Foundation Day 27 Nov 2009

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Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur

Contributions to the

Society

Presented on 27thNovember 2009 at theFoundation Day Ceremony


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Presentation details

Organization of the Institute

Research initiatives

Large research projects

Academic contributions

Concern for society

Vision


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About the Institute

The Institute is organized into 9

engineering departments, along withPhysics, Chemistry, Mathematics, and

Humanities.

In addition it runs inter-disciplinary

programs such as laser technology,

materials science, and nuclear

engineering and several Centers.


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Population

Undergraduate 2500

Masters 800

Ph.D. 760

Faculty 320

Research Staff 30

+ 300 contract

Supporting Staff 800Alumni 23497


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Research output

Doctoral and masters students

Publications (journals, books,

monographs, conferences) Patents (products)

Projects

Programs Missions


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Research Centers and Centers

of Excellence

1. Environmental Science &

Engineering

2. BSNL-IITK Telecom Center of

Excellence

3. Prabhu Goel Research Center for

Computer and Internet Security

4. SAMTEL Center for Display

Technology

5. Nanoscience and Nanotechnology6. Archaeology and Cultural Resource

Management

7. Autodesk IITK Digital Innovation

Laboratory


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National Facilities

National Wind Tunnel Facility

National Information Center of

Earthquake Engineering


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Various types of activities

Sponsored research

Consultancy

Testing Project management

{finances, staff, space}

Collaboration could benational as well as

international

Management of Centers


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Funding agencies

DST (Department of Science and Technology)

DBT (Biosciences

and bioengineering)

DRDO (defense)

AR&DB (aerospace)

MCIT (communications)

MNES (energy)

MEF (environment)


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Funding agencies

BRNS (nuclear)

DOE (electronics)

CSIR (pure and applied sciences)

ISRO (space)

NAIP (agriculture)

MoT (textiles)


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Some thrust areas

Energy

Environment

Communication

Materials

Computation and

algorithms

Manufacturing


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Large projects

(a) CFD-software (BRNS) and

(b) Railway safety (MHRD-MoR)

UNDP projects on(i) Computer-aided Design

(ii) saddle development


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LCA program

o The Autolay software for computer-aideddesign saved the exchequer over 7 million USdollars in the era when foreign currency wasin short supply.

Turn around time (tat) analysis undertakenand completed by iitkanpur

Tat analysis of lca carbon brake unit workcompleted

Tat analysis for resin route cc discs provided

Report on vent hole size analysis was done

Analysis of emission of carbon for differentinterface areas and its effect on brake coolingwas measured


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TECHNOLOGY MISSION on RAILWAY SAFETY

Traction And Rolling System

Mission Program 1

Track And Bridges

Mission Program 2

Signal And Communication

Mission Program 3

Fog - Vision Instrumentation

Mission Program 4MISSI

ONPROG

RAM

TheMissio

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Programs

10.5 crores

8.5 crores

4.5 crores

3.0 crores


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Coordinated missions

Indo-US Centers

fabrionics and advanced manufacturing

biomaterials

microwave sintering

HAL-IITK initiative


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An example for multidisciplinary approach

Environmental, Chemical

and Civil Engineering (IITK)

Biosciences

(IITK)

Mechanical

Engineering

(IITK)

CSE and Media Lab

Asia (IITK)

Medical

Institutions

(Indian)

Human and Ecological

health and diseases

Environmental

Technology

Pharmaceutical

and others (Indian

and MNCs)

Environmental

Technologies

International

Universities and Schools


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New initiatives

BSNL-IITK collaboration

on multimedia,

communication

technologies, cognitive

radio and computational

mathematics

IGCAR-IITK initiative

on futuristic

mechanics and

materials.
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Open Philosophies for Associative

Autopoietic digitaL ecosystemS

20 Universities/Organizations/

Research Labs from Europe, Asia,

South America, Africa

Coordinated by London School ofEconomics

www.agropedia.net


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Lunar Rover

Control of a lunar rover

considering wheel slip and

sinkage. Development of a prototype rover

for experimental evaluation of

slip and sinkage.

Integration on the Lunar Rover on

Chandrayan -2 in 2012.

Lunar terrain

Prototype rover


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Research Agreement with Chevron, USA,

Advanced Refining Technologies, USA and

Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd.o Washcoating of monoliths

o Immobilization of an ionic liquid catalyston a solid substrate

o Effect of sulfiding protocol on catalystactivity

Chemical & Engineering News: 2003


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Mesoscale Structures, Patterning and Properties withEmphasis on Soft Materials and Thin Films

A state-of-the-art facility and resources for soft matter

nanoscience and nanotechnology.

Explore new techniques of nano-fabrication based on acreative combination of top-down including softlithography, self-assembly and self-organization.

Projects related to nano-scale understanding, fabricationand use of soft materials in coatings, NEMS, functionalinterfaces and bulk-nano

Nano-science research


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Organic Electronics and Displays

State-of-art facilitieshoused in Class 1000 cleanroom

Several industrialpartners: Samtel, MoserBaer, Tata Corus/Steel,Manipal Press

PPA partnership OLED displays, lighting, O-TFT,O-solar, printable electronics, O-sensors


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Solar Energy Research Enclave

500 KW solar powerstation/modularresearchtest-grid

Long term research &

development in solar powergeneration, storage anddistribution

Involvement of graduate andundergraduate programs

Solar Power Sub-station

Technology Demonstrator

Power Electronics

Fuel Cells/Secondary

Batteries

High Efficiency and

low cost Solar Cells


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Solar energy enclave (imagined)


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Pan-IIT project: Vertically integrated solar energy

initiative for generation and delivery of 1 MW power,

8 hours a day


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Multi-core Curriculum for Intel

IIT Kanpur selected as one the ten

institutes from all over the world

(other schools include CMU, Tel

Aviv, UC Berkeley, and ETH)

Intel has set up labs (providing bothhardware and software), and is

continuously upgrading them

The partnership has grown into

research collaboration

We are recognized as Indias first

Centre of Excellence in Multi-core

Technologies /

The curriculum has been adopted in a

large number of universities in India

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Undergraduate student-driven research

Nanosatellite (with ISRO)

Autonomous vehicle (with Boeing)

Publications (NERD)

Project activity (POWER)

Undergraduate research conference


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R&D related major student initiatives

NERD, GE3 and PoWER

NERD (Notes on Engineering Research and Development) :

- A student publication celebrating the work done by students

- 6 issues published in a span of one year

GE3 (Group on Environment and Energy Engineering) :

- The group increases awareness about importance of energy efficiency

PoWER (Promotion of Work Experience and Research)

- A platform for interaction between students, faculty and industries forfree flow of ideas, information and resources

- Currently working on nanosatellite, lunar rover, and Glucoband


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Incubation and enterprise

Category I :

Try a novel technological idea, scalingup a laboratory proven concept.

Category II :

Technology-based start-up companypromoted by I

Category III :

R&D company that desires to have closetechnology interface with IIT

Kanpur.Coordinated by:SIDBIINNOVATION

AND INCUBATION CENTRE(SIIC)
http://www.sidbi.com/http://www.sidbi.com/


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IPR & Patents

(A) Number of Indianpatents

pre 2005 [2-3 peryear]

2005-2006 [17]

2006-2007 [20]

2007-2008 [30]

(B) Number of Internationalpatents

2005-2009 [04]

We reach the market place

via firms such as Intellectual Ventures.


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A viewpoint

We would like to support

inter-disciplinary

inter-departmental

inter-institutional

international

research projects.


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Mentoring new Institutes

IIT Guwahati

IIIT Jabalpur

IIIT Gwalior

IIT Rajashtan

Close links with UPTU, IIIT Allahabad, and NITAllahabad.


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Shiksha Sopan

Faculty, staff and students are engaged in community

education and illustrative scientific experiments

for school students.


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Opportunity School and College

Children of laborers and other workers who have

scarce resources are supported by a school backed

by the Institute.Vocational training is provided to young adults in the

Opportunity college. Students participate actively

in this venture.


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3-I Network

3Is: IDFC, IIT Kanpur, IIM Ahmedabad

Objectives To identify and articulate specific areas and issues

pertaining to various infrastructure sectors.

Carry out projects dealing with policy, organization,and specialized techno-managerial elements relatingto infrastructure.

Prepare and publish anIndia Infrastructure Reporteach year. 8 reports published since 2001.

Enhance the intellectual capital in the infrastructuresectors by bringing together academia and thepolicy makers, professionals, practitioners, andusers.


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India Infrastructure Reports

2001:Issues in Regulation and Market Structure

2002:Governance Issues for Commercialization

2003:Public Expenditure allocation and Accountability

2004: Ensuring Value for Money

2006: Urban Infrastructure

2007: Rural Infrastructure

2008: Business Models of the Future

2009: LandA Critical Resource for Infrastructure

IITK Coordinator: Prof. P. K. Kalra


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Drainage project for the City of Kanpur

Ref: Dr Bithin Dattas project


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Courseware and Distance Eductaion

NPTEL


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Security

Algorithms

Smart card Biometrics


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Biometric System Development

Development of

indigenous monomodal

biometric systems such as

Ear, Face, Fingerprint, Iris,

Palmprint, Signature, Vein

Pattern for humanverification and

identification.

Development of an

efficient fusion strategy for

multimodal biometric

system. Reduction of search time

in a large database with the

help of suitable

classification, clustering

and indexing strategy.


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Fusion ofMultiple

Biometrics


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