Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012
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Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012
IISc Profile 2012 Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012 Contents Foreword v The Court viii The Council ix Administration x Division of Biological Sciences Department of Biochemistry Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics Molecular Biophysics Unit Centre for Ecological Sciences Centre for Neuroscience Central Animal Facility Primate Research Laboratory 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 Division of Chemical Sciences Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Department of Organic Chemistry Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit Materials Research Centre NMR Research Centre 18 20 22 24 26 Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics Department of Mathematics Department of Physics Astronomy and Astrophysics Programme Centre for High Energy Physics Centre for Contemporary Studies Centre for Cryogenic Technology 28 30 32 34 36 38 40 Division of Electrical Sciences Department of Computer Science and Automation Department of Electrical Engineering Department of Electrical Communication Engineering Department of Electronic Systems Engineering 42 44 46 48 Division of Mechanical Sciences Department of Aerospace Engineering Department of Chemical Engineering Department of Mechanical Engineering Department of Materials Engineering Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing 50 56 58 62 64 iii iv Contents Division of Earth and Environmental Sciences Department of Civil Engineering Department of Management Studies Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Divecha Centre for Climate Change Centre for Earth Sciences Centre for Sustainable Technologies 66 70 72 74 76 78 Central Laboratories and Facilities Supercomputer Education and Research Centre Centre for Nano Science and Engineering Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems Archives and Publications Cell International Relations Cell JRD Tata Memorial Library 82 86 88 90 92 94 Outreach Activities Centre for Continuing Education Centre for Infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning Centre for Scientific and Industrial Consultancy Society for Innovation and Development (SID) Intellectual Property Cell Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology 96 98 100 102 104 106 108 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 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 establishment 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 education and research was launched in India. IISc is truly the first example of a public-private partnership 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 ElectroTechnology. 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 education 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 v vi Foreword 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 learning 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 established 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 promoting cross-disciplinary research. An M.Tech. program in Transportation Engineering was introduced 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 programs. 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 Foreword vii young school and undergraduate students to undertake research careers. The Institute administers 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 emphasized 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 expansion 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 BALARAM July 2012 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) viii THE COUNCIL 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) ix ADMINISTRATION DIRECTOR P Balaram PhD (Carnegie Mellon) FNA, FASc, FNASc, FTWAS ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR N Balakrishnan PhD (IISc) FASc, FNAE, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS REGISTRAR N Mohan Das PhD (Anna) DEPUTY REGISTRARS K Panneer Selvam PhD (Gandhigram Rural) Uma Chandran MA, LLB (Bangalore) PGDPM (NIPM), GDMM (IIMM) ASSISTANT REGISTRARS T S Vishwanath BSc (Bangalore), PGDM & PGDHRM, (IGNOU) V Nagaraja MA (Mysore) M J Nandeesh MSc (Mysore), PGDMM (Annamalai) Aparna Kandi BE (VTU) FINANCIAL CONTROLLER Indumati Srinivasan MA (JNU, New Delhi), PGDPPM (IIMB) DEPUTY FINANCIAL CONTROLLER M Krishna Murthy PhD (Bangalore) ACCOUNTS OFFICER P Manivannan MA (Madras) INTERNAL AUDITOR S R Lakshminarasimhan BCom (Mysore) CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER G R Nagabhushana MBBS (Mysore) PGDM&CH (IGNOU) MEDICAL OFFICERS C Satish Rao MBBS (Mysore) L Sharada MBBS (CMC Vellore), DGO (Vellore) R Nirmala MBBS (MGR Medical) OFFICERS (other areas) SECURITY OFFICER M R Chandrasekhar BSc (Mysore), LLB (Bangalore) OFFICER IN-CHARGE (Public Information/Official Language Unit) V Thilagam PhD (Bangalore) GYMKHANA President Siddartha P Sarma PhD (Maryland) SENIOR SPORTS OFFICER C P Poonacha BA (Mysore) MP Ed (Karnatak) HOSTELS Chairman, Council of Wardens A M Umarji PhD (IIT/Madras), MRC Associate Chairman L Umanand PhD (IISc), DESE Honorary Wardens Dipshikha Chakravortty PhD (Pune), MCB Muddu Sekhar PhD (IISc), Civil Engineering Abha Misra PhD (IIT/Bombay), IAP Aveek Bid PhD (IISc), Physics P Thilagar PhD (IIT/Kanpur), IPC Administration xi Ganesh Nagaraju PhD (IISc), BC ADVISOR (Students Affairs) Anjali A Karande PhD (Bombay) STUDENTS COUNSELLORS P K Das PhD (Columbia) J M Chandra Kishen PhD (IISc) G Jagadeesh PhD (IISc) Anjula Gurtoo PhD (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 xii Administration 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 LABORATORY Aditya 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 Profile The 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 Areas Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics, Structure and function of Proteins and Enzymes, Molecular Immunology, Virology, Cell Biology, Biotechnology, Systems Biology and Bioinformatics. Current Research Some of the current research projects in the department are: Investigation of heme biosynthesis in the malarial parasite 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 assembly, 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, recombination, genomic instability and cancer in mammalian cells; delineating the mechanisms of action of glycodelin 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; biotechnological 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 folding: understanding the mechanism and regulation in eukaryotic system, iron-sulphur cluster biogenesis, role Department of Biochemistry 3 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 cohesion during mitosis in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, char- acterization of enzymes involved in ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation; characterization of host genes involved in antiviral response; biology & biotechnology of Pichia pastoris, metabolic flux balance analysis and modeling of pathways relevant to Mycobacterium tuberculosis. Chandra Nagasuma R PhD (Bristol), Associate Professor Manjunath R PhD (IISc), Associate Professor D’Silva, Patrick PhD (IIT/Mumbai), Assistant Professor Muniyappa K PhD (IISc), FNASc, FASc, FNA, FTWAS, Professor Ganesh Nagaraju PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Jayabaskaran C PhD (IISc), MNASc, Professor Karande, Anjali Anoop PhD (Bombay), Professor Laloraya, Shikha PhD (UW – Madison), Associate Professor Nandi, Dipankar PhD (Calif, Berkeley), Professor Raghavan, Sathees C PhD (BHU), Assistant Professor Rajasekharan, Ram PhD (IISc), FNAASc, FNASc, FASc, FNA, Professor (on lien) Rao, D Narasimha PhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, FNA, Professor Savithri H S PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNASc, Professor Utpal Tatu PhD (llSc), FASc, Professor Vathsala P G PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Rangarajan P N PhD (IISc), FNASc, FASc, Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1921 +91-80-2293 2473 +91-(080)-2360 0814 [email protected] http://www.biochem.iisc.ernet.in H S Savithri PhD and Int PhD Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology Profile Areas of current research The 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. Molecular Biology, Genetics and Cell Biology – Major Research Areas Cell and Molecular Biology, Molecular Microbiology, Molecular Immunology, Molecular Virology, Genetics and Development, Plant Molecular Biology. Current Research The Department has emphasized research on problems related to infectious diseases of bacterial and viral origin and also modern molecular and cell biology. It is the focal point of research on infectious diseases in the campus. The research carried out by the Department has received recognition and financial support from national and international agencies. MCB was the earliest in the country to introduce formal teaching and research in Molecular Biology and is presently involved in training post-doctoral fellows, PhD and Integrated PhD students. Gene structure, organization and expression; tissue specific and developmental stage-specific expression; 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; molecular biology of cancer; regulation of expression of growth factors and oncogenes; DNA-protein interactions; eukaryotic transcription regulation. Microbiology and Immunology – Structure, organization and regulation of genes involved in transcriptional activation in bacteria; DNA topoisomerases; DNA repair; regulation of cell division in mycobacteria; bacterial virulence/pathogenesis; initiation of protein synthesis; molecular biology and immunology 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. Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology 5 Ajitkumar P PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Rajanna C MSc (Bangalore), Technical Officer Talawar, Ramappa K MSc (Karnatak), Technical Officer Balaji K N PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Rao, C Durga PhD (IISc), FNASc, Professor Chakravortty, Dipshikha PhD (Pune), Associate Professor Saumitra Das PhD (Calcutta), FNA, FASc, FNASc, Professor Varshney, Umesh PhD (Calgary), FNA, FASc, FNASc, Professor Indi S S PhD (Exeter, UK) Senior Scientific Officer Somasundaram, Kumaravel PhD (Madurai Kamaraj), FNA, FASc, FNASc, Professor Nagaraja V PhD (IISc), FNA, FASc, FNASc, Professor Vijaya S PhD (IISc), Professor Vijayraghavan, Usha PhD (Caltech), FNA, FASc, Professor Subba Rao, G PhD (JNU), Assistant Professor Nath, Utpal PhD (Bombay), Assistant Professor Surin William Rasican PhD (JNU), Scientific Officer Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1941 +91-80-2293 2413 +91-(080)-2360 2697 [email protected] http://www.mcbl.iisc.ernet.in V Nagaraja PhD and Int PhD Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics Profile The activities of this department are directed towards generating an integrated research program in reproductive biology, cell-developmental biology and genetics. Major Research Areas Reproductive 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 biology include (1) physiology and cell biology of ovarian functions and in particular growth factors/hormonesmediated 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 regulation of gamete maturation, preimplantation embryo development and blastocyst hatching-implantation phenomena. (3) The role of gonadotropins and testosterone in spermatogenesis; cloning, expression and structure-function relationships of glycoprotein hormones and their receptors is being investigated. Novel proteins important for cyclic nucleotide signaling in mycobacteria have been identified and characterized. Studies on signal transduction mechanisms are focused on the roles of receptor guanylyl cyclases Department of Molecular Reproduction Development and Genetics 7 and cyclic nucleotide phosphodiesterases and tyrosine 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 systems and eukaryotic GPCRMAPK pathways are studied using live cell imaging and other traditional methods. development is also being explored. Gene signatures that predict different clinical categories of breast cancer 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 cell-developmental biology, studies are being conducted to understand the correlated influences of cellular calcium, cell cycle phase and intercellular signaling in determining the pattern of gene expression in the social amoeba Dictyostelium. 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 normal 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 microspherophakia, 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. In stem cell biology, (1) using mouse ES-cell and iPScell 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 carcinogenesis is being investigated using oral and breast cancer as model systems and the role of stem cells in cancer Arun Kumar PhD (BHU), DABMG, Professor Mahadevan S PhD (Tufts), FASc, Professor Rangarajan, Annapoorni PhD (NCBS), Associate Professor Saini, Deepak K PhD (AIIMS), Assistant Professor Medhamurthy R PhD (Saskatchewan), Associate Professor Seshagiri, Polani B PhD (IISc), Professor Dighe, Rajan R PhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, FNA, Professor Kondaiah P PhD (Osmania), Professor Nanjundaiah, Vidyanand PhD (Chicago), FASc, FNA, Professor Visweswariah, Sandhya S PhD (IISc), FASc, Professor Nongthomba, Upendra PhD (Mysore), Assistant Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1997 +91-80-2293 2659/2548 +91-(080)-2360 0999 [email protected] http://www.mrdg.iisc.ernet.in Paturu Kondaiah PhD and Int PhD Molecular Biophysics Unit Profile The research activities in the Unit are concerned mainly with the structure, conformation and interactions of biomolecules, with the objective of understanding 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 Research Computer simulation to study biomolecular interactions; knowledge based prediction and design of protein and nucleic acid motifs; computational genomics to study gene sequences and protein functions. X-ray crystallography – covering structure and interactions of amino acids, peptides, ionophores, drugs and other effector molecules, protein crystallography, virus crystallography and structural genomics. Synthetic, physico-chemical and spectroscopic studies 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 functions of DNA; DNA-protein interaction; genomics; proteomics; regulation of gene expression; protein engineering; membranes; ionic channels and electrophysiology, NMR analysis of protein structure, single molecule biology, stress response in bacteria, biology of pathogenic microorganisms. Molecular Biophysics Unit 9 Badarinarayan AMIE, Scientific Assistant Balaram P PhD (Carnegie Mellon), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor Bansal, Manju PhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, FNA, Professor Murthy M R N PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor Narayanan, Rishikesh PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Raju S MSc (Annamalai), Technical Officer Ramasamy P MSc (Bharathidasan), Scientific Assistant Chatterji, Dipankar PhD (lISc), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor Govindaraju M MSc (Annamalai), Scientific Assistant Sikdar, Sujit K MedSci (Kyushu), FASc, Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : Suguna K PhD (IISc), FNASc, Professor Surolia, Avadhesha PhD (Madras), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, M-IMBN, Professor (on lien) Varadarajan, Raghavan PhD (Stanford), FASc, FNA, Professor Sarma, Siddhartha P PhD (Maryland), Associate Professor Gopal B PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Srinivasan N PhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, Professor Vijayan M PhD (IISc), FNA, FASc, FNASc, FTWAS, DAE Homi Bhabha Chair Professor 1971 +91-80-2293 2459 +91-(080)-2360 0535 [email protected] http://mbu.iisc.ernet.in Dipankar Chatterji PhD and Int PhD Centre for Ecological Sciences Profile 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 proximate and ultimate levels, for which we use acoustic communication as the model. We aim to understand the structure, diversity, perception and function of acoustic communication signals, taking into account physiological, ecological and evolutionary factors. The methods employed are both reductionist (using behaviour and physiology) and synthetic (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. This is the first Centre of Excellence supported by the Ministry of Environment and Forests, Government of India with an emphasis 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. Students Program PhD Int PhD On Roll as on 31-03-2012 32 5 Applied Evolutionary Ecology – We are interested in the conse- quences of individual behaviour for populations and the application of approaches from behavioural ecology and evolution towards conservation. Examples of our research include decision-making by antelope in fragmented grassland landscapes and the consequences of these decisions towards crop damage; oviposition decisions by female mosquitoes and the consequences 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. Current Research The 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 behavioural 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 complexity? 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? 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 organisation from genes to ecosystems. We combine field ecology, phylogenetic information and ecological modelling to understand 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 biogeography help in understanding the effects of forest fragmentation 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 forest ecosystems in India sequester carbon? What is the impact of climate change on forests in India? What is the potential 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 geographical areas? Does the same physiological mechanism underlie different behavioural strategies? Centre for Ecological Sciences 11 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. 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 questions, 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. 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 population 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 conflict. Research is also being carried out on ecology and evolutionary 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. 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 patterns 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 revolutionized the fields of ecology, evolution, behavior and conservation 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 species? Research projects underway include population genetics of large mammals (Asian elephants, gaur, Nilgiri tahr), marine turtles, and phylogeny of Hemidactylus geckos. Facilities The 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 studies 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. Plant-animal Interactions – What is the evolutionary ecol- Some available analytical facilities include: Molecular Ecology Laboratory Mathematical Ecology Laboratory ogy of species interactions in pollination, seed dispersal and herbivory systems? What are the behavioural and chemical bases for such interactions? What favours the Balakrishnan, Rohini Associate Professor Joshi, NV Associate Professor Thaker, Maria Assistant Professor Borges, Renee M Professor Karanth, Praveen Assistant Professor Bhat, DM Senior Scientific Officer Gadagkar, Raghavendra Professor Nanjundiah, Vidyanand Professor, Adjunct Faculty Pillai, N N Janardanan Technical Officer Guttal, Vishwesha Assistant Professor Shanker, Kartik Assistant Professor Ramachandra, TVR Scientific Officer Isvaran, Kavita Assistant Professor Sukumar, R Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1983 +91-80-2293 2506, 23600985 +91-80-23601428 [email protected] http://ces.iisc.ernet.in R Sukumar PhD, Int PhD Centre for Neuroscience Profile Understanding the structure, function and development of the brain in health and disease represents a fascinating challenge. It requires studying the brain across different levels of organization using molecular, cellular, systems, cognitive and computational approaches. Created in the centenary year of IISc, the Centre will leverage the existing expertise at the institute in engineering, mathematics, physics and biology to create a vibrant, interdisciplinary group to address problems that are beyond the capabilities of individual investigators. The Centre recruits faculty across wideranging 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 Research Some 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-modifying therapies. (Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath) Analysis of molecular pathways that control neurogenesis and determination of neuronal phenotypes during development and in embryonic stem cells differentiation. (Shyamala Mani) Visuomotor control and decision-making using a combination of behavioral, electrophysiological 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 computational 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 behavior, optical spectroscopy and microscopy. (Balaji Jayaprakash) Centre for Neuroscience 13 Arun S P PhD (Johns Hopkins) Assistant Professor Rangarajan G P/MA, Associate Faculty Sinha, Anindya Adjunct Faculty Jayaprakash, Balaji PhD (TIFR), Assistant Professor Ravindranath, Vijayalakshmi PhD (Mysore), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, FAMS, Professor Veni Madhavan C E P/CSA, Associate Faculty Mani, Shyamala PhD (SUNY, Syracuse) Associate Professor Ray, Supratim PhD (Johns Hopkins) Assistant Professor Murthy, Aditya PhD (Pittsburgh) Associate Professor Seshagiri, Polani P/MRDG, Associate Faculty Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 2009 +91-80-2293 3431/3432/3433 +91-(080)-2360 3323 [email protected] http://www.cns.iisc.ernet.in Vijayalakshmi Ravindranath PhD and Int PhD Vishwamitra, Sanjaya Adjunct Faculty Central Animal Facility Profile The CAF is involved in the breeding and maintenance of laboratory animals for biological research and providing infrastructure for animal experimentation. Major Research and Activities The 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 genetically pure inbred strains of different species of animals 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 Central Animal Facility 15 certified biosafety cabinets, horizontal autoclaves with intricate safety features, carbon-di-oxide incubators, -80°C freezers, aerosol infection equipment, refrigerated high speed centrifuges, and individual ventilated caging system for animal experimentation. In addition to separate ducting for rooms dealing with different types of pathogens, negative air pressure relative to the environment, 4 double 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 nitrogen 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 validation and certification by Messers Bassler-Hoffman of Switzerland. Somasundaram, Kumaravel PhD (Madurai Kamaraj), Professor Ravindranath H Aladakatti PhD (Karnatak), Scientific Officer Balaji K N PhD (IISc), Associate Professor, Convenor, Small Animal Facility Shivakumar K R MSc (Mysore), Technical Officer Ramachandra S G PhD (UAS), Principal Research Scientist Established : 1971 Phone : SAF : +91-80-2293 2457 PRL : +91-80-2293 2735 CIDR : +91-80-2293 3063/64 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 6569 Email : [email protected] [email protected] URL : http://caf.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : Kumaravel Somasundaram Primate Research Laboratory Profile The Primate Research Laboratory (PRL) is involved in the breeding and maintenance of nonhuman primates 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 biology. The facility has a modern surgical theatre. Major Research and Activities Reproductive Biology Neuroscience Aditya Murthy PhD (Pittsburgh), Associate Professor and Convener PRL Ramesh V MSc (Bangalore), Technical Officer Established : 1965 Phone : +91-80-2293 2735 Chairperson : Aditya Murthy Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry Profile Current Research The 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 centre 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 achievements 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. The areas of current research are: Major Research Areas Molecular 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. Molecular structure and quantum chemistry – Rotational, vibrational and electronic spectroscopy; 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 combustion and atmospheric chemistry. Laser spectroscopy – Time resolved absorption and Raman spectroscopy; study of ultrafast electrontransfer processes; molecular nonlinear optics and spectroscopic application of nonlinear optical techniques in solution; photochemistry and photophysics of excited states; photodissociation of small molecules relevant to the atmosphere and environment 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; heterogeneous catalysis. Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry 19 Electrochemistry – Electroanalytical chemistry; Bioinorganic chemistry – Modelling the functional Theoretical chemistry – Theoretical problems in Organometallic/Coordination chemistry – Synthesis, organized assemblies; electrochemical biosensors; electro-chemical energy conversion and storage; electrocatalysis; conducting polymers. classical and quantum dynamics; soft condensed matter and biophysical chemistry; applied theoretical chemistry; computational chemistry; statistical mechanics. Transport in nano-junctions, solution-phase simulations. and structural properties of metalloproteins; anticancer active metal complexes; artificial nucleases; selenoenzymes; zinc hydrolases. structure and reactivity of organometallic compounds, metal clusters and magnetic clusters; Supramolecular chemistry; metal-organic based extended frameworks; host-guest chemistry of nanoscopic cages; homogeneous catalysis. Polymer chemistry – New polymerization meth- odologies; conjugated polymers; hyperbranched polymers; conformational control in synthetic polymers; statistical mechanics of polymers. Physical chemistry of materials/nanostructured Chemistry of Boron – Boron containing conjugated polymers; chemosensory materials, optoelectronic materials and planar chiral Lewis acids for asymmetric catalysis. materials – Host-guest chemistry in layered and porous solids; heterogeneous catalysis and zeolites; structure of elemental boron and boron-rich solids; metallic nanoparticles – synthesis, properties, catalysis; organic thin films – self assembly; Langmuir-Blodgett films; NLO properties. Arunan E PhD (Kansas State), FASc, Professor Munichandraiah N PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Sandya S PhD (Kerala), Scientific Officer Chakravarty A R PhD (Calcutta), FASc, FNA, Professor Nethaji M PhD (Madras), Chief Research Scientist Sanjay Prasad MTech (Anna), Scientific Officer Cherayil, Binny J PhD (Chicago), Professor Ramakrishnan S PhD (U Mass, Amherst), FASc, Professor Das P K PhD (Columbia), FASc, Professor Sai G Ramesh PhD (Wisconsin-Madison), Assistant Professor Jagirdar, Balaji R PhD (Kansas State), Professor Mugesh G PhD (IIT/Bombay), Associate Professor Sampath S PhD (IIT/Madras), FASc, Professor Mukherjee, Partha Sarathi PhD (Jadavpur), Associate Professor Samuelson A G PhD (Cornell), Professor Sebastian K L PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA Professor Thilagar P PhD (IIT/K), Assistant Professor Umapathy S PhD (Otago), FAS Professor Upendra Harbola PhD (JNU), Assistant Professor Vasudevan S PhD (IIT/K), FASc Professor Established : 1911 Phone : +91-80-2293 2382 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 0683 +91-(080)-2360 1552 Email : [email protected] URL : http://ipc.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : A G Samuelson Degree Programs Offered : PhD, Int PhD Department of Organic Chemistry Profile biologically significant protein domains; enzyme active site mimics. The 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. Carbohydrate Chemistry – Studies of glycosylation reactions, synthetic modifications of monosaccharides and oligosaccharides, studies of biological and material properties of glycosides and neoglycoconjugates. Organic Materials – Study of organic and aqueous Major Research Areas gels and functional gels, structure of novel molecular materials; structural studies of photochemical 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. Bio-inspired Chemistry, Carbohydrate Chemistry, Chemical Biology, Organic Materials, Physical Organic Chemistry, Synthetic Organic Chemistry and Asymmetric Synthesis. Current Research Physical Organic Chemistry – Reaction mechanisms and kinetics; studies of dynamic phenomena, equilibria; stereochemistry; correlation of substituent properties. Bio-inspired Chemistry & Chemical Biology – Design, synthesis of novel lipids and evaluation 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 Synthetic Organic Chemistry & Asymmetric Synthesis – Stereoselective total-synthesis of bioactive natural products; molecules of diverse structures; biologically interesting molecules; new synthetic reactions and reagents, asymmetric synthesis; synthesis of non-natural products with unusual properties; asymmetric catalysis; green chemistry. Bhattacharya, Santanu PhD (Rutgers), FASc, FNA, Professor Mukherjee, Santanu PhD (Cologne), Assistant Professor Chandrasekhar, Sosale PhD (London), Professor Prabhakaran E N PhD (IIT/K), Assistant Professor Jayaraman N PhD (IIT/K), FASc, Associate Professor Prabhu K R PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Maitra, Uday PhD (Columbia), FASc, FNA, Professor Prasad K R PhD (Pune), Associate Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : Srikrishna A PhD (Hyderabad) FASc, FNASc, FNA, Professor Guru Row T N PhD (IISc), FASc, P/SSCU, Associate Faculty Chandrasekaran S PhD (Madras), FASc, FNA, FTWAS, Honorary Professor 1911 +91-80-2293 2403 +91-(080)-2360 0529 [email protected] http://orgchem.iisc.ernet.in Santanu Bhattacharya PhD, Int PhD Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit Profile The 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 interdisciplinary and inter-departmental research programmes. 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 Areas Structure and Properties of Oxides, High temperature, 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 emphasis on, Batteries, Fuel Cells and Supercapacitors. Current Research The 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 spectroscopy and photoelectron spectroscopy; EELS, etc.); high temperature superconductivity; metalinsulator 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 density 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, polymer nanocomposites. Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit 23 Bagchi, Biman PhD (Brown), FNA, FASc, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor Natarajan S PhD (IIT/Madras), FASc, FNASc, Professor Satish Patil PhD (Wuppertal, Germany), Associate Professor Bhattacharyya, Aninda J PhD (Jadavpur), Associate Professor Pandey Anshu PhD (University of Chicago) Assistant Professor Shivakumara C PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Desiraju, Gautam R PhD (Illinois), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor Giridhar Madras PhD (Texas A&M), P/CE, Associate Faculty Govindaraj A PhD (Mysore), Principal Research Scientist Guru Row T N PhD (lISc), FASc, FNA, FRSC, Professor Jayaram V PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Kannan K R MSc (Engg) (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Ramasesha S PhD (IIT/K), FASc, FNA, FTWAS, Professor Rao C N R DSc (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 Shukla A K PhD (IIT/K), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FNAE, UGC-BSR Faculty Vasan H N PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Vasanthacharya N Y PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Vasudevan S PhD (IIT/K), P/IPC, FNA, FASc, Associate Faculty Sarma D D PhD (IISc), FASc, FNASc, FNA, FTWAS, Professor Venkatesh H M BSc LLB (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Sathishkumar R MTech (Madras), Scientific Officer Yashonath S PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1976 +91-80-2293 2336 +91-(080)-2360 1310 [email protected] http://www.sscu.iisc.ernet.in D D Sarma PhD and Int PhD Materials Research Centre Profile To promote materials science activities in a coordinated 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 administratively 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 fundamental and applied Materials Science. This is reflected both in publications and funding, which are among the highest in the Institute. Major Research Areas Functional 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 Research The current focus of research is on functional materials. Present activities centre around the synthesis and characterisation of materials, ceramic-based sensors, optoelectronic materials including luminescent Materials Research Centre 25 phosphors, electronic ceramics, thin solid films, diamond coatings, Biomaterials, ceramic composites, amorphous and metastable materials. The Centre has undertaken a new initiative in nanomaterials, including 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 activity 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 nanolithographic approach has been started. Theoretical research covers defect physics, martensitic transformation, friction, dislocation dynamics and instabilities 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 current research projects listed below are on the development of nanostructures of functional materials. Krupanidhi S B PhD (Delhi), FASc, Professor Ravishankar N PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Umarji, Arun M PhD (IIT/Madras), Professor Nanda, Karuna Kar PhD (IOP), Associate Professor Bikramjit Basu PhD (Katholieke Belgium), Associate Professor Varma K B R PhD (Madras), Professor Raghavan, Srinivasan PhD (Penn State), Assistant Professor Rao C N R DSc (Mysore), PhD (Purdue), DSc (hc), ScD (hc), LLD (hc), Hon FRSC, FASc, FNA, FRS, Linus Pauling Research Professor, INSA-Albert Einstein Research Professor, Honorary Professor Sahoo, Balaram PhD (Duisberg), Assistant Professor Singh, Abishek K PhD (Tohoku), Assistant Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1978 +91-80-2293 2515 +91-(080)-2360 7316 [email protected] http://www.mrc.iisc.ernet.in K B R Varma PhD, MSc (Engg) and Int PhD NMR Research Centre Profile The 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 frequencies from 400 to 800 MHz with differing capabilities. The research interests of the faculty at the Centre include – theoretical and experimental aspects of NMR, development and applications of NMR based techniques for the study of liquids, solids and liquid crystalline mesophases, biomolecular NMR spectroscopy and NMR quantum computing. Major Research Areas Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy: Applications and Development of NMR Techniques to Biomolecular Structure Determination, Oriented Molecules and Materials Science, Computing by NMR techniques. Quantum Current Research The activities of the Centre cover both theoretical and experimental aspects of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. These include development of new techniques for application to liquids, solids, mesophase and biomolecules; studies of relaxation phenomena, multidimensional and multiple quantum NMR spectroscopy; GFT and fast methods for data collection and quantum computing. The systems studied include oriented samples, liquid crystalline phases, hydrogen bonded and supramolecular 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. NMR Research Centre 27 Atreya, Hanudatta S PhD (Mumbai), Assistant Professor Raghothama S PhD (IISc), MNASc, Principal Research Scientist Mathias P C PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Ramanathan K V PhD (IISc), FNASc, Professor Suryaprakash N PhD (Bangalore), FNASc, Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson : : : : : : 1977 +91-80-2293 2536 +91-(080)-2360 1550 [email protected] http://nrc.iisc.ernet.in S Vasudevan Vasudevan S PhD (IIT/K), FASc, Professor Wilson P T MSc (Madurai), Scientific Assistant Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics Profile The 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 Areas Microscopy and Nano-scale Imaging sensor development 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 Research The Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics has a primary focus on applied and inter-disciplinary 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 microscopy, nanoscopy, 3D nano metrology, point spread function, multidimensional imaging and reconstruction, nano manipulation, superresolution imaging, confocal microscopy, photophysics, functional fluorescent nanoparticles, nanomechanical properties of biological samples, bioinstrumentation 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 semiconductors, nano-materials, metamaterials, mechanics 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-, Department of Instrumentation and Applied Physics 29 photo-acoustic and diffuse correlation tomography, fiber optics, lasers, thermal wave spectroscopy, fiber Bragg grating sensors, all optical switching, photoconductivity studies. 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. Integrated Systems and Related Electronics – Integrated circuits, micro-electromechanicalsystems (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 instrumentation, electro-magnetics. Plasma Processing – Development of Plasma Processes – Atmospheric, Conventional and ECR plasmas – Plasma diagnostics – Surface modification of Polymers – Plasma assisted PVD and CVD of thin films. Energy Systems – Thin film batteries, general principles of energy harvesting, solar photovoltaic, thermoelectric, piezoelectric, novel solutions for energy storage, low power system design. 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/fluorescence Microscopy in Microfluidics Platform. Mass spectrometry – Ion trap instrumentation, shape optimization, novel trap design. System Design and Instrumentation – Design and development of measurement systems eg. precision (nm) motion control, optics based stress Ahuja, Sharath MSc (Alagappa), Technical Officer Misra, Abha PhD (IIT/Bombay), Assistant Professor Rao, L Kameswara PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Asokan S PhD (IISc), FNASc, Professor Mohanty, Atanu K PhD (Polytech. N. Y), AP/SERC, Associate Faculty Rao, G Mohan PhD (IISc), Professor Chandran M PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Mondal Partha P PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Chatterjee, Vani V PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Gorthi, Sai Siva PhD (EPFL), Assistant Professor Nagaraju J PhD (Nagarjuna), Professor Gunasekhar K R PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Jayanth G R PhD (Ohio State), Assistant Professor Mathias P C PhD (IISc), AcP/CNMR, Associate Faculty Menon A G PhD (IISc), Professor Mondal T K PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Rajan K PhD (IISc), AcP/PHY, Associate Faculty Sambandan, Sanjiv PhD (Waterloo), Assistant Professor Shivaprakash N C PhD (Mysore), Chief Research Scientist Somashekara B N BSc (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Vasu, Ram Mohan PhD (Aston UK), Professor Vanitha M N BE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Rajanna K PhD (IISc), Professor Vijaya H S MSc (Annamalai), Scientific Assistant Ramgopal S MSc (Engg), (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Established AS CISL Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1964 +91-80-2293 2269 +91-(080)-2360 0135 [email protected] http://isu.iisc.ernet.in K Rajanna MTech, MSc (Engg), PhD Department of Mathematics Profile Current Research The 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 mathematics plays a key role. Algebraic and Combinatorial Topology – Combinatorial manifolds, PL-manifolds, minimal triangulation of manifolds, triangulation of spheres and projective planes with few vertices, pseudomanifolds with small excess, equivelar polyhedral maps. Commutative Algebra and Algebraic Geometry – Major Research Areas Algebraic 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. Study of derivation modules of curves and hyper surfaces, connection with Zariski - Lipman conjecture, monomial curves, complete intersections and set theoretic complete intersections, intersection theory of algebraic varieties, minimal number of generators for ideals and modules, study of certain algebraic surfaces. Algebraic cycles, splitting criteria for vector algebraic varieties. Complex Analysis – Several complex variables, pluripotential theory and complex dynamical systems, integrable kernels, interpolation problems in Department of Mathematics 31 several complex variables, complex approximation theory. Differential Geometry – Geometry and topology of Einstein manifolds, topology of positively curved manifolds. Functional Analysis – Hilbert modules, multi- variable operator theory, indefinite inner product spaces. Numerical Analysis – Finite element methods, discontinuous 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 functions, 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. Harmonic Analysis – Harmonic analysis on Lie groups and integral geometry. Low Dimensional Toplogy – Toplogy of smooth four-manifolds, especially connections with threemanifold topology via refinements of topological field theories. Time Series Analysis – Application of time series Metric and Riemannian Geometry – Especially stability of curvature conditions under perturbation. analysis techniques to neuroscience especially to brain-machine interfaces, applications to geophysics. Nonlinear Dynamics – Coupled dynamical systems, Representation Theory – Representation of groups synchronization, Turing patterns, applications of Lie algebraic methods to nonlinear Hamiltonian systems. over local rings and local fields, Representation of finite dimensional Artin algebras. Manjunath Krishnapur PhD (UC/Berkeley), Assistant Professor Seshadri, Harish PhD (SUNY, Stony Brook), Associate Professor Datta, Basudeb PhD (ISI), FASc, Professor Misra, Gadadhar PhD (SUNY, Stony Brook), FNA, FASc, Professor Singla, Pooja PhD (IMSc), Assistant Professor Gadgil, Siddhartha PhD (Cal Tech), Professor Nandakumaran A K PhD (TIFR-IISc), Professor Thangavelu S PhD (Princeton), FASc, FNA, Professor Ghosh M K PhD (TIFR-IISc), FASc, FNASc, Professor Narayanan E K PhD (ISI), Associate Professor Thirupathi Gudi PhD (IIT/B), Assistant Professor Patil, Dilip P PhD (TIFR-Bombay), Professor Verma, Kaushal PhD (Indiana), Associate Professor Bharali, Gautam PhD (Wisconsin), Associate Professor Bhattacharyya, Tirthankar PhD (ISI), Associate Professor Iyer, Srikanth Krishnan PhD (UC/Santa Barbara), Professor Mahesh Kumari PhD (IISc), UGC Research Scientist ‘C’ Rangarajan G PhD (Maryland), FASc, FNASc, Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1956 Office + 91-80-2293 2265/2267/2711/3215/2514 +91-(080)-2360 0146/0683 [email protected] http://www.math.iisc.ernet.in M K Ghosh PhD and Int. PhD Department of Physics Profile The department of Physics was established by Prof. Sir C V Raman in the year 1933. Many eminent scientists 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 teaching, 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 activities 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 Areas Condensed 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 compact objects. Nuclear astrophysics. Galactic astronomy, 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 astrophysics 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 conformation of proteins, peptides and DNA. Denovo design of peptides, stereodynamics and supercoiling of DNA, structural genomics, protein folding, computational biology, drug design. Experimental Condensed Matter Physics – Optical and transport properties of bulk and thin film semiconductors, 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 electronics, conducting polymers and their composites; nanoscale physics: nanophotonics and nanoplasmonics; physics of nanodevices; Raman spectroscopy of strongly correlated oxides and manganates; electrical, thermal and optical properties of polymer nanocomposites; soft matter physics: dynamics, rheology, and chaos in complex, confined and glassy fluids; physics of soft nano composites; driven colloidal and granular matter, superfluidity in liquid and solid helium, diffuse optical tomography, ultrasound modulated 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 correlated systems, the physics of cold atoms and entanglement in many body systems; soft, living and driven matter – self-propelled systems, vortex matter, complex 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; cardiac 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. Department of Physics 33 Anil Kumar P S PhD (Pune), Associate Professor Menon, Reghu PhD (IISc), Professor Ramesh Chandra Mallick PhD (IIT/M), Assistant Professor Aveek Bid PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Mukhopadhyay, Banibrata PhD (Jadavpur), Assistant Professor Saini, Tarun Deep PhD (Pune), Assistant Professor Basu, Jaydeep Kumar PhD (Calcutta), Associate Professor Natarajan, Vasant PhD (MIT, USA), Professor Choudhuri, Arnab Rai PhD (Chicago), FASc, FNASc, FNA, Professor Pandit, Rahul PhD (Illinois), FASc, FNA, Professor Satyamurthy K N MSc (Bangalore), PGDI (Bangalore) Scientific Assistant Dasgupta, Chandan PhD (Pennsylvania), FASc, FNA, FTWAS, Professor Prasad Vishnu Bhotla PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Sood, Ajay Kumar PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor Ganesan R PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Prateek Sharma PhD (Princeton), Assistant Professor Srinivas V C BE (Bangalore), Technical Officer Rajan K PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Suja Elizabeth PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Ghosh, Arindam PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Ramakumar S PhD (IISc), Professor Jog, Chanda J PhD (Stony Brook), FASc, FNASc, Professor Ramanuja M N PhD (IISc), MSc (IIT/M), Senior Scientific Officer Koteswara Rao K S R PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Ramaswamy, Sriram PhD (Chicago) FASc, FNA, Professor Krishnamurthy H R PhD (Cornell), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor Shenoy, Vijay B PhD (Brown), Associate Professor Subroto Mukerjee PhD (Princeton), Assistant Professor Venkataraman V PhD (Princeton), Professor Victor Suvisesha Muthu D PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Ramesh K P PhD (Bangalore), Associate Professor Maiti, Prabal Kumar PhD (IIT/K), Associate Professor Manjula M V MSc (Annamalai), Scientific Assistant Ramesh K PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1933 +91-80-2293 2315 +91-(080)-2360 2602 [email protected] www.physics.iisc.ernet.in H R Krishnamurthy PhD, Int PhD and BS Astronomy and Astrophysics Programme Profile This 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 different areas of astronomy and astrophysics. The programme runs with the support of the Department of Physics, and is coordinated by a committee of members from the collaborating institutions. Choudhuri, Arnab Rai PhD (Chicago), FASc, FNASc, Professor Jog, Chanda J PhD (Stony Brook), FASc, FNASc, FNA, Professor The staff of these institutions also participate in the training program. Current Research Theoretical 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. Mukhopadhyay, Banibrata PhD (Jadavpur), Assistant Professor Prateek Sharma PhD (Princeton), Assistant Professor Saini, Tarun Deep PhD (Pune), Assistant Professor Academic CoordinatorS H R Krishnamurthy T D Saini Centre for High Energy Physics Profile quantum chromodynamics, quantum gravity and string theory, non-commutative field theories, applications of field theory to condensed matter systems, quantum computation. The Centre for High Energy Physics which is now housed in the Physical Sciences building, was established in 2004 after the Centre for Theoretical studies was reorganized. It carries out research in elementary 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 program 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. Current Research Research 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 matter at high energy particle colliders, quantum chromodynamics, heavy ion collisions, string theory and black holes, non-commutative geometry, quantum wires and spin systems, quantum information theory and quantum computation. Major Research Areas Elementary particle physics, quantum field theory, the standard model of particle physics and beyond, Ananthanarayan B PhD (Delaware), Professor Krishnan, Chethan PhD (Austin), Assistant Professor Sinha, Aninda PhD (Cambridge), Assistant Professor David, Justin Raj PhD (TIFR), Associate Professor Patel, Apoorva PhD (Caltech), Professor Vaidya, Sachindeo PhD (Syracuse), Associate Professor Godbole, Rohini M PhD (Stony Brook), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS, Professor Sen, Diptiman PhD (Princeton), FASc, FNA, FNASc, Professor Vempati, Sudhir Kumar PhD (PRL), Assistant Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 2004 +91-80-2293 2266 +91-(080)-2360 0106 [email protected] http://cts.iisc.ernet.in B Ananthanarayan PhD and Int PhD Centre for Contemporary Studies Profile The Centre for Contemporary Studies, a seven year old experiment at the Institute, endeavours to bring to the campus some of the best practitioners of different disciplines in the human sciences, such as philosophy, 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 Associate Faculty course entitled “The Production of Knowledge – A comparison of Natural and Social Sciences”. The latest edition of this course was offered during AugDec 2010, and will next be offered in 2012. There are also Visiting Scholar programmes and an innovative Library and Writing Fellowship programme co-hosted with another institution that affords interdisciplinary scholars an institutional environment to work in. The Centre has now moved to the former JNCASR building near the Health Centre. Pratap, Rudra P/ME Chanakya H N PRS/CST Gadagkar, Raghavendra PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FTWAS, Foreign Assoc US NATLAcad Sci, Professor Ramakrishnan S P/IPC Ramaswamy, Sriram P/Phy Established : 2004 Phone : Off: +91-80-2360 6559; 2293 2486 Chairman: +91-80-2360 7253 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 2121 Email : [email protected] URL : http://ces.iisc.ernet.in/hpg/ragh/ccs/Welcome.html Chairperson : Raghavendra Gadagkar Centre for Cryogenic Technology Profile A large spectrum of research activities in the Institute is critically dependent on the reliable and adequate supply of cryogens. CCT has been successful 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 successfully commissioned in the premises of Physical Sciences Department. Current Research Major Research Areas Cryocoolers, heat transfer, cryogenic instrumentation, cryogenic treatment on metals, helium recondensation, cryoadsorption. Karunanithi R PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Kasthurirengan S PhD (Bombay), Professor Pulse tube and thermoaccoustic coolers, heat transfer, liquid level sensors for cryogens, calibration of temperature sensors, cryotreatment on metals, helium/ nitrogen recondensation system, cryosorption pumps. Nadig D S MTech (IIT/Kharagpur), Senior Scientific Officer Upendra Behera MTech (IIT/Kharagpur), Senior Scientific Officer Subhash Jacob PhD (IISc), Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson : : : : : : 1971 +91-80-2360 1612, 2293 2339 +91-(080)-2360 1612 [email protected] http://ccf.iisc.ernet.in S Kasthurirengan Department of Computer Science and Automation Profile The 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 Areas Algorithms 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 Research There are three main research clusters in the Department and the following list provides the principal topics in which research is being actively pursued. Theoretical Computer Science – Algorithms, algorithmic algebra, graph theory, combinatorial geometry, computational geometry, computational 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 wireless systems, cyber-physical systems, performance modelling, graphics, visualization, program analysis, 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. Department of Computer Science and Automation 43 Agarwal, Shivani PhD (Illinois), Assistant Professor Bhatnagar, Shalabh PhD (IISc), Professor Jacob, T Matthew PhD (Wisconsin), P/SERC, Associate Faculty Ravindran Kannan PhD (Cornell), Adjunct Faculty Jagadish N BE (Mysore), Technical Officer Sarma V V S PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNAE, Honorary Professor Kanade, Aditya PhD (IIT/Bombay), Assistant Professor Shevade, Shirish K PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Chandran, L Sunil PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Kumar, P Vijay PhD (Southern California), FIEEE, P/ECE, Associate Faculty Srikant Y N PhD (IISc), Professor Chatterjee Sanjit PhD (ISI Kolkata), Assistant Professor Murty, M Narasimha PhD (IISc), FNAE, FNASc, Professor D’Souza, Deepak PhD (CMI), Associate Professor Narahari Y PhD (IISc), FNA, FASc, FNAE, FNASc, FIEEE, Professor Bhattacharyya, Chiranjib PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Bhattacharya, Indrajit PhD (Maryland), Assistant Professor Dukkipati, Ambedkar PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Gopinath K PhD (Stanford), Professor Govindarajan R PhD (IISc), FNAE, P/SERC, Associate Faculty Govindarajan, Sathish PhD (Duke), Assistant Professor Hansdah R C PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Haritsa, Jayant R PhD (Wisconsin), FASc/FNAE/FNASc P/SERC, Associate Faculty Natarajan, Vijay PhD (Duke), Assistant Professor Patil D P PhD (TIFR), P/MA, Associate Faculty Susheela Devi V PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Uday Kumar Reddy PhD (Ohio State) Assistant Professor Veni Madhavan C E PhD (IISc), Professor Viswanadham N PhD (IISc), FNA, FASc, FNAE, FIEEE, FTWAS, INAE Distinguished Professor Pushparaj B K DTE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Raghavan K V PhD (Wisconsin), Assistant Professor Ramesh Hariharan PhD (Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences), Adjunct Faculty Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1969 +91-80-2293 2368/2229/2386/2468 +91-(080)-2360 2911 [email protected] http://www.csa.iisc.ernet.in Y Narahari PhD, MSc (Engg), ME [Computer Science and Engineering], ME [Systems Science and Automation] (Jointly with EE) Department of Electrical Engineering Profile The Department pursues advanced and fundamental research in Electrical Engineering. It is recognized by the UGC as a Center of Advanced Study. Major Research Areas Power 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; distribution systems; distribution automation; deregulated 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, distributed generation, PWM techniques, digital control of industrial drives, induction motor drives; control of slip-ring induction machines, current source inverter drives for induction and synchronous 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, diagnostics and condition monitoring, HV testing and measurement, partial discharges, overvoltages, protection, EHV/UHV transmission, electromagnetics, lightning protection, EMI/EMC, pulsed power and air pollution control. Sensor Networks and Real-Time Systems – Sensor networks resource management and communication protocols, real-time scheduling, multiprocessor utilization bounds, soft real-time applications, real-time communication and QoS routing. Image Processing, Computer Vision and Machine Learning – Computed tomography- 2D and Department of Electrical Engineering 45 3D reconstruction, compression of CT images, computational study of vision, image understanding, motion analysis and object tracking, statistical techniques in computer vision, steganography, digital forensics, computational photography, distributed camera networks, video analytics, medical image processing, Document image analysis and Bhaskar K MCA (Bangalore), Technical Officer Champaka M K MSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Officer Chandra Sekhar S PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor John, Vinod PhD (Wisconsin), Assistant Professor Joy Thomas M PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Lawrence Jenkins PhD (Notre Dame), Professor Muthuvel, Arigovindan PhD (EPFL), Assistant Professor Nagendra Rao P S PhD (IIT/D), Professor Narayanan G PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered recognition, pattern classification, noisetolerant learning, temporal data mining, statistical models. Signal Processing – Adaptive filtering and active noise cancellation, machine listening, audioretrieval, spike extraction in MEA recordings, online handwriting recognition. Pramanik, Manojit PhD (Washington), Assistant Professor Rajanikanth B S PhD (IISc), Professor Rajgopal K PhD (IISc), Professor Ramakrishnan A G PhD (IIT/M), Professor Ramakrishnan K R PhD (IISc), Professor Rathna G N PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Sen, Indraneel PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Shenoy U J PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Subba Reddy B PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Suryanarayana P V MSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Officer Thukaram D PhD (IISc), Professor Udayakumar PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Venu Madhav Govindu PhD (Maryland), Assistant Professor Sastry P S PhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor Satish L PhD (IISc), Professor : : : : : : : 1911 +91-80-2293 3170/2361 +91-(080)-2360 0444 [email protected] http://www.ee.iisc.ernet.in P S Sastry 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 Profile The Department pursues advanced and fundamental research in the areas of communication and networking, signal processing, microelectronics, microwaves, and photonics. It is recognized by the UGC as a Centre of Advanced Study. Major Research Areas Communication 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, electromagnetics, 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 modulation and pseudorandom sequences; CDMA, wireless mobile communication, energy harvesting communication, multiuser detection, MlMO, OFDM, cooperative communications, wireless channel modeling, cognitive radio communications. Interference modeling, physical layer security, secure multi party computation, green communication, 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 networks; scheduling in networks; quality of service in heterogeneous networks; cross-layer design in wireless networks; energy efficient protocols. Wireless sensor networks: self organisation, distributed signal processing, system architectures for various applications, distributed computing algorithms for sensor networks, algorithms for energy management in sensor networks. Communication protocol specification and verification, AI applications to communication networks and their management, mobile agents, multimedia communication, ubiquitous computing. Cognitive radio communication. Photonics – Fiber-optic communications and networks systems (MOEMS); Biophotonics: Biosensors. 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 systems, Integrated millimeter wave systems. Nanoelectronics and VLSI – Nano-CMOS tech- nology, non-classical transistor design, transistor 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, software and hardware for embedded systems and system-on-chip, formal and informal verification technologies, fault-tolerant and self-healing system design, bio-electronics. Technologies for Department of Electrical Communication Engineering 47 pattern recognition, classification, and machine learning. CMOS based analog, mixed signal and RF integrated circuits. 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. Signal Processing – Time-frequency analysis: digi- tal filter structures, spectrum estimation, signal detection and denoising. Multirate signal processing, filter bank sparse signal recovery design, semiblind and robust channel estimation, distributed spectrum sensing, signal processing in extremely low power sensors. Signal processing for indoor positioning and navigation. Speech and Audio Processing – Speech and audio (music) signal modelling; auditory and time Statistical signal processing – Space-time signal processing, algorithms with application to wireless communication systems, acoustic signal separation using microphone arrays, radar processing. Biomedical Signal Processing – Processing of biomedical signals using nonlinear dynamical techniques; abnormality detection in ECG and EEG signals; connectivity study of networks in the brain. Anandi Giridharan MSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Gopalaiah S V MSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Rajan, B Sundar PhD (IIT/K), FNA, FNAE, FNASc, Professor Badrinarayana T PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Hari K V S PhD (UC San Diego), Professor Ravishankar M K MSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Bharadwaj, Amrutur PhD (Stanford), Associate Professor Bhat, Navakanta PhD (Stanford), Professor Banerjee, Gaurab PhD (Washington), Assistant Professor Chockalingam A PhD (IISc), FNAE, FNASc, Professor Hegde G S BSc (Karnatak), BE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Kumar, Anurag PhD (Cornell), FIEEE, FNA, FNAE, FASc, Professor Kumar, P Vijay PhD (USC), FIEEE, TATACHEM Chair, Professor Sharma, Vinod PhD (Carnegie-Mellon), Professor Shivaleela E S PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Sreenivas T V PhD (TIFR/B), Professor Kashyap, Navin PhD (Michigan), Associate Professor Srinivas, Talabattula PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Gope, Dipanjan PhD (Washington), Assistant Professor Malati Hegde PhD (IIT/K), Principal Research Scientist Sundaresan, Rajesh PhD (Princeton), Associate Professor Elizabeth Rani K BTech (JNTU/Kakinada), Technical Officer Mehta, Neelesh B PhD (Caltech), Associate Professor Ghosh, Ambarish PhD (Brown), Assistant Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered Mukherji, Utpal ScD (MIT/USA), Associate Professor Murthy, Chandra R PhD (UCSD), Assistant Professor : : : : : : : Venkataram P PhD (Sheffield), FIEE, Professor Vinoy K J PhD (Penn State), Associate Professor Varma, Manoj PhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor 1946 +91-80- 2293 2276/2278 +91-(080)-2360 0563 [email protected] http://www.ece.iisc.ernet.in Vijay Kumar P PhD, MSc (Engg), ME (Telecommunication) ME (Signal Processing) jointly with EE, ME (Microelectronics) jointly with DESE Department of Electronic Systems Engineering Profile Current Research The department pursues advanced research in power conversion, semiconductor device modeling, communication networks, electromechanics, sensors and actuators, intelligent controlling, VLSI and embedded systems with special emphasis on implementation methods. It is recognized as a resource centre for many educational projects. Power 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 wireless ad hoc and sensor networks, performance analysis 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 compatibility. Major Research Areas Power Converters and Controls, Semiconductor Device Modelling, Communication Networks, VLSI Design, Electromechanics, Biomechatronics, Sensors and Actuators, Intelligent control. Department of Electronic Systems Engineering 49 Chalapathi Rao N V PGDM (IIM/B), Principal Research Scientist Dagale, Haresh MSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Joy Kuri PhD (IISc), Professor Krishnakumar M MTech (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Prabhakar T V MSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Ramachandran P MSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Assistant Dinesh N S PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Kuruvilla Varghese MTech (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Saravanan A P BSc, PG Dip Instrumentation (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Diwakar J E PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Mahapatra, Santanu PhD (EPF Lausanne), Associate Professor Sachidananda C R DTE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Gopakumar K PhD (IISc), FIETE, FNAE, FIEEE Professor Mahesh G V MSc (Engg), (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Gunasekaran M K PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Nagakrishna V ME (Bharatiyar), Scientific Assistant Jamadagni H S PhD (IISc), Professor, Senior Member, (IEEE), Member (Part time) TRAI Pittet, Andre PhD (EPF Lausanne), Chief Project Advisor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : Srinivasan, Shayan Garani PhD (Georgia Tech), Assistant Professor Sudharshan G BE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Umanand L PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Vasantha K B DEE (Bharatiyar), Scientific Assistant 1975 +91-80-2293 2246 +91-80-2293 2290 [email protected] http://www.dese.iisc.ernet.in K Gopakumar PhD, MSc (Engg), MTech, ME Department of Aerospace Engineering Profile The 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 activities in the department have seen a tremendous transition 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 tunnels, 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 technologies for the aircraft and space industry in advanced materials in the avionics, energy sector and the automotive 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 nanobio-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 organizations at national and international level on cuttingedge research topics. A large number of international collaborations exist with universities in the USA, Canada and the European Union and with multinational companies such as Boeing, Pratt & Whitney and General Motors. Major Research Areas Fundamental 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 Research Fundamental 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 separation, vortex dominated flows. Computational Fluid Dynamics – Aerospace applications, 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 diagnostics. Simulation of high enthalpy flows at high speeds using shock tube/shock tunnel and hypersonic wind tunnel; re-entry aerodynamics; real gas effects, gas dynamic lasers, shock wave applications, 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, transitional flows, turbulence and stability. Fatigue and Fracture – Constitutive modeling of fatigue in metallic and composite materials; mechanisms of defect formation and crack initiation and their influence on the life of structural components; 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 Department of Aerospace Engineering 51 and tools for non-destructive evaluation of structural 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 nanoscale behaviour of these composites using theoretical modelling and experimentation; processing and secondary manufacturing studies of composite materials and structural components; sustainable manufacturing 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, magnetostructive, 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 suppression, energy harvesting, smart electronics and biointerface; integration of these materials into systems to achieve a combined set of functions; technological applications related to aircraft and spacecraft, automobile, 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 structure-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; nonclassical phenomena in upcoming multifunctional materials, multibody systems and futuristic aerospace structures; inflatable structures; micro air vehicles; nondeterministic concurrent multiscale modelling based on variational asymptotic methods. Helicopter Dynamics – Optimal and neural controllers for helicopter vibration minimization, active suppression of dynamic stall, thin walled composite beams; aeroelastic analysis of smart helicopter rotor, health monitoring of helicopters, design optimization of helicopters for vibration reduction; modelling of composite helicopter rotors; finite element methods in helicopter dynamics. Combustion and Propulsion – Study of full chemistry 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 characteristics of liquid propellant rockets and gas turbine engines, space electric propulsion, MPD thrusters, chemistry of propellants; space propellant management, DNS of turbulent combustion; numerical 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 decision 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 control system synthesis for aircraft, precision satellite 52 Department of Aerospace Engineering 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. Balakrishnan N PhD (IISc), FASc, FNAE, FNASc, FNA, FTWAS, Professor Balakrishnan N PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Bhat, M Ramachandra PhD (IISc), Chief Research Scientist Bhat, M Seetharama PhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor Dey, Jyotirmoy PhD (IISc), Professor Ganguli, Ranjan PhD (Maryland), FNAE, Professor Ghose, Debasish PhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor Satellite Image Classification – Using neural networks and genetic programming approaches. Mobile robotics and underwater vehicles Path planning and guidance. Lakshmisha K N PhD (IISc), Professor Ratnoo, Ashwini PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Mahapatra P R PhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor Reddy K P J PhD (BIT/Ranchi), Professor Mani V PhD (IISc), Professor Roy Mahapatra D PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Mathew, Joseph PhD (MIT), Professor Samanta, Arnab PhD (Illinois), Assistant Professor Nagashetty K MSc (Engg), (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Saravanan S PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Naik, G Narayana PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Gopalakrishnan S PhD (Purdue), FNAE, Professor Omkar S N PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Harursampath, Dinesh Kumar PhD (Georgia Tech), Assistant Professor Oommen, Charlie PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Hemchandra, Santosh PhD (Georgia Tech), Assistant Professor Padhi, Radhakant PhD (Missouri), Associate Professor Jagadeesh, Gopalan PhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor Kandagal S B PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Kulkarni P S PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Raghunandan B N PhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor Rajan N K S PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Sheshadri T S PhD (Georgia Tech), Associate Professor Sivakumar D PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Suhasini, Gururaja PhD (Washington), Assistant Professor Surendranath V MSc (Engg), (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Vasudevan B MASc (Toronto), Principal Research Scientist Venkatraman, Kartik PhD (IIT/M), Associate Professor Ramesh O N PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Rao, S V Raghurama PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1942 +91-80-2293 2417 +91-(080)-2360 0134 [email protected] http://www.aero.iisc.ernet.in Debasish Ghose PhD, MSc (Engg), ME Department of Aerospace Engineering 53 Joint Advanced Technology Programme Profile JATP 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, computational fluid dynamics, guidance and control, radar engineering, optoelectronics, air liquefaction, DSP, matrix composites, power supply and interdisciplinary areas such as fluid-structure and structure-control 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 fundamental results, the others aim at creating design and analysis data for various national aerospace projects. About 124 projects have been sanctioned in the different areas mentioned above and 118 have been completed. Six (6) are currently in process and many are in the pipeline. Many developmental aspects of aerospace vehicles such as structural design, aerodynamics design, control and propulsion systems have been tackled through these R&D projects. The faculty of JATP participates in Committee meetings, recruitment and assessment, and conduct review meetings. 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 investigations 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 current 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 bicontinuous polymer blends. Synthesis and characterization of In doped Cu2GeSe3 solid solution. Carbon nanotube-polymer based smart composite 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 54 Department of Aerospace Engineering having 32 and 8 Nodes Parallel Processors has been installed at JATP. Shared memory architecture based parallel computer around Dual Core also been assembled 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. Established Phone Fax Email Convener : : : : : 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. 1983 +91-80-2293 2510/2360 1521 +91-(080)-2360 0649 [email protected] Ranjan Ganguli Department of Aerospace Engineering 55 ISRO-IISc Space Technology Cell Profile The 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 provides support for research projects, visiting scientists, and technical publications. Established Phone Fax Email Convener : : : : : The Cell coordinates activities relating to the IIScISRO Educational Program (HEP), which provides a technical forum to discuss problems of current interest. 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. 1982 +91-80-2293 2503/2525 +91-(080)-2360 1279 [email protected] Joseph Mathew Department of Chemical Engineering Profile The 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 profession 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 Areas Biochemical 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 reactions 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 nanoparticles 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 recycling; remediation of contaminated soils with supercritical fluids; solid waste management; synthesis of biodegradable polymers. Modelling and Simulation – Bubble nucleation; CFD modelling of process equipment; hydrogen storage; modelling of nanoparticle synthesis; molecular dynamics and Monte Carlo simulation of confined fluids and interfaces; nanoparticle crystallization; population balance equations; reactive mixing in turbulent flows; simulation of self assembling systems. Department of Chemical Engineering 57 behaviour of gas hydrates; self-assembly of nanoparticles; phase transition in confined fluids. Nanotechnology – Functional nanoscale architectures; guided self-assembly to form 2D and 3D superlattices; semiconductor nanowires; synthesis of metal nanoparticles. Therapeutic Engineering – Drug pharmacokinetics and rational therapy optimization; dynamics of HIV and hepatitis C virus infections; theoretical immunology; virus-cell interactions. Reaction Engineering – Kinetics of reactions medi- ated by ultrasound and microwaves; multiphase sonochemical reactors; photocatalysis; polymer synthesis and degradation reactions in supercritical fluids; sintering reactions using microwaves; transport processes and reactions in packed beds. Transfer Processess – Multicomponent precipi- tation; separation and extraction of amino acids and metals; transport processes in supported liquid membranes. Thermodynamics – Adsorption in zeolites and activated carbons; kinetics of nucleation; phase Ayappa, K Ganapathy PhD (Minnesota), Professor Dixit, Narendra M PhD (Illinois), Associate Professor Giridhar Madras PhD (Texas A&M), Professor Mudakavi J R PhD (IIT/Madras), Principal Research Scientist Nott, Prabhu R PhD (Princeton), Professor Sudeep Punnathanam PhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor Venugopal S PhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor Pillay, S Armugam MSc (Madurai), Technical Officer Kesava Rao K PhD (Houston), FASc, Professor Kumaran V PhD (Cornell), FASc, FNAE, Professor Raghuram P T MSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Modak, Jayant M PhD (Purdue), FNAE, Professor Sanjeev Kumar Gupta PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1943 +91-80-2293 2318 +91-(080)-2360 8121 [email protected] http://chemeng.iisc.ernet.in Prabhu R Nott PhD, MSc (Engg), ME Department of Mechanical Engineering Profile Current Research Mechanical Engineering activities at the Indian Institute of Science commenced with the establishment of the Department of Internal Combustion (IC) Engineering in 1945. The mechanical engineering section of the Power Engineering Department was established in 1951, and later became a fullfledged 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 following groups: Mechanical Systems, Thermal Science and Fluid Mechanics, Material Science and Nanotribology, Dynamics, Microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and Acoustics, Optimal design, and Biomechanics. Mechanical Systems and Design – Structural and Major Research Areas Mechanical 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. dimensional synthesis of kinematic and compliant mechanisms; theoretical kinematics; multidisciplinary design optimization; dynamics and control of robot and multi-body mechanical systems; 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 modeling, 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; micromanipulation; 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 fragmentation dynamic, mixed mode, indentation; thin film; Department of Mechanical Engineering 59 polycrystalline diamond, super hard ceramics, multilayered and bond coated coating structures, contact mechanics of impact and indentation, nanotribology of boundary lubrication; metal cutting, soot, detergents, fuel additives, metal working, development of nanoparticle (fullerene) based lubricants and coatings, scanning probe microscopy, wear mechanism of metals in IC engines. Fracture of single crystals and amorphous metals, Eco-friendly lubricants, friction in metal forming. electronic systems; Heat and mass transfer in buildings, natural ventilation, heat and mass transfer in food products; two-phase flows and heat transfer, heat transfer in renewable energy systems; numerical heat transfer; refrigeration and air-conditioning; adsorption coolers and gas storage; mathematical modelling and simulation of thermal systems; thermal modelling and experimentation in solidification, arc welding pools, laser welding of dissimilar metals, surface alloying. Biomechanics – Nonlinear mechanics of soft bio- Combustion & Spray Research, IC Engines – Multi- logical tissues, elastomers and protein rubbers, cell mechanics, mechanotransduction, bio-micro manipulation, miniature bio-reactors and cell culture 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 boundarylayer separation; transition and turbulence; turbulence modelIing, fish-like propulsion. Thermal Sciences – Turbulent Rayleigh-Benard convection; double-diffusive convection, mixed convection, heat pipes, thermal management of dimensional modelling of in-cylinder processes including two-phase flow, turbulence and combustion 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; trappedvortex based combustor research. Technical Acoustics – Automotive noise control; vibration diagnosis of rotating machinery; acoustics of ducts and mufflers; industrial noise control; acoustic characterization of absorbing materials. Sound from turbulent flows, asymptotics in structural acoustics, nonlinear structural acoustic interactions. 60 Department of Mechanical Engineering Ananthasuresh G K PhD (Michigan), FNAE, Professor Gurumoorthy B PhD (Carnegie-Mellon), Professor Satish V Kailas PhD (IISc), Professor Arakeri, Jaywant H PhD (CalTech), FASc, FNAE, Professor Himabindu M PhD (Anna), Scientific Officer Bobji M S PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Jog, Chandrashekhar S PhD (Illinois, Urbana-Champaign), Professor Saptarshi Basu PhD (Connecticut), Assistant Professor Dharuman C MSc (Engg), (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Dibakar Sen PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Dutta, Pradip PhD (Columbia), FNAE, FASME, FASc, INAE Chair Professor, Professor Ghosal, Ashitava PhD (Stanford), FNAE, Professor Munjal M L PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNAE, FNASc, Honorary Professor, INAE Distinguished Professor Narasimham G S V L PhD (IISc), Chief Research Scientist Narasimhan R PhD (CalTech), FASc, FNA, FNAE, Professor Shukla, Ratnesh PhD (UCLA), Assistant Professor Sonti, Venkata R PhD (Purdue), Associate Professor Srinivasan J PhD (Stanford), FNA, FASc, FNAE, Professor Thirumaleswara Naik R PhD (IIT/Delhi), Scientific Officer Tomar, Gaurav PhD (IIT/K), Assistant Professor Govardhan, Raghuraman N PhD (Cornell), Associate Professor Pratap, Rudra PhD (Cornell), Professor Venkataraman M K MSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Officer Gundiah, Namrata PhD (UC Berkeley), Assistant Professor Ravikrishna R V PhD (Purdue), Associate Professor Yogendra Simha K R PhD (Maryland), Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1945 +91-80-2293 2332 +91-(080)-2360 0648 [email protected] http://www.mecheng.iisc.ernet.in R Narasimhan PhD, MSc (Engg), ME Department of Materials Engineering Profile Established 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 academic 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, mechanical behaviour, thermodynamics and diffusion, ferroelectrics, polymer nanocomposites and devices, organic photovoltaics, biomaterials, thin films, texture and grain boundary engineering, and computational materials 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, ferroelectric and multiferroic materials, and polymers. The phenomena being explored also span multiple length and time scales: electronic structure of materials, nanomaterials and nanodevices, microstructural evolution, and bulk behaviour. The department publishes over 90 research papers each year in ISI journals. Currently, the department offers postgraduate programmes leading to masters and doctoral degrees. Starting in January 2013, it will start offering courses in the Materials stream of the undergraduate programme 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 modeling 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 packaging, processing of superconducting wires and thermal barrier coatings; Bulk metallic glasses; high entropy alloys; phase field simulations of microstructural evolution; deformation and transformation textures at micron and sub-micron length scales; micro- and nanostructures produced by far-from-equilibrium processes such as welding of dissimilar metals, laser and electron-beam welding, surface alloying, spray forming, rapid solidification, mechanical alloying, and equi-channel angular processing. Mechanical Behaviour – Development of experimen- tal and theoretical tools for studying mechanical behaviour of thin films, coatings, and micropillars; 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 materials. 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 ceramics; 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. Department of Materials Engineering 63 electric materials (scutterudites and tellurides); oxide based semiconductors (titania and zirconia). Electromigration in solid films and liquid metals; thermo-electro-mechanical excursions and their effects on short and long term reliability of microelectronic packages. Functional Materials – Electroactive polymers, organic photovoltaics, nanoelectronics and sensors; Polymer blends, carbon nanotube and grapheme based polymer nanocomposites, ferroelectric, pyroelectric, relaxor ferroelectric, magnetic, and multiferroic materials; high-temperature thermo- Abinandanan T A PhD (CMU), Professor Avadhani G S PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Jayaram, Vikram PhD (Stanford), FASc, FNASc, FNAE, FACerS, Professor Ramamurty U PhD (Brown), FNAE, FASc, Professor Karthikeyan S PhD (Ohio State), Assistant Professor Ranganathan S PhD (Cambridge), FASc, FNA, FNASc, FNAE, FTWAS, FIIM, Emeritus Professor Babu V AMIM (Kolkata), Technical Officer Kishore PhD (IISc), Emeritus Professor Banerjee, Dipankar PhD (IISc), FASc, FNA, FNAE, FNASc, Professor Kumar, Praveen PhD (USC), Assistant Professor Kumar, Subodh PhD (London), Professor Bose, Suryasarathi PhD (IITB), Assistant Professor Chatterjee, Kaushik PhD (Penn Stat), Assistant Professor Chattopadhyay K PhD (BHU), FASc, FNASc, FNA, FNAE, FIIM, Professor Chokshi, Atul H PhD (USC), FASc, FNASc, FNA, FNAE, FIIM, Professor Deshpande R J MSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Officer Gupta, Govind S PhD (Wollongong), Professor Jacob K T PhD (London), DSc (Engg), (London), FASc, FNASct FNA, FNAE, FIIM, Emeritus Professor Narayana B V PhD (SVU), Principal Research Scientist Natarajan K A PhD (Minnesota), DSc (IISc), FASc, FNASc, FNAE, FIIM, Emeritus Professor Padaikathan P MSc (Engg), (Bangalore), Scientific Officer Ranjan, Rajeev PhD (BHU), Assistant Professor Ravi R PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Srivastava, Chandan PhD (Alabama), Assistant Professor Subramanian S PhD (Mysore), Professor Surappa M K PhD (IISc), FNAE, FNA, Professor (on lien as Director, IIT/Ropar) Suwas, Satyam PhD (IIT/K), Associate Professor Paul, Aloke PhD (Delft), Associate Professor Raichur, Ashok M PhD (Nevada), Professor Ramamurthy, Praveen C PhD (Clemson), Assistant Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1945 +91-80-2293 2259 +91-(080)-2360 0472 [email protected] http://www.materials.iisc.ernet.in Vikram Jayaram ME, MSc (Engg), PhD Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing Profile Current Research The Department promotes teaching, research, industrial 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. Research into innovation and sustainability is primarily 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 processes, automated synthesis and embodiment of design concepts including micro and nanosystems, biomimetrics, knowledge capture and reuse, design for variety, distributed collaborative design and shared workspaces, and analysis and mitigation of environmental impacts of products during product development. The Infrastructure for product development is available at the Centre through its excellent fabrication facilities, a precision tool room, and skilled manpower specializing in various trades. The department is endowed with state of the art infrastructure for conducting cutting edge research into design and manufacturing. Major Research Areas Design Methodology, Human Factors, Product Design, Product Safety and CAE, Product Information Modeling, Design of automotive Systems, Digital Human Modeling, VR & Haptis, 3D product sketching, computerized anthropometry, mechanisms & mechatronics, Human Engineering, Eco Sustainability, collaboration and knowledge engineering. Research areas in ergonomics include computerized anthropometry, digital human modelling for ergonomic 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 Centre for Product Design and Manufacturing 65 synthesis of mechanisms, sketch based exploration of articulated motion in products, intelligent assembly planning, bio-mimetic locomotion and walking machines, and deployable mechanisms. tion of lightweight vehicle platforms with electric and hybrid-electric power-trains is being studied and implemented. Advanced computer-based methodologies are being developed for efficient and optimized design of structural systems for human protection under low to high velocity impact conditions. 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. The Major areas of focus in the virtual reality laboratory are: Haptics enabled precise Virtual Simulation Assembly processes, generation of assembly sequences and system assemble plans, assessment of assemblability, knowledge, insighted product and process definitions, acquisition of expert and sustainable manufacturing. 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- Ananthasuresh G K PhD (Michigan), Professor, Associate Faculty Arakeri, Jaywant H PhD (CalTech), Professor, Associate Faculty Chakrabarti, Amaresh PhD (Cambridge), HonFIED, Professor Chalapathi Rao N V PGDM (IIM/B), PRS/DESE, Associate Faculty Deb, Anindya PhD (SUNY, Buffalo), Professor Sen, Dibakar PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Diwakar J E PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Ghosal, Ashitava PhD (Stanford), Professor, Associate Faculty Gurumoorthy B PhD (Carnegie-Mellon), Professor Mani, Monto PhD (IIT/Madras), AP/CST, Associate Faculty Mathew, Mary PhD (IISc), AcP/MS, Associate Faculty Satish V Kailas PhD (IISc), P/ME, Associate Faculty Shivakumar N D Senior Scientific Officer Maiti, Rina PhD (IIT/Bombay), Assistant Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Associate Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : : 1998 +91-80-2293 2359 +91-(080)-2360 1975 [email protected] http://www.cpdm.iisc.ernet.in Anindya Deb J E Diwakar PhD, MSc (Engg), MDes Department of Civil Engineering Profile The Department has been in the forefront of advanced research in Civil Engineering and has also been pro-active in industrial interaction and technology 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 Research The 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 improvement of difficult ground; Mechanical behavior of sands through advanced elemental testing. 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, retaining structures and unsaturated slopes; Load resistantance Factor Design of retaining walls, MSE walls, soil nailed structures for static and seismic loading. Rock Mechanics – Experimental and theoretical Foundation Engineering – Analysis of shallow and deep foundations through analytical, model and field studies; Soil structure interaction; Analysis and design of offshore foundations. 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. Geophysical Exploration – Site characterization Railway Geotechnical Engineering – Ballast char- 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 protection 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. 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 uncertainties 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 predictions. Groundwater recharge and levels. Department of Civil Engineering 67 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; predictive 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 & groundwater. 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 groundwater in agricultural catchments. Vadose Zone Hydrology – Development of models 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 contaminant redistribution, soil moisture assimilation 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 application in hydrology and irrigation management. Urban Water Distribution Systems – Performance of water networks, predictive and inverse modeling, application of control algorithms, leakage control and energy minimization, water quality modeling in urban networks, contaminant transport 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 phenomena; random vibration; safety and reliability of structures; nonlinear dynamics; Structural dynamics of bridges, dams, buildings and industrial structures; active and passive vibration control 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 structures; modal testing and damage detection using vibration data; structural system identification; real time substructure testing; condition assessment and health monitoring of existing structures; application of particle filters in structural engineering; vibration control of structures using semi-active devices (MR dampers) and development of control algorithms. Fracture Mechanics of Concrete & Composites – Application of fracture mechanics to plain and reinforced concrete; application of fractal geometry and fractal functions in fracture mechanics; Numerical modeling of plain concrete fracture; analysis of mixed mode fracture of quasi brittle softening materials like concrete; application of fracture mechanics of layered composites to understand delamination; mixed mode fracture at interface between dissimilar materials with application towards safety assessment of dams; residual fatigue life assessment of concrete structures; correlation between fracture and damage; numerical methods for determination of thermal bi-material stress intensity factors – line integral, domain integral 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 fracture process in quasi-brittle materials. Structural Masonry and low carbon building mate- rials – Studies on brick masonry structures; influence of interfacial bond strength on masonry behavior; earthquake resistant design of masonry; 68 Department of Civil Engineering characteristics of fly ash based roofing files; strength and stability of rammed earth walls; dissemination of building technologies; strengthening 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 analytical studies on the behavior of fiber reinforced high strength concrete members. Application of nonlinear finite element analysis to fiber reinforced concrete. 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 mechanics; 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 mechanics problems of large-scale systems; domain decomposition; mesh-free methods: hybrid schemes bridging mesh-free and finite element methods; unsymmetric and stabilized weak forms; discontinuous Galerkin methods; adaptive and multigrid schemes; geometrically exact beam and shell theories; parametrization of 3D rotations; Cosserat point theories; applications to mechanics of wrinkled 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 problems 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 transportation, driver behavior and road safety, traffic management, road safety engineering, transportation needs and climate change, travel behavior. Department of Civil Engineering 69 Allam M M PhD (IISc), Professor Murthy, Tejas G PhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor Shantha Kumar S BE (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Anbazhagan P PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Nagesh Kumar D PhD (IISc), Professor Sivakumar Babu G L PhD (IISc), Professor Chandra Kishen J M PhD (Colorado), Professor Nanjunda Rao K S PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Sivapullaiah P V PhD (IISc), Professor Ghosh, Debraj PhD (Johns Hopkins), Assistant Professor Kumar, Jyant PhD (IISc), Professor Madhavi Latha G PhD (IIT/M), Associate Professor Manohar C S PhD (IISc), Professor Mohan Kumar M S PhD (IISc), Professor Mujumdar P P PhD (IISc), Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered Pandey P C PhD (Liverpool), Professor Raghuveer Rao P MSc (Engg) (Bangalore), Senior Scientific Officer Ramaswamy, Ananth PhD (Louisiana), Professor Rao, Sudhakar M PhD (Poona), Professor Roy, Debasish PhD (IISc), Professor Sekhar M PhD (IISc), Associate Professor : : : : : : : Srinivas V V PhD (IIT/M), Associate Professor Thallak, G Sitharam PhD (Waterloo), Professor Venkatarama Reddy B V PhD (IISc), Professor Venkatesha S MSc (Engg) (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Verma, Ashish PhD (IIT/B), Assistant Professor Vidyasagar R PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer 1950 +91-80-2293 2324 +91-(080)-2360 0404 [email protected] http://www.civil.iisc.ernet.in C S Manohar 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 Profile The department pursues applied and fundamental research in the areas of economics, energy management, entrepreneurship, finance, human resource management, intellectual property, marketing, operations management, operations research, project management, and public policy. Entrepreneurship and Knowledge Networking – Social and technological contexts of entrepreneurship; Role of knowledge management and networking in promoting entrepreneurial performance. Understanding decision making in entrepreneurial 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 models for volatility forecasts and exploitation. Major Research Areas Applied 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 commercialization 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 management, and Energy systems modeling. Applied Statistics – Bayesian analysis of super imposed renewal processes incorporating information on repair time. Bayesian model selection using intrinsic bases factor. Bayesian accelerated life testing. Energy & Environmental Policy and Management – Assessment of Climate change mitigation imperative 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. Human Resource Management, Organizational Behavior and Knowledge Management – Manpower planning, training and compensation system for strategic growth, Measurement of collective intelligence 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, organizational 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 framework for assessing work life balance, Collective intelligence at the team level, Smart city technologies as drivers of innovation, Employee pension schemes and Social security in India. Industrial Economics – An empirical examination of changing innovation paradigm and competitiveness status of Indian economy in the global 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. Department of Management Studies 71 Marketing, International Marketing, Services Project Management – Enhancing and upgrading Marketing, Strategic Management and Transportation – Marketing of space services, International marketing opportunities for IRS data products and services, VALS model, international market opportunities for defence, corporate philanthropy, strategies for optimum capacity utilization. Quantitative measures for business process reengineering, optimum strategy for aircraft fuel conservation, key factors of consumer satisfaction 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. project management capabilities. Knowledge-based project systems design and analysis. Representation and modeling of requirements engineering in software 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 interventions 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 property 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 management, Knowledge-based project systems design. 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 institutions (sectors: electricity, rural economy, informal economy, health, environment, urban planning); Employment regulations (formal and informal); Corporate social responsibility; Direct and indirect (second and third order) regulatory impacts. Akhilesh K B PhD (IISc), Professor Bala Subrahmanya M H PhD (ISEC/Bangalore), Professor Balachandra P PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Gurtoo, Anjula Fellow (IIM/Ahmedabad), Associate Professor Iyer, Parameshwar P PhD (California), Principal Research Scientist Ramachandran, Parthasarathy PhD (Oklahoma State), Associate Professor Mathew, Mary PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Srinivasan R FIIM (IIM/Bangalore), Professor Mathirajan M PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Yadnyvalkya MS (Engg), (Moscow), MA/Russian (CIEFL), Principal Research Scientist Mukhopadhyay C PhD (Missouri), Associate Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1947 +91-80-2293 2378 +91-(080)-2360 4534 [email protected] http://www.mgmt.iisc.ernet.in M H Bala Subrahmanya PhD and MMgt Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences Profile Major Research Areas The monsoon, which is so deeply woven into the fabric of Indian society and culture, is the prime motivator 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 different 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. The 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 interactions, subseasonal to interannual predictability, rainfall and hydrology, global carbon cycle and climate change, and Indian Ocean circulation and thermodynamics. The discoveries of a threshold in the surface temperature 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 circulation are some of the highlights of the Centre’s work. Centre for Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences 73 The Centre has also developed methodologies to integrate knowledge of the monsoon in farming strategies for enhanced production. Bala, Govindasamy PhD (McGill), Associate Professor Bhat G S PhD (IISc), FASc, Professor Chakraborty, Arindam PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Ghosh, Prosenjit PhD (PRL/Ahmedabad), AP/CEaS, Associate Faculty Current research involves observational, data analysis and modeling approaches, addressing problems in the areas listed above. Goswami B N PhD (Gujarat), FASc, FNA, FNASc, Professor (on lien) Srinivasan J PhD (Stanford), FASc, FNA, FNAE, Professor Nanjundiah, Ravi S PhD (IISc), Professor Sukhatme, Jai PhD (Chicago), Assistant Professor Satheesh S K PhD (Kerala), FASc, FNA, Professor Vinayachandran P N PhD (IISc), FASc, Professor Sengupta, Debasis PhD (Bombay), Professor Vuruputur, Venugopal PhD (Minnesota), Assistant Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1982 +91-80-2293 2505 +91-(080)-2360 0865 [email protected] http://caos.iisc.ernet.in G S Bhat PhD, MSc (Engg), MTech (Climate Science) Divecha Centre for Climate Change Profile The “Divecha Centre for Climate Change” was established 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 mitigate climate change. Research Areas During the past three years the centre has undertaken many outreach activities to create awareness among young people about climate change and its consequences. This has been done through lectures, workshops 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 understand 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, Govindasamy PhD (McGill), AcP/CAOS Nanjundaiah, Ravi S PhD (IISc), P/CAOS Sukhatme, Jai PhD (Chicago), AP/CAOS Bhat G S PhD (IISc), FASc, P/CAOS Ramasesha, Sheela K PhD (IISc), Visiting Research Scientist Sukumar R PhD (IISc), P/CES Chakraborty, Arindam PhD (IISc), AP/CAOS Ravindranath N H PhD (IIT/B), P/CST Vinaychandran P N PhD (IISc), AcP/CAOS Ghosh, Prosenjit PhD (PRL), AP/CEaS Satheesh S K PhD (Kerala), AcP/CAOS Vuruputur, Venugopal PhD (Minnesota), AP/CAOS Kulkarni, Anil V PhD (Shivaji), Distinguished Visiting Scientist Sengupta, Debasis PhD (Bombay), P/CAOS Mujumdar P P PhD (IISc) P/CiE Srinivasan J PhD (Stanford), FASc, FNA, FNAE, P/CAOS Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson : : : : : : 2009 +91-80-2293 2075 +91-80-2360 0865 [email protected] http://www.dccc.iisc.ernet.in J Srinivasan Centre for Earth Sciences Profile Understanding 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, multidisciplinary approach involving petrological, geophysical 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 modulating Earth processes. Equipped with state-of-theart 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 Areas Earthquake geology, seismic hazard analysis; seismotectonics; earthquake and tsunami recurrence; Major, trace element and isotope geochemistry; geochronology; cosmochemistry; impact processes; Petrology; Metamorphism; paleoclimate reconstruction. Current Research Reconstruction of earthquake history using geological evidence and using them to develop source models 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 geophysical techniques are used to map the subsurface stratigraphy to quantify the response of the built environment 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 geological constraints to model tsunami generation and recurrence. Stable isotope studies to monitor and label atmospheric greenhouse gases like CO2 to establish a link between climatic instability and temperature change; estimating CO2 budgets, tracing pathways and interaction 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 estimating 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; understanding lower crustal process in the early Earth to understand 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 properties of minerals, its relations to metamorphism and lower crustal processes. Using short-lived (now extinct) radionuclides like Sm (which decays to 142Nd, T1/2 ~ 103 Ma) to study meteorites as well as ancient crustal rocks to understand early evolution of the Earth and its companions. 146 Using radiogenic isotope systematic (Rb-Sr, Sm-Nd, U-Th-Pb, Lu-Hf) to understand petrogenesis of igneous rocks particularly alkaline igneous complexes; trace element and Nd isotopic provenance study ancient sediments; using non-traditional stable isotopes of Ca, Mg, Si, Fe, Cr to understand modern surface processes, paleo-seawater compositions and paleo-redox. Centre for Earth Sciences 77 Chakrabarti, Ramananda PhD (Rochester), Assistant Professor Mujumdar P P PhD (IISc), P/CiE, Associate Faculty Sreenivasan, Binod PhD (Cambridge), Associate Professor Ghosh, Prosenjit PhD (PRL), Assistant Professor Nagesh Kumar D PhD (IISc), P/CiE, Associate Faculty Srinivasan G PhD (PRL), Associate Professor Krishnan, Sajeev PhD (Okayama), Assistant Professor Rajendran, Kusala PhD (South Carolina), Associate Professor Sukhatme J S PhD (Chicago), AP/CAOS, Associate Faculty Sengupta D PhD (NIO), P/CAOS, Associate Faculty Venugopal V PhD (Minnesota), AP/CAOS, Associate Faculty Manohar C S PhD (IISc), P/CiE, Associate Faculty Menon A G PhD (IISc), P/IN, Associate Faculty Established Phone Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : 2007 +91-80-2293 3405 [email protected] http://ceas.iisc.ernet.in A G Menon PhD and MSc (Engg) Centre for Sustainable Technologies Profile Major Research Areas The 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 development 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 habitation. Successful examples of CST’s diverse interventions are energy efficient wood burning devices, biomethanation, biomass gasification, alternative buildings and BiPV, water purification and defluoridation, sanitation, sustainable biomass for energy, forestry, bioenergy & climate change, and environmental quality assurance-impact studies. The Centre for Sustainable Technologies has also been carrying out rural extension activities at its Ungra Field Centre, located about 110 km from Bangalore in Kunigal Taluk, Tumkur District. Bioenergy 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 programmes 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 settlements, producing climate responsive architecture and planning, building comfort studies in tropical regions, and tsunami and earthquake resistant shelters providing sanitation for near-coastal settlements, and applying desalination and bioremediation to waste-water and decentralized energy planning. In addition, looking ahead, CST is developing technologies for carbon mitigation, using nano-materials to treat chromium and nitrate contaminated water, bio-fuels, nitrogen recovery from contaminated surface and groundwater resources, biomass refineries for gas (producer gas, hydrogen, etc), liquid fuels and byproducts, energy generation from waste, lowcarbon 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. Thermochemical conversion for heat and power generation, hydrogen generation and BTL, biological conversion, conversion devices for heat and power, forestry and biomass production. Alternative Building Technologies Energy efficiency in buildings, functional performance of buildings, low-carbon building materials, reuse of industrial and mining waste, sustainability and human settlements (habitats). Climate-responsive architecture/buildings Building comfort studies in tropical regions, solar-passive 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 technologies. aquatic toxicology, water pollution impacts on biodiversity of aquatic ecosystems, population dynamics and community ecology. Preserving vulnerable 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 ecosystems, population dynamics and community ecology. Coral reef Studies Preserving vulnerable fresh water and marine species, 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 engineering applications. Centre for Sustainable Technologies 79 Climate change, Mitigation, Adaptation & Vulnerability Studies in forest, land use and biofuel sectors, climate change impact, vulnerability and adaptation assessment, climate change policy. Current Research Bio-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 technology 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 materials 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 technologies 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 adaptation. 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, captive power generation and grid linked IPP (upto 1 MWe). Gasification technology for thermal applications upto 5 MW th. Building integrated photovoltaics – roof integration design. Combustion devices for domestic and industrial applications. Building design and sanitation technology for tsunami affected coastal (island) communities. Alternate building technologies; walls, roof, mudblock, efficient kilns, etc. Earthquake resistant designs. Package for fluoride contaminated water treatment. Bioenergy technologies for rural development. Methods for forest sector mitigation projects. Roof-integrated PV design for buildings. 80 Centre for Sustainable Technologies Education Industrial Consultancy CST offers PhD and MSc (Engg) programmes (equivalent to MS by research) in all the research areas mentioned 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 conducts specific training programmes. The Centre, through its faculty, offers services to industry and government agencies both in India and abroad, in the areas of energy, buildings, water, environment and climate change. Balachandra P PhD (IISc), PRS/MS, Associate Faculty Nanjunda Rao K S PhD (IISc), PRS/CiE, Associate Faculty Sanna, Durgappa D PhD (KUD), Assistant Professor Chanakya H N PhD (UAS), Chief Research Scientist Raghunandan B N PhD (IISc), P/AE, Associate Faculty Siva Kumar Babu G L PhD (IISc) P/CiE, Associate Faculty Dasappa S PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Ramachandra T V PhD (IISc), SSO/CES, Associate Faculty Somashekar H I MSc Ag (UAS), Technical Officer Jayant M Modak PhD (Purdue), P/CE, Associate Professor Monto, Mani PhD (IIT/M), Assistant Professor Rao, Sudhakar M PhD (Poona), P/CiE, Associate Faculty Ravindranath N H PhD (IIT/B), Professor Established Phone Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : Venkatakrishnappa D MSc (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Venkatarama Reddy B V PhD (IISc), P/CiE, Associate Faculty 1974 +91-80-2293 2447 [email protected] http://www.astra iisc.ernet.in/ Sudhakar M Rao PhD, MSc (Engg) Supercomputer Education and Research Centre Profile The Computer Centre was established in 1970 as a central facility. The Centre became the Supercomputer Education and Research Centre (SERC) in 1990 to provide state-of-the-art computing facilities to the faculty and students of the Institute. The Centre is conceived of as a functionally distributed supercomputing environment, 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, development, and training at the Institute. The powerful campus wide network has created an enhanced awareness of network computing and information processing. The Centre has been acting as a referral agency for several 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 Areas Computer 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. and applications. Some of the key current research areas and projects are: Computer Aided VLSI Design, System-on-Chip, Embedded Systems – architecture space exploration for reconfigurable silicon cores, reconfigurable computation structures on silicon cores, application synthesis/compilation on heterogeneous and reconfigurable silicon multi-cores, streaming support on reconfigurable silicon cores, system virtualization. Computer Architecture, Compilers and High Performance Computing – Architecture and compiler support for accelerator-based HPC architecture, computer system performance evaluation. Computer Graphics, Scientific Visualization and Computational Topology – Multiresolution representations for scientific visualization, topological analysis of scalar fields, visualization in life sciences. Computational and Numerical Electromagnetics – Design and analysis of ion traps for mass spectrometry, 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 sensor network systems. Lattice Gauge Computation. Theories and Quantum Medical Imaging. Multiparameter Radars – Scattering models for weather targets, weather radars, fractals. Numerical Linear Algebra – Norms and condition numbers of a matrix. Current Research SERC is engaged in research programs in areas relating to high performance computing systems design Optical Physics – Optical properties of nanocom- posite materials, optical properties of surface/subsurface particles, parallel computing for dipole lattices. Supercomputer Education and Research Centre 83 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, middleware for parallel processing systems. Scientific Computing – Computational stochastics, Constrained dynamics and optimization, Application to multiscale systems. Signal Processing – Robust speech and speaker recognition, signal compression for satellite imagery and video, optical character recognition for Indian languages. Adaptive finite element method (hp-fem) for multiphase flows. Efficient and Robust Numerical Scheme for Parallel Computation Radiative transfer. of Multidimensional 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 analysis, 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 government and private agencies. Its clientele include different 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. 84 Supercomputer Education and Research Centre Patel, Apoorva PhD (Caltech), Professor Balakrishnan N PhD (IISc), FASc, FNAE, FNA, FNASc, Professor Lakshmi J PhD (IISc), Principal Research Scientist Bhakthavathsalam R PhD (IISc), Senior Scientific Officer Mathias P C PhD (IISc), Associate Professor Raghuraman K P MSc (Phy), (Bharatidasan), Technical Officer Chandrappa T A MSc (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Minj, Filbert MTech (JNU), Senior Sientific Officer Raha, Soumyendu PhD (Minnesota), Associate Professor Ganesan, Sashikumaar PhD (Otto-von-Guericke, Germany), Assistant Professor Mohanty, Atanu K PhD (Brooklyn Polytech), Assistant Professor Rajaraman V PhD (Wisconsin), Honorary Professor Govindarajan R PhD (IISc), FNAE, Professor Muralidharan M R MTech (Mysore), Principal Research Scientist Gowranga K H MSc (Engg), (IISc), Scientific Assistant Gundu Rao A BE (Bangalore), Technical Officer Haritsa, Jayant R PhD (Wisconsin), FNASc, FNAE, FASc, Professor Jacob, T Matthew PhD (Wisconsin), Professor Krishna Murthy R ME (IISc), Chief Research Scientist Krishnamurthy H ME (IISc), Chief Research Scientist Nalini S MSc, MPhil (Bangalore), Scientific Assistant Nandy S K PhD (IISc), Professor Natarajan, Vijay PhD (Duke), Assistant Professor Negi, Yoginder Kumar MTech (Delhi), Scientific Officer Saqquaf S S BE (Bangalore), Technical Officer Sekar K PhD (Madras), Associate Professor Vadhiyar, Sathish S PhD (Tennessee), Associate Professor Venkatapathi, Murugesan PhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor Venkatesh Babu R PhD (IISc), Assistant Professor Yalavarthy, Phaneendra K PhD (Dartmouth), Assistant Professor Pal, Debnath PhD (Jadhavpur), Associate Professor Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : : 1970 +91-80-2293 2737/2738 +91-(080)-2360 2648 [email protected] http://www.serc.iisc.ernet.in R Govindarajan PhD, MSc [Engg], MTech (Computational Science) Centre for Nano Science and Engineering Profile The Centre for Nano Science and Engineering (E) focuses on research and education in the broad area of nano scale science and technology covering topics such as nano scale electronics, devices, materials, micro and nanoelectromechanical systems, bio and nanophotonics, bioelectronic interfaces and integrated small-scale systems. In addition to the research programs of the core faculty, the Centre runs a multidisciplinary research and training program involving more than 40 faculty members from various departments 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 Areas Some 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 Integration, 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 Facilities 1. 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, Stereolithography Centre for Nano Science and Engineering 87 Cleanroom corridor inside the National Nanofabrication Centre. 2. Micro and Nano Characterization Facility with the following capabilities ü Material Characterization: Dual-Beam FIB, FESEM, Particle Analyzer, AFM ü Electrical Characterization: Wafer Probe Stations, Semiconductor Device Analyzers, Vector Network Analyzers, RF Signal Sources, Storage Oscilloscopes 3. In addition, there will be separate labs in the Centre that will cater to polymer processing, electrochemistry, electro-optics, DNA/bio circuits, systems integration, MEMS and NEMS characterization, neuron and tissue culture. 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 Spectroscopic Ellipsometer CORE FACULTY Bhat, Navakanta PhD (Stanford), Professor Ghosh, Ambarish PhD (Brown), Assistant Professor Naik, Akshay PhD (Maryland), Assistant Professor Raghavan, Srinivasan PhD (Penn. State), Assistant Professor Pratap, Rudra PhD (Cornell), Professor Varma, Manoj PhD (Purdue), Assistant Professor Established Phone Email URL Chairperson Degree Programs Offered : : : : : : 2010 +91-80-2293 3291/3276 [email protected] http://www.cense.iisc.ernet.in Rudra Pratap PhD Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems Profile Major Research Areas Robert 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 communication, 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, environmental 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 products 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. The 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 verticals and laterals lie the specific research projects. The Centre has initiated five verticals, namely, agriculture, buildings, healthcare, transportation, and water. Some of the laterals identified include algorithms; analytics, software, and middleware; design and prototyping; electronics; modeling and simulation; networks; and sensors. Current Research Research done at the Centre comprises five programmes: agriculture, buildings, healthcare, transportation, and water. Projects under each programme cover multiple disciplines and are coordinated and executed by faculty of the Institute and the technical 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), Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems 89 Student volunteers sending SMS alerts to registered visitors about the campus events on the IISc’s Open Day on March 3rd, 2012. Research Associates, Technicians, Entrepreneurs in Residence, and administrative staff. Selected projects of the Centre include: Cyber Surgery and Remote Patient Care The Centre also pursues short-term small projects, called the projects, that focus on developing innovative products in the area of cyber physical systems. Selected projects include: Touch Screen Anywhere Remote Neonatal Monitoring and Intervention Decentralized low power desalination via field Zero Energy Building Sensor System for Monitoring Stroke Patients in effect − A water bottle for desalination Rehabilitation Verified Real Time Operating System for Multicore Processors Formal Analysis of CPS Protocols and Software. Bharadwaj, Amrutur PhD (Stanford), AcP/ECE Ananthasuresh G K PhD (Michigan), FNAE, P/ME Established Phone Fax Email : : : : Asokan S PhD (IISc), FNASc, P/IAP 2011 +91-80-2293 3430 +91-(080)-2293 2046 [email protected] [email protected] URL : http://cps.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : S Asokan Associate Chairs : G K Ananthasuresh Amrutur Bharadwaj Archives and Publications Cell Profile There are three Series of Publications that this committee oversees: The Archives Cell was established on May 17, 2007. Subsequently it was enlarged to include a publications wing and was renamed as the Archives and Publications Cell (APC) on January 31, 2008. IISc Centenary Lecture Series (ICLS) The APC has a two-fold responsibility. The first is to collect, catalogue and preserve all documents, photographs and other articles of relevance to the Institute. The second is to coordinate and facilitate the publication 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 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 Journal of the Indian Institute of Science Archives Activities: An exhibition ‘IISc in the News – an exhibition of press cuttings’ arranged in the Main Building as part of the ‘Open Day’ celebrations, on March 3rd 2012. 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) 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: Archives and Publications Cell 91 A video recording of Mr. K. V. Sheshadri was carried 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 occasions 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 publication The 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 application form; Talent Development Centre Report. Journal of the Indian Institute of Science The 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). Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson : : : : : : IISc Press-WSPC Publications IISc Press and World Scientific Publishing Company (WSPC), Singapore have a joint publishing collaboration 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 compilation 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 postgraduate 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 limited 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. 2007 +91-80-2293 2618/2066/2750 +91-(080)-2293 2066 [email protected] http://apc.iisc.ernet.in A G Menon International Relations Cell Profile The 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 international 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. Over the years, the institute has attracted a large number of visitors and delegations exploring possible collaborations in specific areas of research and student and faculty exchange. The Institute has signed MOUs with several Institutions abroad for co-operation 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. ü Maintaining a data base of all IISc International Co-operation Programmes, visits of foreign delegations, etc. ü Acting as an advisory body to the growing number of foreign students and visitors at the Institute. Chockalingam A P/ECE, Member Rangarajan G P/BC, Member Umapathy S P/IPC, Member Pratap, Rudra P/ME, Member Subramanian S P/Mat. Eng, Member Vijayraghavan, Usha P/MCB, Member Ramamurty U P/Mat. Eng, Member Thilagam V Hindi Officer/Admin, Member Registrar Member Secretary Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson : : : : : : 1998 +91-80-2293 2560 +91-(080)-2360 2567 [email protected] http://irc.iisc.ernet.in G Rangarajan J.R.D. Tata Memorial Library Profile The JRD Tata Memorial Library has completed its centenary 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 technology. This rich and valuable collection has some rare reference materials and several important journals. The total print collections exceed 5 lakh volumes. The electronic resources cover most professional society publications 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 repository. 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 Users The 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 volumes 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 reference 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 provided to organizations, and individuals on a no-profit basis. Activities Regular 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 literacy 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 J.R.D. Tata Memorial Library 95 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 below Access 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. Library Automation and Database related activi- ties – The library uses standard library management 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 database related activities of the library. Barcode & RFID Technology – The entire book, bound volume of periodicals and theses collections of the library are bar coded. RFID technology 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. J.R.D. Tata Memorial Library Annexe and Digital 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 Library – The Digitization of Institute theses, and out-of-copyright books from the main library collection is an important activity carried out at the library annexe. It also houses print collections of standards and theses. Electronic thesis and dissertation access: http://www.ncsi.iisc.ernet.in Anuradha K T PhD (Mysore), ADISc (ISI), Technical Officer Nagarjuna, Pitty ME (Satyabhama), Scientific Officer Rout S K A.D.I.Sc. (DRTC,ISI), M.L.I.Sc. (IGNOU), Technical Officer Chudamani K S PhD (Bangalore), Deputy Librarian Nagendra V N MA (Kanpur), Scientific Assistant Sandhya B C M.Lib.Sc. (Mysore), Technical Officer Jayakanth, Francis PhD (BU), MLIS (Madras) Scientific Assistant Nirmala Devi K M.Lib.Sc. (Annamalai), Assistant Librarian Srinivasan, Pushpa MSc (Bangalore), Technical Officer Krishna Murthy R ME (IISc), Chief Research Scientist, Library In-charge Puttabasavaiah M.Lib.Sc. (Mysore), Deputy Librarian Established Phone Fax Email URL Library In-charge: : : : : : : 1911 +91-80-2293 2407 +91-(080)-2360 1653 [email protected] http://www.library.iisc.ernet.in R Krishna Murthy Centre for Continuing Education Profile The Centre was established with the primary objective 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 Activities Quality Improvement Programme (QIP); CCE – Proficience Courses, Short term, Sponsored and Self supporting courses, Curriculum Development, High School Science Teachers Programme, Mathematics Olympiad, Extension Lectures, etc. Current Research The 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 better student assessment. Besides this, the Centre has ADVISORY COMMITTEE Raghunandan B N P/AE Dean, Faculty of Engineering, Member Diwakar J E CDC Coordinator and PRS/CPDM Proficience, Invitee conducted several intensive research oriented training programmes for the benefit of small scale and multinational 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. Kumar, Anurag P/ECE Chairman, Division of Electrical Sciences, Member Lawrence Jenkins P/EE, Chairman, SCC, Member Established Phone Fax Email : : : : 1975 +91-80-2293 2491 +91-(080)-2360 0911 [email protected] [email protected] URL : http://www.cce.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : P Venkataram Chattopadhyay K P/MT, Chairman, Division of Mechanical Sciences, Member Registrar, IISc Member Venkataram P P/ECE, Chairman Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation & Urban Planning (CiSTUP) Profile Other areas The Centre for infrastructure, Sustainable Transportation and Urban Planning (CiSTUP) of Indian Institute 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 transportation 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 development programmes related to urban transportation and infrastructure engineering. Traffic 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. The main areas of specialization and interest are Infrastructure, Sustainable Urban Transportation and Urban Planning. Among these areas, Sustainable urban transport 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 transportation and urban planning instead of only giving theoretical/research oriented measures. Major Research Areas Traffic and transportation engineering, Urban infrastructure, 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/Infrastructure, & Urban economics and social issues. Established : 2009 Phone : +91-80-2293 2521/2043/3251/3252 +91-80-2346 8207 Fax : +91-(080)-2346 8207 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.cistup.iisc.ernet.in Chairperson : T G Sitharam Centre for Scientific and Industrial Consultancy Profile • Software development The Institute encourages and promotes interaction between its faculty and industries/research organisations. 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 importance and relevance. • Technical advice and guidance on industry in-house R&D Major Activities • Mathematical modeling of sintering process Industry Interaction, Campus Recruitment, Auditoria Management. • Practical memory refresh in linux • 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: • Electronics interface for MEMS ultrasonic sensor Industry interaction • Light scattering properties of non-particle assemblies and associated thin films Some of the technological services provided through CSIC projects are: • Kernel methods for understanding data generated from workloads • Design and development of products and processes • Flash as a new storage tier • Transfer of technology • Distributed storage codes for content distribution • System design and analysis • Interaction between superalloys and the bond coats Centre for Scientific and Industrial Consultancy 101 • Ratcheting analysis and material characterization for Chaboche model analysis • Evaluation of synergic nano-composites During the academic year 2011–12, 365 students registered 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 Instruments, Intel Technologies, Airbus Engineering Centre, Yahoo R&D, Goldman Sachs, General Motors, General 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. Campus Recruitment Auditoria Management 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. CSIC manages the programmes and activities at the National Science Seminar Complex (NSSC) and the Satish Dhawan Auditorium (SDA). • 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 profiles for different states in India • Measurment of turbulence on model in wind tunnel Established Phone Fax Email URL Chairperson ASSOCIATE Chairperson : : : : : : : 1975 +91-80-2293 2446 +91-(080)-2331 4845 [email protected] http://www.csic.iisc.ernet.in J M Chandra Kishen N C Shivaprakash Society for Innovation and Development (SID) Profile The 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 innovations in science and technology by creating a purposeful 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 establishments, which in a mutually beneficial way with the prosperity of the nation, as the ultimate goal. SID is a society registered under the Karnataka Societies Act, with a symbiotic relationship with IISc. It draws from and provides access to intellectual and infrastructural resources of IISc. SID creates infrastructure in IISc and promotes interdisciplinary activity. 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 Centres SID 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 Individual or Group Projects SID 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 international organizations. Phyto Biotech Private Limited Entrepreneurship Cell An Entrepreneurship Cell was constituted in SID with a view of strengthening all activities related to entrepreneurship and technology transfer. Society for Innovation and Development (SID) 103 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. General Agreements Other Modes Volva Corporation SID can formulate new, innovative modes of interaction to suit the specific needs of any proposed collaborative activity between IISc scientists and external agency. Agreements with the following companies have been signed during the period. Saint Gobain Robert Bosch Centre for Cyber Physical Systems I2n Technologies Private Limited Pratt & Whitney Micron, USA Project Details New Projects Initiated (2010–2011) 32 On-going Projects 91 Incubation Centre The following incubate companies operate under the Incubation Centre provided by SID. Visitors SID'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 Mymo Wireless Technology Pvt Ltd. Airbus Instrumentation Scientific Technologies Pvt Ltd. Rolls Poyce Gamma Porite Electrotech Pvt Ltd. Medtronic Chief ExEcutive: Jayant M Modak P/CE Resource Executives: S Gopalakrishnan P/AE Mary Mathew AcP/MS Amaresh Chakrabarti P/CPDM P Kondaiah P/MRDG P K Das P/IPC Navkant Bhat AcP/ECE Established Phone Fax Email URL : : : : : 1991 +91-80-2293 2544/3295 +91-(080)-2331 4314 [email protected] http://www.sid.iisc.ernet.in Intellectual Property Cell Profile The 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 frontline administrative entity. The IP Cell aims to promote awareness among the IISc community of the importance 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 agreements, 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 pursuing a systematic, mutually-beneficial engagement with research-based national and international companies 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 intellectual property (IP) that results from research undertaken 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 agreement 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 creating applications for IISc’s inventions and discoveries. Additionally, the IP Cell, with the help of the inventors, has entered into license agreements with the public 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. Intellectual Property Cell 105 IISc’s IP filing over the years, is illustrated below. Associate Faculty Mary Mathew AcP/MS Established Phone Fax Email : : : : 2004 +91-80-2293 2037/2038 +91-(080)-2346 4088 [email protected] [email protected] Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Profile Fellowship Details The 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 administered by the IISc, in association with the Zonal Centres at IISER (Kolkata), HBCSE (Mumbai). Fellowship Value Qualifications Rs. 4000/-p.m. XII Std./+2 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 second year bachelor’s degree programme in Science such as BSc., BS., Integrated MSc., MS., during the academic 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. 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 GrantFour 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 Programme Summer programme in prestigious research and educational institutions in the country is organized, every year to fresh awardees. Fellows on Roll – As on 30.04.2012 Stream ContinuingFresh award Provisional SA 311 SB 154 66 SX 187 283 854 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 contingency grant equal to 4 months of fellowship per year) are given (up to the pre-PhD level) to the selected students. Vijyoshi Programme For 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. Kishore Vaigyanik Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) 107 Convener Chandrasekaran S Hon. P/OC Co-Convener Gadadhar Mishra P/Math Members of the Basic Committee Ashok Raichur M P/Mat.E Das P K P/IPC Subburaman B K Adviser – Head, Admin Karande Anjali Anoop P/BC/CAF Padmanabhan K G Anil Kumar P S AcP/Phy Established : 1999 Phone : +91-80-2293 2975/2976 2360 1008/2360 2367 Fax : +91-(080)-2360 1215 Email : [email protected] URL : http://www.iisc.ernet.in/kvpy http://www.kvpy.org.in convener : Chandrasekaran S Administrative Officer Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology Profile Major Programmes Karnataka 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, Government of Karnataka. Natural Resources Data Management System (NRDMS) During the last three and half decades of its existence, KSCST has been pro-actively engaging itself to identify locale specific needs/problems in the broad areas of Agriculture, Water, Education, Energy, Ecology 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 executes 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 people. 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 formulation of S&T based policies and its wider acceptance by carrying out activities like scientific survey, project implementation, co-ordination & monitoring, organization of science meets and awareness campaigns. The Department of Science and Technology, Government of India advocated KSCST as a model to all the states. Vision: Application of Science & Technology for the management of resources, improvement of environment, quality of life and socio-economic conditions of the people of Karnataka. Mission: Co-ordinate R&D activities for generation 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. 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 Treatment (BFWDST) Assessment of the Status of Kalyanis (Village Ponds) and measure for rejuvenation in different Agro-climatic zones of Karnataka using Geo-Spatial 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 Horticultural Crops by Rural Farmers and Dissemination of the Technology Organising Workshops on ‘Identification of Strategies for Mapping of S&T Needs in the State of Karnataka’ – Phase II Organisation of National Spatial Data Infrastructure – 11th Meeting NSDI-11 at Bangalore Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning and Documentation of Watershed works under IWMP programme Suvarna Bhoomi Yojane (Kolar, Chikaballapur and Bijapur) Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology 109 Secretary Executive Secretary M S Mohan Kumar P/CiE M Prithviraj Established : 1975 Phone : +91-80-2334 1652/2334 8848/ 2360 1824/2331 1394 Fax : +91-(080)-2334 8840 Email : [email protected] [email protected] URL : http://www.kscst.iisc.ernet.in http://www.kscst.org.in 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 interdisciplinary 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 biology; evolutionary biology; theoretical biology; viral dynamics; constrained biomolecular dynamics; mathematical immunology; numerical analysis; computational fluid dynamics and scientific computation; wireless communication and sensor networks; stochastic optimal control; mathematical 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 engineering. Realizing the importance of nanoscience and nanotechnology and attempting to promote its growth, the Institute has recently launched Institute Nanoscience Initiative (INI). Under this program, 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 engineering, 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 program 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 engineering 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, clinical engineering, healthcare technology, mechanobiology, medical electronics, muscular control, nano-biology, synthetic and systems biology, tele-medicine, tissue engineering, and allied topics. 110 Directors Directors M W Travers Alfred Bourne Martin Onslow Forster C V Raman Jnan Chandra Ghosh M S Thacker S Bhagavantam S Dhawan S Ramaseshan C N R Rao G Padmanaban Goverdhan Mehta P Balaram Nov 1906–June 1914 Oct 1915–Mar 1921 Nov 1922–Mar 1933 April 1933–July 1937 Aug 1939–Dec 1948 Sept 1949–Aug 1955 Mar 1957–Dec 1962 Dec 1962–July 1981 Aug 1981–July 1984 Aug 1984–July 1994 Aug 1994–July 1998 Aug 1998–June 2005 Since July 2005 Joint/Associate/Deputy Directors S Ramaseshan Joint Director G Padmanaban Deputy Director A Sridharan Deputy Director M Vijayan Associate Director N Balakrishnan Associate Director 1979 – 81 1993 – 94 1994 – 97 2000 – 04 Since Sept 2005 Officiating/In-charge/Acting Directors Alfred Hay Officiating Director B Venkateshachar Director-in-Charge E V Ganapathi Iyer Acting Director K Sreenivasan Acting Director D K Banerjee Acting Director June 1914–Oct 1915 Mar 1921–Nov 1922 July 1937–July 1939 Nov 1947–Sep 1949 Aug 1955–Mar 1957 April 1971–Mar 1972 111 Honorary Fellows/ Centenary Visiting Professors Honorary Fellows Alfred Hay J J Sudborough J K Catterson Smith H J Bhabha M O Forster H E Watson Vithal N Chandavarkar Jawaharlal Nehru M Visvesvaraya C V Raman J R D Tata A L Mudaliar Vikram M Sarabhai D S Kothari R Choksi G K Chandiramani S Dhawan Indira Gandhi M G K Menon G N Ramachandran S Bhagavantam A Ramachandran S Moolgaokar Raja Ramanna C N R Rao A P J Abdul Kalam Ratan N Tata M S Swaminathan R Narasimha 1922 1925 1930 1932 1933 1938 1957 1959 1959 1959 1968 1968 1968 1968 1972 1981 1981 1984 1984 1984 1984 1984 1985 1985 1994 2008 2008 2008 2008 Centenary Visiting Professors Name Department Year Prof. Nicholas D Spencer, Switzerland Prof. Gabi Ben-Dor, Israel Prof. Joseph Zyas, France Prof. Jean Marie Tarascon, France ME AE SSCU SSCU 2008–2009 2009 2010 2011 112 Endowed Chairs for Faculty YearName Department ABB 1996–97 1997–2000 2000–01 2001–03 2003–04 2004–06 2006–09 2012–15 Prof. K Parthasarathy Prof. M S Naidu Prof. R S Nema Prof. K R Padiyar Prof. G R Nagabhushana Prof. H P Khincha Prof. V Ramanarayanan Prof. P S Sastry EE HV HV EE HV EE EE EE AMRUT MODY 1995–98 1998–01 2001–04 2004–07 2007–10 2011–13 Prof. S S Krishnamurthy Prof. S Chandrasekaran Prof. S Ramasesha Prof. Biman Bagchi Prof. K L Sebastian Prof. K B R Varma Prof. P K Das IP OC SS SS IP MR IP ASTRA 1985–87 1987–88 1988–90 1990–91 1991–94 1991–94 1991–94 1991–94 1991–92 1992–95 1994–97 1994–97 1994–97 1997–2000 2000–03 (Joint Award) 2003–06 2006–09 2009–12 2012–15 Prof. V Sasisekharan Prof. J D Padayatty Prof. V S R Rao Prof. N R Moudgal Prof. M Vijayan Prof. P R Adiga Prof. N Appaji Rao Prof. Madhav Gadgil Prof. T Ramasarma Prof. P S Sastry Prof. P V Subba Rao Prof. K P Gopinathan Prof. K R K Easwaran Prof. P Balaram Prof. A Surolia Prof. M R S Rao Prof. Rabindranath Nayak Prof. Dipankar Chatterji Prof. Manju Bansal Prof. Sandhya S Visweswariah MB BC MB BC MB BC BC ES BC BC BC MC MB MB MB BC MC MB MB MRG 113 114 Endowed Chairs for Faculty Year Name KSIIDC 1985–87 Prof. R Kumar 1987–89 Prof. A K Rao 1989–90 Prof. N S Lakshmana Rao 1990–93 Prof. G N V Rao 1991–94 Prof. S Ranganathan 1991–94 Prof. A Sridharan 1991–94 Prof. M L Munjal 1991–92 Prof. S Sathyanarayana 1992–95 Prof. D P Sen Gupta 1993–96 Prof. H S Mukunda 1994–97 Prof. K T Jacob 1994–97 Prof. T S Nagaraj 1994–97 Prof. Y V R K Prasad 1997–2000 Prof. A V Krishna Murty 2000–03 Prof. B Dattaguru 2003–05 Prof. R Narayana Iyengar 2006–09 Prof. M K Surappa 2009–12 Prof. Jaywant H Arakeri 2012–15 Prof. P P Mujumdar Department CH AE CE AE MT CE ME IP EE AE MT CE MT AE AE CE MT ME CE MSIL 1985–86 1986–88 1988–90 1990–93 1991–94 1991–94 1991–94 1991–93 1993–96 1993–96 1994–97 1994–97 1994–97 1997–2000 2000–03 2003–06 2006–09 2009–12 2012–15 Prof. P S Narayanan Prof. K P Sinha Prof. T V Ramakrishnan Prof. N Kumar Prof. N Mukunda Prof. R Rajaraman Prof. E S Raja Gopal Prof. M A Viswamitra Prof. Phoolan Prasad Prof. S V Subramanyam Prof. Anil Kumar Prof. P L Sachdev Prof. J Pasupathy Prof. J Ramakrishna Prof. A K Sood Prof. H R Krishnamurthy Prof. Rohini M Godbole Prof. Rahul Pandit Prof. Chanda J Jog PH PH PH PH TS TS PH PH MA PH PH MA TS PH PH PH HE PH PH Prof. SATISH DHAWAN 1996–97 1997–2000 2000–03 2003–06 Prof. M A Ramaswamy Prof. K P Rao Prof. S M Deshpande Prof. N Balakrishnan AE AE AE AE Endowed Chairs for Faculty 115 2006–09 (Joint Award) 2009–12 (Joint Award) 2012–15 Prof. B N Raghunandan Prof. P R Mahapatra Prof. M Seetharama Bhat Prof. C R L Murthy Prof. K P J Reddy AE AE AE AE AE TATACHEM 1991–94 1991–94 1991–94 1991–92 1992–95 1992–95 1994–97 1994–97 1994–97 1997–2000 2000–03 2003–06 2006–09 2009–12 2012–15 Prof. V Krishnan Prof. V Rajaraman Prof. M A L Thathachar Prof. T R Kasthuri Prof. K J Rao Prof. N Viswanadham Prof. K M Madyastha Prof. G S R Subba Rao Prof. B S Sonde Prof. Y V Venkatesh Prof. J Gopalakrishnan Prof. K Chattopadhyay Prof. S B Krupanidhi Prof. A G Samuelson Prof. P Vijay Kumar IP SE EE OC SS CS OC OC EC EE SS MT MR IP EC Endowed Visiting Chairs Year Name ADITYA BIRLA 2003 Prof. H K D H Bhadeshia 2003 Prof. T Debroy 2004, 2005–06 Prof. Rishi Raj 2005 Prof. John Pethica 2006 Prof. Vaughan R. Voller 2006–07 Prof. Amiya K Mukherjee 2006–07 Prof. Guruswami Ravichandran 2012 Prof. Lalit Anand ALUMNI 2004 Dr. R Chidambaram BRAHM PRAKASH 99–2000 Prof. T R Anantharaman 2000–01 Prof. R R Tummala 2001–02 Prof. Brij M Moudgil 2002–03 Prof. Subhash Chander 2003–04 Prof. Subra Suresh 2005–06 Prof. R Ramesh 2006–07 Prof. Subhash Mahajan 2009 Prof. Ing. Gunther Eggeler 2010 Prof. S Chandrasekar Prof. Tanguy Rouxel 2011 Prof. Antony David Rollett National Physical Laboratory, New Delhi Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, USA University of Florida, USA The Pennsylvania State University, USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA University of Califronia, USA Arizona State University, USA Universitat Bochum, Bochum Purdue University, USA University of Rennes, France Carnegie Mellon Univerity, USA DUPONT 2005 University of Lehigh, USA Prof. Anand Jogata Department University of Cambridge, UK The Pennsylvnia State University, USA University of Colarado, USA University of Dublin, Ireland University of Minnesota, USA University of California, USA California Institute of Technology, USA Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA Principal Scientific Adviser, Govt of India, New Delhi G N RAMACHANDRAN 2006, 2008–09 Dr. Venki Ramakrishnan 2008 Prof. Tom Blundell MRC Lab of Molecular Biolog, Cambridge, UK University of Cambridge, UK I G SARMA MEMORIAL 2002–03 Prof. N Sundararajan Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 116 Endowed Visiting Chairs 117 Prof. SATISH DHAWAN 2001 Prof. K R Sreenivasan 2002 Prof. S S Iyengar Yale University, USA Louisiana State Univesity, USA SUNDARARAJAN 2001 Prof. Romila Thapar 2002 Prof. S K Ramachandra Rao 2002 Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan 2003 Prof. Ramachandra Guha 2004 Prof. Meenakshi Mukherjee 2005 Prof. Ashok V Desai 2006–07 Prof. U R Anantha Murthy 2008–09 Prof. Rajan Gurukkal 2011 Prof. S L Byrappa Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi Mysore University New Delhi Bangalore Secunderabad New Delhi Bangalore School of Social Sciences, Kottayam Mysore PRATT & WHITNEY 2011 Prof. Dilip R Ballal 2012 Dr. Jayant S Sabnis Univ. of Dayton, USA VP, System Functional Design, Pratt & Whitney Corpn, USA DST-IISc Centenary Chair 2011 Prof. Venkataraman Ramakrishnan 2011 Prof. Bruno Ricco 2011 Prof. Tom Albright 2012 Prof. P M Ajayan MRC Laboratory, Cambridge UK Universita di Bologna, Italy Salk Institute, San Diego, USA Rice University, Houston Texas, USA Lectures Memorial Lectures J N TATA H J Bhabha Atomic Energy in the Indian Economy S Bhagavantam The Widening Spiral of Science and Technology Vikram A Sarabhai Science and World Affairs with special reference to developing countries P B Gajendragadkar The Imperatives of an Indian Federation M G K Menon The Social Conscience of Science Malcom Adiseshaiah Growth: Its Imperatives and Limits H N Sethna Energy: Systems, Development and Policy Raja Ramanna The Safety of Nuclear Installations D S Kothari Science and Self-Knowledge M S Swaminathan Indian Agriculture at the Crossroads LK Jha Technology and Development Nani A Palkhiwala The Ideal of Human Unity and the North-South Dialogue Abid Hussain The Eighth Plan: Some Strategic Perspectives E S Venkataramaiah Higher Learning in India: Legal and Social Aspects Vasant Sathe Economic Reforms and Structural Change in Indian Polity APJ Abdul Kalam Towards a World Knowledge Platform Gopalkrishna Gandhi The Peoplehood of India M CT M CHIDAMBARAM CHETTYAR K L Rao The Modern Design of Dams V M Ghatge The Growth of the Aeronautical Industry In India 118 1962 1964 1966 1968 1970 1972 1974 1976 1979 1981 1985 1987 1989 1991 1994 2006 2010 1961 1965 Lectures 119 G S Kasbekar The development of Chemical Plants and Chemical Plant Fabrication in India A P Kanvinde The Role of the Architectural Profession in a Socialistic Pattern of Society M M Suri Scientific Education and Unemployment in India A Ramachandran Solar Energy – Challenges and Perspectives in India B D Tilak Challenging Opportunities for Rural Development through Science and Innovative Technology A S Ganguly A Retrospective on Industrial Research M M Sharma Microphases for Process Intensification A P Mitra Environmental Hazards – A Scientific Appraisal S K Joshi My Incursions into Condensed Matter Physics Y K Alagh The future of Science and Technology in India V K Aatre Electronic Warfare – A Perspective D Subbarao Economic Crisis and Crisis in Economics: Some Reflections VITHAL N CHANDAVARKAR A D Shroff Finance for our Industries H V R lyengar The Impact of Government on Business Management P L Tandon The New Managerial Society B R Shenoy National Savings and Industrial Finance – The Indian Experience Bharatram The Role of Science and Technology in Economic Development S Varadarajan Scientists in the Management of Business D S Kothari Science and Self – Knowledge P R Brahmananda Productivity in the Indian Economy Manmohan Singh Planning and Markets – Some Lessons of Recent Experience Hiten Bhaya Energy Prospects – A Challenge to Indian Science and Technology P K lyengar Nuclear Power-Science and Technology in it – In Retrospect 1968 1971 1973 1977 1985 1987 1989 1991 1994 1997 2000 2010 1963 1964 1967 1969 1973 1978 1979 1982 1986 1988 1990 120 Lectures Viren J Shah The Management of Transition Bimal Jalan Science, Technology and Development Montek Singh Ahluwalia Critical Challenges for Economic Development C Rangarajan The Indian Economy: Challenges Ahead Kapil Sibal Empowerment Through Education GOLDEN JUBILEE Vikram A Sarabhai The Sun and Interplanetary Space K Venkataraman New Dyes for Old and New Fibres S Swayambu Modern Trends in Electric Drive Systems for Industry G P Kane 1974 – A Year of Crisis or Opportunity? S Krishnaswamy Energy Prospects for India in the International Environment A Sreenivasan Some Growing Points in Food Research S Ramamritham The Pharmaceutical Industry’s Need for Technology Improvement L S Srinath Intellectual Honesty and the Spirit of inquiry T R Satish Chandran The Indian Economy-Some Disturbing Trends R Chidambaram Fascination at High Pressures P Rama Rao The Development and Application of Low Alloy Ultra High Strength Steels N Seshagiri Virtual Reality – an Emerging High-tech Discipline for Enhanced Perception in Scientific and Engineering Research E S Raja Gopal Metrology: New Vistas Ernst-Ludwig Winnacker Some Perspectives for Biotechnology K Kasturirangan A Broadband Space Observatory – A Unique Tool to Explore the Cosmos Mohammad Hamid Ansari Lecture on the release of the Centenary Postage Stamp Shivshankar Menon Science and Security 1993 1998 2006 2008 2010 1966 1968 1971 1975 1977 1979 1981 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1998 2001 2005 2008 2010 Lectures 121 C V RAMAN S Ramaseshan C V Raman Sukhdev Research and Development in the Chemical Industry C N R Rao Man, Minerals and Microscopes R Narasimha Order and Chaos in Fluid Flows S Chandrasekhar Optical Phenomena in Liquid Crystals Govind Swarup Radio Astronomy and the Structure of the Universe M S Valiathan Cardiac Surgery – An Offspring of Experiment V J Modi Satellites, Space Shuttles and Space Stations: Evolution and Challenges Ramanath Cowsik My Meanderings in Search of Neutrino Mass Narendra Kumar Quantum Zono Effect: Slowing Down of Reactions By Fast Perturbations D Balasubramanian Molecular and Cellular Approaches to Understand and Treat Some Diseases of the Eye Michael E Fisher Molecular Motors – Observation and Theory Michael Pepper Electrons in Semiconductor Nanostructures MORRIS TRAVERS G Mehta Art and Logic in Organic Synthesis R A Mashelkar Fascination of Non – Newtonian Fluids P T Manoharan Molecular Ferromagnets: A New Challenge for Inorganic Chemists Mihir Chowdhury Magnetic Field and Chemical Dynamics J F Nixon Phosphorus: The Carbon Copy Alan G Mac Diarmid Electronic Polymers and Nano-Science Ryoji Noyori Asymmetric Hydrogenation As Ideal Green Chemistry Akihisa Inoue The Development and Application of Bulk Metallic Glasses Richard J Saykally Water Music: The Latest Word on the Most Important Substance in the Universe 1978 1980 1983 1986 1988 1990 1992 1995 1996 1999 2002 2007 2010 1990 1992 1995 1998 2002 2004 2006 2008 2011 122 Lectures S RAMASESHAN C N R Rao The Chemical Design of Materials – A Journey through Half a Century Srikumar Banerjee How the Design of an Advanced Nuclear Reactor Evolves 2005 M J THIRUMALACHAR & M J NARASIMHAN ENDOWMENT LECTURES Richard J Roberts Why I Love Bacteria Venkataraman Ramakrishnan How Antibiotics illuminate Ribosome Function & vice versa 2011 2011 2011 Centenary Lectures C N R Rao Tall Oaks from Little Acorns: Birth and Growth of Solid State and Materials Chemistry Andrew Viterbi The Foundations of the Digital Wireless World M S Swaminathan Scientific Management of the Impact of Climate Change on Agriculture Michael D Fayer Watching Ultrafast Molecular Motions in Liquids, Molecules and Proteins A R Ravishankara Ozone layer depletion and the world’s response: A model for global environmental problems? George Guy Dodson The Origins of structural analysis and its scope in modern biological research Ronald Breslow Work on organised molecular systems leads to a proposal for the origin of prebiotic homochirality Jean-Marie Lehn Perspectives in Chemistry: From molecular to supramolecular chemistry towards adaptive chemistry George Philander The hoax at the equator that elucidates the ethical dilemmas of global warming Peter Wolynes Landscapes of matter Shaul Mukemal Multidimensional spectroscopy of biomolecules: From nmr to x-rays Dennis P Sullivan Effective models and algebraic topology Venkataraman Ramakrishnan From Baroda to Cambridge: a life in science Joseph Zyss Molecular photonics − From concepts to applications in IT and life sciences Francis Collins Human Genome & Beyond John Michael Wallace Climate-Related Extreme Events: Teachable Moments F. Fleming Crim Controlling Reactions in Gases & Liquids 123 24th Jan. 2008 27th May 2008 9th July 2008 16th July 2008 2nd Dec. 2008 19th Jan. 2009 23rd Jan. 2009 11th Feb. 2009 12th Mar. 2009 8th July 2009 23rd Dec. 2009 24th Dec. 2009 5th Jan. 2010 15th Feb. 2010 3rd Dec. 2011 25th Jan. 2012 15th Feb. 2012 124 Centenary Lectures Kurt Wuthrich Exploring the Protein Universe with Physics & Physical Chemistry Techniques Special Lectures/Institute Lectures Jayant V Narlikar A Critique of Big Bang Cosmology Gulzar Saahitya ke Jharokhe se Vigyan ki Rangoli Klaus Mullen Molecular Electronics Sandip Pakvasa Neutrinos: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow M G K Menon Homi Bhabha’s life and work M S Valiathan Vagbhata – physician, poet and preceptor extraordinary T V Ramakrishnan Superconductivity: Yesterday, today & tomorrow Peter J Gregson The technical challenges facing air transport in the 21st century Charles M Vest Engineering education in the 21st century Eric A Cornell How symmetric is the electron? Looking for out-ofRoundness of 10–15 femtometers. Uriel Frisch Turbulence: scaling and beyond. Can field theory and statistical physics help? Richard G M Morris The making, keeping and loosing memories Bruce Alberts Science and the World’s Future Harald zur Hausen Infectious causes of Human Cancers Shinya Yamanaka Induction of Pluripotency by Defined Factors Peter C. Doherty Science Protects Humanity: Adventures in Infection & Immunity 3rd April 2012 4th April 2008 28th Aug. 2008 23rd Oct. 2008 2nd April 2009 23rd June 2009 16th Sep. 2009 14th Oct. 2009 26th Nov. 2009 19th Jan. 2010 5th March 2010 21st Dec. 2010 16th Jan. 2012 20th Jan. 2012 24th Jan. 2012 31st Jan. 2012 12th Mar. 2012 THE CELL PRESS – TNQ INDIA – IISc DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP SERIES David Baltimore MicroRNAs in Inflammation and Cancer 16th Jan. 2008 Elizabeth Blackburn Control of Telomerase 10th Feb. 2009 Shinya Yamanaka New era of Medicine with iPS Cells 30th Jan. 2012 Awards for Faculty Jaya-Jayant Award for Teaching Excellence in Science/Engineering Year 1989 1992 1995 1998 2004 2007 2010 Science Prof. V G Tikekar Prof. R Vittal Rao Prof. C Ramakrishnan Prof. S V Subramanyam Prof. H L Bhat Prof. Diptiman Sen Dr. Mahesh Kumari Dept. Engineering MA Prof. N S Lakshmana Rao MA Prof. B S Sonde MB Prof. D P Sen Gupta PH Prof. N J Rao PH Prof. V Ramanarayanan HE Prof. Priti Shankar MA Dr. M K Gunasekaran Dept. CE EC EE ED EE CS ED Alumni Award for Excellence in Research in Science/Engineering Year Science Dept. Engineering 1991 Prof. P Balaram MB Prof. R Kumar 1992 Prof. G Padmanaban BC Prof. M A L Thathachar 1993 Prof. S K Rangarajan IP Prof. A Sridharan 1994 Prof. V Krishnan IP Prof. S Ranganathan 1995 Prof. K P Gopinathan MC Prof. H S Mukuda 1996 Prof. M Vijayan MB Prof. N Viswanadham 1997 Prof. T V Ramakrishnan PH Prof. Y V R K Prasad 1998 Prof. G S R Subba Rao OC Prof. V V S Sarma 1999 Prof. A Surolia MB Prof. Y V Venkatesh 2000 Prof. Anil Kumar PH Prof. K A Natarajan Prof. K J Rao SS 2001 Prof. S S Krishnamurthy IP Prof. S M Deshpande Prof. N Balakrishnan 2002 Prof. Biman Bagchi SS Prof. K Chattopadhyay 2003 Prof. A K Sood PH Prof. L M Patnaik 2004 Prof. S Chandrasekaran OC Prof. V H Arakeri 2005 Prof. D D Sarma SS Prof. J Srinivasan Prof. S K Biswas 2006 Prof. H R Krishnamurthy PH Prof. Vikram Jayaram 2007 Prof. K Muniyappa BC Prof. M Narasimha Murthy 2008 Prof. S V Bhat PH Prof. Anurag Kumar Prof. S Ramasesha SS 2009 Prof. T N Guru Row SS Prof. Y Narahari Prof. V Nagaraja MC Prof. Atul H Chokshi 2010 Prof. M S Hegde SS Prof. K P J Reddy Prof. H S Savithri BC 2011 Prof. A K Shukla SS Prof. C E Veni Madhavan 2012 Prof. Manju Bansal MB Prof. B N Raghunandan 125 Dept. CH EC CE MT AE CS MT CS EE MT AE AE MT CS ME AS ME MT CS EC CS MT AE CS AE 126 Awards for Faculty Prof. Rustom Choksi Award for Excellence in Research in Science/Engineering Year Faculty Name 1993 Engineering Prof. V Rajaraman 1994 Science Prof. N Mukunda 1995 Engineering Prof. M L Munjal 1996 Science Prof. Madhav Gadgil 1997 Engineering Prof. K T Jacob 1998 Science Prof. H Sharat Chandra 1999 Engineering Prof. K R Padiyar 2000 Science Prof. J Gopalakrishnan 2001 Engineering Prof. B Dattaguru 2002 Science Prof. M R N Murthy 2003 Engineering Prof. R Narasimhan 2004 Science Prof. Chandan Dasgupta Prof. Raghavendra Gadagkar 2005 Engineering Prof. V T Ranganathan 2006 Science Prof. S B Krupanidhi Prof. Rohini M Godbole 2007 Engineering Prof. M K Surappa 2008 Science Prof. Rahul Pandit Prof. Saraswathi Vishveswara 2009 Engineering Prof. B Sundararajan 2010 Science Prof. M S Shaila 2011 Engineering Prof. P R Mahapatra Prof. V Kumaran Dept. SE TS ME ES MT MC EE SS AE MB ME PH ES EE MR HE MT PH MB EC MC AE CH Amulya and Vimala Reddy Lecture Award in the Field of Sustainable Development Year 1998 1998 2000 2002 2006 2008 2010 Faculty Name Science Prof. G Lakshmi Sita Engineering Prof. D K Subramanian Engineering Prof. K S Jagadish Engineering Prof. H S Mukunda Engineering Prof. Udipi Srinivasa Engineering Prof. S Soundranayagam Engineering Prof. S S Lokras Engineering Prof. B V Venkatarama Reddy Dept. MC CS CE AE ME ME CH CE Medals for Meritorious Students For the Best Course Students [ME/MTech/MDes/M.Mgt] For ME Students Sl. No. Name of the Medal Frequency 1. Mrs. Sabita Chaudhuri Memorial Medal 2. Dr. D Narayanamurti Medal 3. Prof. N R Kuloor Memorial Medal 4. The P S Narayana Medal 5. The Computer Society of India Medal (Bangalore Chapter) 6. The KK Malik Medal 7. SV Sastry Memorial Medal 8. The Alumni Medal 9. Prof ISN Murty Medal 10. The NR Khambhati Memorial Medal (For System Science & Automation) 11. The NR Khambhati Memorial Medal 12. Prof. SVC Aiya Medal Alternate year (alternate to Dr. D Narayanamurti medal) Alternate year (alternate to Mrs. Sabita Chaudhuri medal) Yearly Dept. AE – CH Alternate year (alternate to MSc (Engg)) Yearly CE CS Yearly Yearly Yearly Yearly Yearly MT ME EC/ED EE/EC EE Yearly EE Yearly EC Yearly Yearly Yearly SE ED IN Alternate year (alternate to PhD/MSc (Engg)) PD Yearly MG Alternate year (alternate to Prof. A K Rao medal) Alternate years (alternate to Prof. Chintakindi V Joga Rao Medal) AE For MTech Students 13. 14. 15. Motorola Medal The DESE Design Medal H R Babu Seetharam Medal For MDes Students 16. MAA Communications Medal For Master of Management (M. Mgt) Students 17. Prof B G Raghavendra Memorial Medal For Research Students (PhD) 18. Prof Chintakindi V Joga Rao Medal 19. Prof. A K Rao Medal 127 AE 128 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29 30. 31. 32. 33 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. Medals for Meritorious Students Prof. B K Subba Rao Medal Prof. K P Abraham Medal The Alumni Medal The Seshagiri Kaikini Medal Prof. D J Badkas Medal Prof. N S Govinda Rao Medal Prof. Giri Memorial Medal Mrs. C V Hanumantha Rao Medal The Shamrao Kaikini Medal The M Sreenivasaya Medal Prof. B H Iyer Medal Dr. J C Ghosh Medal (Physical Chemistry) Prof. S Soundararajan Medal (Inorganic Chemistry) The Guha Research Medal The Toulouse Medal The Martin Forster Medal Prof. Anil Kumar Memorial Medal [Experimental Physics] Kumari L A Meera Memorial Medal [Theoritical Physics] The Indian Economic Association Medal Sir Vithal N Chandavarkar Memorial Medal Yearly Yearly Yearly Yearly Yearly Yearly Yearly Yearly ME MT CS EC EE CE BC MD Yearly Yearly Yearly Yearly ES MC MB IP Yearly IP Yearly Yearly Yearly Yearly OC SS MA PH Yearly PH/HE Yearly MG Yearly SE Yearly CH Yearly Yearly Yearly AS MR IN Yearly Yearly Alternate year (alternate to MDes) ST ED For Research Students (PhD/MSc(Engg.)) 40. Prof. N R Kuloor Memorial Medal 41. The Roddam Family Medal 42. The Sudborough Medal 43. Dr. Srinivasa Rao Krishnamurthy Medal 44. Amulya and Vimala Reddy Medal 45. Tag Corporation Medal 46. MAA Communications Medal PD For MSc (Engg.) Students 47. NASA’s Medal 48. Mrs Sabita Chaudhuri Memorial Medal 49. ME Department Alumni Medal 50. Dr. Karra Narasimhamurthy Memorial Medal 51. Dr. M N S Swamy Medal Alternate year (alternate to Mr Sabita Chaudhuri medal) AE Alternate year (alternate to NASA’s medal) AE Yearly ME Yearly MT Yearly CS Medals for Meritorious Students 129 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. Prof. F M Mowdawalla Medal The Hay Medal Prof. K N Krishnaswamy Medal Prof. P S Narayana Medal Subramanian Rajalakshmi Medal Yearly Yearly Yearly EC EE MG Alternate year (alternate to ME ) Yearly CE SE For Integrated PhD Students (MS Level) 57. 58. 59. 60. Dr. R K Maller Memorial Medal Dr. A Nagaraja Rao Medal Prof. P L Bhatnagar Medal Kumari L A Meera Memorial Medal Yearly Yearly Yearly Yearly Biological Sciences Chemical Sciences Mathematical Sciences Physical Sciences Acknowledgement Primary data: Academic Section, K Chandra Naik Individual page photographs: Coffee Table Book “Secret Lives: Biodiversity of the Indian Institute of Science campus” by Natasha Mhatre published during the Centenary year of the Institute Data verification: K P Raghuraman, Anoop P Simha Copy Editing: Sunanda Vinayachandran Coordination: Kavitha Harish, G Panduranga Production: Archives and Publications Cell – [email protected] Layout and Design: V Publishing Solutions Pvt Ltd., Chennai Printing: Navbharath Press, Bangalore 130