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Dr. Anand Bulusu has joined the Department
of Electronics and Computer Engineering in December
2008 as Assistant Professor (on contract). His area of
specialization is Semiconductor Devices and VLSI
Technology.
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Special Lectures Organized
Name of Speaker
Dr. V. K. Tandon
Topic
Cascading Failures in
Macro-economic Systems
Dr. Sunita Verma
Analysis of Aerosols and
Trace Gases using Global
Climate Model and
Measurements
Dr. Yuvraj Kapadia Theory of Mind
Dr. Pramod Kumar Magnetic and Magnetocaloric
Properties of Certain Rare
Earth Intermetallics
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Date
Jan. 7, 2009
Organizing
Deptt./Centre
Physics Department
Jan. 9, 2009
Physics Department
Jan. 22, 2009 Q. I. P.
Jan. 27, 2009 Physics Department
CORRIGENDUM
The events of Seminar on
Housing & Disaster Mitigation efforts
in India, scheduled to be held during
April 11, 2009, Aug. 22, 2009 and
Nov. 21-22, 2009 are being
organized by Centre of Excellence
for Disaster Mitigation &
Management and not by the
Department of Architecture &
Planning as notified in Samvaad
issue Nov. 2008
National Systems Conference (NSC - 08)
Prof. S. C. Saxena lighting the lamp
during Inaugural Function
Prof. P. S. Satsangi being given a memento by
the Director Prof. S. C. Saxena
Chief Guest Prof. H. K. Verma addressing the Valedictory Function
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The 32 National Systems Conference was organized by the Electrical
Engineering Department on Dec. 17-19, 2008 under the aegis of the Systems
Society of India. The theme of this year's NSC was 'Energy System –
Optimization andConservation'.
The three days proceedings of the Conference comprised of
presentations by various researchers, academicians, and industrial
participants along with an industrial exhibition from some leading
organizations.Atotal of 270 delegates took part in the Conference.
The conference was inaugurated by the Chief Guest Prof. P. S.
Satsangi, Chairman, Advisory Committee on Education, Dayalbagh
Educational Institutions, Agra and Founder President of the SSI on Dec. 17,
2008. This was followed by award ceremony in which Prof. Satsangi was
honoured with Life Time Achievement award by both IITRoorkee and the SSI.
Dr. V. K. Sarasvat, Chief Controller DRDO was honoured with Systems Gold
Medal award; Prof. K. Sudhakar, IITBombay with R. K. VarshneyAward, Prof.
Vivek Agarwal, IIT Bombay with Vikram Award, and Prof. Radhakant Padhi,
IISc Bangalore and Sri Sunil, SDSC, SHAR, ISRO with Young Scientist
Awards. Prof. S. C. Saxena, Director, IIT Roorkee presided over the function.
The President and Secretary of Systems Society of India Dr. B. B. Das and
Shri D. S. Antuvan also graced the occasion for the entire duration of the
Conference.
The presence of legendary Prof. Satsangi, a pioneer in System
Engineering and spiritual leader and Chief Mentor of Radhasoami Faith,
attracted the participation of a large number of delegates during Conference.
The papers presented in the conference were from diverse fields such as:
Business & Social Systems, Aerospace Systems, Power & Energy Systems,
Measurement & Instrumentation, Modern System Techniques, Model
Reduction Techniques, New & Renewable Energy, Signal & Image
Processing, Power Electronics and System Reliability.
There were a total of 10 Plenary Talks by eminent persons. To startwitha
Keynote address was delivered by Prof. Satsangi on “Generalizing Physical
System Theory for Applied Systems Research”. This was followed by the
Ramanujan Memorial Lecture on “Collaborative Signal Processing and Data
Fusion in Wireless Sensor Networks” By Prof. P. K. Varsheney, Research
Prof. P. S. Satsangi and Mrs. Satsangi
attending a Technical Session
Confluence of Former and Present Pioneers
From L to R:Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Dr. K. B. Misra, Dr. M. M. Gupta,
Dr. A. K. Pant, Dr. H. K. Verma, Dr. S. C. Saxena, Dr. D. R. Kohli,
Dr. M. P. Dave, Dr. H. O. Gupta, Dr. S. P. Gupta.
Director from Syracuse University, USA and M. N. Gopalan Endowment
Lecture by Prof. K. B. Misra, RAMS Consultant, Jaipur and Editor-in-Chief
International Journal of Performability Engineering on “Challenges Before
st
Electrical Engineers in 21 Century: Implementing Performability Concepts”.
Prof. P. K. Kalra, IIT Kanpur, Mr. Pankaj Gupta, M/s Trane India Ltd., Prof. D.
Anand Rao, Dayalbagh Education Institute, Prof. Jayanta Pal, IIT
Kharaghpur, Dr. Lakshman Hari, GM Powergrid, Prof. S. K. Nagar, IT BHU
and Prof. M. M. Gupta, University of Saskatchewan on different topics of
System Engineering.
A Unique feature of this year's conference was a Special Session on
Systems Engineering which was introduced and coordinated by Prof. K.
Sudhakar, Deptt. of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Bombay. In this session two
case studies were discussed. Dr. A. G. Radha Krishnan from VSSC
Trivendram presented a case study on a Design of Environmental Control
System. Mr. Saptrishi and Mr. Shashank presented another case study of
evolving the “IITB Student Satellite Project”.
A number of former faculty members who retired from Electrical
Engineering Deptt. also made their contributions in the Conference by
chairing technical sessions. Prof. D. R. Kohli, Prof. M. P. Dave, Prof. V. K.
Verma, Prof. R. B. Saxena, Prof. A. K. Pant, Prof. M. P. Jain and Prof. Ravish
Chandra graced the Conference with their families.
Prof. H. K. Verma, Dy. Director was the Chief Guest at the Valedictory
Function held on Dec. 19, 2008. Prof. K. B. Misra graced the occasion as
Guest of Honour. The delegatesmadefollowing recommendations:l The Conference should be called International to invite global
participation.
l Arrangements be made for a live telecast of the Conference
proceedings.
l Pre-Conference Tutorials should also be organised from eminent
Researchers on current topics.
Few selected papers of this Conference will be published in the
International Journal of Performability Engineering and in the SSI Journal of
System Science & Engineering.
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SPORNADO’ 09
SPORNADO, an event “by the
propel their innings to a match
youth and for the youth”, was
winning score of 140 runs and their
organized by Deptt. of Management
indomitable bowlers paved the way
Studies (DoMS), IIT Roorkee in the
for a handsome 65 run victory. In
majestic campus of the institute
another sports event, IIT Delhi
from Jan. 15-18, 2009. After
enthralled the audiences with their
the phenomenal
success
of
3-0 clean sweep in the squash
SPORNADO'08, which saw the
matches against IIT Kharagpur.
future managers from two premier
With the overall championship
institutes–IIT Roorkee and IIT Delhi,
at stake, the event brought many
fighting it out for the priced glory,
enrapturing
moments
and
came the grandeur and more spirited
IIT Roorkee Team receiving the Trophy
spellbound
performances
in
the
SPORNADO'09.
It
was
a
concluding
days.
IIT
Roorkee
and
congregation of management
IIT Delhi had head-on clashes in the
students from the IIT Delhi, IIT
final matches of 8 out of the 10
Kanpur, IIT Kharagpur and IIT
sports events and IIT Roorkee
Roorkee, spanned over 4 days and
emerged as the overall Champions
featured 10 games like football,
basketball, cricket, table tennis,
after defeating IIT Delhi in 7 finals
badminton, lawn tennis, squash,
and lifted the SPORNADO'09
chess, pool and snooker. This event
trophy.
witnessed more than 200 students
The event marked an end on
fight i t out for the coveted
Jan. 18, 2009 with a grand closing
SPORNADO'09 trophy and had more
A Glimpse of Basketball Match
ceremony. The Chief Guest on the
than 2000 footfall.
occasion Shri Pradeep Kumar,GM,
The Inaugural Ceremony on Jan. 15, 2009 was BSNL (Haridwar) and Prof. Harshavardhan Sinvhal,
graced by the presence of the Chief Guest Prof. N. K.
Dean of Alumni Affairs, IIT Roorkee, graced the occasion
Goel, Dean of Students Welfare, IIT Roorkee. The Chief
with their presence and gave the trophies to the winners of
Guest and the Head of Department, Department of
Management Studies, Prof. V. K. Nangia, lit the lamp and the various sports events.
SPORNADO, in true sense, was the moment when
inaugurated the event. The first game to kick off was the
the
soul and the sporting spirit long suppressed, found
cricket match between IIT Roorkee and IIT Kanpur. The
utterance.
match saw a brilliant innings from IIT Roorkee batsmen to
Progress of Construction Work at Greater Noida Extension Centre
The GNEC Construction Monitoring Group visited the site on
Jan. 17, 2009 for an 'On the spot evaluation of the progress'. The
Groupwasaccompanied by the Head (Infrastructure) of EILMr.S.N.
Bhatnagar, his team mates and also the Project Manager and
Construction Manager of the Construction Contractor M/S Samiah
International Builders Pvt. Ltd.(SIBPL). Following points were noted:
• The GNEC land is a low lying area and was totally submerged in
water just before the construction started w.e.f. 19.09.2008. As
per plans, the entire area shall be graded up on an average of
aprox. 2 m so as to avoid future water logging.
• The bearing capacity of the soil in GNEC land is in the range of
approx. 6 T/M2 and also the liquidity index is too high (cohesionless soil). This has necessitated pile foundation for all the
buildings. In all 785 concrete piles each having depth 12-22
meter are already driven in.
•
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Construction activities for the services block, academic block
and field-hostel are on. As per schedule, the academic block is
expected to be fully functional for the academic activities in the
academic year 2010.
VISIT OF DELEGATION FROM VALI-E-ASR
UNIVERSITY, IRAN
Introductory Function
of M.Tech. (Nanotechnology)
Dr. S. C. Saxena and Dr. M. Ebrahiminejad
exchanging MOUs after signing
For last several months, Dr. (Ms.) Sohila Faghfori,
Dean of Student Affairs and Head of International
Relations, Vali-e-Asr University, Rafsanjan, Iran was
exploring the possibility of academic cooperation/
collaboration with the Institute. Accordingly a delegation
from Vali-e-Asr University visited the Institute from Jan.
3-7, 2009. Dr. Mehdi Ebrahiminejad, Vice Chancellor;
Mrs. Fazaneh Ahmedimoghadam,W/oViceChancellor;
Dr. (Ms.) Sohila Faghfori; Dr. Vahid Farzam, Dean of
Finance & Planning and Mr. Vahabi Goki, Head of
Security Office were the members of the delegation.
The delegation visited various departments/centres
of the Institute as per their interest - Earthquake
Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Chemistry,
Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Institute
Instrumentation Centre, Electronics & Computer
Engineering, Management Studies, Mechanical &
Industrial Engineering, Humanities & Social Sciences,
Physics andCentral Library.
The delegation also met the Director and all Deans.
On the concluding day of visit on Jan. 6, 2009, Prof. S. C.
Saxena, Director, IIT Roorkee and Dr. Mehdi
Ebrahiminejad, Vice Chancellor, Vali-e-Asr University
signed a MoU for academic cooperation between IIT
Roorkee and Vali-e-Asr University. Scope of MoU
includes Students exchange, faculty exchange,
exchange of information on research and educational
programmes, joint organization of short-term continuing
education programmes, seminars, conferences,
workshops on topics ofmutual interest.
KIPASPA 2009
Centre of Nanotechnology organized the
introductory function of M.Tech. (Nanotechnology) on
Wednesday, the November 12, 2008. Prof. S. C.
Saxena, Director, I.I.T. Roorkee was the Chief Guest
on the occasion. The function was well attended by
the faculty from Met. & Mat. Engg., Chemistry,
Biotechnology, Physics, E&C Engg. and Mech. Engg.
Departments. Dean, SRIC, Dean, Finance &
Planning, and Dean, Academic Studies were also
present on the occasion. Prof. Anil Kumar, Head,
Centre of Nanotechnology welcomed the guests and
apprised them with the working and facilities of the
centre. M.Tech. and Ph.D. students of the centre
presented their introduction.
Prof. Saxena highlighted the global thrust and
future perspectives of nanotechnology and
encouraged students to pursue this interdisciplinary
course with great zeal keeping in mind to deliver its
benefit to the society.
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Training Courses Organized
IPR Cell of the institute organized an International Conference on “Knowledge Sharing
Prof. G. L. Asawa, Prof. Praveen Kumar
& IPManagement: Evolving Strategies inAsia-Pacific” during January 29-31, 2009.
and Dr. K. S. Hari Prasad of Civil Engineering
Department organised a series of Three
Forthcoming Events
Training Courses for Engineers of Rural
Event
Organized by
Period
Engineering Services, Madhya Pradesh at
National Seminar on Housing and Centre of Excellence in April 18, 2009
the Institute on Sept. 15-19, 2008, Dec. 15Disaster Mitigation Efforts in India: Disaster Mitigation and
19, 2008 and Jan. 5-9, 2009. The Courses
Case Studies (HDME-2009)
Management
were specially designed for Hydraulics and
SCHEMCON-09, 5th Annual Session Chemical Engineering Sep. 19-20, 2009
Rural Road Works under National Rural
of Students Chemical Engineering Department
EmploymentGuaranteeAct (NREGA).
Congress
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Sponsored Research Projects
ICON 2008
L to R: Dr. K. Garg, Dr. S. Ray, Dean SRIC, IIT Roorkee
Dr. B. K. Gairola, Chief Guest, Dr. D. K. Mehra, Dr. Manoj Mishra
The 16th IEEE International Conference on Networks,
ICON 2008, was organized by the Dept. of Electronics and
Computer Engg., IIT Roorkee, at Habitat World, India Habitat
Centre, New Delhi, from December 12 – 14, 2008. Three preconference tutorials were held on the first day, one each on Content
Delivery Networks, Operating Systems for Mobiles and Unified
Communications, presented by eminent speakers from Industry
and Academia. The conference was inaugurated by Dr. B.K.
Gairola, Director General, National Informatics Centre, MCIT, Govt.
of India. Keynote lectures were given by Prof. Raj Jain of University
of Washington at St. Louis, USA, Prof. R.K. Buyya of Melbourne
University, Australia and Mr. Pradeep Kaithal of Cisco Systems,
USA. The topics were 'Next Generation Internet', 'Utility-oriented
Cloud and Grid Computing' and 'Challenges for future networks',
respectively.
Around 110 delegates from India and abroad participated
in the deliberations at the conference and presented their research
work in 12 technical sessions in areas as diverse as Wireless
Sensor Networks, Communications, Adhoc Networks, Data and
Network Security, Wireless Networks, TCP/IP Protocols, P2P
Networks and Network Performance. A CD of the conference
proceedings was released at the Inaugural function.
A colorful Cultural Programme of Dances from various
states of India, was presented by a troupe of artists from Delhi. The
Conference received financial support from Platinum SponsorCisco Systems USA, Gold Sponsors-Govt. of Uttarakhand and
Dept. of Information Technology, and MCIT. Other sponsors
included BSNL, IEEE, ISCEE, Velocis Systems and Nihon
Communications.
w.e.f. 26.12.2008 to 25.01.2009 (Above Rs. 5.00 lac or More)
• Dr. Ramesh Chandra, Asstt. Prof., IIC, Fabrication and
Characterization of Fe SiC Thin Films by PVD via
PrecursorRoute, DRDO Kanpur,Rs.9.95lacs.
• Dr. S. C. Jain, Prof., Mech. & Ind. Engg. Deptt., Active
Vibration Control of Laminated Shells, ISRO Bangalore,
Rs. 16.07 lacs.
• Dr. P.K. Garg, Prof., Civil Engg. Deptt., Institutional
Capacities Reinforcement of Hanoi University in
Education and Research in Remote and Geographic
Information Systems Applied to Monitoring and
Management of Natural Resources in Vinh Phue
Province, Vietnam, DST, Rs. 7.05 lacs.
• Dr. Ramasare Prasad, Assoc. Prof., Biotechnology Deptt.,
Functional Genomic for Validation ofCandidate Gene for
Improvement of Rice, DBT, Rs. 59.36 lacs.
• Dr. Ravi Kumar, Assoc. Prof., Mech. & Ind. Engg. Deptt.,
Experimental investigation of the asymmetric heating of
pressure tubes, BARC Mumbai,
Rs. 61.23 lacs.
• Experimental investigation of the Rewetting of Fuel
Cluster, BARC Mumbai, Rs. 60.95 lacs.
• Dr. Anand Joshi, Asstt. Prof., Earth Sciences Deptt., Long
tail effects in Probabilistic Seismic hazard analysis: A
case study of Himalaya and Mexico City, DST, Rs. 11.46
lacs.
• Dr. Ashok Kumar, Assoc. Prof., Earthquake Engg. Deptt.,
Estimation of site effect and ground motion in Delhi and
Mexico City using strong ground motion data and
preparation of near real-time shake map, DST, Rs. 14.61
lacs. • DesignEarthquake groundmotion using recorded
time histories estimation using neural network, BRNS,
Mumbai,Rs.15.87lacs.
• Dr. P.K. Gupta, Asstt. Prof., Civil Engg. Deptt., Numerical &
experimental analysis of influence of boundary
conditions of deformation of metal plates impacted by
projectile, DST, Rs. 16.58 lacs.
• Dr. D.K. Dwivedi, Asstt. Prof., Mech. & Ind. Engg. Deptt.,
Weldbonding of Aluminium Structures, DRDO, New
Delhi,Rs.22.45lacs.
• Dr. A. Patnaik and Dr. S. N. Sinha, Electronics & Computer
Engg., Development of Healing System for Failed
Antenna Array using Evolutionary Computational
Techniques, Govt. of India, Ministry of Defence, Naval
Research Board,Rs.39.39lacs.
Honours and Awards
• Dr. Ankush Mittal, Assoc. Prof. and Dr. (Ms.) Durga
Toshniwal, Asstt. Prof., Deptt. of Electronics and
Computer Engg., have received the prestigious IBM
FacultyAwards-2008. The awards include citations and
grants of US $10000 each.
• Dr. B. R. Gurjar, Asstt. Prof., Civil Engg. Deptt., has
been granted Honorary Executive Editorship of a newly
launched Peer-Reviewed International Journal titled
"Environmental Engineering and Management" by
Brain Wave Publishers.
• Dr. Pashupati Jha, Prof., Deptt. of Humanities and
Social Sciences was elected Chairman of the
Association for English Studies of India for three years
beginning January 2009.
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• Dr. Praveen Kumar, Prof., Deptt. of Civil Engg. has been
nominated as Convener, Research Degree Committee
(Civil Engg.) of Uttar Pradesh Technical University,
Lucknow.
• Dr. Binod Mishra, Asstt. Prof., Deptt of Humanities &
Social Sciences was:
- elected Treasurer of Association for English Studies
of India (AESI) on Dec. 19, 2008 during 53rd All India
English Teachers Conference at Gurukul Kangri
Vishwavidyalaya, Hardwar. He has been elected to this
post for a period of three years.
- awarded AIMS (Association of Indian Management
Scholars) International Distinguished Service
Award during Sixth AIMS International Conference
on Management, Dec. 28-31, 2008 at IBA, Greater
Noida, Delhi Region, India.
Participation in Conferences / Workshops / Seminars / Symposiums
• Dr. (Ms.) Durga Toshniwal, Asstt. Prof., Deptt. of
Electronics & Computer Engineering, presented a
research paper entitled, "Finding Similarity in the Variation
of Exchange Rates of Currencies Using Moments," at the
International Conference on Recent Advances in
Communication Engineering (RACE - 08) held during
Dec. 20 - 23, 2008 at Deptt. of ECE, University College of
Engineering, OsmaniaUniversity, Hyderabad.
• Dr. G. S. Srivastava, Prof., Deptt. of Mathematics
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attended the 74 meeting of Indian Mathematical Society
held at Allahabad University, Allahabad from Dec. 27-30,
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2008 and delivered the 22 P. L. Bhatnagar Memorial
Award Lecture on "Entire function extensions of
continuous functions - A brief Survey". He was in the panel
of judges for the selection of papers for the AMU, IMS and
V. M. Shah awards. Prof. G. S. Srivastava also chaired a
session of invited talks in the meeting.
• Dr. P. M. Pathak, Asstt. Prof., Deptt. of Mech. & Ind.
Engineering:
- attended IEEE Region 10 Colloquium and the Third
International Conference on Industrial and Information
Systems (ICIIS) at IIT Kharagpur, INDIA from Dec. 8-10,
2008. He presented a paper entitled, “Reconfiguration
of Directional Handling of an Autonomous Vehicle”,
coauthored by A. K. Samantaray (IIT Kharagpur), R.
Merzouki, B. Ould-Bouamama (Ecole Polytechnique of
Lille, France).
- delivered expert lecture on 'Modeling and Control of
Space Robots' in Winter School on “Modeling,
Simulation and Control of Engineering Systems,” held
from January 5–9, 2009, at NIT Jalandhar.
• Dr. G. Ramasamy, Prof., Civil Engg. Deptt.:
- attended “Centenary Conference, IISc., Bangalore”
during Dec. 13-16, 2008 and “Indian Geotechnical
Conference, IGC-2008” during Dec. 17-18, 2008 at IISc,
Bangalore. He presented a paper on “Computer Aided
Design of Reinforced Earth Slopes”, co-authored by
Saranakumar, M. N. and Zsaki,A. M.
- attended 'PAN IIT-2008' meet at IIT, Madras at Chennai
from Dec. 19-20, 2008 and made a Poster Presentation
on “IIT Research Capabilities-Pitfalls and Remedies”.
• Dr. Anil K. Sharma, Deptt. of Management Studies
presented following two research papers in the PAN IIT
Research Symposium organised under PAN IIT Global
Conference at IIT Madras, Chennai during Dec. 19-21,
2008:
- Financing Infrastructure Development in India: A quest
for identifying innovative sources.
- Correlation between Infrastructure Investment and
Economic Growth – A Cross Country View.
• Dr. Praveen Kumar, Prof. and Dr. Rajat Rastogi, Asstt.
Prof., Deptt. of Civil Engg. attended Transportation
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Research Board (TRB) 88 Annual Conference at
Washington D.C. (USA) on Jan 11-14, 2009. Dr. Praveen
Kumar presented the paper “Investigation of FiberModified Bituminous Mixes”. Dr. Rajat Rastogi also
presented a paper “Scale Factor Estimation using
Maximum Information Procedure”.
• Dr. Neelesh Kumar Jain, Assistant Professor MIED,
visited School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
at Oklahoma State University, Stillwater (USA) as Visiting
Assistant Professor under the BOYSCAST Fellowship
awarded by DST from July 2, 2008 to Dec. 27, 2008.
During his stay Dr. Jain did experimental research on
Electrochemical Polishing (ECP) and Chemical
Mechanical Polishing (CMP) of large sized copper wafers
for microelectronic and optical applications achieving
mirror finish in the range of 9-50 nanometer.
• Dr. B. R. Gurjar,Asstt. Prof., Civil Engg. Deptt., visited
- Atmospheric Science Center, National Autonomous
University ofMexico and also visited UNAM from Dec. 712, 2008, and delivered a talk to general public and
seminar related to his research work on megacities and
global climate change.
- Meisei University, Tokyo, Japan from Dec. 21-27, 2008;
(i) to attendmeetings and have discussions related to an
ongoing Indo-Japanese cooperative research project
"Implementation and Validation of Numerical Models for
Heat Island Studies in Mega-City Delhi", and (ii) to
deliver an invited lecture in the 4th Workshop on Asian
Urban Heat Island Issues that was held on Dec. 25,
2008 atMeisei University in Tokyo.
• Dr. Binod Mishra, Asstt. Prof., Deptt of Humanities &
Social Sciences attended 53rd All India English Teachers
Conference organized by AESI, December 18-20, 2008 at
Gurukul Kangri Vishwavidyalaya, Hardwar. He also
presented a paper entitled “Soaked in Indian Sensibility: A
Study ofAnita Nair's Mistress”.
Director's Visit to Hanoi, Vietnam
Prof. S. C. Saxena visited Hanoi, Vietnam from
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24 to 27 November 2008 to participate in the First
Round Table under the European Union-Asia Higher
Education Platform organised by European Commission
(EC), German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and
some other Organizations and was a penalist in a session
on “Different Models of Institutional Governance and
Management”. The Round Table included sessions on
Autonomy–Trends in Asian and European Higher
Education, System Governance and University
Autonomy, Institutional Governance and Management
and how can universities in Asia and Europe learn from
each other. He visited Hanoi University of Technology
alongwith other delegates of the EU-Asia Higher
Education Platform and held useful discussions with the
Rector of University Prof. Dr. Nguyen Trung Giang, his
team and Dean of Vietnam National University. Dr.
Saxena visited Hanoi Water Resources University on 25th
Nov. 2008 and held useful discussion with the Rector Dr.
Nguyen Quang Kim and his team of Vice-Rectors, Deans
and Vice-Deans and reviewed the progress of the MoU
with them. He visited Institute of Hydropower and
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Renewal Energy on 26 November 2008 and held useful
discussion with the Director Dr. Nguyen Viet and his
team. Both these institutes showed keen interest to
initiate new activities with IIT Roorkee and expressed
keen desire to visit IITRoorkee in near future.
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OFFICE MEMORANDA
No. Estt.(A)/1588/E-2281(HODs)Dated:December 29, 2008
The director is pleased tomake the following appointments for a
period of one year w.e.f. 1.1.2009 to 31.12.2009:
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Dean:
Dean,Academic Studies
: Prof. G. S. Srivastava
Dean,Academic Research
: Prof. H.O.Gupta
Dean, SRIC
: Prof. J.D.Sharma
Dean, Faculty Affairs
: Prof. D. K. Paul
Dean,Administration
: Prof. S.C.Jain
Dean of StudentsWelfare
: Prof. N. K. Goel
Dean, Saharanpur Campus
: Prof. I. M. Mishra
Dean, Finance & Planning
: Prof. Surendra Kumar
Dean,AlumniAffairs
: Prof. H. Sinvhal
Associate Dean, FacultyAffairs
: Prof. SatishC.Sharma
Associate Dean,Academic
: Prof. PramodAgarwal
Associate Dean (SRIC)
: Prof. B. K. Mishra
Associate Dean (Mess)
: Prof. M. L. Kansal
Associate Dean (Discipline)
: Prof. S. P. Srivastava
Associate Dean (Foreign Students) : Dr.Deepak Khare
Head of Departments
Arch. & Planning
: Prof. S. Y. Kulkarni
Biotechnology
: Prof. (Mrs.)RituBarthwal
Civil Engg.
: Prof. G. L.Asawa
Chemical Engg.
: Prof. I. D. Mall
Chemistry
: Prof. Kamaluddin
Electronics & Computer Engg.
: Prof. S.N.Sinha
Electrical Engg.
: Prof. Vinod Kumar
Earthquake Engg.
: Prof.Ashwani Kumar
Earth Sciences
: Prof. R. P. Gupta
Hum. & Soc. Sciences
: Prof. S. P. Singh
Hydrology
: Prof. Himanshu Joshi
Mathematics
: Prof. (Mrs.)Rama Bhargava
Mechanical & IndustrialEngg.
: Prof. Pradeep Kumar
Metallurgical & Materials Engg.
: Prof. S. K. Nath
Management Studies
: Prof. V. K.Nangia
Physics
: Prof. B.D.Indu
Paper Technology
: Prof. J. S. Upadhyay
WaterRes. Dev. & Management : Prof. Ram Pal Singh
Head of Academic Centres
AHEC
: Dr.Arun Kumar
Head of Centre of Excellence
Centre for Transportation Systems : Prof. S. S. Jain
Centre for DisasterMitigation &
: Prof. D. K. Paul
Management
Centre of Nanotechnology
: Prof.Anil Kumar
Head of Academic Service Centres
Continuing Education Centre
: Prof. Vinod Kumar
InstituteComputer Centre
: Prof. Padam Kumar
Information Superhighway Centre : Prof. Padam Kumar
Institute InstrumentationCentre : Prof.A.K.Chaudhary
C. Professor-in-Charge
1. Security
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: Prof. V. K.Gupta (Chemistry)
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Training & Placement
: Prof. P. K. Jain
Communications
: Prof. S.N.Sinha
N. C. NigamGuest House
: Prof. R. P. Singh
Chairmen
Library Advisory Committee
: Prof. Surendra Kumar
Hospital Advisory Committee
: Prof. D. K. Nauriyal
Advisory Committee for
: Prof. S. K. Verma
Communication (ACC)
4. Estate & Works
: Prof. V. K. Gupta (Civil)
ViceChairmen
1. Estate & Works (Civil)
: Dr. Akhil Upadhyay
2. Estate & Work (Electrical)
: Sri Bharat Gupta
E. Coordinators
1. Quality Improvement Programme : Prof. Vinod Kumar
2. Educational Technology Cell
: Prof. Bikash Mohanty
3. Intellectual Property Rights Cell : Prof. P. K. Ghosh
F. Officer-in-Charge
1. Transportation
: Dr. Sandeep Singh
No. Estt.(A)/01/D-63(iii) Dated: Jan. 01, 2009
On the recommendations of the Dean of Students' Welfare, the
Director is pleased to extend the tenure of all Chief Wardens, Wardens,
Assistant Wardens, Chief Advisors & Deputy Chief Advisors, Sports,
Hobbies Club, Students’ Club, Cinema Club, Himalayan Explorers
Club w.e.f. 01.01.2009 to 31.03.2009.
No. Estt.(A)/59/D-63 (iii) Dated: Jan. 09, 2009
The Director is pleased to appoint Dr. B. D. Indu, Prof. & Head,
Deptt. of Physics as StaffAdvisor SC/ST students with immediate effect
initially for a period of one year in place of Dr. Vikas Pruthi, Asstt. Prof.,
Deptt. of Biotechnology.
No. IITR/MS-6/2412 Dated: Jan. 07, 2009
In accordance with Statute 6 [1 (c)], and as per the powers vested
in the Director vide Statute 9(18), the Director, IIT Roorkee has been
pleased to nominate the under-mentioned three persons to the Finance
Committee of the Institute as Board nominees for a period of three
years from 01.01.2009 to 31.12.2011:
1- Prof. S. K. Khanna,
Former Chairman,AICTE,
Jaypee Institute of Information Technology (JIIT)
A-10, Sector-62, Noida - 201 307 (UP)
2- Prof. Surendra Kumar
Department ofChemical Engineering,
Indian Institute of TechnologyRoorkee
3- Prof. N. M. Bhandari
Department ofCivil Engineering,
Indian Institute of TechnologyRoorkee
No. IITR/Gen/2009/3931 Dated: Jan. 19, 2009
Director has been pleased to approve the change in the name of
Continuing Education Centre (Guest House) as under:
Old Name
NewName
Continuing Education Centre
Trainee Officers Hostel
(Guest House)
DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics
On the dais (L-R), Dr. A. Saxena, Dr. R. K. Choudhury, Dr. S. S. Kapoor,
Prof. H. K. Verma, Prof. B. D. Indu and Prof. A. K. Jain
during Inaugural Session
Prof. M.G.K. Menon delivering the lecture
on Dr. Homi Bhabha
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Consultancy Projects
w.e.f. 26.12.2008 to 25.01.2009 (Above Rs.1.00 lac or More)
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Dr. Arun Kumar, AHEC, Checking and evaluation of
process hydraulic design calculations, Project
Manager, Yamuna Pollution Control Unit - I, U.P. Jal Nigam,
Ghaziabad, Rs. 5.71 lac.
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Dr. Satish Chandra, CED, Evaluation of Subgrade and
Design of Mixes, 1. Exe. Engr., PWD, Hardwar, 2. Exe.
Engr. PWD, Dehradun, 3. Exe. Engr. PWD, Dhumakot, Rs.
1.52 lacs.
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Dr. R. P. Saini, AHEC, Performance Testing of Babehali
Hydro Electric Plant (2.7 MW) in Punjab, Gill Power
Generation Company (P) Ltd., Kahnuwan Road,
Gurdaspur,Rs.5.00lacs.
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Dr. S. K. Singal, AHEC, Review of executed cost of
Bhilangna Small Hydro Project (3 x 7.5 MW)
Uttarakhand, PTC India Limited, 2nd Floor, NBCC Tower,
Bhikaji Cama Place, New Delhi, Rs. 4.00 lacs.
Dr. D. K. Paul, DMC, Broad Course Contents relating to
the Capacity Building activities for National
Earthquake Risk Mitigation Project-reg., National
Disaster Management Authority, NDMA Bhawan, A-1,
Safdarjung Enclave,NewDelhi,Rs.4.45lacs.
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Dr. G. L. Asawa, CED, C.D. Works at RD 69.108 km of
Kandi Canal Stage - II, The Chief Engineer (Canals),
IrrigationWorks, Punjab, Rs. 3.25 lacs.
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Dr. Ashwani Kumar, EQD, Site Specific Design
Earthquake Parameters Study for Power Plant
Structures at MTPS, Kanti, Kanti Bijlee Utpadan Nigam
Limited, Muzaffarpur Thermal Power Station, Bihar, Rs.
5.00 lacs. • Site Specific Seismic Study for 76 MW Phata
Byung Hydro-Electric Project, Lanco Hydro Energies
Pvt. Ltd., Udyog Vihar,Gurgaon,Rs.5.00lacs.
Dr. Kamal Jain, CED, Consultancy Service for
Preparation of L-Section and Contour map/DTM for
Bunakha Project in Bhutan, THDC, Rishikesh Rs. 5.30
lacs. • Consultancy Service for Canal Alignment of
Sankosh Project Bhutan, THDC, Rishikesh, Rs. 18.75
lacs.
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Dr. N. K. Goel, HYD, Study and Analysis of observed
data of Suketi Khad, Kansa Khad and River Beas,
BBMB,Sundernagar, Rs. 7.00 lacs.
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Dr. S. K. Tripathi, WRD&M, Estimation of minimum flow
for ecological consideration, sewerage dilution and
keeping thewater Hyacinth floating, Executive Engineer,
UP Irrigation, Lucknow Div.-2, Sharda Canal, Lucknow, Rs.
4.89 lacs.
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Dr. M. L. Kansal, WRD&M, Vetting of Hydrology for
Tiuni-Plasu Hydroelectric Project, Superintending
Engineer, Investigation & Planning Circle-I, Uttarakhand
Irrigation Department, Yamuna Colony, Dehradun, Rs. 1.20
lacs. • PFR for Karligad Water Supply Scheme, S.T.E.P.,
IIT, Roorkee,Rs.1.80lacs.
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Dr. S. K. Ghosh, CED, Topographical Survey for
Township of LPHPP, N.T.P.C. Ltd., LPHPP, Uttarkashi, Rs.
21.90 lacs.
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Dr. Pradeep Bhargava, CED, Third Party Quality
Assurance of Execution Stage of NewACM Shop & Ext.
ofBay-2 Block, BHEL,Ranipur, Haridwar,Rs.9.75lacs.
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Dr. N. M. Bhandari, CED, Third Party Quality Assurance
for Construction of New Turbine Block at BHEL, BHEL
Ranipur,Haridwar, Rs. 12.75 lacs.
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Dr. A. Upadhyay, CED, Proof Checking of Structural
Design and Drawing of ROB at Laksar, Executive
Engineer, Prov.Division, P.W.D., Haridwar,Rs.1.30lacs.
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Dr. Vipul Prakash, CED, Design of 30 M Span
Pedestrian Bridge for Village Nakoda in Khuthnaur
Khad, Executive Engineer. Construction Division, PWD,
Barkot, Rs. 1.80 lacs. • Design of 60 M Span Steel Girder
Bridge Across River Yamuna on Approach Road for
Halipad at Kharasli, Executive Engineer. Construction
Division, PWD, Barkot, Rs. 2.98 lacs.
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Dr. N. K. Samadhiya, CED, Soil Investigations for
Bearing Capacity for Foundation Design of Bridge at
Haldwani, Executive Engineer, PWD, Haldwani, Rs. 2.20
lacs.
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Dr. Mahendra Singh, CED, Geotechnical Investigation
for Foundation Design at Vigilance Directorate
Dehradun, XEN Construction Division, PWD, Dehradun,
Rs. 2.50 lacs. • Geotechnical investigation at bridge
site at Ch.16.860 Patharkhai-Dodal-Umrasu Road,
Pauri Garhwal, M/s R.G. Buildwell Engineer Ltd.,
Ghaziabad, Rs. 1.10 lacs.
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Dr. Umesh Kumar, CED, Testing of Shortcrete Cores,
THDC, Josiyara, Uttarkashi, Rs. 2.30 lacs.
•
Dr. S. Mittal, CED, Soil Test for Mayapur Barrage
Bridge, PWD, Haridwar, Rs. 1.00 lac. • Soil Tests for
Overhead Tanks, Uttarakhand Peyjal Nigam, Dehradun,
Rs. 1.65 lacs. • Soil Tests for Machine Foundation
Design, R.N.Gupta & Co., Ludhiana, Rs. 2.46 lacs.
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Orientation Program on “Exotic
Radioactivity and the Shell Model”
A one day orientation program on “Exotic radioactivity and the shell
model” was held on Dec. 21, 2008, at the S. N. Bose Auditorium, Bose
Block, Physics Department, preceding the DAE symposium on Nuclear
Physics. Over fifty participants comprising of mainly Ph.D. students and
young researchers attended the course. The course was coordinated by
Prof. A.K. Jain and lectures were given by Prof. Enrico Maglione,
Padova, Italy (Theoretical aspects of proton emission from proton rich
nuclei), Dr. Ajit K. Sinha, Director, UGC-DAE, CSR-Kolkata (Proton
Radioactivity – Experimental aspects), Dr. P.Arumugam, IITR (Meanfield
of triaxially deformed nuclei and application to proton radioactivity), Dr.
Rajdeep Chatterjee, IITR (Direct and indirect approaches in nuclear
astrophysics), and Dr. P.K. Rath, Lucknow Univ. (Double beta-decay and
nuclear structure physics). The course concluded on a successful note
preparing the students for working in these advanced areas.
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