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IISc Profile2012

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ContentS

Foreword v

the Court viii

the Council ix

Administration x

Division of Biological SciencesDepartment of Biochemistry 2Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology 4Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics 6Molecular Biophysics Unit 8Centre for Ecological Sciences 10Centre for Neuroscience 12Central Animal Facility 14Primate Research Laboratory 16

Division of Chemical SciencesDepartment of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 18Department of Organic Chemistry 20Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit 22Materials Research Centre 24NMR Research Centre 26

Division of Physical and Mathematical SciencesDepartment of Instrumentation and Applied Physics 28Department of Mathematics 30Department of Physics 32Astronomy and Astrophysics Programme 34Centre for High Energy Physics 36Centre for Contemporary Studies 38Centre for Cryogenic Technology 40

Division of electrical SciencesDepartment of Computer Science and Automation 42Department of Electrical Engineering 44Department of Electrical Communication Engineering 46Department of Electronic Systems Engineering 48

Division of Mechanical SciencesDepartment of Aerospace Engineering 50Department of Chemical Engineering 56Department of Mechanical Engineering 58Department of Materials Engineering 62Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing 64

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Division of earth and environmental SciencesDepartment of Civil Engineering 66Department of Management Studies 70Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 72Divecha Centre for Climate Change 74Centre for Earth Sciences 76Centre for Sustainable Technologies 78

Central Laboratories and FacilitiesSupercomputer Education and Research Centre 82Centre for Nano Science and Engineering 86Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems 88Archives and Publications Cell 90International Relations Cell 92JRD Tata Memorial Library 94

outreach ActivitiesCentre for Continuing Education 96Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning 98Centre for Scientific and Industrial Consultancy 100Society for Innovation and Development (SID) 102Intellectual Property Cell 104Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) 106Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology 108

Inter-disciplinary Programme 110

Directors 111

Honorary Fellows/Centenary Visiting Professors 112

endowed Chairs for Faculty 113

endowed Visiting Chairs/DSt-IISc Centenary Chair 116

Lectures 118

Centenary Lectures 123

Awards for Faculty 125

Medals for Meritorious Students 127

Acknowledgement 130

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ForeworD

The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was conceived as a ‘Research Institute’ or ‘University of Research’ by Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, in the final years of the 19th century. A long period of almost thirteen years was to elapse from the initial conception in 1896 to the birth of the institute on May 27, 1909. The early history of the Institute is a fascinating chapter in the story of higher education and scientific research in India. The cast of characters in the drama that led to the estab-lishment of the Institute includes, in addition to its charismatic and generous founder J.N. Tata, figures from the pages of Indian history. There is Swami Vivekananda, whom J.N. Tata befriended on his famous voyage to the United States, the Maharaja of Mysore, Shri Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV and his mother then acting on his behalf, and Lord Curzon the Viceroy of India, whose first task on arrival on December 31, 1898 was to receive a draft proposal prepared by the Provisional Committee set up to plan the establishment of the Institute. The plan was shepherded through many difficult years by Burjorji Padshah, a close associate of J.N. Tata. Unfortunately, J.N. Tata died in 1904 unaware that his vision would indeed be realized a few years later. When the British Government finally issued the Vesting Order in 1909, an unmatched experiment in higher educa-tion and research was launched in India. IISc is truly the first example of a public-private partner-ship in this country; an institution, whose evolution over a century is testimony to the robustness of its foundations.

The Institute occupies nearly 400 acres of prime land in Bangalore, generously donated by the Maharaja of Mysore in March 1907. Indeed, the contribution from the princely state of Mysore was the decisive element in determining the location of J.N. Tata’s proposed institution. Remarkably, in a gesture unmatched in the annals of private philanthropy in India, Tata did not wish his name to be associated with the Institute. His dream was to create an institution that would contribute to the development of India. The name, Indian Institute of Science, which was finally chosen, reflects in every way the wishes of J.N. Tata. Visitors to Bangalore who seek out IISc still have to ask local residents for directions to the ‘Tata Institute’, a clear recognition that Jamsetji Tata’s act of generosity has remained undimmed in public memory, despite the passage of a century.

The Institute began with only two departments: General and Applied Chemistry and Electro-Technology. The first Director, Morris W Travers began the task of organizing the Institute shortly after his arrival in India at the end of 1906. Travers began the construction of the main building, which is one of Bangalore’s landmarks today. The Departments of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry were among the earliest to be established. The Physics department came into being in 1933, when C.V. Raman became the first Indian Director of the Institute. In the century that has passed since its inception, IISc has grown to become India’s premier centre for research and postgraduate educa-tion in science and engineering. The evolution of the Institute over the past one hundred years has mirrored the development of science and technology in India. A long history, a strong tradition of academic research and an ambience that favours scholarly activity have been important elements

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in making the Institute a most attractive place for students and faculty. As the Institute has grown, several new areas of research have been established, many of them for the first time in India. The Institute’s departments in fields ranging from Biochemistry to Aerospace Engineering have served to nucleate research and development in both the public and private sectors. The faculty and alumni of the Institute have been responsible for establishing and spearheading many new institutions and programs across the country, reflecting in a real sense, a major contribution of this centre of learn-ing to national growth and development. Homi Bhabha conceived the idea of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and an Atomic Energy Program while working in the Department of Physics. Vikram Sarabhai, the founder of India’s space program was an alumnus. Following his premature death, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) was built by the farsighted leadership of Satish Dhawan, who simultaneously held the position of the Director of the Institute with the greatest distinction. The first Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) at Kharagpur was estab-lished by J.C. Ghosh, who was the Director of IISc in the critical period 1939–48, during which much of the activity in engineering was initiated at the Institute. Many of India’s most distinguished scientists have been associated with the Institute as students or faculty. Notable among them are G.N. Ramachandran, Harish Chandra, S. Ramaseshan, A. Ramachandran, C.N.R. Rao and R. Narasimha. Alumni of the Institute head many major organizations in India and abroad.

The Institute offers a variety of Master’s degree programs in Engineering, an integrated Ph.D. (post- B.Sc.) program in Sciences and Ph.D. programs in a wide spectrum of disciplines in science and engineering. Last year the Institute launched a 4-year undergraduate program leading to a B.S. degree, with an opportunity for students to obtain a broad foundation in science, including an exposure to research. The research laboratories at the Institute are extremely well equipped. Many national facilities are housed at the Institute. The library and computational facilities at the Institute are amongst the best in India. A major program for modernizing laboratories is underway. The Institute hosts hundreds of visitors from India and abroad every year and is the venue for many major national and international academic events.

The face of science and engineering research has been changing very rapidly over the past few years. In approaching the second century of the Institute many new activities have been initiated. Notable among them are the interdisciplinary Ph.D. programs in Mathematical Sciences and Nanoscience and Engineering. A new program in Bioengineering has been launched this year. These programs are intended to blur the traditional boundaries between disciplines, thereby pro-moting cross-disciplinary research. An M.Tech. program in Transportation Engineering was intro-duced in 2010 and a Master’s program in Management with a focus on Technology Management and Business Analytics was started last year. New centres in the areas of Earth Sciences, Climate Change and Neuroscience have been established in the last few years. The Institute hopes to foster collaborative and interdisciplinary research in a vigorous fashion in the years to come. The Institute is also committed to promoting post-doctoral research in the areas of science and engineering.

The Institute engages in interactions with society and industry through a variety of outreach pro-grams. The Centre for Scientific and Industrial Consultancy (CSIC) and the Society for Innovation and Development (SID) promote collaborative interactions with industry, while the Centre for Continuing Education (CCE) provides an opportunity for working scientists and engineers to enrich themselves academically. The Institute actively promotes programs that encourage bright

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young school and undergraduate students to undertake research careers. The Institute adminis-ters the Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) program of the Department of Science and Technology (DST). The Institute’s commitment to socially relevant research is specifically empha-sized by the activities undertaken at the Centre for Sustainable Technologies (CST), together with the Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), which is housed on the campus.

The Institute completed a century of existence in 2009. It has embarked on a new phase of expan-sion and renewal. To live and work at the Institute is a special privilege. The Faculty, Staff and Students of the Institute can be rightly proud of its past and optimistic about its future.

P BALArAMJuly 2012

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tHe CoUrt

PreSIDent

ratan n tata, Chairman, Tata Sons Ltd., Mumbai

MeMBerS

P rama rao, Hyderabad

Ashoke Sen, HRI, Allahabad

Ashok thakur, Secretary MHRD, Dept. of Higher Education, GOI, New Delhi

Sudha Murty, Chairperson, Infosys Foundation, Bangalore

Sushanta Dattagupta, Vice Chancellor, Visva-Bharati Univesity, Santiniketan

K r Shashidhar, Commissioner, Dept. of Collegiate Education, GOK, Bangalore

r K Krishna Kumar, Director, Tata Sons Ltd., Mumbai

t S Sridhar, Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, GOTN, Chennai

Saroj K Poddar, Chairman, Gillette India Ltd., Kolkata

S n Agarwal, Chairman, Bhoruka Power Corporation Ltd., Bangalore

Pamod H Lele, Chief Executive, P D Hinduja National Hospital & Medical Research Centre, Mumbai

Chairman, AICTE, New Delhi

Samir K Brahmachari, Director General, CSIR, New Delhi

er Har Sarup Chahal, VC, Deenabandhu Chotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthai, Haryana

A M Pathan, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga

Damodar Acharya, Director, IIT Kharagpur

Devang V Khakhar, Director, IIT, Mumbai

K Kasturirangan, Member, Planning Commission, New Delhi

V S ramamurthy, Director, National Institute of Advanced Studies, Bangalore

V Babu Sathian, President, IISc Alumni Association, Bangalore

P Balaram, Director (Ex-officio)

n Balakrishnan, Associate Director (Ex-officio)Members of the Council who are not otherwise members of the Court and Professors of the Institute (Ex-officio)

n Mohan Das, Registrar (Ex-officio)

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CHAIrMAn

K Kasturirangan, Member, Planning Commission, New Delhi

MeMBerS

Ashok thakur, Secretary, MHRD, Dept. of Higher Education, GOI, New Delhi

n K Sinha, Addl. Secretary, MHRD, Dept. of Higher Education, GOI, New Delhi

G Madhavan nair, Former Chairman, ISRO, Bangalore

Siddaiah, Principal Secretary, Higher Education Department, GOK, Bangalore

L V nagarajan, Principal Secretary, Dept. of Finance, GOK, Bangalore

J J Irani, Director, Tata Sons Ltd., Mumbai

A n Singh, Managing Trustee, Sir Dorabji Tata Trust, Mumbai

Ajit Kembhavi, Director, IUCAA, Pune

Murli Manohar Joshi, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)

n Dharam Singh, Member of Parliament (Lok Sabha)

Ashok S Ganguly, Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha)

P rama rao, Hyderabad

er Har Sarup Chahal, VC, Deenabandhu Chotu Ram University of Science and Technology, Murthai, Haryana

A M Pathan, Vice Chancellor, Central University of Karnataka, Gulbarga

Chairman, AICTE, New Delhi

Samir K Brahmachari, Director General, CSIR, New Delhi

P Balaram, Director (Ex-officio)

n Balakrishnan, Associate Director (Ex-officio)

M r n Murthy, Dean, Science Faculty (Ex-officio)

B n raghunandan, Dean, Engineering Faculty (Ex-officio)

n Mohan Das, Registrar (Ex-officio Secretary)

ADMInIStrAtIon

DIreCtorP BalaramPhD (Carnegie Mellon)FNA, FASc, FNASc, FTWAS

ASSoCIAte DIreCtorn BalakrishnanPhD (IISc) FASc, FNAE, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS

reGIStrArn Mohan DasPhD (Anna)

DePUtY reGIStrArSK Panneer SelvamPhD (Gandhigram Rural)Uma ChandranMA, LLB (Bangalore)PGDPM (NIPM), GDMM (IIMM)

ASSIStAnt reGIStrArSt S VishwanathBSc (Bangalore), PGDM & PGDHRM, (IGNOU)V nagarajaMA (Mysore)M J nandeeshMSc (Mysore), PGDMM (Annamalai)Aparna KandiBE (VTU)

FInAnCIAL ControLLerIndumati SrinivasanMA (JNU, New Delhi), PGDPPM (IIMB)

DePUtY FInAnCIAL ControLLerM Krishna MurthyPhD (Bangalore)

ACCoUntS oFFICerP ManivannanMA (Madras)

InternAL AUDItorS r LakshminarasimhanBCom (Mysore)

CHIeF MeDICAL oFFICerG r nagabhushanaMBBS (Mysore)PGDM&CH (IGNOU)

MeDICAL oFFICerSC Satish raoMBBS (Mysore)L SharadaMBBS (CMC Vellore), DGO (Vellore)r nirmalaMBBS (MGR Medical)

oFFICerS (other areas)

SECURITY OFFICERM r ChandrasekharBSc (Mysore), LLB (Bangalore)

oFFICer In-CHArGe(Public Information/Official Language Unit)V thilagamPhD (Bangalore)

GYMKHAnAPresidentSiddartha P SarmaPhD (Maryland)

SenIor SPortS oFFICerC P PoonachaBA (Mysore)MP Ed (Karnatak)

HoSteLSChairman, Council of WardensA M UmarjiPhD (IIT/Madras), MRCAssociate ChairmanL UmanandPhD (IISc), DESE

HonorArY wArDenSDipshikha ChakravorttyPhD (Pune), MCBMuddu SekharPhD (IISc), Civil EngineeringAbha MisraPhD (IIT/Bombay), IAPAveek BidPhD (IISc), PhysicsP thilagarPhD (IIT/Kanpur), IPC

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Ganesh nagarajuPhD (IISc), BC

ADVISor (Students Affairs)Anjali A KarandePhD (Bombay)

StUDentS CoUnSeLLorSP K DasPhD (Columbia)J M Chandra KishenPhD (IISc)G JagadeeshPhD (IISc)Anjula GurtooPhD (IIM, Ahmedabad)

CHAIrPerSonS oF DePArtMentS

AEROSPACE ENGINEERING:Debasish Ghose

ARCHIVES & PUBLICATIONS CELL:A G Menon

BIOCHEMISTRY:H S Savithri

CENTRAL ANIMAL FACILITY:K Somasundaram

CENTRE FOR ATMOSPHERIC & OCEANIC SCIENCES:G S Bhat

CENTRE FOR CAMPUS MANAGEMENT & DEVELOPMENT:B V Venkatarama reddy

CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY STUDIES:r Gadagkar

CENTRE FOR CONTINUING EDUCATION:P Venkataram

CENTRE FOR CRYOGENIC TECHNOLOGY:S Kasthurirengan

CENTRE FOR EARTH SCIENCES:A G Menon

CENTRE FOR ECOLOGICAL SCIENCES:r Sukumar

CENTRE FOR HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS:B Ananthanarayan

CENTRE FOR INFRASTRUCTURE, SUSTAINABLE TRANSPORTATION & URBAN PLANNING:t G Sitharam

CENTRE FOR NANOSCIENCE & ENGINEERING:rudra Pratap

CENTRE FOR NEUROSCIENCES:Vijayalakshmi ravindranath

CENTRE FOR PRODUCT DESIGN & MANUFACTURING:Anindya Deb

CENTRE FOR SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL CONSULTANCY:J M Chandra Kishen

CENTRE FOR SPONSORED SCHEMES & PROJECTS:

CENTRE FOR SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES:Sudhakar M rao

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING:Prabhu r nott

CIVIL ENGINEERING:C S Manohar

COMPUTER SCIENCE & AUTOMATION:Y narahari

DIVECHA CENTRE FOR CLIMATE CHANGE:J Srinivasan

ELECTRICAL COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING:P Vijay Kumar

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING:P S Sastry

ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS ENGINEERING:K Gopakumar

INORGANIC & PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY:A G Samuelson

INSTRUMENTATION & APPLIED PHYSICS:K rajanna

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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CELL:

INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS CELL:G rangarajan

J R D TATA MEMORIAL LIBRARY:r Krishna Murthy

MANAGEMENT STUDIES:M H Bala Subrahmanya

MATERIALS ENGINEERING:Vikram Jayaram

MATERIALS RESEARCH CENTRE:K B r Varma

MATHEMATICS:Mrinal Kanti Ghosh

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING:r narasimhan

MICROBIOLOGY & CELL BIOLOGY:V nagaraja

MOLECULAR BIOPHYSICS UNIT:Dipankar Chatterji

MOLECULAR REPRODUCTION, DEVELOPMENT & GENETICS:P Kondaiah

NMR RESEARCH CENTRE:S Vasudevan

ORGANIC CHEMISTRY:Santanu Bhattacharya

PHYSICS:H r Krishnamurthy

PRIMATE RESEARCH LABORATORYAditya Murthy

ROBERT BOSCH CENTRE FOR CYBER PHYSICAL SYSTEMS:S Asokan

SOLID STATE & STRUCTURAL CHEMISTRY UNIT:D D Sarma

SOCIETY FOR INNOVATION & DEVELOPMENT:Jayant M Modak

SUPERCOMPUTER EDUCATION & RESEARCH CENTRE:r Govindarajan

DePArtMentS

Department of Biochemistry

ProfileThe department of Biochemistry was started in 1921 and was recognized as a Centre of Advanced Study in Biochemistry in 1968 by the University Grants Commission, and has remained so ever since. The Department offers excellent PhD and post doctoral programmes. More than thousand PhDs and two thousand fellows have been trained.

Major Research AreasMolecular Biology, Molecular Genetics, Structure and function of Proteins and Enzymes, Molecular Immunology, Virology, Cell Biology, Biotechnology, Systems Biology and Bioinformatics.

Current ResearchSome of the current research projects in the depart-ment are:

Investigation of heme biosynthesis in the malarial para-site and development of new antimalarial drug targets, molecular biology of DNA-DNA pairing and strand exchange promoted by RecA proteins of Escherichia coli and Mycobacterium tuberculosis, molecular genetics of chromosome synapsis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae; reg-

ulation of telomere maintenance and cell senescence, homing endonucleases; development of DNA vaccine for rabies; cellular immune response against viruses and immunomodulation, structure and function of viral encoded proteins, molecular mechanisms of assem-bly, replication and movement in single stranded RNA and DNA plant viruses; biochemical and structural studies on pyridoxal phosphate dependent enzymes; restriction-modification enzymes and DNA mismatch repair proteins – their utilization as model systems to study protein-DNA interactions; DNA repair, recom-bination, genomic instability and cancer in mammalian cells; delineating the mechanisms of action of glycode-lin and the role of oligosaccharides in the regulation of activity; design of immunotoxins of abrin for tumor therapy, gene regulation and signal transduction during embryo development and seed development in plants; identification of triacylglycerol biosynthetic pathways in developing cotyledons and oleaginous yeast; biotech-nological production of pharmaceutically important alkaloids and terpenoids found in medicinal plants – plant and fungal bioactive secondary metabolites; characterization and functional roles peptidases from Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium; mouse CD4+ T cell activation; interferon modulated genes and roles of free radicals, understanding the mechanisms of protein translocation into mitochondria, protein fold-ing: understanding the mechanism and regulation in eukaryotic system, iron-sulphur cluster biogenesis, role

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Chandra nagasuma rPhD (Bristol), Associate Professor

D’Silva, PatrickPhD (IIT/Mumbai), Assistant Professor

Ganesh nagarajuPhD (IISc), Assistant Professor

Jayabaskaran CPhD (IISc), MNASc, Professor

Karande, Anjali AnoopPhD (Bombay), Professor

Laloraya, ShikhaPhD (UW – Madison), Associate Professor

Manjunath rPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Muniyappa KPhD (IISc), FNASc, FASc, FNA, FTWAS, Professor

nandi, DipankarPhD (Calif, Berkeley), Professor

raghavan, Sathees C PhD (BHU), Assistant Professor

rajasekharan, ramPhD (IISc), FNAASc, FNASc, FASc, FNA, Professor (on lien)

rangarajan P nPhD (IISc), FNASc, FASc, Professor

rao, D narasimhaPhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, FNA, Professor

Savithri H SPhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNASc, Professor

Utpal tatuPhD (llSc), FASc, Professor

Vathsala P GPhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

of heat shock proteins in health and diseases; role of molecular chaperones in the biogenesis of proteins in eukaryotic cells; evaluation of heat shock proteins as drug targets against malaria; molecular analysis of chromosome condensation and sister chromatid cohe-sion during mitosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, char-

acterization of enzymes involved in ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation; characterization of host genes involved in antiviral response; biology & biotechnol-ogy of Pichia pastoris, metabolic flux balance analysis and modeling of pathways relevant to Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

EstablishEd : 1921PhonE : +91-80-2293 2473

Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0814Email : [email protected]

URl : http://www.biochem.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : H S Savithri

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD and Int PhD

Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology

ProfileThe Department has been recognised as a FIST level II Department by the Department of Science and Technology and a Centre for Advanced Studies in Molecular Medical Microbiology by the Indian Council for Medical Research, and the UGC Centre for Advanced Studies.

Major Research AreasCell and Molecular Biology, Molecular Microbiology, Molecular Immunology, Molecular Virology, Genetics and Development, Plant Molecular Biology.

Current ResearchThe Department has emphasized research on prob-lems related to infectious diseases of bacterial and viral origin and also modern molecular and cell biol-ogy. It is the focal point of research on infectious diseases in the campus. The research carried out by the Department has received recognition and finan-cial support from national and international agencies. MCB was the earliest in the country to introduce for-mal teaching and research in Molecular Biology and is presently involved in training post-doctoral fellows, PhD and Integrated PhD students.

Areas of current researchMolecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology –

Gene structure, organization and expression; tissue specific and developmental stage-specific expres-sion; molecular basis of differentiation in plants; molecular genetics of flower development; global regulation of genes in Candida in response to stress, melanosome biogenesis and protein trafficking, molecular basis of RNA splicing in yeast; molecu-lar biology of cancer; regulation of expression of growth factors and oncogenes; DNA-protein inter-actions; eukaryotic transcription regulation.

Microbiology and Immunology – Structure, organi-zation and regulation of genes involved in transcrip-tional activation in bacteria; DNA topoisomerases; DNA repair; regulation of cell division in mycobac-teria; bacterial virulence/pathogenesis; initiation of protein synthesis; molecular biology and immunol-ogy of Mycobacterium tuberculosis; mechanism of action of antiviral and anticancer compounds; immunology of bacterial and viral infections.

Molecular Virology – Transcription and replica-tion of RNA viruses; immune responses to viral proteins; mechanism of action of antiviral agents; viral expression vectors; recombinant vaccines; molecular biology of morbilli viruses, rotavirus, Japanese encephalitis virus, hepatitis C virus and enteroviruses.

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Ajitkumar PPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Balaji K nPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Chakravortty, DipshikhaPhD (Pune), Associate Professor

Indi S SPhD (Exeter, UK)Senior Scientific Officer

nagaraja VPhD (IISc), FNA, FASc, FNASc, Professor

nath, UtpalPhD (Bombay), Assistant Professor

rajanna CMSc (Bangalore), Technical Officer

rao, C DurgaPhD (IISc), FNASc, Professor

Saumitra DasPhD (Calcutta), FNA, FASc, FNASc, Professor

Somasundaram, KumaravelPhD (Madurai Kamaraj), FNA, FASc, FNASc, Professor

Subba rao, GPhD (JNU), Assistant Professor

Surin william rasicanPhD (JNU), Scientific Officer

talawar, ramappa KMSc (Karnatak), Technical Officer

Varshney, UmeshPhD (Calgary), FNA, FASc, FNASc, Professor

Vijaya SPhD (IISc), Professor

Vijayraghavan, UshaPhD (Caltech), FNA, FASc, Professor



URl : http://www.mcbl.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : V Nagaraja


Department of Molecular reproduction, Development and Genetics

ProfileThe activities of this department are directed towards generating an integrated research program in reproduc-tive biology, cell-developmental biology and genetics.

Major Research AreasReproductive Biology, Developmental Biology, Stem Cell Biology, Bacterial and Human genetics, Signal Transduction, Cancer Biology, Protein structure and function.

Current Research Our current interests in the area of reproductive biol-ogy include (1) physiology and cell biology of ovarian

functions and in particular growth factors/hormones-mediated regulation of folliculogenesis; delineation of apoptotic regression of corpus luteum and effects of pesticides on adrenal and gonadal functions. Also, the research on cross-talk among bone, glucose and fat metabolism during pregnancy and lactation is being investigated, employing transgenic mouse model systems. (2) Cellular and molecular regula-tion of gamete maturation, preimplantation embryo development and blastocyst hatching-implantation phenomena. (3) The role of gonadotropins and tes-tosterone in spermatogenesis; cloning, expression and structure-function relationships of glycoprotein hor-mones and their receptors is being investigated.

Novel proteins important for cyclic nucleotide sign-aling in mycobacteria have been identified and char-acterized. Studies on signal transduction mechanisms are focused on the roles of receptor guanylyl cyclases

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and cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases and tyro-sine kinases, as also on the evolutionary aspects of adenylyl and guanylyl cyclases. The spatio-temporal dynamics of signal transduction is also an area of investigation wherein bacterial two component sys-tems and eukaryotic GPCR MAPK pathways are studied using live cell imaging and other traditional methods.

In cell-developmental biology, studies are being con-ducted to understand the correlated influences of cellular calcium, cell cycle phase and intercellular sig-naling in determining the pattern of gene expression in the social amoeba Dictyostelium.

In stem cell biology, (1) using mouse ES-cell and iPS-cell lines, the molecular basis of pluripotent stem cell differentiation to lineage-specific cell types such as cardiac and neural cell types is being investigated. (2) The cellular and molecular basis of carcinogen-esis is being investigated using oral and breast cancer as model systems and the role of stem cells in cancer

development is also being explored. Gene signatures that predict different clinical categories of breast can-cer are being explored. The role of growth factors in regulating gene expression during differentiation and disease is also an active interest. (3) The development of Drosophila and zebra fish as model systems to study human muscle development, cardiomyopathies and nemaline myopathies is being attempted.

In genetics, research is directed towards uncovering the reasons behind the existence of cryptic genes as well as the role played by these genes during the nor-mal bacterial life cycle and in evolution. In the area of human genetics, the molecular-genetic basis of human genetic disorders is being investigated; the mapping, isolation and mutational analysis of genes causing different genetic disorders such as microspheropha-kia, anencephaly, Parkinson’s disease and primary microcephaly are being investigated. In addition, the roles of the BRITl and ASPM genes in human brain develop are also being actively investigated.

Arun KumarPhD (BHU), DABMG, Professor

Saini, Deepak K PhD (AIIMS), Assistant Professor

Dighe, rajan rPhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, FNA, Professor

Kondaiah PPhD (Osmania), Professor

Mahadevan SPhD (Tufts), FASc, Professor

Medhamurthy rPhD (Saskatchewan), Associate Professor

nanjundaiah, Vidyanand PhD (Chicago), FASc, FNA, Professor

nongthomba, UpendraPhD (Mysore), Assistant Professor

rangarajan, AnnapoorniPhD (NCBS), Associate Professor

Seshagiri, Polani BPhD (IISc), Professor

Visweswariah, Sandhya S PhD (IISc), FASc, Professor

EstablishEd : 1997PhonE : +91-80-2293 2659/2548


URl : http://www.mrdg.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : Paturu Kondaiah


Molecular Biophysics Unit

ProfileThe research activities in the Unit are concerned mainly with the structure, conformation and interac-tions of biomolecules, with the objective of under-standing biological activity in molecular terms. The general strategy has been to employ modern synthetic, biochemical, spectroscopic, X-ray crystallographic, computational methods, molecular modelling and molecular biological, electrophysiological techniques for the realisation of this objective.

Current ResearchComputer simulation to study biomolecular interac-tions; knowledge based prediction and design of pro-tein and nucleic acid motifs; computational genomics to study gene sequences and protein functions.

X-ray crystallography – covering structure and inter-actions of amino acids, peptides, ionophores, drugs and other effector molecules, protein crystallography, virus crystallography and structural genomics.

Synthetic, physico-chemical and spectroscopic stud-ies covering ionophores and membranes; biologically active peptides, oligonucleotides, DNA binding drugs and oligosaccharides. Biological chemistry - folding, structure and function of proteins and molecular chaperones; sequence specific structure and func-tions of DNA; DNA-protein interaction; genomics; proteomics; regulation of gene expression; protein engineering; membranes; ionic channels and electro-physiology, NMR analysis of protein structure, single molecule biology, stress response in bacteria, biology of pathogenic microorganisms.

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BadarinarayanAMIE, Scientific Assistant

Balaram PPhD (Carnegie Mellon), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor

Bansal, ManjuPhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, FNA, Professor

Chatterji, DipankarPhD (lISc), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor

Gopal BPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Govindaraju MMSc (Annamalai), Scientific Assistant

Murthy M r nPhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor

narayanan, rishikeshPhD (IISc), Assistant Professor

raju SMSc (Annamalai), Technical Officer

ramasamy PMSc (Bharathidasan), Scientific Assistant

Sarma, Siddhartha PPhD (Maryland), Associate Professor

Sikdar, Sujit KMedSci (Kyushu), FASc, Professor

Srinivasan nPhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, Professor

Suguna KPhD (IISc), FNASc, Professor

Surolia, AvadheshaPhD (Madras), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, M-IMBN, Professor (on lien)

Varadarajan, raghavanPhD (Stanford), FASc, FNA, Professor

Vijayan MPhD (IISc), FNA, FASc, FNASc, FTWAS, DAE Homi Bhabha Chair Professor



URl : http://mbu.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : Dipankar Chatterji


Centre for ecological Sciences

ProfileThis is the first Centre of Excellence supported by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India with an empha-sis on field-oriented research. It offers exciting opportunities for research in a variety of areas in ecology. These include animal behaviour, evolutionary biology and sociobiology, community ecology and biogeography, molecular genetics and conservation biology, and climate change. Research is being carried out on a number of taxa, ranging from ants to elephants, and including wasps, crickets, spiders, herpetofauna, birds and mammals.

StudentsProgram On Roll as on 31-03-2012PhD 32Int PhD 5

Current ResearchThe Centre concerns itself with research in the following major areas:

Animal Behaviour and Sociobiology – The research in this field addresses the following questions: What favours the evolution of sociality in certain groups of animals? What role do social animals ranging from wasps to elephants play in biological communities? What is the adaptive significance of mimicry in ant-mimicking spiders? What are the behav-ioural and chemical bases for the success and evolution of such mimicry systems? What are the behavioural strategies that predators and prey utilise and how do they change at different scales, and with different levels of community com-plexity? How do animals reconcile conflicting information? What are the mechanistic and adaptive basis of grouping and collective coordinated motion in animals? What are the ecological conditions and evolutionary processes that lead to variation in mating systems across species? What tactics do individuals show to attract mates, fight off competitors, and respond to predators? What information do individuals use to choose mates and determine levels of predation risk?

Animal Communication and Bioacoustics – A major aim of this research is to understand the causes and consequences of animal behaviour in natural environments at both proxi-mate and ultimate levels, for which we use acoustic commu-nication as the model. We aim to understand the structure, diversity, perception and function of acoustic communica-tion signals, taking into account physiological, ecological and evolutionary factors. The methods employed are both reductionist (using behaviour and physiology) and syn-thetic (using simulations), with concurrent quantification of the natural abiotic and biotic environment. Research projects span the areas of bioacoustics, animal behaviour, community and habitat ecology, and systematics.

Applied Evolutionary Ecology – We are interested in the conse-quences of individual behaviour for populations and the appli-cation of approaches from behavioural ecology and evolution towards conservation. Examples of our research include deci-sion-making by antelope in fragmented grassland landscapes and the consequences of these decisions towards crop dam-age; oviposition decisions by female mosquitoes and the con-sequences towards larval population dynamics and mosquito population control; and the role of extreme mating strategies of a mammal disperser on the spread of an invasive plant.

Community Ecology and Biogeography – The aim of this research is to understand the distribution and diversity of organisms at various spatial scales from local communities to macroecological scales, and at various levels of organisa-tion from genes to ecosystems. We combine field ecology, phylogenetic information and ecological modelling to under-stand evolutionary and biogeographic patterns. We address the following questions: How are biological communities organised? What determines the diversity and composition of species occurring in any community? How do diversity patterns change at different scales, i.e. at landscape and regional levels, along elevational and latitudinal gradients?

How do metapopulation dynamics and island bioge-ography help in understanding the effects of forest frag-mentation on diversity? How can this information inform conservation prioritization?

Climate Change and Tropical Forests – Understanding and mitigating the impacts of climate change is one of the main challenges in society. This research asks: How do various for-est ecosystems in India sequester carbon? What is the impact of climate change on forests in India? What is the poten-tial of forestry as a climate mitigation option? How can we strengthen the economic and institutional aspects of forestry mitigation options and adaptation to climate change?

Ecophysiology – We are particularly interested in under-standing the physiological mechanisms that vertebrates use to survive under different ecological conditions. For example, how do hormonal stress responses vary within and among species along habitat gradients and across geo-graphical areas? Does the same physiological mechanism underlie different behavioural strategies?

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Forest ecology – The dynamics of forests are influenced by a number of intrinsic and extrinsic factors – plant species’ functional traits, local species interactions, topography and soils, climate, fire, pests, herbivory by large mammals, dispersal agents, and direct human impacts. Several ques-tions, relating to both basic and applied ecology, are being investigated since 1988 within a network of permanent forest plots (one 50-hectare plot and 20 1-hectare plots) in the Nilgiris in the Western Ghats. This research aims to examine the relation between the functional traits of plants and their response to various climatic factors and fire, as well as measure changes in carbon stocks within different vegetation components.

Mathematical and spatial ecology – We have established a mathematical ecology laboratory to investigate, analyze and predict ecological patterns in space and time. For example, we study how local interactions among nearby animals lead to collective synchronous motion in animal groups. Research is underway to predict and analyze pat-terns of animal movement in various scenarios such as foraging, migration and predator-prey interactions. We are also developing mathematical models to understand spatial organization of vegetation in Indian ecosystems.

Molecular Ecology – Modern molecular genetic tools in conjunction with new data analysis methods have revolu-tionized the fields of ecology, evolution, behavior and con-servation biology. At CES, we have established a molecular ecology laboratory to take advantage of molecular genetic approaches in addressing certain questions in these areas of research. For example, at the genetic level, how is molecular diversity distributed within and among populations and spe-cies? Research projects underway include population genet-ics of large mammals (Asian elephants, gaur, Nilgiri tahr), marine turtles, and phylogeny of Hemidactylus geckos.

Plant-animal Interactions – What is the evolutionary ecol-ogy of species interactions in pollination, seed dispersal and herbivory systems? What are the behavioural and chemical bases for such interactions? What favours the

evolution of mutualisms such as those between ants and ant-plants and between figs and fig wasps? We also address questions about the visual communication between plants and animals, i.e. visual ecology. We have established a chemical ecology facility at CES equipped to investigate the chemistry of compounds involved in these interactions.

Wildlife biology – Studies of elephants in this region have characterized their distribution in relation to forest cover and land-use patterns, impact of ivory poaching on popula-tion structure (male:female ratio) and dynamics, aspects of elephant-human conflicts, population genetic structure, and social organization. We have been monitoring the long-term dynamics of the elephant population of the Nilgiris since 1988 and been involved in devising strategies for successful conservation of the Asian elephant. Research is ongoing on the long-term population structure, dynamics and genetics of the elephant populations as well as human-elephant con-flict. Research is also being carried out on ecology and evo-lutionary biology of marine turtles, including population biology and genetics, and behaviour and movements. The research focuses on olive ridley turtles on the coast of India, leatherback turtles in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, and green turtles in the Lakshadweep Islands.

FacilitiesThe Centre has excellent facilities for theoretical as well as experimental research in plant, animal and human ecology as well as the social behaviour of insects. Field research facilities are maintained at Karkala near Kudremukh National Park (Dakshin Kannada district), and Masinagudi near Mudumalai Sanctuary (Nilgiri district) where a variety of ecological stud-ies are being carried out. Field stations have recently been established at a number of other sites including in Rushikulya on the Orissa Coast, and Kadmat, Lakshadweep.

Some available analytical facilities include:Molecular Ecology LaboratoryMathematical Ecology Laboratory

Balakrishnan, rohiniAssociate Professor

Borges, renee MProfessor

Gadagkar, raghavendraProfessor

Guttal, VishweshaAssistant Professor

Isvaran, KavitaAssistant Professor

Joshi, nVAssociate Professor

Karanth, PraveenAssistant Professor

nanjundiah, VidyanandProfessor, Adjunct Faculty

Shanker, KartikAssistant Professor

Sukumar, rProfessor

thaker, MariaAssistant Professor

Bhat, DMSenior Scientific Officer

Pillai, n n JanardananTechnical Officer

ramachandra, tVrScientific Officer

EstablishEd : 1983PhonE : +91-80-2293 2506, 23600985

Fax : +91-80-23601428Email : [email protected]

URl : http://ces.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : R Sukumar

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, Int PhD

Centre for neuroscience

ProfileUnderstanding the structure, function and develop-ment of the brain in health and disease represents a fas-cinating challenge. It requires studying the brain across different levels of organization using molecular, cellu-lar, systems, cognitive and computational approaches.

Created in the centenary year of IISc, the Centre will leverage the existing expertise at the institute in engi-neering, mathematics, physics and biology to create a vibrant, interdisciplinary group to address problems that are beyond the capabilities of individual inves-tigators. The Centre recruits faculty across wide-ranging disciplines to establish a strong program in basic neuroscience. At the same time, it has developed strong links with clinical centres in order to introduce an element of translational research.

Major Research Areas Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience

Systems and Cognitive Neuroscience

Computational Neuroscience

Current ResearchSome of the current research areas are:

Elucidating redox signaling mediated molecular mechanisms in synaptic processes and pathogen-

esis of neurodegenerative diseases with a goal towards translating into rational disease-modify-ing therapies. (Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath)

Analysis of molecular pathways that control neu-rogenesis and determination of neuronal pheno-types during development and in embryonic stem cells differentiation. (Shyamala Mani)

Visuomotor control and decision-making using a combination of behavioral, electrophysiologi-cal and computational techniques in humans and non-human primates. (Aditya Murthy)

Visual perception and object recognition using behavioural studies in humans, single-neuron recordings in monkey visual cortex and computa-tional modeling (S P Arun)

Neural mechanisms of selective attention and the role of brain rhythms in cortical processing using chronically implanted micro-electrode arrays in monkeys and macro-electrodes in humans. (Supratim Ray)

Neuronal, morphological and molecular basis of learning and memory using small animal behav-ior, optical spectroscopy and microscopy. (Balaji Jayaprakash)

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Arun S PPhD (Johns Hopkins)Assistant Professor

Jayaprakash, BalajiPhD (TIFR), Assistant Professor

Mani, ShyamalaPhD (SUNY, Syracuse)Associate Professor

Murthy, AdityaPhD (Pittsburgh)Associate Professor

rangarajan GP/MA, Associate Faculty

ravindranath, VijayalakshmiPhD (Mysore), FASc, FNA, FNASc,FTWAS, FAMS, Professor

ray, SupratimPhD (Johns Hopkins)Assistant Professor

Seshagiri, PolaniP/MRDG, Associate Faculty

Sinha, AnindyaAdjunct Faculty

Veni Madhavan C eP/CSA, Associate Faculty

Vishwamitra, SanjayaAdjunct Faculty

EstablishEd : 2009PhonE : +91-80-2293 3431/3432/3433


URl : http://www.cns.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath


Central Animal Facility

ProfileThe CAF is involved in the breeding and maintenance of laboratory animals for biological research and pro-viding infrastructure for animal experimentation.

Major Research and ActivitiesThe Central Animal Facility is integrated functionally into two units for administrative convenience:

• Small Animal Facility

• Centre for Infectious Disease Research

Small Animal Facility

The small animal facility breeds and maintains genet-ically pure inbred strains of different species of ani-mals for use by various investigators of the Division of Biological Sciences and other disciplines. The animal species bred and maintained include Wistar rats, Sprague Dawley rats, New Zealand White

rabbits and several strains of mice (C57BL/6, BALB/c, CD1, C3HeJ and Swiss albino). These animals are used extensively in research involving frontal areas of science. A special facility with a controlled environment/clean atmosphere is utilized for breeding of above said strains as well as special strains of immuno-compromised mice (nude mice and knock out mice).

Centre for Infectious Disease Research

The Centre for Infectious Disease Research and the Biosafety laboratories have been conceived and built to provide infrastructural support to infectious disease research. With a view to enable IISc faculty to address topical research questions in a multidisciplinary manner pertaining to the numerous new and emerging infections, IISc has established a world class BSL-3 facility. The BSL-3 facility comprises approximately 15000 sq. ft. of built up space with generous contributions from the Department of Biotechnology and the Sir Dorabji Tata Trust. The facility includes internationally

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certified biosafety cabinets, horizontal autoclaves with intricate safety features, carbon-di-oxide incu-bators, -80°C freezers, aerosol infection equipment, refrigerated high speed centrifuges, and individual ventilated caging system for animal experimen-tation. In addition to separate ducting for rooms dealing with different types of pathogens, negative air pressure relative to the environment, 4 dou-ble door horizontal autoclaves of unique custom design, and protective HEPA filters at every return

air riser outlet, the BSL-3 facility also has in place utility lines for carbon-di-oxide and liquid nitro-gen that can be serviced from outside the facility, visitor view panels, constant monitoring through a panel of 10 video cameras, along with fire and smoke alarms, emergency shower and captive waste treatment to safeguard the environment. The IISc BSL-3 facility was subjected to third party valida-tion and certification by Messers Bassler-Hoffman of Switzerland.

Somasundaram, KumaravelPhD (Madurai Kamaraj), Professor

Balaji K nPhD (IISc), Associate Professor,Convenor, Small Animal Facility

ramachandra S G PhD (UAS), Principal Research Scientist

ravindranath H AladakattiPhD (Karnatak), Scientific Officer

Shivakumar K rMSc (Mysore), Technical Officer

EstablishEd : 1971PhonE : SAF : +91-80-2293 2457

PRL : +91-80-2293 2735CIDR : +91-80-2293 3063/64


[email protected] : http://caf.iisc.ernet.in

ChaiRPERson : Kumaravel Somasundaram

Primate research Laboratory

ProfileThe Primate Research Laboratory (PRL) is involved in the breeding and maintenance of nonhuman pri-mates for biological research. The PRL houses bonnet monkeys (Macaca radiata). The PRL was established in 1965 to provide facilities and assist investigators to undertake research using non-human primates. Research employing monkeys include reproductive

biology, neurobiology and other allied areas of biol-ogy. The facility has a modern surgical theatre.

Major Research and Activities Reproductive Biology

Neuroscience

Aditya MurthyPhD (Pittsburgh), AssociateProfessor and Convener PRL

ramesh VMSc (Bangalore), Technical Officer


ChaiRPERson : Aditya Murthy

Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry

ProfileThe Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry is devoted to modern research and teaching in Chemistry. Since its inception as one of the two founding departments of the Institute in 1911, the department has distinguished itself as a cen-tre for innovative and pioneering research in a wide range of areas in inorganic and physical chemistry. It was elevated to the status of a UGC Centre of Advanced Study in 1980 in recognition of its achieve-ments in these fields. It has been sponsored under Funds for Improvement of Science and Technology Infrastructure in Universities & Higher Educational Institutions (FIST) by the Department of Science & Technology, Govt. of India.

Major Research AreasMolecular Structure, Dynamics & Spectroscopy, Quantum Chemistry, Laser Spectroscopy, Solid State Chemistry, Electrochemistry, Chemical Kinetics, Poly-mer Chemistry, Boron Chemistry, Organometallics, Coordination Chemistry, Bioinorganic Chemistry, Quantum Dynamics, Nanostructured Materials, Theoretical Chemistry, X-ray Crystallography, Magnetic Materials, Supramolecular Chemistry, Statistical Mechanics, Transport in nano-junctions, solution-phase simulations.

Current ResearchThe areas of current research are:

Molecular structure and quantum chemistry – Rotational, vibrational and electronic spectros-copy; supersonic jet spectroscopy; magnetic resonance spectroscopy; quantum chemistry; molecular electronic structure calculations.

Chemical kinetics and dynamics – Solvation dynamics, ligand-protein interaction kinetics; high temperature chemical kinetics related to combus-tion and atmospheric chemistry.

Laser spectroscopy – Time resolved absorption and Raman spectroscopy; study of ultrafast electron-transfer processes; molecular nonlinear optics and spectroscopic application of nonlinear optical tech-niques in solution; photochemistry and photophys-ics of excited states; photodissociation of small molecules relevant to the atmosphere and environ-ment by time resolved spectroscopy.

Biospectroscopy – Use of infrared and Raman microscopy to study biological and biomedical research problems.

Solid state chemistry – Layered materials and intercalation; oxides of high surface area; hetero-geneous catalysis.

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Arunan ePhD (Kansas State), FASc, Professor

Chakravarty A rPhD (Calcutta), FASc, FNA, Professor

Cherayil, Binny JPhD (Chicago), Professor

Das P KPhD (Columbia), FASc, Professor

Jagirdar, Balaji rPhD (Kansas State), Professor

Mugesh GPhD (IIT/Bombay), Associate Professor

Mukherjee, Partha SarathiPhD (Jadavpur), Associate Professor

Munichandraiah nPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

nethaji MPhD (Madras), Chief Research Scientist

ramakrishnan SPhD (U Mass, Amherst), FASc, Professor

Sai G rameshPhD (Wisconsin-Madison), Assistant Professor

Sampath SPhD (IIT/Madras), FASc, Professor

Samuelson A GPhD (Cornell), Professor

Sandya SPhD (Kerala), Scientific Officer

Sanjay PrasadMTech (Anna), Scientific Officer

Sebastian K LPhD (IISc), FASc, FNA Professor

thilagar PPhD (IIT/K), Assistant Professor

Umapathy SPhD (Otago), FAS Professor

Upendra HarbolaPhD (JNU), Assistant Professor

Vasudevan SPhD (IIT/K), FASc Professor

Electrochemistry – Electroanalytical chemistry; organized assemblies; electrochemical biosensors; electro-chemical energy conversion and storage; electrocatalysis; conducting polymers.

Theoretical chemistry – Theoretical problems in classical and quantum dynamics; soft condensed matter and biophysical chemistry; applied theo-retical chemistry; computational chemistry; sta-tistical mechanics. Transport in nano-junctions, solution-phase simulations.

Polymer chemistry – New polymerization meth-odologies; conjugated polymers; hyperbranched polymers; conformational control in synthetic polymers; statistical mechanics of polymers.

Chemistry of Boron – Boron containing conju-gated polymers; chemosensory materials, optoe-lectronic materials and planar chiral Lewis acids for asymmetric catalysis.

Bioinorganic chemistry – Modelling the functional and structural properties of metalloproteins; anti-cancer active metal complexes; artificial nucleases; selenoenzymes; zinc hydrolases.

Organometallic/Coordination chemistry – Synthesis, structure and reactivity of organometallic com-pounds, metal clusters and magnetic clusters; Supramolecular chemistry; metal-organic based extended frameworks; host-guest chemistry of nanoscopic cages; homogeneous catalysis.

Physical chemistry of materials/nanostructured materials – Host-guest chemistry in layered and porous solids; heterogeneous catalysis and zeo-lites; structure of elemental boron and boron-rich solids; metallic nanoparticles – synthesis, proper-ties, catalysis; organic thin films – self assembly; Langmuir-Blodgett films; NLO properties.


Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0683+91-(080)-2360 1552

Email : [email protected] : http://ipc.iisc.ernet.in

ChaiRPERson : A G SamuelsondEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, Int PhD

Department of organic Chemistry

ProfileThe Department is involved in teaching and research in all the frontier areas of organic chemistry. The Department has been recognized as a Centre for Advanced Study by the UGC and gets support from DST under the FIST program.

Major Research AreasBio-inspired Chemistry, Carbohydrate Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Organic Materials, Physical Organic Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Asymmetric Synthesis.

Current Research Bio-inspired Chemistry & Chemical Biology –

Design, synthesis of novel lipids and evalua-tion of functional models of membranes and membrane bound enzymes; organic reactions in supramolecular assemblies, micelles, vesicles, etc., gene transfection and molecular recognition of DNA, enzyme inhibitors. Development of novel telomerase inhibitors. Design and synthesis of covalent peptide binding elements: hydrogen bond mimics; structural and functional mimics of

biologically significant protein domains; enzyme active site mimics.

Carbohydrate Chemistry – Studies of glycosylation reactions, synthetic modifications of monosaccha-rides and oligosaccharides, studies of biological and material properties of glycosides and neogly-coconjugates.

Organic Materials – Study of organic and aqueous gels and functional gels, structure of novel molec-ular materials; structural studies of photochemi-cal reactions and nonlinear effects in constrained media, synthesis of bile acid derived dendrimers; synthesis of hyperbranched macromolecules and dendrimers; structural, functional and interfacial studies; nanocomposites.

Physical Organic Chemistry – Reaction mecha-nisms and kinetics; studies of dynamic phenom-ena, equilibria; stereochemistry; correlation of substituent properties.

Synthetic Organic Chemistry & Asymmetric Synthesis – Stereoselective total-synthesis of bio-active natural products; molecules of diverse structures; biologically interesting molecules; new synthetic reactions and reagents, asymmetric synthe-sis; synthesis of non-natural products with unusual properties; asymmetric catalysis; green chemistry.

Bhattacharya, SantanuPhD (Rutgers), FASc, FNA, Professor

Chandrasekhar, SosalePhD (London), Professor

Jayaraman nPhD (IIT/K), FASc, Associate Professor

Maitra, UdayPhD (Columbia), FASc, FNA, Professor

Mukherjee, SantanuPhD (Cologne), Assistant Professor

Prabhakaran e nPhD (IIT/K), Assistant Professor

Prabhu K rPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Prasad K rPhD (Pune), Associate Professor

Srikrishna APhD (Hyderabad) FASc, FNASc, FNA, Professor

Guru row t nPhD (IISc), FASc, P/SSCU, Associate Faculty

Chandrasekaran SPhD (Madras), FASc, FNA, FTWAS,Honorary Professor



URl : http://orgchem.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : Santanu Bhattacharya

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, Int PhD

Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit

ProfileThe Unit provides opportunities for research and teaching in areas of solid state, structural, surface and materials chemistry. The Unit has established strong interactions with other departments through inter-disciplinary and inter-departmental research pro-grammes. It contributes to the Institute’s Integrated PhD programme in Chemistry and the IISc Young Fellowship programme.

The University Grants Commission has recognised the Unit as a Centre for Advanced Study in Solid State Chemistry. The Commission has also extended support to the Unit under its Science and Technology Infrastructure Improvement Programme. Recognising the importance of postdoctoral research as part of the professional training of scientists, several research associates continue to be encouraged at the Unit.

Major Research AreasStructure and Properties of Oxides, High tempera-ture, Superconductivity, Strongly Correlated Systems, Nanomaterials, X-ray Crystallography and Charge Densities, Biophysical Chemistry, Reaction Dynamics, Statistical Mechanics and Computer Simulations in the Condensed State, Microporous and Mesoporous Inorganic complexes, Organic memory devices, Plastic

crystals and Materials, Electrochemistry with empha-sis on, Batteries, Fuel Cells and Supercapacitors.

Current ResearchThe areas of current research are:

Synthesis of new materials, structure, electronic and magnetic properties of oxides, chalcogenides and related materials – covering preparative solid state chemistry; amorphous solids; Nanomaterials, solid ionics, materials electro-chemistry with emphasis on batteries, fuel cells and supercapacitors; solid state electro-chemistry; oxide catalysis; electron states in molecules, solids and surfaces (X-ray spectros-copy and photoelectron spectroscopy; EELS, etc.); high temperature superconductivity; metalinsula-tor transitions; phase transitions in solids; colossal magnetoresistance; fullerenes; carbon nanotubes; theoretical solid state chemistry of strongly correlated systems; X-ray crystallography (structural aspects of bio-organic and bio-inorganic systems; electron den-sity distribution and chemical bonding); molecular relaxation phenomena; reaction dynamical statistical mechanics and interfaces and other frontier areas of theoretical chemistry. Soft matter, ion conductivity materials, mesoporous materials for drug storage and control release. Organic materials for solar cells, poly-mer nanocomposites.

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Bagchi, BimanPhD (Brown), FNA, FASc, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor

Bhattacharyya, Aninda JPhD (Jadavpur), Associate Professor

Desiraju, Gautam rPhD (Illinois), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor

Giridhar MadrasPhD (Texas A&M), P/CE, Associate Faculty

Govindaraj APhD (Mysore), Principal Research Scientist

Guru row t nPhD (lISc), FASc, FNA, FRSC, Professor

Jayaram VPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Kannan K rMSc (Engg) (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

natarajan SPhD (IIT/Madras), FASc, FNASc,Professor

Pandey AnshuPhD (University of Chicago)Assistant Professor

ramasesha SPhD (IIT/K), FASc, FNA, FTWAS, Professor

rao C n rDSc (Mysore), PhD (Purdue), DSc (hc), ScD (hc), LLD (hc), FASc, FNA, Hon FRSC, FRS, FTWAS, Linus Pauling Research Professor, INSA Albert Einstein Research Professor, National Research Professor, Honorary Professor

Sarma D DPhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, FNA, FTWAS, Professor

Sathishkumar rMTech (Madras), Scientific Officer

Satish PatilPhD (Wuppertal, Germany),Associate Professor

Shivakumara CPhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Shukla A KPhD (IIT/K), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FNAE, UGC-BSR Faculty

Vasan H nPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Vasanthacharya n YPhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Vasudevan SPhD (IIT/K), P/IPC, FNA, FASc,Associate Faculty

Venkatesh H MBSc LLB (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant

Yashonath SPhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, Professor



URl : http://www.sscu.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : D D Sarma


Materials research Centre

ProfileTo promote materials science activities in a coordi-nated manner, the Materials Research Laboratory was established in 1978. The laboratory functioning within the Division of Physical and Mathematical sciences and run by a committee of distinguished faculty drawn from different departments was mandated to promote interdisciplinary research programmes in materials and provide centralized services on a few sophisticated, major instruments. A programme of direct admission to research was initiated in 1985, making a change in the character of the Materials Research Laboratory and was renamed as Materials Research Centre (MRC). Currently, the Centre enjoys the status of a department for all academic activities, with additional responsibility for promoting interdisciplinary research in Materials Science. The Centre continues to provide critical sophisticated equipment support to the entire campus. The Centre has the distinction of belonging to both the science and engineering faculty and admin-istratively belongs to the Chemical Sciences Division. Presently the core faculty strength of the Centre is nine. In addition, one honorary professor participates in all the activities of the Centre. The Centre runs two academic research programmes leading to the degrees of PhD and MSc (Engg). On an average, the Centre has 60 students on roll between the programmes, with

the majority enrolled in the PhD programme. It also participates in the Integrated PhD programme of the Division of Chemical Sciences. MRC attracts major research projects, and funding both from national and international agencies, and is a leader in both funda-mental and applied Materials Science. This is reflected both in publications and funding, which are among the highest in the Institute.

Major Research AreasFunctional Ceramics and Composites, Electronic, Electro-Optic and Optoelectronic Materials, Ferroic Materials and High-Tc Superconducting Oxides, Thin Films and Sensors, Glasses and Glass nano crystal composites, Quantum Dots and Nano Epitaxy, III–V Epitaxy and Stress analysis, Nano structures and hybrids for energy applications, Biomaterials.

Current ResearchThe current focus of research is on functional mate-rials. Present activities centre around the synthesis and characterisation of materials, ceramic-based sen-sors, optoelectronic materials including luminescent

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phosphors, electronic ceramics, thin solid films, dia-mond coatings, Biomaterials, ceramic composites, amorphous and metastable materials. The Centre has undertaken a new initiative in nanomaterials, includ-ing nanopatterning. It has initiated a microstructural characterisation of materials using transmission and scanning electron microscopes and collaborated extensively with other departments of the IISc. It has a strong programme on materials science and technology. An active programme on MOCVD and MBE of III–V semiconductors is in progress. Physical vapour growth of multicomponent oxide thin films is being actively pursued. There is considerable activ-ity on ferroic materials and high-Tc superconducting

oxides. Electrical, magnetic, and thermal properties of materials at ambient and high temperatures and pressures are being investigated. Multifunctionalities of glass nanocrystal composites are being addressed. Research activity on nanopatterning using a nano-lithographic approach has been started. Theoretical research covers defect physics, martensitic transfor-mation, friction, dislocation dynamics and instabili-ties in plastic flow, using concepts of stick-slip and growth instabilities in bifurcation and chaos. Research on materials modelling includes multiscale simulation and properties of nanostructures. Many of the cur-rent research projects listed below are on the develop-ment of nanostructures of functional materials.

Krupanidhi S BPhD (Delhi), FASc, Professor

nanda, Karuna KarPhD (IOP), Associate Professor

raghavan, SrinivasanPhD (Penn State), Assistant Professor

rao C n rDSc (Mysore), PhD (Purdue), DSc (hc), ScD (hc), LLD (hc), Hon FRSC, FASc, FNA, FRS, Linus Pauling Research Professor, INSA-Albert Einstein ResearchProfessor, Honorary Professor

ravishankar nPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Bikramjit BasuPhD (Katholieke Belgium),Associate Professor

Sahoo, BalaramPhD (Duisberg), Assistant Professor

Singh, Abishek KPhD (Tohoku), Assistant Professor

Umarji, Arun MPhD (IIT/Madras), Professor

Varma K B rPhD (Madras), Professor



URl : http://www.mrc.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : K B R Varma

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, MSc (Engg) and Int PhD

nMr research Centre

ProfileThe NMR Research Centre had its inception in 1977 with the installation of the first superconducting magnet-based high-field NMR spectrometer in the country. It has continued to grow steadily over the years retaining its leadership in the field of Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy. The Centre has at present seven NMR spectrometers covering a range of fre-quencies from 400 to 800 MHz with differing capabili-ties. The research interests of the faculty at the Centre include – theoretical and experimental aspects of NMR, development and applications of NMR based tech-niques for the study of liquids, solids and liquid crys-talline mesophases, biomolecular NMR spectroscopy and NMR quantum computing.

Major Research AreasNuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Applications and Development of NMR Techniques to Biomolecular Structure Determination, Oriented

Molecules and Materials Science, Quantum Computing by NMR techniques.

Current ResearchThe activities of the Centre cover both theoretical and experimental aspects of nuclear magnetic reso-nance spectroscopy. These include development of new techniques for application to liquids, solids, mesophase and biomolecules; studies of relaxation phenomena, multidimensional and multiple quan-tum NMR spectroscopy; GFT and fast methods for data collection and quantum computing. The systems studied include oriented samples, liquid crystalline phases, hydrogen bonded and supramo-lecular assemblies, peptides, proteins, nucleotides, model-membranes, perfused cells and tissues, and in-vitro studies of biological systems. In addition the Centre is actively involved in the development of software and hardware for new techniques and special experiments.

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Atreya, Hanudatta SPhD (Mumbai), Assistant Professor

Mathias P CPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

raghothama SPhD (IISc), MNASc, Principal Research Scientist

ramanathan K VPhD (IISc), FNASc, Professor

Suryaprakash nPhD (Bangalore), FNASc, Professor

Vasudevan SPhD (IIT/K), FASc, Professor

wilson P tMSc (Madurai), Scientific Assistant



URl : http://nrc.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : S Vasudevan

Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics

ProfileThe department was established in the year of 1996 and pursues a wide area of interdisciplinary research activities in the broad domain of instrumentation and applied physics.

Major Research AreasMicroscopy and Nano-scale Imaging sensor devel-opment and Instrumentation, Material Science and Engineering, Applied Photonics, Integrated Systems and Electronics, Energy Systems, Mass Spectrometry, System Design and Instrumentation, Surface Engineering, Plasma Processing, optic and Microfluidics Instrumentation.

Current ResearchThe Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics has a primary focus on applied and inter-dis-ciplinary research. The current areas of research can be broadly classified into the following zones:

Microscopy and Nanoscale Imaging – Scanning probe microscopy, fluorescence microscopy, atomic force microscopy, multiphoton micro-scopy, nanoscopy, 3D nano metrology, point spread function, multidimensional imaging and reconstruction, nano manipulation, superresolu-tion imaging, confocal microscopy, photophysics, functional fluorescent nanoparticles, nanome-chanical properties of biological samples, bioin-strumentation and bioimaging, magnetic tweezers.

Sensors development and related Instrumentation – Piezoelectric & piezoresistive phenomena based sensors for impact measurments and biomediacl applications, radiation sensors, microgenerators, etc.

Material Science and Engineering – Novel semicon-ductors, nano-materials, metamaterials, mechan-ics of nanostructures, mass spectrometry, self assembly.

Applied Photonics – Optical and ultrasound assisted optical tomography, quantitative flow diagnosis of high-speed and turbulent flows, reconstruction strategies for diffuse optical-,

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Ahuja, SharathMSc (Alagappa), Technical Officer

Asokan SPhD (IISc), FNASc, Professor

Chandran MPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Chatterjee, Vani VPhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Gorthi, Sai SivaPhD (EPFL), Assistant Professor

Gunasekhar K rPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Jayanth G rPhD (Ohio State), Assistant Professor

Mathias P CPhD (IISc), AcP/CNMR,Associate Faculty

Menon A GPhD (IISc), Professor

Misra, AbhaPhD (IIT/Bombay), Assistant Professor

Mohanty, Atanu KPhD (Polytech. N. Y), AP/SERC,Associate Faculty

Mondal Partha PPhD (IISc), Assistant Professor

Mondal t KPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

nagaraju JPhD (Nagarjuna), Professor

rajan KPhD (IISc), AcP/PHY, Associate Faculty

rajanna KPhD (IISc), Professor

ramgopal SMSc (Engg), (IISc), PrincipalResearch Scientist

rao, L KameswaraPhD (IISc), Assistant Professor

rao, G MohanPhD (IISc), Professor

Sambandan, SanjivPhD (Waterloo), Assistant Professor

Shivaprakash n CPhD (Mysore), Chief Research Scientist

Somashekara B nBSc (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant

Vasu, ram MohanPhD (Aston UK), Professor

Vanitha M nBE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant

Vijaya H SMSc (Annamalai), Scientific Assistant

photo-acoustic and diffuse correlation tomog-raphy, fiber optics, lasers, thermal wave spec-troscopy, fiber Bragg grating sensors, all optical switching, photoconductivity studies.

Integrated Systems and Related Electronics – Integrated circuits, micro-electromechanical-systems (MEMS), semiconductor device physics, chalcogenide glasses, electrical switching and phase change memories, electronics on flexible substrates, ink-jet printed electronics, piezoelectric sensors, optic fiber based sensing and instrumen-tation, electro-magnetics.

Energy Systems – Thin film batteries, general principles of energy harvesting, solar photo-voltaic, thermoelectric, piezoelectric, novel solu-tions for energy storage, low power system design.

Mass spectrometry – Ion trap instrumentation, shape optimization, novel trap design.

System Design and Instrumentation – Design and development of measurement systems eg. pre-cision (nm) motion control, optics based stress

sensing systems, mass spectrometry etc. machine design and FEM analysis.

Surface engineering – Physical vapor deposition (PVD) and chemical vapor deposition (CVD), plasma enhanced CVD, ion plating techniques, thin film growth mechanism and correlation between structure and property, hard coatings, Plasma surface modification.

Plasma Processing – Development of Plasma Processes – Atmospheric, Conventional and ECR plasmas – Plasma diagnostics – Surface modifica-tion of Polymers – Plasma assisted PVD and CVD of thin films.

Optics and Microfluidics Instrumentation – Imaging flow Cytometry, Quantitative Phase Microscopy, Optics and Microfluidics based Instrumentation, Computational Imaging, Interferometry and Non-destructive Testing, Three-dimensional shape measurement techniques, High-throughput Cell Characterization Techniques using Optical/fluo-rescence Microscopy in Microfluidics Platform.

EstablishEd as Cisl : 1964PhonE : +91-80-2293 2269


URl : http://isu.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : K Rajanna

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : MTech, MSc (Engg), PhD

Department of Mathematics

ProfileThe Department of Mathematics has an active research faculty with diverse research interests. Research at the Department reflects an interest in some of the most current topics in mathematics, as well as work in interdisciplinary areas in which math-ematics plays a key role.

Major Research AreasAlgebraic and Combinatorial Topology, Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry, Complex Analysis, Differential Geometry, Functional Analysis, Harmonic Analysis, Low Dimensional Topology, Nonlinear Dynamics, Partial Differential Equations, Probability and Stochastic Processes, Mathematical Finance, Representation Theory, Time Series Analysis, Statistics, Numerical Analysis.

Current Research Algebraic and Combinatorial Topology –

Combinatorial manifolds, PL-manifolds, mini-mal triangulation of manifolds, triangulation of spheres and projective planes with few vertices, pseudomanifolds with small excess, equivelar poly-hedral maps.

Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry – Study of derivation modules of curves and hyper surfaces, connection with Zariski - Lipman con-jecture, monomial curves, complete intersections and set theoretic complete intersections, intersec-tion theory of algebraic varieties, minimal number of generators for ideals and modules, study of cer-tain algebraic surfaces. Algebraic cycles, splitting criteria for vector algebraic varieties.

Complex Analysis – Several complex variables, pluripotential theory and complex dynamical sys-tems, integrable kernels, interpolation problems in

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Bharali, GautamPhD (Wisconsin), Associate Professor

Bhattacharyya, tirthankarPhD (ISI), Associate Professor

Datta, BasudebPhD (ISI), FASc, Professor

Gadgil, SiddharthaPhD (Cal Tech), Professor

Ghosh M KPhD (TIFR-IISc), FASc, FNASc,Professor

Iyer, Srikanth KrishnanPhD (UC/Santa Barbara),Professor

Mahesh KumariPhD (IISc), UGC Research Scientist ‘C’

Manjunath KrishnapurPhD (UC/Berkeley), Assistant Professor

Misra, GadadharPhD (SUNY, Stony Brook), FNA,FASc, Professor

nandakumaran A KPhD (TIFR-IISc), Professor

narayanan e KPhD (ISI), Associate Professor

Patil, Dilip PPhD (TIFR-Bombay), Professor

rangarajan GPhD (Maryland), FASc, FNASc,Professor

Seshadri, HarishPhD (SUNY, Stony Brook),Associate Professor

Singla, PoojaPhD (IMSc), Assistant Professor

thangavelu SPhD (Princeton), FASc, FNA,Professor

thirupathi GudiPhD (IIT/B), Assistant Professor

Verma, KaushalPhD (Indiana), Associate Professor

EstablishEd : 1956PhonE : Office + 91-80-2293 2265/2267/2711/3215/2514

Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0146/0683Email : [email protected]

URl : http://www.math.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : M K Ghosh

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD and Int. PhD

several complex variables, complex approximation theory.

Differential Geometry – Geometry and topol-ogy of Einstein manifolds, topology of positively curved manifolds.

Functional Analysis – Hilbert modules, multi-variable operator theory, indefinite inner product spaces.

Harmonic Analysis – Harmonic analysis on Lie groups and integral geometry.

Low Dimensional Toplogy – Toplogy of smooth four-manifolds, especially connections with three-manifold topology via refinements of topological field theories.

Metric and Riemannian Geometry – Especially sta-bility of curvature conditions under perturbation.

Nonlinear Dynamics – Coupled dynamical systems, synchronization, Turing patterns, applications of Lie algebraic methods to nonlinear Hamiltonian systems.

Numerical Analysis – Finite element methods, dis-continuous Galerkin methods, adaptive/multilevel methods.

Partial Differential Equations – Homogenization of partial differential equations, controllability, tomography and computations.

Probability and Stochastic Processes – Random matrix Theory, zeros of random analytic func-tions, stability and control of stochastic systems, diffusion and related topics, stochastic dynamic games, first passage time problems for anomalous diffusion, long memory processes, mathematical finance, random geometric graphs, superprocesses.

Time Series Analysis – Application of time series analysis techniques to neuroscience especially to brain-machine interfaces, applications to geo-physics.

Representation Theory – Representation of groups over local rings and local fields, Representation of finite dimensional Artin algebras.

Department of Physics

ProfileThe department of Physics was established by Prof. Sir C V Raman in the year 1933. Many eminent sci-entists like Homi Bhabha, Vikram Sarabhai, G N Ramachandran, S Ramaseshan and R Chidambaram have all been either students or faculty of the Department in the past. The department has strived hard to continue this tradition of excellence and is now an internationally recognized centre for research. The department provides facilities for undergraduate teach-ing, post-graduate research and advanced instruction in several areas of Physics such as Condensed Matter Physics, Atomic Spectroscopy, Bio-Crystallography and Astronomy and Astrophysics. It has introduced many innovations in research and instructional activi-ties that have contributed to the growth of physical sciences in the country.

The department has been recognized as a Centre for Advanced Study by the UGC and is supported by Funds for Improvement of Science & Technology Infrastructure in Universities & Higher Educational Institutions (FIST) from the Department of Science & Technology.

Major Research AreasCondensed Matter Physics, Complex Systems and Biology Inspired Physics, Bio-molecular Structure and Biophysics, Atomic and Optical Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics.

Current Research Astronomy and Astrophysics – Cosmology, dark

energy. Physics around black holes and other com-pact objects. Nuclear astrophysics. Galactic astron-omy, interstellar matter. Plasma astrophysics, solar physics. Astrophysical fluid phenomena including accretion disks and jets, variability of compact objects and related Quasi-Periodic-Oscillation phenomena, physics of gravitation, particle astro-physics including field theory in curved space-time, early universe, neutrino astrophysics, dynamics and evolution of interacting galaxies.

Atomic and Optical Physics – Laser cooling, atom trapping, laser tweezers, optical activity.

Biocrystallography and Bioinformatics – X-ray crystallographic studies of the structure and con-formation of proteins, peptides and DNA. Denovo design of peptides, stereodynamics and supercoil-ing of DNA, structural genomics, protein folding, computational biology, drug design.

Experimental Condensed Matter Physics – Optical and transport properties of bulk and thin film semi-conductors, photoluminescence, photoreflectance, magneto-transport in narrow gap semiconductors, amorphous semiconductors, DLTS, thermoelectrics, bio-MEMS; spintronics and magnetism; crystal growth, CMR manganites and multiferroics; nuclear and electron magnetic resonance; molecular elec-tronics, conducting polymers and their composites; nanoscale physics: nanophotonics and nanoplas-monics; physics of nanodevices; Raman spectros-copy of strongly correlated oxides and manganates; electrical, thermal and optical properties of polymer nanocomposites; soft matter physics: dynamics, rhe-ology, and chaos in complex, confined and glassy flu-ids; physics of soft nano composites; driven colloidal and granular matter, superfluidity in liquid and solid helium, diffuse optical tomography, ultrasound mod-ulated optical tomography, algorithms and computer architectures for medical imaging and microscopy.

Theoretical Condensed Matter and Computational Physics – Strongly correlated quantum systems – giant magnetoresistance, high-Tc superconductivity, quantum phase transitions, transport in strongly cor-related systems, the physics of cold atoms and entan-glement in many body systems; soft, living and driven matter – self-propelled systems, vortex matter, com-plex fluid flow, granular matter; dense and confined liquids and the glass transition; molecular modeling of nanoscale and biological systems – nanotubes, DNA and water; fluid and plasma turbulence; car-diac arrhythmias; medical imaging and tomography. The Department of Physics also operates the Joint Astronomy and Astrophysics programme (JAP) with support from the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Bangalore and the Raman Research Institute (RRI). The activities of JAP are given separately.

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Anil Kumar P SPhD (Pune), Associate Professor

Aveek BidPhD (IISc), Assistant Professor

Basu, Jaydeep KumarPhD (Calcutta), Associate Professor

Choudhuri, Arnab raiPhD (Chicago), FASc, FNASc,FNA, Professor

Dasgupta, ChandanPhD (Pennsylvania), FASc, FNA,FTWAS, Professor

Ganesan rPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Ghosh, ArindamPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Jog, Chanda JPhD (Stony Brook), FASc,FNASc, Professor

Koteswara rao K S rPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Krishnamurthy H rPhD (Cornell), FASc, FNA,FNASc, FTWAS, Professor

Maiti, Prabal KumarPhD (IIT/K), Associate Professor

Manjula M VMSc (Annamalai), Scientific Assistant

Menon, reghuPhD (IISc), Professor

Mukhopadhyay, BanibrataPhD (Jadavpur), Assistant Professor

natarajan, VasantPhD (MIT, USA), Professor

Pandit, rahulPhD (Illinois), FASc, FNA,Professor

Prasad Vishnu BhotlaPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Prateek SharmaPhD (Princeton), Assistant Professor

rajan KPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

ramakumar SPhD (IISc), Professor

ramanuja M nPhD (IISc), MSc (IIT/M), Senior Scientific Officer

ramaswamy, SriramPhD (Chicago) FASc, FNA,Professor

ramesh K PPhD (Bangalore), Associate Professor

ramesh KPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

ramesh Chandra MallickPhD (IIT/M), Assistant Professor

Saini, tarun DeepPhD (Pune), Assistant Professor

Satyamurthy K nMSc (Bangalore), PGDI (Bangalore)Scientific Assistant

Shenoy, Vijay BPhD (Brown), Associate Professor

Sood, Ajay KumarPhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNASc,FTWAS, Professor

Srinivas V CBE (Bangalore), Technical Officer

Suja elizabethPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Subroto MukerjeePhD (Princeton), Assistant Professor

Venkataraman VPhD (Princeton), Professor

Victor Suvisesha Muthu DPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist



URl : www.physics.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : H R Krishnamurthy

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, Int PhD and BS

Astronomy and Astrophysics Programme

ProfileThis joint programme is organized in collaboration with the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, and the Indian Space Research Organization, Bangalore to encourage research and developmental activity in dif-ferent areas of astronomy and astrophysics.

The programme runs with the support of the Department of Physics, and is coordinated by a com-mittee of members from the collaborating institutions.

The staff of these institutions also participate in the training program.

Current ResearchTheoretical work on the early universe, the formation and evolution of galaxies, plasma, astrophysics and galactic, stellar and solar physics is carried out at the IISc, RRI, IIA and ISRO.

Choudhuri, Arnab raiPhD (Chicago), FASc, FNASc,Professor

Jog, Chanda JPhD (Stony Brook), FASc, FNASc, FNA, Professor

Mukhopadhyay, BanibrataPhD (Jadavpur), Assistant Professor

Prateek SharmaPhD (Princeton), Assistant Professor

Saini, tarun DeepPhD (Pune), Assistant Professor

ACADeMIC CoorDInAtorSH R KrishnamurthyT D Saini

ProfileThe Centre for High Energy Physics which is now housed in the Physical Sciences building, was estab-lished in 2004 after the Centre for Theoretical studies was reorganized. It carries out research in elemen-tary particle physics, quantum field theory, and their applications to frontier areas of theoretical high energy physics. The internationally recognized faculty carries out independent and collaborative research at the highest levels, supported by grants from national funding agencies. The Centre runs its own PhD pro-gram as well as the integrated PhD program along with Department of physics. The faculty also teach at advanced national and international schools, and serve on editorial boards of various journals.

Major Research AreasElementary particle physics, quantum field theory, the standard model of particle physics and beyond,

quantum chromodynamics, quantum gravity and string theory, non-commutative field theories, appli-cations of field theory to condensed matter systems, quantum computation.

Current ResearchResearch in different fields in theoretical high energy physics and mathematical physics is carried out by the faculty members, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students at the center. The areas of interest include quantum field theory, searches for new states of mat-ter at high energy particle colliders, quantum chro-modynamics, heavy ion collisions, string theory and black holes, non-commutative geometry, quantum wires and spin systems, quantum information theory and quantum computation.

Ananthanarayan BPhD (Delaware), Professor

David, Justin rajPhD (TIFR), Associate Professor

Godbole, rohini MPhD (Stony Brook), FASc, FNA,FNASc, FTWAS, Professor

Krishnan, ChethanPhD (Austin), Assistant Professor

Patel, ApoorvaPhD (Caltech), Professor

Sen, DiptimanPhD (Princeton), FASc, FNA,FNASc, Professor

Sinha, AnindaPhD (Cambridge), Assistant Professor

Vaidya, SachindeoPhD (Syracuse), Associate Professor

Vempati, Sudhir KumarPhD (PRL), Assistant Professor

Centre for High energy Physics



URl : http://cts.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : B Ananthanarayan


ProfileThe Centre for Contemporary Studies, a seven year old experiment at the Institute, endeavours to bring to the campus some of the best practitioners of dif-ferent disciplines in the human sciences, such as phi-losophy, sociology, economics, law, literature, poetry, art, music, cinema etc. These scholars, drawn from all over the world, visit and lecture at the Institute and some are in residence for periods ranging from a few days to several months. Students, faculty and staff of the Institute as well a number of people from other institutes in Bangalore attend these lectures. The aim of this experiment is to forge useful and meaningful interaction between the natural sciences and human sciences with a special focus on understanding the diverse research methodologies of different disciplines and create opportunities to rethink the foundations of our own disciplines – often the opportunity to criticize the methodological foundation of another discipline leads to a re-examination of the foundation of one’s own discipline.

In addition to such one-off lectures, the Centre offers (presently, once in two years), a one semester

course entitled “The Production of Knowledge – A comparison of Natural and Social Sciences”. The latest edition of this course was offered during Aug-Dec 2010, and will next be offered in 2012. There are also Visiting Scholar programmes and an inno-vative Library and Writing Fellowship programme co-hosted with another institution that affords inter-disciplinary scholars an institutional environment to work in. The Centre has now moved to the former JNCASR building near the Health Centre.

ASSoCIAte FACULtYChanakya H nPRS/CST

Gadagkar, raghavendraPhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FTWAS,Foreign Assoc US NATLAcad Sci, Professor

Pratap, rudraP/ME

ramakrishnan S P/IPC

ramaswamy, SriramP/Phy

Centre for Contemporary Studies

EstablishEd : 2004PhonE : Off: +91-80-2360 6559; 2293 2486

Chairman: +91-80-2360 7253Fax : +91-(080)-2360 2121

Email : [email protected] : http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/ragh/ccs/Welcome.html

ChaiRPERson : Raghavendra Gadagkar

ProfileA large spectrum of research activities in the Institute is critically dependent on the reliable and adequate supply of cryogens. CCT has been suc-cessful in producing and supplying liquid nitrogen and liquid helium to all the users in the Institute and also in supporting the need for cryogens in various R&D and medical institutions in and around Bangalore. CCT has produced and supplied ~4,25,000 litres of liquid nitrogen and ~35,000 litres of liquid helium in current year. In addition, a new liquid helium plant (Linde 1610) has been suc-cessfully commissioned in the premises of Physical Sciences Department.

Major Research AreasCryocoolers, heat transfer, cryogenic instrumenta-tion, cryogenic treatment on metals, helium reconden-sation, cryoadsorption.

Current ResearchPulse tube and thermoaccoustic coolers, heat transfer, liquid level sensors for cryogens, calibration of tem-perature sensors, cryotreatment on metals, helium/nitrogen recondensation system, cryosorption pumps.

Centre for Cryogenic technology

Karunanithi rPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Kasthurirengan SPhD (Bombay), Professor

nadig D SMTech (IIT/Kharagpur), Senior Scientific Officer

Subhash JacobPhD (IISc), Professor

Upendra BeheraMTech (IIT/Kharagpur), Senior Scientific Officer

EstablishEd : 1971PhonE : +91-80-2360 1612, 2293 2339


URl : http://ccf.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : S Kasthurirengan

Department of Computer Science and Automation

ProfileThe department pursues fundamental research in Computer Science and Intelligent Automation. It is recognized by the UGC as a Center of Advanced Study and has also been awarded a grant from the DST under the FIST program. The top 100 cited papers by the faculty and students of the Department have received 20,000 citations (as of December 31, 2011, Source: Google Scholar).

Major Research AreasAlgorithms and Complexity; Graph Theory and Combinatorics; Cryptography and Information Security; Computational Topology and Computati-onal Geometry; Formal Verification; Programming languages and Software Engineering; Compiler Design; Distributed Computing; Computer Archi-tecture, Operating Systems, Storage Systems; Data-base Systems, Pattern Recognition, Machine Learning, Information Retrieval, Data Mining; Game Theory and Mechanism Design; Stochastic Control and Optimization.

Current ResearchThere are three main research clusters in the Department and the following list provides the princi-pal topics in which research is being actively pursued.

Theoretical Computer Science – Algorithms, algorithmic algebra, graph theory, combinatorial geometry, computational geometry, computa-tional topology, coding theory, cryptology, logic, formal verification.

Computer Systems and Software – Computer architecture, multi-core systems, parallelization, embedded systems, energy aware computing, compilers, operating systems, storage systems, database systems, distributed computing, cloud computing, systems security, mobile and wire-less systems, cyber-physical systems, performance modelling, graphics, visualization, program analy-sis, software engineering.

Intelligent Systems – Pattern recognition, machine learning, convex optimization, graphical models, soft computing, data mining, information retrieval, bioinformatics, social network analysis, network science, reinforcement learning, stochastic control and optimization, stochastic simulation, electronic commerce, game theory, auctions and mechanism design, cognitive systems.

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Agarwal, ShivaniPhD (Illinois), Assistant Professor

Bhatnagar, ShalabhPhD (IISc), Professor

Bhattacharyya, ChiranjibPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Bhattacharya, IndrajitPhD (Maryland), Assistant Professor

Chandran, L SunilPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Chatterjee SanjitPhD (ISI Kolkata), Assistant Professor

D’Souza, DeepakPhD (CMI), Associate Professor

Dukkipati, AmbedkarPhD (IISc), Assistant Professor

Gopinath KPhD (Stanford), Professor

Govindarajan rPhD (IISc), FNAE, P/SERC, Associate Faculty

Govindarajan, SathishPhD (Duke), Assistant Professor

Hansdah r CPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Haritsa, Jayant rPhD (Wisconsin), FASc/FNAE/FNAScP/SERC, Associate Faculty

Jacob, t MatthewPhD (Wisconsin), P/SERC,Associate Faculty

Jagadish nBE (Mysore), Technical Officer

Kanade, AdityaPhD (IIT/Bombay), Assistant Professor

Kumar, P VijayPhD (Southern California),FIEEE, P/ECE, Associate Faculty

Murty, M narasimhaPhD (IISc), FNAE, FNASc, Professor

narahari YPhD (IISc), FNA, FASc, FNAE,FNASc, FIEEE, Professor

natarajan, VijayPhD (Duke), Assistant Professor

Patil D PPhD (TIFR), P/MA,Associate Faculty

Pushparaj B KDTE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant

raghavan K VPhD (Wisconsin), Assistant Professor

ramesh HariharanPhD (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences),Adjunct Faculty

ravindran KannanPhD (Cornell), Adjunct Faculty

Sarma V V SPhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNAE,Honorary Professor

Shevade, Shirish KPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Srikant Y nPhD (IISc), Professor

Susheela Devi VPhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Uday Kumar reddyPhD (Ohio State) Assistant Professor

Veni Madhavan C ePhD (IISc), Professor

Viswanadham nPhD (IISc), FNA, FASc, FNAE,FIEEE, FTWAS,INAE Distinguished Professor

EstablishEd : 1969PhonE : +91-80-2293 2368/2229/2386/2468


URl : http://www.csa.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : Y Narahari

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, MSc (Engg), ME [Computer Science and Engineering], ME [Systems Science and Automation] (Jointly with EE)

Department of electrical engineering

ProfileThe Department pursues advanced and fundamental research in Electrical Engineering. It is recognized by the UGC as a Center of Advanced Study.

Major Research AreasPower systems, Power electronics, High voltage engineering, Energy Studies, Real-time Systems, Sensor Networks, Digital Signal Processing, Speech Processing, Multimedia systems, Computer Vision, Image Processing, Pattern Recognition and Machine Learning.

Current Research Power Systems – Advanced power system analy-

sis, power system dynamics and computer control; voltage stability; applications of expert systems and artificial neural networks; computer aided protection and design of distribution systems, FACTS applications for VAR control; distribu-tion systems; distribution automation; deregu-lated power system operation. Study of demand side management, distributed generation.

Power Electronics and Drives – Electro-magnetics, switched mode power conversion, compact SMPS employing soft switching, power quality, distrib-uted generation, PWM techniques, digital con-trol of industrial drives, induction motor drives; control of slip-ring induction machines, current source inverter drives for induction and synchro-nous machines, high power converters, multilevel inverters, digital controller design, permanent magnet machines, high performance filter design for distributed generation and power quality.

High Voltage Engineering – Insulation engineer-ing, dielectric materials, power apparatus, diag-nostics and condition monitoring, HV testing and measurement, partial discharges, overvoltages, protection, EHV/UHV transmission, electromag-netics, lightning protection, EMI/EMC, pulsed power and air pollution control.

Sensor Networks and Real-Time Systems – Sensor networks resource management and communica-tion protocols, real-time scheduling, multiproces-sor utilization bounds, soft real-time applications, real-time communication and QoS routing.

Image Processing, Computer Vision and Machine Learning – Computed tomography- 2D and

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3D reconstruction, compression of CT images, computational study of vision, image understand-ing, motion analysis and object tracking, statisti-cal techniques in computer vision, steganography, digital forensics, computational photography, dis-tributed camera networks, video analytics, medical image processing, Document image analysis and

recognition, pattern classification, noisetolerant learning, temporal data mining, statistical models.

Signal Processing – Adaptive filtering and active noise cancellation, machine listening, audio-retrieval, spike extraction in MEA recordings, online handwriting recognition.

Bhaskar KMCA (Bangalore), Technical Officer

Champaka M KMSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Officer

Chandra Sekhar SPhD (IISc), Assistant Professor

John, VinodPhD (Wisconsin), Assistant Professor

Joy thomas MPhD (IISc), Assistant Professor

Lawrence JenkinsPhD (Notre Dame), Professor

Muthuvel, ArigovindanPhD (EPFL), Assistant Professor

nagendra rao P SPhD (IIT/D), Professor

narayanan GPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Pramanik, ManojitPhD (Washington), Assistant Professor

rajanikanth B SPhD (IISc), Professor

rajgopal KPhD (IISc), Professor

ramakrishnan A GPhD (IIT/M), Professor

ramakrishnan K rPhD (IISc), Professor

rathna G nPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Sastry P SPhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor

Satish LPhD (IISc), Professor

Sen, IndraneelPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Shenoy U JPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Subba reddy BPhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Suryanarayana P VMSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Officer

thukaram DPhD (IISc), Professor

UdayakumarPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Venu Madhav GovinduPhD (Maryland), Assistant Professor



URl : http://www.ee.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : P S Sastry

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, MSc (Engg), ME (Electrical Engineering),ME (Systems Science & Automation) jointly with the CSA Department, ME (Signal processing) jointly with the ECE Department

Department of electrical Communication engineering

ProfileThe Department pursues advanced and fundamental research in the areas of communication and network-ing, signal processing, microelectronics, microwaves, and photonics. It is recognized by the UGC as a Centre of Advanced Study.

Major Research AreasCommunication theory and systems, information theory and coding, wireless communication systems, communication networks.

Signal processing theory and applications: speech and audio processing, biomedical signal processing, array processing, compressive sensing and sparse signal recovery.

Photonics and optical communications, electromag-netics, microwaves, antennas, micro-nano electronics: devices, circuits and technology. Biophotonics and biosensors.

Current Research Communications – Information theory, distributed

joint source-channel coding; error control coding including space-time codes, network coding, codes for storage systems codes on graphs, coded mod-ulation and pseudorandom sequences; CDMA, wireless mobile communication, energy harvest-ing communication, multiuser detection, MlMO, OFDM, cooperative communications, wireless channel modeling, cognitive radio communica-tions. Interference modeling, physical layer security, secure multi party computation, green communica-tion, machine learning for communication.

Communication Networking – Physical-layer design of energy harvesting communications; wireless

channel estimation and data detection MIMO. Modelling, analysis, optimization and control of resource allocation in wireline and wireless net-works; scheduling in networks; quality of service in heterogeneous networks; cross-layer design in wireless networks; energy efficient protocols. Wireless sensor networks: self organisation, dis-tributed signal processing, system architectures for various applications, distributed computing algo-rithms for sensor networks, algorithms for energy management in sensor networks. Communication protocol specification and verification, AI appli-cations to communication networks and their management, mobile agents, multimedia commu-nication, ubiquitous computing. Cognitive radio communication.

Photonics – Fiber-optic communications and net-works systems (MOEMS); Biophotonics: Bio-sensors.

Electromagnetics – Passive and active circuits (RF and microwave), microwave antennas. microstrip antennas, fractal designs in electromagnetics, ultrawide band microwave systems, millimeter and sub-millimeter wave components and systems, composite materials for microwave applications, computational electromagnetic, single power integrity, EMI in high speed chip-package sys-tems, Integrated millimeter wave systems.

Nanoelectronics and VLSI – Nano-CMOS tech-nology, non-classical transistor design, tran-sistor variability in nanoelectronics, adaptable circuit design, integrated MEMS sensors, VLSI architectures for high performance computing, low power techniques in hardware and software. Communication circuits and architectures, soft-ware and hardware for embedded systems and system-on-chip, formal and informal verifica-tion technologies, fault-tolerant and self-healing system design, bio-electronics. Technologies for

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pattern recognition, classification, and machine learning. CMOS based analog, mixed signal and RF integrated circuits.

Signal Processing – Time-frequency analysis: digi-tal filter structures, spectrum estimation, signal detection and denoising. Multirate signal process-ing, filter bank sparse signal recovery design, semi-blind and robust channel estimation, distributed spectrum sensing, signal processing in extremely low power sensors.

Signal processing for indoor positioning and navi-gation.

Speech and Audio Processing – Speech and audio (music) signal modelling; auditory and time

varying signal models. Neural coding of signals, sparse notation, algorithms for speech and audio coding, speech and music recognition, and speech and music enhancements applications to audio indexing, watermarking, and hearing aids.

Statistical signal processing – Space-time signal processing, algorithms with application to wireless communication systems, acoustic signal separa-tion using microphone arrays, radar processing.

Biomedical Signal Processing – Processing of bio-medical signals using nonlinear dynamical tech-niques; abnormality detection in ECG and EEG signals; connectivity study of networks in the brain.

Anandi GiridharanMSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Badrinarayana tPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Bharadwaj, AmruturPhD (Stanford), Associate Professor

Bhat, navakantaPhD (Stanford), Professor

Banerjee, GaurabPhD (Washington), Assistant Professor

Chockalingam APhD (IISc), FNAE, FNASc,Professor

Gope, DipanjanPhD (Washington), Assistant Professor

elizabeth rani KBTech (JNTU/Kakinada),Technical Officer

Ghosh, AmbarishPhD (Brown), Assistant Professor

Gopalaiah S VMSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Hari K V SPhD (UC San Diego), Professor

Hegde G SBSc (Karnatak), BE (Bangalore),Scientific Assistant

Kumar, AnuragPhD (Cornell), FIEEE, FNA,FNAE, FASc, Professor

Kumar, P VijayPhD (USC), FIEEE, TATACHEM Chair, Professor

Kashyap, navinPhD (Michigan), Associate Professor

Malati HegdePhD (IIT/K), Principal Research Scientist

Mehta, neelesh BPhD (Caltech), Associate Professor

Mukherji, UtpalScD (MIT/USA), Associate Professor

Murthy, Chandra rPhD (UCSD), Assistant Professor

rajan, B SundarPhD (IIT/K), FNA, FNAE, FNASc,Professor

ravishankar M KMSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Sharma, VinodPhD (Carnegie-Mellon),Professor

Shivaleela e SPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Sreenivas t VPhD (TIFR/B), Professor

Srinivas, talabattulaPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Sundaresan, rajeshPhD (Princeton), Associate Professor

Venkataram PPhD (Sheffield), FIEE, Professor

Vinoy K JPhD (Penn State), Associate Professor

Varma, ManojPhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor

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URl : http://www.ece.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : Vijay Kumar P

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, MSc (Engg), ME (Telecommunication) ME (Signal Processing)jointly with EE, ME (Microelectronics) jointly with DESE

Department of electronic Systems engineering

ProfileThe department pursues advanced research in power conversion, semiconductor device modeling, com-munication networks, electromechanics, sensors and actuators, intelligent controlling, VLSI and embed-ded systems with special emphasis on implementa-tion methods. It is recognized as a resource centre for many educational projects.

Major Research AreasPower Converters and Controls, Semiconductor Device Modelling, Communication Networks, VLSI Design, Electromechanics, Biomechatronics, Sensors and Actuators, Intelligent control.

Current ResearchPower converters for high power applications, high performance drives, power converter topologies and control for EV applications. Bond graph modeling for power electronic systems, alternate energy systems (solar, wind). Optimal routing and scheduling in wire-less ad hoc and sensor networks, performance analy-sis of TCP connections over 802.11 WLANs, Energy harvesting with applications in sensor networks. Non classical MOSFET device, single electron transistor, quantum cellular automata, rapid single quantum flux, CMOS-Nano hybridization. Electromechanics, sensors, actuators based smart materials,: intelligent controlling, instrumentation, sensor development, robotics. Electromagnetic interference and compat-ibility.

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Chalapathi rao n VPGDM (IIM/B), Principal Research Scientist

Dagale, HareshMSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Dinesh n SPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Diwakar J ePhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Gopakumar KPhD (IISc), FIETE, FNAE, FIEEEProfessor

Gunasekaran M KPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Jamadagni H SPhD (IISc), Professor,Senior Member, (IEEE), Member (Part time) TRAI

Joy KuriPhD (IISc), Professor

Krishnakumar MMTech (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Kuruvilla VargheseMTech (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Mahapatra, SantanuPhD (EPF Lausanne), Associate Professor

Mahesh G VMSc (Engg), (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

nagakrishna VME (Bharatiyar), Scientific Assistant

Pittet, AndrePhD (EPF Lausanne), Chief Project Advisor

Prabhakar t VMSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

ramachandran PMSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Assistant

Saravanan A PBSc, PG Dip Instrumentation(Bangalore), Scientific Assistant

Sachidananda C rDTE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant

Srinivasan, Shayan GaraniPhD (Georgia Tech), Assistant Professor

Sudharshan GBE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant

Umanand LPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Vasantha K BDEE (Bharatiyar), Scientific Assistant


Fax : +91-80-2293 2290Email : [email protected]

URl : http://www.dese.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : K Gopakumar

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, MSc (Engg), MTech, ME

Department of Aerospace engineering

ProfileThe department was established in 1942 as the Department of Aeronautical Engineering to meet the expanding needs of the Hindustan Aircraft Company (currently Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd.). The activi-ties in the department have seen a tremendous transi-tion since then and now cover both aeronautics and space science and engineering. The department has 26 faculty members, 11 scientific staff and about 180 graduate students. The department with its wind tun-nels, shock tunnels and structural testing facilities caters to a large number of R&D projects of national importance. In recent years, the department has developed several futuristic concepts and technolo-gies for the aircraft and space industry in advanced materials in the avionics, energy sector and the auto-motive industry. The Research focus has recently been broadened beyond traditional aerospace engineering by including various evolving aspects of autonomous flight, bio-inspired design, human factors and nano-bio-technologies.

The department works in close association with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and with various Defence Research & Development Organization (DRDO) laboratories. Several research centers such as the Center for Gasification and Propulsion Laboratory (CGPL), UGC Centre for Advanced Studies in Aerospace Propulsion, Aeronautical Research & Development Board (ARDB) Center of Excellence in Aerospace Computational Fluid Dynamics, and ARDB Center of Excellence in Composite Structures and Technology (ACECOST) work in close collaboration with various organiza-tions at national and international level on cutting-edge research topics. A large number of international collaborations exist with universities in the USA, Canada and the European Union and with multina-tional companies such as Boeing, Pratt & Whitney and General Motors.

Major Research AreasFundamental aspects of Fluid Dynamics, Computa-tional Fluid Dynamics, High Speed Flows, Low Speed Aerodynamics, Fatigue and Fracture, Non-Destructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring,

Composite Materials and Structures, Multifunctional Materials and Smart Structures, Micro and Nanotech-nologies, Nonlinear Mechanics, Helicopter Dynamics, Structural Dynamics and Aeroelasticity, Combustion and Propulsion, Combustion Acoustics, Flight Vehicle Guidance, Computational Algorithms, Aerospace Electronic Systems, Guidance Control and Dynamics of Aerospace underwater Vehicles, Micro Aerial Vehicles, Co-operative Controls, Swarm Control Satellite Image Classification.

Current ResearchFundamental Aspects of Fluid Dynamics Prediction of transition, structure of turbulent boundary layers, turbulence management, flow instabilities, flows in complex geometries, control of fluid flows/flow sepa-ration, vortex dominated flows.

Computational Fluid Dynamics – Aerospace appli-cations, algorithms: kinetic schemes, unstructured meshes, meshless solvers, DNS/LES; unsteady flow computations using chimera cloud of points.

High Speed Flows – Study of supersonic and hypersonic flows, advanced high speed flow diag-nostics. Simulation of high enthalpy flows at high speeds using shock tube/shock tunnel and hyper-sonic wind tunnel; re-entry aerodynamics; real gas effects, gas dynamic lasers, shock wave appli-cations, high temperature chemical kinetics and dusty gas dynamics, computation of high speed flows, industrial and bio-medical applications.

Low Speed Aerodynamics – Aerodynamic interfer-ence; model studies of flight vehicle configurations, unsteady aerodynamics of oscillating airfoils, transi-tional flows, turbulence and stability.

Fatigue and Fracture – Constitutive modeling of fatigue in metallic and composite materials; mech-anisms of defect formation and crack initiation and their influence on the life of structural com-ponents; dynamic fracture due to impact and high strain rate loading; complex fracture processes in composites and design of composites considering these effects in next generation aircraft structures.

Non-Destructive Evaluation and Structural Health Monitoring – Development of advanced methods

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and tools for non-destructive evaluation of struc-tural components with guided ultrasonic wave, x-ray tomography, infrared thermography and optics; design and instrumentation of hardware and software for Integrated Vehicle Health Monitoring; rapid diagnosis of structural health using sensor network, laser and wireless technologies; solving damage detection and quantification problems in complex systems like aircraft, automotives and spacecraft; probabilistic prediction of failures and remaining life of structures and subsystems, use of such information in vehicle usage management and prevention and failure.

Composite Materials and Structures – Mathematical modelling involving mechanics and physics of ceramic/polymer/metal fiber reinforced polymer matrix composites, understanding micro and nano-scale behaviour of these composites using theoretical modelling and experimentation; processing and sec-ondary manufacturing studies of composite materials and structural components; sustainable manufactur-ing of composite structures; design methodology for improved stiffness and strength properties; dynamic reponse of composite structures under vibratory, acoustic and impact loadings. Multi-Functional Materials and Smart Structures Piezoelectric, mag-netostructive, shape memory and non-Newtonian fluidic materials and their novel properties which can be applied to sense, alter and control objects with applications in smart structures, vibration suppres-sion, energy harvesting, smart electronics and bio-interface; integration of these materials into systems to achieve a combined set of functions; technological applications related to aircraft and spacecraft, auto-mobile, unmanned air vehicles, robots, human health care, safety and early warning systems.

Micro- and Nano-technologies – Nano- and micro-scale phenomena in solids and liquids and their applications in synthesis and phase transition of materials, sensing through electronics, ionics and photonics, coatings and thin films and composite materials; improvement of mechanical, thermal and electronic properties by suitable synthesis and design of materials and microand nano-scales.

Structural Dynamics and Aero-elasticity – Structural dynamics, wave propagation, fluid struc-ture-interaction and finite element techniques, aeroservoelasticity and smart aeroservoelastic systems, nonlinear vibration of joint-dominated structures, flutter of airfoils with local structural nonlinearities, unsteady aerodynamics, nonlinear control synthesis for vibrations, unsteady flow past oscillating airfoil and airfoil cascades.

Nonlinear Mechanics – Geometric and material nonlinearities and their interaction; nonclassi-cal phenomena in upcoming multifunctional materials, multibody systems and futuristic aer-ospace structures; inflatable structures; micro air vehicles; nondeterministic concurrent multi-scale modelling based on variational asymptotic methods.

Helicopter Dynamics – Optimal and neural control-lers for helicopter vibration minimization, active suppression of dynamic stall, thin walled compos-ite beams; aeroelastic analysis of smart helicopter rotor, health monitoring of helicopters, design optimization of helicopters for vibration reduc-tion; modelling of composite helicopter rotors; finite element methods in helicopter dynamics.

Combustion and Propulsion – Study of full chem-istry effects in fluid flows, flame propagation, extinction and ignition in boundary layer flows, combustion of droplets, computer simulation of reacting flows, combustion in separated flows, radiation from engine exhausts, spray character-istics of liquid propellant rockets and gas turbine engines, space electric propulsion, MPD thrusters, chemistry of propellants; space propellant man-agement, DNS of turbulent combustion; numeri-cal modelling of solid rocket motors; combustion instability in rockets and gasturbine engines.

Combustion Acoustics – Acoustic emission from flames, oscillatory combustion, combustion of coal.

Flight Vehicle Guidance – Guidance systems for flight vehicles, remote sensing, radar signal processing, optimization of antenna arrays and apertures under practical constraints, distributed processing; collision avoidance of automated guided vehicles, decentralized multiple-agent deci-sion making, cooperative control of MAV swarms, path-planning algorithms.

Computational Algorithms – Scheduling problems, distributed systems, evolutionary computation.

Aerospace Electronic Systems – Civil air naviga-tion, GPS and hybrid navigation systems, landing systems – ILS and MLS, aviation safety, aviation weather surveillance, radars for aviation, weather and ATC.

Control and Dynamics of Aerospace Vehicles – Spacecraft formation flights, dynamics and control of smart structures, control of aerospace vehicles, autonomous unmanned air vehicles, robust con-trol system synthesis for aircraft, precision satellite

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attitudes and rates estimation, orbital rendezvous, reentry vehicle dynamics and control of reusable vehicles; dynamic inversion for nonlinear and optimal control synthesis using neural networks.

Satellite Image Classification – Using neural net-works and genetic programming approaches. Mobile robotics and underwater vehicles Path planning and guidance.



URl : http://www.aero.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : Debasish Ghose

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, MSc (Engg), ME

Balakrishnan nPhD (IISc), FASc, FNAE, FNASc,FNA, FTWAS, Professor

Balakrishnan nPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Bhat, M ramachandraPhD (IISc), Chief Research Scientist

Bhat, M SeetharamaPhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor

Dey, JyotirmoyPhD (IISc), Professor

Ganguli, ranjanPhD (Maryland), FNAE, Professor

Ghose, DebasishPhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor

Gopalakrishnan SPhD (Purdue), FNAE, Professor

Harursampath, Dinesh KumarPhD (Georgia Tech), Assistant Professor

Hemchandra, SantoshPhD (Georgia Tech), Assistant Professor

Jagadeesh, GopalanPhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor

Kandagal S BPhD (IISc), Principal ResearchScientist

Kulkarni P SPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Lakshmisha K nPhD (IISc), Professor

Mahapatra P rPhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor

Mani VPhD (IISc), Professor

Mathew, JosephPhD (MIT), Professor

nagashetty KMSc (Engg), (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant

naik, G narayanaPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

omkar S nPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

oommen, CharliePhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Padhi, radhakantPhD (Missouri), Associate Professor

raghunandan B nPhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor

rajan n K SPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

ramesh o nPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

rao, S V raghuramaPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

ratnoo, AshwiniPhD (IISc), Assistant Professor

reddy K P JPhD (BIT/Ranchi), Professor

roy Mahapatra DPhD (IISc), Assistant Professor

Samanta, ArnabPhD (Illinois), Assistant Professor

Saravanan SPhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Sheshadri t SPhD (Georgia Tech), Associate Professor

Sivakumar DPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Suhasini, GururajaPhD (Washington), Assistant Professor

Surendranath VMSc (Engg), (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Vasudevan BMASc (Toronto), Principal Research Scientist

Venkatraman, KartikPhD (IIT/M), Associate Professor

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Joint Advanced technology Programme

ProfileJATP is a collaborative program between the Institute and the Defence Research and Development Laboratory, Hyderabad, set up primarily for research and development in propulsion, aerodynamics, com-putational fluid dynamics, guidance and control, radar engineering, optoelectronics, air liquefaction, DSP, matrix composites, power supply and interdiscipli-nary areas such as fluid-structure and structure-con-trol interactions. The investigating groups are drawn from the departments of Aerospace Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Computer Science and Automation, Physics, Centre for Electronics Design and Technology, Cryogenic Technology as well as other departments in the Institute. While some projects now under investigation aim at generating fundamen-tal results, the others aim at creating design and analy-sis data for various national aerospace projects.

About 124 projects have been sanctioned in the dif-ferent areas mentioned above and 118 have been com-pleted. Six (6) are currently in process and many are in the pipeline. Many developmental aspects of aero-space vehicles such as structural design, aerodynam-ics design, control and propulsion systems have been tackled through these R&D projects. The faculty of JATP participates in Committee meetings, recruit-ment and assessment, and conduct review meet-ings. Currently, the hypersonic R&D Program has been identified as one of the key areas for sponsored projects.

Current Research Studies on Pulse Detonation Engine.

Adaptation of OPENFOAM for GPU Processors.

Aerodynamic Studies on Performance of LCA Wing with Vertex Generator(VG) using CFD Tools.

Development of Modelling and Design Framework for Sheet Metal Spring back.

Non- Linear Autopilot Design.

CFD Analysis of Base Drag Reduction of Missile Configurations.

A project on Numerical and Experimental investiga-tions of viscous flows over a complete Aircraft jointly between Department of Aerospace Engineering & M/s. Bombardier, Canada.

JATP also has the facility to sanction in-house short term explorative projects in emerging areas. The cur-rent in-house projects are:

Computational Analysis of High Powered Engines for Combat Vehicles.

Modulation Analysis of time Varying Signals.

Study of Crack Propagation Behaviour due to Application of Electric Current.

Inkjet printing of conducting copper lines paper.

Porous conducting nano composites derived from gelation of multiwall carbon nano tubes in bi- continuous polymer blends.

Synthesis and characterization of In doped Cu2GeSe3 solid solution.

Carbon nanotube-polymer based smart compos-ite for armour applications.

Study of high temperature high performance PbTiO3-BiscO3 based ferroelectric piezoelectric ceramics.

Electrically Conducting Polymer nano composites.

Self correcting circuits with nano-robots.

JATP has a number of Computing Systems and Multi Media Projecting facilities. A cluster of computers

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ConvEnER : Ranjan Ganguli

having 32 and 8 Nodes Parallel Processors has been installed at JATP. Shared memory architecture based parallel computer around Dual Core also been assem-bled and used for several projects. Also Network Storage Device upto 12TB Data procurement in advanced stage. Establishment of Computational Mechanics Laboratory (CML) to carryout low speed and high speed Computational Aerodynamics and Biofluids.

The following R&D Projects with DRDL have been initiated:

Impact Analysis for Hypersonic Technology Demonstrator Vehicle (HSTDV).

Ultra Hard Materials for Hard Coating.

Design of Locking System Elements based on Impact Dynamics.

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ISro-IISc Space technology Cell

ProfileThe Cell has been established with the support of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), and draws upon the research base and expertise available at ISRO and the Institute for promoting research and development in areas relevant to the technological needs of the Indian Space Programme. The Cell pro-vides support for research projects, visiting scientists, and technical publications.

The Cell coordinates activities relating to the IISc-ISRO Educational Program (HEP), which provides a technical forum to discuss problems of current inter-est. It also caters to the growth of academic activities by providing facilities to ISRO engineers sponsored for ME/MTech/research programmes in various departments of the Institute.



ConvEnER : Joseph Mathew


Department of Chemical engineering

ProfileThe Department of Chemical Engineering was started in 1943 as a wing of the Division of Pure and Applied Chemistry and acquired independent status in 1947. Over the last six decades, the department has evolved significantly, reflecting changes in the Indian chemical industry and the chemical engineering pro-fession worldwide. Today, the department is engaged in research activities in various frontier areas in Chemical Engineering. It is recognized by the UGC as a Center of Advanced Study.

Major Research AreasBiochemical Engineering; Colloids; Complex Fluids; Environmental Engineering; Liquid-phase Adsorption; Modelling and Simulation; Nanotechnology; Reaction Engineering; Solid-fluid Phase Equlibria; Therapeutic Engineering; Transfer Processes; Thermodynamic Properties of Gas Hydrates.

Current Research Biochemical Engineering – Bioleaching of ocean

nodules and sulphides; kinetics of enzymatic reac-tions in supercritical fluids; metabolic control and sensitivity analysis of bioreactors; optimisation

and control of fermentation processes using genetic algorithms; transport and kinetic modelling of multiphase bioprocesses.

Colloids – Crystallization; formation of nanoparti-cles in micelles; liquid-liquid dispersions; Ostwald ripening; solubilization in surfactant solutions; stability of emulsions.

Complex Fluids – Analysis of slow granular flow; flow of powders in bins, channels, and hoppers; fluid mechanics of suspensions; hydrodynamic stability of flows on flexible surfaces; rheology of liquid crystalline materials; continuum modeling of two phase flows.

Environmental Engineering – Activated car-bon fabric studies; biosorption of heavy metals; defluoridation of drinking water; polymer recy-cling; remediation of contaminated soils with supercritical fluids; solid waste management; syn-thesis of biodegradable polymers.

Modelling and Simulation – Bubble nucleation; CFD modelling of process equipment; hydro-gen storage; modelling of nanoparticle synthesis; molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simula-tion of confined fluids and interfaces; nanoparti-cle crystallization; population balance equations; reactive mixing in turbulent flows; simulation of self assembling systems.

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Nanotechnology – Functional nanoscale architec-tures; guided self-assembly to form 2D and 3D superlattices; semiconductor nanowires; synthesis of metal nanoparticles.

Reaction Engineering – Kinetics of reactions medi-ated by ultrasound and microwaves; multiphase sonochemical reactors; photocatalysis; polymer synthesis and degradation reactions in supercriti-cal fluids; sintering reactions using microwaves; transport processes and reactions in packed beds.

Thermodynamics – Adsorption in zeolites and activated carbons; kinetics of nucleation; phase

behaviour of gas hydrates; self-assembly of nano-particles; phase transition in confined fluids.

Therapeutic Engineering – Drug pharmacokinetics and rational therapy optimization; dynamics of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections; theoretical immunology; virus-cell interactions.

Transfer Processess – Multicomponent precipi-tation; separation and extraction of amino acids and metals; transport processes in supported liq-uid membranes.

Ayappa, K GanapathyPhD (Minnesota), Professor

Dixit, narendra MPhD (Illinois), Associate Professor

Giridhar MadrasPhD (Texas A&M), Professor

Kesava rao KPhD (Houston), FASc, Professor

Kumaran VPhD (Cornell), FASc, FNAE, Professor

Modak, Jayant MPhD (Purdue), FNAE, Professor

Mudakavi J rPhD (IIT/Madras), Principal Research Scientist

nott, Prabhu rPhD (Princeton), Professor

Pillay, S ArmugamMSc (Madurai), Technical Officer

raghuram P tMSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Sanjeev Kumar GuptaPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Sudeep PunnathanamPhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor

Venugopal SPhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor



URl : http://chemeng.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : Prabhu R Nott


Department of Mechanical engineering

ProfileMechanical Engineering activities at the Indian Institute of Science commenced with the establish-ment of the Department of Internal Combustion (IC) Engineering in 1945. The mechanical engineer-ing section of the Power Engineering Department was established in 1951, and later became a full-fledged Mechanical Engineering Department. The IC Engineering Department merged with the ME Department to give it its present form in 1970. The department offers Master of Engineering, MSc (Engg) and PhD programmes. The activities in the department can be broadly classified into the fol-lowing groups: Mechanical Systems, Thermal Science and Fluid Mechanics, Material Science and Nanotribology, Dynamics, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and Acoustics, Optimal design, and Biomechanics.

Major Research AreasMechanical Systems and Design, Thermal Sciences and Fluid Mechanics, Combustion energy systems, Internal Combustion Engines, Technical Acoustics, Biomechanics, Tribology, MEMS, Semi-solid Forming, computational mechanics, and Fracture mechanics.

Current Research Mechanical Systems and Design – Structural and

dimensional synthesis of kinematic and compli-ant mechanisms; theoretical kinematics; multi-disciplinary design optimization; dynamics and control of robot and multi-body mechanical sys-tems; computer-controlled mechanical systems; hybrid automotive vehicles; bio-medical devices; constructing 3D models from sketches, assembly sequence planning and evaluation, tools for early stages in design, vibrations, structural shape and topology optimization, kinematic assembly mod-eling, geometric and topological modeling.

Microsystems – Modelling, design, and micro-fabrication of micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS); energetics of micro and nano devices; nano-mechanics; acoustic sensors, rate gyroscopes, accelerometers, ultrasound sensors, force sensors and polymer pumps; development of analysis tools for coupled multi-physics problems; optimal synthesis methods for MEMS; micromanipula-tion; In-situ TEM nanoindentation, deformation mechanisms of materials. Effect of roughness and surface asperities on the solid-liquid interface.

Fracture Mechanics and Tribology – Fretting fric-tion mechanics; impact fracture and fragmenta-tion dynamic, mixed mode, indentation; thin film;

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polycrystalline diamond, super hard ceramics, multilayered and bond coated coating structures, contact mechanics of impact and indentation, nanotribology of boundary lubrication; metal cut-ting, soot, detergents, fuel additives, metal work-ing, development of nanoparticle (fullerene) based lubricants and coatings, scanning probe micro-scopy, wear mechanism of metals in IC engines. Fracture of single crystals and amorphous metals, Eco-friendly lubricants, friction in metal forming.

Biomechanics – Nonlinear mechanics of soft bio-logical tissues, elastomers and protein rubbers, cell mechanics, mechanotransduction, bio-micro manipulation, miniature bio-reactors and cell cul-ture in scaffolds, computational design of proteins and tissue engineering.

Metal Casting and Advanced Manufacturing – Semisolid forming, die casting, squeeze casting, mould design and metal flow analysis, computer aided design of near-net shaped castings; friction stir welding, friction stir processing.

Fluid Mechanics – Multiphase stability; stability of unsteady boundary layers; unsteady boundary-layer separation; transition and turbulence; turbu-lence modelIing, fish-like propulsion.

Thermal Sciences – Turbulent Rayleigh-Benard convection; double-diffusive convection, mixed convection, heat pipes, thermal management of

electronic systems; Heat and mass transfer in buildings, natural ventilation, heat and mass trans-fer in food products; two-phase flows and heat transfer, heat transfer in renewable energy systems; numerical heat transfer; refrigeration and air-con-ditioning; adsorption coolers and gas storage; mathematical modelling and simulation of ther-mal systems; thermal modelling and experimen-tation in solidification, arc welding pools, laser welding of dissimilar metals, surface alloying.

Combustion & Spray Research, IC Engines – Multi-dimensional modelling of in-cylinder processes including two-phase flow, turbulence and com-bustion chemistry; cold-start emission reduction technologies; diesel engine combustion chamber geometry optimization; alternative fuel research, bio-lubricants: high-efficiency biogas-fuelled engine technology; application of laser-based diagnostic techniques in engine research; fuel spray characterization using shadowgraphy and interferometric Mie imaging techniques; trapped-vortex based combustor research.

Technical Acoustics – Automotive noise control; vibration diagnosis of rotating machinery; acous-tics of ducts and mufflers; industrial noise control; acoustic characterization of absorbing materials. Sound from turbulent flows, asymptotics in struc-tural acoustics, nonlinear structural acoustic inter-actions.

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URl : http://www.mecheng.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : R Narasimhan


Ananthasuresh G KPhD (Michigan), FNAE, Professor

Arakeri, Jaywant HPhD (CalTech), FASc, FNAE, Professor

Bobji M SPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Dharuman CMSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Dibakar SenPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Dutta, PradipPhD (Columbia), FNAE, FASME, FASc, INAE Chair Professor, Professor

Ghosal, AshitavaPhD (Stanford), FNAE, Professor

Govardhan, raghuraman nPhD (Cornell), Associate Professor

Gundiah, namrataPhD (UC Berkeley), Assistant Professor

Gurumoorthy BPhD (Carnegie-Mellon), Professor

Himabindu MPhD (Anna), Scientific Officer

Jog, Chandrashekhar SPhD (Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Professor

Munjal M LPhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNAE,FNASc, Honorary Professor,INAE Distinguished Professor

narasimham G S V LPhD (IISc), Chief Research Scientist

narasimhan rPhD (CalTech), FASc, FNA,FNAE, Professor

Pratap, rudraPhD (Cornell), Professor

ravikrishna r VPhD (Purdue), Associate Professor

Satish V KailasPhD (IISc), Professor

Saptarshi BasuPhD (Connecticut), Assistant Professor

Shukla, ratneshPhD (UCLA), Assistant Professor

Sonti, Venkata rPhD (Purdue), Associate Professor

Srinivasan JPhD (Stanford), FNA, FASc,FNAE, Professor

thirumaleswara naik rPhD (IIT/Delhi), Scientific Officer

tomar, GauravPhD (IIT/K), Assistant Professor

Venkataraman M KMSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Officer

Yogendra Simha K rPhD (Maryland), Professor

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Department of Materials engineering

ProfileEstablished in 1945 as Department of Metallurgy and re-named in 2006, the Department of Materials Engineering has active research groups exploring the exciting world of materials. With its rich history of accomplishments, it is recognized as a leading aca-demic centre in materials education and research. It has been a Centre for Advanced Study (a recognition conferred by the University Grants Commission) since 1990. It won a nation-wide competition in 2008 to host the UGC Networking Resource Centre for Materials (NRC-M) which now fosters collaboration between IISc faculty with research groups at other Indian institutions, and facilitates advanced research training of postgraduate students and young faculty through Summer and Winter Schools.

The Department’s research interests span a broad spectrum that include materials processing, mechani-cal behaviour, thermodynamics and diffusion, ferroe-lectrics, polymer nanocomposites and devices, organic photovoltaics, biomaterials, thin films, texture and grain boundary engineering, and computational mate-rials science. The research groups work on challenging problems in almost all materials classes: light alloys and composites, high temperature materials, metallic foams, bulk metallic glasses, structural ceramics, ferro-electric and multiferroic materials, and polymers. The phenomena being explored also span multiple length and time scales: electronic structure of materials, nanomaterials and nanodevices, microstructural evo-lution, and bulk behaviour. The department publishes over 90 research papers each year in ISI journals.

Currently, the department offers postgraduate pro-grammes leading to masters and doctoral degrees.

Starting in January 2013, it will start offering courses in the Materials stream of the undergraduate pro-gramme of IISc.

Current Research Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy –

Bioleaching of copper, zinc, gold and silver ores; biocorrosion; bio-environmental control; mineral beneficiation; mathematical and physical mod-eling and simulations of metallurgical processes; solid flow behaviour in shaft reactors; electroslag refining.

Physical Metallurgy – Diffusion in binary and ter-nary systems, with applications to electronic pack-aging, processing of superconducting wires and thermal barrier coatings; Bulk metallic glasses; high entropy alloys; phase field simulations of microstructural evolution; deformation and trans-formation textures at micron and sub-micron length scales; micro- and nanostructures produced by far-from-equilibrium processes such as weld-ing of dissimilar metals, laser and electron-beam welding, surface alloying, spray forming, rapid solidification, mechanical alloying, and equi-chan-nel angular processing.

Mechanical Behaviour – Development of experimen-tal and theoretical tools for studying mechanical behaviour of thin films, coatings, and micropil-lars; microstructure-property correlations in bulk metallic glasses, shape memory alloys, metallic foams, advanced Ti-, Al- and Mg-alloys, ceramics, polymers, and ultra-fine and nanocrystalline mate-rials. Effect of temperature and ultra-high strain rates; superplasticity; cavitation failure; friction, wear, and tribology; processing and mechanical properties of metal-matrix and polymer-matrix composites; fracture and failure analysis.

Ceramics – Synthesis of metalstable multi-compo-nent oxides and ultra-fine powders; low temperature consolidation of glasses and nanocrystalline ceram-ics; grain boundary sliding and diffusion creep in doped and two-phase ceramics.

Biomaterials – Polyelectrolyte multilayer films and capsules for drug delivery and diagnostics. Tissue engineering, Regenerative medicine, Medical implants.

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Functional Materials – Electroactive polymers, organic photovoltaics, nanoelectronics and sen-sors; Polymer blends, carbon nanotube and graph-eme based polymer nanocomposites, ferroelectric, pyroelectric, relaxor ferroelectric, magnetic, and multiferroic materials; high-temperature thermo-

electric materials (scutterudites and tellurides); oxide based semiconductors (titania and zirco-nia). Electromigration in solid films and liquid metals; thermo-electro-mechanical excursions and their effects on short and long term reliability of microelectronic packages.

Abinandanan t APhD (CMU), Professor

Avadhani G SPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Babu VAMIM (Kolkata), Technical Officer

Banerjee, DipankarPhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNAE,FNASc, Professor

Bose, SuryasarathiPhD (IITB), Assistant Professor

Chatterjee, KaushikPhD (Penn Stat), Assistant Professor

Chattopadhyay KPhD (BHU), FASc, FNASc, FNA,FNAE, FIIM, Professor

Chokshi, Atul HPhD (USC), FASc, FNASc, FNA,FNAE, FIIM, Professor

Deshpande r JMSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Officer

Gupta, Govind SPhD (Wollongong), Professor

Jacob K tPhD (London), DSc (Engg),(London), FASc, FNASct FNA,FNAE, FIIM, Emeritus Professor

Jayaram, VikramPhD (Stanford), FASc, FNASc,FNAE, FACerS, Professor

Karthikeyan SPhD (Ohio State), Assistant Professor

KishorePhD (IISc), Emeritus Professor

Kumar, PraveenPhD (USC), Assistant Professor

Kumar, SubodhPhD (London), Professor

narayana B VPhD (SVU), Principal Research Scientist

natarajan K APhD (Minnesota), DSc (IISc), FASc,FNASc, FNAE, FIIM, EmeritusProfessor

Padaikathan PMSc (Engg), (Bangalore), Scientific Officer

Paul, AlokePhD (Delft), Associate Professor

raichur, Ashok MPhD (Nevada), Professor

ramamurthy, Praveen CPhD (Clemson), Assistant Professor

ramamurty UPhD (Brown), FNAE, FASc,Professor

ranganathan SPhD (Cambridge), FASc, FNA,FNASc, FNAE, FTWAS, FIIM,Emeritus Professor

ranjan, rajeevPhD (BHU), Assistant Professor

ravi rPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Srivastava, ChandanPhD (Alabama), Assistant Professor

Subramanian SPhD (Mysore), Professor

Surappa M KPhD (IISc), FNAE, FNA, Professor(on lien as Director, IIT/Ropar)

Suwas, SatyamPhD (IIT/K), Associate Professor



URl : http://www.materials.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : Vikram Jayaram

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : ME, MSc (Engg), PhD

Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing

ProfileThe Department promotes teaching, research, indus-trial interaction and prototype development activities in the field of Product Design and Manufacturing at the Institute. It offers a 2-year M Des programme in Product Design and Engineering. The department conducts both fundamental and applied research at the Master and PhD levels in areas of relevance to design and manufacturing.

The Infrastructure for product development is avail-able at the Centre through its excellent fabrication facilities, a precision tool room, and skilled man-power specializing in various trades. The depart-ment is endowed with state of the art infrastructure for conducting cutting edge research into design and manufacturing.

Major Research AreasDesign Methodology, Human Factors, Product Design, Product Safety and CAE, Product Information Modeling, Design of automotive Systems, Digital Human Modeling, VR & Haptis, 3D product sketch-ing, computerized anthropometry, mechanisms & mechatronics, Human Engineering, Eco Sustainability, collaboration and knowledge engineering.

Current ResearchResearch into innovation and sustainability is prima-rily focused on supporting the early stages of product development. Current research includes investigating the nature of and influences on design creativity and its links with exploration and biometric triggering proc-esses, automated synthesis and embodiment of design concepts including micro and nanosystems, biomimet-rics, knowledge capture and reuse, design for variety, distributed collaborative design and shared work-spaces, and analysis and mitigation of environmental impacts of products during product development.

Research areas in ergonomics include computerized anthropometry, digital human modelling for ergo-nomic design and product evaluation, workspace and visibility analysis, sketch based interface development for early design phases visual perception modeling, the development of products for the physically challenged. In addition to various ergonomics studies, current interest areas in human engineering include research on biosensor development, biomechanics, biomedical instrumentation, signal processing of different human potentials like ECG, EMG, EEG etc. for a better understanding of human behaviour and response.

Problems of current interest in the areas of Mechanisms and Mechatronics are computer aided

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Ananthasuresh G KPhD (Michigan), Professor,Associate Faculty

Arakeri, Jaywant HPhD (CalTech), Professor,Associate Faculty

Chakrabarti, AmareshPhD (Cambridge), HonFIED, Professor

Chalapathi rao n VPGDM (IIM/B), PRS/DESE,Associate Faculty

Deb, AnindyaPhD (SUNY, Buffalo), Professor

Sen, DibakarPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Diwakar J ePhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Ghosal, AshitavaPhD (Stanford), Professor,Associate Faculty

Gurumoorthy BPhD (Carnegie-Mellon),Professor

Maiti, rinaPhD (IIT/Bombay), Assistant Professor

Mani, MontoPhD (IIT/Madras), AP/CST, Associate Faculty

Mathew, MaryPhD (IISc), AcP/MS, Associate Faculty

Satish V KailasPhD (IISc), P/ME, Associate Faculty

Shivakumar n DSenior Scientific Officer



URl : http://www.cpdm.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : Anindya Deb

assoCiatE ChaiRPERson : J E DiwakardEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, MSc (Engg), MDes

synthesis of mechanisms, sketch based exploration of articulated motion in products, intelligent assem-bly planning, bio-mimetic locomotion and walking machines, and deployable mechanisms.

Research in computer tools for product design is focused on the areas of reverse engineering, direct rapid prototyping, modelling information flow in product design and product lifecycle management.

A major area of interest is CAD and CAE driven design of automotive systems including lightweight vehicles for meeting multifunctional requirements embracing attributes such as styling, ergonomics, NVH, durability, and crashworthiness. The integra-

tion of lightweight vehicle platforms with electric and hybrid-electric power-trains is being studied and implemented. Advanced computer-based methodolo-gies are being developed for efficient and optimized design of structural systems for human protection under low to high velocity impact conditions.

The Major areas of focus in the virtual reality labo-ratory are: Haptics enabled precise Virtual Simulation Assembly processes, generation of assembly sequences and system assemble plans, assessment of assem-blability, knowledge, insighted product and process definitions, acquisition of expert and sustainable man-ufacturing.

Department of Civil engineering

ProfileThe Department has been in the forefront of advanced research in Civil Engineering and has also been pro-active in industrial interaction and tech-nology development. The Department is recognized as a Centre for Advanced Studies by the University Grants Commission. The Department has served as the nodal centre for execution of the National Program on Earthquake Engineering Education and National Program for Capacity Building of Engineers in Earthquake Risk Management.

Current ResearchThe four main areas of research are Geotechnical Engineering, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering, Structural Engineering, and Transportation Engineering.

Geotechnical Engineering

Soil Behaviour – Clay mineralogical and suction controls in the engineering response of soft clays, expansive clays and collapsing solid; Influence of chemical additives with applications to improve-ment of difficult ground; Mechanical behavior of sands through advanced elemental testing.

Foundation Engineering – Analysis of shallow and deep foundations through analytical, model and field studies; Soil structure interaction; Analysis and design of offshore foundations.

Geophysical Exploration – Site characterization and geophysical exploration using Multi-channel Analysis of Surface Waves (MASW), Spectral Analysis of Surface Waves (SASW), Ground Penetration Radar (GPR).

Geoenvironmental Engineering – Influence of chemical contamination on the hydro-mechanical behavior of soils; Design of clay liners and pro-tection systems for deep geological, nuclear waste repositories; Constitutive modeling of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW); Behaviour and constitutive modeling of unsaturated soils; Characterization and utilization of municipal soild waste and fly ash in geotechnical engineering applications; Geochemistry of contaminated aquifers.

Earthquake Geotechnical Engineering – Pre and post liquefaction behaviour of soils; Effect of non-plastic fines on the cyclic behaviour of sand; Determination of dynamic properties of soil in the laboratory; Seismic hazard analysis and local site response; Seismic microzonation; Dynamic behavior of retaining structures and substructures; Earthquake resistant design using geosynthetics.

Soil Reinforcement and Geosynthetics – Geo-synthetic reinforced soil slopes, geocell supported soil structures and soil nailed walls, geosynthetic clay liners, geosynthetics in unpaved roads and response of soils reinforced with coir fibers and waste plastics.

Numerical Modelling in Geomechanics – Investi-gations of bearing capacity through numerical limit analysis; Micromechanics of granular media through discrete element modeling.

Reliability in Geotechnical Engineering – Reliability and Risk assessment in site characterization and design; Reliability based design of shallow and deep foundations, earth dams, buried pipes, retain-ing structures and unsaturated slopes; Load resist-antance Factor Design of retaining walls, MSE walls, soil nailed structures for static and seismic loading.

Rock Mechanics – Experimental and theoretical aspects of rock mechanics, Analysis and design of structures in rock; Static and seismic response of jointed rock; Stabilization of rock slopes; Blast induced fracture in rock.

Railway Geotechnical Engineering – Ballast char-acterization through laboratory and field studies; Experimental studies on degradation and fouling of ballast.

Water Resources & Environmental Engineering

Climate Change Impacts on Hydrology – Natural and anthropogenic climate changes, Impact of climate change on hydrology, Modeling uncer-tainties associated with general circulation model (GCM) outputs, downscaling GCM outputs to river basin and sub-basin scales, regionalization of hydrologic parameters, stochastic modeling of hydrologic extremes, rainfall and stream flow pre-dictions. Groundwater recharge and levels.

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Surface Water Hydrology – Rainfall-runoff mod-eling; hydrologic forecasting; regional frequency analysis of floods, precipitation and low-flows; runoff generating mechanisms; modeling chaotic behavior of rainfall and stream flows; hydrologic droughts; data mining applications to model hydrologic extremes; contaminant transport in surface waters; remote sensing applications.

Groundwater Hydrology – Groundwater resources assessment at various scales in hard rock aquifers; water balance models; recharge modeling; pre-dictive models for groundwater dynamics due to climatic variations and land use changes; remote sensing and GIS applications in groundwater assessment and management; integrated urban groundwater management; tunneling & ground-water.

Groundwater Quality – Solute transport in ground-water; modeling reactive solutes in fractured medium; stochastic finite element for modeling contaminant transport in heterogeneous medium; modeling of flow and transport from landfills; biodegradation; modeling water rock interactions in groundwater; nitrate and salinity in groundwa-ter in agricultural catchments.

Vadose Zone Hydrology – Development of mod-els for prediction of moisture and contaminant movement in different soil horizons, identification of soil moisture characteristics, field experiments for prediction of moisture movement at watershed scales, role of heterogeneity in moisture and con-taminant redistribution, soil moisture assimila-tion and modeling; satellite soil moisture retrieval, crop model (STICS) calibration for crops in South India; inversion of crop models to estimate soil hydraulic properties.

Multiphase Flows – Movement of NAPL con-taminant in porous/fractured aquifer systems, identification of capillary pressure/saturation relationships, development of general purpose multiphase flow models, application on coastal aquifers, CO2 disposal in abandoned aquifers and geothermal reservoirs.

Water Resources Systems – Reservoir operation; surface water quality management; conjunctive use of surface and groundwater; application of stochastic optimization; fuzzy systems & artificial neural networks; remote sensing and GIS applica-tion in hydrology and irrigation management.

Urban Water Distribution Systems – Performance of water networks, predictive and inverse mod-eling, application of control algorithms, leakage

control and energy minimization, water quality modeling in urban networks, contaminant trans-port in urban networks and use of soft computing, application to field problems.

Environmental Hydraulics – Design and improving the efficiency of water and waste water treatment plants; reuse of waste water.

Structural Engineering

Structural Dynamics & Earthquake Engineering – Earthquake engineering; modeling of natural phe-nomena; random vibration; safety and reliabil-ity of structures; nonlinear dynamics; Structural dynamics of bridges, dams, buildings and indus-trial structures; active and passive vibration con-trol of structures; smart materials for vibration control in composites; dynamics of randomly parametered structures; structural reliability; multivariate extreme value theory; earthquake response analysis of extended multi-support struc-tures; modal testing and damage detection using vibration data; structural system identification; real time substructure testing; condition assess-ment and health monitoring of existing struc-tures; application of particle filters in structural engineering; vibration control of structures using semi-active devices (MR dampers) and develop-ment of control algorithms.

Fracture Mechanics of Concrete & Composites – Application of fracture mechanics to plain and reinforced concrete; application of fractal geom-etry and fractal functions in fracture mechanics; Numerical modeling of plain concrete fracture; analysis of mixed mode fracture of quasi brit-tle softening materials like concrete; application of fracture mechanics of layered composites to understand delamination; mixed mode fracture at interface between dissimilar materials with appli-cation towards safety assessment of dams; residual fatigue life assessment of concrete structures; cor-relation between fracture and damage; numerical methods for determination of thermal bi-material stress intensity factors – line integral, domain inte-gral and weight function methods; fatigue crack propagation in plain and reinforced concrete; use of acoustic emission (AE) technique, digital image correlation (DIC), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and micro- indentation to study the frac-ture process in quasi-brittle materials.

Structural Masonry and low carbon building mate-rials – Studies on brick masonry structures; influ-ence of interfacial bond strength on masonry behavior; earthquake resistant design of masonry;

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characteristics of fly ash based roofing files; strength and stability of rammed earth walls; dis-semination of building technologies; strength-ening of load-bearing masonry and masonry in-filled structures using FRP; energy in buildings; thermal conductance in building components; Characterization of mortars and concrete using iron ore tailings as fine aggregate.

Reinforced, prestressed, fibre reinforced and high performance concrete – Experimental and analyti-cal studies on the behavior of fiber reinforced high strength concrete members. Application of nonlin-ear finite element analysis to fiber reinforced con-crete. Studies on the use of glass and carbon FRP composite plates and fabrics as a means of repair and retrofitting concrete members; development of self compacting concrete with fiber cocktails for repair of concrete members; creep and shrinkage studies in normal and heavy density concrete and high performance concrete; behavior of concrete under high temperature, methods of repair for fire damaged structures; constitutive modeling of concrete accounting for Hygrothermo-mechanical coupling effects.

Computational Mechanics – Studies on structural shape optimization of reinforced and prestressed concrete members; continuum damage mechan-ics; multiscale modelling; damage detection using inverse techniques and safety assessment; nonlinear

finite element analysis; strain-space plasticity; adhesively bonded trengthening of civil structures; uncertainty quantification; stochastic finite element methods; parallel computation for solving mechan-ics problems of large-scale systems; domain decom-position; mesh-free methods: hybrid schemes bridging mesh-free and finite element methods; unsymmetric and stabilized weak forms; discon-tinuous Galerkin methods; adaptive and multi-grid schemes; geometrically exact beam and shell theories; parametrization of 3D rotations; Cosserat point theories; applications to mechanics of wrin-kled and slack membranes and fluid-structure interaction problems with large added mass effects.

Inverse Problems via Stochastic Filtering – Semi-analytical Monte Carlo filters; Rao-Blackwellized particle filters; Girsanov filters based on exact simulations of diffusion bridges; pseudo-dynamic filters for regularization of ill-posed inverse prob-lems with static measurements, ensemble Kalman filters; applications of parameter dentifications of large dimensional dynamical systems.

Transportation Engineering – Sustainable trans-portation planning, public transport planning and management, optimization of transportation systems, application of geo-informatics in trans-portation, driver behavior and road safety, traffic management, road safety engineering, transporta-tion needs and climate change, travel behavior.

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Allam M MPhD (IISc), Professor

Anbazhagan PPhD (IISc), Assistant Professor

Chandra Kishen J MPhD (Colorado), Professor

Ghosh, DebrajPhD (Johns Hopkins), Assistant Professor

Kumar, JyantPhD (IISc), Professor

Madhavi Latha GPhD (IIT/M), Associate Professor

Manohar C SPhD (IISc), Professor

Mohan Kumar M SPhD (IISc), Professor

Mujumdar P PPhD (IISc), Professor

Murthy, tejas GPhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor

nagesh Kumar DPhD (IISc), Professor

nanjunda rao K SPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Pandey P CPhD (Liverpool), Professor

raghuveer rao PMSc (Engg) (Bangalore), Senior Scientific Officer

ramaswamy, AnanthPhD (Louisiana), Professor

rao, Sudhakar MPhD (Poona), Professor

roy, DebasishPhD (IISc), Professor

Sekhar MPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Shantha Kumar SBE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant

Sivakumar Babu G LPhD (IISc), Professor

Sivapullaiah P VPhD (IISc), Professor

Srinivas V VPhD (IIT/M), Associate Professor

thallak, G SitharamPhD (Waterloo), Professor

Venkatarama reddy B VPhD (IISc), Professor

Venkatesha SMSc (Engg) (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Verma, AshishPhD (IIT/B), Assistant Professor

Vidyasagar rPhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer



URl : http://www.civil.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : C S Manohar

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, MSc (Engg), ME [Civil Engineering with specialization in Geotechnical Engineering, Structural Engineering, Water Resources & Environmental Engineering], and MTech [Transportation & Infrastructure Engineering]

Department of Management Studies

ProfileThe department pursues applied and fundamental research in the areas of economics, energy manage-ment, entrepreneurship, finance, human resource management, intellectual property, marketing, opera-tions management, operations research, project man-agement, and public policy.

Major Research AreasApplied Operations Research, Applied Statistics, Behaviour of inventors, Energy & Environmental Policy and Management, Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Networking, Finance, Human Resource Management, Industrial Economics, Industrial Relations, Innovation and Intellectual Property Management, International Marketing, Language for Specific Purposes, Marketing, Mobile based payment systems, Operations Management, Organizational Behaviour and Knowledge Management, Patent pricing, Policy Studies, Project Management, R&D Management, Services Marketing, Strategic Management, Technology Management, Technology and Sustainability, Translation and commercializa-tion of intellectual property.

Current Research Applied Operations Research – Logistics and supply

chain management, and electricity planning, integer programming. Control mechanisms for customer buy down behaviour, Active demand management in urban water distribution systems, Revenue man-agement, and Energy systems modeling.

Applied Statistics – Bayesian analysis of super imposed renewal processes incorporating infor-mation on repair time. Bayesian model selection using intrinsic bases factor. Bayesian accelerated life testing.

Energy & Environmental Policy and Management – Assessment of Climate change mitigation impera-tive as a stimulus for universalizing rural energy access in India; Development and demonstration of rural Hybrid energy-enterprise systems; and Analysis of nexus between energy and poverty in the context of climate change.

Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Networking – Social and technological contexts of entrepre-neurship; Role of knowledge management and networking in promoting entrepreneurial perform-ance. Understanding decision making in entrepre-neurial start-ups. A multi-stage process model for leveraging knowledge in an organization.

Finance – Modeling liquidity using AFT and logis-tic regression in limit order markets. Comparison of uni and multivariate XARCH and SVM mod-els for volatility forecasts and exploitation.

Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior and Knowledge Management – Manpower planning, training and compensation system for strategic growth, Measurement of collective intel-ligence at the team level, HR concerns in Urban transportation and planning, Vocational training and evaluation of Apprenticeship Act, assessment of quality initiatives in the IT industry, organi-zational design, downsizing, patent strategy for protecting competitive advantage, global virtual teams in new product development, measurement of competencies in the IT industry, and retention strategies, personality assessment and behavioral analysis.

Building flexibility into product development teams, Development of multi construct frame-work for assessing work life balance, Collective intelligence at the team level, Smart city technolo-gies as drivers of innovation, Employee pension schemes and Social security in India.

Industrial Economics – An empirical examination of changing innovation paradigm and competi-tiveness status of Indian economy in the glo-bal scenario since 1990s. Growth of start-ups in Indian economy and its influence on SME growth. External technology acquisition experience of SMEs, and SME internalization.

Industrial Relations – Labour policy in the current national socio-economic context, restructuring and privatization of state owned enterprises and informal sector.

Language for Specific Purposes – Research in teaching of foreign languages and designing teaching materials. Learning languages for specific purposes.

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Marketing, International Marketing, Services Marketing, Strategic Management and Transportation – Marketing of space services, International marketing opportunities for IRS data products and services, VALS model, interna-tional market opportunities for defence, corporate philanthropy, strategies for optimum capacity uti-lization. Quantitative measures for business proc-ess reengineering, optimum strategy for aircraft fuel conservation, key factors of consumer sat-isfaction for IT products, modeling of transport sector – application of SERVQUAL to transport sector, modeling global brands, assessment of factors influencing oil production, roadmap to knowledge process outsourcing, and development of technology indicators.

Operations Management – Optimization in design, planning, control and improvement of operations in both manufacturing and service, private and public sectors. Scheduling problems, particularly scheduling of batch processors and/or discrete processors in Semiconductor Manufacturing, Steel Casting Industry, Gear Manufacturing, and Foundry management.

Policy Studies – Policy frameworks for sustain-ability of industrial, human and social institu-tions (sectors: electricity, rural economy, informal economy, health, environment, urban planning); Employment regulations (formal and informal); Corporate social responsibility; Direct and indi-rect (second and third order) regulatory impacts.

Project Management – Enhancing and upgrading project management capabilities. Knowledge-based project systems design and analysis. Repre sentation and modeling of requirements engineering in soft-ware projects.

Technology Management – Assessment of Nano technology initiatives in India, Measurement of innovation in SMEs, innovation in ICT sector, ICT trends in R&D, Organizational competencies for innovation in the ICT sector, Organizational inter-ventions for patent culture, Commercialization of patents, Price of singleton patents, Intellectual property negotiations, Patent prior art analysis, University intellectual property, University based startups, Organization design for intellectual prop-erty management, Managing the R&D scientist, Developing R&D road maps for industrial research, Mobile payment systems, Medical innovations and go-to market strategies, R&D Process manage-ment, Knowledge-based project systems design.

Akhilesh K BPhD (IISc), Professor

Bala Subrahmanya M HPhD (ISEC/Bangalore), Professor

Balachandra PPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Gurtoo, AnjulaFellow (IIM/Ahmedabad),Associate Professor

Iyer, Parameshwar PPhD (California), Principal Research Scientist

Mathew, MaryPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Mathirajan MPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Mukhopadhyay CPhD (Missouri), Associate Professor

ramachandran, ParthasarathyPhD (Oklahoma State), Associate Professor

Srinivasan rFIIM (IIM/Bangalore), Professor

YadnyvalkyaMS (Engg), (Moscow), MA/Russian(CIEFL), Principal Research Scientist



URl : http://www.mgmt.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : M H Bala Subrahmanya

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD and MMgt

Centre for Atmospheric and oceanic Sciences

ProfileThe monsoon, which is so deeply woven into the fab-ric of Indian society and culture, is the prime motiva-tor for the formation of CAOS. The focus of research at the Centre is on understanding the monsoon and its variability in the context of global climate. Tropical oceans and their subtle coupling with the monsoon are an integral part of the Centre’s research. The Centre has attracted faculty and students from dif-ferent branches of science and engineering because monsoon research is interdisciplinary, and addresses issues relevant to our society and our future. CAOS is unique in the country in having expertise in theory, observations and modelling. The faculty at the Centre played a lead role in formulating the Science Plan of the Indian Climate Research Programme, and in three national monsoon field experiments, MONTBLEX (1989–90), BOBMEX (Bay of Bengal, 1999) and ARMEX (Arabian Sea, 2002–05) CAOS hosts the Programme Office for the national programme CTCZ. The Centre has been involved in developing satellite meteorology programmes and new climate satellites.

Major Research AreasThe main research areas are atmospheric boundary layer, clouds, aerosols, radiation in the atmosphere and ocean, tropical convection, application of high performance computing and grid computing for the study of climate, modelling (parameterization) of clouds and convection, intraseasonal to multidecadal variability of monsoon rainfall, air-sealand interac-tions, subseasonal to interannual predictability, rain-fall and hydrology, global carbon cycle and climate change, and Indian Ocean circulation and thermody-namics.

The discoveries of a threshold in the surface tempera-ture of the tropical ocean for the formation of raining clouds, a dipole mode of the Indian Ocean climate, change in the intensity of monsoon rainfall in a warming globe, nonintuitive changes in entrainment and mixing behaviour of laboratory cloud-like flows, the study of orographic effects on the monsoons, and high resolution simulations of Indian Ocean circula-tion are some of the highlights of the Centre’s work.

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Bala, GovindasamyPhD (McGill), Associate Professor

Bhat G SPhD (IISc), FASc, Professor

Chakraborty, ArindamPhD (IISc), Assistant Professor

Ghosh, ProsenjitPhD (PRL/Ahmedabad), AP/CEaS, Associate Faculty

Goswami B nPhD (Gujarat), FASc, FNA, FNASc,Professor (on lien)

nanjundiah, ravi SPhD (IISc), Professor

Satheesh S KPhD (Kerala), FASc, FNA, Professor

Sengupta, DebasisPhD (Bombay), Professor

Srinivasan JPhD (Stanford), FASc, FNA, FNAE,Professor

Sukhatme, JaiPhD (Chicago), Assistant Professor

Vinayachandran P nPhD (IISc), FASc, Professor

Vuruputur, VenugopalPhD (Minnesota), Assistant Professor



URl : http://caos.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : G S Bhat

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, MSc (Engg), MTech (Climate Science)

The Centre has also developed methodologies to inte-grate knowledge of the monsoon in farming strate-gies for enhanced production.

Current research involves observational, data analysis and modeling approaches, addressing problems in the areas listed above.

Divecha Centre for Climate Change

ProfileThe “Divecha Centre for Climate Change” was estab-lished at Indian Institute of Science in January 2009 with a generous financial contribution from Arjun and Diana Divecha and the Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment. The primary goal of this centre is create awareness about climate change, conduct research on climate change and their impact on the environment and explore ways to miti-gate climate change.

Research AreasDuring the past three years the centre has undertaken many outreach activities to create awareness among

young people about climate change and its conse-quences. This has been done through lectures, work-shops and quiz contests. There is an annual invited public lecture called the “Jeremy Grantham Lecture on Climate Change”. The centre has embarked on a major research initiative to document and under-stand the factors that contribute to the retreat of Himalayan glaciers. The centre has identified solar photovoltaic power generation with concentrators as a technology with great potential and is working with Chroma Energy, Pune to establish a 10 kW system in the Challekere campus of the Indian Institute of Science. The centre is doing joint research work with Grantham Institute for Climate Change at Imperial College, London on the impact of climate change on water.

Bala, GovindasamyPhD (McGill),AcP/CAOS

Bhat G SPhD (IISc), FASc,P/CAOS

Chakraborty, ArindamPhD (IISc),AP/CAOS

Ghosh, ProsenjitPhD (PRL),AP/CEaS

Kulkarni, Anil VPhD (Shivaji),Distinguished Visiting Scientist

Mujumdar P PPhD (IISc)P/CiE

nanjundaiah, ravi SPhD (IISc),P/CAOS

ramasesha, Sheela KPhD (IISc),Visiting Research Scientist

ravindranath n HPhD (IIT/B),P/CST

Satheesh S KPhD (Kerala),AcP/CAOS

Sengupta, DebasisPhD (Bombay),P/CAOS

Srinivasan JPhD (Stanford), FASc, FNA, FNAE,P/CAOS

Sukhatme, JaiPhD (Chicago),AP/CAOS

Sukumar rPhD (IISc),P/CES

Vinaychandran P nPhD (IISc),AcP/CAOS

Vuruputur, VenugopalPhD (Minnesota),AP/CAOS


Fax : +91-80-2360 0865Email : [email protected]

URl : http://www.dccc.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : J Srinivasan

Centre for earth Sciences

ProfileUnderstanding the processes and natural events that have shaped the interior and surface of the earth from the time of its formation to the present is a challenge. Established in 2007, the mission of the Centre for the Earth Science is to undertake an innovative, multi-disciplinary approach involving petrological, geo-physical and geochemical tools to understand Earth processes, both modern and past, its impact on the biosphere as well as the role of the biosphere in mod-ulating Earth processes. Equipped with state-of-the-art analytical facilities and wide-ranging expertise, the Centre seeks to provide quality education in Earth Science and fuel interdisciplinary research for better preparedness for the future.

Major Research AreasEarthquake geology, seismic hazard analysis; seismo-tectonics; earthquake and tsunami recurrence; Major, trace element and isotope geochemistry; geochronol-ogy; cosmochemistry; impact processes; Petrology; Metamorphism; paleoclimate reconstruction.

Current Research Reconstruction of earthquake history using geologi-cal evidence and using them to develop source mod-els and style of deformation is an area that is being pursued actively. Seismic source zones in the Central Himalayas, NE India and the Rann of Kutch are being explored. In the Rann of Kutch various geo-physical techniques are used to map the subsurface stratigraphy to quantify the response of the built envi-ronment to ground shaking from large earthquakes; understanding response of interplate boundaries to plate driving forces, trench segmentation, earthquake and tsunami recurrence in the Andaman-Sumatra

subduction zone; using seismological, GPS and geo-logical constraints to model tsunami generation and recurrence.

Stable isotope studies to monitor and label atmos-pheric greenhouse gases like CO2 to establish a link between climatic instability and temperature change; estimating CO2 budgets, tracing pathways and inter-action of terrestrial, oceanic and atmospheric pools of carbon; reconstruction of observed temperature changes on a regional and global scale; understanding sources and sinks of greenhouse gases and estimat-ing their fluxes; reconstruction of regional and global paleoclimate based on analyses of geological archives. clumped isotopic composition of carbonate samples to reconstruct a long-term climate of India.

Paleo-tectonic studies using geological, petrological, geochemical and geochronological data; understand-ing lower crustal process in the early Earth to under-stand past tectonic activity; key areas of research include major shear/suture zones in south India as well as Sri Lanka, Madagascar, Cameroon, East Asian terrains and some older terrains in Europe; understanding rock magnetism and magnetic proper-ties of minerals, its relations to metamorphism and lower crustal processes.

Using short-lived (now extinct) radionuclides like 146Sm (which decays to 142Nd, T1/2 ~ 103 Ma) to study meteorites as well as ancient crustal rocks to under-stand early evolution of the Earth and its companions.

Using radiogenic isotope systematic (Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, U-Th-Pb, Lu-Hf) to understand petrogenesis of igne-ous rocks particularly alkaline igneous complexes; trace element and Nd isotopic provenance study ancient sediments; using non-traditional stable iso-topes of Ca, Mg, Si, Fe, Cr to understand modern surface processes, paleo-seawater compositions and paleo-redox.

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Chakrabarti, ramanandaPhD (Rochester), Assistant Professor

Ghosh, ProsenjitPhD (PRL), Assistant Professor

Krishnan, SajeevPhD (Okayama), Assistant Professor

Manohar C SPhD (IISc), P/CiE, Associate Faculty

Menon A GPhD (IISc), P/IN, Associate Faculty

Mujumdar P PPhD (IISc), P/CiE, Associate Faculty

nagesh Kumar DPhD (IISc), P/CiE, Associate Faculty

rajendran, KusalaPhD (South Carolina), Associate Professor

Sengupta DPhD (NIO), P/CAOS, Associate Faculty

Sreenivasan, BinodPhD (Cambridge), Associate Professor

Srinivasan GPhD (PRL), Associate Professor

Sukhatme J SPhD (Chicago), AP/CAOS, Associate Faculty

Venugopal VPhD (Minnesota),AP/CAOS, Associate Faculty

EstablishEd : 2007PhonE : +91-80-2293 3405Email : [email protected]

URl : http://ceas.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : A G Menon

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD and MSc (Engg)

Centre for Sustainable technologies

ProfileThe Centre for Sustainable Technologies (CST) which was established as a Centre for ASTRA (Application of Science & Technology for Rural Areas) in 1974, is an inter-disciplinary research and technology devel-opment centre. It provides sustainable solutions to a host of global concerns dealing primarily with energy, buildings and the environment. The Centre’s focus is on promoting sustainable technologies tailored to suit local conditions of resource availability and habi-tation. Successful examples of CST’s diverse inter-ventions are energy efficient wood burning devices, biomethanation, biomass gasification, alternative buildings and BiPV, water purification and defluori-dation, sanitation, sustainable biomass for energy, forestry, bioenergy & climate change, and environ-mental quality assurance-impact studies. The Centre for Sustainable Technologies has also been carry-ing out rural extension activities at its Ungra Field Centre, located about 110 km from Bangalore in Kunigal Taluk, Tumkur District.

CST (formerly ASTRA), having always followed the adage that the world is a global village, is now evolving to address modern-day energy and environment needs. Keeping in mind current national and international issues of concern, the Centre has started research pro-grammes in MSc (Engg) and PhD covering a host of modern issues such as converting industrial waste into building products, tailoring clays to retain radioactive waste, building sustainable habitats human settle-ments, producing climate responsive architecture and planning, building comfort studies in tropical regions, and tsunami and earthquake resistant shelters provid-ing sanitation for near-coastal settlements, and apply-ing desalination and bioremediation to waste-water and decentralized energy planning.

In addition, looking ahead, CST is developing tech-nologies for carbon mitigation, using nano-materials to treat chromium and nitrate contaminated water, bio-fuels, nitrogen recovery from contaminated sur-face and groundwater resources, biomass refineries for gas (producer gas, hydrogen, etc), liquid fuels and byproducts, energy generation from waste, low-carbon buildings and climate change mitigation. Efforts are also being directed towards policy studies on energy, environment, and sustainable development and in developing comprehensive design guidelines for region specific green buildings and materials.

Major Research AreasBioenergy

Thermochemical conversion for heat and power gen-eration, hydrogen generation and BTL, biological conversion, conversion devices for heat and power, forestry and biomass production.

Alternative Building Technologies

Energy efficiency in buildings, functional perform-ance of buildings, low-carbon building materials, re-use of industrial and mining waste, sustainability and human settlements (habitats).

Climate-responsive architecture/buildings

Building comfort studies in tropical regions, solar-pas-sive architecture, Building Integrated Photovoltaics (BIPV), green buildings. Energy and Environment Energy planning, natural resources management. Integrated energy-environment policy, barriers and strategies for promoting renewable energy technolo-gies. aquatic toxicology, water pollution impacts on biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems, population dynamics and community ecology. Preserving vulner-able fresh water and marine species, coastal pollution, vulnerability, mitigation and aquatic biota assessment.

Water & Sanitation

Treatment of water and wastewater, sustainable ground water quality management, appropriate onsite domestic (eco) sanitation, aquatic toxicology, water pollution impacts on biodiversity of aquatic ecosys-tems, population dynamics and community ecology.

Coral reef Studies

Preserving vulnerable fresh water and marine spe-cies, coastal pollution, vulnerability, mitigation and aquatic biota assessment.

Waste Handling

Appropriate waste treatment, Solid and Hazardous waste management, energy from waste recycling, small-scale bioremediation of organic waste-water, characterisation and reuse of industry and mine waste in building materials and geotechnical engi-neering applications.

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Climate change, Mitigation, Adaptation & Vulnerability

Studies in forest, land use and biofuel sectors, climate change impact, vulnerability and adaptation assess-ment, climate change policy.

Current ResearchBio-energy

Efficient biomass combustion for meeting various energy needs.

Biological conversion using new concepts like solid- state stratified bed bioreactors for soft biomass. Plug-flow like reactors for biogas from biomass in a 3-zone fermentation model for MSW feed stocks.

Measurement of technology induced livelihood/food security, knowledge and empowerment gaps, individual and group knowledge relationships, social mobility, etc. vis-a-vis participatory tech-nology development and technology induction among resource poor farmers.

Thermo-chemical conversion techniques.

Energy efficient devices to meet energy demands in domestic as well as industrial sectors.

Engines for biogas and producer gas applications.

Buildings

Embodied energy in buildings and building mate-rials

Safe sanitation in areas with high water table: modified pour-flush and compact three chamber septic tanks for coastal regions.

Environment-friendly, low energy buildings, low carbon materials, and construction technologies.

Thermal comfort in BiPV structures.

Policy

Integrated energy-environment policy analysis.

Prioritization of barriers and strategies for pro-moting renewable and energy efficient technolo-gies in India.

Development of a framework for commercializing sustainable technologies; energy, water, building, etc.

Technology transfer and diffusion mechanisms for sustainable technologies.

Mitigation and adaptation policies.

Energy, environment and climate change

Estimation of GHG inventory estimation for land use and forest sector.

Environmental and GHG implications of biofuel production.

Regional integrated energy plan.

Bioenergy and clean development mechanisms.

Ground water characterization and treatment technologies (e.g. fluoride, arsenic and nitrate treatment).

Re-use of industry and mining waste materials in Civil Engineering applications.

Modification of clays to capture contaminants.

Climate change vulnerability profiles and adapta-tion.

Technology Packages Developed

Bio-film bioreactors for high-rate treatment of coffee wastewater.

Bioreactors for segregated urban solid wastes.

Biogas plants for leaf biomass at cluster scales.

Gasification technology for power generation in gas-alone mode for village electrification, cap-tive power generation and grid linked IPP (upto 1 MWe).

Gasification technology for thermal applications upto 5 MW th.

Building integrated photovoltaics – roof integra-tion design.

Combustion devices for domestic and industrial applications.

Building design and sanitation technology for tsu-nami affected coastal (island) communities.

Alternate building technologies; walls, roof, mud-block, efficient kilns, etc.

Earthquake resistant designs.

Package for fluoride contaminated water treat-ment.

Bioenergy technologies for rural development.

Methods for forest sector mitigation projects.

Roof-integrated PV design for buildings.

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Education

CST offers PhD and MSc (Engg) programmes (equiv-alent to MS by research) in all the research areas men-tioned above. This is an inter-disciplinary programme that integrates domain-specific scientific knowledge with relevant engineering/technologies in energy, water, environment, etc. CST also periodically con-ducts specific training programmes.

Industrial Consultancy

The Centre, through its faculty, offers services to industry and government agencies both in India and abroad, in the areas of energy, buildings, water, envi-ronment and climate change.

EstablishEd : 1974PhonE : +91-80-2293 2447Email : [email protected]

URl : http://www.astra iisc.ernet.in/ChaiRPERson : Sudhakar M Rao

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, MSc (Engg)

Balachandra PPhD (IISc), PRS/MS, Associate Faculty

Chanakya H nPhD (UAS), Chief Research Scientist

Dasappa SPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Jayant M ModakPhD (Purdue), P/CE, Associate Professor

Monto, ManiPhD (IIT/M), Assistant Professor

nanjunda rao K SPhD (IISc), PRS/CiE, Associate Faculty

raghunandan B nPhD (IISc), P/AE, Associate Faculty

ramachandra t VPhD (IISc), SSO/CES, Associate Faculty

rao, Sudhakar MPhD (Poona), P/CiE, Associate Faculty

ravindranath n HPhD (IIT/B), Professor

Sanna, Durgappa DPhD (KUD), Assistant Professor

Siva Kumar Babu G LPhD (IISc) P/CiE, Associate Faculty

Somashekar H IMSc Ag (UAS), Technical Officer

Venkatakrishnappa DMSc (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant

Venkatarama reddy B VPhD (IISc), P/CiE, Associate Faculty

Supercomputer education and research Centre

ProfileThe Computer Centre was established in 1970 as a central facility. The Centre became the Supercomputer Education and Research Centre (SERC) in 1990 to pro-vide state-of-the-art computing facilities to the faculty and students of the Institute. The Centre is conceived of as a functionally distributed supercomputing envi-ronment, housing leading-edge computing systems, with sophisticated software packages. It is connected by a powerful high-speed network. The Centre has been created to commemorate the Platinum Jubilee of the Institute and is fully funded by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).

Ever since its inception, SERC has stimulated the rapid growth of computer-based research, develop-ment, and training at the Institute. The powerful cam-pus wide network has created an enhanced awareness of network computing and information processing. The Centre has been acting as a referral agency for sev-eral government and non-government organizations in their pursuit to set up computing centres to suit their user needs. The faculty of SERC are involved in several consultancy and sponsored research projects of government and non-government organizations.

Major Research AreasComputer Aided VLSI Design, System-on-Chip, Embedded Systems, Computer Architecture, Compilers, High Performance Computing, Computer Graphics, Scientific Visualization, Computational Topology, Computational and Numerical Electro-magnetics, Database Systems, Fluid Mechanics, Finite Elements in Moving Mesh and Fluid Dynamics, Information Security, Multimedia Systems, Lattice Gauge Theories, Quantum Computation, Medical Imaging, Multiparameter radars, Numerical Linear Algebra, Optical Physics, Parallel and Grid Computing, Scientific Computing, Signal Processing, Video Analytics, Computer Vision, Image Understanding, Computational Biology and Bioinformatics.

Current ResearchSERC is engaged in research programs in areas relat-ing to high performance computing systems design

and applications. Some of the key current research areas and projects are:

Computer Aided VLSI Design, System-on-Chip, Embedded Systems – architecture space explora-tion for reconfigurable silicon cores, reconfigurable computation structures on silicon cores, applica-tion synthesis/compilation on heterogeneous and reconfigurable silicon multi-cores, streaming sup-port on reconfigurable silicon cores, system virtu-alization.

Computer Architecture, Compilers and High Performance Computing – Architecture and com-piler support for accelerator-based HPC architec-ture, computer system performance evaluation.

Computer Graphics, Scientific Visualization and Computational Topology – Multiresolution repre-sentations for scientific visualization, topological analysis of scalar fields, visualization in life sci-ences.

Computational and Numerical Electromagnetics – Design and analysis of ion traps for mass spec-trometry, finite-difference time domain method, finite element method, fast multi-pole techniques, spectral iteration techniques, RCS prediction, antenna design.

Database Systems – Robust query processing, power-efficient database engines, database tuning and testing.

Information Security and Multimedia Systems – Design and analysis of intrusion detection systems, streaming protocols for web based multimedia, optimization and control of mobile wireless sen-sor network systems.

Lattice Gauge Theories and Quantum Computation.

Medical Imaging.

Multiparameter Radars – Scattering models for weather targets, weather radars, fractals.

Numerical Linear Algebra – Norms and condition numbers of a matrix.

Optical Physics – Optical properties of nanocom-posite materials, optical properties of surface/sub-surface particles, parallel computing for dipole lattices.

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Parallel and Grid Computing – Large-scale parallel application optimization on computational grids and state-of-the-art supercomputers, adaptivity and fault tolerance of HPC applications, middle-ware for parallel processing systems.

Scientific Computing – Computational stochas-tics, Constrained dynamics and optimization, Application to multiscale systems.

Signal Processing – Robust speech and speaker recognition, signal compression for satellite imag-ery and video, optical character recognition for Indian languages.

Adaptive finite element method (hp-fem) for mul-tiphase flows.

Efficient and Robust Numerical Scheme for Parallel Computation of Multidimensional Radiative transfer.

Development of computational methods for studying protein-protein interaction.

Correlating protein dynamics and function.

Algorithms, Softwares and databases to analyze nucleic acid sequences and protein structures.

Development of Internet computing engines and knowledge bases for the analysis of protein sequences and structures.

Video Analytics, Computer Vision, Image Understanding – Human action/activity analy-sis, object detection and tracking, event detection and recognition, image/video quality assessment, human computer interaction.

The Centre is also involved in several sponsored research projects in collaboration with many govern-ment and private agencies. Its clientele include differ-ent departments of the Government of India, public and private sector undertakings, and multinationals such as AMD, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, Intel, IBM, Lucky Goldstar, Microsoft, Nvidia, Philips Research, ST Microelectronics, Texas Instruments, etc. Many of these projects have fed critical inputs to various national initiatives in High Performance Computing and Communication Technology.

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Balakrishnan nPhD (IISc), FASc, FNAE, FNA,FNASc, Professor

Bhakthavathsalam rPhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer

Chandrappa t AMSc (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant

Ganesan, SashikumaarPhD (Otto-von-Guericke, Germany), Assistant Professor

Govindarajan rPhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor

Gowranga K HMSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Assistant

Gundu rao ABE (Bangalore), Technical Officer

Haritsa, Jayant rPhD (Wisconsin), FNASc, FNAE,FASc, Professor

Jacob, t MatthewPhD (Wisconsin), Professor

Krishna Murthy rME (IISc), Chief Research Scientist

Krishnamurthy HME (IISc), Chief Research Scientist

Lakshmi JPhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist

Mathias P CPhD (IISc), Associate Professor

Minj, FilbertMTech (JNU), Senior Sientific Officer

Mohanty, Atanu KPhD (Brooklyn Polytech), Assistant Professor

Muralidharan M rMTech (Mysore), Principal Research Scientist

nalini SMSc, MPhil (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant

nandy S KPhD (IISc), Professor

natarajan, VijayPhD (Duke), Assistant Professor

negi, Yoginder KumarMTech (Delhi), Scientific Officer

Pal, DebnathPhD (Jadhavpur), Associate Professor

Patel, ApoorvaPhD (Caltech), Professor

raghuraman K PMSc (Phy), (Bharatidasan), Technical Officer

raha, SoumyenduPhD (Minnesota), Associate Professor

rajaraman VPhD (Wisconsin), Honorary Professor

Saqquaf S SBE (Bangalore), Technical Officer

Sekar KPhD (Madras), Associate Professor

Vadhiyar, Sathish SPhD (Tennessee), Associate Professor

Venkatapathi, MurugesanPhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor

Venkatesh Babu rPhD (IISc), Assistant Professor

Yalavarthy, Phaneendra KPhD (Dartmouth),Assistant Professor



URl : http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : R Govindarajan

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD, MSc [Engg], MTech (Computational Science)

Centre for nano Science and engineering

ProfileThe Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (E) focuses on research and education in the broad area of nano scale science and technology covering top-ics such as nano scale electronics, devices, materials, micro and nanoelectromechanical systems, bio and nanophotonics, bioelectronic interfaces and inte-grated small-scale systems. In addition to the research programs of the core faculty, the Centre runs a multi-disciplinary research and training program involving more than 40 faculty members from various depart-ments of engineering and basic sciences at the Indian Institute of Science. The Center has state-of-the-art nano-fabrication and characterization facilities to enable the development of cutting- edge nanoscale technologies for various applications.

Major Research AreasSome of the topics currently pursued at CeNSE are NanoCMOS Transistors, Non Silicon Based Transistors, Novel Memory Architectures such as FeRAM, MRAM and Phase Change Memory, High-K Gate Dielectrics, Spintronics, Photovoltaic Devices, Testing and Characterization of Nanoscale Phenomena, NEMS, Magnetic Materials for RF- CMOS, Bio-Sensors and Actuators, Acoustic Sensors, Inertial Sensors, CMOS-MEMS Integra tion, Energy Harvesting and Power MEMS, Organic Electronic

Devices and Sensors, Polymer and Nanophotonic Devices, Soft Lithography, Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAM), Shape Memory Materials and Devices, Ferroelectrics and Phase Shifters, Simulation and Modeling of Nanoscale Phenomena, RF MEMS Novel System Architecture Paradigms, Optical MEMS, Chemical and Gas Sensors.

Major Facilities1. National Nanofabrication Centre consisting of

a comprehensive 1400 sq. ft. clean room facility with following capabilities,

ü Photolithography:Laser writer, Coater and Developer Station, Double-sided and Single-sided Mask Aligners, E-beam Lithography

ü Deposition:Oxidation Furnaces, CVD, LPCVD, Plasma CVD, ALCVD, E-beam Evaporation, RF Sputtering, Dual-Ion Beam Sputtering, Pulsed Laser Deposition

ü Etching:Wet etching, RIE, DRIE, CMP, Lift-off and Supercritical Drying

ü Packaging:Wafer Bonder, Dicer, Wire Bonder, Stereo-lithography

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2. Micro and Nano Characterization Facility with the following capabilities

ü Electrical Characterization:Wafer Probe Stations, Semiconductor Device Analyzers, Vector Network Analyzers, RF Signal Sources, Storage Oscilloscopes

ü Mechanical Characterization:Micro System Analyzer, 3D Optical Profilo-meter, Rate Table, Pressure Calibrator, Acoustic Microscope, UTM

ü Optical Characterization:Micro-Raman, PL and EL Measurement, FTIR, Solar Simulator, Variable Angle Spectro scopic Ellipsometer

ü Material Characterization:Dual-Beam FIB, FESEM, Particle Analyzer, AFM

3. In addition, there will be separate labs in the Centre that will cater to polymer processing, elec-trochemistry, electro-optics, DNA/bio circuits, systems integration, MEMS and NEMS charac-terization, neuron and tissue culture.

Core FACULtYBhat, navakantaPhD (Stanford), Professor

Ghosh, AmbarishPhD (Brown), Assistant Professor

naik, AkshayPhD (Maryland), Assistant Professor

Pratap, rudraPhD (Cornell), Professor

raghavan, Srinivasan PhD (Penn. State), Assistant Professor

Varma, ManojPhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor

EstablishEd : 2010PhonE : +91-80-2293 3291/3276Email : [email protected]

URl : http://www.cense.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : Rudra Pratap

dEgREE PRogRams oFFEREd : PhD

Cleanroom corridor inside the National Nanofabrication Centre.

robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems

ProfileRobert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems, established with a generous philanthropic grant by the Robert Bosch Foundation, aims to engage in applied research on Cyber Physical Systems – an emerging interdisciplinary area that brings together advances in distributed sensing, wireless communi-cation, networking, computing, controlling physical devices, algorithms, and other allied technologies. The Centre, in addition to focusing on fundamental and applicable research on Cyber Physical Systems, will consider applications such as tele-medical care, urban transportation, water networks, environmen-tal monitoring, energy-efficient buildings, emergency response, disaster management, smart agriculture, etc. In line with the current view that Cyber Physical systems are likely to transform how we interact with the physical world by creating an Internet of physical objects and not just computing and communication devices, the Centre will undertake research projects that are likely to lead to innovative technology prod-ucts that will have an enormous impact on society. The Centre will also interact with the industries and support entrepreneurial activities to help transfer the technologies developed in the Centre to the world at large.

Major Research AreasThe research and development activities of the Centre can be best viewed as a grid of verticals and laterals where verticals indicate the application areas and laterals represent enabling techniques common to multiple applications. At the intersection of the verti-cals and laterals lie the specific research projects. The Centre has initiated five verticals, namely, agricul-ture, buildings, healthcare, transportation, and water. Some of the laterals identified include algorithms; analytics, software, and middleware; design and pro-totyping; electronics; modeling and simulation; net-works; and sensors.

Current ResearchResearch done at the Centre comprises five pro-grammes: agriculture, buildings, healthcare, trans-portation, and water. Projects under each programme cover multiple disciplines and are coordinated and executed by faculty of the Institute and the techni-cal staff of the Centre, which includes Chief Member of Technical Staff (CMTS), Principal Member of Technical Staff (PMTS), Senior Member of Technical Staff (SMTS), Member of Technical Staff (MTS),

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Research Associates, Technicians, Entrepreneurs in Residence, and administrative staff. Selected projects of the Centre include:

Cyber Surgery and Remote Patient Care

Remote Neonatal Monitoring and Intervention

Zero Energy Building

Sensor System for Monitoring Stroke Patients in Rehabilitation

Verified Real Time Operating System for Multicore Processors

Formal Analysis of CPS Protocols and Software.

The Centre also pursues short-term small projects, called the projects, that focus on developing inno-vative products in the area of cyber physical systems. Selected projects include:

Touch Screen Anywhere

Decentralized low power desalination via field effect − A water bottle for desalination

Bharadwaj, AmruturPhD (Stanford), AcP/ECE

Ananthasuresh G KPhD (Michigan), FNAE, P/ME

Asokan SPhD (IISc), FNASc, P/IAP



[email protected] : http://cps.iisc.ernet.in

ChaiRPERson : S AsokanassoCiatE ChaiRs : G K Ananthasuresh

Amrutur Bharadwaj

Student volunteers sending SMS alerts to registered visitors about the campus events on the IISc’s Open Day on March 3rd, 2012.

Archives and Publications Cell

Profile The Archives Cell was established on May 17, 2007. Subsequently it was enlarged to include a publica-tions wing and was renamed as the Archives and Publications Cell (APC) on January 31, 2008.

The APC has a two-fold responsibility. The first is to collect, catalogue and preserve all documents, photo-graphs and other articles of relevance to the Institute. The second is to coordinate and facilitate the publica-tion activities of the Institute.

The activities of several Committees are coordinated by the APC. These Committees include:

Archives Ahuja, Sharath, Coordinator, TO/IN Nirmala Das, Consultant Sowmitri Ranganathan, Consultant

IISc in-house publication committee Asokan S, P/IN, Chairperson Ahuja, Sharath, TO/IN, Member Ghosal, Ashitava, P/ME, Member Panneer Selvam K, DR, Member Thilagam V, PRO, Member

Journal of the Indian Institute of Science Guru Row T N, P/SSCU, Editor Ananthasuresh G K, AcP/ME, Member Asokan S, P/IN, Member Borges, Renee M, AcP/CES, Member Ghose, Debasish, P/AE, Member Natarajan, Vasant, P/PHY, Member Sengupta, Debasis, P/CAOS, Member Shaila M S, P/MCB, Member Vinoy K J, AP/ECE, Member Kavitha Harish, Editorial Assistant

IISc Press-WSPC Publications Kumar, Anurag, P/ECE, Chairperson Ananthasuresh G K, AcP/ME, Convener Kesava, Rao K, P/CE Misra, Gadadhar, P/Math Pandit, Rahul, P/PHY The Chairperson, APC (Ex-officio)

There are three Series of Publications that this com-mittee oversees:

IISc Centenary Lecture Series (ICLS)

IISc Lecture Notes Series (ILNS)

Misra, Gadadhar, P/MA, Series Editor Jog, Chandrashekar S, AcP/ME Joy Kuri, AcP/DESE Sebastian K L, P/IPC Sen, Diptiman, P/CHEP Sandhya, Visweswariah, P/MRDG

IISc Research Monographs Series (IRMS)

Kesava Rao K, P/CE, Series Editor Misra Gadadhar, P/Math Krishnamurthy H R, P/PHY Kumar P Vijay, P/ECE Ramasesha S, P/SSCU Vijayaraghavan, Usha, P/MCB

Office A G Menon, P/IN, Chairperson Kavitha Harish, Stenographer Gr II Panduranga G, Consultant Narasimha P, Secretarial Assistant

ArchivesActivities: An exhibition ‘IISc in the News – an exhibi-tion of press cuttings’ arranged in the Main Building as part of the ‘Open Day’ celebrations, on March 3rd 2012.

Scanning and uploading: (1) Annual Reports: All Annual Reports (from 1909–till date) have been scanned and uploaded. (2) Court Records from 1938 available both in soft and hard copies. (3) Council Proceedings-hard copies have been collated. (4) Mr. B. V. Subbarayappa’s papers (around 2000 pages) have been compiled, digitized, OCR’ed and uploaded. (5) Materials from the National Archives have been scanned, wherever possible OCR’ed and are ready for uploading. (6) News paper clippings related to the Institute have been down loaded for the period 1990–1995, 2009–till date (650 pages). Additionally all news paper clippings collected in the Archives (from its inception) are being digitized. (7) Oral Archiving:

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A video recording of Mr. K. V. Sheshadri was car-ried out. (8) 3 videos, ‘In Step with Future’, ‘Creative Consultancy’ and ‘Athreya’ are converted from tape to digital format and made available for screening. They have also been uploaded on the Archives site. (9) Wall Calendars of the Institute from 1999–till date have been digitized and uploaded. (10) Speeches delivered by important dignitaries on special occa-sions have also been digitized and uploaded (10 nos.) In all, approximately 16,500 pages have been scanned, OCR’ed and uploaded in the current year.

In-house publicationThe following in-house publications were brought out in the current year:

IISc-Profile 2011–12; Scheme of Instructions 2011–12; Telephone Directory 2011–12; Annual Report (Hindi/English) 2010–11; Annual Accounts (Hindi/English) 2010–11; Admission poster 2012; Budget Estimate; Draft minutes of the Court Meeting 2011; Integrated PhD poster 2012; IISc Wall and Desk Calendars 2012; UG Poster and Information Brochure 2012 and appli-cation form; Talent Development Centre Report.

Journal of the Indian Institute of ScienceThe Journal of the Indian Institute of Science has been published by the Institute since 1914. In early years Journal published original research work carried out by the faculty and students of the Institute as well as other institutions around the world. Since 2007, however, the Journal format was changed. It became a quarterly Journal and published only invited review articles, each issue being guest edited by eminent researches. In the year 2011, Volume 91 of the Journal was published; the four special issues were entitled: No. 1. Special issue on Algebra and its applications, (Guest Editor: Dilip P. Patil, Dept of Mathematics, IISc); No. 2. Physics and Applications of Amorphous Semiconductors − Recent Advances, (Guest Editor: Prof. S. Asokan, Dept of Instrumentation and Applied Physics & Applied Photonics Initiative, IISc); No. 3 Bio-fluid Mechanics (Guest Editor: Prof. Jaywant H. Arakeri, Dept of Mechanical Engineering, IISc); No. 4 Chemical Biology and Drug Discovery, (Guest Editor: Prof. G. Mugesh, Dept of IPC, IISc).

IISc Press-WSPC PublicationsIISc Press and World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC), Singapore have a joint publishing collabo-ration to co-publish textbooks and monographs in all major disciplines. There are three Series of Publications that this committee oversees:

IISc Centenary Lectures Series (ICLS)

The books in the ‘IISc Centenary Lectures Series’ comprise the transcripts of the lectures and the com-pilation of selected articles by designated eminent scholars and researchers from all over the world.

IISc Lecture Notes Series (ILNS)

The IISc Lecture Notes Series consist of books that are reasonably self-contained and can be used either as text books or as self-study manuals at the post-graduate level in science and engineering. The books are based on material that has been class-tested for the most part.

IISc Research Monographs Series (IRMS)

The ‘IISc Research Monographs Series’ comprises state-of-the-art monographs written by experts in specific areas. The books will include, but are not lim-ited to, the author’s own research work.

In the current year, IIScPress published the following Monograph:

‘Crystal Engineering’ a textbook by Gautam R Desiraju, Jagadese J Vittal, Arunachalam Ramanan.

EstablishEd : 2007PhonE : +91-80-2293 2618/2066/2750


URl : http://apc.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : A G Menon

International relations Cell

ProfileThe International Relations Cell (IRC) of the Indian Institute of Science was set up in 1998. A Committee, with members from each Academic Divisions of the Institute, is responsible for the functioning of IRC. The IRC oversees and coordinates all the interna-tional programmes of the Institute. In particular, it is responsible for the following:

ü Admission of foreign students to the Institute.

ü Facilitating the Institute’s links with international partners.

ü Promoting academic collaborations and student/faculty exchange programmes with institutions and universities abroad.

ü Formulating and helping in signing Memoranda of understanding (MOUs) between IISc and institutions abroad for collaborative research and student exchange.

ü Maintaining a data base of all IISc International Co-operation Programmes, visits of foreign del-egations, etc.

ü Acting as an advisory body to the growing number of foreign students and visitors at the Institute.

Over the years, the institute has attracted a large number of visitors and delegations exploring possible collaborations in specific areas of research and stu-dent and faculty exchange. The Institute has signed MOUs with several Institutions abroad for co-opera-tion in research and exchange of students and faculty. These institutions are from the USA, UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Japan, Singapore, Australia, Sweden, Nepal, Norway, Korea, Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and Mauritius.

Chockalingam AP/ECE, Member

Pratap, rudraP/ME, Member

ramamurty UP/Mat. Eng, Member

rangarajan GP/BC, Member

Subramanian SP/Mat. Eng, Member

thilagam VHindi Officer/Admin, Member

Umapathy SP/IPC, Member

Vijayraghavan, UshaP/MCB, Member

registrarMember Secretary



URl : http://irc.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : G Rangarajan

J.r.D. tata Memorial Library

ProfileThe JRD Tata Memorial Library has completed its cen-tenary year of establishment in 2011. It is regarded as one of the best scientific and technical libraries in India. With an excellent blend of print and electronic resources in the form of books, journals, reports, standards and patents, the library collection is one of the finest in the country particularly in the field of science and technol-ogy. This rich and valuable collection has some rare reference materials and several important journals. The total print collections exceed 5 lakh volumes. The elec-tronic resources cover most professional society publi-cations and also several bibliographic and Scientometric databases. As a support system for Information services on the campus, the library is committed to

ü Maintaining pre-eminence in information resource gathering so that the faculty and researchers will have access to a comprehensive information repos-itory.

ü Provide comprehensive access to core eResources.

The library is easily accessible to the academic and research community on the campus and is located in about 5,000 sq.mts. area.

Facilities Available For UsersThe Library has reading rooms for research and text books, separate rooms for current periodicals, abstracts,

technical reports, standards and patents and stack rooms for books and bound volumes of periodicals. Compact Storage area for placing pre-1986 bound vol-umes of periodicals and pre-1976 books have been set up. The Library has a well equipped binding section. User Terminals are provided to access Online Public Access Catalogue (OPAC) in the ground and first floors of the library.

Services

Library offers regular library services such as refer-ence services, referral services; book lending service and on-line public access catalogue through LibSys. Federated searching of e-journals has been enabled. The Document Delivery Service (DDS) is also pro-vided to organizations, and individuals on a no-profit basis.

ActivitiesRegular house keeping operations of the library include acquisition of books, subscription to journals and databases, classification and cataloguing. It also provides gateway services to various information lit-eracy and information repository services. The library offers a two year on-the-job training programme for M.L.I.Sc graduates and for students with DLISc., BLISc. or JOC qualifications. More details can be found on the library website http://www.library.iisc.ernet.in

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Library Automation and Database related activi-ties – The library uses standard library man-agement software, for its in-house operations. Web-OPAC through LibSys is provided to the users who can interact with the system to search the library collection to know the availability of a required book or journal etc. They can make online reservation if the book is issued to some other user. Maintaining library holdings through LibSys database, e-Journals database, e-backfiles database & a library portal are some of the data-base related activities of the library.

Barcode & RFID Technology – The entire book, bound volume of periodicals and theses collec-tions of the library are bar coded. RFID technol-ogy has also been implemented on a pilot basis and a small set of the collection is RF tagged.

Partnership with other Organizations – The National Board for Higher Mathematics (NBHM) has recognised the J.R.D. Tata Memorial library as the Regional Center for Mathematics for the Southern region and continues to award special grants for developing the collection of books on Mathematics.

MHRD INDEST-AICTE Consortium and Access to Electronic Resources – Library is one of the core members of the INDEST-AICTE Consortium set up by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) on the recommendation made by an Expert Group under the Chairmanship

of Prof. N. Balakrishnan of IISc, Bangalore. The library on its own and through its participation in the INDEST-AICTE Consortium, provides access to a large number of e-resources which include e-journals, ebooks, e-standards, and bibliographic and scientometric databases as given belowAccess to Bibliographic databases: INSPEC

on EiVillage, MathScinet, Scifinder Scholar, etc.

Scientometric databases: SCOPUS and Web of Science.

e-books: The Library has access to e-books from Springer, Elsevier, Annual Reviews and CRC Press, etc.

e-Standards: Indian Standards from Bureau of Indian Standards, ASTM Standards etc.

Archives /backfiles: The library has online access to archival/back issues to some of the major resources of Elsevier Science, Wiley Inter-Science, Institute of Physics Publishing and American Physical Society, ACS, SIAM, and JSTOR – a scholarly Journal Archive resource.

J.R.D. Tata Memorial Library Annexe and Digital Library – The Digitization of Institute theses, and out-of-copyright books from the main library col-lection is an important activity carried out at the library annexe. It also houses print collections of standards and theses. Electronic thesis and disser-tation access: http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in

Anuradha K tPhD (Mysore), ADISc (ISI),Technical Officer

Chudamani K SPhD (Bangalore), Deputy Librarian

Jayakanth, FrancisPhD (BU), MLIS (Madras) Scientific Assistant

Krishna Murthy rME (IISc), Chief ResearchScientist, Library In-charge

nagarjuna, PittyME (Satyabhama), Scientific Officer

nagendra V nMA (Kanpur), Scientific Assistant

nirmala Devi KM.Lib.Sc. (Annamalai),Assistant Librarian

PuttabasavaiahM.Lib.Sc. (Mysore), Deputy Librarian

rout S KA.D.I.Sc. (DRTC,ISI), M.L.I.Sc.(IGNOU), Technical Officer

Sandhya B CM.Lib.Sc. (Mysore), Technical Officer

Srinivasan, PushpaMSc (Bangalore), Technical Officer



URl : http://www.library.iisc.ernet.inlibRaRy in-ChaRgE: : R Krishna Murthy

Centre for Continuing education

ProfileThe Centre was established with the primary objec-tive of making the resources of the Institute available to people employed in universities, R&D laboratories and industries. It has now grown considerably in the range and depth of its activities.

Major ActivitiesQuality Improvement Programme (QIP); CCE – Pro-ficience Courses, Short term, Sponsored and Self supporting courses, Curriculum Development, High School Science Teachers Programme, Mathematics Olympiad, Extension Lectures, etc.

Current ResearchThe Centre has been actively pursuing research in Ubiquitous Leaning Mechanism Developments. Recently, the Centre has developed an Internet based interactive online system for teaching and also bet-ter student assessment. Besides this, the Centre has

conducted several intensive research oriented training programmes for the benefit of small scale and multina-tional industry personnel. The Centre is also actively involved in higher education quality improvement programmes and has participated in national policy on pedagogy training for all Engineering Teachers in the Country and conducted a couple of workshops on engineering pedagogy.

ADVISorY CoMMItteeraghunandan B nP/AE Dean, Faculty of Engineering,Member

Diwakar J eCDC Coordinator and PRS/CPDM Proficience, Invitee

Kumar, AnuragP/ECE Chairman, Division ofElectrical Sciences, Member

Lawrence JenkinsP/EE, Chairman, SCC, Member

Chattopadhyay KP/MT, Chairman, Division of Mechanical Sciences, Member Registrar, IISc Member

Venkataram PP/ECE, Chairman



[email protected] : http://www.cce.iisc.ernet.in

ChaiRPERson : P Venkataram

Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable transportation & Urban Planning (CiStUP)

ProfileThe Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transpor-tation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) of Indian Insti-tute of Science (IISc) was established in the year 2009 during the centenary celebrations of Indian Institute of Science, in collaboration with the Government of Karnataka. The mandate and vision of CiSTUP is to produce knowledge that addresses the unique urban issues specifically on sustainable urban transporta-tion along with other related topics of infrastructure and urban planning. Further, the centre will conduct training programmes, capacity building and also develop expertise and provide complete technological and planning solutions for urban renewal and devel-opment programmes related to urban transportation and infrastructure engineering.

The main areas of specialization and interest are Infra-structure, Sustainable Urban Transportation and Urban Planning. Among these areas, Sustainable urban trans-port is the prime focus for the activities of the centre.

Our Centre has been true to its motto of being a Vehicle for Analytical thinking to improve the unique urban issues. The uniqueness of the Centre has been the practical, implementable solutions suggested for day to day issues on infrastructure, sustainable trans-portation and urban planning instead of only giving theoretical/research oriented measures.

Major Research AreasTraffic and transportation engineering, Urban infra-structure, Building & Construction Engineering, Urban Sprawl and Planning, Tunneling engineering and underground space utilization, Climate Change, Geohazards and disaster mitigation, Environmental Impact Assessment, ICT for Transportation/Infra-structure, & Urban economics and social issues.

Other areasTraffic flow around TTMCs, e-auto rickshaw, Bus priority lane, Fleet changes, Vertical exhaust, Biodiesel; Requirment of software with O R tools to optimize resources and meet the variable demand for Bus System.

EstablishEd : 2009PhonE : +91-80-2293 2521/2043/3251/3252

+91-80-2346 8207Fax : +91-(080)-2346 8207

Email : [email protected] : http://www.cistup.iisc.ernet.in

ChaiRPERson : T G Sitharam

Centre for Scientific and Industrial Consultancy

ProfileThe Institute encourages and promotes interaction between its faculty and industries/research organisa-tions. The aim of such interaction is to link academic work with problem-solving in real life. The Centre for Scientific and industrial Consultancy (CSIC) was formally established to give institutional support and encouragement to Institute – Industry interaction. The CSIC has catalysed and nurtured scientific and industrial consultancy projects of national impor-tance and relevance.

Major ActivitiesIndustry Interaction, Campus Recruitment, Auditoria Management.

Industry interactionSome of the technological services provided through CSIC projects are:

• Design and development of products and processes

• Transfer of technology

• System design and analysis

• Software development

• Technical advice and guidance on industry in-house R&D

• Complex technical investigations and evaluation

• Technical evaluation and support for patenting ideas, products and processes.

For all the above tasks, CSIC draws upon the vast expertise and state-of-the-art facilities available in various departments, centres and laboratories.

Some recent projects undertaken are:

• Mathematical modeling of sintering process

• Practical memory refresh in linux

• Electronics interface for MEMS ultrasonic sensor

• Light scattering properties of non-particle assem-blies and associated thin films

• Kernel methods for understanding data generated from workloads

• Flash as a new storage tier

• Distributed storage codes for content distribution

• Interaction between superalloys and the bond coats

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URl : http://www.csic.iisc.ernet.inChaiRPERson : J M Chandra Kishen

assoCiatE ChaiRPERson : N C Shivaprakash

• Ratcheting analysis and material characterization for Chaboche model analysis

• An action plan for mitigating wildlife – human conflicts

• Experimental studies on optical probes

• Assessment of the impact of climate change on forests in Karnataka

• Development of climate change vulnerability pro-files for different states in India

• Measurment of turbulence on model in wind tunnel

• Evaluation of synergic nano-composites

Campus Recruitment

The Placement Section at CSIC is the link between our students and employers. The employers come from a wide spectrum of industries and government R&D bodies.

During the academic year 2011–12, 365 students reg-istered for placement, out of whom 300 participated and 252 got placed. The number of industries who came for placement interviews was 70, out of which 17 of them had come for the first time. Our students got placed in multi-national companies including IBM Researh, Microsoft Research, Texas Instru-ments, Intel Technologies, Airbus Engineering Centre, Yahoo R&D, Goldman Sachs, General Motors, Gen-eral Electric and others. Beside these, many Indian companies such as Ashok Leyland, TVS Motors, Mahindra and Mahindra, Bharath Electronics, Tata Motors, Tata Consultancy Services and others have offered placements to our students.

Auditoria Management

CSIC manages the programmes and activities at the National Science Seminar Complex (NSSC) and the Satish Dhawan Auditorium (SDA).

Society for Innovation and Development (SID)

ProfileThe Society for Innovation and Development (SID) was founded in the year 1991. The mission of SID is to enable development and diffusion of IISc’s innova-tions in science and technology by creating a purpose-ful and effective channel to help industries and business establishments to compete and prosper in the face of global competition, turbulent market conditions and fast moving technologies. SID strives to bring the intellectuals at IISc and the fruits of their research and development closer to industries and business estab-lishments, which in a mutually beneficial way with the prosperity of the nation, as the ultimate goal.

SID is a society registered under the Karnataka Societ-ies Act, with a symbiotic relationship with IISc. It draws from and provides access to intellectual and infrastruc-tural resources of IISc. SID creates infrastructure in IISc and promotes interdisciplinary activity.

Individual or Group ProjectsSID undertakes research and development projects based on individual or joint proposals from the faculty and scientists of IISc in collaboration with industries, business establishments, and national and interna-tional organizations.

Through collaborative interactions with more than 200 organizations including Indian Public Sector Units, Indian and Foreign Multinational companies, SME’s, Government and semi Government agencies, SID has successfully completed more than 550 R&D projects involving 200 faculty members of IISc.

Joint R&D CentresSID promotes joint R&D programs with corporate research centres housed on the IISc Campus. The proximity of these Centres to the research laboratories of faculty enables focused interactions.

Currently the following R&D centers are operational in the IISc-SID Campus

FMC India Pvt Ltd

Tata Motors Ltd

Society for Asian Nature Conservation Foundation

Phyto Biotech Private Limited

Entrepreneurship CellAn Entrepreneurship Cell was constituted in SID with a view of strengthening all activities related to entre-preneurship and technology transfer.

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A few alumini of the Institute, with vast industry experience, have accepted to be the part of the Cell to give shape to the activities.

Other ModesSID can formulate new, innovative modes of interac-tion to suit the specific needs of any proposed collab-orative activity between IISc scientists and external agency.

Project DetailsNew Projects Initiated (2010–2011) 32

On-going Projects 91

Incubation CentreThe following incubate companies operate under the Incubation Centre provided by SID.

Mymo Wireless Technology Pvt Ltd.

Instrumentation Scientific Technologies Pvt Ltd.

Gamma Porite Electrotech Pvt Ltd.

General AgreementsAgreements with the following companies have been signed during the period.

Volva Corporation

Saint Gobain

Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems

I2n Technologies Private Limited

Pratt & Whitney Micron, USA

VisitorsSID's popularity has been increasing at the national/international levels and has resulted in various heads of corporate and academic institutions visiting SID. Some of them are:

Panasonic

Airbus

Rolls Poyce

Medtronic

CHIeF exeCUtIVe:Jayant M ModakP/CE

RESOURCE ExECUTIVES:

S GopalakrishnanP/AE

Mary MathewAcP/MS

P KondaiahP/MRDG

navkant BhatAcP/ECE

Amaresh ChakrabartiP/CPDM

P K DasP/IPC



URl : http://www.sid.iisc.ernet.in

Intellectual Property Cell

ProfileThe Intellectual Property Cell (IP Cell) of the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) was set up in 2004. It was started with the primary objective of protecting and maintaining the Intellectual Property of the Institute. This, coupled with the twin objectives of transfer of technology and IPR consultation, has resulted in the evolution of the IP Cell from a basic office to a front-line administrative entity. The IP Cell aims to promote awareness among the IISc community of the impor-tance and relevance of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in the present day. In other words, the IP Cell is a one-stop window for all IP-related issues at the Institute.

Currently, the IP Cell serves actively as the “nodal agency” of IISc that reviews various research agree-ments, NDA’s, MTA’s, license agreements, and MoU’s to ensure that they are consistent with the IP Policy officially adopted by the Institute in 2005. Based on the requirements, IP Cell engages itself in drafting, amending and/or negotiating the agreements with outside organizations and is working towards pursu-ing a systematic, mutually-beneficial engagement with research-based national and international compa-nies in order to encourage them to partner with IISc. The IP Cell is also working towards simplified and standardized “Model Agreements” that serve the needs and the interests of IISc best, thus enhancing significantly the responsibilities of the office.

The IP Cell made strong representations on behalf of IISc to the Government regarding the Protection and Utilization of Public Funded Intellectual Property Bill (PUPFIP Bill), a new legislation being considered by Parliament, which was introduced in the 2008 winter

session of the Rajya Sabha. The Bill aims to ensure the protection of all intellectual property resulting from government support for R&D. It prescribes that intel-lectual property (IP) that results from research under-taken with public funds must be protected, with strong penalties for failing to do so. IP Cell drew the attention to the adverse implications of the Bill in its present form, and is seeking to alter provisions in the Bill in a manner that it achieves its stated goals and serves the public interest even better.

In its drive towards the valorization of the IP within the portfolio of the Institute, the IP Cell has entered into a technology license agreement with Phyto Biotech Ltd., a Biotech company based in Kolkata, West Bengal. Similarly, it entered into an amended License agreement with Intellectual Ventures (I.V), a US-based company focused exclusively on licensing IP from universities around the world. The agree-ment with IV which was revised in 2009 was again revised/amended in 2010 to be more favourable to IISc. This company basically helps us evaluate our IP and position them in potential markets, thereby creat-ing applications for IISc’s inventions and discoveries. Additionally, the IP Cell, with the help of the inven-tors, has entered into license agreements with the pub-lic sector companies-Balmer Lawrie and BHEL. The IP Cell is also engaged in discussions with Phillips, the Netherlands-based multi-national company, Lakshmi Life Sciences of Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, and with the Government of Malaysia.

Similar efforts are in progress with other Companies, and it is hoped that 2012 will be a very busy year, with a slew of patents getting commercialized.

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ASSoCIAte FACULtYMary MathewAcP/MS

EstablishEd : 2004 PhonE : +91-80-2293 2037/2038


[email protected]

IISc’s IP filing over the years, is illustrated below.

Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY)

ProfileThe Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) is a programme initiated by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India to encourage students of Basic Sciences to take up research career in Basic/Natural Sciences. This programme is admin-istered by the IISc, in association with the Zonal Cen-tres at IISER (Kolkata), HBCSE (Mumbai).

The aim of the programme is to identify and encourage talented students with an aptitude for research. This programme strives to assist the students to realise their potential and to ensure that the best scientific talent is tapped for research and development in the country.

The KVPY programme is open to Indian Nationals for study in India. Students joining class 11 (+1) to sec-ond year bachelor’s degree programme in Science such as BSc., BS., Integrated MSc., MS., during the aca-demic year in which the award are made are eligible to apply for the KVPY fellowship under various streams. A processing fee of Rs. 200/- (Rs. 100/- for SC/ST) is charged at the time of applying. The payments of the processing fee is, however, exempted for physically and visually challenged students and girl students.

Fellows on Roll – As on 30.04.2012Stream Continuing Fresh award

Provisional

SA 311 283

SB 154 66

SX 187 854

SP (Basic Science- including Engineering students) 89* 27**

SP (Medicine) 57 10

Total 798 1240

* including 20 engineering students** including 12 engineering students

Generous fellowships (Rs. 4000–Rs. 7000 p.m. plus conti ngency grant equal to 4 months of fellowship per year) are given (up to the pre-PhD level) to the selected students.

Fellowship Details

Fellowship Value Qualifications

Rs. 4000/-p.m. XII Std./+2

Rs. 5000/-p.m. I to III year BSc/BS/Int.MSc/Int.MS

Rs. 7000/-p.m. I/II year MSc/IV/V year BS/Int. MSc/MS

Contingency Grant Four months Fellowships per year

KVPY fellows will be eligible to attend the Interview/Counselling for admission to the five year Integrated MS Programme conducted by the Indian Institue of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata/Pune/Mohali/Bhopal/Thiruvananthapuram. KVPY fellows SA/SX/SB are also eligible to apply for 4 year Bachelor of Science (BS) programme conducted by IISc Bangalore.

Summer ProgrammeSummer programme in prestigious research and edu-cational institutions in the country is organized, every year to fresh awardees.

Vijyoshi ProgrammeFor the last three years (2009–2011) the KVPY has organized a programme known as Vijyoshi (Vigyan Jyothi Shivir), a new initiative programme sponsored by DST. It is a direct contact programme of students who have excelled in (Basic Science) and accomplished scientists from India and abroad.

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ConVenerChandrasekaran SHon. P/OC

Co-ConVener

Gadadhar MishraP/Math

MeMBerS oF tHe BASIC CoMMItteeDas P KP/IPC

Karande Anjali AnoopP/BC/CAF

Anil Kumar P SAcP/Phy

Ashok raichur MP/Mat.E

Subburaman B KAdviser – Head, Admin

Padmanabhan K GAdministrative Officer


2360 1008/2360 2367Fax : +91-(080)-2360 1215

Email : [email protected] : http://www.iisc.ernet.in/kvpy

http://www.kvpy.org.inConvEnER : Chandrasekaran S

Karnataka State Council for Science and technology

ProfileKarnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST) was established in the year 1975. It is one of the first State S&T Councils to be set up in the country. KSCST is an autonomous S&T organization under Department of Science & Technology, Govern-ment of Karnataka.

During the last three and half decades of its exis-tence, KSCST has been pro-actively engaging itself to identify locale specific needs/problems in the broad areas of Agriculture, Water, Education, Energy, Ecol-ogy and Environment, Habitat, Health, Solid and Electronic waste and Infrastructure. In co-operation with the Indian Institute of Science and several other premier R&D institutions in the state, KSCST exe-cutes many projects and programmes, leading to S&T based solutions such as providing access to energy for cooking and lighting, making available potable and safe drinking water, alternate building technologies, which prevail as the issues of highest priority even to this day, thereby improving quality of life of peo-ple. Over the years, a number of technologies have been translated, from research and demonstration phase, to the implementation and operational phase. KSCST has also been providing necessary support to the Central and State Governments for the formula-tion of S&T based policies and its wider acceptance by carrying out activities like scientific survey, project implementation, co-ordination & monitoring, orga-nization of science meets and awareness campaigns. The Department of Science and Technology, Gov-ernment of India advocated KSCST as a model to all the states.

Vision: Application of Science & Technology for the management of resources, improvement of environ-ment, quality of life and socio-economic conditions of the people of Karnataka.

Mission: Co-ordinate R&D activities for genera-tion of knowledge for S&T based interventions, development and popularization of appropriate technologies for adaptation by the civil society to overcome local specific problems and, inspire and improve human resources of the S&T sectors in the state.

Major Programmes Natural Resources Data Management System

(NRDMS) Karnataka State Spatial Data Infrastructure

(KSSDI) Student Project Programme (SPP) Rainwater Harvesting (RWH) Biofuel Programme State Awards for Scientist and Engineers State Science and Technology Conference National Science Day Patent Information Centre

Ongoing Projects Bacteria Free Water for Drinking by Silver Treat-

ment (BFWDST) Assessment of the Status of Kalyanis (Village

Ponds) and measure for rejuvenation in different Agro-climatic zones of Karnataka using Geo-Spa-tial technologies

Digital Geospatial Data Generation and Terres-trial Scanning for 3D Reconstruction of Heritage Site at Hampi

Frontier lecture series on Science & Technology on the occasion of 150th birth anniversary of Bharatha Rathna Sir M. Vishveshvaraya

The Development of Organic Seedings of Horti-cultural Crops by Rural Farmers and Dissemina-tion of the Technology

Organising Workshops on ‘Identification of Strat-egies for Mapping of S&T Needs in the State of Karnataka’ – Phase II

Organisation of National Spatial Data Infrastruc-ture – 11th Meeting NSDI-11 at Bangalore

Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Docu-mentation of Watershed works under IWMP programme

Suvarna Bhoomi Yojane (Kolar, Chikaballapur and Bijapur)

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EstablishEd : 1975PhonE : +91-80-2334 1652/2334 8848/

2360 1824/2331 1394Fax : +91-(080)-2334 8840

Email : [email protected]@kscst.org.in

URl : http://www.kscst.iisc.ernet.inhttp://www.kscst.org.in

SeCretArYM S Mohan KumarP/CiE

ExECUTIVE SECRETARY

M Prithviraj

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Inter-DISCIPLInArY ProGrAMMe

Mathematical Sciences

The Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Mathematical Sciences is administered by the IISc Mathematics Initiative (IMI). This programme provides an unique opportunity for students to work in areas spanning mathematics, biology, physics and engineering. Students can work in any of the inter-disciplinary research areas mentioned below. Each selected student will work with two research supervisors (from two different Departments). For example, a student can have supervisors from Mathematics and an Engineering Department or Biology and an Engineering Department.

System biology; computational neuroscience; computational biophysics; computational biol-ogy; evolutionary biology; theoretical biology; viral dynamics; constrained biomolecular dynam-ics; mathematical immunology; numerical analysis; computational fluid dynamics and scientific computation; wireless communication and sensor networks; stochastic optimal control; math-ematical finance; partial differential (algebraic) equations; optimization; computational geometry and topology; computational geometry and data visualization; inverse boundary value problem in the context of imaging; coding theory and techniques; game theory.

nanoscience and nanotechnology

The area of nanoscience followed by nanotechnology is truly an interdisciplinary area with the convergence of many disciplines like physics, chemistry, biology, material science and engineer-ing. Realizing the importance of nanoscience and nanotechnology and attempting to promote its growth, the Institute has recently launched Institute Nanoscience Initiative (INI). Under this pro-gram, state-of-the-art facilities like high resolution transmission and scanning probe microscopes, nearfield optical microscopes, e-beam writing etc are made available to users. Research programs involving faculty members from more than one department includes areas like biosensors and drug delivery, nanocomposities, nanotubes, nanomechanics, nano -catalysts, Nano devices etc.

Bioengineering

The interdisciplinary PhD program in bioengineering is designed to prepare students with engi-neering, medicine, or science background to become well-rounded professionals and researchers to address the growing needs in the area of bioengineering in academia and industry. Each student in this program is advised by two faculty members from two different academic departments of the Institute. A comprehensive curriculum is being developed to make all the students in this pro-gram become familiar with essential topics that include engineering mathematics, algorithms and programming, biomaterials, thermodynamics and transport phenomena, biomechanics, biology, physiology, experimental and computational techniques in bioengineering, irrespective of their prior background.

The program aims to initiate and nurture novel research at the interface of biology and engi-neering by interacting with medical researchers and practitioners. Current research areas under this programme include, but not limited to, biodesign, biomechanics, biofluids, biolubricants, biomaterials, biomedical products, biotechnology, biomedical imaging, cell mechanics, clini-cal engineering, healthcare technology, mechanobiology, medical electronics, muscular control, nano-biology, synthetic and systems biology, tele-medicine, tissue engineering, and allied topics.

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officiating/In-charge/Acting Directors

Alfred Hay June 1914–Oct 1915Officiating Director Mar 1921–Nov 1922 B Venkateshachar July 1937–July 1939Director-in-Charge E V Ganapathi Iyer Nov 1947–Sep 1949Acting Director K Sreenivasan Aug 1955–Mar 1957Acting Director D K Banerjee April 1971–Mar 1972Acting Director

DIreCtorS

Directors

M W Travers Nov 1906–June 1914Alfred Bourne Oct 1915–Mar 1921Martin Onslow Forster Nov 1922–Mar 1933C V Raman April 1933–July 1937Jnan Chandra Ghosh Aug 1939–Dec 1948M S Thacker Sept 1949–Aug 1955S Bhagavantam Mar 1957–Dec 1962S Dhawan Dec 1962–July 1981S Ramaseshan Aug 1981–July 1984C N R Rao Aug 1984–July 1994G Padmanaban Aug 1994–July 1998Goverdhan Mehta Aug 1998–June 2005P Balaram Since July 2005

Joint/Associate/Deputy Directors

S Ramaseshan 1979 – 81Joint Director G Padmanaban 1993 – 94Deputy Director A Sridharan 1994 – 97Deputy Director M Vijayan 2000 – 04Associate Director N Balakrishnan Since Sept 2005Associate Director

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HonorArY FeLLowS/CentenArY VISItInG ProFeSSorS

Honorary Fellows

Alfred Hay 1922J J Sudborough 1925J K Catterson Smith 1930H J Bhabha 1932M O Forster 1933H E Watson 1938Vithal N Chandavarkar 1957Jawaharlal Nehru 1959M Visvesvaraya 1959C V Raman 1959J R D Tata 1968A L Mudaliar 1968Vikram M Sarabhai 1968D S Kothari 1968R Choksi 1972G K Chandiramani 1981S Dhawan 1981Indira Gandhi 1984M G K Menon 1984G N Ramachandran 1984S Bhagavantam 1984A Ramachandran 1984S Moolgaokar 1985Raja Ramanna 1985C N R Rao 1994A P J Abdul Kalam 2008Ratan N Tata 2008M S Swaminathan 2008R Narasimha 2008

Centenary Visiting Professors

name Department Year

Prof. Nicholas D Spencer, Switzerland ME 2008–2009Prof. Gabi Ben-Dor, Israel AE 2009 Prof. Joseph Zyas, France SSCU 2010Prof. Jean Marie Tarascon, France SSCU 2011

113

enDoweD CHAIrS For FACULtY

Year name Department

ABB1996–97 Prof. K Parthasarathy EE1997–2000 Prof. M S Naidu HV2000–01 Prof. R S Nema HV2001–03 Prof. K R Padiyar EE2003–04 Prof. G R Nagabhushana HV2004–06 Prof. H P Khincha EE2006–09 Prof. V Ramanarayanan EE2012–15 Prof. P S Sastry EE

AMrUt MoDY1995–98 Prof. S S Krishnamurthy IP1998–01 Prof. S Chandrasekaran OC2001–04 Prof. S Ramasesha SS2004–07 Prof. Biman Bagchi SS2007–10 Prof. K L Sebastian IP2011–13 Prof. K B R Varma MR Prof. P K Das IP

AStrA1985–87 Prof. V Sasisekharan MB1987–88 Prof. J D Padayatty BC1988–90 Prof. V S R Rao MB1990–91 Prof. N R Moudgal BC1991–94 Prof. M Vijayan MB1991–94 Prof. P R Adiga BC1991–94 Prof. N Appaji Rao BC1991–94 Prof. Madhav Gadgil ES1991–92 Prof. T Ramasarma BC1992–95 Prof. P S Sastry BC1994–97 Prof. P V Subba Rao BC1994–97 Prof. K P Gopinathan MC1994–97 Prof. K R K Easwaran MB1997–2000 Prof. P Balaram MB2000–03 Prof. A Surolia MB(Joint Award) Prof. M R S Rao BC 2003–06 Prof. Rabindranath Nayak MC2006–09 Prof. Dipankar Chatterji MB2009–12 Prof. Manju Bansal MB2012–15 Prof. Sandhya S Visweswariah MRG

Year name DepartmentKSIIDC1985–87 Prof. R Kumar CH1987–89 Prof. A K Rao AE1989–90 Prof. N S Lakshmana Rao CE1990–93 Prof. G N V Rao AE1991–94 Prof. S Ranganathan MT1991–94 Prof. A Sridharan CE1991–94 Prof. M L Munjal ME1991–92 Prof. S Sathyanarayana IP1992–95 Prof. D P Sen Gupta EE1993–96 Prof. H S Mukunda AE1994–97 Prof. K T Jacob MT1994–97 Prof. T S Nagaraj CE1994–97 Prof. Y V R K Prasad MT1997–2000 Prof. A V Krishna Murty AE2000–03 Prof. B Dattaguru AE2003–05 Prof. R Narayana Iyengar CE2006–09 Prof. M K Surappa MT2009–12 Prof. Jaywant H Arakeri ME2012–15 Prof. P P Mujumdar CE

MSIL1985–86 Prof. P S Narayanan PH1986–88 Prof. K P Sinha PH1988–90 Prof. T V Ramakrishnan PH1990–93 Prof. N Kumar PH1991–94 Prof. N Mukunda TS1991–94 Prof. R Rajaraman TS1991–94 Prof. E S Raja Gopal PH1991–93 Prof. M A Viswamitra PH1993–96 Prof. Phoolan Prasad MA1993–96 Prof. S V Subramanyam PH1994–97 Prof. Anil Kumar PH1994–97 Prof. P L Sachdev MA1994–97 Prof. J Pasupathy TS1997–2000 Prof. J Ramakrishna PH2000–03 Prof. A K Sood PH2003–06 Prof. H R Krishnamurthy PH2006–09 Prof. Rohini M Godbole HE2009–12 Prof. Rahul Pandit PH2012–15 Prof. Chanda J Jog PH

Prof. SAtISH DHAwAn1996–97 Prof. M A Ramaswamy AE1997–2000 Prof. K P Rao AE2000–03 Prof. S M Deshpande AE2003–06 Prof. N Balakrishnan AE

114 Endowed Chairs for Faculty

2006–09 Prof. B N Raghunandan AE(Joint Award) Prof. P R Mahapatra AE2009–12 Prof. M Seetharama Bhat AE(Joint Award) Prof. C R L Murthy AE2012–15 Prof. K P J Reddy AE

tAtACHeM1991–94 Prof. V Krishnan IP1991–94 Prof. V Rajaraman SE1991–94 Prof. M A L Thathachar EE1991–92 Prof. T R Kasthuri OC1992–95 Prof. K J Rao SS1992–95 Prof. N Viswanadham CS1994–97 Prof. K M Madyastha OC1994–97 Prof. G S R Subba Rao OC1994–97 Prof. B S Sonde EC1997–2000 Prof. Y V Venkatesh EE2000–03 Prof. J Gopalakrishnan SS2003–06 Prof. K Chattopadhyay MT2006–09 Prof. S B Krupanidhi MR2009–12 Prof. A G Samuelson IP2012–15 Prof. P Vijay Kumar EC

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116

enDoweD VISItInG CHAIrS

Year name DepartmentADItYA BIrLA2003 Prof. H K D H Bhadeshia University of Cambridge, UK2003 Prof. T Debroy The Pennsylvnia State University, USA2004, 2005–06 Prof. Rishi Raj University of Colarado, USA2005 Prof. John Pethica University of Dublin, Ireland2006 Prof. Vaughan R. Voller University of Minnesota, USA2006–07 Prof. Amiya K Mukherjee University of California, USA2006–07 Prof. Guruswami Ravichandran California Institute of Technology, USA2012 Prof. Lalit Anand Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USAALUMnI2004 Dr. R Chidambaram Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt of India, New DelhiBrAHM PrAKASH99–2000 Prof. T R Anantharaman National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi2000–01 Prof. R R Tummala Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA2001–02 Prof. Brij M Moudgil University of Florida, USA2002–03 Prof. Subhash Chander The Pennsylvania State University, USA2003–04 Prof. Subra Suresh Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA2005–06 Prof. R Ramesh University of Califronia, USA2006–07 Prof. Subhash Mahajan Arizona State University, USA2009 Prof. Ing. Gunther Eggeler Universitat Bochum, Bochum2010 Prof. S Chandrasekar Purdue University, USA Prof. Tanguy Rouxel University of Rennes, France2011 Prof. Antony David Rollett Carnegie Mellon Univerity, USA

DUPont2005 Prof. Anand Jogata University of Lehigh, USA

G n rAMACHAnDrAn2006, 2008–09 Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan MRC Lab of Molecular Biolog, Cambridge, UK2008 Prof. Tom Blundell University of Cambridge, UK

I G SArMA MeMorIAL2002–03 Prof. N Sundararajan Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Prof. SAtISH DHAwAn2001 Prof. K R Sreenivasan Yale University, USA2002 Prof. S S Iyengar Louisiana State Univesity, USA

SUnDArArAJAn2001 Prof. Romila Thapar Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi2002 Prof. S K Ramachandra Rao Mysore University2002 Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan New Delhi2003 Prof. Ramachandra Guha Bangalore2004 Prof. Meenakshi Mukherjee Secunderabad2005 Prof. Ashok V Desai New Delhi2006–07 Prof. U R Anantha Murthy Bangalore2008–09 Prof. Rajan Gurukkal School of Social Sciences, Kottayam2011 Prof. S L Byrappa Mysore

PrAtt & wHItneY2011 Prof. Dilip R Ballal Univ. of Dayton, USA2012 Dr. Jayant S Sabnis VP, System Functional Design, Pratt & Whitney Corpn, USA

DSt-IISc Centenary Chair2011 Prof. Venkataraman Ramakrishnan MRC Laboratory, Cambridge UK2011 Prof. Bruno Ricco Universita di Bologna, Italy2011 Prof. Tom Albright Salk Institute, San Diego, USA2012 Prof. P M Ajayan Rice University, Houston Texas, USA

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118

LeCtUreS

Memorial LecturesJ n tAtAH J BhabhaAtomic Energy in the Indian Economy 1962S BhagavantamThe Widening Spiral of Science and Technology 1964Vikram A SarabhaiScience and World Affairs with special reference to developing countries 1966P B GajendragadkarThe Imperatives of an Indian Federation 1968M G K MenonThe Social Conscience of Science 1970Malcom AdiseshaiahGrowth: Its Imperatives and Limits 1972H N SethnaEnergy: Systems, Development and Policy 1974Raja RamannaThe Safety of Nuclear Installations 1976D S KothariScience and Self-Knowledge 1979M S SwaminathanIndian Agriculture at the Crossroads 1981LK JhaTechnology and Development 1985Nani A PalkhiwalaThe Ideal of Human Unity and the North-South Dialogue 1987Abid HussainThe Eighth Plan: Some Strategic Perspectives 1989E S VenkataramaiahHigher Learning in India: Legal and Social Aspects 1991Vasant SatheEconomic Reforms and Structural Change in Indian Polity 1994APJ Abdul KalamTowards a World Knowledge Platform 2006Gopalkrishna GandhiThe Peoplehood of India 2010

M Ct M CHIDAMBArAM CHettYArK L RaoThe Modern Design of Dams 1961V M GhatgeThe Growth of the Aeronautical Industry In India 1965

G S KasbekarThe development of Chemical Plants and Chemical Plant Fabrication in India 1968A P KanvindeThe Role of the Architectural Profession in a Socialistic Pattern of Society 1971M M SuriScientific Education and Unemployment in India 1973A RamachandranSolar Energy – Challenges and Perspectives in India 1977B D TilakChallenging Opportunities for Rural Development through Science and Innovative Technology 1985A S GangulyA Retrospective on Industrial Research 1987M M SharmaMicrophases for Process Intensification 1989A P MitraEnvironmental Hazards – A Scientific Appraisal 1991S K JoshiMy Incursions into Condensed Matter Physics 1994Y K AlaghThe future of Science and Technology in India 1997V K AatreElectronic Warfare – A Perspective 2000D SubbaraoEconomic Crisis and Crisis in Economics: Some Reflections 2010

VItHAL n CHAnDAVArKArA D ShroffFinance for our Industries 1963H V R lyengarThe Impact of Government on Business Management 1964P L TandonThe New Managerial Society 1967B R ShenoyNational Savings and Industrial Finance – The Indian Experience 1969BharatramThe Role of Science and Technology in Economic Development 1973S VaradarajanScientists in the Management of Business 1978D S KothariScience and Self – Knowledge 1979P R BrahmanandaProductivity in the Indian Economy 1982Manmohan SinghPlanning and Markets – Some Lessons of Recent Experience 1986Hiten BhayaEnergy Prospects – A Challenge to Indian Science and Technology 1988P K lyengarNuclear Power-Science and Technology in it – In Retrospect 1990

Lectures 119

Viren J ShahThe Management of Transition 1993Bimal JalanScience, Technology and Development 1998Montek Singh AhluwaliaCritical Challenges for Economic Development 2006C RangarajanThe Indian Economy: Challenges Ahead 2008Kapil SibalEmpowerment Through Education 2010

GoLDen JUBILeeVikram A SarabhaiThe Sun and Interplanetary Space 1966K VenkataramanNew Dyes for Old and New Fibres 1968S SwayambuModern Trends in Electric Drive Systems for Industry 1971G P Kane1974 – A Year of Crisis or Opportunity? 1975S KrishnaswamyEnergy Prospects for India in the International Environment 1977A SreenivasanSome Growing Points in Food Research 1979S RamamrithamThe Pharmaceutical Industry’s Need for Technology Improvement 1981L S SrinathIntellectual Honesty and the Spirit of inquiry 1987T R Satish ChandranThe Indian Economy-Some Disturbing Trends 1989R ChidambaramFascination at High Pressures 1991P Rama RaoThe Development and Application of Low Alloy Ultra High Strength Steels 1993N SeshagiriVirtual Reality – an Emerging High-tech Discipline for Enhanced Perception in Scientific and Engineering Research 1995E S Raja GopalMetrology: New Vistas 1998Ernst-Ludwig WinnackerSome Perspectives for Biotechnology 2001K KasturiranganA Broadband Space Observatory – A Unique Tool to Explore the Cosmos 2005Mohammad Hamid AnsariLecture on the release of the Centenary Postage Stamp 2008Shivshankar MenonScience and Security 2010

120 Lectures

C V rAMAnS RamaseshanC V Raman 1978SukhdevResearch and Development in the Chemical Industry 1980C N R RaoMan, Minerals and Microscopes 1983R NarasimhaOrder and Chaos in Fluid Flows 1986S ChandrasekharOptical Phenomena in Liquid Crystals 1988Govind SwarupRadio Astronomy and the Structure of the Universe 1990M S ValiathanCardiac Surgery – An Offspring of Experiment 1992V J ModiSatellites, Space Shuttles and Space Stations: Evolution and Challenges 1995Ramanath CowsikMy Meanderings in Search of Neutrino Mass 1996Narendra KumarQuantum Zono Effect: Slowing Down of Reactions By Fast Perturbations 1999D BalasubramanianMolecular and Cellular Approaches to Understand andTreat Some Diseases of the Eye 2002Michael E FisherMolecular Motors – Observation and Theory 2007Michael PepperElectrons in Semiconductor Nanostructures 2010

MorrIS trAVerSG MehtaArt and Logic in Organic Synthesis 1990R A MashelkarFascination of Non – Newtonian Fluids 1992P T ManoharanMolecular Ferromagnets: A New Challenge for Inorganic Chemists 1995Mihir ChowdhuryMagnetic Field and Chemical Dynamics 1998J F NixonPhosphorus: The Carbon Copy 2002Alan G Mac DiarmidElectronic Polymers and Nano-Science 2004Ryoji NoyoriAsymmetric Hydrogenation As Ideal Green Chemistry 2006Akihisa InoueThe Development and Application of Bulk Metallic Glasses 2008Richard J SaykallyWater Music: The Latest Word on the Most Important Substance in the Universe 2011

Lectures 121

S rAMASeSHAnC N R RaoThe Chemical Design of Materials – A Journey through Half a Century 2005Srikumar BanerjeeHow the Design of an Advanced Nuclear Reactor Evolves 2011

M J tHIrUMALACHAr & M J nArASIMHAn enDowMent LeCtUreSRichard J RobertsWhy I Love Bacteria 2011Venkataraman RamakrishnanHow Antibiotics illuminate Ribosome Function & vice versa 2011

122 Lectures

123

CentenArY LeCtUreS

C N R RaoTall Oaks from Little Acorns: Birth and Growth of Solid State and Materials Chemistry 24th Jan. 2008Andrew ViterbiThe Foundations of the Digital Wireless World 27th May 2008M S SwaminathanScientific Management of the Impact of Climate Changeon Agriculture 9th July 2008Michael D FayerWatching Ultrafast Molecular Motions in Liquids,Molecules and Proteins 16th July 2008A R RavishankaraOzone layer depletion and the world’s response: A modelfor global environmental problems? 2nd Dec. 2008George Guy DodsonThe Origins of structural analysis and its scope inmodern biological research 19th Jan. 2009Ronald BreslowWork on organised molecular systems leads to a proposalfor the origin of prebiotic homochirality 23rd Jan. 2009Jean-Marie LehnPerspectives in Chemistry: From molecular tosupramolecular chemistry towards adaptive chemistry 11th Feb. 2009George PhilanderThe hoax at the equator that elucidates the ethicaldilemmas of global warming 12th Mar. 2009Peter WolynesLandscapes of matter 8th July 2009Shaul MukemalMultidimensional spectroscopy of biomolecules: Fromnmr to x-rays 23rd Dec. 2009Dennis P SullivanEffective models and algebraic topology 24th Dec. 2009Venkataraman RamakrishnanFrom Baroda to Cambridge: a life in science 5th Jan. 2010Joseph ZyssMolecular photonics − From concepts to applications in IT and life sciences 15th Feb. 2010Francis CollinsHuman Genome & Beyond 3rd Dec. 2011John Michael WallaceClimate-Related Extreme Events: Teachable Moments 25th Jan. 2012F. Fleming CrimControlling Reactions in Gases & Liquids 15th Feb. 2012

Kurt WuthrichExploring the Protein Universe with Physics & Physical Chemistry Techniques 3rd April 2012

Special Lectures/Institute LecturesJayant V NarlikarA Critique of Big Bang Cosmology 4th April 2008GulzarSaahitya ke Jharokhe se Vigyan ki Rangoli 28th Aug. 2008Klaus MullenMolecular Electronics 23rd Oct. 2008Sandip PakvasaNeutrinos: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow 2nd April 2009M G K MenonHomi Bhabha’s life and work 23rd June 2009M S ValiathanVagbhata – physician, poet and preceptor extraordinary 16th Sep. 2009T V RamakrishnanSuperconductivity: Yesterday, today & tomorrow 14th Oct. 2009Peter J GregsonThe technical challenges facing air transport in the 21st century 26th Nov. 2009Charles M VestEngineering education in the 21st century 19th Jan. 2010Eric A CornellHow symmetric is the electron? Looking for out-of-Roundness of 10–15 femtometers. 5th March 2010Uriel FrischTurbulence: scaling and beyond.Can field theory and statistical physics help? 21st Dec. 2010Richard G M MorrisThe making, keeping and loosing memories 16th Jan. 2012Bruce AlbertsScience and the World’s Future 20th Jan. 2012Harald zur HausenInfectious causes of Human Cancers 24th Jan. 2012Shinya YamanakaInduction of Pluripotency by Defined Factors 31st Jan. 2012Peter C. DohertyScience Protects Humanity: Adventures in Infection & Immunity 12th Mar. 2012

tHe CeLL PreSS – tnQ InDIA – IISc DIStInGUISHeD LeCtUreSHIP SerIeSDavid BaltimoreMicroRNAs in Inflammation and Cancer 16th Jan. 2008Elizabeth BlackburnControl of Telomerase 10th Feb. 2009Shinya YamanakaNew era of Medicine with iPS Cells 30th Jan. 2012

124 Centenary Lectures

125

AwArDS For FACULtY

Jaya-Jayant Award for teaching excellence in Science/engineering

Year Science Dept. engineering Dept.1989 Prof. V G Tikekar MA Prof. N S Lakshmana Rao CE1992 Prof. R Vittal Rao MA Prof. B S Sonde EC1995 Prof. C Ramakrishnan MB Prof. D P Sen Gupta EE1998 Prof. S V Subramanyam PH Prof. N J Rao ED2004 Prof. H L Bhat PH Prof. V Ramanarayanan EE2007 Prof. Diptiman Sen HE Prof. Priti Shankar CS2010 Dr. Mahesh Kumari MA Dr. M K Gunasekaran ED

Alumni Award for excellence in research in Science/engineering

Year Science Dept. engineering Dept.1991 Prof. P Balaram MB Prof. R Kumar CH1992 Prof. G Padmanaban BC Prof. M A L Thathachar EC1993 Prof. S K Rangarajan IP Prof. A Sridharan CE1994 Prof. V Krishnan IP Prof. S Ranganathan MT1995 Prof. K P Gopinathan MC Prof. H S Mukuda AE1996 Prof. M Vijayan MB Prof. N Viswanadham CS1997 Prof. T V Ramakrishnan PH Prof. Y V R K Prasad MT1998 Prof. G S R Subba Rao OC Prof. V V S Sarma CS1999 Prof. A Surolia MB Prof. Y V Venkatesh EE2000 Prof. Anil Kumar PH Prof. K A Natarajan MT Prof. K J Rao SS2001 Prof. S S Krishnamurthy IP Prof. S M Deshpande AE Prof. N Balakrishnan AE2002 Prof. Biman Bagchi SS Prof. K Chattopadhyay MT2003 Prof. A K Sood PH Prof. L M Patnaik CS2004 Prof. S Chandrasekaran OC Prof. V H Arakeri ME2005 Prof. D D Sarma SS Prof. J Srinivasan AS Prof. S K Biswas ME2006 Prof. H R Krishnamurthy PH Prof. Vikram Jayaram MT2007 Prof. K Muniyappa BC Prof. M Narasimha Murthy CS2008 Prof. S V Bhat PH Prof. Anurag Kumar EC Prof. S Ramasesha SS2009 Prof. T N Guru Row SS Prof. Y Narahari CS Prof. V Nagaraja MC Prof. Atul H Chokshi MT2010 Prof. M S Hegde SS Prof. K P J Reddy AE Prof. H S Savithri BC2011 Prof. A K Shukla SS Prof. C E Veni Madhavan CS2012 Prof. Manju Bansal MB Prof. B N Raghunandan AE

Prof. rustom Choksi Award for excellence in research in Science/engineering

Year Faculty name Dept.1993 Engineering Prof. V Rajaraman SE1994 Science Prof. N Mukunda TS1995 Engineering Prof. M L Munjal ME1996 Science Prof. Madhav Gadgil ES1997 Engineering Prof. K T Jacob MT1998 Science Prof. H Sharat Chandra MC1999 Engineering Prof. K R Padiyar EE2000 Science Prof. J Gopalakrishnan SS2001 Engineering Prof. B Dattaguru AE2002 Science Prof. M R N Murthy MB2003 Engineering Prof. R Narasimhan ME2004 Science Prof. Chandan Dasgupta PH Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar ES2005 Engineering Prof. V T Ranganathan EE2006 Science Prof. S B Krupanidhi MR Prof. Rohini M Godbole HE2007 Engineering Prof. M K Surappa MT2008 Science Prof. Rahul Pandit PH Prof. Saraswathi Vishveswara MB2009 Engineering Prof. B Sundararajan EC2010 Science Prof. M S Shaila MC2011 Engineering Prof. P R Mahapatra AE Prof. V Kumaran CH

Amulya and Vimala reddy Lecture Award in the Field of Sustainable Development

Year Faculty name Dept.1998 Science Prof. G Lakshmi Sita MC1998 Engineering Prof. D K Subramanian CS2000 Engineering Prof. K S Jagadish CE2002 Engineering Prof. H S Mukunda AE Engineering Prof. Udipi Srinivasa ME2006 Engineering Prof. S Soundranayagam ME2008 Engineering Prof. S S Lokras CH2010 Engineering Prof. B V Venkatarama Reddy CE

126 Awards for Faculty

127

MeDALS For MerItorIoUS StUDentS

For the Best Course Students [Me/Mtech/MDes/M.Mgt] For Me Students

Sl. no. name of the Medal Frequency Dept.

1. Mrs. Sabita Chaudhuri Alternate year (alternate to Memorial Medal Dr. D Narayanamurti medal) AE2. Dr. D Narayanamurti Medal Alternate year (alternate to Mrs. Sabita Chaudhuri medal) –3. Prof. N R Kuloor Memorial Yearly CH Medal4. The P S Narayana Medal Alternate year (alternate to MSc (Engg)) CE5. The Computer Society of India Yearly CS Medal (Bangalore Chapter)6. The KK Malik Medal Yearly MT7. SV Sastry Memorial Medal Yearly ME8. The Alumni Medal Yearly EC/ED9. Prof ISN Murty Medal Yearly EE/EC10. The NR Khambhati Memorial Yearly EE Medal (For System Science & Automation)11. The NR Khambhati Memorial Yearly EE Medal12. Prof. SVC Aiya Medal Yearly EC

For Mtech Students

13. Motorola Medal Yearly SE14. The DESE Design Medal Yearly ED15. H R Babu Seetharam Medal Yearly IN

For MDes Students

16. MAA Communications Medal Alternate year (alternate to PhD/MSc (Engg)) PD

For Master of Management (M. Mgt) Students

17. Prof B G Raghavendra Yearly MG Memorial Medal

For research Students (PhD)

18. Prof Chintakindi V Joga Rao Alternate year (alternate to AE Medal Prof. A K Rao medal)19. Prof. A K Rao Medal Alternate years (alternate to AE Prof. Chintakindi V Joga Rao Medal)

20. Prof. B K Subba Rao Medal Yearly ME21. Prof. K P Abraham Medal Yearly MT22. The Alumni Medal Yearly CS23. The Seshagiri Kaikini Medal Yearly EC24. Prof. D J Badkas Medal Yearly EE25. Prof. N S Govinda Rao Medal Yearly CE26. Prof. Giri Memorial Medal Yearly BC27. Mrs. C V Hanumantha Rao Yearly MD Medal28. The Shamrao Kaikini Medal Yearly ES29 The M Sreenivasaya Medal Yearly MC30. Prof. B H Iyer Medal Yearly MB31. Dr. J C Ghosh Medal Yearly IP (Physical Chemistry)32. Prof. S Soundararajan Medal Yearly IP (Inorganic Chemistry)33 The Guha Research Medal Yearly OC34. The Toulouse Medal Yearly SS35. The Martin Forster Medal Yearly MA36. Prof. Anil Kumar Memorial Yearly PH Medal [Experimental Physics]37. Kumari L A Meera Memorial Yearly PH/HE Medal [Theoritical Physics]38. The Indian Economic Yearly MG Association Medal39. Sir Vithal N Chandavarkar Yearly SE Memorial Medal

For research Students (PhD/MSc(engg.))

40. Prof. N R Kuloor Memorial Yearly CH Medal41. The Roddam Family Medal Yearly AS42. The Sudborough Medal Yearly MR43. Dr. Srinivasa Rao Yearly IN Krishnamurthy Medal44. Amulya and Vimala Reddy Medal Yearly ST45. Tag Corporation Medal Yearly ED46. MAA Communications Medal Alternate year (alternate to MDes) PD

For MSc (engg.) Students

47. NASA’s Medal Alternate year (alternate to Mr Sabita Chaudhuri medal) AE48. Mrs Sabita Chaudhuri Alternate year (alternate to Memorial Medal NASA’s medal) AE49. ME Department Alumni Yearly ME Medal50. Dr. Karra Narasimhamurthy Yearly MT Memorial Medal51. Dr. M N S Swamy Medal Yearly CS

128 Medals for Meritorious Students

52. Prof. F M Mowdawalla Medal Yearly EC53. The Hay Medal Yearly EE54. Prof. K N Krishnaswamy Yearly MG Medal55. Prof. P S Narayana Medal Alternate year (alternate to ME ) CE56. Subramanian Rajalakshmi Medal Yearly SE

For Integrated PhD Students (MS Level)

57. Dr. R K Maller Memorial Medal Yearly Biological Sciences58. Dr. A Nagaraja Rao Medal Yearly Chemical Sciences59. Prof. P L Bhatnagar Medal Yearly Mathematical Sciences60. Kumari L A Meera Memorial Yearly Physical Sciences Medal

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