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From the Director's Desk

I have great pleasure in writing the foreword of this inaugural

Newsletter of IIEST Shibpur, being brought out as acommemorative volume containing a brief prole of theInstitute, highlighting some of our contributions in the realmof science and technology. While presenting this Newsletter, Iexpress my deep appreciation of the stupendous work done bythe publication committee in bringing out the newsletter in avery short span of time. The story of this Institute is the story of its evolution duringthe last 158 years - from a small seed, Civil Engineering collegeand then Bengal Engineering College, Shibpur to its new

incarnation as ' Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur' -- The rst

IIEST of India , which has been dedicated to the service of the nation by Shri PranabthMukherjee, Hon'ble President of India and the Visitor of the institute on 24 August 2014.With recognition comes a greater responsibility. IIEST aims at integrating undergraduate,post-graduate and research in engineering and science under the same umbrella. IIEST willbe an institution of International standard and will produce quality manpower for thestrategic sector of research and development in our country, research laboratories,modern industries and also quality teachers for the Institutions of engineering and scienceeducation. This reects the aspirations of the people of India from us.The world today faces extraordinary challenges and opportunities in several areas, suchas, energy, healthcare, water and environment, advanced material, fabrionics,transportation and telecommunication. The solutions of the challenges in each of theseareas need an interdisciplinary approach. Today's students should be ready to approachand solve these most pressing global problems with an unbiased, innovative andindependent mind. Our Institute today strives hard to contribute signicantly in each ofthese areas.This Newsletter will present some of our research and development efforts in thesedirections. The Institute takes great pride in announcing that a number of researchprojects developed at our Institute have been transferred to the Industries for productdevelopment. Appropriate funding from various Government agencies will be available forsuch activities through the Incubation Centre of the Institute.The clock tower of the Institute has witnessed the growth and development of one of the

earliest engineering Institutes in the country. The tower reminds us of our obligations andresponsibilities towards our future generations in ensuring a healthy, strong and self-reliant India. With deep sense of gratitude to our glorious past and strong conviction for abrighter future, we reaffirm our commitment in dedicating ourselves to the service of thenation.


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IIEST Newsletter Committee

Prof. Konika Das Bhattacharya

Prof. Gautam Bandyopadhyay

Prof. Aditya Bandyopadhyay

Prof. Gautam Bhattacharya

Prof. Manas Sanyal

Prof. Netai Chandra Dey

Prof. Santanu Karmakar

Prof. Sujay Mukherjee

Prof. Mallika Ghosh Sarbadhikary

Prof. Souvanik Roy

Prof. Tapas Kumar Gangopadhyay

Prof. Kalyan Bhar

Prof. Mousumi Basu

Prof. Koustuv Debnath

Prof. Sekhar Mondal

Prof. Sudip Chattopadhyay

Prof. Arindam Biswas

Prof. Ajit Kumar MahapatraProf. Partha Bhattacharya

Prof. Manojit Ghosh

Prof. Abhinandan De

Prof. Avra Kundu

Prof. Guruprasad Samanta

Dr. Biman Das

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he Institute in its 158 years journey has contributed to the making of neTengineers, who have shaped the realm of technology in this country and perhaps outsidetoo. With the present branding as the Indian Institute of Engineering Science andTechnology, IIEST Shibpur is the rst and youngest IIEST of the nation. At this juncture oftransition, it is important to highlight its achievements and activities over the years,and the journey ahead keeping in the backdrop a rich legacy of the nation's most vibrantalumni base of the erstwhile Bengal Engineering College (established 1856) .

This is the rst printed newsletter of the Institute after its conversion to anInstitute of National importance. All the activity clusters in the Institute seamlesslyintegrate to create a theme . A CLEANER, GREENER AND A SMARTER WORLD

Apart from under graduate and post graduate teaching the faculty members areinvolved in active research sponsored by numerous Science & Technology researchInstitutes of the Government of India.

(I) Research in Science & Technology for enrichment of the global

knowledge in specic segments of Energy, Environment, Material

Science, Bio- Medical Engineering & Mechatronics, Sensors andCommunication and Information Technology and Research for Society.

(II) An endeavor to create a closed loop network with the industries to

carry out need-driven research for the industry(III) Technical awareness and knowledge up gradation courses conducted by

IIEST for the Research and Academic world as well as Corporate Sector

and also create value addition for students in tune with therequirement of the corporate world.

(IV) Industry-Institute Partnership of IIEST with different corporate

collaborators are being carried out in various areas.(V) Commercialization of models developed in the laboratory for mass use

and scaling up for industry are being taken up.(VI) Student Activities and achievements(VII) Rekindling the Legacy of the Institute

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I. Research in Science & Technology for enrichment of the globalknowledge base in ve specic segments .

A. EnergyI. Magnetic fault current limiterII. Analysis and development of a single-axis control repulsive-type magnetic bearing.III. Front surface glass texturation for improve performance of amorphous silicon solar cellIV. Silica nanoparticles on front glass for efficiency enhancement in superstrate type

amorphous silicon solar cellsV. Fuel cell technology and dye sensitized plasmonic solar cellVI. Single phase grid connected solar photovoltaic systems

B. EnvironmentI. CO Sequestration into the Wyodak coal seam of powder river basin-Preliminary2

reservoir characterization and simulation.II. Determination of landuse inventory of the mining areas of Burdwan district of West

Bengal and preparation of reclamation plan for the abandoned opencast mines in thestudy area.

III. Landslide hazard zonation of Kalimpong sub-division of West Bengal and creation ofportal to upload landslide hazard map and all other maps created using open GIS.

IV. Assessment and management of ground water resources for English Bazar Block,Maldadistrict of West Bengal.

C. Materials ScienceI. CH and CO sorption and their variations with coal properties.4 2

II. Open shell molecules: A challenge to electronic structure theory & Taming theelectronic structure of Relativistic systems.

III. Synthesis of Nitrogen containing heterocycles.IV. Synthesis and characterization of efficient optical materials and application in nonlinear

optics.V. Visible-light-driven synthesis of 2-substituted Benzimidazole and Benzothiazole.VI. Optoelectronic and electrical properties of silicon nanocrystals and nanoparticles for

photonic, photovoltaic and sensing devices.VII. Nanocomposites and its constituents for applications as thermoelectric (TE) materials

and gas sensors.VIII. -Fe O nano-particles: An easily recoverable effective photo-catalyst for the2 3

degradation of rose Bengal and methylene blue dyes in the waste-water treatmentplant.

D. Bio-Medical Engg. & MechatronicsI. Electro-cardio graphic assessment to focus on the varied work efficiency of two different

groups of miners in Indian coalelds.

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II. Pain and discomfort level of SDL operators under a given environmental work load inunderground coal mines.

III. Impact Bio-Mechanics & Implant Bio-MechanicsIV. Water soluble carbon nano-onions in Bio-Imaging and crossing Blood Brain BarrierV. Chemodosimetric Based Fluorescence Chemosensor for Toxic Ion Detection and Live Cell

Imaging.VI. DHP selective off-on off responses of pyridoxol appended uorescent zinc complex, its

DNA binding and Bio-Imaging applications: crystal structure, spectroscopic study, DFTcalculations and application in logic gate.

VII.Plasma application on blood: Development of atmospheric pressure, plasmajet, understanding blood coagulation by plasma, plasma treatment oninfected skin surfaces and skin cancer cell.

E. Sensors and Communication and Information TechnologyI. Selection of sites for small hydel in Kalimpong sub-division of West Bengal using remote

sensing and GIS.II. Gas leak hunter: A portable fast response sensitive unit for leak detection of methane/

LPG gas.III. Methano-meter: A portable fast response sensitive measuring unit for methane/LPG gas.IV. Development of hetero-junction based selective gas sensor for capacitive mode sensing

& Coupled semiconductor thin lms: And effective materials for photo degradation andperoxide sensing.

V. Carbon nanotubes and sensorsVI. Design and optimization of dispersion managed broad band ber optic communication

system with emphasis on nonlinear effects.

F. Research and Consultancy and Technology awareness for SocietyI. Development of Solar Lantern & central charging station with monitoring system.II. Seismic vulnerability assessment of existing building to supplement rehabilitation

practices with special emphasis to north eastern region.III. Passive control of seismically excited short linear structure by the compliant liquid

column damper.IV. Capacity building for technological solution & training to improve groundwater

resources management in arsenic affected areas of eastern India (DeIPHE Project).V. Assessment of effects of arsenic pollution on health in rural Bengal and development and

implementation of sustainable technology solution (UKIERI Project).VI. Static and dynamic failure analysis of cost effective hybrid laminated stiffened plates in

marine structures & Geometric nonlinear thermo- mechanical analysis of FRP bridgedeck.

VII. Health inspection of Vidyasagr Setu Kolkata & Water supply lines from river Hooghly toNew Town.

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Photograph 1: Men at work in Hooghly Bridge

Photograph 2: Typical distress in slab

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Photograph 3 : Checking for proper wiring and electrical safety of Medical College Hospital of Kolkata

Photograph 4 : R G Kar Medical College Kolkata

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Photograph 5 : Checking for proper wiring and electrical safetyof R G Kar Medical College and Hospital of Kolkata

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In September 2013, upon the invi ta tion from the MSME, Govt . o f WestBengal, BESU studen ts (PG & Ph.D.) o rgan ized a vibran t Technology

Pav ilion at Milan Mela Ground, Kolkata at SYNERGY MSME 2013.

Th ere was participati on from AE&AM, ME, CEGESS, ETC and EE

Accessing Appro priate Technologies .

SYNERGY MSME 2013

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(II) Research and Consultancy for different Private Organizationand Public utilities since June 2013

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12 Civil

Identification of Spatial Dispersi onPattern of Dredge Materials in a Coa stal

River Reach from Radioactive Tracer

Experiments and HydrodynamicModeling

Board of Research inNuclear Sciences (BRNS),

DAE, Govt. of India

3 Years 2013

13 CST

Post-Disaster Situation Analysis andResource Management Using Delay -

To lerant Peer-to -Peer W ireless Networks(DISARM)

ITRA, Govt. of India,Media Lab Asia 3 Years 2013

14 CSTRemote Health: A Framework fo r

Health care Services using Mobile andSensor - Cloud Technologies

ITRA, Govt. of India,Media Lab Asia 3 Years 2013

15 ETC SERB Women Excellen ce Award SERB 3 Years 2013

16 SM&RMul tisensory Myoelectric Controlled

Intelligent Active Ankle-Foot Prosthesis SERB 3 Years 2013

17 ITSynthesis of Reversible Circuits usingProbabilistic Methods and Functional

TransformationDST-DAAD (GOI) 2 Years 2013

18 Civil

Performance Evaluatio n of RiverBrahmaputra bed materials for use inConstruction of Road Emban kment,

Subgrade a nd Subbase

DST(GOI) 3 Years 2013

19 VLSI Modernization of VLSI DesignLaboratory AICTE 1 Year 2013

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Sl.No. Dept. Tit le of the Project Funding Agency Duration

Year ofSanction

1 Civil Consultancy Service Preparation DPR ofSalkia Flyover ProjectHowrah Improvement

Trust 2 Months 2013

2 AE&AM Calibration of RotameterKolkata MetropolitanWater and Sanitation

Authority1 Month 2013

3 CivilPile Integrity Test (PIT) with PIT

Collector Model, Foundation System ofRCC Bridge Over River Saniajan

Dilip Kumar Saha (Govt.Contractor and Engineer) 7 Days 2013


Collector Model, Foundation System ofRCC Bridge Over River Saniajan

Dooars ConstructionCompany (Rly and Govt.

Contractor)7 Days 2013

5 Civil

Soil Investigation Report for the Designof Gangway and Pump house Stru cturesbased on Field a nd Laboratory testing /

obser vations for R.C.C. Intake Jetty atTitagarh under JNNURM

Traders & EngineersPrivate Ltd. 6 Months 2013

Consultancy and Others 2013-2014

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6 SEIHSM Heritage Survey and Zone Plan Proposalin Serampore's Historic Cent re

National Museum ofDenmark Research &

Exhibitions3 Months 2013

7 Civil

Geotechnical Investigation connectionwi th (1) P roposed Connecting Road from

Kamardanga to Howrah Amta RoadIncluding ROB at Kamardanga., Howrah,and (2) Proposed Multilayered ParkomatIncluding Allied Facilities at Domrajola,

for DPR preparation under JNNURM

Road InfrastructureConsulta nt Pvt. Ltd. 6 Months 2013

8 Civil Health Monitoring of Namkum Bridge,Ranchi

C.E. Testing CompanyPvt. Ltd., Kolkata

2 Weeks 2013

9 Civil

Engineering drawings supported by backup calculations on structural strength for

constructin g a temporary shoring bySteel Sheet Piles of Arcellormittal profile

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Himadri MemorialCancer We lfare Trust 3 Months 2013

10 Civil Vibration Measurement at site duringtest pile Driving

Ambuja Cements Ltd.,Vill. & P.O. - Dhulagori,

Howrah

15 Days 2013

11 Mi ningStrata monitoring at CM District (Sub-

Panel P6, P7A and P8) of Sarpi project, SSPur Colliery, Bankla area, ECL

ECL - Bankol a Area 1 Year 2013

12 CivilVetting of G+8 Storied Building in

KolkataIndian City Properties

Ltd. 8 Weeks 2013

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27 Civil

Con sul tancy Service in the f orm ofAdvice and Guidance for Pavement

Design of Runway, Taxiway and Apronof Kannur International Airport, Kannur

ITD Cementation I ndiaLimited

Mutuallyagreedupon

betweenSponsoring Agent &Consultant

2013

28 Civil Vetting of Slip Form Shuttering inBarauniBasu & Associates,

Kolkata 1 Week 2013


Collector Model for TCS IT SEZ Project,K olkata

L&T Construction SPCLUJV 1 Year 2012

30 CivilVetting of detail design of substructures

and superstructure of Kalyani ROB ofKMDA Flyovers and ROBs

M/S Larsen & To ubroLimited, Construction

Infrastructure I C15 Days 2013

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31 Ci vi l So il E xp lo rati on Wo rk at fou r Site s of Bu rd wanBurdwan University Division,

P.W. (CB) Directt., Govt.of West Bengal

6 Months 2013

32 IIPC

Technical Vetting of Tec hnical Feasibility Report

for Ro peway at Kurseong

Conveyor & Ropeway Services

Pvt. Ltd. 10 Days 2014

33 Civil

Independent Assess ment of effect o f vibration,emanating from installatio n of Sheet Pilesusing a v ibro-sinker at 52/1, Sh akespeareSarani, Kolkata -700017, on the adjoiningstructures and pro viding guidance to the

construction team

M/S Expr ess Dev con Pvt. Ltd. 45 Days 2014

34 Ci vi l Vettin g of Pi pe Con veyor Over Br idge in Ori ss a Bhushan Power & Steel Ltd.,Kolkata

3 Months 2014

35 CivilVetting of pavement design of s trengthening and

widening to 2 lane / 2 lane with p avedshoulder of a Section of SH-6

M/S CE Testing Company Pvt.Ltd.

1 Month 2014

36 CivilVetting of pavement design of s trengthening and

widening to B arjora to Mejhia (DurlavpurMore) Road

M/S Caritas Infra C onsultingPvt. Ltd. 1 Month 2014

37 Civil Design of Animal House in Shyamnagar Bose Institute, Kolkata 3 Months 2013

38 Civil

Vetting of detail design of substructures andsuperstructure of Chandan Nagar ROB of

KMDA Flyovers and ROBs excluding spanbetween P19 and P20 al ong with the

proposed road including the minor bridgeover river Saraswati

M/S Larsen & T oubro Limited,Construction

Infrastructure IC6 Months 2014

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39 Electrical Consultancy at Government Hospitals in WestBengal

PWD, Govt. of West Bengal - 2013

40 Civil Design of pipe bridge & motor liftingarrangement at Haldia

IOC L 6 Months 2013

41 Ci vi l Vettin g o f Wareho us e at M ahes htal a, K ol kataAmiya Commerce &

Construct ion C o. Pv t.Ltd., Kolkata

2 Weeks 2014

42 Civil Vetting of Superstructure of G+13 Building Partha Das & Associates 3 Months 2012

43 Civil

Structuralv etting for Construction of C lear WaterReservoir, Pu mp House and Chorine

House for dedicated water s upply systemfor IOCL, Haldia Refi nery

Haldia DevelopmentAuthori ty, Hald ia

3 Months 2013

44 Civil Vetting of Plan and E stimate of the ProposedLibrary Building & PG Building

Prabhat Kumar College,Contai

1 Month 2013

45 Metallurg yCompilation Work on Stai nless Steel for

Construction SegmentInstitute for Steel Development

and Growth (INSDAG) 4 Months 2013

46 MiningConsultancy on Ge otechnical Properties of Rock

at Bomi Iron Ore Project Western Cluster Limited 6 Months 2012

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In July, a team of faculty members (Civil, Electrical, Mechanical successfully carried out technical inspection and further issuance of clearance certificate

for a passenger Ropeway at Darjeeling for Conveyor & Ropeway Services Pvt.

Ltd., Kolkata.

DRV ropeway i nspection for passen ger operat ion for PWD West Bengal

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(III) List of Specialised Courses conducted by IIEST forResearch and Academic world and Corporate Sector

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Sl. No. Dept . Title of the Con ference / Workshop /Training Programme Level

Conference /Training

ProgrammeDate

1 MiningInternational conference on Coal andEnergy- Technological Advances an d

Future ChallengesInternational

15th ofDecember to

17th ofDecember ,

2014

2 CST Role of Mat hematics in Compu ter Science Nati onal during 2013-14

3CST

A short term course on Social Media

Analysis and Data Mi ning National June 10-14,

2013

4 CE GESS Two Day Workshop on Rooftop Sola rPhotovoltaic Systems

State Level 20-21tstFebruary, 2014

Conference Details held in the Institute from June, 2013

5 Ci vil Workshop on World Environment

Day, 2013National 05.06.2013

6 CST Short-term Course on Social MediaAnalysis and Data Mining

National 10.06.2013 - 14.06.2013

7 Ci vilAdvances in Structural Vibration

Control National 19.08.2013 - 20.08.2013

8 ITResearch Promoti on Workshop on

Signal Processing and WirelessCommunication

National 22.08.2013 - 24.08.2013

9 CHESTWorkshop on Advances in Scientific

and Technological Research inTr aditional Medicine

National 26.07.2013

10 Mini ngInter nati onal Con ference on

Advances in Coal Technology -Pr esent and Future

International 15.12.2013 - 17.12.2013

11 CHEST

Interactive Session for CollaborativeResearch in Engineering and

Biomedic al Sciences between BESU

& Rhine W aal University of A ppliedSciences, Germany

Intern ational 26.10.2013 (1 day)

12 CHESTInternational Seminar on

Technol ogical Advances in Health(TAH-2013)

International 05.12.2013 - 06.12.2013

13 Ci vil National Workshop on Innovationin Concrete Tec hnology National 10.12.2013 - 12.12.2013

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14 AE&AMInternational Workshop on 58thCongress of the Indian S ociety of

Theoretical and Applied MechanicsInternational 18.12.2013 - 21.12.2013

15 E.E. Dep t.

One-way expert lectures onElectrified Transformation in charge

and three level neutral pointclamped inverters

National 08.01.2014

16Institute

Level Research Scholars' Day - 2014 National 29.01.2014 - 30.01.2014

17 B ES US Ai rcr aft De sign and O ptim isat ion Nat ional 1 9.0 2.2 01 4 - 24 .02 .20 14

18 B ES US Le cture S er ie s on S pa ce Dyna mics Nat ional 1 8.0 3.2 01 4 - 22 .03 .20 14

19 Ci vil Udbh avani Nat ional 28.03.2014 - 30.03.2014

20 MNDSMSE Seminar on "Microstructure ofMaterials (Metal lum'2014) National 12.03.2014 - 13.03.2014

21 AE&AM Invited Lecture of Aircraft Design &Opti mization (Structural Aspects) National 28.03.2014 - 31.03.2014

22 InstituteLevel

Short-term Course on improvementof Engl ish Skills (1 st Batch) byBritish Council

National 21.10.2013 to 23.11.2013

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23 HRM Dept.Tracer Study for Career Prospecting

of BESUS Students National

24 CST Remedial Coaching on DataStructure and Al gorith m National 23.10.2013

25 InstituteLevel

Short-term Course on improvementof E nglish Skills ( 2nd B atch) by

British CouncilNational 27.01.2014 to 24.03.2014

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Photograph 7

Photographs 7 & 8 : Classes on Structural Analysis by IIEST faculty at theNigeria Delta Afric Waley Parson, a world renowned Gas and Oil company

Photograph 8

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TEQIP funded lecture series organized by Jadavpur University, and BESU, Shibpur for Students of

Electrical Engineering and Architecture Prof. Woud Van Bommel , an eminent Lighting expert

delivered the lecture for nearly ten days

Closing ceremony of the workshop 21 st November 2013

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Photograph 10 :Rustam Dastur (CMD), M. N. Dastur & Co. Pvt. Ltd., signing the MOA with the then

Vice- Chancellor Prof. Ajay K. Ray for carrying out breakthrough research in Steel Technology dateJune 2013 in the presence of the faculty members of the

MN Dastur School of Materials science and Engineering

The Cognizant - BESU innovation Laboratory has been established during 2012-13academic year. This Open Source Software (OSS) laboratory is an advanced state-of-the-art industry-university setup aimed at fostering a long-term relationship with Cognizant

and BESU in the areas of training and research and development. It is agreed that bothparties will actively engage themselves in the practical applications and implicationsOSS while other fundamental research and training activities will also be pursued.

The activities of the R&D will include, but not limited to the following:

1. Tools and infrastructure for OSS Development2. Agile Methodologies3. Single System Image, Clusters, and Grid Computing4. Localization of OSS into national and regional languages5. Use of OSS education and training6. Aspect oriented training7. Search technology8. Service oriented architecture

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On the Podium: Prof. Sougata Roy, IIM- Calcutta, 1989 AlumnusLeft to Right: Prof. Gautam Biswas, Director IIT Guwahati, Kallol Dutta, MD Andrew Yule, Prof.Amitava Ghosh, Emeritus Professor IIEST, Shibpur, Mr. Shuvomoy Chattapadhyay, Intel Corporation,USA (1989 Alumnus), Prof. Indranil Manna, Director, IIT- Kanpur, Mr. Gautam Roy, ED HR, CESC,Prof. P. P. Chakraborty, Director, IIT- Kharagpur, Mr. Shubho Samanta, President, Atos India.

During the closing ceremony

A PANEL DISCUSSION ON ENGINEERING EDUCATION FOR EMERGING INDIA

Held with participation from reputed academicians and corporate heads on 24thAugust 2014 on the occasion of the inauguration of the IIEST by

the President of India Sir Pranab Mukherjee.

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Sl No Project

1. Subject specic customization of hip implant

2. RC Blimp

3. Underwater Lift bag

4. Rear Projection Balloon

5. Safe Home for Lone Elderly People

6. Energy Saving for Bulk Customers

7. Data-logging & Remote Monitoring System for PV Application

8. Gas Leak Hunter

9. Fabrication & Assembly stages of 2kVA PMSM

10. Development of Improved Heat Exchanger by Heat Transfer enhancement

11. Solar lantern

12. Methano-meter

(V) Technology Transfer for Commercialization

It may be pointed out that The Department of Science and Technology; Governmentof India has given a meaningful thrust in this direction.

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Subject specic customization of hip implantObjective: Primary purpose of the research is to develop patient specic hip implant. Itshould be fully customised and compatible particularly Indian subjects.

MIMICS used for creating 3-D model

Finite element analysis through commercially available high endpackags such as Ansys

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Features:1) These implants are subject specic as per the specic anatomical

geometry and physiological presurgical condition of the bone (femur).2) Incorporation of hollow cavity within the implant in order to reduce it's

gross stiffness to mimic bone more closely3) Different types and extends of incorporated hollowness

Implant designed and fabricated through various advanced machining processes

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Radio controlled Blimp is an aerial vehicle, a type of an airshipwithout internal structure in which case the balloon envelope,when lled with lighter-than-air gas (such as helium or hydrogen)lifts the complete system in air. A control box called the gondolacarrying drives and wireless electronic controller tted underneaththe envelope controls the movement of the complete system in air.

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Demonstration: - RC blimp had been tested and demonstrated in thecampus of IIEST Shibpur in the month of May 2012. It can be used for local

weather forecast, aerial forest security, remote aerial surveillance,disaster management, brand promotion, lm shooting etc. Blimp of size35ft, 40ft and 45ft length are being planned for larger payload capabilitywith high endurance capability with customized specication.

Target users: -

1) Indian armed forces2) State Police3) India Meteorological Department4) Central board of excise and customs5) National Disaster Management6) Forest dept7) Electronics media8) Event management9) Major Advertising agencies

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3. Underwater Lift Bag

A lift bag is an item of diving equipment consisting of a robust and air-tight bag with

straps, which is used to life heavy objects underwater by means of the bags buoyancy.The heavy object can be moved horizontally underwater by the diver or sentunaccompanied to the surface.300Kg load recovery: -

300Kg load was recovered from the pond near the IIEST campus as shown in the gureabove. The load had slipped from the edge and plunged into the water which wasdifficult to recover by the swimmers alone. A closed bottom lift bag which itself weight12Kg was used, which just took maximum of 20mins to recover.

2 ton load recover: -

In the MCEME Hyderabad campus, a demonstration was carried out to understand thefeasibility of the lift bag for the Indian armed forces. Military truck axels were putinside the re ghting well which were then oated and recovered by 2 quantities of3ton closed bottom lift bags. The lift bags had weight of around 26kg.


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Projection balloons are image display balloon device made of light weight plasticfabric material, is inated with air or helium gas, where it has at least one projectorpositioned with a projector case inside. The main change is the balloon shape which isbeing called the pearl shape designed by the team which has bit of cylindrical shapefrom the exact spherical shape due to which effects of the joints of the fabric iseliminated from the surface of the projection.

Demonstration :- The projection balloon was used and demonstrated for the closingceremony of the prestigious Kolkata International Film Festival 2013. It was used todisplay the gist of the activities conducted during the festival days to the visitors in the

Science City Auditorium, Kolkata.

Target users: -1) Event management2) Major advertising agencies3) Corporate branding for outdoor and indoor activityp

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Objectives:I. Monitoring the regular activities using sensor nodes (no camera

included) at important locations.II. Assessment of abnormal behavior by interpreting the information of

the sensor nodes using an intelligent controllerIII. Communicating the message to the mobile phones of caretakersIV. Power saving algorithms incorporated to minimize the energy

consumption V. Components:

List of deliverables:a) Packaged wireless sensor nodes to be xed in the houseb) A central receiver to be xed in the housec) The sensor nodes can be removed when requiredd) Connection of the central receiver through mobile network to the telephone

numbers of the caretaker/s.e) Features:

f) Non-invasive and does not use any camerag) Sensor nodes are light weight, portable and easy to installh) Low power consumption to avoid electrical loadingi) Automatic refreshing of memory after 16th day of installation for continuous

usej) Emergency situation is assessed and message sent to the caretaker through

mobile phone

5. Safe Home for Lone Elderly People A non-invasive multi sensor wireless system

A project funded by Department of Science and Technology,

Government of India

VI. Hardware:

VII. PIR motion sensorsVIII. Current TransformersIX. Central controller unit

with LCD interfaceX. ATMEGA 328 microcontrollerXI. ZigBee wireless

transmission, 2.4GHz

XII. Software:

XIII. Behaviour prediction algorithmin central controller

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k) The user does not have to keep track of the operation of the instrument.Health status of the sensor nodes and the central controller is checked atregular intervals and message sent to the maintenance person if required.

User group:1. Elderly Person staying alone/ with a domestic help2. Persons with some physical disabilities staying alone/ with a domestic help

Typical Installation Pictures:

Motion sensor installed in drawing room Motion sensor installed in front of wash room

Current sensor connected to TV set Current sensor connected to toaster

Central controller unit installedin drawing room

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The details of the functions that are to be performed by the device are as follows:I. It will switch ON/OFF the capacitor banks at the right instants as per the VAR requirement of

the system to reach the desired power factor (set by the user).

II. It will display the instantaneous power factor and annunciate the actual capacitorsfunctioning in a healthy mode.III. It will protect the capacitor banks from excessive voltage and unwanted harmonics and keep

them off under such condition. It will annunciate the malfunctioning of specic banks.IV. It will alert the user in case of Maximum Demand and penalty p.f. is reached.V. It will communicate with a computer situated at a distance location and act as a data logger

(of p.f. of active capacitors, of actual VAR position of the system) and give a printout of themeasured parameters from mini-printer attached to the instrument. This will improve theuser-friendliness of the device.

VI. It will tide over transitory VAR swings and take action only for persistent VAR requirements.VII. A Power Quality Index will be available to the user. This is important in connection with

various power electronic drives being used.VIII. It has a watchdog facility to detect any inherent vulnerability in the instrument.IX. It will calculate the change in KVAR of the capacitor banks with change in voltage and

frequency and select them accordingly.

LIST OF Prospective BUYERS

a) All consumers of electricity at 415V and above.b) WBSEDCL, CESC who are supplying power to industrial consumers may also be contacted.c) Tea Gardens.

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9. Investigations on Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generator (PMSG)for Different Renewable Energy Sources in the Power Range of 2-5 kVA(Distributed Generation System with Micro/Pico Grid Structure)International status:Permanent Magnet Synchronous Generators (PMSGs) are the state-of-the-artapparatus for generating electrical power from renewable sources like wind, fastowing mountain streams etc. A PMSG with a back to back PWM converter connectedto grid controlled by digital controller are in use in the power ratings from as low as 1kW to as high as 5 MW. These technologies are patented and usually manufactured bybig multinational companies like Enercon, Siemens Wind Power A/S, GE Energy,Northern Power Systems etc. The following websites provide the informations aboutthis technology.

http://www.vde.com/de/http://www.energy.siemens.com/In order to accept inputs from more renewable sources the conventional power grid,which is normally based on centralized and large power plants, has to be modied tobe able to tap power from a large number of distributed and smaller generation units.This distributed generation systems with micro grid (or may be pico) structure requiretechnological maturity.National status:In India there is not a single company who designs and /or develops or manufacturesand sells this whole technology indigenously. But there are manufactures ofgenerators, power electronic converters. There are no manufacturers who producePermanent Magnet Synchronous Generator/ Motor.Our laboratory work status: A 2kW PMSG. has been fabricated in the laboratory. The developed set-up has beencoupled with a dc motor. Fabrication of a back to back PWM converter is going on. Thegenerator has been loaded with an existing PWM rectier and resistive load. Alaboratory scale dc-dc converter (Cuk converter is proposed here) which will be usedas an extra power electronic converter to increase the operating range of thegenerator has been fabricated and control strategy has been implemented. Thefollowing gure shows the conguration of the total system.A Research Project on Permanent Magnet Synchronous Machine is ongoing at theElectrical Engineering Department in collaboration with M/S G.E. Motor Pvt. Ltd. (asmall scale company near Kolkata) where 3 Phd students are working on it. Severalinteractions with the rm take place both at the institute and the companys premises.The rst prototype is shown in the images as follows. One possible application is Pico-Hydel generation


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10. Development of Improved Heat Exchangerby Heat Transfer enhancement

Users: Heat Exchanger Industry

The setup in which the Heat Exchanger is being developed

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11. The Howrah Solar Mela organised by the Howrah Municipal Corporation inSeptember 2013, was a success. The products on display was mainly from CEGESS


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Events Organised for Commercialization of Technologies

A Technology Innovation Programme (SRIJAN) For Technology TransferOrganized by Industry Institute Partnership Cell, IIEST Shibpur

Supported by Technology Information, Forecasting & Assessment Council (TIFAC)

Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of IndiaDated: 7th November 2014

In this event ve technologies have already been chosen forcommercialization. Patent facilitation facilities of the TIFAC was also

extended to the members of the institute.

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VI. STUDENT ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS

S.No STUDENT NAMENAME OF THEINSTITUITON DEPARTMENT

1 Sanjukta Dawn University of Windsor Electrical 2 Debasish Dhua University of Windsor Electrical

3 Sabyasachi Bandyopadhyay University of

Massachuse s, Lowell Electrical

4 Abhrokan Saha University of Windsor Civil 5 Soham Mitra University of Windsor Civil 6 Sayanta Barman Wayne state University Civil 7 Pra k Garg Wayne state University Civil 8 Partha Saha Wayne state University Civil 9 Samanwita Kar McGill University Aerospace

10 Indrajit Srivastava University of Illinois at

Urbana Champaign Metallurgical and

Material Science

Students who visited Foreign Universities for Internships


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VII. REKINDLING THE LEGACY OF THE INSTITUTE

T he beginning of the history of Bengal Engineering College goes back to the rsthalf of Nineteenth century. Industries in the sense we understand today were

practically absent. Consequently, facilities for technical education did not exist.

Sensing the need for trained personnel in development works like excavation of

canals, building of railroads etc., the Council of Education in Bengal decided on

opening a Civil Engineering class, which subsequently led to the establishment ofthBengal Engineering College. The tiny seed sown on the 24 of November 1856 steadily

grew into a mighty tree with branches spread over various elds of engineering.

T he Bengal Engineering College has stood the test of time-spread over a long onehundred and sixty years, full of uncertainties, vicissitudes, and world-wide turmoil

accentuated by two World Wars and a number of revolutions. During the long and

eventful existence as one of the oldest technical institution in the country, the college

produced qualied engineers who ably served the humanity with immense

contribution in their respective elds of engineering and, to a great extent, shaped the

engineering and industrial developments of the country. Besides, many of them left

their indelible imprints in various important landmarks of the world. It is indeed

difficult to name the notable alumni, as the long list would easily run into a few pages.

However, it may be worth mentioning a few whose contribution we can readily align

ourselves to.

S ir RajendraNath Mukherjee was an alumnus of 1883. Among his achievements


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were the construction of Palta water works including the mighty 'Tala water tank' to

the eyes of everyKolkatan and the great Victoria Memorial, the most important

landmark of Kolkata. He pioneered the laying down and operations of Martin's Light

Railways.Along with Sir Acquin Martin, he founded Martin & Co. and contributed to the

success of Bengal Iron at Kulti. Later he joined G.H.Fairhurst in founding the iron works

of The Indian Iron and Steel Company. His son, Sir Biren Mukherjee, carried his father's

mantle and took IISCO to a new height. He was instrumental in setting up the steel

plant at Burnpur. Girish Chandra Das (alumnus 1891) became the chief Engineer of the

light railways under Martin and Co. He was also the Engineer-in-Charge of the Calcutta

High Court, which is a famous heritage building in the city. Amar Nath Das (alumnus

1895) joined the Indian Service of Engineers and rose to the position of Chief Engineer

of Bengal. RaiBahadurAnukul Chandra Mitra (alumnus 1900) was the Engineer-in-

Charge of the construction of Victoria Memorial. RaiBahadurAnnada Prasad Sarkar

(alumnus 1893) rose to the position of the rst Indian Chief Engineer (Irrigation) of

Bengal.

A lumni of the college not only left their marks on the important landmarks of thecountry, many of them also itched their names in some other landmarks in the world.

DrFazlurRahaman Khan, the Einstein of Structural Engineering, studied civil

Engineering at the college. He was the Chief Designer of landmark buildings like Sears

Tower and John Hancock Tower in Chicago. DrKajal Gupta became the Chief

Technologist at National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) and was instrumental in

designing many of the landmark space missions.

T he institute proudly carries this legacy and continues to produce some of thebrightest minds that shape the society as engineers, scientists, and technology

entrepreneurs.


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Dr Fazlur Rahaman Khan and Sir Biren Mukherjee


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Photograph 14 :

On the occasion of the Inauguration of IIEST, Shibpur the following NavaRatna andother signicant Heads of Industries were felicitated in the presence of thePresident of India.

Right to Left :

Prof. M Anandakrishnan, Chairman, BOG, IIT Kanpur, Lt.Col. A.K Verma, CMD,Garden Reach Ship Builders and Engineers; Mr. Chandrajit Bannerji, Director-

General, CII, Mr. T.V Narendran, MD, Tata Steel; Mr. Pranab Mukherjee, President ofIndia; Prof. Ajay Ray, Director, IIEST; Mr. C.S Verma, Chairman, SAIL; Mr. B.P Rao, CMD, BHEL; Ms. Shanta Ghosh, Chairperson, Development Consultants Pvt. Ltd, Mr.S.P Bhattacharya, GM, Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.


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