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DR B R AMBEDKAR
NATIONAL INSITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
JALANDHAR-144011, India
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Vision- To build a rich intellectual potential embedded with interdisciplinary knowledge, human values and professional ethics among the youth, aspirant of becoming engineers and technologists so that they contribute to society and create a niche for a successful career.
Mission- To become a leading and unique institution of higher learning, offering state-of-the-art education, research and training in engineering and technology to students who are able and eager to become change agents for the industrial and economic progress of the nation. To nurture and sustain an academic ambience conducive to the development and growth of committed professionals for sustainable development of the nation and to accomplish its integration into the global economy.
Compiled by Dr Vishal S Sharma, Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, [email protected]
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Chairperson’s Profile
Rajiv Mehrotra
(Chairperson Board Of Governors, NIT Jalandhar)
Founder & Chairman, Shyam Telecommunications Group,
& Vihaan Networks Limited,
Gurgaon (Haryana)
Shri Rajiv Mehrotra has taken over as Chairperson Board Of Governors, Dr B R Ambedkar NIT,
Jalandhar, on December 2014.Rajiv Mehrotra, a veteran of the telecom industry, is the Founder
and Chairman of the Shyam Group of companies. In 1974, as a young electronics engineer, Rajiv
pioneered the manufacture of low cost satellite TV equipment that brought cable TV to millions
of village homes in India. Inspired by this revolution, he took telecom to the masses by installing
wireless telephones in over 100,000 Indian villages. He went on to launch Shyam Telecom, the
flagship of the Shyam Group and now a leading name worldwide for mobile coverage solutions.
Hexacom (now Bharti Hexacom) was launched by Rajiv in the 1990’s to provide GSM services
in Rajasthan, the largest state in India. Mr. Mehrotra is also the founder of Shyam Telelink
Limited (now Sistema Shyam Teleservices Ltd.), one of the first operators in the world to deploy
CDMA technology for fixed wireless services. His efforts established Essel Shyam as the leading
name in VSAT services in India. Rajiv founded VNL (Vihaan Networks Ltd.) in 2004. VNL is
based on his vision to take telecom to the next frontier – connecting the billions of unconnected
across the world. He sees VNL as a catalyst in the transformation of rural communities through
telecom. His vision and wealth of experience, combined with his far-reaching contacts in the
telecom industry, makes him the ideal leader for the company.
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Director’s Profile
Prof I K Bhat
Director, NIT Jalandhar
Prof Inder Krishen Bhat born in Srinagar received his BE(Hons) degree in Mechanical
Engineering in 1975 from Kashmir University, and MTech and PhD from IIT, Kanpur in 1982
and 1986 respectively. He specializes in Materials Characterization. His current interests are
Material Science, and Academic Administration. He served in the Public Works Department of
J&K State two years before joining REC, Srinagar in 1978. He served in the capacity of Lecturer
and Reader at Institute of Engineering and Technology, Lucknow during 1986 to 1994. He
joined Motilal Nehru Regional Engineering College, Allahabad (MNNIT - Allahabad) as
Professor in 1994. He has held many positions of responsibility at different levels in academic
nstitutions. He has guided many PhD dissertations and several MTech thesis. He has published
over 100 articles in Journals, Conferences and Seminars. Dr Bhat has delivered over more than
150 invited lectures in different institutions and organizations. He is considered as an authority
on Quality of Technical Education and Teaching Pedagogy in the country. Dr Bhat served All
India Council for Technical Education, New Delhi as Advisor-1 during June, 1999 to June, 2002.
He served the National Board of Accreditation in his capacity as Member- Secretary (NBA). Dr
Bhat headed the Quality Assurance Bureau and has been actively involved in Quality Assurance
movement of Technical Institutions in the country. He has been chosen as a Resource-person on
Accreditation by Colombo Plan Countries. He has been the initiator of Asian Accreditation
Accord. Dr Bhat served as Director of NIT Hamirpur from 2005 to 2010, and initiated several
reforms. Prof. Bhat has been on the Board of Governors of four Regional Engineering Colleges,
BITS Pilani, IIIT Allahabad, KNIT Sultanpur, and many self-financing institutions in the
country. He is on the Advisory Board of several other institutions in the country. He is a Fellow
member of Institution of Engineers (India), founder member of Indo-US Collaborative
Engineering Education and a Life Member of Indian Society for Technical Education. Dr Bhat is
Director of MNIT Jaipur, Rajasthan from 2011 to till date. Where many of the initiatives were
towards building a better infrastructure, better academic environment & ambiance, and providing
quality extension activities at MNIT Jaipur. He served as Director of NIT Delhi from March
2013 to Sept 2013. Dr Bhat was Founder Director of IIIT Kota 2013 to till date. Dr Bhat served
as Chairman of CCMT for three years. He served the Chairman position of CSAB in 2014 and
CSAB NEUT in 2014. Currently Dr Bhat is Director of NIT Jalandhar since Jan, 2015.
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Workshops/
Conferences/ Short-
term courses/
Training programs
conducted
One-Week Industrial-Institute
Interaction training program on
“Emerging Trends of Research in
Electronics and Communication” was
organized by Department of Electronics
and Communication Engineering from
1st Dec to 5
th Dec 2014. The experts were
from different industries like SCL Mohali,
Cadre Design Systems, Delhi, Advance
Tech India Pvt.ltd, COREL Technologies,
BIOPAC India, Techlabs Delhi, etc. are
invited for sharing new avenues of
research in the emerging fields of
electronics and holding hand-on sessions
during training program. The chief
coordinators were Dr BS Saini, Dr
Balwinder Raj and Coordinators Dr Indu
Saini, Dr Neetu Sood. The training
program was funded by TEQIP-II.
A self-financed Two-day’s
workshop on “Introduction to Matlab”
was organized by Department of
Electronics and Communication
Engineering for UG and PG students of
various departments from 23-24 Aug.,
2014. The total participants were 84 from
different departments of NIT Jalandhar.
The Coordinators were Dr. B. S. Saini and
Dr. Balwinder Raj.
TEQIP-II Sponsored Short Term
Course on “Recent Trends in
Instrumentation and Control Engineering
(RTICE-2014)” held on December 08-12,
2014 organized by Department of
Instrumentation and Control
Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar National
Institute of Technology, Jalandhar.
(Coordinators: Dr A K Jain and Dr
Kuldeep Singh Nangla).
Short Term Course on Simulation
Short Term Course on CAD/CAM
Software’s Swansoft CNC Simulator by
Department of Industrial and
Production Engineering. Short Term Course on CAM and
Solid Work from Aug 18-09-2014 to 22-
09-2014 by Department of Industrial
and Production Engineering. Short Term Course on CAD/CAM
and Pro/E Software from September 22nd
2014 to September 27th 2014 by
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Department of Industrial and
Production Engineering.
Department of Chemistry organized short term course in “Frontiers
in Chemical Science and Technology”
from December 08-14, 2014.
Technology Transfer Event &
One Day Workshop on the Filter Media
Characterization by Department of
Textile Engineering. It was organized at
NIT Jalandhar on December 15, 2014. NIT
Jalandhar has transferred the right of
manufacturing of test rigs (for
characterizing filter media used for
pollution control in industries) to Kanwal
Enterprises, Gurgaon, Hr.). These test rigs,
viz. a viz. pulse-jet filtration test rig and
industrial filtration rigs have been
developed through a project supported by
Instrumentation Development Programme
(IDP) under Department of Science &
Technology (DST), Government of India.
Pulse-jet filtration test rig
The cost involved of this research project
was Rs 52.28 lacs. The development will
help textile and environmental
technologists, researchers, practicing
engineers and technologists, industry
personnel, and filter unit manufacturers
and consultants involved in pollution
control activities in many ways such as:
i. The apparatus will develop better
understanding of the way in which various
process parameters determine filtration
performance.
ii. It will help in assessment of
performance of existing material as well as
development of new material.
iii. The designed apparatus will help in
proper adjustment of operating parameters.
Industrial filtration test rig
First time NIT Jalandhar has signed
the technology transfer to any industries
for production of instruments. Technology
transfer paper was signed by the Director
Dr S Ghosh, Dean - Research and
Consultancy, Dr S P Singh, Principal
investigator Dr A Mukhopadhyay and Co -
investigator Dr A K Choudhary.
Signing of Technology transfer paper
NIT Jalandhar is planning to display both
the test rigs at Filtech 2015- exhibition at
Cologne, Germany in February 2015. The
above event was followed by one day, to
deliver knowledge about the quality of
filter media, their characterization and also
about the hardware used for optimization
of filter performances for industrial gas
filtration. The workshop has also
highlighted the issues and challenges
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behind the development of pollution
control equipment used in industries.
Workshop
Memorandum of Understanding-
Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
between Department of Textile
Technology at Dr B R Ambedkar National
Institute of Technology Jalandhar and The
University of Bolton, UK has been signed
on October 27, 2014 to facilitate and
enhance academic co-operation. MoU was
signed by Professor Rob Campbell, Pro
Vice Chancellor (Academic), The
University of Bolton and Professor S K
Das, Director, NIT Jalandhar. University
of Bolton at UK is very prominent in the
frontier research and manpower
development in the field of technical
textiles and allied field. Present MoU will
motivate students at both the places for
joint research, training and advanced
studies. Faculty members will be also
benefitted for collaborative research and
publications. The following activities will
be undertaken under MoU:
1. Faculty / staff development and
exchange;
2. Student exchange;
3. Seminars, research, conferences and
workshops;
4. Collaboration in the sharing of
academic information, articles etc;
5. Develop and provide training
programmes.
Signing of MoU
National Seminar on Advances in
Textile Materials & Processes was
conducted by Department of Textile
Technology, NIT Jalandhar on October 29,
2014 under TEQIP-II in NKN Hall of the
IT building. Seminar was inaugurated by
Sh IMJS Sidhu, MD Vardhman Group,
Baddi. Coordinators Dr Vinay Midha and
Dr A Mukhopadhyay invited various
experts from Reliance Industries Ltd.
Patalganga, Intertek Ltd Gurgaon, Trident
Ltd, Malerkotla and Aarti International Ltd
Ludhiana. Prof S Rajendran from the
National Seminar
University of Bolton, UK deliberated on
medical textiles and healthcare standards
in europe. There was an industrial-institute
interaction session in which dignitaries
from the institute and industry had an
interactive session on the advances in
textile materials and processes which
helped the students in gaining the current
issues and challenges of the market.
TEQIP-II sponsored one week
short term course on “Recent Advances in
Energy Technology” during June, 2- 6,
2014 by Department of Chemical Engg.
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Dr Harleen Dahiya Coordinated a
one day Seminar on “Neutrino Physics-A
Historical Perspective” conducted at Dr.
B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of
Technology, Jalandhar on Sept 03, 2014.
Dr. Rohit Mehra organised a
seminar on Nuclear, Statistical Physics and
Quark Model and their Applications under
NKN under MCIT from March 14-18,
2014.
Projects/Civil
works/ Research
grant received
Department of Electronics and
Communication Engineering -
A project for Chip to System (C2S)
Design in VLSI lab, dept. of ECE was
approved in Dec 2014 by Ministry of
Communication and Information
Technology, Delhi.
Department of Instrumentation and
Control Engineering - Indo Korean Project entitled Real
Time Shared Autonomy System for Filed
mobile robots filed jointly with Korea
University, Seoul on 29-09-2014.
Department Building Architectural
Drawings have been finalized and the civil
works is about to start shortly. The
building has been located in top three
floors of the upcoming building of ECE
Department.
Department of Mechanical Engineering- A grant of Rs.1 crore was received
for the purchase of Advanced UTM
machine by Department of Mechanical
Engineering.
Department of Chemical Engineering -
Dr Jatinder Kumar and Dr Ajay
Bansal received a grant of Rs. 1.0 lakh for
the industry sponsored R & D project
“Study on Treatment of Groundwater of
AB Sugars Ltd” from AB Sugars Ltd.
Department of Chemistry -
BTR-3 Project on “Gamma-
radiation induced synthesis of super-
absorbents and impact of swift heavy ions
bombardment on the physico-chemical
properties” “IUAC-New Delhi, 2014.
DST-FIST Project worth Rs 42.5
Lacs for Equipmentation in the Chemistry
Department, NIT-Jalandhar, in progress.
Dr. Virender Singh, Assistant
Professor and, Dr B S Kaith, Professor
received CSIR Project entitled “National
Project Inspired Designed Synthesis and
Anti-Cancer Evaluation of Carboline
Derivatives, Rs. 15.42 lacs Nov. 17, 2014.
Dr. Harsh Manchanda, Associate
Professor received INSA Visiting Sci
Fellowship July 2014.
DST- SERB project under EMR
Category “Green Synthesis of Nano-sized
metal hexacyanoferrates - vinyl monomer
grafted Psyllium-Gum xanthum based
Composites and their applications in waste
water treatment, of cost ~ 60 Lacs 2014.
(Projects Submitted by Department of
Chemistry)
BRNS Project (Board of Research
in Nuclear Sciences) ““Estimation and
sorption studies of various Radio-active
elements present in the Malwa region of
Punjab using Metal hexacyanoferrates
nanoparticles reinforced Gum acacia-
Gelatin Green composites” worth Rs.
63.36 lacs, 2014. (Projects Submitted by
Department of Chemistry).
Department of Physics - “Generalized and Transverse
Momentum Dependent Parton
Distributions” Ref No. SB/S2/HEP-
004/2013 Rs. 13,32,000/- Scientific
Engineering and Research Board (SERB),
Title: Some universal features of
Nuclear Structure in Super deformed
nuclei Funding Agency: DST Amount:
Rs.13,67,880/- PI: Dr H M Mittal
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Distinguished
visitors / Expert
lectures in the
departments
Department of Electronics and
Communication Engineering -
Expert Talk on “Industry
Expectation from Students” was organised
by Dept. of ECE on September 29, 2014
for UG students. The expert was Er Atul
Lal, Director, IBEX Electronics Pvt. Ltd.,
B-34, Lower Ground Floor, Panchsheel
Enclave, New Delhi. Er. Atul Lal also
showed his interest in sponsoring projects
to UG students on Energy Conservation.
Dr. R.K Sarin and Dr. B. S. Saini
organised the expert talk.
An invited talk on “Industry
Expectation from Students” Phase-II was
organised by Dept. of ECE on October 29,
2014. The speaker was Er Atul Lal,
Director, IBEX Electronics Pvt. Ltd., New
Delhi. He offered two projects on Energy
Conservation of industry standards to the
UG students. The invited talked was
supported by TEQIP-II. Dr. R.K Sarin and
Dr. B. S. Saini organised the event.
Department of Instrumentation and
Control Engineering –
Expert talk on “Virtual Labs” was
organized by Dept. of ICE on 19.08.2014.
The speaker was Dr. Vinod Kumar, Dean
Faculty Affairs and Professor, Department of
Electrical Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
Expert talk on “Transition from
campus life to industrial culture for an
Instrumentation and Control Engineer”
was organised by Dept. of ICE on
12.09.2014. The speaker was Er. Dhurjati
Sreeram Bhargav, M/s ALSTOM India
Limited, Noida.
Expert talk on “MEMS and Smart
Sensors” and “Sensor Networks” was
organised by Dept. of ICE on 11.12.2014.
The speaker was Dr H K Verma, Director
(Retd.), IIT – Roorkee.
Department of Bio Technology –
Dr. U. C. Banerjee, Prof. and Head,
Department of Pharmaceutical
Technology, National Institute of
Pharmaceutical Education and Research
delivered expert lecture on the topics
"Application of enzymes and whole cells
for the enantiomeric synthesis of chiral
drugs and drug intermediates"on January
09, 2015. The event was organized by Dr.
A.K.Jana and Er. N.Basak.
Department of Chemical Engineering -
Dr V. K. Saxena, Professor and
Head, Department of Chemical
Engineering, Indian School of Mines
Dhanbad delivered an expert lecture on the
topic “Clean Coal Technology” on
November 27, 2013.
Dr G.P. Karmakar, Professor,
Petroleum Engineering School of
Petroleum Technology, Pandit DeenDayal
Petroleum University, Gandhinagar,
Gujarat delivered an expert lecture on the
topic” Enhanced Oil Recovery” on
February 18, 2014.
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Dr T. Kumar, Director, National
Institute of Technology, Durgapur
delivered an expert lecture on the topic
“Role of Fossil Fuels & Renewables for
Sustainable Development on July 30,
2014.
Department of Chemistry - Dr G P Karmakar, Professor in
Petroleum Engineering School of
Petroleum Engineering , Deendyal
Petroleum University Gandhi Nagar
Gujarat visited department and
laboratories and interacted with faculty of
the department on 17.02.2014.
Expert Lectures delivered by the Faculty:
Dr Shivani Mishra from
Johnesburg Univerisity, South Africa
delivered invited talk on Nano-materials
and environment on July 8, 2014.
Prof (Dr) N C Kothiyal delivered
an invited talk on topic Hydro processed
Non Edible Vegetable as Substitution
crude oil in ISTE-SRM Short Term
Training Programme on “Recent Advances
in Hydro Carbon Engineering” 11-15 Sept.
2015, organized by Department of
Chemical Engineering, Dr B R Ambedkar
National Institute of Technology
Jalandhar.
Expert Talk- all the faculty
members delivered two expert lectures in
the Short Term Course “Frontiers in
Chemical Sciences and Technology”
December 08, 2014 NIT Jalandhar.
Department of Physics –
Dr V K Jindal, Emeritus Scientist
CSIR and Formerly Professor of Physics,
Coordinator, Nano Science and Nano
Technology, Punjab University
Chandigarh visited department to deliver
an expert talk on, “Carbon Based New
Nano Materials” on November 10, 2014.
Expert Lectures delivered by the Dr H M
Mittal:
Dr H M Mittal Chaired the
Technical Session in 2nd
International
Conference APCMSET-2014 at Jawaharlal
Nehru University, New Delhi from 19th
-
20th
July, 2014.
Dr H M Mittal attended a
International Conference APCMSET-2014
at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New
Delhi from 19th-20th July, 2014.
Expert Lectures delivered by the Dr. Rohit
Mehra:
Dr. Rohit Mehra gives an Expert
talk on “Health Risk Assessment Due To
Natural Radionuclides in Environs” that
was organised at Arni University,
Kathgarh, Himachal Pradesh on
05/11/2014.
Dr. Rohit Mehra gives an Expert
talk on “Introduction to Nano technology
its synthesis and characterization” that was
organised at ACET, Amritsar, Punjab on
17/10/2014.
Dr Rohit Mehra gives an Expert
talk on “Nuclear Radiations and Particle
Detectors” that was organised at Baba
Farid College, Bathinda, Punjab on
10/10/2014.
Dr Rohit Mehra gives an Expert
talk on “Assessment of Radiological Risks
due to Radionuclides in the Environs” that
was organised at KMV, Jalandhar on
01/08/2014.
Ms Jyoti Bharj gave an invited talk
on Flame Synthesis of Carbon Nano-Tubes
using domestic fuels in Second
International Conference on Nano-
Materials and Nano-Composites on 19-21
December 2014 at MG University
Kottayam, Kerala.
Faculty
Achievements Department of Electronics and
Communication Engineering –
Dr Ramesh K Sunkaria designated
as Guest Editor, for Special issue on
‘Medical Image and Signal Processing’,
International Journal of Biomedical
Engineering and Technology.
Dr Ramesh K Sunkaria designated as
Guest Editor, for Special issue on ‘Bio-
Medical Signal and Image Processing’,
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International Journal of Signal and
Imaging System Engineering.
Dr. Balwinder Raj was invited to
Chandigarh University for an expert talk
on “Nanoscale Semiconductor Devices” to
PG students and faculty in Electronics and
Communication Engineering Department,
Chandigarh University on 11th
July, 2014.
Dr. Balwinder Raj attended
“Compact Modeling Familiarization
workshop” at Centre for Nano Science and
Engineering IISc, Bangalore from 22-23
August 2014. He also delivered a talk
during workshop on current research
activities and facilities available in Dept.
of ECE, NIT Jalandhar.
Department of Instrumentation and
Control Engineering –
The Open House Viva-voce
examination of Mr SK Pahuja, Research
Scholar was successfully held at IIT Delhi
for award of PhD degree on April 28,
2014. The topic of his research work was
“Real Time Physiological and
Morphological Profile based Feto-
Maternal Monitoring using Electrical
Impedance Tomography”.
The Open House Viva-voce
examination of Mrs Sheela Tiwari,
Research Scholar was successfully held for
award of PhD degree on May 12, 2014.
The topic of her research work was
“Identification and Control of UPFC
Equipped Multi-machine Power System”.
The Open House Viva-voce
examination of Mr Kuldeep Singh Nagla,
Research Scholar was successfully held for
award of PhD degree on August 19, 2014.
The topic of his research work was
“Analysis and Development of Sensor
Fusion Frame Work for Mobile Robots.
Mrs Roop Pahuja, Research
Scholar has submitted her PhD Thesis on
31.03.2014 for conduct of Open House
Viva-Voce Examination. The topic of her
research work is “Development of Smart
Wireless Sensor and Actuator Network for
next Generation of Green House”.
Mr Rajesh Singla, Research
Scholar has submitted his PhD Thesis on
30.07.2014 for conduct of Open House
Viva-Voce Examination. The topic of his
research work is “Flash VEP response and
neural correlates for robotic control”.
Department of Mechanical Engineering-
Dr Raman Bedi attended 1st World
Conference on Fracture and Damage
Mechanics of Metals, Glass, Semi-
Conductors, Polymers, Alloys,
Composites, Nanocomposites, Gels and
Adhesives (FRACTURE- 2014) held on
Aug. 9-11, 2014 at Mahatma Gandhi
University.
Dr R S Bharj and Dr. Raman Bedi
attended “11th
batch of Training on
Management Capacity Enhancement for
Administrators” held from 23.09.2014 to
27.09.2014 at IIM Lucknow, Noida
Campus.
Dr R S Bharj attended “Second
International Conference on
Nanostructured Materials and Nano
Composites (ICNM-2014) being held at
Mahatma Gandhi University Kottayam,
Kerala from 19.12.2014 to 21.12.2014.
Dr S S Sandhu and Dr Rajeev
Kukreja attended workshop on “Genetic
Algorithms for Engineering Optimization”
held at IIT, Guwahati from 29-31.12.2014.
Department of Industrial and
Production Engineering-
Publications Numbers
Journal 11
Proceeding 14
Department of Civil Engineering-
Research Publications:
S Goel, S P Singh, “Fatigue
performance of plain and steel fibre
reinforced self compacting concrete
beams using S-N relationships”,
Engineering Structures, Elsevier
Science (Accepted).
M P Singh, S P Singh, A P Singh,
“Experimental study on the strength
characteristics and water
permeability of hybrid steel fibre
reinforced concrete”, International
Scholarly Research Notices (ISRN)
(Accepted).
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M P Singh, S P Singh, A P Singh.
“Effect of fibre hybridization on
compressive strength, split tensile strength
and water permeability of SFRC”, Journal
of Materials and Engineering
Structures (Accepted).
Research Supervision (PhD):
Raman Bedi, “Flexural fatigue
studies on fibre reinforced polymer
concrete composites”, Department of
Mechanical Engineering, NIT Jalandhar
(Awarded).
Harpreet Gaba (Ms), “Structural
health monitoring and retrofitting of RCC
rectangular slabs”, Punjab Technical
University, Jalandhar (Awarded).
Maninder Pal Singh, “Water
permeability and strength characteristics of
hybrid steel fibre reinforced concrete”,
Department of Civil Engineering, NIT
Jalandhar (Submitted).
Department of Textile Engineering-
Book/Chapter Publications:
Mukhoapdhyay, A., book chapter
on Composite nonwovens in filters: Part I
Filtration Mechanism and Characteristics
requirements of Nonwovens as Filter in
Composite nonwoven materials: Design,
development and applications, Woodhead
Publishing Limited, Elsevier, Cambridge,
ISBN 9780857097705, 2014.
Mukhopadhyay, A., A book
chapter on Composite nonwovens in
filters: Part II Composite Nonwovens in
Filters in Composite nonwoven materials:
Design, development and applications,
Woodhead Publishing Limited, Elsevier,
Cambridge, ISBN 9780857097705, 2014.
Journal Publications:
J N Chakraborty and Priyadarshi
Jaruhar, ‘Dyeing of cotton with sulphur
dyes using alkaline catalase as reduction
catalyst,Indian Journal of Fibre and Textile
Res, 39, September (2014), pp 303-309.
J N Chakraborty and P P S
Madān, ‘Imparting anti-shrink properties
to wool by individual and simultaneous
application of keratinase and papain‘,
Indian J of Fibre and Textile Research, 39,
Dec (2014), pp 411-417.
J N Chakraborty, Vivek Sharma
and Preeti Gautam, ‘Enhancing UV
Protection of Cotton through application
of novel UV Absorbers’, Journal of
Textile and Apparel, Technology and
Management, 9(1), Fall 2014, p1-17.
Guneet Dhiman and J N
Chakraborty, ‘Soil release performance of
cotton finished with Oleophobol CPR and
CMC-Na salt’, Fashion & Textiles, 1(23),
2014, 1-15.
The structural configuration and
stretch property relationship of high stretch
bandage fabric, M Sikka,, S. Ghosh and A.
Mukhopadhyay, Fibre and Polymers, 15 ,
2014, pp 1779-1785.
Midha, V.K., Hiremath, S. and
Gupta, V. (2014) “Optimizing aqua splicer
process parameters for Lycra-cotton core
spun yarn using Taguchi method”, Journal
of the Institution of Engineers (India):
Series E,DOI 10.1007/s40034-014-0043-z.
Midha, V.K., Sharma, A. and Suresh K.
S. (2014) “Performance of transesterified
jute rolled erosion control products”,
Geosynthetics International, Vol. 21(5),
301-309.
Midha, V.K., Vashisht, R., Midha,
V. (2014) “Durabilility of fluoropolymer
and antibacterial finishes on woven
surgical gowns”, Fashion and Textiles,
Vol. 1, 1-12.
Midha, V.K. and Suresh K. S.
(2014) “Effect of seam angle on seam
puckering in lightweight woven fabrics”,
The Journal of the Textile Institute, DOI:
10.1080/00405000.2014.924224.
Pawan Kumar, Sujit Kumar Sinha
and Subrata Ghosh, Elastic Performance
Coefficient and Recovery of Modified
Polyester/Polyvinyl Alcohol Ring Spun
Yarn Tekstilec 2014, letn. 57(4), 264−272
DOI: 10.14502/Tekstilec2014.57.264–272
S K Sinha and P Jaswal, The
Empirical modelling of snarling in staple
yarn, J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. E (July–
December 2014) 95(2):81–87.
M D Roy and S K Sinha,
Performance of Wicking through yarn and
fabric made from polyester fibres of
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different cross sections, Int. J Text Sc,
2014, 3(3), 44-50.
S K Sinha & Dinesh Bhatia
Comparative Assessment and Empirical
Modeling for Aesthetic Behaviour of
Vortex and Ring Yarn Knitted Fabric on
Laundering, Int J Fibre Text Res, 2014,
4(4), 62-70.
Papers presented in International
Conference
Midha, V. K., Kumar S. & Sharma
A (2014). “Modified Biodegradable Rolled
Erosion Control Products (RECPs) for
Rainsplash Erosion Control” International
Conference on Technical Textiles and
Nonwovens, IIT Delhi, Nov.’ 6th
-8th
.
Sikka M, Ghosh S &
Mukhoapdhyay A (2014). “Structure and
stretch property relationship of high stretch
bandages” International Conference on
Technical Textiles and Nonwovens, IIT
Delhi, Nov.’ 6th
-8th
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Department of Bio Technology –
Mr. Sandeep Kumar, Ph.D students
under Prof. A.K.Jana had submitted Ph.D
thesis for open house viva-voce
examination in June 2014. The title of the
thesis is "Immobilization of Enzyme
Serratiopeptidase on Magnetic
Nanoparticles (MNPs) and
characterization of resulting
Nanoparticles".
Mr. Nitai Basak, Research Scholar
had submitted Ph.D thesis for open house
viva-voce examination in November 2014.
The title of the thesis is "Studies on
Photofermentative Biohydrogen
Production by Purple-Non-Sulfur
Bacteria"
Department of Chemical Engineering -
Dr.M.K.Jha has been nominated as
Vice President IIChE, Kolkata for the year
2013-2014.
Dr. Ajay Bansal has been
nominated as member Board of Studies in
Chemical Engineering and Food
Technology of Dr S S Bhatnagar
University Institute of Chemical
Technology, Panjab University,
Chandigarh.
Dr Ajay Bansal has been
nominated as convener of Regional Centre
Affairs for IIChE Kolkata for the year
2013-2014.
Dr Renu Gupta has been nominated
as member of Regional Centre Affairs for
IIChE Kolkata for the year 2013-2014.
Book Publications:
S Sinha, K K Pant, S Bajpai,
“Advances In Petroleum Engineering- I
Refining”Studium Press L, U.S.A, 2015.
Department of Chemistry –
BEST POSTER PAPER AWARD
on the research paper titled “Optimization
and screening Fabrication and
Characterization of Gaur gum – Acrylic
acid based Superabsorbent”, authored by
Kaith, B. S., Sharma, R and Kalia
Susheel, in National Conference
“Innovation in Engineering
Pharmaceutical, Legal and Management
Sciences, Bahra University, Shimla Hills,
May 30, 2014. The paper was presented by
Reena Sharma.
BEST ORAL PAPER AWARD on
the research paper titled “Synthesis of
Conducting Biodegradable Hydrogels
based on Gum ghatti and their physio-
chemical properties”, authored by Kaith,
B. S., Sharma, K and Kalia Susheel, in
National Conference “Innovation in
Engineering Pharmaceutical, Legal and
Management Sciences, Bahra University,
Shimla Hills, May 30, 2014. The paper
was presented by Kshama Sharma.
Dr B S Kaith Chaired Session in
“EBAS-2014” November, 2014 LPU-
Jalandhar.
Department of Physics-
Papers published in National
Conferences/Symposium:
“Nuclear structure of multiphonon
γγ-band in neutron rich 112
Ru nucleus” –
Parveen Kumari and H.M. Mittal, Proc.
Symp. on Nucl. Phys. (India) 59 (2014)
100.
“Systematics of band moment of
inertia of excited SD bands of even-even
nuclei in A=150 mass region” - Neha
Sharna, H.M. Mittal and A.K. Jain, Proc.
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Symp. on Nucl. Phys. (India) 59 (2014)
168.
“Systemaic dependence of product
(E(2γ )*B(E2)) on asymmetry parameter
γ0 ” - H.M. Mittal and Parveen Kumari,
Proc. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. (India) 59
(2014) 176.
“The empirical study of the energy
spin relationship in the ground bands of
even-even nuclei” - Vidya Devi and H.M.
Mittal, Proc. Symp. on Nucl. Phys. (India)
59 (2014) 190.
Publications in international Journals:
Assessment of radiation hazards
due to the concentration of natural
radionuclides in the environment Rohit
Mehra, Pankaj Bala Environ Earth Sci
January 2014, Volume 71, Issue 2, pp 901-
909 at Springer.
Estimation of Annual Effective
Dose from Indoor Radon/Thoron
Concentrations and Measurement of
Radon Concentrations in soil; Rohit
Mehra, Pankaj Bala. Radiation Protection
Dosimetry, vol. 158(1): 111-114 DOI:
10.1093/rpd/nct191. At Oxford Journal.
Monitoring of metal
contaminations in groundwater in
Northern Rajasthan, India. Vikas Duggal,
Asha Rani, Rohit Mehra Journal of
Environmental and Occupational Science,
(Accepted). At Journal of Environmental
and Occupational Science.
Arvinder Singh and Naveen Gupta,
Higher Harmonic Generation by Self
Focused q-Gaussian Beam in Preformed
Collisionless Plasma Channel.Laser and
Particle Beams ,. USA. which Cambridge
University Press Accepted.
Students Activities/
achievements
A workshop on “Multisim” was
organized for B.Tech students of ECE
department, on Nov., 2014. The
workshop supported by Society of
Electronics and Communication
Engineer's (SoECE). Mr. Pawan Soobhri,
CR B.Tech ECE 3rd
year was the student
coordinator.
Society of Electronics and
Communication Engineer's (SoECE)
organized Engineer’s Day Celebration in
Dept. of ECE on 15th
Sep., 2014.
Mr Umesh Kumar and Mr Kamal
Kumar, M. Tech students in Department
of I.C.E. participated in the Short Term
Training programme on Performance
Testing and Evaluation for SHP Stations
during January 19-23, 2015 sponsored by
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy,
GOI, organized by Alternate Hydro
Energy Centre, IIT- Roorkee.
Mr. Rajesh Kumar Gupta a student
of 2nd year MTech Chemical Engineering
has been awarded Golden Jubilee
Scholarship by the Indian Institute of
Chemical Engineers Northern Regional
Centre New Delhi for the academic year
2014-2015.
14
P. Sasidhar M. Tech (Structural
and Construction Engineering) student
was awarded best m.tech thesis in the area
of concrete by indian concrete institute –
ultratech cements . Supervisior of thesis –
Dr. Rizwan A Khan.
Industry Institute Interaction: An
industrial visit was coordinated by Dr
KVP Singh and Sh Harwinder Singh for B.
Tech 3rd
year of Textile Department on
09.11.2014 to Auro Spinning Mills, Baddi.
This visit was extended to its units of
weaving and processing for latest
industrial exposure.
Ms Khayti, M Sc Chemistry Final
Year student qualified CSIR examination
and Ms Neha Gupta qualified UGC/NET
Examination.
Ms Suruchi Sharma Research
Scholar in Department of Chemistry
submitted her Thesis on “Chemical and
Enzymatic Synthesis of Gum tragacanth
based Biodegradable Hydrogels: Their
Evaluation as Controlled Drug and
Fertilizer Release Devices” in July, 2014.
Nishu Garg, Riya students of IPE
Department participated in Shell Eco-
Marathan 2014.
Arpit Jain student of IPE
Department Served as a Secretary of SAE
(Society of Automobile Engineer).
Mr Pragin Bangotra student of
Physics Department attended Refresher
Course in “Experimental Physics”
sponsored by Indian Academy of Sciences
(11-26, November 2014), VVIET, Mysore,
India.
Mr Rajan Jakhu student of Physics
Department attended refresher course in
“Experimental Physics” sponsored by
Indian Academy of Sciences 11-26
November 2014, VVIET, Mysore.
Relativistic Guiding of Dark
Hollow Laser Beam in Axially Non
uniform Plasma Channel (2014), Presented
in ”29th
National Symposium on Plasma
Science and Technology & International
Conference on Plasma and
Nanotechnology” Mahatma Gandhi
University, Kottayam, Kerla, India, Dec
8-11, 2014. Rajpreet Kaur, Naveen Gupta
and Arvinder Singh students of Physics
Department.
Naveen Gupta and Arvinder Singh
students of Physics Department, Beat
Wave Excitation of Electron Plasma Wave
by Cross Focusing of Intense Cosh-
Gaussian Laser Beams in Plasma (2014),
Presented in ”29th
National Symposium on
Plasma Science and Technology &
International Conference on Plasma and
Nanotechnology” Mahatma Gandhi
University, Kottayam, Kerla, India, Dec
8-11, 2014.
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