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IIT Kanpur to develop
National Block Chain
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National Technology Day Celebration
ITKanpurcelebratedtheNationalTechnologyDayonMay11,2018.TheeventwasorganisedbytheNationalCentreofFlexibleIElectronics (NCFlexE), IIT Kanpur. NCFlexEwas established in 2014with a grant from theMinistry of Electronics andInformationTechnology,Govt.ofIndia,andwithsupportfromtheinstitute.Prof.SiddharthaPanda,CoordinatorofNCFlexE,deliveredthewelcomeaddressintheeventdescribingthevisionandachievementofthecentre.Prof.AbhayKarandikar,DirectorIITKanpur,addressedtheaudienceandelucidatedaboutthetechnologicalneedsofthecountryandtheappropriatenesstohaveathemeonanemergingtechnologythatcanshapethefuture.Prof.Y.N.Mohapatradeliveredapopularlecturetitled,“WhatifElectronicsisFlexible”.Hementionedthattheemergingflexibleelectronicsbasedtechnologieshavethepotentialtoimpactallaspectsofourlifeandthiswasenabledbytheaspectsofprintabilityandflexibility.Hedescribedmanysuchnovelapplications,demonstratedseveraltechnologiesdevelopedintheCentreincludingsilverfilledpensandconductingtextilesanddescribedseveral other technologiesbeingdeveloped such as organic solar cells, organic light emittingdiodes, sensors, and thin filmtransistors.Over250schoolchildrenfromthecityparticipatedandgainedexposurefromtheevent.
ThedepartmentofAerospaceEngineeringreceivedresearchgrant Fund for Improvement of S&T infrastructure inuniversities&highereducationalinstitutions(FIST)witha
total support of Rs. 4.53 crores approximately, for 5 years forstrengtheningoftheresearchfacilitiesinthedepartment.Thefundsare to be used for the following equipment / facilities: i) FreePiston/ExpansionTubeFacilityandessentialinstrumentation ii)NdYAGLaser(forup-gradationofexistingequipment) iii)Multi-MaterialLaserSinteringsystem,iv)RayleighThermographysetupv) Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) setup. ThisfundingsupportfromtheDepartmentofScienceandTechnologyisbeingusedtohelpinitiate/expandtheresearchcapabilityofthedepartmentinthefollowingareas:highenthalpyhighspeedflows,advanced flow diagnostics, improving mechanical integrity ofaerospacematerialsandUnmannedAerialSystems.
Aerospace Engineering Department received FIST grant to Strengthen the Research Facility
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heobjectiveoftheprojectistodevelop .The33.4croresINRfundwillT indigenousblockchainplatformfore-governancebeusedover5yearstoresearchanddevelopprototypeplatformonwhichgovernmentagenciescanbuilddigitalledgersofvarioustransactionsandrecordswhichwillbecryptographicallysecuredwhiletransparenttostakeholders.
BlockChaintechnologyismostwellknowninthepopularpressastheunderlyingtechnologyforbitcoin–amuchcontroversialcryptocurrency.However,thisprojectwillnotdealwithcryptocurrencyapplicationsatall.Instead,theprojectwillleveragethetechnologyofblockchainthatprovidesadistributeddigitalplatformthatrecordsevents,records,andtransactionswhichneedtobetransparenttothecitizenrywhilebeingtamperproof,secure,andpreservesprivacyofindividualswhosedataresidesontheplatform.Inthisproject,IITKanpurwillworkwithtwogovernmentagenciestoprovideblockchainbasedE-governanceplatformwhichifsuccessfulcanbereplicatedthroughoutthegovernment,andothersectors.
Theprojectisplannedin3phases,firstafeasibilitystudyandidentificationofagenciestopilotwith,researchandprototypingphase,andfinallyanincubationphase.IntheincubationphaseaIITKanpurincubatedcompanywillproductivethesolutionandprovidesolutionengineeringtovariousagenciesforblockchainbasedtransparente-governance. Dr.GulshanRai,theNationalCyberSecurityCoordinatorhasbeeninstrumentalinconceivingandfundingtheproject.Prof.ShwetaAgrawalfromIITMadraswillbecollaboratorwithProf.ManindraAgrawalandProf.SandeepShuklaofIITKanpurinexecutingtheproject.
Development of National Blockchain and Demonstrate two Strategic ApplicationsPI: Prof. Manindra Agrawal ( @iitk.ac.in), manindra
Department of Computer Science & Engineering
Sponsor: National Cyber Security Coordinator (NCSC).
Co-PI: Prof. Sandeep Shukla ([email protected]),
Inthedevelopingembryo,aprocessknownasdifferentia-tion leads to production of specialized cells a pool ofundifferentiated stem/progenitor cells. Differentiated
cells belonging to different tissue types possess distinctphysico-chemical properties that correspond to the specificfunction that they perform. These differences in physico-chemical propertiesmaybe attributed to thedistinct reper-toire of metabolites present within the cell belonging to aparticular tissue. A special class of genes known asMetabolismRelatedGenes(MRGs)thatcodeformetabolicenzymes, transporters etc. are responsible for the uniquemetabolitesineachtissuetype.
Thisproposalstemsfromapreviousstudyconductedinthelaboratory of Prof. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay, where agenome-widescreenshowedthatseveralMRGsareexpressedinatissuerestrictedmannerinthedevelopingchickembryo.Thisobservation,gavefurthermotivationtoproposeastudywhereitisaimedtofunctionallycharacterizeandelucidatetheroleofasubsetofsuchMRGsinthedevelopingcentralnervoussystem,usingchickenandmouseembryosasmodelsystems.Theultimategoalofthestudyistodeterminewhetherany
oftheseMRGsexhibit'moonlightingactivity”alongwiththeirmetabolicfunctionduringdevelopment.Thisstudyislikelytoprovidenewinsightsintothemechanismsofverte-bratenervoussystemdevelopment.
Functional Characterization of Metabolism related Genes (MRGs) with Restricted Expression in theDeveloping Vertebrate Nervous System
Recent Project
PI: Prof. Jonaki Sen ( @iitk.ac.in),jonaki
Department of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering
Sponsor: Department of Biotechnology
Co-PI: Prof. Amitabha Bandyopadhyay ([email protected]),
TwoMRGsshowingtissuerestrictedexpressioninthecross-sectionof the embryonic chicken forebrain: a)PHACTR1 (Phosphatase1andactinregulatorysubunit1),showingspecificexpressionintheventralregionofthechickforebrain.b) CNKSR2 (Connector Kinase Suppressor of Ras 2), showingspecificexpressioninthedorsalregionoftheforebrain,asindicatedbytheappearanceofpurplecolourationatthesiteofitspresence.
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Enhanced Coal-Bed-Methane and Shale-Gas Recovery from Underground Reservoirs aided by Permeability Enhancement and CO Sequestration – an Experimental Approach2
The project will explore and quantify the enhanced CH 4(Unconventional Energy Resource, UER) recovery fromselected Indian coal-basins, gas-rich-shale and tight-
sediment reservoirs by studying the stress induced micro-mechanisms to maximize the gas flow under complexThermal-Hydrological-Mechanical environment coupledwith CO injection2 . It will characterize the controlled anddirectionalfracturegenerationusingtheintrinsicpropertiesofcoalandshale,particularlytheanisotropy,natural-fracturesandregionalstress-field.Anadditionaleffortwillbegiventounder-standadsorption-desorptioninteractionofCH andCO tofurther4 2
extractCH fromthereservoir.Hydraulicpressurealonganarrow4
channel (analogues to bore-hole) will be used to create thefracturenetworkintherepresentativesamples.Acousticemis-sion(AE)andpulsetransmission(PT)measurementswilltrackthe fracture propagation and seismic property variations,respectively,duringthefracturing.Ahighpressuretemperaturetri-axial load frameequippedwithPTandAE facilitieswill beinstalledasmajorinstrumentation,whichcanalsobeemployedtocharacterizegeothermal-reservoirsinfuture.
Fromstrategicpointofview,theproposalaimstodevelop sustainableresearchcollaborationbetweenONGCandIITKanpurincontinuingeffectiveresearchdirectionsofUERexploration,RockPhysicsandGeo-Mechanics.
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Recent Project
PI: Prof. Santanu Misra ([email protected]),
Co-PI: Prof. Malay K. Das ([email protected]),
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited (ONGC)
A schematic illustration suggesting the micro-mechanics andprocesses during CO injection mediated enhanced CH recovery.2 4
[Mukherjee&Misra,EarthScienceReviews,2018]
The research work of Mr. DiproSarkar, a Ph.D. student under thesupervision of Prof. Rajiv Sinha,
Department of Earth Sciences hadbeen highlighted in a televisionshowon"MightRivers"broadcastedonAnimalPlaneton8thApril2018in the USA. The British filmmakerJermey Wade, the maker of thefamous series on River Monsters,made this film. He visited IITKanpurin2017andfilmedtheworkcarriedoutbyDiproSarkar.
The work involves the innovative
use of remote sensing techniquesparticularly the UAVs for waterqualitymappingintheGangariver.I n t h i s w o r k , o p t i c a l a n dhyperspectral remote sensing isbeing used fromairborne camerasformappingandcharacterizingtheeffluents into theGanga river.ThisworkwaspartiallysupportedbytheIMPRINTprogram.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1iUF2Dl1tC8k_wTPtxhZup0rEXK0nQkKK
Department of Earth Sciences
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Intenseinvestigationsareinprogressgloballytowardstheuseofhydrogenasanalternatefuel.Hydrogenstorageisanimpor-tantsteptowardsrealizingthisvisionandsolidstatestoragehasemergedasthepreferredmethod.Monolithicmaterialsoftensufferfrommorethanonelacunaewithregardtohydrogenstorageandhybridshavetakencentrestagetotakethistechnology
towardswidespreadapplications.MicrostructurallyengineeredMg-basednanohybridshaveshownpromiseviagoodstoragecapacityandfastkinetics.
Traditionallyusedmaterialsstorehydrogenprincipallyinoneform.Thehydrogen is stored either in molecular form (MOFs or carbonaceousmaterials)orinhydrideform(LaNi ,Mg Ni,Mg).Thematerialsstoring5 2
hydrogeninmolecularformtypicallydosobyadsorption,whichrequireslowtemperatures.Someofthematerialswhichstorealargequantityofhydrogen (e.g. sodium alanates) do so in non-reversible fashion andrequirehightemperaturesfordesorption.Ifthematerialisnotnaturallyacatalystforthebreakdownofthehydrogenmoleculeintoatomicform,hightemperaturesarerequiredevenforabsorption.Thecurrentworkfocuses on a multi-mode hydrogen storage philosophy usingnanocontainers(Figure1).
Theobjectivesofthecurrentinvestigationsaretotranscendtraditionalapproachesandtodeviseanovelstrategyforhydrogenstorageinnearlyallconceivableforms;i.e.,(i)inacontainer;(ii)inatomicformas(a)solidsolution,(b)asacompound;(iii)inmolecularform(a)adsorbedonthesurfaceand(b)freegaseousform.Thisistobeachievedusingsingleandmultilayernano-hybrids.
Theprojectwillattempttoaddressthefollowingimportantscientificissues:(i)Canthecatalyticlayerinthehybridplaya'doublerole'(dissociationattheoutersurfaceandrecombinationinthe
innersurface)?(ii)Canhollowhybridsbeusedasnano-reactors?Howtounderstandthediffusion?(iii)Whatformisthehydrogenpresentinsidehollowhybrids(adsorbed,absorbed)andatwhatpressure?(iv)Inhybridswhereisthenucleationofthehydride/secondphasepreferred?(v)Inhybridswithcarboncanstoragebeachievedunderambientconditions?
Nanohybrids for Hydrogen StoragePI: Prof. Anandh Subramaniam ([email protected]), Department of Materials Science & Engineering /
Sponsor: Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB )
Co-PI: Prof. Sri Sivakumar ([email protected]),
Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering
Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering
Co-PI: Prof. Pratik Sen ([email protected]),
Hydrogen storage
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Department of Chemical Engineering /
Department of Chemistry
Figure.2.Processingandstructureofnanohybrids.|5
Recent Project
Hip Joint Replacement System
urrent research emphasizes on understanding basic mechanisms of strengthening, to elicit interfacial interactions,Cdevelopmechanisticmodels to explain toughening, assess biological aspects to obtain cytocompatibility, and in vivoevaluationofsystemicbiocompatibility.
Hip-jointreplacementinvolvesmainlythreecomponents:(I)femur,(ii)acetabulum,and(iii)interlayercartilage.
Materials that replace the femoral componentsare: (i)metal/alloys for femoral stem, (ii) a ceramic femoralhead, and (iii)polymericacetabularcuplinertoserveasarticularcartilage(withametallicbackingtoserveasacetabulum),Fig.1.Ingeneral,arevisionsurgeryonyoungpatientsmaybeexpectedafter10-15yearsofimplantationduetoitsloosening,whichiscostlierandmorepainfulthanthefirstone.Herein,anattemptismadeto:(i)designingpolymericlinermaterialswithenhancedtribologicallifeandlimitedasepticloosening,and(ii)creatingmulti-functionalporouscoatingonfemoralstemforensuringrapidbonegrowth.
Themainobjectivesofprojectare:
(i)To fabricate antibacterial acetabular cup liner(UHMWPE-Al O -Ag/ZnO-based) with enhanced2 3
tribologicalresistance
(ii) Deposit functionally graded and multi-lengthscale porous coating of hydroxyapatite (HA-CeO -2CNT-Ag/ZnObased)onfemoralstem(withenhancedfracturetoughness,uncompromisedbioactivityandantibacterialresistance)
(iii) Ceramic processing for completely dense andantibacterial femoral head (YSZ-Al O -CNT based2 3
ceramiccomposites)(UHMWPE : U l t ra h i gh mo l e cu l a r we i gh tpolyethylene, HA: Hydroxyapatite, CNT: carbonnanotubes,YSZ:Yttriastabilizedzirconia) Fig.1:Bird'seyeviewofthechallengesassociatedwiththedesignofhip-joint
components (images from self-research & https://www.molteno.com/m-sphere-natural-hydroxyapatite-orbital-implants www.exac.com & ). Theseaspectsaretargetedinthecurrentresearch.
ArecentpaperofProf.J.N.MoorthyandhisstudentsfromtheChemistrydepartmenttitled"Photochromic2DMetal-OrganicFrameworkNanosheets(MONs):Design,Synthesis,andFunctionalMON-OrmosilComposite"hasbeenpublishedinthejournal,CHEM.Theworkshavedemonstratedthat2-dimensionalmetal-organicnanosheets(MONs)constructedfrom photochromic building blocks can be used for the desired optical properties in photochromic polymers. Thisresearchwillhavemanyapplicationsnotablyinophthalmiclenses.CHEMisaprestigiousjournalpublishedbytheCellPress.
moredetailsaboutthepublication:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2451929418301268
PI: Prof. Kantesh Balani ([email protected]), Department of Materials Science & Engineering
Sponsor: Department of Science & Technology, DST
The project is awarded as Swarnajayanti Fellowship
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Recent Project
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Indigenous 5g Test Bed DesignPI: Prof. Rohit Budhiraja ([email protected]),
Department of Electrical Engineering
5GtestbedisbeingbuilttoenableIndianindustryandAacademiatoachievethe5Gtechnologydevelopmentand implementation plans. This testbed will be
designedandcompletelybuiltinhouse.
Theprojectgoalsareto:Provide an open test bed that can enable R&D teams in
Indianacademiaand industry to validate theirproducts,prototypesandalgorithmsforthe5Gnetworks.
Developanendtoendtestbedtodevelopanddemonstratevarious 5G services and technologies, e.g, IoT, massiveMIMO and millimeter wave (MMWave) communicationsystem.
Providea testbed toworkonnewnovelconcepts/ideasholdingpotentialforstandardizationinIndiaandonglobalscale.
DevelopatestbedavailableforIndiantelecomoperatorstounderstandtheworkingof5Gtechnologiesandplantheirfuturenetworks.
Other than IIT Kanpur, this multi-institute project hasparticipationfromIITBombay,IITDelhi,IITHyderabad,IIT
Madras, IISc Bangalore, CEWiT and SAMEER (both fromChennai).IITKanpurisdesigningthehardwareandsoftwarealgorithms for the 5G massive MIMO, MMWave and full-duplexaccessnetwork.Asapartofthistestbed,astate-of-the-art 5G testbed lab is being developed in the Electricaldepartment,consistingofwirelesstestequipmentssuchasvectorsignalanalyzers,spectrumanalyzers,logicanalyzersandhigh-speedoscilloscopes.Thelabwillalsohaveprintedcircuitboardsimulationanddesignsoftwares.
A block diagram of the massive MIMO base station (BS)consistingof32antennasbeingarchitectedatIITKanpur,isshownbelow.ABS consists of an antenna array, a remoteradiohead(RRH)andabasebandprocessingunit(BBU).Theantennaarraytransmitsandreceivestheradiosignals.TheRRHupconvertsanddownconvertsthetransmitandreceivesignalsrespectively.BBU,theBSworkhorse,consistsofhigh-end FPGAs which executes both transmitter and receiveralgorithms. TheRRHandBBUareconnectedusingopticalfiber.
Co-PI: Prof. Adrish Banerjee ([email protected])
Remote Radio head
BaseBand processing unit(s)
Antenna array
Sponsor: Department of Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications
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Prof. Aditya K. Jagannatham, Department of Electrical Engineering, with his students Mr. Suraj Srivastava and Ms. Saumya Dwivedi, have been selected for the Qualcomm Innovation Fellowship (QInF) 2018-2019. The fellowship is an award for an innovative idea entitled "Sparse Signal Processing for 5G mm Wave MIMO Technology."
In2016,ProfessorRRKSharma,Mr.VinayakA.Drave,andDr.JyotiKainthhavepublishedaconceptualpaperon“StrategyandSupplyChainStructureofE-TailersinIndia.AfterextensiveDatacollectionandanalysistheworkgotrecognizedbytheRetailersassociationofIndiaandpublishedasacoverstory(ThechanginginterplayofStrategy,supplychain&Retail)intheirquarterlymagazineStorai(Vol9|Issue3;March_April2018).
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Inauguration of Centre for Energy Regulations
IIT Kanpur establishes India’s firstCentreforEnergyRegulation(CER).CER is an endeavour towards
comprehensive and sustained institu-tionalstrengtheningintheIndianpowersector. It is an initiative led by theDepartment of Industrial ManagementandEngineering.Mr.PKPujari,chairper-son Central Electricity RegulatoryCommission (CERC), inaugurated thecentreonMay17ataceremonyheldonNew Delhi. The centre’s logo and webportalwereunveiledattheceremonyinthe presence of other dignitariesincluding secretary, ministry of powerAK Bha l i a , Cha i rman , Board o fGovernors IITK, Mr. RC Bhargava andGavinMcGillivray,Head,DepartmentforInternationalDevelopment,India.
TheaimoftheCentreistostrengthentheIndian power sector working closelywith key stakeholders particularly theElectricity Regulatory Commissions(ERCs), electric utilities and academia.The Centre and its activities are partlysupported by the UK Governmentthrough a project on ‘StrengtheningRegulatory Research Network in thePower sector’ under the SupportingStructuralReformsintheIndianPowerSector”program.
esearchers at IIT-Kanpur have signed a Rs 15-crore MoU with VTOL Aviation India Pvt Ltd to develop functional prototypes of Rwhich have the potential to be used as flying taxis. The Aerospace department of IITK has one of the country’s leading state-of-the-art facility when it comes to research in aerospace and propulsion. It houses wind-tunnels and flight labs capable of testing
aircraft. VTOL aircraft can be used for surveillance, rescue mission, combat situations, paramedics, and civil aviation. These aircraft will also be very useful for rapid medical evacuation of troops from difficult terrains. The development of such a prototype could be quite revolutionary if realised effectively, bringing in drastic changes to our transportation systems and connectivity.
IIT Kanpur to develop VTOL Aircraft Prototypes
moreat:http://cer.iitk.ac.in/
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