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BBT-Bio-Sciences & Bio-Technology

Biophysics Levels of structures in Biological macromolecules. basic strategies in biophysics. Forces that determine protein and nucleic acid structure, Prediction of proteins structure nucleic acids, Properties of lipid bilayers, Biochemical Kinetics studies, unimolecular reactions, methods of determining macromolecular structures inclusive of the spectroscopic techniques like UV-vis absorption, lR absorption, circular dichroism fluoresence NMR and X-ray and neutron diffraction techniques. Biochemistry Structure and properties, Amino acids, peptides, proteins and conjugated proteins, protein hydration, coagulation, denaturation - gelation, protein-protein interactions, cytosolic and membrane properties, purines, pyrimidines, nucleosides, nucleotides, polynucleotides, Ribonucleic acids and deoxyribonucleic acids, TCA cycle, glycolysis, pentose phosphate pathway, Embden Meyerhof pathway, urea cycle, metabolic regulation, respiratory chain, TP cycle, energy rich compounds, integrated metabolism, Carbohydrates - linear and branched carbohydrates, N containing carbohydrates, cell wall carbohydrates, metabolism of carbohydrates, Fats and oils-structure and properties of saturated and unsaturated fatty acids, glycerolipids, phospholipids, sphingolipids, glycolipids, steroids, Vitamins and mineralstypes, structure and functional properties of vitamins, utility of essential minerals sources and trace elements. Biotechnology Importance and economics of downstream processing in biotechnology process-problems and requirements of bioproduct purification, process design criteria, primary separation and recovery process, membrane based separations, precipitation methods, different types of purification and chromatographic techniques. Types of reactors - ideal reactors, integral method of analysis for reactions, simultaneous, consecutive and combined reactions, models for non-ideal flow. Industrial biotechnology -isolation, preservation and improvement of industrial microbes for overproduction of primary and secondary metabolites, economics of modern industrial processes, fermentation processes and biological waste treatment processes. Cell Structure and Function of the Organelles Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells, cell division, mitosis & meiosis cell cycle and molecules that control cell cycle, endocytosis and Exocytosis. Ultrastructure of cellular organelles, viz. Mitochondria, ER, Golgi, Chloroplast, plasma membrane, centriole, nuclear and membrane bound receptors, Signal Transduction, Techniques of propagation of prokaryotic and Eukayotic cells, Autocrine, Paracrine and Endocrine models of action, Cell line, generation of cell lines. Molecular Biology Structure of DNA and histone molecules, Replication of. eukaryotic chromosomes, nucleoid the complex replication apparatus, process of transcription and, Structure of tRNA, mRNA, rRNA, Deciphering of the genetic code, Translation, Mutation. General principles of cloning.

Recombinant DNA Genetic elements that control gene expression, method of creating recombinant DNA molecules creating transgenic animals, plants microbes, safety guidelines of creating recombinant DNA research, restriction enzymes and mapping of DNA, plasmid and phage and other vectors. Construction of genomic and cDNA libraries, methods of nucleic acid. Patents and methods of application of patents, legal implications bioremediation. Environmental Sciences Ecosystems, energy flow, ecological succession, pollution. Conventional and Non conventional sources of energy. Biogeo chemical cycles. Biodiversity and wild life conservation. Social issues and the environment. Immunology Innate Immunity, Adaptive Immunity, Cell mediated Immunity, Phagocyte, cells B and T cells structure and function of Antibody molecules, Antigen processing and presentation, Monoclonal antibody, Autoimmunity and hypersensitivity. Genetics Mendelian genetics. Types of genetic disorders- chromosomal disorders, single gene disorders, multifactorial disorders, mitochondrial disorders, Pedigree analysis, Human chromosomal syndromes- variation in chromosome number, Variation in chromosome structure, Molecular basis of inborn error of metabolism, Molecular basis of cancer. Prenatal diagnosis and genetic counseling. Eugenics. Population genetics. Microbiology Basic concepts of Microbiology and classification, Bacteriology, Virology, Micology, Parasitology

Biomedical Engineering
Anatomy & Physiology / Biochemistry: Anatomical terminology Homeostasis - Basic Embryology - Osteology - Joints and Myology. Action potential and its measurements Hodgkin Huxley model Functioning of skeletal muscles and measurement of heat production during contraction Blood and lymph circulation Bio molecules Carbohydrate - Structure and properties of mono, di, oligo and polysaccharides Classification of lipids - physical and chemical properties of fats and oils - phospholipids fatty acids steroids - essential fatty acids - prostaglandin Structure and properties of amino acids proteins nucleic acids vitamins and minerals metabolism of carbohydrate - lipids and proteins.

Biomedical Instrumentation:Basics of measurement theory- Categories of measurementSignals and noise- Transient signals Sampled signals- Signal to noise ratio- Noise reduction strategies Electrode electrolyte interface- Ag/AgCl electrode-equivalent circuit of electrodemedical surface electrodes-internal electrodeselectrode arrays-microelectrodes-Radiation thermometry- optical measurements-optical filtersradiation sensors. Electroencephalograph, Electromyography & their Interpretation, Thermography, computer applications in magnetic field ultrasonic equipments- Measurement of Blood Pressure, Blood flow, Doppler flow measurement, Electrocardiography, Phonocardiography, Plethysmography- Bio-telemetry, Electrical Safety. Biomaterials: Definition Biomaterials, Biomedical devices, Bio functionality, Biocompatibility Properties of Biomaterials, Bulk properties, Surface properties, characterization, Stainless steel, Titanium, Alloys, Dental metals, and corrosion of Bio-metals. Bio-Ceramics: Bio inert ceramics, Bio active ceramics, Biodegradable ceramics, Alumina, Zirconia, Hydroxy Apatite.Polymeric Biomaterials Types of polymers, Sterilisation, Structure Bio- compatibility relationship, Stability, Examples of polymers used in medicine Composite Bio-materials Fibres composites, Particulate composites, Examples.Nano Bio-materials Properties, preparation, characterisation, applications. Bio-material Toxicology Requirement, Test for bio- compatibility Signal Processing: Origin, nature and acquisition of bio-signals Examples of biomedical signals-EEG, EMG,ECG, VAG, evoked potentials, etc. Noise processes - Random noise, structured noise, and Physiological interference Statistical signal processing -Finite time estimation of mean, variance and correlation. Time domain filtering Synchronous averaging, Moving average filters, Frequency domain filters Design of Butterworth filters- optimal filtering, Adaptive noise cancellation-LMS and RLS algorithms in adaptive filtering Application of these techniques in removal of artifacts in bio-signals. Medical Imaging and Processing: Introduction to biomedical imaging, History of biomedical imaging, Radiography and CT: Xrays: Interaction of X-ray Beam with Tissue, X-ray Detectors Fourier transforms, Computed tomography principles, Data acquisition in CT, Image reconstruction, Spiral CT, MRI principle, T1 and T2 imaging, Ultrasound imaging, application of Doppler effect in ultrasound imaging, Nuclear medicine imaging, SPECT and PET, Biological effects of radiation. Image representation, sampling and Quantization Principles, Gray level Transformation-Image negatives, Image subtraction, Contrast Enhancement, Histogram techniques. Filtering- Low pass and High pass filters in Spatial and Frequency Domain, Derivative and Homomorphic filters. Microcontrollers: Overview of 8 bit, 16 bit Microcontrollers Intel - Motorola, CISC & RISC Processors Harvard & Von Neumann Architecture, overview of the 8051 family 8051 Architecture Registers and Memory Organization. 8051 Assembly Language Programming Instruction Set Jump Logical Instructions & Programs Arithmetic instructions and Programs Logic Instructions & Programs single bit instruction and programming -I/O port programming -addressing modes.

Physiological monitoring Microprocessor/ microcontroller based ECG Machines. Holter monitoring. Exercise systems. Digital central monitoring systems for patient monitoring. Design concepts. Advanced Computer based arrhythmia detection system-software design protocols. Communication and training Aids for the differently disabled People-Prosthetics. Rehabilitation Engineering: Engineering Concepts in Sensory Rehabilitation; Engineering Concepts in Motor Rehabilitation: Engineering Concepts in Communication Disorders Orthopedic prosthetics and orthotics in Rehabilitation: Basics and Fundamentals in rehabilitation and its applications. Knowledge of disability act 1995 for physically disabled, visually impaired, hearing impaired and others. Interfaces in Compensation for visual perception. Improvement of orientation and mobility. Computer-assisted lip reading. Brain-computer interfaces. Computer-Aided Engineering incustomized component design.

BST - Centre for BioSeparation Technology (CBST)


Basics of Biochemistry, Proteins and Enzymology, Bio-Separation, Bioprocess, Molecular Biology, Immunology and immunotechnology, diagnostic tools, Metabolic Disorders

Chemistry
Physical Chemistry: 1. Basic principles and applications of quantum mechanics hydrogen atom, angular Momentum. 2. Variational and perturbational methods. 3. Basics of atomic structure, electronic configuration, shapes of orbitals, hydrogen atom spectra. 4. Theoretical treatment of atomic structures and chemical bonding. 5. Chemical applications of group theory. 6. Basic principles and application of spectroscopy rotational, vibrational, electronic, Raman, ESR, NMR. 7. Chemical thermodynamics. 8. Phase equilibria. 9. Statistical thermodynamics. 10. Chemical equilibria. 11. Electrochemistry Nernst equation, electrode kinetics, electrical double layer, Debye-Hckel theory. 12. Chemical kinetics empirical rate laws, Arrhenius equation, theories of reaction rates, determination of reaction mechanisms, experimental techniques for fast reactions. 13. Concepts of catalysis. 14. Polymer chemistry. Molecular weights and their determinations. Kinetics of chain polymerization. 15. Solids - structural classification of binary and ternary compounds, diffraction techniques, bonding, thermal, electrical and magnetic properties 16. Colloids and surface phenomena. 17. Data analysis. Inorganic Chemistry 1. Chemical periodicity 2. Structure and bonding in homo- and heteronuclear molecules, including shapes of molecules. 3. Concepts of acids and bases. 4. Chemistry of the main group elements and their compounds. Allotropy, synthesis, bonding and structure. 5. Chemistry of transition elements and coordination compounds bonding theories, spectral and magnetic properties, reaction mechanisms. 6. Inner transition elements spectral and magnetic properties, analytical applications. 7. Organometallic compounds - synthesis, bonding and structure, and reactivity. Organometallics in homogenous catalysis. 8. Cages and metal clusters. 9. Analytical chemistry- separation techniques. Spectroscopic electro- and thermoanalytical methods. 10. Bioinorganic chemistry photosystems, porphyrines, metalloenzymes, oxygen transport, electron- transfer reactions, nitrogen fixation. 11. Physical characterisation of inorganic compounds by IR, Raman, NMR, EPR,Mssbauer, UV-, NQR, MS, electron spectroscopy and microscopic techniques. 12. Nuclear chemistry nuclear reactions, fission and fusion, radio-analytical techniques and activation analysis.

Organic Chemistry 1. IUPAC nomenclature of organic compounds. 2. Principles of stereochemistry, conformational analysis, isomerism and chirality. 3. Reactive intermediates and organic reaction mechanisms. 4. Concepts of aromaticity. 5. Pericyclic reactions. 6. Named reactions. 7. Transformations and rearrangements. 8. Principles and applications of organic photochemistry. Free radical reactions. 9. Reactions involving nucleophilic carbon intermediates. 10. Oxidation and reduction of functional groups. 11. Common reagents (organic, inorganic and organometallic) in organic synthesis. 12. Chemistry of natural products such as steroids, alkaloids, terpenes, peptides, carbohydrates, nucleic acids and lipids. 13. Selective organic transformations chemoselectivity, regioselectivity, stereoselectivity, enantioselectivity. Protecting groups. 14. Chemistry of aromatic and aliphatic heterocyclic compounds. 15. Physical characterisation of organic compounds by IR, UV-, MS, and NMR. Interdisciplinary topics 1. Chemistry in nanoscience and technology. 2. Catalysis and green chemistry. 3. Medicinal chemistry. 4. Supramolecular chemistry. 5. Environmental chemistry.

Commerce
UNIT I Accounting for financial decisions Managerial accounting analysis of financial statements ratio analysis budgetary control marginal costing inventory valuation. UNIT II Business Research Methodology Business research methods development of research methodology research plan data collection sampling techniques qualitative research quantitative analysis report writing. UNIT III Banking and Insurance Central banking commercial banks development banks non-banking financial institutions

modern banking development of insurance risk management and role of insurance legal aspects types of insurance products customers services marketing and distribution. UNIT IV Marketing Management Foundations of marketing selection of markets product decisions pricing decisions distribution decisions communication decisions impact of competition on strategy reaching consumers directly analyzing markets. UNIT V Human Resource and Organizational Behaviour Human resource planning training development and career management motivation perspectives managing ethical issues in HRM organizational behaviour individual perspective group dynamics dynamics of organization. REFERENCES 1. R. Narayanaswamy, Financial Accounting A Managerial perspective, Prentice-Hall of India Ltd. Third edition, 2009. 2. O.S. Gupta, Accounting for Managers, Frank Bros. Publishers Ltd., Third edition, 2009. 3. J.K. Sachdeva, Business Research Methodology, Himalaya Publishing House, First edition, 2009. 4. Donald R, Cooper, Pamela S. Schindler, Business Research Methods, Tata McGraw-Hill Company Ltd, Ninth edition 2009. 5. Amis D. Aczel, Complete Business Statistics, Tata McGraw-Hill Company Ltd, Second edition, 2009. 6. S. Arunajatesan and T,R. Viswanathan, Risk Management Insurance, MacMillian Publishers Ltd, First edition, 2009. 7. Rdaswamy and Vasudevan, Text Book of Banking, Sultan Chand and Sons, Tenth edition, 2009. 8. ArunKumar and N. Meenakshi, Marketing Management, Vikas Publishing House, Second edition, 2009. 9. Rajandra Nargundhar, Marketing Research Tata McGraw-Hill Company Ltd, Fourth edition 2009. 10. S.S. Khanka, Organizational Behaviour: Text and cases. S.Chand & Company Ltd., New Delhi Third Edition, 2009. 11. K.Aswathappa, Human Resource Management Text and cases, Tata McGraw-Hill Company Ltd,. Second edition 2009. 12.Steven L. Mc.Shane, Organizational behavior, Tata McGraw-Hill Company Ltd, 2009.

CO2 RESEARCH AND GREEN TECHNOLOGIES CENTER ENTRANCE EXAMINATION SYLLABUS FOR SELECTING PHD STUDENTS - 2013 Physicochemical, Biological Principles and Processes Chemical reactions- Chemical equilibrium and thermodynamics, Process kinetics- Biochemistry; Biological compounds enzymes, coenzymes and amino acids, Microbiological concepts; Cells, classification and characteristics of living organisms- Metabolism, Microbial growth kinetics. Applications of Microbiological principles to environmental engineering; assimilation of wastes, engineered systems, Concepts and Principles of carbon oxidation, Nitrification, Denitrification, Methanogenasis, etc., Concepts of quantization of degradable pollutants. Renewable Energy Technologies Renewable energy sources - Estimation of solar radiation - Solar air heating systems and applications Concepts on solar drying, cooking, desalination, solar ponds and solar cooling Passive heating and cooling of buildings Basics of solar concentrators and types - Solar thermal power generation - Physics of solar cells Cell types and manufacture PV applications - Characteristics of cells and module - Biomass to energy conversion processes Anaerobic digestion, process parameters, biogas composition, digester types, high rate anaerobic conversion systems Alcohol from biomass Biodiesel: preparation, characteristics and application Biomass combustion and power generation Briquetting Gasification: Process, types of gasifiers, applications Waste to energy technologies- Importance of hydrogen as a future energy carrier Thermodynamic and thermophysical properties - Chemical Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Production of hydrogen Steam reforming, thermal decomposition etc. - Purification Desulfurization, removal of CO2, CO, etc. - Electrolytic hydrogen production Electrolyzer configurations - Thermolytic hydrogen production Direct dissociation of water, chemical dissociation of water, photolytic hydrogen production, photobiological hydrogen production Alternative Fuels Fossil fuels and their availability - Potential alternative liquid and gaseous fuels - Merits and demerits of various alternative fuels - Engine requirements Production and properties of CNG, LPG, biogas and producer gas - Performance and emission in SI/CI engines - Storage, distribution and safety aspects Sources of Hydrogen - Properties - Production of hydrogen Transportation, storage and safety aspects - Performance and emission characteristics Adaptability - Fuel cell - Hybrid vehicles Various vegetables oils - Properties - Esterification Performance and emission characteristics - Bio-diesel: Feed stock, characteristics, preparation (lab and commercial), storage, applications, environmental impacts Utilization of CO2 for organic transferring reaction Heterogenous catalysis for Biodiesel. Bio-Energy Technology Biogas production - Types of substrates Process parameters - Digester design - Operational problems Biogas kinetics Biomass combustion reactions Combustion systems Wood stoves and industrial combustion systems Fluidized bed combustion systems Phase theory -

Densification Types of devices Performance parameters Feed preparation Properties of densified fuels Applications Pyrolysis - Slow and fast pyrolysis Biomass gasification Types of gasifiers - Fluidized bed gasification - Equilibrium and kinetic considerations Waste and its characteristics Waste generation, collection, separation, treatment and storage Waste management Waste conversion technologies Application of Bio-Technology In Environmental Engineering Microorganisms and Environment Microbial cell and enzyme technology- adapted microorganisms, bioremoval of nutrients, micro-algal biotechnology; Interaction of mixed microbial population and its applications in bioprocessing of wastes, role of extracellular polymers, bioremediation of environmental problems Problems of toxic chemicals- sources and categories, halogenated and non-halogenated, petroleum hydrocarbons, metals, human health effects caused by toxic chemical pollutions; Biodegradation of toxic pollutants, mechanisms of detoxification- oxidation reactions, dehalogenation, biotransformation of metals; Production of proteins, Biotransformation of waste into biofertilizers, biogas and electrical energy, affecting physical, chemical and microbiological factors, health risk, odor management, technological advances; Environmental effects and ethics of microbial technology. Wind Energy Technology Wind resource Types of wind mills principles of blade design Actual power from a turbine electric generators its types power generation and transmission - grid interface power evacuation capacity utilization factor - drive train oscillation - effect of speed on generation other electrical characteristics of turbines. Bioprocess plant design Effect of scale on oxygenation, mixing, sterilization, pH, temperature, inoculum development, nutrient availability and supply; Bioreactor scale-up based on constant power consumption per volume, mixing time, impeller tip speed (shear), mass transfer coefficients. Scaleup of downstream processes: Adsorption (LUB method); Chromatography (constant resolution etc.); Filtration (constant resistance etc.); Centrifugation (equivalent times etc.); Extractors (goemetry based rules). Scale-down related aspects. Environmental Biotechnology Degradation of xenobiotic compounds - Simple aromatics, aliphatics, Chlorinated polyaromatic compounds, petroleum products, pesticides and surfactants. Wastewater management Wastewater characteristics, biological wastewater treatment, unit operations, design and modelling of activated sludge process, design and modelling of trickling filter. Treatment of industrial wastes Dairy, pulp, leather, petrochemicals, distilleries, Solid waste management. Microbial diversity, Biofouling, biocorrosion, Bioleaching, acid mine drainage.

Computer Science and Engineering


ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS Sets, relations and functions, algebra of matrices and determinants, algebraic structures, Boolean algebra and applications, order relations and structures, logic and combinatorics. Mathematical logic: Normal forms, Statement Calculus, Predicate Calculus, Inference theory for the predicate calculus. Graph Theory: Directed graphs, paths and circuits, Trees, cut sets, cut vertices. Coloring, planarity and isomorphism. COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE Machine instructions and addressing modes, Register Transfer Language, hardware and micro programmed control, memory interface, RAM, ROM, I/O interface (Interrupt and DMA modes), serial communication interface, instruction pipelining, Cache, main and secondary memory storage Micro processors Interfacing and memory addressing, parallel architectures. COMPILERS Compiler, Interpreter, Assembler, Linker, Loader, Macros; Compiler design: Lexical analysis, parsing, syntax directed translation, runtime environment, symbol table, code optimization, code generation. THEORETICAL COMPUTER SCIENCE Formal language and automata theory: Regular languages and finite automata, context free languages and push down automata, recursively enumerable sets and Turing machines, undecidability.

OPERATING SYSTEMS Process management, Threads, IPC, CPU scheduling, Deadlocks, Memory management, Paging, Segmentation, virtual memory, device management, File systems, Protection and Security, Distributed Operating System concepts. DATA STRUCTURES AND ALGORITHMS Stacks, Queues, Lists, Strings, Tree, Binary Search Trees, Heap, Splay Trees, Dynamic Trees, Red Black Trees, Data compression techniques, Applications of data structures. Asymptotic Analysis (Best, worst, average case) of time and space, upper and lower bounds on the complexity of specific problems, NP-Completeness parallel algorithm design. Tree traversals, Spanning trees, Shortest path, Design paradigms: Divide and Conquer, Greedy, Dynamic programming. SOFTWARE ENGINEERING Software project MANAGEMENT, Life cycle of software development, Software design and testing, Software quality and reliability, Formal specifications.

DATABASE SYSTEMS MANAGEMENT Data dictionary, schema, RDBMS, DDL, DML, SQL, B* Trees, Transactions and Concurrency control, Database Design, Tuning, Distributed databases, Data warehousing. COMPUTER NETWORKS & DATA COMMUNICATIONS Analog vs Digital communication, modems multiplexing techniques, serial vs parallel communication, simplex, duplex and half duplex communication, synchronous and asynchronous communication, ISO / OSI model, TCP/IP model, error detection / correction methods, data link control protocols, CSMA protocols, LAN / WAN / Internet technologies, network management and network security. CI CIVIL ENGINEERING ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS Linear Algebra Matrix algebra, Systems of linear equations, Eigen values and eigenvectors. Calculus Functions of single variable, Limit, continuity and differentiability, Mean value theorems, Evaluation of definite and improper integrals, Partial derivatives, Total derivative, Maxima and minima, Gradient, Divergence and Curl, Vector identities, Directional derivatives, Line, Surface and Volume integrals, Stokes, Gauss and Greens theorems. Differential equations First order equations (linear and nonlinear), Higher order linear differential equations with constant coefficients, Cauchys and Eulers equations, Initial and boundary value problems, Laplace transforms, Solutions of one dimensional heat and wave equations and Laplace equation. Complex variables Analytic functions, Cauchys integral theorem, Taylor and Laurent series. Probability and Statistics Definitions of probability and sampling theorems, Conditional probability, Mean, median, mode and standard deviation, Random variables, Poisson, Normal and Binomial distributions. Numerical Methods Numerical solutions of linear and non-linear algebraic equations Integration by trapezoidal and Simpsons rule, single and multi-step methods for differential equations. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING Mechanics Bending moment and shear force in statically determinate beams. Simple stress and strain relationship Stress and strain in two dimensions, principal stresses, stress transformation, Mohrs circle. Simple bending theory, flexural and shear stresses, unsymmetrical bending, shear centre. Thin walled pressure vessels, uniform torsion, buckling of column, combined and direct bending stresses.

Structural Analysis Analysis of statically determinate trusses, arches, beams, cables and frames, displacements in statically determinate structures and analysis of statically indeterminate structures by force/ energy methods, analysis by displacement methods (slope deflection method), influence lines for determinate and indeterminate structures. Basic concepts of matrix methods of structural analysis. Concrete Structures Concrete Technology- properties of concrete, basics of mix design. Concrete design-basic working stress and limit state design concepts, analysis of ultimate load capacity and design of members subjected to flexure, shear, compression and torsion by limit state methods. Basic elements of prestressed concrete, analysis of beam sections at transfer and service loads. Steel Structures Analysis and design of tension and compression members, beams and beam columns, column bases.Connections- simple and eccentric, beam-column connections, plate girders and trusses. Plastic analysis of beams and frames.

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEERING Soil Mechanics Origin of soils, soil classification, three - phase system, fundamental definitions, relationship and interrelationships, permeability and seepage, effective stress principle, consolidation, compaction,shear strength. Foundation Engineering Sub-surface investigations- scope, drilling bore holes, sampling, penetration tests, plate load test. Earth pressure theories, effect of water table, layered soils. Stability of slopes-infinite slopes, finite slopes. Foundation types- foundation design requirements. Shallow foundations-bearing capacity, effect of shape, water table and other factors, stress distribution, settlement analysis in sands and clays. Deep foundations - pile types, dynamic and static formulae, load capacity of piles in sands and clays, negative skin friction. WATER RESOURCES ENGINEERING Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics Properties of fluids, principle of conservation of mass, momentum, energy and corresponding equations, potential flow, applications of momentum and Bernoullis equation, laminar and turbulent flow, flow in pipes, pipe networks. Concept of boundary layer and its growth. Uniform flow, critical flow and gradually varied flow in channels, specific energy concept, hydraulic jump. Forces on immersed bodies, flow measurements in channels, tanks and pipes. Dimensional analysis and hydraulic modeling. Kinematics of flow, velocity triangles and specific speed of pumps and turbines.

Hydrology Hydrologic cycle, rainfall, evaporation, infiltration, stage discharge relationships, unit hydrographs, flood estimation, reservoir capacity, reservoir and channel routing. Well hydraulics. Irrigation Duty, delta, .estimation of evapo-transpiration. Crop water requirements. Design of lined and unlined canals, waterways, head works, gravity dams and spillways. Design of weirs on permeable foundation. Types of irrigation system, irrigation methods. Water logging and drainage, sodic soils. ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING Water requirements Quality standards, basic unit processes and operations for water treatment. Drinking water standards, water requirements, basic unit operations and unit processes for surface water treatment, distribution of water. Sewage and sewerage treatment, quantity and characteristics of wastewater. Primary, secondary and tertiary treatment of wastewater, sludge disposal, effluent discharge standards. Domestic wastewater treatment, quantity of characteristics of domestic wastewater, primary and secondary treatment Unit operations and unit processes of domestic wastewater, sludge disposal. Air Pollution Types of pollutants, their sources and impacts, air pollution meteorology, air pollution control, air quality standards and limits. Municipal Solid Wastes Characteristics, generation, collection and transportation of solid wastes, engineered systems for solid waste management (reuse/ recycle, energy recovery, treatment and disposal). Noise Pollution Impacts of noise, permissible limits of noise pollution, measurement of noise and control of noise pollution. TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING Highway Planning Geometric design of highways, testing and specifications of paving materials, design of flexible and rigid pavements. Traffic Engineering Traffic characteristics, theory of traffic flow, intersection design, traffic signs and signal design, highway capacity.

DISASTER MITIGATION AND MANAGEMENT Disasters-Basic concepts - Global problem - Geological hazards; Earth Quake and Landslides hydrological hazards - Cyclone - Flood - Epidemics - Sea level rise - Forest fire Indian Disaster Scenario Disaster Management Cycle. Natural Disasters - Geologically related disasters : Earthquakes, Tsunami, Landslides and Mudflows, Volcanic hazards, Dam Failures and Mine Fires - Water and Climate related disasters: Floods and Drainage Management, Cyclones, Tornadoes and Hurricanes, Hailstorm, Cloud Burst, Heat Wave and Cold Wave, Snow Avalanches, Droughts, Sea Erosion, Thunder and Lighting Biologically related disasters - Biological Disaster and Epidemics , Pest Attacks, Cattle Epidemics, Food Poisoning. Man-made disasters: Chemical, Industrial and Nuclear related disasters - Accident related disasters: Forest Fires, Urban Fires, Mine Flooding, Oil Spill, Major Building Collapse, Serial Bomb Blasts, Festival Disasters and Fires, Electrical Disasters and Fires, Air, Road and Rail Accidents, Boat Capsizing, Village Fire. Vulnerability and Risk Assessment : Principles of mitigation measures - Need of preparedness Hazard zoning - Warning Building code provisions - Planning and regulation for functional changes - Risk assessment - Vulnerability analysis - Ground water monitoring and artificial recharge Integrated coastal zone management. Prevention and Mitigation: Personal mitigation- knowing and avoiding unnecessary risks assessment of possible risks to personal/family health and to personal property. Structural Mitigation- proper layout of buildings, disasters resistant structures. Non- Structural Mitigationmeasures taken other than improving the structure of building. Disaster Preparedness : Definition Emergency- difference between an emergency and a disasterrole of politics play in emergency management planning- precautions can be taken to prevent during disasters - Role of a Community Emergency Response Team- surveillance techniques - conduct a disaster assessment - role of the emergency operations center in a communitydeveloping emergency operations plan- individual or community plan for emergenciesemergency support functions- use of internet used in preparedness- roles do the media plan in disaster Management. Rescue: Characteristics, operations and logistics for response and recovery - Medical emergencies - Post disaster review - Disaster Legislation - Resources and Utilization - Cost reduction and effective analysis. Rehabilitation and reconstruction - Training public awareness and research.

ECE ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING Vector Algebra : Algebra of Matrices, Inverse, Rank, System of linear equations, Symmetric, Skew Symmetric and Orthogonal matrices, Hermitian and Unitary matrices, Eigen values and Eigen vectors, Diagonalisation of matrices. Gradient, Divergence and Curl, Vector identities, Directional derivatives, Line, Surface and Volume integrals, Strokes, Gauss and Greens theorems and applications. Complex variables : Analytic functions, Cauchy Reimann equations and its applications, Cauchys integral theorem and integral formula, Taylors and Laurent series, Residue theorem and its applications. Differential Equations: First order differential equations(linear and nonlinear), Second order linear differential equations with variable coefficients, Variation of parameters method, higher order linear differential equations with constant coefficients, Cauchy Eulers equations, power series solutions, partial differential equations: separation of variables method, Laplace equation. Probability and statistics: Definition of probability and simple theorems, conditional probability, Bayes theorem, random variables, continuous and discrete distributions, Binomial , Poisson and normal distributions, correlation and regression analysis. Networks: Nodal and mesh analysis. Network theorems: superposition, Thevenin and Nortons maximum power transfer, Star-Delta transformation. Steady state sinusoidal analysis using phasors. Linear constant coefficient differential equations; time domain analysis of simple RLC circuits, Solution of network equations using Laplace transform: frequency domain analysis of RLC circuits. 2port network parameters: driving point and transfer functions. State equations for networks. Electronic Devices: Basics of semiconductors -energy bands in silicon, intrinsic and extrinsic silicon. Carrier transport in silicon: diffusion current, drift current, mobility, and resistivity. Generation and recombination of carriers. Hall Effect, p-n junction diode, different types of diodes and their characteristics, BJT, MOS capacitor, MOSFET. Basics of Lasers. Device technology: integrated circuits fabrication process, oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, photolithography, and CMOSProcess. Analog Circuits: Small Signal Equivalent circuits of diodes, BJT, MOSFET and analog CMOS. Simple diode circuits, clipping, clamping, rectifier. Biasing and bias stability of transistor and FET, MOSFET amplifiers. Amplifiers: single-and multi-stage, differential and operational, feedback, and power amplifiers. Frequency response of amplifiers. Simple op-amp circuits, filters, Oscillators. Function generators and wave-shaping circuits, 555 Timers. Power supplies.

Digital circuits: Boolean algebra, minimization of Boolean functions, logic gates; digital IC families ( TTL, ECL, MOS,CMOS,PMOS,NMOS).Combinational circuits: arithmetic circuits, code converters, multiplexers, decoders, EPROMs and PLAs. Sequential circuits: latches and flip-flops, counters and shift-registers. Sample and hold circuits, ADCs, DACs. Semiconductor memories, Microprocessor (8086): architecture, programming, memory and I/O interfacing, Microcontrollers (8051) architecture and Programming Signals and Systems: Continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier series, continuous-time and discrete-time Fourier Transform, DFT and FFT, z-transform. Sampling Theorem. Linear Time- Invariant (LTI) Systems: definitions and properties; causality, stability, impulse response, convolution, poles and zeros, parallel and cascade structure, frequency response, group delay, phase delay. Signal transmission through LTI systems. Control Systems: Basic control system components; block diagrammatic description, reduction of block diagrams. Open loop and closed loop (feedback) systems and stability analysis of these systems. Signal flow graphs and their use in determining transfer functions of systems; transient and steady state analysis of LTI control systems and frequency response. Tools and techniques for LTI control system analysis: root loci, Routh-Hurwitz criterion, Bode and Nyquist plots. Control system compensators: elements of lead and lag compensation, elements of Proportional-IntegralDerivative (PID) control. Communications: Basic information theory. Analog communication systems: Amplitude modulation and demodulation systems, Frequency modulation and demodulation Systems spectral analysis of these operations, Transmitters and Receivers; signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) calculations for amplitude modulation (AM) and frequency modulation (FM) for low noise conditions. Digital communication systems: pulse code modulation (PCM), differential pulse code modulation (DPCM), digital modulation schemes: amplitude, phase and frequency shift keying schemes (ASK, PSK, FSK), matched filter receivers, bandwidth consideration and probability of error calculations for these schemes. Basics of TDMA, FDMA and CDMA and GSM, OFDM, Spread spectrum analysis. Optical Communication: in free space and fiber optic; Propagation of signals at HF, VHF, UHF and microwave frequency; Satellite Communication. Electromagnetics: Elements of vector calculus: divergence and curl; Gauss and Stokes theorems, Maxwells equations: differential and integral forms. Wave equation, poynting vector. Plane waves: propagation through various media; reflection and refraction; phase and group velocity; skin depth. Transmission lines: characteristic impedance; impedance transformation; Smith chart; impedance matching; S parameters, pulse excitation. Waveguides: modes in rectangular waveguides; boundary conditions; cut-off frequencies; dispersion relations. Basics of propagation in dielectric waveguide, Basics of Antennas: Dipole antennas; antenna gain. Radiation patterns.

Economics
UNIT I Micro Economic Analysis Theory of Demand Elasticity of Demand Indifference Curve Analysis. Consumers equilibrium Theory of Production Laws of production Production Function Economies of Scale. UNIT - II Micro Economic Analysis Theory of cost Different concepts of costs short run long run behavior of cost. Market structure and pricing Different types of Market characteristics - Pricing in different markets. UNIT - II Macro Economic Analysis Theories of consumption Multiplier Accelerator Four sector model. National Income Analysis. Goods and Money markets IS LM curves. UNIT IV Macro Economic Analysis Theories Inflation causes consequences of inflation Demand for money Supply of money Determinants of money supply. - Fiscal policy Public Revenue Public Expenditure Public Debt. Deficit financing. UNIT V International Economic Analysis Structure of Indias Exports Imports Balance of payments Tariff Terms of Trade Protection Free trade Foreign Exchange Rate Mechanism. Nature, structure and characteristics of Indian Economy. REFERENCE BOOKS 1. Shapiro Edward, Macroeconomic Analysis, 5th Edition (Galgotia Publication (P) Ltd., New Delhi), p.489. 2. Ackley, G, Macroeconomics: Theory and Policy (Macmillian, New York, 1978), Chennai 15. 3. Laidler., D.E.W.and J.M.Parkin, Inflation a Survey, Economic Journal, Dec, 1975. 4.Baumol, Willaim J., Economic Theory and Operations Analysis, 4th Edition. (Prentice Hall

Of India, New Delhi, 1985) 5. Salvatore, D., Managerial Economics (McGraw Hill, 2001), 4th Edition.

SYLLABUS FOR THE Ph.D. ENTRANCE TEST (EEE) GROUP 1: ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS Linear Algebra: Matrix Algebra, Systems of linear equations, Eigen values and eigen vectors. Calculus: Mean value theorems, Theorems of integral calculus, Evaluation of definite and improper integrals, Partial Derivatives, Maxima and minima, Multiple integrals, Fourier series. Vector identities, Directional derivatives, Line, Surface and Volume integrals, Stokes, Gauss and Greens theorems. Differential equations: First order equation (linear and nonlinear), Higher order linear differential equations with constant coefficients, Method of variation of parameters, Cauchys and Eulers equations, Initial and boundary value problems, Partial Differential Equations and variable separable method. Complex variables: Analytic functions, Cauchys integral theorem and integral formula, Taylors and Laurent series, Residue theorem, solution integrals. Probability and Statistics: Sampling theorems, Conditional probability, Mean, median, mode and standard deviation, Random variables, Discrete and continuous distributions, Poisson, Normal and Binomial distribution, Correlation and regression analysis. Numerical Methods: Solutions of non-linear algebraic equations, single and multi-step methods for differential equations. Transform Theory: Fourier transform, Laplace transform, Z-transform GROUP II: ELECTRIC CIRCUITS Network graph, KCL, KVL, node and mesh analysis, transient response of dc and ac networks; sinusoidal steady-state analysis, resonance, basic filter concepts; ideal current and voltage sources, Thevenins, Nortons and Superposition and Maximum Power Transfer theorems, two-port networks, three phase circuits. GROUP III: ELECTRICAL MACHINES Single phase transformer - equivalent circuit, phasor diagram, tests, regulation and efficiency; three phase transformers - connections, parallel operation; autotransformer; energy conversion principles; DC machines - types, windings, generator characteristics, armature reaction and commutation, starting and speed control of motors; three phase induction motors - principles, types, performance characteristics, starting and speed control; single phase induction motors; synchronous machines - performance, regulation and parallel operation of generators, motor starting, characteristics and applications; servo and stepper motors.

GROUP IV: CONTROL SYSTEMS AND INSTRUMENTATION Principles of feedback; transfer function; block diagrams; steady-state errors; Routh and Niquist techniques; Bode plots; root loci; lag, lead and lead-lag compensation; state space model; state transition matrix, controllability and observability. Classification of Instruments, Moving iron, Moving Coil, Permanent magnet, and Dynamometer types. Thermal, Electrostatic Rectifier Instruments, Instrument transformers, CT, PT, Power measuring instruments, power factor, frequency meters and synchroscope. Measurement of low, medium and high resistances, AC and DC measuring bridges, Magnetic measurement. General Transducers voltage, current, phase angle, optical, Hall effect and Industrial transducers. GROUP V: ANALOG AND DIGITAL ELECTRONICS Characteristics of diodes, BJT, FET; amplifiers - biasing, equivalent circuit and frequency response; oscillators and feedback amplifiers; operational amplifiers characteristics and applications; simple active filters; VCOs and timers; combinational and sequential logic circuits; multiplexer; Schmitt trigger; multi-vibrators; sample and hold circuits; A/D and D/A converters; 8-bit microprocessor basics, architecture, programming and interfacing. GROUP VI: POWER ELECTRONICS AND DRIVES Characteristics and ratings of different thyristor family devices, their turn on and turn off methods with their protection, series and parallel connection of SCRs and their derating, Controlled single phase and three phase rectifiers for different types of load viz. R, R-L, R-L-E, single phase and three phase voltage source and current source inverter, cycloconverter, choppers, PWM techniques, Characteristics and principle of AC and DC machines, Methods of conventional controls and application of static controls and microprocessor based controls for AC and DC machines. Basic concepts of adjustable speed dc and ac drives. GROUP VII: POWER SYSTEM Transmission line parameters; Representation of short, medium, and long transmission lines ABCD parameters; Circle Diagram; Per Unit representation; 3- system; Short Circuit Studies; Sequence Networks; Load-flow Studies Gauss Seidel method, NewtonRaphson Method; Automatic Generation Control; Load-Frequency Control; Automatic Voltage Regulator; Power System Stability Equal area criteria; Swing Equation; Optimal Load dispatch in Power System. Protection Schemes for Transformer, Generators and Transmission Lines.

SCHOOL OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND LANGUAGES : Poetry Chaucer : Prologue to the Canterbury Tales Spenser : Faerie Queene - Book-I Spenser : Prothalamion and Epithalamion Wyatt, Surrey: Selections in Peacock's English verse, Vol-I Ballads : Peacock - Vol-II Donne : Canonisation, The Ecstasie Milton : Paradise Lost, Book-IX Pope : The Rape of the Lock. Milton : Samson Agonistes Gray, Collins & Blake: Peacock's English Verse - Vol-III Herbert : 1. Affliction 2. The Pulley Wordsworth : Immortality Ode, Tintern Abbey Coleridge : Ode to Dejection, Kubla Khan Keats : Ode on a Grecian Urn, Ode to Autumn. Shelley : Ode to the West Wind Wordsworth : Prelude - Book-I Shelley : Adonais Arnold : Dover Beach, The Scholar Gypsy Browning : Andrea Del Sarto Tennyson : Morte D' Arthur W.B.Yeats : Byzantium Eliot : The Waste land Hopkins : The Wreck of the Deutschland The selections from (i) Owen (ii) W.H.Auden (iii) Stephen Spender in the Faber Book of Modern Verse. Arnold : Dover Beach, The Scholar Gypsy Browning : Andrea Del Sarto Tennyson : Morte D' Arthur W.B.Yeats : Byzantium Eliot : The Waste land Hopkins : The Wreck of the Deutschland The selections from (i) Owen (ii) W.H.Auden (iii) Stephen Spender in the Faber Book of Modern Verse. Walt Whitman : Out of the Cradle Endlessly Rocking Emily Dickinson : Because I could not Stop for Death Robert Frost : Mending Wall, Birches, West Running Brook. Sylvia Plath : Daddy Walt Whitman : Passage to India E.E.Cummings : The Cambridge Ladies Hart Crane : Poem: To Brooklyn Bridge. Tagore : Gitanjali Aurobindo : Thought the Paraclete Poems of Sarojini Naidu and Toru Dutt from the Golden Treasury of Indian Poetry.

Poems of A.K.Ramanujam, R. Parthasarathy, Kamala Das and Nissim Ezekiel from Ten Twentieth Century Indian Poets ed. R.Parthasarathy. 2 Prose Bacon - Essays - Of Truth, Of Adversity, Of Studies, Of Revenge, Of Ambition, Of Friendship Sidney : Apologie For Poetrie The Bible : The Book of Job. Johnson : Life of Milton Bunyan : The Pilgrim's Progress Fielding : Tom Jones Lamb : Essays of Elia Christ's Hospital, The South Sea House, Dream children, New Year's Eve Hazlitt : My First Acquaintance with Poets. Shelley : A Defence of Poetry Wordsworth : Preface to the Lyrical Ballads (1850) Carlyle : The Hero as a Man of Letters (from On Heroes and Hero Worship) Mathew Arnold: The Study of Poetry T.S.Eliot : Tradition and Individual Talent Emerson : The American Scholar Faulkner : Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech. Thoreau : Walden James Thurcer : The Owl in the Attic Ananda Commarasamy Aurobindo:The Dance of Shiva (The Title Essay) Nehru : An Autobiography Chinua Achebe : The Novelist as Teacher Drama Marlowe : Dr. Faustus Kyd : The Spanish Tragedy Ben Jonson : The Alchemist Dryden : All for Love Sheridan : The School for Scandal Congreve : The way of the World Goldsmith : She stoops to conquer Macbeth, The Tempest HenryIV Part-I: Measure for Measure Antony and Cleopatra A general knowledge of the other plays, poems and sonnets of Shakespeare is expected of the candidates. Eugene O Neil : The Hairy Ape Arthur Miller : The Death of a Salesman Tennesse Williams : A Street Car named Desire Edward Albee : Whos Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Tagore : Muktha Dhara Girish Karnad : Tughlaq Wole Soyinka : The Lion and the Jewel Douglas Stewart : Ned Kelly 3 Fiction Jane Austen : Emma Emily Bronte: Wuthering Heights Dickens : Great Expectations George Elliot : Middle March Hardy : Jude the Obscure Virginia Woolf : To the Light House Graham Greene : The Power and the Glory Mark Twain : The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Melville : Moby Dick Hemingway : The Old Man and the Sea Mulk Raj Anand : Coolie Raja Rao : Kantapura R.K. Narayan : The English Teacher Kamala Markandaya: A Handful of Rice. Chinua Achebe : Things Fall Apart Alan Paten : Cry, the Beloved Country E.J. Pratt : The Dying Eagle Judith Wright : Fire in the Murdering Hut, The Cedars Wole Soyinka : The Telephone conversation Abioseh Nicoll : The Meaning of Africa A.D.Hope : Australia APPROACHES TO LITERATURE Five Approaches to Literature HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE The following topics Place of English in the Indo-European family General Characteristics of Old and Middle English The rise and growth of Modern English Growth of Vocabulary Greek, Latin, French, Italian, Scandinavian and other foreign influences Word Formation. Change of Meaning Characteristics of Modern English Books for reference: F.T.Wood : An outline History of the English Language A.C.Baugh : A History of the English Language LINGUISTICS The following topics Definitions The Nature and Scope of linguistics, Speech and Writing,

Form and Meaning Words, Clause and Phrase Concord Government Sentence Pattern Phonology 4 Morphology Idiolect, Dialect Transformational Generative Grammar Books for Study Frank Plalee : Grammar, ELBS John Lyons : An introduction to Theoretical linguistics PRINCIPLES OF LITERARY CRITICISM The following topics Dryden : Essay of Dramatic Poesy Coleridge : Biographia Literaria Ch.XIV and Ch.XVII T.S.Elliot : Metaphysical poets I.A.Richards : Four kinds of Meaning Northrop Frye : The Archetypes of Literature

GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS Common to Geology and Geophysics Earth and Planetary system, size, shape, internal Structure and composition of the earth; atmosphere and greenhouse effect; isostasy; elements of seismology; physical properties of the interior of the earth; continents and continental processes; physical oceanography; geomagnetism and paleomagnetism, continental drift, plate tectonics. Weathering; soil formation; action of river, wind, glacier and ocean; earthquakes, volcanism and orogeny. Basic structural geology, mineralogy and petrology. Geological time scale and geochronology; stratigraphic principles; major stratigraphic divisions of India. Engineering properties of rocks and soils. Ground water geology. Geological and geographical distribution of ore, coal and petroleum resources of India. Introduction to remote sensing. Physical basis and applications of gravity, magnetic, electrical, electromagnetic, seismic and radiometric prospecting for oil, mineral and ground water; introductory well logging. Geology Crystal symmetry, forms, twinning; crystal chemistry; optical mineralogy, classification of minerals, diagnostic physical and optical properties of rock forming minerals. Igneous rocks - classification, forms and textures, magmatic differentiation; phase diagrams and trace elements as monitors of magma evolutionary processes; mantle melting models and derivation and primary magmas. Metamorphism; controlling factors, metamorphic facies, grade and basic types; metamorphism of pelitic, mafic and impure carbonate rocks; Igneous and metamorphic provinces of India; structure and petrology of sedimentary rocks; sedimentary

processes and environments, sedimentary facies, basin analysis; association of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks with tectonic setting. Stress, strain and material response; brittle and ductile deformation; primary and secondary structures; geometry and genesis of folds, faults, joints, unconformities; cleavage, schistosity and lineation; methods of projection, tectonites and their significance; shear zone; superposed folding; basement cover relationship. Morphology, classification and geological significance of important invertebrates, vertebrates, microfossils and palaeoflora; stratigraphic principles and Indian stratigraphy. Geomorphic processes and agents; development and evolution of landforms; slope and drainage; processes on deep oceanic and near-shore regions; quantitative and applied geomorphology. Ore mineralogy and optical properties of ore minerals; ore forming processes vis-a-vis ore-rock association (magmatic, hydrothermal, sedimentary and metamorphogenic ores); ores and metamorphism; fluid inclusions as an ore genetic tool; prospecting and exploration of economic minerals; sampling, ore reserve estimation, geostatistics, mining methods. Coal and petroleum geology; origin and distribution of mineral and fuel deposits in India; marine geology and ocean resources; ore dressing and mineral economics. Cosmic abundance; meteorites; geochemical evolution of the earth; geochemical cycles; distribution of major, minor and trace elements; elements of geochemical thermodynamics, isotope geochemistry; geochemistry of waters including solution equilibria and water rock interaction. Engineering properties of rocks and soils; rocks as construction materials; role of geology in the construction of engineering structures including dams, tunnels and excavation sites; natural hazards. Ground water geology exploration, well hydraulics and water quality. Basic principles of remote sensing - energy sources and radiation principles, atmospheric absorption, interaction of energy with earth's surface, air-photo interpretation, multispectral remote sensing in visible, infrared, thermal IR and microwave regions, digital processing of satellite images. GIS - basic concepts, raster and vector mode operation. Geophysics The earth as a planet; different motions of the earth; gravity field of the earth, Clairaut's theorem, size and shape of earth; geochronology; seismology and interior of the earth; variation of density, velocity, pressure, temperature, electrical and magnetic properties of the earth; earthquakes causes and measurements, magnitude and intensity, focal mechanisms, earthquake quantification, source characteristics, seismotectonics and seismic hazards; digital seismographs, geomagnetic field, paleomagnetism; oceanic and continental lithosphere; plate tectonics; heat flow; upper and lower atmospheric phenomena. Scalar and vector potential fields; Laplace, Maxwell and Helmholtz equations for solution of different types of boundary value problems in Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical polar coordinates; Green's theorem; Image theory; integral equations in potential theory; Eikonal

equation and Ray theory. Basic concepts of forward and inverse problems of geophysics. 'G' and 'g' units of measurement, absolute and relative gravity measurements; land, airborne, ship borne and borehole gravity surveys; various corrections in gravity data reduction - free air, Bouguer and isostatic anomalies; density estimates of rocks; regional and residual gravity separation; principle of equivalent stratum; upward and downward continuation; wavelength filtering; preparation and analysis of gravity maps; gravity anomalies and their interpretation anomalies due to geometrical and irregular shaped bodies, depth rules, calculation of mass. Earth's magnetic field - elements, origin and units of measurement, magnetic susceptibility of rocks and measurements, magnetometers, land, airborne and marine magnetic surveys, corrections, preparation of magnetic maps, upward and downward continuation, magnetic anomalies-geometrical shaped bodies, depth estimates, Image processing concepts in processing of magnetic anomaly maps; Interpretation of processed magnetic anomaly data. Conduction of electricity through rocks, electrical conductivities of metals, non-metals, rock forming minerals and different rocks, concepts of D.C. resistivity measurement, various electrode configurations for resistivity sounding and profiling, application of filter theory, Typecurves over multi-layered structures, Dar-Zarrouck parameters, reduction of layers, coefficient of anisotropy, interpretation of resistivity field data, equivalence and suppression, self potential and its origin, field measurement, Induced polarization, time and frequency domain IP measurements; interpretation and applications of IP, ground-water exploration, environmental and engineering applications. Basic concept of EM induction, Origin of electromagnetic field, elliptic polarization, methods of measurement for different source-receiver configuration, components in EM measurements. Skin-depth, interpretation and applications; earth's natural electro-magnetic field, tellurics, magneto-tellurics; geomagnetic depth sounding principles, electromagnetic profiling, methods of measurement, processing of data and interpretation. Geological applications including groundwater, mining and hydrocarbon exploration. Seismic methods of prospecting; Elastic properties of earth materials; Reflection, refraction and COP surveys; land and marine seismic sources, generation and propagation of elastic waves, velocity - depth models, geophones, hydrophones, recording instruments (DFS), digital formats, field layouts, seismic noises and noise profile analysis, optimum geophone grouping, noise cancellation by shot and geophone arrays, 20 and 3D seismic data acquisition, processing and interpretation; COP stacking charts, binning, filtering, dip-moveout, static and dynamic corrections, Digital seismic data processing, seismic deconvolution and migration methods, attribute analysis, bright and dim spots, seismic stratigraphy, high resolution seismics, VSP, AVO. Reservoir geophysics. Geophysical signal processing, sampling theorem, aliasing, Nyquist frequency, Fourier series, periodic waveform, Fourier and Hilbert transform, Z-transform and wavelet transform; power spectrum, delta function, auto correlation, cross correlation, convolution, deconvolution,

principles of digital filters, windows, poles and zeros. Principles and techniques of geophysical well-logging. SP, resistivity, induction, gamma ray, neutron, density, sonic, temperature, dip meter, caliper, nuclear magnetic, cement bond logging, micro-logs. Quantitative evaluation of formations from well logs; well hydraulics and application of geophysical methods for groundwater study; application of bore hole geophysics in ground water, mineral and oil exploration. Radioactive methods of prospecting and assaying of minerals (radioactive and non radioactive) deposits, half-life, decay constant, radioactive equilibrium, G M counter, scintillation detector, semiconductor devices, application of radiometric for exploration and radioactive waste disposal. Geophysical inverse problems; non-uniqueness and stability of solutions; quasi-linear and nonlinear methods including Tikhonov's regularization method, Backus-Gilbert method, simulated annealing, genetic algorithms and artificial neural network.

Hindi
I History of Hindi Literature (Hindi Sahitya ka Itihas) A) Ancient and Medival Period (Aadikal aur Madyakaal) i. Kaal vibhajan seema Nirdharan Namakaran ii. Aadikaal- Sidh aur Nadh Sahitya Raso Kavya. iii. Poorva Madyakaal (Bhaktikaal) pramukh nirgun santh kavi aur unka avadan soofi kavi aur kavyagangh- Ram aur Krishna kavya pramukh kavi aur unke rachana iv. Uttarmadyakaal (Reethikaal) - Kaal vibhajan Namakaran reethikaleen sahitya ki vibinnu dharayemn (reethibadh, reethisisidh aur reethimukth) prathinidhi rachanakar aur rachanayemn. B) Modern Period (Adhunik Kaal) i. Bharathendu yug- pramuk sahityakar,rachanayemn ii. Dwivedi yug - pramuk sahityakar,rachanayemn iii. Hindi swachaanthadavadi chethana ka vikas chayavadi kavya pramuk sahityakar,rachanayemn iv. Uttar chayavadi kavya pragathivad prayogvad- nayi kavitha, samakaleen kavitha v. Hindi gadya ki pramukh vidhaomn kahani, upanayas, natak, nibhandh, samamaran, rekhachitr, jeevani , aathmakatha vi. Hindi alochana pramuk alochak aur rachanayemn II Origin and Development of Hindi language and grammatical structure of Hindi i. Pracheen bharatheeya aryabhashayemn- vedic thatha loukik sanskriti- madyakaleen bhaatheeya aryabhashayemn pali, prakrit- sourseni- apabramsh ii. Hindi ke upbhashayemn pashchimi Hindi, Poorvi Hindi, Rajasthani, Bihari thatha

pahadi aur unki boliyamn- braj, avadhi aur khariboli iii. Hindi ka bhashik swaroop hindi sabdh rachna- upasarg, prathaya aur samasrooprachana- ling, vachan aur karak III Theory of literature ( Literary criticism) - Indian and Western A) Bharatheey kavyasastra i. Ras sidhanth ras ka swaroop- ras nishpathi -ras ka angu ii. Alankar sidhanth reethi sidhanth- vakrokti sidhanth dwani sidhanth pramukh sthapaneyemn B) Paschathaya Kavyasastra i. Plato- Arastoo ka anukaran sidhanth- Lomjayins- Traiden Wordsworth ke kavya bhasa aur sidhanth Mathew Arnold- alochana ka swaroop T.A.ElliotI.A.Richards ii. Sidhanth aur vaad- Abhijatyavad, swachandathavaad, Abhivyanjajavad, Marxvaad, Asthitwavad iii. Adhunik Sameekska ki visistu pravarthiyamn- samrachanavad, sylivijnan, Uttar adhunikadavad

IV Official language Hindi and Functional Hindi i. Development of Hindi language as official language- Rajbhasa adhiniyam 1963Rajbhasa Niyam 1976. ii. Functional Hindi Hindi ke vibhinu roop- sarjanatmak Bhasha, Sanchar Bhasa, Raj Bhasa, Paribhashik sabdhavali V Journalism (Patrakarita) Patrakarita vibhinna prakar- Hindi patrakarita ka sankshipta Ithihas VI Linguistics Phonology- phoneme and allophone, syntax structure.

SITE - School of Information Technology & Engineering


Mathematical Logic & Foundations Mathematical Logic, Preposition, Connectives, Truth tables; Well-formed formulas, Tautology, Contradiction, Equivalence of Formulas, Duality, Normal Forms, Theory of inference, Predicate Calculus. Measuring Central Tendency and Dispersion of Data, Correlation Analysis, Regression Analysis, Analysis of Variance, Hypothesis Testing, Probability and Distributions - Sample Space and Events, Types of Events, Addition and Multiplication Rules, Conditional Probability and Bayes Theorem Computer Arithmetic Digital logic, Logic functions, Minimization, Design and synthesis of combinational and sequential circuits; Number representation and computer arithmetic (fixed and floating point).

Computer Organization and Architecture Computer Organization and Architecture: Machine instructions and addressing modes, ALU and data-path, CPU control design, Memory interface, I/O interface (Interrupt and DMA mode), Instruction pipelining, Cache and main memory, Secondary storage. Theory of Computation Regular languages and finite automata, Context free languages and Push-down automata, Recursively enumerable sets and Turing machines, Undecidability. Analysis of Algorithms Asymptotic Notations for Complexity, Best, Average and Worst Case Analyses, Searching and Sorting, Design Techniques: Divide-and-Conquer Approach, Dynamic Programming, Greedy Techniques. Spanning trees, Shortest paths. Data Structures Linear Data Structures: Array, Linked-Lists, Stack, Queue. Non-Linear Data Structures: Tree and Graph, Hashing and Tables. File Structures: Fields, Records and Files; Sequential, Direct, Index-Sequential and Relative Files, Inverted Lists and Multi-Lists. Linear Data Structures: Array, Linked-Lists, Stack, Queue. Non-Linear Data Structures: Tree and Graph. Programming Object oriented programming, Object, Inheritance, Polymorphism, and Overloading; Constructors and Destructors; Virtual Functions, Templates and Exception Handling. Operating Systems Operating Systems and its Types, OS Structure, Components and Services. Memory Management Swapping, Memory Allocation, Paging and Segmentation; IPC, Deadlocks and Security. Database Management Systems ER-model, Relational model (relational algebra, tuple calculus), Database design (integrity constraints, normal forms), Query languages (SQL), File structures (sequential files, indexing, B and B+ trees), Transactions and concurrency control. Networks Network Fundamentals, LAN, MAN, WAN, Network Topologies, Reference Models: OSI and TCP/IP Models, Transmission Media, Flow and error control techniques, Routing algorithms, Congestion control, TCP/UDP and sockets, IP(v4), Application layer protocols (icmp, dns, smtp, pop, ftp, http); Basic concepts of hubs, switches, gateways, and routers. Network security basic concepts of public key and private key cryptography. Software Engineering System Development Life Cycles (SDLC): Steps. Water fall model, Prototypes, Spiral model. Software Metrics: Software Project Management Software Design: System design, detailed design, function oriented design, object oriented design, user interface design, design level

metrics. Coding and Testing: Testing level metrics. Software quality and reliability, Clean room approach, software reengineering.

Mathematics
UNIT 1 Analysis: Elementary set theory, finite, countable and uncountable sets, Real number system as a complete ordered field, Archimedean property, supremum, infimum. Sequences and series, convergence, limsup, liminf. Bolzano Weierstrass theorem, Heine Borel theorem. Continuity, uniform continuity, differentiability, mean value theorem. Sequences and series of functions, uniform convergence. Riemann sums and Riemann integral, Improper Integrals. Monotonic functions, types of discontinuity, functions of bounded variation, Lebesgue measure, Lebesgue integral. Functions of several variables, directional derivative, partial derivative, derivative as a linear transformation. Metric spaces, compactness, connectedness. Normed Linear Spaces. Spaces of Continuous functions as examples. Linear Algebra: Vector spaces, subspaces, linear dependence, basis, dimension, algebra of linear transformations. Algebra of matrices, rank and determinant of matrices, linear equations. Eigenvalues and eigenvectors, Cayley-Hamilton theorem. Matrix representation of linear transformations. Change of basis, canonical forms, diagonal forms, triangular forms, Jordan forms. Inner product spaces, orthonormal basis. Quadratic forms, reduction and classification of quadratic forms. UNIT 2 Complex Analysis: Algebra of complex numbers, the complex plane, polynomials, Power series, transcendental functions such as exponential, trigonometric and hyperbolic functions.

Analytic functions, Cauchy-Riemann equations. Contour integral, Cauchys theorem, Cauchy s integral formula, Liouvilles theorem, Maximum modulus principle, Schwarz lemma, Open mapping theorem. Taylor series, Laurent series, calculus of residues. Conformal mappings, Mobius transformations. Algebra: Permutations, combinations, pigeon-hole principle, inclusionexclusion principle, derangements. Fundamental theorem of arithmetic, divisibility in Z, congruences, Chinese Remainder Theorem, Eulers - function, primitive roots. Groups, subgroups, normal subgroups, quotient groups, homomorphisms, cyclic groups, permutation groups, Cayleys theorem, class equations, Sylow theorems. Rings, ideals, prime and maximal ideals, quotient rings, unique factorization domain, principal ideal domain, Euclidean domain. Polynomial rings and irreducibility criteria. Fields, finite fields, field extensions. UNIT 3 Ordinary Differential Equations (ODEs): Existence and Uniqueness of solutions of initial value problems for first order ordinary differential equations, singular solutions of first order ODEs, system of first order ODEs. General theory of homogenous and non-homogeneous linear ODEs, variation of parameters, Sturm-Liouville boundary value problem, Greens function. Partial Differential Equations (PDEs): Lagrange and Charpit methods for solving first order PDEs, Cauchy problem for first order PDEs. Classification of second order PDEs, General solution of higher order PDEs with constant coefficients, Method of separation of variables for Laplace, Heat and Wave equations.

Numerical Methods: Numerical solutions of algebraic equations, Method of iteration and Newton-Raphson method, Rate of convergence, Solution of systems of linear algebraic equations using Gauss elimination and Gauss-Seidel methods, Finite differences, Lagrange, Hermite and spline interpolation, Numerical differentiation and integration, Numerical solutions of ODEs using Picard, Euler, modified Euler and Runge-Kutta methods. Calculus of Variations: Variation of a functional, Euler-Lagrange equation, Necessary and sufficient conditions for extrema. Variational methods for boundary value problems in ordinary and partial differential equations. Linear Integral Equations: Linear integral equation of the first and second kind of Fredholm and Volterra type, Solutions with separable kernels. Characteristic numbers and eigenfunctions, resolvent kernel. Classical Mechanics: Generalized coordinates, Lagranges equations, Hamiltons canonical equations, Hamiltons principle and principle of least action, Two-dimensional motion of rigid bodies, Eulers dynamical equations for the motion of a rigid body about an axis, theory of small oscillations.

UNIT 4 Descriptive statistics, exploratory data analysis. Sample space, discrete probability, independent events, Bayes theorem. Random variables and distribution functions (univariate and multivariate); expectation and moments. Independent random variables, marginal and conditional distributions. Characteristic functions. Probability inequalities (Tchebyshef, Markov, Jensen). Modes of convergence, weak and strong laws of large numbers, Central Limit theorems (i.i.d. case). Markov chains with finite and countable state space, classification of states, limiting behaviour of n-step transition probabilities, stationary distribution. Standard discrete and continuous univariate distributions. Sampling distributions. Standard errors and asymptotic distributions, distribution of order statistics and range. Methods of estimation. Properties of estimators. Confidence intervals. Tests of hypotheses: most powerful and uniformly most powerful tests, Likelihood ratio tests. Analysis of discrete data and chi-square test of goodness of fit. Large sample tests. Simple nonparametric tests for one and two sample problems, rank correlation and test for independence. Elementary Bayesian inference.

Gauss-Markov models, estimability of parameters, Best linear unbiased estimators, tests for linear hypotheses and confidence intervals. Analysis of variance and covariance. Fixed, random and mixed effects models. Simple and multiple linear regression. Elementary regression diagnostics. Logistic regression. Multivariate normal distribution, Wishart distribution and their properties. Distribution of quadratic forms. Inference for parameters, partial and multiple correlation coefficients and related tests. Data reduction techniques: Principle component analysis, Discriminant analysis, Cluster analysis, Canonical correlation. Simple random sampling, stratified sampling and systematic samp ling. Probability proportional to size sampling. Ratio and regression methods. Completely randomized, randomized blocks and Latin-square designs. Connected, complete and orthogonal block designs, BIBD. 2 K factorial experiments: confounding and construction. Series and parallel systems, hazard function and failure rates, censoring and life testing. Linear programming problem. Simplex methods, duality. Elementary queuing and inventory models. Steady-state solutions of Markovian queuing models: M/M/1, M/M/1 with limited waiting space, M/M/C, M/M/C with limited waiting space, M/G/1.

ME MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Engineering Mathematics Geometry Equations of straight line, common normal between straight lines in space; Equations of circles, ellipse, etc.; parametric representation. Linear Algebra Matrix algebra, Systems of linear equations, Eigen values and eigenvectors. Calculus Functions of single variable, Limit, continuity and differentiability, Mean value theorems, Evaluation of definite and improper integrals, Partial derivatives, Total derivative, Maxima and minima, Gradient, Divergence and Curl, Vector identities, Directional derivatives, Differential equations First order equations (linear and nonlinear), Higher order linear differential equations with constant coefficients, Cauchys and Eulers equations, Initial and boundary value problems, Laplace transforms, Solutions of one dimensional heat and wave equations and Laplace equation.

Control Theory Open and closed loop systems; Laplace transforms; Transfer function; Block Diagram analysis; Concepts of stability; Input signals and system response; Nyquist stability criterion; Bode plot. Probability and Statistics Definitions of probability and sampling theorems, Conditional probability, Mean, median, mode and standard deviation, Permutations and combinations, Random variables, Poisson, Normal and Binomial distributions. Properties of normal curve; Statistical quality control APPLIED MECHANICS AND DESIGN Engineering Mechanics Free body diagrams and equilibrium; trusses and frames; virtual work; kinematics and dynamics of particles and of rigid bodies in plane motion, including impulse and momentum (linear and angular) and energy formulations; impact. Strength of Materials Stress and strain, stress-strain relationship and elastic constants, Mohrs circle for plane stress and plane strain, thin cylinders; shear force and bending moment diagrams; bending and shear stresses; deflection of beams; thermal stresses. Theory of Machines Displacement, velocity and acceleration analysis of plane mechanisms; dynamic analysis of slider-crank mechanism; flywheels. Vibrations Free and forced vibration of single degree of freedom systems; effect of damping; vibration isolation; resonance, critical speeds of shafts. Technical drafting Engineering drawing practice; Indian standards for technical drawing. Machine Elements Basic concepts of machine elements and their design; Stress concentration factor; Fatigue Strength and S-N curve; failure theories.

FLUID MECHANICS AND THERMAL SCIENCES Fluid Mechanics Fluid properties; viscous flow of incompressible fluids; fluid statics, manometry, buoyancy; control-volume analysis of mass, momentum and energy; fluid acceleration; differential equations of continuity and momentum; Bernoullis equation; flow through pipes, head losses in pipes, bends etc.

Heat-Transfer Modes of heat transfer; one dimensional heat conduction, fins; dimensionless parameters in free and forced convective heat transfer, radiative heat transfer, black and grey surfaces, shape factors; heat exchanger performance, LMTD and NTU methods. Thermodynamics Zeroth, First and Second laws of thermodynamics; thermodynamic system and processes; Carnot cycle. irreversibility and availability; behaviour of ideal and real gases, properties of pure substances, calculation of work and heat in ideal processes; analysis of thermodynamic cycles related to energy conversion. Applications Power Engineering Steam Tables, Rankine, Brayton cycles with regeneration and reheat. I.C. Engines air-standard Otto, Diesel cycles. Sterling cycle. Refrigeration and air-conditioning Vapour refrigeration cycle, heat pumps, gas refrigeration, Reverse Brayton cycle; moist air psychrometric chart, basic psychrometric processes. Turbo machinery Pelton-wheel, Francis and Kaplan turbines, impulse and reaction principles, velocity diagrams.

MANUFACTURING AND INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING Engineering Materials Structure and properties of engineering materials, heat treatment, stress-strain diagrams for engineering materials. Metal Casting Design of patterns, moulds and cores; solidification and cooling; riser and gating design, design considerations. Forming Load estimation for bulk (forging, rolling, extrusion, drawing) and sheet (shearing, deep drawing, bending) metal forming processes; principles of powder metallurgy. Joining Physics of welding, brazing and soldering; adhesive bonding; Machining and Machine Tool Operations Mechanics of machining, single and multi-point cutting tools, tool geometry and materials, tool life and wear; economics of machining; principles of non-traditional machining processes; principles of work holding, principles of design of jigs and fixtures.

Metrology and Inspection Limits, fits and tolerances; linear and angular measurements; comparators; gauge design; interferometry; form and finish measurement; alignment and testing methods; tolerance analysis in manufacturing and assembly. Production Planning and Control Forecasting models, aggregate production planning, scheduling, materials requirement planning. Inventory Control Deterministic and probabilistic models; safety stock inventory control systems. Operations Research Linear programming, simplex and duplex method, transportation, assignment, network flow models, simple queuing models, PERT and CPM. SOME CURRENT TRENDS IN DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING Mechatronics System Design Pneumatic and hydraulic systems; Eletro-pneumatic and electro-hydraulic systems; Pneumatic, hydraulic and electric motors and actutators; Concepts of microcontrollers, Feedback devices; Point-to-point, continuous-path and servo control; Types of CNC machines and robots. Programmable logic controllers; CNC and robot programming. Some current developments in modern machine tools, robotics, mechatronics; Basic topics related to micro-electro mechanical systems (MEMS). Computer Integrated Manufacturing Basic concepts of CAD/CAM and their integration tools. Exchange of product design and manufacturing data; CNC and robot programming methods. CAD/CAM Software and Virtual Product Development; Rapid Manufacturing Technologies; Concepts of Machine vision and Jigless manufacturing; Computer Aided Engineering Finite Element Methods; Computational Fluid Dynamics; Mechanical Systems Simulation; Tools for conventional mechanisms and MEMS design. Automotive Engineering Development in Bio-fuels, other alternative fuels and hydrogen as future fuel; Emission standards; Electronic injection systems; Passenger comfort and safety devices; Indian auto industry and Automotive vehicles in Indian market.

CENTER FOR NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY PHD ENTERANCE EXAMINATION SYLLABUS 2013 Biophysics Levels of structures in Biological macromolecules.Basic strategies in biophysics. Forces that determine protein and nucleic acid structure, Prediction of proteins structure nucleic acids, Properties of lipid bilayers, Cell Structure and Function of the Organelles Eukaryotic and Prokaryotic cells, cell division, mitosis & meiosis cell cycle and molecules that control cell cycle, endocytosis and Exocytosis. Ultrastructure of cellular organelles, viz. Mitochondria, ER, Golgi, Chloroplast, plasma membrane, centriole, nuclear and membrane bound receptors, Signal Transduction, Techniques of propagation of prokaryotic and Eukayotic cells, Autocrine, Paracrine and Endocrine models of action, Cell line, generation of cell lines. Molecular Biology Structure of DNA and histone molecules, Replication of eukaryotic chromosomes, nucleoid the complex replication apparatus, process of transcription and, Structure of tRNA, mRNA, rRNA, Deciphering of the genetic code, Translation, Mutation. General principles of cloning. Genetics Classical genetics, Mendels genetics, crossing over, linkage, Chromosome maps, chromosomal theory of heredity, cytoplasmic inheritance, Sex determination, sex linked inheritance, microbial genetics, population genetics, polyploidy, pedigree analysis, eugenics, mutation. Microbiology Basic concepts of Microbiology, classification, morphology, anatomy, physiology of bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasite. Microbes of various plant and animal diseases. Industrial microbiology, Microbial biotechnology, Mircrobial diversity and ecology. Immunology Basic concepts of immunology, types of immunity, biotechnological applications; organs of immune, response Innate and adaptive immunity, clonal selection theory, hypersensitivity, vaccine development, epitope mapping and immunomics, immunological tolerance and transplantation biotechnology. Chemical Sciences Concepts of acids and bases: Hard-Soft acid base concept; Analytical chemistry: separation, spectroscopic methods; Bioinorganic chemistry: photosystems, porphyrins, metalloenzymes, oxygen transport, electron- transfer reactions; nitrogen fixation, metal complexes in medicine; Characterization of organic and inorganic compounds by IR, Raman, NMR, EPR, UV-vis, MS, electron spectroscopy and microscopic techniques; Chemical kinetics: Empirical rate laws and

temperature dependence, steady state approximation, determination of reaction mechanisms, enzyme kinetics, salt effects, photochemical reactions; Colloids and surfaces: Stability and properties of colloids, isotherms and surface area, heterogeneous catalysis; Chemistry of natural products: Carbohydrates, proteins and peptides, fatty acids, nucleic acids, terpenes, steroids and alkaloids. Nanobiosciences Definition of Nanoscale; Physical and Chemical Properties of Materials in the Nanoscale; Biological systems at Nanoscale; synthesis of nanomaterials: top down and bottom up approach; Optical Properties: Absorption and Fluorescence; Surface Plasmon resonance, and SERS; Microscopy measurements: SEM, TEM, AFM, STM; nano-emulsion and applications ;Nanoparticle-interactions with cells, biomolecules, immune system; cytotoxicity and cellular responses; biocompatibility; reducing nanotoxicity; Ecotoxicology and environmental impacts.

Center for Nanotechnology Research


Syllabus for Ph.D. Entrance Examinations 2013 Quantum Physics: Basics of Quantum Physics, de Broglies wavelength, Heisenbergs uncertainty Principle, Quantum Mechanical Eigen Value Equation, Quantum Mechanical Operators and Time Dependent and Time Independent Schrodinger Wave Equations . Electromagnetics and EM Waves: Coulombs law, Lorentz Force and motion of charged particles in electric and magnetic fields. Maxwells equations. Eigen value representation of Maxwell Equation, TM, TE and TEM waves. Solid State Physics: Crystal structure, Bravais lattices and other basics, Miller indices, free electron theory of metals. Fermi energy and density of states, origin of energy bands, concept of effective mass of holes and electrons. Energy levels in One Dimension, Fermi-Dirac and Bose-Einstein Distributions and effect of Temperature in these. Concept of Chemical Potential. II-IV, III-V and Group IV semiconducting materials. Semiconductor and Photonic Devices: Characteristics of p-n-p, n-p-n devices, bi-polar devices, FETs, Tunnel Diodes. Concepts of leakage and Threshold currents. I-V characteristic, Transistor circuits in CB, CE, CC modes. Amplifier circuits with transistors. Operational amplifiers. OR, AND, NOR and NAND gates. ``Concept of MEMS and Sensors, Photonic devices,PIN, Avalanche Photo detectors, LEDs and Lasers, Optical Fiber. Nanostructures and Fabrication: Nanoparticles, changes in characteristics bulk to nanoscales, Concepts of synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes, Metal nanoparticles, Q-Dots, Nanowires Thin film synthesis- Chemical Vapor Deposition, Physical Vapor Depostion, Self-Assembly, Lithography- Optical & Electron Beam Lithography. Characterisation: Electron microscopes, scanning electron microscopes, transmission electron microscopes, scanning probe microscopy, atomic force microscopy, scanning tunneling microscope, Spectroscopy- FTIR, UV-Vis, Raman, NMR .

School of Advanced Sciences


Syllabus for M.Phil / Ph.D Entrance Examination June 2013

Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Medicinal Chemistry : Structure, nomenclature, classification, synthesis, SAR and metabolism of the following category of drugs, which are official in Indian Pharmacopoeia and British Pharmacopoeia. Introduction to drug design. Stereochemistry of drug molecules. Hypnotics and Sedatives, Analgesics, NSAIDS, Neuroleptics, Antidepressants, Anxiolytics, Anticonvulsants, Antihistaminics, Local Anaesthetics, Cardio Vascular drugs - Antianginal agents Vasodilators, Adrenergic & Cholinergic drugs, Cardiotonic agents, Diuretics, Anti- hypertensive drugs, Hypoglycemic agents, Antilipedmic agents, Coagulants, Anticoagulants, Antiplatelet agents. Chemotherapeutic agents - Antibiotics, Antibacterials, Sulphadrugs. Antiprotozoal drugs, Antiviral, Antitubercular, Antimalarial, Anticancer, Antiamoebic drugs. Diagnostic agents. Preparation and storage and uses of official Radiopharmaceuticals, Vitamins and Hormones. Eicosanoids and their Application. Pharmaceutical Analysis : Principles, instrumentation and applications of the following:. Fluorimetry, Flame photometry, Potentiometry. Conductometry and Polarography and X-ray diffraction analysis. Principles and instrumentation of Absorption spectroscopy (UV, visible & IR), 1H NMR, 13C NMR and Mass spectroscopy, Interpretation of drug molecules based on spectral data. Chromatographic Techniques:Principle and application of column chromatographysize exclusion, ion-exchange, hydrophobic interaction, affinity and countercurrent chromatography, principle, instrumentation and application of HPLC, GC, SFC and various electrophoretic techniques. Organic and Process Chemistry: Stereochemistry-Definition, principle, various nomenclature systems of Geometrical, Conformation and optical isomerism, Rearrangement reactions - pinacol-pinacolone, Favorskii, Wolff, Fries, Claisen, Mannich and cope rearrangement, Heterocyclics-Synthesis, reactions and examples of drug molecules of pyrimidines, imidazoles, quinolines, isoquinolines, purine and phenothiazine, Process chemistry- Approaches to process development, selection of reactions, inprocess control, purification of products-tools and techniques, scale-up of processbatch reactions, continuous and semi-continuous reactions. Natural Products : Pharmacognosy & Phytochemistry - Chemistry, tests, isolation, characterization and estimation of phytopharmaceuticals belonging to the group of Alkaloids, Glycosides, Terpenoids, Ster oids, Bioflavanoids, Purines, Guggul lipids. Pharmacognosy of crude drugs that contain the above constituents. Standardization of raw materials and herbal products. WHO guidelines. Quantitative microscopy including modern techniques used for evaluation. Biotechnological principles and techniques for plant development, Tissue culture.

Quality Control and Quality Assurance: Concept of GMP, GLP, TQM, SOP, ISO-9000, ISO14000, quality audit., Regulatory aspects of pharmaceutics, In-process quality control on various dosage forms-sterile and non-sterile, quality control of packaging material and finished products. Pharmaceutics : Definition and classification of pharmaceutical dosage forms, vehicles, adjuvents with examples. Formulation of liquids and elixirs, tablets and capsules. Classification, preparation, advantages and limitations of parenterals. Types of drug delivery systems-Sustained, Controlled-release, targeted, transdermal and floating drug delivery systems. Intellectual Property Rights: IPR laws, Trademarks and copyrights, The current global IPR snapshot, global patent ownership, The patenting process, patenting systems, Rights of Patentee, Biopyracy, intellectual property protection of living species, Recent changes in IPR laws impacting pharmaceutical industries. School of Advanced Sciences Syllabus for M.Phil / Ph.D Entrance Examinations June 2013

Physics
I. Mathematical Methods of Physics Dimensional analysis; Vector algebra and vector calculus; Linear algebra, matrices, Cayley Hamilton theorem, eigenvalue problems; Linear differential equations; Special functions (Hermite, Bessel, Laguerre and Legendre); Fourier series, Fourier and Laplace transforms; Elements of complex analysis: Laurent series-poles, residues and evaluation of integrals; Elementary ideas about tensors; Introductory group theory, SU(2), O(3); Elements of computational techniques: roots of functions, interpolation, extrapolation, integration by trapezoid and Simpsons rule, solution of first order differential equations using Runge-Kutta method; Finite difference methods; Elementary probability theory, random variables, binomial, Poisson and normal distributions. II. Classical Mechanics Newtons laws; Phase space dynamics, stability analysis; Central-force motion; Two-body collisions, scattering in laboratory and centre-of-mass frames; Rigid body dynamics, moment of inertia tensor, non-inertial frames and pseudoforces; Variational principle, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formalisms and equations of motion; Poisson brackets and canonical transformations; Symmetry, invariance and conservation laws, cyclic coordinates; Periodic motion, small oscillations and normal modes; Special theory of relativity, Lorentz transformations, relativistic kinematics and massenergy equivalence. III. Electromagnetic Theory Electrostatics: Gauss Law and its applications; Laplace and Poisson equations, boundary value problems; Magnetostatics: Biot-Savart law, Ampere's theorem, electromagnetic induction;

Maxwell's equations in free space and linear isotropic media; boundary conditions on fields at interfaces; Scalar and vector potentials; Gauge invariance; Electromagnetic waves in free space, dielectrics, and conductors; Reflection and refraction, polarization, Fresnels Law, interference, coherence, and diffraction; Dispersion relations in plasma; Lorentz invariance of Maxwells equations; Transmission lines and wave guides; Dynamics of charged particles in static and uniform electromagnetic fields; Radiation from moving charges, dipoles and retarded potentials. IV. Quantum Mechanics Wave-particle duality; Wave functions in coordinate and momentum representations; Commutators and Heisenberg's uncertainty principle; Matrix representation; Diracs bra and ket notation; Schroedinger equation (time-dependent and time-independent); Eigenvalue problems such as particle-in-a-box, harmonic oscillator, etc.; Tunneling through a barrier; Motion in a central potential; Orbital angular momentum, Angular momentum algebra, spin; Addition of angular momenta; Hydrogen atom, spin-orbit coupling, fine structure; Time-independent perturbation theory and applications; Variational method; WKB approximation; Time dependent perturbation theory and Fermi's Golden Rule; Selection rules; Semi-classical theory of radiation; Elementary theory of scattering, phase shifts, partial waves, Born approximation; Identical particles, Pauli's exclusion principle, spin-statistics connection; Relativistic quantum mechanics: Klein Gordon and Dirac equations. V. Thermodynamic and Statistical Physics Laws of thermodynamics and their consequences; Thermodynamic potentials, Maxwell relations; Chemical potential, phase equilibria; Phase space, micro- and macrostates; Microcanonical, canonical and grand-canonical ensembles and partition functions; Free Energy and connection with thermodynamic quantities; First- and second-order phase transitions; Classical and quantum statistics, ideal Fermi and Bose gases; Principle of detailed balance; Blackbody radiation and Planck's distribution law; Bose-Einstein condensation; Random walk and Brownian motion; Introduction to nonequilibrium processes; Diffusion equation. VI. Electronics Semiconductor device physics, including diodes, junctions, transistors, field effect devices, homo and heterojunction devices, device structure, device characteristics, frequency dependence and applications; Optoelectronic devices, including solar cells, photodetectors, and LEDs; High-frequency devices, including generators and detectors; Operational amplifiers and their applications; Digital techniques and applications (registers, counters, comparators and similar circuits); A/D and D/A converters; Microprocessor and microcontroller basics. VII. Experimental Techniques and data analysis Data interpretation and analysis; Precision and accuracy, error analysis, propagation of errors, least squares fitting, linear and nonlinear curve fitting, chi-square test; Transducers (temperature, pressure/vacuum, magnetic field, vibration, optical, and particle detectors), measurement and control; Signal conditioning and recovery, impedance matching, amplification (Op-amp based, instrumentation amp, feedback), filtering and noise reduction, shielding and grounding; Fourier

transforms; lock-in detector, box-car integrator, modulation techniques. Applications of the above experimental and analytical techniques to typical undergraduate and graduate level laboratory experiments. VIII. Atomic & Molecular Physics Quantum states of an electron in an atom; Electron spin; Stern-Gerlach experiment; Spectrum of Hydrogen, helium and alkali atoms; Relativistic corrections for energy levels of hydrogen; Hyperfine structure and isotopic shift; width of spectral lines; LS & JJ coupling; Zeeman, Paschen Back & Stark effect; X-ray spectroscopy; Electron spin resonance, Nuclear magnetic resonance, chemical shift; Rotational, vibrational, electronic, and Raman spectra of diatomic molecules; Frank Condon principle and selection rules; Spontaneous and stimulated emission, Einstein A & B coefficients; Lasers, optical pumping, population inversion, rate equation; Modes of resonators and coherence length. IX. Condensed Matter Physics Bravais lattices; Reciprocal lattice, diffraction and the structure factor; Bonding of solids; Elastic properties, phonons, lattice specific heat; Free electron theory and electronic specific heat; Response and relaxation phenomena; Drude model of electrical and thermal conductivity; Hall effect and thermoelectric power; Diamagnetism, paramagnetism, and ferromagnetism; Electron motion in a periodic potential, band theory of metals, insulators and semiconductors; Superconductivity, type I and type - II superconductors, Josephson junctions; Defects and dislocations; Ordered phases of matter, translational and orientational order, kinds of liquid crystalline order; Conducting polymers; Quasicrystals. X. Nuclear and Particle Physics Basic nuclear properties: size, shape, charge distribution, spin and parity; Binding energy, semiempirical mass formula; Liquid drop model; Fission and fusion; Nature of the nuclear force, form of nucleon-nucleon potential; Charge-independence and charge-symmetry of nuclear forces; Isospin; Deuteron problem; Evidence of shell structure, single- particle shell model, its validity and limitations; Rotational spectra; Elementary ideas of alpha, beta and gamma decays and their selection rules; Nuclear reactions, reaction mechanisms, compound nuclei and direct reactions; Classification of fundamental forces; Elementary particles (quarks, baryons, mesons, leptons); Spin and parity assignments, isospin, strangeness; Gell-Mann-Nishijima formula; C, P, and T invariance and applications of symmetry arguments to particle reactions, parity nonconservation in weak interaction; Relativistic kinematics.

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