various alternate fuels, introduction to alternate energy sources. Like EV,

hybrid, fuel cell and solar cars.

Alcohols

Properties as engine fuel, alcohols and gasoline blends, performance in SI engine,

methanol and gasoline blends, combustion characteristics in CI engines, emission

characteristics, DME, DEE properties performance analysis, performance in SI & CI Engines.

Natural Gas, LPG, Hydrogen and Biogas

Availability of CNG, properties, modification required to use in engines, performance and

emission characteristics of CNG using LPG in SI & CI engines, performance and emission of

LPG. Hydrogen; storage and handling, performance and safety aspects.

Vegetable Oils

Various vegetable oils for engines, esterification, performance in engines, performance and

emission characteristics, bio diesel and its characteristics

Electric, Hybrid, Fuel Cell and Solar Cars

Layout of an electric vehicle, advantage and limitations, specifications, system

components, electronic control system, high energy and power density batteries, hybrid

vehicle, fuel cell vehicles, solar powered vehicles.

REFERENCES :

1. Non conventional energy sources by BH Khan, TATA Mc Graw, EAN 9780071335430-

BEPDF

2. Richard.L.Bechfold – Alternative Fuels Guide Book - SAE International Warrendale - 1997.

3. Maheswar Dayal - “Energy today & tomorrow“ - I & B Horishr India - 1982.

4. Nagpal - “Power Plant Engineering” - Khanna Publishers - 1991.

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5. “Alcohols as motor fuels progress in technology” - Series No.19 - SAE Publication USE -

1980.

6. SAE paper nos. 840367, 841333, 841334, 841156, Transactions, SAE, USA

7. Non Conventional Energy Resources by GD Rai, Khanna Publishers

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Analytical Techniques in Geosciences-SYLLABUS

CHROMATOGRAPHY

Classical and Rapid Methods of Analysis. Paper chromatography, Thin later chromatography,

gas chromatography, ion-exchange chromatpgraphy.

SPECTROSCOPY

UV & IR Spectophotometry, Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, Plasma-Atomic Absorption

Spectrometry, Mass-Spectrometry

X-Ray Methods

X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis, Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry, X-Ray Diffraction Analysis.

Advance Instrumentation in Geosciences

SEM – scanning Electron Microscope, Micro Beam and Surface Analysis, Neutron Activation

Analysis.

Books

1. Elementary Organic Spectroscopy-Y. R. Sharma S. Chand

2. Instrumental Approach to Chemical Analysis-A. K.Srivastava & P.C.Jain, S. Chand

3. Quantitative Chemical Analysis-Vogel Pearson.

Antenna Theory & Design-SYLLABUS

Fundamental Concepts: Radiation pattern, near- and far-field regions, reciprocity, directivity and

gain, effective aperture, polarization, input impedance, efficiency, Friis transmission equation,

radiation integrals and auxiliary potential functions

Radiation from Wires and Loops: Infinitesimal dipole, finite-length dipole, linear elements near

conductors, dipoles for mobile communication, small circular loop.

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Aperture Antennas: Huygens’ principle, radiation from rectangular and circular apertures, design

considerations, Babinet’s principle, Fourier transform method in aperture antenna theory.

Microstrip Antennas: Basic characteristics, feeding methods, methods of analysis, design of

rectangular and circular patch antennas, Quality Factor, Bandwidth, and Efficiency, Input

Impedance and Coupling.

Horn and Reflector Antennas: Radiation from sectoral and pyramidal horns, design concepts,

prime-focus parabolic reflector and cassegrain antennas.

Text Books:

1. Balanis, C.A., “Antenna Theory and Design”, 3rd Ed., John Wiley & Sons. 2005

2. Jordan, E.C. and Balmain, K.G., “Electromagnetic Waves and Radiating Systems”, 2nd Ed.,

Prentice-Hall of India. 1993

3. Stutzman, W.L. and Thiele, H.A., “Antenna Theory and Design”, 2nd Ed., John Wiley & Sons. 1998

4. Elliot, R.S., “Antenna Theory and Design”, Revised edition, WileyIEEE Press. 2003

5. Garg, R., Bhartia, P., Bahl, I. and Ittipiboon, A., “Microstrip Antenna Design Handbook”, Artech

House

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Applied Micro Palaeontology-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Micropaleontology

Calcareous, Agglutinated, Siliceous, Phosphatic and Organic- Walled Microfossils.

Staratigraphic-Geographic Distribution of Microfossils

Application of Micropalaeontology

Chronostratigraphic Time Scale with some important Fossils Group (or index fossils). Microfossils

and their role in Petroleum Exploration.Micropaleontology in Petroleum Exploration (Structural

Problems, Stratigraphic , Problems, Biochronology, Well Correlation, Source Rock Evaluation etc.)

Ecology, Paleoecology and Stratigraphic Application

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Foraminifera, Conodonts, Radiolarian, Spores and Pollens

Palynology in Hydrocarbon exploration

Palynofacies and Kerogen Analysis, Thermal Maturation.

Biostratigraphy and Paleo-enviromental Interpretation

Biostartigraphy, Paleoenvironmental (paleobathymetry) and Paleogeographic Interpretation

Latest developments in applied micropaleontology

Quantitative Biostratigraphy, Stable Isotope Stratigraphy, Molecular Fossils, Morphometric and

Particle Analysis

Reference book:

1. Haq, B.U. and Boersma, A. Introduction to Marine Micropaleontology, Elsevier,

Amsterdam, 1998

2. Armstrong, H.A. and Brasier, M.D. Microfossils, II Edition, Blackwell Publishing, 2005.

3. Foote, M. and Miller, A.I. Principles of Paleontology, III Edition. W.H. Freeman and

Company, 2007.

4. Prothero, D.R Bringing Fossils to Life–An Introduction to Paleobiology. Mc Graw Hill,

1998.

Applied Numerical and Statistical Techniques-SYLLABUS

LINEAR ALGEBRA

Introduction to Vector spaces, basic vector analysis methods, Matrix norms – Jordan canonical

form – Generalized eigenvectors – Singular value decomposition – Pseudo inverse – Least square

approximations – QR algorithm.

GRAPH THEORY

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Introduction to Paths, Trees, Vector spaces, Matrix Coloring and directed graphs; Some basic

algorithms – Shortest path algorithms – Depth-First search on a graph – Isomorphism – Other

Graph - Theoretic algorithms – performance of graph theoretic algorithms – Graph-theoretic

Computer languages

OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES

Linear programming - Basic concepts – Graphical and Simplex methods –Transportation problem

– Assignment problem; Dynamic programming - Elements of the dynamic programming model –

optimality principle – Examples of dynamic programming models and their solutions.

PROBABILITY AND RANDOM VARIABLES

Probability – 1D Random variables – Binomial, Poisson, Geometric, Uniform, Normal, Exponential

distributions – Moment generating functions and their properties – Functions Transformation of

Random variables, Finite probability - Probability distributions – Conditional Probability –

Independence – Baye’s theorem; Expectations. Reliability and Markov chain transition probability

matrix.

QUEUEING THEORY

Single and Multiple servers Markovian Queuing models, finite and Infinite capacity Queues –

Finite source model – Queuing applications.

References:

Taha H .A., Operations Research: An Introduction, Pearson Education Edition, Asia, New Delhi,

Seventh Edition 2002.

Walpole R.E., Myer R.H., Myer S.L., and Ye, K., Probability and Statistics for Engineers and

Scientists, Pearson Education, 7th Edition, Delhi, 2002.

Lewis.D.W. “Matrix Theory” , Allied Publishers, Chennai 1995

Kishor S.Trivedi, Probability & Statistics with reliability, queuing and Computer Science

Applications, Prentice Hall India, 2001

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Narasingh Deo,Graph Theory with applications to Engineering and Computer Science, Prentice Hall

India,1997

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Applied Sedimentology-SYLLABUS

BASIC CONCEPT OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

Sedimentary rocks, types and processes of formation; depositional environment;

Sedimentary basins; Biostratigraphy; Micropaleotology; Geological Mapping.

Petroleum origin, elements of petroleum system; reservoir traps, migration, petroliferous

basins of India.

STRATIGRAPHIC-SEDIMENTOLOGICAL DATA BASE

Vertical- Lateral Profile, Subdivision of Section into Descriptive Units, Lithology, Grain Size,

Sedimentary Structure, Palaeocurrent Analysis, Petrographic Samples, Biostratigraphic

Sample & Analysis. Megascopic Studies of Cores & Cutting: Subdivision of Section into

Descriptive Unit, Lithology, Grain Size and Integration with Well Logs.

STRATIGRAPHIC COORELATION

Strartigraphic Units, lithostratigraphy, Mapping and Correlation, Chronostratigraphy,

Radiometric Dating, Magnetostratigraphy, Chemostratigraphy.

MICROFACIES ANALYSIS

Rock Petrography, and Heavy Mineral Analysis. SEM Petrography for Reservoir

Characterization, Cathod Luminiscence Microscopy for Cement Matrix Characterization,

XRD Technique for Clay Mineral Analysis.

Suggested books

1. Sand and sandstone, FJ Pettijohn, PE Potter, R Siever - 2012

2. Introduction to sedimentology; S Sengupta – 1994

3. Applied Sedimentology 2nd Edition Richard Selley

4. Levorsen AI. Geology of petroleum. Berry FA, editor. San Francisco: WH Freeman; 1967.

5. Hunt, M.J., 1979. Petroleum geochemistry and geology. WH Freeman and company

6. Principles of Geomorphology Second Edition Paperback – 1 Dec 2004 by W.D.Thornburry.

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7. Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy BOGGS JR, SAM, Merrill Publishing Company

1987

Applied Statistical Methods-SYLLABUS

Statistical methods, scope and limitations, population and sample, frequency distribution

and curves dispersion, standard deviation, co-efficient of variation, skewness.

Probability, Distributions properties and applications. Sampling distributions, methods,

accuracy and applications in highway engineering problems.

Statistical decisions, hypothesis testing errors, tests significance, variance Chi -square, test,

confidence Interval.

Queuing theory. Time series analysis.

Variables scatter diagram Curve fitting methods, correlation linear regression multiple

linear regression.

Multivariate data analysis. Optimization technique and applications” in - Highway and

traffic engineering problems.

Use of mathematical and statistical software packages.

REFERENCES:

1. Snedecor G. W. and W.G. Cochran (1994). Statistical methods. East west press, India, 8th

edition.

2. Medhi J (1982) Introduction to statistics. New age publications, New Delhi

3. Hannagth T. G. (1986): Mastering Statistics, 2nd edition, McMillan

4. Agarwal B. L. (1988), Basic Statistics, 3rd Edition, New Age Pub. ND.

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Artificial Neural Network-SYLLABUS

Introduction to artificial neural networks

Biological neural networks, Pattern analysis tasks: Classification, Regression, Clustering,

Computational models of neurons, Structures of neural networks, Learning

principles

Data Processing

Scaling, Normalization, Transformation (FT/FFT), Principal Component Analysis, Regression,

Co- Variance Matrix, Eigen Values & Eigen Vectors. Basic Models of Artificial Neurons,

Activation Functions, Aggregation Function, Single Neuron Computation, Multilayer

Perceptron, Least Mean Square Algorithm, Gradient Descent Rule, Nonlinearly Separable

Problems and Bench Mark Problems in NN.

Multilayered Network Architecture, Back Propagation Algorithm, Heuristics for making BP-

Algorithm performs better. Accelerated Learning BP (like Recursive Least Square, Quick

Prop, Rprop Algorithm), Approximation Properties of RBF Networks and comparison with

Multilayer Perceptron

Recurrent Network and Temporal Feed-Forward Network, implementation with BP, Self

Organizing Map and SOM Algorithm, Properties of Feature Map and Computer

Simulation.

Complex Valued NN and Complex Valued BP, Analyticity of Activation Function, Application

in 2D Information Processing. Complexity Analysis of Network Models. Soft Computing

Feedforward neural networks

Pattern classification using perceptron, Multilayer feedforward neural networks

(MLFFNNs), Pattern classification and regression using MLFFNNs, Error backpropagation

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learning, Fast learning methods: Conjugate gradient method Autoassociative neural

networks, Bayesian neural networks

Radial basis function networks

Regularization theory, RBF networks for function approximation, RBF networks for pattern

classification

Kernel methods for pattern analysis

Statistical learning theory, Support vector machines for pattern classification, Support

vector regression for function approximation, Relevance vector machines for classification

and regression

Self-organizing maps

Pattern clustering, Topological mapping, Kohonen’s self-organizing map

Feedback neural networks

Pattern storage and retrieval, Hopfield model, Boltzmann machine, Recurrent neural

networks

REFERENCES:

1. B.Yegnanarayana, Artificial Neural Networks, Prentice Hall of India, 1999

2. Neural Network by ‘Freeman S Kapur’ Pearson publication

3. Satish Kumar, Neural Networks – A Classroom Approach, Tata McGraw-Hill, 2003

4. S.Haykin, Neural Networks – A Comprehensive Foundation, Prentice Hall, 1998

5. C.M.Bishop, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning, Springer, 2006

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Atmospheric Flight Mechanics-SYLLABUS

Overview of aerodynamics , propulsion , atmosphere and aircraft instrumentation , Aircraft

Performance: range, endurance, gliding, climbing flight, pull-up, pulldown, take-off, landing,

accelerating climb, turning flight, V-n diagrams , optimal cruise trajectories , Static Stability &

Control: frames of reference (body axis, wind axis) static longitudinal, directional, lateral stability

and control, stick fixed and stick free stability, hinge moments, trim-tabs, aerodynamic balancing

References

1. Anderson, J. D., Aircraft Performance and Design, Tata McGraw-Hill (1998).

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2. Nelson, R. C., Flight Stability and Automatic Control, 2nd ed., Tata McGraw-Hill (1997).

3. Phillips, W. F., Mechanics of Flight, 2nd ed., John Wiley (2010).

4. Hull, D. G., Fundamentals of Airplane Flight Mechanics, Springer (2010).

5. Perkins, C. D. and Hage, R. E., Airplane Performance Stability and Control, John Wiley (1949).

6. Etkin, B. and Reid, L. D., Dynamics of Flight: Stability and Control, 3rd ed., Wiley (1996)

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Automatic Flight Control-SYLLABUS

Flight Dynamics: Linearized equations of aircraft motion for small perturbations in stability axes. Stability analysis of linearized equations of motion. Derivation of Airplane longitudinal motion. Airplane lateral motion. Airplane handling qualities. Second order differential equations, pure pitching motion, stick fixed longitudinal motion, longitudinal approximation, the influence of stability derivatives on the longitudinal modes of motion, flying qualities, flight simulation. Pure rolling motion, Pure yawing motion, lateral directional equations of motion, lateral flying qualities inertial coupling. System Stability: Control system stability, Routh-Hurwitz Criterion, Root Locus Method, Frequency domain techniques, Time domain and Frequency domain specifications, steady state error. Control system design, PID controller. Aircraft transfer function, Control surface actuator, displacement autopilot, stability augmentation, Instrument Landing System. State-space modelling, Canonical Transformation, Controllability and Observability, State Feedback Design, State Variable reconstruction, Optimal State Space Control System Design.

References

1. R. C. Nelson, “Flight Stability and Automatic Control” (Second Ed.), McGraw Hill Book Company.

2. K. Ogata, “Modern Control Engineering” Prentice Hall, 2010. 3. Bernard Etkins, “Dynamics of Flight: Stability and Control”, Wiley.

4. Anderson, John D. “Introduction to Flight” McGraw Hill(1999).

5. Bandu N. Pamadi, Performance, Stability Dynamics and Control of Airplanes, AIAA Education

Series.

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Aviation Economics – SYLLABUS

Airline System-Wide Measures

Traffic / Revenue Passenger Miles (RPM), 4 types of traffic, Yield, Capacity/ Available Seat Miles

(ASM), Unit Cost, Load Factor = Passengers/ Capacity, Average Leg Load Factor, Average

Network Load Factor, Rejected Demand/Spill

Basic Airline Profit Equation = Revenue - Cost

Airline Profit Maximizing Strategies

Air Transportation Markets

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Typical Air Passenger Trip, Markets, Opposite, Parallel, City-pair, Region-pair, Direct/

Connecting Flights, Dichotomy of Demand and Supply

Origin-Destination (O-D) Demand

Factors affecting Volume of O-D Demand, Quality of Service Factors, Total Trip Time

Model, O-D Demand Models, Linear/ Additive D = a – bP, Multiplicative D = aPbwhere

b<0, EP = Price Elasticity = Δ% Demand/ Δ% Price, Business Passengers - “inelastic”,

Leisure Passengers - “elastic”, ET = Time Elasticity = Δ% Demand/ Δ% Time, Business

Passengers - “elastic”, Leisure Passengers - “inelastic”, Saturation Frequency, 4 Types/

Segments of Air Travel Demand, O-D Market Demand Function - D = M x Pa x Tb

Airline Competition

Market Share, Frequency Share, Market Share / Frequency Share Model “S-curve”

PROBLEMS

What do airlines do to maximize revenues, Elastic vs. inelastic airfares, Calculate Market

Share, Calculate Frequency Share, O-D Traffic, O-D Supply, Price Elasticity, Time Elasticity,

Average Leg Load Factor, Average Network Load Factor, Basic Airline Profit, o% Connecting

Passengers, o% Non-Stop Passengers, Identify from Diagram-Point-to-Point vsHubbing

Network, Different Markets, Calculate frequency of service impacts to Total Trip Time

Model

REFERENCES:

1. The Global Airline Industry (Belobaba, Odoni, and Barnhart; 2009) AIAA

2. Terminal Chaos (Donohue, Shaver; 2008) AIAA

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Aviation Law & Insurance-SYLLABUS

Federal and State Regulatory Functions

Warsaw Convention, 1929

The Aircraft Act, 1934

Rights and Liabilities of Pilots & Operators as per Aircraft Rules - 1937

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Chicago Convention on Civil Aviation, 1944

The Air Corporations (Transfer of Undertakings and Repeal ) Act, 1994

The Bermuda Agreement. 1977 (Between U.S.A. & U.K.)

The Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against Safety of Aviation Act, 1982

New Civil Aviation Policy (2003) – India

Bilateral & Plurilateral Agreements

GATS in International Air Transport Trade

Open Sky Policies - U.S.A., U.K. & India

Liberalization , Privatization & Globalization in Civil Aviation Industry

General Insurance Principles

Aviation Insurance

Supreme Court of India/Delhi High Court Judgements on Aviation Law .

REFERENCES :

1. Aviation Insurance by ‘Peter J C Viccars’, Bertrams, ISBN: 1856095495

2. Aviation and the Law by ‘Gesell’, Coast, ISBN: 1890938130

3. Margo: Aviation Insurance by ‘ Rod D Margo’, , Buttersworth Law, EAN 9780406891013

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Aviation Marketing Management-SYLLABUS

Marketing Scope and Concepts

Strategic Marketing Planning

Marketing Strategy: Segmentation and Targeting

Consumer Buying Behaviour

Product Life Cycle Strategies

Branding and Packaging

Positioning and Differentiation Strategies

Pricing Strategies

Managing Marketing Channels

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Management of Logistics and Physical Distribution

Integrated Marketing Communications

Advertising and Sales Promotion

Sales Management

Market Information Systems and Market Research

Service Marketing

Future of Marketing and its Dimensions

REFERENCES :

1. General Aviation Marketing & Management by ‘Alexander T Wells , Bruce D Chadbourne,

Kreiger Publishing Co., ISBN: 1575241927

2. General Aviation Marketing and Management: Operating, Marketing, and Managing an FBO By

C Daniel Prather, Kreiger Publsihing Co.

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Basin Analysis and Reservoir Characterization-Syllabus

Concept of Subsurface Mapping , Single and Multicomponent Map, Geophysical Map,

Geochemical Map, Structural Map, Cross Section: Structural Map, Palaeogeological Map,

Environmental and Palaeoslope Model. Measurement and Significance, Wettability,

Capillary Pressure Characteristics, Determination, Interpretation.

Phase Behavior of Multi Component Hydro Carbon Systems, PVT Behavior of Gases and

Mixtures, Equilibrium Ratios, Reservoir Fluid Sampling.Classification, Volumetric, Material

Balance Equation and Decline Curve Methods, Limitations.

Component of Basin Model, Basin and Crustal Geometry, Porosity- Depth Relation,

Palaeobathymetry and Sea Level Variation, Evolution of Basic Models, Backstripping

Techniques, Supracrustal Loading and Extensional Basin Models, Dynamic Topography,

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Intraplate Stresses and Basin Inversion: Tectonic Basin Modeling, Stratigraphic Basin

Modeling, Forward and Reverse Modeling, Facies and Reservoir Modeling, Integrated Basin

Analysis.

References:

1. Sedimentology & Stratigraphy. By Gary Nicholes. Blackwell Publishing Company.

2. ISBN 0-632-03578-1.

3. Principles of Sedimentary Basin Analysis, Miall, A.D., Springer Edition

4. Formation Evaluation by Edward J. Lynch. Harper&Row Publication,N.York

5. Encyclopedia of well logging by R.Desbrandes,Institute Francais Du Petrole.

6. Well Logging by David E. Jhonson & Kathryne E. Pile,Penn Well Publishing Company.

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Big Data Analytics-SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION TO BIG DATA

Introduction to BigData Platform – Challenges of Conventional Systems - Intelligent data analysis –

Nature of Data - Analytic Processes and Tools - Analysis vs Reporting - Modern Data Analytic Tools

- Statistical Concepts: Sampling Distributions - Re-Sampling - Statistical Inference - Prediction

Error.

MINING DATA STREAMS

Introduction To Streams Concepts – Stream Data Model and Architecture - Stream Computing -

Sampling Data in a Stream – Filtering Streams – Counting Distinct Elements in a Stream –

Estimating Moments – Counting Oneness in a Window – Decaying Window - Real time Analytics

Platform(RTAP) Applications - Case Studies - Real Time Sentiment Analysis, Stock Market

Predictions.

HADOOP

History of Hadoop- The Hadoop Distributed File System – Components of Hadoop Analyzing the

Data with Hadoop- Scaling Out- Hadoop Streaming- Design of HDFS-Java interfaces to HDFS Basics-

Developing a Map Reduce Application-How Map Reduce Works-Anatomy of a Map Reduce Job

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run-Failures-Job Scheduling-Shuffle and Sort – Task execution - Map Reduce Types and Formats-

Map Reduce Features

HADOOP ENVIRONMENT

Setting up a Hadoop Cluster - Cluster specification - Cluster Setup and Installation – Hadoop

Configuration-Security in Hadoop - Administering Hadoop – HDFS – Monitoring Maintenance-

Hadoop benchmarks- Hadoop in the cloud

FRAMEWORKS

Applications on Big Data Using Pig and Hive – Data processing operators in Pig – Hive services –

HiveQL – Querying Data in Hive - fundamentals of HBase and ZooKeeper - IBM InfoSphere

BigInsights and Streams. Visualizations - Visual data analysis techniques, interaction techniques;

Systems and applications

References :

1. Michael Berthold, David J. Hand, “Intelligent Data Analysis”, Springer, 2007.

2. Tom White “ Hadoop: The Definitive Guide” Third Edition, O’reilly Media, 2012.

3. Chris Eaton, Dirk DeRoos, Tom Deutsch, George Lapis, Paul Zikopoulos, “Understanding Big

Data: Analytics for Enterprise Class Hadoop and Streaming Data”, McGrawHill Publishing, 2012

4. Anand Rajaraman and Jeffrey David Ullman, “Mining of Massive Datasets”, Cambridge

University Press, 2012.

5. Bill Franks, “Taming the Big Data Tidal Wave: Finding Opportunities in Huge Data Streams with

Advanced Analytics”, JohnWiley & sons, 2012.

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Behaviour Based Safety-SYLLABUS

BEHAVIOUR BASED SAFETY

Behavioural based safety – overview – psychology of behavior management – focus on behavior to

manage the risk – leadership- behavior safety programme for employees- measure safety

programme – ABC model – BBS - case studies

INTRODUCTION TO SHE

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Hazards in Petroleum Industry, Direct & Indirect costs of accidents, HSE Model & Integration

with Business, Safety officer role & responsibility

REGULATORY REGIMES AND REGULATORY AGENCIES.

Regulatory Laws / Acts, Petroleum Act 1934, Indian Explosives Act,1884, The Static and

Mobile Pressure Vessels, SMPV (UNFIRED) Rules, 1981, The Gas CylinderRules,1981, The Indian

Boilers Act,1923, Factories Act 1948, Indian Electricity Act, 1910, The Mines Regulations,1984, The

Indian Aircraft Rules,1937, International Maritime Organization(IMO), Dock WorkersAct,1986,

Atomic Energy Act,1962, Motor Vehicles Act,1988, Tariff Advisory Committee, Responsibilities of

an Occupier as per Factories Act 1948. Oil Industries Safety Directorate(OISD), Limitations of

Indian Regulatory Bodies

ACCIDENTS- Types and Severity of Accidents, Accident Classification, Accident –

Entitlement under Workmen’s Compensation Act , Objectives & Methodology of

conducting accident investigation.

SAFETY POLICY -Organization, Monitoring and Reporting

PROCESS SAFETY MANAGEMENT

PSM and Safety Culture-an overview, Main Pillars of Process Safety Management, Safety

Related Procedures, Environment Related Procedures, Occupational Health Related Procedures,

Fire Protection Related Procedures, Basic Safety Rules, Basic Rules for Visitors, Access/Entry to

the premises, Short Notes:- Permit to Work System, Management of Plant Change , Accident

Reporting and Investigation , Management of plant changes, Mechanical Integrity of plants,

Contractors Safety, Training and its Validation, HSE System Audits – Objectives, Methodology of

conducting Safety Audits.

EMERGENCY / DISASTER PLAN

PERSONNEL RISK IN INDUSTRIAL OPERATIONS

Mineral Exploitation, Material Handling Processes, Manufacturing Plant , Industry

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Biochemical Engineering-SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION

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Definition and Scope of Biochemical Engineering, Commercial Aspects of Biochemical

Processes, Different Biochemical Unit Operations and Processes, introduction to

microbiology.

STERILIZATION AND PASTEURIZATION

Principles, Methods of Air Sterilization, Design of Air Filters, Design of Batch and Continuous

Sterilization Processes

AERATION AND AGITATION

Oxygen Transfer in Microbial Systems, Oxygen Demands, Mass Transfer Theories,

Measurement of Volumetric Mass Transfer Coefficients, Power Requirements in Gassed and

Un-gassed Bioreactors, Rheology of Fermentation Fluids

ENZYMES KINETICS

Kinetics of Microbial Growth, Substrate Utilization and Product Formation in Batch Reactors,

Introduction and Scope, Mechanism of Enzymatic Catalysis, Allosteric Enzymes, Enzyme

Kinetics, Production of Industrial Enzymes

IMMOBILIZATION OF ENZYMES AND CELLS

Methods of Immobilization, Kinetics of Immobilized Enzyme Systems, External and Internal

Diffusional Characteristics of Immobilized Systems

ENZYME-REACTORS

Performance, Operational Strategies, Carrier Life and Cycle Time, Industrial Applications

FERMENTATION REACTORS

Scale-Up: Basic Concepts and Related Problems, Fed-Batch Fermentation, Principles and

Applications, Aerobic and Anaerobic Fermentation: Kinetic Analysis, Comparison with Batch

Fermentation, Applications and its Limitations

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BIOREACTOR OPERATION, MEASUREMENT AND CONTROL

Aseptic Operations, Measurement and Control of Process Variables (pH, Dissolved Oxygen,

Viscosity, Temperature, NADH), Agitative Power, Foam Control, On-Line Analysis and

Computer Control of Fermentation Processes

References:

J. Bailey, J. E. Bailey and D. F. Ollis, Biochemical Engineering Fundamentals, 2nd Ed., McGraw-Hill,

New York, 1986.

P. F. Stanbury and A. Whitaker, Principles of Fermentation Technology, 2nd Ed., Butterworth

Heinemann, New York, 1999.

M. L. Shuler and F. Kargi, Bioprocess Engineering: Basic Concepts, 2nd Ed., Prentice Hall, Englewood

Cliffs, NJ, 2001.

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Boundary Layer Theory -SYLLABUS

Navier-Stokes equation and its exact solutions, boundary layer approximations, two-dimensional

boundary layer equations, asymptotic theory, Blasius and Falkner Skan solutions, momentum

integral methods, introduction to axisymmetric and three-dimensional boundary layers,

compressible boundary layer equations, recovery factor, Reynolds analogy factor, heat transfer,

stability of boundary layer flows, turbulent flows-phenomenological theories, Reynolds stress,

turbulent boundary layer on flat plate, pipe flows, flows in pressure gradient.

References

1. Schlichting H., Boundary Layer Theory, McGraw-Hill, 1968.

2. Rosenhead(ed), Laminar Boundary, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1962.

3. White, F. M., Viscous Fluid Flow, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill (2006).

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Business Policy & Strategy : SYLLABUS

Introduction to Strategic Management

Understanding External Environment

Understanding Internal Environment

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Establishing Strategic Focus

Corporate Strategy

Business-Level Strategy

Competitive Strategies

Implementing Strategies I: Management

Implementing Strategies II: Organizational Issues

Strategic Evaluation and Control

REFERENCES :

1. Business Policy & Strategic Management by ‘Ravikant Mukherjee’, Neha Publishers &

Distributors, ISBN No. 818435181X

2. Business Policy by ‘Luffman’, Blackwell Publishing, ISBN No. 0631181954

3. Business Policy & Strategic Management by ‘Dr Pradip K Sinha’, Nirali Publishers, ISBN No

9380064039

4. Business Policy by ‘Azhar Kazmi’, TATA Mc Graw Hills, ISBN No. 0074602063

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Catalyst Design & Application –SYLLABUS

Basics of Catalysis

Types of Catalysis

Role of Catalysis in Petroleum Refining and Petrochemical Industry

Zeolites as Wonderful Catalytic Material and Chronology of their Development

Modifications of Zeolites for Various Applications

Preparations of Catalysts

Designing Specific Catalysts for Refining Processes (General Assembly of Solid Catalysts)

Determination of Physico-chemical Properties of catalysts

General Aspects of Catalyst Testing and Commercialization

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Global Refining Catalysts and Catalysis Research in India

References :

1. Catalyst Design : Optimal Distribution of Catalyst in Pellets, Reactors, and Membranes by

‘Massimo Morbidelli , Asterios Gavriilidis , Arvind Varma’ , Cambridge Univer Press, ISBN No

0521019850

2. Catalyst Design : Progress & Perspectives by ‘ Rutherford Aris’,

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Cellular and Wireless Communication-SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION TO CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS: Evolution of mobile radio

communications, examples of wireless comm. systems, paging systems, Cordless telephone

systems, comparison of various wireless systems.

FUNDAMENTAL OF CELLULAR MOBILE SYSTEMS: Spectrum Allocation, basic Cellular Systems,

performance Criteria, Operation of cellular systems, analog cellular systems, digital Cellular

Systems.

DESIGN OF CELLULAR SYSTEM MOBILE SYSTEMS: Frequency Reuse, channel assignment

strategies, handoff Strategies, Interference and system capacity, tracking and grade off service,

improving coverage and capacity.

MODERN CELLULAR COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS: Second generation cellular networks, third

generation wireless networks, wireless in local loop, wireless local area networks, Blue tooth and

Personal Area networks.

MODULATION & MULTIPLE ACCESS TECHNIQUES FOR WIRELESS COMMUNICATION: Introduction

to Digital Modulation and Multiple Access, Phase Shift Keying and Minimum Shift Keying

Modulation techniques, FDMA, TDMA, Spread Spectrum multiple Access, space division multiple

access, packet ratio, capacity of a cellular systems.

WIRELESS NETWORKS: Basic of Wireless Networking, Types of Wireless Networks; WLANS:

Wireless Local Area Networks; WPANS: Wireless Personal Area Networks; WMANS: Wireless

Metropolitan Area Networks; Comparison; Wireless LAN-IEEE 802.11 Standard-Architecture-

Services-AdHoc Network-HiperLan-Blue Tooth.

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BOOKS:

1. Mobile Cellular Telecommunication: W.C.Y.Lee; 3rd Edition, McGraw Hill, 2007.

2. Wireless Communication Principles and Practice, Theodore S. Rappaport, Second Edition, Pearson Education, 2002.

3. Wireless Communications: Theodore S. Rappaport; Pearsons.

4. Mobile Communications: Jochen Schiller; Pearson

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Chemical and Biological Hazards and their control in Industrial Operations-SYLLABUS

Industrial processes and hazards potential, mechanical electrical, thermal and process

hazards. Safety and hazards regulations, Industrial hygiene.

Factories Act, 1948 and Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and rules thereof.

Preventive and protective management from fires and explosions.

Hazards identification-toxicity, fire, static electricity, noise and dust concentration;

Material safety data sheet, hazards indices- Dow and Mond indices, hazard

operability (HAZOP) and hazard analysis (HAZAN).

Spill and leakage of liquids, vapors, gases and their mixture from storage tanks and

equipment; Estimation of leakage/spill rate through hole, pipes and vessel burst;

Isothermal and adiabatic flows of gases, spillage and leakage of flashing liquids, pool

evaporation and boiling; Release of toxics and dispersion.

Naturally buoyant and dense gas dispersion models; Effects of momentum and

buoyancy; Mitigation measures for leaks and releases.

Oil, natural gas, chlorine and ammonia storage and transportation hazards.

References :

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1. Hazardous Chemicals in the Polymer Industry by ‘Nicholas P Cheremisinoff , Cheremisinof ,

Cheremisinoff P Cheremisinoff’

2. Hazardous Chemical Safety Guide for the Machining & Metalworking Industries by ‘H Richard P

Pohanish’

3. Major Hazards and their Management I Chem by ‘ GL Wells’

4. Crowl D.A. and Louvar J.F., “Chemical Process Safety: Fundamentals with Applications”, 2nd Ed.,

Prentice Hall.2001.

5. Mannan S., “Lee’s Loss Prevention in the Process Industries”, Vol.I, 3rdEd.,

ButterworthHeinemann.2004.

6. Mannan S., “Lee’s Loss Prevention in the Process Industries”,Vol.II,3rd Ed.,

ButterworthHeinemann.2005. 4. Mannan S., “Lee’s Loss Prevention in the Process

Industries”,Vol.III,3rdEd., ButterworthHeinemann.2005.

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Chemical Reactor Engineering and Design-SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION

IDEAL REACTORS

Analysis and Design of Homogeneous Ideal Reactors, Non-isothermal Ideal Reactors

NON-IDEAL REACTORS

Non-idealities in Reactors, e.g., RTD, etc.

HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSES AND CATALYSTS

Global Rates of Reaction, Types of Heterogeneous Reactions, Mechanism of Catalytic

Reactions, Internal Transport Processes, Reaction and Diffusion in Porous Catalysts,

Intra-pellet Mass Transfer, Intra-pellet Heat Transfer, Mass Transfer with Reaction,

Mass and Heat Transfer with Reaction, Effect of Internal Transport on Selectivity and

Poisoning

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FIXED BED REACTORS

External Transport Processes in Heterogeneous Reactions in Fixed Bed Reactors, Effect

of Physical Processes on Observed Rates of Reaction, Mass and Heat Transfer

Coefficients in Packed Beds, Quantitative Treatment of External Transport Effects,

Stable Operating Conditions, Effect of External Transport Processes on Selectivity,

Particle-Fluid Mass and Heat Transfer, Design of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactors,

Slurry Reactor

FLUIDIZED BED REACTORS

Some Elementary Models

CASE STUDIES

Fixed Bed Reactors: Case Studies, Fluidized Bed Reactors: Two-Phase Fluidized-Bed

Model, Operating Characteristics, Slurry Reactor Models

References:

J. M. Smith, Chemical Engineering Kinetics, 2nd Ed., McGraw Hill, New York, 1981.

O. Levenspeil, Chemical Reaction Engineering, 3rd Ed., Wiley, New York, 1998.

L. D. Schmidt, The Engineering of Chemical Reactions, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1998.

H. Scott Fogler, Elements of Chemical Reaction Engineering, 4th Ed., Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs,

2005.

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Combinatorial Chemistry-SYLLABUS

Introduction

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Solid Phase Synthesis, Liquid Phase Synthesis, Methods of Parallel and Mixed

Combinatorial Synthesis, Deconvolution and High Throughput 0creening

Organic reactions popular in combinatorial chemistry.

Solution-phase parallel synthesis.

Mixture-based compound libraries. Techniques for extracting information from highly

pooled samples, including iterative deconvolution, positional scanning and bead-based

screening. Methods for bead encoding.

Principles of compound library design. Lipinski’s rules and other guidelines for drug like

properties. The concept of privileged scaffolds, illustrated by benzodiazepines and

arylindoles.

Natural product and natural product-like libraries. The differences between synthetic

compounds and natural products, and methods for exploiting the latter as a source of

molecular diversity.

Case studies of combinatorial chemistry in drug discovery. Examples utilising both solid-

phase and solution-phase synthesis, and involving both pooled and discrete compound

libraries.

REFERENCES :

1. Combinatorial Chemistry by Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome , John Mc Brewster

2. Combinatorial Chemistry by W Bannwarth & B Hinzen

3. Exploiting Chemical Diversity for Drug by P A Bartlett & R M Entzeroth

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Combustion Modeling-SYLLABUS

Introduction: Introduction to combustion, Applications of combustion, Types of fuel and oxidizers,

Characterization of fuel, various combustion mode, Scope of combustion. Thermodynamics of

Combustion: Thermodynamics properties, Laws of thermodynamics, Stoichiometry, Thermo-

chemistry, adiabatic temperature, chemical equilibrium. Basic Reaction Kinetics, Elementary

reactions, Chain reactions. Physics of Combustion: Fundamental laws of transport phenomena,

Conservations Equations, Transport in Turbulent Flow Atmosphere, Chemical Emission from

combustion, Quantification of emission, Emission control method. Premixed Flame: One

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dimensional combustion wave, Laminar premixed flame, Burnings velocity measurement

methods, Effects of chemical and physical variables on Burning velocity, Flame extinction, Ignition,

Flame stabilizations, Turbulent Premixed flame. Diffusion Flame: Gaseous Jet diffusion flame,

Liquid fuel combustion, Atomization, Spray Combustion, Solid fuel combustion. Atmosphere,

Chemical Emission from combustion, Quantification of emission, Emission control methods.

References

1. Damkohler, G. The Effect of Turbulence on the Flame Velocity in Gas Mixtures, NACA TM 1112,

1947

2. Kuo, K.K., Principles of Combustion, John Wily & Sons, Singapore, 1986.

3. William, F.A., Combustion Theory, 2nd ed., Addision-Wesley Publishing Co., Redwood City, CA,

1985.

4. Strehlow, R. A., Combustion Fundamentals, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1985

5. Lewis, B and Von Elebe, G, Combustion Flames and Explosions of Gases 3rd ed., Academic Press,

Orlando, 1987

6. Glassman, I, Combustion, 3rd ed., Academic Press, New York, 1996

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Competitive Intelligence-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Competitive Intelligence

The Secret of Competitive Intelligence, How do Companies Compete?, Key Intelligence

Topics

Sources of Competitive Intelligence

Overview of Sources of Intelligence, Secondary Sources of Intelligence, Intelligence on the

Internet, Primary Sources of Intelligences,

Practice of Competitive Intelligence and Issues

Competitive Intelligence Resources, Verifying Intelligence, Ethical and Legal Aspects of

Competitive Intelligence, Art of Analysis: Turning Information into Intelligence,

Dissemination, Counter-Intelligence, Deception and Misinformation, Competitive

Intelligence Practices Around the World

Case Studies in Competitive Intelligence

REFERENCES :

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1. Competitive Intelligence by ‘Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, John Mc Brewster, Alphascript

Publishishing, Publish Date: 2009-12-31

2. Competitive Intelligence by Chris West, Palgrave Macmillan, ISBN No 0333786696

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Compressible Flows-SYLLABUS

1-D Gas Dynamics: governing equations, isentropic flow with area change, area-Mach number

relations, R-H equations, normal shocks. 1-D Wave Motion: wave propagation , simple and finite

waves , Riemann shock tube problem , 2-D waves, governing equations , oblique shocks, charts,

shock polar and pressure deflection diagrams , Prandtl-Meyer expansion waves , reflection and

interaction of waves , supersonic free jets. Linearized Flow: subsonic flow , Goethert’s and Prandtl-

Glauert rules , hodograph methods , supersonic flow , supersonic thin airfoils , 2-D airfoils, method

of characteristics, the compatibility equation, applications, supersonic nozzle design, combined

friction and heat transfer, combined friction and area change, conditions at sonic point, transonic

flow, measurements in compressible flows.

References

1. Shapiro, A. H., Dynamics and Thermodynamics of Compressible Fluid Flow, Vol. 1 & 2, Wiley &

Sons (1953).

2. Liepmann, H. W. and Roshko, A., Elements of Gas Dynamics, Dover Publications (2001).

3. Thompson, P. A., Compressible Fluid Dynamics, McGraw-Hill (1972).

4. Saad, M. A., Compressible Fluid Flow, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall (1993).

5. John, J. E. A. and Keith, T., Gas Dynamics, 3rd ed., Prentice Hall (2006).

6. Rathakrishnan, E., Gas Dynamics, 2nd ed., Prentice Hall (2009).

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Computational Fluid Dynamics-SYLLABUS

Fundamental Concepts

Introduction - Basic Equations of Fluid Dynamics - Incompressible In viscid Flows: Source,

Vortex and Doublet Panel, Methods - Lifting Flows over Arbitrary Bodies. Mathematical

Properties of Fluid Dynamics Equations -_ Elliptic, Parabolic and Hyperbolic Equations - Well

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Posed Problems - Discretization of Partial Differential Equations -Transformations and Grids -

Explicit Finite difference methods of Subsonic, Supersonic and Viscous Flows.

Panel Methods

Introduction – Source Panel Method – Vortex Panel Method – Applications.

Discretization

Boundary Layer Equations and Methods of Solution -Implicit Time Dependent Methods for

Inviscid and Viscous Compressible Flows - Concept of Numerical Dissipation --Stability

Properties of Explicit and Implicit Methods - Conservative Upwind Discretization for Hyperbolic

Systems - Further advantages of Upwind Differencing.

Finite Element Techniques

Finite Element Techniques in Computational Fluid Dynamics; Introduction - Strong and Weak

Formulations of a Boundary Value Problem - Strong Formulation - Weighted Residual

Formulation - Galerkin Formulation - Weak Formulation - Variational Formulation - Piecewise

Defined Shape functions - Implementation of the FEM - The Solution Procedure.

Finite Volume Techniques

Finite Volume Techniques - Cell Centered Formulation - ~ Lax - Vendoroff Time Stepping -

Runge - Kutta Time Stepping - Multi - stage Time Stepping - Accuracy -. Cell Vertex Formulation

- Multistage Time Stepping - FDM -like Finite Volume Techniques - Central and Up-wind Type

Discretizations - Treatment of Derivatives.

REFERENCES :

1. Computational fluid Dynamic: the basic with application .-Tata MCgraw Hill

2. A Introduction to computational fluid dynamic by Versteeg, W Malasekra.- Pearson

3. Introduction to Computational Fluid Dynamic by Niyogi. serial publisher

4. Essential computational Fluid Dynamics by Oleg Zikanov.- Wiley

5. J.C. Tannehil, D.A. Anderson, and R.H. Pletcher, Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat

Transfer , 2nd Edition,

6. Taylor & Francis, 1997, ISBN 1-56032-046-X.

7. J.H. Fereziger and M. Peric Computational Methods for Fluid Dynamics, 2001.

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8. J.D. Anderson, Jr., Computational Fluid Dynamics: The Basic with Applications, McGraw Hill, Inc.,

1995.

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Computational Gas Dynamics –SYLLABUS

Governing equations of compressible fluid flows, classification of partial differential equations,

analysis of hyperbolic conservation laws, basics of discretization, finite difference and finite

volume methods, numerical diffusion, numerical methods for scalar and vector conservation laws,

central and upwind discretization methods, flux splitting methods, Riemann solvers, Kinetic

(Boltzmann) schemes, relaxation schemes.

References

1. Laney B., Computational Gas Dynamics.

2. Toro E.F., Riemann Solvers and Numerical Methods for Fluid Dynamics.

3. Godlewski E. and Raviart P., Numerical Approximation of Hyperbolic System of Conservation

Laws.

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Control System Engineering-SYLLABUS

CONTROL SYSTEM MODELLING

System concept, differential equations and transfer functions. Modelling of electric systems,

translational and rotational mechanical systems, Simple electromechanical systems.

Block diagram representation of systems – Block diagram reduction methods – Closed loop

transfer function, determination of signal flow graph. Mason’s gain formula – Examples.

Mathematical modeling of: Stepper motors – AC servo motor – DC servo motor – Synchros –

sensors and encoders – DC tacho generator – AC tacho generator – Hydraulic controller –

Pneumatic controller – Typical application of control system in industry.

TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS

Test signals – time response of first order and second order systems – time domain specifications

– types and order of systems – generalised error co-efficients – steady state errors – concepts of

stability –

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FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS

Introduction – correlation between time and frequency response – stability analysis using Routh-

Hurwitz criteria – Root locus. Bode plots, Polar plots, Nichols chart and Nyquist stability criterion –

Gain margin – phase margin.

Controller modes

ON/OFF controller, Multiposition controllers, P, PI and PID controllers, Realization of controller

modes

COMPENSATORS

Realization of basic compensators – cascade compensation in time domain and frequency domain

and feedback compensation – design of lag, lead, lag-lead compensator using Bode plot and Root

locus.

State Space Analysis of Continuous System:

Review of state variable representation of continuous system, conversion of state variable models

to transfer function and vice-versa, solution of state equations and state transition matrix,

controllability and observability, design of state observer and controller

References:

1. M. Gopal, Control systems, fourth Edition, Mc Graw Hill Education

2. I.J. Nagrath, Control systems engineering, New Age International.

3. William L. Brogan. Modern Control Theory, 3rd Edition

4. Norman S nise, Control systems engineering, sixth edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc

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Corporate Governance-SYLLABUS

Corporate Governance

Meaning and Objectives of corporate governance, Theories of corporate governance, Agency

theory- separation of ownership and control, Corporate governance models, Stakeholders in

corporate governance, Established principles of corporate governance- OECD, ICGN, APEC,

CALPERS

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Corporate Governance Systems and Codes

Corporate Governance Systems – British, American, German, French, Japanese

Need of corporate governance code, Social Responsibility of Corporates, Corporate Social

Reporting,

Values and Ethics Impact in Business

Indian Value System and business, Teaching from scriptures, cultures and traditions,

Ethical Issues in Capitalism and other market systems, Ethics and social responsibility

Role of Board of Directors in Corporate Governance

Kinds of board structures, Board composition, Effective board & its role, Functions of the board

under Companies Act, Moving towards a balanced board, Independent directors, Women

directors,

Corporate Governance in India

History of corporate governance in India, Companies Act and Corporate Governance, SEBI and

Corporate Governance, Corporate Disclosure and Investor Protection, Committees on Corporate

Governance in India

Contemporary and Emerging Dimensions of Corporate Governance

Governance problems for global companies, Insider trading, Risk management, Corporate

Strategy, Transparency & disclosure, Role of auditors, Role of institutional investors, Whistle

blower protection, Corporate social responsibility, Corporate environmental responsibility,

Corporate governance ratings.

REFERENCES:

Corporate Governance, 1st edn., 2015, Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, Taxmann Publications

(P.) Ltd., New Delhi.

Adrian Cadbury, Corporate Governance and Chairmanship, 1st Indian Edition 2003, Oxford

university Press.

Corporate Governance – Modules on Best Practice, 8th revised edition, 2009. Institute of

Company Secretaries of India, ICSI, New Delhi

S Singh, Corporate Governance Global Concepts and Practices, 1st edn. 2005, Excel Books, New

Delhi.

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Scott C. Newquist with Max B. Russell, Corporate Governance, Putting Investors first, 2nd

Impression 2006, Jaico Publishing House, Mumbai.

A.C. Fernando, Corporate Governance, 2nd edn., 2013, Dorling Kindersley(India) Pvt. Ltd.

Andrew Crane and Dirk Matten, Business Ethics, 2007, Oxford University Press.

K.R. Chandratre, Bharat’s Manual of Corporate Law Compliance & Corporate Governance, 1st edn.

2006, Bharat Law House, New Delhi.

V. Sithapathy and Ramadevi R. Iyer, Corporate Governance Practices & procedures, Taxmann

Publications (P.) Ltd., New Delhi.

S.S. Iyer - Managing for Value (New Age International Publishers, 2002)

Laura P Hartman Abha Chatterjee - Business Ethics (Tata McGraw Hill, 2007)

S.K. Bhatia - Business Ethics and Managerial Values (Deep & Deep Publications Pvt.Ltd, 2000)

Velasquez – Business Ethics – Concepts and Cases (Prentice Hall, 6th Ed.)

Reed Darryl – Corporate Governance, Economic Reforms & Development (Oxford).

Mathur UC – Corporate Governance & Business Ethics (Mc Millan).

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Cryptography & Network Security-SYLLABUS

Introduction: Security trends, OSI security architecture, security attacks, security services

and mechanisms.

Symmetric key cryptography: Classical encryption techniques, Block ciphers and DES, finite

fields. AES, Multiple encryption, Triple DES, Block ciphers modes, Stream ciphers, RC4,

Traffic confidentiality, Key distribution, Random Number generation.

Primer for public key cryptography: Prime numbers, Fermat and Euler’s theorem, testing

primality, Chinese remainder theorem, discrete logarithms.

Public key cryptography: Principles, RSA, Key management, Diffie-Helman key exchange,

Elliptical curve cryptography.

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Message Authentication and Hash functions: MAC, Hash functions, security of hasc

functions and MAC, HMAC, Whirlpool, CMAC, Digital signatures, authentication protocols,

digital signature standard.

Network Security Applications: Authentication: Kerberos, X.509, PKI. Email Security: PGP,

S/MIME. IP security: overview, Architecture. Web Security: SSL, TLS, SET.

System Security: Students seminars in class on Intruders, Malicious Software, Firewalls.

References :

1. Atul Kahate, “Cryptography and Network Security”, TMH 11

2. William Stallings, “Cryptography and Network Security (4th Edition)”, PEARSON Education

3. Behrouz A. Forouzan, “Cryptography and Network Security”, McGraw-Hill Education

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Data Mining-SYLLABUS

Introduction:

What is Data Mining? Motivating Challenges; The origins of data mining; Data Mining Tasks. Types

of Data; Data Quality.

Data:

Data Preprocessing; Measures of Similarity and Dissimilarity

Classification:

Preliminaries; General approach to solving a classification problem; Decision tree induction; Rule-

based classifier; Nearest-neighbor classifier.

Association Analysis :

Problem Definition; Frequent Itemset generation; Rule Generation; Compact representation of

frequent itemsets; Alternative methods for generating frequent itemsets.

Association Analysis

FP-Growth algorithm, Evaluation of association patterns; Effect of skewed support distribution;

Sequential patterns.

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Cluster Analysis

Overview, K-means, Agglomerative hierarchical clustering, DBSCAN, Overview of Cluster

Evaluation.

Further Topics in Data Mining

Multidimensional analysis and descriptive mining of complex data objects; Spatial data mining;

Multimedia data mining; Text mining; Mining the WWW. Outlier analysis.

Applications

Data mining applications; Data mining system products and research prototypes; Additional

themes on Data mining; Social impact of Data mining; Trends in Data mining.

References:

Pang-Ning Tan, Michael Steinbach, Vipin Kumar: Introduction to Data Mining, Pearson Education,

2007.

Jiawei Han and Micheline Kamber: Data Mining – Concepts and Techniques, 2nd Edition, Morgan

Kaufmann, 2006.

K.P.Soman, Shyam Diwakar, V.Ajay: Insight into Data Mining – Theory and Practice, PHI, 2006.

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Data Mining & Archiving-SYLLABUS

Introduction

Basic Data Mining Tasks, Data Mining Issues, Data Mining Metrics, Data Mining from a

Database Perspective.

Data Mining Techniques

A Statistical Perspective on Data Mining, Similarity Measures, Decision Trees, Networks,

Genetic Algorithms.

Classification

Statistical-Based Algorithms, Distance-Based Algorithms, Decision Tree-Based Algorithms,

Neural Network-Based Algorithms, Rule-Based Algorithms, Combining Techniques.

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Clustering

Similarity and Distance Measures, Hierarchical Algorithms, Partitional Algorithms,

Clustering Large Databases, Clustering with Categorical Attributes.

Association Rules

Basic Algorithms, Parallel and Distributed Algorithms, Incremental Rules, Advanced

Association Rule Techniques, Measuring the Quality of Rules.

Advanced Techniques

Web Mining, Spatial Mining, Temporal Mining.

References:

1. M. H. Dunham. Data Mining: Introductory and Advanced Topics. Pearson Education. 2001.

2. J. Han and M. Kamber. Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques. Morgan Kaufman. 2001.

3. H. Witten and E. Frank. Data Mining: Practical Machine Learning Tools and Techniques. Morgan

Kaufmann. 2000.

4. D. Hand, H. Mannila and P. Smyth. Principles of Data Mining.Prentice-Hall. 2001.

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Database Warehousing & Data Mining-SYLLABUS

Introduction and Data Warehousing

Introduction, Data Warehouse, Multidimensional Data Model, Data Warehouse

Architecture, Implementation, Further Development, Data Warehousing to Data Mining

Data Preprocessing, Language, Architectures, Concept Description

Why Preprocessing, Cleaning, Integration, Transformation, Reduction, Discretization,

Concept Hierarchy Generation, Data Mining Primitives, Query Language, Graphical User

Interfaces, Architectures, Concept Description, Data Generalization, Characterizations,

Class Comparisons, Descriptive Statistical Measures.

Association Rules

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Association Rule Mining, Single-Dimensional Boolean Association Rules from Transactional

Databases, Multi-Level Association Rules from Transaction Databases

Classification and Clustering

Classification and Prediction, Issues, Decision Tree Induction, Bayesian Classification,

Association Rule Based, Other Classification Methods, Prediction, Classifier Accuracy,

Cluster Analysis, Types of data, Categorisation of methods, Partitioning methods, Outlier

Analysis.

Data Design and Data Representation

Information Access and Delivery

Data Mining Algorithms

Data Mining Primitives

Advanced Topics

Spatial Mining, Temporal Mining, Visualization : Data Generalization and Summarization-

Based

Characterization, Analytical Characterization: Analysis of Attribute Relevance, Mining Class

Comparisons: Discriminating between different Classes, Mining Descriptive Statistical

Measures in

Large Databases

RECENT TRENDS

Multidimensional Analysis and Descriptive Mining of Complex Data Objects, Spatial

Databases, Multimedia Databases, Time Series and Sequence Data, Text Databases, World

Wide Web, Applications and Trends in Data Mining

References :

1. J. Han, M. Kamber, “Data Mining: Concepts and Techniques”, Harcourt India / Morgan

Kauffman, 2001.

2. Margaret H.Dunham, “Data Mining: Introductory and Advanced Topics”, Pearson Education

2004.

3. Sam Anahory, Dennis Murry, “Data Warehousing in the real world”, Pearson Education 2003.

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4. David Hand, Heikki Manila, Padhraic Symth, “Principles of Data Mining”, PHI 2004.

5. W.H.Inmon, “Building the Data Warehouse”, 3rd Edition, Wiley, 2003.

6. Alex Bezon, Stephen J.Smith, “Data Warehousing, Data Mining & OLAP”, MeGraw-Hill Edition,

2001.

7. Paulraj Ponniah, “Data Warehousing Fundamentals”, Wiley-Interscience Publication, 2003.

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Database Management System & Data Modelling-SYLLABUS

Introduction and Conceptual Modeling

Introduction to File and Database systems- Database system structure – Data Models –

Introduction to Network and Hierarchical Models – ER model – Relational Model –

Relational Algebra and Calculus.

Relational Model

SQL – Data definition- Queries in SQL- Updates- Views – Integrity and Security – Relational

Database design – Functional dependences and Normalization for Relational Databases (up

to BCNF). Conceptual Foundation of the DBMS, Conceptual Foundation of the Relational

Model, Data Modeling Technique, Relational Mapping and Normalization, Relational

Algebra review and SQL, DB-2 Architecture

Data Storage and Query Processing

Record storage and Primary file organization- Secondary storage Devices- Operations on

Files- Heap File- Sorted Files- Hashing Technique.

Query Processing and Optimization

Transaction Management

Transaction Processing – Introduction- Need for Concurrency control- Desirable properties

of Transaction- Schedule and Recoverability- Serializability and Schedules – Concurrency

Control – Types of Locks- Two Phases locking- Deadlock- Time stamp based concurrency

control – Recovery Techniques – Concepts- Immediate Update- Deferred Update - Shadow

Paging.

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DATA MODELING USING THE ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP APPROACH

Top Down Approach: ERD Diagrams,Concept of Data Association, Entities, Attributes,

Relationship Types, relationship sets,Roles and Structural constraint, and working with SQL,

Designing ER Diagrams, naming convention and Design issue

Current Trends

Object Oriented Databases – Need for Complex Data types- OO data Model- Nested

relations- Complex Types- Inheritance Reference Types - Distributed databases-

Homogenous and Heterogenous- Distributed data Storage – XML – Structure of XML- Data-

XML Document- Schema- Querying and Transformation. – Data Mining and Data

Warehousing.

References :

1. Abraham Silberschatz, Henry F. Korth and S. Sudarshan- “Database System Concepts”, Fourth

Edition, McGraw-Hill, 2002.

2. Raghu Ramakrishnan, “Database Management System ”, Tata McGraw-Hill Publishing

Company, 2003.

3. Hector Garcia–Molina, Jeffrey D.Ullman and Jennifer Widom- “Database System

Implementation”- Pearson Education- 2000.

4. Peter Rob and Corlos Coronel- “Database System, Design, Implementation and Management”,

Thompson Learning Course Technology- Fifth edition, 2003.

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Database Management Systems-SYLLABUS

Introduction

Data, Information and Information Processing, Secondary (Auxiliary) Storage Devices, Files, File

Organization and File Structures, Indexing and Hashing, Introduction to Database Management

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Systems (DBMS), Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Database Development Life Cycle

(DDLC), Introduction to Relational Database Management Systems (RDBMS)

Database Architecture, Design and Data Modelling

Database Architecture and Data Modeling, Entity-Relationship (E-R) Modeling, Enhanced Entity-

Relationship (EER) Model, Data Normalization, Function Dependencies & Normalization for

relational Databases: Functional Dependencies, Normal Forms based on Primary Keys, (1NF, 2NF,

3NF & BCNF), Lossless Join and Dependency Preserving Decomposition (4NF, 5NF), Domain Key

Normal Form.

Query Languages

Relational Algebra and Relational Calculus, (Tables), Introduction to Structured Query Language

(SQL), Tables, Views and Indexes, Nulls, Queries and Subqueries, Aggregate Functions, Insert,

Update and Delete Operations, Cursors, Joins and Unions, Programming with SQL, Query-by-

Example (QBE), QUEL, Triggers, Query Processing and Optimization

Database Implementation Issues

Database Security, Data Integrity, Transaction Management and Concurrency Control, Backup and

Recovery

Database Technologies

Evolution of Computing Models, Client/Server Technology and Client/Server Databases,

Distributed Databases, Multidimensional Data and Databases, Parallel Processing and Parallel

Databases, Spatial and Multimedia Databases, Mobile Computing and Mobile Databases, Web

Databases

Database Applications

Knowledge Discovery in Databases (KDD), Data Warehouses and Data Marts,Data Mining, On-Line

Transaction Processing (OLTP), On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP), Customer Relationship

Management (CRM), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Geographic Information System (GIS)

References :

1. Database Management Systems by ‘Alex leon’ and ‘Mathews Leon’

2. Database Management Systems by Gupta, TATA Mc Graw Hill, ISBN 007107273X

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Design & Analysis of Advanced Algorithms-SYLLABUS

Notion of an Algorithm – Fundamentals of Algorithmic Problem Solving – Important

Problem Types – Fundamentals of the Analysis of Algorithm Efficiency – Analysis

Framework – Asymptotic Notations and its properties – Mathematical analysis for

Recursive and Non-recursive algorithms.

Brute Force – Closest-Pair and Convex-Hull Problems-Exhaustive Search – Traveling

Salesman Problem – Knapsack Problem – Assignment problem. Divide and conquer

methodology – Merge sort – Quick sort – Binary search – Multiplication of Large

Integers – Strassen’s Matrix Multiplication-Closest-Pair and Convex-Hull Problems.

Computing a Binomial Coefficient – Warshall’s and Floyd’ algorithm – Optimal Binary

Search Trees –Knapsack Problem and Memory functions. Greedy Technique– Prim’s

algorithm- Kruskal’s Algorithm-Dijkstra’s Algorithm-Huffman Trees.

The Simplex Method-The Maximum-Flow Problem – Maximum Matching in Bipartite

Graphs- The Stable marriage Problem. Limitations of Algorithm Power-Lower-Bound

Arguments-Decision Trees-P, NP and NP-Complete Problems–Coping with the Limitations –

Backtracking – n-Queens problem – Hamiltonian Circuit Problem – Subset Sum Problem-

Branch and Bound – Assignment problem – Knapsack Problem –Traveling Salesman

Problem- Approximation Algorithms for NP – Hard Problems – Traveling Salesman problem

– Knapsack problem.

References:

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1. Anany Levitin, “Introduction to the Design and Analysis of Algorithms”, Third Edition,

Pearson Education, 2012.

Thomas H.Cormen, Charles E.Leiserson, Ronald L. Rivest and Clifford Stein, “Introduction

to Algorithms”, Third Edition, PHI

Learning Private Limited, 2012.

Alfred V. Aho, John E. Hopcroft and Jeffrey D. Ullman, “Data Structures and Algorithms”,

Pearson Education, Reprint 2006.

Donald E. Knuth, “The Art of Computer Programming”, Volumes 1& 3 Pearson Education,

2009. Steven S. Skiena, “The Algorithm Design Manual”, Second Edition, Springer, 2008.

http://nptel.ac.in/

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Design of Concrete Structures-SYLLABUS

Introduction

(A) Introduction to various design philosophies of R.C. structures: working stress method, ultimate

load method, limit state method , limit state of collapse, limit state of serviceability, limit state of

durability, characteristic strength, characteristic load, partial safety factors for material strengths

and loads. Study of structural properties of concrete.

(B) Limit state method for flexure: (Singly Reinforced Rectangular Section) assumptions, stress &

strain diagram, MR of Balanced, under reinforced & over reinforced RC sections.

(C) Moment of resistance of doubly reinforced & flanged section

Design of Beam

(A) Design of beams for flexure, shear and bond

(B) For simply supported & cantilever beams.

(C) For continuous beams using IS code coefficient method.

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Design of Slab

(A) Design of one way simply supported, cantilever & continuous slabs

(B) Design of Two way simply supported & continuous slabs

(C) Design of dog legged stair case.

Design of Column & Footing

(A) Column: Introduction, strain and stress variation diagrams, axially loaded column

(B) Design of column for axial load, uniaxial & biaxial bending.

(C) Design of isolated pad footing for axial load & uniaxial bending.

Design of Retaining Wall

(A) Design of retaining

References

1. Reinforced Concrete-Limit State Design, A.K.Jain, Nem Chand & Bros.,Roorkee.

2. Reinforced Concrete, I.C.Syal & A,K,Goel, A.H,Wheeler & Co.Delhi.

3. SP-16(S&T)-1980, 'Design Aids for Reinforced Concrete to IS:456, BIS, N.Delhi.

4. SP-34(S&T)-1987 'Handbook on Concrete Reinforcement and Detailing', BIS, N.Delhi.

5. Reinforced Concrete Design – Pillai and Menon, TMH, New Delhi.

6. Vazirani, V.N., and Ratwani, Concrete Structures, Vol. IV, Khanna Publishers, New Delhi,

1995.

7. Dayaratnam, P., Design of Reinforced Concrete Structures, Oxford & IBH Publishers & Co.,

New Delhi, 2005.

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Digital Image Processing-SYLLABUS

DIGITAL IMAGE FUNDAMENTALS

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Elements of digital image processing systems, Vidicon and Digital Camera working principles, Elem

ents ofvisual perception, brightness, contrast, hue, saturation, mach band effect, Color image fun

damentals RGB,HSI models, Image sampling, Quantization, dither, Two-

dimensional mathematical preliminaries, 2Dtransforms - DFT, DCT, KLT, SVD.

IMAGE ENHANCEMENT

Histogram equalization and specification techniques, Noise distributions, Spatial averaging, Directi

onalSmoothing, Median, Geometric mean, Harmonic mean, Contraharmonic mean filters, Homom

orphic filtering,Color image enhancement.

IMAGE RESTORATION

Image Restoration-degradation model, Unconstrained restoration, Lagrange multiplier and

Constrained restoration, Inverse filtering, removal of blur caused by uniform linear motion,

Wiener filtering, Geometric transformations spatial transformations.

IMAGE SEGMENTATION

Edge detection, Edge linking via Hough transform – Thresholding – Region based segmentation –

Regiongrowing–Region splitting and Merging – Segmentation by morphological watersheds –

basic concepts–Dam construction–Watershed, segmentation algorithm.

IMAGE COMPRESSION

Need for data compression, Huffman, Run Length Encoding, Shift codes, Arithmetic

coding, Vector Quantization , Transform coding , JPEG standard, MPEG.

TEXTBOOK

Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods, , Digital Image Processing', Pearson, Second Edition,2004.

2. Anil K. Jain, , Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing', Pearson 2002.

REFERENCES

Kenneth R. Castleman, Digital Image Processing, Pearson, 2006.

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Rafael C. Gonzalez, Richard E. Woods, Steven Eddins,' Digital Image Processing using MATLAB',Pear

son Education, Inc., 2004.

D,E. Dudgeon and RM. Mersereau, , Multidimensional Digital Signal Processing', Prentice HallProfe

ssional Technical Reference, 1990.

William K. Pratt, , Digital Image Processing' , John Wiley, New York, 2002

Milan Sonka et aI, 'IMAGE PROCESSING, ANALYSIS AND MACHINE VISION', Brookes/Cole, VikasPubl

ishing House, 2nd edition, 1999,

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Drilling Engineering-SYLLABUS

• Practical Aspect of Well Planning & Costing, Preparation of GTO and

Drilling Plan

• Introduction to Rotary Drilling Equipment and Operation

• Types of Rigs (Onshore & Offshore)- Description of Systems, Hydraulics,

Hoisting, Power Transmission etc.

• Drilling Fluid Design, Bits and Maintenance

• Drilling Mechanics, Hazards and Complications in Drilling – Blow Out,

Stuck Up, Fishing etc.

• Formation Evaluation, Coring, Sampling, WLL Tools & DST/RFT

• Casing String: Selection and Design

• Oil Well Cementing Practices

• Perforation and Well Activation

• HSE related to Drilling Operations

References:

1. Drilling Engineering, Heriot Watt University

2. Applied Drilling Engineering, Bourgoyne, A.T.,Milthem,K.K., Chenevert,M.E

.and Young,F.S, SPE, Richardson, 1986

3. Advanced Oil Well Drilling Engineering, Mitchell, B. SPE, Richardson, 1974

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Drilling Technology-SYLLABUS

Introduction

Power Plants

Rotary System

Hoisting Equipment

Drilling Fluid Circulating System

Drilling Fluids

Well Control System

Casings

Oil well Cements & Cementing Operations

Hydraulics in Drilling Operations

Drilling Practices

Fishing Tools and Practices

Safety and Environmental Issues

References :

1. Drilling Technology in Non Technical Language by Deverox & Steve, Pennwell, ISBN 1593702647

2. High Technology in Drilling and Exploration by Chugh, Oxford IBH, ISBN 8120407121

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Economics and Management Decisions- SYLLABUS

Introduction to Managerial Economics: Definition, Nature and Scope of Managerial

Economics, Application of Economics to Business Decision, Relationship of Economics with

various areas of Management and OR; role of managerial economist.

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Demand and Supply Functions –Theory of Demand: Demand Analysis, Elasticity of demand,

types and significance of Elasticity of Demand. Demand estimation – Marketing research

approaches to demand estimation. Need for forecasting, forecasting techniques. Supply

Analysis – Supply function, the Law of Supply, Elasticity of Supply. Practical Problems on

Demand curve and Demand Function

Production & Cost Analysis - Production & Production Function: Concept, Forms of

production function, Law of variable Proportions, Returns to scale. Cost concept, Short

term and long term cost. Average cost curves, cost output relationship, Cost curves,

Economies & Diseconomies of scale. Practical Problems on estimation of production

function – Cobb-Douglas production function.

Market Structure and Pricing practices: Features and Types of different competitive

situations - Price-Output determination in Perfect competition, Monopoly, Monopolistic

competition and Oligopoly both the long run and short run. Pricing philosophy – Pricing

methods in practice: Price discrimination, Practical Problems on pricing.

National Income: basic concept-measurement of national income concept of GDP & GNP –

Methods of measuring national income-net output method, income determination

theorem, concept of equilibrium income, factors determining level of income factor

income method, expenditure method; Practical Problems on computation of national

income. Concept of multiplier accelerator.

Business cycles & Stabilization - Concept, Causes & Impact of business cycle , Policy;

Inflation & deflation- types, causes, effects remedial measures; Monetary and Fiscal policy-

meaning, scope and instruments; Factors determining economic environment of business.

References:

1. Managerial Economics, P. L. Mehta, Sultan Chand & Sons, New Delhi

2. Managerial Economics, D.N.Dwidevi, Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Ltd.

3. Managerial economics in a Global economy, Dominick Salvatore, Thomson learning Press

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E-Enterprise Management-SYLLABUS

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Knowledge Management

Enterprise Resource Planning

Data Mining and Warehousing

CRM

Supply Chain Management

E-Business

Intranet Portals

References :

1. E-Enterprise Business Models, Architecture and Components by Faisal Hoque, Tom Trainer, Dale

Kutnik, Cambridge Univ Press, ISBN 052177487X

2. E-Enterprise perspectives in contemporary web –speed economy by Jaya Krishna S, ICFAI, ISBN

8131403343

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Electrical Machines and Drives - Syllabus

Basic Concept of Rotating Electric Machines & Electrical Drives

Basic structure of rotating electric machines, MMF space wave of a concentrated coil, MMF of

distributed single phase winding, Rotating magnetic field, Machine torques, torque in machine

with cylindrical air gaps. Components of electrical Drives - electric machines, power converter,

controllers. Motor-Load Dynamics, Speed Torque conventions and multi quadrant operation,

Equivalent values of drive parameters. Load Torque Components, Nature and classification of Load

Torques, Constant Torque and Constant Power operation of a Drive.

DC motor drives

DC motors & their performance (shunt, series, compound, permanent magnet motor, universal

motor, dc servomotor), Braking, converter control of dc motors - analysis of separately excited &

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series motor with single phase and three phase converters dual converter, analysis of chopper

controlled dc drives - Single quadrant, two quadrant and four quadrant chopper controlled drives.

Induction Motor Drives

Induction machines, 3 phase induction machine generalized model, voltage equation, equivalent

circuit, Torque slip characteristics. Stator voltage control of 3 phase induction motors, effect of

voltage variation on motor performance by ac voltage controllers -Variable frequency square wave

VSI drives - Twelve step inverters for induction motors - PWM drives - CSI drives. Rotor control:

Static rotor resistance control, Torque equation, slip power recovery- static Kramer system,

Scherbius system.

Synchronous Motor Drives

speed control of synchronous motors, adjustable frequency operation of synchronous motors,

principles of synchronous motor control voltage source inverter drive with open loop control, self-

controlled synchronous motor with electronic commutation, self-controlled synchronous motor

drive using load commutated..

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Electronics System Design-SYLLABUS

DESIGN OF POWER SUPPLIES

DC power supply design using transistors and SCRs, Design of crowbar and fold back protection

circuits, Switched mode power supplies, Forward, fly back, buck and boost converters, Design

of transformers and control circuits for SMPS.

INTRODUCTION TO RF DESIGN

RF behavior of passive components, Chip components and circuit board considerations,

Review of transmission lines, Impedance and admittance transformation, Parallel and series

connection of networks, ABCD and scattering parameters, Analysis of amplifier using scattering

parameter. RF filter – Basic resonator and filter configurations – Butterworth and Chebyshev

filters. Implementation of micro strip filters design. Band pass filter and cascading of band pass

filter elements.

RF TRANSISTOR AMPLIFIER DESIGN

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Impedance matching using discrete components. Micro strip line matching networks. Amplifier

classes of operation and biasing networks – Amplifier power gain, Unilateral design(S12 =0) –

Simple input and output matching networks – Bilateral design - Stability circle and conditional

stability, Simultaneous conjugate matching for unconditionally stable transistors. Broadband

amplifiers, High power amplifiers and multistage amplifiers.

DESIGN OF DATA ACQUISITION SYSTEMS

Amplification of Low level signals, Grounding, Shielding and Guarding techniques, Dual slope,

quad slope and high speed A/D converters, Microprocessors Compatible A/D converters,

Multiplying A/D converters and Logarithmic A/D converters, Sample and Hold, Design of two

and four wire transmitters.

DESIGN OF PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS

Introduction to technology of printed circuit boards (PCB), General lay out and rules and

parameters, PCB design rules for Digital, High Frequency, Analog, Power Electronics and

Microwave circuits, Computer Aided design of PCBs.

Text Books

1. Reinhold Luduig and Pavel Bretchko, RF Circuit Design – Theory and Applications, Pearson

Education, 2000.

2. Sydney Soclof, “Applications of Analog Integrated Circuits”, Prentice Hall of India, 1990.

3. Walter C.Bosshart, “Printed circuit Boards – Design and Technology”, TATA McGraw-Hill,

1983.

References

1. Keith H.Billings, “Handbook of Switched Mode Supplies” McGraw-Hill Publishing Co., 1989.

2. 2. Michael Jaacob, “Applications and Design with Analog Integrated Circuits” Prentice Hall

of India, 1991.

Otmar Kigenstein, “Switched Mode Power supplies in Practice”, John Wiley and Sons,

1989_________________

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Embedded Systems (Aerospace)-SYLLABUS

Introduction to embedded system, embedded system architecture, classifications of embedded

systems, challenges and design issues in embedded systems, fundamentals of embedded

processor and microcontrollers, CISC vs. RISC, fundamentals of Vonneuman/Harvard architectures,

types of microcontrollers. C concepts and programming- data types, advanced data types- register,

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constants, IO operations, operators, operator precedence and associatively, Conditional

statements & loops, arrays, single and double dimensional arrays, strings and string operations.

Functions: Parameter passing-Pass by Value, Pass by Reference; creating modular programs using

functions, Recursive functions. Structures & Unions: declaration, accessing members of structure,

difference between structure and union, User Defined Data Types, Enumerated data type.

Pointers: pointer basics and concepts, arrays and pointer relation, passing pointers to functions,

dynamic memory allocation. Files and file operations. Linked lists, stacks and queues. Pre-

processor directives, command line arguments. Differences between C and C++, Fundamentals of

object oriented programming; OOP vs.Procedure oriented programming, OOP concepts: classes,

objects, abstraction, polymorphism, inheritance, data binding and encapsulation. Basics of C++:

features of C++, data types, standard I/O, arrays and strings in C++. Classes in C++, instantiation,

creating objects and object scope, data abstraction, data encapsulation, constructors and

destructors, methods and access modifiers, function and operator overloading Inheritance-Base

and Derived classes, Inheritance types, Scope Resolution operator; polymorphism and virtual

functions, exception handling. Overview of AVR, GPRS, Data Memory, Status Registers, Data

Format and Directives, Assembling in AVR, Viewing registers and Memory with AVR Studio,

Branching Instructions and Looping, Call Instructions, Time Delay Instructions, I/O Port

Programming, Bit Manipulation, Embedded C: Data Types and time delay in ATmega 16, IO

Programming, Logic Operations, Data Conversions, Data Serializations, Memory Allocation, Data

types and Time delays, I/O Programming, Logic Operations, Data Conversions in C, Data

Serialization, Memory Allocation in C. LCD interface: LCD programming, I/O Synchronization,

Fixed-point numbers, Number conversions Interrupts: Interrupts and interrupt processing, Timer

and periodic (Output Compare), C Primer C/assembly interface, Digital-to-Analog Conversion

(DAC): Analog-to-Digital Conversion (ADC), Numerical calculations: Multiply/divide Table Lookup,

Interpolation, Serial I/O: Serial Communications Interface (SCI), Serial interrupts, USART, I2C,

Thread communication: Producer-consumer problems, FIFO queues, Stepper Motors: Motor

control, Controller state machines, Advanced Embedded Systems Design, Systems Engineering.

References

1. The AVR Microcontroller and Embedded Systems, Using Assembly and C, Muhammad Ali Mazidi

2. AVR Microcontroller-Internals, Instructions, Programming & Interfacing by Subrata Ghoshal. 3. The AVR Microcontroller by Kenneth Ayala. ________________________________________________________________________________ Embedded Systems-OLD SYLLABUS

HARDWARE FUNDAMENTALS

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Gates, timing diagram, memory, microprocessor, buses, DMA. Interrupts: Microprocessor

architecture, interrupts basics, Interrupt latency, shared data problem. System partitioning,

building the architectural model, Input and output processing, Hardware and software

portioning, timing requirement. Microprocessor selection, Microprocessor versus

micro-control analysis CISC versus RISC study of major embedded Microprocessor

architecture memory system design. system optimization architecture for embedded

software:- round robin, found robin with interrupts. Function queue scheduling and real

time operating system.

REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEM

Tasks and task states, Task and data, Semaphores and shared data operating system

service: Inter task communication, timer service,memory management, events and

interaction between interrupt routines and real time operating system, software selection

issues, selection an RTOS, RTOS performance metrice, RTOS scalability and tool support

compiler selection.

EMBEDDED SYSTEM DESIGN USING REAL TIME OPERATING SYSTEM

Encapsulating semaphores and queues, hard real time scheduling consideration saving

memory space.

DEVELOPMENT TOOLS AND DEBUGGING

Hosh and target machines. Linker/location. Target system tasting. Instruction set. Asset

macro. Establishing a software development environment C runtime environment

embedded debuggers Cross- development methods embedded file formats . readers

creating object files- the build process loading software on to remote targets.

References :

1. Specification & Design of Embedded Systems by Daniel D Gajski, Jie Gong, Frank Vahid

1. Wayne Wolf, “Computers as Components: Principles of Embedded Computer System Design”,

Elsevier, 2006.

2. Michael J. Pont, “Embedded C”, Pearson Education , 2007.

3. Steve Heath, “Embedded System Design”, Elsevier, 2005.

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4. Muhammed Ali Mazidi, Janice Gillispie Mazidi and Rolin D. McKinlay, “The 8051 Microcontroller

and Embedded Systems”, Pearson Education, Second edition, 2007.

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Embedded Systems (ECE)-SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION & AVR MICROCONTROLLER ARCHITECTURE

Embedded systems overview, Design challenge - optimizing design metrics, Common design

metrics, The time-to-market design metric, The NRE and unit cost design metric, The

performance design metric, Processor technology, General-purpose processors – software,

Single-purpose processors hardware, Architecture of AVR microcontroller, ATMEGA 8, 16,

memory organization , addressing modes, instruction set, programming techniques , Assembly

language & C programming- Development, Tools , Cross Compilers, Hardware Design Issues,

selection of components

AVR MICROCONTROLLER PERIPHERALS

LEDs, LCD, Memory, EEPROM, I/O Ports, Timers, Keyboard, DC Motor, Stepper, motor, Servo

motor, BLDC motor, UART, Interrupt Structure, Serial Communication with PC, ADC/DAC

Interfacing.

ARM ARCHITECTURE AND ORGANIZATION

Arcon RISC Machine, Architectural Inheritance, Core & Architectures -Registers, ARM Design

Philosophy, Registers, Program Status Register, Instruction Pipeline, Interrupts and Vector

Table, Architecture Revision, ARM Processor Families, ARM organization

ARM PROGRAMMING

Instruction Set: Data Processing Instructions, Addressing Modes, Branch, Load, Store

Instructions, PSR Instructions, Conditional Instructions., Thumb instruction set , The ARM

Programmer’s mode , ARM Development tools , Instruction cycle timings, ARM Assembly

Language Programming and ‘C Compiler programming, Applications of ARM in Wireless sensor

networks, Robotics

RTOS

Introduction to RTOS, Structure of OS, System calls, Tasks and Task states, foreground and

background systems, Conext switches, inter task communication, task assignment and task

scheduling, Preemptive and Non preemptive scheduling, Task assignment, task priorities,

priority inversion, interrupts, Semaphore, types, Event, Messages, mail boxes and pipes, Usage

of different models

Text Books:-

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1. ARM Systems Developer’s Guides- Designing & Optimizing System Software – Andrew N.

Sloss,

Dominic Symes, Chris Wright, 2008, Elsevier.

2. Steve Furber, ‘ARM system on chip architecture’, Addision Wesley

3. Andrew N. Sloss, Dominic Symes, Chris Wright, John Rayfield ‘ARM System Developer’s

Guide

Designing and Optimizing System Software’, Elsevier 2007.

Reference Books

1. Trevor Martin, ‘The Insider's Guide To The Philips ARM7-Based Microcontrollers, An

Engineer's

Introduction To The LPC2100 Series’ Hitex (UK) Ltd.,

2. Dananjay V. Gadre ‘Programming and Customizing the AVR microcontroller’, McGraw Hill

2001

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Embedded Systems and Real Time Operating System-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Embedded Systems: an embedded System, processor in the system, other

hardware units, software embedded into a system, exemplary embedded systems,

embedded system on chip(CoC) and in VLSI circuit.

Hardware Architectures for Embedded Systems: introduction micro controller,

architecture, instruction sets, assembly language programming, port programming , timer/

controller programming , serial communications, interrupts programmings, real world

interfacing. Device drivers and interrupts servicing mechanisms – device drivers, parallel

port device drivers in a system, serial port device drivers in a system , device drivers for

internal programmable timing devices . Interrupt servicing mechanism , context and the

periods for context switching , deadline and interrupt letancy.

Program Modeling and Software Development Process: modeling process for software

analysis , before software implementation. Programming models for event controlled or

response time constrained real time programs , modeling of multiprocessor systems .IPC

and synchronization – multiple process in an application, problem of sharing data by

multiple tasks and routines.

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Introduction to RTOS: Introduction to real time , Examples, applications, Hard. Vs Soft real

time, Reference model, Classic uniprocessor scheduling , Static scheduling , Dynamic

scheduling , Static priority scheduling , Dynamic priority scheduling , Dealing with

complexities arising in real systems, Practical Considerations. Resource sharing , Priority

inheritance and priority ceiling protocols , stack resource protocol . Systems- A quick look

at some real systems.

Basic Operating System: Functions needed for real time computing , Overview of Operating

Systems, a brief survey of commercial real time and non real time operating systems,

Embedded OS , Real Time OS, Hand Held OS Porting RTOS on a microcontroller based

development system board, Programming in linux, shell Programming , Programming in RT

Linux.

References :

Mohammad Ali Mazidi,Janice Gillispie Mazidi,The 8051 Microcontroller and embedded

systems,Pearson Education.

Jane W.S. Liu,Real Time Systems,Prentice Hall,Inc.

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Energy Audit-SYLLABUS

Introduction, need of Energy Audit

Types of Energy Audit & approach

Preliminary, targeted, detailed Energy Audits

Instruments & Metering of Energy Audit

Methodology for Conducting Energy Audit

Pre audit phase, detailed energy audit phase, data collection and analysis through available

techniques, preparing flow charts, identification of ENCON opportunities, audit report

preparation, post audit phase.

Energy Performance

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Plant Energy Performance, production factor, reference year equivalent use, matching

energy uses to requirement.

Energy cost and Benchmarking

Energy cost, benchmarking, Industrial benchmarking program.

Energy Monitoring and Targeting

Introduction, setting up monitoring & targeting, key elements, data and information

analysis.

Demand side management, supply side management, labeling

Energy Conservation measures

Energy performance assessment for electrical equipment , thermal equipment and utility

system

References :

Guide books for National Certification Examination, BEE

www.unfccc.com

www.ipcc.com

www.cdmindia.com

www.recregistryindia.nic.in

www.bee.nic.in

NPTEL lectures

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Energy Conservation & Energy Auditing-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Strategic Management

Energy Audit Process

Understanding Energy Bills

Economic Analysis and Life Cycle Costing

Insulation

Process Energy Management

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Steam Generation and Distribution

References :

1. Energy Audit by YP Abbi, ISBN 8179933113

2. Renewable Energy and Energy Conservation by V Kirubakaran, APH Publisher, ISBN

8131313107

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Energy Law & Policy-SYLLABUS

“Energy Security” for India

Bureau of Energy Efficiency (Extracts from Energy Conservation Act, 2001)

The Energy Conservation Act, 2001

Japan Energy Policy

USA Energy Policy

Europe's Energy Policy

Generation of Electricity (Extracts from Electricity Act 2003, Part-III)

Transmission of Electricity (Extracts from Electricity Act 2003, Part-V)

Distribution of Electricity (Extracts from Electricity Act 2003, Part-VI)

Central Electricity Authority (Extracts from Electricity Act 2003, Part-IX)

Regulatory Commissions (Extracts from Electricity Act 2003, Part-X)

Electricity Act, 2003 (No 36 of 2003) [26th May, 2003]

Overview of Laws – Governing Contracts, Sale of Goods, Environmental Issues and

Companies Law

Twenty Judgments of Supreme Court of India and High Courts on Different Aspects of

Electricity Act, 2003

References :

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1. Energy Law and Policy by Dr Parag Diwan, Pentagon Press, ISBN 8182743494

2. Energy Law & Policy for 21st Century by Jr Hicky James, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law

Foundation, ISBN 0929047877

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Energy scenario & Energy forms-SYLLABUS

Indian & World Energy Scenario

World energy use, reserves of energy resources, energy cycle of the earth,

environmental aspects of energy utilization, renewable energy resources and their

importance

Types of Energy

Primary & Secondary energy, commercial & non-commercial energy, non-

renewable & renewable energy, primary energy resources, commercial energy

production, energy conservation and its importance.

Energy Economy

Final energy consumption, Energy needs of growing economy, Long term energy

scenario, Energy pricing, energy sector reforms, energy security, energy strategy for

future.

Energy Conservation Act, its features and related policies

Features of the Energy Conservation Act 2001 & the Energy Conservation

(Amendment) act, 2010, schemes under ECT-2001, integrated energy policy,

NAPCC.

Energy & Environment

Air pollution, climate change and its impacts, Global Environmental issues, Loss of

biodiversity, sustainable development.

References:

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1. http://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/Environment%20and%20Energy/Sust

ainable%20Energy/wea%202000/chapter9.pdf

2. https://www.worldenergy.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/World-Energy-

Scenarios_Composing-energy-futures-to-2050_Full-report.pdf

3. http://www.powermin.nic.in/whats_new/pdf/ENERGY%20MARKETS%20&%20TECHNO

LOGIES-REVISED1.pdf

4. Guide book-1 s for National Certification Examination, BEE

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Environmental Engineering -SYLLABUS

Water Supply Engineering

Introduction: Water Supply, brief description of different elements of water supply scheme. Water

Demand – types, total requirement, per capita demand, factors affecting per capita demand,

variations, effect of variation in different component of water supply scheme, design period.

Intake structures – purpose, types and hydraulic design, quality of water, general water treatment

of Surface Water, different elements of water treatment plant for treatment of normal surface

water, Water Treatment Plant design.

Waste water Engineering

Sewerage schemes and their importance, storm water quantity, fluctuation in sewage flow, flow

through sewer, design of sewer. construction & maintenance of sewer, Characteristics and

analysis of waste water, cycles of decomposition, physical, chemical & biological parameters,

natural methods of waste water disposal i.e. by land treatment & by dilution, self-purification

capacity of stream, Oxygen sag analysis, treatment processes/ units for waste water treatment

and their design. Sludge digestion & Solid Waste Management.

Modelling Approach

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Water and air quality management, role of mathematical models, systems approach, systems and

models, types of mathematical models, ambient air quality standards

Surface Water Quality and Air Quality Modelling

Introduction: surface water and air quality models, rivers and streams water quality modeling –

river hydrology and flow, dispersion and mixing – flow, depth and velocity, transport and

dispersion of air pollutants, wind velocity, wind speed and turbulence, atmospheric stability,

estimating concentrations from point sources , Gaussian Equation , Air pollution modeling

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Environmental Engineering and Management-SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION TO ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Introduction to Environment, its impact, Present scenario, Various Environmental standards and

laws for water, air and land quality by Pollution Control boards and their working Modules.

Mass and energy transfer within the environmental system: Law of conservation of energy and

Law of conservation of mass. Material Balance in an environmental system, Steady state

conservative systems-Steady state systems with non conservative pollutants, -Type of reactors,

Reaction rate and order of a reaction (Zero order, First order and Second order reactions).

WATER POLLUTION AND WATER QUALITY CONTROL

Water Resources- Hydrologic Cycle, Water Quality Parameters: Physical characteristics like Color,

Odour, Temperature, Turbidity And Total Solids; Chemical Characteristics like pH, Hardness,

Alkalinity, Acidity, Oxygen Demanding (COD, BOD, Nitrates, Sulphates and phosphates;

Microbiological characteristics). Effect of Oxygen Demanding Wastes on Rivers,

BOD and DO Profile: Deoxygenation and Reaeration of the polluted water, Exertion of BOD with

ultimate BOD loading.-Streeter Phelps Model and Oxygen Sag Curve, -Self Purification

Phenomenon,

Ground Water- Aquifers, Flow Rate and Hydraulic Gradient by Darcy’s Law, Cone of Depression,

Treatment of Water, Water Quality: Drinking water quality standards, Treatment Systems:

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Screening, Coagulation and Flocculation, Sedimentation, Filtration, Disinfection and Softening,

Wastewater Treatment, Typical Range of Composition of Domestic Sewage and Regulatory

Standards, Primary Treatment: Screening, Grit Chamber, Equalization Basins, Primary Settling,

Sedimentation with Coagulation and Flocculation. Secondary Treatment Systems; Activated Sludge

Process, Trickling Filter, RBC, Oxidation Ponds. Advanced Treatment- Nitrogen and Phosphorous

Removal.

AIR POLLUTION

Introduction- Definition, Overview of Emissions, Type of Pollutants, Chemical Composition.•

Sources and Effects of Major Air Pollutants- CO, SOx, NOx, Hydrocarbons, Ozone, Photochemical

Oxidants, Lead, Particulate Matter.

Air Pollution and Metrology- Environmental Lapse Rate and Adiabatic Lapse Rate, Atmospheric

Stability, Inversion, Type of Plumes., Gaussian Atmospheric Dispersion Model for Point Sources,

Emission Controls., Control Devices for Particulate Pollutants- Gravity Settling Chambers,

Centrifugal Separators, Wet Scrubber, Electrostatic precipitator, Control devices for Gaseous

Pollutants- Adsorption, Absorption, Condensation and Combustion,

POLLUTION CONTROL IN PROCESS INDUSTRIES POLLUTION CONTROL

METHODOLOGIES

Pollution Control in Process Industries like Cement, Paper, Petroleum -Petroleum Products-Textile-

Tanneries-ThermalPlants-Eco-Friendly Energy and Environment, Hazardous Waste Treatment

Technologies, Physical Treatment- Sedimentation, Adsorption, Aeration. Ion Exchange, Electro

Dialysis. Chemical Treatment- Precipitation, Biological Remediation Techniques, Incineration and

Land Disposal. Environmental Impact Assessment and Environmental Management.

INTRODUCTION TO EIA, NEED AND SCOPE OF EIA

Objectives and Purpose of EIA Studies, Indian Policies requiring EIA- Enactment of EIA as a Law, EIA

Notifications, Siting Criteria. Components and Types of EIA, Roles in the EIA Process, Objectives

and purpose of EIA studies., Indian policies requiring EIA- Enactment of EIA as a law, EIA

notifications, Siting criteria, EIA cycle and procedure- Initial screening till Environmental

Management plan.

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Components and Types of EIA, Roles in the EIA process, Environmental Audit- Need, Purpose,

Criteria., Case studies.

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Concept of Sustainable Development and its Role in Building of Environment, Background, Life

Cycle Assessment, Source Reduction, Collection and Transfer Operations, Recycling and

Composting, Discarded Materials, Waste to Energy Combustion, Landfills, Problems, Hazardous

Waste Management

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Environmental Law –SYLLABUS

Introduction

Concept and Dimensions of Environment; Enormity of Environmental

degradation and its causes; environmental concern in the Traditional

knowledge system of India; Environmental concern in Modern India, post-

independence Policy Framework.

Constitution and the Environment

Dimensions of the right to pollution free environment under Article 21 of

the Constitution of India; Specific Constitutional provisions to ensure

Pollution free Environment; Judicial activism and environment protection

The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974

Application of the Act, Definitions. Constitution of Central, State and joint

boards; power and functions of the board; qualifications and

disqualification of the members; prevention and control of water pollution

and procedure thereof; powers to give direction; funds, accounts and audit,

penalties and procedure and Miscellaneous provisions.

The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981

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Application of the Act, Definitions. Constitution of Central, State and joint

boards; power and functions of the board; qualifications and

disqualification of the members; prevention and control of water pollution

and procedure thereof; powers to give direction; funds, accounts and audit,

penalties and procedure and Miscellaneous provisions.

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986

Application of the Act, Definitions; General powers of the Central

Government including the powers to give directions; prevention and control

of Environmental Pollution and procedure thereof; penalties and

procedure and Miscellaneous.

Protection of Environment vs. Sustainable development

Modern Environmental Justice

Leading Cases :

1. M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, AIR 1987 SC 965.

2. M.C. Mehta v. Union of India, AIR 1988 SC 1115.

3. Municipal Council of Ratlam v. Vardichand AIR 1980 SC 1622.

4. Vallore Citizen Forum v. Union of India.

5. Tarun Bharat Singh v. Union of India, AIR 1992 SC 514.

6. T.N Godavarman Thirumulpad v. Union of India, AIR 2012 SC 362

References :

1. Thorough reading of the following statutes :

a. Environmental Protection Act, 1986.

b. Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution)Act, 1981.

c. Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.

d. Rajasthan Noises Control Act, 1963.

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2. Armin Resencranz, Shyam Devan and Martha L. Noble : Environmental Law and

Policy in India.

3. Justice Krishna Aiyer : Environmental Pollution and Law.

4. Dr. SB Verma: Environmental Law, Pollution and Management.

5. Suresh Jain and Vimla Jain : Environmental Law of India.

6. Kailash Thakur ; Environmental Protection, Law and Policy in India (Deep and

Deep Publications, New Delhi)

7. Citizen Report, Pub. by Centre for Sc & Environment, Delhi.

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Environmental Management of Hydrocarbon-SYLLABUS

Environmental Science & Engineering

Current Environmental Standards

Environmental Policy, Monitoring and Reporting

Concept of Sustainable Development

Methods for Pollution Monitoring

Environmental Management Systems

Voc's Organic Gases

Noise Pollution and Control

Water Pollution

Soil Pollution and Remediation

Air Pollution

Hazardous Waste Management

Environmental Impact Assessment and Management Plan

Environmental Measurement and Control

Pollution Control in Process Industries

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References :

1. Environmental Management Handbook for Hydrocarbon processing Industries by James D Wall,

Gulf Publishing Co, ISBN 0872012654

2. Environmental Engineering & management PB, SK Katria & Sons, ISBN 8185749450

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Experimental Aerodynamics-SYLLABUS

Concept of similarity and design of experiments , Measurement uncertainty , Design of subsonic,

transonic, supersonic, hypersonic, and high enthalpy test facilities , Transducers and their

response characteristics , Measurement of pressure, temperature, velocity, forces, moments, and

dynamic stability derivatives , Flow visualization techniques: Optical measurement techniques,

refractive index based measurements, scattering based measurements , Data acquisition and

signal conditioning , Signal and image processing.

References

1. Tropea, C., Yarin, A. L., and Foss, J. F. (Eds.), Springer Handbook of Experimental Fluid

Mechanics, Springer (2007).

2. Taylor, J. R., Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical

Measurements, 2nd ed., University Science Books (1997).

3. Barlow, J. B., Rae Jr, W. H., and Pope A., Low-Speed Wind Tunnel Testing, 3rd ed., Wiley (1999).

4. Pope, A. and Goin, K., High-Speed Wind Tunnel Testing, Krieger Pub. Co. (1972).

5. Settles, G., Schlieren and Shadowgraph Techniques, 3rd ed., Springer (2001).

6. Mayinger, F. and Feldmann, O. (Eds.), Optical Measurements: Techniques and Applications, 2nd

ed., Springer (2001).

_____________________________________________________________________________ Experimental Methods, Measurement and Uncertainty-SYLLABUS

Basic Concept: Introduction, Calibration, Standards, Dimensions and Units, Generalized

measurement system, Basic concept in dynamic measurements, System Response, Distortion,

Impedance Matching, Fourier Analysis, Experimental Planning

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Analysis of Experimental Data: Cause and types of experimental error, Uncertainty Analysis and

Propagation of Uncertainty, Evaluation of Uncertainties for complicated data reduction, Statistical

Analysis of Experimental data, Probability Distribution, The Gaussian or Normal Error Distribution,

Comparison of data with normal distribution, The chi square test of goodness of fit, Method of

least square, The correlation coefficient, Multivariable regression, Standard deviation of mean,

Student’s t Distribution, Graphical Analysis and curve fitting, Data Analysis

Basic Electrical Measurement and Sensing Devices: Forces of Electromagnetic Origin, Waveform

Measures, Basic Analog Meters, Basic Digital Meters, Basic Input Circuits, Amplifiers, Differential

Amplifiers, Operational Amplifiers, Transformers, Power Supplies, Signal Conditioning, The

Electronic Voltmeter, Digital Voltmeters, The Oscilloscope, Oscilloscope Selection, Output

Recorders, Counters—Time and Frequency Measurements, Transducers, The Variable-Resistance

Transducer, the Differential Transformer (LVDT), Capacitive Transducers, Piezoelectric

Transducers, Photoelectric Effects, Photoconductive Transducers, Photovoltaic Cells, Ionization

Transducers, Magnetometer Search Coil, Hall-Effect Transducers, Digital Displacement

Transducers, Comparison of Analog and Digital Instruments

Displacement and Area Measurements: Dimensional Measurements, Gage Blocks Optical

Methods, Pneumatic Displacement Gage, Area Measurements, the Planimeter- a Device of

Historical Interest, Graphical and Numerical Methods for Area Measurement, Surface Areas.

Pressure Measurement: Dynamic Response Considerations, Mechanical Pressure-Measurement

Devices, Dead-Weight Tester, Bourdon-Tube Pressure Gage, Diaphragm and Bellows Gage, The

Bridgman Gage, Low-Pressure Measurement, The McLeod Gage, Pirani Thermal-Conductivity

Gage, The Knudsen Gage, The Ionization Gage, The Alphatron.

Flow Measurement: Positive-Displacement Methods, Flow-Obstruction Methods, Practical

Considerations for Obstruction Meters, The Sonic Nozzle, Flow Measurement by Drag Effects, Hot-

Wire and Hot-Film Anemometers, Magnetic Flowmeters, Flow-Visualization Methods, The

Shadowgraph, The Schlieren, The Interferometer, The Laser Doppler Anemometer (LDA), Smoke

Methods, Pressure Probes, Impact Pressure in Supersonic Flow.

The Measurement of Temperature: Temperature Scales, The Ideal-Gas Thermometer,

Temperature Measurement by Mechanical Effects, Temperature Measurement by Electrical

Effects, Temperature Measurement by Radiation, Effect of Heat Transfer on Temperature

Measurement, Transient Response of Thermal Systems, Thermocouple Compensation,

Temperature Measurements in High-Speed Flow.

Thermal- and Transport-Property Measurements: Thermal-Conductivity Measurements, Thermal

Conductivity of Liquids Gases, Measurement of Viscosity, Gas Diffusion, Calorimetry, Convection

Heat-Transfer Measurements, Humidity Measurements, Heat-Flux Meters, pH Measurement

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Force, Torque, and Strain Measurements: Mass Balance Measurements, Elastic Elements for

Force Measurements, Torque Measurements, Stress and Strain, Strain Measurements, Electrical-

Resistance Strain Gages, Measurement of Resistance Strain-Gage Outputs, Temperature

Compensation, Strain-Gage Rosettes, The Unbonded Resistance Strain Gage

Thermal- and Nuclear-Radiation Measurements: Detection of Thermal Radiation, Measurement

of Emissivity, Reflectivity and Transmissivity Measurements, Solar Radiation Measurements,

Nuclear Radiation, Detection of Nuclear Radiation, The Geiger-Muller Counter, Ionization

Chambers, Photographic Detection Methods, The Scintillation Counter, Neutron Detection,

Statistics of Counting, Radiation Effects in Humans

Data Acquisition and Processing: The General Data Acquisition System, Signal Conditioning

Revisited, Data Transmission, Analog-to-Digital and Digital-to-Analog Conversion, Data Storage and

Display, the Program as a Substitute for Wired Logic.

References:

J.P. Holman, Experimental Methods for Engineers, McGraw Hill, 1984, 5th Edition

Figliola, R. S., Beasley, D.E. (2006) “Theory and Design for Mechanical Measurements”4th ed., John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ. ISBN: 0471445932.

Taylor, J. R. (1997), “An Introduction to Error Analysis”, University Science Books, 2nd edition

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Exploration Geophysics-SYLLABUS

Gravity Method: Understanding the phenomena of Gravity and acceleration due to Gravity,

gravity anomaly and its units, Gravimeter, data acquisition, planning a gravity survey,

reduction of gravity data, preparation of gravity maps- Buger anomaly maps, residual anomaly

maps and gravity map interpretation.

Magnetic Method: Earth’s magnetic field and magnetic field variations, rock-magnetism and

its field, range of acquisition parameters, planning a magnetic survey, magnetometer,

magnetic data acquisition, reduction of magnetic data, map preparation and interpretation

Electrical Methods: Principles, lay-outs, instruments, data acquisition Procedures, section

preparation and interpretation using Wenner and Schlumberger configuration

Seismic Fundamental Concepts: Properties of Seismic waves, types and their generation,

propagation in solid, fluid and porous media, acoustic impedance, reflection, refraction,

diffraction of seismic wave. Seismic energy sources, detectors, arrays, recording system, data

acquisition techniques, critical field parameter selection, vertical seismic profiling

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On-shore and Off-shore Seismic Surveys: On-shore and Off-shore seismic survey planning, 2D

and 3D seismic survey design, shooting, data acquisition, selection of seismic data processing

parameters, processing, seismic tomography. Seismic Data Interpretation Work-station

interpretation, Geologic interpretation- stratigraphic and structural interpretation, resolution,

rock physics and effects,amplitude and offset analyses, seismic inversion techniques, seismic

processing, work-station issues.

Books

W. M. Telford and L. P. Geldart, R. E. Sheriff. Applied Geophysics, Cambridge University Press.

ISBN: 052133938.

William Lowrie. Fundamentals of Geophysics, Cambridge University Press, ISBN: 978-0-521-

67596-3.

Brian J. Evans. A Handbook for Seismic Data Acquisition in Exploration, SEG Books. ISBN:

1560800410, 9781560800415.

L. Hatton, MH Worthington and J. Makin. Seismic Data Processing, Wiley. ISBN: 0632013745,

9780632013746.

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Equipment and Machinery Maintenance-SYLLABUS

PUMPING UNITS

MAINTENANCE OF PRIMEMOVERS

o Maintenance of Engines & Engine Auxiliaries

o Maintenance of Motors

o MAINTENANCE OF PUMPS

o Positive Displacements (Reciprocating) Pump Maintenance

o Centrifugal Pump Maintenance

COMPRESSION UNITS

_ Maintenance of Primemovers

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_ Maintenance of Compressors

MAINTENANCE OF SUCTION - BOOSTER PUMPS

MAINTENANCE OF COMPRESSOR/ PUMPING STN AUXILIARIES

_ Air compressors

_ Gear Boxes

_ Emergency Generators

_ Centrifuge

_ Storage Tanks (Fuel)

_ Sump Tank

_ Sump Pump, Oil Recovery Pump, Diesel Loading/ Unloading Pump, Corrosion Inhibitor/

DRA injection Pump

MAINTENANCE OF STATION VALVES

MAINTENANCE OF STRAINERS, SCRUBBERS, SEPARATOR FILTERS.

MAINTENANCE OF PCC AND MCC.

MAINTENANCE OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT ( LT & HT SWITCHGEARS, LIGHTING SYSTEM,

TRANSFORMERS).

MAINTENANCE OF INSTRUMENT AND CONTROL SYSTEM

MAINTENANCE OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEM.

MAINTENANCE OF FIRE FIGHTING SYSTEM.

MAINTENANCE OF CRUDE/ PRODUCT STORAGE TANK/ TANK FARM.

_ Floating Roof Tank

_ Fixed or Cone Roof Tank

_ Tank Stirrers

_ Tank Dykes

_ ETP

_ Halon Fire Fighting System

_ Foam Pourer System

_ Thermal Relief valves.

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MAINTENANCE OF OFFSHORE TERMINAL AND ALLIED FACILITIES _ Maintenance of SPM

Terminal and its Auxiliaries

_ Maintenance of Submarine Pipeline

References:

Plant Equipment and Maintenance Engineering Handbook by: Duncan C. Richardson, PE

Machinery Component Maintenance and Repair, Volume 3 by Heinz P. Bloch Fred K. Geitner

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Fatigue, Fracture and Stress Analysis of Machine Component-SYLLABUS

Basic theory of failure

Griffith’s theory of brittle failures; Irwin’s stress intensity factors; Linear elastic fracture

mechanics: The stress analysis of crack tips, Macroscopic theories in crack extension, Instability

and R-curves, Crack tip plasticity, K as a failure criterion, Mixed mode of fracture, Analytical and

Experimental methods of determining K.

Elastic plastic fracture mechanics: Crack tip opening displacement, J Integrals, Crack

growth resistance curves, Crack tip constraint under large scale yielding, creep crack

growth;

Microscopic theories of fracture: Ductile and cleavage fracture, ductile-brittle transition,

inter-granular fracture; Fatigue crack propagation: Fatigue crack growth theories, crack

closure, Microscopic theories of fatigue crack growth; Application of theories of fracture

mechanics in design and materials development.

Fatigue characterization: Total life versus defect tolerant philosophy Cyclic stress fields,

notches, and short cracks Experimental methods for determining fatigue resistance

Micromechanisms of fatigue fracture.

Damage tolerance, design considerations and failure analysis :Damage tolerance in

materials,Design considerations, Methodologies for failure analysis

References :

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1. Metal Fatigue and Fracture Testing and Analysis by Ziegler Brett

2. Fatigue and Fracture: Understanding the Basics by F. C. Campbell

3. Failure Analysis of Engineering Materials, Charlie R. Brooks, Ashok Choudhury - 2002,

McGraw Hill Professional

4. Hypersingular Integral Equations in Fracture Analysis, Whye-Teong Ang - Elsevier 2014

5. T. L. Anderson, Fracture Mechanics Fundamentals and Applications, CRC Press, 1995.

6. D. Brock, Elementary Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Maritinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1986.

7. S. T. Rolfe and J. M. Barson, Fracture and Fatigue Control in Structures, PHI, 1977

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FDI in Infrastructure-SYLLABUS

Introduction

Foreign Direct Investment-The Engine Behind the Private Infrastructure Revolution

The Complex Nature of Greenfield Investments in Infrastructure : Incentives & Risks

The Contractual Web of a BOT-Type Project, Governments: Balancing Domestic Interests

and Multiple Objectives, Sponsors: Creating a Viable Project Structure, Commercial Lenders -

The Market Test of Bankability

Lots of Things can go Wrong

Conflicting Opinions Within Government, Insufficient Coordination, Insufficient Expertise,

Direct Negotiations versus Competitive Tenders, Unclear Tendering, Rules, Political Interference,

Unclear Market Entry Conditions , Lack of an Adequate Legal Framework, Difficulties During

Operation, Social Concerns After the Fact, Political Commitment of Successor Governments

Handling the Risks

The Role of Government Support Arrangements , The Importance of Overall Sectoral

Liberalization

Designing an Effective Policy Framework

The Usefulness of an Institutional Support Structure, Designing an Overarching Legal

Framework, Regulating Private Infrastructure: Minimizing Risk and Abuse, The End result:

Expensive Potentials or Investment Booms

The Impact of the East Asian Financial Crisis

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References :

1. Infrastructure: rebuilding, Repairing and Restructure by Jason R. Baren.- Nova Science

Publisher

2. Foreign Investment in India by Nitin Basin.- New Century Publication

3. Infrastructure Development and Indian economy by L. N. dash.- Oxford university Press

by R. Majumder

4. Reforming Infrastructure : Privatization, Regulation and Competition by Ioannis

Kessides.- oxford university

5. Attracting FDI into Infrastructure, Frank Sader

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Financial Management-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Financial Management

Time Value of Money

Sources of Finance

Concept of Economic Value Added

Risk and Return Analysis

Cost of Capital

Capital Structure and Theories

Concept of Leverages

Fundamentals of Capital Budgeting

Capital Rationing and Risk Factors in Capital Budgeting

Working Capital Management & Financing

Receivable Management

Inventory Management

Cash Management

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Management of Surplus & Dividend Policy

References :

1. Financial Management by Agarwal NP Mishra, Ramesh Book Depot, EAN 9788181423757

2. Financial Management by Vrinda Publications, EAN 9788182811218

3. Financial Management by C Correia, Juta Academic, ISBN 0702171573

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Financing Energy Sector Project-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Return Concepts

Introduction to Project Appraisal

Financial Analysis

Concept of Business Entity

Procurement of Funds

Risk Management

Incentive for Non-conventional Projects

Financing Non-conventional Power Projects

IREDA and its Role

Project Economics and Viability

Electricity Sector in India

Case Studies

References :

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1. Financing of Energy Sector in Developing Countries, Pradeep Chaturvedi, Concept Publisher, ISBN

817022747X

2. Financing Energy Projects in Developing Countries by Hossein Razavi, Pennwell Books, ISBN

1593701241

3. Financing Energy Projects Albert Thumman & Fred Wainwright, Fairmount P, ISBN 0881732729

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Finite Element Analysis-SYLLABUS

Introduction: Historical background, basic concept of the finite element method, comparison with

finite difference method; Variational methods: calculus of variation, the Rayleigh-Ritz and Galerkin

methods; Finite element analysis of 1-D problems: formulation by different approaches (direct,

potential energy and Galerkin); Derivation of elemental equations and their assembly, solution

and its postprocessing. Applications in heat transfer, fluid mechanics and solid mechanics. Bending

of beams, analysis of truss and frame. Finite element analysis of 2-D problems: finite element

modelling of single variable problems, triangular and rectangular elements; Applications in heat

transfer, fluid mechanics and solid mechanics; Numerical considerations: numerical integration,

error analysis, mesh refinement. Plane stress and plane strain problems; Bending of plates; Eigen

value and time dependent problems; Discussion about preprocessors, postprocessors and finite

element packages.

References:

1. J N Reddy, An introduction to the Finite Element Method, McGraw-Hill, New York, 1993.

2. R D Cook, D S Malkus and M E Plesha, Concepts and Applications of Finite Element Analysis, 3d

ed., John Wiley, New York, 1989.

3. K J Bathe, Finite Element Procedures in Engineering Analysis, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ,

1982.

4. T J T Hughes, The Finite Element Method, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1986.

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Flight Dynamic Principles-SYLLABUS

Systems of axes and notation

Static equilibrium and trim

The equations of motion

The solution of the equations of motion

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Longitudinal dynamics

Lateral–directional dynamics

Maneuverability

Stability

Flying and handling qualities

Stability augmentation

Aerodynamic modelling

Aerodynamic stability and control derivatives

Coursework Studies

References :

1.Flight Dynamics Principles by M V Cook, Elsevier Publications, ISBN 8131223353

2. Flight Dynamics by Stengel, Overseas, ISBN 8189938282

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Flight Dynamics and Control-SYLLABUS

Equations of Motion: rigid body dynamics; coordinate transformation, Euler angle & quaternion

formulation; Dynamics of Generic Fixed Wing Aircraft: 6-DoF equations of motion, linearized

equations of motion linearized longitudinal & lateral equations, aerodynamic derivatives. Stability

of Uncontrolled Motion: linearized longitudinal & lateral dynamics, modes of motion, Response to

Control Inputs: transfer function, step response & frequency response characteristics, Feedback

Control: stability augmentation, PID control, root-locus technique for controller design,

Introduction to modern control theory.

References

1. Etkin, B. and Reid, L. D., Dynamics of Flight: Stability and Control, 3rd ed., Wiley (1996).

2. Phillips, W. F., Mechanics of Flight, 2nd ed., John Wiley (2009).

3. Nelson, R. C., Flight Stability and Automatic Control, 2nd ed., Tata McGraw-Hill (1997).

4. Cook, M., Flight Dynamics Principles: A Linear Systems Approach to Aircraft Stability and

Control, 3rd ed., Elsevier (2012).

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5. Stevens, B. L. and Lewis, F. L., Aircraft Control and Simulation, 2nd ed., Wiley (2003).

6. Stengel, R. F., Flight Dynamics, Princeton Univ. Press (2004).

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Flight Stability & Control-SYLLABUS

The Standard Atmosphere and Airflow

Standard Atmosphere, relation between Geopotential and Geometric Altitudes, Pressure,

Temperature and Density Altitudes. Relation for Stratosphere and Troposphere. Stability of

Atmosphere, Aero-Thermodynamics. Measurement of Air-speed: True Airspeed, Indicated

Airspeed and Equivalent Airspeed, Airspeed Indicator.

Aerodynamic Drag

Cause of Drag, it's effects, Types of Drag and affecting factors. Drag Polar, Compressibility

Drag, Design for Minimum Drag, Estimation of Drag of Complete Airplane, Terminal Velocity.

Aerodynamic Characteristics

Force and Moments Coefficients from Dimensional Analysis. Pressure Distribution over 2D

Airfoil, Variation with Angle of Attack, Center of Pressure, Aerodynamic Center, Problems

connected with Them. Lift, Drag and Moment Coefficients; Relations between Lift and Drag.

Estimation of these characteristics from Measured Pressure Distributions, Variation of

Aerodynamic Coefficients with Reynold's Number and Mach number. Effect of Span, Aspect

Ratio, Plan Form, Sweep, Taper and Twist on Aerodynamic characteristics of a Lifting Surface.

Delta Wing Aerodynamics.

High Lift Systems

Airfoil's Maximum Lift Coefficient, Leading and Trailing Edge Devices, Effect of Sweep Back. The

deep stall. Effect of Re, Propulsive lift, V/STOL Configurations.

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Airplane Performance in Steady Flight

Straight and Level Flight, Stalling Speed; Variation of Drag with Flight. Speed conditions for

Minimum Drag, Minimum Power Conditions; Power at other Speeds. Gliding Flight, Shallow

and Steep Angles of Glide; Sinking Speed, Minimum Sinking Speed, Time of Descent. Climbing

Flight at Shallow Angles, Correction for Steep Angles, Time to Flight, Maximum Rate of Climb.

Airplane Performance in Accelerated Flight

Take-off and Landing, Calculations of Take-off Ground Run, Take off Distances. Minimum

Ground Run, Assisted Take-off, Calculation of Landing Ground Run. Range and Endurance and

Problems connected with them.

Maneuvers

Introductory Comments on Spins and Stalls; Turning Flight, Maneuvers in 3D space

Stick Fixed Static Longitudinal Stability

Introduction to Stability of Airplane, Stick Fixed Longitudinal Stability, Effect of Power, Neutral

Point, Centre of Gravity Limits. In Flight Measurement of Stick Fixed Neutral Point.

Control Surfaces and Aerodynamic Balancing

Control Surface Hinge Moments, Floating and Restoring Tendencies, different types of Tabs

used on Airplanes. Frise Aileron, Spoler Controls.

Stick Free Static Longitudinal Stability

Effect of Free Elevator on Airplane stability, Elevator Control Force, Stick Force Gradients,

Neutral Point, Controls Free Center of Gravity Limit. In Flight Measurement of Stick Free

Neutral Point.

Maneuvering Flight

Effect of Acceleration on Airplane Balancing, Elevator Angle per g, and Stick Force per g,

Maneuver Margins

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Directional Stability and Controls

Assymetric Flight, Eather Cock Stability, contribution of different parts of Airplane, Rudder

Fixed and Rudder Free Static Directional Stability, Rudder Lock.

Lateral Stability and Control

Dihedral Effect. Contribution of different. Parts of Airplane Controls in Roll, Aileron Control

Power, Cross coupling of Lateral and Directional Effects.

Dynamic Stability

Longitudinal Dynamic Stability: Simple Analysis of Short Period and Phugoid Modes, Stick-

Fixed and Stick-Free. Lateral and Directional Dynamic Stability: Simple Analysis of Roll

Subsdience Spiral Mode and Dutch Roll.

References :

1. Flight Stability and Control, Robert C. Nelson, 1998

2· Performance, Stability, Dynamics and Control of Airplanes, Bandu N. Pamadi, 2004

3· Aircraft Control and Simulation, Brian L.Stevens, Frank L. Lewis, 2003, Second Edition,

4· Automatic Flight Control Systems, Donald McLean, 1990, ISBN : 0-13-054008-0

5· Engineering Analysis of Flight Vehicles, Holt Ashley

6· Dynamics of Flight - Stability and Control, Bernard Etkin, Lloyd Du® Reid

7· Introduction to Avionics, R. P. G. Collinson

8· Automatic Flight Control, E. H. J. Fallett, Shawn Coyle

9· Automatic Control of Aircraft and Missiles, John H. Blakelock

10· Airplane Stability and Control, Malcolm J. Abzug, E. Eugene Larrabee

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Fluid Mechanics-SYLLABUS

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Introduction

Review of Thermodynamics

Review of Mechanics

Fluids Statics

The Control Volume and Mass Conservation

Momentum Conservation for Momentum Conservation

Multi–Phase Flow

References :

1. Fluid Mechanics by Ira M Cohen & Pijush K Kundu, Academic Press, ISBN 0080470238-BEPDF

2. Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Machines by Som SK, TATA Mc Graw Hills, ISBN

0070667624

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Fluidization-SYLLABUS

Review of flow around immersed solids - forces on single particles., Review of

sedimentation - Richardson-Zaki equation., Review of packed beds and Ergun equation,

Classification of solid particles and powders - relevant properties and measurements,

Minimum fluidization velocity - measurement, prediction and correlations., Regimes of

fluidization - Homogenous fluidized bed models, Stability of homogeneous fluidization -

qualitative and quantitative, Kinematic and dynamic wave propagation, Bubbling bed

(heterogeneous fluidized bed) models, Davidson model for bubble in a fluidized bed, and

its implications, Turbulent and fast fluidization, Entrainment and Elutriation, Slugging,

Spouted beds, Dilute and dense phase transport - Circulating Fluidized Beds, Heat and

mass transfer in fluidized systems, Modern simulation techniques - CFD models, Modern

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experimental techniques - flow visualization and quantitative measurements, Three-phase

fluidization

Mechanics of Flow Around Single Particles

Review of flow around immersed solids – forces on single particles, Review of packed beds

and Ergun equation

Mechanics of Homogenous Fluidization

Mathematical model of a homogeneous fluidized bed, Minimum fluidization velocity -

measurement, prediction and correlations, Stability of homogeneous fluidization -

qualitative and quantitative - wave propagation

Heterogenous Fluidization

Geldart classification and fluidization regimes, Bubbling bed (heterogeneous fluidized bed)

models, Davidson model for bubble in a fluidized bed, and its implications, Turbulent and

fast fluidization - mechanics, flow regimes and design equations

Beyond Batch Fluidization Beds

Entrainment and Elutriation, Slugging, Spouted Beds, Dilute and dense phase transport -

Circulating Fluidized Beds

Transport Effects in Fluidised Systems

Heat and mass transfer in fluidized systems, Mixing in fluidized systems - measurements

and models, Reactor Models

Fluidization and mapping of Regimes

References :

1. Rhodes, M., Introduction to Particle Technology, 2nd Ed., Wiley (2008)

2. Gibilaro, L. G., Fluidization - Dynamics, Butterworth - Heinemann (2001)

3. Fluidization Engineering by Kunni and Octave Levenspiel, Butterworth-Heinemann, ISBN

0409902330

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Formation Evaluation & Well Logging-SYLLABUS

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• Direct Methods of Formation Evaluation: Drill Cutting, Return Mud Analysis for Oil and Gas.

Core Graph, Cutting and Mud Logs. Evaluation Tools.

• Indirect Methods: Down Hole Environment, Invasion Profiles. Principles and Application of

Logging Tools S.P, Resistivity, Micro Resistivity, Latero Logs, Induction, Sonic, Density, Gamma Ray,

Gamma Ray Spectrometry, Neutron, Cement Bond, Variable Density, Caliper, Dip Meter,

Formation Micro Scanner and Imager, Log Interpretation Methods: Saturation, Porosity and

Permeability Estimation, Quick Look Techniques, Cross Plots.

• Interpretation of Logs for petro physical parameters

References:

1. Well Logging and Formation Evaluation, Tobby,D.,, Elsevier, 2005

2. Fundamentals of Well Log Interpretation, Serra, O., Elsevier, 1988

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Fuels & Combustion-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Fuels, Thermal Energy Contents of Fuel

Coal, Oil And Gas

Properties, Production, Handling, Processing, Storage, Transportation, Analysis.

Stoichometry

Stoichiometry relations; Estimation of air required for complete combustion; Estimation of

minimum amount of air required for a fuel of known composition; Estimation of dry

flue gases for known fuel composition; Calculation of the composition of fuel & excess air

supplied, from exhaust gas analysis; Dew point of products; Flue gas analysis (O2, CO2, CO,

NOx, SOx).

Combustion System

Principle of combustion, combustion of coal, oil and gas, optimizing excess air &

combustion, combustion devices & Efficiency, combustion control, draft systems.

Wood Gasifier

Construction, Operation & Efficiency.

LNG

Production, Storage & Utilization

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References :

1. Fuel & Combustion by Samir Sarkar, Universal Press

2. Fuels, its combustion and Economy by Daniel Clark, Nabu Press, ISBN 1144583888

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Fuels & Lubrication-SYLLABUS

Fuels and Combustion

Characteristics –Classification-Handling and Storage -Flash and Fire Points.-Calorific Value-

Determination of CV by Bomb Calorimeter-Proximate and Ultimate Analysis

Solid Fuels

Composition ,Properties and Uses of-Wood-Peat-Lignite-Bituminous-Anthracite Coal

Liquid Fuels

Petroleum Refining-Characteristics-Applications of Petroleum Products-Advantages over

Solid Fuels

Gaseous

Preparation, Properties, Composition and Uses of Coal Gas-Producer Gas-Water Gas-

Bio Gas-- Natural Gas-Acetylene

Nuclear Fuels

Nuclear Fuels and Applications

Lubricants

Principles of Lubrication-Fluid Film-Boundary-Extreme Pressure-Characteristics- Viscosity-

Oiliness- Acid value-Emulsification-Flash Point and Fire Point

Lubricant Technology

Base Oil, Blending,, Types of Lubricants, Additives

References :

1. INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON FUELS AND LUBRICANTS by Basu,Published by Tata MacGraw

Hill

2. Hand Book of Lubricants, Greases & Petrochemicals Technology Published by Engineering India

Research

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3. Lubrication And Reliability Handbook by By M J Nealj, published by butterworth

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Fundamentals of Aerodynamics-SYLLABUS

Introduction to tensors, Kinematics, Governing equations, Kelvin’s theorem, Potential flow,

Uniqueness and Kutta condition , Foundations of panel methods, Airfoils , Thin Airfoil Theory:

Forces and moments on airfoil, flaps. Finite Wings: Prandtl lifting line theory, Induced drag, Elliptic

lift distribution , 3D panel methods , Viscous Incompressible Flows: Prandtl boundary layer

equation, Similarity solutions, Flow separation and stall, Introduction to turbulence, Turbulent

boundary layer , Viscous-inviscid coupling , High lift devices , Swept wing , Delta wing.

References

1. Anderson, J. D., Fundamentals of Aerodynamics, 5th ed., McGraw-Hill (2010).

2. Kuethe, A. M. and Chow, C.-Y., Foundations of Aerodynamics, 5th ed., John Wiley (1997).

3. Katz, J. and Poltkin, A., Low-Speed Aerodynamics, 2nd ed., Cambridge Univ. Press (2001).

4. Kundu, P. K., Cohen, I. M., and Dowling, D. R., Fluid Mechanics, 5th ed., Academic Press (2011).

5. White, F. M., Viscous Fluid Flow, 3rd ed., McGraw-Hill (2006).

6. Schlichting, H. and Gersten, K., Boundary Layer Theory, 8th ed., Springer (2001).

7. Karamcheti, K., Principles of Ideal-Fluid Aerodynamics, 2nd ed., Krieger Pub. Co. (1980).

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Fundamentals of Astronautics and Space Applications-SYLLABUS

Space Science and Space Environment

- Earth Atmosphere (Layers and Effects/ Particularly Exosphere and Ionosphere)

- Van Allen Belts and Behavior of Earth’s Magnetic Field and Its Effects / Calculation

- Coriolis Effect

- Sun (Heliosphere, Layers of the Sun, Oscillation Modes of the Sun, Sunspots, Solar Wind

and Solar Ejection Events, Solar Dynamo)

- Solar System (Planets, Moons, Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud, Heliopause)

- Interstellar Space (Galaxies, Nebulas, Clusters etc)

- Space Weather (Effect of Solar Charged Particles, Effects of Plasma on Near Earth

Environment, Effect of Space Weather on the Ground, Effect of Space Weather on

Satellites, Effects of Ionized Plasma on Spacecraft)

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- Calculation of Apparent Magnitude, Absolute Magnitude, Temperature, Mass, Density

Stars

- Types and Evolution Properties of Stars

Spacecraft Dynamics

- Terms of Astronautics

- Types of Orbits (HEO, LEO, MEO, Geostationary, Heliostationary etc)

- Roche Limit, Lagrange Points

- Eccentricity of Orbits, Types of Orbits

- 6 Orbital Elements Applied to Earth and Applied to Sun System

- Orbital Perturbations (3rd Body Perturbations, J2 Perturbations, Solar Perturbations etc)

- Hohmann Transfer

- Several Stage Burns and Transfers

- Interplanetary Escape Orbit

- Sphere of Influence

Rocket Propulsion

- Specific Impulse

- Tsiolkovsky Equation

- Stages of Burn in Rocket Propulsion

- Calculation of Delta V in Multistep Missions

- Thrust Calculations

Basics of Re-Entry

- Re-entry modes for spacecraft

- Hypersonic Flow Characteristics of Reentry

References:

Space Science by Louise K. Harra (Imperial Press)

Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students by Howard Curtis (Elsevier)

Introduction to Flight by John D. Anderson (McGraw Hill)

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Fundamentals of Aviation Operations-SYLLABUS

The airport operational system

Airport peeks and airline rescheduling

Airport noise control

Airport operating characteristics

Operational readiness

Ground control

Baggage handling

Passenger terminal operations

Airport security

Cargo operations

Airport technical services

Airport aircraft emergencies

Airport access

Operational administration and performance

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Fundamentals of Nano Technologies-SYLLABUS

Scientific Revolutions

Types of Nanotechnology and Nanomachines, the Periodic table, Atomic Structure,

Molecules and phases, Energy, Molecular and atomic size, Surfaces and dimensional

space, top down and bottom up.

Forces between atoms and molecules

Particles and grain boundaries, strong Intermolecular forces, Electrostatic

and Vander Waals forces between surfaces, similarities an d

References :

1. AVIATION Management - Global and National Perspectives , Ratandeep Singh

2. Fundamentals of Air Traffic Control, by Nolan

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differences between intermolecular and inter particle forces, covalent and

coulomb interactions, interaction polar molecules, Thermodynamics of self assembly.

Opportunity at the nano scale-length and time scale in structures

energy landscapes, Inter dynamic aspects of inter molecular forces, Evolution of

band structure and Fermi surface.

Quantum dots

Nano wires, Nano tubes, 2D and 3D films, Nano and mesopores, micelles,

bilayer, vesicles –bionanomachines, biological membranes.

Influence of Nano structuring on Mechanical, optical, electronic, magnetic

and chemical properties

gram size effects onstrength of metals optical properties of quantum dots and

quantum wires-electronic transport in quantum wires and carbon nano tubes,

magnetic behavior of single domain particles and nanostructures, surface chemistry of

Tailored monolayer ,self assembling.

Applications of Nano Technology

Semi Conductor Quantum Wells (QW’S), Producing Hydrogen with Sun Light, Quantum Laser

Generation, Solar Cells and CNT.

Legal Political and Ethical Implications of Nano Technology

National and International aspects of Nano Technology, Environmental implications of Nano

Technology, Beyond risk assessment, Science Ethics and De’stractions.

References:

1. Dr. Parag Diwan: Handbook of Nanotechnology. Pentagon press.

2. Mick Wilson, Kamali Kannangara, “Nanotechnology: Basic Science and Emerging

Technologies”, Geoff smithoverseas press, 2005.

3 . C h a r l e s P . P o o l e . F r a n k J . O w e n s , “ I n t r o d u c t i o n t o

N a n o t e c h n o l o g y ” , W i l e y I n t e r s c i e n c e , 2 0 0 3 .

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Fundamentals of Sustainable Development-SYLLABUS

CONCEPT OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

Definition of sustainability - History and emergence of the concept of sustainable development –

Our Common Future - Objectives of Sustainable Development - Millennium Development Goals -

Environment and Development linkages – Globalization and environment - Population, Poverty

and Pollution – Global, Regional and Local environmental issues – Resource Degradation –

Greenhouse gases and climate Change – Desertification – Industrialization – Social insecurity.

SUSTAINABILITY AND THE TRIPLE BOTTOM LINE

Components of sustainability – Complexity of growth and equity - Social, economic and

environmental dimensions of sustainable development – Environment – Biodiversity – Natural

Resources – Ecosystem integrity – Clean air and water – Carrying capacity –Equity, Quality of Life,

Prevention, Precaution , Preservation and Public participation.- Structural and functional linking of

developmental dimensions – Sustainability in national and regional context

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

Role of developed countries in the development of developing countries – International summits –

Stockholm to Johanesburg – Rio Principles – Agenda 21 - Conventions –Agreements – Tokyo

Declaration-Doubling statement-Transboundary issues –Integrated approach for resource

protection and management

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC SYSTEMS

Demographic dynamics of sustainability – Policies for socio-economic development – Strategies

for implementing eco-development programmes – Sustainable development through trade –

Economic growth – Action plan for implementing sustainable development – Urbanization and

Sustainable Cities – Sustainable Energy and Agriculture – Sustainable Livelihoods – Ecotourism

FOR ACHIEVING SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability indicators - Hurdles to Sustainability - Operational guidelines –Interconnected

prerequisites for sustainable development – Empowerment of Women, Children, Youth,

Indigenous People, Non-Governmental Organizations, Local Authorities, Business and Industry -

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Science and Technology for sustainable development –Performance indicators of sustainability

and Assessment mechanism – Constraints and barriers for sustainable development.

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Geographical Information Systems-SYLLABUS

Theory of GIS supported by extensive practical exercises

Geographic information and spatial data types

Hardware and software; GIS; Steps of spatial data handling

Database management systems

Spatial referencing

Data quality, measures of location errors on maps

Satellite-based positioning

Spatial data input, data preparation

Point data transformation

Analytical GIS capabilities; retrieval and classification; overlay functions

Neighborhood operations; network analysis; error propagation

Data visualization

References :

1. Principlae Geographical Information System by Burrough.- Oxford University

2. Geographical Information System by Anil K. Jamwal.-prakashan pub

3. Lo, C.P. and Yeung, A.K.W. (2002). Concepts and Techniques of Geographic Information

Systems, Prentice Hall.

4. DeMers, M..N. (1999).Fundamentals of Geographic Information Systems. 2nd Ed., Wiley

Press.

5. Burrough, P.A. and R.A. McDonald (1998). Principles of Geographical Information

Systems, Oxford University Press.

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Geostatistics-SYLLABUS

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FUNDAMENTALS OF STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY

Events, Randomness, Sample, Conditional Probability and Independence, Bayes Theorem,

discrete and Continuous Probability Distributions, Joint Probability, Conditional

Probability.

STATISTICAL TEST AND DISTRIBUTION TECHNIQUES

Binomial, Poisson, Gamma, Exponential, Hypergeometric, Multinomial, Chi- Square, t, F

tests, Hypothesis Testing Involving one and univariate population.

STATISTICAL MODELING

Point and Interval Estimation, Linear Models, Regression Analysis and parametric

Estimation Multivariate Techniques, Factor Analysis, Linear Discriminant Analysis.

GEOSTATISTICAL APPLICATIONS

Expectations, Moment Generating and Characteristic Functions, Semi-variogram, Auto

correlation, Linear Estimation, Kriging & cokriging Equations, Nonlinear estimation, Semi-

variogram and Normalized Data, Non parametric Estimation, Conditional Simulation,

Multivariate Simulation.

Suggested Books

1. Statistics and data analysis in Geology, John C Davis, Wiley Student Edition, 621pp

Reference Books

2. Probability & Statistics, Spiegel M.R, Schiller J, srinivasan R. A. Schaum’s Outlines Series,

McGraw Hill, 408pp

3. Jimba Oluwafemi Solomon, Basic Geostatistics

Global tectonic and Basin analysis-SYLLABUS

Tectonics & Sedimentation

Intracratonic, Rift, Aulacogen, Passive margin, active margin, foreland basin.

Basin Modeling

Component of Basin Model, Basin and Crustal Geometry, Porosity- Depth Relation,

Palaeobathymetry and Sea Level Variation, Evolution of Basic Models, Backstripping

Techniques, Supracrustal Loading and Extensional Basin Models, Dynamic Topography,

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Intraplate Stresses and Basin Inversion: Tectonic Basin Modeling, Stratigraphic Basin Modeling,

Forward and Reverse Modeling, Facies and Reservoir Modeling, Integrated Basin Analysis.

Regional –Global Stratigraphic Cycles

Eustatic Cycles, tectno-stratigraphic Cycles, Cratonic Cycles.

Petroliferous Basins

Basins Classification and Models, Divergent Margin Basins, Convergent Margin Basins,

Transform Margin and Strike- Slip Fault Basins, Basin associated with Suture Zones, Basin

Analysis of Accretionary Terrains, Cratonic Basins.

Integrated Basin Analysis

Depositional Facies of Various Environments

Concept of Facies Analysis and Sedimentary Process Response Model and Environmental

Interpretation (Fluvial, Deltaic, Eolian, Clastic shoreline, Evaporite, Carbonate Platform,

Continental Slope and Deep Sea).

Basin Mapping

Concept of Subsurface Mapping , Single and Multicomponent Map, Geophysical Map,

Geochemical Map, Structural Map, Cross Section: Structural Map, Palaeogeological Map,

Environmental and Palaeoslope Model.

Sequence Stratigraphy

Seismic Facies & Sequence Stratigraphy: Depositional System and System Tract Sequence

Boundary, Sequence Stratigraphy of various depositional Environments.

Books

1. Principals of Sedimentary Basin Analysis . By A.D. Miall. Publisher: Springer Verlag Berlin

Heidelberg New York. ISBN: 3-540-65790-8, 503PP.

2. Kumar, Ravindra, Fundamentals of Historical Geology And Stratigraphy Of India.

3. Bogg Jr., Sam, Principles of Sedimentology and Stratigraphy.

4. Sedimentology & Stratigraphy. By Gary Nicholes. Blackwell Publishing Company. ISBN 0-

632-03578-1, 335PP.

5. Condie, Kent C., Plate Tectonics, Fourth Edition.

6. Krishnan, M. S., Geology of India and Burma.

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Green Fuels and their Environmental Impact-SYLLABUS

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Cleaner Fossil Fuels

Liquid Fuels ( Gasoline , Diesel ) , Gaseous Fuels ( CNG etc.), Gas to Liquid ( GTL),

Liquefied Natural Gas ( LNG), Methanol, Basics Aspects of GTL Technology : Gas

Refinery, Process Flow Sheet, Reactor Configuration, Safety and Economic aspects of GTL

Technology.

Bio Fuels

Bio diesel, Ethanol, Fuel Cells, Types of fuel cells, applications of fuel cells

CDM

Introduction, Approved Methodologies for CDM, Grid Emission Factor, Development of

PC & PDD, Carbon Trading

References :

1. Non-conventional Energy Resources - by B H Khan, Tata McGraw Hill Publication

2. Introduction to energy technology - by V A Venikov, E. V. Putyatin - Mir Publication, Muscow

3. Fuels and Engine - by J C Guibet - Institut Francais Du Petrole

4. Non Conventional energy resources by GD Rai, Khanna Publishers, ISBN 8174090738s

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Ground control in underground coal mining-SYLLABUS

Coal Mine Layouts and Ground Control Practices

Rock Properties and In-Situ Stresses

Geology and Geophysics

Roof Bolting

Effects of strata behavior with working

Coal Bumps

Instrumentation for ground control

Subsidence

Suggested Reading:

i. Coal mine Ground control : Syd. S. Peng

ii. Ground Engineering – Principles and Practices for underground coal mining : J.M.Galvin

iii. Mine Ground Control Proceedings : Bureau of Mines Technology Transfer Seminars

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Groundwater Exploration and Management-SYLLABUS

Hydrology, Basic Characteristic, Run- off and Stream Flow, Aquifer Characteristics, Geology

of Ground Water Occurrence, Trans- Boundary Aquifers, Water Quality, Saline Water

Intrusion, Contamination, Flow properties of groundwater, Aquifer properties, Water

wells, Well tests, Numeric modeling in groundwater,

Ground Water Exploration: Geological, Geophysical and Remote Sensing Methods, Artificial

Recharge, Water Shed Management. Hydrology-ecology and their environmental impacts,

Ground Water Laws and regulation.

References

1. Appelo, C.A.J. and Postma, D. Geochemistry, Groundwater and Pollution, A A Balkema,

Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 1993.

2. Fetter, C.W. Applied Hydrogeology, CBS Publishers & Distributors, New Delhi, 1990.

3. Freeze, R.A.and Cherry, J.A. Groundwater, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 1986.

4. Karanth, K.R. Groundwater Assessment, Development and Management, Tata McGraw

Hill, New Delhi, 1987.

5. Raghunath H.M. Ground Water, New Age International Publishers, New Delhi, 2014

6. Todd D.K. Groundwater Hydrology, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1980.

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Guidance, Navigation and Control-SYLLABUS

Introduction to navigation – Types – Introduction to Inertial Sensors - Mechanical - Ring Laser

gyro- Fiber optic gyro – MEMS system INS components: transfer function and errors- Earth in

inertial space - Coriolis Effect – INS Mechanization. Stable Platform and Strap down – Navigation

algorithms - INS system block diagram, Different co-ordinate systems – Transformation

Techniques - Schuler Tuning -compensation errors - Gimbal lock – Initial calibration and Alignment

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Algorithms. Introduction to GPS -system description -basic principles -position and velocity

determination-signal structure-DGPS, Introduction to Kalman filtering -Estimation and mixed

mode navigation- Integration of GPS and INS-utilization of navigation systems in aircraft.

Need for automatic flight control systems, Stability augmentation systems, control augmentation

systems, Gain scheduling concepts. Displacement Autopilot-Pitch Orientation Control system,

Acceleration Control System, Glide Slope Coupler and Automatic Flare Control and Flight path

stabilization, Longitudinal control law design using back stepping algorithm. Damping of the Dutch

Roll, Methods of Obtaining Coordination, Yaw Orientation Control system, turn compensation,

Automatic lateral Beam Guidance. Introduction to Fly-by-wire flight control systems, Lateral

control law design using back stepping algorithm.

References

1. Myron Kyton, Walfred Fried, ‘Avionics Navigation Systems’, John Wiley & Sons,2nd edition,

1997

2. Nagaraja, N.S. “Elements of Electronic Navigation”, Tata McGraw-Hill Pub. Co., New Delhi, 2nd

edition, 1975.

3. George M Siouris, ‘Aerospace Avionics System; A Modern Synthesis’, Academic

Press Inc., 1993.

4. Slater, J.M. Donnel, C.F.O and others, “Inertial Navigation Analysis and Design”, McGraw-Hill

Book Company, New York, 1964.

5. Blake Lock, J.H ‘Automatic control of Aircraft and missiles ‘, John Wiley Sons, New York, 1990.

6. Nelson R.C ‘Flight stability & Automatic Control’, McGraw Hill, 1989.

7. Bernad Etikin,’Dynamic of flight stability and control’, John Wiley, 1972.

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Hazards & Safety Measures in Hydrocarbon Industry-SYLLABUS

The purpose of and procedures for investigating incidents and how the lessons learnt can

be used to improve health and safety in the oil and gas industries.

The hazards inherent in oil and gas arising from the extraction, storage, and processing of

raw materials and products

the purpose and content of safety cases and safety reports in the oil and gas industries

The principles of assessing and managing contractors, including the roles of parties

involved

The tools, standards, measurement, competency requirements and controls applicable to

Process Safety Management (PSM) in the oil and gas industries

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The role and purpose of a permit-to-work system

The importance of safe plant operation and maintenance of hydrocarbon containing

equipment and processes

The hazards, risks and controls to ensure safe start up and shut down of hydrocarbon

containing equipment and processes

The controls available to maintain safety critical equipment Outline the hazards, risks and

controls available for safe containment of hydrocarbons offshore and onshore appropriate

control measures to minimize the effects of fire and explosion in the oil and gas industries

The principles, procedures and resources for effective emergency response.

The main hazards of and suitable controls for marine transport in the oil and gas industries

The main hazards of and suitable controls for land transport in the oil and gas industries

References :

1. Elements of Industrial Hazards : Health, Safety & Environment by Tatiya, John Wiley & Sons,

ISBN 0470823801

2. Prevention & Control of Accidental Releases of Hazardous gases by Vasilis M Fthenakis, John

Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0471284084

3. Hazardous Chemical Safety Guide for Machining and Metalworking Industries by H Richard P

Pohanish, Mc Graw Hill, ISBN 0070504997

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Hazards and Safety Measures in Process Industry-SYLLABUS

HAZARDS & SAFETY MEASURES IN HYDROCARBON INDUSTRY

Fire, Safety & Health Issues in Hydrocarbon Industry, Health, Safety & Environmental Issues

during Drilling & Exploration

SAFETY ASPECTS IN CONFINED SPACES

OSHA Guideline for Confined Space Entry, Permit Requirement for Confined Space Entry, Duties of

Persons involved in Confined Space Entry.

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WORK PERMIT SYSTEMS:

Cold work permits system, Hot work permit, Confined space work permit, Electrical related work

permit

PLANT INSPECTION:

Methods of plant inspections, advantages of plant inspection

RECEIVING AND STORAGE OF HYDROCARBON

Surface- Storage Types, Safety Features, Layout Design, U/G Aquifers, Caverns, Refrigerated

Storage, Standards in Design, Safe Operating and Maintaining Practices

TRANSPORTATION OF HYDROCARBONS

Rail / Road, Tankers, Pipelines, Barges, Packages

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Hazards & Safety Operations and Control-SYLLABUS

Fire, Safety & Health Issues in Hydrocarbon Industry

Safety in Drilling

Color Coding

Safety Signs

Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS)

Chemical Contamination

Safety in Confined Spaces

OISD Standard

Plant Inspections

Work Permits Systems

References :

1. Elements of Industrial Hazards : Health, Safety & Environment by Tatiya, John Wiley & Sons,

ISBN 0470823801

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2. Prevention & Control of Accidental Releases of Hazardous gases by Vasilis M Fthenakis, John

Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0471284084

3. Hazardous Chemical Safety Guide for Machining and Metalworking Industries by H Richard P

Pohanish, Mc Graw Hill, ISBN 0070504997

4. The Hazard Control approach to improving Safety, Health and Related functions by James T

Tweedy, CRC Press, ISBN 1466551585

5. Hazardous Material Awareness and Operations by Rob Schnepp, Jones & Barlett Publishers, ISBN

0763738727

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Heat Transfer Principle and Equipment-SYLLABUS

Introduction to conductive, convective, and radiation heat transfer; heat transfer

coefficient.

One dimensional steady state conduction: plane wall, cylinder and sphere with and

without heat generation; extended surface heat transfer.

One dimensional unsteady state conduction: applicability of lumped-capacity analysis and

Heisler charts.

Convection

forced convection heat transfer in laminar and turbulent boundary layer flow; empirical

and practical relations for forced convection.

Free convection

free convection heat transfer from vertical, horizontal and inclined surfaces; combined

free and forced convection heat transfer, Condensation and boiling heat transfer.

Evaporation

types of evaporators; single-effect and multi-effect evaporator calculations.

Heat Exchanger

types of heat exchangers; effectiveness-NTU method of heat exchanger analysis; design

procedures for double pipe and shell and tube heat exchangers, Heat Transfer Coefficient,

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Surface Area, Number of Passes, Pressure Drop in Tube and Shell Side of Shell and Tube

Exchangers.

DESIGN OF OTHER TYPES OF HEAT EXCHANGERS

Design of Condensers and Reboilers, Compact Heat Exchangers for Cryogenic Applications.

HEAT EXCHANGER SPECIFICATIONS

Specifications and Data Sheet, Material of Construction, TEMA Classification.

HEAT EXCHANGER NETWORKS

Design and Analysis for Energy Economy.

DESIGN OF FIRED HEATERS / FURNACE

Types and Configuration, Combustion and Efficiency Calculations, Heat Transfer

Calculation, Sizing Radiant and Convection Sections, Burner Specification, Stack and

Draft Calculations, Heat Loss and Refractory Thickness Calculations.

Radiation heat transfer

view factor; black and gray body radiation; radiation network; radiation shield.

References :

1. Holman J. P., "Heat Transfer", Mc Graw-Hill, 9th . Ed., 2002.

2. Dutta B. K., "Heat Transfer: Principles and Applications", PHI, 2001.

3. Kern D. Q., "Process Heat Transfer", Tata Mc Graw-Hill Edition, 1997.

4. McCabe, W. L; Smith, J. C; and Harriott, P. "Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering",

McGraw- Hill, 6th. Ed., 2001.

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Human Resource Management-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Human Resource Management and Human Resource Development

Human Resource Policies and Strategies

Job Analysis and Job Design

Human Resource Planning

Human Resource Planning Process

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Recruitment, Selection and Induction

Career Planning and Development

Training Development

Promotions and Transfer

Compensation Administration

Performance and Potential Appraisal

References :

1. Human Resource Management by Aswathappa, Mc Graw Hill Education (India) Pvt Ltd,

ISBn 0070682135

2. Human Resource Management by Dessler G, EAN 9788131754269

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Hydrogeology-SYLLABUS

Groundwater accumulation:

Hydrology, Basic Characteristic, Run- off and Stream Flow, Aquifer Characteristics

Groundwater Exploration

Geology of Ground Water Occurrence), Trans- Boundary Aquifers, Water Quality,

Groundwater exploration: Geological, Geophysical, Remote Sensing

Groundwater recharge

Saline Water Intrusion, Contamination, Artificial Recharge,

Groundwater management

Ground Water Modeling, Watershed Management, Ground Water Laws and regulation

Books

Ground Water Hydrology, D.K. Todd John willey & Sons, 2nd edition, 535pp

Groundwater, H. M. Raghunath, willey Eastern Ltd., 563pp

ArcGIS Manual

Applied geophysics, Telford, Geldart and Sheriff, Cambridge University Press, 767pp

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Hydropower Engineering-SYLLABUS

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Water Power: Introduction, sources of energy, role of hydropower in a power system.

Estimation of Water Power Potential: Flow duration curves of gauged and ungauged

streams, load curve, load factor, capacity factor, utilization factor, diversity factor, load

duration curve, firm power, secondary power, prediction of load.

Types of Hydro-power Plants: Run of river plants, general arrangement of run of river

plants, valley dam plants, diversion canal plants, high head diversion plants, storage and

pondage, pumped storage power plants.

Penstocks: General classification, design criteria, economical diameter, losses, anchor

blocks, valves, bends and manifolds.

Trash racks: Types, losses, design, stability.

Intakes: Types, losses, air entrainment, anti-vortex device, airvent, power channels, fore

bay, tunnel.

Turbines: Introduction, types of turbines, hydraulics of turbines, velocity triangles, draft tubes,

cavitation in turbines, turbine model testing, characteristics of turbines.

Water Hammer and Surges: Introduction, water hammer, transients caused by turbine,

load acceptance and rejection, resonance in penstocks, surge tanks, channel surges.

References :

1) Dandekar, M.M., and Sharma, K.N., "Water Power Engineering", Vikas Publishing House

Pvt. Ltd.

2) Barrows, H.K., "Water Power Engineering", Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company Ltd.

1943

3) Varshney, R.S., "Hydro Power Structures", Nem Chand &Bros. 2001

4) Nigam, P.S., "Hydro Electric Engineering", Nem Chand &Bros. 2001

5) Choudhary, M.H., "Applied Hydraulic Transients", Van Nostrand Reinhold, Company 1987

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6) Streeter,V.L., and Wylie, B., "Fluid Transients", McGraw-Hill Book Company. 1967

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Hypersonic Flows-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Hypersonic Flows; Inviscid Hypersonic Flow, Newtonian flow, Mach number

independence, Hypersonic similarity, Blast wave theory, Hypersonic small disturbance theory,

Stagnation region flow. Viscous Hypersonic Flow: Similarity parameters, Self-similar solutions,

hypersonic turbulent boundary layer, Reference temperature method, Stagnation region flow

field, viscous interactions. Real Gas effects: Inviscid equilibrium and non-equilibrium flows, Viscous

high temperature flows, Experimental facilities, hypersonic design considerations.

References

1. Anderson, J. D., Hypersonic and High-Temperature Gas Dynamics, 2nd ed., AIAA (2000).

2. Rasmussen, M., Hypersonic Flow, Wiley (1994).

3. Bertin, J. J., Hypersonic Aerothermodynamics, AIAA (1994).

4. Hirschel, E. H., Basics of Aerothermodynamics, Springer (2005).

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Igneous and metamorphic petrology-SYLLABUS

Igneous Petrology

Introduction to Igneous Environments, Igneous Minerals and Textures. Chemistry, Physics

and Classification of Igneous Rocks; texture and structures of igneous rocks; igneous rock

classification; Igneous Rocks of the Ocean Lithosphere; Igneous Rocks of Convergent

Margins, Igneous Rocks of the Continental Lithosphere

Metamorphic petrology

Metamorphic Assemblages, Reactions, and Equilibrium; structure and textures; Isograds,

Metamorphic Facies, and Pressure.

Reference books

1. Igneous and metamorphic petrology MG Best – 2013

2. Igneous petrogenesis a global tectonic approach BM Wilson – 2007

3. Microtectonics isotope

4. CW Passchier, RAJ Trouw - 1996 – Springer

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Image Processing & machine Vision-SYLLABUS

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INTRODUCTION

Probability- Probability of events, Random Variables, Joint distributions and density, Moments

of Random Variables, estimation, Minimum Risk Estimator.; Matrix Algebra – Eigenvalues &

Eigen Vectors.

STATISTICAL DECISION MAKING

Bayes’ Theorem, Multiple features, Conditional independent features, Decision boundaries,

Unequal cost of errors, Leaving- one-out technique, Characteristics curves Nonparametric

Decision making- Histograms, Kernel & window estimation, Nearest neighbor classification

technique, Adaptive Decision boundaries & Discriminant Function, choosing a decision making

Technique; Clustering.

ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORKS

Introduction, Nets without hidden layers, Nets with hidden layers, The Back-Propagation

Algorithm, Hopfield Nets, Classifying Sex from facial Images. Pattern recognition using SAS.

PROCESSING OF WAVEFORMS AND IMAGES

Introduction, Gray level scaling Transformation, Equalization, Interpolation, Edge detection,

Line detection & Template Matching, The Statistical Significance of. Image Features.

IMAGE ANALYSIS

Scene segmentation & labeling, Counting Objects, Perimeter measurement, Representing

boundaries, Projection, Hough transformation, shapes of regions, texture, color, system

design, the classification of white blood cell, Image Sequence Computer Vision.

TEXT BOOKS

1. Pattern Recognition And Image Analysis by Earl Gose ; Prentice- Hall of India

2. M. I. Schlesinger, V. Hlavác, Ten Lectures on Statistical and Structural Pattern Recognition,

Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.

REFERENCE BOOKS

1. S. Theodoridis, K. Koutroumbas, Pattern recognition, Academic Press, 1999

2. J. Sklanski and G.N. Wassel, Pattern Classifiers and Trainable Machines, Springer, New York

3. Foryth, Computer Vision, PHI

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Information Technology & Cyber Laws-SYLLABUS

An Overview Cyber Law

Introduction about the cyber space , Regulation of cyber space – introducing cyber

law, Scope of Cyber laws – e-commerce; online contracts; IPRs (copyright,

trademarks and software patenting); e-taxation; e-governance and cyber crimes,

Cyber law in India with special reference to Information Technology Act, 2000

International Legal Regime

International legal regime relating to Cyber Crimes, European Convention on Cyber

Crimes, Hague Convention on Jurisdiction and Foreign Judgments: Jurisdiction Agreement,

International legal regime relating to E-Commerce , UNCITRAL Model Law

on Electronics Commerce 1996, International legal regime relating to Intellectual

Property Rights – (i) Berne Convention; (ii) Rome Convention; (iii) WIPO

Copyright Treaty; (iv) WIPO Performance and Phonograms Treaty;

(v) UDRP; (vi) OECD convention on Database protection, Domestic Legal

Regime – Cyber Law in India

Information Technology Act, 2000 – Digital Signature; E-Governance; Regulation of

Certifying Authorities; Duties of Subscribers; Penalties and Adjudications; Offences

under the Act; Making of Rules and Regulations etc.

Introduction – computer crime and cyber crimes; Classification of cyber crimes.

Kinds of cyber crimes – cyber stalking; cyber pornography; forgery and fraud; crime

related to IPRs; Cyber terrorism; computer vandalism etc.

Regulation of cyber crimes

Relevant provisions under Information Technology Act, 2000, Indian Penal Code,

Pornography Act and Evidence Act etc.

Online business

Important Issues in Global E-commerce : i. Issues relating to Access (to infrastructure; to

contents; universal access; Digital Divide and Universal Divide); ii. Trust, Privacy , iii.

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Security, iv. Consumer Protection, v. Content Regulation; Uniformity in Legal

Standards pertaining to internet.

Application of conventional territory based law to E-commerce : i. Taxation, ii.

Intellectual Property Rights, iii. International Trade , iv. Commercial law and standards,

Dispute resolution

IPR Issues

IPR – An Overview, Copyright Issues in Cyberspace : i. Linking, ii. Inlining, iii.

Framing, iv. Protection of content on web site, v. International Treaties

Trademark Issues in cyberspace : i. Domain Name Dispute, ii. Cybersquatting,

iii. Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy, iv. Meta-tags and Key words

Computer Software and Related IPR Issues

References :

1.Computers, Internet and New Technology Laws, by Karnika Seth

2."CYBERLAW - THE INDIAN PERSPECTIVE- 2009 EDITION WITH IT ACT AMENDMENTS 2008 " -,

Pavan Duggal

3. Cyber Laws and Information Technology by Dr Jyoti Rattan

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Infrastructure Development-SYLLABUS

Infrastructure and Development

Issues in Infrastructure Development and Financing

Infrastructure Development in India

Infrastructure Investments Requirement in India

Infrastructure Financing and Emerging Pattern of Urbanisation

Linkages between Transports Infrastructure and Economic Growth

Public-Private Partnership for Accelerated Infrastructure Development in India

Relevance of PPPs for India

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Status of PPPs and Key Government Initiatives

State Government Initiatives and Priorities

Lessons from Global Experience

Role of Multilateral Agencies

Land Markets in India

References :

1. Infrastructure Development , SBS Publishers, ISBN 8131427250

2. Infrastructure Development & the Indian Economy by LN Dash, Regal Publications, ISBN

819065537X

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Infrastructure Economy & Planning-SYLLABUS

Introduction: Infrastructure

Basic Definitions

Economic concepts

The Indian Economy: Overview & Challenges Faced

Strengths of the Indian Economy & Threats to its Performance

Infrastructure Scenario in India

Development of Infrastructure

Industrial Policy and Infrastructure Regulatory Framework

The Material Basis of Industrial Development

Public Policy & Labor Standards

Prices & Distribution

Action Plan

Ensuring Implementation

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References :

1. Infrastructure Planning by James Parkin, Deepak Sharma, Thomas Telford, ISBN 0727727478

2. Infrastructure Development & the Indian Economy by LN Dash, Regal Publications, ISBN

819065537X

3. India Infrastructure Report, Oxford Univ Press

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Infrastructure Law & Policy-SYLLABUS

Introduction

Infrastructure Sectoral polices, reforms, and laws.

Power Sector

Introduction-evolution of the power sector reforms, polices-National Electricity policy- new

legal framework- the state electricity boards- licensing ,framework- Provisions Relating to and

working of Electricity Regulatory Commissions-their structure, role and functions.

Telecommunications

The national telecom policies-the legal framework- regulatory agencies-functioning, power

and functions of TRAI and TDSAT.

Oil, Petroleum and Natural Gas

Reforms, policies and legal framework -New Exploration Licensing Policy (NELP)-

production sharing contracts- the new Petroleum Regulatory and Natural Gas Board Act – the

emerging regulatory reforms.

Transport

Law, policy and reforms relating to Airports-Railways Road –Port/TAMP and an overview of

coastal shipping and Inland Water Transport policy.

Financial Sector Regulation Goals of financial sector

Reforms – Markets – Players. Regulators-RBI, SEBI, FMC, IRDA, PFRDA, High Level

Coordination Committee on Financial and Capital Markets.

Infrastructure Related Law (ACTs)

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Arbitration and conciliation Act 1996, Building and other construction worker Act

(Regulation of Employment) 1996, Carriers Law (Land, Sea and Air), Contract Act 1872, Electricity

Act 2003, Energy Conservation Act 2001, Environment Protection Act 1986, Industry

Development and Regulation Act 1951, NHAI ACT 1988, Negotiable Instruments Act 1881,

Railways Act 1989, Road transport Corporation Act 2004, Slums Areas Act (Improvement and

Clearance) 1956, Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) 1974, Development and

Municipal Laws (including Master Plans)

References :

1. Law Infrastructure and Human Rights, Michael B Likosky, Cambridge Univ Press, ISBN

0511345747-BEPDF

2. Infrastructure Policy-An Introduction by Padmanabhan Nair, ICFAI, ISBN 8178815354

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Instrumentation, Control & Automation-SYLLABUS

Electrical Measurement

DC measurements, Dc voltmeter, Ammeter ohmmeter, digital type voltmeter, Ammeter

ohmmeter, AC measurement, Ammeter, ohmmeter, AC voltmeter using rectifier, true RMS

voltmeter, Digital VOM meter.

Sensor & Transducer principles

Principles and classification of transducers, guidelines for selection and application of transducers,

basic requirements of transducers, Different types of transducers: displacement, strain gauge,

LVDT, potentiometer, capacitive & inductive, Piezoelectric, temperature, optical, Hall effect

transducers.

Control System & PID Controller

System concept, differential equations and transfer functions. Modelling of electric systems,

translational and rotational mechanical systems, Simple electromechanical systems. Block diagram

representation of systems – Block diagram reduction methods – Closed loop transfer function,

determination of signal flow graph, Mason’s gain formula. PID controller

Data Acquisition

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Operators Interface, Computer Interfacing for Data Acquisition and Control – Interfacing Input

Signals, Output system with continuous actuators,

Industrial Automation

Automation & Control: Introduction. Need of Automation & Control, Advantages & complications,

various essential requirements of automation and control, structure of automation process,

Hardware and ladder logic for PLC, DCS and SCADA

References:

1. Nagrath & Gopal, “Control System Engineering”, New age International.

2. K. Ogata, “Modern Control Engineering”, Prentice Hall of India.

3. B.C. Kuo & Farid Golnaraghi, “Automatic Control System” Wiley India Ltd.

4. D.Roy Choudhary, “Modern Control Engineering”, Prentice Hall of India.

5. Programmable Logic Controller By: Frank. D. Petruzella , McGraw Hill Education

6. A K Sahwney, Electrical & Electronic measurement, Dnapat rai publishers.

7. Norman S. Mise, Control System Engineering , Wiley Publishing Co.

8. R.T. Stefani, B.Shahian, C.J.Savant and G.H. Hostetter, “Design of Feedback Control Systems”

Oxford University Press.

9. Samarjit Ghosh, “Control Systems theory and Applications”, Pearson Education

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Instrumental Methods of Analysis-Syllabus

Classical and Rapid Methods of Analysis., Paper chromatography, Thin later chromatography,

gas chromatography, ion-exchange chromatpgraphy. UV & IR Spectophotometry, Atomic

Absorption Spectrometry, Plasma-Atomic Absorption Spectrometry, Mass-Spectrometry, );

Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR);

X-Ray Fluorescence Analysis, Dispersive X-Ray Spectrometry, X-Ray Diffraction Analysis.,

SEM – Scanning Electron Microscope, Micro Beam and Surface Analysis, Neutron Activation

Analysis.

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References :

1. Hawthorne, F. C. (ed.). Spectroscopic Methods in Mineralogy and Geology, Reviews in

Mineralogy, Mineralogical Society of America, 18, 1988.

2. Burns, R. G. Mineralogical Applications of Crystal Field Theory, Second Edition, Cambridge

University Press, Cambridge, 1993.

3. Pieters, C. M. and Englert, P. A, (eds.) Remote Geochemical Analysis: Elemental and

Mineralogical Composition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge,1997.

4. King, P. L. Ramsey, M. S. and Swayse, G. A. (eds.) Infrared Spectroscopy in Geochemistry,

Exploration Geochemistry and Remote Sensing, Mineralogical Association of Canada, short

course series, V -33, 2004.

5. Aitken; M. J. An Introduction to Optical Dating : The Dating of Quaternary Sediments by the

Use of Photon-stimulated Luminescence, Oxford University Press, Oxford,1998.

6. Marshall, D. J. Cathodoluminescence of Geological Materials, Unwin Hyman, Ltd.,

London,1988.

7. Marfunin, A. S. Spectroscopy, Luminescence and Radiation centres in Minerals, Springer-

Verlag, Berlin, 1979.

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International Business-Syllabus

Importance nature and scope of International business; modes of entry into International

Business internationalisation process and managerial implications.

Environmental Context of International Business: Framework for analyzing international

business environment – Domestic, foreign and global environments and their impact on

international business decisions.

Global Trading Environment: World trade in goods and services – Major trends and

developments; World trade and protectionism – Tariff and non-tariff barriers; Counter

trade.

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International Financial Environment: Foreign investments-Pattern, Structure and effects;

Movements in foreign exchange and interest rates and then impact on trade and

investment flows.

International Economic Institutions and Agreements: WTO, IMF, World Bank UNCTAD,

Agreement on Textiles and Clothing (ATC), GSP, GSTP and other International agreements;

International commodity trading and agreements.

Regional Economic Groupings in Practice: Regionalism vs. multilaterallism, Structure and

functioning of EC and NAFTA; Regional economic cooperation.

Multinational Corporations and their involvement in International Business: Issues in

foreign investments, technology transfer, pricing and regulations; International

collaborative arrangements and strategic alliances. Emerging Developments and Other

Issues: Growing concern for ecology; Counter trade; IT and international business.

References:

1. Bennet, Roger, International Business, Financial Times, Pitman Publishing, London, 1999.

2. Bhattacharya, B., Going International: Response se Strategies of the Indian Sector, Wheeler

Publishing, New Delhi, 1996.

3. Czinkota, Michael R., et. al., International Business, the Dryden Press, Fortworth, 1999.

4. Danoes, John D. and Radebaugh, Lee H., International Business: Environment and Operations,

8th ed., Addison Wesley, Readings, 1998.

5. Griffin, Ricky W. and Pustay, Michael W, International Business: A Managerial Perspective,

Addison Wesley, Readings, 1999.

6. Hill, Charles W. L., International Business, McGraw Hill, New York, 2000.

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Introduction to Aerospace Engineering-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Flight Vehicles

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Classification of Flight Vehicles along with prominent features of Design; Airplanes, Hovercraft,

Helicopter & other V/STOL Machines along with examples, Space Vehicles; Different concepts

& configurations from Sputnik to Apollo, Reusable Vehicles; Space Shuttle & its features.

DGCA, Airworthiness Requirements & Air Regulations.

Principles of Flight Mechanics

Lifting & Non Lifting Surfaces. Lift & Drag of Aerofoils, Stalling, Finite Span Wing, Induced Drag.

Wing Planform Variations,Forward & Aft Swept Wings, High Coefficient of Lift Devices, use of

Control Surfaces, Elementary Ideas about Stability & Control of Airplanes.

Hovercraft,Helicopter & Space Vehicles.

Principles of Aerospace Propulsions

Classification of Propulsive Units & their features; Fixed & Variable Pitch Air Screws, Piston

Prop Engine, Turbo Prop Engine, Turbo Jet Engines & its Variations, Ramjet, Pulse Jet, Rockets

Engines; Solid & liquid Propellant Engine, the concept of Staging of Rockets. Structural features

in each case selection of Materials. Engine Starting-Systems.

Aerospace Vehicle Structure

Importance of Strength/Weight Ratio, Introduction to Loads on different parts of the Vehicle,

detailed description of the Fuselage, Wing & Tail Surfaces, Wing Surfaces, Wing Fuselage

Jointing Methods, different types of Under Carriages, Structural Design Philosophy of Manned

& Unmanned Space Vehicles.

Passenger Comfort Systems

Need for Pressurizing the Cabin, Pressuring System, Oxygen Arrangements, Air Conditioning

System, Control of Temperature Integrated Air Conditioning System.

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Navigation & Communication System

Different Navigation Methods, Dead Reckoning, Astronavigation, Ratio Aids, Positive Fixing,

Related modern instruments. Instruments landing system, HF & vHF System, Simple

Description of Communication Systems using Earth Station & Satellites, Networks

Communication System.

Power Actuated Systems

Hydraulic System: details & various components, Selector & Sequence, Switches, Electro-

Hydro-Mechanical System, Pneumatic System, Auto Pilot System

References :

1. Aerospace Engineering by Frederik P Miller, John Brewster & Agnes, Alphascript Publishing,

ISBN 6130677219

2. Variation Analysis & Aerospace Engineering by Buttazo, SV, ISBN 0387958568

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Investment & Security Law-SYLLABUS

Historical Background of securities and investment laws

Securities: the concept, England: Banking corporate finance and private financial services,

India: from usury laws to the modern system

Securities: Kinds

Government Securities, Securities issued by banks, Securities issued by corporations,

Securities in mutual fund and collective investment scheme, Depository receipts

Government Securities

Bonds issued by government and semi government institutions, Role of Central Bank (the

RBI in India), Impact of issuance of bonds on economy, Government loan from the general

public, External borrowing, World Bank, I.M.F., Asian Development Bank, Direct loan from

foreign government, Government loan: the constitutional dilemma and limitations, Can a

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state go for external loans?, Impact on economic sovereignty, Dilution of power of the

Central Bank (RBI), Treasury deposits

Securities Issued by Banks

Bank notes: is it the exclusive privilege of the Central Bank in the issue, Changing functions

of banks from direct lending and borrowing to modern System, Bank draft, travellers'

cheques, cheque cards, credit cards, cast cards, Deposits' nature: current, saving and

fixed deposits, interest warrants

Corporate Securities

Shares, Debentures, Company deposits, Control over corporate securities, Central

government: Company Law Board, SEBI: guide lines on capital issues, RBI, Protection of

investor, Administrative regulation, Disclosure regulation, Protection by criminal

sanction

Collective Investment

Unit Trust of India, Venture capital, Mutual fund, Control over issue and management of

UTI, venture capital and mutual funds, Plantations and horti-culture farms, General

control, Control by rating, Regulation on rating.

Depositories

Denationalized securities, Recognition of securities, Types of depository receipts: IDR, ADR,

GDR and Euro receipts, SEBI guideline on depositories,

Investment in non-banking financial institutions

Control by usury laws, Control by RBI, Regulation on non-banking financial and non-

financial companies, Private-financial companies: registration and regulation, Chit

funds

Foreign Exchange Control Regime in India

Concept of foreign exchange regulation, Administration of exchange control,

References :

1. Avdhani. V.A, Himalaya Publishing House, 2005, Investment and Securities Markets in India.

2. Khan. M. Y, Tata McGraw Hill Publication, 2009, Financial Services.

3. K.P.M. Sundaram, P.N.Varshney, Sultan Chand & Sons, Banking theory, Law and Practice

4. Dutta’s banking law and Investments

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5. Farrar, John, H. and Hanniyan, Brenda, Farrr's Company Law, (1998) Butterworths, London

6. Gupta, S.N., the Banking Law in Theory and Practice, (1999) Universal, New Delhi. Tannan, M.L.,

Tannan's Banking Law and Practice in India, (2000) India, Law House, New Delhi

7. Ramaiya, A., Guide to the Companies Act, (1998) Wadhwa and Co., New Delhi.

8. Bhandari, M.C., Guide to Company Law Procedures, (1996) Wadhwa and Co., New Delhi.

9. Ford, Haj A.M., et. al. Ford's Principles of Corporations Law, (1999) Butterworths, London.

10. Purithavathy Pandian, Vikas Publishing House, Delhi. Security Analysis and Portfolio

Management.

11. Kucchal. S.C, Chaitanya publishing House,21st ed. Corporate Finance.

12. Shekhar. K.C. Shekar Lekshmy, Vikas Publishing House, 20th ed, Banking theory and Practice.

13. Dr. S. Gurusamy, Tata McGraw Hill, 2009, Financial Markets and Institutions.

14. Mithani.D.M, Himalaya Publishing House, Money banking, International trade and Public

Finance.

15. Singh Preeti, Himalya Publishing House, Investment management.

16. G.Vijayragvan Iyenger, Excel books, New Delhi, Introduction to Banking.

17. Bholey. L. M, Financial Institutions and Markets.

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Isotope Geology

1. Isotopes and radioactivity

Isotope, Isotone, Isobar. Radioactive decay and half-life.

2. The principles of radioactive dating and dating methods

U-Pb system, K-Ar method, Rb-Sr method, Isochron Model and Pb-Pb Isochron, Concordant

and Discordant age.

3. Radiogenic isotope geochemistry

Isotope geochemistry of rare gases particularly Argon Isotopes.

4. Stable isotope geochemistry

4.1. Isotope Fractionation Processes of Selected Elements {H, O} and Variations of Stable

Isotope Ratios in Nature particularly in hydrosphere.

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Natural Abundances of the Isotopologues of Water, The Meteoric Water Line, The

Deuterium Excess Parameter, Evaporation and Condensation, Factors Controlling the

Isotopic Composition of Precipitation.

4.2. Variations of Stable Isotope Ratios in Nature for Igneous and Metamorphic rocks.

5. Basic Principles of Mass Spectrometry

The Mass Spectrum, The Mass Spectrometer components (Ionisation Techniques and

Interfaces, Detectors.). Computer Acquisition of Data.

Book

1. “Stable Isotope Geochemistry” by Jochen Hoefs. (Springer) ISBN: 978-3-540-70703-5

2. “Isotope Geology” by CLAUDE J. ALLE`GRE (Cambridge University Press) ISBN-13 978-0-

521-86228-8

3. “Mass Spectrometry-A Foundation Course” by K. Downard (RSC) ISBN 0-85404-609-7.

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Judicial Process & Statutory Interpretation-SYLLABUS

Principles of Legislation

Bentham’s Theory of Utility and its Relevance,

Relationship of Law and Public Opinion.

Social theory

Egalitarians Views

Relationship between Law and Moral

Interpretation

Meaning and Purpose,

Main Rules of Interpretation,

Subsidiary Rules of Interpretation,

External and Internal Rules of Interpretation,

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Interpretation of the Constitution and Penal statutes

Judicial Process

Nature of Judicial Process,

Notion of Judicial Review

Contemporary trends in judicial review

Principles of Stare Decisis and Ratio Decidendi

Judicial Role in Adjudication, Judicial Law Making and Prospective

Overruling

Judicial Activism and Judicial Dynamics

Judicial process and Right to life and personal liberty

References :

1. Principle of Statutory Interpretation by G.P. Singh.- Lexis Nexis

2. Law and Public Openion by Dicey, A.V.

3. Statutory Interpretation by Ruth Sullivan.- Irwing Law

4.Theories Of Legislation by Bentham

5.Nature Of Judicial Process by Cardozo

6.Judicial Process by Henry J. Abra

7. Interpretation by Maxwell

8. Statute Law by Craise W. F.

9. Interpretation by J. Swaroop

10 Judicial Process and Precedent by Prof. A Lakshminath, EBC

Principles of Legislation

Bentham’s Theory of Utility and its Relevance,

Relationship of Law and Public Opinion.

Social theory

Egalitarians Views

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Relationship between Law and Moral

Interpretation

Meaning and Purpose,

Main Rules of Interpretation,

Subsidiary Rules of Interpretation,

External and Internal Rules of Interpretation,

Interpretation of the Constitution and Penal statutes

Judicial Process

Nature of Judicial Process,

Notion of Judicial Review

Contemporary trends in judicial review

Principles of Stare Decisis and Ratio Decidendi

Judicial Role in Adjudication, Judicial Law Making and Prospective

Overruling

Judicial Activism and Judicial Dynamics

Judicial process and Right to life and personal liberty

References :

1. Principle of Statutory Interpretation by G.P. Singh.- Lexis Nexis

2. Law and Public Openion by Dicey, A.V.

3. Statutory Interpretation by Ruth Sullivan.- Irwing Law

4.Theories Of Legislation by Bentham

5.Nature Of Judicial Process by Cardozo

6.Judicial Process by Henry J. Abra

7. Interpretation by Maxwell

8. Statute Law by Craise W. F.

9. Interpretation by J. Swaroop

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10 Judicial Process and Precedent by Prof. A Lakshminath, EBC

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JURISPRUDENCE-Syllabus

Natural Law - Positivism -Law and Morality-Revived Natural Law- Idealist Schools -

Marxian School.

Historical and Evolutionary Theories-Sociological Jurisprudence-Realist Jurisprudence-

Law and Social Change.

Concept of individual and social justice in the Indian context - Constitution and social

justice - preamble fundamental rights and directive principles of the Constitution.

Law and poverty - Access to justice - Legal aid to the poor and indigent, objectives and

programmes - Legal literacy and law reform.

Judicial activism and public interest litigation.

Doctrine of precedent - ratio decidendi and obiter dictum - methods of determining

ratio - stare decisis and its exceptions - precedent in common law and civil law

countries.

Logic and growth in law (both under code system and common law) - categories of

illusory reference - legal reasoning (judicial as well as juristic) - new rhetorics - role of

judicial concepts and judicial discretion in judicial reasoning.

Nature of judicial process - search for the legislative intention - methods of judicial

interpretation - role of philosophy (logic), history, traditional and sociology - judge as

legislator - judicial creativity and its limitations.

Judicial process in Indian legal system - operation of precedent in India - constitutional

interpretations by the Supreme Court.

Prospective overruling - basic structure theory and limitations to constitutional

amendments - judicial activism vis-à-vis judicial self restraint.

References :

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1. Roscoe Pound - Introduction to Philosophy of Law (1954) Chs. 1, 2

& 3.

2. Roscoe Pound - Jurisprudence, (1959) Vol. I, Parts I & II.

3. Bodenheimer - Jurisprudence (1974) Part I

4. Friedmann - Legal Theory (1967)

5. W. Friedmann - Law in a changing society (1972)

6. Julius Stone - Social Dimensions of Law and Justice (1966) Ch. 1

7. Cappelletti and Garth (Ed.) - Access to Justice, (1978) Vol. I, Book I, Part I

8. B. Sivaramayya - Inequalities and the Law (1984)

9. Upendra Baxi - The crisis of Indian Legal System, (1982) Chs. 1, 2,

3, 8 & 10

10. Upendra Baxi - Law and Poverty (1988) Chs. 1, 2, 3, 5, 19, 20 & 21

11. Government of India - Report of the Expert Committee on Legal Aid :

Processual Justice to the People (1973)

12. Government of India - Report on National Juridicare :

Equal Justice – Social Justice, (1977)

13. Lon.L.Fuller - The Morality of Law (1995) Reprint

14. H.L.A.Hart - The Concept of Law (1993) Reprint

15. M.D.A.Freeman - Lloyd’s Introduction to Jurisprudence (1994)

16. John Rawls - A Theory of Justice, Oxford (1972)

17. Roscoe Pound - Jurisprudence (1959) Parts 3, 5, 6

18. K. Allen - Law in the Making (1963) Chs. 3, 4

19. Julius Stone - Legal System and Lawyer’s reasonings (1964) Chs. 1,6,7

& 8

20. Julius Stone - Social Dimensions of Law and Justice (1966) Ch. 14 (Part I &

II)

21. Julius Stone - Precedent and the Law, Butterworth (1985)

22. Rupert Cross - Precedent in English Law (1968)

23. Rupert Cross and J.W.Harris - Precedent in English Law (1991)

24. Von Mehren - The Civil Law System (1957) Ch. 16

25. Levi - Introduction to Legal Reasoning (1970)

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26. Cardozo - The Nature of Judicial Process (1921)

27. Rajeev Dhavan - The Supreme Court of India : A Socio-legal Critiques of

its Juristic Techniques (1977) Ch. 1

28. Laxminath - Precedent in the Indian Legal System (1990)

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MACHINE MODELLING & ANALYSIS - syllabus Basic Two-pole DC machine - primitive 2-axis machine - Voltage & Current relationship - Torque equation Mathematical model of separately excited DC motor and DC Series motor in state variable form – Transfer function of the motor – Numerical problems Mathematical model of D.C. shunt motor and D.C. Compound motor in state variable form - Transfer function of the motor – Numerical Problems

Linear transformation-Phase transformation (a,b,c to ,,o)-Active transformation(,,o to d,q) Circuit model of a 3 pahse Induction motor - Linear transformation - Phase Transformation - Transformation to a Reference frame - Two axis models for Induction motor Voltage and current Equations in stator reference frame - Equation in Rotor reference frame - Equations in a synchronously rotating frame - Torque equation-Equations in state-space form Circuit model of a 3ph Synchronous motor – Two axis representation of Syn. Motor. Voltage and current Equations in state - space variable form - Torque equation. BOOKS :

1. Thyristor control of Electric Drives - Vedam Subramanyam. 2. Analysis of electric machinery and Drive systems - Paul C.Krause , Oleg wasynezuk, Scott

D.Sudhoff

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Maritime Transportation-SYLLABUS

Background

Introduction, International Trade and Shipping, The Actors in Shipping, The Shipowner,

Safety and Economy, Maritime Safety Regime, Why Safety Improvement is Difficult, The Risk

Concept, Acceptable Risk, Conflict of Interest, Expertise and Rationality

Maritime Risk Picture

Introduction, Definitions, Maritime Activity, Concept of Accident Types, Quantitative Risk

picture, Fatality Risk, Pollution, The Risk Concept, Large-Scale Accidents, The Accident

Phenomenon

Rules and Regulations

Introduction, Scandinavian Star Fire Accident, International Maritime Organization

(IMO),Flag State Control, Port State Control, Classification Societies,

Statistical Methods

Statistical Risk Monitoring, Introduction, Statistical Measures, Discrete Probability

Distributions, Continuous Distributions, Consequence Estimation

Decisions in Operation

Introduction, Work Accident Measurement, Safety Competence: Correlation Analysis,

Testing of a Distribution Model, Choosing Among Alternative Training Programs

Risk Analysis

Traffic-Based Models, Introduction, Basic Theory, A General Model of Impact Accidents,

Grounding and Stranding Models, Loss of Navigational Control, Collision, A General Collision

Model, Loss of Traffic Control, Visibility

Damage Estimation

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Introduction, Survey of Damage Data, Estimation of Impact Energy, Stranding and

Grounding, High-speed Craft (HSC) Damage, Damage Consequences, Boston Harbour Collision

Risk Study, Risk Assessment for a Production and Storage Tanker, Rules and Regulations

Risk Analysis Techniques

Introduction, Risk Analysis and Risk Assessment, Basic Theory, Preliminary Hazard Analysis

(PHA), Hazard and Operability Studies (HAZOP), Failure Mode, Effect and Criticality Analysis

(FMECA), Fault Tree Analysis (FTA), Event Tree Analysis (ETA),

Cost-Benefit Analysis

Introduction, Basic Theory, CBA in a Risk Assessment Context, Alternative Problem-Solving

Approaches, CBA of Oil Spill Prevention Measures for Tankers,

Formal Safety Assessment

Introduction, The FSA Approach, Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment, Establish Safety

Measures, Cost-Benefit Assessment, Recommendations for Decision-Making, Application

of the FSA Methodology,

Management and Operations

Human Factors, Introduction, Human Error, Accident Characteristics, Human Information

Processing, Sensing and Observation, Perception and Decision-Making, Physical Work

Environment, Effect of Sea Motion, Human Reliability Assessment,

Occupational Safety

Introduction, Lives Lost at Sea, Occupational Accidents, Accident Situation, Job-Related

Problems, Work Conditions and Flag Standard, The Global Labour Market,

Accident Analysis

Introduction, Safety and Learning, Why Analyse Accidents? ,The Maritime System, Accident

Theories, What is an Accident?, Reconstruction of Events, The Loss Causation Model,

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Alternative Accident Models, Official Accident Investigation, Accident Analysis Software,

Human Factors Analysis, The CASMET Approach, Case-Oriented Analysis, Incident Reporting

Emergency Preparedness

Introduction, Examples of Accidents, Emergency and Life-Saving Regulations, Emergency

Preparedness Activities and Functions, Human Behaviour in Catastrophes, Evacuation Risk,

Evacuation Simulation, Pollution Emergency Planning

Safety Management

Introduction, Total Quality Management (TQM), The ISM Code, Auditing, Corporate Safety

Culture

References :

1. Maritime Transportation-Safety Management & Risk Analysis by Svein Kristiansen

2. Review of Maritime Transportation by UN

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Marketing Management-SYLLABUS

Marketing Scope and Concepts

Strategic Marketing Planning

Marketing Strategy: Segmentation and Targeting

Consumer Buying Behaviour

Product Life Cycle Strategies

Branding and Packaging

Positioning and Differentiation Strategies

Pricing Strategies

Managing Marketing Channels

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Management of Logistics and Physical Distribution

Integrated Marketing Communications

Advertising and Sales Promotion

Sales Management

Market Information Systems and Market Research

Service Marketing

Future of Marketing and its Dimensions

References :

1. Marketing Management by Philip Kotler

2. Marketing Management by Rajan Saxena,TATA Mc Graw Hill, ISBN 0070144915

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Mass Transfer Equipment Design and Separation Processes-SYLLABUS

DISTILLATION

Multicomponent Multistage Distillation, Crude Distillation, Extractive and Reactive

Distillation

ABSORPTION

Non-Isothermal Absorption and Absorption with Chemical Reaction

EXTRACTION

Liquid-Liquid Extraction, Supercritical Fluid Extraction, Applications in Petroleum and

Petrochemical Industries

ADSORPTION

Equilibrium Adsorption and Breakthrough, Temperature and Pressure Effects in Gas

and Liquid Phase Adsorption, Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA), Multistage

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Adsorption, Continuous Contact Packed and Moving Bed Adsorption, Simulated

Moving Bed Adsorption

MEMBRANE SEPARATION PROCESSES

Reverse Osmosis, Ultrafiltration, Dialysis, Electro Dialysis, Applications

COLUMN INTERNALS FOR MASS TRANSFER EQUIPMENT

References:

J. D. Seader, E. J. Henley and D. K. Roper, Separation Process Principles, 3rd Ed., Wiley, New York,

2010.

R. K. Sinnott, Chemical Engineering Design (Coulson & Richardson's Chemical Engineering, Volume

6), 4th Ed., Elsevier, Oxford, UK, 2005.

C. D. Holland, Fundamentals and Modeling of Separation Processes: Absorption, Distillation,

Evaporation and Extraction, Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, 1974.

M. M. Denn, Process Modeling, Longman, London, 1986.

W. L. McCabe, J. C. Smith and P. Harriottt, Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering, 7th Ed.,

McGraw Hill, New York, 2005.

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Material Science-SYLLABUS

Nature of Crystal Geometry

Atomic Arrangements in Solids, Space Lattice, Coordination Number and Effective Number of

Atoms for Common Crystalline Structures: F.C.C., B.C.C. and H.C.P., Indexing of Crystallographic

Planes and Directions

Solidification and Phase Equilibria

Solidification of Metals and Alloys: Equiaxed, Dendritic and Columnar Grains: Types of Segregation

Phase Diagrams

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Binary Equilibrium Diagrams Involving Isomorphous, Eutectic, Peritectic and Monotectic Systems,

Phase Rule, Lever Rule, Effect of Non-Equilibrium Cooling on Structure and Distribution of Phases

Solid State Transformations

Phase Equilibria Involving Eutectoid and Peritectoid Transformations, TTT and CCT Diagrams

Important Binary Systems: Cu-Ni, Al-Si, Al-Cu, Pb-Sn, Cu-Zn, Cu-Sn and Fe-C Systems, Effect of Non

Equilibrium Cooling and Important Alloys Belonging to These Systems

Metal Forming Processes

Plastic Deformation and Yield Criteria, relationship between Tensile and Shear Yield Stresses,

Various Forming Operations and their Mechanics, Defects in Metal Forming, Material Forming and

Dimensioning

Heat Treatment of Ferrous and Non-Ferrous Alloys

Annealing, Normalizing, Quenching, Tempering, Surface Hardening and Precipitation Hardening

References :

1. Engineers Guide to Rotating Equipment, The Pocket Reference, Clifford Matthews –

Professional Engineering Publishing Limited – UK

2. Introduction to Physical Metallurgy – Avner S.H. – McGraw Hill Book Co.

3. Engineering Physical Metallurgy – Lakhtin Y. – Mir Publishers.

4. The Superalloys: Fundamentals and Applications – Roger C. Reed – Cambridge Press

5. ASM Metals Handbook “Failure Analysis and Prevention”, ASM Metals Park. Ohio, Vol.10,

10th Edition, 1995

6. Colangelo.V.J. and Heiser.F.A., “Analysis of Metallurgical Failures”, John Wiley and Sons Inc.

New York, USA, 1974

7. M. F. Ashby, Materials Selection in Mechanical Design, Elsevier Publication, 2005

8. Physical Metallurgy – Hansen P. – Cambridge University Press

9. Physical Metallurgy – Gulyaev, A. – Volume I & II, Mir Publishers, Moscow.

10. ASM HANDBOOK Vol 2: Properties and Selection – Nonferrous Alloys& special purpose

materials

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11. Extraction of Non-ferrous metals – H.S.Ray

12. Composites and Nanocomposites - A. K. Haghi, Oluwatobi Samuel Oluwafemi, Josmin P.

JoseHanna and J. Maria – CRC Press

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Mechanics of Damage Tolerance-SYLLABUS

Basics of Damage Tolerance: Strength vs. Damage Tolerance, Historic Introduction and Molecular

Interpretation. Mathematical preliminaries : Vectors and Tensors, Complex Variables & Functions,

Taylor's and Laurent's Series Expansions, Poles & Residues, Contour Integration Review of

Ealsticity: Stress & Strain, Equilibrium, Elasticity, Plasticity and Yield Criteria, Strain Energy, Plane

Stress and Plane Strain, Solution methods, Airy stress functions, Complex potentials. Stress

Analysis of Cracked Bodies: Stress Concentration in Circular and Elliptic Holes, Stress Intensity

Factor, Fracture Modes, Other Analytical, Numerical and Experimental methods.

Energy Concepts: Strain Energy Release Rate, J Integral, Virtual Crack Closure, Equivalence of

Energy and Stress approaches.

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Mechanics of Solids-SYLLABUS

Complex Stress & Strains : Two dimensional and three dimensional stress system. Normal

and tangential stresses, principal planes, principal stresses and strains, Mohr’s circle of

stresses, Mohr’s circle for strains, combined bending and torsion, theories of failure.

Shear Force and Bending Moment : Relation between Shear force, Bending moment &

Loading. Shear force and Bending moment diagram for compound beams, Overhanging

Beams, Cantilever beams.

Theory of Simple Bending : Concept of pure bending and stress, bending equation. Neutral

axis. Section-modulus, determination of bending stresses in simply supported, Cantilever

and overhanging beams subjected to point load and uniformly distributed loading. Bending

stress distribution across a section, shear stresses in beams.

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Deflection of Beams : Double integration method. Macaulay’s Method. Beam of variable

cross section.

Torsion Shafts : Concept of pure torsion. Torsion equation. Determination of shear stress

and angle of twist of shafts of circular section, hollow shafts, open and closed coil springs,

leaf spring. Spiral spring.

Axial Loaded Columns & Combined Stresses :Introduction, Buckling Effect, Euler’s Theory

& Rankine’s Formula for Axially Loaded Columns with different End Conditions. Concept of

Equivalent Length. Stresses due to Eccentric & Lateral Loads, Core of Section.

Pressure Vessels :Thin and thick walled cylinders and spheres. Stress due to internal

pressure. Change in length, diameter and volume. Compound cylinders and shrink fittings.

Unsymmetrical Bending: Principal moment of Inertia, product of Inertia, Bending of a

beam in a plane which is not a plane of symmetry. Shear center.

Curved beams : Pure bending of curved beams of rectangular, circular and trapezoidal

sections. Stress distribution and position of neutral axis.

References:

1. Vazirani, V.N. and Ratwani, N.M., Strength of Materials, Vol I, Khanna Publishers, 1996.

2. Kazimi, Mechanics of Solids, Tata McGraw - Hill, 2004.

3. Timoshenko, S.P. and Gere, J.M., Mechanics of Materials, Tata McGraw Hill, 1992.

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Methods in structural geology-SYLLABUS

Interior and Exterior structure of earth, basic introduction to formation of rocks, classification

of Joints, Classification of folds, classification of Faults, classification of fracture. Mechanical

properties of geological structures.

Mapping, Surface mapping, subsurface mapping, Methods of mapping like contour,

lithological, isopach, tectonic etc., Map analysis like strike, dip, thickness and structural

calculation and construction’s.

Fundamental of stress, strain, displacement, homo or heterogeneous nature, axial or three-

dimensional strain and stress analyses and stereographic projection of various structures.

Deformation of rock analysis, paleo stress or strain measurements, pressure gauge, Ustage,

Balance cross sections, interpretation of various structural analyses by numerical and graphical

representation.

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Reference Books

1. Earth Structure: An Introduction to Structural Geology and Tectonics by Ben A. van der

Pluijm (Author), Stephen Marshak (Author)

3. Structural Geology: An Introduction to Geometrical Techniques by D. M. Ragan

4. Structural geology 2nd edition by By Marland P., Billings

5. Introduction to structural geology by Patrice F. Rey

6. Field geology by Lahee

MINERAL ENGINEERING-SYLLABUS

Introduction

Scope, objectives and limitations of mineral processing; Liberation and beneficiation

characteristics of minerals and coal, Physical and chemical properties; Crystal, crystal

classes and systems; Classification of minerals and properties of common silicate

Comminution

Theory and practice of crushing and grinding; different types of crushing and grinding

equipment their application and limitation, size separation; Laboratory size analysis and

interpretation; Settling of solids in fluids; Industrial screens; Mechanical classifiers and

hydrocyclones.

Methods of Ore dressing

Jigging, heavy media separation, flowing film concentrator’s theory, application and

limitations. Froth flotation: Physico-chemical principles; Reagents; Machines; Flotation of

sulphides, oxides and coal, electrical and magnetic methods of concentration, Principles,

fields of application and limitations, dewatering, thickener and filter.

Hydro-metallurgical methods of recovery

Leaching principle, various methods and applications. Laboratory sampling, simplified

flow sheets for coal, copper, lead, zinc, gold, iron, manganese ores and lime stone.

Suggested readings

1. Barry A. Wills, Tim Napier-Munn (2006): Mineral Processing Technology

2. Gupta A., Yan D., Mineral processing design and operation: an Introduction, First Edition, Elsevier, 2006

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3. A. M. Gaudin., Principles of Mineral Dressing, Tata McGraw Hill. 4. Fuerstenau M., Han K, (eds.), Principles of Mineral Processing. SME, 2003

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Modeling & Simulations-SYLLABUS

Modeling

Concept of modeling, classification of mathematical models, modeling with ordinary

differential equations, difference equations, partial differential equations, graphs, Maximum

Likelihood Variance Reduction Techniques, Antithetic Variates, Control Variates, Common

Random Numbers, Importance Sampling.

.

Simulation

Concept, types (quantitative, experimental, computer, fuzzy theory, statistical) processes of

formulation of model based on simulation. Variables and measurement, Confidence Intervals,

Design of Experiments Markov Chain Monte Carlo Techniques.

.

Processes

Random Numbers and Distributions

References:

1. Theory of Modeling and Simulation, Second Edition By Bernard P. Zeigler

2. Mathematical Modeling and Simulation: Introduction for Scientists and Engineers By Kai Velten

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Modern Control System Engineering-SYLLABUS

PRELIMINARIES MATHEMATICS

Linear vector spaces and linear operators: Fields, vectors and vector spaces, Linear

dependence, Dimension of linear space, Linear transformation and matrices, Scalar product

and norms, Quadratic function and definite matrices, vector and matrix norms, Solution of

linear algebraic equation: Range space, Rank, Null space and nullity of a matrix,

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Homogenousand nonhomogeneous equations, Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors and a canonical

form representation of linear operators, Functions of square matrix: Caley-Hamilton theorem.

Lagrange and Hamiltonian Equations.

SYSTEM MODELING

Introduction, Classification of control systems, Principles of automatic control, feedback

systems, Practical examples, transfer function approach, Impulse response and transfer

function, transfer matrix, Determination of transfer functions for simple electrical, mechanical,

electromechanical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems, analogous systems. Block diagram s,

block diagram reduction, signal flow graphs, Masons’ gain formula.

STATE SPACE DESCPRIPTION

The concept of state and state models, State equations for dynamic systems, State equations using

phase, physical and canonical variables, Plant models of some illustrative control systems, State

space representation and realization of transfer matrices, Minimal realization, Solution of state

equation.

DISCRETE TIME SYSTEMS

Sampled data control systems -Spectrum analysis of sampling process and aliasing – Signal

reconstruction -Zero order and First order hold - review of z transforms- Difference equation

model - Impulse response model -Z (Pulse) transfer function -Response of linear discrete

systems -Practical aspects of the choice of sampling rate -The Z and S domain relationships -

Stability analysis - Jury's test -Bilinear transformation.

CONTROL ACTIONS

Tracking and regulatory control concepts; Concept of Compensation networks and application

to system design; Classical PID control- Degrees of freedom controllers, Action of different

types of controllers – P, PI, PD, PID, Tuning of PID controllers; Response of systems with

controller; Anti wind-up; Simulation of controlled systems.

Text Books 1. J. Nagrath& M. Gopal,Control System Engineering, New Age Int. (P) Ltd. 2. M. Gopal, Digital Controls and State Variable Methods,TMH Pub. Com. Reference Books 1. K. Ogata, Modern Control Engineering, Prentice Hall of India. 2. B. C. Kuo, Automatic Control Systems, Prentice Hall of India. 3. K. Ogata, Discrete Time Control Systems,Prentice Hall of India. 4. George .J. Thaler, Automatic Control Systems, Jaico Publishing House. 5. T. Kailath, Linear Systems, Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliff's, NJ, 1980.

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Modern Control Theory-SYLLABUS

Introduction

Linear Spaces and Linear Operators

State Variable Descriptions

Physical Systems and State Assignment

Solution of State Equations

Controllability and Observability

Relationship between State Variable and Input-Output Descriptions

Stability

Model Control

Optimal Control: General Mathematical Procedures

Optimal Feedback Control

Stochastic Optimal Linear Estimation and Control

References :

1. Modern Control Engineering by K.Ogata, Prentice Hall, ISBN 8120340108

2. Control System Engineering by M. Gopal, New Age Intl Pvt Publishers, ISBN 8122420087

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Modern Practices in Oil and Gas Industry-SYLLABUS

MULTI LATERAL AND HORIZONTAL WELL TECHNOLOGY:

Introduction & objectives of horizontal wells, ERD, Laterals etc.

Geological aspects & development of oil & gas field using horizontal wells.

Drilling of horizontal, multilateral and ERD wells.

Completion of horizontal, multilateral and ERD wells.

Reservoir engineering concepts of horizontal wells.

Well logging methods in horizontal wells.

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Well test analysis of horizontal wells.

Well performance & productivity of horizontal Wells.

Water & Gas coning in horizontal wells.

Application of horizontal wells in gas reservoirs & in recovery of heavy oils.

WELL COMPLETION

Design of Perforations Perforating process; Perforation Guns and firing head.

Perforating/ well activation mechanism: Underbalanced and overbalanced perforations.

Pressure control equipment (Well Head Lubricator Assembly); Type, size and orientation of

perforation holes; Optimum Perforation Practices; Down-hole Equipment- Packers – their types,

Tubing, Flow couplings, expansion joints, Sliding Sleeves / Side Pocket Mandrels & Blast Joints etc.

Smart / Intelligent Wells, Well Completion Design.

Well Sickness, diagnosis and mitigation: Type of well sickness, Symptoms of sick wells, Testing of

sick wells, Identification and Diagnosis of Well Problems, Planning of Workover Jobs; Minor &

Major (Capital Repair) jobs; Water & Gas Shut-off jobs; Squeeze Cementing; Water and Gas

Coning; Sand Control & its Techniques; Fishing operation, Coil Tubing Unit, Snubbing unit.

Well Stimulation Techniques: Acidizing of O & G Wells; Hydraulic Fracturing; Acid fracturing, Heat

treatment, Down-hole Heaters. In-situ Combustion.

ADVANCED WELL COMPLETION PRACTICES:

Basics of Reservoir Completion: Inflow Performance Relationship, Perforating, Hydraulic

Fracturing, Acid Fracturing.

Sand Control: Rock Strength, Sand control Prediction, Sand production mitigation, Sand control

screens, Gravel Packing, Chemical sand consolidation.

Life of Well Operations: Types and methods of Intervening, Impact on Completion Design. Tubing

well performance, Multiphase flow & tubing performance, Flow predictions, Temperature

prediction and Control, Packer fluids, Production & Injection well sizing.

Material Selection: Down hole Corrosion, Metallurgy Selection, Corrosion Inhibition, Seals, Control

Lines and encapsulation, Coatings and liners.

Tubing Stress Analysis: Stress, Strain and Grades, Axial Loads, Burst ,Collapse, Triaxial Analysis,

Safety and design Factors, Load Cases, Tubing Connections.

Completion Equipment: On-land and subsea Christmas trees; Subsurface safety Valves, Packers,

Expansion devices and anchor latches, Landing nipples, locks and sleeves, Mandrels and gauges,

Capillary lines and cable clamps, Loss control and reservoir isolation valves, Crossovers, Flow

couplings, Modules.

Well Completion Techniques: Deep water Completions. HPHT Completions, Completions with

down hole flow control, Multilateral Completions, Dual Completions, Multipurpose Completions,

Underbalanced completions, Coiled tubing and insert completions, Completions for Heavy oil and

steam injection, Completions for Coal Bed Methane.

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Installation of Completion systems: Wellbore Clean-out and mud displacement, Completion fluids

and filtration, Well clean-up and flow initiation.

DRILLING SYSTEM DESIGN:

Drilling Rig Selection and Design: Environmental loading and stability of rig. Design of Block and

Tackle System, Design of Draw works Drum,Top drive drilling.

Casing Design:

Casing while drilling.

Drill String Design.

Drilling fluid selection method for critical exploratory wells and development drilling.

Mud Hydraulics Design: Rheology of drilling fluids and compatibility to borehole conditions,

Hydraulic horse power and Rig horse power calculations. Jet impact force, Hydraulics design in

High inclines wells. Bit Hydraulics, Bottom drive hydraulics design.

Rotary System Design: Design and performance of Kelly drive, Bottom Drive and Top Drive

Systems.

Special Methods of Drilling: Aerated drilling, Under-balanced drilling, Overbalanced drilling, HPHT

Drilling, Variable pressure regime, Plasma drilling, Electrical Drilling, Re-entry drilling, Jet Drilling,

Drilling automation. Smart wells Design, Managed Pressure Drilling.

Drilling Economics.

Computer Application in Drilling.

DEEP WATER TECHNOLOGY:

Global deep water reserves & development activity. Technological advances.

Dynamics of Offshore Structure: Analysis of Waves and fluid induced forces on offshore structures,

Current and wind forces, soil mechanics of seabed & structures.

Deep water Exploration & Drilling : Seismic/Seabed Survey, constraints in deep water survey like

geo-hazards, gas hydrate etc., deep water Drilling with emphasis on the additional inputs to

normal offshore Drilling operation.

Deep water Production System: Fixed Platforms, Compliant Towers, Subsea systems, Extended

Reach Wells, Floating Production Systems like FPSOs, FPSSs, TLPs, Spar Platform and FSOs.

Deep water applications of Subsea Technology: Subsea completion, X-mas tree, control systems,

Manifolds, Templates, ROVs, deep-water installation vessels with DP system and associated

problems.

Deep water Pipelines & umbilical : Issues in deep water Pipeline Design, Rigid and Flexible flow

lines, Pipe-in-pipe, deep-water Risers and their configurations, Pipeline installation methods,

Umbilical – functions, configurations and installation, Flow assurance strategies.

Emerging deep water Technologies : Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) Seismicwhile-

drilling, Dual-activity-drilling, Innovative Floating Production Concepts, Subsea processing, subsea

separation (VASPS, SUBSIS, Twister) and any new innovations.

Problems and Mitigation in Deepwater Drilling: Specialized consideration, specific planning

requirement, specialized equipment and deep water complication.

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ADVANCED PETROLEUM FORMATION EVALUATION

Introduction to Formation Evaluation Direct Methods: Coring & Core Analysis, mud logging . Wire-

line Logging Devices: Electrical, Radioactive, Acoustic Logging devices.

Cased Hole Log Analysis Monitoring: Objectives of Cased Hole Logging Environment. CBL/VDL and

Casing Inspection Logs. Perforating.

Production Logging & Reservoir Performance Monitoring: Flow Velocity Tools. Fluid Density

Measurements. Pressure Measurements & Temperature Measurement Techniques

Recent Development: Flow View Measurements.Modular Formation Dynamics Tester. Water Flow

log services. Formation Subsidence Monitor Tool. Digital Entry Fluid Imaging Tools. Ultrasonic

Imaging Tools.

Interpretation Methods: Standard Log Interpretation Methods. MID Plot Method. Crossplotting

Methods.

References:

1. Drilling Engineering Workbook by Baker Hughes INTEQ, December 1995.

2. Drilling and well completions by carl Gartin, Department of Petroleum Engineering, The

University of Texas.

3. Surface Logging Systems Training Guide, Baker Hughes INTEQ, July 1996.

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Modern Sensors-Physics and Applications-SYLLABUS

Sensor Characteristics and Principles

Sensor Classification - sensor characteristics - Physical principles of sensing –

electric charges, fields, and potentials - capacitance – magnetism – induction -

resistance - piezoelectric effect - pyroelectric Effect - Hall effect - Seebeck and

Peltier Effects - SoundWaves - temperature and thermal properties of materials -

heat transfer - Light - Dynamic Models of Sensor Elements.

Sensor Components and Circuits

Optical Components of Sensors : radiometry - photometry – windows - mirrors -

lenses – Fresnel lenses - fiber optics and waveguides – concentrators - coatings

for thermal absorption – electrooptic and acousto-optic modulators -

Interferometric Fiber-optic Modulation, Interface Electronic Circuits: input

characteristics of interface circuits - amplifiers - excitation circuits - analog-to -

digital converters direct digitization and processing - ratiometric circuits - bridge

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circuits – data transmission- Noise in Sensors and Circuits - batteries for low

power sensors

Types of Sensor I

Occupancy and Motion Detectors : ultrasonic sensors - microwave motion

detectors – capacitive occupancy detectors - triboelectric detectors -

optoelectronic motion detectors, Position, Displacement, and Level :

potentiometric sensors - gravitational sensors - capacitive sensors - inductive

and magnetic sensors - optical sensors - ultrasonic sensors - radar sensors –

thickness and level sensors, Velocity and Acceleration: accelerometer

characteristics – capacitive accelerometers - piezoresistive Accelerometers -

piezoelectric accelerometers – thermal accelerometers - gyroscopes -

Piezoelectric Cables, Force, Strain, and Tactile Sensors: strain gauges - tactile

sensors - piezoelectric force sensors, Pressure Sensors : concepts of pressure -

units of pressure - mercury pressure sensor - bellows, membranes, and thin

plates-piezoresistive sensors- capacitive sensors- VRP Sensors- optoelectronic

sensors - vacuum sensors.

Types of Sensor II

Flow Sensors : basics of flow dynamics - pressure gradient technique - thermal

transport sensors - ultrasonic sensors - electromagnetic sensors - microflow

sensors - breeze sensor - coriolis mass flow sensors - drag force flow sensors,

Acoustic Sensors : resistive microphones - condenser microphones - fiber-optic

microphone - piezoelectric microphones - electret microphones - solid-state

acoustic detectors, Humidity and Moisture Sensors : concept of humidity -

capacitive sensors – electrical conductivity sensors - thermal conductivity sensor

- optical hygrometer - oscillating hygrometer. Light Detectors : introduction -

photodiodes - phototransistor - photoresistors - cooled detectors - thermal

detectors - gas flame detectors, Radiation Detectors : scintillating detectors –

ionization detectors, Temperature Sensors: thermoresistive sensors-

thermoelectric contact sensorssemiconductor P-N junction sensors-optical

temperature sensors- acoustic temperature sensorpiezoelectric temperature

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sensors.

Nanosensors

Chemical Sensors : chemical sensor characteristics - specific difficulties -

classification of chemical sensing mechanisms - direct sensors - complex sensors

- chemical sensors versus instruments, Sensor Materials and Technologies :

materials - surface processing - nano-technology - photolithography, Chemical

and Molecular Sensors – Displacement and Motion Sensors – Force Nanosensors

– Pressure Sensing – Thermal Nanosensors – Electric and Magnetic Sensing –

Cellular Bioscanning – Noninvasive Neuroelectric Monitoring– Macrosensing–

Acoustic Macrosensing – Electric and Magnetic Macrosensing – Neural

Macrosensing

References :

1. Jacob Fraden, Handbook of Modern Sensors (2003) Springer, 3rd Edition

ISBN 0-387- 00750-4.

2. Nano Medicines Edited by Dr.Parag Diwan and Ashish Bharadwaj (2006)

Pentagon Press, ISBN 81-8274-139-4.

3. B.B. Laud, Lasers and Non-Linear Optics, 2nd Edition, New Ages International.

4. Ghatak and K. Thyagarajan (2002), Introduction to Fiber Optics, Cambridge University

Press.

5. William Silfvast (2002), Laser Fundamentals, Cambridge University Press.

6. Djafar K. Mynbaeu (2004), Fibre Optic Communication Technology, Pearson Education

Asia.

7. Kittel (2001), Solid State Physics, 7th Edition, John Wiley & Sons.

8. K.C. Gupta (2002), Microwaves, New Age International. Instrument measurement and

Analysis by B. C. Narka and K. K. Chaudhary, Tata McGraw Hill Publishing Company 16th

reprint Chapter 1.

9. Charles P. Poole, Jr. and Frank J. Owens (2003), Introduction to Nanotechnology, John

Wiley & Sons.

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10. Edward L. Wolf (2006), Nano Physics and Nanotechnology – An introduction to

Modern Concepts in Nanoscience, Wiley VCH verlagambh & Co., Weinheim.

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Multimodal Transportation-SYLLABUS

Multimodal Transport

Introduction to Transportation

Road Transportation

Rail Transportation

Maritime Transportation

Air Transport

Intermodal Transportation

Multimodal Transport Law

Organizational Structure for Global Logistics

References :

1. A Textbook of Container & Multimodal Transport Management by Dr KV Hariharan, Shroff, EAN

9788173665516

2. Security and Environmental Sustainability of Multimodal Transport by Bell, Springer, ISBN

9048185610

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Nano Electronic Device-SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION TO NANOTECHNOLOGY

Background to nanotechnology: Types of nanotechnology and nanomachines – periodic table – atomic structure – molecules and phases – energy – molecular and atomic size – surface and dimensional space – top down and bottom up; Molecular Nanotechnology: Electron microscope – scanning electron microscope – atomic force microscope – scanning tunnelling

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microscope – nanomanipulator – nanotweezers – atom manipulation – nanodots – self assembly – dip pen nanolithography. Nanomaterials: preparation – plasma arcing – chemical vapor deposition – sol-gels – electrodeposition – ball milling – applications of nanomaterials.

FUNDAMENTALS OF NANOELECTRONICS Fundamentals of logic devices:- Requirements – dynamic properties – threshold gates; physical limits to computations; concepts of logic devices:- classifications – two terminal devices – field effect devices – coulomb blockade devices – spintronics – quantum cellular automata – quantum computing – DNA computer; performance of information processing systems;- basic binary operations, measure of performance processing capability of biological neurons – performance estimation for the human brain. Ultimate computation:- power dissipation limit – dissipation in reversible computation – the ultimate computer.

SILICON MOSFETS & QUANTUM TRANSPORT DEVICES Silicon MOSFETS - Novel materials and alternate concepts:- fundamentals of MOSFET Devices- scaling rules – silicon-dioxide based gate dielectrics – metal gates – junctions & contacts – advanced MOSFET concepts. Quantum transport devices based on resonant tunneling:- Electron tunneling – resonant tunneling diodes – resonant tunneling devices; Single electron devices for logic applications:- Single electron devices – applications of single electron devices to logic circuits.

CARBON NANOTUBES Carbon Nanotube: Fullerenes - types of nanotubes – formation of nanotubes – assemblies – purification of carbon nanotubes – electronic propertics – synthesis of carbon nanotubes – carbon nanotube interconnects – carbon nanotube FETs – Nanotube for memory applications – prospects of all carbon nanotube nanoelectronics.

MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS Electrodes & contacts – functions – molecular electronic devices – first test systems – simulation and circuit design – fabrication; Future applications: MEMS – robots – random access memory – mass storage devices.

Text Books

1. Michael Wilson, KamaliKannangara, Geoff Smith, Michelle Simmons and BurkhardRaguse, Nanotechnology: Basic Science and Emerging Technologies, Chapman & Hall / CRC, 2002

2. T. Pradeep, NANO: The Essentials – Understanding Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, TMH, 2007

3. Rainer Waser (Ed.), Nanoelectronics and Information Technology: Advanced Electronic Materials and Novel Devices, Wiley-VCH, 2003

Reference Books

1. Concepts in Spintronics – SadamichiMaekawa 2. Spin Electronics – David Awschalom 2. Nanoelectronics&Nanosystems: From Transistor to Molecular & Quantum Devices: Karl Goser,

JanDienstuhl and others. 3. Nano Electronics and Information Technology: Rainer Waser. _______________________________________________________________________________

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Nano Structural Material-SYLLABUS

Nanomaterial

The Science of Nano - What is Nanobiotechnology

Introduction to Nanostructures

Carbon Nanotubes (CNT), Graphenes, Fullerenes, Nano Peapods, Quantum Dots and

Semiconductor Nanoparticles Metal-based Nanostructures (Iron 2 Oxide Nanoparticles)

Nanowires Polymer-based Nanostructures including dendrimers, Introduction to metal based

nanostructures, Protein-based Nanostructures

Nanomotors

Bacterial (E. coli) and Mammalian (Myosin family) Nanobiosensors: Science of Self-

assembly - From Natural to Artificial Structures Nanoparticles in Biological Labeling and

Cellular Imaging: Physics of low-dimensional materials, 1D, 2D and 3D confinement, Density of

states, Excitons, Coulomb blockade,

Surface plasmon, Size and surface dependence of physical, electronic, optical,

luminescence, thermodynamical, magnetic, catalysis, gas sensing and mechanical

properties. Physical and chemical techniques for nanomaterial synthesis, Assembling and self

organization of nanostructures, Nanoscale manipulation, Nanotube and wire formation,

Importance of size distribution control, size measurement and size selection

References :

1. Nanostructural material- Dr. Parag Diwan, Dr. Ashish Bharadwaj (Pentagon Press)

2. Introduction to Nanoscience by Gabor L. Hornyak, Joydeep Dutta, Harry F. Tibbals, Anil K. Rao.

CRC Press, 2008.

3. Nanotechnology: Importance and Application by M.H. Fulekar, IK International,

4. Environanotechnology by Mao Hong fan, Chin-pao Huang, Alan E Bland, Z Honglin Wang, Rachid

Sliman, Ian Wright. Elsevier, 2010.

5. Nanotechnologies, Hazards and Resource efficiency by M. Steinfeldt, Avon Gleich, U. Petschow,

R. Haum. Springer, 2007.

6. Nanotechnlogy: Health and Environmental risk by Jo Anne Shatkin. CRC press, 2008.

7. Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine: Methods, Devices and Application by Tuan Vo-Dinh

.CRC press, 2007.

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8. Nanomaterials for Biosensors by Challa Kumar. Wiley-VCH, 2007

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NANOTECHNOLOGY IN OIL AND GAS INDUSTRY-SYLLABUS

NANOTECHNOLOGY FUNDAMENTALS

Basic Terms

Historical evolution of Nanotechnology

(This lesson describes the basic terminology of nanotechnology and present the

historical evolution of this rapidly evolving domain)

Nanoparticles in Fluids and at Fluid Interfaces

Dispersion stability of nanoparticles in fluids; Their transport in porous media

Adsorption of nanoparticles at a fluid interface

Nanoparticle-stabilized foams and emulsions; Their transport in porous media

Nanomagnetism

o Magnetic nanoparticles and their remote control/detection with external magnetic

field

o Ferrofluids; Ferrohydrodynamics

Nano Composites

o Polymer composites; Metal composites

Nano Coatings

o Abrasion-resistant, corrosion-resistant, self-healing coatings

o Super non-wetting or wetting coatings

Nano Catalysts

Environments and Nanotechnology

NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS

Drilling and Completions o Drilling fluids and fracturing fluids with improved rheology and well integrity o Improved hardware materials and their use

Production Operations and Flow Assurance o Emulsion and colloidal particulate removal from produced fluids o Inhibition of scale/organic particulate deposition at near-wellbore and downhole

zones o Flow assurance for oil/gas pipelines and surface facilities

Reservoir Sensing

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Enhanced reservoir imaging; Intelligent tracers o Downhole monitoring

Enhanced Oil Recovery o Wettability alteration and imbibition enhancement o CO2 foams and emulsions for improved reservoir sweep o Improved conformance control o Heavy Oil Recovery

Nano catalysts for in-situ or near-wellbore oil upgrading

Suggested readings

1. Introduction to Nano Science and Nanotechnology by Hornyak G. L, et al.

2. Vryzas, Z., & Kelessidis, V. C. (2017). Nano-Based Drilling Fluids: A Review. Energies, 10(4),

540.)

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Natural Gas Reservoir Engineering-SYLLABUS

Introduction

Properties of Natural Gas

Gas Reservoir Deliverability

Wellbore Performance

Choke Performance

Well Deliverability

Separation

Dehydration

Compression and Cooling

Volumetric Measurement

Transportation

Special Problems

References :

1. Natural Gas Reservoir Engineering by Chi U. Ikoku, Krieger Publishing Co., ISBN 0894646400

2. Fundamentals of Gas Reservoir Engineering by J Haqoot, Elseiver Sc, ISBN 0080868819-BEPDF

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Natural Gas Storage-SYLLABUS

Development and operation of gas fields, gas from condensate and oil fields,

thermodynamics and energy change.

Review of physical and chemical properties of natural gas and associate hydrocarbons.

Phase behavior studies: equations of states, multiple flashes, water hydrocarbon systems,

chemical inhibition, hydrate formation, gas liquid equilibria.

Gas handling facilities: flow of fluids, compression of gases, applications of heat transfer

and mass transfer principles in natural gas engineering systems, compressors, pumps, heat

exchangers, furnaces and waster heat recovery facilities, transmission of natural gas in

pipelines, LPG technology production and distribution.

Gas processing: purification, refrigeration and low temperature processing, liquefaction

process, LNG and NGL recovery, sweetening of natural gas and sulphur recovery.

Gas storage: tanks, underground storage, and conservation of natural gas under coal

gasification process and principles, safety. Economic consideration for development of gas

fields.

Development of gas and gas-condensate reservoirs; design and development of gas

storage fields in depleted gas, gas-condensate, oil reservoirs, and aquifers.

Development of gas and gas-condensate reservoirs; design and development of gas

storage fields in depleted gas, gas-condensate, oil reservoirs, and aquifers.

Natural gas storage-Cryogenic and Underground.

References:

1 A. Rojey, C. Jaffret, “Natural Gas Production, Processing, Transport”, Second Editions Technip,

1994.

2. A. Kohl and F. Riesenfeld, “Gas Purification”, Gulf Publishing Company, 1985.

3. Natural Gas Underground Storage : Inventory and deliverability by Prof M Rasin Tek

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4. Underground Storage of Natural Gas Theory and Practice by MR TEk

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Navigation & Guidance-SYLLABUS

Modeling and dynamics of Aircraft

Longitudinal dynamics –displacement autopilot- pitch rate feedback for damping- control

stick steering acceleration control system – Glide slope control system, Lateral dynamics of an

Aircraft, Yaw damper- Method of obtaining co ordination- beta feedback-beta beta dot

feedback – acceleration feedback. Yaw orientational control system- Roll angle control system -

Landing.

Dynamics of Aerospace vehicles

Missiles Missile Control Systems; Dynamics and Control of Rigid and Elastic Rockets;

Control- Structure Interaction; Longitudinal and Lateral Autopilots for Rigid Aircraft

Navigation

Terrestrial navigation, Celestial navigation, Terrestrial radio navigation, satellite-based

navigation, inertial navigation, Integrated Navigation.

Guidance

Introduction to Guidance, Navigation and Avionics; Radar Systems, Command and Homing

Guidance Systems. Mission consideration and analysis of flight path, Optimal guidance

Laws, Inertial Guidance

Control of Aerospace Vehicles

Design of Controllers for Aerospace Vehicles; Classical, Pole assignment, Eigen Structure

Assignment, Optimal Control, LQR, LQG/LTR, Observers and Kalman Filters

References:

1. Garnell, P. (1980)- Guided Weapon Control Systems, Peraganon.

2. Blakelock, J H. (1991)- Automatic Control of Aircraft and Missiles, John Wiley.

3. Greensite A L(1970)- Analysis and Design of Space Vehicle Flight Control System, Spartan Books.

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4. Skolnik R E. (1982)-Introduction to Radar System , Mc Graw Hill.

5. Lin, C F. (1991)- Modern Guidance, Navigation and Control Processing, Prentice-Hall.

6. D’Azzo J J and Hougis, C H, Linear Control System Analysis and Design, Mc Graw Hill, 4th Edition.

7. Maceijowski;- (1987) Multi-Variable Feedback Design, Addison Wesley.

8. A. Sinha (2007) – Linear Systems: Optimal and Robust Control, 1/e, CRC Press

9. D. S. Naidu (2003) – Optimal Control Systems, 1/e, CRC Press

10. B. Hofmann-Wellenhof, K. Legat, M. Wieser, (2003) “ Navigation Principles of Positioning and

Guidance. Springer Wien New York

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Occupational Health and Safety Management-SYLLABUS

PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL HAZARDS

Recognition , Evaluation and Control of Physical Hazards- Noise and Vibration - Effects and

Control Measures- Thermal Stress - Parameter Control, Radiation - Types - Source - Effect and

Control- Illumination & Lighting. Recognition, Evaluation and Control of Chemical Hazards- Types

- Dust-Fumes -Mist -Vapour-Fog etc., Air Contaminants- Evaluation - Types of Sampling-Air

Sampling System-Method Analysis-Control Measures

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH

Concept and Spectrum of Health-Functional Units and Activities of Occupational Health Services-

Occupational and Work Related Disease-Levels of Prevention of Diseases- Notifiable

Occupational Diseases such as Silicosis- Asbestosis -Pneumoconiosis-- Aluminosis and Anthrax.

Lead-Nickel, Chromium and Manganese Toxicity-Gas Poisoning (such as CO, Ammonia, Coal Dust

etc.,) their effects and Prevention -Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation - Audiology-Hearing

Conservation Programme-Effects of Ultra Violet Radiation and Infrared Radiation on Human

Systems Industrial Toxicology-Local and Systemic and Chronic Effects Temporary and

Cumulative Effects-Carcinogens Entry into Human System Ergonomics, Personnel Protective

Equipment, Personnel Monitoring

PERSONAL HYGIENE AND FIRST AID

Hygiene Concepts-Correct and Clean Dresses-Clean Body - Washing - Good Habits-Oral and

Stomach Hygiene-Cleaning - Compressed Air and Degreasing Agents-Long Hair and Nails and

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Torn and loosely Hanging Clothes-Smoking - Lavatories Maintenance- Living in Unhygienic

Areas. First aid concept- -First Aid Boxes-Legal Requirements, Industrial Hygiene, Medical

Surveillance, Medical Surveillance Program Development, Recommended Medical Programme,

Emergency Treatment, Non-Emergency Treatment, Exposures to Hazardous Materials.

RADIATION CONTROL

Radiation Shielding - Radiation Dose - Dose Measurements - Units of Exposure- Exposure Limits -

Barriers for Control of Radioactivity Release, Control of Radiation Exposure to Plant Personnel,

Health Physics Surveillance - Waste Management and Disposal Practices – Environmental,

Releases.

References :

1. Fundamentals of Occupational Safety & Health by Mark Friend, Rowman & Littlefield Publishing

Group, ISBN 086587171X-BEPDF

2. Occupational Health & Safety by Burke, Clark and Cooper, Gower, ISBN 1409432076-BEPDF

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Oil Equity Management-SYLLABUS

Introduction

Oil Equity Concept

Energy Security

The Geopolitics of Energy

Oil Security Challenges & Strategies

Country Entry Strategies

References :

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1. The Management of Equity Investments by DN Chorafas, Butterworth-Heinamann, ISBN

0080456367-BEPDF

2. Energy & Equity by Ivan Illich, Marion Boyers, ISBN 0714521000-BEEPB

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Operations & Materials Management-SYLLABUS

Nature and Scope of Production/Operations Management

Plant Location – Plant Layout and Material Handling

Production Planning and Control

Quality Control and Quality Assurance

Role of Purchasing

Materials Management

References :

1. Materials Management by Stan C Mc Donald, John Wiley & Sons In, ISBN 0470449098-BEEPB

2. Operations Management by Linda L Brennan, Mc GrawHill Professional, ISBN 0071746137-

BEEPB

3. Purchasing & Materials Management by Anand K Sharma, Anmol Publisher, EAN

9788126128211-BEPDF

4. Strategic Operations Management by Robert L Lowson, Taylor & Francis Group Pc, ISBN

0203374096-BEPDF

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Optimization Techniques-SYLLABUS

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Classical Optimization Techniques

Linear Programming

Duality Theory and Post Optimality Analysis

Transportation Problem and Its Variants

Network Models

Sequencing and Scheduling Problems

Nonlinear programming: Kuhn-Tucker Theory

Special Classes of Nonlinear Optimization Problems

Solution of Unconstrained Nonlinear Optimization Problems

Solution of Constrained Nonlinear Optimization Problems

Integer Programming

Dynamic Programming

Decision Theory

Theory of Games

Multiobjective and Goal Programming

Heuristics Based Optimization Techniques

Geometric Programming

References :

1. Optimization Techniques by Chander Mohan, New Age International.

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Orbital Mechanics-SYLLABUS

Fundamentals of Orbital Mechanics

- Terms of Astronautics

- Types of Orbits (HEO, LEO, MEO, Geostationary, Heliostationary etc)

- Roche Limit, Lagrange Points

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- Eccentricity of Orbits, Types of Orbits

- The 2 Body Problem

- Orbital Perturbations (3rd Body Perturbations, J2 Perturbations, Solar Perturbations etc)

Orbits in Three Dimensions

- State Vector and the Geocentric Equatorial Frame

- 6 Orbital Elements Applied to Earth and Applied to Sun System

- Coordinate Transformation

- Effects of Earth’s Oblateness

Orbital Maneuvers

- Hohmann Transfer

- Several Stage Burns and Transfers

- Sphere of Influence

- Chase Maneuvers

- Plane Change Maneuvers

Relative Motion and Rendezvous

- Relative Motion in Orbit

- Two Impulse Rendezvous Maneuvers

- Relative Motion in Close Proximity Circular Orbits

Interplanetary Trajectories

- Interplanetary Hohmann Transfer

- Method of Patched Conics

- Planetary Departure

- Planetary Flyby

- Non-Hohmann Interplanetary Trajectory

References:

Orbital Mechanics for Engineering Students by Howard Curtis (Elsevier)

Computational Space Flight Mechanics by Claus Weiland (Springer)

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Parallel and Distributed Computing-SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION:

What is parallel computing? Modern parallel computers, seeking concurrency, data clustering,

programming parallel computers, Parallel architectures: interconnection networks, mesh, binary

tree, pyramid, hyper tree, butterfly, hypercube, Processor arrays, multiprocessors, multicomputer.

PRAM ALGORITHMS:

PRAM model of parallel computation, PRAM algorithms, parallel reduction, prefix sums, list

ranking, merging two sorted lists, graph coloring, Flynn's taxonomy.

MAPPING AND SCHEDULING:

Mapping data to processors on processor arrays and multicomputer, ring into 2-D mesh, 2-D mesh

into 2-D mesh, complete binary tree into 2-D mesh, binomial tree into 2-D mesh, Embedding

graph into hypercube, dynamic load balancing on multi computers, Graham's list scheduling,

Coffman-Graham scheduling

PARALLEL COMPUTATION:

Row-column-oriented and block-oriented matrix multiplication algorithms, Parallel quicksort

algorithm, Searching game trees.

DISTRIBUTED ALGORITHMS:

Introduction to Distributed Algorithms, Kinds of Distributed Algorithm, Timing Models

SYNCHRONOUS NETWORK ALGORITHMS:

Synchronous Network Model, Leader Election in a synchronous Ring, Algorithms in a General

Synchronous Networks, Distributed Consensus with Link Failures, Distributed Consensus with

Process failures.

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ASYNCHRONOUS ALGORITHMS:

Asynchronous System Model, Asynchronous Shared Memory, Algorithms: Asynchronous Shared

Memory Model; Mutual Exclusion, Resource Allocation, Consensus, Atomic Objects.

ASYNCHRONOUS NETWORK ALGORITHMS:

Asynchronous Network Model; Basic Asynchronous, Network Algorithms, Synchronizers, Shared

Memory versus Networks, Logical Time, Global Snapshots and Stable properties.

References

1. Michael J. Quinn, “Parallel Computing”, Tata McGraw Hill, Second Edition, 2002.

2. Nancy A. Lynch, “Distributed Algorithms”, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, 2000.

3. Geral Tel, “Introduction to Distributed algorithms”, 2nd Edition, Cambridge, 2004.

4. Nicola Santoro, “Design and Analysis of Distributed Algorithms”, WileyInterscience, John

Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publication, 2007.

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Petro Economics-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Petro Economics

Global Trends in the Oil Industry

Indian Oil Industry Exploration and Production

Indian Oil Industry Refining

Indian Oil Industry Marketing

Growth and Deregulation of Indian Oil Sector

Structure of Oil Industry

Logistics and Transportation of Oil in India

Strategy for Petroleum and Natural Gas Trading

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Petro Retailing

Economics of Crude Oil

Geo-politics in Oil & Natural Gas Trading

International Hydrocarbon Economic Environment

Globalization and Oil Security for Indian Oil Industry

E-commerce Applications in Oil and Natural Gas Industries

References :

1. Petro Economics by AN Sarkar, Pentagon Press, ISBN 8182744210

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Petro Exploration-SYLLABUS

Introduction

Oil Formation

Migration of Petroleum and Geological Structures for Petroleum Entrapment

Exploration Methods-I

Exploration Methods-II

Introduction to Oil Well Drilling

Formation Evaluation

New Evolving Technologies

References :

1. Petroleum Exploration Handbook by Graham B Moody, Mc GrawHill Inc, ISBN 0070428670

2. Petroleum Exploration & Exploitation Practices , Allied Publishers Pvt Ltd, ISBN 8177641719

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Petro Retailing-SYLLABUS

Understanding Petroleum Retail Business

Understanding Petroleum Retail Business in India

Petro Retail Asset Management

Development in Petro Retail Sector

Revenue Management

Role of Technology in Petro Retailing

Supply Chain Management

References :

1. Competition in a Spatial Retail Petroleum Market by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN

3838331567

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Petroleum Geology and Geochemistry-SYLLABUS

PETROLEUM GEOLOGY

Composition of Petroleum and Natural Gas: Oil Filed Waters

Origin and Occurrence of Petroleum: Theory of Origin: Organic and Inorganic, Type of Organic

Matter, Production, Accumulation and Preservation of Organic Mater, Transformation and

Maturation of Organic Matter, Source Rock Analysis; Rock Eval Pyrolysis, Gas Chromatography

RESERVOIR ROCKS

Physical Properties of Rocks, Clastic Reservoir Rocks, Carbonate Reservoir Rocks.

MIGRATION AND ACCUMULATION

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Primary and Secondary Migration, Factors Controlling Accumulation, Concept of Petroleum

Province, System and Plays.

TRAPPING MECHANISM

Fundamentals of Trapping Mechanism, Structural Traps, Folded Trap, Faulted Traps, Fractured

Traps, Stratigraphic Traps, Unconformity Traps, Palaeogeomophic Trap, Salt Domes,

Combination Traps, Migration Vs. Trapping Time, Types of Petroliferous Basins, Global

Geologic History and Distribution of Hydrocarbon Resources, Sedimentary Basin of India,

Hydrocarbon Resources and Reserves.

BOOKs:

1. Applied Sedimentology 2nd Edition Richard Selley

2. Levorsen AI. Geology of petroleum. Berry FA, editor. San Francisco: WH Freeman; 1967.

3. Hunt, M.J., 1979. Petroleum geochemistry and geology. WH Freeman and company

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Petroleum Law & Policy-SYLLABUS

Legal Issues in Petroleum Management

Transnational and International Oil and Gas Law

Role of Law in Commercial Relations: Role of Legal System

Role of Attorney

Commercial Relationships

Governmental Relationships

Oil/Gas Contracts and Agreements

Crude Oil Sales and Transportation

Risk Management and Dispute Resolution - Arbitration

Litigation

Cases Analysis Discussions

Taxation in Petroleum Sector

References :

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1. Law of Petroleum and natural Gas by George Bryan, Nabu Press, ISBN 114236027X

2. Encyclopedia of Petroleum Laws by Harbans Lal Sarin, Universal Law Publishing Co.Ltd, ISBN

8175344881

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Petroleum Refining-SYLLABUS

Growth & Development of Refining Industry in India

Crude Oil and its Characteristics

Specifications of Petroleum Products & Related Tests

Integrated Refinery & Petrochemical Plants

Future Refining Scenario

Advances in Petroleum Refining

Hydrocarbon Loss Minimization

Energy Conservation

Gross Refining Margin

Oil Accounting

Excise & Custom – Petroleum Products

References:

1. Petroleum Refining : Technology & Economics by James H Gary, Atlantic, ISBN 0824791576

2. Petroleum Refining by James H Gary, Glenn E Handwerk, Mark J Keiser, Taylor & Francis Incl,

ISBN 1420006355-BEPDF

3. Petroleum Refining Processes by James G Speight, CRC Press, ISBN 0203908643-BEPDF

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Polymer Engineering-SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION

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BASIC STRUCTURE OF POLYMERS

POLYMER MORPHOLOGY

POLYMER FORMATION, KINETICS AND MOLECULAR WEIGHTS

Condensation, Addition, Zeigler-Natta, Emulsion Polymerizations

POLYMERIZATION PROCESSES AND INDUSTRIAL REACTORS

Nylon 6, PET Wiped Film, LDPE, Polypropylene

POLYMER SOLUTION THERMODYNAMICS, MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION

VISCOUS FLOW, VISCOELASTICITY AND POLYMER PROCESSING

References:

F. Rodriguez, C. K. Ober and L. A. Archer, Principles of Polymer Systems, 5th ed., CRC Press, Boca

Routan, 2003.

A. Kumar and S. K. Gupta, Fundamentals of Polymer Science and Engineering, Tata McGraw Hill,

New Delhi, 1978.

A. Kumar and R. K. Gupta, Fundamentals of Polymers, 2nd Ed., CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2003.

S. K. Gupta and A. Kumar, Reaction Engineering of Step Growth Polymerization, Plenum, New York,

1987.

J. R. Fried, Polymer Science and Technology, Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi, 1995.

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Port & Shipping Laws-SYLLABUS

Port Administration

Port Administration , Ownership & Management ( Types & Activities , Private Sector

Participation ), Port policy ,EU / US Port & Transport Policy , National Port Planning , Port & State

Financial Assistance.

Port Labour & Associated Laws

Port Labour Development & Employment , Labour Split , Gang Size , Tonnage & Labour ,

Technological changes in labour employment , Labour Improvement & Training, Safety of

Labour & Cargo Regulations, Regulation involving specialized / Dangerous Cargo, ISPS Codes ,

, Safety of other Personnel , Environmental Laws ( Application of Relevant MARPOL & other

Rules ) , Dock Regulations Relating to Marine Departments Operations , Rules governing

immigration & health officials.

Shipping Agency Procedures

Freight & Forwarding Regulations , Custom Procedures, Port Pricing , Immigration Laws,

Documents Required for Passenger Vessels, Clearing Procedure, Taxes and Penalties.

Shipping Laws

Birth and advent of Merchant Shipping Laws & Practices, Laws of Transportation,

Regulation governing Shipment, Trade Practices, Pollution Fire or any other exigencies import,

arrest & detention of vessels, Port Enquiry & Investigation etc.

References:

1 The Law Relating to : B.C. Mitra - UBA, Allahabad Merchant Shipping in India

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Port Economics-SYLLABUS

What is a port?

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Vessel port calls: networks

Vessel port calls: world, country, and vessel type

Ports and economic development

Containerization

World container ports

Port users and service providers

Ports in operation

Carriers

Shippers

Passengers

Port operator operating options, production, and cost

Port operator operating objectives, prices, and investment

Port governance and agglomeration

Port performance and competition

Port dockworkers

Port pollution

Port security and safety

Ports in the future

References :

1. PORT ECONOMICS book BY Wayne K Talley – Routledge Publications.

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POWER ELECTRONIC CONTROL OF A.C. DRIVES - SYLLABUS

Introduction to AC Drives Introduction to motor drives – Torque production – Equivalent circuit analysis – Speed-Torque Characteristics with Variable voltage operation, Variable frequency operation, constant v/f operation – Variable stator current operation – Induction motor characteristics in constant torque and field weakening regions Control of Induction motor drives at Stator side

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Scalar control – Voltage fed inverter control – Open loop volts/Hz control – speed control slip regulation – speed control with torque and flux control – current controlled voltage fed inverter drive – current-fed inverter control – Independent current and frequency control – Speed and flux control in Current-Fed inverter drive – Volts/Hz control of Current-fed inverter drive – Efficiency optimization control by flux program Control of Induction motor drives at Rotor side Slip power recovery drives – Static Kramer Drive – Phasor diagram –Torque expression - Speed control of a Kramer Drive – Static Scheribus Drive – modes of operation Vector control of Induction Motor Drives Principles of Vector control – Vector control methods – Direct method of vector control – Indirect method of vector control – Adaptive control principles – Self tuning regulator – Model referencing control. Control of Synchronous motor drives Synchronous motor and its characteristics – Control strategies – Constant torque angle control – Unity power factor control Constant mutual flux linkage control Controllers Flux weakening operation – Maximum speed – Direct flux weakening algorithm – Constant Torque mode controller – Flux Weakening controller – Indirect flux weakening – Maximum permissible torque – speed control scheme – Implementation strategy – Speed controller design. VARIABLE RELUCTANCE MOTOR DRIVE Variable Reluctance motor drives - Torque production in the variable reluctance motor – Drive characteristics and control principles – Current control variable reluctance motor servo drive BRUSHLESS DC MOTOR DRIVES Three phase full wave Brushless dc motor – Sinusoidal type of Brushless dc motor – current controlled Brushless dc motor Servo drive REFERENCES:

1. Electric Motor Drives Pearson Modeling, Analysis & Control – R.Krishnan – Publications – 1st edition – 2002

2. Modern Power Electronics and AC Drives – B.K.Bose – Pearson Publications – 1st edition 3. Power Electronic control of AC Motors – MD Murphy & FG Turn Bull Pergman Press(For

Chapters II, III, V) – 1st edition 4. Power Electronics and AC Drives – B.K.Bose – Prentice Hall, Eagle wood diffs New

Jersey(for chapters I, II, IV) – 1st edition 5. Power Electronic circuits, Devices and Applications – M.H.Rashid – PHI - 1995 6. Fundamentals of Electrical Drives – G.K.Dubey – Narora publications - 1995 (For

Chapter II) 7. Power Electronics and Variable frequency drives – B.K.Bose – IEEE Press – Standard

publications -1st edition – 2002 _____________________________________________________________________________

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POWER ELECTRONIC CONTROL OF DC DRIVES - SYLLABUS Controlled Bridge Rectifier (3- ) with DC Motor Load Three-phase semi converter and Three phase full converter for continuous and discontinuous modes of operation – power and power factor – Addition of Free wheeling diode – Three phase double converter Three phase naturally commutated bridge circuit as a rectifier or as an inverter Three phase controlled bridge rectifier with passive load impedance, resistive load and ideal supply – Highly inductive load and ideal supply for load side and supply side quantities, shunt capacitor compensation, three phase controlled bridge rectifier inverter. Phase controlled DC Motor drives Three phase controlled converter, control circuit, control modeling of three phase converter – Steady state analysis of three phase converter control DC motor drive – Two quadrant, Three phase converter controlled DC motor drive – DC motor and load, converter Current and Speed controlled DC Motor drives Current and speed controllers – current and speed feedback – Design of controllers – Current and speed controllers – Motor equations – filter in the sped feed back loop speed controller – current reference generator – current controller and flow chart for simulation – Harmonics and associated problems – sixth harmonics torque. Chopper controlled DC motor drives Principle of operation of the chopper – Four- quadrant chopper circuit – Chopper for inversion – Chopper with other power devices – model of the chopper – input to the chopper – steady state analysis of chopper controlled DC motor drives – rating of the devices – Pulsating torque. Closed loop operation of DC motor drives Speed controlled drive system – current control loop – pulse width modulated current controller – hysterisis current controller – modeling of current controller – design of current controller Simulation of DC motor drives Dynamic simulations of the speed controlled DC motor drives – Speed feedback speed controller – command current generator – current controller. REFERENCES: 1. Power Electronics and motor control – Shepherd, Hulley, Liang – II Edition, Cambridge University Press 2. Electric motor drives modeling, Analysis and control – R.Krishnan – I Edition, Prentice Hall India 3. Power Electronic circuits, Devices and Applications – M.H. Rashid – PHI – I Edition – 1995 4. Fundamentals of Electric Drives – G.K. Dubey- Narosa Publications -1995 5. Power Semiconductor drives – S.B. Dewan and A. Straughen – 1975 _______________________________________________________________________________

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Power Generation, Transmission & Distribution-SYLLABUS

Introduction

General concepts of Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Utilization; Structure of

Power System.

Power Generation, Load & Load Curves

Types of power plants: Thermal, Gas Turbine, Hydro and nuclear power plants. Types of

loads; Load Prediction; Load curves & Load-duration curves and their significance; Terms &

Factors – Maximum Demand, Diversity Factor, Load Factor, Plant Capacity Factor, Plant Use

Factor etc.; Base Load & Peak Load Power Plants.

Choice of Generation, Tariffs and Power Factor Improvement

Cost of generation – Fixed costs, Variable Costs, Effect of load factor on Cost/kWh,

Depreciation of plant, Methods of determining depreciation; Tariffs – Definition, Objectives,

Types, Tariffs for domestic, commercial, agricultural and industrial applications; Power Factor

Improvement – Causes & Effects of low power factor, Advantages and Methods of

improving power factor, Economics of power factor improvement.

Transmission And Distribution Systems

DC 2-wire and 3-wire systems; AC single phase, three phase and 4-wire systems;

Comparison of copper efficiency. Distribution Systems: Primary and Secondary distribution

systems, Voltage drop and Power loss calculations, Voltage regulators.

References :

1. Transmission And Distribution By U.A.Bakshi, M.V.Bakshi, Technical Publications, ISBN

81843252

2. Transmission & Distribution by SN Singh, PHI, ISBN 8120335600

3. Electric Power Distribution by AS Pable, TMH

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Power Pricing & Power Purchase Agreement-SYLLABUS

Theory of Pricing

Historical Perspective of Tariff Regulation

Tariff Regulation For Generation, Transmission and Distribution of Electricity

Tariff through Competitive Bidding Process

Power Purchase Agreements (PPA)

Definitions and Interpretation

Term of Agreement

Conditions Subsequent to be Satisfied by the Sellers

Development of the Project

Construction

Synchronization, Commissioning and Commercial Operation

Operation and Maintenance

Capacity, Availability and Dispatch

Metering and Energy Accounting

Insurances

Billing and Payment

Force Majeure

Change in Law

Events of Default and Termination

Liability and Indemnification

Assignments and Charges

Governing Law and Dispute Resolution

Miscellaneous Provisions

References :

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1. Power Pricing by Robert J Dolan, Simon & Robert J Doan, Free Press, ISBN 068483443X

2. Power Price by L Bloeichlinger

3. Electric Power Purchasing Handbook by Michael C Tierney, Pennwell, ISBN 1558402969

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POWER QUALITY - Syllabus

1. Introduction:

Introduction of the Power Quality (PQ) problem, Terms used in PQ: Sags, Swells, Surges, Harmonics, Interruptions. Assessing PQ; Remedies : Customer side of meter, utility side of the meter. Power Quality Data : Data collection, Data analysis, Database structure, Creating PQ databases, Processing PQ data.

2. Voltage Sag Analysis:

Voltage sag characteristics; methodology for computation of voltage sag magnitude and occurrence; accuracy of sag analysis ; duration & frequency of sags. Effect of transformer connections, effect of pre-fault voltage, simple examples. Voltage dip problems. Fast assessment methods for voltage sags in distribution systems.

3. PQ Considerations in Industrial Power Systems:

Adjustable speed drive (ASD) systems and applications, sources of power system harmonics, mitigation of harmonics. Characterization of voltage sags experienced by three-phase ASD Systems : Types of sags and phase - angle jumps.. Effects of momentary voltage dips on the operation of induction and synchronous motors. Voltage sag coordination for reliable plant operation.

4. Effects of Harmonics on Power Quality :

Harmonic analysis of industrial customers; technical barriers in ASDs . Methods of evaluation of harmonic levels in industrial distribution systems. Harmonic effects on transformers. Impact of distribution system capacitor banks on PQ. Guidelines for limiting voltage harmonics.

5. Power Quality and Factory Automation :

General plant description, monitoring strategy, equipment selection and testing. Design philosophy of filters to reduce harmonic distortion. Power conditioners. Voltage flicker measurement and analysis System.

6. Power Quality Standards and Guidelines :

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Industry standards and general guidelines. Global quality standards: ISO 9000, framework for quality, rewards of quality with ISO 9000.

REFERENCE :

Recent Technical Papers Published in IEEE on ‘Power Quality’.

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Power Sector Economics & Planning-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Economic Theories and their Importance

Economic Figures of Merit Used in the Energy Sector SPP, DPP, NPV, IRR

Depreciation Accounting

Tariff: Different Types of Tariffs

Environmental and Societal Benefits of Energy Technologies

Clean Development Mechanism

Regulatory Framework and Subsidy

Energy Forecasting

References :

1. The politics of Power Sector Reforms in India by Niranjan Sahoo, Pentagon Press, ISBN

818274301X

2. Reforming Power Sector Reforms, Excel Books

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Power System-SYLLABUS

Introduction

General concepts of Generation, Transmission, Distribution and Utilization; Structure of Power

System.

Power Generation, Load & Load Curves

Types of power plants: Thermal, Gas Turbine, Hydro and nuclear power plants. Types of loads;

Load Prediction; Load curves & Load-duration curves and their significance; Terms & Factors –

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Maximum Demand, Diversity Factor, Load Factor, Plant Capacity Factor, Plant Use Factor etc.;

Base Load & Peak Load Power Plants.

CHOICE of Generation, Tariffs and Power Factor Improvement

Cost of generation – Fixed costs, Variable Costs, Effect of load factor on Cost/kWh, Depreciation of

plant, Methods of determining depreciation; Tariffs – Definition, Objectives, Types, Tariffs for

domestic, commercial, agricultural and industrial applications; Power Factor Improvement –

Causes & Effects of low power factor, Advantages and Methods of improving power factor,

Economics of power factor improvement.

Transmission And Distribution Systems

DC 2-wire and 3-wire systems; AC single phase, three phase and 4-wire systems; Comparison of

copper efficiency. Distribution Systems: Primary and Secondary distribution systems, Voltage drop

and Power loss calculations, Voltage regulators.

References:

Electrical Power Systems, C. L. Wadhwa, New Age International,

Electric Power Distribution, A.S. Pabla, Tata McGraw-Hill Education,

Power Systems, Behic R Gungor, Oxford University Press

Power System Engineering, R.K.Rajput, Laxmi Publication

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Power System Analysis & Stability-SYLLABUS

POWER SYSTEM ANALYSIS

System Modeling and formation of Network Matrices

Modeling of Synchronous Machine, Transformer, Transmission Line, Load; Per-Unit (PU)

System and its Advantages, Single-Line (or One-Line) Diagram, Impedance and Reactance

Diagrams, Bus Admittance (Ybus) and Impedance (Zbus) Matrices and their Formation.

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Load Flow Analysis

Load Flow Problem, Bus Classification, Power System Equations, Solution Techniques – Gauss

Iterative Method, Gauss-Seidel (G-S) Method, Newton – Raphson (N-R) Method, Fast

Decoupled Load Flow (FDLF) Method, Comparison of Load Flow Solution Methods.

Economic (optimal) operation of Power Systems

System Constraints, Optimal Distribution of Load between Units within a Plant, Distribution of

Load between Plants, Transmission Loss Equation, Classical Economic Dispatch with Losses.

Short circuit studies: Symmetrical Three-Phase fault analysis

Short Circuit Transient on a Transmission Line, Short Circuit of Synchronous Machines

(Unloaded & Loaded), Fault Calculations, Selection of Circuit Breakers. Symmetrical

Components - Resolution of Unbalanced Phases into their Symmetrical Components, Phase

Shift of Symmetrical Components in Y - Δ Transformer Bank, Power in terms of Symmetrical

Components, Sequence Impedances and Sequence Networks, Sequence Impedance of Power

System Elements (Alternator, Transformer and Transmission Line), Positive, Negative and Zero

Sequence Networks of Power System Elements. Unsymmetrical FaultAnalysis - Single Line-to-

Ground (L-G) Faults, Line-to-Line (L-L) Faults, Double Line-to- Ground (L-L-G) Faults, Open-

Conductor Faults, Unsymmetrical Faults on an unloaded alternator, Unsymmetrical Faults on a

Power System, Faults through Impedance, Fault Current Calculations.

POWER SYSTEM STABILITY

Steady state stability & Transient stability

Stability Problem, Rotor Dynamics and the Swing Equation, Power Angle Equation & Diagram,

Steady State Stability, Transient Stability, Equal Area Criterion and its Applications, Critical

Clearing Angle, Fault Clearing Time, Step-by-Step Solution of Swing Curve, Factors influencing

Transient Stability, Methods of improving Stability.

References:

1. Power System Stability and Control by Prabha Kundur, Mc GrawHill Professional Publishing, ISBN

1420009249-BEPDF

2. Power System Stability and Control by Leonard L Grigsby, Taylor & Francis Incl, ISBN

1420009249-BEPDF

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POWER SYSTEM OPERATION AND CONTROL – Syllabus

ECONOMIC OPERATION OF POWER SYSTEMS

Economic dispatch in thermal power station: Heat rate curves - cost curves - incremental fuel and

production costs - economic distribution of load between units without consideration to line

losses. Transmission line losses as a function of plant generation - calculation of loss coefficients -

optimum generation allocation between thermal plants. Capability diagram of a synchronous

generator.

LOAD FREQUENCY CONTROL

Importance of keeping voltage and frequency constant in a power system - Load frequency

control (LFC) single area case - the P- loop: Schematic of load frequency and AVR of a

synchronous generator – mathematical modeling of generator, loads, prime mover and speed

governor for LFC & corresponding block diagram representation - LFC block diagram of an isolated

power system - steady state analysis - dynamic response. LFC for two area systems - automatic

generation control (AGC) scheme – AGC in a single area and two area systems - block diagram

representation.

REACTIVE POWER CONTROL: Loadability of transmission lines - sources of reactive power

Reactive power control in synchronous generators: The role of excitation system- exciter,

generator and sensor models - simplified AVR block diagram - steady state response for a step

change in terminal voltage.

Reactive power compensation of loads: Shunt compensating devices

Transmission line compensation: Series compensation - shunt compensation. Static VAR

compensators – thyristor controlled reactors (TCR) - thyristor switched capacitors (TSC) -

combined TCR and TSC - schematic of all three types - STATCOM and FACTS devices

Voltage control of distribution systems: Tap changing - booster transformers - synchronous phase

modifiers - induction regulators and static capacitors.

INTRODUCTION TO FACTS CONTROLLERS

Basic types of FACTS controllers – Brief description and definitions of FACTS controllers: Shunt -

Series - Combined shunt and series connected controllers.

Objectives of Shunt compensators – SVC - STATCOM – TSC - TCR

Objectives of Series compensators – TSSC - TCSC

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Objectives of combined series and shunt connected compensators – UPFC

REFERENCE BOOKS:

s1) Modern power system analysis by D.P. Kothari & I.J. Nagrath McGraw Hill 3rdedition,2003

2) Electric Energy systems Theory – by O.I.Elgerd, Tata Mc Graw-hill Publishing Comapany Ltd.,

Second edition 1983

3) Electrical power systems by C.L. Wadhwa, New age International (P) Limited

4) Understanding FACTS by Naran G. Hingorani, L. Gyugyi, 1st edition, 2001, Standard Publishers

Distributors

5) Elements of power system analysis by W D Stevenson Jr Fourth Edition TMH International

student edition

6) Economic operation of interconnected systems by L.K.Kirchmeyer Wiley Eastern Ltd

7) Power system analysis by H. Saadat , McGraw Hill, 2nd edition

8)Power System Analysis Operation and Control by Abhijit Chakrabarti, Sunita Halder, PHI, 2007

9) Computer modeling of Electrical power systems by J.Arrillaga, N. A. Watson,second

Edition2003, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

10) Power system control- technology by Torsten Cegrell, Prentice Hall international series in

systems & control engineering

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Power Trading-SYLLABUS

Introduction

Power Trading

Market Mechanisms

Financial and Technical Aspects of Power Trading

Legal and Regulatory Framework

References :

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1. Impacts of Emission Trading on Power Industry and Electricity Markets by Wen & Singh, Emarald

Group Publishing Ltd, ISBN 1780524471-BEPDF

2. Power System Restructuring and Deregulation :Trading, Performance & IT by Loi Lei Lai, John

Wiley Sons Incl, ISBN 047149500X

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Process Modeling and Simulation-SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION

What is Modeling and Why Modeling

CLASSIFICATION OF MODELS

Transport Phenomena Based, Empirical, Population Balance Based, Steady State vs.

Dynamic, On-Line vs. Off-Line, Lumped Parameter vs. Distributed Parameter

ANALYTICAL MODELS

Conservation and Constitutive Equations, Material, Energy and Momentum Balances

GRAPH THEORY

Basics, Boolean Algebra, Applications to Decomposition of Large Systems

ANN BASED MODELING

What is ANN, How to Construct ANN Models, Training and Testing of Networks

DEGREES OF FREEDOM ANALYSIS

THERMODYNAMIC AND PHYSICAL PROPERTY CALCULATION FACILITIES

METHODS OF SOLUTION

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Sequential, Modular, Equation-Oriented, Mathematical Tools (Recycle Calculations,

Partitioning and Tearing)

CASE STUDIES

From the Petroleum and Gas Industry: Crude Distillation Unit, Synthesis Gas

Production, Reformers, FCC Units

ASPEN-HYSIS/PLUS

References:

D. M. Himmelblau and K. B. Bischoff, Process Analysis and Simulation: Deterministic Systems,

Wiley, New York, 1968.

W. L. Luyben, Process Modeling, Simulation and Control for Chemical Engineers, 2nd Ed., McGraw

Hill, 1990.

R. Aris, Mathematical Modeling, Academic, New York, 1999.

A. Hussain, Chemical Process Simulation, Wiley Eastern, New Delhi, 1986.

B. V. Babu, Process Plant Simulation, Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2004.

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_Production Engineering-SYLLABUS

Well Testing and Well Completion

Well Head Testing, Perforation and Well Activation, Use of Compressed Air, Liquid

Nitrogen, Swabbing, Surface Layout. Production Measurement, Production Testing of Wells.

Choke Performance.

Separation Techniques

Oil and Gas Separator. Separator System Design. Optimum Separation Scheme.

Tubing Design

Multi Phase Flow in Tubing and Flow Lines. Tubing Sizing and Performance; Horizontal Well

Performance.

Gas Lifts

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Continuous and Intermittent Gas Lift System, Performance and Optimization.

Pumping

Sucker Rod Pumping of Oil. Electric Submersible Pumps; Operation, Design and

Optimization.

Sand Control

Sand Consolidation, Gravel Packing, Performance Design and Techniques.

Work Over

Deparaffination, Water Shut off; Squeeze Cement and Polymer Injection; Conventional and

Coil Tubing Use. Application of Liquid Nitrogen; Production Optimization: Nodal

Analysis.

Intelligent well

Smarts Wells, Intelligent Wells.

References :

1. Principles of Oil Well Production by Nind from Mc Graw Hill Publication

2. Petroleum Production by William Lycon from Libro Publication.

3. ONGC Manual on Production Engineering(Oil and Gas).

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Production Engineering & Well Testing Analysis-SYLLABUS

• Types and Characteristics of Well Completion and Work Over

Operation : Trouble Shooting for Vertical Horizontal and Multilateral

Wells.

• Well Bore Damage, Inflow and Well Performance Analysis, Multiphase

Flow through Conduits.

• Artificial Lift : Oil Well Pumping, Gas Lift.

• Surface Facilities :Field Processing of oil and gas, Flow Measurement.

• Well Completion Design, Packers

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• Stimulation Techniques: Hydraulic Fracturing and Matrix Acidizing Jobs,

Non acid stimulation.

• Sand Control

• Production Testing

• Production Logging

• Well Testing Approach and applications : Fundamental Aspects and

objectives of well testing in oil exploration/exploitations.

• Fluid Flow in Porous Media: Diffusivity equation and its application , in

Oil And Gas Industry

• Drill Stem Test: Introduction and its applications formation evaluation

in oil Exploration.

• Pressure Build-up Tests: Procedure, analysis, multirate analysis, effects

on oil & Gas Production .

• Pressure Drawdown Tests: Procedure, analysis, multirate Test.

• Type Curve Analysis: Need, procedure and its applications with case

study.

• Well Testing and Exploratory Decisions

References:

1. Production Operations, Vol.1, Allen, T.O., and Roberts, A.P., Oil and Gas

Consultations International, Inc., Tulsa, 1954

2. Production Operations, Vol.2, Allen, T.O., and Roberts, A.P., Oil and Gas

Consultations International, Inc., Tulsa, 1989

3. The Technology of Artificial Lift Methods, Vol.1, Brown, K.E. and

Beggs,H.D., Pennwell Publishing Co., Tulsa, 1977

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Project and Financial Management in Energy Sector-SYLLABUS

Project Management

Definition & Scope of Project

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Project Development Cycle: Project identification, project screening, technical design,

financing, contracting, implementation, monitoring and review.

Project Planning Techniques: Work breakdown structure, Gantt chart.

Project Network techniques: CPM and PERT.

Project Design & Implementation: Implementation plan for top management,

procurement procedures, construction, measurement and verification.

Energy monitoring and Targeting: Introduction, setting up monitoring and targeting,

key elements, data sources and analysis, information sources and analysis.

Financial Management

Investment Need, Appraisal and criteria

Financial Analysis Techniques: Payback period, ROI, IRR, NPV

Cash Flow: Capital investment consideration, net investment, cash inflows, salvage value

Sensitivity and Risk Analysis: Micro and macro factors, economic life, cash flow diagram

Financial Options Available: Debt financing, equity financing, retained earning, capital

lease, true lease

ESCO and Energy Performance Contracting: Types of performance contracting, role of

ESCO, drawbacks of ESCO, benefits of industry, developing a ESCO contract, Tariffs,

Electricity Markets & Competition.

References:

1. Essentials of financial management, I.M.Pandey, Vikas publication

2. Project Management, Prasanna Chandra, Mc graw hill

3. Investopedia

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Project Management & Contract Administration-SYLLABUS

Project Feasibility – Econometric Model

Project Cost – Contingency, Risk and Sensitivity Analysis

Initiating a Project

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Project Execution – Developing a Project Schedule

Project Control – Checking Project Progress with Bell and "S" Curves

Project Costs Control

Project Procurement – Evaluating Bids for Major Equipment

Attributes of a Good Project Manager

Modern Trends

Contract Elements-Contract Formation

Key Business Drivers for Contract Management

The Need of Contract Management Solutions

Contract Management for Legal

The Five Cornerstones of a Contract Lifecycle Management Strategy

Justifying Contract Management

Five Myths of Contract Management

Understanding and Improving the Contracting Process

References :

1. Contracting for Project Management by J Rodney Turner, Ashgate Rower, ISBN 0754682900-

BEPDF

2. Project Management of Multiple Projects & Contracts by Loftus, Thomas Teltford

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Pumps, Compressors and Fans-SYLLABUS

PUMP- BASICS AND HARDWARE DESCRIPTION

Various Types of Pumps, Selection of Pumps, Hardware Components Casings, Rotor , Internals,

Pump Seals.

DRIVER INFORMATION

An Overview of Motor Drives, Gas Turbines, Steam Turbines, selection of drives.

PUMP CHARACTERISTICS AND CALCULATIONS

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NPSH – Theory and Estimation Method, Discharge and Suction Pressures, Differential Head, Power

Requirements, System and Operating Curves, Performance Curves and Efficiency.

PUMP SPECIFICATION AND DATA SHEET

Codes and Standards, Shut-off Pressure, Design Pressure and Design Temperature, Selection of

Material, Mechanical Specifications, Vendor Information and Testing

SPECIAL CASE STUDIES

Low NPSH Cases, Factors Affecting Pump Performance

COMPRESSOR SELECTION

Types of compressor and Application, Selection Criteria

COMPRESSOR HARDWARE DESCRIPTION

Centrifugal compressor – casing types, impeller types, guide vanes, sealing system, performance

characteristics. Reciprocating Compressor- casing, piston, valves, sealing system, performance

characteristics

COMPRESSOR CALCULATIONS

Suction Pressure, Discharge Pressure, Differential Head, Adiabatic and Isentropic Compression,

Temperature Rise, Efficiency and Power Requirement.

COMPRESSOR SPECIFICATION DATA SHEET

Typical data sheet for centrifugal and reciprocating compressors, vendor information and

interaction requirements.

FANS AND BLOWERS

Types, performance evaluation, efficient system operation, flow Control strategies.

References :

1. Turbines, Compressors and Fans by S.M Yahya , McGraw Hill Education

2. Centrifugal Compressor Design And Performance by David Japiske , Published by Concepts

Eti

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3. Compressor Handbook (McGraw-Hill Handbooks) by Paul Hanlon McGraw-Hill Professional

Publishing

4. Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines, S.C.Gupta, Pearson Education India, 2006

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Quality and Reliability Engineering-SYLLABUS

Definition

Definition of quality and its meaning and importance in industry, Control and Quality control,

Quality Tasks,

Quality function, system and control

Quality functions, The system Concept, Quality systems, quality assurance and ISO 9000 quality

system standards, Quality costs concept, Quality cost categories,

Statistical Tools in Quality control

The concept of variation, Tabular Summarization of Data, Frequency distribution, Graphical

Summarization of Data: The Histogram, Quantitative methods of summarizing data: Numerical

Indices, Probability distributions : General, The normal Probability distribution, The normal curve

and Histogram Analysis, The causes of variation, statistical aspect of control charting, concept of

rational sub-grouping and detecting patterns on the control charts, for variables and attributes: X

and R, X and S, p, np, c and u charts

Reliability Centered Maintenance:

Introduction to Changing world of maintenance - Maintenance and RCM -The seven Basic

Questions –Implementing RCM - Achievements of RCM.(06Hrs)

Failure Data Analysis

Introduction, Failure Data, Quantitative measures, MTTF, MTBF, Bathtub Curve, Mean Life, Life

Testing, Problems, Introduction to Failure Mode and Effect Analysis(06 Hrs) System

Reliability Series, Parallel and Mixed Configuration, Block Diagram Concept, r-out-of-n structure

solving problems using mathematical models.Reliability Improvement and Allocation,Difficulty in

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achieving reliability, Methods for improving reliability during design, Different techniques available

to improve reliability, Optimization, Reliability-Cost trade off, Prediction and Analysis, Problems

References:

1. Introduction to Quality and Reliability Engineering by Renyan Jiang

2. Statistical Methods for Quality, Reliability and Maintainability by Muralidharan

3. Reliability Engineering Handbook by Nolan Dodson.

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Quantitative Techniques-SYLLABUS

Probability Distributions

Sampling and Sampling Distributions

Estimation

Testing of Hypotheses

Chi Square

Analysis of Variance

Non-parametric Methods

Simple Regression and Correlation

Time Series and Forecasting

Decision Theories

Linear Programming, Transportation and Assignment Problems

Inventory Model

Game Theory

Simulation

References :

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1. Principles of Mathematical Analysis by Walter Rudin, Mc Graw Hill Publishing Co., ISBN

0070856133

2. Introductory methods of numerical analysis , PHI, ISBN 8120327616

3. Statistics by David Freedman, Robert Pisani & Roger Purves , Viva Books Pvt Ltd, ISBN

8130915871

4. Statistics by Nadar E Narayanan , PHI, ISBN 8120342305

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Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Systems-SYLLABUS

REFRIGERATION CYCLES – ANALYSIS

Development of Vapor Compression Refrigeration Cycle from Reverse Carnot Cycle- conditions for

high COP-deviations from ideal vapor compression cycle, Multipressure System, Cascade Systems-

Analysis. Vapor Absorption Systems-Aqua Ammonia & Li-Br Systems, Steam Jet Refrigeration

Thermal Electric Refrigeration, Air Refrigeration cycles, and Heat pumps.

MAIN SYSTEM COMPONENTS

Compressor- Types, performance, Characteristics, Types of Evaporators & Condensers and their

functional aspects, Expansion Devices and their Behavior with fluctuating load, cycling controls

REFRIGERANTS

Classification of Refrigerants, Refrigerant properties, Oil Compatibility, Environmental Impact-

Montreal / Kyoto protocols-Eco Friendly Refrigerants, alternatives to HCFCS, Secondary

Refrigerants

TYPES OF AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEMS AND PSYCHROMETRICS

Moist Air properties, use of Psychrometric Chart, Various Psychrometric processes, Air Washer,

Adiabatic Saturation. Summer and winter Air conditioning, Types of air conditioning systems.

LOAD ESTIMATION

Solar Radiation-Heat Gain through Glasses, Heat Transfer through Walls and Roofs-Total Cooling

Load Estimation.

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References :

1. Arora C.P. , Refrigeration and Air Conditioning , Tata McGraw Hill Pub. Company , New Delhi -

2000.

2. ALI VEDAVARZ, SUNIL KUMAR, Mohammed Iqbal, Hussain Handbook of Heating , Ventilation

and Air conditioning for Design Implementation ,Industrial press Inc,2007.

3. ASHRAE , Fundamentals and equipment , 4 volumes-ASHRAE Inc. 2005

4. Jones , Air Conditioning Engineering , Edward Amold pub. 2001.

5. Carrier Air Conditioning Co., Handbook of Air Conditioning Systems design , McGraw Hill , 1985.

6. Langley , Billy C. Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Ed. 3 , Engie wood Cliffs (N.J) Prentice Hall

1986.

7. Dossat R.J., Principles of refrigeration, John Wiley , S.I. Version (2001).

8. Stoecker W.F., Refrigeration and Air conditioning , McGraw-Hill Book Company , 1989.

9. Jordan and Priester, Refrigeration and Air conditioning 1985.

10. Langley, Billy C., ‘Solid state electronic controls for HVACR’ pentice-Hall 1986.

11. Air conditioning and Refrigeration, Rex Milter, Mark R.Miller, McGraw Hill 2006

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Regulatory Framework of Power Sector-SYLLABUS

Power Sector Reform

Role of Regulator and regulatory issues in Power Sector

Regulatory Commissions at Centre and State

Tariff Regulations

Performance Regulation

Capacity Addition and Resource Mobilization

Rural Electrification

Power Shortage in India

International Experiences in De-regulating Electricity Markets

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References :

1. Understanding Competitive Electricity Markets-Business Analysis of Regulatory Framework for

Electricity Sector in India by Vipul Shah, ICFAI, ISBN 813140451X

2. The Politics of Power Sector Reforms in India by Niranjan Sahoo, Pentagon Press, ISBN

818274301X

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Remote Sensing & Image Interpretation-SYLLABUS

Aerial photography and photogrammetry

basic principles, photographic systems, visual interpretation and mapping. Ground truth

verification radiometer and its application.

Basic concepts of remote sensing

Idealized remote sensing system. Physics of remote sensing, electromagnetic spectrum,

black body concept, atmospheric windows, geometry of scanners, CCD arrays and platforms,

history of space imaging characteristics of space platform like LANDSAT, SPOT, IRS, etc.

Characteristics of sensors like MSS, TM, LISS I and LISS II. Outputs from various sensors.

Classification of digital data and information

Supervised, unsupervised. Extraction procedure for different applications and terrain

evaluation. Thematic interpretation, transfer of interpreted thematic information to base map.

Ground verification.

Application of remote sensing

Civil Engineering, Earth Science, Forestry, Agriculture, Oceanography, Fisheries, Water

resources, Town planning and land use/land cover mapping.

Integration of Remote Sensing, Image interpretation and GIS

Extracting metric information from Remotely Sensed images, Extracting thematic

information from Remotely Sensed images, Integration of information from remote sensing in

GIS GIS application areas.

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References :

1. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation by Thomas Lillesand Ralph W. Keifere Jonathan

Chipman.- John Wiley Sons

2. Paul R Wolf , Elements of photogrammetry –- Mc Graw-Hill

3. Lille sand & Kiefer, Remote sensing and image interpretation, John Wiley and Sons

4. Floyd F. Sabins Remote sensing principles and interpretation - - WH Freeman & Co.

5. John R Jensen, Introductory digital image processing - - Prentice Hall

6. George Joseph, Fundamentals of Remote Sensing- -Universities Press-Technical

7. L R A Narayan Remote Sensing and its Applications- - Universities Press

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Renewable Energy Technology-SYLLABUS

SOLAR ENERGY

SOLAR RADIATION

Introduction -extraterrestrial solar radiation - radiation at ground level-collectors-solar cells-

applications of solar energy, Introduction to Solar Collectors (Liquid Flat - Plate Collector, Air

Heater and Concentrating Collector) and Thermal Storage ,

PHOTOVOLTAIC SOLAR CELL

P:N Junction - Metal - Schottky Junction, Electrolyte - Semiconductor Junction, Types of Solar Cells

- their applications - Experimental Techniques to determine the characteristics of Solar Cells -

Photovoltaic Hybrid Systems Photovoltaic Thermal Systems – Storage Battery - Solar Array and

their Characteristics , Solar Chargeable Battery.

WIND ENERGY

Introduction-basic theory

Statistics - Measurements and Data Presentation - Wind Turbine

Aerodynamics - Momentum Theories - Basics Aerodynamics - Airfoils and their

Characteristics - HAWT - Blade Element ,VAWT Aerodynamics - Wind Turbine Loads

BIOMASS

Biomass Energy-Introduction-Biomass Conversion-Biogas Production-Ethanol production

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Pyrolysis and Gasification-Direct Combustion-Applications.

THERMAL BIOMASS CONVERSION:

Combustion, Pyrolysis, Gasification and Liquefaction - Biological Conversion - Methanol, Ethanol

Production - Fermentation - Anaerobic Digestion Biodegradation and Biodegradability of

Substrate.

POWER GENERATION TECHNIQUES:

Fermentation and Gasification – Biogas production from different Organic Wastes - Effect of

Additives on Biogas Yield - Biogas production from Dry Dung Cakes - Industrial Application

Viability of Energy Production - Wood Gasifier System,

ENERGY GENERATION FROM WASTE

Types - Biochemical Conversion - Sources of Energy Generation - Industrial

Waste, Agro Residues - Anaerobic Digestion. Biogas Production. Types of Biogas

Plant Thermo chemical Conversion - Sources of Energy Generation - Gasification

- Types of Gasifiers - Environment Benefits of Biochemical and Thermo chemical

Conversion, Industrial Applications of Gasifiers

OTHER RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

Tidal Energy - Introduction-origin of tides-power generation schemes-Wave Energy

Geothermal Energy-Introduction-geothermal resource types-resource base-applications for

heating and electricity generation

Introduction-Open and Closed OTEC cycles-bio photolysis-Ocean Currents-Salinity Gradient

Devices- Fuel cells, Environmental Aspects-Potential impacts of harnessing the different

renewable energy resources.

Reference:

1. D. P. Kothari, K. C. Singal, Rakesh Ranjan, “Renewable Energy Sources and Emerging

Technologies” PHI Learning Private Limited, 2012

2. John Twidell and Tony Weir, “Renewable Energy Resources”, Taylor and Francis London,

2010

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3. J. F. Manwell, J. G. Mcgowan, A. L. Rogers, “Wind Energy Explained Theory, Design and

Application” Wiley, United Kingdom 2009

4. Joshuo Earnest, “Wind Power Technology”, PHI Learning Private Limited, 2014

5. B. H. Khan, “Non- Conventional Energy Sources”, McGraw Hill Education India

6. P. K. Sharma, “Non-conventional Power Plants”, NPTI, New Delhi 2008

7. Rakosh Das Begamudre, “Energy Conversion Systems”, New Age International

Publishers, 2000

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Research Methodology-Engineering/ Science-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Research

Research Design : Theoretical Research Models

Experimental Research

Sampling

Measurement in Research

Calibration & Standards for various Instruments

Measurement Errors

Online Data

Data Smoothing

Curve Fitting

Reporting Experimental Data

Design of Experiments

Report writing

Ethics in Research

References :

1. Research Methodology-Methods & Techniques by C Rajendra, New Age Intl Pvt Ltd Publishers,

ISBN 8122415229

2. Research Methodology for Engineers by Ganesan, MJP Publishers, EAN 9788180941108

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3. Operations Research Support Methodology Series by A Holzman, CRC Press, ISBN 0824767713

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Research Methodology-Legal-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Research

Significance of Research in Law as Legal Profession in India

Planning of Legal Research

Investigation Methods

Methods and Tools of Collection of Data

Hypothesis

Sampling

Data Processing

Analysis and Interpretation

Research Reports

Computer Applications and Legal Research

References :

1. Legal Education and Research Methodology by BK Das, Neha Publishers & Distributors,

ISBN 8189972499

2. Legal Research & Methodology by SK Verma, M Afzal Wani, Indian Law Institute

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Research Methodology-Management-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Research

Importance of Research in Management Decisions

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Identification of Problem and Formulation

Research Design

Concepts of Measurement

Attitude Scaling Techniques

Sources and Types of Data

Sampling Techniques

Hypotheses

Data Analysis

Interpretation of Data and Report Writing

References :

1. Management Research Methodology : Integration of Principles, Methods & Techniques

by KN Krishnaswamy, Appa Iyer Sivakumar & M Mathirajan, Prentice Hall, ISBN

8177585630

2. Research Methodology in Business Management by DK Jha, Neha Publishers &

Distributors, ISBN 8178848090

3. Research Methodology in Management by Prof Michael, Himalaya, EAN

CHIMPUB100542

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Reservoir Engineering-SYLLABUS

• Petro-physical parameters of Reservoir Rocks: Porosity, Permeability,

Fluid Saturation, Effective and Relative Permeability, Capillary Action,

Measurement/Estimation, Interrelationship between parameters.

• Reservoir Fluid Properties: P-V-T and Phase Behavior. Measurement and

estimation of PVT parameters of fluids.

• Reserve & Resource Analysis : Volumetric approach in Exploration and

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Exploitation of Oil And Gas Reservoirs., Material balance Equation and its

modifications for performance evaluation/predictions of oil& Gas

Reservoirs, Decline Curve analysis and its applications in oil &gas

Economics

• Fluid flow through Porous Media: Darcy’s Law, Multiphase Flow, Linear,

Radial & Spherical Flow, Steady State and Unsteady State Flow. Reservoir

Pressure Monitoring and its impact on production behavior of Oil and Gas

Reservoir.

• Reservoir Analysis & Monitoring: Reservoir Drive Mechanism and its

impact on Recovery Factors.

References:

1. Fundamentals of Reservoir Engineering, Dake,L.P.,Elsevier, Netherlands.

2. Basics of Reservoir Engineering, Cosse,R., Editions Technip, Paris, 1993

3.Reservoir Engineering Handbook, Ahmed,T., Gulf Professional Publishing,

Boston, 2001,

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Risk Analysis and Management-SYLLABUS

HAZARD IDENTIFICATION AND RISK ANALYSIS

Introduction - Hazard - Process - Hazard - Monitoring - Risk - Issues - Perception - Management

Assessment-Analysis-Safety Audits-Management System Audits-Check Lists-Material Safety

Data-What If Analysis-Event Tree-Fault Tree Analysis-Hazard and Operability Studies- Coarse

Hazard Studies-Human Error Analysis-Safety Review System-Hazard Warning Methods-Hazard

Warning Analysis- Plant Safety Audit.

SOFTWARES FOR RISK ANALYSIS

Basic Concepts of Risk Analysis - Quantitative - Qualitative Methods - Hazard Models System-

Hazard Assessment Systems - Principles of Applications of Software's- FETI - Hazard

Operability Studies ( HAZOP) - EFFECTS - Hazard Analysis (HAZAN) - PHAST - SAFETI -Failure Mode

and Effect Analysis( FMEA.)

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RISK CONTROL & MANAGEMENT

Impact estimation : Property, People , Man and Machine System, Job and Personal Risk Factors-

Standards-Selection and Training-Body Size and Posture-Body Dimension (Static/Dynamic)-

Adjustment Range- Penalties.-Guide Lines for Safe Design and Postures- Evaluation and

Methods of Reducimg Posture Strain

Man-Machine Interface-Controls-Types of Control-Identification and Selection-Types of Displays-

Compatibility and Stereotypes of Important Operations-Fatigue and Vigilance- Measurement

Characteristics and Strategies for Enhanced Performance Human Factor Engineering &

Behavioral based safety

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Rock slope engineering-SYLLABUS

Rock Slope Engineering:

Introduction, Principles of rock slopes, Design methods, field parameters and data collection

Rock and Soil strength and their measurements

Rock properties, loading conditions, failure theories, laboratory measurements, ground water

conditions

Failure analysis Plane, wedge, circular and toppling failures and their principles, impacts in

mining

Rock Blasting

Rock fragmentation and blasting principles, wave propagations, vibration

Rock stabilization in slopes

Monitoring, prevention and control of slopes failure, rock reinforcements and supports

Numerical Analysis

Modeling concepts, field examples and illustrations, Mining case studies.

Suggested Reading:

i. Rock Slope Engineering: Duncan C. Wyllie & Christopher W. Mah

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ii. Practical Rock Engineering: Evert Hoek For different software used in analysis :

https://www.rocscience.com/learning

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Rocket Propulsion-SYLLABUS

Classification of rockets: chemical, electrical and nuclear; Applications of rockets in launch

vehicles, spacecraft, and missiles; Criteria of performance: thrust, specific impulse, energy and

efficiencies, characteristic velocity, effective exhaust velocity; Flow through ideal and real nozzles;

Solid rocket motors, double-base and composite propellants, grain configurations, erosive

burning; Liquid rocket engines, types of propellants; cryogenic and gelled propellants, injector

design, gas pressure and turbo-pump feed systems, combustion instability; Heat transfer analysis;

Thrust vector control; Hybrid rocket engines; Electro-thermal ion and magneto-plasma rockets;

Rocket testing.

References:

1. G. P. Sutton and O. Biblarz, Rocket Propulsion Elements, Wiley, 2001.

2. R. W. Humble, G. N. Henry, W. J. Larson, Space Propulsion Analysis and Design, McGraw Hill,

1995.

3. G. C. Oates, Aerothermodynamics of Gas Turbine and Rocket Propulsion, AIAA, 1988.

4. M. L. Turner, Rocket and Spacecraft Propulsion, Springer, 2009.

5. M. J. Zucrow, Aircraft and Missile Propulsion (Vol. II and I), John Wiley, 1958.

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Safety aspects in mining-SYLLABUS

Associated Acts and Rules

Indian Electricity Rules (VIII & X), Land Acquisition Act, Mine Rescue Rules, Workmen’s

Compensation Act, Indian Explosives Act.

Accident

Classification of accidents Accident statistics, Accident reports, Risk assessment.

Concept on Ergonomics and possible application in Mining Operation

Environmental and Physiological parameters and its assessment

Assessment of Fatigue & determination of rest pause period for different mine working

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Suggested Reading:

1. The Indian Electricity Rules, 1956

2. Mine Rescue rules Indian Explosives Act, 1884

3. Safety in Mines: A Survey of Accidents, Their Causes and Prevention.

4. Hand Book of Occupational Safety and Health by Lawrence Slote

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Safety in Construction-SYLLABUS

SAFETY IN CONSTRUCTION

Meaning and Scope of Safety in Construction Operations, Rules & Regulations, Safety in

Excavations, Scaffolding, Underwater Works, Cofferdams, Underpinning & Shoring etc.

Safety in use of Lifting Equipment, Pre-Construction Preparation etc, Health Hazards

while Handling Construction Materials and Chemicals, Safe Demolition, Human Factors,

Safe Handling of Machines & Equipments used in Refinery, Petrochemicals Plant & Gas

Facilities Construction

HISTORY OF SAFETY LEGISLATION

History of Dock Safety Statues in India- Background of Present Dock Safety Statues- Dock

Workers (Safety, Health & Welfare) Act 1986 and the Rules and Regulations framed there

under. Other Statues like Marking of Heavy Packages Act 1951 and the Rules Framed there

Under- Manufacturer, Storage and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules 1989 framed

under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1989 - few case Laws to interpret the terms used . Dock

Safety Statutes. Responsibility of Different Agencies for Safety, Health and Welfare involved

in Dock Work - Responsibilities of Port Authorities - Dock Labour Board - Owner of Ship Master -

and agent of Ship - Owner of Lifting Appliances and Loose Gear etc - Employers of Dock

Workers like Stevedores - Clearing and Forwarding Agents - Competent Persons and Dock

Worker.

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Satellite Communication Engineering-SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION

Origin of Satellite Communications, Historical Back-ground, Basic Concepts of Satellite

Communications, Frequency allocations for Satellite Services, Applications, Future Trends of

Satellite Communications.

ORBITAL MECHANICS AND LAUNCHERS

Orbital Mechanics, Look Angle determination, Orbital perturbations, Orbit determination,

launches and launch vehicles, Orbital effects in communication systems performance.

SATELLITE SUBSYSTEMS

Attitude and orbit control system, telemetry, tracking, Command and monitoring, power

systems, communication subsystems, Satellite antenna Equipment reliability and Space

qualification.

SATELLITE LINK DESIGN

Basic transmission theory, system noise temperature and G/T ratio, Design of down links, up

link design, Design of satellite links for specified C/N, System design example.

MULTIPLE ACCESS

Frequency division multiple access (FDMA) Intermodulation, Calculation of C/N. Time division

Multiple Access (TDMA) Frame structure, Examples. Satellite Switched TDMA Onboard

processing, DAMA, Code Division Multiple access (CDMA), Spread spectrum transmission and

reception.

EARTH STATION TECHNOLOGY

Introduction, Transmitters, Receivers, Antennas, Tracking systems, Terrestrial interface,

Primary power test methods.

LOW EARTH ORBIT AND GEO-STATIONARY SATELLITE SYSTEMS

Orbit consideration, coverage and frequency considerations, Delay & Throughput

considerations, System considerations, Operational NGSO constellation Designs

SATELLITE NAVIGATION & THE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM

Radio and Satellite Navigation, GPS Position Location principles, GPS Receivers and codes,

Satellite signal acquisition, GPS Navigation Message, GPS signal levels, GPS receiver operation,

GPS C/A code accuracy, Differential GPS.

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SCADA and Telemetry-SYLLABUS

Telemetry systems

Different Telemetry Systems Including Multifunctional Ones and their Safety Aspects,

Developing and Implementing Security Features.

Monitoring and controlling

Controlling the Infrastructure Including Critical Devices & Station such as Compressors,

Regulators and Remotely Operated Valves, Range of Systems for Gas and Oil Pipelines.

Method of networking

Networking of SCADA Systems to Corporate Networks

Terrorism & SCADA

Cyber Terrorism and SCADA Systems, Encryption in SCADA Systems

References :

1. Telemetry Principles by D Patranabis, TATA Mc Graw Hill, ISBN 0074637959

2. Telemetry by Barculo, Nova, ISBN 1606925091

3. Securing SCADA Systems by Ronald L Krutz, John Wley & Sons Incl, ISBN 047178768X-BEPDF

4. Practical SCADA for Industry by David Bailey & Edwin Wright, Newnes, ISBN 0080473903-BEPDF

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Sedimentology-Syllabus

Introduction to Sedimentology: Sedimentary Cycle, origin of Sediments, sedimentary

process, classification of sediments and distribution of sediments.

Classification Sedimentary rocks: 1. Clastic Sedimentary rocks; Rudaceous, Aranaceous and

Argillaceous 2. Chemical Sedimentary rocks; Limestone, travertine, diatomite and chert

etc., 3. Biochemical rocks; Lignite, peat and types of coal 4. Evaporates

Sedimentary texture and structures: Grain analysis (size, shape, maturation and

arrangement/ orientation). Classification of Sedimentary structures based on their origin,

Importance of sedimentary structures in analysis of basin, petroleum prospecting and

stratigraphy.

Sedimentary Environments and facies: Terrestrials, transitional and Marine environments

and their facies analysis. Significance of sedimentary environment and facies studies in

stratigraphy and basin analysis.

Tectonics and Sedimentation: Geosynclinal concept, plate tectonic concepts, basinal

concepts; rift basin, foreland & backland basin, delta type basin, subduction basin and

passive or active margin basins. The importance of this study in various resource

prospecting and basin analysis.

References:

1. Sedimentology and Sedimentary Basins: From Turbulence to Tectonics by Mike R.

Leeder (Author).

2. Sedimentary Rocks in the Field: A Practical Guide (Geological Field Guide) Maurice E.

Tucker (Author).

3. Sedimentology and Stratigraphy 2e Author: Nichols, Gary.

4. Sedimentary Environments Processes, Facies and Stratigraphy Author: Reading, Harold G

5. Sedimentary Petrology An Introduction to the Origin of Sedimentary Rocks Author: Tucker,

M. E

6. Principles of Sedimentary Basin Analysis Author: Miall, Andrew D

7. Principles of Sequence Stratigraphy Author: Catuneau, Octavian

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8. The Geology of Fluvial Deposits: Sedimentary Facies, Basin Analysis, and Petroleum Geology

Author: Miall, Andrew D.

9. Introduction to Sedimentology second edition by S.M.Sengupta.

10 Sedimentology & Stratigraphy by F.J.Pettijohn

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Ship Operations, Brokering & Chartering -SYLLABUS

Ship Operations

Organisation of shipping companies, functions of the main departments – administrative,

finance & accounting, operations (and/or) commercial, technical, crew or fleet personnel,

quality, legal & marine insurance, ISPS/security, others

Market Practitioners & the Chartering Market

The freight market - dry cargo, bulk and 'tweendecker, container, Ro/ro, liner, tanker,

"combos", reefer, car carrier, passenger and sale & purchase market chartering market players

- ship owners, charterers, operators, shipper or consignor, receiver or consignee, brokers, port

agents the chartering market

Employment of Ships

Shipping costs analysis, fixed and variable costs - operating costs, voyage costs, cargo

handling costs, capital costs & repayment, contractual relationships, incoterms.

Charter Parties

Liner & tramp shipping, types of charter parties – time, voyage, bareboat, coaetc,

chartering documents.

Chartering Market Practice

Shipbroking - role of ship broker, the process of chartering, chartering negotiations, the

negotiation process, ethics and market practices.

Chartering terms & abbreviations

Chartering terms, charterpartylaytime definitions, customary abbreviations.

Charter Parties, Clauses & Phrases

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Nature of a charter party, voyage charter party, time charter party, common CP clauses,

charter party forms.

Bills of Lading

Bill of lading functions, main elements of a bill of lading, non production of bills of lading,

types of bills of lading, liner shipping procedure, bills of lading and voyage C/P’s, bills of lading

and time C/P’s, bill of lading-related problems.

Laytime Calculations

Laydays and the cancelling date, laytime – types, demurrage, despatch, general laytime

calculations – dry cargo, liquid cargo.

Voyage Estimation

Estimate form, voyage estimates - commercial aspects, voyage charter estimations, time

charter estimating, time charter yield calculation.

Tanker Voyage Estimations

Introduction and history of worldscale, sample calculation of a worldscale rate, new

worldscale - application of differentials, worldscale contents, voyage estimation.

References :

1. Ship Operations & Management, Penguin Distribution, ISBN 1908833149

2. Articles on Shipping Management Including: Albert Ballin, Freight Derivative, Baltic Exchange,

Short Sea Shipping, Shipbroking, Chartering (Shipping), Hephaestus, ISBN 1243191856

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Software Engineering & Quality Management-SYLLABUS

Introduction

What is software, What is software process, What is software Engineering, Characteristics

of Software Project, Activities covered by Software Project Management, Problems involved,

Management function related to Project Management, Feasibility Analysis, Overview of

Project Planning, Finalising Project Scope, Infrastructure, Analysing Project Characteristics,

Identifying Project goals and activities, Estimating time & effort, allocating resources, Review

plan

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. Project Execution Approach

Choosing Technologies, Structure VS speed of Delivery Waterfall Model, V- Process Model,

Evolutionary model, Spiral Model, Software Prototyping, Incremental Delivery., Controlling

changes during project execution Software requirement study and Analysis, Software

Requirement, Specifications

Software Estimation

Need for Software Estimation, Problems with Over and Under Estimation, Software

Estimation techniques, Expert Judgement, Estimating by Anology, Function Point Analysis,

Object points, LOC based COCOMO model, Objectives of activity planning, project scheduling,

sequencing and scheduling activities, Network planning models, forward pass, backward

pass, identifying critical path, project crashing, Project progress review, Software Design

Concepts

. Risk Management

Risk and its implication, types of risk, Identifying risks, analyzing risks, prioritizing risks, Risk

avoidance, Risk containment, Resource identification, Resource planning Resource

allocation, monitoring critical resources

Managing People and Organising Teams

Understanding Behavior, Motivation, Building and Managing coherent teams, Chief

Programmer team, egoless team, Leadership challenges, Software Quality, Product versus

Process Quality management, techniques to help enhance software quality, Software

Validation and Verification, Quality plans, Brief description of SEI-CMM.

. Software Testing

Objectives , Black Box and White Box testing, testing of Static and Dynamic applications,

Validation testing, Integration testing, Designing a test plan, test criterion, test data, test

results analysis, Test Oracle, Software Maintenance

Software Quality Assurance

Process and product quality – Quality assurance and standards – Quality planning and

control – Software metrics – Process improvement – Software configuration management.

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References:

1. Software Engineering by Rajib Mall

2. Software Project Management : Bob Hughes and Mike Cotterell- Tata McGraw Hill

3. Software Engineering a Practitioner’s approach – Roger S Pressman Tata McGraw Hill

4. Introduction to Software Project Management & Quality Assurance : By Ince, Dorrel, Helen Sharp

& Mark Woodman

5. Software Engineering – Ian Sommerville, Addison Wesley, 2004

6. Managing Software Development Projects – A formula for Success By Whitten Neal

7. Mythical Man Month – Essays on Software Engineering

8. Software Project Management – From Concepts to Deployment – Kieron Conway – Dreamtech

Publications

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Software Project Management-SYLLABUS

Software Management Renaissance

Conventional Software Management

Evolution of Software Economics

Improving Software Economics

The Old Way and the New

A SOFTWARE MANAGEMENT PROCESS FRAMEWORK

Life-Cycle Phases

Artifacts of the Process

Model Based Software Architectures

Workflows of the Process

Checkpoints of the Process

Software Management Disciplines

Iterative Process Planning

Project Organization and Responsibilities

Process Automation

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Project Control and Process Instrumentation

Tailoring the Process

Looking Forward

Modern Project Profiles

Next-Generation Software Economics

Modern Process Transitions

References :

1. SOFTWARE PROJECT MANAGEMENT:A Unified Framework book BY Walker Royce Addison-

Wesley Publications.

2. Software Project Management by Kathy Schwabe

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Solar Energy Technology-SYLLABUS

Solar Radiation

Extraterrestrial Characteristics, Effect of Earth Atmosphere, Measurement and Estimation on

Horizontal and Tilted Surface, Solar radiation geometry :Solar Angles, Day length, Angle of

Incidence on Tilted Surface, Sun path Diagramme, Shadow Determination. Transparent and

Opaque Materials, Selective Coating

Flat Plate Collectors

Effective Energy Losses, Thermal Analysis, Heat Capacity Effect, Evacuated Tubular Collectors

Solar Air Heaters

Types, Performance analysis

Concentrating Collectors

Types – Flat plat, cylindrical, Compound cylindrical, paraboloid, Central receiver. Single Axis and

Two Axis Solar Tracking, Thermal Analysis

Storage Systems

Sensible Storage, Latent Heat Storage, thermo chemical storage

Solar Heating System

Liquid Based Solar Heating System (Natural, Forced and Gravity Flow),

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Solar Air Heating System, Solar Drying, Thermal Energy Systems: Solar Cooker, Solar Pond, Solar

Distillation, Solar Detoxification, Solar Cooling System: Solar Operated Refrigeration Systems, Solar

Desiccant Cooling

Solar Thermal Power Generation

Central Receiver Systems, Parabolic Trough Systems, Solar Furnaces

Solar Photovoltaic System

Semiconductor Theory, Photovoltaic Principles, Solar Cells: Characteristics, Types Production

methods, Series parallel combination, Modules, Storage Batteries,Application of Solar Photovoltaic

System

References:

1. S P Sukhantme, J K Nayak- Solar Energy, Principles of Thermal collection and storage The

MCGraw-Hill Companies, Third Edition.

2. B H Khan -Non-Conventional ENERGY Resources Tata McGraw Hill Education Pvt. Ltd.,

Second Edition.

3. G.D.Rai - Solar Energy Utilization Khanna Publishers

4. G.N.Tiwari- Solar Energy Fundamentals, Design, Modeling and Applications Narosa

Publishing House

5. John A Duffie, William A Bechman- Solar Engineering of Thermal Processes A Wiley-

Interscience publication

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Solid State Ionics-SYLLABUS

Types of Ionic solids- Fast Ionics Solids-Point Defect type-Sub Lattice type – Fast Ionic

materials – alkali metal ion conductors - β aluminas- Silver ion conductors- Cation

conductors- Oxygen ion conductors – Halide ionconductors – Proton conductors

– Electronic conductors with ionic transport.

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Various methods of preparation of amorphous/glassy, poly and single crystalline

materials – thermal evaporation – sputtering – glow – discharge decomposition – chemical

vapour deposition – melt quenching – gel dissociation – crystal growth technique – x-ray

diffraction and differential thermal analysis-Glass transition – factors determining glass

transition temperatures – structure – microscopic structure – modeling – microscopic structure

– examples.

Point Defect Type: Point defect type super ionic conductors – transport mechanism

through defects – jump frequency – ionic conductivity and diffusion co-efficients –

defect concentration – pure and doped crystals – impurity vacancy association –

coulomb interactions- Application of transport theory to fluoride and Oxygen ion

conductors: Molten Sub-lattice type: Molten Sub-lattice type solid state ionic

conductors – Hyper mann’s theory – Rices Strassler & Toouch’s theory – Welch

Dieme’s theory – Lattice gas theory – Path Probability and Moute Carlo Methods

– Ionic Percolation theory – Jahn , Teller Model-Dynamics- ion transport – free ion

model – domain model – jump diffusion model and Frequency dependent

conductivity.

Macroscopic properties – electrical conductivity – diffusion thermo electric power-

Microscopic properties – x- ray diffraction studies – a.c. conductivity – dielectric

relaxation – NMR – ESR – far IR – Mossbauer Spectroscopy – Raman Scattering – Photo

Electron Spectroscopy – Ultrasonic attenuation – velocity.

Thermodynamic studies – general aspects of solid state batteries – electrolyte –

compatibility between electrode substance and solid electrolytes – electrode structure –

interface between electrode and solid electrolyte – High temperature fuel cells – solid state

potentiometer gauges for gaseous species – coulometer – electro-chemical capacitor –

eletrochromic display system.

References :

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1. Super Ionic Solid state Ionics Material & Applications B.V.R.Chowdary World Scientific Publishing

,Singapore

2. A.R. West, Solid State Chemistry

3.S. Chandra, Superionic Solids

4. Principles of Electronic Ceramics, L. L. Hench and J. K. West, (JohnWiley & Sons, New York, 1990).

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Space Science and Space Environment-SYLLABUS

- Earth Atmosphere (Layers and Effects/ Particularly Exosphere and Ionosphere)

- Van Allen Belts and Behavior of Earth’s Magnetic Field and Its Effects / Calculation

- Coriolis Effect

- Sun (Heliosphere, Layers of the Sun, Oscillation Modes of the Sun, Sunspots, Solar Wind

and Solar Ejection Events, Solar Dynamo)

- Solar System (Planets, Moons, Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud, Heliopause)

- Interstellar Space (Galaxies, Nebulas, Clusters etc)

- Space Weather (Effect of Solar Charged Particles, Effects of Plasma on Near Earth

Environment, Effect of Space Weather on the Ground, Effect of Space Weather on

Satellites, Effects of Ionized Plasma on Spacecraft)

- Calculation of Apparent Magnitude, Absolute Magnitude, Temperature, Mass, Density

Stars

- Types and Evolution Properties of Stars

Space Science -SYLLABUS

Earth Science and Earth’s Climate System Interaction with Space

- Atmosphere and the Atmospheric Layers

- Interaction of Space Phenomena with Atmospheric Layers

- Earth’s Magnetic Field and Van Allen Belts

- Coriolis Effect

Solar System

- Origin of the Solar System- Collisions, Accretion and Volcanism

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- The Moon

- The Sun and its Physical Properties

- Inner Planets

- Outer Planets

- Comets

- Asteroids

- Kuiper Belt

- Oort Cloud

Sun

- Structure of the Solar Interior

- Energy Source of the Sun

- Neutrinos

- Helioseismology

- Photosphere

- Chromosphere

- Corona

- Solar Wind

- Coronal Mass Ejections

Space Weather

- Solar Activity and Solar Wind

- Aurora

- Solar Flares and Effects on Earth

- Solar Energetic Particle Events

- Coronal Mass Ejections and Magnetic Storms

- Effects of Space Weather and Protection from these Effects

Fundamentals of Astronomy

- Terminology and Definitions (Apparent/Absolute Magnitude, Luminosity, Distance

Terminology)

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- Parallax Effect

- Interstellar Reddening

- Distance determination from Astronomical Observations

- Luminosity Determination from Astronomical Observations

- Star Radius Calculations from Astronomical Observations

Evolution of Stars

- Nebulas and Formation of Stars

- Classification of Stars Based on Luminosity and Size

- Types of Stars

- Evolution of Stars, Neutron Stars, Dwarf Stars

- Nova and Supernova

- Blackholes and the Chandresekhar Limit

Cosmology

- Brief History of the Universe

- The Big Bang Theory

- Age and Distance Scales

- Formation of Galaxies

- Big Crunch

References:

Space Science by Louise K. Harra and Keith O. Mason (Imperial College Press)

Introduction to Cosmology by Matts Roos (Wiley)

Introduction to Astronomy and Cosmology by Ian Morrison (Wiley)

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Statutory Rules and Regulations-SYLLABUS

HISTORY OF SAFETY LEGISLATION

The development of HSE laws, The impact of previous disasters on the development of HSE law

Environmental Regulations

The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 -as amended from time to time (Water

Act), The Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Cess Act, 1977 as amended (Water Cess

Act), The Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 as amended (Air Act), The

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 (EPA), The Public Liability Insurance Act, 1991 as amended (PL

Act), The National Environment Tribunal Act, 1995.,The National Environment Appellate

Authority Act, 1997, Manufacture, Storage, and import of Hazardous Chemicals Rules, 1989,

Hazardous Waste management (Management and Handling) rules, 1989

Social Security Legislations / Regulations

Social Security and insurance, employment and unemployment, Welfare of Labour including

conditions of work, provident funds, employers' liability, workmen's compensation, invalidity and

old age pension and maternity benefits.

Oil Mine Regulations

Chapter I, Preliminary chapter-II: Returns, Notices And Plans, Notice of Opening, Quarterly

Returns, Annual Returns , Change in name and addresses etc, Notice of accident, Notice of

disease, Chapter-III : Inspectors, Management And Duties

CCE Regulations- Explosives Rules, 1983 , Gas Cylinders Rules, 1981 , Static & Mobile Pressure

Vessels (Unfired) Rules, 1981. , Notification No. GSR 625(E) dated 07.08.1983 regarding Acetylene.

, Petroleum Act, 1934 Petroleum rules, 2002. , Calcium Carbide rules, 1987. , Cinematograph

Film rules, 1948 OISD Norms-jurisdiction of OISD, Main functions of OISD, Subgroup of OISD

Health and safety international Laws and regulations

HASAWA, OSHA, COSHH, MHSWR, etc.

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Steam, Gas and Hydraulic Turbines-SYLLABUS

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Steam Turbines: Introduction, stagnation properties, critical pressure ratio and choked

flow in nozzles, nozzle efficiency, off design conditions in nozzles, turbine types,

pressure and velocity compounding in turbines, reaction turbines, nozzle and blade

heights, loses in turbines, reheat factor and condition line, flow through cascades,

design of multistage turbines, governing of steam turbines, blade fastenings, critical

speeds, maintenance of steam turbines.

Gas Turbines : Gas Cycles: Definition, working principle, Euler’s turbine equation,

configurations Simple gas turbine cycle, cycles with heat exchange, reheat and

intercooled compression, methods of accounting losses, stagnation properties,

compressor and turbine efficiencies, pressure losses, heat exchanger effectiveness,

variation of specific heats, comparative performance of practical cycles.

Axial Flow Turbines: Stage performance; Degree of reaction; h-s diagram & efficiency;

Vortex theory; Overall turbine performance; Performance characteristics; Blade

cooling; Design process. Prediction of performance of simple gas turbines; Off Design

performance; blade materials, matching procedure.

Radial Turbine: Introduction; Thermodynamics and Aerodynamics of radial turbines;

Radial Turbine Characteristics; Losses and efficiency; Design of radial turbine.

Hydraulic Turbines: Impulse and Reaction, working principle, classification, draft tubes,

performance evaluation, characteristics curves, cavitation, design considerations, surge

tanks. Maintenance of hydraulic turbine.

References :

1. Steam and Gas Turbines and Power Plant Engineering by Dr. R. Yadav

2. Steam and Gas Turbines by Richard M. Abrams

3. Fundamentals of Turbomachinery by B.K. Venkanna

4. Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines, S.C.Gupta, Pearson Education India, 2006

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5. Gas Turbines 3E, By V. Ganesan, Mc-Grwalhil., 2010

6. Gas Turbine Engineering Handbook Meherwan P. Boyce 2010

7. A Text Book of Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulic Machines, R.K.Bansal, Firewall Media, 2005

8. S.M. Yahya, Turbines, Compressors and Fans, Tata Mcgraw Hill.

9. Gopalakrishnan G, Prithvi Raj D, "A treatise on Turbomachines", Scitec Publications,

Chennai, 2002.

10. Sheppard, Principles of Turbomachinery.

11. R.K.Turton, Principles of Turbomachinery, E & F N Spon Publishers, London & New York.

12. Balajee, Designing of Turbomachines

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Strategic Issues in Infrastructure Creation-SYLLABUS

Understanding PPP

Introduction, New Name for an Old Game: Brief History, Respective Roles of Public and Private

Sectors, Value for Money, Benefits of PPP, Output-Based Approach, PPP and Privatization,

Models of Private Participation, Public Private Partnership or Paying for Private Profit,

Indian Scenario, Stumbling Blocks, Initiatives by the Government, Way Forward

Propelling PPP

Introduction, Policy Framework, Partnership Architecture, Procedural Network , Institutional

Structure, Sovereign Support, Government Guarantee

Risk — Identification: Mitigation: Allocation

Introduction , Risk Identification, Risk Mitigation, Risk Allocation

Financial Approach

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Introduction, Financing — General Factors, Financing — Deciding Determinants , Financing —

Financial Involvements, Financing — Sources and Tools, Financing — Cost Components

and Financing Sequence

Contractual Framework

Introduction , Salient Features of a Concession Contract , Distinction Between a Concession

Contract and a Commercial Contract, Concession Arrangement — Critical Issues ,

Unsolicited Proposals , Contractual Structure

Legal and Regulatory Framework

Introduction — Legal Framework, Infirmities of Existing Legal Framework, Introduction —

Regulatory Framework, Regulatory Body, Regulatory Functions, Contracting Out Regulatory

Functions, Regulation by Contract, Indian Scenario, Independent Regulators

Recognising Infrastructure

Introduction , Salient Features of Infrastructure, Importance of Infrastructure , Commercialisation

of Infrastructure, Infrastructure and Environment, Infrastructure and the Poor , Policy

Framework for Infrastructure Development , Indian Scenario , Phases of Project Development,

Slow Progress , Way Forward

Roads and Related Infrastructure

Introduction, Salient Features of a Toll-Based PPP Road Project , Risk Profile, Toll Profile, Award

Criteria for Toll Road PPP Project, Contractual Framework of a Toll Road Project, Indian

Scenario, Encouraging Public Private Participation, Way Forward

Water and Sanitation

Introduction, Commodification of Water, Tradeable Property Rights, Salient Features of Water and

Sanitation, Risk Profile, Gradual Private Participation, Tariff Structure, Water and Subsidy ,

Indian Scenario , What Ails Water Infrastructure in Urban Areas, Encouraging PPP, Commercial

Orientation of ULBs, Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission (JNNURM)

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Urban Rail Transit

Introduction, Salient Features of MRTS , Positive Externalities, Benefits of MRTS, Risk Profile,

Tariff Structure, Metro: The Integration Leader, Train to the Plane, Value Capturing — A

New Approach, PPP for Metro Rail Project

Airports

Introduction, Salient Features of Airports , Changing Trends of Airport Industry, A Multi-Product

and Complex Infrastructure, Risk Profile, Structuring the Tariff , Indian Scenario , What Ails

Indian Airports, Encouraging PPP

Ports

Introduction, Changing Trends, Salient Features of Ports, Port Assets and Services, Port

Management Models, Risk Profile, Indian Scenario, What Ails Indian Ports, Public Private

Partnership in Port Sector

Power

Introduction, Power Sector Reforms , Salient Features of Power, Risk Profile, Models of Power

Sector, Power Subsidy , Indian Scenario, What Ails Indian Power Sector, Initiatives by

Government

Telecommunications

Introduction, Reforms, Salient Features of Telecommunications , Technical Features, Risk Profile,

Digital Divide — Challenges and Opportunities, Encouraging Private Participation , Indian

Scenario, Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI), Universal Service Obligations,

Encouraging Private Participation

References :

1. Concrete of High Performance Infrastructure by Ravindra K. Dhir by Shroff Publisher

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2. Rerforming Infrastructure : Privartization, Regulation and Competition by Ioannis Kessides.-

oxford university

3. Infrastructure: rebuilding, Repairing and Restructure by Jason R. Baren.- Nova Science Publisher

4. Public Private Partnership in Infrastructure Perspectives, Principles, Practices by R. N. Joshi ISBN

13/10: 9788170947967 / 8170947960

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Structural Geology –Syllabus

Introduction to Structures:

What are Structural Geology?, Structural Geology and the use of Models, The interior of the earth

and of other terrestrial bodies, Relation of Structural Geology to Geology, The Structure of

Continental Crust, Mountain building activity.

Brittle Deformation

Fractures and Joints, Classification of Extension Fractures, Geometry of Fracture System in Three

Dimensions, Features of Fracture Surfaces, Timing of Fracture Formation, Relationships of

Fractures to other Structures, Joints, Type of Joints, Genetic classification of Joints, Faults, Type of

Faults, Recognition of Faults, determination of Fault Displacement, Fault Geometry, Normal faults,

Characteristics of Normal Faulting, Shape and displacement of Normal Faults, Structural

associations of Normal Faults, Determination of extension associated with Normal Faults, Thrust

or Reverse Faults, Recognition of Thrust faults, Shape and displacement of Thrust Faults, Structural

Environments of Thrust Faults, Analysis of Displacement on Thrust faults, Strike Slip Faults,

Characteristics of Strike Slip Faults, Structural associations of Strike Slip Faults.

Ductile Deformation

The Description of Folds, Geometric Parts of Folds, Fold Scale and Attitude, Genetic Classification

of folds, Types of Folding, Ultimate cause of Folding, Foliations and Lineation in Deformed Rocks,

Compositional Foliations, Disjunction Foliations, Crenulation foliations, Continuous Foliations, The

Relationship of Foliations to other Structures, Special types of Foliations and Nomenclatures,

Structural lineations, Mineral Lineations, Associations of Lineation with other Structures.

Stress and Strain of structures

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Force, Traction and Stress, Concepts of Stress, Types of Stress, The Mohr Diagram for Two-

Dimensional Stress, Terminology for States of Stress, Effect deformation, time, temperature and

Pressure on Stress, Measures of Strain, Special State of Strain, The representation of Three-

Dimensional Strain States and Progressive Strains, Measurement of Strain in Folds, Strain in shear

Zones.

Structural Events and Primary structural Features:

Unconformity, Types of Unconformities, Distinguishing Faults from Unconformities, Structures of

Extrusive Igneous Rocks like Lava flows, Fissure Eruptions, Volcanos, Craters, Calderas, and Related

Forms, Structures of Intrusive Igneous Rocks, Sill and Dyke, Basis of classification of Plutons,

Concordant Plutons, Discordant Plutons, Batholiths and Stocks, Distinction between Primary and

Secondary Structures.

References:

1. Structural Geology by Robert J. Twiss and Eldridge M. Moores.

2. Structural Geology by Marland P. Billings

3. Structural Geology: Fundamentals and Modern Developments By S. K. Ghosh

4. The techniques of Modern Structural Geology. Vol. 1 Strain Analysis By John G. Ramsay and

M. I. Huber 1983.

5. The techniques of Modern Structural Geology. Vol. 2 Folds and Fractures By John G. Ramsay

and M. I. Huber 1987.

6. The techniques of Modern Structural Geology. Vol. 3 Application of Continuum Mechanics

in Structural Geology By John G. Ramsay and J. Richard.

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Supersonic Aerodynamics-SYLLABUS

Shock Waves

Introductory Remarks, Point Source in a Compressible Flow,Mach Waves and Shock Waves.

i. Normal Shock waves: equation of motion for a normal shock,normal shock relations

for a Perfect Gas,Stagnation Conditions,RH Relations,Propagating Shock Waves,Weak

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Shock, Reflected Shock Wave,Centered Expansion Waves,Shock Tube. Numerical

examples

ii. Oblique Sock Waves: Introduction, Oblique Shock Relations,M-θ-β Relations, Shock

Polar,Supersonic Flow over Wedge,Weak Oblique Shock,Supersonic Compression,

Detached Shock. Numerical examples.

Expansion Wave

Supersonic Expansion by Turning, Prandtl-Meyer Flow, Numerical problems. Simple and non

simple Regions,Reflection and Intersection of Shocks and Expansion Waves, Mach Reflections,

Method of Characteristics, Numerical Examples

Lift and Drag in Supersonic Flows

Shock –Expansion Theory, Flow Field in Supersonic,Flowfield in Supersonic Flows, numerical

problems,Thin Airfoil Theory,Analytical Determination of Lift and Drag Coefficients on Flat

Plate, Bi-Convex ,and Diamond Shaped Sections in Supersonic Flows, numerical problems,

Supersonic Leading and Trailing Edges.

Potential Equation for Compressible Flows

Introduction, Crocco’s Theorem, Derivation of Basic Potential Equation Foe Compressible

Flows, Linearization of Governing Equation, Boundary Conditions,Small Perturbation Theory,

Application to Wavy Wall, Bodies of Revolution.

Airfoils in Compressible Flow

Introduction, Linearized Compressible Flow, Airfoils in Subsonic Flow, Prandtl-Glauert

Transformation, Critical Mach Number,Supercritical Flows,Airfoils in Transonic Flow, Governing

Equations,Shock Wave Boundary Layer Inter Action,Stability and Control Problems.

Measurements in Compressible Flows:

Rayleigh’s Supersonic Pitot Formula, Equipment used in Supersonic Flows,Supersonic Wind

Tunnels,Heat Transfer Tunnels,Shoch Tunnels,Aero-Ballistic Ranges,Terminal Ballistic

Range,Rocket Sled Facility,Special Instrumentation for these types of Tunnels.

References :

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1. Elements of Aerodynamics of Supersonic Flows by Antonio Ferri, Dover Publications, ISBN

0486442802

2. Aerodynamics of Supersonic Flying Bodies by Ahmed Khadim Hussein, Lap lambert Academic

Publishing

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Supply Chain in Logistics for Port & Shipping-SYLLABUS

Introduction to SCM & Logistics

What is it &Why ?, Increased importance of Logistics, Key attributes of SCM.

International dimensions of L&SCM

Govt. Influences on foreign trade, International Commercial Terms, International trade & supply

chain specialists.

Logistical System Design

Designing Distribution Networks, Specialized location characteristics, Cost & other strategy

considerations.

Inventory Decisions

Classification & Costs, When to order ?, How much to order?, Inventory flows / Management &

Special.

Transportation Decisions

Modes of Transport – Air, Sea, Road, Rail, Pipelines, Intermodal, Transportation Regulations,

Commercial aspects – Pricing, carriage etc., Transportation management systems.

Sourcing & Procurement

S&P objectives, Supplier selection & evaluation, Quality issues & Global sourcing, Electronic

procurement, Investment recovery

Supply Chain Strategies for Port and Shipping Sector

Role of Technology & Information systems in SCM of Port and Shipping Industry

Technology & IS innovations in SCM, CRM, Internal supply chain management, Supplier

relationship management, Risk management in IT, Future of IT in SCM.

Performance Evaluation of the SCM of Port and Shipping Industry

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Need for performance management, Performance measurement system objectives, Logistics

performance levels, Logistics Audit & Performance control.

References :

1. Maritime Logistics : A Complete Guide to Effective Shipping & Port Management by Dong-Wook

Song, Photis Panayides, Kogan Page Ltd

2. Shipping Management & Logistics Strategy by Faustino Taderera

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Supply Chain Modeling & Design-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Supply Chain Integrated Planning

Fundamentals of SC Concepts, SC Planning and Modeling.

Role of Information Technology in Supply Chain Management

IT and SCM.

Supply Chain Optimization

Fundamentals of Optimisation Models, Properties of Linear Programming Models.

Application of Modeling Systems to strategic, Operational, Tactical Decision Making

Strategic analysis of Logistic supply Chain Modeling, Logistic strategy applications,

postponement strategies. Tacticall planning, Modeling system for operational planning,

organisational adoption of SC System.

Demand Forecasting in Supply Chain

Various methods of demand forecasting, demand driven supply chain.

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Facility routing and scheduling

Integrated routing and Scheduling, Routing and Scheduling optimsation

Spread Sheet Modeling

Improving supply chain efficiency through Optimisation, Dynamic sourcing in reverse

logistics company, spread sheet applications.

References :

1. Modeling the Supply Chain by Shapiro, Cengage India, ISBN 8131501566

2. Designing and managing the supply chain, ISBN 007298239X

3. Supply Chain Modeling by Michael Wisma, Lap Lambert Academic Publishing, ISBN 3838360125

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System Modeling and Simulation-SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION:

When simulation is the appropriate tool and when it is not appropriate, Advantages and

disadvantages of Simulation, Areas of application, Systems and system environment, Components

of a system, Discrete and continuous systems, Model of a system, Types of Models, Discrete-Event

System Simulation, Steps in a Simulation Study. Simulation examples: Simulation of queuing

systems, Simulation of inventory systems, Other examples of simulation.

GENERAL PRINCIPLES, SIMULATION SOFTWARE:

Concepts in Discrete-Event Simulation: The Event-Scheduling / Time-Advance Algorithm, World

Views, Manual simulation Using Event Scheduling, List processing. Simulation in Java, Simulation in

GPSS.

STATISTICAL MODELS IN SIMULATION:

Review of terminology and concepts, Useful statistical models, Discrete distributions, Continuous

distributions, Poisson process, Empirical distributions, Monte Carlo simulations, Random Walk

Simulations

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QUEUING MODELS:

Characteristics of queuing systems, Queuing notation, Long-run measures of performance of

queuing systems, Steady-state behavior of M/G/1 queue, Networks of queues.

RANDOM-NUMBER GENERATION, RANDOM-VARIATE GENERATION:

Properties of random numbers, Generation of pseudo-random numbers, Techniques for

generating random numbers, Tests for Random Numbers. Random-Variate Generation: Inverse

transform technique, Acceptance-Rejection technique, Special properties.

INPUT MODELING:

Data Collection, Identifying the distribution with data, Parameter estimation, Goodness of Fit

Tests, Fitting a non-stationary Poisson process, Selecting input models without data, Multivariate

and Time-Series input models

OUTPUT ANALYSIS FOR A SINGLE MODEL:

Types of simulations with respect to output analysis, Stochastic nature of output data, Measures

of performance and their estimation, Output analysis for terminating simulations, Output analysis

for steady-state simulations.

VERIFICATION AND VALIDATION OF SIMULATION MODELS, OPTIMIZATION:

Model building, verification and validation, Verification of simulation models, Calibration and

validation of models. Optimization via Simulation.

References :

Discrete-Event System Simulation – Jerry Banks, John S. Carson II, Barry L. Nelson, David M. Nicol, 4

th Edition, Pearson Education

Discrete – Event Simulation: A First Course – Lawrence M. Leemis, Stephen K. Park, Pearson

Education/ Prentice-Hall India, 2006.

Introduction to Computational Science: Modeling and Simulation for the Sciences, Angela B. Shiflet

& George W. Shiflet. Princeton University Press, 2006.

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Simulation, Ross, S., Academic Press, 2002,

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Theory of Gas Turbines-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Aircraft Propulsion, Jet engine performance parameters, Thrust, SFC, Efficiencies. Simple Turbojet and Reheat engines: Low and High bypass Turbofan engines. Single and Multi-spool Gas Turbine based propulsive devices. Real Cycle Thermodynamic Analysis. Ideal and Real Brayton cycles. Jet engine cycles for aircraft propulsion, Cycle components and component performance: Intake, Compressors & Turbines, Combustion chamber, Afterburner, Nozzle. Analysis of engine real cycles: Turbojet cycle, Reheat engine cycle, Turbofan engine cycle, Turboprop Engines. Advanced jet engine cycles: Variable cycle engines. Thermodynamics of Compressors and Turbines. Development of parameters for compressor and Turbines. Compressors and Turbines. Axial and centrifugal Compressors. 2-D cascade analysis; Loss and Blade performance estimation. Simple Free Vortex theory. Single and Multi-stage Axial compressor characteristics. Elements of centrifugal compressor. Inlet Duct; Impeller; Slip factor and Concept of Rothalpy. Centrifugal Compressor Characteristics: Surging and Choking. Axial and Radial flow turbines, Turbine stage: Turbine Blade 2- D (cascade) analysis; Work Done, Degree of Reaction, Losses and Efficiency. Multi-staging of Turbine. Turbine Cooling Technology. Radial Turbine Aerodynamics and Thermodynamics. Losses in radial turbine and efficiency. Combustion Systems. Introduction: Various types of combustion chambers in aircraft engines. Combustion Mechanism and Important Combustion parameters. Development of a practical combustion system and design parameters. Pressure losses; Combustion efficiency; Combustion intensity. Combustion Stability limits and Instability. Intakes and Propelling Nozzles. Subsonic Intakes, Transonic and Supersonic Intakes. Axi-symmetric and Assymmetric Intakes. Aircraft Intake design considerations. Nozzle design considerations: fixed and variable geometry nozzles. Engine Installed Performance, Sizing & Matching. Single Shaft Engine. Two-Shaft: Turbojet & Turboprop, Turbo-shaft Engines. Aircraft Engine component matching: Intake-Compressor matching; Turbine-Nozzle matching. Compressor -Turbine matching. References

1. Hill Philip, Peterson Carl, Mechanics and Thermodynamics of Propulsion, 1992, Addison Wesly.

2. Roy Bhaskar, Aircraft Propulsion, 2008, Elsevier (India). 3. El-Sayed Ahmed, Aircraft Propulsion and gas Turbine Engines , 2008, Taylor and Francis

(CRC press). 4. S. Farokhi. Aircraft Propulsion. John Wiley & Sons, 2009 5. Saravanamuttoo, H.I.H., Rogers G.F.C., Cohen H. Gas Turbine Theory, 2001, Pearson. 6. Oates Gordon C; Aerothermodynamics of Aircraft Engine Components, 1985, AIAA

Education Series. 7. J L Kererbrock, Aircraft Engine and Gas Turbine, MIT Press, 1991 8. Kerrebrock, J. L. Aircraft Engines and Gas Turbines. 2nd ed. MIT Press, 1992 9. Bathie, W. W., Fundamentals of Gas Turbines, 2nd Ed, John Wiley & Sons, 1992

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Theory of Structure-SYLLABUS

Introduction

Rolling Loads

Influence Lines

Influence Lines for Trussed Bridges

Direct and Bending Stresses

Dams and Retaining Walls

Deflection of Cantilevers and Beams

Deflection of Perfect Frames

Cables and Suspension Bridges

Three-hinged Arches

Propped Cantilevers and Beams

Fixed Beams

Theorem of Three Moments

Slope Deflection Method

Moment Distribution Method

Column Analogy Method

Two-hinged Arches

Forces in Redundant Frames

Columns and Struts

Plastic Theory

References :

1. Theory of Structures by RS Khurmi, S. Chand Co.

2. Theory of Structure by Arthur Morley, Rarebooksclub.com

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Thermodynamics & Heat Transfer –SYLLABUS

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Thermodynamics

First Law of Thermodynamics, Second Law of Thermodynamics, Analysis of Engines and

Refrigerators, Third Law of Thermodynamics, Entropy, Reversibility and Irreversibility

Material and Energy Balance

Facility as an Energy System, Methods for preparing Process Flow, Material and Energy

Balance Diagrams.

Gas Power Cycles

Air standard cycles-Otto-Diesel-Dual-Work output,Efficiency and MEP calculations – comparison of

the cycles for same compression ratio and heat addition,same compression ratio and heat

rejection,same peak pressure, peak temperature and heat rejection, same peak pressure and heat

input,same peak pressure and work output , Brayton cycle with intercooling, reheating and

regeneration.

Reciprocating Air Compressors & Refrigeration cycles

Single acting and double acting air compressors, work required, effect of clearance volume,

volumetric efficiency, isothermal efficiency, free air delivery, multistage compression, condition

for minimum work. Fundamentals of refrigeration, C.O.P., reversed carnot cycle, simple

vapour compression refrigeration system, T-S, P-H diagrams, simple vapour absorption

refrigeration system, desirable properties of an ideal refrigerant.

Conduction

Basic Concepts – Mechanism of Heat Transfer – Conduction, Convection and Radiation – General

Differential equation of Heat Conduction – Fourier Law of Conduction – Cartesian and

Cylindrical Coordinates – One Dimensional Steady State Heat Conduction – Conduction

through Plane Wall, Cylinders and Spherical systems – Composite Systems – Conduction with

Internal Heat Generation – Extended Surfaces – Unsteady Heat Conduction – Lumped Analysis –

Use of Heislers Chart.

Convection

Basic Concepts – Convective Heat Transfer Coefficients – Boundary Layer Concept – Types of

Convection – Forced Convection – Dimensional Analysis – External Flow – Flow over Plates,

Cylinders and Spheres – Internal Flow – Laminar and Turbulent Flow – Combined Laminar

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and Turbulent – Flow over Bank of tubes – Free Convection – Dimensional Analysis – Flow over

Vertical Plate, Horizontal Plate, Inclined Plate, Cylinders and Spheres.

Radiation

Basic Concepts, Laws of Radiation – Stefan Boltzman Law, Kirchoff Law –Black Body Radiation –

Grey body radiation Shape Factor Algebra – Electrical Analogy – Radiation Shields –

Introduction to Gas Radiation.

References :

1. R.K.Rajput “Applied Thermodynamics”, Laxmi Publishing Co.,New Delhi,2007

2. J.P. Holman “Heat Transfer”, Tata Mc Graw –Hill, 2003

3. P.K.Nag ”Basic and applied Thermodynamics” Tata McGraw –Hill Publishing Co. Ltd,New

Delhi,2004

4 P..K.Nag “ Heat Transfer”, Tata McGraw-Hill, New Delhi, 2002

5. C.P Kothandaraman “Fundamentals of Heat “

6. AHRI Fundamentals of HVAC/R authors : Carter Stanfield and David Skaves; Publisher: Prentice

Hall; ISBN-13:978-0-13-222367-6

7. Refrigeration & Air Conditioning Technology, sixth edition; Authors: Bill Whitman, Bill Johnson,

John Tomczyk, Eugene Silberstein; Publisher: Delmar; ISBN 1-4283-1936-0.

8. Heat and Thermodynamics by Ws. Zemansky, Philip-TMH

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Transport Phenomena-SYLLABUS

INTRODUCTION TO TRANSPORT PHENOMENA

FUNDAMENTALS OF FLUID FLOW

Constitutive Equations: Newton’s Law of Viscosity, Non-Newtonian Fluids, Shell Momentum

Balances and Velocity Distributions in Laminar Flow, Flow of non-Newtonian Fluids

ENERGY TRANSPORT

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Fourier’s Law of Heat Conduction, Shell Energy Balances and Temperature Distributions in

Solids and in Simple Laminar Flow

MASS TRANSPORT

Fick's Law of Binary Diffusion (Molecular Mass Transport), Temperature and Pressure

Dependence of Diffusivities, Mass Transfer Theories, Concentration Distributions in Solids and

in Laminar Flow

FLUID MECHANICS

Equation of Continuity and Navier-Stokes (NS) Equation, Flow through Conduits and Flow over

Submerged Objects, Boundary Layer Theory,

Basics of Turbulence and Turbulent Flows, Reynold’s Averaged NS Equations, Prandtl’s Mixing

Length, Universal Distribution Law, Turbulent Flow in Pipes

Multiphase Flow, Gas-Liquid Flows, Gas-Solid Flows, Ergun Equation

ENERGY AND COMPONENT MASS BALANCE EQUATIONS

Applications of the Energy and Component Mass Balance Equations, Interphase Transport and

Transfer Coefficients

UNSTEADY-STATE MACROSCOPIC BALANCES

For Momentum, Energy and Mass Transfer

SIMULTANEOUS MOMENTUM, HEAT AND MASS TRANSFER

References:

R. B. Bird, W. E. Stewart and E. N. Lightfoot, Transport Phenomena, 2nd Ed., Wiley, New York, 2002.

C. J. Geankoplis, Transport Processes and Separation Process Principles, 4th Ed., Prentice Hall,

Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2003.

W. M. Deen, Analysis of Transport Phenomena, Oxford University Press, New York, 1998.

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Turbulent Flows-SYLLABUS

Introduction to turbulence , Equations of fluid motion , Statistical description of turbulent flows ,

Mean-flow equations , Space and time scales of turbulent motion , Jets, wakes and boundary

layers, Coherent structures, Spectral dynamics, Homogeneous and isotropic turbulence , Two-

dimensional turbulence , Coherent structures, Vorticity dynamics, Intermittency, Modeling of

turbulent flows.

References

1. Tennekes, H. and Lumley, J. L., A First Course in Turbulence, MIT Press (1972).

2. Frisch, U., Turbulence, Cambridge Univ. Press (1996).

3. Davidson, P. A., Turbulence: An Introduction to Scientist and Engineers, Oxford Univ. Press

(2004).

4. Pope, S. B., Turbulent Flows, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000).

5. Mathieu, J. and Scott, J., An Introduction to Turbulent Flow, Cambridge Univ. Press (2000).

6. Lesieur, M., Turbulence in Fluids, 2nd ed., Springer (2008).

7. Monin, A. S. and Yaglom, A. M., Statistical Fluid Mechanics, Dover (2007).

8. McComb, W. D., The Physics of Fluid Turbulence, Oxford Univ. Press (1992).

__________________________________________________________________________ UNCONVENTIONAL HYDROCARBON RESOURCES-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Unconventional Energy Resources

• What are unconventional resources? • Where do they occur? • Economic significance of each • Technical, economic, political, and environmental constraints on development. Petroleum Systems (review) • Systematic approaches to resource assessment • Hydrocarbon origin • Hydrocarbon migration • Hydrocarbon entrapment Natural Fractures (review) • Importance in unconventional reservoirs • Origin, occurrence, and predictability • Fracture effects on HC storage, porosity, and permeability Permeability anisotropy Coning Breakthrough

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Boundaries

Low-permeability (Tight) Sands • Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics • Drilling and completion methods • Facilities, reservoir management, limitations on development, present activity

Coalbed Gas • Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics • Drilling and completion methods • Facilities, reservoir management, limitations on development, present activity • Water and environmental issues.

Shale Reservoirs (Gas and Oil) • Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics • Drilling and completion methods • Facilities, reservoir management, limitations on development, present activity • Water and environmental issues

Heavy Oil • Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics • Drilling and completion methods • Facilities, reservoir management, limitations on development, present activity • Environmental issues Gas Hydrates

• Occurrences, resources, reservoir characteristics • Recovery methods • Limitations on development, present activity • Environmental issues

Gas Storage • Types and locations of gas storage reservoirs • Technical issues and terminology • Gas storage volumes and economics

Other Unconventional Energy Resources and Issues That May be Addressed • Geothermal Energy • Coal – Conversion to Gas o Coal-to-gas o In-situ gasification. REFERENCES: •“Geologic Analysis of Naturally Fractured Reservoirs,” 2nd ed., Gulf Publishing Company, Boston, 2001. •“A Guide to Coalbed Methane Operations,” Gas Research Institute, GRI, Chicago, 1992. •“Hydrocarbons from Coal,” American Association of Petroleum Geologists Studies in Geology, Tulsa, 1993.

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•“Geology of Tight Gas Reservoirs,” American Association of Petroleum Geologists Studies in Geology, Tulsa, 1986. •“Gas Hydrate Resources of the United States,” U.S. Geological Survey, Denver. •“Underground Storage of Fluids,” Ulrick Books, Inc., Ann Arbor.

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Understanding Computer Science-SYLLABUS

Theory of Computer Science

Digital Logic

Computer organization & Architecture

Operating Systems

Practical Problem Solving & Programming

Programming & Data structures

Programming Languages

System Design

Theory of Computation

Algorithms

Databases

Information Systems & Software Engineering

Computer Networks

Web Technology

Applied Computer Sciences

Artificial Intelligence

IT Applications in Various Industries

Health, Safety and Environment

Employment & Training opportunities in Computer Sciences

Computer Science in 2030: Future Issues & Challenges

References :

1. Understanding Information and Computation: From Einstein to Web Science ( ) (eBook)

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By Dr Philip Tetlow , ISBN: 1409461564-BEEPB

2.The Fundamentals of Formal Science: An Understanding of Computer A

3. E- Study Guide for Understanding Operating Systems, Fifth Edition: Computer Science, Software

Engineering, ISBN: 1467247049-BEEPB

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Understanding Earth Sciences-Syllabus

Origin, Exterior and Interior of the Earth, Geological Work of Wind, River and Ocean.,

Introduction to Minerals, Introduction to Igneous, Sedimentary and Metamorphic Rocks,

Texture, Structure and Physical Properties of Sedimentary Rocks, Reservoir Rocks

Geological Time Scale and evolution with time, Diagenesis, Sedimentary Environment,

Stratigraphic Principles, Litho-Stratigraphy, Bio-Stratigraphy, Chrono-Stratigraphy,

Introduction to Paleontology, Fossils, Fossilization and its Importance.

Geometry, Mechanism and Classification of Folds, Faults and Joints, Surface & Subsurface

Analysis; Contour Map, Isopach Maps, Facie Maps, Cross – Sections; Structural,

Stratigraphic Cross Section.

Organic and Inorganic Theory for Origin of Petroleum, Primary and Secondary Migration,

Factors Controlling Accumulation, Fundamental Trapping Mechanism, Structural Trap,

Strati-Graphic Trap, Unconformity Traps. Remote Sensing, Geochemical Methods,

Geophysical Methods ; Magnetic, Gravity and Seismic.

References:

1. Mukherjee P K , A Textbook of Geology, World Press

2. Mahapatra G B, A Textbook of Geology, CBS Publishers

3. Billings M P, Structural Geology

4. Telford,W.M., Sheriff, Guldart, Applied Geophysics:

5. Lillesand, Kiefer, Chapman, Remote Sensing & Image Interpretation, Wiley publisher

6. Burrough P A and McDonnell, Principles of Geographical Informations Systems, Oxford

publisher

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Understanding General Management-Syllabus

Introduction - Nature, function, definition and importance of management, Definition,

nature, purpose and scope of management, Functions of a manager, an overview of

planning, organizing, staffing leading and controlling. Is management a science or art?

Development of Management Thought - Scientific management; Contribution of Taylor,

Fayol, Mary Follet, Elton Mayo; Hawthorne experiments, Contingency approach, Indian

heritage in production and consumption. Management and administration, Management

as a profession, Professionalism of management in India, Management ethics and

management culture, Skills required of manager, Classification of skills, Methods of skills

development

Management Planning - Concept of planning, objectives, Nature, Types of plan, Stages

involved in planning, Characteristics of a good plan, Importance, Limitations of planning,

Making planning effective, Strategic planning in Indian Industry, MBO. Decision Making -

Concept, characteristics of decisions, Types of decisions, Steps Involved in decision making,

Importance of decision making, Methods of decision making, Committee Decision Making.

Organisation - Concepts, Principle of organization, Importance, Features of good

organization structure, Types of Organisation structure. Authority, Responsibilities and

Accountability, Delegation of Authority Barriers to effective delegation, Span of control.

Coordination & Direction Concept - Importance and need for coordination, Principles of

coordination, Methods of achieving effective coordination; Meaning of direction,

Importance and Principles of direction, Characteristics of good directives.

Control - Concept, planning-control relationship, process of control -setting objectives,

establishing standards, measuring performance, correcting deviations. Brief review of

Traditional Techniques & Modern Techniques of Control; Human response to control;

Dimensions or Types of Control - (a) Feed forward control (b) Concurrent Control (Real

Time Information & Control), (c) Feedback Control v) Techniques of Control.

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References:

1. Essentials of Management, Harold Koontz & Heinz, Weihrich, 5th Tata McGraw Hill

2. Management Stoner, Freeman, Gilbert Jr. ,6th ,Prentice Hall

3. Fundamentals of Management, Robins ,3rd Pearson Education Asia

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Understanding HSE-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE)

OHSA Guidelines

Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) Policies in India

Health, Safety and Environmental (HSE) Management System

Policy Initiatives and Developments in HSE Culture

Human Factor in HSE

Ergonomics

Environment, Health and Safety legislation

Hazard Identification and Preventions

Transportation Hazards

Accident Investigation and Analysis

Occupational Health and Hygiene

Industrial Hazard and Equipment Hazard

Chemical Hazard

Community Hazards

Hazards in Construction and Demolition

First-Aid

Technology Development in HSE and HSE in Future

Risk Analysis and Management

Employment Opportunity, Environment Health, Safety

Awareness and Training

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References :

1 Osha.gov

2 Effective Environmental, Health, and Safety Management Using the Team Approach, Bill

Taylor,John Wiley & Son

3 Environmental Health and Safety, Herman Koren, Pergamon Press

4 Handbook of environmental health and safety: principles and practices, Herman Koren, Lewis

Publishers

5 Environmental, Health and Safety Auditing Handbook [Hardcover] , L. Lee Harrison

6 Industrial Safety Health and Environment Management Systems, R K Jain, ISBN 8174092102

7 http://ehs.unc.edu/manuals/ehsmanual/

8 http://labour.nic.in/content/innerpage/environment-at-work-place.php

9

http://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/@ed_dialogue/@actrav/documents/publication/wcms

_111413.pdf

10 Management Information System for Industrial Safety Health & Environment, U K Chakrabarty

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Understanding Infrastructure -SYLLABUS

Introduction to Urbanisation

Urban Infrastructure in India

Urban Governance and Legislation

Rural Infrastructure and Governance

Public Investment and Policy Initiatives in Infrastructure

Public Private Partnership in Urban Infrastructure

Resources Mobilization and Service Delivery

Infrastructure Pricing

Structural Infrastructure and analysis of sectoral developments

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Road and Rail Infrastructure

Power Infrastructure

Oil & Gas Infrastructure

Water and Sanitation Infrastructure

Communication Infrastructure

Aviation Infrastructure

Environmental Infrastructure

Technology Development and Infrastructure

Employment Opportunities in Infrastructure

Performance Evaluation of Urban and Rural Infrastructure

Infrastructure to 2030

References :

1. Urban Infrastructure in Small & Medium Towns by SS Dhaliwal

2. Urban Infrastructure : An Introduction by Sekhar, ICFAI, ISBN 8178815524

3. Urban Infrastructure by K Wellman, Marcus Spiller, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 111840162X-BEEPB

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Understanding Logistics & Supply Chain Management-SYLLABUS

Introduction to Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Logistics and Supply Chain Management in India

Logistics and Supply Chain Measures

Inventory Planning & Management

Transportation

Warehouse Management

3PLs & 4PLs

Organizational Structure for Global Logistics

References :

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1. Textbook of Logistics & Supply Chain Management by DK Agrawal, MacmIllan, EAN

9781403909954

2. Logistics & Supply Chain Management by Anurag Saxena, Jaico Publishing House, ISBN

8179927288

3. Supply Chain Logistics Management, TATA Mc Graw Hill, ISBN 0070611882

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Understanding Natural Gas Business-SYLLABUS

Natural Gas Economics

Worldwide Natural Gas Economics, India's Energy Scenario and Natural Gas, Role of Natural Gas in

India's Energy Basket, Natural Gas Strategy, Natural Gas Deposits and Technical

Development

Natural Gas Regulatory Framework

Drivers of Natural Gas Demand, Regulatory Issues in Pipelines, Regulatory and Legal Issues , NG

Tariffs, Exclusivity and Authorizations

Natural Gas Marketing

Introduction to Natural Gas Marketing, LNG Markets, CNG Markets, Structure and Nature

of Gas Markets, Inter Fuel Competition and Pricing of Gas

Natural Gas Trading and Contracts

Fundamentals of Natural Gas Trading , Natural Gas Trading

References :

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1. Understanding Todays Natural Gas Business by Bob Shively, John Ferrare, ISBN 0974174408

2. Handbook of Natural Gas Technology & Business by Parag Diwan, Ashutosh Karnatak, Pentagon

Press, ISBN 8182744369

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Understanding Oil & Gas Business-SYLLABUS

Basic Concepts

The Micro-System

The Exploration of Oil

Oilfield Processing

Gas Processing

Petroleum Refining

Petrochemical Industry

Transportation of Oil, Gas and Products

Health, Safety and Environment

IT Applications in Hydrocarbon Industry

Economics and Technology Trends

References :

1. Introduction to the Global Oil & Gas Business by Vactor, PW, ISBN 1593702140

2. The Global Oil & Gas Industry by Inkpen, ISBN 1593702396

3. Oil & Gas by Neil Morris, Smart Apple Media, ISBN 1583406328

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Understanding Port & Shipping Business-SYLLABUS

Fundamentals of Maritime, Port & Shipping Sector in India

Economics of Maritime, Port & Shipping

Business Drivers of Maritime Transportation, Ports Viability & Shipping Practices in market

Containerization and Container Management

Supply Chain in the Maritime, Port & Shipping Industry

Environmental concerns, legislation & regulations and Disaster Management

Information Technology in Maritime, Ports & Shipping

References :

1. Maritime India : Ports & Shipping by Animesh Ray, Munshiram Manoharlal Publishers Pvt Ltd,

ISBN 8121506913

2. Business of Shipping by Lane Kandell, james Buckley, Tidewater Publications, ISBN 0870334549

3. Shipping & Ports in the 21st Century by Brian Slack, David Pinder, Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN

0203571193-BEPDF

4. Ships in Ports by Lewis Smith, Nabu Press, ISBN 1172204594

5. Shipping Business & Maritime economics by J. McConville, Glenys Rickaby

6. Global Port Business, Roger, Stanislas; Crisell, Michaela[ed.], Euromoney Publications Plc.

7. Maritime Economics; Martin Stopford

8. The Handbook of Maritime Economics & Business; Editor: Professor Costas Th. Grammenos; 978

1 84311 901 2

9. Commercial Shipping Handbook, 2nd Edition; Peter Brodie; 978 1 84311 531 1

10. Shipping and Logistics Management ; Y.H.V. Lun, K.-H. Lai, T.C.E.Cheng

11. Svein Kristiansen, Maritime Transportation: Safety Management & Risk Analysis, Butterworth

Heinemann, USA

12. Risk Management in Port Operations, Logistics & Supply Chain Security; Lloyd’s Practical

Shipping Guides; Khalid Bichou, Michael G H Bell & Andrew Evans; 978 1 84311 655 4

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13. Shipping and the Environment, 2nd Edition ; Lloyd’s Shipping Law Library; Colin de la Rue,

Charles B Anderson;978 1 84311 323 2

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Understanding Power Industry-SYLLABUS

Power Generation

Power Scenario in India, Power Demand

Power Transmission

Overview of Power Transmission Structure

HVDC

Power Distribution

Distribution Systems

Metering, Billing and Revenue Collection

References :

1. Electrical Power Systems for Industrial Plants by Kamalesh Das, Jaico Publishing House, EAN

9788179927212

2. understanding Electric Power Systems by Frank Delea, Jack Casazza, John Wiley & Dons Incl,

ISBN 0470588462-BEPDF

3. Electric Power : An Industry at Crossroads by Milton A Chase, Pragear Publishers, ISBN

0275929272

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Viscous Flows-SYLLABUS

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Study of the Navier-Stokes equations; Stokes' problems; creeping flows; internal and

external flows; similarity and integral methods in boundary layer flows, stability and

transition to turbulence.

Introduction; fluid properties

Velocity and stress fields

Continuity; Euler’s equation; N-S and vorticity equations

Exact solutions; Stokes’ problems

Exact solutions; Poiseuille and Couette flows

More exact solutions; inclined plane, immiscible flows

Creeping flows

Viscous particle motion

Similarity; viscous stagnation flows

Boundary layer theory; flow separation

Integral methods; Karman integral relation

Thwaite’s method, Transition to turbulence; topics in stability analysis

Reynolds’ averaging; closure models; mixing length theories

Introduction to computational methods

Implementation of computational methods (finite volumes/differences)

Boundary Layer Theory by Schlichting and Gersten.

Physics aspects of viscous flows.

Governing viscous flow models and some analytical solutions thereof.

Randtl’s laminar boundary layer equations are then derived, followed by the analysis of the

boundary layer over a flat plate. Approximate ,integral, and numerical solutions of the

boundary layer equations are discussed.

estimate the laminar flow separation location.

the transition of the boundary layer from laminar to turbulent,

the turbulent boundary equations,

turbulence modeling in boundary layers.

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References :

1. White, F.M., "Viscous Fluid Flow", McGrawHill, 1991.

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ELEG 407 VLSI DESIGN L T P

3 0 0

INTRODUCTION TO MOS TECHNOLOGY

SSI, MSI, LSI VLSI, ULSI and GSI, VLSI Design flow, Moore’s Law, Y-Chart, Basic MOS transistors,

Enhancement Mode transistor action, Depletion Mode transistor action, Id- Vds relationship,

Transfer characteristics, PMOS, NMOS and CMOS fabrication processes, n-well, p-well, twin

tub, BICMOS processes, problems latch up condition and prevention.

BASIC ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF MOS CIRCUITS

nMOS inverter, Pull up to Pull-down ratio for a NMOS Inverter and CMOS Inverter (Bn/Bp),

MOS transistor circuit Model, Noise Margin, MOS Scaling and parameters.

CMOS LOGIC CIRCUITS RELIZATION

Logic realization using NMOS, PMOS and CMOS, (W/L) ration, The inverter, Combinational

Logic design, Sequential logic design, Memory latches and registers, Transmission Gate and

logic realization, Programmable logic devices, PLDs, PAL, PLA, PROM and logic realization.

LAYOUT DESIGN

Micron rules, Lambeda Based design, lay out design of Combinational and Sequential Logic

RAM, ROM, PLA Decoder, MUX, 4-bit Adder, Comparator, Combinational and Sequential Logic.

Stick diagram.

HDL DESIGN

VHDL, Modeling, Combinational and sequential circuits design using VHDL,Test bench.

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WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING-SYLLABUS

Hydrology : Hydrologic Cycle. Water Budget Equation, Hydrologic system, Precipitation :

Types, measurements and analysis, error in estimation, missing data, consistency of rainfall

records, Intensity during frequency (IDF) and probabilitic maximum Precipitation (PMP)

curves. Evaporation and consumptive use: Process affecting factors, estimation and

measurement techniques. Infiltration : Process affecting factors, measurement and

estimation, Infiltration Indices.

Surface Runoff: Components and factors affecting runoff, methods of estimation of runoff

volume and peak runoff, rating curve, Rainfall . runoff relationships Hydrograph analysis:

components, factors affecting hydrographs, base flow separation, Direct Runoff

Hydrograph, Unit Hydrograph: Theory and assumptions. Derivation of Unit Hydrograph,

Synthetic Unit Hydrograph Introduction to computer models for rainfall runoff analysis.

Irrigation: Developments in India, Necessity and types Advantages & disadvantages of

irrigation. Functions of water in plant growth, Methods of Irrigation, Water requirement of

crops. Irrigation frequency, Irrigation efficiencies, Principal crops and crop season, crop

rotation. Canal irrigation: Classes and alignment, Parts of a canal system, Commanded

area, curves in channels, channel losses.

Sediment Transportation: Suspended and Bed load and its estimation Irrigation channels:

Types: lined and unlined, silt theories: Kennedy.s and Lacey.s Design procedure for

irrigation channels, Longitudinal cross section, Schedule of area statistics and channel

dimensions, use of Garret’s Diagrams in channel design, cross sections of an Irrigation

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channel, Computer programes for design of channels Lining of Irrigation Canals:

Advantages and types, factors for selection of a particular type, design of lined channels,

cross section of lined channels, Economics of canal lining, Water Logging: Definition,

effects, causes and anti-water logging measures, Drainage of water logged land, Types of

drains open and closed, spacing of closed drains.

Regulation and control of canal system: Purpose, Types of canal regulation works and their

functional aspects

Irrigation Outlets: Requirements, types, non-modular, semi-module and rigid module,

selection criterion River Training: Objective and need, classification of rivers, and river

training works, meandering, stages, methods of river training, bank protection, Methods

for measurement of discharge.

Ground Water Hydrology: Zones of underground water, Aquifers and their types,

important terms, Determination of discharge through unconfined and confined aquifers

with steady flow conditions, Interference among wells, determination of aquifer constants,

Well loss and specific capacity, efficiency of a well, types of water wells, bored and open

wells, specific yield of a well, Relative merits of well and canal irrigation, type of tube wells,

well surrounding and well development, Suitable site selection for a tube well, Types of

open wells, Methods of lifting water. Infiltration galleries.

References :

1. Irrigation Engg. and Hydraulic Structures by S.K. Garg, Khanna Publishers.

2. Irrigation and water Power engineering by B.C. Punmia, Laxmi Publications.

3. Engineering Hydrology by K. Subramanya, TMH.

4. Irrigation Water Power and Water Resource Engg. by K.R. Arrora.

References

5. Water Resources Engg. By Larry W. Mays, John Wiley India

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6. Water resources Engg. By Wurbs and James, John wiley India

7. Water Resources Engg. By R. K. Linsley, McGraw Hill

8. Irrigation and water Resources Engg. By G L Asawa, New age International

Publishers

9. Irrigation Theory and practices by A.M. Michel.

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Well Log Analysis & Well Testing-SYLLABUS

Open Hole Logging

Basic Concepts

General Purpose Logging

Resistivity Logs

Porosity Logs

Special Logging Services

Introduction to Advanced Logging Techniques

Well Seismic Techniques

Horizontal Well Evaluation

Processing and Interpretation of Logging Data

References :

1. Well Test Design & Analysis by George Stewart, Pennwell Books, ISBN 1593702310

2. Geological Well Log Analysis by SJ Pirson, Gulf Publishing Co., ISBN 0872019020

3. Advances in Well Test Analysis by Jr Earlougher RC, Society of Petroleum Engineers, ISBN

0895202042

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Wireless Networks-SYLLABUS

PHYSICAL AND WIRELESS MAC LAYER ALTERNATIVES:

Wired transmission techniques: design of wireless modems, power efficiency, out of band

radiation, applied wireless transmission techniques, short distance base band transmission, VWB

pulse transmission, broad Modems for higher speeds, diversity and smart receiving techniques,

random access for data oriented networks, integration of voice and data traffic.

WIRELESS NETWORK PLANNING AND OPERATION:

Wireless networks topologies, cellular topology, cell fundamentals signal to interference ratio

calculation, capacity expansion techniques, cell splitting, use of directional antennas for cell

sectoring, micro cell method, overload cells, channels allocation techniques and capacity

expansion FCA, channel borrowing techniques, DCA, mobility management, radio resources and

power management securities in wireless networks.

WIRELESS WAN:

Mechanism to support a mobile environment, communication in the infrastructure, IS-95 CDMA

forward channel, IS – 95 CDMA reverse channel, pallert and frame formats in IS – 95, IMT – 2000;

forward channel in W-CDMA and CDMA 2000, reverse channels in W-CDMA and CDMA-2000,

GPRS and higher data rates, short messaging service in GPRS mobile application protocols.

WIRELESS LAN:

Historical overviews of the LAN industry, evolution of the WLAN industry, wireless home

networking, IEEE 802.11. The PHY Layer, MAC Layer, wireless ATM, HYPER LAN, HYPER LAN – 2.

WPAN ANDGEOLOCATION SYSTEMS:

IEEE 802.15 WPAN, Home RF, Bluetooth, interface between Bluetooth and 802.11, wireless

geolocation technologies for wireless geolocation, geolocation standards for E.911 service.

References :

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1. Kaveh Pahlavan, Prashant Krishnamoorthy, Principles of Wireless Networks, - A united approach

- Pearson Education, 2002.

2.. Jochen Schiller, Mobile Communications, Person Education – 2003, 2nd Edn.

3. X.Wang and H.V.Poor, Wireless Communication Systems, Pearson education, 2004.

4. M.Mallick, Mobile and Wireless design essentials, Wiley Publishing Inc. 2003

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