1994 → 2014

Departments
1.
Biotechnology
2. Chemical Engineering
3. Chemistry
4. Computer Science and Engineering
5. Civil Engineering
6. Design
7. Electronics and Electrical Engineering
8. Humanities and Social Sciences
9. Mathematics
10. Mechanical Engineering
11. Physics
Total Students 4891
Under Grad.
: 2509
Post Grad.
PhD
: 1062
: 1320
Faculty - 351
Professor : 91
Associate Prof. : 95
Assistant Prof. : 165
Interdisciplinary Academic Centres:
1.
Nanotechnology
2. Energy
3. Environment
Offerings
BTech
MSc – MA - MTech
PhD, MTech-PhD (dual)

Cutting Edge Research
Biochemical Approaches
Bioinformatics & Computational Biology
Fluorescence Spectroscopy
Macromolecular Crystallography
Molecular Genetics
Punetha A, Sivathanu R, Anand B, (2014) Active Site Plasticity Enables Metal Dependent Tuning of Cas5d Nuclease Activity in CRISPR-Cas Type I-C System. Nucleic Acids Res., 42: 3846-3856.

Small, 9(11), 1916-20, 2013
Nanoscale, 6, 1398-1405, 2014

CD-UPRT, GMCSF, IkB α , INF γ
Nanoparticles
(Au, Ag, Cu, NC)
MALDI, CD, FACS,
Spectroscopy,
Anti-cancer Activity
(2014), ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 6 (1), 712 – 724; (2013), PLOS One, PONE-D-13-38673R1
10.1371/journal.pone.0083877; (2014), Biomaterials Science, DOI: 10.1039/C3BM60251F

Structural Tuning of
MIL-53 (Al) to enhance CO
2 uptake and Selectivity
Large pore form
Narrow pore form
Activation of MIL-53(Al) at 493 K under vacuum
•
CO
2
•
CO
2 adsorption at >1 bar and 293 K desorption under vacuum at 293 K
Why MIL-53(Al) ?
 High temperature stability (up to 750 K)
 Does not degrade upon exposure to moisture


Low enthalpy of adsorption
Exhibits structural transformation
Novelty
 Effect of adsorption history on the structural transformation of MIL-53(Al)
 Narrow pore tuned from of MIL-53(Al) exhibits four fold enhancement (from
0.42 to 1.75 mol kg -1 ) in CO
2 uptake at 0.17 bar and 293 K. It also show almost infinite selectivity for CO
2 pressure and 293 K over CH
4
, N
2
, CO and O
2 at sub-atmospheric
Membrane for CO
2
Capture from Flue Gas
Highlights
• Novel poly(vinyl alcohol)-poly(vinyl pyrolidone) blend membranes with amine carrier were synthesized for CO
2 capture
• Highest CO
2
/N
2 selectivity of 398 and CO
2 permeance of 40
GPU were obtained
Mishra et al., Langmuir , 29 (2013) 12162 – 12167

M40-R
8/5/2014
F8-L
16/5/2014
M15-L
13/5/2014
M75-L
25/5/2014
Patient trial with polycentric knee joint
M23-L
3/2/2014
S. Kanagaraj et al. Mechanical characterization of PMMA/ SWNTs bone cement using Nanoindenter Materials
Technology: Advanced Biomaterials
29(B1), B4–B9, 2014

SAW sensors are MEMS devices which use modulation of surface acoustic waves to sense mass loading, small size, low power. Applications in resonators, sensors, actuators & signal processing.
Transmitter Receiver
IDT
RF Signal
E
Generator
0
Signal
Conditioning
Circuit
Piezo-Substrate
Mode I
Mode II Mode III
High sensitivity if operated in this region
Replacing sensing film by pillars leads to unusual mass loading when the resonance frequency of the pillars is close to resonance frequency of the device. Unusual mass loading characteristics at three resonance modes of the pillars.
• N. Ramakrishnan, Roy Paily, and H. B. Nemade, Sensor Letters, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 253 – 257, 2010.
• N. Ramakrishnan, H. B. Nemade, and Roy Paily ,IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 430 – 431, 2010.

• Center of Excellence
– Department of Civil Engineering
• Integrated Land use Planning and Water Resources
Management
• For hazard free development in hills
– Technology for improving population carrying capacity
• Optimal E cological M anagement P ractices
( EMPs ) has been developed to enhance hazard free carrying capacity
– Single ownership: OPTEMP-LS
– Multiple ownership:OPTEMP-LM
• Pilot project implementation in collaboration with government depts. and people has started
Sarma B, Sarma A.K. and Singh V.P(2013):
OPTIMAL ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES (EMPs)
FOR MINIMIZING THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND WATERSHED DEGRADATION DUE TO URBANIZATION ,
Water Resources Management, 27, 4069-4082, 2013.

• Managing dynamic river like Brahmaputra under climate change impacted water scenario is extremely challenging
– Temp increase by 0.5 to 1.0 degree
– Precipitation increase up to 20%
– Shifting of Monsoon
• Homogeneous clustering to reduce uncertainty in Climate Change Prediction
• Indigenous River Model BRAHMA
( B raided R iver A id: H ydrodynamic and
M orphological A nalyzer) is developed and applied with Optimization Module
Kalita H.M., Sarma A.K., and Bhattacharjya R.K, Evaluation of Optimal River Training Work using GA
Based Linked Simulation Optimization Approach, Water Resource Management, 28, 2077-2098, 2014

• New Delhi, May 1, 2014
– IIT Guwahati has shown the way to the new siblings
• The young IIT from Assam has brought cheer to
Indian academic institutions
– Occupying a place among the top 100 YOUNG universities published by
London-based Times Higher Education (THE) magazine
• Young – under 50 years of age
– Placed 87 th in the ranking that analysed 800 new-breed universities from
29 countries, including the US and the UK.
• The magazine has started a separate ranking for universities two years ago
– For below 50 years of age
– Suggest which institutions have the potential to become the next generation’s Harvard or Oxford

• Research focus: Modern Manufacturing; Nanotechnology; Cancer
Therapeutics; Creating new Fuels and Improved Energy Storage Systems;
Improving Himalayan Habitat; Control of Flood and Land Erosion;
Hydrology; Road and Infrastructure; etc.
• New-Pedagogy, such as, Flipped Learning and Education 3.0 have appeared in teaching strategies
• Group work is an essential part of this new style of learning and classes have to be designed to engage students in group work as much as possible.
• The strategy ensures success of Outcome Based Learning:
• Graduates will demonstrate basic knowledge in mathematics, science
• and engineering
• Graduates will demonstrate the ability to design and conduct experiments,
• interpret and analyze data, and report results

a) IIT Guwahati is the mentor Institute for IIIT Guwahati and IIIT Manipur b) IIT Guwahati is helping NIT Meghalaya and NIT Sikkim on several academic aspects of institute-building c) IIT Guwahati is associated with IIM Shillong d) IIT Guwahati is the mentor Institute for CIT Kokrajhar e) IIT Guwahati (RuTAG) has successfully set up a pilot project on production of
Muga Silk fabric with power loom at the Export Promotion Industrial Park (EPIP) ,
Guwahati. Muga Silk is one of the costliest fabrics in the world obtained from
Antheraea Assamensis.
f) IIT Guwahati (RuTAG) has developed a low cost machine for production of compressed feed block fortified with micro nutrients to supplement the feed for Yaks and Mithuns
(only available in Arunachal, Nagaland and Manipur) g) Construction of Flyovers and laying Rail Track in N-E states g) IITG is eager to start special MS program for the College Teachers of North East

Education is the manifestation of perfection already in man and character is the test of that manifestation
Water-polo Match at IIT Guwahati
Basketball Match at IIT Guwahati