Vision
to be a leader in
science and
technology
education,
knowledge
creation and
innovation, in an
India that is
marching towards
a just, inclusive
and sustainable
society
IIT Mandi
Timothy A. Gonsalves
Director
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Strategy for an IIT
Globally, many paths to prominence as a
research university. Eg:
Name
Size
PG
Scope
Yrs
Nature
Oxford
22K 47%
General
Stuttgart
25K 47%
S&T
185 Public
Industry
Caltech
2K 55%
S&T
125 Private
Nat’l labs
MIT
11K 65%
ST&M
150 Private
Teaching, product,
startups, industry,
Nat’l labs
Stanford
16K 55%
General
125 Private
Product, startups,
industry, Nat’l labs
NUS
37K 27%
General
100 Public
Partnerships
1,000 Public
Remarks
Colleges, tutorials
Technology excellence requires focus on
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local and national needs
IIT Mandi Strategy
• Focus on a few areas – especially
regional and national relevance
• Partnerships with like-minded
institutions in India and abroad
• IIT-M, IIT-D, IIT-K, IIT-B, IIT-R, IIT-H, IISc
• Conclave of VCs of Himachal and J&K
• TU9 MOU May 2011 – Rs. 4+ crores from India and
Germany for exchange of faculty
• Inter-disciplinary culture, organisation,
academics
• Exploit Locational advantage
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Focus: Materials
• 2 Distinguished Professors + 14 young faculty with
expertise in materials
– from molecules to devices to applications
• National needs: Electronics, electrical, biomedical
applications
• Sophisticated instruments installed/ordered
– 32 cr installed + 20 cr (ordered/planned)
• $315,000 from Intel Corp, US for next-generation
VLSI photo-resist material
– State-of-the-art: 22 nm
– IIT Mandi: 20 nm, working on 16 nm
– Network of labs in India, Brazil, Mexico & US
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FESEM Image of IIT-Mandi Synthesized MAPDST
Homopolymer EUV Resist For Next Generation Lithography
13 April 2015
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Focus: Image, Speech, Video
Text-to-Speech synthesis systems for 12 Indian
languages funded by DIT
•
Consortium led by IIT-M; IIT Mandi – Rajasthani
•
Visually challenged people will be mainstream
Detection of cervical cancer cells
•
With KIDWAI Memorial Institute of Oncology,
Aindra Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore
•
Interaction with PGI, Chandigarh to develop the
systems for diagnosis
Mentor Professor + 5 young faculty
Social Relevance
Uhl Centre – technologies for the Himalayan Region
•
•
Sponsored by DST
Emphasis on technology for rural development
— Internet/mobile-based education, e-health, agri
advisory
— Use of pine needles for fuel, electricity, lignin
Impact assessment of MNREGA in Mandi Distt
Evaluation of computers in schools in Mandi Distt
Field trials of disaster warning via mobile phones
(with CeWiT, IIT-M)
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• Advisories to farmers through voice and SMS
• Developed with IIT-Madras, RTBI
• Tie up with Tea Board of India and HP Agri University
Innovative Curriculum
1st Yr
Reverse
Engineering
Ingredients: Learn-by-doing, teamwork,
driven by needs of society,
strong humanities component
2nd Yr
Product
Developmen
t
Teamwork
3rd Yr
Outreach to
(local) society
Students develop
practical devices that meet
real-world needs
4th Yr
Major technical
project – product,
patent, publish
Innovation by 2nd BTech
Low-cost 3D
printer
Rs. 25,000
Oil-spill
remover
10
Socio-Technical Practicum
3rd BTech Practicum
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•
Projects on social impact of
technology
15-25 WPI UG students
(Mass, US) resident in
Mandi for 3 months/year
 Direct solar lighting for
village houses
 Quality of milk
 Irrigation in the Himalayas
 Nutrition of migrant workers
 Womens education
 …
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New Campus at Kamand
Our Unique Advantage
• Used from May 2012
• Currently, 70% students and 40%
faculty in the new residential campus
1,50,000 sqm under
construction
• 100% students
residential in Feb
2015
• Space for 1,800
students, 160 faculty,
plus staff by mid2016
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Rigaku XRD
Rs. 1.75 crores
NKN Electronic
Classroom
100 Mb/s Connectivity
Renovated Stable
in Kamand 13
2nd BTech shift to Kamand
23rd Sep 2012
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Kamand, 2014
Residential campus
13 new buildings
13,000 sqm
400 students
25 faculty
IITiansTech: First alumni startup
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Kamand campus
activities
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• USP: inter-disciplinary, cooperative approach
• Driven by challenging problems in the region and
nationally
• Already achieving modest impact
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