CAMPUS DIARY - October 2003
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Teachers' Day Celebrated
"Don't allow technology to become a teacher…it is only an Aid. Keep it that way". Prof. Menon said in his address on Teachers' Day.
The Teachers' Day celebrations were held on September 5, 2003, in honour of Dr. Radhakrishnan's birth anniversary. The Chief Guest of the occasion was Prof. M.G.K. Menon, Chairman, BOG, IIT Delhi. The awards for 'Excellence in Teaching' and 'Dr. P.K. Patwardhan Technology Development Award' were presented at the function held at P.C. Saxena Auditorium. Since the Teachers' Day Awards were first constituted in 1996, it was the first year that a Management award has been presented.
The function began with a Cultural programme arranged by students which included a song "Gurusamarpan", which narrated the debts of a student towards a teacher, and a Kuchipudi Dance "In Praise of Lord Krishna".
Prof. Sarda, Dean AP, introducing the programme, stressed on the importance of a teacher's role in the students' learning and development process. He stated that "the role of a teacher is crucial, as students today are exceptionally confident and highly competitive…which is why they need to be honoured."
A video clip profiling the nominated teachers was screened. Students introduced their professors and highlighted their strengths and most memorable moments in the institution. The teachers who were recipients of the Teachers' Day Awards for Excellence in Teaching were: Prof. Shiva Prasad, Physics; Prof. V.D. Sharma, Maths; Prof. K. Sudhakar, Aerospace Engineering; Prof. M.S.C. Bose, Mechanical Engineering; Prof. B.G. Fernandes, Electrical Engineering; Prof. A. Subash Babu, IE∨ Prof. S. Banerjee, Earth Sciences; and Prof. P.V. Balaji, School of Biosciences and Bioengineering. The Dr. P. K. Patwardhan Technology Development Award was conferred on Prof. K.P. Karunakaran, Mechanical Engineering, whereas the 'Best Teacher in Management Award 2002-2003 was conferred on Prof. Mangesh G. Korgaonker, SJM SOM.
Prof. Ashok Misra, Director, IIT Bombay, in his address stressed on the importance of celebrating Teachers' Day. He stated, "Teachers are builders of our nation, with respect to the shaping the thought processes of the students."
Prof. Menon, Chief Guest of the day, stated, "Don't allow technology to become a teacher…it is only an aid. Keep it that way". He went on to say, "The whole question of a teacher is much deeper. The greatest teacher is the mother, who not only teaches but also influences at the deepest levels". He reminisced about his life and provided an illustration of how his teacher played a catalystic role in his life. "A good teacher provides a sense of taste, value and creativity," he added.
"Teaching is about living, learning and interacting together. It is not about rushing to class, but bringing out the capability of the human being he represents", he concluded.
Prof. V.D. Sharma and Prof. B.G. Fernandes responded on behalf of the awardees. Prof. Karunakaran in his response mentioned the contribution of the various students on his team.
Dr. Radhakrishnan (1888 - 1975): "The aim of education is not the acquisition of information, although important, or acquisition of technical skills, though essential in modern society, but the development of that bent of mind, that attitude of reason, that spirit of democracy which will make us responsible citizens."Tech Award for OptiLOM
This year's "Dr. P.K. Patwardhan Award for Technology Development" was conferred on Prof. K.P. Karunakaran, Mechanical Engineering, for the software called OptiLOM. The idea of OptiLOM conceived in 1997 took about 5 years to mature as a commercial product. It is the culmination of a series of well-planned credit seminars, B.Tech., D.D. and M.Tech. projects. It has been demonstrated through OptiLOM that student projects need not be confined to the racks in the library but can reach the industry.
During his response while receiving the award, Prof. Karunakaran acknowledged the following students for their significant contributions to OptiLOM: Shivmoorthy Dibbi, (M.Tech. - IEOR - Jan 2000), D. S. Raju (DD - CADA - Apr 2001), Manish Agrawal (B.Tech. - ME - Apr 2002), Nitin Gupta (M.Tech. - Mfg. - May 2002) and Anoop Kheerwal (B.Tech - ME - Current).
DaimlerChrysler of Germany helped in the experiments and also supported the visits of the students amounting to 12 man-months. OptiLOM is jointly owned by IIT Bombay and DC and is marketed by Materialise NV, Belgium as an optional module of their software Magics.Awards and Distinctions
Prof. V. Govardhana Rao, Chemical Engineering, has been re-nominated as a member in the Academic Council of Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Technological University, Lonere for a period of three years with effect from June 1, 2003.
Prof. Sambasivarao Kotha, Chemistry, has authored a paper titled "Recent applications of Suzuki-Miyaura Cross-Coupling Reaction in Organic Synthesis", jointly with Kakali Lahri and Dhurke Kasinath, which has been published in Tetrahedron. The paper has been ranked third among the most frequently requested related journal articles during the second quarter of 2003.
Prof. U.A. Yajnik, Physics, coordinated a "Discussion on a Possible Neutrino Detector Located in India", with M.N.V. Murthy, IMS, Chennai. This has been published in 'Pramana', Journal of Physics, Vol. 55, Nos. 1& 2, July & August 2000, pp.347-355. The team of participants and contributing authors, which included Prof. S. Uma Sankar, Physics, had identified some important and worthwhile physics opportunities with a possible neutrino detector located in India. The possibility of a Neutrino Observatory in India was discussed since 1989 and when the issue was raised again, recently it was decided to collate concrete ideas for such a detector. Particular emphasis had been placed on the geographical advantage with a stress on the complimentary aspects with respect to other neutrino detectors already in operation.
Prof. Dulal Panda, BJM SBB, authored an article on a new way of looking at the Alzheimer's disease titled "Differential regulation of Microtubule Dynamics by Three - and Four-Repeat Tau : Implications for the Onset of Neurodegenerative Disease", with L. Wilson, S. Feinstein, Jonahtan C. Samuel and Michelle Massie, of the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA.
The article appears in the online issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Vol.100, No. 16, on August 5, 2003. The findings were reported through a press-release by the University of California, Santa Barbara, USA and is available at www.Sciencedaily.com/ releases/2003/07/030730080334.htm.
Alzheimer's Disease is one of the most devastating brain diseases in middle-aged and elderly humans in the modern society. This disease is characterised clinically by progressive loss of memory and other cognitive functions, resulting in dementia and ultimately death. Brain tissue samples of Alzheimer's patients show extensive neuronal cell death and two abnormal pathological structures known as neurofibrillary tangles and amyloid plaques.
To develop a drug that could arrest and prevent Alzheimer's disease, scientists must first understand what is causing the death of brain cells known as neurons. A new way of looking at the disease is reported in the reported article.Linguistic Data Consortium Initiated
An MHRD initiated meeting of leading natural language processing groups of the country was held at the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore, on August17 and 18, 2003. The objective of the meeting was the starting of the Linguistic Data Consortium (LDC) initiative in India in line with the LDC effort at the University of Pennsylvania initiated by Prof. Mark Liebermann of Upenn in 1992, who was present at the deliberations.
The purpose was in response to the importance and the growth of the language technology (LT) in current times and visualizing the importance of this area for India. The meeting was attended by IBM Research Delhi, HP Labs Bangalore, IIT Madras, IISc Bangalore, IIIT Hyderabad, IIT Bombay, MHRD and other organizations involved in LT research, deployment and funding.
Prof. Pushpak Bhattacharyya of IIT Bombay spoke on the need for and the methodology of semantic tagging of corpora. The Indian language wordnets are the resources for this, which are currently being created for Hindi and Marathi in a substantial way at IIT Bombay. He has also been chosen a member of the committee to oversee this initiative of national and international importance.Future Profile of IITB Students
The IIT student will now require "techno-managerial" skills to land the right role in the industry", Prof. Sandip Roy speaking at the seminar.
"Technical Education, IITs and the Marketplace", the seminar by Prof. Sandip Roy, Chemical Engineering, on September 10, 2003, presented an intensive study that primarily focused on the scope of technical education in the future and evaluated the changing equation between resources and performance.
The seminar reviewed the ongoing economic changes in India's technical education sector, highlighted the current performance indicators of the IIT system - with an emphasis on IIT Bombay - and indicated the changing nature of market requirements of technical manpower.
The lecture emphasised the "economy of technical education" and market changes on technical manpower needs. Prof. Roy stated that globally the higher and, in particular, the technical education sector is currently undergoing a transformation. The key forces driving it were the declining role of the government, the emergence of the "knowledge economy," the increased emphasis on market economy and privatisation and rising education costs.
Prof. Roy outlined the core areas of "Structural Adjustment" policies of the government during early 1990's, which have led to reduced public expenditures, the declining role of government in education and the emergence of "Knowledge" economy that were the core components that made-up the larger canvas. These factors have triggered the rise of private sector in education, steeper costs of higher (technical) education and the need for independent institutional revenue generation for better sustenance/performance.
The demand for higher education, especially technical courses and non-traditional delivery modes is growing, while the capacity of the public investment to satisfy the demand is declining which is due to budget limitations, the changing role of government, and increased emphasis on market economy and privatisation.
Consequently, one has to assess and anticipate the likely future trends in the technical education sector of the country. In particular the IITs - the providers of technical education - may require evolving policies and strategies, as well as augment their performance beyond the current levels.
Prof. Roy then narrowed down to focus on IITB's role. He said that IITB could strategise externally by helping upgrade Technical Education in India (CDEEP), assessing modes and potential for revenue generation and exploring avenues for intensification of industry interactions for greater economic impact. The internal strategies could include developing as a "mini marketplace" that would reflect actual scenarios of the market-industry, to ensure that students develop the competitive edge at the campus stage itself. He said, "openness and freedom is critical to the functioning of the academia", which could effect macro-level changes, thereby benchmarking the performance level and establishing the right incentive structures.
The IIT student will now require "techno-managerial skills" to land the right role in the industry", said Prof. Sandip Roy, at the seminar. The increasingly diverse forces in the industry will require IITians to combine technology with sound business skills and inculcate the "spirit of analysis in adapting", to earn higher salaries. "We need to preserve the traditional academic values by adapting to the forces dominating the market", he added.
Prof. Roy concluded that IIT must develop a more dynamic academic role by counter balancing forces like government regulation with commercialisation, markets with academic core values, transience with permanence, idealism with pragmatism to generate a more resourceful academic programme towards meeting the ever changing needs of the future. He also said that IIT must have a trustworthy network partner between IITB and the industry. "Technology development in the laboratory is one thing, but taking it to the market is another."Engineers' Day Celebration
Engineers' Day was celebrated at the Institute to mark the birth anniversary of Bharat Ratna Mokshagundam Visweswaraya, the eminent engineer, administrator and statesman (1861-1962). Prof. H.S. Shankar, Chemical Engineering, was the Chief Guest and Prof. Tarun Kant, Dean Planning, presided over the programme.
The participants took a pledge of maintaining professional integrity. Mr. V.B. Mamdapur, Executive Engineer, Estate, spoke about Visweswarya and the Dean Planning also addressed the audience. Prof. H.S. Shankar spoke about Water Harvesting.
There was a team quiz with prizes, which was prepared and conducted by Mr. Verma, Asst. Engineer, Estate.Visitors
A 13-member South African delegation headed by Mr. Sbusiso Ngidi, Chairperson, Education and Culture Portfolio Committee, visited the Institute on September 9, 2003. The team was interested in the progress made by the education field in India which has raised the literacy level in the country. They met with the Dy. Director, Dean AP, Dean AIR and the KReSIT Head.
Mr. Von Stackelberg, the new Consul General of the German Consulate, Mumbai, had visited the Institute and met with the Director on August 27, 2003. He met six students who are going to Germany under the IIT-DAAD Master's Sandwich Programme. He also toured the campus.
Mr. Antoine Schoen, Analyst in Charge of Science & Technology and Innovation Studies at the Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques, OST, Paris, visited the Institute on September 5 and 6, 2003. The purpose of his visit was to prepare a survey on the scientific and technological relations between India and France for the next Indo-French Joint Commission.
Five members of the US Consulate, Mumbai, visited the Institute on September 29, 2003. They were Dr. Marco Sabado DiCapua, Science Counsellor; Mr. Thomas Edward Reott, Economic officer, Mr. Angus Simmons, Counsel General, Mr. Scott Ticknor, Political and Economic Officer and Mr. Sandeep Nanda, Economic Specialist. They had a discussion with the Director, DD, Dean RM and the Head of KReSIT.
Multi-Ethnicity in Campus through IIT Collaborations
"Nahi Chahiye", are the first words Julien Chapron of France, studying at the Department of MEMS, has learnt during the course of his stay at IIT. He is one of the ten students who have taken the initiative to learn Hindi by attending Hindi classes conducted by the institute.
"It will help us to communicate to people outside," he added thoughtfully. "When you talk in English, you can only speak to educated people in the community".
In response to IIT Bombay's efforts for the past several years to reach out to the world academia, the institution has 28 foreign students admitted to various programmes this year. The students, mostly involved in Ph.D and M.Tech programmes, are from countries like Ethiopia (15 students), Germany (4 students), France (4 students), Sweden (2 students) and a student each from Nepal, Switzerland and USA. The percentage of foreign students aspiring to gain admission in the institution has increased in the past few years.
Many of the students are here as a result of the MoUs that have been signed with institutions across the globe opening up research opportunities for students. Students from countries like USA, Canada, Switzerland and Ethiopia did not figure in the IIT student roll two years ago, but the picture is slowly changing. Multi-ethnicity in the campus has also evoked varied responses and influences to the enriched student culture fabric.
"Here the teaching methods are very different. It is more curriculum-oriented and the classes are smaller, so you get to interact more", said Ilango Sriram, Germany, who is presently studying at the department of CSE. "Another thing that strikes me is how much the girls are separated from the boys". His observations reflected the thoughts of many foreign students. "We were also surprised to see a strong sense of inter-hostel rivalry," stated Nicolas Falquet, France, from the Department of CSE.
"Back in France, we have only grass lawns in our campus. I was surprised to see so many trees around with the dogs and cattle roaming freely about," Nicolas added.Campus School Results Highlights
All 16 candidates from the IIT Campus School who appeared for the Std. IV scholarship exam in April 2003 have passed. Ms. Gandhali Suhas Tendulkar's achievement is noteworthy. She has scored 94.6 % and obtained the 8th rank thus qualifying for the State Govt. Scholarship for the next three years. Mrs. P. Jacob, Mrs. A. Marathe and Mrs. Ruby S. trained the students.
Master Alok Gaitonde with 86% marks stood first in the Krida Bharati Sports Knowledge Competitions. 92 students passed in I division and the rest in II division. Mr. S.V. Gaikwad trained the students.Intel VLSI Design Centre Inaugurated
The Intel VLSI Design Lab. was jointly inaugurated by Director, Prof. Ashok Misra and the President of Intel Technology India, Mr. Ketan Sampat on the September 1, 2003. To mark the occasion Mr. Sampat formally handed over the name board of the Design Centre to the Director.
Prof. Narayanan, Head of Department of Electrical Engineering introduced the chief guests and welcomed the gathering to the inauguration and this very special occasion. S. Shubhra Aurita Roy, Manager Intel Higher Education Program, India spoke about the collaboration with IIT Bombay and on the VLSI Design lab. in particular.
135 Faculty members and students from the Departments of Computer Science Engineering (CSE) and Electrical Engineering (EE) and representatives from the Kanwal Rekhi School of Information Technology attended the inauguration ceremony.
Mr. Sampat spoke about the Moores law and how the principles of the law is actually relevant in today's developments in engineering and research on VLSI in his presentation titled Building the Digital Future with Intelligent Silicon
After the formal inauguration, Prof. S.S.S.P.Rao, Incharge, VLSI lab. Took Mr.Ketan Sampat and other visitors to the VLSI lab. where Mr.Sampat had interaction with the students working on various projects using the Intel VLSI lab. facilities.Intensive Programme on Microelectronics for Teachers
A new course titled "Elements of Microelectronics", has been introduced in the B.E. curriculum of Bombay University. Faculty members from many engineering colleges approached the Microelectronics Group, IITB, for help in designing this course.
In response, the group conducted an intensive training program consisting of lectures and practicals for the Bombay University Engineering College faculty on September 20,21,27 and 28, 2003. Over 50 engineering college faculty from around 15 colleges attended the training program. Profs. Vasi, Chandorkar, M.B. Patil, D.K.Sharma participated and Prof. V. Ramgopal Rao had coordinated the effort."Prabhat" Threw Light on Computer Fundamentals
A two weekend-long Workshop "Prabhat" - on 'Computer Fundamentals' was held as a part of Institute Orientation to the fresh post-graduate students at the F.C.Kohli Auditorium on August 9, 10, 16 and 17, 2003. Prabhat catered to the needs of training the beginners from IIT campus to the computing environment and was organised by the institute and the IT Association.
Prof. Phatak, Former-Head, Kresit, gave the inaugural lecture and Dr. Jyoti Prasad Maharana, CC, gave a talk on "Computing Facilities in Systems Manager CC, IIT Bombay". Other speakers delivered talks on topics related to the field of computers i.e. hardware, software, Internet fundamentals and computer networking in and outside the institution.
Prof. G. Sivakumar, CSE, and Head-CC, gave the concluding talk on "IIT Bombay's Network: Role of GNU / Linux", wherein he discussed the network's infrastructure in the academic, hostels and residential areas. He also displayed the physical view of the LAN and discussed workings of the network and their services in the institution.
The Workshop presented a good opportunity to gain knowledge about the computer world for all beginners including staff along with students. V.G. Vinod Vydiswaran, President IT Association and Vasant A. Matsagar, PG Nominee (DGSC), the organizing team members helped make the four day workshop a great success.Continuum Series Held
Continuum as a part of the annual series had organised a half-day Panel Discussion focussing on "Driving Business Strategy through Human Resources", on August 30, 2003. The series was moderated by Prof. Ujvala Rajadhyaksha, SJM SOM.
The speakers in the Panel Discussion were Mr. Debashish Roy, VP HR, Colgate Palmolive; Ms. Pritha Chatterjee, VP, Bharti; Dr. Deepak Gupta, Head of HR Practise, Price Waterhouse Coopers; Mr. Vikram Bector, GM HR, Birla Management Corporation; Mr. Hyacinth Pereira, Head, KPMG; Mr. Saurabh K. Singh,DGM HRM, ICICI Bank and Commodore D.K. Mohapatra, Global Head HR Sourcing, TCS.
The previous series of Continuum 2003 was organized in association with ING Vysya Bank, on August 23-24, 2003. The seminar series of Shailesh J. Mehta School of Management usually consists of four or more seminars each year. Each of these seminars focuses on the latest issues in one major functional area of business. Continuum provides a means to bring together eminent personalities from the industry on a common platform to address challenges faced by the industry.Faculty News
Prof. D. M. Dewaikar, Civil Engineering, has been elected to the post of Chairman of Indian Geotechnical Society, Mumbai Chapter in September 2003. This chapter organises seminars, workshops, symposia and lectures for the benefit of geotechnical engineers in the city.
Prof. P. Ramadevi, Physics, gave a seminar entitled "Chern-Simons Field Theory Invariants and Topological Strings", at the Simons International Workshop on Mathematics and Physics held at Yang Institute of Theoretical Physics, Stonybrook, USA, from August 17-26, 2003.
Prof. H. C. Sheth, Earth Sciences, participated and delivered a keynote talk entitled "The Deccan Beyond The Plume Hypothesis", and co-chaired one of the sessions, entitled 'Large Igneous Provinces', at the Geological Society of America (GSA) Penrose Conference 'Plume IV: Beyond the Plume Hypothesis', held at Hveragerdi, Iceland from August 25-September 2, 2003.
Prof. H. Veeramani, CESE, was invited to deliver a talk on "Effect of Flue Gas Conditioning on Performance of Electrostatic Precipitators by Ammonia Injection", at the Workshop on 'Control of Particulate Emissions from Thermal Power Plants', organised by Consultancy Development Centre, New Delhi, on August 29,2003.
Prof. Preeti Rao, Electrical Engineering., and A.C.R.E., presented a paper titled "On the Representation Of Voice Source Aperiodicities in the MBE Speech Coding Model", at the International Speech Communication Association's Workshop on 'Voice Quality', Geneva, from August 27-29, 2003.
Prof. Bhaskar Roy, Aerospace Engineering, attended and presented a paper on "Effect of Tip Clearance on Blade Midspan Flowfield in Variable Camber Tandem Compressor Cascade", co-authored with ex-student, Dr. U. K. Saha on the September 5 at the XVI International Symposium on 'Air Breathing Engines' (16-ISABE-2003) at Cleveland, Ohio, USA, from August 31 to Sept 5, 2003. Another paper on "An Approach to Preliminary Component-wise design of Dual Mode Airbreathing Engine for Hypersonic Vehicles", co-authored with ex-students Dushyant Mahadik and Amit Batra was presented on September 4. Prof. Roy also chaired a session on 'Radial Compressors & Turbo-props'. on the and visited the NASA Glenn Research Centre, Lewis Field, Cleveland, and the Cleveland Air Show commemorating 100 years of flight during this period.
Prof. L. M. Bhole, HSS, participated in a Workshop organised by the Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute, New Delhi, from September 1-5, 2003. He Chaired two discussion sessions on the "Participation of Civil Society in Social Development and Economic Reforms", at the Workshop.
Prof. A.K. Singh, Chemistry, gave an institute colloquium on "Photoactivation of Caged Biomolecules", at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, on September 3, 2003.
Prof. V. R. Sule, EE, presented the paper "Behavioural Approach to the Control Related Analysis of Repetitive Systems", co-authored by Eric Rogers at the European Control Conference held at Cambridge University, UK, during September 1 to 4, 2003.
Prof. S. Bhargava, HSS, contributed a paper jointly with his student Mona Dhargalkar, (who presented it) entitled "Knowledge Management and Organizational Performance", at the National Symposium on 'Performance Management for Competitive Advantage held at the Institute of Public Enterprise, Osmania University Campus, Hyderabad, during September 5-6, 2003.
Prof. Atanu Ghosh, SJM SOM, was officially invited as a speaker and participant at the UCLA Conference on 'Managing in the Global Information Economy', held at The Anderson Graduate School of Management, on September 12 & 13, 2003. This conference was jointly organized by the Center for International Business Education & Research and Center for Management in the Information Economy. He presented a paper titled "Impact of Information and Communication Technologies on Indian Business Sector". During his trip to USA in the month of September 2003,Prof.Atanu Ghosh visited and interacted with few faculty members at Harvard Business School, MIT Sloan School of Management, Frank Sawyer School of Management-Suffolk University (Boston/Cambridge); College of Business and Public Administration - The University of Arizona ( Tucson, Arizona); College of Textiles-North Carolina State University (Raleigh) and Fashion Institute of Technology (New York).
Prof. B.V. Limaye, Mathematics, participated and gave a talk on "Improvement of Accuracy in Eigenvalue Approximation", and Chaired a session at an International Conference on 'Approximation Methods and Orthogonal Expansions 2003' (AMOE2003), which was organised by the University of Tartu, held at Kaariku, Estonia, from September 12 to 14, 2003. He also visited the Tallinn Technical University and the Tallinn Pedagogical University in Tallinn, Estonia, on September 10 and 11, 2003.
Prof. Milind Malshe, HSS, was invited to deliver special lectures on "Western Traditions of Drama and Narratives", at the Film and Television Institute of India, Pune, on September 10-11, 2003.
Prof. Narayan Rangaraj, Mechanical Engineering, visited and gave a talk on "Planning for Suburban Rail Operations", at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. He also visited the Electronic Enterprises Laboratory at IISc on September13. He visited the General Motors Technology Centre, Bangalore, and gave a talk on "Analysis of Operating Costs and Pricing Models on Transport Networks", on September 14, 2003. Prof. Rangaraj gave invited talks to students on "Operations Management Applications in Transport", at M.H.Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Mumbai, and on "Supply Chain Management", at the S. P. Jain Institute of Management and Research.
Prof. Supratik Chakraborty, Computer Science and Engineering, had participated and presented an invited talk titled "Reasoning about Synchronization Techniques in GALS Systems: A Unified Approach", at a Workshop on 'Formal Methods in Globally Asynchronous Locally Synchronous Architectures'. This workshop was held as part of the Formal Methods Europe Symposium in Pisa, Italy on Sept 13, 2003. The paper was co-authored by Joycee Mekie, Ph.D. student, Electrical Engineering, and Prof. Dinesh K. Sharma, Electrical Engineering.
Dr. B. Krishna Mohan, Senior Research Engineer, CSRE, delivered an invited lecture on the theme "Introduction to Digital Image Processing", to the students and faculty members of St. Francis Institute of Technology, Borivili, on September 15, 2003 on the occasion of Engineer's Day.
Prof. N. Ananthkrishnan, Aerospace Engineering, and PK Raghavendra, Dual degree student, Aerospace Engineering, gave an invited talk on "Nonlinear Dynamics: Bifurcations and Dynamic Inversion", at a CEP course organized at the Institute of Armament Technology (IAT), Pune, on September 15, 2003.
Prof. S. B. Kedare, Energy Systems Engineering, gave an invited lecture on "Solar Energy", at Institute of Engineers, Belapur Local Centre, Belapur on September 15, 2003 on the occasion of Engineers' day.
Prof. L. R. Subramanyan, Electrical Engineering, gave a seminar on "Laboratory Instructions in Engineering Institutions", organised by the ISTE Chapter, IIT Bombay, on September 16th, 2003 and Prof. P. R. Apte. Reliability Engg., spoke on "Inventive Problem Solving through TRIZ", in October 2, 2003.
Prof. Sudhir R. Ghorpade, Mathematics, gave a seminar on "Classical Varieties, Codes and Combinatorics", on September 17, 2003. The seminar was in connection with speaker's participation at the '15th International Conference on Formal Power Series and Algebraic Combinatorics (FPSAC 2003)', held at Vadstena, Sweden, in June 2003.
Prof. M. U. Deshpande, Professor In Charge - DEP, Kresit, gave a presentation on "Academic Networking", through Satellite based Distance Education at a National Seminar on 'Undergraduate Engineering Education in India: New Directions and Strategies', on September 19, at IIT Chennai. He also gave a key note on "Challanges and Opportunities for Engineers and Architects", at Akola Engineers and Architects Association on the eve of Engineers Day.
Prof. Balwant Singh, EE, gave an Invited lecture titled "Subintegrality, Invertible Modules And The Picard Group", at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, on September 22, 2003.
Prof. D.N. Manik, Mechanical Engineering had conducted a CEP course on "Condition Monitoring using Machinery Vibration," at IIT Bombay from September 18-19, 2003. 55 participants attended the course from 25 industries. Majority of the participants were from Tata Motors, TVS Motors, Mahindra, Ashok Leyland, Reliance, ONGC, Godrej, GAIL, Tata Power, Reserve Bank of India and Railways (Central and Konkan).
Prof. Veena Sahasrabuddhe, Cell For Human Values, gave a lecture-demonstration on "Khyaal (Persian -Thought /Idea/Imagination) form", at UICT, Matunga, on September 16, 2003.
Prof. Meera Sharma, SJM SOM, has authored an article titled "Accounting for Risk: A Survey of International Standards", which has been published in the IBA Bulletin on 'Risk Management in Banks', September 2003. The Indian Banks' Association each month publishes the bulletin with articles on a particular theme.
Prof. Rowena Robinson, HSS, has authored a book, 'Christians of India', Sage Publications, New Delhi, August 2003. A copy has been made available at the IIT Library.
Prof. P. Seshu, ME, has authored a book titled "Textbook of Finite Element Analysis", published by Prentice Hall of India, New Delhi in September 2003.