Dean, Research and Development

Prof. Rajat Gupta
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Phone: 09435171942 (M)
Email: r_guptanitsil@yahoo.com

Proposed and Existing PhD programmes

The Department of Civil Engineering commenced its Ph.D. programme from the academic session 2004-05. Two scholars were enrolled in the programme during the reporting year.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering has strated its Ph.D programme from the academic session 2004-05. Two scholars were enrolled in the programme during the session 2006-07.
The Department of Electronics and Telecommunication has sponsored faculty to undetake PhD programme under the NIT Silchar and IIT Guwahati MOU on academic exchange/linkage. Department is coordinating the implementation of the SMDP-II project on VLSI. A number of faculty members of the Department received their specialized training under the scheme.
The Department of Chemistry started the Ph.D programme from the January session of 2005 in Synthetic and Analytical Chemistry. One full-time scholar in 2005, one part-time scholar in2006 and one more part-timer joined in 2007 January. In the 07-08, session, five part time and one full time Ph.D.student joined.

The Department of Physics had enrolled two Ph.D scholars during the year under report. New elective ‘Nanomaterials and Photonics’ was introduced in the course work of Ph.D. programme.
The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences had enrolled thirteen Ph.D scholars in the areas of economics and philosophy during the reporting year.

Research Work Undertaken

Different research work undertaken by the institute and concerned faculties

DST sponsored R&D Project

SERC Engg. Sciences Schemes:

TePP for DSIR support

Research Promotional Scheme (RPS):

MODROBS Scheme:

Proposed Plan of Research

The Department of Civil Engineering is conducting research in the following areas: Seismic performance evaluation with different control strategies, seismic slope stability analysis, effect of clay dampers in wave propagation, and behaviour of saturated and unsaturated soils under dynamic loading.
The Department of Mechanical Engineering has expertise in fluid mechanics, thermal engineering, design and production engineering and is offering Ph.D. programmes in these broad areas.
The Department of Electrical Engineering has research expertise in power electronics, soft computing, genetic algorithm and its application in power system and is working towards offering doctoral programme in this field.
The Department of Electronics and Telecommunication has plan to set up laboratories under TEQIP to carry out research in the respective fields in which faculty are doing their Ph.D. works. Using this strategy, research work could be enhanced in the department as well as it will help faculties in carrying out their research activities more effectively.
The Department of Chemistry started the Ph.D programme in 2005 and since then the Department has been trying to provide expertise in synthetic inorganic chemistry, energy and environment, synthetic organic chemistry, chemistry of natural products and reaction kinetics and mechanism. The Department also received research project entitled” Solvent–free chemical transformation catalyzed by peroxo-metal compound” worth Rs. 9.00 lacs from the Department of Science and Technology, in March 2008.

The Department of Physics is actively involved in the experimental research in the emerging areas of science and technology. Ph.D. programme is going on in the department. Broad areas of expertise available in the department are Solid State Gas Sensors, Carrier Transport in Thin Films, Solar Energy Materials, Interface States Characterization in Solid State Devices, Liquid Crystals, Nano-materials etc.

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences now has research expertise in agricultural and development economics in the field of economics and ethics, applied ethics and continental philosophy in the field of philosophy. The department presently has thirteen research scholars and in the forthcoming year Ph.D. programme will be initiated in English Literature with expertise in contemporary Indian literature and feminism.

According to the Institute’s Eleventh Plan proposal, 6 new M.Tech courses will be running by the end of the Plan period in Structural Engineering, Control and Instrumentation, Production Engineering, Communication Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering and Machine Design and Robotics, with 180 as intake capacity. The Plan also envisions the opening of postgraduate courses in science and humanities with an annual intake of 80 students.

Institute Industry Collaboration

The institute being located in an industrially backward area, in spite of best efforts, it has not been possible to establish substantial interaction with industry during the year under review. However, a few consultancy and testing jobs have been carried out in this reporting year.

Projects and Consultation Jobs

Gross consultancy earning during the year 2006-07.           Rs. 45.86 lakhs
Institute share including overhead charges                            Rs.   9.93 lakhs
Major clients for consultancy jobs were-

Punj Lloyd Limited

Oil & Natural Gas Corporation

Hindustan Paper Corporation Ltd

Central Public Works Department

Ministry of Rural Development, Govt of India (PMGSY Scheme)

People in R&D with contact

1. Dr. P. Choudhury,

Asstt. Professor,Civil Engg. Deptt.

Phone: 09435372651 (M)

Email: ps_chou@yahoo.com

2. Prof. Rajat Gupta

Mechanical Engg. Deptt.

Phone: 09435171942 (M)

Email: r_guptanitsil@yahoo.com

3. Dr. Dibakar Chakrabaorty,

Asstt. Prof., Civil Engg. Deptt.,

Phone: 09435372649 (M)

Email: dibakar@nits.ac.in

4. Dr. A.K. Barbhuiya,

Asstt. Prof., Civil Engg. Department,

Phone: 09864371354 (M)

Email: akbarbhuiya@yahoo.com