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December 2018Volume 6, Issue 5
Cognitive Flexibility
Negotiation
Service Orientation
DecisionMaking
Emotional Intelligence
Coordinating
with others
People Management
Creativity
CriticalThinking
Complex ProblemSolving
Leadership Program
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IT Kanpur organized Leadership for Academicians Programme (LEAP) from November 19 toINovember30,2018.LEAPisaMHRDfundedleadershipdevelopmenttrainingprogramintendedforthesecondlevel leadershipinmajorgovernment-heldtechnologyinstitutes.Theobjectiveofthe
programistopreparesecondtieracademicheadswhoarepotentiallylikelytoassumeleadershiprolesinthefuture.Leadingexpertsfromtheacademiaandindustrydeliveredlecturescoveringdifferentaspectsof leadership.Total twentyeightparticipants join theprogrammefromvariousNational Instituteoftechnology,IndianInstituteofTechnology,CentralUniversitiesandStateUniversities.BrainStormingsessionwasorganisedeverydaywithnon-hierarchicaldiscussionamongallparticipants,guestfacultyandtheorganizingfaculty.ParticipantsalsovisiteddifferentresearchfacilitiesandestablishmentofIITKanpur.
Leadership for Academicians Programme
Prof. Abhay KarandikarDirector, IIT Kanpur
Managing Innovation
Prof. Manindra AgrawalDeputy Director, IIT Kanpur
Leadership in Researchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siiWHyD9WVE
ICT in Technical Educationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PkmOmjyl4s
Prof. S GaneshDean Research & Development, IIT Kanpur
Academic Research & Consultancyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrdEezhygyY
Prof. K MuralidharDean of Faculty Affairs, IIT Kanpur
Faculty Recruitmenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ue58gDEkCM
Prof. B.V. Phani Dean Resources & Alumni, IIT Kanpur
Fund Raising in Academic Environmenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWpfEts17HY
Prof. Jayant K Singh Dept. of Chemical Engineering, IIT Kanpur
Fourth Industrial Revolutionhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Kxk_LxRM4
Prof. Neeraj MishraDept. of Mathematic & Statisticss, IIT Kanpur
Teaching, Student Evaluation & Assessmenthttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhUqWZjQrw0
Prof. Mohua BanerjeeDept. of Mathematics & Statistics, IIT KanpurChairperson, Women’s Cell IIT Kanpur
Gender Sensitivity at the Workplacehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTM6k1iHHYE
Prof. HC VermaFormer Prof. Dept. of Physics
Education for the Under-Privilegedhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm-z25UJm5U
Prof. Vinod SinghDept of Chemistry, IITKanpur Founder Director IISER Bhopal
Publicly Funded Institute New & Oldhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuGofLXHpPkhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysdSwmXAatc
Prof. Pankaj JaloteDirector, Indraprastha Institute of Information Technology (IIIT) Delhi
Effective Educationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbN2vCysTRo
Prof. MS AnanthFormer Director, IIT Madras
Idea of a Universityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OixIdx4qWKc
Prof. S P SukhatmeProfessor Emeritus, IIT Bombay
Overseeing Academic Activities -Teaching Perspectivehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NdEH0jJUCs
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Prof. S G DhandeFormer Director, IIT Kanpur
Role of a Directorhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNz5evakWFMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0gYKJYOp7w
Dr. BV Mohan ReddyFounder & Executive Chairman, Cyient Ltd
What is Leadershiphttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbJvQLSrKEI
Prof. K L ChopraFormer Director, IIT Kharagpur
Academic Ethicshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OAlmcKupDno
Dr. Anil KakodkarForner chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India and the Secretary to the Government of India
Technical Education- Role & Responsibilityhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHPWPbQ4NVU
Prof. Arvind SahayProf. Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad
Neuroscience & Behavior Changeshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8Kxk_LxRM4
Prof. Hrishikesh KrishnanDirector, IIM Indore
Fiscal Policy and Disciplinehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K4AC8kPOwGwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl16ttb1GVw
Dr. Shahid JameelChief Executive Officer, Wellcome Trust / DBT India Alliance
Academic Research and Institutions of Higher Learninghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTShXexbA2s&t=293s
Dr. Pramath Raj SinhaCo-Founder & Managing Director, Nine Dot Nine Mediaworx Pvt.Ltd.
Governance of large institute - public and privatehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_uJQSaCwiZM&t=239s
Mr. Srikant SastriCo-founder of Crayon Data Pvt Ltd.
Promoting Entrepreneurship at India’s premier tech instituteshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkQZNoteXcs
Mr. Ananth KrishnanExecutive Vice President & Chief Technology Officer, TCSc
Academic Research and Institutions of Higher Learninghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7YyH2LJiRsw&t=201s
Prof. G Rangarajan Professor, Department of Mathematics, IISC Bangalore
Comparative Analysis of University Rankings
Dr. Praveen BhagwatCo Founder & CTO, Mojo Networks
Institutionalizing Innovation & Infrastructure for Innovationhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBuv86Cp9QYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q5RRhok9wLg
SIIC,IITKanpurisoneoftheoutreachCentreforEngSUIprogramofEngineersIndiaLimited(EIL).EngSUIis
thestartupIndiainitiativeofEILunderthePrimeMinister'sflagshipprogrammeofStartupIndia.This
programmeintendstobuildastrongeco-systemfornurturinginnovationandStart-Upsinthecountry.
Theyhavefloatedtwoprogramsforfundingprojects.
Innovation Challenge Programme: This has been designed under the same line of PRISM (Promoting
InnovationsinIndividuals,StartupsandMSMEs)programofDepartmentofScience&IndustrialResearch.Under
thisscheme,themaximumamountoffundingisRs.20lakhsforbuildingaprototype.
Startup(SeedFunding):This isthenext levelstart-upprogramwhereinthefundingisgivenforaStart-up
entitieswhohavesuccessfullydemonstratedproofofconceptwiththesupportofanygovernmentinstitutionsor
agency.Theeffortistobringthisproduct/projecttoalevelgoodforcommercializationafterwhichthiscanattract
capitalforinvestment.
Undertheirtworoundsoffunding5proposalsofSIIC,IITKanpurhavebeensanctionedfundingundertheEngSUI
program.
Funding from Engineers India Limited under EngSui Scheme
Moderngasturbineenginesmustcatertoavarietyofchallengingrequirementsofcost,weight,durability,operability&efficiencywhilemaintaininglowcostofownershipforitscustomers.Thiscostincludesmanufacturing cost, maintenance cost (mainly overhaul), and fuel. To address these challenges
combustormustmeet requirementsonprofileandpattern factor, altitude relight, groundstarting, efficiency,emissionsetc.
Theproposedeffortenvisagesdesign,developmentandrealizationofanannularrich-burncombustortooptimizeconflictingrequirementsofdurability(profile/patternfactor),emissionsandoperability . ItisproposedtouseasectortestrigtoburnATFandair(athightemperatureandpressureasinpracticalcombustors).Theensuingcombustionprocesswillbeanalyzedwithstateoftheartlaserbasedinstrumentstoelucidatethedetailsoftheflowandcombustionphysicsinsuchacomplexsystem.Thevelocityfield(PIV/LDV),temperaturefield(Rayleighscattering),variousspeciesfield(OH,NOx,CO,HCHOusingPLIF),soot(LII)andemissions(multi-componentemissionanalyzer)willbemeasuredandcorrelatedwitheachother.Theflowfielddatawillbeusedtounderstandtheinteractionofswirlerflowanddilutionflowwhichdictatesflamestabilization,altituderelightandcombustorlight-off.Thetemperaturefieldwillhelptounderstandtheevolutionofprofileandpatternleadingtocombustorandturbinedurability.Theemissiondatawillalsobeusedtoestimatethecombustionefficiency.Thespeciesfieldwillidentifythelocationsandphysicsforemissionformation.
Usingthisdata,aparametricdesignstudywillbeconductedtoestablishtheroleofdilutionholegeometryonthecombustionprocessand,basedonthatstudy,designguidelineswillbeformedtooptimizethecombustordesignintermsofimprovedoperability,durability,patternfactorandemissions.
ThisProjectisundertheschemeofUchhatarAvishkarYojana(UAY)ofGovt.ofIndia.
Aircraft Engine Combustor Design for ImprovedOperability, Durability, Pattern Factor and Emissions
PI: Prof. Abhijit Kushari, Dept. of Aerospace Engineering
Sponsor: Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) and GE India Technology Centre Pvt Ltd.
Recent Project
Improved Description of the Water-Cycle in the Upper-Ganga Catchment using Isotopic, Geochemical Data and Model SimulationsPI: Prof. Indra Sekhar Sen, Centre for Environmental Science & Engineering and Earth Sciences
Sponsor: Ministry of Earth Sciences
One-sixth of the world populationrelies on ice melt-water from theHinduKushHimalayanglaciermass.
Its alarming rate of melting because ofclimatechangehasraisedseveralconcernsonthefuturesupplyofpotablewaterinthemountainousregions.Despitetheimportantlinkagesbetweenglobalwarming,shrinkingglaciers, changes in ice and snow meltdownstream supply, and future supply ofpotablewater-theregionisfarlessstudiedwhen compared to Arctic, Greenland andAntarcticicemasses.
Theprojectintendstocarryoutrealtime/highresolution(daily)monitoringofhydrometeorologicalparametersinthemountainousstretchesofGangaRiver(Figureabove)toobtainabetterclosureofwaterbudgetintheupperGangacatchment.
Figure(lefttoright):Realtimewaterlevelsensor,continuouswaterqualitymonitoringplatform,andautomaticweatherstationatDevaprayag,Uttarakhand.
Theprojectaimstoaddressthefollowingkeysciencequestions:
Whatisthebestestimateoftherelativestrengthsofdischargecontributionsfromvariousreservoirse.g.glacier,snow,rain,groundwater?
Isthereacorrelationbetweentheglacier,snow,rain,andgroundwatercontributionsataninter-annualandintra-seasonalscalesandwhatistheimplicationofthesecorrelationsintermsoftheriverrun-offfluctuations?
Arethesefieldestimatesandfluctuationswellsimulatedbystateofarthydrologicalmodel(e.g.,VariableInfiltrationcapacityModel)?
Recent Project
Construction of a Combined Recoil ION Momentum andElectron Energy Spectrometer to Study Collision Induced Excitation & Fragmentation of Molecules & ClustersPI: Prof. Aditya H Kelkar, Dept. of Physics
Sponsor: Science and Engineering Research Board
ThemotivationforthisprojectistounderstandthedynamicsofCoulombinteractioninweaklybondedmanybodysystems(vanderWaalsclusters)usingioncollisions.Theobjectiveoftheprojectistodevelopahighresolution spectrometer setup to perform kinematically complete collision experiments at the 1.7MV
tandetronacceleratorfacility.
Prof.A.Banerjee,DepartmentofEarthandClimateScience,IISERPune
Collaborators
Prof.S.Ghosh,DepartmentofCivilEngineering,IITBombay
CancerAnorexia-CachexiaSyndrome(CACS) isamulti-factorialsystemiccondition,whichcontributes topoor prognosis—besides adverse response to chemotherapy—in nearly 50% of all cancer patients.Currently there is no specific treatment for CACS. Although Ayurvedic herbs/formulations/medicines
promisemitigationofCACS,thesehavenotbeenscientificallyvalidatedintermsoftheirmechanismofactions.WehavenowdevelopedanovelinvivomodelforCACSinthegeneticallyhighlytractableorganism,Drosophila,whereessentialpathologicalsymptomsofCACSarecloselyrecapitulated.Usingthisinvivoplatformandassayprotocols,theprojectaimstounravelthemechanismsofactionoftwopromisingcandidateAyurvedicformulations:namely,AmlakiRasayanaandRasa-sindoorthatshowspromiseofbeingCACSsuppressantononehand,andscreenaselectcollection of Ayurvedic herbs/ formulations/medicines that are recommended for cachexia and anorexia, ingeneral, for their specific ability to mitigate CACS. Together, these approaches that take advantages of theDrosophila tumormodeland itsgenetic tools, theprojecthasproposedtoprovideacomprehensivescientificvalidationofmechanismofactionofseveralAyurvedicsuppressantsofCACS.
Scientific Validations of Ayurvedic Formulations-MedicinesRecommended for Mitigations of Cancer Anorexia-cachexia Syndrome (cacs) in the Drosophila Tumor ModelPI: Prof. Pradip Sinha, Dept. of Biological Sciences & Bioengineering
Sponsor: Special call under Ayurveda Biology Program, Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB)
Recent Project
Characterizationofsuppressionofcancercachexiaandanorexia(CACS)byAmlakiRasayana(AR)andRasa-sindoor(RS)thathaveshownpromiseinourearlyscreens.
DecipherthemechanismofCACSsuppressionbyARandRSintheDrosophilamodelusingacombinationofcellanddevelopmentalbiological,geneticalandmolecularassays.
ScreenandidentificationofmechanismsofactionCACSsuppressantsfromofaselectlistofAyurvedicherbs/formulationsrecommendedbyAryaVaidyaSala(AVS)Kottakalaslikelycandidatemedicineforameliorationofanorexiaandcachexia.
to address theThe objective of this project islackofIndia'sstakeintheinternationalquestfordevelopingascalablequantumcomputer.
The implementation scheme described herein usesoptical coherent control approaches that utilizeshapedshortpulsestoimplementtheDeutsch–Jozsa(DJ)algorithminrovibrationalstates.Thisistowardsthegoalofdevelopingascalablemodelforquantuminformationandcomputing.Thus,itpresentsanovelapproach to quantum information processing andquantumcomputationbasedonthedevelopmentsoffemtosecond laser pulse shaping from the Femto
laboratory of IIT Kanpur. As there have been onlylimitedeffortsontheexperimentalsidenationwide;this proposal is geared towards experimentalimplementation which would result in a proof-of-principledevelopmentwiththeoreticalinsight.Thus,this effortwould be a significant development thatwould help bridge the gap between theory andexperiment and would provide the much-neededimpetus for quantum computing and informationresearchinthecountry.
Femtosecond Laser approaches to QuantumInformation and Computation: towards a Perfectly SecureChannel for Robust and Scalable Information ProcessingPI: Prof. Debabrata Goswami, Dept. of Chemistry
Sponsor: Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Objectives
Fundamental Process Engineering to MinimizeRe-Oxidation of Steel during Teeming via a Ladle Shroud Leading to Improved Castability and CleanlinessPI: Prof. Dipak Mazumdar, Dept. of Materials Science & Engineering
Sponsor: Ministry of Steel
Aladleshroudisusedtotransfermoltensteelfromaladletotundish during continuous casting operation (see adjoiningfigure). Argon is frequently injected at the collector plate-
shroud joint to improve shieldingof liquid steelduring the transferprocess.Quantumofargoninjectionandtheassociatedgas-liquidflowsinshroud, refractory-metal interactionsaswellasmulti-phaseflowphenomena in tundish tend toexert considerable influenceonsteelcleanlinessandfinalproductquality.Thetransferprocess,assuch,inrecentyearshasassumedsignificantimportancesincecleanlinessofsteel is intricately related to superior engineering properties andserviceperformanceofthefinalproduct.
The present study concerns with an investigation on the shroudedtransfer ofmolten steel and to this end physical andmathematicalmodelling supported by plant scale trials are being planned. Theobjectiveoftheprojectistodevelopappropriatemelttransferstrategyandevolveoperatingguidelines leading to improvedcastability andbetterfinalproductquality .
Ladle
Slide gate
Liquid steel
Impact pad
Tundish
Monoblockstopper
Collector plate nozzleArgon inlet
Shroud
Intherecentpast,thedevelopmentandintroduc-tion of new exotic engineering materials withimproved strength as well as volume to weight
ratio,hasexertedasignificantthrustonmanufactur-ingindustrytodevelopadvancedmachiningprocessesfor the ir machining . Wire e lectrochemica lmicromachining (Wire-ECMM)process isoneof theresultsofextensiveresearchinthisdirection.
Theprojectaimstodevelopadesktopsizemachineforthisprocessspecificallytargetedtowardsmachiningof very hard and difficult to machine conductingengineeringmaterialsatmicroandnanometrescale.This setup will be fully automated coupled with aclosedloopfeedbacksystemandwillfacilitaterelative
motionbetweentoolandworkpiecein4axes.Withadetachableassemblyfortoolmounting,theapplicabil-ityof thismachinewillnotbe limited toonlyWire-ECMM,othermachiningprocesseslikeelectrochemi-cal milling, drilling, slitting and different turningoperationsatmicroscalewillalsobemadepossibleunderoneworkposition.
Designing and Developing a DesktopMicrowave ECM Machine
Recent Project
Imagesofpartsmachined(Material:StainlessSteel304)usingaconceptmicrowireelectrochemicalmachine(prototypeonly)
(A) Square helix(C ) Right angled triangle(B) Circle
PI: Prof. J Ramkumar, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
Sponsor: Department of Science & Technology
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SPACE2018
IT Kanpur organised SPACE 2018 in cooperationIwiththeInternationalAssociationforCryptologicResearch(IACR)andCryptologyResearchSociety
ofIndia(CRSI)from15to19December,2018.Thisisanannual international conference on Security, PrivacyandApplied Cryptography Engineering (SPACE). Theconferenceincludedworkshopsforstudentsandtalksbyinternationally-renownedresearchers.
UTAM(InternationalUnionofTheoreticalandAppliedMechanics)ISymposiumonDynamicsofComplexFluids&Interfaceswasorgan-isedatIITKanpurfromDecember17to20,2018.Thesymposium
aimedtobringtogetherleadingresearcherstodiscussrecentdevelop-mentsandthefuturechallengesintheRheology&stabilityofpolymers,suspensionsandtheinterfacesbetweenfluidsandsoftsolids.
IUTAM 2018
he Biennialmeeting of the Indian Society ofTDevelopmentalBiologists(InSDB)washeldatIITKanpurfrom11to15December,2018.The
event was organised jointly by IIT Kanpur and theAustrallia and New Zealand Society for cell andDevelopmentalBiology(ANZSCDB).A largenumberofdevelopmentalbiologistsacrossIndiaattendedtheevent.
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