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57th Foundation Day Celebrations

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The Institute celebrated its 57th Foundation Day onMarch 10, 2016. The foundation stone for theinternationally recognized Institute was laid by PanditJawaharlal Nehru, then Prime Minister of India onMarch 10, 1959. IIT Bombay was the second IIT to beestablished in the country and the first one to beestablished with a foreign aid received fromUNESCO. Since then, the Institute has grown fromstrength to strength and is now counted amongst thebest engineering institutions across the globe.

On the occasion, Prof. Devang Khakhar, Director,IITB spoke at length about the achievements of theInstitute. “Over the years, the Institute has becomemore focused towards research activities. I ampleased to inform that we have licensed 9technologies last year and the number of publicationsand patents have also increased. We are

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Chief Guest Prof. Sandip Trivedi, Director, TIFR, Dr. Anil Kakodkar, Former Chairman, BOG, IITB and Former Secretary of Department ofAtomic Energy, Prof. S.P. Sukhatme, Former Director, IITB and Former Chairman, AERB, Prof. Devang V. Khakhar, Director, IITB,Prof. Ravi Sinha, Dean (ACR) and Prof. P.V. Balaji, Dean (R&D) with the awardees on the Foundation Day

collaborating with industry and working closely withthem in areas of mutual benefit and interest.”

As part of the Foundation Day celebrations this year,the Institute felicitated Dr. Anil Kakodkar, FormerChairman, Board of Governors (BoG), IIT Bombayand Former Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy,Government of India for his leadership and visionduring his stint with the Institute.

After receiving the recognition, Dr. Kakodkar said, “Ihave been fortunate to be associated with IIT Bombayfor 15 years. IITB is definitely the best Institute ofhigher education and the reason is great teaching,strong linkages with alumni and open-mindedness.The way forward for the Institute is to commercializeits research and try to work on research that willbenefit the society at large.”


Like every year, the Institute felicitated its selectalumni for their achievements in diverse fields rangingfrom academics, research and entrepreneurship. Prof.Sandip Trivedi, Director of Tata Institute ofFundamental Research (TIFR) was the Chief Guestfor the function and gave away the DistinguishedAlumnus Awards, Young Alumni Achiever Awards,the ‘Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya Award for Excellencein Research in Pure Sciences’ and ‘Prof. H.H.Mathur Award for Excellence in Research inApplied Sciences’.

Speaking on the occasion, he said, “IIT Bombay is agreat Institute. The fact that 47 out of 50 JEE toppersopt for IIT Bombay speaks greatly about theleadership of Prof. D. V. Khakhar and Dr. AnilKakodkar. I believe that doing science in India is

Distinguished Alumnus Awards

Mr. Mohan Kavrie (Civil Engineering, B.Tech., 1971),Founder, Supreme Nonwovens Pvt. Ltd.

Give people thefreedom to work andallow them to makehonest mistakes

Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Department of ElectricalEngg, receiving the award on behalf ofDr. Hemant Kanakia (Electrical Engineering,B.Tech., 1975), General Partner, Columbia Capital &Founder, Torrent Networking Technology.

Cliched to say thatbut it is true in mycase: Work Hardand Take CalculatedRisks.

Dr. Cyrus Mehta (CivilEngineering, B.Tech.,1967), President and Co-founder of Cytel Inc., andAdjunct Professor ofBiostatistics at HarvardUniversity.

Take your time, divedeeply into yourprojects, andunderstand thefundamentalsthoroughly. Don’t besatisfied with asuperficial surfaceunderstanding. You canonly love something ifyou know it well. Andthen you will find theoriginal ideas come toyou for taking the nextsteps.

Dr. Krishna Chivukula (Mechancial Engineering,B.Tech., 1968), Owner and Chairman of Board ofDirectors of INDO US MIM TEC Private Limited,Shiva Analyticals (India) Private Ltd, Bangalore;Shiva Analyticals Private Ltd. Tanzania; andAdvanced Analytical Testing Laboratories, Inc,Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Love and active life,full of accomplishment,kindness andcontribution tohumanity

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amazing, its better than any part of the world. Theopportunities in this field are immense in India.Therefore, I strongly feel that students should beencouraged and told about these opportunities andwho better than IITs to do that. Lets make ourstudents believe and hope that science is the wayforward just like our first Prime MinisterPt. Jawaharlal Nehru did.”

The Foundation Day celebrations also witnessed theformal naming of the main auditorium Victor MenezesConvention Centre (VMCC) as Prof. B. NagAuditorium after Prof. Biswajit Nag, Former Director(1984-94), IITB. The naming was done in thepresence of Prof. S.P. Sukhatme, Former Director,IITB and Former Chairman AERB and Mrs. Nag. All inall, the event was a great success with participationfrom students, alumni and faculty.


Prof. Shantikumar Nair, (Metallurgical Engineering& Materials Science, B.Tech., 1976), Dean ofResearch, Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeeth and Director,Amrita Centre for Nanosciences and MolecularMedicine

Work hard withoutexpectation of anypersonal gain and showlove to others

Prof. Madan Rao (Department of Physics, M.Sc.,1982), Senior Professor, National Centre forBiological Sciences (NCBS), Bangalore

I don’t know aboutsuccess, but creativityrequires: Freedom,Passion, Hard Worklaced with humor andthe company of verycreative people

Dr. Girish Deodhare (Control and Instrumentation,M.Tech., 1986), Associate Programe Director,Aeronautical Development Agency, Bangalore

Work hard, beconsistent andsuccess will follow.Nothing is impossible– some things areonly more difficultthan others.

Prof. Avinash Mahajan Department of Physics,receiving the award on behalf of Dr. RangarajanPitchumani (Mechanical Engineering, B.Tech.,1986),George R. Goodson Professor of MechanicalEngineering, Virginia Tech. USA

In the epicMahabharata, LordKrishna, offers thefollowing advice toArjuna: “Do your dutywithout regard to itsfruits. Add to that apassion for what you doand having fun at whatyou do, you have agood recipe for life”.

Young Alumni Achiever Awards

Dr. Dhananjay Gore, (Electrical Engineering),B.Tech., 1998, Senior Director Engineering,Qualcomm Research India.

Perseverance, hardwork and focus.

Prof. Nisheeth Vishnoi, (Computer Science andEngineering, B.Tech., 1999), Associate Professor,School of Computer and Communication Sciences,Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)

In what may seem likeabject failures are oftenhidden the greatestopportunities forsuccess – staypositive and search forthem”

Mr. Samson Charikar (father), receiving the award onbehalf of Prof. Moses Charikar (Computer Scienceand Engineering), B.Tech, 1995,) Professor,Computer Science, Stanford University

Focus, patience andperseverance

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Prof. S.C. Bhattacharya Awardfor Excellence in Research

in Pure Sciences

Prof. C.P. Rao, Department of Chemistry Prof. Indradev Samajdar, Department ofMetallurgical Engineering & Materials Science

Prof. H.H. Mathur Award for Excellencein Research in Applied Sciences

Dilip Shanghvi becomes the new Chairman of IIT Bombay

Mr. Dilip Shanghvi, Managing Director, Sun PharmaceuticalIndustries Ltd., Mumbai has been appointed as the Chairman,Board of Governors of IIT Bombay w.e.f. April 4, 2016, for aperiod of three years.

The appointment is made by the President of India, in his capacityas the Visitor of the Institute.

Social Initiative for Holi by IIT Bombay’s Techfest Team

IIT Bombay’s non-profitorganisation Techfest, in an effortto give back to the society, visitedchildren in Aditya Birla Centre forthe Welfare of Children inChembur and the Vatsalya Trustnear Powai this year to celebratedry Holi and spread the colour ofhappiness.

The team also visited childrenliving in the slums near the IIT

initiatives like Internet For Allcampaign (aimed at spreadingawareness about uses of internetamong the villages ofMaharashtra, Gujarat andRajasthan), Manifest (aimed atbringing about transparency ingovernance thereby reducingcorruption) and Recycle (topromote the importance of healthand hygiene among the people).

Bombay campus. Studentscelebrated dry Holi, using onlyeco-friendly colours ensuring thatthere is no wastage of water.Children were also motivated tostudy and presented with gifts bythe team members.

This is not the first time thatTechfest has come up with suchan initiative. In the past Techfesthas been associated with


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Professor Devang V. Khakhar, Director, IITB and Mr.Gajendra Chandel, Chief Human Resource Officer, TataMotors Ltd. signed a five year MoU on March 9, 2016 with anobjective to meet the engineering needs of the automotiveindustry of the future. Under this MoU, joint R&D projects willalso be undertaken for development of new technologies invarious engineering domains.

Professor Devang V Khakhar, Director, IITB said, “We areexcited to partner with Tata Motors in various modes ofcollaboration. The partnership will enable joint basic researchin specific areas which will feed into the future products ofTata Motors as well as advanced training of Tata Motorspersonnel. The faculty and students will greatly benefit byexposure to current industry practices and be able to createthe road map for the future growth of the industry. We lookforward to advancing knowledge as well as industry practicethrough the collaboration.”

Mr. Gajendra Chandel, Chief Human Resources Officer, TataMotors said, “With the rapidly changing business landscape,it is imperative for us to foresee and plan a world-class,competent, talented and innovative workforce to retain ourcompetitive edge. By working with an esteemed Institutionlike IITB, we endeavor to continuously develop engineeringskills not only within the company but also that of ouracademic partners. This partnership is a step in thisdirection, where we intend bridging the academic excellencewith the business know-how from the industry. We are

looking forward to pushing the boundaries of collaboration todevelop industry-ready resources. This also supports thegovernment’s “Make In India program” preparing the Indianindustry to compete at a global platform”.

The MoU between the Institute and India’s largestcommercial vehicle manufacturer aims at creating atechnological partnership in areas of mutual benefit andinterest. Series of interventions have been identified to caterto a future-ready organization.

The staff handbook was formally released on April 15, 2016 by Prof. Devang V. Khakhar, Director, IIT Bombayin the presence of Prof. P.M. Mujumdar, Deputy Director, (Finance and External Affairs), Prof. Y.M. Desai,Dean (Administrative Affairs), Dr. R. Premkumar, Registrar, Prof. G.V. Sreekumar (IDC), IIT Bombay andother officers of the Institute. The staff handbook incorporates all the required information that will be useful asa day-to-day reference for staff members. The institute has already published a Faculty handbook.

The Staff Handbook is also available online at http://www.iitb.ac.in/sites/default/files/Staff%20handbook%20.pdf

IIT Bombay Staff Handbook released

Prof. Devang V. Khakhar, Director, IITB, releasing the Staff Handbook in presence of Institute functionaries of the Institute

Tata Motors – IIT Bombay signs MoU

Prof. Devang V. Khakhar, Director, IITB and Mr. GajendraChandel, Chief Human Resource Officer, Tata Motors Ltd duringthe signing of MoU


e-Yantra Robotics Competition and Symposium

e-yantra Robotics Competition and Symposium

The finals of the IIT Bombay’s e-Yantra Robotics Competition washeld during March 18-19, 2016 oncampus. The theme of thecompetition this year was “SmartServices”. 44 teams from variousinstitutions across India battled itout for summer internship at IITBombay.

Themes of the competition andthe winners :

1. Courier Service: A raspberry-pi based robot picks up packagesfrom courier companies anddelivers them to theirdestinations. Walchand College ofEngineering, Sangli, Maharashtrawon under this theme.

2. Hotel Guest Service: Therobot detects service requestsand delivers the services to therooms in the order of priority. J.K.Institute of Applied Physics andTechnology, Allahabad, UttarPradesh won in this category.

3. Gas Leakage Detection: Gasleaks are detected by the robotand controlled by shutting

different control valves.University School of InformationAnd Communication Technology,Delhi and JSS Academy ofTechnical Education, UttarPradesh were the joint winners inthis category.

4. Puzzle Solver using Gripper:Robot solves the mathematicalpuzzle by picking up numbersfrom one section and droppingthem in another section tocomplete a sum. J.K. Institute ofApplied Physics and Technology,Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh won thecompetition under this theme.

5. Puzzle Solver using GLCD:Robot solves the mathematicalpuzzle by picking and placingnumbers using GLCD as indicatorto complete a sum. AcharyyaPrafulla Chandra RayPolytechnic, West Bengal weredeclared the winners.

6. Search & Rescue: Two robotscollaborate to search and rescuethe survivors and drop the medicalkits. Thakur College of Engineeringand Technology, Mumbai, Mahara-shtra won under this theme.

7. Hazardous Waste Disposal:The robot collects and sorts thehazardous waste and takes it to adumping site across a rivercrossing the bridge. NationalInstitute of Technology Meghalayawas declared the winner.

8. Recyclable WasteManagement: One robot avoidsthe obstacles and collects therecyclable waste from collectionpoints and dumps it onto acollector robot. Maharaja AgrasenCollege, New Delhi won under thistheme.

9. Pizza Delivery Service: Robottakes orders and deliversappropriate pizza to the houses ina timely manner. Sir MV Instituteof Technology, Karnataka wonunder this theme.

The e-Yantra Symposium 2016

The e-Yantra Symposium was heldon March 11-12, 2016. As part ofthe symposium, an e-Yantra IdeasCompetition (eYIC-2016) was held.All the colleges with robotic labswere given an opportunity to

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More than 400 students, staff and faculty memberscelebrated International Women’s Day on 9th ofMarch, 2016 in IIT Bombay. The program was acombination of informative session by distinguishedspeakers and cultural program by the students. Aspart of the informative sessions, a lecture by Ms.Snehal Velkar, Akshara Center on "Challenges inmaking public transport safe for women" wasorganised. The other session was by IIT BombayAlumnus and founder of the company ‘Flyrobe’ Ms.Shreya Mishra, who spoke about her journey as awoman entrepreneur in today’s startup ecosystem -stressing that being a woman was always an assetin her journey.

were given an opportunity topropose innovative project ideas.The selection of the proposalsfrom idea to demonstration stagewas done in two stages. Out of181 project proposals received,44 were selected for stage 2.These 44 teams, each having 3-4students mentored by a teacher,implemented their idea andsubmitted video demonstrationand code. 11 projects areshortlisted which will beshowcased in the e-YantraExhibition to be held during thesymposium. These projects wereevaluated by a panel of judgescomprising IIT Bombay facultyand awarded certificates andprizes.

Prof. Shobha Bagai, AssociateProfessor of Cluster InnovationCentre, University of Delhi said,

“The eLSI has inculcated instudents a sense of creativity.The lab at CIC is completelymanaged by students. Thisencourages a team spirit amongstthe students. The activities are sodesigned in the robotics lab thatthe students are more sociallyaware of the usage of technology.”

Sharing the same sentiment, Dr.D.V. Kodavade, Professor andHead, Computer Science &Engineering Department ofD.K.T.E. Society’s Textile &Engineering Institute, Ichalkaranji,(Maharashtra) said, “The e-yantralaboratories are benefitingstudents from all departments of14 engineering collegesassociated with this nodal centre.This year, students havedeveloped projects like cellphone-based fire fighting robot,

staircase climbing spider,automatic grass cutter for lawn,accelerometer-based robotic armetc”.

Conclusion : Both the eventswere a grand success. It isimportant to note here that the e-Yantra project is sponsored by theMinistry of Human ResourceDevelopment (MHRD), under theNational Mission for Educationthrough ICT (NMEICT) to providehands-on learning infrastructure tostudents who have limited accessto labs and mentors. e-Yantraprovides training and hands-onexperience to teachers to run therobotic labs, advice and supportfor setting up the labs, provides aplatform for colleges to share bestpractices and student projectsthrough the e-Yantra Symposiumand provides learning resourcesto these colleges.

Prof. Devang V. Khakhar, Director, IIT Bombay wasthe chief guest for the evening. In his message, heemphasized that though number of women students,faculty and staff in IIT Bombay have increased overthe years, there is still room for improvement.Following this, he unveiled Women’s Cell Logodesigned by IDC student Varun Mewada, which wasselected by a pan-campus competition. The studentsperformed a themed Bharatanatyam performance andan amazing Bbollywood dance along with severalmusic performances. To salute the work of womenstaff in campus, several staff members werepresented with a token of appreciation by thechief guest on behalf of Women’s Cell. The eventended with a mesmerising song performance ‘Let itGo’ by a student.

International Women’s Day Celebrations

Prof. Devang V. Khakhar, Director, IITB during the Women’s Day celebration at the Institute

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Talk-cum-Interactive Session on ‘Make in India’

Team Samwad - A student socialdiscussion club of the instituteorganized a talk-cum-interactivesession on ‘Make in India’ withIIT Bombay. The main speakersfor this event were Dr. B RaviKumar, an Institute ChairProfessor from the Department ofMechanical Engineering, Prof. AnilKumar from the Department of

Chemistry and Prof. JayeshBellare from the Department ofChemical Engineering. The threeprofessors are working indifferent sectors under thiscampaign of ‘Make in India’.

Make in India is an initiativelaunched by the Government ofIndia on September 25, 2014 toencourage multi-national as well

as national companies tomanufacture their products inIndia. Under this campaign, thereare various innovations andresearch going on inside IITBombay for the benefit of commonpeople such as medicalequipments, handheld explosivesensors, smart cities and buildingsto name a few.

Ms. Santosh Yadav, Everest Foundation deliveredthe Second Annual Radhika Rajan LeadershipLecture titled “Motivation, Team Building, Leadershipand Risk Management – An Everest Conqueror’sStory” on March 2, 2016.

Justice B. N. Srikrishna, Retired Judge, SupremeCourt of India delivered the Inaugural Lecture of theInstitute Lecture Series on “The Indian Constitution’’on March 12, 2016.

Institute Colloquium /Lectures

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Prof. D.D. Sarma, Solid State Structural ChemistryUnit, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. deliveredthe Professor C.N.R. Rao Lecture Series onNanoscience and Nanotechnology titled “Brighter sideof semiconductor nanocrystals: How to make defectsuseful” on April 22, 2016.


Mr. Bill McDermott, Chief Executive Officer and amember of the Executive Board of SAP SE had aninteractive session with students titled “A Journeyfrom Corner Store to Corner Office” on March 17,2016.

Dr. Pradip P, Vice President, Chief Scientist andHead of the Process Engineering Lab, Tata ResearchDevelopment and Design Centre, Pune delivered anInstitute Distinguished Lecture in Department ofChemical Engineering (in memory of Professor K.C.Khilar) titled “Challenges Facing the Global Mineralsand Metals Processing Industry and Opportunities forthe Chemical Engineers to Drive Innovation” on April12, 2016.

Mr. Aspi Chinoy, Advocate and Senior Counsel ofBombay High Court and the Supreme Court of India,delivered the Second Lecture of the “Institute LectureSeries on the Indian Constitution” titled ‘The Nature,Import and Effect of a Constitution’ on April 2, 2016.

Prof. Rana Adhikari, California Institute ofTechnology, United States delivered an InstituteColloquium titled “Discovery of gravity waves by theLIGO experiment: Dawn of a new era in experimentalphysics” on April 13, 2016

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Department of Humanities andSocial Sciences

Prof. Kenneth Liberman,University of Oregon, Eugene,USA gave a talk in a seminartitled “What Can the HumanSciences Contribute toPhenomenology?” and “TheReversibilty of Landscapes” onMarch 8 and 9, 2016 respectively.

Dr. Mamta Tripathi, IIM Calcutta,Kolkata gave a talk in a seminartitled “The role of counter factualthinking in group decision making”on March 30, 2016.

Dr. Anindita Majumdar, ManipalUniversity, Manipal gave a talktitled “Conflicted kinship in atransnational world: Commercialgestational surrogacy in India” onApril 12, 2016.

Prof. Adam Habib, ViceChancellor and Principal,University of Witwatersrand,South Africa gave a talk in aseminar titled “State of the Nation”on April 22, 2016

Department of Civil Engg

Prof. B. S. Mazumder, RetiredSenior Professor, IndianStatistical Institute of Kolkatadelivered a CEA lecture titled“Experimental and Theoreticalstudies on flow and sedimententertainment over rough bedusing image processingtechniques” on March 18, 2016

Department of ComputerScience and Engineering

Prof. Nisheeth Vishnoi, EPFLLausanne gave a talk on the topictitled “Evolution and Computation”on March 9, 2016.

Prof. Eduard Hovy, CarnegieMellon University spoke on the

topic titled “Machine LearningMethods In Support Of ReadingText Semantics” on March 17,2016.

Prof. Kolin Paul, IIT Delhi gave atalk titled “Affordable TechnologySolutions for the VisuallyChallenged” on March 17, 2016.

Mr. Anand Bhagwat, ManagingDirector, New York, JPMorganChase & Co, Mr. Nilesh Pathak,Executive Director, Mumbai,JPMorgan Chase & Co, andMr. Devendra Bisht, VicePresident, Mumbai, JPMorganChase & Co gave a talk on thetopic titled “RegulatoryTechnology at JPMorgan” onMarch 17, 2016.

Dr. Arvind Krishna, SVP &Director of IBM Research gave atalk titled “IBM Research GlobalInnovation” on March 18, 2016.

Dr. Mayur Datar, Principal DataScientist with Flipkart gave a talktitled “Machine LearningChallenges in E-Commerce” onApril 11, 2016.

Dr. Chaman Lal, FormerChairperson, Centre for IndianLanguages, Jawaharlal NehruUniversity gave a talk titled“Bhagat Singh: Why should weremember him today?” on April11, 2016.

Centre for Technologyalternative in Rural areas(CTARA)

Ms. Seema Kulkarni, thefounding member of Society forPromoting Participative Eco-System Management, Punespoke in a seminar titled“Privatizing the public - Criticalexamination of Canal Irrigation inMaharashtra from an equityperspective” on March 10, 2016.

Mr. Haresh Shah , Founder,Chairman of Confederation forPromotion of KHADI and Village

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DepartmentalLectures

Industries spoke in a seminar titled“Harvesting the Huge hithertountapped Employment andEntrepreneurship opportunities inthe Decentralized Sector” onMarch 31, 2016.

Centre for Urban Science &Engineering (C-USE)

Dr. Pradip P. Kalbar, TechnicalUniversity of Denmark gave alecture on the topic of“Environmental Sustainability ofUrban Residents and Buildings:Life Cycle Assessment Approach”on March 22, 2016.

Center of Sudies in ResourceEngineering (CSRE)

Dr. Prakash Chauhan, SeniorScientist, Space ApplicationsCentre, ISRO gave a seminar talk“Why study Mars and relatedMajor Scientific Challenges”? onMarch 29, 2016. The seminar wasorganized by The Indian Society ofRemote Sensing (ISRS) MumbaiChapter

SJM School of Management

Mr. Shri Anuj Dhar, author of fourbooks, spoke on “Netaji SubhashChandra Bose, an unsolvedmystery” on March 9, 2016.

Climate Studies

Prof. Jagdish Krishnaswamy,Convener and Senior Fellow andMr. Suri Sehgal, Centre forBiodiversity and Conservation,ATREE gave a talk in a seminartilted “Ecosystem Responses toGlobal Change: Insights from theIndian Experience” on March 9,2016


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Research in FocusNew, affordable, portable kits for diabetic patients

There is an increasing demand for accurate,efficient and cost-effective treatment methodsand devices in critical care units. The main goalbehind the research in Nanobios Lab at IITBombay relates to the development of biosensorassays and their integration into affordable Point-of-care diagnostic devices. Prof. RohitSrivastava from the Department of Biosciencesand Bioengineering has developed two innovativeportable diagnostic systems to measure bloodsugar and other components - uChek andSuChek.

uChek (http://uchek.in) - a low cost smartphonebased urine dipstick reader which was designed,tested and deployed. uChek can interpret uptoten analytes in urine including glucose, bilirubin ,ketones, proteins, urobilinogen, pH, SG, occultblood, leukocytes and nitrites. The accuracy ofuChek was found to be comparable tocommercially available semi-automatedurinalysis instruments in laboratories with 100%of readings within +/- 1 color block. Nanobios labin collaboration with Biosense Technologies PvtLtd have commercialized this product.

Nanobios lab in collaboration with BiosenseTechnologies Pvt Ltd have also manufacturedand commercialized SuChek. SuChek is anindigenous, accurate, low-cost glucometersupported by the Indian Council of MedicalResearch. SuChek reagent strips are asaccurate as conventional glucometers, at afraction of the price. Along with the glucometer,the companion Suchek mobile application helpssave, trend and analyze blood glucose levels atan individual level or track response to treatmentat a community level. The reader and strips arecurrently under clinical trials at various hospitalsin India.

Prof. Srivastava was awarded the Vasvik Award2013 for scientific and industrial research, andthe Product and Process Development andCommercialization Award given by theDepartment of Biotechnology, Government ofIndia for his work on both the products.

SuChek

uChek


Awards andDistinctions

Prof. J.K.Verma, Department ofMathematics has been appointed as aMember on the Editorial Board of IndianJournal of Pure and AppliedMathematics (IJPAM) by INSA.

Prof. Sourav Pal, Department ofChemistry and President of ChemicalResearch Society of India, has beennominated to be a member of theExecutive Council of the Federation ofAsian Chemical Societies.

Prof G K Adil, Prof A Patwardhan,Prof Vinish Kathuriad. Prof IMukherjee, and Prof T T Niranjan ofSJM School of Management have beenrecognized among top 5% researchersin the management field in the country byan article published in a prestigiousmanagement journal.

Prof. G. Rajaraman, Department ofChemistry has been selected to receivethe prestigious AV Rama Rao YoungScientist Award for the year 2015 inrecognition of his excellence researchcontributions.

Prof. I K Rana, Department ofMathematics has been elected for thepost of the President for ‘TheAssociation of Mathematics Teachers ofIndia (AMTI)’ for a period of two yearsfrom April 1 2016.

Prof. D. Ramakrishnan, Department ofEarth Science has been chosen as theNational Coordinator for leading andimplementing the national programme on“Networked Projects on HyperspectralRemote Sensing and Applications”.

Prof. Atanu Ghosh. SJM School ofManagement, was invited to join theBoard of Governors of Indian EducationSociety’s Institute of ManagementCollege and Research Centre, Bandraand Institute of Apparel Management,Gurgaon.

Publications

Prof. Sudha Shastri, Department ofHumanities and Social Sciences edited:‘Disnarration: The Unsaid Matters’,Orient Blackswan Publishers, 2016.“And those who were seen dancingwere thought to be insane by those whocould not hear the music.” FriedrichNietzsche

Dr. Azizuddin Khan, Department ofHumanities and Social Sciences and

Invited Lectures /Visits

Prof. Shripad P. Mahulikar,Department of Aerospace Engineering,delivered a keynote lecture titled“Surface Radiation Exchange in Micro-heat Exchanger: Benign or Parasitic?”at the 9th International Conference onThermal Engineering. The conferencewas jointly organized by the RyersonUniversity Canada & Alhosn UniversityU.A.E. at the Grand Millennium AlWahda, Abu Dhabi, U.A.E duringMarch 24-26, 2016.

Prof. Azizuddin Khan, Department ofHumanities and Social Sciences,delivered a lecture on “Visualprocessing deficit in Hindi-speakingdyslexic children: An event relatedpotential (ERP) study. 6th LA Schoolfor Education, Cognitive and NeuralSciences” , from March 7 – 18, 2016 atBuenos Aires, Argentina. Prof. Khanalso delivered a lecture on “Detectionof changes in the expression ofemotion in Alzheimer patients” at 7thInternational Conference on DrugDiscovery and Therapy during,February 15 - 18, 2016 at theUniversity of Sharjah, Sharjah, UAE.

Prof. Atanu Ghosh, SJM School ofManagement delivered talks on “Needfor Disruptive Innovation for EmergingEconomies” at the KIIT School ofManagement, and Xavier Institute ofManagement, Bhuvaneswar onFebruary 27, 2016. In addition, he

delivered talks at the Department of Juteand Fibre Technology, University ofCalcutta on March 2, 2016 and at theDepartment of Management Studies inIIT Delhi on March 8. He also deliveredtalks at the Indian Institute of ForeignTrade, Kolkata National Institute ofFashion Technology in March 2016,

Prof. Atanu Ghosh, SJM School ofManagement was the Chief Guest forthe Convocation ceremony of the MMSand MFSM students of Alkesh DineshMody Institute of Management,University of Mumbai which was held atthe Kalina Campus of University ofMumbai.

Prof. A.K. Dikshit, Centre forEnvironmental Science and Engineeringdelivered invited talk on “Bioremediationof Distillery Wastewater” at GIANWorkshop on “BioremediationTechnology of Hazardous WasteManagement” organized by CentralUniversity of Gujarat, Gandhinagar onMarch 18, 2016. Also attended AdvisoryCommittee meeting for Centre forClimate Change.

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Psychophysiology Laboratory,Department of Humanities andSocial Sciences, IIT Bombay incollaboration with Foundation forPolice Research, New Delhiorganized a National Seminar onInformation, Communication andTechnology (ICT) and 21st CenturyPolicing: Challenges andPotentialities on February 27,2016.

Prof. Urjit A. Yajnik, Departmentof Physics presented a popularlecture “Windows into deep space:from telescopes to gravitationalwave detection” at the SardarVallabhbhai National Institute ofTechnology (SVNIT), Surat on April1, 2016. He also attended aconference “The First Workshop onBeyond Standard Model Physics”at Indian Institute of ScienceEducation and Research (IISER),Mohali during April 6-9, 2016.During his visit, he also delivered aseminar talk titled “Little hierarchyand excited leptons” on April 8,2016.

Pereirs, D., (2016) ‘HemisphericSpecialization of ImpairedDisengagement of Attention inDepression: A TachistoscopicMethod. Laterlity: Asymmetries ofBody, Brain and Cognition’, Vol.21(2): pp. 1-16

Dr. Azizuddin Khan, Department ofHumanities and Social Sciences andPereirs, D., (2016). ‘Disengagingattention from affective stimuli:Evidence for valence-dependentlateralization in emotion regulation’ inIndian Journal of Applied Psychology’,Vol. 42, No. 1, pp. 154-160.

Prof. Urjit A. Yajnik, Department ofPhysics, edited : “Proceedings ofUNICOS-2014, InternationalWorkshop on Unification andCosmology after Higgs Discovery andBICEP2” edited by Charanjit SinghAulakh, Kuldeep Kumar and UrjitYajnik, Pramana Vol. 86, No. 2,appeared in print March 2016.

Seminars / Conference /Workshops


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Appointments

Mrs. Falguni B. Naha, has beenappointed asPublic RelationsOfficer inPublications &Public Relationssection on March7, 2016

Dr. Eshita Mazumdar,Department ofMathematics,has beenappointed asPost - DoctoralFellow on March10, 2016.

Prof. J.N. Mandal, Department ofCivil Engineering,retired after 32years of service.

Shri Baburao R. Kharat,Assistant SecurityOfficer, SecuritySection retired after17 years of service.

Retirements onApril 30, 2016

Prof. Atanu Ghosh, SJM School ofManagement delivered a talk andchaired a session during theInternational Conference“Developments in BusinessTechnology and Management” heldduring April 1-2 2016 at the Instituteof Science and Technology (ITS),Ghaziabad. He also delivered alecture on “Technology Strategy inTextile Organizations” at anworkshop on Leadership &Entrepreneurial skill organized bythe Department of TextileTechnology , IIT Delhi, under theaegis of the MOU signed betweenIIT Delhi and Ethiopian TextileIndustry Research Institute (ETIDI)on March 8, 2016.

Blood Donation Camp

The Sthaniya Lokadhikar Samiti ofIIT Bombay in association with KEMHospital’s Blood Bank organized aBlood Donation Camp on April 9,2016 in the Institute. The drivewitnessed blood donation fromaround 381 people including facultymembers, student and staffcommunity of the Institute. Theevent was a grand success due tothe dedicated efforts by Dr. Ingoleand his team from KEM BloodBank, along with IIT B volunteersand Institute authorities.

Ms. Supriya S Khaniwadekar,Jr. Supdt, Centre forEnvironmentScience &Engineering retiredafter 28 years ofservice.

Shri Mahadev Sidram Kharat,Watchman (SG),Security Sectionretired after 35years of service.

Shri Milind M.Vaidya, Sr. Attdt,ElectricalMaintenance retiredafter 32 years ofservice.

Shri Magan M Solanki, Sr.Helper,ElectricalMaintenance, retiredafter 36 years ofservice.

Retirements onMarch 31, 2016

Dr. Mohd Ishtikhar, Departmentof Chemistry,has beenappointed asPost-DoctoralFellow on March11, 2016.

Obituary

Prof. K. RamachandranEmeritus Professor, left for hisheavenly abode on March 17,2016 after a brief Illness. Hehad greatly contributed to thedesign community as a designfaculty, a design practitionerand a great mentor. Ourheartfelt condolences are withhis family. May his soul rest inpeace.

Prof. A. Parthasarathy,Emeritus Professor andfounder member of theDepartment of Earth Sciencesleft for his heavenly abode onMarch 30, 2016 at hisresidence in Navi Mumbai. Hewas 91 years old. Our heartfeltcondolences are with hisfamily. May his soul rest inpeace.

Prof. A. N. Chandorkar leftfor his heavenly abode onMarch 31, 2016. Prof.Chandorkar was one of theearly faculty members of theDepartment of ElectricalEngineering and made manysignificant contributions to thedepartment. He also served inmany administrative capacitiesof the Institute. Our heartfeltcondolences are with hisfamily. May his soul rest inpeace.

Shri Rajaram G.Gore,Messenger,Administration,retired after 26years of service.

Shri Yadav C. Bhamble,Watchman (SG),Security Section,retired after 38years of service.


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CEP courses scheduled during May and June 2016

No. Course Title Course Coordinator / Department Duration

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1. The Role of Technology in Crime and Prof. Abhay Karandikar May 2 -6, 2016Crime Prevention Dept of Electrical Engineering (5 days)

2 Fundamentals and Application of Prof. Indrajit Mukherjee, May 5 - 7, 2016Six Sigma Methodology and Lean Management School of Management (3 days)

3 Photobiology : Concepts and Applications Prof. A.K. Singh May 9 - 15, 2016Department of Chemistry (7 days)

4 Safety Analysis and Life Estimation of Machines Prof. S.K. Maiti May 11 - 15, 2016Mechanical Engineering (5 days)

5 Certificate Course on Piping Engineering Prof. Moharir Arun Sadashiv May 11 - 21, 2016Department of Chemical Engineering (11 days)

6 Technology-Driven Innovation Prof. Krish Sankaran May 11 - 13, 2016and Entrepreneurship Department of Electrical Engineering (3 days)

7 GIS for Civil Engineers Prof. Raaj Ramsankaran May 23 - 27, 2016Department of Civil Engineering (5 days)

8 Impacts Of Climate Change, Urbanization and Prof. Subhankar Karmakar May 30 – June 3, 2016Land-Use-Land-Cover Change on Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering & (5 days)Water Resources Prof. Subimal Ghosh

Department of Civil Engineering

9 Biology for Engineers Prof. Ambarish Kunwar June 6 - 11, 2016Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering (6 days)

10 Constitutive Modelling in Prof. Ashish Juneja June 6 - 16, 2016Practical Geotechnical Analysis Department of Civil Engineering (11 days)

11 Monsoon Course on HCI Prof. Anirudha Joshi, June 8 to 22, 2016Department of Industrial Design Centre (15 days)

12 MEMS Resonators: Fundamentals Prof. Prasanna S. Gandhi June 27 - July 3, 2016and Applications Department of Mechanical Engineering (7 days)

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