Research at BITS

RESEARCH AT BITS

2009

Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani (Rajasthan) - 333031

January 2010

Appendix ‗L‘: Ref. BG Agenda Item No.63.11

Appendix ‗E‘: Ref. GB Agenda Item No. 49.07

RESEARCH AT BITS 2009

Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani (Rajasthan) - 333031

January 2010

PREFACE

Research is an integral and important part of any higher education system. BITS, Pilani actively promotes

research among its staff and students. In addition to basic research, which is the back bone of any applied

research, the Institute also gives adequate importance and support to applied research.

Research at BITS relies on the motivated intellectual manpower pool available among its staff and students.

Research projects are undertaken by students as a component of their education programme itself. Teachers

conduct research as an integral part of their responsibilities since this enables them to assimilate and

disseminate the knowledge as well as generate new knowledge. In addition to this, BITS has devised

innovative schemes to enable professionals-at-large to conduct research at their place of work and

simultaneously work for the Ph.D. degree of the Institute.

At BITS, the faculty is encouraged to publish their findings in reputed journals and present papers at

conferences. Support is given to participate in national and international conferences and thereby network

with experts from India and abroad. Recently, the Institute has taken steps to provide support to faculty to

file for patents if the research is likely to fructify in a commercially viable product or process. During the

last 5 yeas, BITS has seen a healthy growth in the amount of funding received from different agencies.

While most of these are from government sector, the Institute through its existing collaboration with

industries, is trying to have greater participation of corporate sector in funding of research projects and this

has already started giving results.

`Research at BITS‘ gives details of the different research, consultancy and publication work undertaken by

BITS during the year. The annexures to the document list the research project carried out at all the three

tiers of education in the Institute during the year 2009. The research publications and research areas of the

faculty are given in the annexures. A complete list of Doctoral thesis for the period 2001-2009 is also

provided

CONTENTS

PREFACE

I. INTRODUCTION 1

II. RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2009

Doctoral Theses of the Year 7

Presubmission Seminars Conducted This Year 9

Research Contributions through Higher Degree Dissertations 11

Research Contributions through First Degree Theses 11

Ph.D. Qualifying Examinations 11

New Doctoral Research Topics / Supervisors Approved by Research Board 12

Sponsored Research Projects 15

Consultancy Projects and Services offered 42

Research Related Seminars/Workshops 42

Research Publications 48

Awards and Honours for BITS Faculty 49

III. FACULTY RESEARCH AREAS AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESEARCH 51

ANNEXURES

1. Completed Doctoral Theses 1964-2009 62

2. Completed Higher Degree Dissertations – 2009 82

3. Completed First Degree Theses – 2009 84

4. List of Research Publications – 2009 89

5. Books Published by BITS Faculty - 2009 115

6. List of Faculty Members Who Presented Papers in Various Conferences in 2009 117

7. Faculty Research Areas 133

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I. INTRODUCTION Preamble

Research at BITS is a component of an integrated activity encompassing teaching as well as its

linkages with the outside world of Academia and Industry. A large number of students at all levels in the

three-tier structure of the educational programmes are involved in research. At the first-degree level, a one-

semester full-time thesis-seminar course and at the higher degree level a dissertation course offer excellent

opportunities to bright students to be involved in research. In the doctoral programme, a large number of

Ph.D. students located on-campus, off-campus or at outside centres, are engaged in research work in

various research areas. The Institute's linkages with industries, R&D Centres and other institutions in the

country and abroad have given a further thrust to the research activities of the Institute.

Promotional Efforts for Research at Doctoral Level Faculty Development Scheme

Faculty development scheme of the Institute, whereby candidates holding M.E./M.Pharm./M.Phil.

degrees are given opportunities to work for the Ph.D. degree, continues to be a bright source of junior level

manpower for research. At present there are 146 faculty candidates pursuing Ph.D. of the Institute. The

Institute reimburses their total admission and tuition fee. In addition, there is a provision of an annual

contingency money upto Rs. 12,000/- for professional expenditure incurred by faculty members.

Research Scholarships

Besides encouraging full-time Ph.D. students to pursue their research work with the support of

Fellowships awarded by agencies such as the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR),

University Grants Commission (UGC), Department of Science & Technology (DST), Department of

Biotechnology (DBT), Defense Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Indian Council of

Medical Research (ICMR), Ministry for Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES); the Institute also

provides assistantship to its full time research scholars. In addition to the assistantship, tuition and

admission fee waiver is also provided to deserving candidates.

Research at Outside Centres

Opportunities are also provided to full time research scholars and faculty for carrying out their

research work at outside centres within the country and abroad so as to develop manpower in the newer

areas of technology and giving special orientation to research. Currently, institutional arrangements with

CDRI, Lucknow; ITRC, Lucknow; Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS),

Bethesda, Maryland, USA and University of North Carolina, Greensboro, USA exist for this purpose. Two

faculty members have completed their Ph.D. at CDRI, Lucknow under this arrangement. Two faculty and

four students have already completed their Ph.D. at USUHS, Bethesda and four full-time research students

are currently working on their doctoral thesis at USUHS under this arrangement. In addition, two full time

research students are currently working for their doctoral thesis at the University of North Carolina,

Greensboro, USA. All the six students are being financially supported by USUHS and UNC, USA.

Ph.D. Aspirants' Scheme

The Off-campus Ph.D. under the Ph.D. Aspirants' scheme has attracted wide attention. Under this

scheme opportunities are provided to Ph.D. Aspirants of high standing and proven competence to work for

the Ph.D. degree of the Institute without being disturbed from their professional settings.

Collaborations have also been established with the following institutions for providing Ph.D.

opportunities to the research fellows, scientists, faculty and engineers from these organizations:

1. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai leading to Ph.D. in Physical and

Computational Sciences area.

2. Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute, Pilani leading to Ph.D. in Electronic

Sciences & ME/Ph.D. in Microelectronics area.

3. Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai leading to Ph.D. in Mathematics & Theoretical

Computer Science area.

4. Industrial Toxicology Research Centre, Lucknow leading to Ph.D. in Industrial Toxicology

area.

5. The S.P. Jain Institute of Management and Research, Mumbai, leading to Ph.D. in

Management related areas.

6. Sankara Nethralaya and Elite School of Optometry, Chennai, leading to Ph.D. in Optometry

and Medical Technology area.

7. L.V. Prasad Eye Institute, Hyderabad, leading to Ph.D. in Optomology area.

8. Institute of Cardio-Vascular Disease, Chennai, leading to Ph.D. in Cardiac Science area.

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9. Institute for Technology and Management, Navi Mumbai, leading to Ph.D. in Management

related areas.

10. Institute of Pathology, ICMR, New Delhi, leading to Ph.D. in Biomedical Sciences and

Pathology related areas.

In addition to the above institutional collaborations, a number of high profile professionals from

industries, R&D institutions, government, and education sectors have been permitted to take the Ph.D.

Qualifying examination and work for the Ph.D. degree of the Institute. Many such professionals are also

involved in educational activities of the Institute as a spin off advantage. These professionals are

researching upon topics relevant to Indian industries and society.

Infrastructural Support for R&D The Institute through its intense faculty recruitment drive has been constantly adding manpower at

the senior level to provide leadership for R&D and at junior level to provide research work force. As a

result of this effort, during this year, a number of faculty members at both these levels have joined.

A number of new research facilities have been added to augment our existing research

infrastructure. For example, the Institute has added to its research infrastructure an Animal House (Central

Animal Facility), which is CPCSEA approved facility and a Green House along with a new Tissue Culture

laboratory. The areas of energy and environmental studies, fibre optics, computer aided analysis and design,

flexible manufacturing systems, digital systems, VLSI and embedded systems, communications, robotics

and intelligent systems, biotechnology, drug design and delivery systems, image processing, power

electronics, materials science and technology, etc. have been strengthened. A number of PC-Based systems

and instruments have been added in various laboratories. Research facilities in areas of CAD, Robotics,

Fibre Optics, Microelectronics, Materials Science and Technology, Biotechnology, Drug Design and

Delivery and FMS areas have been augmented. Some experimental set-ups for process control and

materials research have also been acquired. Various Groups and Centres, under UGC X Plan Fund, UGC

SAP and DST FIST Fund have purchased several equipments/instruments. Internet facility has been

augmented for providing global information access. Furthermore, Motorola (India) has established an

Embedded Controllers Applications Centre at BITS. Tata IBM has established IBM Java Competency

Centre and it is aimed at high quality people repository in software technologies. A state of the art VLSI

design Laboratory called as Oyster Lab. has been set up. A Centre for Women Studies for gender related

research and extension activities, a Radio-Isotope Laboratory, having atomic absorption spectro-

photometer, -ray source & various radio-isotopes, a Biotechnology Laboratory having modern research

tools such as Multi-channel Analyzer, Refrigerated Centrifuge etc., have also been set up to strengthen the

research infrastructure. Also a number of machines and equipments have been added to the existing labs.

For example, Industrial CNC Industrial Vertical Machining Centre (LMW KODI-40 Klein), CNC Turning

Centre (XLTURN), CNC Train Master T-70 (HMT) Lathe have been added to FMS Lab. and facility has

been created for CNC training and research. Similarly, acoustic emission equipment, acousto-ultrasonic

equipment, microprocessor controlled servo-hydraulic UTM etc. have been added to the Centre for

Materials Science and Technology for advanced research in materials area. Also a campus wide computer

network – NEURON (Next Generation Enabled University-wide Redundant Optical Network) gives a big

boost to research activities at the Institute.

BITS website provides all the required information regarding Ph.D. admission process, Ph.D.

monitoring process, areas of research, list of Ph.D. students, list of First Degree Thesis and Higher Degree

Dissertation students, details of research projects, list of research publications, etc.

VLSI Design Lab

The lab supports a full chip design capability through state-of-the art EDA tools from CADENCE,

MENTOR GRAPHICS and MAGMA. The facilities include front end design tools for design creation,

simulation and synthesis, back-end-design tools for mixed signal and a complete package for RTL to GDS

flow, FPGA design infrastructure for prototyping. These tools run on a powerful centralized computer

server and around 40 clients are connected to it. BITS and its Alumni group and DST have funded the

laboratory. Students of Higher degree and First Degree working in the area of VLSI are making use of this

lab for course work and project work. This Facility is also available for prospective incubatees under the

TBI set up in support with DST.

Technology Business Incubator (TBI)

A DST sponsored Incubator in the area of Embedded Systems and VLSI Design has been

established so as to encourage young students to take up Entrepreneurship activities in these areas.

Research at Higher & First Degree Levels In the M.E./M.Pharm./M.Phil. Programmes, there is a one semester Dissertation component of

15-25 units. Students of higher degrees opting for Dissertation register in this course in their fourth

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semester and carry out a research project. Hardworking and well-prepared students can carry out their

Dissertation along with the course work spread over two or three full semesters.

At the first-degree level, besides various project courses, students can opt for a one full-semester

thesis project in which research is pursued on a relevant topic. The thesis can also be carried out at a

suitable R&D Centre outside BITS- within India or abroad. Under this scheme, provision exists for a

limited number of students to pursue their research at some of the CSIR labs in India and institutions

abroad. CAD Lab., Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Centre for Materials Science and

Technology, Power electronics and Microelectronics laboratories and Centre for Software Development etc.

of the Institute continue to offer a large number of thesis projects to the students.

Students Contribution

The creative and talented pool of students at BITS Pilani is actively engaged in carrying out

project work at Practice School Centres. They also contribute towards research activities by participating in

Conferences, Seminars, Symposia and Training Programmes. Every year a technological festival called

‗APOGEE‘ is organized, wherein the students put up remarkable and ingenious models of latest advances in

science and technology.

Sponsored Research Projects

BITS encourages its faculty to submit research proposals for sponsored research projects. The

Institute has sponsored research projects from agencies such as Council for Scientific and Industrial

research (CSIR), Department of Science and Technology (DST), Department of Biotechnology (DBT),

Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO), Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR),

University Grants Commission (UGC), Ministry of Nonconventional Energy Sources (MNES), National

Programme on Micro and Smart Systems (NPMASS), CISCO, Nokia, Microsoft Research India (MSRI),

HP Lab India, National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), Dabur Ltd., IPCA

Laboratories Ltd. etc. Section II gives a list of on going sponsored research projects at BITS.

New Initiatives towards Inducting Fulltime Research Students at the Institute Institute Fellowship

With a view to increase enrolment of Ph.D. students, Institute has created 30 Research

Assistantship for full time Research Fellows. Currently, 21 full time research students, who have been

admitted to Ph.D. programme, are receiving Research Assistantship. These full time research scholars are

doing research in the areas such as Biotechnology, Pharmacy, Economics, Management, Physics,

Mechanical Engineering and Chemistry.

MNES Fellowship

The Ministry of Non-conventional Energy Sources (MNES), Govt. of India has provision for three

doctoral fellowships for the Institute for advanced study in the area of Renewable Energy under the scheme

of National Renewable Energy (NRE) Fellowship scheme.

CSIR/UGC/ICMR Fellowship

The Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has provided 2 JRFs and 11 SRFs to the

research scholars of the Institute. These research fellows; both JRFs and SRFs are working for their Ph.D.

degree in the area of Biological Sciences, Chemistry and Pharmacy.

The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) has provided 1 SRF to a research scholar of the

Institute. The ICMR SRF is working for her Ph.D. degree in the area of Biological Sciences.

Fellowships under Externally Funded Projects

Apart from the above mentioned fellowships, 3 research scholars are getting fellowships from

industry sponsored projects, 8 research scholars are getting fellowships from DST sponsored projects, 2

research scholars are getting fellowships from DBT sponsored projects, 5 research scholars are getting

fellowships from ICMR sponsored projects, 3 research scholars are getting fellowships from CSIR

sponsored projects, 1 research scholar is getting fellowship from ICAR sponsored project, 1 research

scholar is getting fellowship from UGC sponsored Centre for Women Studies project, 1 research scholar is

getting fellowship from NPMASS sponsored project and 3 research scholars are getting fellowships from

UGC sponsored projects. These research fellows are working for their Ph.D. degree in the areas of

Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Management, Civil Engineering and Pharmacy.

NXP Semiconductor Fellowships

This year, 3 students of ME (Embedded Systems) and ME (Micro-electronics) programme are

receiving fellowship from NXP Semiconductors (earlier named as Philips Semiconductors).

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HP Lab. India Fellowship

One full time Ph D student is getting fellowship from HP Lab India for his Ph D Research project

in the area of computer science.

Areas of Research

Currently the research activities are focused in the following areas:

S. No. Areas of Research

Biological Sciences: Environmental Biotechnology, Bioinformatics, Microbial Biotechnology,

Molecular Biology, Molecular Parasitology, Molecular Diagnostics, Genomics, Plant

Biotechnology.

Bioengineering: Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Bioinstrumentation, Bio-transport Process.

Civil Engineering: Structures, Water Resources, Geotechnical, Transportation, Environmental

Engineering, Image Processing and G.I.S., Disaster Management, Earthquake Engineering, Solar

Architecture, Finite Element Method, Non-traditional optimization algorithms, Artificial Neural

Networks, Fuzzy Logic and Multicriterion Decision Making and their applications.

Chemical Engineering: Biochemical Engineering, Biomass Gasification, Computation Fluid

Dynamics, Energy Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Evolutionary Computation, Modeling

and Simulation, Multi-Objective Optimization, Multiphase Reactors, Process Dynamics and

Control, Process Integration and Process Intensification, Reaction Engineering, Polymer Science

and Engineering, Process Synthesis and Design, Separation Processes and Petroleum Refining and

Petrochemicals.

Chemistry: Organic including Natural products, Bioorganic, Inorganic, Bioinorganic, Physical,

Biophysical, Medicinal, Analytical, Green, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry;

Nanomaterials; X-Ray Crystallography.

Computer Science & Information Systems: Computer Networks, Distributed Systems, Database

Systems, Software Engineering, Operating Systems, Multimedia, Computer Control Systems,

Computer Architecture, Compilers, Formal Methods, Information Retrieval

Economics and Finance: Macroeconomic Models and Policy, Microeconomic Analysis, Money

and Financial Markets, Financial Engineering, Econometric Studies, Financial Modeling,

Mathematical Economics, Environmental Economics, Resource Management Systems, Growth

Economics, Banking, Micro Finance, Capital Markets, Macroeconomic Modeling, Applied

Finance, Environment and Resource Economics International Trade and Finance, Strategy,

Financial Management, Corporate Planning, Entrepreneurship, Project Management.

Electrical and Electronics Engineering: Communication Systems, Wireless and Mobile Ad-hoc

Networks, Optical Communication and Networks, Microelectronics and VLSI Design, Signal

Processing and Embedded Systems, Power Electronics and Drives, Power Systems,

Telecommunication, Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Fiber Optic Sensors, Artificial intelligence

techniques in robotics, Instrumentation & Control, Wearable computing, Energy and Power

Systems.

Humanistic Studies: Gender Issues including Women Studies, Medical Sociology, Developmental

Sociology, Indology, Governance, Business Ethics, Conflict Management, Ethical Communication,

Social Development, Sustainable Livelihoods, Consciousness Studies, Social Ecology.

Languages: Professional Communication, ELT, Literature and Cinema, English Language and

Literature, Soft Skills, Mass Communication.

Mathematics: Coding Theory, Cryptology, Algebraic Geometry, Parallel Computing, Fuzzy Logic

and its applications, Water pollution, Mathematical Modelling, Nonlinear functional analysis,

Computational fluid dynamics, Optimization, Operations Research, Mathematical Biology,

Differential equations, Fractional Calculus, Dynamical System, Epidemiology.

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S. No. Areas of Research

Mechanical Engineering: Product Design and Development, Manufacturing Engineering,

Manufacturing Excellence Practices, Design Engineering, Materials Engineering, Fracture Studies,

Non-destructive Testing, Robotics and Intelligent Systems, Nano Technology, Thermal

Engineering, Energy Systems Engineering and Energy Management.

Management: Strategic Management, Total Quality Management, Performance Management,

Knowledge Management, Services Management, Entrepreneurship, Managerial competencies,

Innovation and Business creativity, Marketing Research, Marketing, Retail Management,

Quantitative methods and Business simulation, International Business, Business Ethics,

Management Information systems, R& D Management, Technology Management, Operations

Management, Operations Research, Supply Chain Management, E-Commerce, Project Appraisal,

Project Management, Risk Management, Financial Management, Strategic Cost Management,

Capital Markets, Corporate Restructuring Mergers & Acquisitions, Organizational Behavior,

Conflict Management & Negotiations, Human Resource Management, Organizational Change &

Development, Leadership, Managerial Practices, Corporate Social responsibility, Enterprise

resources planning.

Pharmacy: Drug Design, Synthesis and Screening of New Bioactive Molecules, Drug Delivery

Systems, Phytochemistry and Natural Drugs.

Physics: Materials Physics; Condensed Matter Physics; Nuclear, Particle and High Enerrgy

Physics; Optics & Spectroscopy.

Interdisciplinary Research: Nanotechnology and nanoscience, Nano-robotics, Micro-electro-

mechanical systems (MEMS), Nanomaterials, Mechatronics

Educational Innovation and Institutional Development

Conclusion

The Institute has made attempts to seek the research involvement at all the three tiers of education

and achieve an optimum output. The total R&D efforts of BITS have encompassed activities both on-

campus as well as off-campus. The faculty development scheme of the Institute has provided quality

students for the on-campus Ph.D. programme. Emphasis has been on the networking of research and other

professional involvement of candidates. The various research programmes are proving to be purposive and

innovative in nature. The total number of Ph.D. candidates in the BITS Ph.D. programme is currently 405.

The off-campus Ph.D. scheme has attracted candidates of high standing and research is being carried out by

these candidates on topics relevant to their professional involvement in their respective organizations.

The R&C Division of the Institute has a pivotal role in giving practical shape to the research

directions of the Institute. The Division looks after the planning, administration and organisation of research

at all the three tiers, conduct of Ph.D. qualifying examination and other related activities across the Institute

cutting across the boundaries of individual disciplines. It also interfaces with outside agencies for sponsored

research projects submitted by the faculty members. Several sponsored research projects have been carried

out in the past and currently there are several on-going research projects.

The next section and appendices give details of research achievements in the current year.

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II. RESEARCH ACHIEVEMENTS IN 2009

In this section, significant achievements made in research and related aspects are highlighted.

These are presented under the following broad categories:

Doctoral Theses of the Year

Presubmission Seminars conducted this year

Research Contributions through Higher Degree Dissertations

Research Contributions through First Degree Theses

Ph.D. Qualifying Examinations

New Doctoral Research Topics/Supervisors approved by the Research Board


Consultancy Projects and Services Offered

Research Related Seminars/Workshops

Research Publications

Awards and Honours for BITS Faculty

Doctoral Theses of the Year

This year the following candidates were awarded Ph.D. degree of the Institute. A complete list of

theses since 2001is given in Annexure – 1.

Award of Ph.D. Degree

S.No. Name Title

1. Adithi Mohan Expression of Cell, Adhesion, Invasion and Motility-associated

Proteins in Retinoblastoma and the Study of Presence of Human

Papillomavirus (HPV) in Retinoblastoma

2. Anand G Design and Assessment of Lean Manufacturing Systems

3. Monica Sharma An Empirical Investigation of Manufacturing Excellence in Indian

Industry

4. G. Mamatha Molecular Genetic Profile of Retinitis Pigmentosa and Leber

Congenital Amaurosis in India

5. S. Hemamalini Optic Disc Morphology of South Indians : The Chennai Glaucoma

Study

6. Varanasi Venkata Sesha

Kanthi Kiran

Pharmacokinetic Drug-Drug Interaction Studies of Antiplatelet

Agents with Antidiabetic Agents in Rats

7. Laila Fatima Ali Asghar Studies on Design and Evaluation of Controlled Release Colon

Targeted Formulations of Indomethacin

8. S. Lakshminarasimhan Transform and Intercept Models for Bivariate Cascade High Sigma

Manufacturing Processes

9. Nidhi Verma Mathematical Models and Simulation of Blood Flow in Arterial

Stenosis

10. Parthasarathy Srinivasan Knowledge Dimensions Essential for Reduction of Cross Cultural

Uncertainty in Global Project Management

11. Pronobesh Chattopadhyay Pharmacological, Molecular and Biochemical Aspects in Attenuation

of Ischemic & Reperfusion Injury by Folic Acid, Amlodipine and L-

Arginine in Rat Liver Transplantation Model

12. Rajesh Kumar

Characterization of Parasite Isolates and Analysis of Immune

Responses in Indian Patients of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis

13. Suryadevara Jagadish Framework for Specification of Concurrent and Reactive Systems in

Unified Modeling Language

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S.No. Name Title

14. Shaveta Rani Investigations on Survivability Strategies in WDM Optical Networks

15. A Sundaramurthy Improvement of Prediction of Customer Response in Direct

Marketing

16. Anup Kumar Bhattacharjee Formalization of Vertical Transformations in a Model Based Design

Framework

17. Coral Miriram Magdalene In vitro Studies in Retinal Pigment Epithelium on the Role of Lysyl

Oxidase and its Perspectives in Vitreoretinal Pathology

18. Hardeep Pal Singh Molecular Genetic Studies on Retinal Dystrophies

19. J. Harshavardhan Towards a Model-Driven Approach to Support SOA-Based Web-

Business Platforms

20. Mallika Parveen C An Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis of Lean

Manufacturing System: A Perspective of Lean Supply Chain

21. Minal Kamalakar Bhise Software Engineering Modeling Techniques for Semantic Web based

Systems

22. Rajneesh Kumar Design and Analysis of Soft-Switching Inverter for UPS Application

23. Ram Gupta A Study of Selected Newer Dual Action Angiotensin and Endothelin

Receptor Blockers

24. P Shelja Antony A Study on the Influence of Demographics, Psychographics,

Shopping Orientation, Mall Shopping Attitude and Shopping Patterns

on Mall Patronage

25. Sushila Rathore Portrayal of Females in Indian English Feminist Fiction and Hindi

Parallel Cinema during 1975-2005

26. Virendra Singh Nirban Language Analysis of Two Major Forms of Computer-Mediated

Communication: Emails and Webpages

27. Swapna Sundaree M. Novel Applications of Some Hypervalent Iodine Reagents in Organic

Transformations

28. Biju K R

Energy Efficient Techniques for Multi-tasking Embedded Systems –

Cache Design and Task Scheduling Algorithms

29. Shirumalla Raj Kumar Evaluation of Topical Formulations of Selective Cyclooxygenase-2

(COX-2) Inhibitors for Analgesic and Anti-inflammatory Efficacy as

well as Plasma Concentration Profile

30. Debjani Banerjee Development of Novel Isatin-β-thiosemicarbazones for the Treatment

of HIV-TB Co-infection

31. Shamira Soren Malekar Emotional Intelligence of School and Professional College Students:

An Empirical Study

32. Rishein Gupta Contribution of Chlamydia trachomatis Inclusion Membrane Proteins

B and C in Pathogenesis of Genital Chlamydial Infection in Humans

33. Sri Indranil Chattopadhyay Molecular Profile of Esophageal Cancer Patients in North East

Region of India

34. Sheth Pratik Nitinchandra Modeling, Simulation and Experimental Studies on Downdraft

Biomass Gasifier

35. Harvinder Singh Identification of Hypervariable SSR Loci in the Rice Genome

36. Singnurkar Purushottam

Shashik

Design and Evaluation of Oral Delivery Systems for Biologically

Active Macromolecules – Insulin

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Ph.D. Thesis Submitted and Under Process of Evaluation

S.No. Name Title

1. S. Mohan Development of Organization Specific Managerial Competencies: A

Case Study of BPCL

2. Aaramadaka Sunil

Kumar Reddy Design and Synthesis of -Aminobutyric Acid Derivatives for the

Treatment of Epilepsy

3. Smita Raghuvanshi Studies on Biodegradation and Biofiltration for Removal of Volatile

Organic Compounds

4. Mita Dixit A Study of Conflict Typology and Causative Factors Leading to Splits in

Multigenerational Family Owned and Managed Businesses in India

5. Samir Randas Kale Design of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems for

Viscose Staple Fiber Division, Grasim Industries Limited

6. Somnath banerjee Design of Web Mining Techniques to Answer Quantity Queries and to

Map Documents to Topics

7. M Madiajagan Semantic Integrity Control and Interoperability for Component Based

Software Development

8. Paresh Sharma Studies on Stage Regulated Gene Expression in Leishmania donovani

Isolated from Indian Kala Azar Patients using Genomic Microarrays

9. Sukhjeet Singh Development and Evaluation of Modified Release Oral Dosage Form of

Mycophenolate Sodium

10. Samyuktha Ajay (Nee

Samyuktha Mani)

Mapping Training Requirements of Clinical Research Professionals in

India- A Critical Imperative for Capacity Expansion

11. Anuradha N An Exploratory Study of the Linkage between Organizational

Intelligence and Organizational Performance with reference to Small and

Medium Enterprises of India

12. Bharath A Online Handwritten Word Recognition for Indic Scripts using Hidden

Markov Models and Data-driven Modeling of Writing Styles

Pre-submission seminars conducted this year

This year the following students gave pre-submission seminars for being able to submit their Ph D. thesis

S.No. Name Title Date

1. Monica Sharma An Empirical Investigation of Manufacturing Excellence in

Indian Industry

January 19,

2009

2. Sushila Rathore Portrayal of Females in Hindi Parallel Cinema and Indian

English Feminist Fiction during 1975-2005

January 29,

2009

3. G.Mamatha Molecular Genetic Profile of Retinitis Pigmentosa and Leber

Congenital Amaurosis in India

February 6,

2009

4. Minal Bhise Software Engineering Modeling Techniques for Semantic

Web Based Digital Library

February 16,

2009

5. Subodh Kumar

Srivastava

Single Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) In Granule Bound

Starch Synthase-I (GBSS-I) Gene and Its Association with

Starch Quality in Rice

February 24,

2009

6. Shamira Soren

Malekar

An Empirical study of Emotional Intelligence and

Communication Excellence of Indian Students

March 2,

2009

7. Biju K Raveendran Low Power Design Techniques for Embedded Architectures

and Operating Systems

March 3,

2009

8. K.Coral Miriam

Magdalene In Vitro Studies in Retinal Pigment Epithelium on the

Biochemical and Physiological Role of Lysyl Oxidase in

Extracellular Matrix and its Perspectives in Vitreoretinal

Pathology

March 9,

2009

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S.No. Name Title Date

9. Ram Gupta A Study on the Development of Newer Dual Action

Angiotensin and Endothelin Receptor Antagonists

March 9,

2009

10. Shelja Anthony Profiling the Heavy Consumers at Malls in India: Influence

of Demographics, Psychographics, shopping Orientation,

Mall Shopping Attitude and Behavior on Mall Patronage

March 20,

2009

11. Harvinder Singh Identification of Hypervariable SSR loci in the Rice Genome March 23,

2009

12. Pratik

Nitinchandra Sheth

Modelling and Simulation of Fixed Bed Biomass Gasifier

April 16,

2009

13. Virendra Singh

Nirban

Language Analysis of Two Major Forms of Computer

Mediated Communication

April 28,

2009

14. Debjani Banerjee Development of Novel Isatin-beta-thiosemicarbazones for the

treatment of HIV-TB co-infection

April 30,

2009

15. Abhijit Rameshwar

Asati

Comparative Study of High Performance Multiplier and

Barrel Shifter Architectures and their CMOS

Implementations and a Study of NBTI Degradation

Estimation in Digital Logic Circuits

May 08,

2009

16. Mallika Parveen C An Integrated Approach to Design and Analysis of Lean

Manufacturing System: A Perspective of Lean Supply Chain

May11,

2009

17. Shirumalla Raj

Kumar

Evaluation of Topical Formulation of Selective

Cyclooxygenase - 2 (COX-2) Inhibitors for Analgesic and

Anti-inflammatory Efficacy as well as Plasma Concentration

Profile

May 15,

2009

18. Indranil

Chattopadhyay

Genetic Profile of Esophageal Cancer Patients in North East

Region of India

August 6,

2009

19. Samyuktha Ajay Training Requirements for Clinical Research Professionals in

India

August 25,

2009

20. Mita Dixit A Study of Conflict Typology and Causative Factors Leading

to Splits in Multigenerational Family Owned and Managed

Businesses in India

September

1, 2009

21. Somnath Banerjee Leveraging Web Corpus in Textual Information Retrieval

Tasks

September

7, 2009

22. Samir Ramdas

Kale

Design of Occupational Health and Safety Management

Systems for Viscose Staple Fiber Division, Grasim Industries

Limited

September

8, 2009

23. Bharath A Online Handwritten Word Recognition for Indic Scripts September

16, 2009

24. Purshottam

Singnurkar

Oral Delivery of Biologically Active Macromolecules –

Insulin

October 6,

2009

25. Anuradha N Linkage between organizational intelligence and

Organizational Performance- An Exploratory Study

October 9,

2009

26. Deepthy K.O A Study of Consumer Hope and its Correlates: Interactive

Effects of Hope, Hopefulness, Optimism, Materialism and

Self-Concept

November

6, 2009

27. S. Mohan Developing Organization specific Managerial Competencies

through Integrated HR Systems: An Analysis

November

7, 2009

28. Sukhjeet Singh Development of Evaluation of Modified Release Oral Dosage

Forms for Immunosuppressant

November

9, 2009

29. Aaramadaka Sunil

Kumar Reddy

Design and Synthesis of λ-Amino-Butyric Acid Analogues

for the Treatment of Epilepsy

November

19,2009

30. M Madiajagan Semantic Integrity Control and Interoperability for

Component Based Software Development

November

25,2009

31. Paresh Sharma Studies on stage regulated gene expression in Leismania

donovani isolated from Indian Kala azar patients using

genomic microarrays

November

26, 2009

32. Smita Raghuvanshi Modeling and Simulation of Biofiltration for Removal of

Volatile Organic Compounds

December 1,

2009

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Research Contributions through Higher Degree Dissertations

A total of 25 Dissertation Projects have been carried out by higher degree M.E./M.Pharm. students.

The list is given in Annexure - 2.

Research Contributions through First Degree Theses

A total of 120 students have completed their first-degree theses. The thesis course is a one-

semester course and a student is involved full time for this research involvement. Besides faculty members

of the Institute, scientists from R&D labs and other professionals also supervise the thesis work. The

complete list is given in Annexure - 3.

Ph.D. Qualifying Examinations

All Ph.D. candidates before taking up the doctoral research have to appear and pass a Ph.D.

Qualifying examination. This examination consists of three written papers and an oral test. It is based on the

course work of a higher degree, namely M.E./M.Pharm./M.Phil./M.Phil.(Applied)/M.S. or any of its

equivalent higher degree. Faculty members of the Institute and professionals from the world-of-work may

be permitted to appear in the qualifying examination even before completing the formalities of Ph.D.

admissions.

This year 95 candidates were permitted to appear in the Qualifying examination. The details are

provided below:

Discipline-wise Break-up

BITS faculty members

M. Sc. (Eco., Fin. & Mgt) 01

M.E. (Electrical/Electronics) 09

M.E. (Mechanical) 10

M. E. (Computers) 11

M.E. (Chemical) 05

M. Pharm. 07

Total 43

Professionals of High Standing

M.E. (Civil) 01

M.E. (Electrical/Electronics) 02

M.E. (Mechanical) 03

M. Pharm. 03

M.Phil. (Applied) 02

M.S. (Management System) 02

M.S. (Software System) 04

M.Phil. (Hospital and Health Systems Mgmt) 04

M.S. (Opthomology) 07

M. Sc. (Bio-Sciences) 01

M. Sc. (Medical Lab Tech.) 04

Total 33

Full time Research Students

M. E. (Computers) 02

M.Sc. (Chemistry) 09

M.Sc. (Bio-Sciences) 06

M.Sc. (Physics) 01

M. Phil (Languages) 01

Total 19

Grand Total 95

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New Doctoral Research Topics / Supervisors Approved by Research Board

This year, Sixty Five (65) research proposals were approved by the Research Board. Besides

approving the topic of research, the Research Board also approves the proposed supervisors for guiding the

research. The details of approved topics/supervisors are given below:

S.No. Name of

Candidate

Topic of Research Supervisor

1. Paridhi Gupta

Host Response Mechanism(s) towards Venezuelan Equine

Encephalitis Virus Infection in Mouse and Evaluation of a

Novel Approach to Generate Inactivated Virus Vaccine

Dr. Radha K

Maheshwari

2. Manish Bhomia

Development of Antiviral Therapies against Venezuelan

Equine Encephalitis, a Bioweaponized Virus

Dr. Radha K

Maheshwari

3. Poonam Vyas

An Empirical Study of Teaching Business Communication

through Multimedia Technology

Dr. Sangeeta

Sharma

4. Kiran Soni

Synthesis of Novel Ligands containing Saccharide and

Amino Acids: Metallochemistry of the Resultant Molecules

Dr. Ajay Kumar

Sah

5. Maruthi Kumar

Narayanam

Synthesis and Biological Studies of Some Novel Indolyl

Heterocycles

Dr. Dalip Kumar

6. Mishra

Bhupendra

Ashok

Design, Synthesis and Biological Study of Novel Porphyrin

Conjugates

Dr. Dalip Kumar

7. Syed Jaffer S.

Physicochemical Characterization and Modulation of

Biomimicking Environments using Selected Fluorophores

Dr. Pradipta

Purkayastha

8. Swarna Kanchan

Understanding Protein Evolution: A Genomic and Modeling

Study

Dr. Shibasish

Chowdhury

9. Vijayanand

Kumar Busi

Value Added Healthcare Services Dr. Fazal Gafoor

10. Thimmappa H.

M.

Design and Synthesis of Novel Isoniazid Derivatives for the

Treatment of Tuberculosis and Multi-drug Resistant

Tuberculosis

Dr. D. Sriram

11. Seethalakshmi

T.

To Study the Modulation of Multidrug Resistant Proteins

Expression, Function and in vitro Antitumor Effect on Y79

Retinoblastoma Cells by Curcumin longa Derivative

Dr. S.

Krishnakumar

12. Jeyalatha K.

Design, Analysis and Implementation of Web Mining

Algorithms for Academic Search Application

Dr. B. Vijayakumar

13. Murali Monohar

Pandey

Design and Characterization of Novel Buccal Drug Delivery

Systems

Dr. Shrikant Charde

14. Vaishnavi

Tushar Unde

Biocatalytic Production of a Commercial Textile Dye, Indigo Dr. M. Srikanth

15. Jai Gopal

Pandey

Performance Analysis and Modeling of Hardware and

Software Implementations of Tasks for Optimal Hardware-

Software Partitioning

Dr. Chandrashekhar

16. Vikas Singh

Studies on Quality of Service and Security in Wireless Mesh

Networks

Dr. G. Raghurama

17. Vishal Gupta

Content Ranking, Distribution and Data Caching in Wireless

Cellular and Ad Hoc Network

Dr. Mukesh Kumar

Rohil

18. Meghanand

Anantrao

Bhamare

Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for Safety

Critical Embedded System Design

Dr. K. R. Anupama

19. Apeksha B. A Parametric Study of Proton Exchange Membrane (PEM) Dr. S. D. Manjare

13

S.No. Name of

Candidate


Jadhav Fuel Cell

20. Vandana

Agarwal

Multimodal Information Fusion for Human Face Recognition Dr. Shikha Tripathi

21. Sumanta

Chakrabarti

A Fuzzy Multi-Criteria Approach for Integrated

Environmental Quality Assessment

Dr. Ajit Pratap

Singh

22. Anil Jindal

Design and Development of a Framework for Reverse

Logistics

Dr. Kuldip Singh

Sangwan

23. Arshad Javed

Development of Integrated Design Methodologies to

Improve the Life and Reliability of Compliant Mechanisms

Dr. B. K. Rout

24. Dileep Kumar

Gupta

Design and Optimization of Gas Cooler for Trans-critical

CO2 based Refrigeration System

Dr. M. S. Dasgupta

25. Gautam Singhvi Design, Characterization and Evaluation of Oral Novel Drug

Delivery Systems of Selected Antimicrobial Drugs and

Studies of various Design Parameters

Dr. R. N. Saha

26. Mahesh Angira

Design of Selected Wireless and Telecommunication

Devices and Sub-Systems using RF MEMS Technology

Dr. Kamaljit

Rangra

27. Naga Vamsi

Krishna Jasti

An Empirical Investigation of Lean Enterprises in Indian

Industry

Dr. Rambabu

Kodali

28. Shvetank Bhatt

Behavioural and Neuropharmacological Screening of

Potential Serotonergic Ligands for Co-morbid Depression,

Anxiety and Related Disorders such as Cancer

Chemotherapy Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV)

Dr. R. Mahesh

29. Meena Purohit

Investigation of the Structure-Activity Relationships of

Novel Purine and Pyrimidine Nucleotide Derivatives

Targeting Orotidine -5´-Monophosphate Decarboxylase

(ODCase)

Dr. Lakshmi P.

Kotra

30. Mubeena

Rahaman

A Critical Evaluation of English Language used in Written

Business Communication by Various Business Organizations

of Dubai

Dr. John Varghese

31. B. John

Devadason

Empirical investigation and modeling of Lean Manufacturing

(LM) implementation in Indian Auto Ancillary Industry

(IAAI)

Dr. S. Murugan

32. K P Chandra

Shekar

Synthesis and Biological Studies of Porphyrin-Appended

Heterocycles

Dr. Dalip Kumar

33. Sushil Chandra To Establish the Relationship between Aesthetic and

Engineering Parameters of Motorcycle and their Effect on

Design of Visor

Dr. S. K. Atreya

34. Nitin Madhukar

Sawant

Verifying Web Services–Business Process Execution

Language (WS-BPEL) Security Patterns using Formal

Methods

Dr. Prasenjit Sen

35. M. Sudershan

Rao

Study of Organic Transformations Employing ortho-

Quinonemethide Intermediates

Dr. Anil Kumar

36. Amit Kumar

Subudhi

Global Gene Expression Analysis of the Parasite and the

Host from Severe P. falciparum Clinical Isolates and its

Study Using Systems Biology

Dr. Ashis K. Das

37. S.Vandhana

To Study the Effect of FASN (Fatty Acid Synthase)

Inhibitors on Y79 Retinoblastoma Cell Line

Dr. S.

Krishnakumar

38. Vinita Kumari Diabetic Retinopathy in a South Indian Cohort: Genome Dr. S. Sripriya

14

S.No. Name of

Candidate


Wide Association Study

39. Monika Sikri Design of Quality of Service (QoS) Oriented Methodology in

Service Oriented Systems

Dr. Datta

Subrahmanya

40. Sakthivel

Murugan S.M.

Molecular Genetics of Duchenne/Becker Muscular

Dystrophies – Strategies Towards Identification, Prevention

and Elucidation of Molecular Pathophysiology

Dr. B. R. Lakshmi

41. Swadhinya A.

Regulation of In Vivo Anti-Polysaccharide Response to

Gram Positive and Gram Negative Extracellular Bacteria

Dr. Clifford M

Snapper

42. Sanjeev Kumar

Saxena

Impact of Service Orientation on Organizational

Performance

Dr. Prashant Mishra

43. Srilatha Jasty To Identify and Characterize the Retinal Stem/progenitor

Properties of Human Iris Pigment Epithelial (IPE) cells and

Ciliary Epithelial (CE) cells In Vitro

Dr. S.

Krishnakumar

44. M. Sowmiya Detection of Drug Resistance Exhibited by Gram Negative

Bacteria Isolated from Clinical Specimens to Quinolones and

Extended-spectrum Beta-lactamases (ESBLs) Group of

Drugs by Molecular Methods

Dr J. Malathi

45. Kuldeep Gupta Global Transcriptome Modulation in Rodent Intestinal

Mucosa and Brain in Response to Herbal Products

Dr. Suman Kapur

46. Pinky P.

Pawaskar

An Industry Analysis of Tourism: Challenges and

Opportunities for Goa

Dr. Mridula Goel

47. Ashish Runthala Refinement and Improvement of Protein Structure Prediction

Algorithms

Dr. Shibasish

Chowdhury

48. Gitanjali Bhutani

Schemes for Self-Management in Wireless Networks for

Throughput and Reliability Improvement

Dr. Mruthyunjaya

H. Kori

49. K. Kavitha Data Management in Wireless Sensor Networks Dr. R. Gururaj

50. Md. Sibghatulla Analysis and Development of Multilevel Inverter based

Distribution Static Compensator (DSTATCOM)

Dr. H.V. Manjunath

51. Satyendra

Kumar Sharma

An Empirical Investigation of Supply Chain Risk

Management (SCRM) Practices in Indian Scenario and

Development of a Normative Framework for SCRM

Dr. Anil Bhat

52. Vineet Kumar Miniature Traveling-Wave Tube (TWT) for Microwave

Power Module (MPM)

Dr. Vishnu

Srivastava

53. Reena Bibals Develop Critical Understanding of Factors Influencing the

Ambient Release of Volatile Synthetic Pyrethroids

Impregnated /Coated onto various Substrates

Dr. Debojit

Chakrabarty

54. Aruna Govada Distributed Data Storage and Analysis for Astronomical Data Dr. S. K. Sahay

55. P. Santhi Latha Study on Breast Cancer Stem Cell and their role in Anti-

cancer Drug Response

Dr. Sunita Saxena

56. Vinita Tiwari Modeling and Simulation of Hybrid Optical Networks Dr. V. K. Chaubey

57. Navneet Khanna Identification and Analysis of Machining Process Variables

and their Effect on the Machining Performance

Dr. K. S. Sangwan

58. Satish Kumar

Dubey

Simulation of Transient Heat Transfer for High Temperature

Manufacturing Process

Dr. P. Srinivasan

59. Jaipal A Design and Evaluation of Mucoadhesive Controlled Release

Buccal Patches for Systemic Action

Dr. Shrikant Charde

15

S.No. Name of

Candidate


60. Baldev Kumar Behavioural and Neuro-pharmacological Screening of

Potential Serotonergic Ligands for Depression and Allied

Complications

Dr. R. Mahesh

61. Priti Jain

Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Agents to Treat

Alzheimer‘s Disease

Dr. Hemant R.

Jadhav

62. Sunil Kumar

Dubey

Development of Analytical and Bioanalytical Methods for

Selected Racemic Drug in Bulk, Formulations, Biosamples

and their Pharmacokinetic Studies

Dr. Ranendra N.

Saha

63. Sudeep Kumar

Pradhan

An Integrated Approach for Design of Supply Management:

A Supply Chain Perspective

Dr. Srikanta

Routroy

64. Rakhee

Design Space Exploration of Scalable and Efficient Sensor

Network for Multi-Service Applications

Dr. M. B. Srinivas

65. Saumyaa Regulation of Immune Response to Soluble Protein Antigen

in the Presence and Absence of Intact Bacteria

Dr. Clifford M

Snapper


A total of ninety one (91) research projects sponsored by agencies such as UGC, CSIR, DST, DBT, ICMR,

DRDO, ICAR and such other sponsoring agencies are in operation. A list of on-going research projects is

given below:

S.No. Project Title Principal

Investigator Agency

Sanction

(Rs.)

(Lakh)

1 Experimental Investigation of Failure and

Stability of Laminated Composite Plates with

Cutouts

Prof. S. B.

Singh

CSIR 6.00

2 Twisted intramolecular charge-transfer

(TICT) fluorescence probing studies of

micropolarity and mocroviscosity of different

types of Gemini micelles

Dr. Subit

Kumar Saha

CSIR 8.19

3 Synthesis of novel ionic liquid supported

reagents and their applications in organic

transformations

Dr. Anil Kumar CSIR 11.44

4 Bio-diesel production from microalgae Prof. S. K.

Verma

CSIR 15.04

5 Assessment of bone condition using acoustic

emission and acousto-ultrasonic techniques

Prof. Ravi

Prakash

DST 16.70

6 In-silico characterization of non-native

structural ensembles of small proteins and

peptides and its implication on protein folding

and misfolding process

Dr. Shibashis

Chowdhury

DST 7.68

7 Response and micromechanics based design

of Engineered Cementitious Composite

structures

Prof. S. B.

Singh

DST 15.14

8 Synthesis and Characterisation of Silica

Polymer Nanocomposites for

Environmentally Benign, Biological and

Industrially Significant Organic

Transformations

Dr. Amit Dubey DST 19.20

9 Design, synthesis and biological studies of

novel cationic porphyrin hybrids as potential

anticancer agents

Dr. Dalip

Kumar

DST 23.91

16


Investigator Agency

Sanction

(Rs.)

(Lakh)

10 Novel Safety-catch Linkers for Solid-phase

Synthesis of Organic Compounds with

Potential Medicinal Applications

Dr. Anil Kumar DST 19.55

11 Study of spin polarization of electrons in the

relativistic (e, 3e) process on atoms

Dr. Rakesh

Choubisa

DST 9.53

12 Synthesis of carbohydrate – amino acid

containing novel ligands: Metallochemistry

and reactivities of their metal complexes

Dr. Ajay Kumar

Sah

DST 19.54

13 Computational investigation of vortex

shedding and heat transfer enhancement from

a heated square cylinder in presence of Eddy-

promoting rectangular cylinder near a wall

Dr. Dilip Kumar

Maiti

DST 10.18

14 Molecular characterization of diazotrophic

plant growth-promoting endophytic bacteria

isolated from arid desert of Rajasthan

Dr. Prabhat

Nath Jha

DST 14.51

15 Cloning and characterization of protein

phosphatase2C (PP2C) like promoter from

Arabidopsis thaliana

Dr. Rajesh

Mehrotra

DST 12.57

16 Modeling and study of polycrystalline silicon

for solar cells and thin-film transistors

Dr. Navneet

Gupta

DST 2.88

17 Synthesis and Catalytic Applications of

Environmentally Benign Ionic Liquid Tagged

Schiff Base Metal Complexes

Dr. Bharti

Khungar

DST 19.47

18 Studies on electro-optic switching of liquid

crystals doped with carbon nanotubes

Dr. V.

Manjuladevi

DST 14.10

19 Preparation and characterization of thin films

of dibenzyl substituted poly (3,4-

propylenedioxythiophene) (PRODOT) onto

glass and polymeric substrates, its feasibility

for use in electrochromic devices

Dr. S. Sindhu DST 17.39

20 Strategies to meet manpower requirements for

power sector upto 2020

Prof. Arya

Kumar

DST 9.60

21 Conceptual density functional theory based

modeling of biological systems

Dr. Ram Kinkar

Roy

DST 24.52

22 Cloning and characterization of the major

regions of the plastid DNA from Plasmodium

vivax

Dr. Vishal

Saxena

DST 10.17

23 Gainful utilization of marble slurry as an

adsorbent for SO2 gas and its subsequent

conversion to gypsum

Dr. Arvind

Kumar Sharma

DST Rajasthan 0.14

24 Development of web based spatial decision

support system for ground water quality

monitoring

Dr. K. Rajitha DST Rajasthan 0.13

25 Portable Ozone Generator Dr. H.K.

Mohanta

DST Rajasthan 0.13

26 Design and synthesis of novel agents for the

treatment of rheumatoid arthritis

Dr. Hemant R.

Jadhav

DST Committed

27 Designing nanoporous organic carbon and

their nano composites for environmentally

benign, biological, and industrially significant

organic transformations

Dr. Amit Dubey DRDO 14.49

28 Nano-technology for enhanced utilization of

native-phosphorus by plants and higher

moisture retention in arid soils

Dr. Jitendra

Panwar

ICAR 28.20

17


Investigator Agency

Sanction

(Rs.)

(Lakh)

29 A system biology approach towards

understanding severe malaria with special

reference to the transcriptome and proteome

of the parasite and the host

Prof. A. K. Das DBT 188.06

30 Force induced unzipping in biopolymers Navin Singh UGC 9.41

31 Synthesis and pharmacological evaluation of

novel phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors for their

anti-depressant and anxiolytic potential

Prof. R. Mahesh DBT 51.69

32 Medical and therapeutic characterization of

induced somaclonal variation in a medicinal

plant Chlorophytum borivillianum

Prof. Suman

Kapur

UGC 6.01

33 Transition metal catalysed reactions of

Iodonium Ylides

Dr. Dalip

Kumar

UGC 7.24

34 Design and development of static sunshade

for thermal comfort inside the buildings

Prof. Rajiv

Gupta

UGC 9.86

35 Studies on adsorption process for the removal

of metal ions from waste water and volatile

organic compounds from air by using suitable

adsorbents

Prof. B. V.

Babu

UGC 7.11

36 Novel quinoxaline carboxamides: Design,

synthesis and neuro-pharmacological

evaluation as antidepressants, anxiolytics and

in the management of cancer-chemotherapy

induced nausea and vomiting

Prof. R. Mahesh UGC 8.47

37 Probing twisted intramolecular charge

transfer fluorescence to characterize the

miscelles of some Gemini surfactants

Dr. Subit

Kumar Saha

UGC 8.44

38 An empirical investigation of manufacturing

excellence in Indian industry

Prof. R. B.

Kodali

UGC 2.72

39 Flexural Strengthening of Concrete Structures

using Near Surface Mounted (NSM) Fiber-

Reinforcements

Prof. S. B.

Singh

UGC 9.27

40 Characterization and pharmacological

evaluation of bioactive compounds from

cyanobacterial isolates from Shekhawati

region of Rajasthan

SK Verma UGC 6.26

41 An Empirical Test of Causal Relationship of

Total Quality Service Constructs for Indian

Hospital Industry

Dr. Usha

Manjunath

UGC 4.06

42 Developing teaching modules for English

learning through multimedia technology for

rural children from class V-VIII

Dr. Sangeeta

Sharma

UGC 4.56

43 Design and Synthesis of Novel Agents for the

Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis

Dr. Hemant R.

Jadhav

UGC 8.35

44 Effect of ageing on access to transport:

Sociological and Clinical Diabilities amongst

Aged Population – A Case Study of Rajasthan

Prof. Nirupama

Prakash

Newcastle

University, UK

2.40

45 Development of an indigenous chip for

testing antibiotic sensitivity of pathogens

found in human urinary tract

Prof. Suman

Kapur

NPMASS 64.80

46 Establishment of New National MEMS

Design Centres

Dr. N. N.

Sharma

NPMASS 11.16

47 Genetic basis of alcohol induced pancreatic

disorders

Prof. Suman

Kapur

ICMR 27.21

18


Investigator Agency

Sanction

(Rs.)

(Lakh)

48 Functional mutation in the opiate receptor and

their impact on immune function

Prof. Suman

Kapur

ICMR 37.55

49 Identification of genetic loci associated with

predisposition for Type 2 diabetes mellitus

(T2DM) in Indians from Rajasthan

Prof. Suman

Kapur

ICMR 33.39

50 Novel neuropharmacological agents for the

treatment of depression, anxiety, cognitive

dysfunction and cancer chemotherapy

induced emesis: Design, synthesis and

screening of potential serotonergic

modulators

Prof. R. Mahesh ICMR 25.74

51 Improve mobility for health with special

focus on rural women population

Dr. Sanjeev

Kumar

Choudhary

IRFTD 0.67

52 Health Kiosk: Health care for rural India Prof. Suman

Kapur

Sustainable

innovations

USA

3.28

53 To conduct the field visits in various districts

of Rajasthan for monitoring, supervision and

evaluation of MAPEDIR

Dr. Gaurav

Aggarwal

NRHM 6.1

54 Preparation and characterization of nanosized

TiO2 and studies on its photodegradation

capability of model organic pollutants.

Dr. Meenal

Kowshik

DST 18.29

55 Novel Aza and Oxa-aza Selenamacrocycles:

Synthesis, Metal complexes and anion

Binding.

Dr. Arunashree

Panda

DST 19.32

56 Studies on moulding compounds and

compression moulding techniques for FRP

fasteners

Dr. B.J.C. Babu

DST 21.08

57 Investigations on factors affecting nuclear

accumulation of DNA studied using an in-

house constructed confocal microscope

Dr. Geetha

Varier

DST 18.90

58 Synthesis of mesoporous silica and alumina

based oxide material

Dr. N. N. Ghosh DST 20.00

59 Preparation and characterization of

Nanoferrite powders and polybenzoxazine

nanoferrite composites

Dr. N.N. Ghosh

DRDO 14.97

60 Synthesis of improved Ferroelectric materials

by sol-gel emulsion technique

Dr. Sutapa R.

Ramanan

DRDO 14.98

61 Isolation and screening of micro-organisms

from Extreme and Unusual Environment for

new and novel antimicrobial peptides to

combat some clinically important multidrug

resistant fungal pathogens

Dr. Utpal Roy

CSIR 14.87

62 Novel Biosensor techniques for monitoring

heavy metals and pesticides residues in

coastal waters and sediments

Dr. Sunil Bhand CSIR 14.47

63 Expression of cyclodextrin glucosyl

transferase gene in hydrocarbon degrading

bacteria for enhancing Bioremediation

Dr. M. Srikanth

DBT 17.02

64 Radion contribution to various flavour

changing neutral current (FCNC) processes in

B-meson decay

Dr. Prasanta

Das

DST

2.88

19


Investigator Agency

Sanction

(Rs.)

(Lakh)

65 A Parametric Study of the Proton Exchange

membrane (PEM) Fuel Cell Performance

Dr. S. D.

Manjare

MNRE 10.47

66 Synthesis and Spectral, Redox and Solid State

Coordination Properties of Asymmetric and

Highly Functionalised Thienyl- and Furyl-

Porphyrins

Dr. Bhavana P. DST

19. 97

67 Development of Biosensors and micro-

techniques for analysis of pesticide residues,

aflatoxin, heavy metals and bacterial

contamination in milk.

Dr. Sunil Bhand ICAR 245.73

68 Techno-Economic Feasibility Studies on an

alternative process route for removal of

methanol, ammonia, and carbon dioxide from

process condensate water in a fertilizer

ammonia plant

Dr. Srinivas K

Ministry of

Chemicals &

Fertilizers

86.98

69 Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

to Diammonium Phosphate Plant (DAP)

Dr. S. D.

Manjare

Ministry of

Chemicals &

Fertilizers

27.00

70 Anaerobic digestion of food waste in a

horizontal plug flow reactor

Dr. M. Srikanth UGC 10.09

71 Studies on haloarchaea producing

polyhydroxy alkanoates

Dr. Judith M.

Braganca

UGC 8.90

72 Photo thermal imaging of nuclear transport Dr. P.

Nandakumar

DBT 24.60

73 Studies on the optical nonlinearity of gold

nanoparticle embedded BaTiO3 thin films.

Dr. P.

Nandakumar

DRDO 14.94

74 Detection and Mitigation of Dairy Pathogens

and Detection of Adulterants using Chemical

Biology

Dr. Sunil Bhand ICAR 45.07

75 Experimental Pilot Scale Horizontal Plug

Flow Reactor for Anaerobic Digestion of

Food Waste

Dr. M.Srikanth Goa Energy

Development

Agency, Goa.

3.65

76 Structure-Guided Design of New

Antibacterial Agents Against Dormant

Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Dr. D. Sriram DBT 64.00

77 Isocitrate Lyase Enzyme As Target in

Persistent Mycobacterium tuberculosis

Infection: Synthesis of 2-Arylthiazolidine-4-

Carboxylic Acid and 5-Nitro-2-Furoic Acid

Derivatives and its Antimycobacterial

Evaluation

Dr. D. Sriram UGC 10.21

78 Dynamic strain Ageing Behavior in

Austernitic Stainless Steel

Dr. A. K. Gupta DAE 11.64

79 Chemically Modified adsorbents for the

preconcentration of toxic metal ions from

industrial wastes and environmental samples

Dr. N. Rajesh DST 22.50

80 Study of Extraction Behaviour and Speciation

of Chromium using Various Long Chain

Amines and its Applications in the Treatment

of Electroplating Waste Water

Dr. N. Rajesh UGC 3.81

81 Development of interactive computer

programs for teaching Physics

Dr. P.K.

Thiruvikraman

UGC 1.85

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Investigator Agency

Sanction

(Rs.)

(Lakh)

82 Design and Synthesis of Inhibitors of Various

Enzymes of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis

Like DNA Gyrase And Topoisomerase -I

Dr. D. Sriram DBT 39.56

83 Synthesis and Neuropharmacology of 4-

Aminobutyric Acid Analogues

Dr. P.

Yogeeswari

CSIR 8.56

84 Design and Synthesis of Newer GABA

Analogues for Treating CNS Disorders

Dr. P.

Yogeeswari

UGC 8.11

85 Design and Synthesis of Novel Non-

Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors

for the Treatment of Aids and Opportunistic

Infections Associated with Aids Including

Tuberculosis

Dr. D. Sriram ICMR 10.00

86 Artificial Neural Networks for Water

Resources Planning: an Innovative Approach

Dr. K. Srinivasa

Raju

INCOH,

MoWR

4.62

87 Multiobjective in Irrigation Planning using

Evolutionary Algorithms

Dr. K. Srinivasa

Raju

CSIR 6.18

88 Investigations into the Influence of Rare

Earth Ion Doping on Structural and Dielectric

Properties of Layered Ferroelectric Ceramics

by Adopting Molten Salt Synthesis Route

Dr. Hariharan

Venkataraman

DST 17.00

89 Assessment of Technology and Upscaling of

Poly Lactic Acid (PLA) granules Production

Prof. Aradhana

Srivastava

SPC Biotech 0.72

90 Polymorphism studies of the malarial vaccine

candidate serine repeat antigen (SERA) in

Indian isolates

Dr Vidya

Rajesh

DST 19.01

91 Immobilization of nanoparticle functionalized

proteins in polymer modified metal oxide gel

films: Conformation and Activity study

Dr. Sharmistha

Paul

DST 30.00

The details of some of the projects are given below:

Rural Roads Pavement Performance Study – Phase 1

The main objective of this research project is to collect time series failure information at 10

villages road stretches selected on the PMGSY roads in the state of Rajasthan representing different terrain,

weather and traffic conditions. It is also required to develop a serviceability based pavement design

approach making use of the information collected to suit low volume village roads. Data collection is

underway since 2 years at all the selected stretches of roads. Analytical work will commence once the data

collection is completed.

Departmental Research Support from UGC under Special Assistance Programme (SAP)

Pharmacy, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, Biological Sciences and Chemistry groups have been

selected by University Grants Commission, on basis of their achievements, for Departmental Research

Support (DRS) under Special Assistance Programme (SAP) of University Grants Commission (UGC).

The Biological Sciences Group has successfully received funding from UGC under DRS-SAP

scheme. A news UV-Visible spectrophotometer, Gel documentation system and cryocan have already been

installed earlier. This year a cluster of machines with servers has been installed. These instruments are

being used for faculty research in different areas as suggested by the expert committees. This committee has

further appreciated the efforts of the faculty members of the group of pursuing target oriented research in

the thrust areas identified by the committee and also in the other thrust area of the group.

The Chemistry Group has received a major financial support from University Grants Commission

under the special assistance programme (SAP) at level I for five years (2007-2012). From this grant, the

group has procured softwares (Chem 3D, DASH, Docking, Gauss View, Gaussian) and a rotary-evaporator

which are being utilized effectively both for teaching and research purposes. This year, the group has also

procured a highly sophisticated spectrofluorimeter and NMR software. Availability of spectrofluorimeter

and software will further strengthen teaching and research activities of the group. Procurement of

chemicals, glasswares and advanced books from the annual grant of this programme has significantly

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improved the group activities and strengthened thrust areas of research including Synthetic Organic &

Medicinal Chemistry, Photochemistry, Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Nanomaterials,

Photochemistry, and Green chemistry. Also, the partial financial support from this programme is being

utilized to arrange national and international conferences.

University Grants Commission (UGC) provided assistance to the tune of Rs. 38 Lakhs for the

Mechanical Engineering Group, Birla Institute of Technology & Science, Pilani at the level of DRS – I for

5 Years (from 1/4/2007 to 31/3/2012) under the Special Assistance Programme (SAP) for the following

thrust area ―Innovative Product Design and Development‖. The following equipments: FDM 200MC rapid

prototyping machine and Dimension Elite 3D printer were procured for the cost of Rs. 44 Lakhs.

The physics group of the institute has been selected for support under the Special Assistance

Programme (SAP) of UGC at the DRS level I for a period of 3 years. The support is in the form of a

financial assistance of Rs. 52.00 lakhs, out of which Rs. 37.5 lakhs are for the purchase of equipments and

Rs. 14.50 lakhs for consumables. The equipments which have already been procured or are in the process of

being procured from the grant are: i) Langmuir Blodgett Trough ii) Spin Coating Unit iii) Keithley

Electrometer iv) Glove Box v) Scanning Probe Microscope. All these equipments are going to be used in

the expansion of the existing Materials Physics Laboratory and in the newly set up Soft Condensed Matter

Physics lab.

The Pharmacy Group received Rs. 40 lakh for strengthening of infrastructure in terms of power

supply, water supply, fire safety equipments, laboratory working tables and infrastructure required for

including the component of research at UG, PG and Ph. D. levels. Several laboratories were renovated,

upgraded and installed with safety equipments with the funds.

UGC Special Assistance for Centre for Women Studies

The UGC sponsored Centre for Women Studies was established at BITS, Pilani during March

2005. The Centre has undertaken diverse range of academic and field activities with the aim of working

towards upliftment of women and their families in the fields of social, economic and health leading to their

overall development. Centre has initiated various new activities during 2009.

Extension activities:

Twelve by Twelve Initiative for Targeted Anemia Education during Adolescence

Telemedicine Centre

UGC Centre for Women Studies has undertaken a project on Improving Social Security of Rural

women with Aid of Spatial Facility Management

Training of Female and Male members of Panchayati Raj Institutions at Panchayats of Pilani

Workshop: UGC Center for Women Studies organized a one day Workshop on ‗Aspiring and Budding

Women Entrepreneurs for On-campus Women‘ on 22nd

February, 2009 at BITS, Pilani.

Training:

Training Program on ―Entrepreneurship Development - Day Care Centre‖ for females, December

2nd

& 3rd

, 2009.

A three and a half months teaching & training in Computer Literacy for rural based girls and

women was offered in both semesters during 2009. Along with computer literacy training was also

imparted on cataloguing of books and journals.

‗Awareness & Training Program on Effective Use of Domestic Electrical Appliances for on-

campus Women‘ was conducted by UGC Centre for Women Studies in collaboration with

Instrumentation Unit of the Institute on Sept 20, 2009.

Research (Empirical Studies) & Course

CWS undertook a project on ‗Safe Motherhood and Access to Resources among Nomadic

Populations in Desert Regions in Rajasthan, India and the Negev, Israel –A Comparative

Perspective‘. The study period was from March 2008 to March 2009.

A Sociological Study on Domestic Violence against Women in Villages near Pilani, Rajasthan.

The study period was from January – July 2009

Gender related topics have been incorporated in on-campus Humanities courses offered as

electives across the Institute and in higher degree program

Lectures / Academic Forum

Prof. John Davies, Centre for International Development and Conflict Management, University of

Maryland, USA visited BITS Pilani delivered lectures on Conflict Management during September

17-21, 2009

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Prof. R.K. Sinha from International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai delivered a lecture

on ―Female Age at Marriage in India with Special Focus on Rajasthan‖ on October 8th, 2009.

Prof. Nirupama Prakash, Co-ordinator, CWS was invited to participate in the International

Workshop on "Empowerment of Women Through Science & Technology Interventions‖, Tehran,

Iran, 14-16 December, 2008 organized by NAM S&T Centre, New Delhi, Iranian Research

Organization for Science & Technology, Tehran and Iranian Association for Women's Studies,

Tehran, Iran; ―Women Political participation: Issues & Challenges‖, National Seminar on Women

and Political Participation In India-Democratic System- ‗Researching The Past and Restructuring

The Future organized by Department of Policy Sciences, National Law University, Jodhpur,

February 6-7, 2009; ―Information Communication Technologies & Community based Approach

to Address Gender Based Violence & Health Issues‖ at the International Conference on ―Gender-

based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health‖ held during 15 - 18 February 2009 in

Mumbai; organized by National Institute of Research & Reproductive Health (ICMR); ―Religion

and Gender- A Critical Analysis at the Seminar on Women & Religion organized by Centre for

Women Studies, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, New Delhi, February 26-27, 2009;

"Role of Women Studies in Promoting Educational Participation of Women" organized by The

Department of Inclusive Education at National University of Educational Planning and

Administration (NUEPA) on 13-14 March, 2009; UGC sponsored- Sensitivity, Awareness and

Motivation (SAM) workshop on Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education held

at Department of Continuing Education, IIT Roorkee from 18-22 May, 2009; ―ICT Intervention in

Addressing Gender, Sexuality and Cultural Norms in Rural Culture‖ at the International

Conference on "Mediation and Conflict: Translation and Culture in a Global Context" organized

by International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS) Monash University,

Melbourne, Australia during 7-10 July, 2009; Key note speaker on Session on Threats to Bodily

Integrity at Asia Pacific Women‘s International Conference Women, Peace and Security:

VISIONS FOR A NEW WORLD, 8-10 September 2009 : Philippine Normal University (PNU)

Manila, Philippines & at Women Solidarity Forum, Mindanao, Philippines; ―Women

Administrators in Higher Education: Networking and Team Building‖ during the one week

Training Programme for Female Faculty from Universities & Colleges in Rajasthan, organized by

Centre for Women Studies & Academic Staff College, Rajasthan University, Jaipur, November 27,

2009.

UGC Major Research Projects

Medical and therapeutic characterization of induced somaclonal variation in a medicinal plant Chlorophytum borivillianum

Chlorophytum borivilianum (Safed Musli) is a monocotyledon belonging to family Liliaceae. It is

a potent herb whose root tubers have been in use for aphrodisiac and health promotion purposes since 11th

century A.D. (Ref: Sarngadhar Samhita) in India. Ayurvedic Materia Medicas (Nighantus) state Safed

Musli to be an Urjaskar i.e. health restorative and promoting herb and is also considered to be a remedy for

diabetes and arthritis. Among all the species of Chlorophytum present in India, C. borivilianum produces

the highest yield of roots along with the highest saponin content i.e. 2-17% (Bordia et al., 1995) which are

the primary source of its significant medicinal properties. It is already identified as an endangered plant that

needs to be nurtured and protected. Thus, seeing the importance of the Chlorophytum, there is immense

need to develop somaclonal variants, which will adapt well to the local climate and also posses a high

biological/medicinal activity. This project aims at inducing Somaclonal variations in Safed Musli

(Chlorophytum borivillianum), determining biological activity/ potency of dried roots of somaclones

generated during the course of the study and biochemical characterization of dried root powder of

somaclones with enhanced biological activity for ascertained quality product development. At present the

work is under way to generate somaclonal variants of Safed Musli. Callus generation from tissue explant

(pedicle, leaf & inflorescence) has been successfully done.

Transition-metal catalyzed reactions of Iodonium ylides

In the third year of this project synthesis of naturally occurring and biologically potent 2,5-

disubstitutedoxazoles and cryptosanguinolentines were accomplished. Facile synthetic routes for naturally

occurring Balsoxin, Annuloline, Texamine and Texaline have been developed. The protocol involves

preparation of key intermediates α-tosyloxy ketones and amidoketones. Acylation of amidoketones

followed by oxidative cyclization leads to oxazole derivatives in high yield. We have also developed an

alternate route for the preparation of cryptosanguinolentine which is isolated from the Cryptolepis

sanguinolenta and used as an antimalarial drug. Our simple synthesis involves the reaction of easily

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available 4-hydrazinoquinolines with cyclic ketones in presence of ethanolic hydrochloride, and the

resulting intermediate upon oxidation and selective N-methylation produced cryptosanguinolentine in good

yield.

Design and development of static sunshade for thermal comfort inside the buildings

The Proposed research work aims on the following objectives:- To check the optimum entry of

sunlight through openings in different facades within the building for comfort conditioning; design and

development of static sunshade; modeling and analysis of the thermal performance of the buildings with the

help of software TRANSYS; and the Practical applicability of the obtained sunshade. For the experimental

investigation, Ferro-cement will be used for the fabrication of new sunshade. The comparative model

analysis will be done for all the cases i.e. without sunshades, with the existing sunshades and the proposed

one. The total building performance i.e. the temperature and air velocity measurements will be carried out

for all the cases. Finally cost analysis will be done and a feasible design would be recommended with

design aids and developed software.

Studies on adsorption process for the removal of metal ions from waste water and volatile organic compounds from air by using suitable adsorbents

The project deals with experimental study on adsorption for the removal of selected liquid and

gaseous pollutants by performing Batch and Continuous column studies. To understand the physical aspects

of adsorption, mathematical modeling of fixed bed adsorption column is carried out. Models reported in the

literature are improved by considering dispersed plug flow, non-isothermal effect, solid diffusion and pore

diffusion, etc. The proposed models are validated with the actual experimental data obtained. The new low

cost adsorbents such as activated tamarind seeds, activated neem leaves, sawdust, and activated flyash are

developed. The performance of these adsorbents for the removal of hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] from

waste water is tested by conducting the batch and continuous experiments. The experimental setup for

fixed-bed adsorption experiments is fabricated. A generalized mathematical model is developed to study the

dynamic behavior of adsorption column and validated with the experimental data generated in the present

study and the data reported in the literature. The Surface Area Analyser (Smartsorb 93) worth costing Rs.

4.4 Lakhs with additional accessories such as calibration gas mixture cylinders, pure N2 gas cylinders, and

cryogenic container for liquefied N2 etc. have been purchased and utilized for the measurement of surface

area for the newly developed low cost adsorbents. Chemicals and glasswares costing Rs 0.25 Lakhs are

purchased to conduct the experiments. The other equipments such as rotary shaker, water bath shaker, air

and liquid rotameters costing Rs. 0.35 Lakhs have been purchased. Two books costing Rs. 0.14 Lakhs have

been purchased to enhance the understanding of adsorption process. Five articles are published in reputed

refereed International Journals with high impact factors (Adsorption, Journal of Environmental Engineering

and Science, Chemical Engineering Journal, Journal of Environmental Management, and Bioresource

Technology) in last two years and others are communicated for possible publication.

Novel quinoxaline carboxamides: Design, synthesis and neuro-pharmacological evaluation as antidepressants, anxiolytics and in the management of cancer-chemotherapy induced nausea and vomiting

5-HT 3 receptor subtype is implicated in various psychiatric disorders such as depression, anxiety,

emesis and cognitive dysfunctions. A series of novel quinoxaline carboxamides (New Chemical Entities,

NCEs) will be designed by using molecular modeling and traditional medicinal chemistry approaches for 5-

HT 3 receptor antagonists. Several steps will be involved for synthesing the designed New Chemical

Entities, starting from condensation of suitably substituted O -phenylenediamine and pyruvic acid or diethyl

keto malonate by using conventional and Microwave Induced Organic Reaction enhancement (MORE)

Chemistry. The synthesized New Chemical Entities will be characterized by spectral (IR, Mass, NMR)

analysis and purity will be ascertained by TLC and elemental analysis. The structurally confirmed NCEs

will be tested for 5-HT 3 antagonistic potential in In-vitro tissue based assay using guinea pig ileum.

Compounds with optimum pA 2 and log P will be subjected for neurobehavioural analysis. In-vivo models

such as elevated plus-maze, light dark exploration and open field explorating models for anxiety; Forced

swim test, tail suspension test and olfactory bulbectomy models for depression; passive avoidance, active

avoidance test and elevated T maze exploration paradigm models for cognitive function will be assessed.

The present work is expected to provide 5-HT 3 receptor antagonists beneficial in the clinic.

An empirical investigation of manufacturing excellence in Indian industry

UGC sanctioned Rs. 2.72 Lakhs to Prof. Rambabu Kodali (Principal Investigator) for a Major

Research Project on ―An Empirical Analysis of Manufacturing Excellence in Indian Industries‖ for the

duration of 2 years.

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Flexural strengthening of concrete structures using near surface mounted (NSM) fiber-reinforcements

This research project deals with the importance and effectiveness of Near Surface Mounted (NSM)

reinforcement for efficient and economical construction of housing for general mass and for seismic

retrofitting /strengthening of masonary and concrete structures. The near surface mounted strengthening

technique could be very efficient and practical for flexural strengthening of slabs and beams in negative

moment regions. The finding of this research will provide data for development of design approach for the

design and construction of low cost structural elements of housing. This particular research proposal has

direct relevance to civil engineering in general, concrete technology, structural engineering, material

science, construction and management, earthquake engineering, seismic retrofitting and strengthening, and

most importantly low cost housing and infrastructures.

Probing twisted intramolecular charge transfer fluorescence to characterize the miscelles of some Gemini surfactants

Surfactant molecules, which contain a polar headgroup and hydrophobic chain, are capable of

producing supramolecular assemblies that possess properties distinctly different from those of the

individual monomeric molecules prior to aggregation. As a matter of fact, a whole variety of aggregate

morphologies, e.g., micelles, lamellae, bilayers and vesicles, have all been observed. Correlation between

the molecular architecture of different surfactants and the aggregate morphologies they produce upon self-

assembly is important in the sense that understanding polymorphism at the molecular level helps to develop

materials that find utility in household and different industrial applications. The study of these aggregate

morphologies is also important because they mimic the biologically active membranes.

In contrast to the traditional single-chain-single polar head group counterparts, Gemini surfactants

are made of two hydrophobic chains and two hydrophilic head groups covalently attached through spacer

are also called dimeric surfactants and many of them possess exceptional properties, such as a very low

critical micellar concentration, high viscoelasticity, and an enhanced propensity for lowering the oil-water

interfacial tension in comparison to their single-chain analogues. Therefore, Geminis are putative

candidates for the next generation of surfactants and attracting a lot of current interest. Keeping in mind that

fluorescence from twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT) state is very much sensitive to the

environment, fluorescence properties of probes having TICT state will be explored for the characterization

of Gemini micelles. This project involves synthesis of some novel Gemini surfactants with different types

of head groups, spacers and tails.

Force induced unzipping in biopolymers

Theoretically the double stranded DNA (dsDNA) can be considered as the assembled form of two

polymer chains. The various interactions between the base pairs and the bases along the strand can be

represented by appropriate potentials and the Hamiltonian can be solved by choosing appropriate ensemble

which enable us to know the various thermodynamic quantities as a function of external perturbation. We

are studying the dsDNA under the external perturbations, like temperature the pulling force and pH value.

As the two strands of a DNA are negatively charged, the repulsion between these two strands is minimized

by the salt concentration of the solvent molecules. If this concentration is varied, the repulsion between the

two strands might increase which destabilizes the double stranded configuration of DNA molecule.

Although DNA is known to unzipped due to mechanical forces acted on it, the thermal denaturation of

DNA has wide application in various biotechnological applications like PCR, drug designing etc. dsDNA

unzipping mechanically in the real system, thus we are extending our research experience to visualise the

effect of various interactions on the unzipping phenomenon. Since the distribution of base pairs along the

given sequence plays an important role in the unzipping process, our interest is to see the effect of sequence

on unzipping phenomenon too. All these theoretical studies are based on a model, known as Peyrard-Bishop

model and methodology is based on the Statistical Mechanics and Monte Carlo simulations.

Characterization and pharmacological evaluation of bioactive compounds from cyanobacterial isolates from Shekhawati region of Rajasthan

Cyanobacteria are photoautotrophic prokaryotes which comprise of a large species of widespread

occurrence with diverse morphological, physiological and biochemical properties. The cyanobacterial flora

of Rajasthan, which shows high degree of tolerance to drought and extreme temperature, is largely

unexplored for their secondary metabolite contents and its bioactive molecules especially toxins. Isolation

and characterization of cyanobacteria from the deserts can lead to identification of novel cyanobacterial

strains which can be of rich source for bioactive compounds. The species such as Spirulina and Nostac have

been used as a source of protein and vitamins for humans and animals. The products of cyanobacteria

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contains 40.2% of lipopeptides, 5.6% of pure amino acid composition, 4.2% fatty acids, 4.2% macrolide

and 9.4% are amides. Lipopeptides are a potent bioactive group of compounds with approximately 85%

being active of which are toxins 41%, anticancer13%, antibiotics12%, enzyme inhibitors 8%, antiviral 4%

and antifungal 18%. The toxins produced by planktonic species of cyanobacteria have been particularly

well studied. The ability to produce toxic compounds could play an important role in the success

of Nostoc in both terrestrial and aquatic environments. Bioactive toxins, in fact, may be regarded as an

evolutionary response to the pressure exerted by competing organisms, fungi and grazing animals in

particular. The toxin producing cyanobacteria includes Anabaena, Aphanizomenon, Cylindrospermopsis,

Microcystis, Nodularia, Oscillatoria, Lyngbya, Scytonema and Tolypothrix. Other genera

including Coelosphaerium, Fisherella, Gloeotrichia, Gomphosphaeria, Hapalosiphon, Schizothrix,

Symploca and Trichodesmium have also been found to be toxic but, as yet, no toxin has been isolated and

characterized from these genera.

Anaerobic digestion of food waste in a horizontal plug flow reactor

Food waste is the largest component of the waste stream by weight which is disposed of in landfill.

Conversion of food wastes to energy will be more an economically viable practice in light of rapidly rising

costs associated with energy supply and waste disposal and environmental quality degradation. Anaerobic

digestion of food waste will reduce the volume of waste being sent to landfill and therefore decrease

methane emissions produced from its decay. The biogas generated from anaerobic digestion could be used

to produce electricity and heat which makes the facility profitable. The environmental gains include

improvements in water and air quality.

Studies on haloarchaea producing polyhydroxy alkanoates

For the past two decades, there has been a growing public and scientific interest regarding the use

and development of biopolymer materials as an ecologically useful alternative to plastics. Polyhydroxy

alkanoates (PHA) are microbial – synthesized biopolymers which accumulate as intracellular carbon and

energy reserve materials in numerous microorganisms.

PHA accumulation results from imbalanced growth conditions as a mechanism of storing energy

and carbon during starvation. Thus it plays an important role in a microorganism‘s survival when subjected

to nutrient poor environments, osmotic pressure and UV radiation. Poly-3-hydroxy butyrate (PHB) is the

most abundant naturally occurring PHA and can be produced in a variety of microorganisms.

A variety of econiches such as the solar salterns have yet to be explored to screen for their natural

microbial diversity. Members of the family Halobacteriaceae, belonging to the Domain Archaea, an

evolutionary distinct group are the dominant microflora in such hypersaline ecosystems (NaCl

concentration greater than 25%). Globally newer and newer haloarchaeal genera and species are being

identified. In the Indian subcontinent, only haloalkaliphilic cultures have been reported from alkaline (soda)

Sambhar salt Lake of Rajasthan and from the marine salterns near Bhavanagr, Gujarat. Therefore there is an

urgent need to isolate novel haloarchaeal cultures and study the diversity of such organisms in various

saline and hypersaline regions.

The extraction of PHA from eubacteria involves the use of large amounts of organic solvents or

sonication in order to rupture the bacterial cells and release the intracellular PHA. This therefore adds to

the cost of PHA production. Use of haloarchaeal cultures can greatly overcome this cost as they possess an

inherent characteristic of lysis on exposure to low salt solutions and distilled water, thereby economizing on

the downstream processing of PHA.

DST Major Research Projects

Assessment of bone condition using acoustic emission and acousto-ultrasonic techniques

The main objective of this project is to develop a new technique for monitoring of fracture healing

process in bones using acoustic emission and acousto-ultrasonic (AU) techniques. Portable Acousto-

Ultrasonic Scanning System was procured and a number of tests have been carried out using this AU

system. In-vitro studies on dry and wet bones have been completed. In-vivo studies would be undertaken in

coming months to study response from both fractured and control intact bones for developing a mechanism

for establishing bone healing index. The outcome will provide an alternative non-invasive and a better

technique for monitoring fracture-healing process in long bones. The finding may have significant potential

for development of diagnostic instruments/equipments by the biomedical industries. The current research

would be of scientific interest to biomedical engineering fraternity and would add knowledge to this field of

non-invasive monitoring of fracture healing in long bones. Availability of this type of non-invasive

technique for monitoring of fracture healing without the use of harmful X-ray radiation is a welcome step.

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Response and micromechanics based design of Engineered Cementitious Composite structures

Most of the civil engineering infrastructures such as bridges, bridge-girders, and building framed

structures require strengthening due to damage/deterioration caused by age, repeated load effects, over

loading, and natural devastating forces such as earthquakes, and aggressive environmental conditions.

Recent development in concrete technology has led to Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC) which

unlike traditional concrete displays a much higher tensile ductility, tensile strain-hardening behavior, and

significantly reduced crack width with a very low amount of short random fibers. It is anticipated that civil

engineering infrastructures constructed and/or repaired with ECC materials can eliminate the lack of

ductility and enhance the durability of structures at a significantly high benefit/cost ratio. Moreover, it is

also anticipated that the ECC can be used in conjunction with high strength CFRP rebars/tendons and

external CFRP strengthening. However, the efficient use of these materials requires modified design stress-

strain relationships under tension and compression and formulation of micromechanics based flexural and

shear design approach which could lead to the efficient and reliable design of civil engineering

infrastructures in the context of strengthening as well as new structures using ECC. Thus the primary goal

of present research is to develop micromechanics based design approach using extensive experimental

validation.

Design, synthesis and biological studies of novel cationic porphyrin hybrids as potential anticancer agents

Some functional porphyrins were prepared and fully characterized spectroscopically. Syntheses of

phorphyrin-psoralen conjugates with various linker lengths were completed. Coupling of zinc metallated

propargyl porphyrin and appropriate azido psoralen in presence of copper (II) and sodium ascorbate

afforded porphyrin-psoralens which upon treatment with aqueous hydrochloric acid afforded metal-free

conjugates. Biological studies of phorphyrin-psoralens were performed and some of the conjugates found to

exhibit cytotoxicity against cancer cell lines. Preparation of porphyrin-cryptolepine conjugates were also

accomplished by the coupling reaction of propargyl porphyrin with azido cryptolepine in presence of

copper (II) sulfate and sodium ascorbate. Azido cryptolepine was prepared in a multi-synthetic steps

starting from anthranilic acid. Biological studies of porphyrin-cryptolepine conjugates are in progress.

Synthesized porphyrin conjugates are anticipated to be potential lead compounds to treat tumor cells

without any side effects.

Conceptual density functional theory based modeling of biological systems

‗One-into-many‘ model which was proposed in the first DST project is being developed further

after taking into account the theoretical limitations realized recently. The local hardness descriptor, which is

the key reactivity parameter in the ‗One-into-many‘ model, has N-dependence problem. The solution to this

problem, proposed earlier, was a particular one and so was not very general. In the new DST project this N-

dependence problem will be tackled analytically and some progress has already been achieved in this

direction. Once this phase is complete it will be used to predict the regioselectivity of large chemical or

biological systems mimicking the medium of biological systems.

We are also investigating how the charge-transfer component of stabilization energy, when

decomposed into fragments (named as Comprehensive Decomposition Analysis of Stabilization Energy or

CDASE), can be correlated to the rate of a particular step in a multi-step reaction. This correlation has been

found to be informative in locating the rate determining step of a multi-step reaction. The CDASE scheme

is also used intensively to explain the reactivity sequence between more than 100 pairs taking part in Diels–

Alder (DA) reaction.

Strategies to meet manpower requirements for power sector upto 2020

Indian economy is one of the most prominent economies on a threshold of faster economic growth

providing much needed opportunities in various sectors of the economy in the global era. It is envisaged to

grow by an average growth rate of 9% over the coming years, provided it is backed up by appropriate

policies on various fronts. One of the key inputs to accelerated growth in the coming years would be

availability of adequate and appropriate infrastructure facilities in an integrated manner. Amongst various

infrastructural inputs, one of the most crucial inputs would be power for achievement of expected

agriculture, industrial and service sector growth.

The critical input that would matter the most, even if all other inputs such as raw materials,

technology, and monetary investment allocations get made, would be availability of right number of people

with requisite knowledge and skills in the power sector. Keeping this in the backdrop, the study on

Strategies to Meet Manpower Requirements for Power Sector is proposed to be undertaken with a key

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objectives to identify concrete profile of knowledge and skills base required for power generation through

different modes – hydro, thermal, nuclear and non-conventional – at the project execution level and running

and maintenance of the project; estimate the category-wise requirement of manpower to meet the proposed

estimated generation of capacity for power generation upto 2020; and to work out strategies for meeting

the future manpower requirements of the power sector.

Synthesis of mesoporous silica and alumina based oxide material

The mesoporosity of the materials is arising as a new, exciting and challenging research field of

great scientific and technological importance. Mesoporous materials have huge potentials in wide range of

technological and industrial applications, which include catalyst, absorption, fuel cell, membrane

separation, host- guest encapsulation etc. The products from existing technologies suffer from (i) lack of

control of pore structure, (ii) absence of long range ordering of pores, (iii) poor thermal stability of the

structures. Extensive investigations on synthetic methodologies for the preparation of mesoporous

materials, with long range ordering and incorporation of metal ions within the matrix, are required to

properly address the above mentioned issues. The objective of this project is the development of chemical

routes for synthesis of mesoporous silica, aluminosilicate, and alumina support with long range ordering

and enhanced stability, and incorporation of metal ions (Ir3+

, Ti4+

, Na+, K

+ and Ca

2+) within these matrix.

Synthesis of silica, aluminosilicate, and alumina matrix will be performed by using (i) a modified

hydrothermal technique and (ii) sol-gel. Incorporation of metal ions within the matrix, prepared by using

above mentioned methods, will be performed by using two different routes: (a) Method I: traditional wet

impregnation technique, (b) Method II: Incorporation of metal ions during the formation of matrix. The

pore structures and thermal stability will be investigated by using thermal analyzer, small angle X-Ray

diffractometer, BET surface area measurement, TEM. The synthesized materials, having very high surface

area, pore size in meso porous region, and good thermal stability will have the capability to cover a wide

range of potential applications particularly as catalyst. The results of the project will be useful to generate

the know-how for the preparation of mesoporous metal ion incorporated silica, aluminosilicate, and alumina

based materials. Patents can be applied for the know-how and appropriate Industrial party can be identified

for technology transfer.

DST Young Scientist Projects (Under FAST Track)

Crystallization studies on AgI and CuI based superionic glasses

This work is an attempt to develop a good understanding of the thermal properties of glassy

superionic conductors. The superionic glasses under investigations are QI-Ag2O-MxOy (MxOy = V2O5,

CrO3, MoO3 etc and Q = Cu+, Ag

+ or K

+). So far, very interesting results on structural relaxation,

crystallization kinetics and electrical conductivity- temperature cycles (at low (10 K/h) and high (300 K/h)

heating rates) have been obtained. We have observed that the controlled heat treatment on virgin glassy

samples lead to formation of glass-ceramic nanocomposites. We have also achieved success in developing a

novel microwave assisted synthesis technique to prepare glass-ceramic nanocomposites. Interestingly, these

nanocomposites exhibit better electrical conductivity than those of the virgin superionic glasses. Further

investigations are in progress to improve the findings. Our recent work is on Superionic system 50 AgI-

33.33Ag2O-16.67[(V2O5)1-x-(MoO3)x] (x = 0.1-0.3) which was prepared by melt quenching technique.

Samples are found to be glassy in nature with the electrical conductivity ~10-2

Ω-1

cm-1

at room temperature

and thermal stability upto ~ 65 0C. Interestingly, thermal stability parameters of these glasses obtained from

σ - T cycles are in good agreement with those of determined from differential scanning calorimetry scans.

Moreover, our results strongly suggest that electrical conductivity versus temperature cycles at

various (controlled) heating rates can be successfully used to understand the thermal behavior and stability

of the superionic glasses. In addition, these Ag+ion conducting superionic glasses, σ - T cycles at controlled

heating cycle are found to be more sensitive than DSC scans and especially useful for samples (i) which

show single crystallization and (ii) for which Tc - Tg is high. Finally, as a future prospective, such σ - T

cycles may be extremely useful in thermal characterization of ion conducting glassy/amorphous thin films

and multilayers.

Synthesis and characterization of silica polymer nanocomposites for environmentally benign, biological and isignificant organic transformations

SBA-15 has been synthesized in accordance with the procedures reported in the previous work,

using triblock copolymer (P123) as structure directing agent and tetraethylortho silicate(TEOS) as silica

source under acidic conditions. A solution of EO20PO70EO20: 2 M HCl:TEOS:H2O=2:60:4.25:15 (mass

ratio) was prepared, stirred for 24 hrs at 313 K and then heated at 373 K for 24 hrs, subsequently filtered

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and calcined at 773 K for 8 h to get mesoporous silica (SBA-15). Surface fictionalization of SBA-15 with

SO3H groups was done by dispersing 2gm of SBA-15 along with 0.49 gm of 98% H2SO4 in methanol

(20ml). Resulting mixture was refluxed at 70-750C of methanol for 24hrs. After completion, the mixture

was cooled and solvent was removed by filtration. Solid was air dried for 6hrs to obtain 2.67gm of 30%

SBA/SO3H. Similarly 0.33, 0.17, 0.083, 0.041, 0.017, 0.0083 gms of 98% H2SO4 were taken to prepare 20,

10, 5, 2.5, 1, 0.5 % loading of SBA-15/SO3H catalyst. The different catalysts synthesized were used for the

one step production of substituted Xanthenes. Various parameters such as catalyst weight, reaction

temperature, effect of solvent and pH were studied for this interesting reaction. The brief description of the

salient results is summarized below. Variation of different solvents indicated that dichloromethane is the

best solvent for this reaction. Similarly, polymer silica nanocomposites functionalized with pyrrillodine

were also synthesized and the materials are currently underway for characterization.

Novel safety-catch linkers for solid phase synthesis of organic compounds with potential medicinal applications

Design and synthesis of small organic molecules and heterocyclic compounds of medicinal

importance on solid phase using novel safety-catch linkers have been proposed in this project. The long

term objective of this project is to use these new strategies in parallel solid phase organic synthesis to

prepare a library of compounds to screen against important biological relevant targets. The specific aim of

this project is to develop general and versatile solid phase linker for the synthesis of small organic

molecules with high purity.

In this project we have synthesized the linker, 1-4'-(5''-Formyl-2''-hydroxyphenyl) phenyl

propionic acid by Suzuki cross coupling of 3-bromo-4-hydroxybenzaldehyde with [4-(2-carboxyethyl)

phenyl] boronic acid. This linker was immobilized on an aminomethylated polystyrene resin to give

polymer bound safety-catch linkers. Further we have used these polymer bound safety-catch linkers for the

synthesis of benzimidazoles, pyrazolo [3,4-b]pyrimidines, oxazoles and isoalloxaxine (Flavins). These

studies are significant because they will eventually lead to design and synthesis of heterocyclic compound

libraries for screening against important biologically relevant targets.

In-silico characterization of non-native structural ensembles of small proteins and peptides and its implication on protein folding and misfolding processes

For folding simulation of Trp-cage and its mutants, total six folding simulations were conducted

for native Trp-cage and five of its mutant protein. A total of ~0.8 µs simulation folding simulation shows

quite a few native-like trajectories. Very short folded simulation of trp-cage and several of its mutant

proteins demonstrate that Trp-cage is capable to fold within very short time. Figure 1 shows the

superimposed figure of native and simulated. Detailed native contact, clustering and secondary structure

formation studies are currently underway, which will demonstrate the importance of interaction of each

residue in Trp-cage protein folding. It is clear that certain residues in Trp cage protein are very essential for

the stability of the structure. For example, W6A, D9A, P12A mutants could not retain its native-like

structure during equilibrium simulation whereas K8A, P18A mutation has little effect on structure.

Another work was equilibrium and folding simulation of HP35 and its mutant proteins HP35 is 35

residue helical protein comprised of three helices. This helical protein served as model protein for many

simulation studies. We choose HP35 and its double mutant proteins, HP35_K24_29L and HP35_K24_29M

to study denatured ensembles. The equilibrium simulations of HP35 and its mutants shows Ca-RMSD

(between native minimized structure and last 1 ns average structure) ranging from 1.09 Å to 4.75 Å.

However the folding simulation of ~24 ns shows HP35 and its double mutants could fold up to a Ca-RMSD

of 3.8 Å.

Computational investigation of vortex shedding and heat transfer enhancement from a heated square cylinder in presence of Eddy-promoting rectangular cylinder near a wall

This work describes the flow from a long cylinder of rectangular cross-section placed parallel to a

wall and is subjected to a uniform shear flow. The flow is investigated in the laminar Reynolds number

(based on the incident stream at the cylinder upstream face and the height of the cylinder) at different

cylinder to wall gap heights. The governing unsteady Navier-Stokes equations are solved numerically

through a finite volume method on a staggered grid system using QUICK scheme for convective terms. The

resulting equations are then solved by an implicit, time-marching, pressure correction-based SIMPLE

algorithm. A boundary layer develops along the wall and this interacts with the shear layer formed along the

two sides of the cylinder. The flow characteristics over the rectangular cylinder near the wall are compared

with its counter parts: square cylinder at the same gap height and the rectangular cylinder far from the wall.

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The behavior of vortex shedding frequency and the drag experienced by the cylinder with the Reynolds

number are not uniform.

Synthesis of carbohydrate – amino acid containing novel ligands: Metallochemistry and reactivities of their metal complexes

Saccharides are one of the major energy sources for the living beings and they also act as building

blocks for the formation of polysaccharides, nucleic acids and antibiotics. It has been widely used in

organic synthesis either as inexpensive starting material or as chiral auxiliaries. Recently its huge potential

as a source of highly effective chiral ligands in homogeneous catalysis has been explored.

Salicylic acid has been condensed with amino acid esters and resultant ester was hydrolyzed to

corresponding acids. The resultant acid has been condensed with 4,6-O-ethylidene-o-D-

glucopyranosylamine to result in one of the ligands and characterization for the same is under progress.

Parallely, reduction of acid to aldehyde is under progress, which will be utilized in Schiff‘s base ligand

synthesis using 4,6-O-ethylidene-o-D-glucopyranosylamine.

Study of spin polarization of electrons in the relativistic (e, 3e) process on atoms

In this project, we are calculating five-fold differential cross sections (FDCS), which is differential

in the energies of the ejected electrons and solid angles of the scattered and ejected electrons, for the

electron impact double ionization (e, 3e) process on atoms. The theoretical formalism has been developed

in the first Born approximation (or in one photon exchange) in the relativistic regime using Dirac plane

waves, Simple He like wave functions multiplied by Darwin spinors and approximated BBK type wave

function multiplied by Darwin (or Dirac) spinors for incident & scattered electrons, K-shell bound electrons

and correlated ejected electrons respectively. The required radial integrals for the computation of matrix

element for (e, 3e) process are solved analytically. We have incorporated all the possible combinations of

spin of the participating electrons in the calculation of FDCS and transverse spin asymmetry in FDCS for

the spin polarized incident electron beam. The required computation is being performed in the Fortran

compiler. Our preliminary calculation of FDCS on (e, 3e) process on He show a destruction on the

symmetry of FDCS about the direction of momentum transfer when the relativistic effects are included

whereas FDCS have perfect symmetry for the non-relativistic first Born 2Coulomb-Gammow (2CG)

calculation. We have also calculated FDCS for incident energy ranging from 601 eV to 5599 eV and

checked with the available experimental data of French group. Prima facie, we observe that our

preliminaries calculation gives better agreement compared to our old 2CG calculation. We are also in

process to separate longitudinal, transverse and interference contribution of FDCS to understand the role of

virtual photon interaction in the (e, 3e) process on atom. We are also in process to write more sophisticated

code for the computation of FDCS in the non-relativistic (e, 3e) process (using exact BBK wave function

for the ejected electrons).

Molecular characterization of diazotrophic plant growth-promoting endophytic bacteria isolated from arid desert of Rajasthan

An efficient plant gowth promoting endophytic is still being sough which can be used as

commercial biofertilizer to enhance plant growth and yield. Endophytic bacteria may enhance plant growth

directly through fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, mineral phosphate solubilization, production of

phytohormones and/or ACC deaminase activiy, and indirectly by acting as biocontrol agent through

production of antifungal or antibacterial agents, siderophore production, nutrient competition and induction

of systemic acquired host resistance, or immunity. Present study aims to isolate and characterize nitrogen

fixing endophytic bacteria isolated from desert of Rajasthan, for growth promoting activities followed by

understanding the colonization process. To achieve this goal, endophytic bacteria have been isolated from

three plants namely, Caparis decidua, pearl millet and a herbaceous plant (unidentified) growing in zinc

rich soil. In addition, rhizospheric and rhizoplanic bacteria has also been isolated from certain plant to

compare bacterial diversity in rhizosphere, rhizoplane and endosphere. Overall, about 300 isolates have

been isolated. Isolates from above plants were grown for medium without organic or inorganic nitrogen

source to enrich Diazotrophic isolates. Bacterial isolates from Capparis have been tested for growth

promoting activities viz., mps, indole-3-acetic acid (IAA) production, siderophore formation. They were

also been subjected for other biochemical tests for the presence of cellulose, pectinase, amylase and other

basic microbiological tests. Tests for mps and IAA production from isolates from unidentified plant have

also been done.

Cloning and characterization of protein phosphatase2C (PP2C) promoter from Arabidopsis thaliana

PP2C like promoter is unique in the sense that it has abiotic sress responsive cis elements as well

as biotic stress responsive cis elements in close vicinity. I am trying to decipher the cross talks by mutating

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these regions by directed PCR mutagenesis and then looking for the expression of gus A reporter gene

cloned downstream of the promoter. Presently, we have been successful in growing Arabidopsis in our lab

at BITS, Pilani. In near future we will clone the objective gene promoter and induce mutagenesis.

Synthesis and catalytic applications of environmentally benign ionic liquid tagged Schiff base metal complexes

From an environmental point of view, developments at the frontiers of green chemistry and

sustainable technologies are of great importance. The focus is mainly on the design, development and

implementation of chemical products and processes that reduce or preferably eliminate the use of hazardous

substances and the generation of waste while maintaining economic viability. Catalysis, in general, is one of

the key strategies towards sustainable chemical synthesis.

Transition metal complexes are powerful catalysts for organic reactions when suitable ligands are

associated with the metal center, they can offer chemioselectivity, regioselectivity, or stereoselectivity

under mild conditions. Transition metal complexes containing oxygen and nitrogen donor Schiff base

ligands have been of research interest for many years, because of the versatility of their steric and electronic

properties, which can be fine-tuned by choosing the appropriate amine precursors and ring

substituents. This project deals with the synthesis of ionic liquid tagged Schiff base metal complexes and

studying the catalytic activity of these complexes.

Studies on electro-optic switching of liquid crystals doped with carbon nanotubes

Over the years, a number of modes of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) have been predicted and

realized. Among all these modes, the twisted nematic (TN) mode is popular in display market due to its

advantages like low operation voltage, high contrast ratio and nearly achromatic transmission. The

performance of all the LCD modes is influenced by the alignment layer and LC employed. In thin film

transistor (TFT) LCDs, the LC cell should be driven by ac voltage. Otherwise, the ionic charges within the

cell give rise to screening effect which in turn reduces the effect of applied voltage. The ion-charge effect

gives rise to flickering and image sticking, which can degrade the quality of LCD. Hence materials with

high resistivity are being used for LCD manufacturing, in order to avoid flickering and ac voltage to avoid

surface polarization.

One of the main approaches in association with the emerging nanotechnology is to dope the LC

materials with nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes (CNT) which will in turn improve the physical

properties of these materials. The extraordinary mechanical and electrical anisotropy properties of CNTs

have triggered enoromous interest over the past decade. The self-organising properties of LCs can be used

to impose the alignment of dispersed CNTs. Freedericksz transition of the LC-CNT dispersion can be used

to manipulate the alignment direction of the CNT through elastic interactions with the liquid crystal director

field. There are some reports wherein reduction in response time as well as the driving voltage has also

been reported. We want to take up studies on dispersions of functionalized CNT and various nematic LCs

with low resistivity. Presumably, the functionalized CNTs will reduce the residual dc and the driving

voltage by significant factor. The functionalized CNTs are being synthesized by Prof. Sandeep Kumar‘s

group in Raman Research Institute, Bangalore.

Preparation and characterization of thin films of dibenzyl substituted poly (3, 4-propylenedioxythiophene) (PRODOT) onto glass and polymeric substrates, its feasibility for use in electrochromic devices

Electrochromic materials and devices have been studied for years because of its scientific and

technological interest. Several applications have been found for systems based on electrochromic devices,

e.g. light and overheating protection windows, mirrors, glazing, smart sunglasses, temperature indicators,

safeguarding systems, optical filters, and display panels. There are different types of molecular electronic

devices, which are getting increased attention. Molecular electronic devices using conducting polymers are

widely coming up due to the ease of preparation, cost effectiveness, flexibility etc. This project will be

focusing towards the fabrication and characterization of electrochromic windows using conducting

polymers mainly polythiophenes which has got potential applications in different areas like display

technologies, special mirrors, energy saving devices, sensors, photovoltaics etc. These conducting polymers

have excellent properties in terms of stability, high contrast ratio, fast switching times etc. As the

conducting polymers have received increasing attention because of the possibility of controlling their

electrical conductivity between an insulating and a conducting state, the material chosen for our research

project is substituted polythiophene, which also exhibit good electrochromic properties. In this project

derivative of conducting polymer polyethylene dioxythiophene (PEDOT) will be used. Thin films of di

benzyl derivative of PEDOT will be made using different techniques like spin coating, spray painting,

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screen printing, electropolymerisation etc. Characterized thin films will be used for further studies. The

electrochromic property of this material will be utilized here for the fabrication of electrochromic windows.

The device consists of 7 layers. Five layers are sandwiched between two glass plates or polymer substrates.

Bias voltage is applied between the two transparent conductors. The electrolyte or the ion conductor can be

a proton or lithium with poor electronic and good ionic conductivity. The fabricated electrochromic

windows will be optimized and scaled up for the development of large area flexible electro chromic

windows for practical applications.

Preparation and characterization of nanosized TiO2 and studies on its photodegradation capability of model organic pollutants

During the last decade the use of Titanium dioxide has been the focus of water purification studies

for photocatalytic degradation of organic compounds. Various studies have shown that TiO2 photocatalysis

is a very efficient process for removal (mineralization) of a large variety of hazardous chemicals. The

mechanism of TiO2 photocatalysis is the enhanced formation of hydroxyl radicals active in oxidation

processes. Complete mineralization of many organic substances is possible in aqueous systems when

sufficient hydroxyl radical flux is generated. One aspect of TiO2 photocatalytic technology that requires

further attention to expedite its transfer to the water treatment market is the low quantum efficiency of the

photocatalyst. Low quantum efficiency means that the light to chemical conversion is far from being

maximized. The various techniques of improving the quantum efficiency are reducing the size of TiO2 by

different synthetic techniques and dopants. In this project synthesis of TiO2 nanoparticles is being carried

out using chemical/and biological methods. Studies on functionalization of the TiO2 nanoparticles using

dopants and organic molecules so as to change its absorption range from UV to visible are being carried

out. The photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants and microorganisms using these TiO2

nanoparticles is being studied.

Novel aza and oxa-aza selenamacrocycles: Synthesis, metal complexes and anion Binding

The novel selenium-containing macrocyclic Schiff base ligands are synthesized in resonable yield

via one-step dipodal condensation of bis(o-formylphenyl) selenide and corresponding diamines with or

without metal ion template in polar solvents like CH3CN, CH3OH or ethanol at ambient temperature for 24

hour to give the [2+2]-macrocyclic azomethines. Bis (aldehyde) was prepared from o-bromo benzaldehyde

by following a reported procedure. The success of cyclization is generally established by the usual methods

of IR (which are devoid of amine or carbonyl absorption bands but have new bands due to presence of

imine bonds), NMR spectroscopy and mass spectrometry. X-ray diffraction provides the final proof of the

ring size. Azomethine bonds of Schiff base macrocycles are rather labile and undergo a variety of reactions,

including ring contraction rearrangements and addition of water or alcohol to the C=N bond. As a result,

Schiff base macrocycles are often reduced to the corresponding amine with a reducing agent, such as

sodium borohydride. The analogous reduced ligands are chemically more stable and conformationally

flexible and adopt a variety of conformations. These polyamine compounds are less sensitive to hydrolysis

and more flexible. Since, the cyclic nature and coordination cavity of the Schiff bases are maintained in the

reduced polyamine derivatives, a comparison of the coordination ability of these more flexible ligands with

the related more rigid Schiff bases toward different transition metal ions will be carried out. The

protonation of the amino derivatives will be carried out to get the protonated derivatives which should be

able to bind a variety of anionic substrates.

Investigations on factors affecting nuclear accumulation of DNA studied using an in-house constructed confocal microscope

In the present project we plan to use a home built confocal laser scanning microscope to image and

investigate the transport and the factors affecting the transport of DNA to the nucleus. Many cellular and

external factors positively increase the nuclear uptake of DNA. We hope to elucidate these factors which

can synergistically modify the transport of DNA into the nucleus through the nuclear pore complex.

Synthesis and spectral, redox and solid state coordination properties of asymmetric and highly functionalised thienyl- and furyl-porphyrins

An increase in steric crowding at the periphery of highly substituted porphyrins induces unusual

physicochemical properties owing to their nonplanar conformation. Their spectral features are largely

influenced by both steric and electronic factors. By properly designing the system, it is possible to

synthesise porphyrins which has highly bathochromically shifted spectral bands. The properties of

porphyrins containing aromatic groups like thienyl and furyl groups are less explored. Presence of the

hetero atoms (S and O) and the smaller size of the substituents in the thienyl- and furyl- porphyrins can

influence its physicochemical properties to a greater extent. Objectives of the project are synthesis and

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physicochemical studies of highly functionalised electron deficient symmetric and asymmetric thienyl- and

furyl- porphyrins and similar core modified porphyrins. Sudies on the physicochemical properties of triple

decker heteroleptic thienyl- and furyl- porphyrins and water soluble thienyl- and furyl- porphyrins is

another objective of the project. Effect of the sulfur and oxygen atoms of the porphyrin on the coordination

behaviour in the solid state and the use of synthesized porphyrins in the synthesis of other highly

functionalized porphyrins also will be carried out.

Radion contribution to various flavour changing neutral current (FCNC) processes in B-meson decay

Besides it‘s enormous success, the Standard Model(SM) of Particle Physics has several

shortcomings and to resolve those one requires to go beyond the SM and looks for the existence of New

Physics (NP). The models of extra dimension, particularly the Randall-Sundrumm model of warped

geometry, deserves special attention. Radion, a key ingredient of this model (a component of the 5-d RS

metric and a SM singlet ), couple with the SM fields (quarks, leptons, gauge bosons and higgs) at the tree

level. It usually conserves flavour and other quantum numbers and as a matter of fact, at the tree level it

cannot initiate any FCNC transition that may be at the root of several leptonic, semi-leptonic and non-

leptonic decays of B meson. However, radion, at the loop level, can cause such a FCNC transition and my

project is dedicated to explore this feature. Presently, I am investigating the leptonic Bs -> l-l+ decay in

presence of higgs-radion mixing. In the next phase, we will investigate the nonleptonic B-> phi K* and

see how the radion can resolve the B->phi K* polarization puzzle.

Financial Assistance under FIST Programme of DST (Government of India)

Chemical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Electrical and Electronics

Engineering, Biosciences and Pharmacy groups have been sanctioned funds under the FIST (Fund for

Improvement of S & T Infrastructure in Universities and Higher Educational Institutions) Program of

Department of Science and Technology for development of research and teaching facilities.

Chemical Engineering Group

The Chemical Engineering group received grant of Rs. 23 lakh in 2004. Two major equipments:

Basic Process Control Unit (PCT-40 A, Armfield, UK, for Rs 11, 28, 960/-) and Ultrasonic Processor

(VCX-500, Sonics & Materials Inc., USA, for Rs 2, 26, 129/-) have been purchased. They are extensively

used for teaching and research at various levels, both by students and faculty in the Process Control

Laboratory. BE, ME and Ph.D. students are getting trained using PCT-40 A coupled with other control units

and consoles, in diversified fields of process control. Many batches of professionals from Hindustan Zinc

Ltd. (HZL) have been trained under Academic Development Programme (ADP). Similar ADPs are being

planned for various other organizations.

Chemistry Group

In view of outstanding contribution and promoting science, the group has received significant

funds under DST-FIST project for level-I to procure four major equipments including Focused Microwave,

FTIR, High Performance Liquid Chromatography and Time-Correlated-Single Photon Counting

spectrofluorimeter. The purchase of these equipments is already in process. Availability of these

equipments will provide impetus to the group research activities and further strengthen the training

programme of first and higher degree students.

Civil Engineering Group

Department of Science and Technology granted Rs. 22.0 Lakh to the Civil Engineering Group

under FIST program for the purchase of hardware (one server, 5 Nos. PCs, One Laser Printer, GPS),

Software (Arc GIS info lab Kit) and IRS data. They released Rs. 18.00 Lakh as first installment. Out of

these Arc GIS and GPS are already in use for various teaching, research and laboratory programs and

consultancy activities such as RANA program for water harvesting. Students for GIS and Geodesy

laboratory are also benefited with this set up. Recently, Rs. 2 Lakhs as second installment have been

received from DST to purchase the remaining equipments and IRS data and maintenance of the equipments.

Electrical and Electronics Engineering Group

Under the financial grant of DST-FIST scheme the Electrical and Electronics Engineering group

has updated the optical communication and power electronics laboratories. The optical communication

laboratory is now fully operational and is supporting the M.E. (Communications Engineering) programme.

The laboratory now provides the facility to design and validate novel optical communication systems and

integrated optical devices. It also provides hands-on experience to the graduate students in characterizing

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the optical fibre link characteristics. The laboratory also supports research and development activities in

optical communication and integrated optics components through projects funded by other government

agencies such as Department of Information Technology, Defense Research and Development Organization

(DRDO), etc. In the present year, new experimental facilities such as characterization of planar waveguides,

test-bed setup of 1 x 4 and 1 x8 optical power splitters has been added. In the Power Electronics & Drives

laboratory PSCAD software has been used for M.E. (Power Electronics & Drives) courses. This package is

used for simulating various power electronic circuits and drives circuits to see the suitability of the design.

The PSCAD/EMTDC is being actively used for experiments and projects under a Masters course on Power

Electronics Systems Simulation Lab and also in an undergraduate course on Power Apparatus & Networks.

The lab has recently procured the ETAP 6.0 to be used for coursework and research in the area of power

electronics and power systems.

Bio-Sciences Group

The Biological Sciences Group received grant for the purchase of Liquid nitrogen plant, CO2

incubator, high speed centrifuge, Deep Freezer (-80) and absorption module for Multilabel counter, under

DST-FIST programme. All these equipments have been procured. CO2 incubator is being used in Cell &

Tissue culture techniques course, other instruments like Centrifuge and absorption module are being used in

project type courses and research purpose. Liquid Nitrogen plant and Deep freezer are procured and

installed. These have provided us with facility to maintain cell lines required for various courses and

Research Consultancy Projects and Services offered.

Pharmacy Group

Pharmacy group has received financial support of Rs. 35 lakh under the FIST programme of DST.

The support has been provided for equipment and maintenance for development of research and teaching

facilities. Rs. 25 lakh has been released as the first instalment through which equipments identified are

being procured. These equipments will be used for teaching and training of students and for research work.

Second instalment of Rs. 5.92 lakh has also been received and utilized.

Technology Business Incubatior (TBI-DST)

Birla Institute of technology and Science (BITS), Pilani in association with Department of Science

and Technology (DST), Government of India has established a Technology Business incubator in the area

of Embedded Systems and VLSI Design to promote entrepreneurial leadership across all disciplines;

facilitate entrepreneurial activity on campus and off- campus and commercialization of R&D efforts at

BITS. VLSI Design Laboratory with the state of the art design facilities has been established for the

purpose. Embedded System Development platforms are also augmented. Secured and independent office

facilities with computers and round the clock Internet access and email facility are also created. A Team of

students from BITS have registered a company; Bridle IT has already incubated out of TBI.

Currently under the TBI, four incubates are working namely - CDS solutions involved in content

delivery module application development; Toss Card involved in e-visiting card; Help hub a portal

development for bringing non-profits, for-profit organizations and volunteers closer as a network; V K

Industries dealing with manufacturing of Automatic Contrivance System for various subsidiaries of Coal

India Limited and Next Gen PMS Ltd involved in modules development for carbon credit evaluations. In

future it is planned to identify students who would be in a position to take up entrepreneurial activities

across all disciplines and also to invite people from outside as incubates.

CSIR Major Research Projects

Twisted intramolecular charge-transfer (TICT) fluorescence probing studies of micropolarity and mocroviscosity of different types of Gemini micelles

Gemini surfactants are attracting a lot of current interest because of their exceptional properties

such as a very low critical micellar concentration, high viscoelasticity, and an enhanced propensity for

lowering the oil-water interfacial tension in comparison to their single-chain analogues. Although different

experimental techniques have been used to study the aggregation behaviour and structure of micelles; the

reports on fluorescence probing studies especially twisted intramolecular charge transfer (TICT)

fluorescence are not many. Mostly pyrene or pyrene derivatives have been used as probe to study

premicellar aggregation, aggregation number and micropolarity and diphenylhexatriene (DPH) has been

used to study microviscosity. But the use of pyrene to determine the micropolarity was not satisfactory

because of its presence in palisade layer of micelles. Fluorescence properties of TICT probes are highly

sensitive to viscosity as well as polarity of the medium. In view of this, it is expected that TICT probes

mentioned in this project are expected to be more effective micropolarity and microviscosity sensors

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compared to the molecular rotors. Conventional mechanical viscometers are cumbersome to use and are

incapable to perform real-time viscosity measurements.

Present project aims for (i) the development of a method for the precise measurements of

microviscosity of micelles, (ii) the investigation of effect of spacer chain length and hydrophobic alkyl

chain (tail) length on association behaviour of micellar growth and microstructure determining

microviscosity and micropolarity of micelles using probes showing TICT fluorescence and (iii) the effect of

temperature on shapes and growth of micelles which will affect the micropolarity and microviscosity of

micelles. This project involves synthesis of some novel Gemini surfactants and tailor made TICT probes.

Experimental investigation of failure and stability of laminated composite plates with cutouts

Currently, composite laminates are extensively used in the construction of aerospace, civil, marine,

automotive, and other high performance structures due to their high strength-to-weight and stiffness-to-

weight ratios, good tailorability, good fatigue strength, corrosion resistance, low thermal expansion, high

durability, and many other superior properties, such as lightweight, low maintenance, easy to handle in

comparison to conventional metallic materials. Furthermore, efficient design of composite structure

laminates utilizing its high specific strength and stiffness could lead to thin structural panel which may be

unstable due to buckling under unfavorable mechanical, thermal and/or combined loading conditions such

as in-plane compression, in-plane shear with and without thermal loadings especially in the case of

laminates with cutouts or stress raisers. Due to practical requirements, cutouts are often required in

composite structural panels, typically in aircrafts structures; cutouts in wing spars and cover panels are

required to provide access for hydraulic lines, electrical lines, fuel lines, damage inspection, and to reduce

the overall weight of the aircraft. Hence, it is essential to have a detailed study of composite structural

panels with cutouts under various loading conditions such as in-plane compression and shear, and thermo-

mechanical loads. Thus the aim of this investigation is to experimentally study the progressive failure

characteristics and stability (buckling and post-buckling behavior up to failure) of various practical thin

structural laminates such as quasi-isotropic laminates, angle-ply laminates, and cross-ply laminates with and

without cutouts under mechanical in-plane compression, shear, and combined loading conditions.

Synthesis of novel ionic liquid supported reagents and their applications in organic transformations

The project is based on the new concept of supported ionic liquid catalysis in organic catalysis

which combines the advantages of ionic liquids with those of heterogeneous support materials. The

proposal is of significance in the field of synthetic organic chemistry and pharmaceutical chemistry. It

overcomes the main limitation of solid phase catalysis and combines advantages of solution and solid phase

synthesis. The new developed reagents can be used in mutistep synthesis of biologically active compounds

and will be helpful developing economical methods for the purification and isolation of products in easy

steps. This project intends to explore, how to make ionic liquids more effective for promoting organic

reactions. In first year significant progress has been made in achieving objectives of the project. The

synthesis of hydroxy functionalized ionic liquid, 1-methyl-3-(4‘-hydroxybutyl) imidazolium

tetraflouroborate has been achieved by the reaction of 1-methylimidazole with 4-bromo-1-butanol followed

by anion exchange with sodium tetrafluroborate. Synthesis of ionic liquid containing 4-alkoxybenzaldehyde

has been carried out using click chemistry between azido functionalized ionic liquid and 4-

acetenyloxybenzaldehyde. In addition to the synthesis of above functionalized ionic liquids, we have also

utilized ionic liquid as an alternative solvent for the development of better reaction methodologies for

different organic transformation.

Bio-diesel production from microalgae

The current oil crises and fast depleting fossil oil reserves have made researcher to find for new

suitable renewable feedstock. While a number of bio-feedstock are currently being experimented for

biodiesel (and ethanol) production, algae have emerged as one of the most promising sources especially for

biodiesel production, for two main reasons (1) The yields of oil from algae are orders of magnitude higher

than those for traditional oilseeds and (2) Algae can grow in places away from the farmlands & forests, thus

minimising the damages caused to the eco- and food chain systems. There is a third interesting reason as

well: Algae can be grown in sewages and next to power-plant smokestacks where they digest the pollutants

and give us oil. Petroleum is widely believed to have had its origins in kerogen, which is easily converted to

an oily substance under conditions of high pressure and temperature. Kerogen is formed from algae,

biodegraded organic compounds, plankton, bacteria, plant material, etc., by biochemical and/or chemical

reactions such as diagenesis and catagenesis. Several studies have been conducted to simulate petroleum

formation by pyrolysis. On the basis of these findings, it can be inferred that algae grown in CO2-enriched

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air can yield oil that can be converted into biodiesel. Such an approach can contribute to solve two major

problems: air pollution resulting from CO2 evolution and future crises due to a shortage of energy sources.

Though research into algae oil as a source for biodiesel is not new, the widespread interest in making

biodiesel from algal oil is more recent.

Isolation and screening of micro-organisms from Extreme and Unusual Environment for new and novel antimicrobial peptides to combat some clinically important multidrug resistant fungal pathogens

Psychrophilic microorganisms have the largest distribution on earth if one considers the extent of

area where temperature remains permanently below 10.8 ˚C (deep-sea waters, mountains, and Polar

Regions). Prokaryotes are abundant and active in polar environments. Antarctic lakes are particularly

interesting in this respect because they are exclusively microbial ecosystems. Several permanently ice-

covered lakes exist in the McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Nevertheless, psychrophilic strains and

particularly their enzymes, which are able to perform catalysis efficiently at low temperatures, have been

proposed for a number of applications in biotechnology. The aim of this study was to identify Polar

microorganisms with the ability to produce antimicrobial substances with wide-spectrum potential to

antagonize the multi-drug resistance Candida albicans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and putida. Nine selected

Pseudomonas aeruginosa and putida or Candida albicans. Three selected isolates produced AMS which

inhibited four strains of multi-drug resistant Candida spp. and two other species inhibited one Candida

strain. The isolates PR 210 and 211 were found to demonstrate a strong fungicidal agent when concentrated

Five of the AMS producers were shown to be species of Enterobacter hormaechii, Carnobaterium

maltaromaticum, and Enterococcus faecalis, based on 16S rRNA gene sequences and fatty acid

compositions respectively.

ICMR Research Projects

Genetic basis of alcohol induced pancreatic disorders

The overall objective of the proposed study is to delineate the genetic differences in polymorphism

of the alcohol-metabolizing enzymes ADH, ALDH and CYP2E1, mutations in SPINK1, PRSS1, CTSB,

HSP 70, TNF-alpha and CFTR gene for subgroups of alcoholic patients developing health complications

related to the pancreas. We plan to study the distribution frequency of these selected genes and their

prevalent alleles in clinically defined subgroups of patients of Indian origin.

A total of 207 individuals were screened for Arg47His (rs1229984) in ADH1B, Ill269Val (rs698)

in ADH1C, Glu50Lys (rs675) in ALDH2 gene and CYP2E1 G(-1259)A (rs3813867). Genotyping involved

PCR-RFLP based analysis confirmed with DNA sequencing in representative cases. The control population

satisfies the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium proportions (p=0.965). 2-1/2-2 (E/K) allele of ALDH2 gene was

found to correlate with the alcohol use (Fisher exact p value=0.021). A significant association was seen

between the presence of 2-2/2-2 (E/E) vs 2-1/2-2 (E/K) genotypes of ALDH2 gene in Alcohol induced

Pancreatitis when compared with unrelated controls, Odds Ratio (OR)=10.5, CI=1.645-64.650, X2 =4.546,

p<0.03. The presence of ALDH 2-2/2-2 genotype impacted the mean age of patients, p=0.047, t=1.702 for

2-1/2-1 vs. 2-2/2-2. On the other hand ADH1B (Arg47His) was found to be completely monomorphic

showing only Arg47 as the prevalent allele (ADH 2-1/2-1) in Asian Indians. No difference was seen in the

prevalent alleles for ADH1B and ALDH2 genes among alcoholics using nicotine along with alcohol or not.

Any of the allele frequencies studied did not show any clear trend with other clinical traits associated with

alcohol induced pancreatitis, chronic pancreatitis and pancreatitis of unknown origin. Interestingly when the

age of disease presentation (pancreatitis) was correlated with ALDH2 genotype a significant reduction in

age was seen for the alcoholic pancreatitis patients bearing ALDH2-2/2-2 allele (t=1.70, p=00.047).

Identification of genetic loci associated with risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Indians from Rajasthan

Understanding of the genetic traits and genes involved will unravel the molecular lesion and

physiologic pathways underlying this chronic metabolic condition. This understanding can lead to

identification of new therapeutic targets and novel treatment regimen/s including development of new drugs

for both treatment and may be considerably delaying the onset of T2DM.

The proposed study aims to identify susceptibility locus/loci for T2DM in the north Indian

population, especially from the state of Rajasthan namely the Shekhawati, Mewari and Marwari ethnicities.

Whole genome studies conducted in the western world have revealed the role of specific chromosomal loci

in the etiology of T2DM. Genetic markers identified during the course of this study can become the basis

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of mass screening and early identification of the at-risk individuals in India. Once the high risk

individuals/populations are identified an appropriate intervention program can be instituted for prevention

and/or delaying the onset of this morbid chronic condition. The outcome from this study can, potentially,

save a large amount of exchequer money spent on providing medical care to T2DM patients by early and

accurate identification of people at a higher genetic risk for this chronic condition known to be associated

with increased risk for other disorders such as cardiovascular disorders, nephropathy, retinopathy, etc.

Functional mutations in the opioid receptors and their impact on immune cell function

The objective of the proposed study is to understand the synthesis of opioid peptides by

lymphocytes and macrophages and the genotyping of the expressed multiple opiate receptors on these cells

in an attempt to unravel the mechanisms involved in opioid-mediated regulation of immunomodulation

impacting the immuno-competence of an individual.

The idea that exogenous opiates impact immune function is not new. Several investigators have

reported a role of opiate drugs in suppressing a variety of immunological cell end points such as

proliferation, functions and responses of both T and B cells and attenuation of the cytokine system.

Molecular biological and biochemical characterizations suggest that immune cell differentially express

classic opiate receptors. Several reports have demonstrated the diversity in the expression of the opiate

receptors on immune cells at varying stages of differentiation. Recent observations on dimerization between

G-protein-coupled receptors and cytokine receptor crosstalk have added another dimension to the role of

opiate receptors in modulating immune cell function. The evidence for the immunomodulatory and

immunocompromising potential of opioids is compelling. Still, our understanding of the effects of opioids

on the immune system is incomplete. Identification and characterization of receptors and signal

transduction pathways that account for some of the unique properties of opioid binding and

immunomodulation represent one of the major research challenges.

Novel neuro - pharmacological agents for the treatment of depression, anxiety, cognitive dysfunction and cancer chemotherapy induced emesis: Design, synthesis and screening of potential serotonergic modulators

The incidence and severity of emesis in persons receiving chemotherapy varies according to many

factors, including the particular drug, dose, and schedule of administration, route and individual patient

variables. In the vast majority of cancer patients, these symptoms can be prevented or controlled. A

serotonin 5-HT3 receptor antagonist, Ondansetron, in combination with dexamethsone is widely used in

controlling chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. However, the cost of the presently available

treatment methodologies is high, which many Indian patients cannot afford. To the best of our knowledge,

very few research groups are actively involved in developing new drug molecules for the emesis associated

with cancer chemotherapy. Preliminary studies on molecules such as quinolone carboxamides,

naphthyridine carbonitriles and Imidazo benzothiazoles showed pA2 values comparable to that of

Ondansetron in guinea pig ileal tissue based assay. Few of the naphthyridine caronitriles tested in rodent

models, showed prospective of anxiolytic effects in elevated plus maze, hole board and light/dark

exploration tests. The naphthyridine carboxamides showed antidepressant potential in forced swim and tail

suspension tests (See list of publications). These results sparked us to design and synthesize novel

substituted naphthyridine carbonitriles with modifications at the nitrile group and piperazine side chain.

Molecules with 5-HT3 antagonistic potential will be screened in Neuro-behavioural rodent models to

develop leads, which can be further optimised to develop prospective drug candidates.

DRDO Research Projects

Designing nanoporous organic carbon and their nano composites for environmentally benign, biological, and industrially significant organic transformations

During the initial phase of the project, different mesoporous silica materials were synthesized by

different hydrothermal treatment temperatures. The materials thus synthesized are sent to characterization

by standard techniques. The carbonization source (furfuryl alcohol, sucrose etc.) will be incorporated into

the silica framework followed by pyrolysis at high temperature to remove the silica source and finally to

achieve the nanostructured carbon. The materials will be exploited for catalytic studies.

Preparation and characterization of nanoferrite powders and polybenzoxazine nanoferrite composites

In this project the following issues will be investigated (i) synthesis of nano sized ferrite powders

by chemical method, (ii) compare the properties of sintered ceramic bodies prepared from nanosized

powders and from bulk powders, (iii) prepare polybenzoxazine- nanoferrite composites, (iv) study the

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properties of the composites. Therefore, the information about how the nano size of the powders affects the

properties of the final sintered body will be gained. We will get information about the properties of the

composite when the ferrite powders are dispersed in the polymer matrix. These will be helpful for

technological advancement of specific device applications.

The main advantages of the proposed chemical methodology are (i) simple, (ii) ferrite powders

having wide range of compositions can be prepared, (iii) as the aqueous solutions of all the starting

materials are mixed in the beginning stage, so homogeneity of the prepared powders will be better than that

of powders prepared by solid-state method, (iv) cheap metal salts are used as starting materials, (v) this

methodology has the potential to produce nanosized ferrite powders. In this project polybenzoxazine will be

used to prepare polymer-ferrite composites. Polybenzoxazine can be prepared very easily and still now, no

report on polybenzoxazine-ferrite composite has been published. Therefore, investigations on the proposed

composites will generate new results, which will be helpful for technological advancement.

Synthesis of improved Ferroelectric materials by sol-gel emulsion technique

Barium titanate (BTO) is a widely used ferroelectric material and was the first to be developed as a

piezoelectric transducer ceramic. Initially, BTO were used as transducers, however its use has been shifted

as high-dielectric constant capacitors of discrete and multilayer types, due to its curie temperature of 120˚C,

and its low electromechanical coupling factor. A continuous succession of new materials have lead to a

number of industrial and commercial applications such as, high dielectric constant capacitors, piezoelectric

sonar and ultrasonic transducers, radio and communication filters, pyroelectric security surveillance

devices, medical diagnostic transducers, stereo tweeters, buzzers, gas ignitors, ultrasonic motors,

ferroelectric thin-film memories, positive temperature coefficient (PTC) sensors and switches, electro-optic

materials for data storage and display. BTO belongs to the perovskite (ABO3) class of ferroelectric

materials, possessing the ability to host ions of different size. Hence different additives such as Sm, Sr, Y,

etc. have been used as dopants to change the properties of undoped BTO.

Pure BTO powders were synthesized using sol-gel emulsion technique. Modifications were tried

out before optimizing the method. The synthesized powders were calcined at different temperatures (500˚C,

750˚C, and 1000˚C) for different soaking time. After calcinations these powders were characterized using

X-ray diffractometre, transmission electron microscope (T.E.M), scanning electron microscope (S.E.M),

thermogravimetry analyzer, and two probe resistivity measuring instrument. It was observed from the

characterization results that the powders prepared using magnetic stirrer gave the same size distribution as

those prepared using mechanical stirrer with higher agitation, and the ones that were sonicated before and

after the gelling agent was added into the final emulsion. X-ray revealed that the crystallite size of the

powders prepared was in the range of 13 - 38nm, and the average particle size of the powders was found to

be not more than 60nm in the powders synthesized. All the volatile compounds were found to be absent in

the powders calcined above 600˚C as known from the TGA results. Pellets were prepared and sintered

before the resistivity measurement was carried out. The Resistance v/s temperature graph showed a positive

temperature coefficient of resistivity for the powder calcined at 750˚C.

Studies on the optical nonlinearity of gold nanoparticle embedded BaTiO3 thin films

BaTiO3 (BT) is a ferro-electric material which has attracted large attention from scientific

community for many years. Ferroelectric thin films of BT have found applications in a variety of

technological fields such as high capacitance integrated elements, dynamic random access memories,

optical phase conjugation, holographic optical data storage, two-beam coupling and optical computing etc.

Similarly metal nanoparticles have been extensively studied because of their large third-order nonlinear

susceptibilities and ultra-fast nonlinear optical response. The synthesis of metal nanoparticles suspended in

a nonlinear medium provides a novel method of tailoring the optical and electronic properties of both the

metal nanoparticles and the nonlinear medium. In this project we plan to study the effect of gold (Au)

nanoparticles embedded thin films of BT which could exhibit nonlinear responses which can be orders of

magnitude stronger than their separate components. This is because of the enhancement of the local field

near and inside the metal particles around the surface plasmon resonance.

Ferroelectric materials have intrinsic microscopic electric dipoles. They have a built-in asymmetry,

which causes all dipoles to point in one direction, either up or down. The domain wall separates domains of

opposite dipole orientation. A material‘s nonlinear, acoustic, electric and other properties depend on the

direction of this dipole. Deposition of films between conducting materials to manipulate the ferroelectric

domains will be useful to realize data storage devices. Hence it is of great interest to image these dipole

domains and understand its correlation with the synthesis route and the presence of metal nanoparticles. We

expect that the results of this study, a clear understanding of domains in correlations with synthesis

parameters, will lead to the design and fabrication of new devices. In this project we will be concentrating

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on characterizing the nonlinearity of BT films due to the presence of Au nanoparticle using Z-scan

technique. The effect of size of the metal nanoparticles, and annealing temperature on the nonlinearity will

be investigated. Once fully functional, the study can be extended to single nanoparticle level using

microscopic techniques. We are also planning to image BT‘s ferroelectric domains i.e., regions with the

same dipole orientation, and the domain walls, which separate one domain from another.

DBT Research Projects

Systems biology approach towards understanding severe malaria with special reference to the transcriptome and proteome of the parasite and the host

Malaria affects about 200 million people annually and is caused primarily by the

parasites Plasmodium falciparum andPlasmodium vivax. Severe malaria including cerebral malaria is

usually attributed only to P.falciparum but recent studies, some of that done by our group (Kochar et.al.

Emerging Infectious Diseases 2005, Kochar et. al., Lancet, 2007) have shown that P. vivax is also

implicated in severity. There are usually seasonal outbreaks of severe malaria caused by both species of

parasites in Bikaner, Rajasthan; some of which results in mortality even upon hospitalization. There is

scanty data relating to severe malaria in regard to molecules of the parasite (both P.falciparum and P.vivax),

the host molecules and the interacting molecules. This is important because the accepted model

for P.falciparum severe malaria requires parasite sequestration, i.e. requires interaction between host and

parasite molecules. There is absolutely no data on P.vivax severe malaria causes. Our work attempts to

investigate which molecules are associated with severity in the parasite as well as the host peripheral blood

cells. We have performed microarray analysis of the RNA isolated from the parasite and host PBMC. The

analysis showed the reported host molecules like ICAM-1, VCAM-1, CR1 etc. to be upregulated in the host

PBMC infected with bothP.falciparum and P.vivax. Also in the parasite, there was differential expression of

specific groups of var and vir genes inP.falciparum and P.vivax respectively. In parallel, proteomic studies

have identified certain novel proteins in P.falciparum. The P.vivax proteome has been reported for the first

time from field isolates. Using Systems biology approach a network was created in which some common

interacting molecules and interacting nodes were identified. These studies will theoretically reveal key

players which would be further studied for control and treatment strategies for the disease.

Photo thermal imaging of nuclear transport

Gene therapy has attracted increased research interest and attention among biomedical science

community in recent years. This is because of the huge potential of the technique in the treatment of many

genetic disorders. In gene therapy one tries to transfer the genes to the nucleus so as to correct the genetic

defects. One of the commonly used strategies in gene therapy is to use a non-viral carrier to transport genes

to the nucleus. Though having many advantages, the use of non-viral delivery systems in human gene

transfer is limited by poor transfection efficiencies, mainly due to the inability of genes to translocate across

the nuclear pore complexes. For the successful implementation of gene therapy based medical techniques it

is imperative to improve the translocation efficiencies of DNA through nuclear pore complex.

In this project we envisage to understand the factors influencing nuclear transport and thus to find

ways to improve the transfection efficiencies. Studies will be carried out on the nuclear uptake of

bacteriophage λ-DNA, which is linear and double stranded, in digitonin permeabilised cells. The time lapse

image of the nucleus under different physiological condition will be used to evaluate the DNA transport

into the nucleus. Many cellular and external factors can positively affect the nuclear uptake of DNA.

Specifically the DNA transport in the presence of nuclear localization signals, active and passive

transporting cargoes and soluble carriers will be examined. The studies carried out in this project will

provide a better insight into the nuclear transport mechanism and elucidate the factors which can

synergistically modify the transport of DNA and its internalization. Since we can have long observation

times the photothermal microscopy will allow us to detect and track biomolecules of interest, inside a live

cell/nucleus for long duration which is not possible with any of the conventional techniques.

Expression of cyclodextrin glucosyl transferase gene in hydrocarbon degrading bacteria for enhancing Bioremediation

The result expected from the proposed study is at using a cheap compound like starch which could

be converted by enzymatic activity of certain bacteria into bioavailability enhancing compounds i.e

cyclodextrins. The outcome of this study will throw light on biodegradation pattern of selected

hydrocarbons in the presence of cyclodextrins, purification and characterization of the Cyclodextrin

Glucosyl Transferase (CGTase) enzyme, identifying the gene responsible for CGTase production and

cloning of it in hydrocarbon degraders. The over all long term goal of this research proposal is to

genetically modify hydrocarbon degrading bacteria for CGTase production and use inexpensive (compared

to biosurfactants) starch for bioremediation of hydrocarbon contaminatedsites.

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Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) Research Project Nano-technology for enhanced utilization of native-phosphorus by plants and higher moisture retention in arid soils

This is a multicentric project funded by World Bank under National Agricultural Innovation

Project (NAIP) scheme of Indian council of Agricultural Research (ICAR). The other consortium partners

associated with this project are CAZRI, Jodhpur; IIT, Mumbai; PAU, Ludhiana and IISS, Bhopal. The total

project cost is Rs. 3.726 Crores. The project aims on increasing the energy supply to PMM and improving

moisture retention in soil by increasing production of microbial exo-polysaccharides. At BITS, Pilani

centre, we are focusing our research to screen variety of microorganisms capable of synthesizing iron, zinc

and magnesium nanoparticles. Attempts are on towards understanding the biological synthesis mechanism

and to elucidate the factors responsible for biosynthesis of nanoparticles. Studies are also premeditated to

check the effect of biosynthesized nanoparticles on nutrient use efficiency and anabolic metabolism in

selected plant models both in vitro and in vivo. The project shall generate new knowledge in ‗nano particle

farming‖ which shall address to the current emerging issue of decreasing resource use efficiency with

emphasis on nutrients and water. This shall help to meet the challenges in technology development and

keep pace with the changing scenario of Indian agriculture.

Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers Research Projects Application of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to Diammonium Phosphate Plant (DAP)

In this project, an attempt is being made to find environmental impact from DAP plant in Zuari

Industries Limited Goa using LCA. All the unit operations in DAP plant are being studied and

environmental emission data is being collected from each operations to find the overall impact on the

environment. Under this study it is also proposed to identify problem areas (less efficient operations, more

energy requirement, more pollution etc.), which can be given special attention for making it more efficient.

Techno-economic feasibility studies on an alternative process route for removal of methanol, ammonia, and carbon dioxide from process condensate water in a fertilizer ammonia plant

In ammonia production, when syngas is cooled after the LTS step, unreacted steam (used in

reforming and shift conversion) forms a condensate stream at reformer operating pressure. This stream

contains impurities, major ones being ammonia (NH3), methanol (CH3OH) and carbon dioxide (CO2). The

solvent employed in the CO2 separation step is regenerated using steam and the same after condensation

forms another stream containing mostly water and an equilibrium amount of CO2. This stream normally

called ―Benfield‖ condensate is subsequently pressurized and added to the condensate stream obtained at

the end of the LTS step. The resultant stream is called ―process‖ condensate. The standard method of

treating this process condensate is to strip it with steam to reduce the ammonia, methanol and carbon

dioxide content to below 5 ppm by weight each and re-use the purified condensate as boiler feed water

(BFW). This is achieved when the stripper operates under severe operating conditions where a large

amounts of superheated steam is consumed making it a highly energy intensive operation. In recent years,

continuous improvements are being made to make the stripping operation more energy efficient. However,

no effort has been made to eliminate the use of costly superheated steam which from an economic

perspective is not beneficial. This necessitates the development of an alternate route for treatment of

process condensate. In this context, a project funded by the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers,

Government of India is underway at BITS, Pilani – Goa Campus (Grants-in-Aid Bill No: 15061/2/2006).

The aim of this project is to develop an alternative energy efficient intensive route for treatment of process

condensate.

Various thermodynamic models have been investigated during simulation to improve the accuracy

of the results. Nanofiltration processes have been simulated using NANOFILTRAN computer program. All

experimental and simulation studies have been conducted for a range of process conditions and operational

parameters of practical interest. On the basis of these results, alternative flowsheets for the entire process

route have been synthesized, simulated and benchmarked with data of existing stripper columns.

Subsequently these process flowsheets have been evaluated on the basis of energetic and economics.

National Programme on Micro and Smart Systems Research Project Development of an indigenous chip for testing antibiotic sensitivity of pathogens found in human urinary tract

The increase in resistance rate of many important pathogens to currently available antibiotics has

now been recognized as a universal health hazard and potentially life-threatening problem. The total cost

for treatment reaches into billions of dollars. A large share of that expense comes from waiting 48 hours for

a urine sample to be cultured in the lab. Conventionally this wait leads to empirical treatment with

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antibiotics (based on clinical diagnosis) and this practice has resulted in increasing incidence of resistance

to these therapeutic agents in common pathogenic bacteria. Availability of a rapid assay will obliterate the

need for empirical treatment in case of infectious diseases and lead to specific, early and most appropriate

treatment.

Therefore it is proposed to develop a micro-fluidic based chip that detects sensitivity to available

therapeutic antibiotics in a matter of minutes in place of the conventional period of days and subsequently

identifies the bacteria based on specific strain specific nucleic acid or signature enzymes. Micro-fluidic

systems allow miniaturization and integration of complex functions, which could move sophisticated

diagnostic tools out of the developed-world laboratory. This kind of Portable point-of-care (POC) medical

diagnostic systems provides health service for all because of simplicity, rapid and less cost. Growth

detection can be achieved rapidly since bacterial doubling time is 20-45 min by enhancing growth

supplying adequate amount of nutrients. Bacterial growth will change media pH or metabolize chromogenic

substrates providing a handle for detection. This colour change can be sensed by using colour sensors that

allow rapid detection of growth.

Newcastle University, UK Sponsored Project Effect of ageing on access to transport, sociological & clinical disabilities in Rajasthan

The main focus of the study is to identify problems related to disability among old people from

sociological and clinical perspectives and also to study the problems related to access to transport among

ageing population. An empirical study was conducted by collecting data from Pilani. A house to house

survey was undertaken to obtain the data. In the course of our study, it was noticed that most elders had

difficulties in day-to-day living pertaining to walking, rising, and hygiene. It was also noticed that the

helping aids available in the market to overcome such difficulties were expensive and beyond their reach.

For instance, the cost of commode was beyond reach of many elders. As far as access to transport is

concerned, it was reported that the buses should have separate boot space for luggage. The majority

especially female elders did complain about the difficult part for them is to get in and out of bus or train as

the pavements for the buses and the trains were too high. They suggested that suitable changes may be

made for elders‘ convenience. The conductor of the bus should receive information with regard to existing

facilities for elders and training in providing such facilities to elders. Many elders did observe that there are

facilities like reservation of seats for elders, ladies and physically handicapped people but at times they do

not get benefit of such facilities. Although government has provided facilities but still they are not

implemented properly. Elders wanted the government to not only make policies but implement those

policies effectively. The Sarpanch (elected head of local government body) and many elders suggested that

there should be enough stoppages of government buses in villages. They said government buses hardly stop

at village bus stops. With the result, villagers had to travel by private buses. The owners of private buses

charge higher fare as compared to the government buses. The drivers of such buses stop at their own whims

and fancies. In this situation, elders have a tough time. Another suggestion made was there should be

provision of escalators at railway stations because elders find it difficult to use the foot bridge. These

escalators are available at some metro cities stations but they should also be provided at other railway

stations too to help the elderly population to use the train travel facility without any fear of crossing over

from one platform to another. With regard to air travel, elders said they had to wait for too long for security/

customs/ immigration clearance at airports. Many elders proposed that there should be separate queues for

elderly people so that they do not have to wait for long hours in the queues.

Health Kiosk: Health care for rural India Health problems are often the most acute in rural and remote areas, especially in developing

countries. But it is difficult to get health professionals to serve in these areas. Understandably, most

physicians prefer to settle in urban areas offering opportunities for professional development, education and

other amenities for their families and attractive employment opportunities

These issues can be addressed by an effective utilization of available technology in the form of a

―Health Kiosk‖. The kiosk constitutes of interactive software interfaced with a camera, digital

thermometer, weighing machine, sphygmomanometer, peak-flow meter, etc. With the help of this software

a trained health worker in the village will be able to ascertain common health maladies/diseases and

prescribe generic medicine for treatment.

Sustainable Innovations (SI) and Birla Institute of Technology and Science, (BITS) Pilani have

joined hands with a goal to provide health care to villagers. In collaboration with India-based physicians,

public-health faculty and IT faculty, Sustainable Innovations will computerize medical protocols for

common ailments and preventable diseases. BITS will disseminate the knowledge by training health

workers, equipping kiosks and providing technical assistance for online monitoring. Thereby, SI and BITS

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will make the medical knowledge mobile and will extend its reach to hard to reach, vulnerable, rural

populations.

UKIERI Collaborative Research Award The Indian research team leader for this award is Prof. Shamsher Bahadur Singh and the UK

research team leader is Prof. Ravindra Dhir. This research collaboration seeks to develop high performance,

sustainable forms of concrete that are responsive to infra-structural developments taking place in UK and

India. Concrete, due to its robustness, global availability and versatility, is immensely important to the

provision of infrastructure for the growing population and their increased expectations. However, it is

estimated that Portland cement, the most important ingredient of concrete may be responsible for 5% of all

global man-made CO2 emmisions, making it a significant contributing factor to global warming and

climate change. The collaboration will develop innovative cements to reduce CO2 emissions, and other

concerns with the production of cement and aggregates. Furthermore, concrete has often been

inappropriately specified and made. This results in resource inefficiency and durability concerns, and

expensive repairs. Since there is no alternative to concrete, the collaboration will investigate methods for

mitigating these associated factors. The research outcome will feed into the recently established ―Network

Concrete‖ a major development providing network opportunities in concrete between UK/Indian HEIs and

industry providing a sustained long-term dissemination route; thereby encouraging investments in research.

The collaboration will provide solutions and techniues for optimizing concrete for the UK and India

environments; in terms of maximum performance at minimum environmental impact, i.e. significantly

lower CO2 emissions, increased use of waste materials. The technologies developed will pass through

BS/BIS committees to enable practical benefits to infrastructure development and to network concrete for

sustained dissemination.

To conduct field visits in various districts of Rajasthan for monitoring, supervision and evaluation of MAPEDIR

MAPEDIR‘s (Maternal and Perinatal Death Enquiry and Responses) genesis lies in UNICEF‘s

maternal mortality reduction advocacy project, supported by UK‘s Department for International

Development (DFID). The MAPEDIR initiative puts in place a process that uses a confidential inquiry tool

to examine maternal deaths, generate local evidence, sensitize community and health officials and galvanize

them into action to reduce such deaths. The new knowledge stemming from the scrutiny of maternal deaths

in rural areas bridges a crucial gap. Typically, medical records capture only the immediate, biological

causes of maternal deaths and the personal, familial, socio-cultural, economical and environmental factors

contributing to these deaths are left out. MAPEDIR seeks to restore and record these missing links.

PAN-African e-Network Project funded by Ministry of External Affairs This involves live and on-demand educational delivery to over 48 west-African nations in

collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of India and TCIL. A separate modern studio and

an associated communication have been set up in consultation with the TCIL. BITS Pilani intends to use it

for offering two certificate programmes involving a set of eight courses each through its delivery

infrastructure.

Distance Education Council, Ministry of Communication and Information Technology and IBM Sponsored Project The BITS - Virtual University project

This is an ongoing sponsored project. Focusing on the Design and development of the Internet-

based distributed learning architecture and asynchronous –delivery-based content development. In addition,

it has complementary features of Digital Video delivery over the Internet. Two phases of this project have

already been completed. Currently, ten courses are being offered under distance education mode to various

students. <Total grant value so far: IBM: Initial support in form of software worth Rs. 20 Lakh, DEC: INR

30 Lakhs, MCIT: INR 28 Lakhs; Total: 78 Lakhs> <Additional grant awaited from the UGC for the

upgradation of the LMS>

French Government (FMoFA) Multi-nation Research Project Tiny6-STIC project

Tiny6 (codename) Project involving research in IPv6, Mobility and Power-conservation aspects of

Sensor Networks in pervasive computing environments, (BITS will contribute mainly to IPv6 Stack

Architecture) and the integration of Sensor Networks and IPv6 Mobility), Funded by the French Ministry of

Foreign Affairs, (with project partners from France <INRIA/Telecom-Bretagne/Telcom-ParisTech, GET>,

China <SEU/SNU>, Korea <ICU> and India <BITS/IITG>), Total project grant: Euros 61,000, Total

Project Cost involving events, workshops and travel: Euros 81,000.

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Microsoft Research, Redmond and IBM Sponsored Project Grid-One Computing Initiative, Phase-1, Funded by Microsoft Research, Redmond, Grant Value:

USD 20,000. Phase-2, supported by IBM, Grant Value: (in form of hardware etc.): Rs. 9 Lakhs, Phase-3:

Started w.e.f. August 2007 <Status: In progress, Granted awaited.>

Establishment of BITS-Microsoft Mobile Computing Lab., Funded by Microsoft Research,

Redmond, Grant Value: USD 35,000. <Establishment phase completed, extension phase in progress, in use

for supporting Pervasive Computing and Wearable Computing research>

European Commission Sponsored Projects 1. Under the European Next Generation Network Initiative, IPv6-based Multimedia Internetwork QoS

(IPv6-MMI-QoS) Project, Funded by European Commission, Brussels, (with seven international research

partners from five countries including France, Spain, Denmark and Switzerland), Total project grant under

FP-5: Euros 1,15,000, Grant Value (to BITS alone): Euros 18,000. <Status: completed.> Next phase in

progress. <Competing for FP7 Grant at the moment, Likely Granted value: Euro 60,000>

2. BITS Life-Guard Wearable Computing and Pervasive Sensor Network Project <With software support

from Mind Media BV, The Netherlands, Crossbow Inc., USA and INRIA, France> <Grant value used: Euro

15,000, Additional grant sought: Euro 40,000>

Consultancy Projects and Services offered

The Centre for Materials Science and Technology provided testing and consultancy to

government departments like Rajasthan Public Health Engineering Department.

The Biological Sciences Group provided consultancy on ―Developing sensitive, inexpensive and

hand-held diagnostic point of care (POC) instrumentation to detect Malaria and other pathogens‖ Genomix

Molecular Diagnostics (P) Limited, Hyderabad in collaboration with BITS, Pilani, NIMR, New Delhi,

NIMR, Jabalpur, Osmania University, Hyderabad funded by Small Industries Business Research Initiative.

The Pharmacy Group provided several consultancy services to some pharmaceutical industries

and analyzed the pharmaceutical products submitted by the industries. The Group was given a project by

IPCA Laboratories Ltd, Mumbai for design of once daily oral controlled release formulation of

Aceclofenac. The project has been successfully completed and technology has been transferred. Company

has absorbed the technology and the product is already launched in Indian market. The company has given

few more major projects of formulation development and work is under progress. The Group also received

projects from Shashi Phytochemical Industries Ltd. Work is going on these projects. The group is also

doing analysis work of the pharmaceutical/phytochemical products for the industries. The Group has also

done some minor projects or solved problems like analysis of drugs etc. of Pharmaceutical Companies.

Interaction is going on with few more industries who are interested to provide projects. Number of

equipments has been added to the existing facilities through these project grants. Research activities have

been increased in terms of projects funded by Government agencies and Industry, research scholars,

publications, papers presentation in National/International conferences and symposiums/workshops.

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nd Engineers’ Day

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani celebrated 42nd

Engineers‘ Day on September 15,

2009, to commemorate birth anniversary of Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya. This year, the theme of

function was ―Engineering Solutions to Combat Climate Change‖. Mr. Kris Ramachandran, Ex-CEO Philip

India and proud BITS aluminus was the chief guest of the function. He gave some instances and suggested

that there may not be a solution to each and every problem. Further, he cited the story of Physics Noble

Laureate Neil Bohr to emphasize that there may be many solutions to same problem. Prof. Ravi Prakash

introduced Sir M. Visvesvaraya‘s life and achievements. He also elaborated the theme ―Engineering

Solutions to Combat Climate Change‖. Thereafter, students presented papers on the theme of the day.

National Conference on Emerging Trends in Life Sciences Research

A National Conference on Emerging Trends in Life Sciences Research was organized by

Biological Sciences and Pharmacy Group during March 6-7, 2009 at BITS, Pilani. Prof. Ravi Prakash,

Dean, R & C Division, in his welcome address, requested the delegates to follow ethics during research

work and emphasized on avoiding plagiarism and maintaining daily register to avoid IPR conflicts. He also

emphasized on good laboratory practices (GLP). Prof. L. K. Maheshwari, Vice-Chancellor, BITS, Pilani,

who inaugurated the conference, encouraged the participants to indulge in research that is helpful for

common man also. He stressed that the research should generate revenue, employment and should give

recognition at international forums. Dr. Sunita Saxena, Director, Institute of Pathology, ICMR, New

Delhi delivered the key note address. The conference was attended by around 95 researchers from leading

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research institutes and industries such as Sankara Nethralaya, LV Prasad Eye Institute, Institute of

Pathology, Ranbaxy, Torrent, etc. Both, oral and poster presentations were planned for two days. The

conference facilitated the networking of research activities and exchange of research ideas among the

participants.

Workshop on Aspiring and Budding Women Entrepreneurs

UGC Center for Women Studies organized a One day workshop on ‗Aspiring and Budding

Women Entrepreneurs‘ on 22nd

February, 2009 at BITS, Pilani. Prof. Nirupama Prakash, Convener,

introduced the theme of the Workshop. Madam Gayatri Maheshwari inaugurated the Workshop and

motivated the participants regarding empowerment of women by giving few examples from the ongoing

activities in the campus. Dr. Geeta Raghurama inspired the participants and stated that education and

awareness have helped women in various positive ways. Resource person Ms. Mamta Bhatia outlined the

objectives and conducted the Workshop. The Workshop consisted of four technical sessions. Technical

Session 1 was Introduction of Women Entrepreneurs and technical Session II was focused on SWOT

Analysis evaluating the strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats involved in a business venture. The

third session comprised of Group Formation and Group Presentation on business projects like bakery,

children club, knitting, spring feast and day care centre. The fourth technical session mainly focused on

various approaches that should be adopted in any business venture. Ms. Abha Mittal presided the

valedictory session and distributed certificates to the participants.

Workshop on Awareness & Training Program on Effective Use of Domestic Electrical Appliances

A Workshop on Awareness & Training program on Effective use of Domestic Electrical

Appliances was conducted by UGC Centre for Women Studies on Sept. 20, 2009. The objectives of the

workshop were: To promote awareness regarding the maintenance and repair of domestic electrical and

electronic appliances, to promote awareness about saving energy and To build confidence and reduce the

fear of handling electrical equipment. 20 ladies participated in this workshop. ―Learning by doing‖ was the

approach in the workshop. First lecture covered history of electricity, various means of generating electrical

energy, scientists who are the founders of electrical engineering, terms & units used in electrical circuits,

basic circuit components, their characteristics, governing equations, safety precautions in handling

electricity, tips for saving energy. This lecture was followed by hands –on –experience in understanding

working of tube light, testing various components of tube light, connections of PCs. Others lectures

covered on optimal use of energy, use of instruments to monitor the performance and safe operation,

working of home appliances like iron, grinder, geyser. The hands on experience on seeing waveforms on

CRO, soldering, fixing three pin plug, setting up circuits to read voltage, current and power consumed by

bulbs, tube light, iron were performed. Prof. Surekha Bhanot, Chief, Instrumentation Unit along with team

members Dr. Rajesh Purohit, Tulsi Ram Sharma, Ravinder Yadav from Instrumentation Unit of the

Institute were the resource persons. Prof. Nirupama Prakash, Coordinator, UGC Centre for Women Studies

coordinated the event along with team members of the Centre Mrs. Madhusmita Das, Ms. Taniya

Mojumder, Dr. Nadeem Fatmi, Dr. S.K. Maharana and office staff Mr. Naveen Sharma. Madam Gayatri

Maheshwari kindly consented to be the Chief Guest and distributed the Certificates to the participants. The

participants were very happy with the learning experience and have requested for continuation of such

sessions with combination of theory and practical knowledge.

Training of Female and Male Members of Panchayati Raj Institutions at Panchayats

UGC Centre for Women Studies organized Training of female and male members of Panchayati

Raj Institutions at Panchayats of Pilani on 9th

October 2009 at Rajkiya Middle School, Dhandhar Village

near Pilani. Prof. Nirupama Prakash, Chief Women Studies and Societal Development Unit welcomed the

dignitaries and emphasized on community efforts for undertaking such activities in near future. Prof. A.K.

Sarkar emphasized the role and objectives of Panchayati Raj system. Ms. Geeta Malhotra, Country Director

READ India, highlighted the power and duties of the elected panchayati members. She narrated about

different activities that are being undertaken through READ- India in rural areas. She also mentioned the

association of READ India with Centre for Women Studies BITS, Pilani in different activities. Prof.

L.K. Maheshwari, Vice Chancellor, BITS, Pilani, the Guest of Honour highlighted how BITS, Pilani

involved in various developmental activities in villages near Pilani. He motivated the community members

to take part actively in the developmental project and help the government in the implementation of

policies. The training module was released by Hon‘ble Chief Guest, Shri Alok Gupta, District Collector,

Jhunjhunu. The module was jointly prepared by UGC Centre for Women Studies, BITS, Pilani and READ-

India, New Delhi. The module contains nine chapters including 73rd

Amendment Act, Rajasthan Panchayati

Raj Act: 1994, Social & Gender equality, decentralised policies, education & literacy, maternal & infant

health, health & disease, health & nutrition and health & environment. In his inaugural address, Shri Alok

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Gupta mentioned the objectives and usefulness of the 73rd Amendment Act in the smooth running of

Panchyati Rai Institution at the grass root level.

Training Program on “Entrepreneurship Development - Day Care Centre”

Day Care Centre is an institution that provides supervision and care of infants & young children

during the day time by a person other than the child's legal guardians. With the increasing number of

households in which both parents work full time, the need for Child Day Care has increased in the last

decade. Keeping this in mind the UGC Centre for Women‘s Studies, BITS Pilani organized a two day

Training Program on “Entrepreneurship Development - Day Care Centre” for females on December 2nd

&

3rd,

2009. 12 females participated in this Workshop. Prof. Nirupama Prakash, Coordinator, UGC Centre for

Women Studies coordinated the event along with team members of the Centre namely Ms. Madhusmita

Das, Ms.Preeti Tiwari, Ms. Taniya Mojumder. Ms. Mamata Bhatia, CEO, Sustainable Solutions Inc, from

New Delhi was the resource person. She conducted the Workshop by emphasizing on the objectives: To

make women self- dependent, to increase the source of income for women and their family and to help the

society by providing proper guidance to infants. At the end of the Workshop feedback was collected from

the participants. Participants stated that the Workshop proved to be very informative. Certificates were

distributed to participants.

Workshop on High Performance Digital System Design

A three-day workshop (January 16-18, 2009) on High Performance Digital System Design was

organized at the Institute by EEE Group. The workshop was inaugurated by Prof. L.K. Maheshwari, Vice

Chancellor. Dr. Anu Gupta, Coordinator of the workshop welcomed the guests and the participants and

introduced the theme of the workshop to the audience. Dr. Shubhendu Kr. Sahoo, Joint Coordinator of the

Workshop proposed the Vote of Thanks. Nearly sixty participants that included 13 faculty members from

various institutions across the country attended the workshop. Senior faculty members of EEE group of the

Institute and scientists of CEERI, Pilani acted as resource persons.

Workshop on Introduction to Graph and Geometric Algorithms

A three-day introductory workshop on Introduction to Graph and Geometric Algorithms was

jointly organized by BITS, Pilani and Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai during January 22-

25, 2009. It was inaugurated by Dr. Chandra Shekhar, Director, CEERI, Pilani. Dr. Chandra Shekhar in his

address spoke of the significance of the workshop in terms of wide exposure that it will give to the students

and faculty of BITS and to all other participants. Dr. Navneet Goyal, Co-coordinator of the workshop

delivered the welcome address. Dr. Poonam Goyal, Coordinator of the workshop introduced the theme and

elaborated on the objective of the workshop. Prof. Subir Kumar Ghosh, TIFR, Mumbai, Co-coordinator

informed the gathering of the two fold importance of the workshop. Firstly it was being organized on the

occasion of the birth centenary of Dr. Homi J. Bhabha and secondly, it was a part of a series of workshops

that TIFR has planned to organize across the country this year which will benefit the participants in

designing, analyzing and implementing complex software, especially arising in the field of robotics,

geographical information systems, route planning, wireless and mobile networks. Prof. G. Raghurama,

Deputy Director (Academic) also addressed the gathering and stated that the workshop would lead to active

collaboration between participants and resource persons in the graph and algorithm areas. The workshop

was highly successful as it was attended by over 60 delegates and 200 student participants.

Research Workshop on UK-India Education Research Initiatives (UKIERI)

The Civil Engineering Group organized the UKIERI (UK-India Education Research Initiatives)

Research Workshop and Network Concrete Meeting to present the progress report of ongoing research

projects entitled Sustainable Concrete Construction and Infrastructures in UK and Indian Partner

Institutions, led by University of Dundee, UK and BITS Pilani. It was held on February 16-18, 2009 at

BITS, Pilani. Seven partner institutions from India and two from UK participated in the events. Prof. L.K.

Maheshwari, Vice-Chancellor, BITS, inaugurated the workshop and welcomed the delegates. Prof. S.B.

Singh introduced the participants. Prof. R.K. Dhir from university of Dundee, UK and Prof. Bishwajeet

Bhattacharjee from IIT Delhi addressed the delegates and highlighted the importance of the UKIERI

research workshop and network concrete meeting. This meet was a grand success and was profusely lauded

by the participating delegates.

Workshop on NGO Motivation and Networking with CAPART

A two-day workshop on NGO Motivation and Networking with CAPART (Council for

Advancement of People‘s Action and Rural Technology) was held at the Institute during April 13-14, 2009.

The workshop aimed at creating awareness about CAPART projects as well as its formulating new

guidelines and establishing a network with educational institutions, government departments and other

organizations in the Shekhawati region. The convener of the workshop Dr. Motilal Dash welcomed the

participants from around 50 NGO‘s all over India and elaborated on the objective of the workshop. Shri

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K.C. Katariya (Regional Representative & Member Convener of CAPART), the Chief Guest of the

workshop assured the participants of CAPART‘s help in this direction. Dr. Chandrasekhar, Director,

CEERI, being the Guest of Honour, told the gathering that innovative thinking and active involvement with

the problems as well as the solutions are very important for the betterment of the society and organizations

like CAPART play a very important role in this regard. Prof. A.K. Sarkar, in his concluding address

appreciated the efforts put forth by the existing NGO‘s and suggested that local NGO‘s should be

encouraged, as only they can better understand the local problems of the people.

Management Development Programme for Senior and Chief Managers of Bank of Rajasthan

A three-day (1-3 May 2009) Management Development Programme for the Senior and Chief

Managers of Bank of Rajasthan was organized by the Management Group of BITS, Pilani. Prof. Anil Bhat,

Group Leader, Management welcomed the guests and the participants and gave a brief overview of the

programme. Prof. G. Raghurama, Deputy Director (Academic), BITS, Pilani, in his inaugural address

congratulated the management of the Bank for showing confidence in BITS, Pilani in organizing such

programmes. Prof. R.N. Saha, Dean, EDD in his brief address said that this programme was the first step

towards a long journey of excellence. Prof. Arya Kumar, Group Leader, Economics and Finance, delivered

the vote of thanks. A total of 28 senior managers of Bank of Rajasthan from across the country participated

in this programme. The faculty members of the Management Group of the Institute acted as resource

persons in this programme. This was the third programme organized by the Institute for the managers of

Bank of Rajasthan. The earlier two programmes were held in 2004 and 2005 respectively.

Work Integrated Skills Development Program

On 16 April 2009, nine trainees of the Work Integrated Skills Development Program in Library

Operations and Workshop Operations presented their project reports in the presence of Vice Chancellor,

Deputy Directors and the Course Instructors. While the program on Library Operations covered all library

services, the program on Workshop Operations covered areas such as Refrigeration and Air conditioning,

Storekeeping, Electricals and Fitting and Welding.

Academic Development Programme for HZL

An Academic Development Programme in Basic Process Engineering was conducted for the

employees of Hindustan Zinc Limited in four consecutive batches during the last semester. 58 employees in

the first batch (7 January to 3 February), 61 employees in the second batch (4 February to 3 March), 61

employees in the third batch (14 March to 10 April) and 57 employees in the fourth batch (29 June to 24

July) were trained. In all 237 employees were trained in Computer Applications, Chemical Engineering,

Communication Skills, Engineering Measurements, Process Safety and Health, Electrical Machines,

Management and Financial Accounting, Process Synthesis Principles, Chemistry, Engineering Materials,

Maintenance Management and Workshop Practice.

Summer Science Workshop on Science, Imagination and Discovery

BITS and CEERI jointly organized an 8 day Summer Science Workshop on Science, Imagination

and Discovery for middle and senior school students. The workshop was inspired by the tremendous

success of SID-2007 and SID-2008. The workshop was held from 11 to 18 May at BITS, Pilani with an aim

to inspire young minds towards science with the theme of the year being ―Creativity‖. The workshop was

supported by CSIR. The workshop attracted with enthusiastic participation of 75 school children from

classes VII to XI. The workshop included sessions on a variety of subjects like basic sciences, management,

pharmacy, biology, mathematics, physics and other upcoming applied technologies.

SID 2009 started with a welcome address by Dr. Suman Kapur, Unit Chief, CWIRU, BITS. This

was followed by the experience sharing by our eminent guests Dr. Chandrashekhar, Director, CEERI and

Dr. G. Raghurama, Deputy Director (Academic), BITS. Both of them elaborated the need of science in our

life and also highlighted the importance of keen observation, imagination and experimental learning in

identifying the underlying mysteries of nature. The workshop had a series of multidisciplinary lectures

delivered by both the scientists from CEERI and the faculty from BITS, Pilani. SID-2009 participants had

sessions with 5 BITS students, who shared their experience of landmark achievements in life, such as

topping BITSAT, Meeting the Presidents of India, winning global laurels such as Google prodigy, etc.

While concluding the 8 day workshop Dr. V. K. Dube, Deputy Director, HRD and Public

Relations, CEERI and co-coordinator SID-2009, suggested to the heads of both the Institutes that such

workshops should be organized at the national level and more events should be patronized. Prof. L.K.

Maheshwari, Vice Chancellor, BITS, Pilani, emphasized the need for such workshops as they make

students more confident, independent and sensitive to diversities in science and culture. Prizes were given

away to the winners of various competitions held during the workshop. Overall the event was a grand

success with students demanding for a longer workshop.

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National Science Day

Like previous years the National Science Day commemorating the remarkable achievement of the

noted scientist Sir C.V. Raman was organized on 28 February 2009. Coordinated by a team comprising the

faculty members of the Science and Technology group and the students of various science associations. The

main events of the Science Day celebrations included: A science quiz competition for the students of local

schools, lectures on topics of popular science; and two competitions for B.I.T.S. students namely, Science

Quiz and Treasure Hunt. The quiz session, was followed by two lectures on popular science by faculty

members of the institute. The topics were: Raman Effect; Serendipity (Accidental Discoveries) delivered by

Dr. V. Manjula Devi and Dr. Bharti Khungar, respectively. Prof. L.K. Maheshwari, Vice Chancellor, BITS,

Pilani, addressed the gathering and Prof. G. Raghurama, Deputy Director (Academic), gave away the prizes

for the different events. Prof. R. N. Saha, Dean, E.D.D. and FD-III proposed the vote of thanks.

Workshop on Short Filmmaking

A seven-day lecture series cum workshop on ―Short Filmmaking‖ was organized by the Languages

Group from 14 to 20 August 2009. The workshop was coordinated by Dr. Geetha. B., the instructor- in

charge of the course BITS C395: Short Film and Video Production. The resource person for the workshop

was the promising young filmmaker Mr. Abhaya Simha G. A., a post graduate diploma holder from the

world- renowned Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune. The workshop included both the

theoretical aspects of film making and hands-on experience. It covered topics ranging from ‗Why Make

Films‘, Story and Script writing for Films, fundamentals of Camera and Cinematography, and Basics of

Sound to the final Post Production stage. The workshop culminated in the production of a short fiction film

‗Azaadi‘. As a part of the workshop, film viewing sessions were also organized. This workshop was a part

of the recently introduced elective course on ‗Short Film and Video Production‘.

National Conference on Virtual and Intelligent Instrumentation

The National Conference on Virtual and Intelligent Instrumentation was inaugurated on the 13

November 2009 at the Pilani Campus of BITS Pilani. The participants were given a warm welcome by the

organizing committee The Dignitaries at the Inauguration ceremony included Prof. L.K. Maheshwari, the

Vice-Chancellor of BITS, Pilani, Avinash Chander, Distinguished scientist, Chief developer of Agni

missile; Jayaram Pillai, MD of National Instruments for India, Russia and Saudi Arabia; V.K. Madan,

Technical chair head and Faculty of EEE group and Prof. V.K. Chaubey, Group Leader of EEE, ENI groups

of BITS, Pilani. Dr. V.K. Chaubey welcomed the audience by quoting Lord Kelvin ―When you can measure

what you are speaking about and express it in numbers, you know something about it‖.

Prof. L.K. Maheshwari, Vice-Chancellor after being conferred the title ―Father of Instrumentation‖

in BITS-Pilani, gave a brief description about the history of Pilani. Mr. Avinash Chander, the chief guest,

delivered an inspiring speech. Mr. Jayaram Pillai delivered the keynote address and other distinguished

speakers like Prof. S.C. Dutta Roy, IIT Delhi, Dr. Ganesh Devaraj, MD & CEO, Soliton Technologies, Mr.

Baskar Ceri, MD & CEO, Apna Technologies delivered the plenary talks. The conference proved to be a

veritable feast for all instrumentation enthusiasts on campus and was highly praised by the participants.

International Conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural and Geotechnical Engineering

A three-day (25-27 October 2009) International conference on Advances in Concrete, Structural

and Geotechnical Engineering was held in BITS, Pilani by the Civil Engineering Group. The Convener of

the Conference, Prof. Samsher Bahadur Singh (Group Leader, Civil Engineering, BITS) welcomed the

guests and highlighted the theme of the conference. He further remarked that the recent advances in

concrete science, structural and geotechnical materials, computational and experimental techniques, gradual

diffusion of many interdisciplinary areas with structural mechanics as well as geotechnical engineering

have nearly revolutionized. Therefore, there is an urgent need for the researchers and the participating

engineers working in the broad field of concrete technology, structural and geotechnical engineering, to

keep abreast of the latest trends and developments in these fields with the aim of updating their analytical

and practical skills. On this occasion, Prof. G. Raghurama, the chief guest suggested the gathering to take

inspiration from the ancient sculptures of India and mingle the theories that are working behind the grand

monuments, to the latest trends and advancements so that India may become the pioneer in the field of civil

engineering. Prof. R.K. Dhir, President, U.K. Concrete Society and Emeritus Professor of University of

Dundee, U.K., was the Guest of Honor for the occasion. He thanked BITS for organizing such an event and

said that the conference is a three in one conference, carrying out the three major themes and breaking down

the barriers of interdisciplinary approach. It is noteworthy that this three-day event witnessed technical

sessions, poster presentations and panel discussions, on various areas like advanced composite materials,

concrete technologies, low cost housing, offshore structures, bridge structures, ground improvement

techniques, soft soil stabilization, geoenvironmental engineering etc. In the valedictory function, Prof.

R.K.Mittal, (Deputy Director Administration, BITS Pilani) the chief guest congratulated and thanked

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everyone in adding their meticulous efforts to make the event a grand success. Various organizations like

UGC, CSIR, DRDO, HEICO India, Café Innova, Hyderabad etc, funded this conference. The active

participation of 200 delegates from India as well as abroad, made this event a milestone in the field of

concrete, structural and geotechnical engineering.

National Entrepreneurship Week

CEL organized National Entrepreneurship Week from February 7th

to 14th

February, 2009, an

innovative initiative by the National Entrepreneurial Network (NEN). The week long events focused on

organizing various innovative events with a theme of ―Go Green‖ in line with National Entrepreneurship

Network along with another 400 colleges and institutions celebrating it across the country. More than 400

students across disciplines on campus participated in various events. E week was inaugurated by Prof. B.R.

Natarajan (Dean, WILP). Some events/contests organized as part of the celebrations were workshop on

social entrepreneurship in association with Nirmaan; an experiment in reverse thinking followed as

Dreamscape wherein challenge was to design a company around a logo; Blogger‘s challenge; Essay

competition, T shirt designing competition and a Movie making competition based on the theme of ―GO

GREEN‖. Various interactive lectures by entrepreneurs as also academicians were organized on topics

related to going green. An online lecture in association with BITS Embryo in which Mr. Devin McIntire

spoke on green innovation and an Open discussion on the theme of ―Student Entrepreneurs‖ were

organized. Week long activities generated a lot of interest and enthusiasm amongst students. In the

valedictory function graced by Prof. L. K Maheshwari, Vice Chancellor emphasised on the need for coming

out with innovative solutions to vital problems that need to be eco -friendly. The valedictory session also

witnessed the open door presentations by the five finalists of EPSILON – an intra BITS business plan

competition.

Tech Bazaar 2009

Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani, Rajasthan organized the National Convention on

Energizing Entrepreneurship through Innovation on 23rd

-24th

march 2009 in BITS by Entrepreneurship

Development & IPR Unit, Pilani campus. The convention was primarily meant for introducing youth and

young professionals in technical fields to entrepreneurship. The Convention was inaugurated by the Chief

Guest, Prof. S. Venkateswaran, Special Invitee Dr. K. Chandrasekhar (Director CEERI, Pilani), Vice

Chancellor of BITS, Prof. L.K. Maheswari, EDIPR Unit Chief Dr. Arya Kumar and the Conveners of the

Convention Dr. Usha Manjunath and Mr. Arun Vaish. Prof. S. Venkateswaran spoke about the importance

of new product development to economies like India, especially during the tough times of recession. He

concluded by stressing on the importance of various forums like Tech Bazaar, that universities must provide

to the students in order to help them present their creations. Dr. S. Chandrasekhar welcomed the concept of

a forum like Tech Bazaar to encourage techno-entrepreneurs to come up with innovative ideas that benefit

the society. He spoke about the range of enterprises that differ based on the technological complexities. He

stressed on the importance of creative ideas in the betterment of the society and quoted various examples

from his experience to make his point. Dr. Usha Manjunath welcomed the gathering and spoke to the

audience about the theme of the Convention. She highlighted the importance of Technology

Entrepreneurship among the students and young professionals. Mr. Arun Vaish delivered the vote of thanks.

Prof. Arya Kumar gave the genesis and the theme of the Convention.The main event ‗TechBazaar‘ which

provided space for showcasing the innovative products in different domains like ICT, Electronics,

Automobile, Pharmacy, Agriculture, Bio-tech,Energy, Civil and Heavy Engineering areas etc was very

popular among the budding entrepreneurs. TechBazaar received 60 entries from BITS and outside

Institutions across India. After the initial round of screening, 35 entries were selected for final showcasing.

They were evaluated at two more stages and five best entries were awarded the Prizes.

CONQUEST 2009

Conquest a unique international Business Plan competition organized by CEL is an exhibition of

grit, consistency and spontaneity mixed with risk managing abilities of the participants, making it a

reflection of their leadership qualities and the entrepreneurial element in them. The final phase of

the CONQUEST 2009 – an international business plan competition was organized by the Centre for

Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) at BITS Pilani during 8-9 August, 2009. Dr Ajit Ranade, Chief

Economist, the Aditya Birla Group was a key note speaker who gave an online talk on entrepreneurial

opportunities in Indian economy. Conquest 2009 witnessed workshops wherein leading entrepreneurs like

Mr. Mahesh Murthy, Founder, Pinstorm; Mr. Gaurav Mishra, CEO, 20/20 Web Tech, Mr. Naren Dubey

Founder, ScanCafe; Mr. Shashikant Khandelwal Co-Founder, TheFind Inc; Ms. Gayatri Rath, Vice

President Communications, GE Capital; Mr. Sharad Kamra, NEN Consultant, Jaipur; Mr. S.S. Devburman,

Director, India Tourism Jaipur shared their thoughts on various themes related to entrepreneurship.

On 8th August, an enthusiastic audience of over 400, comprising students, faculty and participants

of Conquest 2009, witnessed a very lively and informative panel discussion on ―Market Opportunities in the

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Near Future‖ by a panelist consisting of Mr. Naren Dubey, Founder, ScanCafe; Mr. Rahul Chandra,

Founder, Helion Ventures; and Mr. Prajakt Raut, Founder, Orange Cross. Start – up showcase was unique

platform for budding entrepreneurs from all over the country to exhibit their start-ups to a rich pool of

Venture Capitalists, students and eminent personalities from the corporate world. Close door presentations

by the six finalist teams were followed by much awaited open door presentations on 9th

August wherein

finalist teams concisely presented the pivotal ideas behind their B-plans to a very enthusiastic audience. F

Active Solutions to respond to the challenge of complying with international accounting standards from IIT

Roorkee were declared the winner and E Social Market Place from IIM Bangalore and ISB Hyderabad and

Vermipet from GGS Indraprastha University (IP), Delhi shared the second prize of Conquest 2009. The

winners received their prizes from the Prof. L.K. Maheshwari, Vice Chancellor, Prof. Raghurama, Deputy

Director, Mr. Sharad Kamra, NEN Consultant and Mr. Prajakt Raut fro TiE.

Indo German Workshop on Green Manufacturing

This one day Indo German Workshop was jointly organized by The Technische Universitat (TU)

Braunschweig, Germany; The Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Germany and Birla Institute of

Technology and Science (BITS), Pilani on September 21, 2009. The Technische Universitat (TU)

Braunschweig, Germany, is amongst the top nine leading Universities of Germany. The Federal Ministry of

Education and Research, Germany supported this Indo-German Workshop under its ―India and German

strategic partners for innovation‖ initiative. The Workshop was inaugurated by Prof. L. K. Maheshwari,

Vice Chancellor. Welcome address and introduction to visiting German Scientists was provided by Prof.

Ravi Parkash, the Co-Ordinator of this indo-German Workshop. Dr. Cristoph Herrmann, the leader of the

German delegation introduced the subject of the Workshop. Dr. Herrmann presented his paper on

―Sustainability in production –Lean and Green‖. Mr. Haulbek and Mr. Heinemann, visiting German

scientists gave presentation about the research work in the field of Green Manufacturing being undertaken

at Technische Universitat (TU) Braunschweig, Germany and then emphasized that sustainability is possible

with interdisciplinary synergy. They present the life cycle engineering in a view of 3 dimensions aspects

which include Social, Economical and Ecological. The economical aspect comes from lean and ecological

dimension come from green. The strategy for product again takes 3 aspects which are efficiency,

consistency and ignoring aspect sufficiency. The lean techniques including MSDD (Manufacturing Systems

Design Decomposition), PROFILE (Production and Organizational Flexibility In Life cycle) and inter

organizational Network LPSN (Lean Productive System Network) are detailed by their ongoing projects in

various sectors. They presented their framework, drivers and techniques of Toyota way of production,

JIDOKA and quality gates importance in lean engineering. After lean they focused on green production for

ecological aspects. The process for achieving green manufacturing are inter linked with each other and

surrounded by a triangle whose lines are represented by the machine process, production challenge and

product as the base and in achieving green first to starts form data acquisition of process-links in factory

and then model formation with various techniques. The GENKO method of sustainable manufacturing,

ENOPA (a way of Energy efficiency through optimized coordination of production and building service )

techniques with concept of value added energy by an example of grinding operation in which according to

research only 16.45% energy of total energy is actually used for material removal. The concepts of

economic life cycle and ecological life cycle for green-lean production which takes towards zero emission

and zero waste providing effectiveness and efficiency in production. Dr. K. S. Sangwan, Co-Coordinator

spoke on ―Green Manufacturing present Scenario of Indian Industry‖. He defined green manufacturing and

people‘s ―End of pipe‖ approaches which creates problems first and then goes on to identify the cause and

prevention. He gave weightage that green starts from NPD (new product development) stage with

considering necessity and strategy. He emphasized on dematerializations, integration usages, waste

elimination as 80% of cost is identified in design phase of the product. Mr. Deepak Gadhia, Chairman of

Gadhia solar and expert in solar engineering, explained solar as an effective way for green. He told that the

India is a single country which has ministry/department for renewable energy. He spoke about applications

of simple parabolic concentrator for cooking and explained green image with cost effectiveness with

introduction of Income generation tool and the concept of paying from profit. So in that way green implied

only by providing solution to the people who are not accepting their product. His company Gadhia Solar is

involved in making solar water purifier, solar air conditioning and chilling, solar burning and crematorium,

solar collector, solar and bio gas integration. The talk was followed by other presentations and panel

discussion.

Research Publications Faculty members have published several research papers in International and National Journals &

Conference Proceedings. A few publications based on First degree theses and higher degree projects have

been co-authored by the students associated with the projects. Annexure 4 lists the research publications in

journals, books, book chapters and other publications.

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List of faculty members who presented papers at various conferences, delivered invited talks and

attended various conferences/workshops are given as Annexure 5.

In conclusion, it can be seen that the Institute has mobilised its resources for providing a very

conducive environment for research and incorporating research as an integral component at all the three

tiers of education at BITS. The whole infrastructure of the Institute, both men and material, is available for

research work.

Awards and Honors for BITS Faculty Prof. R.N. Saha has been granted a patent for an invention entitled Stable Controlled Release

Pharmaceutical Composition Comparising Acexlofenac for the term of 20 years with the

provisions of the Patents Act, 1970.

Prof. Suman Kapur is appointed as a Member Jury, Young Scientist Ranbaxy Science Scholars-

2009, Ranbaxy Science Foundation, New Delhi (India).

Prof. Suman Kapur is appointed as a Member of Selection Committee, 2009 Commonwealth

Scholarships, MHRD, GOI, New Delhi (India).

Prof. Suman Kapur is appointed as a Member of Steering Committee for formulations of National

guidelines on minimum standard of ―Water‖ for disaster relief under the aegis of NDMA.

Prof. Suman Kapur is appointed as a member of Steering Committee for formulations of National

guidelines on minimum standard of ‗sanitation for disaster relief‘ under the aegis of NDMA.

Dr. A. K. Digalwar is appointed as an Editorial Board Member for International Journal of

Manufacturing Science and Management, Serial Publications, New Delhi and also appointed as an

Editorial Board Member for International Journal of Manufacturing Systems, Science Alert

Publications, USA

Prof. Nirupama Prakash was appointed as a Member of International Organizing Committee, Asia

Pacific Women‘s Conference Women, Peace and Security: Visions for a New World, organized by

Philippine Normal University (PNU) Manila, Philippines during 8-10 September 2009.

Prof. S. B. Singh is appointed the Vice-Chairman of CAFET Innova Technical Society CITS India

Council, 2009

Prof. N. N. Sharma is appointed as an Associate Editor, International Journal of Smart Sensing &

Intelligent Systems

Prof. Arya Kumar acted as an Expert for the Economics Examination conducted by the Union

Public Service Commission, New Delhi

Prof. CB Gupta iss nominated member of Governing Body of JVMGRR Institute of Computer

Applications Charkhi Dadri, Haryana

Prof. CB Gupta is nominated member of School Management Committee, CEERI Vidya Mandir,

Pilani

Prof. CB Gupta was Chief Guest on the occasion of Haryana State Science Day Celebration held at

MM (PG) College, Fatehabd on 9.10.2009

Prof Ravi Prakash is a Member of Editorial Board of the journal Trends in Biomaterials and

Artificial Organs

Prof Ravi Prakash is an Expert Member for the DST National Committee on Biomedical

Engineering

Prof. Ravi Prakash visited Swinburne University Melbourne Australia in connection with writing a

research grant in the area of design and development of assist device for ageing population during

the month of July 2009

Prof. B. V. Babu is an Expert Member, Peer Team, National Assessment and Accreditation

Council (NAAC), Bangalore. As member of peer team, he visited University of Calcutta, Kolkata,

Bannari Amman Institute of Technology (BIT), Sathyamangalam, Coimbatore and Maharaj

Vijayaram Gajapathi Raj (MVGR) College of Engineering, Vizianagaram

Prof. B. V. Babu is Member of Board of Studies (BOS), Vanasthali University, Vanasthali

Prof. B. V. Babu is Editorial Board Member of peer reviewed journals (Energy Education Science

and Technology, Research Journal of Chemistry and Environment, International Journal of

Computer, Mathematical Sciences and Applications, Journal of Future Engineering and

Technology)

Prof. B. V. Babu is Member of Peer Review Committee, National Research Foundation (NRF),

International ResearchGrants, South Africa

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Prof. B. V. Babu is Member of Peer Review Committee, The Natural Sciences and Engineering

Research Council of Canada (NSERC), Canada

Prof. B. V. Babu is an Expert Member, Research group evaluation and selection, King Fahd

University of Petroleum & Minerals (KFUPM), Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

Prof. Rahul Banerjee is co-opted as a Member of the Sectional Committee on E-Learning

Standards of the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS), Govt. of India

Prof. Rahul Banerjee was Invited to work as an Editor for the "International Journal of Computer

Networking and Distributed Systems" (IJCNDS)

Prof. Shamsher B Singh is appointed as Editor of IJEE (International Journal of Earth Sciences and

Engineering)

Prof. Shamsher B Singh was honored as Chief Guest at 3rd

National Conference on Recent Trends

in Concrete Composites for Structural Systems (RTCCSS-09), Erode, Tamilnadu, India, April 03,

2009

Prof. Shamsher B Singh is appointed as Vice-Chairman of CAFET Innova Technical Society CITS

India Council, 2009.

Prof. Shamsher B Singh is the Editorial Board Member of Journal of Korean Society of Civil

Engineers

Prof. Shamsher B Singh is appointed as a General Secretary of Network Concrete

Mr. Manoj Kannan received Best Poster Award for his paper in International Symposium on

Epigenetic Modifications of the Genome: Mechanisms and Implications (Feb. 23-24,2009) held at

C.C.M.B., Hyderabad

Section III lists the Faculty Research areas and also the available infrastructure for research work

in different areas.

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III. FACULTY RESEARCH AREAS AND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR RESEARCH

The tasks of BITS faculty members in terms of their participation in the educational development

of BITS are varied. They have to participate in Practice School, Off- campus Ph.D., Technology Innovation

Centre, Elective Projects, Development of Text material and Conduct of Work Integrated Learning

Programmes in Science and Technology areas, running of a flexible and modular educational structure with

a total internal evaluation system; in-house computerization and educational administration, etc. Along with

these activities, the staff members also participate in research. The integrated education and industry linked

R&D model at BITS is given in Figure.

The Institute does not have departments as administrative units. For academic purposes, discipline

groups exist. The faculty members are not rigidly attached to a group and are many times involved in

multidisciplinary activities. The research areas of the senior faculty members have been classified according

to certain discipline groups and are given in Annexure 6. This section briefly describes the physical

infrastructure for research.

Infrastructure for Research The Institute over the years has built up a moderate infrastructure for research work. Apart from

the normal laboratory facilities in all the disciplines, the Institute has also built up centralized infrastructural

facilities for the support of research work across the Institute. Some of these are described below:

Central Library Library subscribes to 555 current periodicals on various disciplines. It has a collection of over 2.27

lakhs volumes including back volumes of journals. The library has got cooperative arrangements with other

important libraries like CEERI, Pilani, NISCAIR, New Delhi and The British Council in sharing resources

viz. books, journals, photocopies of articles and other materials. Library is a member of Delnet (Developing

Library Network) and this facilitates mutual book loans with other libraries of India. Besides, arrangements

are in place for getting photocopies of articles from foreign libraries such as National Library of Australia,

British Library, UK and University of Delft, Netherlands. All library operations are computerized and the

library catalogue is available online over the campus network. Library is a part of UGC Infonet E Journals

Consortium. Over 5000 full text e-journals have been made available on the library home page and these

can be accessed all over the campus round the clock. The e-journal portals include: ACM Digital Library,

journals of American Institute of Physics, American Chemical Society, American Physical Society,

American Society of Civil Engineers, Annual Reviews, Cambridge University Press, Emerald Online,

Euclid Journals, IEEExplore, Institute of Physics, Oxford University Press, Project Muse, Royal Society of

Chemistry, Science Direct (Biological Sciences), SIAM Journals, Springer/Kluwer, Taylor and Francis

and Wiley Blackwell journals. Mathematical Abstracts, Biological Abstracts and JCCC database also have

been made available online. Library conducts regular orientation programs in the use of e-resources for the

benefit of researchers. All theses, dissertations and project reports are available in the library for reference.

Central Workshop The Central Workshop of the Institute imparts training to the students as well as caters to the

maintenance & fabrication needs of the Institute. Student‘s training consists of training all integrated first

degree students through the course ‗Workshop Practice‘ by imparting skills in various manufacturing

processes like machining, fitting, turning, carpentry, smithy, sheet metal, electroplating, welding, etc. In

addition, students are imparted training for other specific courses like ‗Production Techniques‘, ‗Production

& Processing‘, ‗Computer Aided Manufacturing‘ and ‗Flexible Manufacturing Systems‘. Apart from

routine maintenance, fabrication and training, the workshop also accepts jobs on precision fabrication of

project work of students, staff and research scholars. In-house needs of furniture and fixtures are met by the

workshop. Workshop also caters to the maintenance of Institute air conditioners (668 Tonnes), refrigerators

(7737 litres), water coolers (8460 litres), solar water heating systems (80,900 LPD), captive power

generation units (one 750 kVA, two 320 kVA, one 63 kVA, one 40 kVA and one 30 kVA) and

transportation facilities (seven cars, four multi-utility vehicles, one ambulance and three tractors).

The workshop comprises of the following sections: Machining, Welding, Electroplating, Fitting,

Smithy & Sheet Metal, Carpentry, Foundry & Patterns, Tool Room, Metrology, Painting, Metal Processing

& Metallurgy, Electrical, Automobile, CNC Training Centre and Store. The major equipments include

industrial vertical machining center (LMW KODI 40 Klein), five CNC trainers (three turning centers and

two vertical machining centers), industrial robot (pick and place), five universal milling machine tools,

universal cylindrical, centreless, surface (hydraulic), and tool & cutter grinders, gear hobbing machine tool,

NC machine tool (retrofitted at workshop), thirty one lathes (centre, turret, capstan, precision and dc supply

heavy duty), seven shapers, planner, slotter, twelve drilling machines, ten wood working lathes, two wood

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working planers, band, circular and universal wood saws, TIG, gas and arc welding equipment, power

press, pneumatic hammer, etc.

During the year under review, one car (diesel) has been purchased. Four window air-conditioners

of 2 Ton capacity, four window air-conditioners of 1.5 Ton capacity, five split air-conditioners of two Ton

capacity, three split air-conditioners of one Ton capacity and three water coolers (80 litres) have been

installed across the Institute.

Computing Facilities The Central computing facility known as Information Processing Centre (IPC) caters to the general

computing needs of students and staff. It offers facilities for Computer assisted learning and teaching by

deploying Varity of development and CAD tools such as Visual dot net, MATLAB, PSPICE, AutoCAD,

Pro-Engineer etc.

The Centre is equipped with 4 node 8 processor PARAM 10000 cluster, a blade server with 8

blades, each with 4 quad core processor and 5 SMP servers. These servers provide heterogeneous

computing environment by supporting various operating systems such as Linux, Sun Solaris, SCO UNIX,

Windows, Novel Netware etc. The Centre has 400 numbers of Pentium machines, which are connected to

the server through local area network. Apart from the central computing facility, individual departments

have their own dedicated specialized computing facility

Computer Assisted Housekeeping Unit (CAHU) The CAHU is a central facility of the Institute, which aims to bring in computerized administration

at all sections of BITS by centralized information management. The hardware resources at CAHU are: HP

rp3440 server, HP ProLiant DL360G4 and HP ML-350 servers, HP 9000 E 35 server, IBM Servers with

intel-xeon processors, Pentium/Core2-Duo PC nodes, HP LaserJet 8150 and 9050dn printers and other

peripherals. Software resources include: HP-UX11i, SCO UNIX, Window2003, Oracle 10g, Oracle 9i, and

others. Several faculty and students undertake R&D projects in Software Engineering, Databases, Web

Technologies and related areas. Databases for Student Academic Information, Staff Personal Information,

and Institute Accounts are maintained at CAHU. Some of the recent achievements include: Fully

computerized online academic registration; Results processing for Goa and Dubai campuses; Pay Revision

implementation.

Central Analytical Laboratory This laboratory houses many sophisticated analytical instruments, which are used for training and

teaching of students and research work. The instruments in the laboratory include UV-Visible Scanning

Spectrophotometers, IR Spectrophotometer, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer, Scanning

Spectrofluorimeter, 90 MHz NMR Spectrophotometer, High Voltage Electrophoresis, Manually operable

and digital Polarimeters, Ultra and Refrigerated Centrifuges, Gas Chromatography, Binary Gradient High

Pressure Liquid Chromatography, Amino acid station and Double beam UV-Vis-NIR Spectrophotometer,

Flame Photometer, High Speed Vacuum Concentrator cum Lyophillizer, Gel Drying instrument with

fluorescence detector, data station for HPLC, multi-purpose electro-chemical equipment, FT-IR

Spectrophotometer, Digital Fluorimeter, Paper Electrophoresis, Differential Scanning Calorimeter,

Brookfield Viscometer, IR Moisture Balance, Environmental Cabinets, HPTLC system were added to

strengthen the laboratory. Apart from using the Central Analytical Laboratory facilities for teaching and

training of the First Degree and Higher Degree students, it is extensively used for dissertation and doctoral

research, faculty research and consultancy work. It is also used by scientists/faculty from other nearby

organizations.

Central Animal Facility Central Animal Facility at BITS Pilani is a CPCSEA approved facility with total floor area of 5330

sq. ft. The facility maintains the animal species like Rats, Mice, Guinea Pigs, Rabbits and Hamsters. The

facility was build up in accordance with guidelines issued by CPCSEA and other regulatory bodies. It is

also equipped with Incinerator (electrically operated) facility for disposal of the biological and other

biomedical waste. The air conditioned facility is maintained by well trained personnel, with a full time

veterinarian to take care of the various requirements of the animals. Central Animal Facility caters to the

needs of the various research groups like Pharmacy, Biological Sciences and Chemistry Groups etc. The

facility also incorporates pharmacokinetics and pharmacology research laboratory for carrying out advanced

research in the areas of pre-clinical pharmacokinetics, bioavailability studies, pharmacological screening of

various synthetic/natural origin drugs. The laboratory has sophisticated instruments such as High

throughput HPLC (Shimadzu), and other instruments like electroconvulsiometer, actophotometer,

analgesiometer, light dark apparatus rotarod etc. New equipments such as surgical anaesthesia machine,

electrical cautery, and spare air-conditioners were added to the existing facilities. The laboratory is being

upgraded with video documentation system for various animal behavioural studies. Facility is geared to

take up various industrial or governmental funded projects in various pre-clinical areas.

Reprography Facilities

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Facilities for desktop publishing, photocopying, offset printing, laser printing and binding services

have been made available to research students on payment of nominal charges.

Internet Facility The Institute has 8 Mbps Shared Internet leased line and 512 kbps VSA T link for email and

Internet facility. Facilities available through these are electronic mail, remote login, ftp and Internet

browsing. Email and Internet facilities have been made available to all on-campus students and faculty

residing in the campus.

Centre for Software Development The Centre for Software Development (CSD) is first of the two major centres that comprise the

newly formed Software Development and Educational Technology Unit (SDET Unit) at BITS-Pilani. The

CSD has three wings namely Media Laboratory, the BITS-IBM Laboratory for Visual Programming

Technologies & Open Source Computing and BITS-Microsoft Laboratory for Mobile Computing. CSD has

taken up the IPv6-QoS-Aware Grid Computing Research Project Funded by Microsoft Research

<Monetary> & IBM <Equipment>. Project Grid-One, initiative taken at CSD, BITS - Pilani, is a two-part

experimental research project. In the first phase, it involves building of a medium-sized campus-wide IPv6

native support-based grid involving several involving several Server-class systems, about 3000 PCs class

systems and select mobile computing devices used inside the Institute‘s laboratories and faculty chambers,

including quite a large number of student-owned PCs in their hostel rooms and many of the staff-owned

PCs / Laptops etc. <Capacity: 5000 nodes> The second phase would involve connecting the resultant grid

to a bigger IPv6-enabled Grid for experimentation. For the experimentation of resultant grid is being

connected to "i-Charak" - A Grid enabled Healthcare Support System, which will be set atop an IPv6-

enabled Grid. As many other practitioners and researchers we too feel that Grid computing may enthuse

industries to invest only if the users could feel confident that the approach would guarantee them adequate

data security, take care of their privacy requirements, can offer the desired quality of service and the entire

system is robust, scalable and reliable. In the next stage, we are going to scale the grid to 3000 nodes across

the Pilani, Goa and Hyderabad campuses and enable them for QoS-support. More details are available at the

project website: http://discovery.bits-pilani.ac.in/GridOne/. The centre is currently also involved in the

Tiny6 (codename) Project involving research in IPv6, Mobility and Power-conservation aspects of Sensor

Networks in pervasive computing environments. This is funded by the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

with project partners from France, China, Korea and India. It has a total project grant of Euros 81,000.

BITS will contribute mainly to IPv6 Stack Architecture and the integration of Sensor Networks and IPv6

Mobility.

Centre for Educational Technology The Centre for Educational Technology (CET) is the second of the two major centres that

comprise the newly formed Software Development and Educational Technology Unit (SDET Unit) at

BITS-Pilani. IT comprises of modern digital video studio and is equipped with the Satellite (EDUSAT)-

based as well as Leased Line based high-quality Video-conferencing facilities meant for use of the

University for Delivery of live interactive lectures to its various campuses in India as well as cater to select

student groups of work-0integrated off-campus learning programmes. This is further complemented by the

Internet-based, highly scalable distributed desktop video-conferencing facility allowing medium –quality

but more interactive live classroom sessions where all students cannot come to on or off-campus classrooms

and may be resident in different parts of country / world. The Centre is equipped with the IP-based Video-

on-Demand and Scheduled Video Multicast facilities which can allow reuse / review / streaming of lectures

delivered earlier for the benefit of students. CET is also handling a multi-crore project in educational

delivery to over 48 west-African nations in collaboration with the Ministry of External Affairs, Govt. of

India and TCIL. Currently, setting up a separate modern studio and an associated communication facility is

being worked upon in consultation with the TCIL

Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems The objective of the Centre for Robotics and Intelligent Systems (CRIS) is to develop prototypes

that provide greater intelligence and higher versatility for robotic tasks under ever-changing constraints of

the environment. This objective is set forth to make Indian industry competitive by developing indigenous

technical skills, manpower and innovative spirit. Each prototype is developed in four different stages viz. (i)

Conceptualization, (ii) Algorithmic development and verification in simulated environment, (iii) Real-time

testing and (iv) Integration to automated system. The Centre is well equipped with excellent computational

facilities; advanced software packages for circuit design, image processing and mechanical design; micro

controller and DSP based driver card for real-time experimentation; experimental bed, CRS-Plus robot

manipulator, 4 DOF SCARA manipulator, 5 degree of freedom articulated manipulator, Hydra mobile base,

Pendubot inverted pendulum, Labmate, mobile base and pH reactor and many other facilities. The lab

facilities are geared to provide research facilities in areas such as intelligent robotics and system design,

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intelligent control, neural and fuzzy neural based system modeling and control, evolutionary computation,

robotic vision and virtual reality.

During the year under review, the students working at CRIS developed a number of models and

working robots. To name a few of these, mention may first be made of Acyut 1 and Acyut 2 (humanoid).

Whereas Acyut 1 is a dancing robot and which has won several laurels even at international competitive

events (Robogames 2008 held at San Francisco, USA and INDEEN Expo, Germany etc.), Acyut 2 is much

larger and far more capable. It has far better control and using remote command by way of hand movements

etc, it can be moved synchronusly. These models were demonstrated for their capabilities at Korea, USA,

Germany and Japan. The students are currently working on further developments related to Acyut-2 robot

with added features. Earlier BITSUMO, which is an autonomous assistant robot, was developed. In addition

to these, an autonomous glider, an autonomous hovercraft, a 14 DOF robotic arm, a mechatronics ball, a

micro-mouse platform and a micro-mouse testing base were developed at CRIS.

Embedded Controllers Application Centre This centre has been established in collaboration with MOTOROLA-INDIA Ltd., with the

objective to carry out projects in the area of embedded system design and taking up consultancy projects in

Micro controller areas. The facilities in the laboratory include Micro controller modulator evaluation

system, emulators for various MOTOROLA Micro controllers DSP KITS; compact in circuit simulators,

Programmers and Adopters, Pentium based PCs, Logic analyzer and other bench equipments. ST

microelectronics had also given their ST7 emulator to support projects in the embedded system design.

The laboratory has been upgraded with the addition of some new hardware and software tools. We

have added ARM-7 based Keil NXP LDC 2370 evaluation boards, Atmel 8051/C251 Keil MCBx51

Evaluation boards, Microchip‘s PIC 16F877 Microcontroller Trainer kits with software support from Keil

and HiTech. In addition, CYPRESS Semiconductor has donated 20 kits for performing mixed signal

embedded design experiments.

Centre for Renewable Energy and Environment Development (CREED) Centre for Renewable Energy and Environment Development (CREED) represents Institute's

initiative to develop educational, research, development and extension programmes in the area of renewable

energy, energy efficiency and environment. CREED works in areas such as wind, small hydro, biogas, and

solar energy, drinking water resource assessment and purification, and energy conservation and

management. The Ministry of New & Renewable Energy Sources (MNRE), Govt of India, has accorded

recognition to CREED for its National Renewable Energy Fellowship (NREF) programme. Usually every

year, MNRE makes NREF available to two students for Doctoral level work. The Bureau of Energy

Efficiency (BEE), Govt. of India, also recognizes CREED for conducting practical training programmes in

the area of energy conservation. The major research areas of CREED include planning and economics of renewable energy

systems, real time control of renewable systems, industrial cogeneration, renewable energy dissemination,

multi criteria decision making for energy systems, and integrated resource planning. Over the last five years

CREED has published over fifty papers in international journals of repute and has organised several

training programs and conferences. As part of its activities, CREED has initiated an Energy Club that is

entirely operated and managed by undergraduate students. A recent development of this Club has been

activity in the area of carbon emission analysis and trading, from which a commercial enterprise by the

name of NextGen PMS has been evolved by the student members. This spin-off from CREED is now

administered and operated as a registered enterprise under the Technology-Buisness Incubation Unit of

BITS Pilani. Centre for Materials Science and Technology

The objective of the Centre for Materials Science and Technology is to develop and implement

projects related to modern materials such as smart materials, biomaterials, fibre-reinforced plastic

composites and also related to conventional materials such as metals, ceramics and polymers. The Centre

undertakes mechanical and non-destructive testing of various engineering materials and products for

evaluating their mechanical properties and for evaluating defects such as cracks, voids, delamination,

inclusions etc. Other activities include providing consultancy related to materials aspects and testing/

development and analysis in the field of materials science and technology in general. The testing facilities

available at the Centre include a conventional Universal Testing Machine of 50 Tons capacity, as well as, a

fully computerized microprocessor based Electronic Universal Testing Machine of 100 kN capacity,

Hounsfield Tensometer, various hardness testing machines such as Brinell, Rockwell, and Vickers

Hardness Testers, Rotating Bending Fatigue Testing Machine, Combined Bending and Torsion Fatigue

Testing Machine, Circular Polariscope, Strain-gauge testing facility, Izod Impact Testing Machines, X-Ray

Diffractometer, Ultrasonic Flaw Detectors, Liquid Penetrant Test kit, Magnetic Crack Detector, Eddy

Current Tester ,Acoustic Emission Testing equipments, Acousto-ultrasonic pocket hand-held AU scanner

etc.

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Infrastructural Support at BITS Structured Schemes for R&D Opportunities at BITS External Linkages for Research & Research outputs

Research

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BITS

In - house R& D

Projects of

Industries

CSIR & other R& D Laboratories

Foreign Universitie

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Conference

Papers

In - house Research

Publication CURIE

Research Publication in

Journals

In - house

Developmental Projects

Sponsored

Projects

Consultancy

Projects

In - house

Computerization Projects

VLSI CAD Laboratory

Process Control Laboratory

Discipline Laboratories

Central Facilities

Embedded Controller Application Centre

Center for Research on Educational Innovation & Institutional Development

Other Specialized Centres

Project

Courses

First Degree Thesis

Higher Degree

Dissertation

On- Campus Ph.D.

Technology Innovation Center

Practice School

M.E. Collaborative

Off Campus Ph.D.

Distance Learning Program

Center for Software Development

Ph.D. of JRF/ SRF/ Scientists /Faculty Members

Thesis / Dissertation/ Ph.D. Research

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Centre for Desert Development Technologies

The Centre for Desert Development Technologies (C-DDT) was established in April 2005 as an

Alumni initiative at BITS-Pilani in collaboration with Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research

(BIDR) of Ben Gurion University (BGU), Israel. BDIR is acknowledged global leaders in making the

desert bloom through their demonstrable success in the Negev Desert [www.bgu.ac.il/bidr]. The mission of

C-DDT is to make the desert areas of Rajasthan bloom through demonstration, extension, and development

of world-class desert development technologies—water and energy conservation in irrigation systems, rain

water harvesting and ground water management, conservation and propagation of plants suited for the

desert environment, and optimizing human existence in the desert ecosystem. The C-DDT vision is to

develop a multi-disciplinary center of excellence to demonstrate the role that various technologies play in

desert development and to assess their socio-economic impact on the inhabitants. The key disciplines

involved are: Civil, Chemical, Electrical Engineering; Biotechnology, Solar Energy, and Humanistic

studies. A water management system consisting of rainwater harvesting pipelines, tank, solar pump, drip

irrigation system etc. has been put in place and a plantation area that uses water from this system developed.

A biotechnology complex consisting of a plant tissue culture laboratory and a greenhouse has been

established. Rare desert plants like Guggul, Jatropha, etc are being propagated. Certain other projects which

have been initiated are recycling and desalination of gray water for irrigation purposes, assessment of

groundwater resources in the Shekhawati region using remote sensing data and geographical information

systems, development of aloe-vera processing, impact of desertification on nomadic populations and vice

versa. Several exchange visits of BITS alumni and faculty and BGU/BIDR faculty have taken place in the

past. A MoU between the two institutions has been signed. In addition to exchange of ideas and expertise,

joint projects are being undertaken. A joint study on nomadic populations of Israel and India was also

successfully completed.

Centre for Biotechnology

The Centre has in-house facilities of Recombinant-DNA Technology. The objectives of the Centre

are to take up research and development projects from various sponsoring organizations, establishments of

University-Industry linkage through various R&D contract projects and conduct periodic Workshops and

hands on training for faculty members, industry personnel and students in the area of advanced molecular

biology/biotechnology and bioinformatics. The facilities available are: Victor-3 Multichannel counter, Gel

Documentation System, PCR Machines, Inverted microscope with camera attachment, Hybridization oven,

Gel electrophoresis equipments, DNA Sequencer, UV-Cross linker, – 80oC Deep Freezer, Temperature

Controlled Water Bath Shaker, Refrigerated Centrifuge, Cold Room, Tissue Culture Room, Plant

Biotechnology facility, Semi-automated Green House, Radioisotope handling facilities, etc.

Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL)

The center for Entrepreneurial leadership was set-up by the institute as eighth center of excellence

during latter part of 2002-03. The journey that started in 2002 has achieved many milestones to come out

with impact driven entrepreneurship programmes and events that are driven by the creative and innovative

energies of students under the guidance and support of faculty and alumnus. It is one of the most vibrant,

dynamic and sought after platform for students to join as core team members and take up leading

responsibilities to learn and contribute for the promotion of entrepreneurship on campus.

Some of the key achievements of the CEL for the year 2009 are as under:

National Entrepreneurship Week from February 7th

to 14th

February, 2009

Conquest a unique international Business Plan competition organized by CEL is an exhibition of

grit, consistency and spontaneity mixed with risk managing abilities of the participants, making it a

reflection of their leadership qualities and the entrepreneurial element in them. The final phase of

the CONQUEST 2009 was organized by the Centre for Entrepreneurial Leadership (CEL) at BITS

Pilani during 8-9 August, 2009.

Parampara, our rural entrepreneurship venture at Garinda further picked up momentum by way of

development of Self Help Women groups to improve their livelihood. CEL volunteers organized a

set of workshops for rural community around Pilani to explore other avenues like mushroom

farming & vermin-compost. Group also worked on encouraging bio-gas use in the rural

environment in the villages around Pilani.

Epsilon, an intra-BITS business challenge was organized to prepare BITSians in writing quality

business plans on their ideas.Epsilon From zero to infinity attracted 93 ideas from Pilani and Goa

campuses. This was the third edition of Epsilon. The judges, BITS alumni and other entrepreneurs

finally after two rounds of evaluation selected five ideas for the finals namely - Easy Med Report,

Spic & Span, Genie, Urja and Street ad site.

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Sparks, the New Ventures, a new course introduced, was a big hit with almost 70 people applying

for it. This is because it gave young budding entrepreneurs a chance to learn the basics of starting

up and by the end of this course, most of them would have business plan ready. This year 13

students working in 4 teams on specific ideas were picked up to go through a semester long course

with a prior preparation during the summer.

Mantra Awards, supported by Mr. Anupendra Sharma were conferred to 4 students to recognize

and reward their leadership qualities & innovativeness in the category of Entrepreneurship,

Leadership, Social Entrepreneurship, and Innovator of the year.

Publication and Promotion

o Ten issues of Pulse, covering various aspects of entrepreneurship and case studies on

entrepreneurship were brought out during the year by the Pulse team. The newsletter aims at

spreading entrepreneurial awareness among the student population as well as carrying updates

about CEL activities on a regular basis.

o Aspire, an annual newsletter was brought out which goes out to CEL stakeholders outside,

which include, alumni, NEN, sponsors, other E-cells in the network, etc. It contained guest

articles, achievements of CEL projects, and personal achievements of some outstanding

CELites.

The year has also seen some great guest lectures by renowned personalities like Mr. Chandra

Bhople, President, BITSAA, Silicon Valley, Jason George, a Harvard Alumnus, Mr. Devin

Mclntire Social Entrepreneur having global perspective on the challenges and possibilities of

21st century employing ICT based solutions, and Mr. Pradeep Sethi BITSian entrepreneur from

Delhi conducted a one day workshop on ―Idea café‖. CEL was adjudged as the NEN E-Cell of the

month in the November issue of newsletter NEN 360.

Technology Business Incubator (TBI-DST)

Birla Institute of technology and Science (BITS), Pilani in association with Department of Science

and Technology (DST), Government of India has established a Technology Business incubator in the area

of Embedded Systems and VLSI Design to promote entrepreneurial leadership across all disciplines;

facilitate entrepreneurial activity on campus and off- campus and commercialization of R&D efforts at

BITS. VLSI Design Laboratory with the state of the art design facilities has been established for the

purpose. Embedded System Development platforms are also augmented. Secured and independent office

facilities with computers and round the clock Internet access and email facility are also created. A Team of

students from BITS have registered a company; Bridle IT has already incubated out of TBI.

Currently under the TBI, four incubates are working namely - CDS solutions involved in content

delivery module application development; Toss Card involved in e-visiting card; Help hub a portal

development for bringing non-profits, for-profit organizations and volunteers closer as a network; V K

Industries dealing with manufacturing of Automatic Contrivance System for various subsidiaries of Coal

India Limited and Next Gen PMS Ltd involved in modules development for carbon credit evaluations. In

future it is planned to identify students who would be in a position to take up entrepreneurial activities

across all disciplines and also to invite people from outside as incubates.

Technology Innovation Centre

Technology Innovation Centre was instituted as a facility by which engineer/scientist entrepreneur

could spend desired period at the campus and investigate problems brought by him along with a team of

BITS facilities and students. These people are given associate faculty status so that they can use all the

infrastructural facilities of the Institute and participate in the academic process. Moreover, these

entrepreneurs are able to work for their Ph.D. degree of BITS and participate in teaching certain state of the

art courses during their visits to the campus.

Past-experience shows that this facility mostly attracts knowledge – intensive small-scale

entrepreneurs, who cannot afford the high cost of R & D in their establishment. The institute, in turn, has

been able to train its students on entrepreneurial skills and has provided the rewarding experience of

investigating real – life problems brought from the industry. The scheme has been resulting in innovative

solutions to the problems faced by industry in general and young entrepreneurs in particular.

ST Microelectronics has given three projects on which three students have worked during

2009.Similarly Beroe Inc., John Deere has given two projects to work on. Four students were associated in

product development efforts for the company.

Centre for Women Studies

The UGC sponsored Centre for Women Studies was established at BITS, Pilani during March

2005. The Centre has undertaken diverse range of academic and field activities with the aim of working

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towards upliftment of women and their families in the fields of social, economic and health leading to their

overall development. Centre has initiated various new activities during 2009.

Extension activities:

Twelve by Twelve Initiative for Targeted Anemia Education during Adolescence

Telemedicine Centre

UGC Centre for Women Studies has undertaken a project on Improving Social Security of Rural

women with Aid of Spatial Facility Management

Training of Female and Male members of Panchayati Raj Institutions at Panchayats of Pilani

Workshop: UGC Center for Women Studies organized a one day Workshop on ‗Aspiring and Budding

Women Entrepreneurs for On-campus Women‘ on 22nd

February, 2009 at BITS, Pilani.

Training:

Training Program on ―Entrepreneurship Development - Day Care Centre‖ for females, December

2nd

& 3rd

, 2009.

A three and a half months teaching & training in Computer Literacy for rural based girls and

women was offered in both semesters during 2009. Along with computer literacy training was also

imparted on cataloguing of books and journals.

‗Awareness & Training Program on Effective Use of Domestic Electrical Appliances for on-

campus Women‘ was conducted by UGC Centre for Women Studies in collaboration with

Instrumentation Unit of the Institute on Sept 20, 2009.

Research (Empirical Studies) & Course

CWS undertook a project on ‗Safe Motherhood and Access to Resources among Nomadic

Populations in Desert Regions in Rajasthan, India and the Negev, Israel –A Comparative

Perspective‘. The study period was from March 2008 to March 2009.

A Sociological Study on Domestic Violence against Women in Villages near Pilani, Rajasthan.

The study period was from January – July 2009

Gender related topics have been incorporated in on-campus Humanities courses offered as

electives across the Institute and in higher degree program

Lectures / Academic Forum

Prof. John Davies, Centre for International Development and Conflict Management, University of

Maryland, USA visited BITS Pilani delivered lectures on Conflict Management during September

17-21, 2009

Prof. R.K. Sinha from International Institute for Population Sciences, Mumbai delivered a lecture

on ―Female Age at Marriage in India with Special Focus on Rajasthan‖ on October 8th, 2009.

Prof. Nirupama Prakash, Co-ordinator, CWS was invited to participate in the International

Workshop on "Empowerment of Women Through Science & Technology Interventions‖, Tehran,

Iran, 14-16 December, 2008 organized by NAM S&T Centre, New Delhi, Iranian Research

Organization for Science & Technology, Tehran and Iranian Association for Women's Studies,

Tehran, Iran; ―Women Political participation: Issues & Challenges‖, National Seminar on Women

and Political Participation In India-Democratic System- ‗Researching The Past and Restructuring

The Future organized by Department of Policy Sciences, National Law University, Jodhpur,

February 6-7, 2009; ―Information Communication Technologies & Community based Approach

to Address Gender Based Violence & Health Issues‖ at the International Conference on ―Gender-

based Violence and Sexual and Reproductive Health‖ held during 15 - 18 February 2009 in

Mumbai; organized by National Institute of Research & Reproductive Health (ICMR); ―Religion

and Gender- A Critical Analysis at the Seminar on Women & Religion organized by Centre for

Women Studies, Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, New Delhi, February 26-27, 2009;

"Role of Women Studies in Promoting Educational Participation of Women" organized by The

Department of Inclusive Education at National University of Educational Planning and

Administration (NUEPA) on 13-14 March, 2009; UGC sponsored- Sensitivity, Awareness and

Motivation (SAM) workshop on Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education held

at Department of Continuing Education, IIT Roorkee from 18-22 May, 2009; ―ICT Intervention in

Addressing Gender, Sexuality and Cultural Norms in Rural Culture‖ at the International

Conference on "Mediation and Conflict: Translation and Culture in a Global Context" organized

by International Association for Translation and Intercultural Studies (IATIS) Monash University,

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Melbourne, Australia during 7-10 July, 2009; Key note speaker on Session on Threats to Bodily

Integrity at Asia Pacific Women‘s International Conference Women, Peace and Security:

VISIONS FOR A NEW WORLD, 8-10 September 2009: Philippine Normal University (PNU)

Manila, Philippines & at Women Solidarity Forum, Mindanao, Philippines; ―Women

Administrators in Higher Education: Networking and Team Building‖ during the one week

Training Programme for Female Faculty from Universities & Colleges in Rajasthan, organized by

Centre for Women Studies & Academic Staff College, Rajasthan University, Jaipur, November 27,

2009.

Fibre Optics Laboratory

This laboratory has advanced research facilities for the following:

Characterization of optical fibres, opto-electronic sources and detectors

Fabrication and calibration of fibre optic sensors

Preparation and study of fluoroptic materials for fibre optic fluorescence thermometry

Training kits for analog and digital fibre optic communications

Computational facilities

Language Laboratory

The following Educational Softwares were procured for use in Language Laboratory.

1. Study Skills Success

2. Report Writer _ Technical Reports

3. Complete Communication Kit

4. The Sky Pronuciation Suite

5. 24 VCDs / DVDs in various areas of communication skills

Process Control Laboratory

Process control laboratory is well equipped for study, analysis and control of process variables

such as temperature, pressure, level, flow, pH and conductivity in Chemical Engineering

Processes/Operations. The process equipments include Distillation Column, Shell and Tube Heat

Exchanger and Double Pipe Heat Exchanger. Advanced control algorithms based on Neural Networks and

Fuzzy Logic have been developed and implemented on the above processes/operations. Controllers based

on Wavelet are also being developed. Research papers have been published based on the work carried out

using above facilities. In addition, Process vessel accessory (PCT 41), pH sensor accessory (PCT 42),

Electronic console (PCT 43), Industrial PID Controller (PCT 20 H-A) and basic process control unit (PCT

40) were procured from Armfield UK, under the research grants received from funding agencies such as

UGC and DST. Currently, 3 PhDs are going on in this laboratory.

Measurement Techniques Laboratory

Measurement Techniques laboratory of EEE group is used by all engineering and science students

across the institute to learn and perform engineering measurements. The experiments are around motors,

transformers, LVDT, diodes, transistor amplifiers, operational amplifiers, logic gates to learn and measure

their operation, performance using bench equipments like CRO, DMM, signal generators, power supplies,

voltmeters, ammeters, tachometer etc.

Flexible Manufacturing Systems Laboratory

Flexible Manufacturing Systems Laboratory includes state of the art facilities for teaching,

research and development in the field of manufacturing engineering and systems. The hardware facilities

such as KODI - 40 KLEIN CNC Vertical Machining Centre (Industrial), MTAB STARTURN CNC Lathe

Trainer, MTAB FMS Cell, ROBOT, Dimension Elite 3D Printer (rapid prototyping machine), FDM 200mc

(rapid prototyping machine), IBM Intelli workstations, computers and software facilities such as CATIA –

CAD/CAM tool, QUEST – 3D Simulation tool, ARENA – 2D Simulation tool, MINITAB – Quality control

tool, DFMA – Product design tool, LINDO/LINGO – Optimisation tool and Multi-Attribute Decision

Models – Decision making tools, AMOS are available.

Faculty members and students who are working on different projects in manufacturing engineering

and systems utilize these facilities for their doctoral theses, higher degree dissertations and first-degree

theses. The facilities are also used by first and high degree students for their project based courses and

disciplinary courses such as CAD, CAAD, Product Design, Production Techniques, Concurrent

Engineering, Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Computer Aided Manufacturing and Workshop Practice etc.

The key research areas are World-class Manufacturing systems/Manufacturing Excellence, Lean

Manufacturing Sytems, Manufacturing Management, Supply Chain Management, Innovative Product

Design and Development, Computer Integrated Manufacturing System, Flexible Manufacturing System and

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Intelligent Manufacturing Systems. The lab aims to be a foremost centre of excellence in the areas of

Manufacturing Engineering, World-Class Manufacturing/Manufacturing Excellence and Manufacturing

Management. The goal of the Lab is to conduct integrated research in design of manufacturing systems and

world-class manufacturing/manufacturing excellence practices.

OYSTERS LAB (VLSI Design Lab)

The lab supports a full chip design capability through state-of-the art EDA tools from CADENCE,

MENTOR GRAPHICS and MAGMA. The facilities include front end design tools for design creation,

simulation and synthesis, back-end-design tools for mixed signal and a complete package for RTL to GDS

flow, FPGA design infrastructure for prototyping. These tools run on a powerful centralized computer

server and around 40 clients are connected to it. BITS and its Alumni group and DST have funded the

laboratory. Students of Higher degree and First Degree working in the area of VLSI are making use of this

lab for course work and project work. This Facility is also available for prospective incubatees under the

TBI set up in support with DST.

Instrumentation Technology and Virtual Instrumentation Laboratory This laboratory is used for carrying out laboratory component of "Electronic Instruments &

Instrumentation Technology" -a compulsory discipline course for students of B.E (Electronics &

Instrumentation) and for assignments/projects/thesis in the area of instrumentation & control for first degree

and higher degree students. State of art instruments/devices/setups/softwares are .available for

implementing measurement and control schemes. Some of the facilities are: Bench equipment like Multi

output regulated DC power supplies, Function Generators, Analog CROs, Digital Storage Oscilloscopes,

TRMS six and a half digit DMM, Transducer kits with signal conditioning, Smart transmitters, temperature

& level switches, infrared thermometers, PSoC microcontrollers ATMEGA-16 & 32 microcontrollers,

EPROM Programmer and Analyzer (Dedicated and PC based), Complete System for Virtual

Instrumentation from National Instruments, (Lab VIEW 7.1 Package, Signal conditioning modules for

temperature and strain measurement, Motion and Vision stations, DAQ cards), Programmable Logic

Control station from Allen Bradley motors, switches, motors for PLC interface, Weather monitoring station.

Environmental Engineering Laboratory

The Environmental Engineering Laboratory caters the need of various sample analyses such as:

UV-VIS Spectrophotometer for the analysis of metal ions (Chromium, Arsenic, etc) concentration

in aqueous streams.

Gas Chromatograph for the estimation of the concentration of volatile organic compounds (VOCs).

BET Surface-Area Analyzer to measure the mean surface area of an adsorbent.

The laboratory also has other equipments such as, Nephelometer, pH meter, Water Analysis Kit, Stack

Sampler, Respirable Dust Sampler, High Volume Sampler, Temperature Swing Adsorption Setup, Setup for

Arsenic Analysis, etc.

At present, 3 PhD scholars, ME (dissertation) students and many BE (project) students are extensively

utilizing the available facilities. Currently a UGC sponsored project entitled ―Adsorption Process for the

Removal of Metal Ions from Wastewater and Volatile Organic Compounds from Air by using Suitable

Adsorbents‖ and a consultancy project for the removal of color, BOD and COD from a textile industry

effluent are going on.

Computer Aided Design (CAD) Laboratory

The Computer Aided Design (CAD) Laboratory is well equipped with the latest licensed software.

ASPEN-PLUS, ASPEN-HYSYS and POLYMER PLUS are related to Chemical Process and Plant Design

and have recently been purchased. FLUENT 6.3.2, which is a trusted commercial software used for

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is also available. Its license has recently been updated to the latest

version.

Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) Laboratory

Chemical Reaction Engineering (CRE) Laboratory has recently been strengthened by the

procurement of various equipments, which include Continuous Stirred Tank Reactor (CSTR), Cascade

Reactor and Plug Flow Reactor (PFR), using the grant received under the UGC-XI Plan.

Power Electronics Laboratory The Power Electronics Laboratory forms an important platform for the Bachelors programmes in

EEE and Instrumentation, and the Masters programme in Power Electronics & Drives. The Laboratory has

several state of the art facilities including National Instruments' dynamic signal analyser, high bandwidth

digital storage oscilloscopes, installations of MATLAB 6.0, and a twenty-user capability of

PSCAD/EMTDC, apart from the requirements of experimental work.

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Active areas of project work include DC-DC converters, resonant converters, unity power factor

converters, inverters, and zero transition converters. Collaborative activity is regularly undertaken with the

Industrial Electronics group of CEERI Pilani.

CISCO Networking Laboratory

CISCO Network Laboratory has been setup in collaboration with CISCO to support research in the

area of video on demand and virtual private networks. Currently students are working on different projects

in the area of Virtual Private Networks (VPN) and also in the area of Video- on-Demand (VoD).

Radioisotope Laboratory Radiological Safety Division of Atomic Energy Regulatory Board, Mumbai, has approved the

newly developed Radioisotope Laboratory of the Institute as Type II laboratory. Twelve faculty members

have been authorized to use radioisotopes for teaching and research purposes. This laboratory has been

equipped with several sophisticated equipments like Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (Analyst 300),

GM Counter, Nal (TI) Scintillation counter, fume-hood, Radioisotope fume hood, auto radiography unit and

remote handling gadgets.

IPR Depository

The endeavour of entrepreneurship development & intellectual property rights unit at the institute

is to encourage creation of intellectual property as an outcome of research and development efforts and to

take appropriate steps to safeguard the Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) and create a system to extend

benefits to intellectual property creator and the institute by developing a mechanism for transfer of

technology and its commercialization from Institute to Industry.

Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India provided grant-in-aid for establishing a

IPR Depository in the Institute to help the students and faculty to have an easy access to all the desired

information related to Patents, Copyrights, Trademarks and other IPR (Intellectual Property Right) related

issues. The IPR Depository has been housed within the Central Library Complex of the Institute and a large

number of books related to IPR have been procured under the scheme.

One patent was granted in the area of pharmacy during the year and the unit had facilitated filing

of two final applications for patent and is encouraging more and more faculty members and students to

direct their research endeavours that can result in filing of patents. Institute has been extending all support

to encourage faculty members to come out with applied research outcomes leading to generation of patents.

Facilities at PS Centres

Facilities have also been provided at several PS stations for the research projects of BITS students

and faculty. These include computers and some analytical instruments.

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Annexure 1

Completed Doctoral Theses 1964-2009

This annexure presents discipline wise classification of various Ph.D. theses and the number of Ph.D.

degrees awarded year wise since the inception of the Institute in 1964. In addition, a list of some of recent

doctoral theses from 2001 onwards is also provided.

Discipline wise classification of Doctoral Theses submitted for the award of Ph. D. Degree:

S. No. Discipline Total

1. Bio-Sciences 87

2. Chemical Science & Engineering 69

3. Civil Engineering 25

4. Computer Science 46

5. Economics 11

6. Educational Development 11

7. Electrical, Electronics, Communication & Instru. Engineering 36

8. Languages 27

9. Management 66

10. Mathematics 27

11. Mechanical Engineering 38

12. Pharmacy 80

13. Physics 51

14. Political Science & Fine Arts 4

15. Science and Technology Development 5

16. Museum Studies 1

17. Chemistry 3

18. Hospital and Health System Management 1

Total 588

Number of Ph.D. degrees submitted and awarded year-wise: Year No. of Ph.Ds Year No. of Ph. Ds

1965 3 1988 3

1966 5 1989 2

1967 5 1990 8

1968 8 1991 7

1969 16 1992 7

1970 13 1993 17

1971 13 1994 12

1972 17 1995 15

1973 7 1996 23

1974 13 1997 21

1975 11 1998 15

1976 14 1999 7

1977 16 2000 9

1978 13 2001 11

1979 10 2002 15

1980 5 2003 18

1981 11 2004 23

1982 7 2005 32

1983 6 2006 20

1984 6 2007 32

1985 3 2008 37

1986 2 2009 50*

1987 0 Total 588

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* Out of the above-mentioned Doctoral Theses, 12 theses have been submitted and are under the process of

evaluation for the final award of Ph. D. Degree.

Some of the Recent Doctoral Theses

S. No. Name Year# Guide Discipline Title

1. B. Vijay Kumar

2001 Dr. N.P. Gopalan Computer

Science

Formulation of Algorithms

for Distributed Query

Optimization in Relational

Databases and

Implementation Using Client

Server Architecture

2. V.N. Dhaulakhandi 2001 Prof. K.R.

Chandhoke

Museum

Studies

Some Aspects of Visual

Communication and Learning

in Science Museums with a

Special Reference to Birla

Museum, Pilani

3. A. Rajasekaran 2001 Dr. P.P. Thampi Pharmacy Synthesis Characterization

and Pharmacological

Activities of Some 5

Substituted 1,2,3,4 –

Tetrazoles

4. Sumit Roy 2001 Dr. B.R. Dey Management An Organizational Model for

Implementing ―Total Quality

Management (TQM)‖ on the

Basis of Gaps and Issues in

TQM Practices in a Few

Indian Companies: An

Empirical Model

5. K.V. Unninarayanan 2001 Dr. S.C. Iyer Management Human Resource

Development in Kerala State

Electricity Board

6. Arun Maity 2001 Dr. Lalit Gupta Management Design of Systems and

Implementation Stages for

World Class Maintenance at

Staple Fibre Division,

GRASIM Industries Limited

7. Kartar B. Thakur 2001 Mr. C. S.

Jagannath

Mechanical

Engg

Enhancing Resource

Conservation and Recycling:

A Frontier Approach (A Case

of Aluminium Cycle)

8. Varada Ramesh

Bapat

2001 Dr. D.G. Saoji Pharmacy Evaluation of Some Ion

Exchange Resins for Their

Use in Oral Formulations

9. Oruganty Prasada

Rao

2001 Dr. T.C. Rao Management Industrial Application of

Coal Utilisation Technologies

Developed by CSIR

10. Kamlesh Kumar 2001 Prof. Ravi Prakash Civil Engg Nondestructive Evaluation

and Study of Various

Parameters Affecting the

Strength of Soil

11. Dinesh Shripad

Shikhare

2001

Dr. S.P. Mudur Computer

Science

Compression of Large

Engineering 3D Models

using Discovery of Repeating

Geometric Features

12. Anu Gupta 2002 Dr. Chandrasekhar Electronics Design Explorations of VLSI

Arithmetic Circuits

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13. Rajveer Singh

Shekhawat

2002 Dr. R. N. Biswas Electronics Fuzzy Relation based

Systems Modelling using

Neuro-Fuzzy Approach

14. Meera Sharma 2002 Prof. G.P. Avasthi Management An Analysis of the

Performance of Indian Banks

in the Emerging Competitive

Environment and Suggested

Strategies for Regulation

15. C. Emmanuel 2002 Dr. P. M Gopinath Biosciences Genetic Evaluation of

Congenital Cardiovascular

Diseases

16. K. Nithyanandan 2002 Dr. K. N. Dutta Management Interfacing Spiritual

Management Science with

Industrial Productivity

17. Sudeshna Dasgupta 2002 Dr. Vijay Chandru Computer

Science

A Declarative Constraint

Logic Programming

Language Based on Partial

Instantiation Technique for

Inference

18. J.T. Verghese 2002 Dr. Ram K. Rao Management Management of

Technological Change in

Indian Railways During

1947-97 –A Study of Critical

Organizational and Strategic

Decision Making Processes

19. George Roby

Thomas

2002 Dr. A. Sankara-

narayanan

Pharmacy Novel Benzofuroxan

Derevatives as Potential

Anti-Anginal Agents

20. K. Priya 2002 Prof. H. N.

Madhavan

Biosciences The Role of Molecular

Biological Techniques on

Clinical specimens in Human

Infections due to Herpes

Simplex Virus (HSV),

Varicella Zoster Virus (VZV)

and Cytomegalovirus (CMV)

21. Ravipudi Venkata

Rao

2002 Prof. O. P. Gandhi Mechanical

Engg

Machinability Evaluation,

Cutting Fluid Selection and

Failure Analysis of Machine

Tools Using a Unified Graph

Theory and Matrix Approach

22. Manoj Khurana 2002 Dr. R.C. Gupta Pharmacy Drug Interaction Studies of

Centchroman, The

Nonsteroidal Oral

Contraceptive

23. Ajit Pratap Singh 2002 Prof. S.K. Ghosh Civil Engg A Study of Water Quality

Management for a River

Basin with special reference

to Fast Purification and

Stochastic Environment

24. S.P. Ramarathinam 2002 Dr. J. Subbaiah Mechanical

Engg

Design, Analysis and

Progressive Implementation

of Cellular Manufacturing

System in an Automobile

Electrical Ancillary Light

Engineering Industry –An

Integrated Approach

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25. Rajanikanth M 2002 Dr. R.C. Gupta Pharmacy Application of Cassette

Dosing to Increase the

throughput of

Pharmacokinetic Screening

26. Rekha Sharma 2002 Mr. S. D. Garg Management Development of Mechanism

for Promoting Interaction for

Joint R&D among CSIR

Laboratories/Industries and

Universities

27. Vineeta Singh 2003 Dr. Aruna Mittal Biosciences Molecular Characterization

of Indian Strains of

Chlamydiatrachomatis

28. V Raveender 2003 Dr. S. K. Verma Biosciences Metal Accumulation by

Spirulina platensis and its use

in Biosorption Technology

29. Ashok Manharlal

Sanghvi

2003 Dr. Rajan Saxena Management Strategic Management

Process in Indian

Organisations – An Empirical

Study

30. Kuldip Singh

Sangwan

2003 Prof. R. B. Kodali Mechanical

Engg

Integrated Approach for

Design of Cellular

Manufacturing Systems

31. Roshan Issarani 2003 Dr. B. P. Nagori Pharmacy Fenugreek Galactomannan:

Medicinal Applications and

Designer Food product

Development

32. S. Anantha Vijay

Raghavan

2003 Dr. Madhu Dixit Pharmacy Role of Nitric Oxide and L-

Arginine Metabolites in Rat

Vascular and

Polymorphonuclear

Leukocyte Responses

33. G. Sreenivas 2003 Dr. Poonam

Salotra

Biotechnology Identification and

Characterization of Gene(s)

with Stage/Growth Regulated

Expression in Leishmania

donovani Isolated from

Indian Kala-azar Patients

34. J. Malathi 2003 Prof. H. N.

Madhavan

Biotechnology Molecular Methods in the

Characterization of

Addenovirus and Chlamydia

trachomatis detected in

clinical specimens

35. M. Rajesh 2003 Dr. S.

Ramakrishanan

Biotechnology Eales‘ Disease:

Identification, Purification

and Characterization of a

New 88 Kda Glycoprotein

and the Role of Oxidative

Stress in the Pathogenesis of

Retinal Inflammation and

Neovascularization

36. M. Sasikumar 2003 Dr. S. Ramani Computer

Science

The Airline Time Tabling

Problem: Use of Perturbation

and Parallel Search

Techniques

37. Sajeev Chandran 2003 Prof. R. N. Saha Pharmacy Studies on Novel Approaches

for Better Ocular Delivery of

Flurbiprofen

66


38. Shrin V Sundar 2003 Dr. R. K.

Maheshwari

Biotechnology Gene Expression and Cell

Signalling During

Hemorrhagic Shock:

Beneficial Effects of Picroliv

and Curcumin

39. V Amudhan 2003 Dr. Micheal Daly Biotechnology Characterization of the

Extreme Radiation

Resistance Phenotype of

Deinococcus Radiodurans by

Physiologic and Differential

Expression Analyses

40. Prem Chand 2003 Dr. Mukul Sinha Computer

Science

Critical Issues in Engineering

the National Information

Infrastructure –Building

Information Warfare

Capability

41. R. Thirumalai 2003 Dr. R Srinivasan Electrical &

Electronics

Engineering

A Study of Computer

Assisted Teaching and

Evaluation Techniques for

Electrical and Electronics

Engineering Laboratories

42. Ashish Subhash

Churasia

2003 Prof. B. V. Babu Chemical

Engineering

Modeling, Simulation and

Optimization of Pyrolysis of

Biomass

43. Satyajit Majumdar 2003 Dr. J. P. Sahu Management Business Excellence Models

and Leadership styles

adopted by Small

Scale Organisations – Case

Study

44. Gautham Narasimha

Dayal

2003 Dr. Kapil Hari

Paranjape

Mathematics The Geometry of Abelian

Surfaces with (1,5)

Polarization.

45. Manjuri Kumar 2004 Prof. S. C.

Sivasubramanian

Chemical

Engineering

Synthesis, Characterization

and Kinetic Studies of some

Novel Cr (IV) and Cr (V)

Compounds

46. Indra Vir Singh 2004 Prof. Ravi Prakash Mechanical

Engineering

Application of Meshless

Element Free Galarkin

Method in Heat Transfer

Applications

47. Manjare Sampatrao

Dagu

2004 Dr. A. K. Ghoshal Chemical

Engineering

Studies on Adsorption of

Ethyl Acetate Vapor in

Molecular Sieves

48. Anshuman 2004 Dr. D. K. Maharaj Civil

Engineering

Nonlinear Finite Element

Analysis of Pile Raft

Foundation

49. Ramakrishna

Vellampalli

2004 Prof. B. V. Babu Civil

Engineering

Modeling for Wastewater

Treatment for Adsorption

using Analytical-,

Regression-, and Neural

Network Approaches

50. Pasricha Gunisha 2004 Dr. Savitri Sharma Biotechnology Understanding

Acanthamoeba Keratitisin

India: A Microbiological,

Cellular and Molecular

Approach

51. M Anookh 2004 Dr. A.

Sankaranarayanan

Pharmacy Pharmacological Studies on

Newer Anti- Hyperlipidemic

Agents

67


52. Nitin Mehrotra 2004 Dr. R. C. Gupta Pharmacy Pharmacokinetic Studies of

Bulaquine, A Potent

Antirelapse Antimalarial

Agent

53. Malapaka

Yegneswara

Satyanarayana

Prasad

2004 Dr. K N Shankara Electrical &

Electronics

Engineering

Some Investigations into the

Problems in the Satellite

Communications with

Special Reference to Geo-

synchronous Orbit

54. Sanjay Vashishtha 2004 Prof. M.

Ramachandran

Mechanical

Engineering

Assessment of Demand Side

Management (DSM)

Potential and Implementation

Strategies in Rajasthan Power

Sector

55. B. Kanaka Durga

Raja

2004 Dr. S. R Chary Civil

Engineeing

Commercialization of Water

Supply and Sanitation Sector-

Attempts in India

56. Sanjay D. Pohekar 2004 Prof. M.

Ramachandran

Mechanical

Engineering

Multi Criteria Evaluation of

Parabolic Solar Cooker as a

Domestic Cooking Device

57. Mukesh Kumar

Rohil

2004 Prof. Rajiv Gupta Computer

Science

Efficient Implementation of

some Statistical and Fuzzy

Classifiers for Remote

Sensing Data in Context of

Geographical Information

System

58. Prakash Singh 2004 Dr. Umakash Dash Management Analysis of Banking Sector

Operations in India with

special reference to Private

Banks in Response to

Technological and other

Developments with a view to

Develop a Future Banking

Model

59. Rajeev Narendra

Boudhankar

2004 Dr. S R

Suryawanshi

Management The Healthcare Customers‘

Path to Loyalty: A Partial

Test of the Relationships of

Prior Experience, Justice and

Customer Satisfaction

60. Suraj Prakash Harsha 2004 Prof. Ravi Prakash Mechanical

Engineering

Nonlinear Dynamic Analysis

of High Speed Rolling

Element Bearings

61. K R Anupama 2004 Prof. S.

Balasubramanian

Electronics Global Positioning System

(GPS) based Protocols for

Routing in Mobile Adhoc

Networks

62. Kulkarni Dhananjay

Madhukar

2004 Prof. Ravi Prakash Mechanical

Engineering

Study of Fracture Behaviour

of Extra Deep Drawn Steel

Sheets

63. R. Thirumurugan 2004 Dr. D Sriram Pharmacy Design and Synthesis of

Novel Disubstituted Phenyl

Semicarbazones and their

Analogues as

Anticonvulsants

64. Nitin Nipun Sharma 2004 Prof. R. K. Mittal Mechanical

Engineering

Modeling and Simulation of

Brownian Motion

Attributable to Thermal

Agitation for Predicting

Dynamics of Nano-Robots

68


65. Srikanta Routroy 2004 Prof. R. B. Kodali Mechanical

Engineering

Development of Decision

Support Systems for the

Design of Supply Chain

Management Drivers

66. Ayyalasomayajula

Srinivasa Rao

2004 Dr. S.K. Sharma Management An Assessment of

Effectiveness of Performance

Management Systems: An

Empirical Study in Indian

Companies

67. Rahul Vasant

Ralegaonkar

2004 Prof. Rajiv Gupta Civil

Engineering

Design Development and

Study of Static Sunshade for

Comfort Conditioning of

Buildings in Composite

Climate

68. Kailash Chandra

Sati

2005 Prof. R P Khare Instrumentati-

on

Synthesis and

Characterization of Mixed

Alkaline Earth Sulphide

Phosphors Activated by

Copper for Fiber Optic

Fluorescence Thermometry

69. Tanushree Ratan

Bal

2005 Dr D Sriram Pharmacy Design and Synthesis of

Aminopyrimidinimino Isatin

Analogues as Novel Non-

Nucleoside HIV-1 Reverse

Transcriptase Inhibitors with

Broad Spectrum

Antimicrobial Properties

70. Dinesh S Katre 2005 Dr. Mukul Sinha Computer

Science

Visualization of Interface

Metaphor for Software: An

Engineering Approach

71. Raj Kumar

Agrawal

2005 Dr. Piyush Pandey Chemical

Engineering

Solid and Hazardous Waste

Minimisation and Utilisation

in Iron and Steel Making

72. Hari Om Bansal 2005 Dr. Smarajit

Ghosh

Electrical &

Electronics

Engineering

Voltage Stability Analysis of

Electric Power Distribution

System

73. Sandhya B 2005 Dr. P.K. B. Nayar Management Accessibility of Women to

Criminal Justice System and

Customer Orientation of

Police Personnel towards

Women

74. Hiremath Praveen

Sangamesh

2005 Prof. R N Saha Pharmacy Studies on Oral Controlled

Release Formulations of

Rifampicin and Isoniazid

75. M K Dhirendra Rao 2005 Dr. Rajendra

Bhandari

Management Gauging the degree of

success of TOKTEN-a

UNDP-Government of India

Umbrella Project

76. Vijaya Kumar

Singamsetty

2005 Prof. A.K. Das Biotechnology Studies on Sequence

Diversity and

Characterization of the

Cysteine Rich Carboxy

Terminal Region of

Merozoite Surface Protein -1

(MSP-1) of P. falciparum in

Indian Isolates

69


77. Vasan A 2005 Prof. K. S. Raju Civil

Engineering

Studies on Advanced

Modeling Techniques for

Optimal Reservoir Operation

and Performance Evaluation

of an Irrigation System

78. Venkatesha Perumal

R

2005 Prof. R. Mahesh Pharmacy Design, Synthesis and

Pharmacological Evaluation

of Novel Serotoninergic 5-

HT 3 Receptor Antagonists

as Potential Agents for the

Treatment of Cancer

Chemotherapy- Induced

Emesis

79. Chenchugari Sridhar 2005 Dr. G. Subbaraju Pharmacy Phytochemical and

Pharmacological Studies on

Vitex altissima and Teramnus

labialis

80. Singisetti

Janardhana Rao

2005 Dr. Udai Pareek Management Behavioural Correlates of

Performance in an Electronic

Component Industry

81. Shivaprakash C K 2005 Dr. B. A. Metri Management Development of TQM

Implementation Process

Model for Construction

Industry

82. Joy Scaria 2005 Prof. S. K. Verma Biotechnology Development of Reporter-

gene based Novel Bacterial

Biosensors for the Detection

of Arsenic and Antibiotics

83. C. P. Ramaswami 2005 Dr Dharmendra

Bhandari

Economics Tax Avoision Through

Double Taxation Avoidance

Agreements by Trans

National Corporations

84. Mridula Savitri

Mishra

2005 Dr. Umakant Dash Management Performance Analysis of

Retailing Sector in India in

the Emerging Competitive

Environment

85. Rajesh Prasad

Mishra

2005 Prof. Kodali

Rambabu

Mechanical

Engg.

Development and

Assessment of World-class

Maintenance Systems for

World-class Manufacturing

86. Urvashi Rathod 2005 Dr. Nitin Agrawal Management Effect of Product

Complexity, Process

Maturity, Technology Usage

and Team Effectiveness on

Software Project

Performance in Indian

Software Industry

87. Kumaran S 2005 Prof. S. P. Gupta Chemistry Quantitative Structure -

Activity Relationship Studies

on Some Series of Matrix

Metalloproteinase Inhibitors

88. Dinesh Kumar Saini 2005 Prof. N. V.

Muralidhar Rao

Computer

Science

An Analytical Study of

Software Metrics and Models

in the Software Development

Environment for Improving

its Quality

70


89. Chittaranjan Hota 2005 Prof. G.

Raghurama

Computer

Science

Strategies and Algorithms for

Virtual Private Networks

with Quality of Service

Guarantees

90. Rakesh Angira 2005 Prof. B. V. Babu Chemical

Engg.

Evolutionary Computation

for Optimization of Selected

Non-Linear Chemical

Processes

91. Neeru Maheshwari 2005 Prof. N. V.

Muralidhar Rao

Economics Analysis of e-Business

Models and Business Process

Simulation for Internet

Banking

92. Vittaldasa Prabhu B 2005 Mr. S. Murali Mechanical

Engg.

Productivity Enhancement in

Truck Operations

93. Satya Prakash

Dubey

2005 Prof. H. V.

Manjunath

Electrical &

Electronics

An Investigation on Neural

Network based Controller for

Hybrid Active Power Filter

94. Dheerendra Singh 2005 Prof. H. V.

Manjunath

Electrical &

Electronics

High Performance

Multifunctional Power

Conditioning System

95. V. L. Ramprasad 2005 Dr. G.

Kumaramanicka-

vel

Bio-science Genome Wide Linkage &

Candidate Gene Analyses:

Molecular Genetic Studies in

Mendelian and Complex

Ophthalmic Diseases

96. Vijayapandi P 2005 Prof. A. N.

Nagappa

Pharmacy Pharmacological Implications

of Losartan Potassium, an

Angiotensin AT1 Receptor

Blocker on Brain Retin-

Angiotensin System

97. Biju Joseph 2005 Dr. G.

Kumaramanicka-

vel

Bio-science Cytogenetic, Mutation

Detection, Methylation

Status, Fragment Analysis of

RB1 Gene and Phenotype

Correlation in

Retinoblastoma Patients from

India

98. Rama Swami 2005 Dr. Arun

Kulshreshtha

Management R & D Agency- Industry

Partnership for Technology

Development and Transfer:

An Assessment Study

99. Nikhilesh Banerjee 2005 Dr. V. B.

Deshpande

Civil Engg. Achieving Excellence in

Construction Safety: A Study

of Indian Scenario

100. Manish Ashok

Kumar

Kewalramani

2005 Prof. Rajiv Gupta Civil Impact on Compressive

Strength of Concrete Cured

using Colored Polythene

Sheets

101. Rajendra Narayan

Khapre

2006 Dr. P. K. Gupta Civil Engg. Application of Parallel

Computing in Finite Element

Analysis of Two-

Dimensional Small and Large

Deformations

102. Hare Krishna

Mohanta

2006 Prof. R. K. Gupta Chemical

Engg.

Wavelet-Based Identification

and Control of Chemical

Processes

71


103. Basudeb Munshi 2006 Prof. R. K. Gupta Chemical

Engg.

Modeling, Simulation and

Study of Non-Linearity in

Reactive Distillation

104. Geetha. B 2006 Prof. Meenakshi

Raman

English A Thematic Analysis of

Arthur C. Clarke's Science

Fiction

105. Shikha Tripathi 2006 Prof. R. C. Jain Electrical &

Electronics

Low Bit Rate Coding of

Images using Wavelet

Transforms

106. Devika 2006 Prof. Meenakshi

Raman

English Journey from Innocence to

Experience: A Study of

Feminist Fiction during

1970-2000

107. Shalini 2006 Dr. P. Yogeeswari Pharmacy Synthesis and Structure-

Activity Relationship of New

Aryl and Heteroaryl

Semicarbazones as

Anticonvulsants

108. Abhijeet Keshaorao

Digalwar

2006 Dr. K. S. Sangwan Mechanical

Engg.

Development and Validation

of Performance Measures for

World Class Manufacturing

109. S. Sripriya 2006 Dr. G.

Kumaramanicka-

vel

Bio-science Genetic Association Studies,

Genome Wide Linkage

Analysis and Mutation

Screening in Primary Open

Angle and Closed Angle

Glaucomas

110. Subhendu Kumar

Sahoo

2006 Dr. Chandra

Shekhar

Electrical &

Electronics

Parallel Multipliers:

Architectural Exploration and

Designing

111. Sandip Shridharrao

Deshmukh

2006 Prof. M. K.

Deshmukh

Mechanical

Engg.

Region-wise Development of

Integrated Renewable Energy

System

112. N. R. Vimala 2006 Mr. S. D. Garg Management Key factors for effective

implementation of S&T

Missions with special

reference to Leather

Technology Mission of

CSIR/CLRI

113. Vedavalli L. 2006 Dr. V. E.

Annamalai

Mechanical

Engg.

Development of an Integrated

Approach to Design of a

Grinding System

114. Vishal Saxena 2006 Prof. A. K. Das Bio-science Characterization and

Analysis of Plastid DNA of

the Apicomplexan Parasite

Plasmodium vivax from India

115. Subramanian A. R. 2006 Dr. Raja Roy Pharmacy NMR Structural Aspects in

Biological Systems: Analysis

in Leishmaniasis,

Tuberculosis and Meningitis

116. Kole Prashant

Laxman

2006 Prof. R. N. Saha Pharmacy Studies on Some Novel

Approaches for Enhancement

of Solubility and

Bioavailability of

Rifapentine, a Newer Anti-

Tubercular Drug

72


117. Movva Snehalatha 2006 Prof. R. N. Saha Pharmacy Studies on Preparation,

Characterization and

Pharmacokinetics of

Etoposide Loaded

Nanoparticles

118. Raghunathan R. 2006 Dr. Bhaskar Bose Management Evolution and Growth of

Industrial Entrepreneurship in

Rajasthan

119. Manoj Kumar

Srivastava

2006 Prof. Anil Kumar

Bhat

Management Development of an Integrated

Multi-Perspective

Framework for Effective

Performance Measurement

System in Supply Chain

Management

120. Praveen R. 2006 Dr. Manu Jaggi Pharmacy Discovery and Development

of Novel Betulinic Acid

Derivatives as Potential Anti-

cancer Agents

121. Joveeta Joseph 2006 Dr. Savitri Sharma Bio-science Investigation of

Microsporidial Keratitis in

India: A Clinical,

Microbiological, Molecular

and Proteome Approach

122. Mahesh R. Pillai 2006 Dr. G. Narayana

Pillay

HHSM/

Management

Emerging Trends in Health

Care Management System in

Kerala

123. Paromita Goswami 2006 Prof. Sudas Roy Management The College-going Kolkata

Youth: A Study on Consumer

Behavior on the basis of

Psychographic Segmentation

124. Hitesh Gupta 2006 Dr. S.D. Gupta HHSM Assessment of Knowledge

Management in Health Care

Organization

125. Bijay Kumar Rout 2006 Prof. R.K. Mittal Mechanical Minimizing Manipulator

Performance Variability by

Selecting Control Parameters

and Tolerances for Optimal

Robust Designs of

Manipulators

126. S. V. Prakash 2006 Dr. S.R.

Shankapal

Mechanical Mathematical Modeling and

Experimental Investigations

of Combustion of Biomass

based Slurry Fuels in Oil

Fired Furnaces

127. Laxman Kumar

Mohanty

2006 Dr. M. R. Dixit Management Resource Mobilization

Strategies of Technical

Institutions of Higher

Learning in India in the Post

Liberalization Context: An

Exploration

128. Vidya Rajesh 2007 Prof. Ashis Kumar

Das

Bio-science Studies on Sequence

Diversity and

Characterization of the

Apical Membrane Antigen of

Plasmodium in Indian

Isolates

73


129. T.S.B. Sudarshan

2007 Prof. G.

Raghurama

Computer

Science

Techniques to Enhance Web

Performance in Fixed

Networks and Mobile

Networks

130. R. T. Durai

Prabhakaran

2007 Prof. B.J.C.Babu Mechanical Reliability and Quality

Modeling Concepts in

Composite Product Design

and Manufacturing

131. R. Krishna Kumar 2007 Dr. L. Vijaya Bio-science Ultrasound Biomicroscopy

and A-Scan Biometry

Parameters in Hospital Based

Primary Angle Closure

Suspects Before and After

Laser Peripheral Iridotomy-

A Longitudinal Study

132. Duggirala Aparna 2007 Dr. Savitri Sharma Bio-science Keratitis and Endophthalmitis

caused by Coagulase

Negative Staphylococci: An

Investigation into Clinico-

microbiologic Features,

Virulence Factors and

Genome Profile

133. Hitesh Datt Mathur 2007 Dr. H V

Manjunath

Electrical &

Electronics

Analysis of Load Frequency

Control of Multi-Area Power

System with Fuzzy Logic

Controller

134. Morapakala Srinivas 2007 Prof. M

Ramachandran

Mechanical Multi-Criteria Evaluation of

Solar Water Heating System

as a Viable Alternate

Domestic Water Heating

Option, with a special

reference to Bangalore, India

135. Sudeept Mohan 2007 Prof. Surekha

Bhanot

Electrical &

Electronics

Conventional, Adaptive and

Fuzzy Control of Robot

Manipulators

136. J Vaigunda

Ragavendran

2007 Dr. P. Yogeshwari Pharmacy Design of Multifunctional

Gamma-aminobutyric acid

(GABA) Derivatives-

Synthesis and

Neuropharmacology

137. Akhilendra Singh 2007 Prof. Ravi Prakash Mechanical Simulation of Non-Linear

Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow

Problems using Element Free

Galerkin Method

138. Venugopal

Kolachina

2007 Prof. Ranendra N

Saha

Pharmacy Design, Development and

Evaluation of Ophthalmic

Solid Inserts and in Situ Gels

of Gatifloxacin

139. Yatish Kumar 2007 Prof. Ranendra N

Saha

Pharmacy Design and Development of

Extended Release

Formulations of Anti-diabetic

Drugs

140. Shah Soniya

Bahubali

2007 Dr. K C Ojha Hospital

Systems

From Neurological Services

to Integrated Neurocare – A

need for the Comprehensive

Neurocare Centre in Mumbai

74


141. T. Chandrasekhara

Sarma

2007 Dr. B L

Deekshatulu

Electrical &

Electronics

Analysis, Development of

Reconfigurable Systems and

Modelling towards the

Automation of Remote

Sensing Satellite Data

Acquisition

142. Anuj Sharma 2007 Prof. Radha K

Maheshwari

Bio-science Mechanism(s) of

Pathogenesis of Venezuelan

Equine Encephalitis Virus

Infection

143. Usha Manjunath 2007 Prof. Anil Bhat Management Development of an

Integrative Framework for

Total Quality Service in

Hospitals – An Empirical

Investigation

144. Trivedi Himanshu

Mahendrabhai

2007 Dr. Mukul

Vasavada

Mechanical Study of Policy, Practice and

Outcome on Implementation

of Quality Management

Program in Indian Engine

Bearing Industry

145. Anees Fatima Abdul

Raheem

2007 Prof. Geeta K.

Vemuganti

Bio-science Ex-Vivo Proliferation and

Characterization of Adult

Limbal Stem Cells and their

Applications in Treating

Ocular Surface Disorders

Caused by Limbal Stem Cell

Deficiency

146. Shyamala Ganesan 2007 Dr. H. N.

Madhavan

Bio-science Nucleic Acid Based

Amplification Methods for

Detection, Quantification and

Characterization of Viruses

in Clinical Specimens

147. Siddavatam Rajesh 2007 Prof. R. K. Mittal Mechanical Robot Motion Planning using

Splines, Wavelets and Image

Sampling

148. Rajesh L.T. 2007 Prof. Radha K

Maheshwari

Bio-science Molecular Mechanism(s) of

Action of Phytochemicals in

Cancer Chemoprevention

149. Bagyalakshmi R 2007 Dr. K. Lily

Therese

Bio-science Role of Nucleic Acid Based

Amplification Techniques in

Detection, Characterization

and Species Level

Identification of Fungi in

Clinical Specimens and a

Study on In Vitro Sensitivity

Pattern of Ocular Fungal

Isolates

150. Archna Roy 2007 Prof. R. N. Saha Pharmacy Design and Evaluation of

Gastroretentive Controlled

Release Delivery Systems of

Celecoxib and Acyclovir

151. S Ramachandran 2007 Prof. S. K. Verma Bio-science Metallomic Analysis of

Nostoc calcicola and its

Applications in

Bioremediation Technology

75


152. Asokkumar

Dasbiswas

2007 Dr. Suranjan Das Management Customer Satisfaction in

Business-to-Business

Marketing: An Analysis of

the Role of Relationship

Quality and Order

Management Cycle

153. I. Sreedhar 2007 Dr. K. V.

Raghavan

Chemical Kinetics and Engineering of

Solid Acid Catalyzed

Selective Toluene Nitration

154. Meenakshi Sharma 2007 Dr. S. M. Ray Pharmacy Synthesis and Biological

Evaluation of Some Novel

Indan Derivatives as

Potential Nonsteroidal Anti-

inflammatory Agents with

Reduced Gastrointestinal

Toxicity

155. Meher Pramod

Mantravadi

2007 Prof. A.

Vidyadhar Reddy

Economics &

Finance

Impact of Mergers and

Acquisitions on Operating

Performance of Firms in

India

156. S. Uthra 2007 Dr. G.

Kumaramanickavel

Biological

Science

Diabetic Retinopathy:

Genetic Association

Studies of Candidate Genes

in a South Indian Population-

Based Cohort

157. S. Amarendra

Kumar

2007 Prof. Ashoke

Kumar Sarkar

Civil Development of a Flexible

Pavement Maintenance

System with the Integration

of Correlation between

Roughness and Distress

Parameters

158. Karunesh Kumar

Gupta

2007 Prof. Rajiv Gupta Instrumentation Wavelet Transform based

Image Denoising Techniques

for Additive and

Multiplicative Noises

159. Sunil Kumar Rai 2007 Prof. Arya Kumar Management Business Continuity

Management Model for

Indian Banks: An Empirical

Study of Selected Banks in

Mumbai

160. Leela Rani 2007 Dr. Sanal Kumar

Velayudhan

Management Impact of Out-of-stock

Situations in Retail Store on

Consumer‘s Attitude about

the Retail Store

161. B. Sudha 2007 Dr. S.

Krishnakumar

Biological

Science

A Study on Corneal Limbal

Stem Cells

162. Paramjeet Singh 2007 Dr. Ajay K.

Sharma

CS&IS Investigations on Routing

and Wavelength Assignment

Algorithms in WDM Optical

Networks

163. Mr. Deepak Dahiya 2007 Prof. R.K.

Sachdeva

CS&IS Design Language for Aspect

Oriented Software

Development and Design

Pattern Extensions

164. Ram Chandar

Thalla

2007 Prof. R.K.Mishra Management Small Enterprises‘

Compettitveness : Policies,

Perspectives, Performance

and Prospectives

76


165. Suryadevara

Jagadish

2007 Prof. D. Janakiram CS&IS Framework for Specification

of Concurrent and Reactive

Systems in Unified Modeling

Language

166. Shaveta Rani 2007 Dr. Ajay

K.Sharma

Electrical &

Electronics

Investigations on

Survivability Strategies in

WDM Optical Networks

167. M. Dinakaran 2008 Dr. D. Sriram Pharmacy Development of Newer

Fused Quinolone Molecules

against Mycobacterium

tuberculosis

168. A. Ashok Kumar 2008 Prof. V.S. Rao Chemistry Design, Synthesis and


of

Piperazinylphenanthridines

and

Piperidinylbenzisoxazoles for

the Treatment of

Schizophrenia

169. Shrikant Yashwant

Charde

2008 Prof. Ranendra N.

Saha

Pharmacy Design and Evaluation of

Mucoadhesive Buccal

Delivery Systems of

Lercanidipine Hydrochloride

170. Raghavendra N. M. 2008 Dr. P.P. Thampi

Pharmacy Synthesis of Quinazolin-4-

one Derivatives and

Evaluation for their

Chemotherapeutic Activity

171. B. Mahalakshmi 2008 Dr. H.N.

Madhavan

Biological

Science

Role of Nucleic Acid Based-

Molecular Biological

Techniques and Evaluation of

Serological Methods in the

Laboratory Diagnosis of

Ocular Toxoplasmosis and

Genotyping of Toxoplasma

gondii

172. Raj Kumar R 2008 Dr. R. Mahesh Pharmacy Behavioural

Neuropharmacological

Studies of Selected Serotonin

Type-3 Receptor Antagonists

as Potential Anti-depressants

173. Kiran Preet Kaur 2008 Dr. Subhabrata

Chakrabarti

Biological

Science

Molecular Genetics of

Primary Congenital

Glaucoma in the Indian

Population

174. S. Jayamsakthi 2008 Dr. M.

Ponnavaikko

CS&IS Study of Security Issues and

Development of Risk

Minimization Techniques for

Web Applications

175. Bende Girish

Shamrao

2008 Prof. Ranendra N.

Saha

Pharmacy Design, Development and

Pharmacokinetic Studies of

Nanoparticulate Drug

Delivery Systems of Imatinib

Mesylate

77


176. K V G Chandra

Sekhar

2008 Prof. V.S. Rao Chemistry Synthesis and


of Novel Heterocyclic

Compounds as Potential

Agents for the Treatment of

Schizophrenia

177. Suresh Gupta 2008 Prof. B.V. Babu Chemical Theoretical & Experimental

Investigations for Removal of

Pollutants Using Adsorption

178. Yashvardhan

Sharma

2008 Prof. Navneet

Goyal

CS&IS Efficient Bitmap Indexing

Techniques for Data

Warehouses and Scientific

Databases

179. K. Calvin Sophistus 2008 Prof. M.

Ramachandran

Mechanical Integrated Energy Supply to

the Indian Rural Domestic

Sector with particular

reference to Coimbatore

District in Tamil Nadu- Study

of Issues and Development of

Strategies

180. Manoj Kumar

Surajkaranji Soni

2008 Prof. M.

Ramachandran

Mechanical Benchmarking of Energy

Efficiency in Coal Based

Indian Thermal Power Plants

181. G. Srividya 2008 Dr. Poonam

Salotra

Biological

Science

Identification and

Characterization of

Virulence-Related Genes of

Leishmania donovani using

Microarray Technology

182. Padma B 2008 Prof. Rajiv Kumar Mathematics Study of Some Mathematical

Models in Population

Dynamics and Epidemiology

183. Preeta George 2008 Dr. P.A. Johnson Management International Financial

Integration and Interest Rate

Parity in India

184. Punna Rao Ravi 2008 Prof. Ranendra N.

Saha


Oral Controlled Release

Tablets of Zidovudine

185. Santosh Kumar 2008 Dr. S. D. Gupta HHSM Assessment of Sustainable

Healthcare Quality: A Study

of a State-owned Tertiary

Care Hospital

186. P. Senthil Kumar 2008 Dr. D. Sriram Pharmacy Investigation on Structure -

Activity Relationship of the

Quinolone Derivatives

against Mycobacterium

tuberculosis

187. Murali Raman 2008 Prof. Ranendra N.

Saha

Pharmacy QSAR and QSPkR Studies

on Some Bioactive

Substances

188. Shilpi Garg 2008 Prof. Ashis K. Das Biological

Science

Studies on the Drug

Resistance Genes in

Plasmodium falciparum and

Plasmodium vivax from

India

78


189. Priyanka Bagaria 2008 Dr. Ram Kinkar

Roy

Chemistry Novel Applications of

Conceptual Density

Functional Theory Based

Descriptors in Explaining

Chemical Reactivity of

Organic Reactions

190. Arvind Sudarsan 2008 Prof. Bhaskar

Bose

Management Design and Development of a

Methodology for Responsive

Performance Appraisal

Systems

191. Adithi Mohan 2008 Dr. S.

Krishnakumar

Biological

Science

Expression of Cell,

Adhesion, Invasion and

Motility-associated Proteins

in Retinoblastoma and the

Study of Presence of Human

Papillomavirus (HPV) in

Retinoblastoma

192. S. Hemamalini 2008 Dr. L. Vijaya Biological

Science

Optic Disc Morphology of

South Indians : The Chennai

Glaucoma Study

193. Varanasi Venkata

Sesha Kanthi Kiran

2008 Dr. Swaroop

Kumar VVS

Pharmacy Pharmacokinetic Drug-Drug

Interaction Studies of

Antiplatelet Agents with

Antidiabetic Agents in Rats

194. Laila Fatima Ali

Asghar

2008 Dr. Sajeev

Chandran

Pharmacy Studies on Design and

Evaluation of Controlled

Release Colon Targeted

Formulations of

Indomethacin

195. S.

Lakshminarasimhan

2008 Dr. S.M. Kannan Mechanical Transform and Intercept

Models for Bivariate Cascade

High Sigma Manufacturing

Processes

196. Nidhi Verma 2008 Prof. R.S. Parihar Mathematics Mathematical Models and

Simulation of Blood Flow in

Arterial Stenosis

197. Parthasarathy

Srinivasan

2008 Dr. P.N. Sridharan

Management Knowledge Dimensions

Essential for Reduction of

Cross Cultural Uncertainty in

Global Project Management

198. Pronobesh

Chattopadhyay

2008 Prof. A.K. Wahi

Pharmacy Pharmacological, Molecular

and Biochemical Aspects in

Attenuation of Ischemic &

Reperfusion Injury by Folic

Acid, Amlodipine and L-

Arginine in Rat Liver

Transplantation Model

199. Rajesh Kumar

2008 Dr. Poonam

Salotra

Biological

Science

Characterization of Parasite

Isolates and Analysis of

Immune Responses in Indian

Patients of Cutaneous

Leishmaniasis

200. A Sundaramurthy 2008 Dr. M.J. Xavier Management Improvement of Prediction of

Customer Response in Direct

Marketing

201. Anup Kumar

Bhattacharjee

2008 Prof. R.K.

Shyamasundar

CS&IS Formalization of Vertical

Transformations in a Model

Based Design Framework

79


202. Anand G 2009 Prof. R.B. Kodali Mechanical Design and Assessment of

Lean Manufacturing Systems

203. Monica Sharma 2009 Prof. R.B. Kodali

Mechanical An Empirical Investigation of

Manufacturing Excellence in

Indian Industry

204. G. Mamatha 2009 Dr. G.

Kumaramanickavel

Biological

Science

Molecular Genetic Profile of

Retinitis Pigmentosa and

Leber Congenital Amaurosis

in India

205. Coral Miriram

Magdalene

2009 Dr. N.

Angayarkanni

Biological

Science

In vitro Studies in Retinal

Pigment Epithelium on the

Role of Lysyl Oxidase and its

Perspectives in Vitreoretinal

Pathology

206. Hardeep Pal Singh 2009 Dr. Chitra

Kannabiran

Biological

Science

Molecular Genetic Studies on

Retinal Dystrophies

207. J. Harshavardhan 2009 Prof. Polavarapu

Ramana

CS&IS Towards a Model-Driven

Approach to Support SOA-

Based Web-Business

Platforms

208. Mallika Parveen C 2009 Dr. T.V.V.L.

Narasimha Rao

Mechanical An Integrated Approach to

Design and Analysis of Lean

Manufacturing System: A

Perspective of Lean Supply

Chain

209. Minal Kamalakar

Bhise

2009 Prof. Prabhat

Ranjan

CS&IS Software Engineering

Modeling Techniques for

Semantic Web based Systems

210. Rajneesh Kumar 2009 Prof. H.V.

Manjunath

Electrical &

Electronics

Design and Analysis of Soft-

Switching Inverter for UPS

Application

211. Ram Gupta 2009 Dr. Deepa Joshi

Pharmacy A Study of Selected Newer

Dual Action Angiotensin and

Endothelin Receptor

Blockers

212. P Shelja Antony 2009 Dr. Pradip

Majrekar

Management A Study on the Influence of

Demographics,

Psychographics, Shopping

Orientation, Mall Shopping

Attitude and Shopping

Patterns on Mall Patronage

213. Sushila Rathore 2009 Prof. Meenakshi

Raman

Lnaguage Portrayal of Females in

Indian English Feminist

Fiction and Hindi Parallel

Cinema during 1975-2005

214. Virendra Singh

Nirban

2009 Prof. Meenakshi

Raman

Language Language Analysis of Two

Major Forms of Computer-

Mediated Communication:

Emails and Webpages

215. Swapna Sundaree

M.

2009 Dr. Dalip Kumar

Chemistry Novel Applications of Some

Hypervalent Iodine Reagents

in Organic Transformations

80


216. Biju K R

2009 Prof. S.

Gurunarayanan CS&IS Energy Efficient Techniques

for Multi-tasking Embedded

Systems – Cache Design and

Task Scheduling Algorithms

217. Shirumalla Raj

Kumar

2009 Dr. Abhijit Ray Pharmacy Evaluation of Topical

Formulations of Selective

Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2)

Inhibitors for Analgesic and

Anti-inflammatory Efficacy

as well as Plasma

Concentration Profile

218. Debjani Banerjee 2009 Dr. D. Sriram

Pharmacy Development of Novel Isatin-

β-thiosemicarbazones for the

Treatment of HIV-TB Co-

infection

219. Shamira Soren

Malekar

2009 Dr. Rajendra

Prasad Mohanty

Management Emotional Intelligence of

School and Professional

College Students: An

Empirical Study

220. Rishein Gupta 2009 Dr. Aruna Mittal

Biological

Science

Contribution of Chlamydia

trachomatis Inclusion

Membrane Proteins B and C

in Pathogenesis of Genital

Chlamydial Infection in

Humans

221. Sri Indranil

Chattopadhyay

2009 Dr. Sujala Kapur

Pharmacy Molecular Profile of

Esophageal Cancer Patients

in North East Region of India

222. Sheth Pratik

Nitinchandra

2009 Prof. B.V. Babu

Chemical Modeling, Simulation and

Experimental Studies on

Downdraft Biomass Gasifier

223. Harvinder Singh 2009 Dr. N.K. Singh

Biological

Science

Identification of

Hypervariable SSR Loci in

the Rice Genome

224. Subodh Kumar

Srivastava

2009 Dr. Utpal Roy Biological

Sciences

Identification of

Hypervariable SSR Loci in

the Rice Genome

225. Singnurkar

Purushottam

Shashik

2009 Dr. Suresh Kumar

Gidwani


Oral Delivery Systems for

Biologically Active

Macromolecules – Insulin

# Year of Submission

81

Theses Submitted and Under Process of Evaluation

S.No. Name Title

1. S. Mohan Development of Organization Specific Managerial Competencies: A

Case Study of BPCL

2. Aaramadaka Sunil Kumar

Reddy Design and Synthesis of -Aminobutyric Acid Derivatives for the

Treatment of Epilepsy

3. Smita Raghuvanshi Studies on Biodegradation and Biofiltration for Removal of Volatile

Organic Compounds

4. Mita Dixit A Study of Conflict Typology and Causative Factors Leading to Splits

in Multigenerational Family Owned and Managed Businesses in India

5. Samir Randas Kale Design of Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems for

Viscose Staple Fiber Division, Grasim Industries Limited

6. Somnath banerjee Design of Web Mining Techniques to Answer Quantity Queries and to

Map Documents to Topics

7. M Madiajagan Semantic Integrity Control and Interoperability for Component Based

Software Development

8. Paresh Sharma Studies on Stage Regulated Gene Expression in Leishmania donovani

Isolated from Indian Kala Azar Patients using Genomic Microarrays

9. Sukhjeet Singh Development and Evaluation of Modified Release Oral Dosage Form

of Mycophenolate Sodium

10. Samyuktha Ajay (Nee

Samyuktha Mani)

Mapping Training Requirements of Clinical Research Professionals in

India- A Critical Imperative for Capacity Expansion

11. Anuradha N An Exploratory Study of the Linkage between Organizational

Intelligence and Organizational Performance with reference to Small

and Medium Enterprises of India

12. Bharath A Online Handwritten Word Recognition for Indic Scripts using Hidden

Markov Models and Data-driven Modeling of Writing Styles

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Annexure 2

Completed Higher Degree Dissertations – 2009

The higher degree programmes on campus have optional courses like Dissertation providing research

opportunities for the students. The list of completed Dissertations by higher degree students in the second

semester 2008-2009 and the first semester 2009-2010 i.e. January to December 2009 is given in this

annexure.

List of Higher Degree Dissertations

Second Semester 2008-2009 (January 2009 to May 2009)

S.No Name Topic Supervisor

1 Arshad Javed Design of Compliant Mechanisms: Life and Reliability

Aspects

Bijoy Kumar Raut

2 Ashish Kumar

Srivastava

Fem Analysis of Micro Accelerometer TVVL Narsimha

Rao

3 Bharathi Mohan

S

Predicting Analytical Models for De-bonding of FRP in

RC Structures

Shamsher B Singh

4 Divya Gupta Distributed Scheduling Sunita Bansal

5 Mayuri N.

Rajurwar

Distributed Systems Virendra S

Shekhawat

6 Navneet Khanna Modeling of Manufacturing Processes Kuldip Singh

Sangwan

7 Pritesh

Vishwasrao

Bansod

Fracture and Fatigue in Engineering Design Dinesh Kumar

8 Rajesh Kumar Effect of Winglets on Performance of Air Cooled

Condensers and Prediction of HTC

P Srinivasan

9 Saurabh Tripathi Implementation of Fuel Cells in Green Technology Jitendra Rathore

10 Vindheshwari

Prakash Singh

Signal Processing Application in Wireless

Communication

Shikha Tripathi

11 Vinita Tiwari Simulation and Design of Optical Networks Vinod Kumar

Chaubey

First semester 2009-2010 (August 2009 to December 2009)


1 Adithya Kumar S Study, Analysis and Design of Reconfigurable Low

Noise Amplifier

G Meenakshi

Sundran

2 Anitha Priya

Dharshani.S

Post Buckling Strength of FRP Laminate Composites

with Cut-Outs

Shamsher B Singh

3 Arvind Kumar Security Attack Analysis for DSR Protocol in Mobile

Ad-Hoc Network

Shailendra S

Shekhaw

83


4 Bhavesh Neekhra Wireless Mesh Networks and MAC Layer Security JP Misra

5 Dipaloy Datta Reactive Extraction of Carboxylic Acid Sushil Kumar

6 Dipesh Shikchand

Patle

Implementation of Advanced Nonlinear Controllers for

Chemical Processes

HK Mohanta

7 Durlabh Kumar

Sharma

Formulation and Evaluation of Buccal Drug Delivery

System of Given Drug

Srikant Y Charde

8 Ganesh Shriniwas

Soni

Buckling and Post-Buckling Analysis of Laminated

Composite Plates using ABAQUS Software

Dinesh Kumar

9 Nand Kumar Development of Web Portals to Facilitate Alumnus

Engagement in BITS Alma Mater

RK Mittal

10 Rajendra Sharma Molecular Simulation of Small Molecules. Shibasish

Chowdhury

11 Rakesh Kumar

Jain

Performance Analysis of WIMAX System Vinod Kumar

Chaubey

12 Sachin

Maheshwari

Low Power Implementation of RISC Architecture S Gurunarayanan

13 Swapnil Isolation and Purification of Antimicrobial

Compounds From Indian Plants

SK Verma

14 Y Sridhar Pranna - a Desktop File System with Context Aware

Search

Shan

Balasubramaniam

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Annexure 3

Completed First Degree Thesis – 2009

A full one semester Thesis course, in both single degree and dual degree programmes, is optional

alternative to the Practice School. Thesis projects are mostly carried out at the Institute. Some theses are

also done at CSIR laboratories under the guidance of CSIR Scientists. The TIC faculty members also guide

thesis work at the Institute. Research has been carried out in various thrust areas.

A list of the completed first degree theses during second semester 2008-2009 and the first semester 2009-

2010 i.e. January to December 2009 is given in this annexure.

List of First Degree Theses

Second Semester 2008-2009 (January 2009 to May 2009)


1. Aakriti Bhalla Strategic Service Management Usha Manjunath

2. Abhishek Jindal Dynamic Analysis of Roller Bearings due to Surface

Waviness and Radial Internal Clearance

TVVL Narsimha

Rao

3. Abhishek Nirmal

Humbad

Green Organizations Via Footprints, LCA and Clean

Technology

BV Babu

4. Amit Dua Applying Different Indexing Structures to P2P Overlays

to Improve the Search Performance.

K Hari Babu

5. Antara Sarkar 73rd Constitutional Amendment and Women

Empowerment- An Impact Study

Sanjiv Kr

Choudhary

6. Anusha Davuluri Finite Element Method Basic Design of Micro Systems Amit Kumar

Singh

7. Archana

Varadarajan

Design and Implementation of Fiber Optic Temperature

Sensing Probe using BaS:Cu Phosphors

R Purohit

8. Aruna Narlapati Financial and Operational Performance of Companies

due to Mergers and Acquisitions

Nv Muralidhar

Rao

9. Arvind Sankar D Behavior of Waste Tire-Chip Reinforced Soil Under

Static and Dynamic Loading

Ravi Kant Mittal

10. Ashwath Narayan

U

Implementing Major TQM Elements in An Industry

Through a Case Study Approach

Monica Sharma

11. Desu N Chethan Assessment of Repayment Enablers: Study and

Microfinance Borrowers

Arun Kumar

Vaish

12. Devisetty Divya

Anusha

Modeling, Simulation and Optimization Aspects of

Selected Chemical Processes

Ashish M

Gujarathi

13. Divya Balu

Pazhayannur

Rapid Prototyping By 3D Printing Monica Sharma

14. G Kranti Priyaker Modeling, Simulation and Optimization of a Complex

Chemical Process

BV Babu

15. Gautam Allada Remote Control and Management of Salt Manufacturing

From Sea and Subsoil Water

KSN Rao

16. Gautam Dogra Data Mining Applications in Agriculture Poonam Goyal

17. Ghanshyam Meena Role of Ethics in Public Corporates Umesh Dhyani

18. Griffy Angel L A Study of Biological Systems and Their Regulation for

Remediation of Contaminated Environment

Arvind Kumar

Sharma

19. Gutti Rajasekhar Research on Heat Exchangers P Srinivasan

20. Harshini

Vishnumolakala

Water Quality Modeling using Stochastic Methods Ajit Pratap Singh

21. Hemakumar Laveti Water Shed Modeling and Steam Flow Prediction Ajit Pratap Singh

22. Janardanan Arjun

Padmanabhan

Analytical Techniques for Project Appraisal Omvir Chaudhry

23. Jayasankar

Mallisetty

Environmental Degradation and Its Effect on Indian

Industries

A K Giri

24. Joseph Beski S Distributed Fiber Optic Sensors RP Khare

85


25. K Ashok

Chakravarthy

Development of Cost Effective Medium-Large Scale

Solar Energy Storage Devices

P Srinivasan

26. Kalidindi Naga

Lalitha

Design and Implementation of Fiber Optic Temperature

Sensing Probe using SrS:Cu Phosphors

R Purohit

27. Kotha V V

Harikishan

Parametric Cost Modeling of FRP Reinforced Concrete

Structures

Shamsher B Singh

28. M Ranadheer Present and Future Trends in Machining Process Girish Kant

29. Mahesh Babu Sajja Intelligent Image Processing Mukesh Kr Rohil

30. Manjusha

Vankayala

Design and Implementation of Network Simulator for

Optical Network

Dinesh Kumar

Tyagi

31. Midde Kartheek Characterization of Mixed Alkaline Earth Sulphide

Phosphors for Temperature Sensing

RP Khare

32. Mounika Anandala Transient Analysis for Moving Heat Source Problem Amit Kumar

Singh

33. Muralikrishnan J Study of Market Structure and Functioning Arvind Sudarshan

34. Nagaraju E Model Reference Adaptive Control of Ph in a CSTR HK Mohanta

35. Neelabh Trivedi Pipelining in Reduced Instruction Set Computer

Architecture (RISC)

S Gurunarayanan

36. Nirupama

Jagannathan

Earthquake Hazard Mitigation Measure using Reinforced

Soil

Ravi Kant Mittal

37. Pandeti Hasya

Kala Manjari

Globally Linearized Control of Temperature in a

Jacketed CSTR

HK Mohanta

38. Panduranga

Sumanth M

Design and Development of Web Based Applications for

Online Academic Registration

S C

Sivasubramanian

39. Priya Esther

Samuel

Strategic Human Resource Management in the Services

Sector

Usha Manjunath

40. Radhika Rani

Muppa

Share Holder Wealth Maximization: Mergers and

Acquisitions

NV Muralidhar

Rao

41. Radhika Reddy Ch Bio-Remedial for Waste Water Treatment. Ajit Pratap Singh

42. Rahul T S Online Algorithms for Adaptive Websites Poonam Goyal

43. Rakesh Kumar Multi-Stage Spam Filter using Bayesian and Neural

Networks

K. Manjusha

44. Ramakrishnareddy

T

Analysis of Reinforced Structure Shamsher B Singh

45. Ridhi Gupta the Study, Design and Simulation of All Digital Phase

Locked Loops (ASPLLS)

Anu Gupta

46. Rishi Kumar

Teotia

A Study of Empirical Research Methods used in Supply

Chain Management

Gunjan Soni

47. Rohini Deepthi

Natti

The Role of Advertising in Economics NV Muralidhar

Rao

48. Ruchira Swathi

Ravoori

Cache Memory Design for Multi Core Processors TSB Sudarshan

49. S Selva

Prabhakarn

Analysis of Sales Promotion Techniques in India Sangeeta Sharma

50. Sabari Kumar IP Telephony : Analysis and Implementation Subhenu K Sahoo

51. Sainath Reddy E Design and Development of Power Controller for Solar

Powered Electric Vehicle

Dheerendra Singh

52. Sameena

Soudagar

Design of Water Recycling System for BITS-Pilani

Campus

Anupam Singhal

53. Shenvi Subray

Satish

Modeling of Xanthation Reactor using Artificial Neural

Network.

Ajay Kumar Pani

54. Shubham

Agrawal

Rural Solutions for Urban Problems : Tackling Climatic

Disturbances

Motilal Dash

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55. Singh Amit

Rajnarayan

Study of Empirical Research in Supply Chain

Management

Gunjan Soni

56. Siva Padma

Swetha Ch

Impact of Slump in Services Industry on Indian Economy NV Muralidhar

Rao

57. Siva Prasad

Jeedimalla

Development of Decision Frame Work for Evaluating the

Return for the End of Life Electronics

Maheswar

Dwivedi

58. Sreekanth

Anumula

Prolog Programming for Intelligent Image Segmentation

and Classification

Mukesh Kr Rohil

59. Subhashini Paritala Design of Functional Modules for Soc(System on Chip) S Gurunarayanan

60. Sudhir Kiran C Design and Fabrication of Fluro-Object Temprature

Probe

RP Khare

61. Swathi Yerram Spatio-Temporal Data: Modeling & Analysis Navneet Goyal

62. Swetha Ponugoti Ground Water Quality Analysis using Auto Correlation Ajit Pratap Singh

63. T.K.Ramesh Shortest Path Algorithms for Real -Weighted Undirected

Graphs

Kiran DC

64. Tanguturi Rajya

Lakshmi

Intelligent Water Resource Management System S Gurunarayanan

65. V Srupen Reddy Present and Future Trends in Machining Process Girish Kant

66. Vageesh K V Derivative Pricing and Risk Analysis using Artificial

Intelligence

Praveen R

Srivastava

67. Varala Arun

Kumar

Development of Decision Frame Work for Evaluating the

Return for the End of Life Electronics

Maheswar

Dwivedi

68. Varuna Paul Jeeva Advance Techniques in Project Appraisal Omvir Chaudhry

69. Venkata

Gangadhar Rao Y

Energy Planning MS Soni

70. Vibhavasu

Gollapalli

Automation of CSMCRI Designed Bio-Diesel Plant with

Remote Monitoring Facility

KSN Rao

71. Vinayak Sadashiv

Kamble

Cache Design in Multi-core Processors TSB Sudarshan

72. VSN Jaya

Lakshmi M

Process Control HK Mohanta

73. Vytla Veera

Venkata

Ravikishore

Stability Analysis of Rotor due to the Effect of Ball

Bearing Internal Clearance

TVVL Narsimha

Rao

74. Ravi Teja Kantipudi Screening of extreme wild type isolates against Multidrug

resistant bacterial and CANDIDA strains, Biochemical

characterization of the Antimycotic substance and studies on

the effect of antimycotic substance on the production of germ

tubes in CANDIDA

Dr.Utpal Roy

75. Golakoti Ramkrishna

Chaitanya

Optimum reactor Design for Multiple Reactors Prof. R.P.Vaid

76. V.C Chaturevendra

Sagar

Use of FEM contact module in Solving Biochemical Problem Dr.D.M.Kulkarni

77. D. Anupama Economics of Human migration – Case study of Goa Dr.R.P.Pradhan

78. P.R Lakshmi

Prathyusha

Numerical solution for partial Differential equations using

MATLAB.

Dr.P.Danumjaya

79. S. Bharath Implementation of Quantum Gates using Linear Optical

Circuits.

Dr.Radhika Vathsan

80. Srikala Mchineni A study of influence of notch root radius on fracture behavior of

extra deep drawn steel sheets

Dr.D.M.Kulkarni

81. Kumari Neelam Development of Cross layer protocol for underwater wireless

sensor networks.

Dr.K.R.Anupama

82. Mahesh B

Supply Chain Management : Integrating it design and reverse

logistics – A graph theoretic approach

Dr.Debasis Patnaik

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First Semester 2009-2010 (August 2009 to December 2009)

S.N

o

Name Topic Supervisor

1. Abhimanyu

Shirwalkar

A Study of Indo Pak Relations After Partition Umesh Dhyani

2. Ajay Srinath Remote Monitoring and Control System Application

Design with Programmable System-on-Chip (PSOC)

Surekha Bhanot

3. Ajinkya

Shashikant

Rajandekar

Serial/Parallel Multiplier for Digital Signal Processing Suvendu K Sahoo

4. Alam Ali Survey on Mobile Companies. Vinod Kumar

Chaubey

5. Ansa Mary

Ephraim

Research and Implementation of Advanced Algorithms

in Computer Graphics

Mukesh K Rohil

6. Arindam Paul Development of Efficient Look Up Algorithms for Peer

to Peer Networks

K Hari Babu

7. Arko

Mukhopadhyay

Conformal Field Theory Techniques in Strings and

Branes

Avijit Mukherjee

8. Arpit Sharma Telemedicine in India: Impact Analysis and

Performance Model

Usha Manjunath

9. Ashish Aggarwal Channel Estimation of Wireless Systems using Adaptive

Filters

Motilal Dash

10. Bharat. R Optimization Strategy for Overall Integration in

Refinery Planning

B R Natarajan

11. Bhupesh Sureka Chanakya Niti SKMaharana

12. Cherin Joseph Neural Network Based Digital System Design Anu Gupta

13. D R Sandeep

Chandra

Inflation in Business Cycles NV Muralidhar

Rao

14. Devassy Varghese Synthesis and Catalytic Applications of Silica Based

Nanomaterials

Usha Manjunath

15. Ganeshan

Subramanian

Removal of Heavy Metals From Industrial Effluents SK Verma

16. Harsh Vardhan

Agrawal

the Relevance of Vedic Spirituality in Present Age Suryakanta

Maharana

17. Ishan Mata Studies in Classical Field Theory Risikesh Vaidya

18. Kaaran Vinod

Dhar

Development of a Economical School Model for Rural

India

Sangeeta Sharma

19. Karwa Rohan

Sunil

Algorithm Design for Protein Domain Prediction Shibasish

Chowdhury

20. M Sirisha Ultra Wide Technology Vinod Kumar

Madan

21. Naina.C.Kurup Identifying the Genetic Basis of Pancreatisis in the

Indian Population

Suman Kapur

22. Nishank

Bhattiprolu

Study of the Energy and Investment Required in the

Indian Economy By 2020

Arya Kumar

23. Piyush Mishra Sustainable Water Resources Development and

Management

Ajit Pratap Singh

24. Ramanuj Roy Water Resources Potential Assessment using An

Integrated Approach

Ajit Pratap Singh

25. Ravi Sankar Ippili Application of Computer Vision in Autonomous Mobile RK Mittal

88

S.N

o

Name Topic Supervisor

Robots to Perform Daily Household Chores

26. S C Chakravarthi

V

A Study of Supply Chain Frameworks RB Kodali

27. S Saravana Secure Inter-Domain Routing Virendra S

Shekhawat

28. Saurabh Yadav Development of Novel Medical Robotic Tools MS Dasgupta

29. Sayani Sarkar Policy and Regulatory Framework of Microfinance

Institutions

Arun Kumar

Vaish

30. Soumyadeep

Bhattacharya

Signatures of Quark Gluon Plasma Formation in

Relativistic Heavy Ion Collisions

Biswanath Layek

31. Swagat Acharya Usage of Adaptive Filters for Channel Estimation in

Wireless Communication Systems

Motilal Dash

32. Swamy Shanti

Kumar Penta

Energy Integration Analysis of Distillation Column

using Pinch Technology

BV Babu

33. Vaibhav Soni Analyzing Sectors for Start-Ups in India Sangeeta Sharma

34. Varun Loiwal Keyword Querying Navneet Goyal

35. Varun Uma

Shankar Paliwal

Study of Disk Scheduling Algorithms with Some

Suggested Improvements for Power Aware Scheduling

S Mohan

36. Vineeth.S Dynamic Simulation of Biogas Based Microturbines H K Mohanta

37. Vipin Jain A Simulation Based Approach Towards Traffic

Modelling and Traffic Analysis

JP Misra

38. Vishal Singhal Design of Efficient File System Suited for Database

Systems

Navneet Goyal

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Annexure 4

List of Research Publications – 2009

Journal Publications:

S. No. Author(s) Title of the Publication Journal Vol Pages

1. Jain PK,

Ramachandran S,

Shukla V, Bhakuni D

and Verma SK

Characterization of Metal and

Antibiotic Resistance in the

Bacterial Population Isolated from

Copper Mining Industry

International Journal

of Integrative

Biology

6 57-61

2. Scaria J,

Ramachandran S, Jain

PK and Verma SK

Construction and testing of EGFP

based bacterial biosensor for the

detection of residual tetracycline in

milk and water.

Research Journal of

Microbiology

4 104-111

3. V. K. Chaubey and

Kiran Divakar

Modeling and simulation of WDM

optical networks under traffic

control protocols

Optical Fiber

Technology

15 95-99

4. Wejnert, Barbara,

Steinmetz, Suzanne

and Nirupama Prakash

Conceptual Framework for

Integrating Holistic Perspectives

And Approaches to Problems of

Safe Motherhood

Marriage & Family

Review

44 141-153

5. Prakash, Nirupama Training Camp on Safe

Motherhood in Rural India: A

Research Note & quot

Marriage & Family

Review

44 389-395

6. V V Chaudhari, D M

Kulkarni and R

Prakash

Study of influence of notch root

radius on fracture behaviour of


Fatigue & Fracture of

Engineering

Materials &

Structures

32 975-

1086

7. Sharad Shrivastava,

Ravi Prakash

Assessment of bone condition by

acoustic emission technique: A

review

Journal of

Biomedical Sciences

and Engineering

2 144-154

8. Gupta, Suresh and

B.V.Babu

Modeling, simulation, and

experimental studies for

continuous Cr(VI) removal from

aqueous solutions using sawdust as

an adsorbent

Bioresource

Technology

100 5633-

5640

9. Kumar, Sushil and

B.V.Babu

Extraction of Pyridine-3-

carboxylic Acid Using 1-

Dioctylphosphoryloctane (TOPO)

with Different Diluents:

Equilibrium Studies

Journal of Chemical

& Engineering Data

54 2669-

2677


B.V.Babu

Process Intensification of Nicotinic

Acid Production via Enzymatic

Conversion using Reactive

Extraction

Chemical and

Biochemical

Engineering

Quarterly

23 367-376

11. Sheth, P.N. and

B.V.Babu

Differential Evolution Approach

for obtaining Kinetic Parameters in

Non isothermal Pyrolysis of

Biomass

Materials and

Manufacturing

Processes

24 47-52

12. Humbad Abhishek,

Kumar Smita and

B.V.Babu

Carbon Credits for Energy Self

Sufficiency in Rural India – A

Case Study

Energy Education

Science and

Technology Part A:

Energy Science and

Research

22 187-197

13. Gujarathi, A.M. and

B.V.Babu

Improved Multi-Objective

Differential Evolution (MODE)

Approach for Purified Terephthalic

Acid (PTA) Oxidation Process

Materials and

Manufacturing

Processes

24 303-319

90


14. Sheth, P.N. and B V

Babu

Experimental Studies on Producer

Gas Generation from Wood Waste

in a Downdraft Biomass Gasifier

Bioresource

Technology

100 3127-

3133


B.V.Babu

Removal of Toxic Metal Cr(VI)

from Aqueous Solutions Using

Sawdust as Adsorbent:

Equilibrium, Kinetics and

Regeneration Studies

Chemical

Engineering Journal

150 352-365

16. Raghuvanshi, Smita

and B.V.Babu

Experimental Studies and Kinetic

Modeling for Removal of Methyl

Ethyl Ketone using Biofiltration

Bioresource

Technology

100 3855-

3861


B.V.Babu

Utilization of Waste Product

(Tamarind Seeds) for the Removal

of Cr(VI) from Wastewater:

Equilibrium, Kinetics, and


Journal of

Environmental

Management

90 3013-

3022

18. Chhavi Adtani,

Adwitiya Das, N.N.

Sharma

Investigation of hybrid bio-

mechanical mechanism for

nanorobotic propulsion


of Biomechatronics

and Biomedical

Robotics

1 31-36

19. M. Sowmiya, P.

Purkayastha, A. K.

Tiwari, S. S. Jafer and

S. K. Saha*

Characterization of guest molecule

concentration dependent nanotubes

of beta-cyclodextrin and their

secondary assembly: Study with

trans-2-[4(di-methyl

amino)styryl]benzothiazole, a

TICT-fluorescence probe

Journal of

Photochemistry and

Photobiology A:

Chemistry

205 186-196

20. S. S. Jaffer, S. K. Saha

and P. Purkayastha

Fragmentation of molecule-

induced gamma-cyclodextrin

nanotubular suprastructures due to

drug Dosage

Journal of Colloid

and Interface Science

337 294-299

21. Srikanta Routroy and

Krishna C Maddala

Multi-echelon supply chain

inventory planning with demand

and lead time uncertainty


of Operational

Research

5 251-264

22. Srikanta Routroy Selection of Third Party Logistics

Provider in Supply Chain


of Services

Technology and

Management

12 23-34

23. T. V. V. L. N. Rao Theoretical prediction of journal

bearing stability characteristics

based on the extent of slip region

on bearing surface

STLE Tribology

Transactions

52 750-758

24. M. Parveen and T. V.

V. L. N. Rao

Optimal batch sizing, quality

improvement and rework for an

imperfect production system with

inspection and restoration

European Journal of

Industrial

Engineering

3 305-335


V. L. N. Rao

A JIT integrated inventory model

for a buyer and a vendor

considering the impact of quality

improvement


of Manufacturing

Technology and

Management

18 210-227


V. L. N. Rao

An integrated approach to design

and analysis of lean manufacturing

system: a perspective of lean

supply chain


of Services and

Operations

Management

5 175-208


V. L. N. Rao

The value of setup cost reduction

and quality improvement on the

optimal production run length and

inspection schedules in a

deteriorating production process


of Enterprise

Network

Management

3 1-22

91



V. L. N. Rao

Optimal cycle length and number

of inspections in an imperfect

production processes with

investment on setup cost reduction

and quality improvement


of Manufacturing

Research

4 17-36

29. Debashis

Bandyopadhyay

Study of pure and doped

hydrogenated germanium cages: A

density functional investigation

Nanotechnology 20 275202

-

2752013

30. Debashis

Bandyopadhyay

The electronic structures and

properties of lithium integrated

graphite system: A density

functional investigation

European Physics D 189 643-655

31. Debashis

Bandyopadhyay

The study of electronic structures

and properties of pure and

transition metal doped silicon

nanoclusters: A density functional

theory approach

Molecular Simulation 35 381-394

32. Abhijit Asati and Dr.

Chandra shekhar

Digital CMOS High Speed Level

Shifter Design


of Computers

Information

Technology and

Engineering

3 15-18


Chandra shekhar

A 16*16 MUX Based Multiplier

Design Using Optimized CMOS

Logic Style


of Electronic

Engineering Research

1 53-61


Chandra shekhar

Comparison of Trans-Conductance

Ratio For a High Speed Inverter

Design

ICFAI University

Journal of Electrical

& Electronics

Engineering

II 1-4


Chandra shekhar

Sizing of Pre-charge and Pre-

discharge Transistors For Domino

Logic Design Style

IETECH Journal of

Communication

Techniques

3 1-3


Chandra shekhar

A High Speed Pipelined

Dynamic Circuit Implementation

Using Modified TSPC Logic

Design Style with Improved

Performance


of Recent Trends in

Engineering

1 191-194

37. Shukla J. B., Sharma S,

Dubey B, and Sinha P.

Modeling the survival of a

resource dependent population:

effects of toxicants (pollutants)

emitted from external sources as

well as formed by its precursors

Nonlinear Analysis :

Real World

Applications

10 54-70

38. Dubey B., Sharma S.

Sinha P. and Shukla

J.B.

Modelling the depletion of forestry

resources by population and

population pressure augmented

industrialization

Applied

Mathematical

Modelling

13 3002-

3014

39. Dubey B, Kumari Nitu,

and Upadhyay R.K

Spatiotemporal Pattern formation

in a Diffusive Predator-prey

system: An analytical approach

Journal of Applied

Mathematics and

Computation

31 413-432

40. Suresh Gupta and B V

Babu

Modeling, simulation, and

experimental studies for

continuous Cr(VI) removal from

aqueous solutions using sawdust as

an adsorbent

Bioresource

Technology

100 5633-

5640


Babu

Removal of Toxic Metal Cr(VI)

from Aqueous Solutions Using

Sawdust as Adsorbent:

Equilibrium, Kinetics and


Chemical

Engineering Journal

150 352-365

92



Babu

Utilization of Waste Product

(Tamarind Seeds) for the Removal

of Cr(VI) from Wastewater:

Equilibrium, Kinetics, and


Journal of

Environmental

Management

90 3013-

3022

43. Sheth, P.N. and

B.V.Babu

Experimental studies on producer

gas generation from wood waste in

a downdraft biomass gasifier

Bioresource

Technology

100 3127-

3133

44. Sheth, P.N. and

B.V.Babu

Differential Evolution Approach

for obtaining Kinetic Parameters in

Non isothermal Pyrolysis of

Biomass

Materials and

Manufacturing

Processes

24 47-52

45. Kodali, R., Mishra,

R.P. and Anand, G.

Justification of world-class

maintenance systems using

analytic hierarchy constant sum

method systems

Journal of Quality in

Maintenance

15 47-77

46. Mishra, R.P., Anand,

G., and Kodali, R.

(2009)

A multi-attribute decision model

for justification of world-class

maintenance systems


of Manufacturing

Technology and

Management

18 94-120

47. Anand, G. and Kodali,

R.

Simulation model for the design of

lean manufacturing systems – A

case study


of Productivity and

Quality Management

4 691-714


R.

Development of a framework for

lean manufacturing systems


of Services and

Operations

Management

5 687-716


R.

Application of benchmarking for

assessing the lean manufacturing

implementation

Benchmarking: An


16 274-308


R.

Selection of lean manufacturing

systems using the analytic network

process – A case study

Journal of

Manufacturing

Technology and

Management

20 258-289

51. Virendra Singh

Shekhawat, Dinesh

Kumar Tyagi, V.K.

Chaubey

A Novel Packet Switch Node

Architecture for Contention

Resolution in Synchronous Optical

Packet Switched Networks


of Communications,

Network and System

Sciences

6 562-568

52. Kundu, M., Addepalli,

V. K, Maiti, D. K.

Simulation and Analysis of Flow

Through Micro Channel

Asia Pacific Journal

of Chemical

Engineering

4 450-461

53. Vaswani M, Prasad P,

Kapur S

Association of ADH1B and

ALDH2 gene polymorphisms with

alcohol dependence: a pilot study

from India

Human Genomics 3 213-220

54. Kapur S, Mehra S,

Gajjar D, Vasavada A,

Kapoor M, Sharad S,

Alapure B, Rajkumar S

Analysis of single nucleotide

polymorphisms of CRYGA and

CRYGB genes in control

population of western Indian origin

Indian Journal of

Ophthalmology

57 197-201

55. Kapoor M, Kapur S,

Mehra S, Dube U,

Sharad S, Sidhu S

Genetic variation in D7S1875

repeat polymorphism of leptin

gene is associated with increased

risk for depression: a case-control

study from India

Depression and

Anxiety

26 791-795

56. Dalip Kumar, V.

Bucchi Reddy,

Shashwat Sharad,

Urvashi Dube, Suman

Kapur

A facile one-pot green synthesis

and antibacterial activity of 2-

amino-4H-pyrans and 2-amino-5-

oxo-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-4H-

chromenes

European Journal of

Medical Chemistry

44 3805-

3809

93


57. Sushil Kumar and

B.V.Babu

Process Intensification of Nicotinic

Acid Production via Enzymatic

Conversion using Reactive

Extraction

Chemical and

Biochemical

Engineering

Quarterly.

23 367-376


B.V.Babu

Extraction of Pyridine-3-

carboxylic Acid Using 1-

Dioctylphosphoryloctane (TOPO)

with Different Diluents:

Equilibrium Studies.

Journal of Chemical

& Engineering Data

54 2669-

2677

59. Sudarsan, A Performance Appraisal Criteria: A

Survey of Indian Organizations


of Indian Culture and

Business

Management

2 373-391

60. Soni, G. and Kodali R. Performance value analysis for the

justification of the leagile supply

chain

Int. J. Business

Performance

Management

11 96-133

61. Dinesh Kumar and S.

B. Singh

Effects of boundary conditions on

buckling and postbuckling

responses of composite laminate

with various shaped cutouts

Composite

Structutures

92 769-779

62. S. B. Singh Innovations in Composite

Materials and Structural Design


of Earth Sciences and

Engineering

2 1-2

63. Dalip Kumar, Gautam

Patel, Emmanuel O.

Johnson, Kavita Shah

Synthesis and anticancer activities

of novel 3,5-disubstituted-1,2,4-

oxadiazoles

Bioorganic and

Medicinal Chemistry

Letters

19 2739-

2741


Patel, V. Buchi Reddy

Greener and Expeditious Synthesis

of 1,4-Disubstituted 1,2,3-

Triazoles from Terminal

Acetylenes and in situ Generated

a-Azido Ketones

Synlett 20 399-402


Patel, Anil Kumar, and

Ram K. Roy

Ionic Liquid Catalyzed

Expeditious Synthesis of 2-Aryl-

2,3- dihydroquinolin-4(1H)-ones

and 2-Aryl-2,3-dihydro-4H-

chromen-4-ones under Microwave

Irradiation

Journal of

Heterocyclic

Chemistry

46 791-795

66. Shilpi Garg, Vishal

Saxena, Swarna

Kanchan, Pooja

Sharma, Siddharth

Mahajan, Dhanpat

Kochar, Ashis Das

Novel point mutations in

sulfadoxine resistance genes of

Plasmodium falciparum from India

Acta Tropica 110 75-79

67. Dhanpat K. Kochar,

Ashis Das, Sanjay K.

Kochar, Vishal Saxena,

Parmendra Sirohi,

Shilpi Garg, Abhishek

Kochar, Mahesh P.

Khatri, AND Vikas

Gupta

Severe Plasmodium vivax Malaria:

A Report on Serial Cases from

Bikaner in Northwestern India

American Journal of

Tropical Medicine

and Hygeine

80 194-198

68. Anil Kumar, M.

Sudershan Rao, Israr

Ahmad and Bharti

Khungar

An Efficient and Simple One-Pot

Synthesis of ß-Acetamido Ketones

Catalyzed by Ytterbium Triflate in

Ionic Liquid

Australian Journal of

Chemistry

62 322-327

69. Anil Kumar, M.


Ahmad, and Bharti

Khungar

A simple and facile synthesis of

amidoalkyl naphthols catalyzed by

Yb(OTf)3 in ionic liquids

Canadian Journal of

Chemistry

87 714-719

94


70. Anil Kumar, M.


Ahmad and Bharti

Khungar

An Efficient and Simple One-Pot

Synthesis of ß-Acetamido Ketones

Catalyzed by Ytterbium Triflate in

Ionic Liquid

Australian Journal of

Chemistry

62 322-327

71. Rajesh Mehrotra and

Jitendrs Panwar

Dimerization of GT element

interferes negatively with gene

activation

Journal of Genetics 88 257-260

72. Jha P.N., Kumar A. Chracteirization of novel plant

growth promoting bacterium

Achromobacter xylosoxidans from

Wheat Plant

Microbial Ecology 58 179-188

73. Gupta L, Molina-Cruz

A, Kumar S, Rodrigues

J, Dixit R, Zamora RE,

Barillas-Mury C.

The STAT pathway mediates late-

phase immunity against

Plasmodium in the mosquito

Anopheles gambiae

Cell Host and

Microbes

5 498-507

74. Sharma PK, Sangwan

NS, Mishra BN and

Sangwan RS

Coherent ontogenic dynamics of

geraniol acetyltransferase activity

and geranyl acetate concentration

in flowers and leaves of aroma

grass Cymbopogon martini var.

Motia

Plant Growth

Regulation

57 103-108

75. Subramanian S and

Navneet Gupta

Improved V-Shaped

Microcantilever Width Profile for

Sensing Applications

Journal of Physics D:

Applied Physics

42 55-57

76. Rajesh Mehrotra,

Sanjeev Kumar,

Sandhya Mehrotra and

BD Singh

Seed storage protein gene

regulation- A jigsaw puzzle

Indian Journal of

Biotechnology

8 147-158

77. R. K. Pandey and A. K.

Verma

A note on existence-uniqueness

results for a class of doubly

singular boundary value problems

Nonlinear Analysis:

Theory, Methods and

Applications

71 3477-

3487

78. K. Pandey, Lajja

Verma and Amit K.

Verma

On a finite difference scheme for

Burgers' equations

Applied Mathematics

and Computation

215 2206-

2214

79. S.K. Chamoli, A. E.

Stuchbery, M. C. East

Excited state g factors in 125Te Physical Review C 80 54301-

54302

80. M. C. East, A. E.

Stuchbery, S.K.

Chamoli, A. N.

Wilson, H. L.

Crawford, J. S. Pinter,

T. Kibedi, P.F. Mantica

g-factor of the first excited state in

56Fe and implications for

transient-field calibration in the Fe

region

Physical Review C 79 24303-

24304

81. M. C. East, A. E.

Stuchbery, S.K.

Chamoli, J. S. Pinter,

H. L. Crawford, A. N.

Wilson, T. Kibedi, P.F.

Mantica

Relative g-factor measurements in

54Fe, 56Fe & 58Fe

Physical Review C 79 24305-

24306

82. Sheth, P.N. and

B.V.Babu

Power Generation from Biomass

Gasification: A Renewable Energy

Source based Technology

Electrical India 49 152-157

83. N.N. Sharma Nanotechnology: Campus Buzz Sukshama 4 9

84. Pani A. K. and

Mohanta H. K.

Application of Soft Sensors in

Process Monitoring and Control: A

Review

The ICFAI

University Journal of

Science and

Technology

5 7-20

85. Patle D. S. and

Mohanta H. K.

Generic model controller with

adaptive state estimation for

nonlinear CSTR

The ICFAI Journal of

Chemical

Engineering

1 22-36

95


86. Meenakshi Raman and

Kumar Neeraj Sachdev

Educators in Higher Education

Institutions: A Sketch for

Normative Codification

University News 47 7-10

87. LK Maheshwari, G

Raghurama, MMS

Anand and S

Gurunarayanan

BITSAT: A Unique Computer

Based Online Admission Test

University News 47 65-68

88. Srikanta Routroy Antecedents and Drivers for Green

Supply Chain Management

Implementation in Manufacturing

Environment

The ICFAI


Supply Chain

Management

6 20-35

89. H.D. Mathur Fuzzy Logic Based Controller for

Three Area Power System

ICFAI University

Journal of Electrical

and Electronics

Engineering

2 60-71

90. Maharana, Surya Kanta Phenomenology of Consciousness:

The Husserlian Dimension

Journal of Indian

Council of

Philosophical

Research

XXIV 21-42

91. Maharana, Surya Kanta Advaita Vedanta and Buddhism –

A Reappraisal

Sadvidya Journal of

Research in Sanskrit

II 15-18

92. Sudarsan, A Performance Appraisal: The Case

of the Complex Organization

Indira Management

Review

3 36-42

93. Sudarsan, A Performance Appraisal Systems: A

Survey of Organizational Views

The Icfai University

Journal of

Organizational

Behavior

8 54-69

94. Sudarsan, A Validity of Peer Appraisal of

Group Work

Journal of IMS

Group

6 27-36

95. Sudarsan, A Employee Performance Appraisal:

The (Un) Suitability of

Management by Objectives and

Key Result Areas

Journal of

Cooperation among

University, Research

and Industrial

Enterprises (CURIE

Journal)

2 47-54

96. S.B. Singh and

Madappa V.R.

Sivasubramanian

Parametric Study on Flexural

Response of FRP Reinforced ECC

Beams

Indian Concrete

Institute Journal

(ICI)

10 7-15

97. S. B. Singh and V.R.

Sivasubramanian and

Sushil K Mandelia

Design Methodologies for modern

Composite Materials in

Construction and Future Aspects

Structural

Engineering Digest,

The Indian

Association of

Structural Engineers

(IAStructE),

2 26-30

98. Mehrotra, R. and

Panwar, J.

Dimerisation of GT element

interferes negatively with gene

activation

Journal of Genetics 88 257-260

99. S. B. Singh, S.

Madappa and Dipendu

Bhunia

Role of Composite Materials for

Waterproofing – A Review

Civil Engineering

& Construction

Review

6 62-71


Sanjeev

kumar,Sandhya

Mehrotra BD singh

Seed storage protein gene

regulation- A jigsaw puzzle

Indian Journal of

Biotechnology

8 147-158

101. Sangeeta Sharma Conspicuous Consumption in

cross-national context:

Psychological and Brand

Antecedents

Asia- Pacific

advances in

Consumer research

VIII 16-18

96


102. Sangeeta Sharma Strategies for vocabulary extension

at the University level

The Journal of

English Language

Teaching

47 15-20

103. I. R. Laskar, S.

Watanabe, T. Iyoda

Tuning Surface Interactions to

Control Shape and Array Behavior

of Diblock Copolymer Micelles on

a Silicon Substrate

Surface Science 603 625-629

104. Rashmita Sahoo and

R.R. Mishra

Carbon Nanotube Field Effect

Transistor :

Basic Characterization and Effect

of High Dielectric Material

International

Journal of Recent

Trends in

Engineering

2 40-42

105. Rashmita Sahoo and

R.R. Mishra

Simulation of Carbon Nanotube

Field

Effect Transistors


of Electronic

Engineering Research

2 117-125

106. A Kumar,,

V. P. Agrawal,

Structural modelling and analysis

of electroplating system: a graph

theoretic system approach


of Surface Science

and Engineering

2 520 -

540

107. A Kumar,

V. P. Agrawal,

Attribute based specification,

comparison and selection of

electroplating system using

MADM approach

Expert Systems with

Applications

36 10815 -

10827

108. Ranjan Dey,

Anjan Chattopadhyay,

Ashish K. Sharma,

J. D. Pandey

Study of excess thermodynamic

properties of multicomponent

liquid mixtures

Journal of Molecular

Liquids

147 155 -

161

109. A, Kumar, ,

S. Clement,,

V.P Agrawal

Attribute Based Design

Specification, Comparison and

Selection of Electroplating Waste

Treatment System Using MADM

Approach

Journal of Tribology

and Surface

Engineering

1 10 - 20

110. Amalin Prince,

V.P. Agrawal

Structural modelling and

integrative analysis of

Microelectromechanical systems

product using graph theoretic

approach

Journal of

Microsystem

Technologies

15 1083 -

1096

111. Amalin Prince,

V.P. Agrawal

Coding, evaluation, comparison,

ranking and optimum selection of

Micro-Electro-Mechanical System

(MEMS) products


of Mechatronics and

Manufacturing

Systems

2 97 - 119

112. Amiket Singh,

Amalin Prince,

V.P. Agrawal

Design Optimization &

Comparison of RF Power Sensors

based on MEMS


of Recent Trends in

Engineering (IJRTE)

1 64 - 67

113. Aswini Kumar Mishra Poverty, Vulnerability and Social

Security of Elderly in Orissa:

Some Issues and Evidences

Helpage India-

Research and

Development Journal

15 19 - 24

114. Bhanudas Naik,

Narendra Nath Ghosh

A Review on Chemical

Methodologies for Preparation of

Mesoporous Silica and Alumina

Based Materials

Recent Patents on

Nanotechnology

3

213 –

224

115. Bhanudas Naik,

Prita Pant Sarangi,

David Hui,

Narendra Nath Ghosh

Preparation of a New Type High

Performance Polybenzoxazine- Ni-

Zn Ferrite Magnetic

Nanocomposite

Plastic Masses

(Russian Version)

12 13 - 17

116. Judith M Braganca,

Irene Furtado

Isolation and characterization of

Haloarchaea from low salinity

Coastal sediments and waters of

Goa – India.

Current Science 96 1182 -

1184

97


117. Judith M Braganca Haloarchaea associated with salt

crystals obtained from solar

salterns of Goa, India.

Microbe Library.org.

American Society for

Microbiology.

Online 0 - 0

118. Keshab das,

aswini kumar mishra

Ensuring Horizontal Equity:

Challenge before the Thirteenth

Finance Commission

Economic and

Political Weekly

44 14 - 17

119. M K Deshmukh,

S. S. Deshmukh

A New Approach to Micro-level

Energy Planning – A Case of

Northern Parts of Rajasthan, India

Renewable and

Sustainable Energy

Reviews

13 634 -

642

120. M. K. Deshmukh,

S. S. Deshmukh

Micro-level Integrated Renewable

Energy System Planning in India

Energy and Fuel

Users Journal

LVI 1 - 6


S. S. Deshmukh

Optimum Size of Wind,

Photovoltaic and Hybrid Wind/PV

Power Generation System for

Region in Rajasthan

Energy and Fuel

Users Journal

LVI 15 - 34


S. S. Deshmukh

Estimation of Household and

Agricultural Energy Consumption

Patterns in Northern Parts of

Rajasthan, India

Energy Education

Science and

Technology – An


17 65 - 82

123. M. K. Deshmukh System Sizing for Implementation

of Sustainable Energy Plan

Energy Education

Science and

Technology – An


18 1 - 15


S. S. Deshmukh

Micro-level Integrated Renewable

Energy System Planning

International Energy

Journal

9 9 – 20


S. S. Deshmukh

Modeling of Hybrid Renewable

Energy Systems

Renewable and

Sustainable Energy

Reviews

12 235 -

249

126. Prasanna Kumar N The role and importance of history

of mathematics in mathematics

education


of New Frontiers in

Education

42 292 -

297

127. Prasanta Kumar Das Implication of the HyperCP boson

X0 (214-MeV) in the flavour

changing neutral current processes

Physical Review D 80 34017 -

34025

128. Pravin M Singru,

Raghvendra Dutta Naik

Establishing the Limiting

Conditions of Operation of

Magnetorheological Fluid

Dampers in Vehicle Suspension

System

Mechanics Research

Communication

36 957 -

962

129. Prita Pant Sarangi,

Sampat Raj Vadera,

Manoj Kumar Patra,

Chandra Prakash,

Narendra Nath Ghosh

DC Electrical Resistivity and

Magnetic Property of Single-Phase

α- Fe2O3 Nanopowder

Synthesized by a Simple Chemical

Method

Journal of the

American Ceramic

Society

92 2425 -

2428

130. Prita Pant,

B. D. Naik,

Narendra Nath Ghosh

Synthesis of α-Fe2O3 Nano-

powder by a Simple Chemical

Method

Materials

Technology:

Advanced

Performance

Materials

24 213 -

216


Bhanudas Naik,

Narendra Nath Ghosh

Synthesis of Single-Phase α-Fe2O3

Nanopowders by Using A Novel

Low Temperature Chemical

Synthesis Route

Journal of the

American Ceramic

Society

91 4145 -

4147


Bhanudas Naik,

Narendra Nath Ghosh

Low Temperature Synthesis of

Single-Phase α- Fe2O3 Nano-

powders by Using Simple but

Novel Chemical Methods

Powder Technology 192 245 -

249

98


133. Prita Pant,

B. D. Naik

Development of a Simple

Chemical Method for Synthesis of

Single-Phase Ni-Zn Ferrite Nano-

powders

Materials Technology 24 213 -

216

134. Prita Pant Sarangi`,

B. D. Naik,

S. R. Vadera,

M. K. Patra,

C. Prakash,

Narendra Nath Ghosh

Development of a Simple

Chemical Method for Synthesis of

Single-Phase Ni-Zn Ferrite Nano-

powders

Materials

Technology:

Advanced

Performance

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Development of

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for Water Supply in a

Locality using

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IEEE International

Advance Computing

Conference-2009

(IEEE IACC-2009)

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on Virtual and

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Khare

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Properties of Cu-

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on Virtual and

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(NCVII-09)

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4. Jain PK,

Deepshikha,

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Ramani K and

Verma SK

Tumorigenic property

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Republic

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B.V.Babu

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Canada

12. Sheth, P.N. and

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Recovery of

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Oxide (TOPO) in

Kerosene

2009 Annual

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14. Gujarathi, A.M.

and B.V.Babu

Improved Strategies

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Conference on

Separation Processes

(ICSP-2009)

306-312 IT-BHU,

Varanasi

44. Sushil Kumar,

Karan Gupta and

B.V.Babu

Recovery of

Nicotinic Acid from

Aqueous Solution

using Reactive


n-Octyl Phosphine

Oxide (TOPO) in

Kerosene

2009 AIChE Annual

Meeting

- Nashville, TN,

USA

107


Publication

Proceedings of

Conference

Pages/Page

ID

Place


B.V.Babu

Influence of

Temperature on

Reactive Extraction

of Propionic Acid

using Tri-n-butyl

Phosphate (TBP)

dissolved in Inert

Diluents and 1-

Decanol

International

Symposium & 62nd

Annual Session of


with International

Partners

(CHEMCON-2009)

- Andhra

University,

Visakhapatnam,

46. Sudarsan, A Using Group Projects

to Develop Soft

Skills

International

Conference on Soft

Skills Development

Strategies: Corporate

and Academia

Perspectives

247-251 Pilani

47. S. B. Singh and

Dinesh Kumar

Effect of Location of

Circular Cutout on

Stability and Failure

Characteristics of

Composite Laminate

The Indian Society

of Theoretical and

Applied Mechanics

(ISTAM)-An

International Meet

- NSIT, New

Delhi

48. S. B. Singh and

Dinesh Kumar

Buckling and

Postbucklingf

Response of Quasi-

isotropic Laminate

with Circular and

Non-Circular Cutouts

under Uni-axial

Compression

Proceedings of

Sustainable Concrete

Infrastructure

Development

286-294 MNIT, Jaipur

49. S. B. Singh and

Dinesh Kumar

Cutout Shapes Effect

on Failure

Characteristics of

Quasi-isotropic

Composite Laminate

International

Conference on

Advances in

Concrete, Structural

and Geotechnical

Engineering

(ACSGE-09)

SBS_S314 BITS, Pilani

50. S. B. Singh,

Dinesh Kumar

and Ganesh Soni

Investigation of

Postbuckling

Response of Practical

Laminates using

ABAQUS

International

Conference on

Advances in


and Geotechnical

Engineering

(ACSGE-09)


51. Soumava Ghosh,

Saikat Ray and

Rakesh Choubisa

Chaotic

Cryptography using

external key

International

Conference on

Information

Technology

- Bhubnewsar

52. S. B Singh and

Dinesh Kumar

Effect of location of

circular cutout on

stability and failure

characteristics of

composite laminate

54th congress of

ISTAM during 18-21

December

- Netaji Subhas

Institute of

Technology,

New Delhi

108


Publication

Proceedings of

Conference

Pages/Page

ID

Place

53. S. B. Singh,

Madappa V.R.

Sivasubramanian,

Deaapak M.

Muniyandi and

Mikhil Gajjar and

Krishnakanth

Ravuri

Experimental Study

on Flexural Behavior

of High Ductile

Cementitious

Composites

International

Conference on

Advances in


and Geotechnical

Engineering

(ACSGE-2009)


54. S. B Singh and

Dinesh Kumar

Cutout Shapes Effect

on Failure

Characteristics of

Quasi-isotropic

Composite Laminate

International

Conference on

Advances in


and Geotechnical

Engineering

(ACSGE-2009)

SBS_S314 BITS Pilani

55. S. B Singh, S. A.

Priyadharshani

and K K Sharma

Torsional Behavior

of FRP Strengthened

RC Beam

International

Conference on

Advances in


and Geotechnical

Engineering

(ACSGE-2009)


56. S. B Singh,

Dipendu Bhunia,

N. Sudhir and

Subhash Chandra

Effect of Carbonation

on the Properties of

Concrete

International

Conference on

Advances in


and Geotechnical

Engineering

(ACSGE-2009)

SBS_C395 BITS Pilani

57. S. B Singh,

Dinesh Kumar

and Ganesh Soni

Investigation of

Postbuckling

Response of Practical

Laminates using

ABAQUS

International

Conference on

Advances in

Concrete, Structural,

and Geotechnical

Engineering

(ACSGE-2009)


58. S.B. Singh and

Madappa V.R.

Sivasubramanian

Parametric Study on

Flexural Response of

FRP Reinforced

DFRCC Beam

9th International

Symposium on Fiber

Reinforced Polymer

Reinforcement for

Concrete Structures

(FRPRCS-9) Current

challenges and

Future trends,

Sydney, Australia,

July 13-15.

- Sydney,

Australia

59. S. B. Singh,

Madappa V.R.

Sivasubramanian,

Anitha P.

Subramanian and

Dinesh Kumar

Performance Based

Design Approaches

for Concrete –

Composite Systems –

A Review

3rd National

Conference on

Recent Trends in

Concrete Composites

for Structural

Systems (RTCCSS-

09)

1-12 Erode,

Tamilnadu,

India

60. S. B. Singh, S. A.

Priyadharshini,

and K. K. Sharma

Torsional Behavior

of FRP Strengthened

RC Beam

Sustainable Concrete

Infrastructure

Development

87-95 MNIT Jaipur

109


Publication

Proceedings of

Conference

Pages/Page

ID

Place

61. Jain, N. and

Panwar, J.

Microbial

Nanotechnology: A

contemporary

approach

National conference

on Technological

Innovations for

Sustainable

Development

316 Engineering

College,

Bikaner

62. N.Mehala,

Mayank Kamthan

and

T.S.B.Sudarshan

Improving Web

Ranking from

Clickthrough Data

and Implicit Link

International

conference on

information

processing (ICIP-

2009)

410-418 Bangalore

63. Hardik,

P.Srinivasan,

Deepak Maloo

Energy optimization

in hot rolling process

– a finite difference

time domain (fdtd)

approach

IMC26, Energy

Optimisation and

Low carbon

Manufacturing,

303-310 Dublin, Ireland.

64. Rahul Singhal, M

N Satyanarayan,

Suchandan Pal

Effect of y-junction

residue on

performance of

polymeric optical

splitter

International

Conference on

Optics and Photonics

- 2009

P-29 Chandigarh

65. Subramanian S., J.

S. Rathore, and N.

N. Sharma

Design and Analysis

of Helical Flagella

Propelled Nanorobots

Proceedings of the

4th IEEE Int. Conf.

on Nano/Micro

Engineered and

Molecular Systems

931-934 Shenzhen,

China

66. Rwitajit

Majumdar, J .S.

Rathore and N. N.

Sharma

Simulation of

Swimming

Nanorobots in

Biological Fluids

Proceedings of the

4th International

Conference on

Autonomous Robots

and Agents

79-82 Wellington,

New Zealand

67. Ravi Kant Mittal Use of Waste Tire-

Chip for

Improvement of

Bearing Capacity of

Sandy Soil for Heavy

Loads

International

Conference on

Advances in

Concrete, Structural,

and Geotechnical

Engineering

- BITS, Pilani

68. Varinder Kumar,

P.J. Singh, K.S.

Sangwan

Benefits and

Stakeholders of

Green

Manufacturing: A

Study of Indian

Industry

7th Global

Conference on

Sustainable

Manufacturing

335-340 IIT Madras,

Chennai

69. Dipendu Bhunia

and G. Ameesh

Low Cost Housing

& Building

Material

International

Conference on

Advances in


and Geotechnical

Engineering-2009

- BITS Pilani

70. Dipendu Bhunia,

H., Mahendra and

S., Anshuman

Investigation about

the location of shear

wall in RCC

Medium-Rise

Building

International

Conference on

Advances in


and Geotechnical

Engineering-2009

- BITS Pilani

110


Publication

Proceedings of

Conference

Pages/Page

ID

Place

71. S.B.Singh,

Dipendu Bhunia,

N. Sudhir and

Subhash Chandra

Effect of Carbonation

on the Properties of

Concrete

International

Conference on

Advances in


and Geotechnical

Engineering-2009

- BITS Pilani

72. Sanjeev Kumar,

Lalita Gupta,

Carolina Barillas-

Mury

A secreted Anopheles

immunomodulatory

peroxidase 1 (IMP1)

regulates

Plasmodium

development.

International

Symposium on

Tribal Health.

Regional Medical

Research Center for

Tribals

- Jabalpur, India

73. Manoj Kannan,

Wenfeng An, Jef

D. Boeke, and

David E. Symer

Various epigenetic

marks are established

at de novo L1

integrants in different

human and mouse

cells

International

Symposium on

Epigenetic

Modifications of the

Genome:

Mechanisms and

Implications

64-64 CCMB,

Hyderabad

74. M. Mishra and C.

P. Singh

Strangeness

Production in

Excluded Volume

Models

International

Symposium on

Nuclear Physics

2009 (ISNP 2009)

580-581 Bhabha Atomic

Research

Centre, Mumbai

75. M. Ishwara Bhat Increasing the

discovery and use of

e-resources in

university libraries.

In E-Content

Management

Proceedings of 7th

International

CALIBER

Conference

25-27 Puducherry

76. Sangeeta Sharma Psychological, Brand

and Situational

antecedents of

conspicuous

consumption in

cross-national context

Proceedings of

3rd

IIMA Conference

on Marketing

Paradigms for

Emerging Economies

124-131 IIM,

Ahmedabad

77. Neha Gupta and

Anshuman Dalvi

Thermal

investigations on

superionic glasses

using electrical

conductivity

temperature cycles

DAE solid state

Physics Symposium

Baroda

- Baroda

78. Neha Gupta and

Anshuman Dalvi

Investigations of

thermal properties of

AgI-Ag2O-MoO3-

V2O5 superionic

glasses using

electrical

conductivity –

temperature cycles

7th

National

Conference on solid

state ionics

- Sagar

79. Neha Gupta,

Srikanth Y and

Anshuman Dalvi

Preparation of, mixed

cation effect in KI-

AgI-Ag2O-

V2O5 superionic

glasses

National symposium

for Materials

Research Scholar

- Mumbai

111


Publication

Proceedings of

Conference

Pages/Page

ID

Place

80. Abhishek Sayal,

Surekha bhanot

A Webcam based

Virtual Cursor with

Microcontroller

based User Interface

for Comprehending

Tactile Diagrams

with Speech Output

for Visually

Challenged

National Conference

Virtual and

Intelligent

Instrumentation

53 Pilani

81. Ajay Srinath and

Surekha Bhanot

Development of an

intelligent irrigation

system

National Conference

Virtual and

Intelligent

Instrumentation

18 Pilani

82. Sunanda Khosla

and Surekha

bhanot

Neural networks

pplied to pH

control:A study

National Conference

Virtual and

Intelligent

Instrumentation

79 Pilani

83. Anita Thakur,

Surekha Bhanot,

S.N.Mishra

Early Diagnosis of

Ischemia Stroke

using Neural

Networks

Proceedings of the

International

Conference on Man-

Machine Systems

(ICoMMS)

2B10-1 Batu Ferringhi,

Penang,

MALAYSIA

84. V. Kudekar, C. S.

Sowmiya, S.

Munnagi, and H.

R. Jadhav

Antioxidant Potential

of Mucuna pruriens

International Herbal

Conference – 2009

CD-IHC-

315

Bangalore,

India

85. V. Kurdekar and

H. R. Jadhav

Role of Protein

Arginine Deiminase-

4 (PAD 4) in

Rheumatoid Arthritis

National Conference

on Emerging Trends

in Life Sciences

Research

66 BITS, Pilani

86. Mitaxi Pranlal

Mehta

Equilibrium States of

Delay Coupled

Oscillator Chains

National Conference

on Nonlinear

Systems and

Dynamics, SINP

- Kolkata

87. Nitin Sharma,

A Rao,

A Dewan,

M Safdari

Rate adaptive

resource allocation

for multiuser OFDM

using NSGA - II

IEEE Fourth

International

Conference on

Wireless

Communication and

Sensor Networks

161 - 166 Allahabad

88. Sampatrao D

Manjare

Engineering

Solutions and

Research Strategies

to Mitigate Climate

Change‖

Indo-Italian

Conference on

Emerging Trends in

Waste Management

Technologies

200 - 206 MIT Pune

89. J.B. Shukla, Arti

Saxena, D. K.

Satpathi, M. King,

P. Chandra

Mathematical

modeling of mucus

transport in the

smaller airways due

to prolonged cough: a

three layer model

with effect of

surfactant on the wall

National conference

of mathematical

modeling and

simulation

(NCMMAS09)

- AVB-IIITM

Gwalior

112


Publication

Proceedings of

Conference

Pages/Page

ID

Place

90. K Haribabu,

Chittaranjan Hota,

and Saravana S

Detecting Sybils in

Peer-to-Peer File

Replication Systems.

International

Conference on

Information Security

and Digital

Forensics, ISDF

2009

152-164. City University,

London

91. Sunita Bansal, and

Chittaranjan Hota

Novel adaptive

scheduling algorithm

for computational

Grids.

International

Workshop on

Advances in P2P

Technology (IEEE

IMSAA-

IWAP2PT‘09)

35-41 IIIT, Bangalore

92. Karen J. Brewer,

Travis White,

Shamindri

Arachchige,

David Zigler and

Krishnan Rangan

Photoinitiated

Electron Collection

in Mixed-Metal

Supramolecular

Complexes:

Development of

Photocatalysts for

Hydrogen Production

31st DOE Solar

Photochemistry

Research Meeting

- Annapolis, MD,

USA,

93. Srinivasa Raju, K,

D.Nagesh Kumar

Multiobjective Fuzzy

and Deterministic

Goal Programming

for Optimal Irrigation

Planning,

International

Conference on

Water, Environment,

Energy and Society

(WEES-09)

967-972 New Delhi

94. Vasan, A, Piyush

Gupta, K.

Srinivasa Raju,

Water Resources

Planning Using

Multiobjective

Differential

Evolution

International

Conference on

Water, Environment,

Energy and Society

(WEES-09)

1944-1949 New Delhi

95. Piyush Gupta, A.

Vasan, K.

Srinivasa Raju

Multiobjective

Differential

Evolution and

Differential

Evolution for

Irrigation Planning

World

Environmental &

Water Resources

Congress, 2009

5022-5029 Kansas City,

Missouri

96. A. Vasan, K.

Srinivasa Raju

Comparative

Assessment of Non-

Traditional

Optimization

Methods in Irrigation

Planning‘

4th Indian

International

Conference on


(IICAI-09)

- SIT, Tumkur

97. N. Moorthy

Muthukrishnan

Achieving Energy

Self-sufficiency in

Rural Areas through

Renewable Energy

Sources- Solar

Energy and Biogas

National Conference

on energy Security

for Rural

Development

(ESRD 2009)

82 Gandhigram,

Tamil Nadu

98. V. Srihari, N.

Moorthy

Muthukrishnan,

M.B. Srinivas

Efficient

Implementations of

Leading-One

Detector Circuit

IEEE International

Conference on

Industrial and

Information Systems

(ICIIS)

- Sri Lanka

113


Publication

Proceedings of

Conference

Pages/Page

ID

Place

99. Senapaty, S. &

Bhuyan, N.,

Analyzing macro

level HRD issues

within a sustainable

framework for CSR

2nd International

conference on

Spirituality and

Organizational

Leadership

- Puducherry

100. Gaur, YD;

Kumar, R;

Nirmala, J;

Chauhan, S;

Bajpai, A; and

Narayan, KP

Managing native

population of

rhizobia for improved

production of

chickpea.

International

Conference on

Managing Natural

Resources for

Sustainable

Agricultural

Production in 21st

Century

693-695 New Delhi

101. D.Purnima

S.N.Maiti

A.K.Gupta

Compatibilization

Effect of MAH-g-

LDPE on

LDPE/Nylon 6 Blend

International

Seminar on

Advances in Polymer

Technology

- Cochin

University of

Science &

Technology,

Cochin

102. S. Kalidhasan,

N. Rajesh

Biobased composites

for the removal of

chromium from

industrial waste water

SABIC International

conference

90-91 TIFR, Mumbai

103. M.Venu,

V.Padmavathi,

P.N.Rao

Effects of

Admixtures in

concrete mix design

Proceedings of

International

Conference on

Advances in


and geotechnical

engineering (ACSGE

- 2009)

126 Pilani

104. P. Yogeeswari,

D.Sriram,

Novel role of

GABAergic

Anticonvulsant

Compounds in

alleviating

neuropathic pain like

behavior in rodent

models of Incisional

pain by inhibiting

nitric oxide

ISSPCON 2009 - Hyderabad

Other Publications:

S.No. Author (s) Particulars

1. Kumar Neeraj Sachdev The Need for a Normative Stance of Global Communication

Communication in a Globalized World , 16 September 2009

2. Kumar Neeraj Sachdev Ethical Appraisal of TV Advertisements Aimed at Children

Pester Power Effect of Advertising on Children, pp. 61-68

3. Kumar Neeraj Sachdev A Virtue-theoretic Account of Employee Loyalty

Soft Skills: Cornerstone of Professional Success, pp. 375-379

114

S.No. Author (s) Particulars

4. Kumar Neeraj Sachdev Selflessness: The Inner Perspective of Good Life

Dharma and Ethics, pp. 202-210

5. Geetha. B Women in Arthur C. Clarke‘s Science Fiction

Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy (An Encyclopedia entry)

Westport: Greenwood Publishers

6. Sushil Kumar Lactic Acid: Production, Purification and Applications,

Phenonmenon -09

7. S. B. Singh About ACSGE 2009, International Journal of Earth Sciences and

Engineering, News Item

8. S. B. Singh and V.R.

Sivasubramanian and

Sushil K Mandelia

Design Methodologies for modern Composite Materials in

Construction and Future Aspects, Structural Engineering Digest

(SED), Pub.: The Indian Association of Structural Engineers

(IAStructE), Vol. 2, Issue 1, pp.26-30

9. Arya Kumar Entrepreneurship as a Career Option, TrailBlazer, Magazine BITS

Management Association

10. Arya Kumar Entrepreneurship - a way of life, Education Times of Times of India

11. Arya Kumar Entrepreneurship Education, Just Careers – Business Magazine – A

Special issue on Entrepreneurship October 2009

12. Pankaj Kumar Sharma My Life, Musings, Vol. VIII, pp. 12

13. Pankaj Kumar Sharma Reminiscences of a Soul, Musings, Vol. VIII, pp. 118-119

115

Annexure 5

Books and Book Chapters Published by BITS Faculty – 2009

S. No. Author Title Publisher

1 C B Gupta, A K Malik

and V Kumar

Mathematics III New Age International

Publisher, New Delhi

2 C B Gupta, A K Malik

and V Kumar

Advanced Mathematics New Age International

Publishers, New Delhi

3 Barbara Wejnert,

Suzanne K. Steinmetz

& Nirupama Prakash

Safe Motherhood in a Globalized

World

Routledge, Oxford,UK

4 William F Smith,

Javad Hashemi and

Ravi Prakash

Materials Science and Engineering in

SI Units

Tata McGraw Hill Education,

New Delhi

5 Ravi Prakash Non-Destructive Testing Techniques New Age Science Ltd, Kent,

UK

6 Surekha bhanot Process Control Oxford university Press, New

Delhi

7 S. B. Singh and Abstract Souvenir of ACSGE 2009 BITS Pilani

8 Utpal Roy and Vishal

Saxena

A handbook of Genetic engineering Kalyani Publishers, New Delhi

9 Navneet Gupta Fundamental of Electronics Devices Dhanpat Rai and Co. P Ltd.,

New Delhi

10 Navneet Gupta A Text-Book of Basic Electronics Dhanpat Rai and Co. P Ltd.,

New Delhi

11 R P Khare Odyssy of the Enlightened Sri Vedmata Gayatri Trust,

Haridwar

12 R P Khare The pioneers of scientific spirituality Sri Vedmata Gayatri Trust,

Haridwar

13 Ashwin KR and

Verma SK

Secondary metabolite production by

Cyanobacteria in Algal Biology and

Biotechnology, Ed. Khattar JIS, Singh

DP and Kaur G

I. K. International, New Delhi

14 Ravi Prakash SI Adaptation of the whole book,

Theory of Machines and Mechanisms.

SI Edition by John J Uicker, Jr.,

Gordon R. Pennock and Joseph E

Shigley

Oxford University Press, New

Delhi

15 Ravi Prakash Knowledge Management in a

Manufacturing Organization in

Knowledge Economy: The Indian

Challenge, Ed. Ashok Chandra and M

K Khanijo

SAGE Publications, New Delhi

16 Suresh Gupta and

B V Babu

Simultaneous solution for solid waste

management and waste water

treatment: Cr(VI) removal as a case

study in Waste Management:

Research Advances to Convert Waste

Nova Science, USA

116

S. No. Author Title Publisher

to Wealth, Ed. A K Haghi

17 Sushil Kumar and

Nikhil Prakash

Biopolymers based on Carboxylic

Acids derived from Renewable

Resources in Polymers from

Renewable Resources, Ed.

Dr Susheel Kalia

M M Scrivener Press, MA,

USA (John Wiley partner)

18 Surekha Bhanot Process Control: issues and

application

Oxford University Press, New

Delhi

19 Sangeeta Sharma &

Ruchika Sharma

Advertising: A Tool for corporate

social responsibility in Corporate

Social responsibility:percept and

practice

Desh bhagat group of

institutes, Mandi Gobindgarh

20 Ruchika Sharma Gender jive: Communication between

mars and venus in Soft

Skills:Cornerstone of Professional

Success

Jain Brothers, New Delhi

21 Sangeeta Sharma Communication Skills Oxford University Press, New

Delhi

22 Sangeeta Sharma and

Binod Mishra

Communication Skills for Engineers

and Scientists

PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd: New

Delhi

23 Sangeeta Sharma Professional Communication Oxford University Press, New

Delhi

24 Sangeeta Sharma Communicative English Oxford University Press, New

Delhi

25 Sangeeta Sharma Soft Skills: Cornerstone of

Professional Success

Jain Brothers, New Delhi

26 Ruchika Sharma &

Sangeeta Sharma

Pester Power: The 'nag' factor of

advertising in Pester power effect of

advertising on children

Vanshikha enterprises, jaipur

27 Ram Shukla Soft Skills: Become better, live better Jain Brothers, New Delhi

28 Geetha B. Theme of Cosmic Loneliness: An

Extension of Individual Loneliness as

Delineated in the Science Fiction

Writings of Arthur C. Clarke in "New

Perspectives on British Literature".

Atlantic Publishers, New Delhi

29 Geetha B. Women in Arthur C. Clarke‘s Science

Fiction (an Encyclopedia entry)

in Women in Science Fiction and

Fantasy by Westport

Greenwood Publishers

30 Binod Mishra and

Gajendra S. Chauhan

Communication in a globalized world Authors Press, New Delhi

31 Pushp Lata and

Sanjay Kumar

Communicate to conquer PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd: New

Delhi

32 Pintu Modak Stretch and Relax Khel Sahitya Kendra, New

Delhi

33 Dhananjay Madhukar

Kulkarni

Engineering Graphics with AutoCAD Prentice Hall of India, New

Delhi

34 Sriram D.,

Yogeeswari P.

Medicinal Chemistry Pearson Education, new Delhi

117

Annexure 6

List of Faculty Members Who Presented Papers in Various Conferences in 2009

S.No. Author(s)/

presenter Title of Paper Conference Name Place Date(s)

1. V. Kurdekar and

H. R. Jadhav

Role of Protein Arginine

Deiminase-4 (PAD 4) in

Rheumatoid Arthritis

National Conference on

Emerging Trends in Life

Sciences Research

BITS, Pilani Mar. 6-7

2. I. Afeez, V.

Kurdekar, D.

Dongarwar, M.

Dinakaran, and

H. R. Jadhav

Synthesis and antioxidant

potential of novel

chromenones

20th

International

Symposium on

Pharmaceutical and

Biomedical Analysis

(PBA-2009)

Agra Mar. 1-4

3. V. Kudekar, C.

S. Sowmiya, S.

Munnagi, and H.

R. Jadhav

Antioxidant Potential of

Mucuna pruriens

International Herbal

Conference – 2009

Bangalore Feb. 26-

28

4. Sangeeta Sharma Psychological, Brand and

Situational antecedents of

conspicuous consumption

in cross-national context

3rd

IIMA Conference in

‗Marketing Paradigms for

Emerging Economies‘

Ahemdabad Jan. 7-9

5. Sangeeta Sharma A tool for Corporate Social

Responsibility

International Seminar on

Corporate Social

Responsibility

Mandi

Gobindgarh

Oct. 6

6. Neha Gupta and

Anshuman

Dalvi

Thermal investigations on

superionic glasses using

electrical conductivity

temperature cycles

DAE solid state Physics

Symposium

Baroda Dec. 11-

15

7. Neha Gupta and

Anshuman

Dalvi

Investigations of thermal

properties of AgI-Ag2O-

MoO3-V2O5 superionic

glasses using electrical

conductivity – temperature

cycles

7th

National Conference

on solid state ionics

Sagar Dec. 7-10

8. Neha Gupta,

Srikanth Y and

Anshuman

Dalvi

Preparation of, mixed

cation effect in KI-AgI-

Ag2O-V2O5 superionic

glasses

National symposium for

Materials Research

Scholars

Mumbai May 7-8

9. Abhishek Sayal,

Surekha bhanot

A Webcam based Virtual

Cursor with

Microcontroller based

User Interface for

Comprehending Tactile

Diagrams with Speech

Output for Visually

Challenged

National Conference

Virtual and Intelligent

Instrumentation

BITS, Pilani Nov. 13-

14

10. Ajay Srinath and

Surekha Bhanot

Development of an

intelligent irrigation

system

National Conference


Instrumentation


14

11. Sunanda Khosla

and Surekha

bhanot

Neural networks pplied to

pH control:A study

National Conference


Instrumentation


14

12. Anita Thakur, Early Diagnosis of International Conference Penang, Oct. 11 –

118

S.No. Author(s)/


Surekha Bhanot,

S.N.Mishra

Ischemia Stroke using

Neural Networks

on Man-Machine

Systems (ICoMMS)

Malaysia 13

13. Geetha B. Girish Karnad's Play

Hayavadana: A Dialogue

between the Local

Cultures and Universal

Themes

American Comparative

Literature Association

Annual Conference

Harvard

Unversity

Mar. 26-

29

14. Geetha B. Use of Cinematic Space in

Girish Kasaravalli's

Dweepa (The Island)

The international

conference on the theme

Imagined Horizons:

Spatial Configurations of

the Present

New Delhi Mar. 5-7

15. Geetha B. Science Fiction in the

Academia in India:

Present and Future


Science Fiction Studies

New Delhi Nov. 13-

14

16. Poonam Goyal,

Navneet Goyal,

Ashish Gupta

and T S Rahul

Designing Self-Adaptive

Websites using Online

Hotlink Assignment

Algorithm

4th International

Symposium on Intelligent

Systems Techniques for

Ad hoc and Wireless

Sensor Networks (IST-

AWSN'09)

Kuala

Lampur,

Malaysia

Dec. 14-

16

17. Navneet Goyal,

Poonam Goyal,

Venkatramiah K,

Deepak P C, and

Sanoop P S

Efficient Density Based

Incremental Clustering

Algorithm in Data

Warehousing Environment

International Conference

on Knowledge Discovery

(ICKD 2009)

Manila,

Philipines

Jun. 6-8

18. Poonam Goyal,

Navneet Goyal,

N. Sriram

Online Hotlink

Assignment Algorithm for

Improving Web Access


on Web Intelligence

Systems (ICWIS-09)

Chennai Jan. 8-10

19. S. Sindhu Polymer electronics

devices : fabrication of

electrochromic windows

Symposium on Emerging

trends in

Nanobiosciences and

workshop on

Nanoscience and

Engineering Nanotech

2009

Bengalore Nov. 20

20. Pintu Modak The Perspective of Mass

Drill in school curriculum

for Physical Fitness

ISSA World Congress of

Sociology of Sport 2009 -

―Sport: Passion, Practice

& Profit‖

Utrecht, The

Netherlands

Jul. 15-18

21. Arya Kumar and

Arpirt Sharma

Indian Public Policy for

Management of Food

Economy The Public

Distribution System: Its

Effectiveness and

Sustainability Analysis

Conference on Public

Policy for Sustainable

Development

Kuala

Lampur,

Malaysia

Aug 4-5

22. Arya Kumar Indian Banking – Issues,

Challenges and Emerging

Scenario


on Business & Finance

Hyderabad Jan. 9-10

23. Norihiko

Nakazawa,

Rajesh Mehrotra,

and Mitsuhiro

Yanagida

Fission yeast Condensin

and DNA topoisomerase II

are required for

chromosome segregation

even after entry into

anaphase

5th

international fission

yeast meeting

Tokyo,

Japan

Oct. 26-31

24. C B Gupta An inventory model with

two warehouses and

National conference on

Social Development

MM (PG)

College

Mar. 21-

22

119

S.No. Author(s)/


inflation induced demand

under the credit period

under Aegis of

Operations Research

Fatehabad

25. Norihiko

Nakazawa, Rajes

h Mehrotra,

Kenichi Sajiki,

Alejandro Villar

Briones,

andMitsuhiroYa

nagida

Fission yeast Condensin

and DNA topoisomerase II

are required for

chromosome segregation

even after entry into

anaphase

4th

international

workshop –Cell

regulation in division and

arrest

Okinawa ,

Japan

Nov. 30 -

Dec 2

26. C B Gupta An EOQ model for

perishable items with lost

sales under credit period


Social Development

under Aegis of

Operations Research

MM (PG)

College

Fatehabad

Mar. 21-

22

27. C B Gupta Inventory Model with two

Warehouses for Decaying

Items with Inflation and

Partial Backordering


Social Development

under Aegis of

Operations Research

MM (PG)

College

Fatehabad

Mar. 21-

22

28. C B Gupta and

Chhavi Gpta

Astudy of Consumer

Behavior


Recent Trends in the

Advancement of

Astronomy and applied

Mathematics.

SGRR (PG)

College,

Dehradun.

Nov. 14-

15

29. C B Gupta ,

Shridhar B

Dandin and

Chhavi Gupta

SET operations allied to

RDBMS, Relational

Database Management

System

National seminar on

Computaional

Mathematics and

Operations Research.

BKBIET,

Pilani

Nov. 28-

29

30. C B Gupta and

Shridhar B

Dandin

Application of Matrix in

deadlock avoidance of the

Computing System

National Seminar On

Computaional

Mathematics and


BKBIET,

Pilani

Nov. 28-

29

31. C B Gupta An EOQ Model for

decaying items with Partial

Backlogging, Inflation and

Premissiblee delay in

Payement

National Seminar on

Special Function Theory

and its Application in

Engg. and Technology

Shobhasaria

Engg.

College,

Sikar

Feb. 6-7

32. Nirupama

Prakash

Women Political

participation: Issues &

Challenges

Women and Political

Participation In India-

Democratic System-

‗Researching The Past

and Restructuring The

Future

National

Law

University,

Jodhpur

Feb. 6-7

33. Nirupam

Prakash

Information

Communication

Technologies &

Community based

Approach to Address

Gender Based Violence &

Health Issues

Gender-based Violence

and Sexual and

Reproductive Health

National

Institute of

Research &

Reproductiv

e Health

(ICMR),

Mumbai

Feb. 15 -

18

34. Nirupama

Prakash

Religion and Gender- A

Critical Analysis

Women & Religion Shri Lal

Bahadur

Shastri

Sanskrit

Vidyapeeth,

New Delhi

Feb. 26-

27

35. Nirupama

Prakash

Domestic Violence

Against Women In Rural

Asia Pacific Women‘s

Conference on Women,

Manila,

Philippines

Sep. 8-10

120

S.No. Author(s)/


Rajasthan, India-A

Sociological Analysis

Peace and Security:

VISIONS FOR A NEW

WORLD

36. Nirupama

Prakash

ICT Intervention in

Addressing Gender,

Sexuality and Cultural

Norms in Rural Culture

Mediation and Conflict:

Translation and Culture

in a Global Context

International

Association

for

Translation

and

Intercultural

Studies

(IATIS)

Monash

University,

Melbourne

Jul. 7-10

37. Ravi Prakash Ultrasonic NDE for

Materials Research with

emphasis on FRP

Composites and

Biomaterials

XI National Symposium

of Ultrasonic Society of

India

VIT

University,

Vellore

Dec. 21-

23

38. Ravi Prakash Acousto-Ultrasonic

Testing of FRP

Composites and

Biomaterials

National Workshop on

Ultrasonics

VIT

University

Vellore

Dec. 18 -

20

39. B V Babu Overview of Process

Modeling & Simulation,

and Population-based

search algorithms for

single- and multi-objective

optimization

Workshop on Process

Modeling and Simulation

University

of Petroleum

and Energy

Studies

(UPES),

Dehradun

Nov. 6-7

40. B V Babu Modeling and

Evolutionary Optimization

for Manufacturing

Processes of Polymeric

Materials

Indo-US Workshop on

Materials Design:

Measurement, Modeling

and Informatics

Kolkata Jan. 5-7

41. B V Babu Modelilng & Simulation,

Traditional Optimization

Techniques and their

limitations, Population-

based search algorithms

for optimization, and

Energy Integration

Analysis

Workshop on Application

of Advanced

Tools/Techniques in

Research

BITS-Pilani

Goa

Campus,

Goa

Mar. 6-7

42. B V Babu Biomass gasification: A

conversion technology for

production of gaseous

fuels

IIP Golden Jubilee

Symposium on "Fossil

Economy to Biomass

Economy - Opportunities

and Challenges"

IIP

Dehradun

Aug. 19-

21

43. N.N. Sharma Synergy between

Radiation and Brownian

Motion of Nanoparticle:

How & Why?

XXXVII Summer School

on 'Advanced Problems

in Mechanics', Institute of

Problem in Mechanical

Engineering, Russian

Academy of Science,

IPME-RAS 2009

St.

Petersburg,

Russia

Jun. 29 –

Jul. 5

44. R.K. Mittal,

N.N. Sharma

Powering Nanorobots: An

Engineering Challange


on Autonomous Robots

and Agents ICARA-2009

Wellington

New

Zealand

Feb. 10-

12

45. Chhavi Adtani, Modelling of Hybrid Bio- International Conference Wellington Feb. 10-

121

S.No. Author(s)/


Adwitiya Das

and N. N.

Sharma

Mechanical Mechanism

for Nanorobotic

Propulsion

on Autonomous Robots

and Agents, ICARA 2009

2009 12

46. N.N. Sharma,

Sachin

Belgamwar

Investigation on

Nanoparticle/Carbon

Nanotube reinforced Metal

Matrix

Hands-on-Workshop on

Nanofabrication

IISc,

Bangalore

Jun. 30 –

Jul. 7

47. N.N. Sharma Center for Emerging

Technology

BITS-75 Trust

Symposium

BITS, Pilani Oct. 26

48. Rahul Banerjee Recent Advances in IPv6:

Security and Mobility

Aspects

Workshop on IPv6 Variable

Energy

Cyclotron

Centre

(VECC),

Kolkata

Jul. 20

49. Rahul Banerjee The Internet Protocol

version 6: Architectural

and Application-specific

Aspects

Workshop on IPv6 Inter-

University

Centre for

Astronomy

&

Astrophysic

s (IUCAA),

Pune

May 09

50. Rahul Banerjee Ubiquitous Computing

Technologies for the

Differently Abled People

IETE Foundation Day

Seminar

CEERI,

Pilani

May 09

51. Kumar Neeraj

Sachdev

An Analysis of Nature and

Justification of Ethics for

Professions

Indian Philosophical

Congress, 84th session

University

of Mumbai,

Mumbai

Oct. 24-27

52. R. Purohit and R

P Khare

Thermographic Properties

of Cu-Activated Calcium

Sulphide Phosphors

NCVII-09 BITS, Pilani Nov. 13-

14

53. M. Khare and R.

P. Khare

Investigation of the

Behavior of Ca¬x Ba(1-

x)S:Cu Phosphors for

Fiber Optic Fluorescence

Thermometry

NCVII-09 BITS, Pilani Nov. 13-

14

54. M. Sowmiya, P.

Purkayastha, A.

K. Tiwari, S. S.

Jafer and S. K.

Saha

Probing TICT fluorescence

of trans-2-[4-(dimethyl

amino)styryl]benzothiazol

e to characterize the guest

molecule concentration-

dependent nanotubes of

beta-cyclodextrin and their

secondary assemblies


Frontiers of Colloids,

Surfaces and

Nanostructured Systems

Manipur

University

Canchipur,

Imphal

Feb. 18-

20

55. T. V. V. L. N.

Rao,

Hopf bifurcation analysis

of short journal bearings

considering turbulent

effects

IUROTOR-2009,

IUTAM Symposium on

Emerging Trends in

Rotordynamics

IIT Delhi Mar. 23-

26

56. T. V. V. L. N.

Rao

Stability analysis of

floating bush ball bearing

(FBBB)

TRIBO-INDIA

Conference on Tribology

of Automotive Systems

IIT Delhi December

11-12

57. Dubey B. Mathematical models to

study the dynamics of

interacting biological

species


Mathematical Modelling

and Simulation

Jiwaji

University,

Gwalior

Jan. 9 - 11

58. Dubey Uma S.

and Dubey B.

Modeling the effect of

acquired immune response

National confewrence on

Mathematical modelling

Jiwaji

University,

Jan. 9 - 11

122

S.No. Author(s)/


on nonsolid cancerous

cells

and Simulation Gwalior

59. Uma S. Dubey

and B. Dubey

Modeling the effect of

acquired immune response

on nonsolid cancerous

cells


Mathematical modeling

and simulation

Gwalior

University,

Gwalior

Jan. 9-11

60. Ummadisingu

Amita and

Suresh Gupta

Utilization of Chitosan

Prepared from Seafood

Industry Waste to Clean

up Oil Spills

CHEMCON-2009 Visakhapatn

am

Dec. 27-

30

61. Neha Gupta and

Anshuman Dalvi

Thermal investigations on

superionic glasses using

electrical conductivity

temperature cycles

54th DAE-Solid State

Physics Symposium

MS

University

Baroda

Dec. 14-

18

62. Neha Gupta and

Anshuman Dalvi

Investigations of thermal

properties of AgI-Ag2O-

MoO3-V2O5 superionic

glasses using electrical

conductivity – temperature

cycles

8th National Conference

on Solid State Ionics

Central

University

Sagar

Dec. 7-10

63. Neha Gupta and

Anshuman Dalvi

Preparation of and mixed

cation effect in KI-AgI-

Ag2O-V2O5 superionic

glasses

National symposium for

Materials Research

Scholars Presented by

Neha Gupta and got best

presentation award

IIT Mumbai May 7-8

64. Mait, D. K. Numerical Simulation of

Laminar Flow Around a

Rectangular Cylinder Near

a Plane Wall

3rd International

Conference of IMBIC on

& Mathematical Sciences

for Advancement of

Science and Technology

(MSAST 2009)

Kolkata Dec. 21-

22

65. Manav Kapur,

Suman Kapur

and LC Dhaka

D2S2944 marker: A

common marker for the

obesity depression

association

NZ-IPS Jodhpur Oct. 31-

Nov. 1

66. Manav Kapoor,

Suman Kapur,

Sharda Sidhu

Identification of Leptin,

CREB1 and TPH1 as

Candidate Genes For

Depression, Obesity And

Related Comorbidities

WCPG-2009 San Diego,

USA

Nov. 4-8

67. Suman Kapur

and Shashwat

Sharad

A genetic association

study of the functional

A118G polymorphism of

the human opioid receptor

gene and

immunomodulation in

opiate dependent subjects


on Immune Tolerance

San Diego,

USA

Nov. 4-8

68. Suman Kapur,

Shashwat

Sharad, Manav

Kapoor, L C

Dhaka and

Anuradha Pal

A genetic association

study of the functional

A118G polymorphism of

the human opioid receptor

gene and

immunomodulation in

opiate dependent subjects


on Immune Tolerance

Boston,

USA

Oct. 25-27

69. Sushil Kumar

and B.V.Babu

Influence of Temperature

on Reactive Extraction of

Propionic Acid using Tri-

International Symposium

& 62nd Annual Session

of IIChE in association

Andhra

University,

Visakhapata

Dec. 27-

30

123

S.No. Author(s)/


n-butyl Phosphate (TBP)

dissolved in Inert Diluents

and 1-Decanol

with International

Partners (CHEMCON-

2009)

nam

70. Sudarsan, A Concurrent Validity of

Peer Appraisal of Group

Work for Administrative

Purposes

Third International

Doctoral Theses

Conference

IBS,

Hyderabad

Mar. 4–7

71. Ashish Runthala Cybernetic Modeling of

Glucose Fermentation

Pathway Genes of

Saccharomyces cerevisiae

S288C

National Seminar - 2009

Biotechnology and

Microbiology in Human

Welfare: The Indian

Scenario

Mody

Institute of

Technology

& Science,

Lakshmanga

rh, Sikar

Sep. 26-

27

72. S. B. Singh and

Dinesh Kumar

Cutout Shapes Effect on

Failure Characteristics of

Quasi-isotropic Composite

Laminate


on Advances in Concrete,

Structural and

Geotechnical Engineering

BITS Pilani Oct. 25-27

73. Munendra Jain

and Rakesh

Choubisa

Exact 3 Coulomb wave

approach for the (e, 3e)

process on He


Advances in Atomic

Molecular and Nuclear

Physics

M M H

College,

Ghaziabad

Nov. 5-7

74. Rakesh

Choubisa and

Munendra Jain

Relativistic (e, 3e)

differential cross sections

(FDCS) on He


Advances in Atomic

Molecular and Nuclear

Physics

M M H

College,

Ghaziabad

Nov. 5-7

75. Rakesh

Choubisa

Coincidence (e, 3e)

differential cross sections

of He atom and effect of

bound wave function on it

DAE-BNRS Symposium

on Atomic, Molecular

and Optical Physics

IUAC, New

Delhi

Feb. 10-

13

76. Smita

Kashiramka and

Dr.N.V.M.Rao

Managing Human

Resource Issues in

Mergers and Acquisitions:

Pre and Post Deal Pitfalls

Asian Management

Practices: People,

Strategies, and

Evolutions

Indian

Institute of

Managemen

t, Lucknow-

Noida

Campus

Mar. 19-

21

77. S. B. Singh,

Madappa V.R.

Sivasubramanian

, Deaapak M.

Muniyandi and

Mikhil Gajjar

and

Krishnakanth

Ravuri

Experimental Study on

Flexural Behavior of High

Ductile Cementitious

Composites



Structural and


(ACSGE-2009)


78. S. B Singh,

Dinesh Kumar

and Ganesh Soni

Investigation of

Postbuckling Response of

Practical Laminates using

ABAQUS



Structural and



79. S. B Singh,

Dipendu Bhunia,

N. Sudhir and

Subhash

Chandra

Effect of Carbonation on

the Properties of Concrete



Structural and


(ACSGE-2009)


80. S. B Singh, S.

A.

Priyadharshani

and K K Sharma

Torsional Behavior of FRP

Strengthened RC Beam



Structural and



81. S. B. Singh and Cutout Shapes Effect on International Conference BITS Pilani Oct. 25-27

124

S.No. Author(s)/


Dinesh Kumar Failure Characteristics of

Quasi-isotropic Composite

Laminate


Structural and


82. S. B Singh and

Dinesh Kumar


circular cutout on stability

and failure characteristics

of composite laminate

54th congress of ISTAM

(Indian Society for

Theoretical and Applied

Mechanics) 2009

Netaji

Subhas

Institute of

Technology,

New Delhi.

Dec. 18-

21

83. S. B. Singh,

Madappa V.R.

Sivasubramanian

, Anitha P.

Subramanian,

Dinesh Kumar

Performance Based Design

Approaches for Concrete –

Composite Systems – A

Review

3th National Conference

on Recent Trends in

Concrete Composites for

Structural Systems

(RTCCSS-09),

Erode,

Tamilnadu

Apr. 3-4

84. N. Mehala Improving Web Ranking

from Clickthrough Data

and Implicit Link

ICIP-2009 Bangalore Aug. 7-9

85. Rahul Singhal,

M. N.

Satyanarayan,

Suchandan Pal

Effect of y-junction

residue on performance of

polymeric optical splitter


on Optics and Photonics -

2009

CSIO,

Chandigarh

Oct. 30 –

Nov. 1

86. Girish Kant,

Navneet Khanna

and K S

Sangwan

The influence of cutting

speed on work piece

temperature and effective

stress during machining of

AISI 1045 Steel

International conference

on latest trends in

simulation modelling and

analysis (COSMA 2009)

National

Institute of

Technology

Calicut

Dec. 17-

19

87. Ajay K. Sah C–Cl bond activation of

solvent chloroform by

copper complex of

glucopyranosylamine

derived ligand

National Sympossium in

Green Chemistry (NSGC-

2009)

Thapar

University,

Patiala

Feb. 5-6

88. Kiran Soni, Ajay

K. Sah

Approaches towards the

reactivity of copper

complex synthesized from

glucose derived chiral

ligand

National Sympossium in

Green Chemistry (NSGC-

2009)

Thapar

University,

Patiala

Feb. 5-6


Purva Lohan,

Akhil Bajaj

Promoter activation By

ACGT in response to

salicylic acid and abscisic

acids is differentially

regulated by the spacing

between two copies of the

motif

International confernce

on emerging trends in

Biotechnology

Varanasi Dec. 4-6

90. Angshuman R.

Choudhury, Neil

Winterton,

Alexander

Steiner, and

Kathleen A.

Johnson

In situ Crystallization of

Low-Melting Ionic

Liquids:

Crystal Engineering and

Noncovalant Interactions:

Contemporary Themes

and Futurristic

Developments

Coorg,

Karnataka

Feb. 22-

25

91. Sangeeta sharma

& Ruchika

sharma

Advertising: A tool of

coprorate social

responsibility

National Seminar on

Coporate Social

Responsibility

Mandi

Govindgarh

Oct. 5-6

92. Ruchika Sharma

& Sangeeta

Sharma

Gester power:the nag

factor of advertising

6th AIMS International

conference on

management

Noida Dec. 28-

31

93. Ruchika Sharma Gender

jive:communication

International conference

on soft skills

BITS Pilani Sep. 19-

20

125

S.No. Author(s)/


between mars and venus development strategies:

Corporate and Academia

perspective

94. M. Mishra and

C. P. Singh

Strangeness Production in

Excluded Volume Models

International Symposium

on Nuclear Physics 2009

(ISNP 2009)

BARC,

Mumbai

Dec. 11

95. S.K.Chamoli,

A.E. Stuchbery,

M.C. East

Transient field g-factor

measurements in 125Te

Workshop on Nuclear

Yrast and Near-Yrast

Spectroscopy

IIT, Roorkee Oct. 26-30

96. Arpit Sharma &

Usha Manjunath

Process Model for

Evaluating Effectiveness

of Telemedicine in India:

A Case Study

Seventh AIMS


on Management (AIMS-

7)

Bangalore Dec. 20-

23

97. Usha Manjunath Technology

Entrepreneurship: What is

in it for India?

Seventh AIMS


on Management (AIMS-

7)

Bangalore Dec. 20-

23

98. CB Gupta Application of

Mathematics

Invited Talk LCRT

College of

Panipat

Jan. 3

99. CB Gupta Applications Of

Operations Research in

Engg. and technology.

National Seminar on

Special Function Theory

and its applications in

Engg. and Technology.

Shobhasaria

Engineering

College,

Sikar

Feb. 6

100. CB Gupta Applications Of

Operations Research in

Management, Engg. and

Technology.

Invited talk S. B. B.

group of

Institutions,

Meerut

Feb. 13

101. CB Gupta Operations Research an

Overview

Social Development

under Aegis of


Mm(PG)

college,

fatehabad

Mar. 21

102. CB Gupta Linear Programming and

its Applications.

Invited talk. Singhania

University,

Pacheri Bari

Oct. 4

103. CB Gupta Applications of Operations

Research

Invited Talk BKBIET,

Pilani

Oct. 5

104. CB Gupta Why Study Mathematics State Science Day

Celebrtion

MM (PG)

College,

Fatehabad

Oct. 9

105. CB Gupta Importace of Mathematics

in New Era

Invited Talk JVMGRR

(PG)

Colloege,

Charkhi

Dadri

Oct. 28

106. CB Gupta Basic Statistical Tools in

Management

Invited Talk Kedar Nath

Agarwal

Institute of

Managemant,

Charkhi

Dadri

Nov. 7

107. CB Gupta Use of Mathematics Invited Talk JJT

University,

Churela

(Rajasthan)

Nov. 1

108. CB Gupta Permuaion and

Combination

Invited Talk JVMGRR

Institute of

Computer

Applications,

Nov. 11

126

S.No. Author(s)/


Charkhi

Dadri

109. CB Gupta Operations Research an

Overview


Recent Trends in the

advancement of

Astronomy and applied

Mathematics

SGRR (PG)

College,

Dehradun

Nov. 15

110. CB Gupta How to become Good

teacher

Invited talk. LCRT

College of

Education,

Panipat

Nov. 16

111. CB Gupta Application of Simulation

in Queueing Theory

Nationa seminar on

computational

Mathematics and

Operations Research

BKBIET,

Pilani

Nov. 29

112. SK Verma Bioremediation of heavy

metals using recombinant

Nostoc calcicola

immobilized on calcium

alginate and silica gel


on Anaerobic Digestion

and Renewable Energy

through Microbes

BITS-Pilani,

Goa

Campus,

Goa

Jan. 13-15

113. SK Verma Biocell fuel NAAS brainstorming

session on ‗New

Generation Biofuels‘

New Delhi Aug. 28

114. Ravi Prakash Materials Science and

Engineering

Distinguished Lecture

Series

RITEE,

Raipur

Nov. 3

115. Ravi Prakash Advanced Materials and

their unique behaviour

University Colloquium MATS

University

Raipur

Nov. 4

116. Ravi Prakash Creating Research Hubs in

Universities: Key Issues

QIP Special Lecture IIT Roorkee May 19

117. BV Babu Modeling and

Evolutionary Optimization

for Manufacturing

Processes of Polymeric

Materials

Indo-US Workshop on

Materials Design:

Measurement, Modeling

and Informatics

Taj

International,

Kolkata

Jan. 5-7

118. BV Babu Practices vs. Performance Staff Association Invited

Lecturer

BITS Pilani Feb. 9

119. BV Babu Modelilng & Simulation,

Traditional Optimization

Techniques and their

limitations, Population-

based search algorithms

for optimization, and

Energy Integration

Analysis

Workshop on Application

of Advanced

Tools/Techniques in

Research

BITS Pilani-

Goa Campus

Mar. 6-7

120. BV Babu Biomass gasification: A

conversion technology for

production of gaseous

fuels

IIP Golden Jubilee

Symposium on "Fossil

Economy to Biomass

Economy - Opportunities

and Challenges"

IIP-

Dehradun

Aug. 19-

21

121. BV Babu Overview of Process

Modeling & Simulation

Workshop on Process

Modeling and Simulation

University

of Petroleum

and Energy

Studies

(UPES),

Dehradun

Nov. 6-7

122. BV Babu Population-based search Workshop on Process UPES, Nov. 6-7

127

S.No. Author(s)/


algorithms for single- and

multi-objective

optimization

Modeling and Simulation Dehradun

123. Abhijit K

Digalwar

Changing Basis of

Performance

Measurements

Short Term Training

Programme on Flexible

Manufacturing System

Jawaharlal

Darda

Institute of

Engineering

and

Technology,

Yavatmal

Jun. 2

124. Uma S Dubey Science and Curiosity Key note Address on

Interconnectivity of

schools

Saboo

School,

Pilani

Oct. 23

125. Suman Kapur Ancient to genomics Recent advances in

molecular biology and

pharmaceutical

Biotechnology

MAHE,

Manipal

Jun. 09

126. Shamsher B

Singh

Performance Based Design

Approaches for Concrete –

Composite Systems – A

Review

3rd National Conference

on Recent Trends in

Concrete Composites for

Structural Systems

(RTCCSS-09)

Erode,

Tamil Nadu

Apr. 3

127. Shamsher B

Singh

Design of Steel Structures Short-Term Training

Programme (STTP)

NIT

Kurukshetra

Jun. 15-

20

128. Shamsher B

Singh


circular cutout on stability

and failure characteristics

of composite laminate

54th Congress of Indian

Society for Theoretical

and Applied Mechanics,

2009

Netaji

Subhas

Institute of

Technology,

New Delhi.

Dec. 18-

21

129. Jitendra Panwar Microbial mobilization of

phosphorus for plant

nutrition

The Technological

Waste: A potential Threat

to Survival

Engineering

College,

Bikaner

Nov. 27

130. P Srinivasan Metallurgy of thermal

power plant componenets

Invited lecture NTPC,

Ramagundam.

Sep. 16-

19

131. P Srinivasan Fatigue, Fracture and

Mechanics of Materials

International Business

Conference (IBC) for

working professionals

from various Industries

Hotel Hyaat

Residency,

Mumabi

Oct. 13-

14.

132. Rajesh Mehrotra From green revolution to

Gene Technology

The Technological

Waste: A potential Threat

to Survival, AICTE

sponsored Faculty

Development Programme

Engineering

College

Bikaner

Nov. 27

133. Ruchika Sharma Methods of data collection M.B.A enrichment

programme

Vellamal

group of

education,

Chennai

Oct. 28

134. Ruchika Sharma Finding constant

inspiration

Innaugration of

entrepreneural cell

Mahendra

group of

institute,

Salem

Oct. 29

135. Sangeeta Sharma Job Interviews PERF India Ahemdabad Jan. 8

136. Sangeeta Sharma Nonverbal cues in

Business Communication

Faculty training

programme for

Development of Soft

Skills

Sikar Mar. 2

137. Sangeeta Sharma Effective Communication

and Writing Research

Staff Development

Programme on Improving

Jaipur Mar. 27-

28

128

S.No. Author(s)/


Report Management Teaching

Effectiveness

138. Inamur R.

Laskar

Organic Semiconducting

Materials for Organic

Light Emitting Diodes

Summer workshop on

Organic Electronics

Kanpur Jul. 13-14

139. Ram Shukla Improving Soft Skills of

Faculty

Faculty Training

Programme for

Development

of Soft Skills

Sikar Mar. 2

140. Arya Kumar Issues in Financing a

Venture

Entrepreneurship

development programme

Jaipur Sep. 21

141. Anasuya

Ganguly

Cells in Blue, Green and

White‖a study by

fluorescent microscope.

FLOURESCENCE 2009,

An International

Conference of

Fluorescence in Biology

Alessio

Siculo,

Messina,

Italy

Mar. 16-

19

142. Bhanudas Naik,

Prita Pant

Sarangi,

Narendra Nath

Ghosh

A simple chemical

technique for synthesis of

mesoporous silicate and

incorporation of metal ion

within this porous matrix

20th AGM of Materials

Research Society of India

Kolkata Feb. 10

143. Bharat

Deshpande,

Mangesh

Bedekar,

Pralav Dessai,

Vijay Reddy

On the enhancement

provided by preceding and

Succeeding Auxiliary

Word to Search Engines to

Categorize search results

CCITA 2010,


on Computing

Communication and

Information Technology

Applications

Janakiammal

College of

Engineering

and

Technology

Jan. 21-23

144. Halan Prakash,

Shyamalava

Mazumdar

Succinylation of

cytochrome c investigated

by electrospray ionization

mass spectrometry:

reactive lysine residues

Symposium on Advance

Biological Inorganic

Chemistry, SABIC-2009

Tata

Institute of

Fundamenta

l Research,

Mumbai

Nov. 4-7

145. Kareti V.R.B.

Prasad,

Dr. M. Singru

Identifying the Optimum

Design of Turbo-

Alternator Using Different

Multi-objective

optimization algorithms


on Recent Trends in

Information,

Telecommunication and

Computing

Kochi,

Kerala

Mar. 12-

13

146. Mitaxi Pranlal

Mehta

Equilibrium States of

Delay Coupled Oscillator

Chains


Nonlinear Systems and

Dynamics

Kolkata Mar. 5-7

147. Mridula Goel Macro-economic

crisis:Effects on Indian

retail

Macro-economic

crisis:issues and

challenges

Goa

University

Feb. 27

148. Prita Pant

Sarangi,

N. Pillai,

A. Rajaram,

R. S. Ardeshis,

T. Dasgupta,

T. Garg,

Narendra Nath

Ghosh

A novel but simple

chemical method for

synthesis of single phase

Ni- Zn ferrite nanopowder

and their properties



Kolkata Feb. 10

149. Prita Pant

Sarangi,

R. R.

Chandrasekhar,

S. R. Vadera,

M. K. Patra,

Preparation of High

performance

polybenzoxazine- Ni Zn

ferrite Magnetic nano

composite by a novel

Chemical Method and its



Kolkata Feb. 10

129

S.No. Author(s)/


C. Prakash,

Narendra Nath

Ghosh

properties

150. R K Mishra,

K Deshpande,

S Chandra,

S Bhand

Novel biochip for analysis

of organophosphate

residues

1st Biosensing

Technology Conference

Bristol, U.K. Nov. 10-

12

151. Raj Kumar Arya Depth Profiling of

Multicomponent Coatings

to Test Theories of

Diffusion

14th International

Coating Science and

Technology Symposium

Marina del

Rey,

California,

USA

Sep. 7-10

152. Srikanth Mutnuri Role of fluorescence in

studying microbial

diversity

FLOURESCENCE 2009,

An International

Conference of

Fluorescence in Biology

Alessio

Siculo,

Messina,

Italy

Mar. 16-

19

153. T. A. White, R.

Krishnan, J.

Brown, S. M.

Arachchige and

K. J. Brewer

Tuning the Properties of

Mixed-Metal

Supramolecular

Complexes that Function

as Photocatalysts for Solar

Hydrogen Production

237th ACS National

Meeting

Salt Lake

City, UT,

USA

Mar. 22-

26

154. Manju

Choudhary,

Arun K. Pujari

Q-coverage Problem in

Wireless Sensor Networks


on Distributed

Computing Networks

(ICDCN‘09)

IIIT,

Hyderabad

Jan. 3-6

155. N. Moorthy

Muthukrishnan

Achieving Energy Self-

sufficiency in Rural Areas

through Renewable Energy

Sources- Solar Energy and

Biogas

Conference on energy

Security for Rural

Development

(ESRD 2009)

Gandhigram,

Tamil Nadu

Mar. 10-

12

156. N.Rajesh,

S.Kalidhasan,

Biobased composites for

the removal of chromium

from industrial waste

water

Symposium on Advanced

Biological Inorganic

Chemistry (SABIC-2009)

TIFR,

Mumbai

Nov. 4-7

157. B. Chavillon, C.

Doussier-

Brochard, R.

Srinivasan, L.

Cario, L.

Pellegrin, E.

Blart, F. Odobel,

S. Jobic

Tuning the color of p-type

wide band gap

semiconductor via their

nanostructuration. The

case of CuGaO2 and

LaOCuS.

Spring Meeting of

European Materials

Research Society

(EMRS)

Strasbourg,

France

Jun. 10

158. M.Venu,

V.Padmavathi,

P.N.Rao

Effects of Admixtures in

concrete mix design



Structural and

geotechnical engineering

(ACSGE - 2009)

Pilani Oct. 25-27

159. M.Venu,

V.Padmavathi,

P.N.Rao

High Performance

Concrete: Role of

Admixtures


on Materials, Mechanics

and Management

(IMMM - 2010)

Trivandrum Jan. 14-16

160. R. Gururaj Query Processing in

Wireless sensor NW

Sreenidhi Institute of Sc.

& Technology.

Hyderabad Sep. 11

161. R. Gururaj Tiny DB: An Acquisitional

Query Processing System

for sensor Networks

Sreenidhi Institute of Sc.

& Technology.

Hyderabad Sep. 11

162. K.Srinivasa Raju Multicriterion Decision

Making and Soft

Center for Water

Resources

JNTU,

Hyderabad

Mar. 16-

17

130

S.No. Author(s)/


Computing: A Case Study

163. C Hota Defenses Against Attacks

in P2P Overlays

University of London London Sep. 10

164. Ramakrishna

Vadrevu

Bioinformatics in the

Areas of Biomedical &

Ecological Applications

Sri Sathya Sai University Prasanthi

Nilayam

Feb. 20-

21

165. Dr. P. Sankar

Ganesh

Termitechnology – an

emerging frontier in

biotechnology

VRS College of

Engineering and

Technology

Arasur,

Tamil Nadu

Feb. 19

166. Dr. P. Sankar

Ganesh

Application of bioprocess

engineering for solid waste

management

KSR College of

Technology

Thiruchengo

de, Tamil

Nadu

Mar. 11

167. Dr. P.

Yogeeswari

Molecular Modelling &

Drug Design

QIP program-Manipal

College of

Pharmaceutical Sciences

Manipal Nov. 18

168. Pravin Singru Genetic Algorithm in

Product Design

Optimization


Recent Advances in

Product and Process

Islampur Mar. 21-

22

169. Pravin Singru Careers in Engineering Invited talk Dempo

Charitable

Trust

Jan. 25

170. Metaxi Mahta On disturbing a

syncronised state

The symposium in honor

of

Prof. Brack

University

of

Regensburg

Germany,

Sep. 18-

19

List of Faculty Members Who Attended Various Conferences in 2009

S.No. Name of

Faculty

Conference Name Place Date

1. CB Gupta National Seminar on Special function

Theory and its Applications in Engg.

and Technology

Shobhasaria Engineering College,

Sikar

Feb. 6-7

2. CB Gupta National Conference on Social

Development under aegis of


MM (PG0 College Fatehabad,

Haryana

Mar. 21-

22

3. CB Gupta National Conference on Recent

Trends in Advancement of Astronomy

and Applied Mathematics

SGrr(PG) College, Dehradun Nov. 14-

15

4. CB Gupta National seminar on Computational

Mathematics and Operations

Research.

B.K. Birla Institute of

ENgineering and Technology,

Pilani

Nov. 28-

29

5. R Purohit National Conference on Virtual and

Intelligent Instrumentation-2009

(NCVII-09)

BITS Pilani Nov. 13-

14

6. Nirupama

Prakash

Role of Women Studies in Promoting

Educational Participation of Women

The Department of Inclusive

Education at National University

of Educational Planning and

Administration (NUEPA)

Mar. 13-

14

7. Nirupama

Prakash

UGC sponsored- Sensitivity,

Awareness and Motivation (SAM)

workshop on Capacity Building of

Women Managers in Higher

Education

Department of Continuing

Education, IIT Roorkee

May 18-

22

8. NN Sharma Workshop on Nanotechnology and

fabrication

IISc, Bangalore Apr. 24-

27

131

S.No. Name of

Faculty


9. NN Sharma NPMASS 2 Day Training Workshop

on COMSOL

BITS, Pilani Nov. 2-3

10. NN Sharma XXXVII Summer School on

Advanced Problems in Mechanics

St. Petersburg Russia Jun. 29-

Jul. 5

11. NN Sharma INUP (Indian Nanoelectronics User

Program) Hands-on Nanofabrication

Workshop

Center for Excellence in

Nanoelectronics (CEN), IISc,

Bangalore

Dec. 7-

15

12. HK Mohanta Indo-German Workshop on Green

Manufacturing

BITS, Pilani Sep. 21

13. Kumar Neeraj

Sachdev

Contemporary Indian Identities,

Philosophy and Art and the

Philosophy of Literature

Department of Philosophy, Panjab

University, Chandigarh

Jan. 29-

30

14. D

Bandyopadhyay

International Symposium on Clusters,

Cluster Assemblies and Nano-Scale

Materials: Fundamental Issues to

Novel Applications

Haris-Chandra Research Institute,

Allahabad, India

Feb. 9-11

15. Abhijit K

Digalwar

Indo-German Workshop on Green

Manufacturing

BITS Pilani Sep. 21

16. Surekha Bhanot National Conference on Virtual and

Intelligent Instrumentation

BITS Pilani Nov. 13-

14

17. Pratik N Sheth Indo-German Workshop on "Green

Manufacturing"


18. Anand

Gurumurthy

Indo-German workshop on "Green

Manufacturing"


19. Suman Kapur National Symposium on Emerging

Trends in Life Sciences

BITS, Pilani Mar. 6-7

20. Suman Kapur IEEE meeting on nanotechnology Chennai Aug. 9

21. Dinesh Kumar International Conference on Advances

in Concrete, Structural and


BITS-Pilani Oct. 25-

27

22. Rakesh

Choubisa

DAE-BNRS Symposium on Atomic,

Molecular and Optical Physics

IUC, New Delhi Feb. 10-

13

23. Rakesh

Choubisa

National Conference on Advances in

Atomic Molecular and Nuclear

Physics

M M H College, Ghaziabad Nov. 5-7

24. Shamsher B

Singh

54th congress of ISTAM (Indian

Society for Theoretical and Applied

Mechanics) 2009, organized by IIT

Kharagpur & NSIT

Netaji Subhas Institute of

Technology, New Delhi.

Dec. 18-

21

25. Shamsher B

Singh

International Conference on Advances

in Concrete, Structural and

Geotechnical Engineering (ACSGE-

2009),Pilani, India,

BITS Pilani Oct. 25-

27

26. Shamsher B

Singh

3rd National Conference on Recent

Trends in Concrete Composites for

Structural Systems (RTCCSS-09)

Erode, Tamilnadu Apr. 03-

04

27. Shamsher B

Singh

UKIERI Research Workshop University of Dundee, and

Leicster, UK

Jul. 5-10

28. Parikshit K

Singh

National Conference on Virtual and

Intelligent Instrumentation

BITS-Pilani Nov. 13-

14

29. Navneet Gupta National Conference on Virtual and

Intelligent Instrumentation (NCVII-


13

132

S.No. Name of

Faculty


2009)

30. Navneet Gupta National Symposium on Vacuum

Technology and its Applications to

Electronic Devices and Systems

(IVSNS-2009)

CEERI, Pilani Nov. 11-

13

31. Utkarsh

Maheshwari

National Conference on Advances in

Petroleum refining and Petrochemical

Technologies

Aligarh Mar. 21

32. Ruchika

Sharma

Threads of excellence Chennai Sep. 18

33. Anasuya

Ganguly

National Conference on Anaerobic

digestion and Renewable Energy

through Microbes

BITS-Pilani, Goa campus Jan. 13-

15

34. Sampatrao

Dagu Manjare

Advanced trends in waste

management

Pune Dec. 3-4

35. C Hota International Conference on Security

and Digital Forensics (ISDF 2009)

City University, London Sep. 6-7

36. C Hota International Conference on

Information Security (Clubhack 2009)

Pune Dec. 7

37. Manju

Choudhary

International Conference on

Distributed Computing Networks

(ICDCN‘09)

IIIT, Hyderabad Jan. 3-6

38. Moorthy

Muthukrishnan

National Conference on energy

Security for Rural Development

(ESRD 2009)

Gandhigram, Tamil Nadu Mar. 10-

12

39. Bhuyan, N.

2nd International conference on

Spirituality and Organizational

Leadership

New Delhi Feb. 9-12

40. N.Rajesh Symposium on Advanced Biological

Inorganic Chemistry (SABIC-2009)

Tata Institute of Fundamental

Research, Mumbai

Nov. 2-7

41. Ramakrishna

Vadrevu

National Symposium on Cellular &

Molecular Biophysics

CCMB, Hyderabad Jan. 22-

24

42. Sai Sailaja OR & Data Analytics Workshop Hyderabad Nov. 19-

20

43. P. Yogeeswari National conference on ―Emerging

Trends in Pharmaceutical Sciences‖

Hyderabad Feb. 27-

28

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Annexure 7

Faculty Research Areas

Name of Faculty Research Areas

Biosciences

Ashis Kumar Das Molecular Parasitology, Molecular Immunology and Systems Biology

Ashish Kumar Runthala Bioinformatics

B. Vani Plant Physiology and Molecular Biology

Jitendra Panwar Micorrhizal Biotechnology, Plant Tissue Culture

Lalita Gupta Molecular Biology, Parasitology, Vector Biology

Manoj Kannan Molecular Biology, Epigenetics

Pankaj Sharma Plant Biochemistry, Plant Biotechnology

Prabhat Nath Jha Plant Microbe Interaction, Bioprospecting

Rajesh Mehrotra Molecular Biology, Eukaryotic Gene Regulation

Sanjay Kumar Verma Environmental Biotechnology, Biological Nitrogen-fixation, Biosensor

Development

Sandhya Mehrotra Plant Molecular Biology

Sanjeev Kumar Immunology, Molecular Biology, Vector Biology

Shibasish Chowdhury Computational Biology, Biomolecular Modelling

Suman Kapur Molecular Biology, Human Genetics

Uma S. Dubey Immunology, Animal Cell Culture

Vishal Saxena Apicoplast in Plasmodium, Molecular Biology

Chemical Engineering

Ajay Kr. Pani Instrumentation and Process Control, Modeling and Simulation,

Environmental Engineering, Thermal Engineering

Amit Jain Process Control, Process System Engineering

Arvind Kr. Sharma Environmental Engineering, Fluidization, Adsorption, Biochemical

Engineering, Separation Processes, Fluid Mechanics, Modeling and

Simulation

Ashish M Gujarathi Process Design and Simulation, Optimization of Chemical Processes,

Reaction Engineering, Biochemical Engineering, Polymer Engineering

Basheer Ahmed Process Control, Catalysis, Reaction Engineering, Industrial Safety

B.R. Natarajan Process Synthesis, Hazard Assessment, Industry – University

Collaboration

Budida Varahala Babu Evolutionary Computation, Energy Engineering, Environmental

Engineering, Modeling and Simulation, Biomass Gasification, Plasma

Pyrolysis, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Bio-Hydrogen

Hare Krisna Mohanta Process Control, Wavelet Application in Control, Modeling and

Simulation, Consciousness Studies, Reactive Distillation, Petroleum

Refining

Kalyan G Patil Nanotechnology, Surface Modification, Nanotribology, Modeling,

Adsorption, Self-assembled monolayers, Multilayer Kinetics

Nikhil Prakash Process Control, Polymer Science, Engineering & Technology, Process

Modeling, Catalysis, Nanotechnology, Reaction Engineering

Pradipta Chattopadhyay Foam and Foam Modeling, Delayed Coking Operation in Petroleum

Refining Sector

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Priya C Sande Modeling and Simulation of Industrial Reactors, Computational Fluid

Dynamics (CFD), Kinetic Chemistry of Important industrial Reactors

Sheth Pratik Nitinchandra Biomass Gasification, Modeling and Simulation, Process Control,

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Pyrolysis, Process Design

Smita Raghuvanshi Environmental Engineering (Biofiltration), Polymer Technology,

Modeling and Simulation, Life Cycle Assessment, Environmental

Impact Assessment

Subhajit Majumder Biofiltration, Nano-Science and Nanotechnology, Membrane

Technology, Polymer Science & Technology

Suresh Gupta Environmental Engineering, Modeling and Simulation, Adsorption,

Separation Processes, Computational Fluid Dynamics, Biofiltration

Sushil Kumar Polymer Technology, Process Intensification, Separation Processes in

Biotechnology, Simulation and Modeling, Biochemical Engineering,

Environmental Engineering, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Utkarsh Maheshwari Petrochemical Technology, Adsorption of Heavy Metals

Chemistry

Ajay Kumar Sah Inorganic, Bioinorganic and Coordination Chemistry

Amit Dubey

Significant Organic Transformations over Functionalized Nano

Materials

Anil Kumar Solid Phase and Combinatorial Chemistry, Protein Tyrosine Kinase

Inhibitors and Novel Reaction Methodology

Bharti Khungar Coordination Chemistry

Dalip Kumar Design and Synthesis of Novel Anti-inflammatory and Anti-cancer

Agents, Natural Products, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Heterocyclic

Chemistry

G. Sundar Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Physical Chemistry of

Solutions

Inamur R. Laskar Materials for Nano and Opto electronics

Madhushree Sarkar Supramolecular chemistry and crystal engineering

Nidhi Mishra Natural Product Chemistry, Design and synthesis of biologically active

molecules, intellectual property rights

Patel Gautam Dharmendrabhai Synthetic Organic Chemistry, medicinal chemistry and molecular

modelling

Prashant U. Manohar Electronic structure theories for highly correlated near-degenerate and

non-degenerate systems

Ram Kinkar Roy Theoretical and Applied Studies of DFT based reactivity descriptors

S. C. Sivasubramanian Electron Paramagnetic Resonance, Amorphous Materials, Solid State

Chemistry

Saumi Ray Encapsulation of transition metal complexes in Zeolites

Subit Kumar Saha Spectroscopic study of new molecular probes for micelles, reverse

micelle, cyclodextrins, proteins and DNA.

Civil Engineering

Ajit Pratap Singh Water Resource Engineering, Environmental Engineering,

Mathematical Modelling and Simulation, soft computing

Anshuman Soil Structure Interaction, Finite Element Methods, CAAD

Anupam Singhal Environmental Engineering, Water Treatment, Industrial Waste Water

Treatment, EIA

Ashoke Kumar Sarkar Transportation Planning, Pavement Management Systems, Traffic

Engineering, Rural Accessibility

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Dipendu Bhunia Performance Based Design of Buildings, Repair and Retrofitting of

Structures, Structural Dynamics, Modelling, Prestressed Concrete

Structures

K. Nallasivam Structural Dynamics, Vibration Analysis, Fatigue Analysis, Thin-walled

Structure Analysis, Bridge Structure Design Analysis, Finite Element

Analysis

Kamalesh Kumar Fibre reinforced soil, Ultrasonic Testing of Soils, Soil Behaviour,

Environmental Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, Geotechnical

Earthquake Engineering, Environmental Impact Assessment,

Application of geosynthetic in geotechnical engineering

Manoj Kumar Finite Element Analysis of concrete structures, Bridge Engineering,

Structural Engineering, Plasticity, Post-cracking Analysis of Concrete

Structures, Earthquake resistant desgin of multistorey structures

Meghana Shrikant Charde Sustainable Architecture, Energy Efficient Building Design

Muthukumar G. Earthquake Resistant Design, Shear Walled Structures

Rajitha K. Water resources management using remote sensing and GIS, Artificial

neural network for water quality matchting, climate change, multi-

criterion decision making

Rajiv Gupta GIS, Passive Solar Architecture, Concrete Technology, System

Engineering, Disaster management

Ravi Kant Mittal Geotechnical and Earthquake Engineering, Ground Improvement

Techniques, Shallow Foundations, Soil Dynamics

Shamsher Bahadur Singh Structural Engineering, Composite Structures, FRP reinforced and pre-

stressed concrete structure, Finite Element Modelling

Sanghamitra Kundu Environmental Engineering (Water and Waste Water Treatment), GIS

applications in water resources, solid waste management

Computer Science & Information Systems

Ankit Choudhary File systems, Parallel algorithms, controlling mobile agents

Avinash Gautam Computer networks design and optimization

Dinesh Kumar Tyagi Optical Network, Adhoc Networks

Janardan Prasad Mishra Electronic System Design, Computer Control System, Microprocessors

Haribabu K. Location Management and Maintenance in P2P Overlay Networks,

Security Issues in P2P Overlay Networks, Resilience in P2P Networks

K. Venkatasubramanian Software Engineering

Kiran D. C. Theoratical Computer Science, Compilers, Multicore Computing

Mukesh Kumar Rohil Artificial Intelligence, Remote Sensing, Geographical Information

Systems, Pattern Recognition, Artificial Intellingence, Expert Systems

Murali P. Real-Time Embedded Systems, Distributed Computing, Adhoc

Networks

N. Mehala Web Mining, Search Engines, Algorithms

Navneet Goyal Data Warehousing, Data Mining, Query Performance

Nirmal Kumar Gupta Software Testing, Object Oriented Software

P. Shanta Quantum Computing

Pankaj Vyas Software Engineering, Object Oriented Based Design and Patterns,

Software Reliability Estimation

Poonam Goyal Data Mining, Algorithms

Praveen Ranjan Srivastava Software Engineering, Software Testing

Rahul Banerjee Networking, Distributed Multimedia, Wearable Computing Systems

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S. Balasubramaniam Formal Methods and Security, Software Frameworks & Architectures,

Planning for Mobile Agents, Information Retrieval

Shailendra Singh Shekhawat Mathematical Modelling and Simulations, Databases, Internetworking

Technologies, Networking

Sudeept Mohan Intelligent Control, Robotics

Suneel Kumar Advances in Educationa Technology, Knowledge Acquisition and

Representation Techniques, Intelligent Agents enabled Knowledge-

based Systems

Sunita Bansal Scheduling Algorithm on Distributed Environment like Grid and Pear to

Pear Network and Operating Systems

Vandana Agarwal Image Processing

Vikas Singh Traffic Engineering, Network and Systems Security, Network

Management System, Wireless Mesh Network

Vimal S. P. Data Mining, Digital Image Processing

Virendra Singh Shekhawat WDM Optical Networks – Routing Algorithms

Vishal Gupta Ranking Algorithms of Search Engines, Link Structures of the Web,

Searching Algorithms

Yashvardhan Sharma OOAD in Software Engineering, Programming Languages, Indexing

Techniques for Data Warehouses, Decision Support Systems

Economics and Finance

Arun Kumar Giri Macroeconomic Modelling, Applied Finance, Environment and

Resource Economics International Trade and Finance

Arun Kumar Vaish Banking, Micro Finance, Capital Markets

Arya Kumar Strategy, Financial Management, Corporate Planning, Entrepreneurship,

Project Management

Mohan Lal Corporate Taxation, Income Tax, Resource Management Systems,

Accounting and Auditing

Muralidhar Rao N. V. Econometric Methods and Applications, Computational Economics and

Finance, India‘s Economic Development

Niranjan Swain Corporate Finance, Capital Markets, Investments

Omvir Chaudhry Financial Modelling, Project Appraisal, Public Finance

Electrical, Electronics & Instrumentation Engineering

Abhijit Rameshwar Asati VLSI Design and Micro-electronics

Anu Gupta ASIC Design, Low Power Digital Design, Modelling of Delay and

Power Consumption, ADC and DAC Design, Ultra Low Power Analog

IC Design

Ashish Mishra Embedded systems

Dheerendra Singh Power Electronics, Hybrid Compensators, FACT and HVDC

G. Raghurama Telecommunication Switching and Networks, Virtual Private Networks,

Web Caching

H. V. Manjunath Power Electronics, Drives, Power System Harmonics

Hari Om Bansal Electrical Power System, Voltage Stability Analysis, Control System,

A I Techniques, MATLAB Application in Power System

Hitesh Datt Mathur Electrical Power Systems, AI Techniques in Power Systems,

Applications of MATLAB in Power System Control

Indranil Som Analog mixed systems and low power VLSI circuits

Karunesh Kumar Gupta Signal Processing

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Keskar Swati Pradipkumar Wearable Computing, Real Time Embedded Systems, Quantum

Computing

L. K. Maheshwari Electronic Devices, Analog Electronics & Educational Development

Lucky sharan Optical communication and networks, non linear optics

M. K. Kashiramka Solar Devices

Mahesh Angira Microelectronics and VLSI

Man Mohan Sing Anand Instrumentation Technology, Virtual Instrumentation

Manoj Kumar Datta Congestion Control Algorithm in Networks

Mohammad Sigbhatulla Power Electronics and Power Systems

Meenakshi Sundaram Optical Communication and Devices

Navneet Gupta MOS Devices and EM Waves

Navneet upadhyay Digital signal processing and communication sytems

Nitin Chaturvedi Microelectronics, VLSI Design

Parikshit Kishore Singh Virtual Instrumentation

Pawan Sharma VLSI

R. P. Khare Fibre Optic Sensors, Smart Materials and Structures

Rajesh Purohit Fibre Optic Temperature Sensor

Rajiv Ranjan Singh Wearable Computing, Embedded Systems

Rajneesh Kumar Electronics and Control, Soft Switching Inverters

Rahul Singhal Optical Communication and Networks

S. Gurunarayanan Embedded Systems, Digital Design, VLSI Architecture

Sachin Maheshwari VLSI and low power circuits

Sanjoy Roy Power System Control and Stability, Power Electronics, Renewable

Energy System Planning, System/Man Interaction and Gaming

Applications

Snehalata Muroyta Micro electronics

Srinivas Reddy K. Optical Sensors and Electronics

Subhendu Kumar Sahoo VLSI Architecture, Digital System and Circuit Design for

Communication Applications, Digital Arithmatic Circuits

Surekha Bhanot Virtual Instrumentation, AI Techniques in Process Instrumentation and

Control

Suresh Kumar Vanam Microelectronics and VLSI

V. K. Chaubey Optical Wave Guides and Integrated Optics, Wireless Communication,

Optical Networks

V. K. Madan DSP, Image processing, neural networks and instrumentation

Vimal Bhanot Power Systems, High Voltage

Vineet Kumar Microelectronics and VLSI

Vinita Tiwari Optical networks and systems

Humanistic Studies

Anil Rai Musicology, Music and its practical appliance, application of

mathematics, literature, art and sciences in music form and styles

Kumar Neeraj Sachdev Indian Tradition of Philosophy and Religion, Logic and Language,

Ethical Communication, Ethics in Profession

Motilal Dash Social Development, Sustainable Livelihoods, Social Dynamics, Rural

Development, Gender Issues, Child Development, Climate Change,

Empowerment Analysis

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Nirupama Prakash Medical Sociology, Woman and Development, Socio-cultural Issues

Conflict Management, Gender Issues

S. N. Prasad Indology, Art & Architecture, Vastushastra, Society

Surya Kanta Maharana Indian Philosophy, Vedanta, Consciousness Studies, Phenomenology

and Religion, Ecosophy

Syed Nadeem Fatmi Social Ecology, Rural Sociology, Gender Studies, Development

Studies, Research Methodology

Umesh Dhyani Governance, Global Compact

Languages

Devika Feminism, Creative Writing, Modern Fiction, Business Communication

Gajendra Singh Chauhan Applied Linguistics, Advertising Media, ELT, Professional

Communication, Socialinguistics, Journalism

Geetha B. Science Fiction, Visual Communication, Twentieth Century Literature,

Modern Indian Drama, Cinema Studies

Pushp Lata Professional Communication through Distance Education, ELT, Indian

Writing in English, Public Speaking, Soft Skills, Entrepreneurship

Sanjeev Kumar Chaudhary Linguistics and Phonetics, ELT, Organizational Communication,

Developmental Studies

Sangeeta Sharma Language of Advertising, Professional Communication, Journalism,

English Language Teaching

Sushila Rathore Modern Hindi Parallel Cinema, Indian English Fiction, Business

Communication, English Language Teaching, Entrepreunership,

Cinema studies

Virendra Singh Nirban Professional Communication, Computer Mediated Communication,

XML and Data Storage Presentation, Multimedia Content Development

for Language Learning, Mass Media Content Design

Management

Anil Kumar Bhat Marketing research, Quantitative Methods in Business, Risk

Management, Entrepreneurship and Business Creativity, Strategic

Management

Arvind Sudarsan Performance Appraisal, Capital Markets

Jayashree Mahesh HR and OB, Management Practices

Leela Rani Retailing, e-Business and Internet Marketing, Services Marketing

Namrata Pancholi Knowledge Management, MIS, Marketing.

R. Raghunathan International Business, Marketing, Entrepreneurship, Negotiation Skills

Ram Shukla Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Operations

Research, Industrial Engineering and Data Analysis.

Satyendra Kumar Sharma Accounting, Financial Management

Satyabadi Misra Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management

Smita Kashiramka Corporate Restructuring, Mergers and Acquisitions

Sudheer Chandra Thakur General Management, Strategy, Governance & Society

Sushil Kumar Mandelia FRP Reinforced Structures and Their Cost Optimization

Usha Manjunath HR, OB, Healthcare, Services & Quality Management, Outsourcing

Mathematics

Arvind Kumar Gupta Mathematical Modeling, Numerical Analysis & Partial Differential

Equations

Balram Dubey Mathematical Modelling, Biomathematics, Ordinary Differential

Equations, Partial Differential Equations

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Bhupendra Kumar Sharma Fluid Mechanics

Chandra Bhan Gupta Applied Statistics, Operations Research

Chandra Shekhar Queuing Theory, Reliability, Stochastic Process

Deepmala Agarwal Cryptography

Dilip Kumar Maiti Computational Fluid Dynamics

Fahed Zulfeqarr Commutative Algebra

J. C. Bansal Nonlinear optimization

Nidhi Verma Biomathematics

P. K. H. Keskar Algebraic Geometry, Algebra, Finite Fields and Applications,

Cryptography

P. K. Yadav Fluid Dynamics

R. S. Parihar Mathematical Modelling

Rajiv Kumar Nonlinear Functional Analysis, Partial Differential Equations,

Population Dynamics, Computational Math.

Rakhee Queing Theory

Ram Awtar Algebra, Number Theory, Algebraic Coding Theory

S. Venkateswaran Operations Research, Functional Analysis, Educational Administration

Sapna Sharma Finite element Analysis, Differential Equations, Heat & mass transfer

Saroj Kumar Sahani Mathematical Biology

Shivi Agarwal Operation Research

Trilok Mathur Fractional Calculus and Geometric Function Theory

Mechanical Engineering

Abhijit Keshaorao Digalwar World Class Manufacturing, Total Quality Management, Performance

Measurement System and Manufacturing Strategy, TPM, Green

Manufacturing, MTD, OM

Amit Kumar Singh Concurrent Engineering, Product Design, Decision Modelling

Techniques and World-Class Manufacturing, Rapid Prototyping, Design

Optimization

Anand G. Lean Manufacturing, Manufacturing Management, Maintenance

Management, World-class Manufacturing and Quality Control

Assurance and Reliability

Anil Jindal Rotodynamic Machines

Bijay Kumar Rout Quality Engineering, Quality Management, Design Optimization,

Robotics and Manufacturing Processes

Chotu Ram Rao Manufacturing Processes, NC Part Programming and CAM

Dileep Kumar Gupta Thermal Engineering

Dinesh Kumar CAD, Design, Dynamic and Stress Analysis, FEM, Failure and Stability

Analysis of Composite Laminates, NDT

Girish Kant Manufacturing Systems Engineering

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Gunjan Soni Supply Chain Management, Operations Research and Manufacturing

Management

Jitendra Singh Rathore Machine Design Engineering, Tribology and Nanotechnology

Kodali Rambabu Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Enlightened Manufacturing Systems,

World-class Manufacturing / Manufacturing Excellence, Manufacturing

Planning and Control / Manufacturing Management, World-class

Maintenance Systems, Manufacturing Strategy, Logistics and Supply

Chain Management, Leadership and Change Management, Enlightened

Product Planning, AI and Decision Support Systems, and Continuous

Improvement Methods

Kuldip Singh Sangawan Cellular Manufacturing Systems, Concurrent Engineering/Product

Design and Development, Green Manufacturing, Maintenance

Engineering, Artificial Intelligence (Genetic Algorithms, Simulated

Annealing, Fuzzy Logics, Artificial Resonance Theory), Operations

Management and Multicriteria Decision Models, Supply Chain

Management

Kalluri Vinayak Mechanical System Design, Product Design, CAD and Finite Element

Analysis

Maheshwar Dwivedi Flexible Manufacturing Systems, Intelligent Manufacturing Systems,

Waste Management and Reverse Production System

Mani Shankar Dasgupta Mechanical Engineering Design, Application of Fuzzy Logic & Neural

Network and Multi-Phase Flow, Functionally Graded Material

Manojkumar Surajkaranji Soni Energy Efficiency, Clean Development Mechanism, Supply and

Demand Side Management, IC Engines, Refrigeration and Air

conditioning

Monica Sharma Manufacturing Excellence, World-Class Manufacturing, Leadership &

Change Management, Manufacturing Planning and Control and

Manufacturing Management, CRM, Operation Management, Industrial

Engineering

N. N. Sharma Nanotechnology, MEMS, Robotics: Dynamics & Control, Artificial

Intelligence: Fuzzy Logic, Evolutionary Algorithms

P. Srinivasan Metal Extrusion, Modelling of Metallurgical and Manufacturing

Processes, Solar based Refrigeration Systems

R. K. Mittal Robotics, Mechatronics, MEMS, Nanotechnology, Design, Software

Engineering, Software Testing, Data Structures and Databases and Fault

Tree Analysis

Rajesh Prasad Mishra Maintenance Management, TPM, World-class Manufacturing,

Operations Management, Multicriteria Decision Making, World-class

Maintenance

Ravi Prakash Biomedical Engineering, Advanced Materials, Non-destructive Testing

Techniques, Design Engineering, Environmental Health

Ravi Raosekar Thermal Engineering, Quality Management

Sachin Ulhasrao Belgamwar Thermal Engineering

Sharad Srivastava Precision Engineering and Quality Engineering, FEA, NDT, Biomedical

Engineering

Srikanta Routroy Supply Chain Management, Evolutionary Computation, Operation

Research, Operations Management

Tadimalla V. V. L. Narsimha

Rao

Tribology, Rotor Dynamics, Fluid Film Bearing

Varinder Kumar Green Manufacturing

Venkataraman P. B. Knowledge Transfer, Manufacturing Strategy and Manufacturing

Management

Vittaldasa Prabhu B. Industrial Engineering

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Pharmacy

Baldev Kumar Pharmacology and Toxicology

Gautam Singhvi Dosage Form Design and Evaluation, Novel Drug Delivery Systems

Murali Monohar Pandey Microbiology and Biotechnology

Hemant Ramanlal Jadhav Design, Synthesis and Evaluation of Anti-arthritic and Anti-alzeimer‘s

Compounds

Jaipal Industrial Pharmacy, Formulation Development, New Drug Delivery

stystems

Mahaveer Singh Analytical Method Development, Synthesis and drug design

R. N. Saha Novel Drug Delivery Systems including Nanoparticulate Systems,

Pharmacokinetics and Biopharmaceutics, Pharmaceutical Analysis,

Drug Design

R. Mahesh Synthesis & Pharmacological Evaluation of Serotonergic (5-HT)

Modulators, Clinical Pharmacy & Therapeutics, Molecular Modelling &

Drug Design, ADR Reporting and Software Development in Pharmacy

Practice, Neuro psycho pharmacology and biomedical instrumentation

Rajendra Prasad Pareek Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Sanjana R. Bhat Therapeutic Drug Monitoring

Shvetank Bhatt Pharmacological screening of serotonergic modulators/antagonists in

the area of depression, anxiety and related disorders like CINV

Shrikant Yashwant Charde Novel Drug Delivery Systems, Pharmaceutical Analysis

Sunil Kumar Dubey Pharmaceutical analysis, pharmacokinetics and molecular modeling and

drug design, clinical pharmacology

Urvashi Kaushik Integrated medicine in pediatric health

Physics

Anshuman Dalvi Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Science

Avijit Mukherjee Theoratical High Energy Physics, Mathematical Physics

Biswanath Layek Particles Physics and Cosmology (Theory)

Champak Baran Das Nuclear Reactions at Medium Energies, Phase Transition in Nuclear

Fragmentation

Debashis Bandyopadhyay Condensed Matter Physics (Experimental and Theoratical), Phase

Transition, Semiconductors Nanoclusters

Debi Datt Pant Non-linear Optics and Laser Spectroscopy

Kusum Lata Atomic Collisions, Cooperative Education

Madhukar Mishra High Energy Physics

Manjula Devi Soft Condensed Matter Physics

Mishra Rashmi Ranjan Solid State Physics (Theory), Mathematical physics

Navin Singh Computational Physics, Biophysics

Niladri Sarkar Semiconductor physics, Computational Physics

Raj Kumar Gupta Soft Condensed Matter

Rakesh Choubisa Atomic Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos

Rakesh Mehrotra Device Modelling and Process Simulation

Rishikesh Vaidya Theoretical Particle Physics

Sanjay Kumar Chamoli Experimental Nuclear Physics

Srijata Dey Scanning Probe Microscopy, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics,

Surface Physics

Subhash N. Karbelkar Theoretical Physics, Optics

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Chemical Engineering

Srinivas Krishnaswamy Membrane separation processes, Reforming technologies for syngas

production, Process plant simulation, Two phase flow

Manjuri Kumar Ceramics, Polymer Technology

Sutapa Roy Ramanan Material synthesis, ferroelectric and electronic materials, Thin films,

Membrane development

Sampatrao D. Manjare Environmental pollution control and management, Separation processes,

Fuel cell and solar energy

Ranjan Dey Thermodynamic and transport properties of liquids and liquid mixtures

P Venkateswara Rao Environmental pollution control and management, Membrane processes

Surendran G. Petroleum refining engineering

Saroj Sundar Baral Environmental Pollution, Separation Sciences

Vaishnavi T. Unde Environmental pollution

R.P. Vaid Reaction Engineering, Process Control, Transport Phenomena

Computer Science & Information System

Bharat Deshpande Set Valued Analysis, Optimization, Parallel Algorithms, Data Mining

J.V. Rao Database Applications, Data Mining

Neena Goveas Condensed Matter Physics, Matter Physics Magnetic Materials, Spin Chains

Statistical models

Sanjay K. Sahay Data Analysis, Numerical Simulation, Operating Systems, Gravitational

Waves, Shell Scripting

Lucy J Gudino Digital Signal Processing , Array Signal Processing, Speech Processing

Raghavendra G.S. Evolutionary Computation

Mangesh V. Bedekar Data Mining, Software Engineering, web data mining for personalised user

experience

Ramprasad Joshi Formal Theory of Computing, Evolutionary Computing

Nitin Upadhyay Software Engineering, Quality Evaluation of Software Architecture, Mobile

Computing Components certification, evaluation and selection

methodologies

N. Arul Image Processing

Aruna G Case Based Reasoning, Parallel Computing

D. Cenitta Computer Networks

Rajendra Kumar Roul DataBase

P Arun Kumar Computer Networks

Electrical & Electronics Engg.

Vishwas K Deshpande Power System, Solar Energy Reliability

K. E. Raman Control Systems

M. K. Deshmukh Power system, Energy Management, Energy Planning

K.R. Anupama Embedded Systems

K.V.R. Brahma Prasad Optimization

Iven Jose Optical Imaging, Signal and Image Processing, Biomedical Engineering

Amalin A. Prince MEMS, Embedded, VLSI

Anita B. Agrawal Biomedical Applications using image processing

C. Balakrishna Moorthy Power Systems Stability,Wind Energy

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Abhilash M.T. Nano Electronics, Analog mixed signal IC Design

Nitin Sharma Wireless MEMO Communication

Gautam G. Bacher BioSensor

Chhayadevi M. Bhamare Embedded, VLSI Design

Meghanand A. Bhamare Embedded, VLSI Design

Jagmohan Singh Power Electronics, Instrumentation, development of processing techniques

and products protypes

Vinita George Communication Systems

Pravin Sakharam Mane FPGA based designs

Mechanical Engineering

Pravin Singru Machine Dynamics and Vibrations, Design of Algorithms, Theory of

Elasticity & Plasticity, Machine Design, Robotics, CAD/CAM Artificial

Intelligence and Genetic Algorithms, Analytical Theory of Vibration, Finite

Element Methods

Bhaskara J. Chandra Babu Mechanical Engineering Design, Materials Science, Composite Materials,

FEM, Fluid Mechanics

Dhananjay M. Kulkarni Fracture Mechanics, FEM, CAD, Failure Analysis, Materials Science

Shibu Clement Experimental Aerodynamics, Jet Control Techniques, Nozzle flow Fluid

Mechanics

Vikas Vinayak Chaudhari Fracture Mechanics

Sachin D. Waigaonkar Manufacturing Engg. & Automation

Abhishek Kumar Electroplating, Graph Theory, MADM

C. Phaneedra Kiran Manufacturing Systems

Varinder Singh Modeling of Manufacturing Systems

Chelladurai H. Vibrations and its Analysis, Virtual Instrumentation, Neural Networks

Dilip Kumar Mohanty Applied Mechanics

Mali Kiran Dinkar Experimental Vibration Analysis

Vishnu Prakash Agrawal Robotics, System Design

Biology Group

Utpal Roy Cell Biology, Genetic Engineering, Bioprospecting, Antifungal research

Samarendra K. Ray Computational Biology, Biochemistry

Meenal Anil Kowshik Nanoparticles synthesis and assembly, Metal microbe interactions, Synthesis

and antimicrobial activities of Titanium dioxide, Photocatalytic activity of

titanium dioxide

Saby John K. Plant tissue culture, Plant Biotechnology, Plant biochemistry

Srikanth Mutnuri Environmental Biotechnology, Bioremediation, Waste water pollution

treatment

Judith Maria Braganca Haloarchaea, Metal Tolerance, Bioremediation, Microbial Fermentations

Anasuya Ganguly Molecular Biology, Molecular Parasitology, Animal Cell and Tissue

Culture, Cellular Aging

K. Prakash Chudalayandi Molecular Biology, Yeast molecular genetics

Veeky Baths Systems Biology, Bioinformatics and Structural Genomics

Dibakar Chakrabarty Biochemistry and pharmacology of venoms and toxins

Vijayashree Nayak Molecular aspects of clinical microbiology, Molecular studies on Animal

cell and tissue culture and Nanotechnology

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Chemistry Group

Sunil Bhand Biosensors for Clinical & Environmental Analysis, Metal Speciation &

Remediation

Aditya Prasad Koley Synthesis and Characterization of Metal Complexes with Unusual Electronic

Structures

Narendra Nath Ghosh Nano structural Materials, Mesoporous Catalyst, Ceramics, Polymer

Composite, Inorganic Chemistry

Raghu Nath Behera Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Tincy Lis Thomas Photophysical Chemistry, Fluorescence Studies

Bhavana P. Bioinorganic Chemistry

Anjan Chattopadhyay Theoretical and Computational Chemistry

Rabi Narayan Panda Synthesis, Characterization and Study of Metal, Alloy and Nitride nano-

materials,Synthesis, Characterization and Study of oxide based nano-powder,

Physical Chemistry, Solid State Chemistry/ Physics, Techniques of Materials

Characterizations

Rashmi Chauhan Polymer Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry

Iti Gupta Synthesis of Porphyrnoids and Related Macrocycles with Novel Properties,

Photophysics of Covalent and Non-Covalent, Multipigment Systems Design

and Synthesis of Macrocyclic Receptors for Anions and Cations

Anoopkumar M. Saxena Protein foulding using fluoruscence spectroscopy

K.P. Jayadevan Semiconducting oxide thin fillings, Thermodynamics of materials

Sujit kumar ghosh Physical Chemisrty

Mathematics

Reeta S. Dubey Differential Equations in Abstract Spaces and Application to PDE, Integro-

differential and Functional Differential Equations, Theory of Semigroups of

Operators and Approximation of Solutions (Faedo-Galerkin method)).

Prasanna Kumar N. Complex Analysis, Geometric Function Theory

Tarkeshwar Singh Graph Theory (Graph Labeling Problems Domination & Energy of

graph/sigraph)

Sabyasachi Pani Functional Analysis (Variational inequalities & Complimentary Problems),

Optimisation Techniques

Danumjaya Palla Numerical Analysis & Scientific Computing, Computational Fluid Dynamics

Anil Kumar Control and Optimization, Integro-Differential Equations, Theory of

Semigroups of Operators, Finite Element Method

Shalu M. A. Graph Theory

Subramania Pillai I Topological Dynamics

Sarvesh Kumar Applied Mathematics

Dheeraj Bahl Compliment Optimazation Problem

Jessica Pereira Graph Theory

Bijil Prakash Image Fusion Algorithms

Natasha D'Souza Graph Theory

Dwijendra Narain Pandey Differential equation

Manoj Kumar Pandey Partial Differential Equations, Nonlinear Waves

Physics

Suresh Ramaswamy High Energy Physics

Arun V. Kulkarni Nuclear Theory

Gaurav Dar Turbulence, Chaos

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Radhika Vathsan Mathematical Physics, Quantum Computing

Nandakumar Patincharath Nonlinear optics, Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy and Microscopy

Anindya Kumar Biswas High Energy Physics

Ashish Asgekar Radio Astronomy

Deepak P.N Nuclear Theory

Raghunath Ratabole High Energy Theory

Toby Joseph Condensed Matter Theory

Sunilkumar V. High Energy Theory

Mitaxi Mehta Nonlinear Dynamics

Prasanta Kumar Das High Energy Theory, Extra dimensional theories, B-mison physics

Linguistics, Humanities, Economics & Management

English

Meenakshi Raman Professional Communication, ELT (English Language Teaching), ESP

(English for Specific Purposes), Soft Skills, Journalism

Basavadatta Mitra English Literature, ELT

Shalini Upadhyay Indian Writings in English, Non-Verbal Communication, Professional

Communication, Personality Development, Business Communication, Soft

Skills

Aruna B. Reddi Post-Colonial Literatures, Regional Novel,

Manisha Dixit Soft Skills, Professional Communication, Media and Mass Communication,

Human Values

Economics

Debasis Patnaik Industrial Economics, Regional Economics, Social Science, Philosophy,

Religion

G. V. Kumari Development Economics, International Agricultural Development

,Geographic Information Systems, Remote Sensing

Humanities

R. P. Pradhan International Relations

Reena Cheruvalath Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Mind, Western Philosophy, Philosophy of

Education

Management

Ch.V.V.S.N.V Prasad Supply Chain Management

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Ananth Saradhi Wireless Sensor Networks, Embedded System Architectures

Anupam Bhattacharya Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Chemical biology and Enzymology

Dr Aradhana

Srivastava

Fermentation physiology of yeasts and lactic acid bacteria; Microbial

production of organic acids like L-lactic acid, citric acid; and L- lactides

polymers (Green Plastic); Heterologous protein expression/ production/

identification in yeast. Conversion of cellulosic agriculture wastes to

products sugar –fructose, organic acids and bioethanol (Green

Chemistry)

Bivudutta Mishra Cosmology and Relativity, Exact Solutions.

Dipak Kumar Satpathi Mathematical modeling of biological and physical syatems

K. Gopi krishna Computational structural Dynamics, Finite elements , wavelets etc.

Gurnam Singh Physical Education and Sports Sciences

R. Gururaj Databases, Software Engg., Object Oriented Technology, Information

systems, Operating systems, Distributed Systems etc.

C Hota Computer Networks and Distributed Systems

Jayati Ray Dutta Microbial Biotechnology, Industrial Enzymology, Downstream

processing, Fermentation Technology, Bioprocess Engineering

Jeevan Jaidi a. Computational fluid flow and heat transfer studies in single phase

flows and phase change processes (melting & solidification)

b. Thermal-mechanical-metallurgical studies in joining and surface

modification processes

c. Interfacial flow studies in viscous and viscoelastic fluids

K. Kavitha Wireless Sensor Networks

R. Krishnan Synthetic coordination chemistry, catalysis, and bioinorganic chemistry

K.Srinivasa Raju Water Resources Planning and Management, Soft Computing,

Multicriterion Decision Making

Dr. K V G Chandra

Sekhar

Medicinal Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry, Green chemistry

B.Madhuri Power Electronics, Renewable energy sources

Manju Choudhary Algorithm designing, optimization problems in wireless sensor networks,

randomization techniques.

M.G.Prasuna Comparative literature,communication skills and soft skills,Indian

writing in English, Fiction writing

Moorthy

Muthukrishnan

VLSI Fabrication and testing, electrical test structures, renewable energy

sources with focus on Photovoltaic materials and devices

Dr. Nisigandha

Bhuyan

Business ethics, Corporate Social Responsibility

Dr Pradyumn Kumar

Sahoo

Relativity, Cosmology

Pavan Kumar G Fused deposition modeling

Poornima Kanagala Nanotechnology

Dr. Kumar Pranav

Narayan

Gene delivery system (Gene therapy for cancer using non-viral

techniques), signal transduction.

Molecular biodiversity analysis of Cyanobacterial germplasm

To understand inter-strain competition of microorganisms of agriculture

importance, Plant-microbe interaction (Cheakpea-Rhizobium)

Application of bacteriocin for the development of biofertilizers

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P.T.V .Praveen Kumar Bio Statistics, Multivariate Analysis

Punna Rao Ravi Novel Drug Delivery Systems, Bio-analytical Method Development

D.Purnima Renewable energy sources and utilization, Biodegradable Polymers

blends and composites , Biodiesel from Tranesterification of

oils,Membrane Separation, Polymer Nanocomposites, Polymer Blends,

Polymer Composites, Polymer Rheology.

Dr.N. Rajesh Green chemistry, with focus on the development of novel methods for

removal of toxic metal ions, dyes from industrial effluents

Ramakrishna Vadrevu Protein Folding, Mis-folding Implications for Human Diseases.

Analysis of Protein Structures; Bioinformatics.

Sai Sailaja Infrastructure, Manufacturing. Energy & Environmental Economics,

Dr. P. Sankar Ganesh Environmental Science and Engineeering including: Bioprocessing of

solid waste and wastewater, polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) production

and granulation in sequencing batch reactor, composting,

vermicomposting, termigradation, earthworm and termite biology and

algorithms for waste transportation.

G Savitha Structural Biology, Bioinformatics, Crystallography

Syed Mujahed

Hussaini

Non Renewebla Sourcess Of Energy, Solar Photovoltoic Cells,

Photovoltoic Materials

R.Srinivasan Inorganic Nanomaterials; Rare Earth Oxide Nanomaterials; Transparent

Conducting Oxides; Inorganic Materials for solar cell applications

M. Srinivas Multi Criteria Evaluations, Viability Evaluation of Renewable Energy

Systems, Heat Transfer, Thermal Engineering

P.K.Thiruvikraman Computational Physics, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition

M. Venu Concrete Technology, Construction Materials

Dr. P. Yogeeswari Computer-aided drug design, Neuropharmacology, Drug synthesis

Dr. D. Sriram Antitubercular drug design & synthesis

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