INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS Minutes of the 257th meeting of the Senate held on 04.12.

2012
The 257th meeting of the Senate was held at 2.30 p.m. on 04.12.2012 at the IC & SR Auditorium. The following were present: Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi, Director Chairman Members Prof. Bhaskar K Prof. M. Ramakrishna Prof. Sriram P Prof. Velmurugan R Prof. Lakshmana Rao Prof. Ramasubba Reddy M Prof. Doble Mukesh Prof. Suraishkumar G K Prof. Krishnaiah K Prof. Nagarajan R Prof. Ravi R Prof. Sai P S T Prof. Sreenivas Jayanti Prof. Tanmay Basak Prof. Sangaranarayanan M V Prof. Varadaraju U V Prof. Ananthanarayanan K Prof. Gandhi S R Prof. Murthy C V R Prof. Ramamurthy K Prof. Sathyanarayana K N Prof. Krishna M Sivalingam Prof. Siva Ram Murthy C Prof. Sukhendu Das Prof. Nilesh J Vasa Prof. Amitava Dasgupta Prof. Aravid R Prof. Enakshi Bhattacharya Prof. Jagadeesh Kumar V Prof. Nandita Dasgupta Prof. Rajagopalan A N AE AE AE AE AM AM BT BT CH CH CH CH CH CH CY CY CE CE CE CE CE CS CS CS ED EE EE EE EE EE EE Prof. Ravinder David Koilpillai EE Prof. Sarathi R EE Prof. Evangeline Manickam HS Prof. Malathy Duraisamy HS Prof. Sudhir Chella Rajan HS Prof. Prakash Sai L MS Prof. Srinivasan G MS Prof. Sundarraj R P MS Prof. Sanyasiraju Y V S S MA Prof. Thamban Mair M MA Prof. Ajit Kumar Kolar ME Prof. Krishnan Balasubramaniam ME Prof. Mayuram M M ME Prof. Muthuveerappan G ME Prof. Prakash Maiya ME Prof. Raghu Prakash V ME Prof. Ramamoorthy B ME Prof. Sarit K Das ME Prof. Shunmugam M S ME Prof. Sundararajan T ME Prof. Bhattacharya S S MM Prof. Mani J S OE Prof. Murali K OE Prof. Nallayarasu S OE Prof. Sannasiraj S A OE Prof. Surendran S OE Prof. Markandeyulu G PH Prof. Prem B Bisht PH Prof. Satyanarayana M V PH Prof. Sethupathi K PH Prof. Sunil Kumar P B PH Registrar & Secretary, Senate Prof. Sivaprasad N Student Invitees : Sri. Raaj Rohan Reddy P Ms. Ishitha K Special Invitees Sri. Ravichandran G, Dy. Registrar, (Acad.) Sri. Ravee D, Asst. Registrar, (Acad.) Sri. Chakrapanai M, Asst. Registrar (Acad.)

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The Chairman adjourned the meeting for a few minutes due to lack of quorum and resumed the meeting. 1. The Chairman, Senate welcomed Prof. Sarit K Das, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering who has assumed charge as Dean (Academic Research) w.e.f. 01.11.2012. To Chairman, Senate also welcomed the following new members of the Senate who have joined as Professor of the Institute. Sl. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 2. Name of the Professor Prof. N. Narasimha Murthy Prof. K. Ananthanarayanan Prof. V. Raghu Prakash Prof. S. Nallayarasu Prof. V. Subramanian Department CY CE ME OE PH

The Senate placed on record its appreciation of the services rendered by Prof. K. Krishnaiah, Dept. of Chemical Engineering as Dean (Academic Research) for 6 years. The Senate placed on record its appreciation of the services rendered by the following outgoing Members of the Senate: Sl. No. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Faculty Members Prof. S. Santhakumar Prof. S. S. Gokhale Prof. K. B. Ramachandran Prof. M. S. Mathews Prof. A. Ramachandraiah Dept. AE AE BT CE CE

3.

4.

The Chairman, Senate Presented the Memento to the following outgoing Senate members: Sl. No. 1. 2. 3. Faculty Members Prof. S. Santhakumar Prof. M. S. Mathews Prof. A. Ramachandraiah Dept. AE CE CE

5.

The Senate expressed appreciation to the following Senate Members, Faculty Members, Research Scholars and Students who have received awards / prizes / honours:

(i) Senate Members: Prof. Y. Shanthi Pavan EE awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize 2012 under the Engineering Sciences category. He is one of the eleven scientists chosen for this prestigious award this year. awarded the INSA Teachers Award for the year 2012. He is one among nine to be honoured with the Award this year. elected as a Fellow of the Indian National Science Academy (INSA). invited to serve as an Associate Editor of the Journal of Chemical Sciences jointly published by the Indian Academy of Sciences and Springer. invited to serve as an Expert Member on the International Panel of Experts (IPE) for the study entitled Coastal Adaptation Study (CAS) by the Building and Construction Authority (BCA), Singapore, the leading agency for the effort to develop coastal protection strategies to meet the challenges posed by rising sea level brought about by climate change. The purpose of the IPE is to review and advise BCA on the study scope, approach and methodology, among other things. invited to serve as a member on the Editorial Board of Journal of Applied Water Engineering and Research.

Prof. R. Dhamodharan Prof. C. Siva Ram Murthy Prof. S. Sankararaman

CY CS CY

Prof. V. Sundar

OE

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Prof. Shankar Narasimhan and Prof. Chakravarthy Balaji

CH ME

elected as Fellow of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE) by the Council of INAE in recognition of their distinguished contributions to Engineering. The Fellowship will become effective from January 1, 2013.

(ii) Faculty members, students and staff: Dr. C. S.Shankar Ram ED selected for the INAE Young Engineer Award, 2012. The award consists of a Citation and 1 lakh in cash. The Award Ceremony will be held during the Academy Annual Convention on December 6, 2012 at Roorkee. have won the 3rd Prize at the IEEE All India Young Engineers Humanitarian Challenge 2012 for their TactoGraph, a low cost assistive device for tactiling simple images in pre-literacy and early literacy books for visually impaired children. They have been chosen from among the top 10 projects which were exhibited at Reva Institute of Technology and Management, Bangalore, by a jury of eminent personalities on Social Impact, innovation, implementation. awarded the 2nd Prize of 2012 Lilly Outstanding Thesis Awards for their theses. The award consists of USD 1000 and Lilly Plaque.

Shri R. V. Vishwanath (EE10B035) Mr. Sushant Veer (ME09B058) Shri Rohith Mittapally (ME09B070) Prof.Anil Prabhakar (Guide) Dr. NitinChandrachoodan (Guide) Dr. Sujatha Srinivasan (Guide)

EE ME ME EE EE ME

Dr. A. Murali, and Dr. D. Jagadeesh Chandra Prasad, former PHD scholars CY Prof. S. Baskaran Dr. G. Sekar (Guide) (Guide) CY CY ME ME

B. Gokul, former MS Scholar Dr. Somashekhar S. Hiremath (Guide)

selected for the Innovative Student Project Awards for 2012 (Masters Level) by INAE for his thesis entitled Development of a Multifunctional Sensor Network with an Optimized Communication Protocol for Industrial Process Monitoring. His thesis is one among the five Master Level thesis selected for the Award. selection as an Aditya Birla Scholar under the Science stream. She was one of the 15 students to be chosen for the scholarship by the Aditya Birla Management Corporation Pvt. Ltd. from among 175 evaluated. There were 3 more students from IITM who made it to the finals. emerged Winners of the Chennai leg of the qualifying round of The Sweden India Nobel Memorial Quiz held on September 23, 2012. They will represent the city at the Grand Final to be held at Delhi on November 3, 2012. selected for the Nissan Foundation Scholarship for the year 2012. selected for the Innovative Student Projects Award for 2012 by INAE. The award was for her PhD work done in CUSAT. She is one among the five to be chosen for the award. won the Trophees Performance Award under the Environment Category (Only 1 in the World) organized by Veolia Environment, Paris. The prize consists of Veolia Environment Trophee, Return ticket to Chicago, 800 Euros as travel grant. IITM will also be receiving 3000 Euros to support his tuition.

Satya Nunna Mounika (CS12B020)

CS

Sahil Mathur (HS10H029), Prateek Vijayavargia (HS10H025) and C. Kavin Aadithiyan (HS10H017) A. B. Naveen Nikamanth (ME10B046) and Siddharth Dialani (BT10B067) Dr. V. Pramitha (EE11IPF01), PDF

HS HS HS ME BT EE

Shri Chirag Jain (MS11A019)

MS

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257th MEETING 04.12.2012 Part A Student Participation A.1 To confirm the minutes of the 256th meeting of the Senate held on 20.09.2012. Confirmed. A.2 To report the action taken on the minutes of the 256th meeting of the Senate held on 20.09.2012 Noted. A.3 To consider the minutes of the 192nd meeting of the Board of Academic Courses held on 19.11.2012. The minutes of the 192nd meeting of the Board of Academic Courses held on 19.11.2012 was considered and the Senate I. resolved to approve
Resolution 51/2012 AC.2

THE SENATE

introduction/modification of courses in AM/CE/CH/CS/CY/OE departments (details vide Annexure AC-1) introduction of new courses:
Course No. AM6514 CE7016 CS6868 CY6999 CY7001 EE4371 EE6421 EE4801$ OE5341* ID6102 (offered by PH/MM) Title Biomedical Sensors Nonlinear Analysis of Frame Structures Concurrent Programming Electrochemical Approaches to Functional Supramolecular Systems Photo induced Electron and Energy Transfer Reactions Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms Advanced Photonics Lab Network Science Models, Theory and Algorithms Marine Survey and Informatics Principles and Techniques of Transmission Electron Microscopy L-T-P-C 3-0-0-3 3-0-0-3 3-1-0-4 3-0-0-3 3-0-0-3 3-0-0-3 1-0-3-3 3-0-0-3 3-0-0-3 2-1-0-3 w.e.f. Jan 2013 Jan 2013 Jan 2013 Jan 2013 Jan 2013 Jan 2013 Jan 2013 Jan 2013 Jan 2013 Jan 2013

*Course already approved. Contents is placed now Modification to Existing courses

Course No. CH2020 CH3030 Existing Title Equilibrium Staged Operations Mass Transfer Title Composite Materials and Manufacturing Course No. OE6200* OE5230* CS6350 CS6710

$- Self-study course for Honours students

Proposed Title Principles of Mass Transfer Applications of Mass Transfer Existing Course No CE5890 Proposed Course No ID6090

L-T-P-C 3-1-0-4 3-1-0-4 L-T-P-C 3-0-0-3 L-T-P-C 3-1-0-4 3-1-0-4 3-1-0-4 3-1-0-4

w.e.f. Jan 2013 Jan 2013 w.e.f. Jan 2013 w.e.f. Aug 2012 Jan 2013 July 2013 Jan 2013

Title Design of Offshore Structures Foundation of Offshore Structure Computer Vision Advances in Visual Perception

* Modification already approved. Revised course contents are placed now.

Course No. EE3620 Title Device Modeling Existing L-T-P-C 3-0-0-3 Proposed L-T-P-C 3-1-0-4 Remarks Jan-May 2013

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AC.3

modification of Dual Degree curriculum of Automotive Engg. for 2009 batch & 2010 batch for Biomedical Design in ED dept. ED4510-Self Study course should be offered in the VIII semester instead of X Semester. Modification of curriculum of Automotive Engineering from 2011 batch onwards for Bio-medical Design (details vide Annexure AC-2):
Course No. ED5160 ED3150 Title Automotive Engines & Systems Automotive Engine & System Laboratory Existing L-T-P-C 3-0-0-3 1-0-3-3 Proposed L-T-P-C 4-0-0-4 0-0-3-2 Remarks Core course V Sem Core lab VI sem

AC.4

modification of curriculum for M.Tech Construction Technology and Management (UoP) with effect from 2012 batch (details of revised curriculum is given in Annexure AC-3): Introduction of a new core course and offering the same in the 2nd semester:
Course No. CE5337 Title Global construction Engineering and Management L-T-P-C 3-0-0-3 w.e.f. Jan 2013

Shifting of the Core course:

Course No. CE5130 Title Construction Quality and Safety Management L-T-P-C 3-0-0-3 Course Shifted from II Sem To III Sem

Dropping of Core course:

Course No. MS6910 Title Global Business Management L-T-P-C 2-0-0-2 Remarks Core course in III Sem

Reduction of Project Credit:

Course No. CE6020 Title Project Existing Credit 23 Proposed Credit 22

The Total prescribed credits remain at 67.

AC.8

revision of curriculum of M.Tech Ocean Technology and Management (UoP) consequent to the introduction and modification of few courses in OE dept. (revised curriculum is given in Annexure AC-4): 1. Adding a core course OE5341-Marine Survey and Informatics 3 credit in II Sem. replacing OE5040-3cr & OE5060-3cr. 2. Adding an elective-3 credit in II sem. 3. Replacing electives III, IV & V (2cr each) with elective IV & V (3 credits each) 4. The total prescribed credits remain at 64. The revised curriculum will be applicable to 2012 batch.

AC.9

modification in Honours programme in CS / EE depts. CS Dept: EE Dept: Out of 12 credit to be taken for honours programme, one 4 credit course can be taken by CS students under self study mode. The Senate accepted the BAC decision to refer the proposal of EE department with with regard to reduction of credit requirement for honours programme from 12 to 09 to all departments for DCC views.

AC.10

the option for converting the honours courses as PMT requirement by adjusting the additional credit earned under honours programme against PMT requirement in case a student withdrawing from the honours programme (who find it difficult to continue), with approval of the Dean, Academic courses. permitting students to pursue courses under EXT category from 4th semester onwards apart from curriculum, subject to CGPA requirement of 7 and above and without any backlog courses. 5

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AC.12

Merging of Advance Electronics course & Lab and Numerical Methods and Programming & Computer Lab in PH dept., w.e.f. Jan 2013
S.No. 1. 2. Existing PH5250-Advanced Electronics-3 cr.& PH5260-Advanced Electronics Lab-2 cr. PH5720 Numerical Methods & Programming 3 cr. And PH5780 Computer Lab 2cr. Proposed PH5250-Advanced Electronics 5 cr. (3-0-3-5) PH5720 Numerical Methods & Programming 5 cr. (3-0-3-5)

AC.13

modification of curriculum of B.Tech Engineering Physics to make project optional with effect from 2009 batch. The students can opt for 3 PMT elective courses in lieu of 9 credit Project. degrees obtained through distance education/correspondence degree as an eligibility for admission to M.Sc programmes to be applicable from 2013 admission, in CY / MA / PH depts. The departments to follow the interview for screening in such cases. assigning credits to UG/DD students who pursue research projects under faculty members as recommended by their departments against their free elective requirement. BAC will evolve implementation aspect to this effect with respect to category for such crediting. the Senate resolved to recommend to the Board of Governors the revision of Fee for MBA programme from July 2013 batch to Rs.1,00,000 per semester from the existing fees of Rs.55,000 per semester. Tuition fee component will be waived for SC/ST students. The Senate noted that the previous increase was made effective for 2009 batch. The proposed tuition fee is comparable to the fees charged by IIT Bombay, Delhi and Kharagpur and the increase in tuition fees would be utilized towards: 1. Providing facilities viz. software, labs and business data bases and better services. 2. Offering more industry based courses in the second year using the services of guest faculty and 3. Providing additional fund for different honorarium structure for guest faculty and for increased manpower to manage the programme.

AC.14

AC.15

AC.5

AC.6

the Senate considered the proposal received from Prof.M.M. Mayuram, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering and DCC views for improving academic standards, accountability of teachers in conduct of classes/evaluation of performance of the students on the following points:
(1) E grade cut-off should not be less than 35%. To make for the shortfall additional assignment can be given to students. (2) Abolition of E grade and an alternate grade pass P can be given. The students can repeat the course later and acquire the minimum core competence. (3) No theory classes in lab slots (PQRST) should be conducted. In case of no other option due to clash of slots or other genuine reasons, the classes must be held in at least two sessions on different days. (4) Teachers have to declare in advance the evaluation scheme, no of classes to be held, prescribed syllabus, syllabus for end sem and the nature of grade distribution, etc.

The Senate noted the feedback received from the departments and most of the Departments have strongly expressed that Points (1) and (2) above need to be the left to the faculty and the class committee, and that Point nos.3 and 4 have been agreed/are being followed by the departments.
AC.7

the Senate noted that the proposal for inclusion of new slots for introducing one morning slot (between 7and 7.50 am) and another slot in the evening between 5 and 5.50 pm is not favoured by most of the departments and hence withdrawn.

A.4
Resolution 52/2012

To consider the minutes of the meeting of the Prizes, Awards and Scholarship Sub-Committee held on 16.11.2012. Details vide Appendix SA-2. The Senate considered the minutes of the Meeting of the Prizes, Awards and Scholarship Sub-Committee held on 16.11.2012and resolved to recommend to the Board of Governors. 1. Convocation Prizes: 1.1 to retain Smt Lakshmikutty Amma and Shri Krishnankutty Nair Prize as Convocation Day Prize since prizes for all PhD thesis were given at Convocation Day. This convocation day prize was approved by the Senate at their 255th Meeting held on 4/7/2012. This prize will be awarded from Convocation 2013. 6

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Name of the prize Name of the donor

Smt Lakshmikutty Amma and Shri A Krishnankutty Nair Prize Prof P Achuthan Distinguished Professor E-404, Mata Amritananda Mayi Mutt Ashram,Amritapuri Kollam Dt 690525, Kerala 09567450227 krishnashree.achuthan@gmail.com Rs. 2,00,000/- [Rupees Two lakhs only] To be received A silver medal and cash award of Rs.5,000/For the best PhD thesis in Mathematics Convocation Day 2013

Amount of Corpus fund Nature of award Criteria for selection To be awarded from

1.2

conversion of the following Institute Merit Prize to Donor Prize:

Sl No 1. Purpose Student with the highest CGPA of the Dual Degree [B.Tech& M.Tech] Name of the Prize Sri V Sri-nivasan Memorial Prize [A Silver Medal and Cash Award of Rs.5000] Donor Name S. Gopal [1971/BT/EE], an alumni of IIT-M expressed his desire to institute a prize in the name of Sri V Srinivasan Memorial Prize N. Raghavan [1970/BT/CE], an alumnus of IITM expressed his desire to institute an award in the name of Smt. Jayalakshmi & Sri. R Nara-simhan Prize. Donor Address S. Gopal Srikrish 47-A th (Old 19A) 4 Main Road, Gandhi Nagar, Adyar, Chennai 600 020 s.gopal77@gmail.com Mr. N. Raghavan 2A, Krishna Mandir 27, Thiruvengatam Street, Mandaveli Chennai 600 028 9840975176 Nraghavan01@gmail. Com 2,00,000 (Rupees Two Lakhs only] Received Amount 2,00,000 (Rupees Two Lakhs only] Received

2.

Student with the best academic record in the Metro Rail Technology and Manage-ment (UoP) of the PG Diploma

Smt. Jaya- lakshmi & Sri. R Narasimhan Prize [A Silver Medal and Cash Award of Rs.5000]

2.

the Senate considered the proposal to exclude from the yearly Merit List, the students who have studied one Semester in other Universities under Student Exchange programme as their CGPA represents only one semester they have studied at IITM and recommend to include the suitably converted CGPA of the students studied one semester abroad for the yearly merit list of the Institute Merit Prizes. Institution of a New Prize as detailed below:
Sl. No 1 Name of the Prize Institute Merit Prize Award particulars & Criteria A Silver Medal and Cash Award of Rs.5000/- to the student with the highest CGPA in each Batch of the BS & MS Dual Degree in Physics Branch from 2009 Batch onwards. To be awarded from Institute Day 2013. For B.Tech and M.Tech Dual Degree in Biological Sciences and Biological Engineering. The prize will be given from Institute Day 2014.

3.

4. 4.1

award of Institute Merit Prizes/other Prizes (Silver medal & cash award of Rs.5000/-) on the Institute Day 2013. First and second semesters of the B.Tech/DD programme:
CS11B059 ME11B152 Srinivasan R Anoop R Sri S Subramanian Prize - I Prize Sri K Krishnamurthi Prize- II Prize

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4.2

Third and Fourth Semester of B.Tech/DD Programme:

AE10B014 BT10B001 CH10B026 CE10B024 CS10B056 EE10B035 ED10B008 ED10B047 EP10B001 ME10B156 MM10B021 NA10B051 PH10B009 G Karthik Akhil Sai Valluri Krishna Shrinivas Hareesh Pallikara Bahuleyan Akshay Dhananjai Degwekar Saragadam R V Vishwanath K Dilip DD C Abhijith DD Athreya S S Sudarshan Karthik A Ambetkar Vighnesh Vidyadhar DD Vishakh Hegde DD [BS &MS PHY] Prof T K Varadan Prize Dr. Anita Mehta-Damani Prize Dr Anita Mehta-Damani Prize Computer Age Management Services Pvt Ltd Prize Sri V Ramachandran Prize Sri V Rajagopalan Memorial Prize Ms. Latha &Sampath Srinath Prize JOINT WINNERS Ms. Latha &Sampath Srinath Prize Mrs. Jayashree Ananth Prize Sri Satish Pai Prize Ms. Latha & Sampath Srinath Prize Institute Merit Prize (from 2013)

4.3

Selection of one 5th Semester student with best academic record in first Four Semesters:
ME10B156
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Sri Raghavendra Memorial Prize

4.4

Selection of one student who scored highest marks in Mechanical Operations course:
CH10B067 SURAJ SHANKAR [CH2040] Prof. Ramanujam Memorial Award

4.5

Fifth and sixth semesters of the B.Tech/DD programme:

AE09B031 BT09B007 CH09B070 CH09B084 CE09B075 CS09B050 EE09B041 ME09B095 MM09B017 NA09B007 EP09B021 ED09B019 PH09B002 Vivek Subramaniam Chetan S Merin Thomas DD Suyog Sanjay Sawala Vadali Nandita DD
[INFRASTRUCTURE CIVIL ENGG]

Prof E G Tulapurkara Prize Dr. Anita Mehta-Damani Prize Dr R K Viswanath Memorial Prize JOINT WINNERS M S K Chaitanya Varma Memorial Prize Computer Age Management Services Pvt. Ltd. Prize Sri Ramasarma V Kolluri Memorial Prize Dr Vivekanand Kochikar Award Ratna Award Institute Merit Prize Institute Merit Prize Institute Merit Prize Institute Merit Prize [from 2013]

Vijay Karthik M Vimal M Sneha Abhyankar

[PRODUCT DESIGN]

DD

Pranav Vrat Ashwin Mohandas Varun Saravanan Nayakanti Nigamaa Gosika Mounika [BS & MS PHY]

DD

4.6

First six semesters in B.Tech Mechanical Engg.:

ME09B043 Preetish K L Dr S Chandrasekharan Memorial Prize

4.7

Seventh and eighth semesters of the DD programme:

AE08B041 EE08B084 BT08B045 CH08B067 CE08B066 CS08B034 ED08B008 EE08B048 EE08B071 EE08B007 ME08B067 K Rohit Akshay Singhal [AM] Shukla Chinmay Jayesh Siddharth Jain D Vinu [Infrastructure Civil Engg] S Nishaanth Garudaiah Gari Surya Teja Reddy Siddharth Shekar [Micro Electronics & VLSI Design] Vignesh G [Communication Engg.] Banoth Ganesh Kumar [Power Sys.& Pow.Electronics] Reetik Kumar Sahu [Energy Technology] Institute Merit Prize Institute Merit Prize Sri Madan Gopal Damani Prize Dr. Anita Mehta- Damani Prize Sri Venkataraman Ravi Priz Computer age Management Services Pvt. Lts. Prize Institute Merit Prize Electronics For You Prize D Anand Subramanian - Memorial Award Sri Ramanan Ramamurthy Prize Raghu Ramamoorthy Prize

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ME08B082 ME08B105 MM08B033 NA08B031

Rajesh S [Product Design] Tammana Sarana Datta Karthik [Intelligent Manufacturing] Sai Gautam G Vinay K Sridhar

Sri Rajesh Acanta Prize Sri Sagar Pushpala Prize Prof V Sundaresan Prize Poovai TR Srinivasan & S Alamelu Award

4.8

Bhagyalakshmi & Krishna Ayengar Award for the faculty for having guided the project work of the following students who were awarded degree/prizes during Convocation 2012 Cash award of Rs.10,000/- each
Sl.No 1. Name of the faculty Dr S Ramaprabhu, PH Roll No. & Name of the student & Project Title PH07D014, Tessy Theres Baby - Large Scale synthesis of high quality exfoliated grapheme for energy efficient cooling applications Arun Srikanth S, CH09S001 - Modeling, simulation and optimization of petroleum product storage terminals Arun K, CH10M003 - Synthesis and characterization of titanium dioxide nanotubes for fuel cell application R Sneha Raj, EE07B079 - Design of a smart controller for solar powered buildings

2.

3. 4.

Dr Sridharkumar Narasimhan, CH Dr Shankar Narasimhan, CH [JOINT AWARD] Dr Raghuram Chetty, CH Dr Ashok Jhunjhunwala, EE

Awards for the M.Tech Programme 4.9 First and second semesters of the M.Tech programme:
AE11M008 AM11M008 BT11M002 CA11M006 CH11M002 CE11M071 CE11M180 CS11M060 EE11M007 MA11M014 ME11M118 AT11M005 NE11M002 MM11M013 OE11M076 OE11M037 PE11M004 PH11M007 CE11M071 ME11M022 Jasraj Asdev Mainak Bhattacharyya [Solid Mechanics] Akhil Raja K Veera Raghavulu Kattula Amala M Mathai Femeena P V Ramachandran K [Construction Tech&Mgt] UoP Syama Varma R Hussam Ahmed P Vinay Prabhakar Katiyar [IMSC] Kartik S Rajarajan K Amman Jakhar Parthiban R Palkar Saloni Sudhakar [Offshore structure engg] Savin Viswanathan [Ocean Tech & Mgt] UoP Jay Karen Maria William Panatula Sasidhar [solid state tech] Femeena P V (Hydraulic & Water Resource Engg.) Priyatanu Roy (Mech. Engg Thermal Stream) Institute Merit Prize Institute Merit Prize Institute Merit Prize Institute Merit Prize Chevron Products Company Prize Smt. Jayalakshmi Narasimhan Memorial Prize Institute Merit Prize Institute Merit Prize Prof M. K. Achuthan Prize Institute Merit Prize Sri Ramanan Ramamurthy Prize Institute Merit Prize Prof Rama Rao Jayanti Memorial Prize Institute Merit Prize Prof Vallam Venkataswami Prize Institute Merit Prize Prof M. S. Ananth Prize Mrs Lakshmi Ravikumar Memorial Prize Prof. Gerhard Rouve Memorial Prize Prof N Venkatarayulu Memorial Prize

Awards for the M.Sc. Programme: 4.10 First two semesters:

CY11C031 MA11C017 PH11C019
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Pushp Bajaj Jayakrishnan M Medha Soni

Ms Kalaimani Natarajan Prize Institute Merit Prize Chilukuri Ramasastry Memorial Prize

Awards for the M.A. Programme: 4.11 First and Second Semesters:
HS11H044
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Institute Merit Prize

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Third and Fourth Semesters:

HS10H039 Vaishali V Institute Merit Prize

4.13

Fifth and Sixth semesters:

HS09H028 HS09H014 HS09H008 Raisa Sherif [Eco] Chandni Chandran [DS] Anu Joshy [ES] Institute Merit Prize Institute Merit Prize Institute Merit Prize

4.14

Seventh and eighth semesters:

HS08H015 HS08H027 HS08H014 Prasoon Kumar Singh [Eco] Soumya Mishra [DS] Prakruti Ramesh [ES] Institute Merit Prize Institute Merit Prize Institute Merit Prize

5. 5.1

Selection of Notional Prize Winners: The Senate noted that 29 B.Tech/DD students are awarded Notional Prize of Rs.1000/- and a certificate of merit on the basis of the rank in JEE and parental income exceeding Rs.4.50 lakhs and 15 B.Tech/DD students are awarded certificate of merit only, since they were awarded other scholarships but coming within 7% of the general category students admitted in July 2012. Scholarship Institution of Sriram Srinivasan Scholarship to the needy students from I to IV Year (one student for each batch) from nder Graduate Programmes.
Name of the scholarship Name of the donor Sriram Srinivasan Scholarship Mr. Srinivasan Hoganas India Pvt. Ltd Ganga Commerce 4, North Main Road, Koregaon Park, Pune 411 001 Ph: 20-66030171, Fax 20-66030188 Srinivasan.v@hoganas.com 10,00,000/- [Rupees Ten lakhs only] [for 2013 batch fund received] Merit cum means scholarship Tuition Fee plus Rs1000/- p.m. for one student from each batch Parents annual income upto Rs.5.50 lakhs, based on JEE Rank and Maintenance of GPA 6.5 and above per semester 2013 batch onwards.

6. 6.1

Endowment Fund Nature of scholarship Criteria for selection To be instituted from

6.2

award of Institute MCM scholarship to 2012, 2011, 2010 & 2009 and Tuition fee Exemption and SC/ST 2012, 2011, 2010 & 2009 batch students & 2012 batch preparatory course students:
Scholarship Norms
MCM SCHOLARSHIP CRITERIA a) Parents annual income not exceeding Rs.4.5 lakhs. b) 25% of students admitted c) Renewal in each semester subject to a minimum CGPA of 5.0 in successFully completed courses TUITION FEE EXEMPTION a) Parents annual income not exceeding Rs.4.5 lakhs. b) 10 % of students admitted c) Renewal in each semester subject to a minimum CGPA of 5.0 in completed Courses SC/ST SCHOLARSHIP a) Parents annual income not exceeding Rs.4.5 lakhs. b) Renewal in each semester subject to a minimum CGPA of 5.0 in successfully completed courses Free boarding. Pocket Allowance of Rs.250/- p.m. Exemption from payment of Hostel seat rent.

SCHOLARSHIP

Exemption from payment of tuition fee of Rs. 25,000/- per semester plus Rs.1000/- per month.

Exemption from payment of tuition fee of Rs.25,000/- per semester only.

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Data on scholarships
Sl. No. B.Tech/ DD batch No.of No. students eligible admitted for MCM No. eligible for Freeship MCM Scholarship Sanctioned Upto Jun 2012 From July 2012 Tuition Fee Exemption Sanctioned Upto June 2012 From July 2012 SC/ST Scholarship Sanctioned Upto June 2012 From July 2012

1. 2. 3. 4.

2012 2011 2010 2009 Total

824 817 836 684

206 205 209 171

84 82 84 68

205 206 170 581

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Institution of 64 Foundation Scholarship through IITM Alumni Charitable Trust, towards additional financial support to the Tuition Fee Freeship scholarship holders. About 55 students belonging to 2012 batch of students who were selected for Institute Tuition Fee Free Scholarship has been sanctioned this additional financial support of Rs.1000/- per month.

A.5

To report the Grievance Resolution Committee (GRC) received from all the department. The Senate noted the constitution of the following Grievance Resolution Committee (GRC) of each department:
Dept. AE AM BT CH CY CE CS EE ED HS MA MS ME MM OE PH Prof. K. Bhaskar Prof. C. Lakshmana Rao Prof. Anju Chadha Prof. Shankar Narasimhan Prof. U.V. Varadaraju Prof. K. Rajagopal Prof. Kamala Krithivasan Prof. Nadita Dasgupta Prof. Harishankar R Prof. Nilesh J Vasa Prof. K. Krishnakumar Prof. Milind Brahme Prof. P. R. Parthasarathy Prof. C. Rajendran Prof. B. Ramamoorthy Prof. M. Kamaraj Prof. S. Nallayarasu Prof. P. C. Deshmukh Names of the Grievance Resolution Committee members Dr. P.A. Ramakrishna Dr. Prasad Patnaik Prof. S. Chakravarthy Prof. Raghu Rengaswamy Prof. S. Sankararaman Prof. K. Srinivasan Prof. Deepak Khemani Prof. R. Aravind Dr. Lakshmi Narsamma Dr. Srikanth Vedantam Dr. Sudarsan Padmanabhan Prof. M. Thamban Nair Dr. G. Arunkumar Prof. Raju Sethuraman Prof.S.Ganesh Sundara Raman Dr. Prathap Haridoss Dr. R. Paneer Selvam Dr. R. Nirmala Dr. Sunetra Sarkar Dr. Anuradha Banerjee Dr. Karthi Raman Prof. Abhijit Deshpande Prof. M. V. Sangaranarayanan Prof. Devdas Menon Dr. Narayanaswamy Dr. Shankar Balachandran Prof. Anil Prabhakar Dr. Venkatesh Ramaiyan Dr. Kavitha Arunachalam Dr. K. Kalpana Dr. R. Radha Dr. Richa Agarwal Prof. A. Mani Dr. G. D. Janaki Ram Dr. Nilanjan Saha Dr. Somnath Chanda Roy

A.6

To report the Academic Calendar for Jan-May 2013 and Jul-Nov 2013 semesters The Senate noted the Academic Calendar for Jan-May 2013 and Jul-Nov 2013 semesters. Details vide Appendix SA-3.

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To report the constitution of Board of International & Alumni Relations for the year 2012-13 The Senate noted the constitution of Board of International & Alumni Relations for the year 2012-13 wih the following composition:
Dean, International & Alumni Relations Dean, Academic Courses Dean, Academic Research Dean, Administration Dean, Students Advisor, Foreign Students Department Representatives: DEPARTMENT Aerospace Applied Mechanics Biotechnology Chemical Chemistry Civil Computer Sci. & Eng. Electrical Engineering Design Humanities & Social Sciences Management Studies Mathematics Mechanical Metallurgical & Materials Eng. Ocean Physics Chairman Member FACULTY REPRESENTATIVES RI Sujith Pijush Ghosh (Intl) C Lakshmana Rao (Alumni) A Gopala Krishna (Intl) Amal K Bera (Alumni) R Ravi Krishna P Bhyrappa J Murali Krishnan (Intl) KN Satyanarayana (Alumni) V Kamakoti S Aniruddhan Venkatesh Balasubramanian Milind Brahme C Rajendran (Intl) TT Narendran (Alumni) S Sundar (Intl) KC Sivakumar (Alumni) C Balaji V Subramanya Sarma (Intl) SS Bhattacharya (Alumni) P Krishnankutty James Libby (Intl) Sunethra Ramanan (Alumni)

Student representatives: (1) Speaker, SAC (2) I & AR Student Rep in Executive Wing of SAC (3) Foreign student enrolled @ IITM (to be identified in Jan 2013)
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A.8

To consider the minutes of the 113th meeting of the Board of Academic Research held on 21.11.2012. AR.2 the Senate noted the BAR decision for retaining the duration for completing comprehensive examination within 18 months and suggested that the modalities of conducting Comprehensive Examination across the department will be addressed by the Task Force which is expected to submit its report shortly.

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Resolution 53/2012

To ratify the enhancement of financial assistance from Rs.1 lakh to Rs.1.25 lakhs for attending international Conferences / Workshops / Seminars abroad to the Full Time Research Scholars the Senate resolved to recommend to the Board of Governors to ratify the enhancement of financial assistance from 1 lakh to Rs.1.25 Lakhs per scholar w.e.f. 4.10.2012 which includes Registration for attending International Conferences / Workshops / Seminars abroad. 12

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Resolution 54/2012

To ratify the payment of HRA to the Married Research Scholars The Senate resolved to recommend to the Board of Governors to ratify the implementation of MHRD order F.No.25-2/2010-TS.II dated 30.09.2010 for payment of HRA to the Married Research Scholars if they are not provided with accommodation in quarters / hostels / MoH as per the eligibility criteria given bellow: 1. The Institute is a residential institution and all students, research scholars and research fellows shall reside in the Halls of residence and hostels. Hence, scholars choose to stay off from the campus, he/she will be treated as day scholars and not eligible for HRA. 2. Married scholars choose on their own to stay off from the campus are not eligible for HRA. 3. Married scholars to become eligible for HRA shall have to register at the Estate Section in the Administration with option to get allotment of quarters and they are eligible to get HRA upto the date of allotment of quarters. 4. HRA will not be given to the scholars who have turned down the offer of accommodation made to them.

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To report the minutes of 129th Library Advisory Committee meeting held on 03.10.2012. the Senate noted the minutes of the 129th Library Advisory Committee meeting held on 03.10.2012. Details vide Appendix AS-5.

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