FORMATS FOR SUBMISSION OF PROJECTS UNDER THE MISSION ON
EDUCATION THROUGH INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION
TECHNOLOGY
(To be filled by applicant)
1. Project Title: Development of simplified conceptual content for self-teaching on
advanced engineering topics.
2. Broad Subject:
Here type Mission areas. The coordinator will choose one or more areas appropriate
for his/her project.
3. Sub Area: UG/PG content
4. Duration in months: 24 months
5. Total cost:
6. Project Category: Research/ software development/Content
Development/Training/other: content development
7. Principal Investigator: V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy
8. Designation: Associate Professor
9. Department: Biotechnology
10. Institute Name: Indian Institute Technology, Madras.
11. Address: Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute Technology, Madras,
Chennai 600036.
12. Date of Birth: 1st July 1968, Sex (M/F) M
13. Telephone Fax Gram e-mail: 044 2257 4115
14.1 Co-Investigator 1: Prof. G. K. Suraishkumar
15.1. Designation: Professor
16.1. Department
17.1 Institute Name: Indian Institute Technology, Madras.
18.1 Address: Department of Biotechnology, Indian Institute Technology, Madras,
Chennai 600036.
19.1. Date of Birth: Sex (M/F) M
20.1. Telephone Fax Gram e-mail: 044 2257 4105, gk@iitm.ac.in
Co-Investigator 2
14.2 Co-Investigator 2: Dr. N.S. Narayanaswamy
15.2. Designation: Associate Professor
16.2. Department: Computer Science
17.2 Institute Name:
18.2 Address
19.2. Date of Birth: Sex (M/F)
20.2. Telephone Fax Gram e-mail, 044 2257 4369, swamy@iitm.ac.in
14.3 Co-Investigator 3: Dr. Anil Prabhakar
15.3. Designation: Professor
16.3. Department: Electrical Engineering
17.3 Institute Name:
18.3 Address: Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute Technology,
Madras, Chennai 600036.
19.3. Date of Birth: Sex (M/F) M
20.3. Telephone Fax Gram e-mail: 044 2257 4425, anilpr@iitm.ac.in
14.4 Co-Investigator 4: Dr. Arunn Narasimhan
15.4. Designation: Associate Professor
16.4. Department: Mechanical Engineering
17.4 Institute Name
18.4 Address: Department of Mechanical, Indian Institute Technology, Madras, Chennai
600036.
19.4. Date of Birth: Sex (M/F) M
20.4. Telephone Fax Gram e-mail: 044 2257 4696 (arunn@iitm.ac.in)
Other Co-Investigators can be included with 14.3, 14.4 14. 5 etc.
21. Project summary (maximum 500 words)
Currently in India though there is a mushrooming of engineering colleges
everywhere, there is a visible shortage of qualified teachers. Therefore the student is
often expected to fend for himself/herself. Availability of good self-teaching resources on
engineering subjects is therefore invaluable. Though there are a large number of
textbooks in most engineering subjects, books that possess the following qualities - 1)
explain concepts clearly, 2) present the material in an engaging style, 3) explain abstract
mathematical concepts with minimal use of equations, 4) even when equations are used,
expand every step without placing the onus of such elaboration on the reader, 5) inspire
and inculcate interest in the subject, – are few. Textbooks are not meant to have the above
qualities. The aim of the current project is to create content, with the above qualities, as a
supplement to textbooks.
Another deficit in the area of science content in India is availability of good and
simplified science content on advanced science topics in Indian languages. Two of the
PIs (Arunn Narsimhan and VS Chakravarthy) have experience in developing Indian
language science content. Some of the English content developed in this project will be
translated into Indian languages.
The project has 5 PIs where each PI develops content of the above nature in his
area of expertise. The five topics are:
1) Engineering electromagnetics and applications – Dr. Anil Prabhakar
2) Language, machines and computation
- Dr. N.S. Narayanaswamy
3) Ubiquitous convection
- Dr. Arunn Narasimhan (to be
translated into Tamil)
4) Fluxes and forces in biological systems - Prof. GK Suraishkumar
5) Brain: an engineering perspective
- Dr. V. S. Chakravarthy (to be
translated into Telugu)
22. Key words: electromagnetics, computation, finite state machines, convection, fluid
flow, fluxes, forces, biology, neuroscience.
23. Technical details
An outline of the contents in the 5 proposed topics is given below:
1.
Engineering electromagnetics and applications (Anil Prabhakar)
Brief history of electromagnetism - Electric and magnetic fields and their sources
- Faraday’s Law and time varying fields - Maxwell’s equations - electromagnetic
waves in free space and other media - wave polarisation – EM wave reflection and
transmission at boundaries. Guided waves – antenna fundamentals – antenna arrays –
fiber optic transmission - fiber optic communication.
2. Language, machines and computation (N. S. Narayanaswamy)
The aim of this book is to achieve this with respect to the subject
of Automata Theory. Most texts assume that the story of the Why has
been told and the challenge lies in the manipulations in the formal
framework. This is where this book differs and aims to be a popular
book to go with a formal automata theory course.
1.What is computation?
- A physical phenomenon. We can feel it, can associate qualitative
parameters like easy, tough etc. However, no formal framework to analyze and
reason about these qualitative parameters. Also, these qualitative parameters are
all subjective.
3. What
is
the
need
for
a
formal
mathematical
framework?
3. Set membership - the simplest computation. Almost all computation
can be reduced to a sequence of set membership computations.
What
kind of sets - set of words/strings over a finite alphabet, called a
language.
4.State Machine Model - A formal framework for computation. Like the
place
system
for
representing
numbers.
Machines
as
a
representing
way
of
languages.
5.the most important questions with respect to machines and languages
- does this machine compute anything at all, does it compute an
infinite
set
or
a
finite
set.
Is
this
the
smallest
machine.
are
there languages that cannot be represented by a class of machines?
6.
mathematical
techniques
and
concepts
of
interest
and
use.
7. Introducing resources like time and space into a machine.
4. Ubiquitous Convection: (Arunn Narsimhan)
Convection is ubiquitous. The proposed popular book would (un)cover the
many facets of convection: basics of natural and forced convection; the
experiments of Benard that led to the discovery of the phenomenon;variety of
natural convection phenomena like convection in stars, oceancurrents, climate
change (briefly), cloud formation, convection coolingof elephant by flapping ears;
brief details on specific engineeringapplications like heat exchangers, water-wall
panels in thermal powerplants and the technology of heat transfer enhancement;
daily-life andexotic applications like how to cool quickly a water bottle byputting upright or horizontal inside a fridge, convection bio-heattransfer inside
human body, convection carnot engine, bio-convection ofmicro-organisms. All
these topics will be detailed in a series of abouttwenty separate topical essays that
would comprise the chapters of thebook. The intended book size as such is about
150 standard printed book pages.
(The above book will be translated into Tamil by Arunn Narsimhan.)
5. Fluxes and forces in biological systems (GK Suraishkumar)
Knowledge and understanding of the various fluxes and the forces that
cause the fluxes is a fundamental requirement for sound engineering analyses of
systems, be they physical or biological in nature. This knowledge ranks along
with thermodynamics and mechanics as one of the key engineering sciences. The
traditional fluxes and forces encountered in engineering analyses have been shear
stress and velocity gradient, heat flux and temperature gradient, and mass flux and
concentration gradient. Nevertheless, the fundamental unit in biological systems,
namely cells, have charges associated with them, and hence electrical fluxes and
forces also become important for engineering analysis of biological systems. This
book aims at presenting the needed material for sound understanding of the fluxes
and forces important for analysis of biological systems, and their applications.
6. Brain: an engineering perspective: (V. S. Chakravarthy)
This book is a simplified introduction to neuroscience for engineers. Brain is
viewed as a computational device and the function of various subsystems is
described from that perspective. Use of both biological jargon and mathematical
symbols is kept to a minimum.
The book has a special relevance to Indian context. India has a large community
of clinical neuroscientists but a relative smaller base of researchers in basic
neuroscience. There is a great opportunity for people from engineering, physics
and the “hard sciences” to enter neuroscience research but are usually intimidated
by the biological jargon. Existing textbooks on neuroscience written by biologists
do not serve that purpose.
An outline of the contents:
Why does an organism need a brain? - comparing brains – brain as a network – the
minimum wire principle – cellular constituents: Neuron, glia. Brain’s environment:
cerebral circulation and cerebrospinal fluid. Concepts from connectionism -
organization of the nervous system. The sensory-motor systems: visual system –
auditory system – somatosensory system – olfactory system – motor system.
Functional domains: emotions, memory and language. Neuroprosthetics.
(This book will be translated into Telugu by VS Chakravarthy)
24. Introduction (under the following heads)
24.1. Origin of the proposal
Popular science books can various science topics can be great source of help for
self-teaching. In Western literary tradition, there is a great tradition of popular
science which is widely read. Often the greatest of scientists take to this activity
and communicate the most abstract notions in simple language, with minimum
jargon, intelligible to the lay reader. Thus ideas like Turing machine, or fractals
and chaos, or quantum computing, or multiverses form part of popular science
literature in English and other languages. But even basic science literature,
beyond the textbooks developed and spread by Government agencies, is almost
nonexistent. There must be popular science literature written for Indian readers,
ideally in Indian languages. Eminent Indian scientists like Prof. Jayanth Narlikar
wrote significant amount of popular science in English, but even these
personalities did not have enough time to contribute to popular science in Indian
languages. More recently Prof. G. Venkatraman wrote a series of short books on
various topics of physics (not to mention the scholarly work on CV Raman’s
biography), but these books are only available in English. We believe there is a
pressing need to create a living tradition of popular science literature in Indian
languages. There must be a lot of science material in Indian languages which can
supplement the textbooks. Right now most available science material that is used
as supplement to prescribed texts, is totally exam-centric and does not do justice
to the fundamental cause of science communication.
The common attitude towards science in Indian society is somewhat utilitarian,
oriented towards exams, or a expectedly lucrative career in science and
engineering. This attitude is often seen even in students who are pursuing degrees
in science, or worse, among some practicing scientists. Through good quality
popular science literature written in Indian languages, it is possible, we believe, to
spread the ideas of science, the excitement of science to a large cross-section of
Indian society. If we cast the net wide, we might be able to find a large number
deserving, inspired students even in small towns and villages who are often left
out of mainstream scientific community. The Indian Institute of Science had
recently launched a drive to back to rural areas in search of science talent. Popular
science in Indian literature would be an excellent way of reaching out young,
intelligent minds from the rural world.
Another deficit in existing shortcoming in popular science literature, even in
whatever is available in English, there is predominant focus only on physics and
biology. Popular science material in mathematics, chemistry and engineering is
relatively little. With the massive amount of activity ongoing in Indian in
engineering education, there is an immense need for good quality popular science
content in engineering topics.
24.2. Definition of the problem
-
There is a great need for popular science content to supplement text books.
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Particularly, popular science content in engineering subjects is relatively scant
compared to physics and biology.
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Ideally popular science content must be available in Indian languages.
24.3. Objective
Make a beginning of an organized effort to produce popular science in
engineering and science topics. Some of this content will be translated into Indian
languages.
In the first phase, 5 topics will be covered. Part of this content will be
translated into Telugu and Tamil
In phase II, more topics will be included and will be translated into more
Indian languages.
25. Alignment with the Mission Objective
25.1 Importance of the proposed project in the context of
current mission
25.2 Review of expertise available with proposed
investigating group/institution in the subject of the project
26. Detailed Work plan
26.1. Methodology
26.2. Organization of work elements
26.3. Time schedule of activities giving milestones (also
append to bar diagram)
VSC
0-6mn
7-12 mn
13-18 mn
19-24 mn
Notes
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translation
collection
AP
Notes
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collection
GK
Notes
Complete draft
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collection
AN
Notes
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collection
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collection
NSN
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First draft
Hiring staff,
Tamil
Complete draft
translation
Hiring staff,
Complete draft
26.4. Suggested plan of action for utilization of outcome expected from the
project.
27.BUDGET ESTIMATES: SUMMARY
Item
BUDGET (in lakhs of rupees)
1st Year
2nd Year
Total
1.Salaries/wages
4.5
10.5
15
2. Consumables
0.25
0.25
0.5
3. Travel
0.5
0.5
1
4. Other costs
0.5
0.5
1
A. Recurring
B. Equipment
Grand total (A+B)
28. BUDGET FOR SALARIES/WAGES
BUDGET (in rupees)
Designation
& number of
persons
1st
2nd Year
Year(m.m.*)
(m.m.)
Total (m.m.)
Monthly
Emoluments
VSC
Rs. 7500
Rs. 90,000
Rs. 90,000
Rs.1,80,000
GK
Rs. 7500
Rs. 90,000
Rs. 90,000
Rs.1,80,000
AN
Rs. 7500
Rs. 90,000
Rs. 90,000
Rs.1,80,000
AP
Rs. 7500
Rs. 90,000
Rs. 90,000
Rs.1,80,000
NSN
Rs. 7500
Rs. 90,000
Rs. 90,000
Rs.1,80,000
Project
Rs. 10,000 (X5)
0
Rs.
Rs. 6,00,000
associates
6,00,000
(X5)
=(50K
X12)
Total
4,50,000
10,50,000
Rs. 15,00,000
29. Justification for the manpower requirement.
30. BUDGET FOR CONSUMABLE MATERIALS
N
n
BUDGET
Item
Xerox, paper,
stationery etc
Total
(in Rupees)
1st Year
2nd Year
Total
Rs. 25,000
Rs. 25,000
Rs. 50,000
Rs. 25,000
Rs. 25,000
Rs. 50,000
31. BUDGET FOR TRAVEL
BUDGET (in Rupees)
1st Year
2nd Year
Total
Rs. 50,000
Rs. 50,000
Rs. 1,00,000
0
0
0
Travel (Only
inland
travel)
Travel
abroad
(specify
details)
33.1. Justification for intensive travel, if any.
34. BUDGET FOR OTHER COSTS/CONTINGENCIES
BUDGET (in Rupees)
1st Year
Contingency costs
(Books etc)
2nd Year
Total
Rs. 1,00,000 Rs. 1,00,000 2,00,000
34.1 Justification for specific costs under other costs, if any.
35. BUDGET FOR EQUIPMENT
Estimated
Sl.
No.
Costs (in
Generic name of the
Equipment along with
Imported/Indigenous Foreign
Currency
make & model
Spare time for
other users (in
%)
also)*
Pentium dual core
EE2200 2.2 GHz Intel
24,000
Chipset suitable
10%
motherboard
35.1. Justification for the proposed equipment.
Prof. GK needs a PC for document preparation. The other PIs have their own
machines.
36. Time Schedule of Activities through BAR Diagram
VSC
0-6mn
7-12 mn
13-18 mn
19-24 mn
Notes
First draft
Hiring staff,
Telugu
Complete draft
translation
collection
AP
Notes
First draft
collection
GK
Notes
Complete draft
First draft
collection
AN
Notes
Notes
Hiring staff,
Complete draft
First draft
collection
NSN
Hiring staff,
First draft
collection
Hiring staff,
Tamil
Complete draft
translation
Hiring staff,
Complete draft
37. Detailed Bio-data of the Investigator(s)/Co-Investigator(s) including
Name, Address, Date of Birth, Institution’s Address etc.
Academic Qualifications (University/College from where attained, year of passing, class,
Thesis title, publications list (Title of paper, authors, Journal details, pages, year etc.))
V.S. Chakravarthy
EDUCATION
Post Doc
Ph.D.
M.S.
B.Tech.
Neuroscience Division, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,July ’96 - Aug ’97
Electrical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Dec’91 - July’96
Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas, Austin, Aug’89 - Dec’91
Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, May’85 May’89
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Associate Professor, May 2006-present
Department of Biotechnology,
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Assistant Professor, Sep 04 – May 2006
Department of Biotechnology,
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Assistant Professor, Jan 00 – Sep 2004
Department of Electrical Engineering,
Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
Patents:
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Srinivasa Chakravarthy, Pravin Gupta, Raghu Chunduru, Berthold Krieghauser, and Otto
Fanini, “Conductivity Anisotropy Estimation Method for Inversion processing of
Measurements made by a Transverse Electromagnetic Induction Logging Instrument.” (U.S.
Patent #: 6,044,325).
Journal Publications: (last 5 years)
1.
J. Krishnan, V.S. Chakravarthy and S. Radhakrishnan (2005), On the Role of Gap junctions in
cardiac Memory Effect, Computers in Cardiology, 32.13-16.
2.
J. Krishnan, G. Sachdeva, V S Chakravarthy, Interpreting voltage-sensitivity of Gap Junctions as a
mechanism of Cardiac Memory, Mathematical Biosciences, Volume 212, Issue 2, April 2008,
Pages 132-148.
3.
V.S. Chakravarthy, N. Gupte, S.Yogesh, A. Salhotra, Chaotic Synchronization using a Network of
Neural Oscillators, International Journal of Neural Systems, Apr;18(2):157-64, 2008.
4.
R.K Pradhan, V.S.Chakravarthy, A. Prabhakar, Effect of Chaotic Vasomotion in Skeletal Muscle
on Tissue oxygenation , Microvascular Research, vol 74, no. 1, July 2007, Pages 51-64 2007.
5.
R.K.Pradhan, V. S. Chakravarthy. A computational Model that Links Nonperiodic Vaosomotion
to Enhanced Oxygenation in Skeletal Muscle. Mathematical Biosciences, vol. 209, no. 2, pages
486-499, 2007.
6.
J.Krishnan V.S. Chakravarthy, S.Radhakrishnan, Solomon Victor and Vijaya Nayak (2005)
Neural Influence is essential for synchronization of Cardiac Oscillators – A computational Model,
Indian Journal of Cardiac Vascular Thoracic Surgery, 21.262-268.
7.
P.S. Prashanth, V.S. Chakravarthy, “An oscillator theory of motor unit recruitment in skeletal
muscle.” Biological Cybernetics, Volume 97, Issue 5 (December 2007)
8.
S. Devarajan, P.S. Prashanth, V.S. Chakravarthy, “The Role of the Basal Ganglia in Exploration in
a Neural Model based on Reinforcement Learning,” International Journal of Neural Systems, vol.
16, No. 2, pp111-124, 2006.
9.
G. Gangadhar, D. Joseph, V.S. Chakravarthy, “An oscillatory neuromotor model of handwriting
generation,” International Journal of Document Analysis and Recognition, Vol. 10, No. 2,
November 2007.
10. G. Gangadhar, D. Joseph, V.S. Chakravarthy, Understanding Parkinsonian Handwriting using a
computational model of basal ganglia, Neural Computation (In press).
11. Hema Somanathan, Renee M. Borges, and V. Srinivasa Chakravarthy, “Does Neighbourhood
Floral Display Matter? Fruit Set in Carpenter Bee-pollinated Heterophragma quadriloculare and
Beetle-pollinated Lasiosiphon eriocephalus” Biotropica, vol. 36, no. 2, 2004.1.
12. V.S. Chakravarthy & Bhaskar Kompella, “The Shape of Handwritten Character,” Pattern
Recognition Letters, Vol. 24, No. 12, August, 2003.
Book Chapters:
V. S. Chakravarthy, A Complex-valued Hopfield Neural Network: Dynamics and Applications, In
Complex-Valued Neural Networks: Utilizing High-Dimensional Parameters, Tohru Nitta (Ed.),
IGI Global, 2008.
KH Aparna, VS Chakravarthy, A complete Optical Character Recognition System development
for Tamil magazine documents, In OCR for Indic Scripts, Venu Govindaraju and Srirangaraj
Setlur (Eds.), Series: Advances in Pattern Recognition, Springer, 2008.
Science Popularization:
Translated the following works on Science and Education into Telugu:
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How we found out about THE EARTH IS ROUND by Isaac Asimov
How we found out about ANTARCTICA by Isaac Asimov
How we found out about LIFE IN DEEP SEA by Isaac Asimov
How we found out about EARTHQUAKES by Isaac Asimov
How we found out about GERMS by Isaac Asimov
How we found out about OIL by Isaac Asimov
How we found out about OUTER SPACE by Isaac Asimov
How we found out about SOLAR POWER by Isaac Asimov
How we found out about ATMOSPHERE by Isaac Asimov
How we found out about PHOTOSYNTHESIS by Isaac Asimov
How we found out about OUR HUMAN ROOTS by Isaac Asimov
How we found out about DINOSAURS by Isaac Asimov
How we found out about BEGINNING OF LIFE by Isaac Asimov
How we found out about VITAMINS by Isaac Asimov
“A Chemical History of Candle” by Michael Faraday.
“The Story of Physics” by T. Padmanabhan.
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“Learning all the time,” by John Holt.
“How children learn?” by John Holt.
“Bhoomi gumdramgaa vundi” - a science drama in Telugu.
Arunn Narasimhan
Designation and Department: Assistant Professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering
Age: 37
Educational Qualifications:
Degree & Year & Institution
B. E. & 1992 Bharathidasan University, TN, India
M. E. & 1995
National Institute of Technology, Trichy, India
Ph.D. & 2002
Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX, USA
Research Interests: Porous Medium, Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics
Publications (Ten Most Important Recent Publications in International Refereed
Journals)
Nagose, A., Somani A., Shrot, A. and Narasimhan, A., (2008), "Genetic Algorithm Based
Optimization of PCM Based Heat Sinks and Effect of Heat Sink Parameters on
Operational Time," ASME J. Heat Transfer, 130, 011401, (8 pages).
Narasimhan, A. and Raju, S. K., (2007), "Effect of Variable Permeability Porous Medium
Inter-connectors on the Thermo-hydraulics of Heat Exchanger Modelled as Porous
Media," Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 50, 4052-4062.
Raju, S. K. and Narasimhan, A., (2007), "Porous Medium Inter-connector Effects on the
Thermo-Hydraulics of Near-Compact Heat Exchangers treated as Porous Media," ASME
J. Heat Transfer, 129, 273-281.
Narasimhan, A and Karra, S., (2006), "An Inverse Heat Transfer Method to Provide
Near-Isothermal Surface for Disc Heaters used in Microlithography," Int. J. Heat and
Mass Transfer, 49, 4624 - 4632.
Bhave, P., Narasimhan, A. and Rees, D. A. S., (2006), "Natural Convection Heat
Transfer Enhancement using Adiabatic Block: Optimal Block Size and Prandtl Number
Effect," Int. J. Heat and Mass Transfer, 49, 3807 - 3818.
Wilson, L., Narasimhan, A. and Venkateshan, S. P., (2006), "Permeability and Form
Coefficient Measurement of Porous Inserts with Non-Darcy Model using Non-Plug Flow
Experiments," ASME J. Fluids Engineering, 128, 638 - 642.
Lage, J. L., Krueger, P. S. and Narasimhan, A., (2005), "Protocol for Measuring
Permeability and Form Coefficient of Porous Media," Phy. Fluids, 17, Paper No. 088101,
(4 pages).
Akhilesh, R., Narasimhan, A. and Balaji, C., (2005), "Method to Improve Geometry for
Heat Transfer Enhancement in PCM Composite Heat Sinks," Int. J. Heat and Mass
Transfer, 48, 2759-2770.
Narasimhan, A., (2005), "Thermal Analysis of a Silicon Wafer Processing Combination
Bake-Chill Station used in Microlithography," Materials and Manufacturing Processes,
20, 1-14.
Wilson, L., Narasimhan, A. and Venkateshan, S. P., (2004), "Turbulent Flow
Hydrodynamic Experiments in Near-Compact Heat Exchanger Models with Aligned
Tubes," ASME J. Fluids Engineering, 126, 990-996.
Science popularization (through blogs):
- English blog (http://unrulednotebook.wordpress.com) contains some science essays
(look under Science and Thermofluids tab at the top navigation menu) pertaining to
thermal and fluid science.
- Tamil blog (http://www.ariviyal.info) also containing a large number of Tamil science
essays (look here http://www.ariviyal.info/?author=2 ). Short-term plan include adding a
series of articles on Turbulence .
Anil Prabhakar
Experience
• Assistant Professor, Electrical Engg.—IIT-Madras
July 2002-Present
– Quantum interactions - photonics/spintronics
– Classical Electromagnetics - optics/magnetism/MEMS
– Interdisciplinary areas - nonlinear systems, biological systems
• ReadRite Corp.—Fremont, CA, USA
January 1999 - December 2000, January 2002 - June 2002
– Manager - Head design group. Writer and reader for longitudinal recording
– Staff Engr - Test development. Characterization and metrology.
• ReadRite — Bangpa-in, Thailand
January 2001 - December 2001
– Manager - Design of Experiments.
– Manager - Failure Analysis.
Journal Publications (last 5 years)
1. P. Kumar and A. Prabhakar. Evolution of photon states in an electro-optic
modulator. IEEE J. Quant.Elec., 2008. (revised document submitted).
2. P. Kumar and A. Prabhakar. Frequency coded quantum communication system
design. IEEE J. Lightwave Technology, 2008. (revised document submitted).
3. M. Malathi and A. Prabhakar. Switching thresholds in MTJs using a SPICE
model: Effects of spin and Ampere torques. Phys. Sol. Stat. (A), 2007. (under
review).
4. R. K. Pradhan, V. S. Chakravarthy, and A. Prabhakar. Effect of chaotic
vasomotion in skeletal muscle on tissue oxygenation. Microvasc Res., 74(1):51–64,
July 2007.
5. Prabhakar and N. Ranvah. Incoherent rotation and domain wall collisions in thin
film rectangular magnetic stripes. IEEE Trans Mag., 43(6), 2007.
6. S. Basu, A Prabhakar, and E Bhattacharya. Estimation of stiction force from
electrical and optical measurements on cantilever beams. IEEE Trans. MEMS,
16:1254, October 2007.
7. Prabhakar. Current induced bistability in giant magneto-resistive multilayer thin
films. J. Appl. Phys., 99, 2006.
8. Prabhakar and S. Sankar. Estimation of submicron read-width in longitudinal
magnetic recording. IEEE Trans. Mag., 40(4):2598–2560, 2004.
Patents:
Provisional patent application Analog Digital Theremin Interface useful as
Augmentative Communication Device for Individuals with Multiple Disabilities,
filed with Indian Patent Office, Chennai on 26 July 2007
Book:
1. Spin Wave: Theory and Applications, Stancil, Daniel D., Prabhakar, Anil , 2009,
Approx. 360 p. 20 illus., Hardcover, Springer, ISBN: 978-0-387-77864-8.
G. K. Suraishkumar
Designation: Professor
Department/Institute/University: Indian Institute of Technology Madras
Date of Birth: 17th November1964
Sex (M/F): M
SC/ST: No
Education (Post-Graduation onwards & Professional Career)
Sl
Institution
No. Place
1.
Indian Institute of
Technology Madras,
Chennai
2.
Drexel University,
Philadephia
Degree
Awarded
B.Tech.
Year
Field of Study
1986
Chemical Engineering
Ph.D.
1993
Biochemical Engineering
Position and Honors
Position and Employment (Starting with the most recent employment)
Sl
No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Institution
Place
Biotechnology, IIT Madras
Chemical Eng., IIT Bombay
Chemical Eng., IIT Bombay
Bioschool, IIT Bombay
Chem. Eng., U. Cincinnati
Position
From (Date)
To (date)
Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Professor/VFM
Adjunct Faculty
Teaching/Research Asst.
May 2004
Oct. 1998
Apr. 1993
1995
Sep. 1986
Till date
May 2004
Oct. 1998
May 2004
Aug. 1988
Honors/Awards
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Indo-American Frontiers of Engineering award, jointly with Professor Jeanne
VanBriesen, Carnegie Mellon University, 2008
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Lupin-UICT fellow, 2007-08
•
Department Head, Department of Biotechnology, I.I.T. Madras, 2005 – 2008.
•
P. K. Patwardhan award for the Best Technology Development Effort, I.I.T.
Bombay, 1999.
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Outstanding Contribution Award, Drexel University, 1990.
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Research Award, University Research Council, University of Cincinnati, 1987.
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Awards for the Best Student in School (Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan Junior
College, 1982), State 15th Rank (S.S.L.C. examination, 1980), State 1st Rank
(Literary Society - Manavar Mandram - exam, 1978), and General Proficiency
(every school year).
•
Best Presentation Award, Annual Conference of the Indian Institute of Chemical
Engineers, Mumbai, December 2004.
•
Award for Performance in Hindi Certificate Course, Central Hindi Directorate,
1996.
B. Publications (Numbers only)
Books edited: 1
Research Papers, Reports: 36
General articles:
Patents: 3 Others (Please specify): educational videos 2; presentations: 100+
Selected peer-reviewed publications (Ten best publications in chronological order)
Pritish Sarkar, Kaushik Ghosh, and G.K. Suraishkumar, High Hydrogen peroxide Concentration in the
Feed-zone Affects Bioreactor Cell Productivity with Liquid Phase Oxygen Supply Strategy, Bioprocess
and Biosystems Engineering, 31, 357-367 (2008)
Aparna B. Ganesh, P. T. Manoharan and Suraishkumar GK, Responses of the Photosynthetic Machinery of
Spirulina maxima to Induced Reactive Oxygen Species, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 96, 1191-1198
(2007)
Susmita Sahoo, K. Krishnamurthy Rao and Suraishkumar GK, Reactive Oxygen Species Induced by Shear
Stress Mediate Cell Death in Bacillus subtilis, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 94, 118-127 (2006)
Surabhi Mishra, Noronha SB and Suraishkumar GK, Increase in enzyme productivity by induced oxidative
stress in Bacillus subtilis cultures, and analysis of its mechanism using microarray data, Process
Biochemistry, 40, 1863-1870 (2004)
Susmita Sahoo, Krishnamurthy Rao K, Suresh AK and Suraishkumar GK, Intracellular Reactive Oxygen
Species Mediate Suppression of Sporulation in Bacillus subtilis Under Shear Stress, Biotechnology and
Bioengineering, 87, 81-89 (2004)
Susmita Sahoo, R. Verma, AK Suresh, Krishnamurthy Rao K, J. Bellare and Suraishkumar GK,
Macro-level and Genetic-level Responses of Bacillus subtilis to Shear Stress, Biotechnology Progress, 19,
1689-1696 (2003)
Manjula Rao Y, A. K. Suresh and Suraishkumar GK, Free Radical Aspects in Xanthomonas campestris
Cultivation With the Liquid Phase Oxygen Supply Strategy, Process Biochemistry, 38, 1301-1310 (2003)
Manjula Rao Y and Sureshkumar GK, Improvement in Bioreactor Productivities Using Free Radicals:
HOCl-Induced Overproduction of Xanthan Gum from Xanthomonas campestris and Its Mechanism,
Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 72, 62-68 (2001)
Subodh Rawool, Susmita Sahoo, Krishnamurthy Rao K and Sureshkumar GK, Improvement in Enzyme
Productivities from Mold Cultivations using the Liquid-phase Oxygen Supply Strategy
Biotechnology Progress, 17, 832-837 (2001)
Ganesh Sriram, Y. Manjula Rao, A. K. Suresh and Sureshkumar GK, Oxygen Supply Without Gas-liquid
Film Resistance to Xanthomonas campestris Cultivation, Biotechnology and Bioengineering, 59, 714-723
(1998)
C. Research Support
Ongoing Research Projects
Sl No.
Title of Project
Funding Agency
Amount
1.
Reactive Oxygen
Species aspects in
Drinking Water
Indo-US Science and
Technology Forum
US$ 30,000
Date of sanction
and Duration
Aug. 2008 – July
2010
Completed Research Projects (State only major projects of last 3 years)
Sl No.
Title of Project
Funding Agency
Amount
1.
Improvement in the
Performance of Bioreactors
Employing Recombinant
Organisms Using the Liquid
Phase Oxygen Supply (LPOS)
Strategy
MHRD
Rs. 12
lakhs
Date of
completion
May 2007
N.S. Narayanaswamy
Date of birth: September 29th 1969
E-mail : swamy@cse.iitm.ac.in
Gender : Male
Nationality : Indian
Educational Qualifications
_ 2001 Doctor of Philosophy, Department of Computer Science and Automation, Indian
Institute of Science. (Thesis submitted in December 1999).
_ 1993 Master of Engineering, Department of Electrical Engineering, Indian Institute of
Science.
_ 1989 Bachelor of Science, Department of Mathematics, Madras Christian College,
Madras University.
Professional Experience
_ January 2003 onwards Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras.
_ April 2002-January 2003 Visiting Faculty, Department of Computer Science and
Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology-Madras.
_ April 2000-April 2002 Post Doctoral Fellow, University of Munich, Munich, Germany.
Present Affiliation:
Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute
of Technology-Madras.
Research Areas of Interest
_ Design and Analysis of Algorithms
_ Computational Complexity Theory
_ Programming Languages
_ Artificial Intelligence
Research Focus
My research focus is in the area of Theory of Computing. Consequently, most of my
personal work and student projects under my guidance fall in the areas of Algorithms and
Combinatorics. Owing to my recent interests in Arti_cial Intelligence, I am actively
participating, and aim to contribute, in research related to Semantic Analysis, Ontologies,
AI Planning and Scheduling. Another research interest is in the design of Programming
Languages, and the focus is on the following two issues: the first is on the formal
verification of programs, and the second on the programming language support for
multicore architectures.
Publications - Journals
• A Note on First-Fit Coloring of Interval Graphs. N.S. Narayanaswamy, R.
Subhash Babu. Order, 25:49-53(2008)
• Analysis of Online Algorithms for the Dynamic Convoy Movement Problem,
Ram Gopalan, N.S. Narayanaswamy. Accepted in Journal of Operations
Research. Availableonline since June 2008.
• A note on the Hadwiger number of Circular Arc Graphs, N. S. Narayanaswamy,
N. Belkale, L. Sunil Chandran, Naveen Sivadasan, Information Pro-cessing
Letters, 104(1): 10-13 (2007).
• Cuts and Connectivity in Chordal Graphs, L. Sunil Chandran, N.S.
Narayanaswamy, To appear in Ars Combinatoria, Accepted in January 2006.
• Improved Algorithms for Online Interval Coloring with Bandwidths, Yossi Azar,
Amos Fiat, Meital Levy, N.S. Narayanaswamy. Theoretical Computer Science,
363(1): 18-27 (2006).
• Protein similarity Search under mRNA structural constraints: application to
selenocysteine
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Incorporation, Rolf Backofen, N.S. Narayanaswamy, Firas Swidan. In Silico
Biology 2:26 (2002).
Lower Bounds for OBDDs and Nisan's pseudorandom generator, N.S.
Narayanaswamy, C.E. Veni Madhavan. Electronic Colloquium on Computational
Complexity (ECCC) 8(20): (2001)
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