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IndIan InstItute of technology hyderabad

AnnuAl RepoRt 2010 - 11

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Directors Message Board of Governors Core Faculty Course Composition Innovative Initiatives Research Labs Ongoing Research Projects Campus Events IITH Faculty Honors and Awards Invited Lectures / Workshops at IITH Conferences / Seminars / Workshops Attended by IITH Faculty Conference Presentations by IITH Faculty Research Publications by IITH Faculty Research Activities of IITH Faculty Our Upcoming New Campus

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The greatest danger for most of us is not that our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it is too low and we reach it. - Michelangelo

Steel, Delphi, Neyveli Lignite Corporation, BHEL, along with DRDO Laboratories, and international industries like KDDI Japan.

The architecture work on the permanent campus is in full swing. Innovative designs are finalized for Phase 1a, consisting of three academic departments, hostels, faculty and staff housing, lecture hall complex and the admin building. IITH will move into its own campus in July 2013. IITH has active collaboration with Japan on infrastructure and research. IITH is extremely thankful to Ordnance Factory - Medak for providing a beautiful campus while in transition, and the necessary infrastructure to accommodate the students, faculty, and some state-of-the-art research laboratories. IITH is highly thankful to IITM for providing the needed support, in her quest towards excellence.

FRom the diRectoR

IITH offers B.Tech. in four disciplines, M.Sc. in Chemistry and Physics, M.Tech. in six disciplines, and PhD in all the 11 disciplines. In order to facilitate greater interaction and collaboration with industries, IITH has introduced a very novel system of fractional credits now one can offer courses having 0.5, 1.0, 1.5, 2.0, 2.5 or 3.0 credits. With this flexibility industry leaders and researchers can spend offer courses of variable duration to suit state-of-the-art subject matter. Many more innovations on the academic front are

iit hyderabad An R&d destination

From the very beginning IIT Hyderabad has emphasized research and development. Today, R&D has become a culture among the faculty and students of IITH. This culture is evident from the fact that IITH has nearly 25 sponsored R&D projects ranging from ` 18 lakhs to ` 18 crores; and these include several international projects. In short, this is the spirit of IITH; and it all began when the first faculty joined in August 2009. There are several innovations hubs in the offing at IITH; some of these are Cyber Physical Systems, X-Materials, Nano Technology, Scientific Computing, and Sensor Technology. By August 2011, when IITH will enter its fourth year of operation, it will have nearly 800 students: approximately 500 undergraduates, 180 Masters and 120 PhD students. The Institute will have 80 faculty members spread across 11 departments. The first batch of M.Tech.s will graduate this summer and IITH will be holding its first convocation sometime in September. The faculty at IITH has been publishing vigorously in leading international and national journals and referred conferences. Students, at all levels, are actively involved in research. Moreover, IITH is having active collaboration with industry. Some of these are Dr. Reddys Laboratories, Tojym

in the offing. One of the highlights of 2010-11 was the address by the Former President Dr Abdul Kalam on IITH Foundation Day. There was an 800-strong audience. The talk was preceded by a student poster presentation. Dr Kalam was most inspirational in his address and left an indelible mark on the students to work diligently and ethically.

IIT Hyderabad will always strive to offer an innovative environment, to aspire to reach great heights in science and technology, and an environment where one is not afraid to experiment with high-risk ideas.

Prof UB Desai

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ChairMan
Mr Ajai Chowdhry Founder HCL Chairman & CEO, HCL Infosystems, Noida

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Mr Sunil Kumar, IAS Joint Secretary (HE) Ministry of Human Resource Development Government of India

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Dr Kiran Mazumdar Shaw Chairman and CEO Biocon Limited, Bengaluru

SpeCial invitee
Prof MS Ananth Director Indian Institute of Technology - Madras, Chennai.

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Dr K Mohandas Vice Chancellor Kerala University of Health and Allied Sciences Thiruvananthapuram

ex-OffiCiO
Prof UB Desai Director Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad

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Mr Mammen Mathew CMMI MRF Limited, Chennai

Senate nOMinee
Dr Anjan Giri Associate Professor Department of Physics Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad

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Mr CR Biswal, IAS Principal Secretary (TE) Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad

Senate nOMinee
Dr MV Panduranga Rao Assistant Professor Department of Computer Science & Engineering Indian Institute of Technology - Hyderabad

coRe FAculty

Biotechnology & Biomedical Engineering Chemical Engineering Chemistry Civil Engineering Computer Science & Engineering Electrical Engineering

Liberal Arts Materials Science & Engineering Mathematics Mechanical Engineering Physics

Core FaCulty

Biotechnology & Biomedical Engineering

GK Suraish Kumar
(From Mentor Institute IITM) Professor & Head of the Department

Sunil Kumar Maity

Assistant Professor

Email: gk@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-44-22574105

Areas of Interest: Catalysis and Chemical Reaction Engineering; Modeling and Simulation. Email: sunil_maity@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016075

Basant Kumar Patel

Assistant Professor

Kirti Chandra Sahu

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Molecular Biology of Prion and Amyloid Diseases; Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Genetics; Bio-chemistry and Bio-physics of Protein Misfolding. Email: basantkpatel@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016008

Areas of Interest: Transition to Turbulence in Shear Flows; Spatially Developing Flows in Complex Geometries; Multiphase and Interfacial Flows. Email: ksahu@iith.ac.in

Anindya Roy
Assistant Professor

Parag D Pawar
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: DNA Damage and Repair Processes; Mutagenesis; Carcinogenesis. Email: anindya@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016083

Areas of Interest: Cell Adhesion and Motility; Multiscale Modeling of Intercellular Interactions in the Vasculature. Email: parag@iith.ac.in

Renu John
Assistant Professor

Vinod Janardhanan
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Novel non-invasive Bio-imaging Techniques; Coherence Imaging and Microscopy Techniques; Molecular Contrast Agents and Targeted Molecular Imaging; Nanoparticles; Targeted Drug Delivery and Biophotonics Applications. Email: renujohn@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016097

Areas of Interest: Chemically Reacting Flows; Elementary Heterogeneous Kinetics. Email: vj@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016073

Chemical Engineering
Sreenivas Jayanti
(From Mentor Institute IITM) Professor, Head of the Department & Dean - Academics

Saptarshi Majumdar
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Polymerization; Drug Delivery; Electrochemical Transport; Equilibrium & Non-equilibrium Thermodynamics; Process Modeling. Email: saptarshi@iith.ac.in

Email: sjayanti@iitm.ac.in Phone: +91-44-22574168

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Core FaCulty

...Chemical Engineering
Anand Mohan
Assistant Professor

G Satyanarayana
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Hemodynamics and Hemostasis; Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics; Multiphase Reacting flows. Email: anandm@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016090

Areas of Interest: Organic Chemistry - Total Synthesis; Synthetic Methodology and Asymmetric Catalysis. Email: gvsatya@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016054

Narasimha Mangadoddy
Assistant Professor

M Deepa
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Heat Transfer; Industrial Multiphase CFD; Turbulence Modeling; Mineral Processing; Rheology of Industrial Slurry Systems; Waste Utilization / Recovery of Mineral Matter; Transport Processes of Separation Devices. Email: narasimha@iith.ac.in

Areas of Interest: Syntheses and Electrochemistry of Transition Metal Oxides; Conducting Polymers and Composites; Electrochromic Films and Devices. Email: mdeepa@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016024

Chandra Shekhar Sharma

Assistant Professor

Tarun Kanti Panda

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Hierarchical Carbon Micro- and Nano- Structures; Carbon Based Microelectromechanical Systems (C-MEMS); Bio-MEMS; Self-organized Meso-patterning of Soft Materials; Miniaturization of Polymeric and / or Carbon Surfaces; Bio-inspired Functional Surfaces. Email: cssharma@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016112

Areas of Interest: Inorganic Synthesis; Organometallic Chemistry; Catalysis. Email: tpanda@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016036

Chemistry
Faiz Ahmed Khan
Professor, Head of the Department & Dean - Academics

G Prabu Sankar
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Organic and Organometallic Chemistry. Email: prabu@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016089

Areas of Interest: Transition Metal-Mediated Reactions in Organic Synthesis; Discovery of New Methodologies and Control of Stereochemistry in Organic Synthesis; Chemical Synthesis in Ionic Liquids, and Supported Catalysts; Synthesis of Natural and Aesthetically Pleasing Unnatural Products. Email: faiz@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016084 (O) / 23017040 (R)

Ch Subrahmanyam
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Catalysis; Nanomaterials and Energy Systems Email: csubbu@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016050

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Civil Engineering
KVL Subramaniam
Professor & Head of the Department

KBVN Phanindra
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Condition Assessment and Rehabilitation of Structures; Nondestructive Testing of Concrete Structures; Sensor Development for Infrastructure Monitoring; Blast Analysis and Mitigation; Microstructure of Cement and Concrete; Durability of Concrete; Corrosion of Reinforcement Email: kvls@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016093

Areas of Interest: Groundwater flow and transport modeling, GIS applications in water resources engineering, Hydrogeology, Surface water-groundwater interactions. Email: phanindra@iith.ac.in Phone: 040-23016117

B Umashankar
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Recyclable Materials in Geotechnics; Reinforced Soil; Soil-Structure Interaction; Experimental Soil Mechanics Email: buma@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016034

Computer Science & Engineering

C Krishna Mohan
Assistant Professor & Head of the Department

S Sireesh
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Video Processing; Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks. Email: ckm@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016021

Areas of Interest: Pavement Geotechnics; Geosynthetic Reinforced Foundations; Sustainable Design of Soil Structures; Soil Stabilization; Soil / Rock Instrumentation; Numerical Modeling of Geosystems; Infrastructure Asset Management. Email: sireesh@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016066

MV Panduranga Rao
Assistant Professor

Amirtham Rajagopal
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest:Theoretical Computer Science Email: mvp@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016012

Areas of Interest: Computational Mechanics with Focus on Computational Inelasticity; Finite Element and Mesh Free Methods; Multiscale Modeling. Computational Material Science; Mechanics of Composites; Biomechanics. Email: rajagopal@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016094

Ravindra N Guravannavar
Assistant Professor

Shashidhar
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Database Systems; Current Areas of Reseach include Query Processing and Optimization; Optimization of Stored Procedures and Application Rewrite. Email: ravig@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016077

Areas of Interest: Contaminant Transport Modeling & Bioremediation; Environmental Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering; Remote Sensing and GIS Applications in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering; Waste Water Treatment; Solid and Hazardous Waste Management; Surface and Ground Water Quality Modeling; Applications of Soft Computing Techniques in Environmental and Water Resources Engg. Email: shashidhar@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016107

Ch Sobhan Babu
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Graph Theory; Game Theory; Algorithms and Combinatorics. Email: sobhan@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016081

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...Computer Science & Engineering

Naveen Sivadasan
Assistant Professor

Sri Rama Murty Kodukula

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Graph Theory and Algorithms. Email: nsivadasan@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016076

Areas of Interest: Signal Processing; Speech Analysis; Pattern Recognition Email: ksrm@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016005

Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma

Assistant Professor

P Rajalakshmi
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Cognitive Radio Networks; Ad hoc Wireless Networks; Wireless Sensor Networks; Cellular Networks; and Next Generation Internet. Email: tbr@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23017001

Areas of Interest: Optical Networking; Computer Communication Networks Email: raji@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016004

Shiv Govind Singh

Electrical Engineering
RD Koilpillai
(From Mentor Institute IITM) Professor & Head of the Department

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: 3-Dimensional Integrated Circuit (Low Temperature Cu- Cu and Dielectric-dielectric Bonding); Electrical and Thermal Modeling; 3-D MEMS; Electronics Cooling; Micro-fluidics (Pulsatile Flow, Fluidic Logic and Blood Flow). Email: sgsingh@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016079

Email: rdk@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-44-22574405

Vaskar Sarkar
Assistant Professor

Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan

Associate Professor

Areas of Interest: Power System Restructuring; Voltage Stability; Transmission Expansion Planning; Microgrids; Distribution System Analysis; Power Quality. Email: vaskar@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016082

Areas of Interest: Primary Arears of Interest Include Space-time Coding for MIMO Channels; Distributed Space-time Coding and Cooperative Communication; Coding for Multiple-access and Relay Channels; Network Coding; Space-time Signal Processing; Joint Baseband-RF Optimization; Software Defined Radio; Cognitive Radio and MIMO Radar. Email: zafar@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016010

Ketan P Detroja
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Fault Detection and Diagnosis; Statistical (process) Control; State Estimation and MPC; Quality Control and Alarm Management; Identification; Controller-on-a-chip Architecture; Coordinated Control. Email: ketan@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016115

Ashudeb Dutta
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Analog Circuit Design; RFIC; Semiconductor Devices. Email: asudeb_dutta@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016051

Soumya Jana
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Multimedia Signal Processing and Compression; Network Communication; Information Theory. Email: jana@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016105

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...Electrical Engineering
K Siva Kumar
Assistant Professor

Srirupa Chatterjee
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Multilevel Inverters; Open-end Winding Induction Motor Drives; Switched Mode Power Conversion; Micro Grids; Power Quality and Control. Email: ksiva@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016119

Areas of Interest: Contemporary American Literature; Feminist and Critical Theory; Rhetoric and Composition. Email: srirupa@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016113

GVV Sharma
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Communication Theory; Signal Processing. Email: gadepall@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016108

Materials Science & Engineering

UV Varadaraju
(From Mentor Institute IITM) Professor, Head of the Department & Dean - Research

Liberal Arts
Badri Narayan Rath
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Material science Email: uvv@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-44-22574215

Areas of Interest: Economic Growth and Development; Industrial Economics; Productivity and Efficiency Analysis; Econometrics; Macro Economics. Email: badri@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016052

Pinaki Prasad Bhattacharjee

Assistant Professor

Indira Jalli
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Indian History of Gender; Caste and Nation; Humar Right Law. Email: indiraj@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016006

Areas of Interest: Bulk Ultrafine and Nanostructured Materials Produced by Severe Plastic Deformation Processes and Structure-Property Relationship in Such Materials; Crystallographic Texture; Electron Microscopy; Recrystallization Behavior of Metallic Materials; Mechanical Behavior of Materials; Development of Light Metals (e.g. Al, Mg, Ti) Alloys for Novel Applications. Email: pinakib@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016069

Suhash Ranjan Dey

Assistant Professor

KP Prabheesh
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Macro & Monetary Economics; International Finance; Applied Econometrics. Email: prabheesh@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016013

Areas of Interest: Novel Alloys Development Through Combinatorial Approach; Materials Processing and Testing; Materials Characterisation Using Electron Microscopy and X-ray Diffraction; Phase Transformation in Metals and Alloys; Crystallographic Texture in Metals and Alloys; Micro-mechanics. Email: suhash@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016096

Ranjith Amrita Deb

Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Clinical Psychology; Positive Psychology. Email: amrita@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016095

Areas of Interest: Functional oxide thin films and devices, pulsed laser ablation, high-k dielectric oxides, electrostrictive, multiferroic and thermoelectric oxide thin film heterostructures, multiferroic domains and domain dynamics by scanning probe microscopy. Email: ranjith@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016109, 9494424990
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Core FaCulty

Mathematics
PV Subrahmanyam
(From Mentor Institute IITM) Professor & Head of the Department

M Ramji
Assistant Professor

Email: pvs@iitm.ac.in Phone: +91-44-22574609

Areas of Interest: Optical Methods in Engineering; Finite Element Analysis and Boundary Element Methods; Fracture Mechanics; Inverse Problem in Solid Mechanics. Email: ramji_mano@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016078

Challa Subrahmanya Sastry

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Wavelets; Computed Tomography; Compressive Sampling Techniques. Email:csastry@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016072

R Prasanth Kumar
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Dynamics; Control; Robotics; Mechatronics. Email: rpkumar@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016071

Balasubramaniam Jayaram
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Fuzzy Logic Connectives; Approximate Reasoning. Email: jbala@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016007

Raja Banerjee
Assistant Professor

P Anantha Lakshmi Narayana

Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Multiphase Flow; Heat and Mass Transfer; Thermodynamics; CFD. Email: rajabanerjee@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016015

Areas of Interest: Fluid Mechanics, Flow and Heat Transfer in Porous Media, Stability of Flows Email: ananth@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016032

K Venkatasubbaiah
Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering
Vinayak Eswaran
Professor, Head of the Department & Dean - Faculty

Areas of Interest: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and Heat Transfer; Stability Analysis of Flows With and Without Heat Transfer; Cooling of Electronic Devices and Aerodynamics. Email: kvenkat@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016074

Abhay Sharma
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Computational Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer. Email: eswar@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016009

Areas of Interest: Manufacturing; Process Modeling and Optimization; Welding Engineering. Email: abhay@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016091

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Core FaCulty

...Mechanical Engineering
Ashok Kumar Pandey
Visiting Assistant Professor

V Kanchana
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Linear and Nonlinear Vibration; MEMS; NEMS; BIOMEMS; QNEMS; Microfluidics and Nanofluidics. Email: ashok@iith.ac.in

Areas of Interest: Exploring Advanced Magnetic Materials from First Principles Theory; Understanding the Thermo Electric Materials Using Band Structure Calculations. Email: kanchana@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016019

B Venkatesham
Assistant Professor

Saket Asthana
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Vibrations; Technical Acoustics; Industrial Noise control; Acoustic-Structural Coupled Systems; Dynamics; and Plastic Gear Design. Email: venkatesham@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016074

Areas of Interest: Multifunctional Oxides; Colossal Magnetoresistive; Spintronic; Multiferroic and Magnetocaloric Materials; Spin Crossover Materials; Molecular Bistability and Photomagnetism. Email: asthanas@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016067

S Suryakumar
Assistant Professor

Prem Pal
Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Rapid Prototyping; CNC Machining; Manufacturing. Email: ssurya@iith.ac.in

Areas of Interest: MEMS / Microelectronics Technology; MEMS Based Bio / Chemical and Mechanical Sensors; Polymer MEMS; RFMEMS; Thin Films for MEMS; In-situ Observation of Semiconductor Processes. Email: prem@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016035

Manish K Niranjan

Physics
PB Sunil Kumar
(From Mentor Institute IITM) Professor & Head of the Department

Visiting Assistant Professor

Areas of Interest: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics; FirstPrinciples Modeling of Materials and Heterostructures; Semiconductors, Ferroelectrics and Multifunctional Oxides; Surfaces and Interfaces; Electron Transport in Nanostructures. Email:manish@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016092

Email: sunil@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-44-22574870

Anjan Kumar Giri

Associate Professor

Areas of Interest: Flavour Physics and CP Violation. Email: giria@iith.ac.in Phone: +91-40-23016011

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couRse composition

B.Tech
2009-10 2008-09 2009-10
CSE EE ChE ME

M.Tech
2010-11
CSE EE CE ME MSE CE 4 14 8 11 5 7

4 11 6 10

CSE EE ME

39 35 37

CSE EE ME

38 42 32

ChE EE ME LA Chemistry

18 15 6 2 19 5 11 5 1 2 4

2010-11

Ph.D

Physics MSE CSE CE Mathematics BBE

M.Sc.(Chemistry)
CSE EE ME 43 42 38
ChE - Chemical Engineering; EE - Electrical Engineering; ME - Mechanical Engineering; LA - Liberal Arts; MSE - Materials Science & Engineering; CSE - Computer Science & Engineering; CE - Civil Engineering; BBE - Biotech & Biomedical Engineering

The Institute also has 7 students currently pursuing M.Sc.(Chemistry) course.

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innovAtive initiAtives

The Department of Mechanical Engineering has started mini-projects as a part of the B.Tech curriculum. The students are required to identify projects, carry out feasibility studies and cost evaluations. They are not allowed to use ready-made kits available in the markets; they have to buy individual components and assemble them to make prototypes. These mini-projects enable the students to explore and learn ideas and principles that cannot be achieved through classroom learning. A few of the project highlights executed by the 6th semester students are given below:

Bipedal Robot
The aim of this project is to create the lower part of humanoid robot and achieve static locomotion. The picture shows the working model of the bipedal robot developed by the students.

Vertical Axis Ocean Turbine The technology for trapping tidal energy has not been explored significantly, and the aerodynamic study used for horizontal axis wind turbine has now been directly applied in this underwater turbine. The students have developed a scaled model of a vertical axis ocean turbine, in which the turbine and other mechanisms will be above the water level, while the blades remain submerged.

Unique Courses
IIT Hyderabad offers a unique spectrum of courses, some of which are mentioned below: Digital IC Design and Verification This course is offered to M.Tech (Microelectronics) students. Its contents have been prepared in consultation with researchers and industry. The course is taught by faculty from IITs, DA-IICT and experts from Xilinx-Hyderabad, who also set the examination papers and evaluate the students. Wireless Sensor Networks This course gives a systematic introduction to the principles and design approaches of Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN). The students do a course project on WSN test beds, using Libelium WASP motes, Crossbow motes, Saha and IITH-motes. They also showcase their project work with poster presentations at an open-house workshop.

Multi-Fingered Robotic Hand

After reviewing designs for robotic hand and fingers developed at various universities / research labs, the students have developed a working model shown in this picture.

Liquid Cooling System

Generally computer systems are cooled using air-cooling blocks, which are bulky and require fans at higher RPMs as the cooling requirement increases. This leads to space and noise constraints in the system. A water-cooling system can increase the heat transfer, while also reducing the noise levels.

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships

To inculcate a research culture in undergraduate students, the Institute has started a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship (SURF), under which they are given fellowship to carry out projects of their choice during summer at any institute in India, including IIT Hyderabad.

Fractional Credits
To build stronger interactions with industries and visiting academicians, and to hone the technical skills of the PG and senior undergraduate students, IITH has introduced fractional credit courses on highly specialized topics. Advanced technical and scientific knowledge is delivered by visiting academicians, technology developers from the industry and research organizations, as well as by IITH faculty. The course structure, including the content, credit and examination pattern, will be course- and instructor-specific and may have credits of 0.5, 1, 1.5, 2 and 3. The credits refer to the number of contact hours per week and will have 6, 12, 18, 25 and 40 lectures respectively.

Obstacle Climber
People generally have difficulty transporting bulk materials, particularly up stairs / hills and rough terrain. The Institute students have designed a small transporter that can be guided to deliver moderate amounts of materials.

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INNOVATIVE INITIATIVES

e-Education Proof-of-Concept Trial at IITH by Sharp

Sharp Corporation, with the support of Sharp Software Development India (an overseas R&D Division) conducted a proof-of-concept trial for electronic education (e-education) in March 2011, in collaboration with IIT Hyderabad, under the Project for International Expansion of Advanced ICT Business (Ubiquitous Alliance Project) launched by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) of Japan. A shortage of schools and teachers accompanying the demand has become a serious problem for higher education. To resolve these challenges, the development and adoption of electronic systems for education, as well as implementing remote e-education, is a requirement in India. For quite some time, Sharp has been working on a joint industry-government-academia project with the MIC and the Waseda University Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies to explore ways to support a shift to electronic education systems in India. Sharp has provided an e-education system based on Sharps one-of-a-kind products, including e-textbooks (textbook content in digital format) on GALAPAGOS media tablets as well as interactive whiteboard touch screen LCD monitors. In the proof-of-concept trial, the content of textbooks to be used in courses as well as curriculum information will be downloaded to the e-textbook terminals via a wireless (Wi-Fi) connection to a dedicated remote e-education server. In addition, electronic whiteboards used during class instruction are displayed on the e-textbook terminals. Interactive classes can be conducted by using a microphone and speakers in combination with an electronic whiteboard connected to the remote e-education server even in classrooms where no teacher is present. Sharp will continue to take positive steps towards making e-education a reality using its unique, one-of-a-kind products such as the GALAPAGOS media tablet and its interactive touch screen LCD monitors, and will help create an environment in which people all over the world can gain access to education on an equal basis.

Conceptual Illustration of the E-Education System to be Used in the Proof-of-Concept Trial

Figure 1: Remote E-Education Proof-of-Concept System Configuration Class A attends a course (instructor is teaching class in normal fashion). The same course instruction can also be received by Class B (where no instructor is present).

Project for International Expansion of Advanced ICT Business (Ubiquitous Alliance Project)
The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (MIC) has been conducting its Project for International Expansion of Advanced ICT Business since 2009. As part of this project, the current proof-of-concept trial is positioned as a model project (Ubiquitous Alliance Project) targeting developing countries in three important areas of Information and Communications Technologies (ICT). Together with accelerating international development activities in these three priority areas in the ICT field (digital broadcasting; next-generation IP networking and wireless technologies), the MIC is leading the world in carrying out advanced proof-of-concept trials in new fields that take full advantage of the advanced ICT infrastructure that Japan has to offer. By working to promote education based on the advantageous use of ICT in India, the goal of the MIC is to strengthen global competitiveness of Japans ICT industries as well as reinforce the growth dynamic based on ICT through examining technical and system-related issues.

Figure 2: Remote E-Education Proof-of-Concept Trial Instruction Conceptual Image Teaching materials on the electronic whiteboard of Class A, plus the audio and annotations from the instructors presentation, are shared on the electronic whiteboard of Class B located at a distant site, and are also displayed on the e-textbook terminals of the students.

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ReseARch lAbs At the institute

The following departments have now established functional research labs for students pursuing M.Tech., M.Sc. and PhD programs: Electrical Engineering Computer Science & Engineering Mechanical Engineering Chemical Engineering Materials Science & Engineering Biotechnology & Biomedical Engineering Civil Engineering Physics Chemistry

State-of-the-art facilities are being housed in these labs, including a wide array of modern equipments essential for exploring the horizons of research frontiers. Our focus is on conducting basic as well as applied research. Our researchers are trying to address national and global challenges / issues and furthering the scope of knowledge through a broad range of scientific programs, collaborations and sponsored projects. Featured herein are the vital efforts that are currently underway.

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Chemical Engineering
The department of chemical engineering at present has state of the art facilities for reaction engineering and fluid mechanics research. A range of other facilities to enable research in nano-science and biomechanical engineering are under installation.

Chemistry
The department has developed new wet chemistry and instrumentation labs.

Hydro Cyclone

Internally Circulating Fluidized Bed

Wet Research Lab

Advanced 400 MHz NMR Spectrometer Lab

Instrumentation

Students performing reaction engineering in the Catalytic Science and Technology lab.

A student performing an experiment on an Atomic Force Microscope

Prototype of Pollution Monitoring System

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Electrical Engineering
Wireless Networks Research Lab
This lab enables the design, development and deployment of Wireless Air Pollution Monitoring System (WAMPS), as well as research on various wireless technologies for energy efficient applications.

Micro Lab

VLSI Design Lab

Wireless Networks Research Lab (Wi-Fi Module)

Wireless Networks Research Lab (WAMPS)

Embedded Systems Teaching & Research Lab

This lab contains high-end boards like ARM boards, Spartan 3E FPGA boards used for teaching and research purposes.

Micro Lab

Sputerning Machine - Micro Lab

Embedded Systems (Teaching and Research) Lab (Spartan 3E FPGA Board)

Embedded Systems (Teaching and Research) Lab ARM Board

A Cognitive Radio Lab has been developed, which provides a test-bed for development of 5G networks that will efficiently utilize the spectrum. Activities in the lab include spectrum mapping / sensing.
Machines Lab Machines Lab

WARP MIMO boards, Cognitive Radio lab

SDR boards, Cognitive Radio lab

The Institute is developing a Microelectronics Fabrication Lab, a Device Characterization Lab and a CMOS Process Design and Simulation Lab.
Sensor Motes - WSN Lab Sensor Motes - WSN Lab

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Mechanical Engineering
Central Workshop
New machines have been added in the Central Workshop, such as universal milling machine, surface grinding machine and radial drilling machine.

Fluid Mechanics Laboratory

This lab is equipped with 7 experimental set-ups to demonstrate fundamental concepts in fluid mechanics. The sub-sonic wind tunnel is equipped with data acquisition and flow visualization facility to find the flow characteristics and aerodynamic forces.

Central Workshop - Surface Grinding Machine

Photoelasticity Measuring Machine

Photomechanics Lab
This is a research-cum-postgraduate teaching lab dealing with engineering optics. Currently digital photoelasticity and digital image correlation techniques are available for whole field stress and strain measurement. It is also equipped with a 16-channel strain gauging system useful for strain measurements. High-end workstations are also available to carry out numerical simulations.

Solid Mechanics Lab

This is an undergraduate teaching lab, at which various principles like bending, buckling, torsion, fatigue, deflection and contact mechanics are explained. Measurement of strain using gauges and material characterization is also taught. In total 14 experiments can be carried out.
Fluid Mechanics Lab and Wind Tunnel Facility

CAE Lab Solid Mechanics Lab

Metrology Lab Mechatronics Design Lab Coordinate Measuring Machine

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Computer Science & Engineering

A CSE Common Research Lab is under installation in the Institute premises, which will host highend computer servers connected to a large capacity Storage Area Network (SAN) and several workstations. A common computing center has also been installed in the main building.

Physics

High Temperature Furnace

Pallet Press

Micro-Nano Systems Lab - Constant Temperature Water Bath

Micro-Nano Systems Lab - Clean Bench for Silicon Processing (Cleaning, Etching, etc)

Computer Science Lab

Civil Engineering
Advanced Geotechnical Testing Facility
A fully automated cyclic triaxial test machine has been installed in the Advanced Geotechnical Testing Facility, which can be used to replicate earthquake tremors and quantify the liquefaction potential of soils, determine the shear strength of soils subjected to cyclic loading, determine resilient modulus of soils and aggregate materials.
MEMS Lab - Optical Microscope MEMS Lab - DI water system

Materials Science & Engineering

Optical Microscope

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Sample Prepared for Testing in Cyclic Triaxial Machine

Powder Mixer

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ongoing seed-Funded And sponsoRed ReseARch pRojects

Regulation of DNA Repair in Hypoxic Cancer Cells
Investigator: Anindya Roy Sponsor: Department of Biotechnology, GoI Sanctioned Amount: ` 41.12 lakhs Project Duration: 3 years

Development of an Innovative Advanced Oxidation Technology Combining Non-Thermal Plasma and Structured Catalysts for the Destruction of Volatile Organic Compounds
Investigator: Ch Subrahmanyam Sponsor: Department of Science and Technology, GoI Sanctioned Amount: ` 36 Lakhs Duration: 3 years

Experimental Characterization of the Evolving Rheology of Clots

Investigator: Anand Mohan Sponsor: IIT Hyderabad (Seed Grant) Sanctioned Amount: ` 5 Lakhs Duration: 3 years

Non-Thermal Plasma Assisted Direct Hydrogen Production

Investigator: Ch Subrahmanyam Sponsor: Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, GoI Sanctioned Amount: ` 30 Lakhs Duration: 3 years

Formal Total Synthesis of Hauomine A

Investigator: G Satyanarayana Sponsor: Department of Science & Technology, GoI (Fast-Track Scheme for Young Scientists) Sanctioned Amount: ` 20 Lakhs Project Duration: 3 years

Degradation of Aqueous Organic Pollutants by Advanced Oxidation Technology Combining Non-Thermal Plasma and Heterogeneous Catalysts
Investigator: Ch Subrahmanyam Sponsor: Ministry of Environment and Forests, GoI Sanctioned Amount: ` 10 Lakhs Duration: 3 years

Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Supported Metal Organic Frameworks (MOFs) with Catalytically Active Metal Sites
Investigator: G Prabusankar Sponsor: Department of Science & Technology, GoI Sanctioned Amount: ` 18.70 Lakhs Duration: 3 years

Synthetically Rigid P-N Ligand

Investigator: Tarun K Panda Sponsor: Department of Science and Technology, GoI Sanctioned Amount: ` 18.40 Lakhs Duration: 3 years

Non-Thermal Plasma Assisted Catalytic Abatement of Air Pollutants

Investigator: Ch Subrahmanyam Sponsor: Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, New Delhi Sanctioned Amount: ` 16 Lakhs Duration: 3 years

Cyber-Physical Systems Innovation Hub

Investigators: M Zafar Ali Khan, T Bheemarjuna Reddy, P Rajalakshmi, R Prasanth Kumar and KVL Subramaniam, Naveen Sivadasan, CS Sastry Sponsor: Department of Information Technology, GoI Sanctioned Amount: ` 17.60 Crores Duration: 5 years

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DISANET - Info Network for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery

Investigators: David Koilpillai (IITM), Ravindra Guravannavar, MV Panduranga Rao, Naveen Sivadasan Sponsor: JICA Sanctioned Amount: ` 20 Crores Duration: 5 years

Cu-Cu Low Temperature Bonding for 3D IC Technology

Investigator: Shiv Govind Singh Sponsor: INUP, IIT Bombay Sanctioned Amount: ` 20 Lakhs Duration: 24 months

Isogeometric Mesh-Free Analysis of Composite Plates

Investigators: Amirtham Rajagopal, KVL Subramaniam Sponsor: AR&DB (DRDO) Sanctioned Amount: ` 6 Lakhs Project Duration: 2 years

RF MEMS Device Design

Investigator: Shiv Govind Singh Sponsor: RCI (DRDO) Sanctioned Amount: ` 1.20 Lakhs Duration: 3 years

Geogrid Reinforced Granular Bases as Approach Slabs for Bridge Abutments

Investigators: Madhav Madhira, B Umashankar, S Sireesh, Bongirwar Sponsor: Ministry of Shipping, Road Transport & Highways, GoI Snactioned Amount: ` 45 Lakhs Duration: 2 years

Design and Fabrication of MEMS Phase Shifter

Investigators: Shiv Govind Singh, Ashudeb Dutta Sponsor: RCI, DRDO Sanctioned Amount: ` 10 Lakhs Duration: 15 months

Pervasive Sensor Networks

Investigators: UB Desai, Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan, P Rajalakshmi Sponsor: Department of Science and Technology, GoI Sanctioned Amount: ` 42 Lakhs Duration: 3 years

Development of Multifunctional Materials for Novel Applications

Investigator: Saket Asthana Sponsor: IIT Hyderabad Sanctioned Amount: ` 5 Lakhs Duration: 3 years

Cognitive Radio
Investigators: Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan, UB Desai, P Rajalakshmi Sponsor: Department of Information Technology, GoI Sanctioned Amount: ` 1.66 Crores Duration: 3 years

Construction of Dictionaries Having a Sparse Representation

Investigator: CS Sastry Sponsor: IIT Hyderabad Sanctioned Amount: ` 5 Lakhs Duration: 5 years

Process Design and Fabrication of RF MEMS Devices

Investigators: Shiv Govind Singh, Asideb Dutta, Siddharth Duttagupta (IITB) Sponsor: RCI (DRDO) Sanctioned Amount: ` 10 Lakhs Duration: 15 months

Friction Stir Welding of Thermoplastics

Investigator: Abhay Sharma Sponsor: DST and IIT Hyderabad Sanctioned Amount: ` 19.2 Lakhs Duration: 2 years

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cAmpus events

Foundation Day Celebrations

IIT Hyderabad celebrated its 3rd Foundation Day on 30 March 2011. The Chief Guest, Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, former President of India, was enthusiastically received by the Institutes faculty, students and their parents. About 50 school students from a nearby village where IITH is engaged in NSS activity also attended the program. A special poster session was organized by the faculty and students for Dr Kalam, who also gave an inspiring speech and interacted with them in a Q&A session. He urged the students to remain undeterred by failures, desist from comparing themselves with others, and develop their own uniqueness. He also stressed the need for focused work on convergence of technologies in bio-nano-info. The logo of IIT Hyderabad (designed by Dr Uday Kumar, who has also designed the symbol of the Indian Rupee) was unveiled by Dr Kalam on the occasion. The students of IITH and nearby schools presented him with their paintings. Dr Kalam also gave away excellence awards to various students and faculty. The program was presided over by Prof UB Desai (Director, IITH). Mr K Suresh Kumar, IAS (Secretary, Department of IT, Government of Kerala) also participated in the celebrations.

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Joint Research Project with Japan

On 18 July 2010, Mr ESL Narasimhan, Governor of Andhra Pradesh, inaugurated the launch of Information Network for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery, a five-year joint research project between India and Japan in the use of information and communications technology in natural disasters. The project will be jointly implemented by IIT Hyderabad, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, National Geophysical Research Institute (India), Indian Meteorological Department, University of Tokyo and Keio University (Japan).

Womens Day

Mr ESL Narasimhan greeting Dr Jun Murai of Keio University at the launch of Information Network for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery.

International Womens Day was celebrated at the Institute on 14 March 2011. The Chief Guest on the occasion was Padma Shri Prof Nabaneeta DevSen, an eminent literary writer and academic, and recipient of several awards including Sahiyta Akademi Award and Celli Award (from Rockefeller Foundation). The program began with Saraswati Vandana, followed by a welcome address by Prof UB Desai (Director, IITH). Prof DevSen then gave an interesting and insightful talk on education and empowerment of women, after which there was an interactive session with the audience. The program concluded with a Telugu song celebrating womanhood, presented by the women staff members of the Institute.

Workshop on GPU-Based Computational Fluid Dynamics

In October 2010, the IITH faculty offered a first-of-its-kind-in-India course on Graphic Processing Unit (GPU) based computational fluid dynamics. A GPU is an inherent component of every computer, but with the technological advances made in recent years, it has become much more powerful than the CPU, while also becoming cheaper. Also, a new computational environment called CUDA has been developed that promotes easy GPU programming for scientific computations. Several research groups have demonstrated significant speed-ups of scientific computations using a GPU over a CPU of equivalent cost. A cluster of GPUs can also be constructed to take advantage of further parallelism between individual GPUs. In addition, the power consumption of a GPU is much less than an equivalent CPU, thus providing economical computing. Simulations on a GPU also provide a new opportunity for research at the forefront of computational science and engineering, combining data parallel computations, numerical analysis and physical model development.

Student Activities
Technology Awareness Program for Rural Girl Children
A Technology Awareness Program was held at the Institute on 26 February 2011, to create technology awareness among rural school-going girl children in the age group of 12-18 years. Targeted primarily at students of government schools, the program comprised a series of lectures on the importance of womens education, computer awareness and communication technology. The participants were also given practical demonstrations of video conferencing, Internet, email and chatting. They were also taken on a tour of the Electronics, Chemistry, Materials and Mechatronics labs of the Institute.

Prof Pratap Vanka (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) addressing the workshop participants.

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Elan 2K11 Celebrations

At Elan 2K11 the annual technical and cultural festival of IITH the students organized a green workshop, aimed at radically changing the way society thinks about waste. They also organized a dance competition called Danzennite, in which students from all over the country took part. Another highlight was Havikoro, a special performance put up by an American song-and-dance group.

Republic Day Celebrations

IITH students celebrated Indias 62nd Republic Day on 26 January 2011 by making colourful Rangoli patterns and staging a drama highlighting corruption and its eradication.

Pan IIT-IITH Meet Holi, a Riot of Colours

On 28 February 2011, Holi the festival of colours was celebrated by the students of IITH in all gaiety and fun. They prepared the Holika Dahan bonfire (to celebrate the victory of Prahladas steadfast piety), followed by Pujan and distribution of sweets.

A Pan IIT-IITH Meet was organized on 6 February 2011 at the Institute, which was attended by several alumni from across the country. Several games such as cricket, volleyball, carom, chess, badminton and basketball were held on the occasion. The IITH Cricket Team was captained by Prof UB Desai, the Director.

Inter-IIT Football Tournament At the 46th Inter-IIT Football Tournament organized at IIT Delhi in December 2010, the IIT Hyderabad team acquitted itself creditably against the other teams, despite being only two years old.

Onam Celebrations
The students of IIT Hyderabad celebrated Onam the traditional festival of Kerala by making exquisite floral carpets called Pookalam in the Institute premises. A banquet lunch was also arranged on the occasion.

NSS Work by IITH Volunteers

IIT Hyderabad has an active NSS Wing comprising over 70 volunteers, who make regular weekend visits to various government schools in the Institutes vicinity to teach the students about Science & Technology, computers, communication skills, personality development, the value of education, hygiene and sanitation, etc.

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iith FAculty honoRs And AwARds

Kirti Chandra Sahu has been selected as an Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF) Research Fellow 2011. Narasimha Mangadoddy won the IIME KHARE Award 2010 for his paper Multi-Phase Modeling of Hydrocyclone: Validation of Particle Size Distribution Against Sampling Probe Data, presented at the IIME International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology 2010 held on 15-17 December 2010 at Jamshedpur. Saptarshi Majumdar received an Excellence in Teaching award from IITH. Faiz Ahmed Khan has won the University of Madras Golden Jubilee Alumni Endowment Award. G Satyanarayana has won a renewal of his Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship, for a short research stay in Germany (4 May 3 August 2011). M Deepa was conferred with the NASI - Young Scientist Platinum Jubilee Award in Chemical Sciences for the year 2010 by the National Academy of Sciences, Allahabad.

S Sireeshs paper titled Assessing Recycled / Secondary Materials as Pavement Bases has been nominated for Best Paper Awards 2010 in the Ground Improvement Journal of Institution of Civil Engineers, UK. S Sireeshs paper titled Effects of Organics on Stabilized Expansive Subgrade Soils received the Best Paper Award at ASCE GeoShanghai 2010 International Conference held on 3-5 June 2010 at Shanghai, China. KVL Subramaniam received an Excellence in Teaching award from IITH. Ashok Kumar Pandey was presented with the Hetenyi Award 2010 by the Society of Experimental Mechanics, USA. K Venkatasubbaiah has been appointed as Associate Editor of Heat Transfer Research, published by Begell House, Inc., USA. Vinayak Eswaran received Excellence in Teaching award from IITH. PV Subrahmanyam has been elected President of Forum for Interdisciplinary Mathematics

Ch Sobhan Babu won the Microsoft Young Faculty Award 2010. Tamma Bheemarjuna Reddy won the Top Cited Article Award from Elsevier Ad Hoc Networks Journal for the period 2005-10. Naveen Sivadasans article Series B won the Top-Cited Article Award for 2005-10 in Journal of Combinatorial Theory. Soumya Jana received an Excellence in Teaching award from IITH. P Rajalakshmis journal paper Analytical Performance Computation for the Optical Networks with Wavelength Converters received the IETE-MN Saha Memorial Award for the Best Application-Oriented Paper of 2009.

for 2011-12. PV Subrahmanyam has been invited to be a member of the panel for nominating candidates for Infosys Prize. KP Prabheesh has been selected as a Young Economist by the Scientific Review Panel of the Council for the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings, to participate in the 4th Meeting of the Winners of the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, to be held in Germany on 23-27 August 2011.

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Effect of Ionomer Content in Anode and Cathode Catalyst Layers on Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Performance, 17 November 2010, by Dr Balaji Krishnamurthy (BITS Pilani, Hyderabad). Multiphase Flows and Complex Fluids, 2 January 2011, by Dr Prashant Valluri (University of Edinburgh, UK). Applications of Rheometry, 23 February 2011, by Patrick Heyer (Product Manager, Anton Paar). Latest Trends in Nano, Micro and Macro Mechanical and Tribological Characterization of Thin Films, Coatings, Bulk Materials and Lubricants on 2 March 2011 by Mr Vishal Khosla (Manager, Technical Division, CETR Inc., USA). Aging, Superpositions in Time Domain, and Prediction of Long-Term Rheological Behavior in Soft Glassy Materials, 21 March 2011, by Dr Yogesh M Joshi (IIT Kanpur). Computer Architecture: A Perspective, 18 November 2010, by Murthy Durbhakula (AMD, Bengaluru). R&D Activities at CALIT2, University of California, San Diego (USA), 29 December 2010, by Prof Ramesh Rao (UC, San Diego, USA). Analyzing Bio-Molecules Using Graphs, Geometric Invariants and Machine Learning, 25 February 2011, by Dr Ashish Tendulkar, IIT Madras. Virtual Machines (over VC), 13 April 2011, by Dr Sorav Bansal, IIT Delhi. Novel Ground Improvement Techniques for Problematic Soils, 5 August 2010, by Prof Anand Puppala (Distinguished Teaching Professor in Civil Engineering, University of Texas, USA). PLAXIS 2D & 3D Geotechnical Software Applied to Geotechnical Engineering, 12-13 August 2010, by Mr Arul Amala Raju (Technical Support, Ram Caddsys Pvt Ltd). Applications of Fast Lagrangian Analysis of Continua (FLAC) Software to Civil Engineering, 21 September 2010, by Dr Jay Aglawe (Jay Aglawe & Associates).

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Woodchip Bioreactors for Removal of Nitrates from Agricultural Drainage Water, 5 January 2011, by Prof Alok Bhandari (Professor and Head, Civil Engineering, Kansas State University). Modeling of Solids Undergoing Degradation / Healing, 11 January 2011, by Mr Maruti Kumar Mudunuru (Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University, USA). Computational Modeling Using Hyerworks in Civil Engineering, 25 March 2011, by Mr Kuruvilla Lukose (CTO Altair India). A Comprehensive Analysis on Scaling Prospects of Dual-Bit Channel Engineered SONOS NOR-Flash EEPROM Cells, 6 August 2010, by Dr Arnab Datta (Post doc / University of Udine). Managing Strategic Innovation: Oxymoron or Paradigm Shift, 21 September 2010, by Dr Sanjay Sethi (Toshiba America Electronic Components, San Jose, CA). Spatial Interference Suppression Algorithms and Performance for 4G Wireless Networks, 10 October 2010, by Dr Shirish Nagaraj (Motorola). FPGA Workshop, 2-3 April 2011, by Xilinx. Modeling and Analysis of Chemiluminescence Sensing for Syngas, Methane and Jet-A Combustion, 6 August 2010, by Dr Venkata N Nori (Honeywell Corporation, Bengaluru). Global Center of Excellence for Sustainable Urban Regeneration and Joint Research for Campus Development, 18 August 2010, by Dr Yozo Fujino, University of Tokyo. TODAI Today: Its Recent Activities, 18 August 2010, by Dr Yozo Fujino, University of Tokyo. Microsystem for Flow Cytometry in Marine Life Sensing and On-Chip Bacteria Detection, 19 August 2010, by Dr Ashis Sen (IIT Guwahati). Electrostatic Solid Lubrication Assisted Machining for Performance Improvement of Machining Process, 21 August 2010, by Dr Suresh Kumar Reddy. Rapid Manufacturing of Metallic Object, 21 August 2010, by Dr Suryakumar, Department of Mechanical Engineering. Homogeneous Dynamics: Imagining 25143 Itokawa, 13 September 2010, by Dr Ishan Sharma, IIT Kanpur. Investigating the Role of Mechanical Stimuli in Cortical Bone Defect Healing, 24 September 2010, by Dr Rahul Ribeiro (IIT Delhi). Bone Joint Failure and Repair Materials, 24 September 2010 (through Skype), by Dr Rahul Ribeiro (IIT Delhi)

Information Storage System, 27 October 2010, by Yoshimasa Masuoka (Hitachi Ltd). Fuel Cell Technology, 11 November 2010, by Dr Atul. Biomimetic Design of Composite Materials for Protective Structures, 22 November 2010, by Dr Parimal Maity (IIT Kanpur). Large Eddy Simulation (LES) Modeling of Computational Combustion, 5 January 2011, by Dr Sreenivasa Rao Gubba (Leeds University, UK). Experimental Investigation of Pulsed Flames, 11 January 2011, by Prof Sangras (IIT Madras). Limit Cycles of Thermoacoustic Oscillations in Gas Turbine Combustors, 13 January 2011, by Dr Panduranga Reddy Alemela, University of Twente. Optical Character Recognition: Technical Challenges and Industry, 19 January 2011, by Dr Masashi Koga (Hitachi Ltd). Superconductive Electronics, 9 March 2011, by Dr Kazuo Saitoh (Hitachi Ltd). Scilab: An Open-Source Alternative to MATLAB, 16 March 2011, by Mr Dhanushkodi (CEO, TechPassion) Energy, Environment and Smart Grid, 6 April 2011, by Dr Yasushi Harada (Hitachi Ltd). Microfluidics and Biomems for Clinical Diagnostics and Detection, 13 April 2011, by Dr Shantanu Bhattacharaya (IIT Kanpur). Thermal Degradation in Gold-Aluminum (Au-Al) Ball Bonds, 20 April 2011, by Dr Narendra J Noolu (Intel Corporation). Interplay Between Superconductivity and Magnetism in Conventional and Unconventional Superconductor, 11 October 2010, by Dr Zakir Hossain (IIT Kanpur). Neutron Diffraction: Chemical and Magnetic Structures, 10 November 2010, by Dr Vasudeva Siruguri (UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research Mumbai Centre, BARC, Mumbai). Microstructure and Mechanical Properties in the Lightest Structural Metal: Magnesium, 19 November 2010, by Prof Mathew Barnett, Deakin University, Australia. Process and Product Research in Specialty Steel and Carbon, 3 February 2011, by Dr M Collur (Arcelor-Mittal). Approximation Theory under NPTEL, by Dr N Sivakumar (University of Texas A&M).

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Narasimha Mangadoddy Granular Flow Theory and Modeling 11-12 November 2010 BHEL (R&D), Hyderabad. Narasimha Mangadoddy Multi-Phase Modeling of Dense Medium Cyclone 11-12 November 2010 BHEL (R&D), Hyderabad. Anand Mohan A Model for Clot Formation, Growth and Dissolution in Quiescent Conditions, 18 November 2010 BITS Pilani, Hyderabad. Kirti Chandra Sahu Three-Dimensional Linear Instability in Pressure-Driven Two-Layer Channel Flow of a Newtonian and a Herschel-Bulkley Fluid 21 November 2010 the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Long Beach, California. Kirti Chandra Sahu Lattice Boltzmann Simulation of Buoyancy-Driven Flow of Two Immiscible Fluids in an Inclined Channel 23 November 2010 the 63rd Annual Meeting of the American Physical Society, Division of Fluid Dynamics, Long Beach (California). Anand Mohan A Model for the Formation, Growth and Dissolution of Clots In Vitro; Effect of the Intrinsic Pathway on Antithrombin III Deficiency and Protein C Deficiency, 27 November 2010 IIT Madras, Chennai. Narasimha Mangadoddy Multi-Phase Modeling of Hydrocyclone: Validation of Particle Size Distributions Against Sampling Probe Data 17 December 2010 Jamshedpur. Narasimha Mangadoddy Improved Computational and Empirical Models for Hydrocyclones 26 January 2011 Tega Industries Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata. Narasimha Mangadoddy Introduction to Multi-Phase CFD: Applications in Chemical and Mineral Processing 25 March 2011 Osmania University College of Technology, Hyderabad. Faiz Ahmed Khan Interface Between Chemistry and Biology: A Perspective at International Conference and Humboldt Kolleg, 21-24 September 2010 IICT Hyderabad. Faiz Ahmed Khan Prof NS Narasimhan Endowment Lecture 4 February 2011 University of Pune, Pune. Faiz Ahmed Khan National Symposium on Organic Synthesis 18-19 February 2011 IIS University, Jaipur. Faiz Ahmed Khan University of Madras Golden Jubilee Alumni Endowment Award Lecture 23 February 2011 University of Madras, Chennai.

Faiz Ahmed Khan National Conference on Recent Trends in Organic Synthesis 24-26 February 2011 Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli. Faiz Ahmed Khan Chemical Technologies in Drug Discovery 23-24 April 2011 Merck (USA) and ILS Hyderabad at Hyderabad. Ravindra Guravannavar Database Infrastructure for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Management 15 June 2010 the 10th SCA Conference, Manila. Naveen Sivadasan Faculty Development Program on Probability and Computing 6 July 2010 NIT, Kozhikode. Ch Sobhan Babu SAGT Conference held at Athens 10 August 2010. Naveen Sivadasan Online Scheduling 29 October 2010 Research Promotion Workshop, Thapar University. B Umashankar Use of Scrap Tyres and Sand Mixtures as a Geomaterial 10 April 2010 JNTU, Hyderabad. S Sireesh Performance of Lightweight Material as an Embankment Fill 8 June 2010 Southeastern University, Nanjing, China. S Sireesh Bridge Approach Settlements: Mechanisms and Mitigation Methods 25 June 2010 the National Workshop on Seismic Design of Earth Structures and Foundations for High Rise Buildings at IIIT, Hyderabad. Amirtham Rajagopal Multi-Scale Failure Modeling of Composite Laminates 22-24 September 2010 IIT Kanpur. B Umashankar IGS IGS-Ferroco Terzaghi Oration 4 October 2010 Hotel Atria, Bengaluru. S Sireesh Case Studies on Sulphate-Induced Heaving at an International Symposium on Forensic Approach to Analysis of Geohazard Problems 4 November 2010 IIT Bombay. B Umashankar Selected Topics in Geotechnical Engineering 4 November 2010 JNTU, Hyderabad. S Sireesh Settlement Control of Embankment on Expansive Soils 4 November 2010 a symposium on Selected Topics in Geotechnical Engineering at JNTUCE, Hyderabad. S Sireesh Towards Green Pavements in India 7 November 2010 Indo-US first workshop organized by IITD, New Delhi.
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S Sireesh Utilization of Recovered Materials in Pavement Construction 8-12 November 2010 the 6th International Congress on Environmental Geotechnics, New Delhi. S Sireesh Settlement Prediction of Geocell Reinforced Clay Foundations 16-18 December 2010 the Indian Geotechnical Conference 2010 at IIT Bombay, Mumbai. Amirtham Rajagopal Hyperelastic Analysis Using Adaptive Delaunay Tessellation 27-29 December 2010 ICTACEM, IIT Kharagpur. S Sireesh Behavior of Column Supported Highway Embankments 18 March 2011 University of Illinois (Chicago, USA). S Sireesh Numerical Simulation of Geocell Reinforced Soft Clay Subgrades 25-26 March 2011 the First US-India Workshop on Global Geo-Environmental Engineering Challenges (GGEC), New Delhi. Amirtham Rajagopal Generalized Finite Element Method for Modeling Strong Discontinuities 27-29 December 2010 IIT Kharagpur) P Rajalakshmi Indo-UK Workshop on Next-Generation Networks University of Ulster (UK) June 2010. Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan Cognitive Radio 20 October 2010 Al Habeeb College of Engineering and Technology Hyderabad. P Rajalakshmi Research Visit to NICT (Japan) December 2010. K Sri Rama Murty Image and Speech Processing (WISP 2010) 16 December 2010 IIIT Hyderabad. P Rajalakshmi Indo-UK Workshop on Next-Generation Networks, Infosys (Mysore) January 2011. P Rajalakshmi Wireless Mesh Networks IIT Delhi January 2011. Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan 4th Edison Memorial Lecture on Achieving Wire-Like Performance on a Wireless Channel 11 February 2011 NITW Warangal P Rajalakshmi Indo-US Pervasive Communication and Computing Workshop IIT Delhi March 2011. Soumya Jana Cloud Computing over Converged Radio Access Networks 10 March 2011 Indo-US Collaboration on Pervasive Communication and Computing, IIIT Delhi. Raja Banerjee Biofuels and Wind Energy 7-8 December 2010 TERI University, New Delhi M Ramji 5th International Conference on Theoretical Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics 27-29 December 2010 IIT Kharagpur. S Suryakumar International Machine Tool Exhibition 21 January 2011 the Bengaluru International Exhibition Center, Bengaluru, to gather data relevant for the Manufacturing and Metrology Lab under development at IIT Hyderabad.

M Ramji Finite Element Analysis of Fatigue Crack Growth & Fracture 28 January 2011 Bengaluru. Prem Pal Advanced MEMS Applications using Orientation Dependent Adsorption of Surfactant Molecules in TMAH Solution 6-9 July 2010 Perth (Western Australia). Anjan Kumar Giri Synergy Between Flavor and Collider Data 10-12 January 2011 TIFR, Mumbai. Prem Pal 5th Asia-Pacific Conference on Transducers and Micro-Nano Technology (APCOT) 6-9 July 2010 Autralia. Saket Asthana Superconductive Electronics 9 March 2011, under the Hitachi Lecture Series. CS Sastry attended a workshop titled ICM 2010 on 19-27 August 2010 at Hyderabad. CS Sastry attended a workshop titled Vcon on 9-11 December 2010 at Warangal. CS Sastry attended a workshop titled NSMMA on 22 December 2010 at IIT Madras, Chennai. Suhash Ranjan Dey Shear Tests on Micron-Scale Pure Copper 14-16 November 2010 the National Metallurgical Day-Annual Technical Meeting at IISc, Bengaluru. Suhash Ranjan Dey Solid-Solid Phase Transformation Studies in Ti Alloys Through Crystallographic-Microstructure Characterization 22-23 November 2010 IIT Bombay. PV Subrahmanyam - Plenary Talk at Annual Conference of FIM at Patna - December 2010. Pinaki Prasad Bhattacharjee Development of Textured Coated Superconductor Substrate Tapes by Severe Plastic Deformation Processing 21 March 2011 the Conference on Nanomaterials by Severe Plastic Deformation (NanoSPD5), held at Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China. KP Prabheesh EVIEWS for Handling Time Series Data 24 April 2010 School of Social Sciences, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar. KP Prabheesh Optimum Level of International Reserves for India in the Presence of Sovereign Risk the 13th Annual Conference on Money and Finance in the Indian Economy Indira Gandhi Institute for Development Research, Mumbai 24-26 February 2011. Badri Narayan Rath Measurement of Productivity and Efficiency Analysis using STATA 29 May 2010 ICRISAT, Hyderabad. Badri Narayan Rath Microfinance Researcher Alliance Program 18-19 October 2010 Center for Microfinance, Chennai. Indira Jalli Gender, Religion and Reform: Rethinking Feminism 10-19 September 2010 CSCS, Bengaluru. Indira Jalli Re-Orienting Caste and Gender Studies 23-24 November 2010 University of Pune, Pune. Indira Jalli ONGC Symposium on Globalization on 4-5 December 2010 at Rajahmundry, AP.

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Three-Dimensional Optical Coherence Tomography for Trans-Capsule Optical Biopsy of Lymph Nodes, Renu John, Adeel Ahmad, Eric J Chaney, Marina Marjanovic, Krishna V Tangella and Stephen A Boppart, Photonics West, California USA, 2011. Targeted Multi-Functional Multi-Modal Protein-Shell Microspheres for Cancer Imaging and Drug Delivery, Renu John, Adeel Ahmad, Freddy T Nguyen, Eric J Chaney, Kenneth S Suslick and Stephen A Boppart, Photonics West, California USA, 2011. Conducting Polymer-Based Controlled Zero Order Molecular Release System: Conceptual Design, Saptarshi Majumdar, Kargupta K, Bose P, Das R, and Ganguly S, International Conference on Biomedical Engineering and Technology, 2011, Malaysia. A Model for the Formation, Growth and Dissolution of Clots In Vitro; Effect of the Intrinsic Pathway on Antithrombin III Deficiency and Protein C Deficiency, Anand Mohan and DE LaCroix, Conference Proceedings of Recent Advances in Mechanics Workshop in Honor of Prof KR Rajagopal 2010, pp, 207-223. Multi-Phase Modeling of Hydrocyclone: Validation of Particle Size Distributions Against Sampling Probe Data, M Narasimha, MS Brennan and PN Holtham, Proceedings of the XI International Seminar on Mineral Processing Technology (MPT-2010), pp 364-372. Kinetic Modeling of Esterification of Ethylene Glycol with Acetic Acid, Sunil Kumar Maity, Vishnu P Yadav, Rudra Palash Mukherjee and Kandi Bantraj, the AIP Conference Proceedings 2010, Volume 12918, pp 685-693. Program Transformations for Asynchronous Query Submission, Ravindra Guravannavar, Mahendra Chavan, Karthik Ramachandra and S Sudarshan, IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering 2011. DEMO DBridge: A Program Rewrite Tool for Set-Oriented Query Execution, Ravindra Guravannavar, Mahendra Chavan, Karthik Ramachandra and S Sudarshan, IEEE International Conference on Data Engineering 2011. Hyperelastic Analysis Using Adaptive Delaunay Tessellation, Amirtham Rajagopal, Paul Fischer, Markus Kraus and Paul Steinmann, Proceedings of ICTACEM, Volume 1, 2010, pp242-246. Shrinkage and Creep of Concrete KVL Subramaniam, a short-term training program on Advances in Concrete Technology (ACT-2010), 22-27 November 2010, JNTU, Hyderabad. Dissemination of Research and Need for Collaboration in Cement-Based Materials, KVL Subramaniam, Workshop on Research Needs in Concrete and its Applications, 8 December 2010, IIT Madras.

Ultrasonic Test Procedures for Monitoring Microstructure Evaluation and Early Strength Gain Cement Paste, KVL Subramaniam, the Asian Conference on Concrete (ACECON 2010), 9 December 2010, IIT Madras. Blast Protection of Structures Using Cellular Cement Foams, KVL Subramaniam, the Research in Progress session of the American Concrete Institute, 4 April 2011, Tampa, Florida, USA. First Industry-Academia Interaction Workshop on Concrete Technology, KVL Subramaniam, India, 18 February 2011, Mumbai. The Function of Basal Geogrids in Minimizing the Rutting of Geocell Reinforced Subgrades, Sireesh Saride, Anand J Puppala, and TG Sitharam, Proceedings of the GeoFrontiers 2011 Conference (ASCE), Volume GSP 211, pp 4646-4652. Numerical Model Studies of Deep Soil Mixing (DSM) Column to Mitigate Bridge Approach Settlements, Sireesh Saride, Ekarut Archeewa, Anand J Puppala and Seema Kalla, Proceedings of the GeoFrontiers 2011 Conference (ASCE), Volume GSP 211, pp 3286-3295. Prediction of Swell-Shrink Movements of Pavement Infrastructure, Sireesh Saride, Nagasreenivasu Talluri, Varagorn Puljan, Anand J Puppala and Thammanoon Manosuthkij, Proceedings of the GeoFrontiers2011 Conference (ASCE) 2011, Volume GSP 211, pp 2740-2749. Prediction of Settlement of Geocell Reinforced Sand Foundations, Sireesh Saride, TG Sitharam and Anand J Puppala, Proceedings of the GeoShanghai International Conference 2010, Volume GSP 207, pp 328-337. Effect of Organics on Stabilized Expansive Subgrade Soils, Sireesh Saride, Srujan R Chikyala, Anand J Puppala and Pat J Harris, Proceedings of the GeoShanghai International Conference 2010, Volume GSP 207, pp 155-164. Bridge Approach Settlements: Lessons Learned from Available Case Studies and Present Site Investigations, Sireesh Saride, Anand J Puppala, Ekarut Archeewa, Soheil Nazarian and Richard Williamme, Proceedings of the GeoShanghai International Conference 2010, Volume GSP 207, pp 228-238. Tire Shred-Sand Mixtures Reinforced with Metal Strips, B Umashankar and Prezzi Monica, Proceedings of National Conference on Recent Advances in Ground Improvement Techniques, 2011, pp 175-184. Load Settlement Response of Reclaimed Ground, B Umashankar, MR Madhav and K Rajyalakshmi, Proceedings of the International Symposium on Lowland Technology, Saga (Japan), 2010, pp 250-254.

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Achieving Exponential Diversity with Spatiotemporal Power Allocation with Imperfect Channel State Information, Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan, National Conference on Communications (NCC) 2011. Cognitive Radio: State-of-the-Art and Mathematical Challenges, Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan, Taskeen Nadkar, Vinay Thumar, Aqib Patel, UB Desai and SN Merchant, World Scientific Congress 2011. Streamlined Real-Factor FFTs, Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan and Shaik Qadeer, EUSIPCO 2010, pp 567-571. A Simplex-Like Algorithm for Fisher Markets, Ch Sobhan Babu, Jugal Garg, Ruta Mehta, Milind A Sohoni and Bharat Adsul, SAGT 2010, pp 18-29. Nash Equilibria in Fisher Market, Ch Sobhan Babu, Bharat Adsul, Jugal Garg, Ruta Mehta and Milind A Sohoni, SAGT 2010, pp 3041. Numerical Simulation of Exiting Coolant Flow of a Pool-Type Research Reactor, Vinayak Eswaran, S Soni, P Munshi, S Sengupta and PK Guchhait, Trans-American Nuclear Society,102 (2010), pp 629-630. Unsteady State Heat Transfer Analysis in a Magnesio-Thermic-Reduction Reactor for Uranium Production, Vinayak Eswaran, S Soni, P Munshi, S Manna and SB Roy, Trans-American Nuclear Society, 102 (2010), pp 681-682. Droplet Evaporation Modeling of Some Conventional and Alternative Fuels at Low Pressure, Vinayak Eswaran, Sumer Dirbude and Abhijit Kushari, 4th International Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power, 16-18 December 2010, Department of Mechanical Engineering, IIT Madras, Chennai, India. Droplet Evaporation Modelling of Vegetable Oil Derived Biofuel-Rapeseed Methyl Ester, Vinayak Eswaran, Sumer Dirbude and Abhijit Kushari, 5th International Conference on Theoretical, Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics, 27-29 December 2010, Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kharagpur, India. Optimal LMP Decomposition for the ACOPF Calculation, V Sarkar and SA Khaparde, IEEE Transactions on Power Systems 2011. Pseudo Concurrent Quad-Band LNA Operating in 900MHz/1.8 GHz and 900 MHz/2.4 GHz Bands for Multi-Standard Wireless Receiver, Ashudeb Dutta, Sambit Datta, Kunal Datta and Tarun Kanti Bhattacharyya, IEEE International Conference on VLSI Design, 2011, India. PSO Optimized Concurrent Dual-Band LNA with RF Switch for Better Inter-Band Isolation, Ashudeb Dutta, Kunal Datta, Rohit Datta and TK Bhattacharyya, IEEE European Conference on Circuits and Systems for Communications, 2010, Belgrade, Serbia. A Gain Boosted Fully Concurrent Dual-Band Interstage Matched LNA Operating in 900 MHz/2.4GHz With sub-2dB Noise Figure, Ashudeb Dutta, Sambit Datta, and TK Bhattacharyya, IEEE International Conference on Communication Control and Computing Technologies, 2010 Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu. Fully Concurrent Dual-Band LNA Operating in 900 MHz/2.4 GHz Bands for MultiStandard Wireless Receiver with sub-2dB Noise Figure, Ashideb Dutta, Sambit Datta, Kunal Datta and TK Bhattacharyya, International Conference on Communications, Computers and Devices, 2010 IIT Kharagpur, India. A Concurrent Low-Area Dual Band 0.9/2.4 GHz LNA in 0.13m RF CMOS Technology for Multi- Band Wireless Receiver, Ashudeb Dutta, Sambit Datta, Kunal Datta and

TK Bhattacharyya, IEEE Asia Pacific Conference on Circuits and Systems, 2010, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Finite Element Modeling of a Three-Dimensional Patched Panel, M Ramji and R Srilakshmi, International Conference on Theoretical Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics 2010. Towards an Optimum Patch Design in Composite Repair, M Ramji, R Srilakshmi and M Bhanu Prakash, International Conference on Theoretical Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics 2010. Fatigue Crack Propagation by Finite Element Method, M Ramji, Amit Shankar and R Kulkarni, International Conference on Theoretical Applied, Computational and Experimental Mechanics 2010. On an Open Problem of U. Hohle - A Characterization of Conditionally Cancellative T-Subnorms, B Jayaram, the 12th International Conference of Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems, 28 June-2 July 2010, Dortmund, Germany. Compressed Sensing for Reconstruction of Reflectance Spectra from Tristimulus Values, CS Sastry and M Ravindranath, proceedings of IEEE-Vcon 2010, pp 79-82. Productivity Growth, Efficiency Change and Technical Progress: A Study of Registered Manufacturing Sector in Orissa, Badri Narayan Rath, the ESRC Productivity Workshop 2011, IIT Bombay. Did Openness and Human Capital Influence Productivity Growth? An Empirical Investigation from South Asian Region, Badri Narayan Rath, the 47th Annual Conference of Indian Econometrics Society, 2011, Devi Ahilya University, Indore. User Allocation for Tri-Band Cognitive Cellular Networks, Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan and UB Desai, 2nd UK-India Workshop Cognitive Wireless Systems 2010, pp 1-5. Achieving Exponential Diversity with Partial Channel State Information in MIMO Fading Channels, Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan, IEEE ICWCMC 2011, Istanbul, Turkey. Development of a Sensor Module for Real-Time Pollution Monitoring, P Rajalakshmi, L Venus Shum, AAfonja, Graeme Mcphillips, Russell Binions, Lawrence Cheng and Stephen Hailes, International Conference on Information Sciences and Applications, 2011. Indian Womens Nationalist Discourse and its Ideological Implications, Indira Jalli, Berkshire Conference on the History of Women, 9-11 June 2011, the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Deconstruction of Telugu Movies, Indira Jalli, accepted for Film and Media 2011: The First Annual London Film and Media Conference, September 2011. Cultural Backwardness as a Prime Space of Enunciation: A Case Study of Toorpu: Panel 224 of Performing Creativity and Creating Performances: Dialogues and Tensions on Experiencing Culture and Making Places, Indira Jalli, on 17-21 April 2011, SIEF 2011: People Make Places, Lisbon.

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Targeted Multifunctional Multimodal Protein-Shell Microspheres as Cancer Imaging Contrast Agents, Renu John, Freddy T Nguyen, Kenneth J Kolbeck, Eric J Chaney, Marina Marjanovic, Kenneth S Suslick, Stephen A Boppart, Molecular Imaging in Biology, 2011, Volume 13, pp 3-10. Magnetomotive Molecular Nanoprobes, Renu John and Stephen A Boppart, Current Medicinal Chemistry, 2011, Volume 18 (in press). Low Power Real-Time Signal Processing Engine for Optical Coherence Tomography Systems Using Multi-Core Digital Signal Processor, Renu John, Murtaza Ali, Renuka Parlapalli, Stephen A Boppart, Proc. SPIE, 2011, Volume 7889, pp 78892J. Magnetomotive Optical Coherence Microscopy for Cell Dynamics and Biomechanics, Renu John, Xing Liang, Benedikt W Graf, Vasilica Crecea, Freddy T Nguyen, Huafeng Ding, Hyon-min Song, Gabriel Popescu, Alex Wei, Stephen A Boppart, Proc. SPIE, 2011, Volume 7889, pp 78826. Studies on the Performance of Conducting Polymer-Based Molecular Release Device, Saptarshi Majumdar, Kargupta K Ganguly and S Ray, Polymer Engineering & Science, 2011. Structural Insights of the Cysteine Protease Heynein from Induction and Characterization of Non-Native Intermediate States, Basant K Patel and MV Jagannadham, Journal of Proteins and Proteomics, Volume 1(2), pp 43-51. Three-Dimensional Linear Instability in Pressure-Driven Two-Layer Channel Flow of a Newtonian and a Herschel-Bulkley Fluid, Kirti Chandra Sahua and OK Matar, Physics of Fluids, 2010, Volume 22, pp 112103. Numerical Study of On-Board Fuel Reforming in a Catalytic Plate Reactor for SolidOxide Fuel Cells, Vinod Janardhanan, Sreenivas Appari, Srinivas Jayanti and Olaf Deutschmann, Chemical Engineering Science 2011, Volume 66, pp 490-498. Correlation of Solubility of Single Gases/ Hydrocarbons in Polyethylene Using PC-SAFT, Sunil Kumar Maity, Asia-Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering 2011, DOI: 10.1002/apj.574. Synthesis of Hierarchical Fabrics by Electrospinning of PAN Nanofibers on Activated Carbon Microfibers for Environmental Remediation Applications CS Sharma, K Hari, B Mekala, Nishith Verma and Ashutosh Sharma, Chemical Engineering Journal 2011. Grob Fragmentation of Norbornyl-Diketones: A Route to Ketoenols and Aromatic Compounds, Faiz Ahmed Khan and Ch Nageswara Rao, Journal of Organic Chemistry 2011, Volume 76, pp (doi: dx.doi.org/10.1021/jo200223a). Direct Decomposition of H2S into H2 and S Assisted by DBD Plasma Reactor, Ch Subrahmanyam, E Lingareddy and VM Biju, International Journal of Chemical and Environmental Engineering. Catalytic Plasma Reactor for the Abatement of Isopropanol, Ch Subrahmnayam, J Karuppiah, L Sivachandiran and R Karvembu, Chemical Engineering Journal.

Decomposition of Nitrobenzene Assisted by Catalytic Plasma Technique, Ch Subrahmanyam, J Karuppiah, L Sivachandiran and R Karvembu, Chinese Journal of Catalysis. Charge Transport and Electrochromism in Novel Nanocomposite Films of Poly (3,4-Ethylenedioxythiophene)-Au Nanoparticles-Cdse Quantum Dots, S Bhandari, M Deepa, SN Sharma, AG Joshi, AK Srivastava and R Kant, Journal of Physical Chemistry 2010, Volume 114, pp 14606-14613. Red to Blue High Electrochromic Contrast and Rapid Switching Poly (3,4 -ethylenedioxypyrrole) Au/Ag Nanocomposite Devices for Smart Windows, A Kharkwal, M Deepa, AG Joshi and AK Srivastava, ChemPhysChem 2011, Volume 12, pp 1176-1188. Modification at Lattice Scale for an Optimized Optical Response of Alx(ZnO)1-x Nanostructures, AK Srivastava, K Senthil, M Deepa, R Gakhar and JS Tawale, World Journal of Nano Science and Engineering 2011, Volume 1, pp 15-19. Cahn-Hilliard Generalized Diffusion Modeling Using the Natural Element Method, Amirtham Rajagopal, Paul Fischer, Ellen Kuhla and Paul Steinmann, Mechanics of Generalized Continua, Advanced Structural Materials, Volume 7(6), 2011, pp 325-337. Assessing Recycled / Secondary Materials as Pavement Bases Sireesh Saride, Anand J Puppala and Richard Williammee, Ground Improvement Journal, ICE, Thomas Telford, UK 2010 Volume GI 163, Issue GI1, pp 3-12. Forensic Investigations to Evaluate Sulfate Induced Heaving Attack on a Tunnel Shotcrete Liner, Sireesh Saride, Anand J Puppala, Dimitris Dermatas, Mosleh Al-Shamrani and Vivek Chikyala, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE 2010, Volume 22, No 9, pp 914-922. Use of Lightweight Expanded Clay and Shale (ECS) as an Embankment Fill Material to Control Settlements of a Roadway Approach, Sireesh Saride, Anand J Puppala, Richard Williamme and Sunil K Sirigiripet, Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering, ASCE 2010, Volume 22, No 6, pp 607-617. An Autonomous Access Point for Cognitive Wireless Networks, by T Bheemarjuna Reddy, BS Manoj and Ramesh R Rao, in Cognitive Radio Mobile Ad Hoc Networks, Richard Yu, Eds. Springer, 2011, (accepted) On Power Allocation for Transmitter and Receiver Selection in MIMO Fading Channels, Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan and Shaik Qadeer, Journal of Communication and Computers 2011. Parasitic Aware Impedance Matching Techniques for RF Amplifiers, Ashudeb Dutta, K Dasgupta and TK Bhattacharyya, Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing 2011. An Active Control Strategy for Reduction of Pressure Instabilities During Flow Boiling Microchannel, Shiv Govind Singh, RR Bhide, A Sridharan and A Agrawal, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 2011, Volume 21, pp 035021. A Review of State-of-the-Art on Flow Boiling of Water in Microchannel, Shiv Govind Singh and A Agrawal, International Journal of Microscale and Nanoscale Thermal and Fluid Transport Phenomena 2011, Volume 2, pp 1-39.
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Measurement and Modeling of Pulsatile Flow in Microchannel, Shiv Govind Singh, M Tikekar and A Agrawal, Microfluidics and Nanofluidics 2011, Volume 9, pp 1225-1240. Experimental Study of Water Boiling in Microchannel, Shiv Govind Singh, RR Bhide, SP Duttagupta, A Sridharan and A Agrawal, Advances in Multiphase Flow and Heat Transfer, Volume 3, pp 246-303. Fourth-Generation Effect on Lambda-b Decays, AK Giri and R Mohanta, Physics Rev D 2010, Volume 82, pp 094022. Flavor Physics and CP Violation, AK Giri and R Mohanta, Pramana 2010, Volume 74, pp 675. SM with Four Generations: Selected Implications for Rare B and K Decays, AK Giri, A Soni, A Alok, R Mohanta and S Nandi, Phys Rev D 2010, Volume 82, pp 033009. Fabrication of Novel Microstructures Based on Orientation-Dependent Adsorption of Surfactant Molecules in TMAH Solution, Prem Pal, K Sato, MA Gosalvez, B Tang, H Hida and M Shikida, Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering 2011, Volume 21, No 1, pp 015008 (11 pp). Dynamics of Reversals and Reorientation of Large Scale Flow in Raleigh-Benard Convection, V Eswaran, PK Mishra, AK De and MK Verma, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 668, 480-499, (2011). Effect of Power-Law Fluid Behaviour on Momentum and Heat Transfer Characteristics of an Inclined Square Cylinder in Steady Flow Regime, V Eswaran, PK Rao, C Sasmal, AK Sahu and RP Chhabra, Int. J. Heat Mass transfer,54, 2854 -2867 (2011). Effect of Blockage on Forced Convection Heat Transfer From a Heated Square to PowerLaw Fluids, V Eswaran, K Sahu and RP Chhabra, Numerical Heat Transfer: Part A, 58, 641-659 (2010). Two-Dimensional Laminar Flow of a Power-Law Fluid Across a Confined Square Cylinder, V Eswaran, K Sahu and RP Chhabra, Journal of Non-Newtonian Fluid Mechanics,165, 752-763 (2010). A Variable Temperature EPR Study of the Manganites (La1/3Sm2/3)2/3SrxBa0.33-xMnO3 (x = 0, 0.1,0.2,0.33): Small Polaron Hopping Conductivity and Griffiths Phase, Saket Asthana, Sushil K Misra, Sergey I Andronenko and Dhirendra Bahadur, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2010, Volume 322, pp 2902. Electronic Structure, Optical Properties and Bonding in Alkaline-Earth Halofluoride Scintillators: BaClF, BaBrF and BaIF, V Kanchana, N Yedukondalu, K Ramesh Babu, Ch Bheema Lingam, David J Singh and G Vaitheeswaran, Physical Review B 2011, Volume 83, pp 165117. Effect of Cobalt Substitution on Magnetic and Transport Properties of Nd0.5Sr0.5Mn1CoxO3(x=0.1,0.3 and 0.5), Saket Asthana, Bulletin of Material Sciences 2011. x High-Pressure Structural Study of Yttrium Monochalcogenides from Experiment and Theory, V Kanchana, GVaitheeswaran, A Svane, NE Christensen, J Staun Olsen, JE Jorgensen and L Gerward, Physical Review B 2011. Thermoelastic Properties of ScB2, TiB2, YB4, and HoB4: Experimental and Theoretical Study, V Kanchana, A Waskowska, L Gerward, J Staun Olsen, K Ramesh Babu, G Vaitheeswaran, A Svane, VB Filippopv, G Levchenko and A Lyaschenko, Acta Materilia 2011. Intersections Between Some Families of (U,N)- and RU-Implications, Balasubramaniam Jayaram and Micha Baczynski, Fuzzy Sets and Systems, Volume 167, Issue 1, 30 March 2011, pp 30-44. Can Unbounded Distance Measures Mitigate the Curse of Dimensionality?, Balasubramaniam Jayaram and Frank Klawonn, International Journal of Data Mining, Modeling and Management. Micro-Shear Deformation of Pure Copper, Suhash Ranjan Dey, J Pfetzing-Micklich, S Brinckmann, A Hartmaier and G Eggeler, Materialwissenschaft und Werkstofftechnik 2011, Volume 42, pp 219-223.
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Spectral Dynamics and Regularization of Incompletely and Irregularly Measured Data, CS Sastry, DEDS, Springer 2011. Development of Textured Coated Superconductor Substrate Tapes by Severe Plastic Deformation Processing, Pinaki Prasad Bhattacharjee and N Tsuji, Materials Science Forum, 667-669 (2011) pp 1189-1194. Development of Highly Cube Textured Nickel Superconductor Substrate Tapes by Accumulative Roll Bonding (ARB), Pinaki Prasad Bhattacharjee and Nobuhiro Tsuji, International Journal of Materials Research (formerly Z. Metallkunde) 102 (2011) pp 173-182. Effect of Initial Grain Size on the Evolution of {001}<100> Texture in Severely Deformed and Annealed High-Purity Nickel, Pinaki Prasad Bhattacharjee, N Tsuji and RK Ray, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions (available online). Did Productivity Converge in Manufacturing Sector across Indian States?, Badri Narayan Rath and S Madheswaran, Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 2010, Volume 10, Issue 1, pp 183-198. Caste[ing] Gender: Caste and Gender in Ancient Indian Jurisprudence: Color-Struck Essays on Race and Ethnicity in Global Perspective (ed) Julius O Adekunle and Hettie V Williams, Indira Jalli, University Press of America, 2010. Two annotations by Indira Jalli one on Savitribai Phule and another on Muddupalani are being published by Landmarks in Feminist Writings, ABC-CLIO, USA. Two more annotations have been accepted for publication in the same series Indian Law and Domestic Violence and Domestic Violence in the Indian Context.

Impact factors of Scientific / Technical Journals in which IITH faculty have published their papers
Journal Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering Molecular Imaging and Biology Current Medicinal Chemistry Physics of Fluids Chemical Engineering Science Asia Pacific Journal of Chemical Engineering Chemical Engineering Journal Journal of Organic Chemistry Chinese Journal of Catalysis Journal of Physical Chemistry C ChemPhysChem Journal of Materials in Civil Engineering Analog Integrated Circuits and Signal Processing Physical Review D Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Physical Review B Microfluidics and Nanofluidics IEEE Transactions on Power Systems
(Source: Web of Science)

Impact Factor 2.276 3.139 4.63 1.722 2.379 0.432 3.074 4.002 0.752 4.52 3.339 0.677 0.452 4.964 1.689 3.772 3.504 1.964

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Biotech & Biomedical Engineering

Basant Kumar Patel
The research interests of Basant include investigation of molecular mechanism of generation of prions for their role in the pathogenesis of infectious neurodegenerative diseases like Creutzfeldt Jacobs disease of human beings, Mad-cow diseases of cattle, etc. He is also exploring the causes of amyloid formation for their role in diseases like Alzheimers disease.

Phenomena involving applications of fluids and mixtures of complex rheology. This involves using, sharing and building expertise in the tools of constitutive modeling, computational simulation, CFD and experimental techniques.

Sunil Kumar Maity

The research effort of Sunil is focused on: The design and development of catalyst materials ranging from zeolite, supported metal/ metal oxide catalysts with improved reactivity, stability, and selectivity. Testing of the developed catalysts for various industrial processes (e.g. steam reforming and manufacturing of fine chemicals) to produce hydrogen, bio-fuels, and value-added chemicals utilizing renewable feed stocks and low value by-products.

Renu John
The goal of biomedical imaging is to provide structural and functional information and to visualize biological processes from the nanoscale, to the molecular, cellular and systems scale. Molecular imaging is expected to play an important role in oncology, e.g., by aiding the early detection of malignancies, locating metastatic disease, staging tumors, evaluating the availability of therapeutic targets, and monitoring the efficacy of treatment. Renu aims to develop novel molecular contrast agents and mechanisms that can exploit the high sensitivity of interferometric optical imaging modalities. Novel nanoparticle-based probes can not only provide molecular contrast, but also would serve as agents for therapy and drug delivery applications. The nanoprobes at a cellular level can be exploited to study the biomechanical properties.

Saptarshi Majumdar
Many newly developed specialized polymers are increasingly being applied for delivering drugs in more controlled and sustainable way. In this important area of application, Saptarshi is developing new methods and mechanisms to achieve controlled, targeted and sustainable release of drugs with the help of specialized polymers. He is also investigating the fundamental forces between the polymer and drug molecules at various conditions. Conventional polymers are currently facing a lot of issues related to the environment as well as their petro origin. Saptarshis research addresses these aspects by coming up with new grades of environment-friendly polymers and/or building knowhow of making biodegradable polymers with customized features for specific applications. The main focus is on building polymerization technology through modeling, optimization and lab scale implementation, and then optimally linking with rheology and processing with desired end use properties.

Anindya Roy
Anindya seeks to understand the role of hypoxia in: Regulation of genome instability and cancer Design & assembly of protein-shells to encapsulate nano-particles for tumor diagnosis Genetic manipulation of yeast to produce plant-derived anti-cancer natural products that are difficult to source and not amenable to chemical synthesis.

Chandra Shekhar Sharma

Sharma is researching in: Hierarchical carbon micro- and nano-structures, Carbon based Microelectromechanical Systems (C-MEMS) and Bio-MEMS. Self-organized meso-patterning of soft materials. Miniaturization of polymeric and/or carbon surfaces. Bio-inspired functional surfaces.

Chemical Engineering
Kirti Chandra Sahu
Kirti is conducting research in: Transition to turbulence in shear flows Numerical simulation of multiphase and interfacial flows Micro-fluidics and Lattice Boltzmann simulation of multiphase flows using Graphic Processing Unit (GPU).

Narasimha Mangadoddy
Narasimha is currently involved in flow sheet development and process optimization for various mineral beneficiation plants. He studies Dense Medium Cyclones (DMC), Hydro-Cyclones (HC), slurry distributors, fluidized beds, and flotation devices for understanding the process by using computational modeling techniques (multi-phase CFD / coupling CFD-DEM models). New innovative / novel mineral processing equipment designs through integrated CFD / DEM studies and physical modeling is his major focus. He is also working on waste utilization / recovery of mineral matter from low-grade minerals and rejects.

Vinod Janardhanan
Vinod is interested in modeling of solid-oxide electrochemical systems and fuel processing. The electrochemical system modeling covers the modeling of solid-oxide fuel cells and CO2 electrolysis for (ISRU) Mars exploration.

Parag Pawar
Parag is interested in developing a mechanistic understanding of patho-physiological processes occurring in the circulatory system. Specifically, his efforts are directed towards designing experimental and computational models to investigate the effect of hemodynamic forces, cell surface receptor-ligand interactions, and cytoskeletal reorganization on the processes of cell adhesion, deformation, and motility in the vasculature. This line of research will provide insights into the underlying fundamental processes responsible for diseases such as thrombosis, infection, inflammation, and cancer metastasis.
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Anand Mohan
The primary research interests of Anand Mohan are: Cardiovascular mechanics
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Chemistry
Faiz Ahmed Khan
Faizs research focus is on: Synthetic organic chemistry Transition metal-mediated reactions in organic synthesis Discovery of new methodologies and control of stereo-chemistry in organic synthesis Synthesis of natural and aesthetically pleasing unnatural products Chemical synthesis in ionic liquids, supported catalysts.

Civil Engineering
KVL Subramaniam
Subramaniams research is focused on understanding the behavior of brick masonry, subjected to vertical and shear loading. Brick masonry is the most common building material used in India. A mechanistic understanding of the stress transfer and failure in the material is being developed using optical techniques such as digital image correlation, which will lead to better repair and strengthening in earthquake prone areas.

G Satyanarayana
Satyanarayana is interested in: Total synthesis of natural products Synthetic methodology and asymmetric synthesis Development of efficient new synthetic methods using transition metal catalysis (ex: palladium catalysis) for the synthesis of racemic and optically active organic compounds, and extending these key transformations to the total synthesis of natural products.

Sireesh Saride
Sireesh is currently researching on Sustainable Reuse of Recycled Materials in Pavement Systems. The advantages of utilizing recycled materials/byproducts in pavement system construction are numerous and the reduction in landfilling primarily promotes their usage. As a part of this study, Quarry Fines (QF), which are a residue deposit produced from limestone quarries, and reclaimed asphalt pavement (RAP) aggregates, obtained from milling existing hot mix asphalt (HMA) pavement layers were considered to promote the sustainable design of pavements. Numerical simulations

G Prabusankar
Prabusankar is conducting research in: Creating N-heterocyclic carbenes with multiple personalities for highly efficient homogeneous catalysts Encapsulating environment unfriendly anions by metal-controlled selfassembly of supramolecular receptors as molecular hosts and CO2 into methanol conversion.

Ch Subrahmanyam
Subrahmanyam is researching in the following: Catalysis Nanomaterials Energy Systems.

Displacement Contours in Pavement Layers RAP Section and CQF Section

using FEM code were performed to predict the long term performance of the pavement sections. The figure alongside depicts the vertical stress distribution in both the pavement systems with recycled materials.

Tarun K Panda
Taruns ongoing research is on developing the homo- and hetero-multimetallic lanthanide complexes with novel P-N ligand systems, either by salt metathesis or amine elimination reactions. The complete characterization and solid state structure determination reveals the details of bonding among the atoms associated with the complex. The proper understanding of the molecule leads to its catalytic application into various organic transformations.

M Deepa
The development of fast switching electrochromic (ec) coatings with amplified contrast ratios for high performance devices remains a formidable challenge. To this end, conducting polymer films are attractive electrochromes as they offer multiple colors, are cost-effective, and can be processed easily as they can be synthesized by a direct one-step route at room temperature itself. In this regard, Deepa is synthesizing some novel nanocomposites using poly(3,4ethylenedioxypyrrole), which show remarkably enhanced electrochromic response and redox activity. The Mechanism of coloration-bleaching phenomena in these cells is unraveled from advanced electrochemistry experimentation.

(a) cini = 0.63 Amirtham Rajagopal

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Rajagopal is interested in: Computational Mechanics Computational Material Science with Focus on Inelasticity Finite Element Method, Natural Element Method Mesh-Free Methods Multi-Scale Modeling Mechanics of Composites Biomechanics and Phase Field Modeling.

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The figure below shows generalized diffusion modeling using the natural element method. The project was done in collaboration with Prof Dr-Ing. Habil Paul Steinmann, University of ErlangenNuremberg, Germany. Generalized Diffusion - Influence of Initial Concentration

Naveen Sivadasan
Naveen is primarily working on improved algorithms for representing graphs as intersection of axis parallel geometric objects and studying the related graph parameters such as boxicity and cubicity. He is also working on the following applied problems: Data streaming algorithms for sensor data Faster algorithms for genome sequence assembly.

B Umashankar
Umashankars research interests include Reinforced Soil, Soil-Structure Interaction and Foundation Engineering. He is presently working on developing a theoretical model that incorporates the effect of confining stress on the mobilized friction angle along the slip surface; this model can improve the existing design of tall retaining structures. Umashankar is also involved in studying the effectiveness of geogrid reinforced granular bed as approach slab in reducing the differential settlement between the bridge deck and the approach slab.

MV Panduranga Rao
Panduranga Raos research interests include: Computational Complexity Quantum Computing Stochastic Processes

KBVN Phanindra
Phanindras research interests include: Groundwater flow and transport modeling. GIS applications in water resources engineering. Hydrogeology Surface water-groundwater interactions.

Electrical Engineering
Mohammed Zafar Ali Khan
The main areas of research undertaken by Zafar are: Cognitive radio Cyber-physical systems Converged RAN Wireless communications DSP algorithms.

Computer Science & Engineering

Ravindra Guravannavar
Ravindra is currently working on performance optimization of database intensive application programs. His approach involves combining program analysis and transformation techniques with traditional cost-based query optimization. Several optimizations are made possible by their techniques, e.g., (i) batching of parameters to reduce round-trip delays and allow efficient set-oriented plans, and (ii) asynchronous submission of queries to the backend database. Ravindra is also exploring data management requirements for disaster mitigation and recovery applications.

P Rajalakshmi
Rajalakshmi is working on: Wireless Sensor Networks (Design & Development of Cost-Effective Multiple Architecture Solutions for Wireless Air Pollution Monitoring Systems) Data Modeling, Interpretation and Compression Algorithms, Cyber Physical Systems (Positive / Zero Net Energy Buildings Architecture and Protocol Development, Green Communication Technologies) Cognitive Radio (Spectrum Sensing).

Tamma Bheemarjuna Reddy

Bheemarjuna is interested in Greening Information and Communication Network Infrastructure. It is predicted that very soon machine loading in buildings (servers, desktops, laptops, and communication network equipments) will contribute a major portion of carbon emissions in buildings. Bheemarjuna is therefore working to design novel architectures and wired / wireless communication protocols for achieving energy-efficient computation and communication. He is also developing intelligent transportation systems by applying Information and communication technologies in order to improve commuters travel convenience and reduce high pollution levels in Indian cities.

Soumya Jana
Soumya is in the process of developing the following research activities: Immersive multimedia and telepresence Rural, urban and next-generation healthcare (presently under the aegis of the medical CPS subproject) 3D visualization in disaster and recovery & autonomous and semi-autonomous vehicles (DRDO).

Sobhan Babu
Sobhan Babu is currently working on: Graph Theory Game Theory Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI) CAD.

K Sri Rama Murty

Sri Rama Murty is researching into: Signal Processing Speech Analysis Hands-Free Speech Communication Speech Recognition Speaker Recognition Speech Enhancement.

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Shiv Govind Singh

Shiv Govinds research effort encompasses: 3-D IC research and TSV parasitic extraction (electrical and thermal modeling) Cu/ILD hybrid bonding (mechanical, thermal and electrical) low temperature low pressure Multi-layer stack integration, daisy chain, ring oscillator 3D integration MEMS and CMOS integration On-chip electronics cooling Pulsatile flow and blood flow in microchannel System on chip integrated solar cell powered wireless system Novel Si solar structure to get higher efficiency.

Mechanical Engineering
Vinayak Eswaran
Vinayaks research interests include: Computational Fluid Mechanics Heat transfer

K Venkatasubbaiah
Venakatasubbaiah is working on: Computational heat transfer Supersonic and hypersonic flows Flow behaviour with heat transfer using high accuracy numerical methods.

R Prasanth Kumar
Prasanth Kumar is working on: Humanoid robots, search-and-rescue robots, dynamic biped walkers, quadruped robots Semi-active suspension system for automobiles. He is addressing issues such as: Dexterity of manipulation Robust walking algorithms Energy efficiency Torque controlled actuators.

Ketan P Detroja
Ketan is presently working on: Systems and control engineering Development of a research lab for dynamics and control. Development of fault diagnostic framework for electrical machines Advanced process control.

Vaskar Sarkar
Sarkars research initiatives cover a broad range of Power System-related issues such as utilization of HVDC and FACTS, security-constrained network scheduling, microgrid design, efficient energy utilization, event-triggered wide area control, and fast on-line estimation of system security. The overall focus of his research is basically on designing and implementation of new operational strategies to meet the future vision of smart grid. It envisages a complete system design rather than fabricating individual parts under loose coordination.

Raja Banerjee
Raja is working on: Fuel injection and evaporation of alternative fuel blends like gasoline / ethanol blends Development of mathematical models to simulate interfacial heat and mass transfer for nonisothermal two-phase flow system. Such models are now being employed to determine evaporation characteristics of gasoline / ethanol blends under various ambient conditions.

K Siva Kumar
Siva Kumars research interests include: Multi-Level Inverter Topologies PWM Techniques for Multi-Level Inverters Open-End Winding Induction Motor Drives Micro Grids

Ashok Kumar Pandey

Ashok is working on: Vibration, MEMS, NEMS, Micro and Nanofluidics Development of a Dynamic Characterization Lab for MEMS Devices (in association with Innovation Hub for Nano-X).

M Ramji Ashudeb Dutta

Ashudebs research focuses on concurrent radio architecture that provides a convenient method of transmitting and receiving two or more frequencies at the same time without a linear increase in the hardware and eliminating the need of dynamic system control. Ashudeb is designing lowpower low-cost robust concurrent multi-band LNA for popular standards in the communication market over the range of 800MHz-3GHz such as GSM900/ DCS1800/ Bluetooth. In micro-scale solar energy harvesting systems, the design of efficient energy conversion unit and accurate maximum power point tracking unit becomes a tremendous challenge due to area constraint and very low (~W) output power. Ashudebs research focuses on designing a novel MPPT tracking method including a charge pump based DC-DC converter for extracting energy from a tiny single PV cell (open circuit voltage ~0.4V). Patch repair of cracked metallic aircraft structures is one of the methods for improving its fatigue life. Extensive research has been carried out dealing with the safety evaluation and life prediction of repaired components having mixed fracture behavior. Ramji is currently carrying out numerical modeling and experimental aspects of composite patch repair.
Finite Element Model of Patched Panel

B Venkatesham
The current research effort of Venkatesham in Technical Acoustics is focused on development of methods and techniques to characterize noise sources, both theoretically and through measurements. Venkatesham is also pursuing hybrid analytical / experimental methods are also pursued in order to find the fundamental mechanisms that control the acoustic and vibration behavior of machines, systems and materials.
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S Suryakumar
The research effort of Suryakumar encompasses: Rapid prototyping and manufacturing of metallic objects Manufacture of undercut geometries using non-planar deposition techniques Development of processes capable of producing functionally gradient matrix Investigations into techniques for producing laminated structures to facilitate embedded electronics.

Abhay Sharma

approach) are combined to synthesize alloys using electro-deposition and powder metallurgy techniques. Also properties are further tailored according to the applications using various materials processing techniques. Characterization of designed alloys: The designed alloys are characterized further to determine their crystallographic phase and orientations. Mainly, X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy are utilized. Properties determination of designed alloys: To select the alloy of interest, the structural and / or functional properties of the designed alloys are determined using various scientific equipment / tools, e.g., tensile testing machine, thermoelectric testing machine, etc.

Abhay is interested in experimental and modeling-based studies in manufacturing processes, process modeling and optimization, and welding engineering. He is currently working on electrothermophysical phenomenon in twin-wire welding, friction stir welding, and nano-coating on metallic and nonmetallic surfaces.

Pinaki Prasad Bhattacharjee

The research work of Pinaki Prasad is focused on: Development of bulk nanostructured materials through severe plastic deformation route Tailoring their microstructure-texture-mechanical properties for advanced applications in the areas of automotive, aerospace and energy.

Liberal Arts
Badri Narayan Rath
Current research emphasizes on the impact of human capital and trade openness on productivity growth for the five largest economies of the South Asian region. These countries have been recording rapid economic growth over the past few years. Badri is carrying out a study that tries to explore the key strategies that the South Asian region should focus extensively on improvement of human capital, productivity and infrastructural development to sustain their growth momentum in the long run.

Ranjith
Ranjiths research interests include functional oxide thin films and devices, pulsed laser ablation, high-k dielectric oxides, electrostrictive, multiferroic and thermoelectric oxide thin film heterostructures, multiferroic domains and domain dynamics by scanning probe microscopy.

Amrita Deb
Amritas research interest lies in the area of positive psychology. She has been working on psychological resilience, specifically on resilience and mental health, and protective factors in resilience. She is currently focusing on the relationship between personality variables and gratitude intervention techniques, and their effect on well being. In future, she intends to work on other positive psychology intervention techniques as well.

Mathematics
CS Sastry
For data that can be sparsely generated, one can obtain good reconstructions from reduced number of measurements thereby compressing the sensing process rather than the traditionally sensed data. A wealth of recent developments in applied mathematics, by the name of Compressive Sampling Theory (CST) aim at achieving this objective.

Srirupa Chatterjee
Srirupas research interests include Contemporary American Literature, Critical and Literary Theories, and Rhetoric and Composition. Her teaching interests include a wide variety of literary topics ranging from Literary Movements to World Literature, and Theater.

KP Prabheesh
Prabheeshs research mainly focuses on issues related to Indias financial integration with the rest of the world, such as: The impact of reserve accumulation on monetary and real sectors of the economy Implication of exchange rate policies on Indias trade Impact of capital flows on the financial sector.

2D and 3D Micro-Structure of a Ti Alloy

Indira Jalli
Indiras research interests include: Indian History of Gender Caste and Nation Human Rights Laws

The present work of Sastry deals with designing the dictionaries that provide sparse representation of data. His research also goes into computed tomography, manifold learning methods. He is also working on manifold learning methods and running a seminar series on Compressive Sampling Theory and Applications.

Balasubramaniam Jayaram
Bala is working on the properties a distance measure should possess so as to avoid the Curse of Dimensionality phenomenon, whose effects are seen when one deals with high dimensional spaces, often leading to instabilities or convergence to sub-optimal solutions. He is also currently carrying out an algebraic study of Fuzzy Implication Functions in a comprehensive manner, to analyze the algebraic structures that can be imposed on this set.

Materials Science & Engineering

Suhash Ranjan Dey
Suhash is designing novel alloys with enhanced properties in the following areas: Alloy design through synthesis & further processing: Different elements (combinatorial

P Anantha Lakshmi Narayana

Lakshmi Narayanas research interests include: Fluid Mechanics Flow and Heat Transfer in Porous Media Stability of Flows
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Physics
Anjan Kumar Giri
Anjan Giri is working on: Flavour Physics CP violation. Anjan has shown that fourth generation quark mass in the range of 400-600 GeV appears to solve the anomalies in the observed B data.

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Prem Pal
Prem Pal is working on: MEMS / microelectronics technology Wet chemical-based micromachining MEMS-based bio / chemical and inertial sensors Polymer MEMS Thin films for MEMS.

The IIT Hyderabad campus, which is about 580 acres in area, will be developed in a phased manner. Phase 1a is expected to be over by July 2013. IIT Hyderabad will start functioning from the new campus from Academic Year 2013-14. The projected strength by the end of Phase 1a is: 1800 regular students 180 faculty members 20 post-doctoral fellows 180 permanent staff members 200 project staff members The remaining part of Phase 1 is expected to be completed by 2017 and will be hosting nearly 6000 students. Of course, there will be a corresponding increase in faculty, staff and project staff. At the end of Phase III, IIT Hyderabad is expected to have 15 academic departments catering to 20,000 students, with a total campus population of about 32,000. The IIT Hyderabad campus is designed with the following vision: A crucible of interdisciplinary research. A modular campus with flexibility for future expansion. A green campus that is self-sustaining and resource-efficient. A harmonious campus environment that is conducive to exploration, learning and living. A campus that is sound and efficient in infrastructure. An energy-efficient campus from planning to completion. A campus that provides complete safety and security for its inhabitants.

Saket Asthana
Saket has initiated research work on an Advanced Functional Materials Lab at the Institute. Two PhD students (one from Physics and the other from MSE) are working on multifunctional materials. Some interesting results have been observed. Further studies are in progress. Saket and his team are working with an active group from Osaka University (Japan) on a system synthesized at IITH.

Manish Niranjan
Manish is working on: Theoretical solid state physics Ab-initio computational materials science First principles modeling of materials such as multifunctional oxides, ferroelectrics, semiconductors, magnetic materials, heterostructures, interfaces, nanostructures and atomic clusters Electron transport in nanostructures Computational physics.

Apoorva Nagar
Apoorva is currently working on two broad areas of Biological Physics: Evolutionary Genetics: The team is studying the effect of mutator cells on evolution. Their initial work has shown the possibility of a new kind of steady state in which the population goes into a phase where all individuals are mutators. Protein Production: The team is addressing the effect of mRNA decay on protein translation. It has shown that in prokaryotic organisms, protein production is significantly affected by mRNA decay and our model explains certain trends observed in experiments, like the production of fewer proteins by longer mRNAs.

V Kanchana
Kanchanas present research focus is mainly on structural intermetallics for high-temperature applications. Mechanical properties of these intermetallic compounds have been calculated using First-principles density functional calculations.

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