German Exchange Programme
IIT-DAAD Exchange Programme - M.Tech. Students Projects in Germany Under a scheme drawn up between the IITs and DAAD SOME 10 TO 15 selected students of IIT Bombay will be offered scholarships to work on Stages II and III of their M.Tech. Project at one of the following prestigious German Technical Universities: 1) Aachen, 2) Darmstadt, 3) Stuttgart, 4) Karlsruhe, and 5) Berlin The scheme was finalised following the visit of a high powered- delegation of Rectors/Presidents of Universities and officials representing DAAD led by Prof. S. Wittig, Rector, University of Karlsruhe. The delegation met with Director, Dy. Director, Dean (R&D) and AP and Heads of Aerospace, Civil, Chemical, Electrical, Mechanical and Biotechnology. The first batch of students are expected to go to Germany in June 1998. Under the scheme, the selected students will spend nine months from June 1, 1998 till the end of Feb. 1999 at one of the German Universities mentioned above. During their stay, the students will be paid a scholarship and other allowances. Travel to and from Germany will also be covered. After their return to Mumbai, they will submit the M.Tech. dissertation.
Workshops
Workshop on Solid Waste Management A Workshop on Solid Waste Management and Utilization was held on 7-8 November 1997 at IIT Bombay. The workshop was organised by the Chemical Engineering Dept. of IIT Bombay and jointly sponsored by the Department of Water, Sewerage and Sanitation, Govt. of Maharashtra, United Nations Childrens' Fund and Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai. The inaugural session was addressed by Prof. S.P.Sukhatme, Prof. K.C.Khilar and Mr. S.L.Rao, Commissioner of Surat. The objective of the workshop was to reorganise arrangements needed to effectively solve the problem of solid wastes. It was attended by over 70 delegates who were commissioners of corporations of this state, Chief Officers of municipalities, secretaries to the Govt. of Maharashtra, besides those from academic and research institutions, non-governmental organisations and others. The workshop involved exhibition and conference sessions and covered the following areas: 1) principles of water conversion, 2) technology experiments, 3) Peoples Initiatives, 4) new initiatives needed for solving the problem. Papers covering technology concepts of water conversion were presented by Prof. H.S.Shankar (IITB), Dr. S.R.Maley (Excel Industries), Dr. Uday Bhawalkar (BERI, Pune), Dr. S.V.Mapuskar (APPSTN, Dehugaon), Mr. V.Pitke (Global Engr., Pune) Dr. P.K.K.Nair (NABARD), Mr. Anjan Das (CMC on behalf of DST) and Shri R. Gaikwad (MCGB). Papers covering peoples initiatives were presented by Mr. S. Subramanian (Exnora, Madras), Mr. J. Barve (SARI), Kissan Mehta (Prakruti, Mumbai), Dr. Sneha Palnitkar (AILSG, Mumbai). Papers covering the area of new initiatives were presented by Shri Girish Gokhale, Commissioner, MCGB and Ms. Renu Gare (Project Officer, UNICEF.) Shri V. Raghunathan, Addl. Chief Secretary, Govt. of Maharashtra, presented the Summing up report of the workshop and Prof.Shankar presented the Action Plan for Solid Wastes Management and Utilisation for Maharashtra. The major recommendations of the workshop are : 1. Reduce waste generation, 2) segretation at source, 3) insitu utilisation, 4) improved handling and transportation, 5) waste utilisation technologies, 6) promotion of use of organic fertilizers, 7) separate utilisation of hsopital waste, 8) promotion of resource development sources for small scale bodies, 9) Resource development Centre at IIT Bombay, 10) consultancy Assistance from IIT Bombay - SICOM. The action plan for Maharashtra has redefined the agencies responsible for implementation of the tasks indicated above so as to be able to achieve the desired results before the close of the 20th century. Indo-Japan Workshop The second Indo-Japan workshop on Advanced Manufacturing Systems was held at IIT Bombay on 24-25 Nov. 1997. This workshop was organised on behalf of the Department of Science and Technology and Japan Society for Promotion of Sciences. Prof. S.S.Pande, Mech. Engg. Dept. was the convener of the workshop. A team of seven eminent researchers from Japan participated and presented their research papers. In addition, a number of invites from other IITs, IISc. and some industries participated and presented their papers. A Panel discussion on the theme "Towards Global Manufacturing" was also organised. The panel comprised of Senior Executives viz., Dr. Nirmal Jain (Tata Infotech), Mr. Maheshwari (L&T), Mr. Pate (Siemens) and the Japanese. Prof. D.B.Phatak, Dean (RD) was the moderator. Prof. S.P.Sukhatme, Director, inaugurated the workshop and Prof. D.P.Roy, Head, Mech. Engg. Dept. welcomed the guests. Prof. Manabu Kiuchi and Prof. N. Vishwanadham coordinators of the India-Japan Science Council presented the objectives of the envisaged collaboration. Prof. Pande proposed the vote of thanks.
Faculty News
Prof.T S Rathore's short biography has been selected for inclusion in Marquis Who's Who in the World (USA) in the forthcoming 1998 edition. Dr.D.R. Ketkar, Dept.of Met.Engg. and Mat.Sci.has written a book in Marathi on the Maratha Navy titled " Sarkhel Kanhoji Angre ....Maratha Armar'. The book published by Mrunmayi Rugvedi Prakashan, was released on 8th November l997 by Dr.Y.D Phadke the well known historian and sociologist. Dr. A.B.Inamdar, Sr. Research Scientist of the Centre of Studies in Resources Engineering participated in the short course on 'Integrated Coastal Management during Nov. 17-19, at the Centre for Atmospheric Sciences, IIT Delhi, with support from the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission, UNESCO and Centre of Study in Marine Policy, University of Delware,USA.
Seminars
Energy Systems Engineering Prof.Robert Socolow,Director, Center for Energy and Environmental Studies,Princeton University delivered the following invited talks on 6th and 7th November l997.
Dept.of Electrical Engineering Prof. P.O. Lauritzen,University of Washington,USA delivered two lectures on i) 'Review of the standard compact semiconductor device models used for IC design, and the lumped-charge technique for developing semiconductor device models for circuit simulation'. ii) 'Compact models for Custom Power Devices(STATCON,DVR and Solid-State Breaker) on 17th and 18th November l997 in the EE Seminar Hall. Dept of Chemistry Dr.R.K. Bansal,Dept.of Chemistry,University of Rajasthan,Jaipur delivered a lecture on " Heterocyclic Synthesis" on 20th November 1997. Dept.of Physics Dr.R.Krishnan,Laboratoire de Magnetisme et d'optique,University de Versailles,France delivered a lecture on "Recent developments in Magneto-Optics Multilayers" on 26th November l997. ISTAM CHAPTER The first meeting of the Mumbai Chapter of the'Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics' (ISTAM) was held on 19th November l997 at Dept.of Mathematics to discuss and the formulate the policies to matain and run the Chapter.
GMAT Record
IITB Student crashes the GMAT ! Abraham Thomas, 4th year B.Tech. student of Engineering Physics, scored a straight 800 out of 800 in the GMAT examination held last week. Thomas is also the Gen. Secretary, Hostels and represents students in the Senate. GMAT is the qualifying entrance examination for entry into US Universities for doing MBA Programme. Thomas is only the 4th person, ever to have achieved this score. The earlier three were : Robert McNamara (former World Bank Chief), Shankar Balakrishnan, ex-IIT Madras and now with World Bank and Namesh Marjani, a Bombay Commerce student. Congratulations! Abraham Thomas.
Honours & Awards
Honoured by Senate Prof. C. Radhakrishna Murthy, Professor (retired) TIFR was honoured by the IIT Senate with the title of "Fellow of the Institute", at a brief ceremony on 26th November 1997. Prof. CRK Murthy, a Geophysicist, set up the national facility at TIFR for research in Geomagnetism. Dr. Murthy was responsible for fabricating Indian equipment required for research in this area. This has resulted in the export of simple, inexpensive Indian equipment, initially developed for lab experiments. Speaking about Dr. Murthy, Prof. Sukhatme called him a person known for his simplicity and selfless dedicated service. He was honoured for his long and distinguished association with the academic activities of the Institute. DORR-OLIVER Award Prof.H.S. Shankar, Dept of Chemical Engineering has been awarded the Hindustan Dorr-Oliver Award-1997 for 'Excellence in use of Science & Technology in Rural Development' by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. NOCIL AWARD The supercritical fluid extraction pilot plant team have been awarded the NOCIL Award l997 for excellence in Design or Development of Process Plant & Equipment by the Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers. The team consisted of Prof M. Mukhopadhyay, Prof S. L. Narayanamrthy, Prof Sandip Roy (Chem engg); Prof P. Vasudevan, Dr S. Baser (Mech engg). Fellow of INAE Prof.K.G.Narayankhedkar has been elected as a fellow of Indian National Academy of Engineering(INAE). Walchand Hirachand Gold Medal Mr. M.S.Babu of Dept. of Met. & Mat. Sc. has been selected to receive the Walchand Hirachand Gold Medal award for 1996-97, presented by the Institute of Indian Foundrymen. The award will be presented at the Inaugural Function of the 46th Indian Foundry Congress in Delhi.
Appointments
Prof. A. Subash Babu,Dept.of Mechanical Engineering has been appointed as the Convener of Interdisciplinary Programme of Industrial Engineering & Operations Research for a period of 3 years.
Retirements
Events
Compiled by Aruna Thosar-Dixit ... edited by Ms Suranga Date ... re-edited by Ram Kelkar
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