Annual Report

2022-2023

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

ROORKEE
 Visitor
Her Excellency Mrs. Droupadi Murmu
President of India

Chairman, IIT Council

Hon’ble Shri Dharmendra Pradhan
Minister of Education, Government of India

Chairman, Board of Governors

Padma Shri Dr. B.V.R. Mohan Reddy

Director
Prof. Ajit K. Chaturvedi (upto forenoon 12.10.2022)
Prof. Kamal Kishore Pant (w.e.f. afternoon 12.10.2022)

Deputy Director
Prof. M. Parida (upto 19.09.2022)
Prof. Udai Pratap Singh (w.e.f. 12.12.2022)
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Annual Report: At a Glance
2022-23
Departments / Centres / Units
Academic Departments / Centres 23
Centres of Excellence 03
Service Centres 07
Other Units 06

Grants Amount in Lakhs

MHRD 64864.81
Others 29601.63
• CSIR 41.63
• Research and Consultancy 29560.00
Total 94466.44

Student Admitted Student Strength

B.Tech./B.Arch./ IDD 1355 B.Tech./B.Arch./ IDD 5257
PG Degree 949 PG Degree 1601
Research Scholars 579 Research Scholars 2877
Total 2883 Total 9735

No. of Degrees Awarded

B.Tech./B.Arch. 1005
PG Degree/ PG Diploma 639
Ph.D. 379
Total 2023

Faculty / Staff Strength

Faculty in Position 557
Scientist / Others in Position
Non-Teaching Staff in Position
• Group A 91
• Others 647

Research Papers
Journals 11972
Conference / Symposia 492
Total 1991

Consultancy Projects Sponsored Research Projects

Number of New Projects 780 Number of New Projects 201
Outlay (.... of Rs.) 6864.80 Outlay (.... of Rs.) 10102.13
Content
Vision and Mission............................................................................................................................................... 1

Opening Remarks............................................................................................................................................... 2

Board of Governors ........................................................................................................................................... 4

Academic Affairs................................................................................................................................................. 5

National and International Ranking................................................................................................................ 9

Research and Development Activities.........................................................................................................16

Incubation Activities.........................................................................................................................................28

Administration Affairs.......................................................................................................................................34

Students Affairs..................................................................................................................................................40

Placement...........................................................................................................................................................54

International Relations.................................................................................................................................... 59

Resource and Alumni Affairs..........................................................................................................................67

Institute Events....................................................................................................................................................71

Institute Lecture.................................................................................................................................................75

Facilities...............................................................................................................................................................76

Departments / Centres / School................................................................................................................... 90

Institute Account.............................................................................................................................................. 132

Organization..................................................................................................................................................... 136
Appendix

• Institute Hospital......................................138
Vision
To attain global level of excellence in
• Diversity and Inclusion ..........................138 education and to create a sustainable
and equitable society through innovative
• Unnat Bharat Abhiyan............................139 research in science and technology.

• Anushruti Academy for the Deaf........139

• Asmita..........................................................139

• Finance Committee.................................140

• Buliding and Works Committee...........141

• Administration/Officers of Mission
IIT Roorkee.................................................142 To create an environment that shall foster the
growth of intellectually capable, innovative
• Chief Wardens/Wardens / and entrepreneurial professionals, who
Faculty Advisor.........................................144 shall contribute to the growth of Science
and Technology in partnership with industry
• Administrative and Other Staff............ 147
and develop and harness it for the welfare
• Institution of New Awards/ of the nation and mankind.
Scholarships..............................................149

95th Senate – “There should be a connect

between Education, Research, Industry and
Society.”
“An Equitable Society with Gender Diversity
should invariably be focused in the vision of
the Institute.”
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Opening Remarks

IIT Roorkee has been conferred the CII

Innovation Award 2022 as the most
Innovative Technical Institution in India
along with the Grand Jury Award. IIT
Roorkee has received this award for the
third consecutive year.
The convocation for the year 2022 was
held physically, in April wherein 2022
students were conferred degrees. In
July convocation 2023 was held wherein
degrees have been conferred to 1916
students, out of which 1077 are UG, 685
are M.Tech, M.Arch, MBA, M. Design, MIM,
MURP, M.Sc., PG Diplomas, and 154 are
Ph.Ds.
IIT Roorkee is the first technical institute
in the country to have completely
redesigned its curriculum in alignment
The year 2022 was a milestone in the history of IIT Roorkee. We with NEP 2020. The curriculum
celebrated our glorious 175 years of existence. The celebrations for revision philosophy is based on STEPS
the 175th Year began on November 25th, 2021, and culminated on (Science, technology, Entrepreneurship,
November 24th, 2022. As part of the 175th-year celebrations, the project-based Education and Societal
institute has conducted a plethora of activities in all domains and Connect). The key features include a
surroundings. A number of Fellowships / Internships / Incubation multidisciplinary and holistic curriculum
facilitation schemes had been taken up as a part of the 175 years with a focus on flexibility, employability,
celebration. As a part of the 175-year Celebration, a Calendar conceptual understanding, ethics and
for 2022 – Capturing 175 years (1847-2022) of the institutional constitutional values, advancement in
journey of imparting technical education and contributions to science and technology, creative & critical
the development of society was released. A commemorative thinking, internationalization, respect
Coin, Stamp, and Coffee Table Book have been released on the for diversity, societal connect, inclusive
occasion of 175 years of IIT Roorkee. admission process, digitalization, and
quality research. The institute celebrates
IIT Roorkee has emerged at Rank #5 in the National Institutional
the successful three years of NEP 2020.
Ranking Framework (NIRF) India Rankings: Engineering for 2023
compared to Rank #6 in the last year. Department of Architecture In persuasion of the regular Academic
& Planning, IIT Roorkee has emerged at Rank #1 in the National and R&D activities, many centers of
Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings for 2023. This interdisciplinary and cutting-edge
is the third consecutive time the Department of Architecture & technologies have been established at
Planning, IIT Roorkee has been ranked #1 in the NIRF India ranking. IIT Roorkee. Center for Photonics and
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Quantum Communication Technology (CPQCT), the DRDO Industry Academia-

Centre of Excellence, the International Centre of Excellence for Dams, the Centre
of Space Science & Technology, and ISRO-IITR Space Technology Cell etc. have
been established. Two new labs namely Renewable Grid Integration Laboratory
and Green Hydrogen Laboratory at the Department of Hydro and Renewable
Energy were inaugurated to meet India's Energy Independence and Net Zero
Carbon Energy Systems Goals.
IIT Roorkee has also signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for promoting
excellence among students, faculty, and departments. These MoUs endorse
Financial Aid, MCM Scholarships, Gold Medals & Cash Prizes for students of IIT
Roorkee. IIT Roorkee has started a M.Tech program in Semiconductor Technology
which will be jointly offered by the Department of Electronics and Communication
Engineering and the Department of Physics at IIT Roorkee.
IIT Roorkee continues to march ahead in the areas of sponsored research and
industrial consultancy and the number of projects have increased significantly.
IIT Roorkee has successfully created a dynamic ecosystem and has fostered the
entrepreneurship culture in the campus. The number of patents, the number of
companies incubated in the campus, faculty-led entrepreneurship, associations
with MSMEs, tie-ups with local industries, and technology transfers played a major
role in the institute.
Our students are our strength, and they continue to excel in academics, sports
and activities for societal benefit. Internationalization and opening up new
opportunities with other countries is our forte. IIT Roorkee has joint degrees with
many international institutes. The number of International students on campus is
also one of the highest among technical institutes. Many new schemes to motivate
and encourage girl students for example Golden Girl and SAKUNTALA have been
initiated to attract and inspire girls to join the institute.
IIT Roorkee marches ahead with its strong historical legacy of excellence and
continues to be at the pinnacle of success. We humbly acknowledge the financial
support of Rs.648.00 crores from the Ministry and Education and reaffirm our belief
and commitment towards the growth of the nation.

Prof. K.K. Pant

Director, IIT Roorkee
August 2023
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Board of Governors
Chairman
Padma Shri Dr. B.V.R. Mohan Reddy Chairperson
Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Roorkee &
Executive Chairman, Cyient Limited, Hyderabad
Two Nominees of State Government
Prof. Narendra Singh Member
S/o Late Shri Harish Chandra, Distt. Haridwar
Principal Secretary to Government of Haryana Member
Technical Education Department, Chandigarh
Four Nominees of the Council of IITs
Additional Secretary (TE) Member
Ministry of Education, Government of India
Department of Higher Education, New Delhi
Prof. (Retd.) H.C. Pokhriyal Member
University of Delhi
Padma Bhushan & Padam Shri Dr. Anil P. Joshi Member
Himalayan Environmental Studies
& Conservation Organization, Dehradun (Uttarakhand)
Sri Ashwani Lohani Member
Ex-Chairman & Managing Director, Air India, New Delhi
Director (Ex-Officio)
Prof. Ajit K. Chaturvedi Member
Director, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee upto 12.10.2022
Prof. K.K. Pant Member
Director, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee w.e.f. 12.10.2022
Two Senate Nominees
Prof. C.S.P Ojha Member
Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Prof. U.P. Singh Member
Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Special Invitee
Prof. M. Parida (Permanent Invitee) upto 19.09.2022 Member
Deputy Director, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Secretary
Sri Prashant Garg Secretary
Registrar, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
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Academic Affairs
The scope of IIT Roorkee continues to grow in fields b) Science Day: On the occasion of the National Science
that are important to undergraduate and graduate Day, the institute organized various events in the month
education. Numerous initiatives, grouped by academic of Jan 2023 for the school children of Roorkee such as
area, are available to support students by providing Quiz Competition, Interactive Idea Competition, Science
them with expertise inspiration, and honor ceremonies. Exhibition and open house. To spread awareness
Among them are the following: about G20, a special round was conducted in the Quiz
competition. Later, the annual Science Day lecture was
a) Workshop on UG Academic Curriculum Revision :
delivered by the Chief Guest Dr. V. K. Saraswat, member
In line with NEP 2020 and with the aim to make students
NITI Aayaog, Chancellor of Jawaharlal Nehru University
future ready with their global aspirations, the institute
on Feb 28, 2023.
conducted a two days’ workshop to revamp its UG
Curriculum. The workshop included external experts
with global repute representing industries, educational
institutes/ organizations, alumni, social communities,
policy makers; in addition to faculty members and
students of the IITR

c) Award Distribution Ceremony- Letter of Dean’s

Appreciation to UG Students : Award Distribution
Ceremony to encourage UG students for obtaining
increase in CGPA as per academic regulations at IITR.
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d) Institute Research Day (Mar 13-14, 2023): Aryan Jain, B.Tech. Computer Science & Engineering
Institute Research Day was celebrated for two days received the following awards: President Gold Medal
by conducting Poster Competition, Guest Lecture, for securing the highest CGPA amongst the B.Tech./
Brain Storming Session related to G20 theme i.e. ‘R&D B.Arch./ IDD/ Int. M.Sc./ Int. M.Tech. graduating students
Transformation: The Sustainability Dimension’ and admitted through JEE (Advanced). Dr. A.N. Khosla Medal
Award Distribution Ceremony thereon. for securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating
B.Tech. students. Rai Bahadur Sohan Lal Bhatia Cash
Prize for securing the highest CGPA amongst the
graduating students of B. Tech. (Computer Science and
Engineering).
Atharva Karanjgaokar, B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering
received Director Gold Medal for the best all-round
performance amongst the B.Tech./ B.Arch./ IDD/ Int.
M.Sc./ Int. M. Tech. graduating students admitted
through JEE (Advanced).
Kavya Saxena, B.Tech. Production and Industrial
Engineering received the following awards: The
President of India Dr. Shankar Dayal Sharma Gold
Medal for the excellence in the field of Social Service
amongst graduating UG/PG students. Anand Kumar Jain
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest CGPA
amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Production
and Industrial Engineering). Best Project Award for the
best project amongst the graduating B.Tech. students of
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering.
Mohit Kumar, IDD-B.Tech. (Computer Science and
Engineering) and M.Tech. (Computer Science and
Engineering) received the following awards: Institute
With an increase in undergraduate (UG) and
Silver Medal for securing the second highest CGPA
postgraduate (PG) intake, the student population has
amongst the B.Tech./ B.Arch./ IDD/ Int. M.Sc./ Int. M.Tech.
undergone significant changes in the last 10 years.
graduating students admitted through JEE (Advanced).
In 2012-13, the number of UG students on-roll was
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
4304 while the number of PG students was 2137 This
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech.
changed to 4122 and 1606 for UG and PG students,
programme(s) of Department of Computer Science and
respectively in 2018-19. Presently, the Institute has
Engineering.
about 9735 students of which 5257 are UG and 1601
are PG. In order to continue imparting high-quality and Prerna Kumar, B.Tech. (Computer Science and
holistic education to the much larger student populace, Engineering) received the following awards: Institute
the Institute continues to modify and evolve processes Bronze Medal for securing the third highest CGPA
which can effectively address the changing situations. amongst the B.Tech./ B.Arch./ IDD/ Int. M.Sc./ Int. M.Tech.
The PhD student strength has increased in leaps and graduating students admitted through JEE (Advanced).
bounds in the last 10 years. From 1342 PhD students Smt. Rama Devi Krishna Bhatnagar Cash Prize for
in 2012-13, the number increased to 2877 in 2022-23. obtaining the highest CGPA amongst the graduating girl
Number of PhDs awarded in the Convocation 2023 is students of all B.Tech. programmes.
379. Here are the details of few students that performed
exceptionally well:
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New Academic Programs,

Awards and Scholarships Centers:
offered to Students in 2022 In persuasion of the regular Academic and R&D
The following awards & scholarships have activities, IIT Roorkee has launched some new
been distributed to the students across various programs, schemes and set up Centres of Excellence for
programmes of the institute: strengthening and diversifying the academic activities.
The five-year BS-MS programs have been introduced at
• Total of 156 awards are distributed the UG level with an exit option after four years with BS.
among the graduating students during This program will replace the existing IMS programs in
Convocation-2022. Physics, Economics, Mathematics.
• Total of 76 awards are distributed among At PG level, specialized M.Tech. program in Electric
other than graduating students. Vehicle Technology has been started in Electrical
• Total 81 SC & ST students are benefitted Engineering Department and M.Tech. in Drinking Water
under the Institute Free Messing Scheme and Sanitation in Water Resources Development
and Management Department. The EMBA program
and 158 SC & ST students through National
in Department of Management Studies has started
Scholarship Portal.
from the session 2022-23. Ph.D. Programs have been
• Total 805 Merit Cum Means (MCM) introduced in department of Design and the Mehta
Scholarships are distributed among Family School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence.
students with lack of means, out of which
Institute has initiated a scheme named SAKUNTALA
671 students are benefitted from institute (Scheme for Aspirants of Knowledge under talent
MCM and 134 students are benefitted from Advancement) Fellowship, which is a special scheme for
donor sponsored MCM. female students to enroll in our PhD programs. Through
• Total 1376 students are benefitted under the this fellowship program, female students of the centrally
Institute Tuition Fee Waiver Scheme. funded technical institutes (CFTIs) who are now pursuing
Engineering courses, or have graduated already, will be
• Total 80 students are benefitted from able to apply for admission at IIT Roorkee PhD programs
INSPIRE SHE Scheme. starting with the first admission cycle of the year 2022
• Total 319 students are provided scholarships (Autumn Semester). The students admitted under
from various central, state, public sector and this fellowship are provided with the same fellowship
private organizations. amount and all other similar facilities which are provided
under the regular Institute Assistantship scheme.
The detailed list of medals & awards receipts is
Center for Photonics and Quantum Communication
provided in Appendix.
Technology (CPQCT), at IIT Roorkee has been
established to carry out frontier research in photonics
and quantum technologies. The center will be
developing technologies in the area of Photonic
Components and Devices for telecommunication,
sensing, and strategic systems, tools and technologies
for quantum communication, quantum computing and
quantum simulations. The center also aims at creating
skilled manpower required for implementation and
advancement of these technologies in industry and
academia in India, by running relevant academic
programs.
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DRDO Industry Academia-Centre For JEE advanced 2022, IIT Roorkee zone conducted
the examination at 48 centres in 25 cities spanned
of Excellence (DIA-CoE) across six states, viz., Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,
The Ministry of Defense has approved the DRDO Madhya Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar
Industry Academia-Centre of Excellence at IIT Roorkee Pradesh and in Union Territory Chandigarh. Result of
to facilitate and undertake multidisciplinary directed JEE (Advanced)-2022 was declared on September 11,
basic and applied research in the research verticals 2022. The exam of Architecture Aptitude Test (AAT)
i.e., smart Infrastructure and hardened structures for was held on September 14, 2022. The total number of
defense application, energy storage devices, landslide, registered candidates in IIT Roorkee zone was 14,788
snow and avalanche studies, pulsed laser and specialty out of which 4,437 got selected for seats in various IITs.
fiber, shock and detonics, thermal management. DIA- And in 2023, IIT Roorkee zone will be conducting exam
CoE IITR will emerge as the Centre of Excellence by at around 27 cities spanned across six different states,
conducting directed research in critical & futuristic viz., Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh,
advanced technology areas for defense and security Punjab, Uttarakhand and Uttar Pradesh and in Union
and will endeavor to become world leader in identified Territory Chandigarh.
areas of R & D. The center will facilitate the collaboration
between faculties at, startups and other related institutes
to facilitate research on advanced technologies.

Support from Ministry

Grant in Aid received from MoE for the FY 2022-2023 includes (Amount in Crores)

Recurring 543.71
Non-Recurring 104.94
Total Grant 648.65
Income including Student Fees and other Income 97.00
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National and International

Ranking
The National Institutional Ranking Framework Category/Year 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
(NIRF) was approved by the MHRD and launched by Overall 8 9 7 7 8
Honourable Minister of Human Resource Development Architecture 2 2 1 1 1
on 29th September 2015. This framework outlines a Engineering 6 6 6 6 5
methodology to rank institutions across the country. The
Management 11 12 14 19 18
methodology draws from the overall recommendations
Research* 8 7
broad understanding arrived at by a Core Committee
set up by MHRD, to identify the broad parameters Research* Category in NIRF started in 2022
for ranking various universities and institutions. The National Institutional Ranking Framework Innovation
parameters broadly cover “Teaching, Learning and (NIRF), formerly known as the Atal Ranking of
Resources,” “Research and Professional Practices,” Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) is an
“Graduation Outcomes,” “Outreach and Inclusivity,” and initiative of Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India
“Perception”. to systematically rank all major higher educational
institutions and universities in India on indicators related
NIRF-Innovation, formerly known as the Atal Ranking
to “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development”
of Institutions on Innovation Achievements (ARIIA) is an
amongst students and faculty members.
initiative of Ministry of Education (MoE), Govt. of India
to systematically rank all major higher educational IIT Roorkee secured Fifth position in the National
institutions and universities in India on indicators related Institutional Ranking Framework Innovation (NIRF) 2023.
to “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development” For the third consecutive year, IIT Roorkee secured fifth
amongst students and faculties. position in NIRF innovation rankings.

QS World University Ranking

Global National
Year
Rank Rank
2024 369 8
2023 369 7
2022 400 8
2021 383 7
2020 383 7
2019 381 7
2018 431-440 7
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QS World University Subject Ranking

Global National Global National Global National Global National
Subject Area/
Band in Rank in Band in Rank in Band in Rank in Band in Rank in
Discipline
2023 2023 2022 2022 2021 2021 2020 2020
Architecture and 51+ 1= 151-200 1= 151-200 2 151-200 3
Planning
Overall Engineering =175 7 222= 7 176= 7 156= 7
& Technology
Chemical 151-200 8 151-200 8 151-200 8 151-200 8
Engineering
Computer Science 201-250 7 251-300 7 251-300 7 201-250 7
and Engineering
Civil Engineering 101-150 =5 101-150 4= 101-150 5 101-150 5
Mechanical and 151-200 7 151-200 7 201-250 8 151-200 7
Industrial Engineering
Electrical Engineering 151-200 7 151-200 7 151-200 7 151-200 7
Chemistry 351-400 9 301-350 9 301-350 9 301-350 7
Metallurgical and 201-250 7 201-250 7 201-250 7 151-200 6
Materials Engineering
Mathematics 201-250 =6 251-300 7= 251-300 7 201-250 7
Physics 351-400 10 351-400 10 351-400 10 301-350 10
Management Studies 251-300 9= 251-300 9= 251-300 10 351-400 11

lImproved l Static l Gone Down

QS Sustainability Rankings
Year Global Rank National Rank
2023 451-500 5

Media Outreach for R&D

Media Cell: The Media Cell at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee serves as a dynamic hub for strategic
communication, public relations, and media engagement. With a mission to enhance the institute's visibility, disseminate
accurate information, and foster positive relationships, the Media Cell plays a vital role in projecting IIT Roorkee's
achievements, research initiatives, and academic endeavors to a wider audience. Noteworthy achievements include
heightened public consciousness, the acquisition of targeted and distinguished media coverage, and deft crisis
resolution. Moreover, the Media Cell is steadfastly committed to enhancing the institute's perception by maintaining
a qualitative media presence throughout the year. By curating thoughtful content, weaving engaging narratives, and
utilizing impactful visuals, the Media Cell effectively molds public perception in favor of the institute. A hallmark of
the Media Cell's prowess lies in its deft handling of crisis communication. When unforeseen challenges arise, the
Media Cell steps forward with agility, transparency, and strategic finesse. By swiftly disseminating clear and accurate
information, addressing concerns, and managing media interactions, the Media Cell adeptly safeguards the institute's
reputation and public trust.
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Recent Research
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IITR Media
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Recent Achievements
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Research and Development

Activities
In Financial Year (FY) 2022-23, IIT Roorkee received In FY 2022-23, IIT Roorkee initiated 188 R&D projects
external funding of Rs. 212.45 crores for R&D related with sanctioned outlay of 212.45 crores, some of the
activities. This included funding from government major projects are:
agencies, industries and others, both within and outside
1) Decision Support System for Integrated Operation
India.
of Tehri Hydropower Complex
1. R&D Activities The industrial collaboration between the THDC India
SRIC acts as a facilitator for research and development limited and Department of Water Resources Development
projects by actively engaging with industries, & Management, IIT Roorkee aimed at developing a
government agencies, and funding bodies. It assists in “Decision Support system for the Integrated Operation of
identifying funding opportunities, forging partnerships, Tehri Hydropower plant (HPP), Koteshwar Hydroelectric
and supporting researchers in developing competitive plant (HEP) and Tehri Pumped Storage plant (PSP)
proposals. Through its extensive network, SRIC enables complex”. The main objective of the project was to
IIT Roorkee’s faculty and researchers to undertake formulate a Real time Simulation – Optimization framework
research projects that address real-world challenges for maximization of the operational benefit with maximum
and have a tangible impact on society. Total 188 energy generation subjected to physical and operation
sponsored research projects with a total outlay of constraints. A Graphical user interface will be developed
21283.41 Lakhs have been signed in this year. Similarly, to examine the energy generation on daily, annual and
a total of 1124 consultancy projects with a total outlay of desired time period.
8379.591 Lakhs have been signed

Consultancy
Sponsored Projects
Projects
FY
Sanctioned Project
Number Number
Outlay Outlay
2020-2021 148 7151.28 637 5352.13
2021-2022 201 10102.136 759 5956.9
2022-2023 188 21283.41 1124 8379.591

2) Development of Software for Authentication of

Audio-Video Footage
Digital multimedia documents (i.e., audio, image,
and video) increasingly play a significant part in
crime investigations and criminal proceedings. Since
multimedia documents can easily be manipulated
using freely available editing tools, their admissibility as
evidence in a court of law is often challenged. Doctored
audio/image/video is also widely used to create fake
news items, malign individuals, and spread propaganda
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on social media platforms. The project aims to develop 4) Lightweight Thermal Super-Insulating Aerogel
novel source verification and manipulation detection Made by Using Hybrid Cellulose Nanomaterials
techniques for the forensic analysis of digital audio- Extracted from Waste Biomaterials for Building and
video footage. Advanced Applications
3) Development of Specifications for Use of Waste This research is driven by the need for a new class of
Plastic in Asphalt Mixtures: A Major Step Towards sustainable, lightweight, robust, cost effective, super
Building Sustainable Road Infrastructure thermal insulating 3D aerogels from hybrid cellulose
nanomaterials for the next generation ‘Zero Energy
Amongst various avenues being searched for solving the
Buildings (ZEB). Energy saving in buildings has become
menace of increasing amount of plastic accumulation,
a question of crucial importance in many countries,
its use in hot mix asphalt (HMA) is becoming popular.
including India. About one-third of the total energy
Several researches have been conducted since 1980s
is being used in building sectors only. Hence, it is
on the use of different types of waste plastics in asphalt
indispensable to reduce the energy consumption of
mixtures through dry and wet processes. While it may
buildings by finding more effective thermal insulation
sound ‘simple’ and ‘attractive’, incorporation of waste
materials. The nanocellulose, precisely cellulose
plastic in asphalt mixture has many challenges. The
nanofibers (CNFs), the building block of the aerogel,
main objective of this study is to develop specifications
will be isolated from rice and wheat straw, the two
for use of waste plastic in pavement construction. To
major agricultural residues of India, using our existing
achieve this, the chemical, physical and morphological
methodologies. Using of waste cellulose will not
properties of various type of waste plastics generated
only reduce the cost of the product, also mitigate the
commonly in India will be studied. Pelletized plastics
burden of growing waste on the earth. Our proposed
will be used to evaluate its suitability for wet and/or
cellulose aerogel will be robust, ultralight, and able to
dry modification process. Finally, a standard manual
withstand extreme cold and hot temperature so it can
for use of waste plastic based on short- and long-term
be a substitute for typical silica-based aerogel, which is
performance of bituminous mixtures will be developed.
highly brittle.
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5) Fatigue Design of Welded Joints in Military Bridges: mass transfer limitation. Present project proposes to
Experiments and Simulations overcome these disadvantages by using principle of
hydrodynamic cavitation. In this process high energy
Welded joints, used in military bridges, are often
density spots and hydroxyl radicals are generated from
subjected to cyclic or periodic loads, resulting in the
collapse of cavities. A hybrid potable reactor will be
formation of cracks. A major contributing factor which
developed by combing these two processes.
leads to early occurrence of cracks is the presence of
tensile residual stresses in the heat affected zone of
welded joints. Therefore, the present works aims to
study the effect of residual stresses on Weldox-700
steel joints used in the military bridges through
experimental and numerical techniques. The residual
stresses induced due to arc-welding would be
estimated through thermo-mechanical finite element
simulations. The results obtained from the numerical
simulations would be validated using X-Ray diffraction
technique. The stress-life curve for the material would
be experimentally obtained through fatigue-testing. A Computed Tomography (CT) based Algorithm for
numerical framework would be developed using the Non-Destructive Quality Assessment of Ceramic
concepts of damage mechanics and finite elements Joints of the Components used in Space Applications
to estimate the fatigue strength, crack initiation and
Ceramic-metal joints are essential elements of
propagation, and the service-life of the welded joint.
components used for space applications, including
The present study would be useful for the reliable
satellites, radars, and spacecraft. This project intends
design and safe loadings on the military bridges.
to study the defects developed in ceramic-metal joints
used in spacecraft components. The micro-scale
defects induced during the joining process, and the
development of new defects and growth of existing
defects is the area of interest. when the components
are subjected to extreme mechanical and thermal
stresses the quality of the components may deteriorate
and lead to their failure. Therefore, quality inspection
of the components is required in order to quantify the
defects. This can be non-destructively done by using
X-ray Computed Tomography (CT). The collected data
during in-situ X-ray CT scanning is analyzed using AI-
based algorithms to quantify the level of deterioration.

Prototype Development to treat pesticide residue in

surface water bodies in rural areas
Growing use of pesticides specifically organochlorine
is a cause of concern for today’s society. High amount
of pesticide residue in water leads to increase
environmental problem. These micro-pollutant needs
advanced oxidation processes for their removal.
Photo catalysis with TiO2 emerges as a promising
method in this regard. However, it suffers from
certain disadvantages like, catalyst deactivation and
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Some Major Sponsored Projects initiated: Funding Agency: IIITB COMET Foundation, Bengaluru
Sanctioned Outlay: Rs. 110.30 crores
• Training of technicians for system design,
installation, operation, maintenance and repair of • A comprehensive GIS- based toolkit for
renewable energy systems at grass root level-jal investigating the cultural routes of bhotia’s trade
Urja Mitra Programme (Small Hydro) routes in Uttarakhand
Funding Agency: Ministry of New and Renewable Funding Agency: DST, NEW DELHI
Energy, New Delhi
Sanctioned Outlay: Rs. 115.32 crores
Sanctioned Outlay: Rs. 1403.7 crores
• Development of digital twin for centrifugal pump
• Prefabricated Prefinished Volumetric construction and system, pipelines providing sea water supply
using recycled plastic in connection with the to main propulsion plant on board naval platforms
prefabricated prefinished volumetric construction
Funding Agency: DRDO, Visakhapatnam, Ministry of
using recycled plastic technology of anant national
Defence Sanctioned Outlay: Rs. 134.52crores
university
• Research and development of ultra-low head and
Funding Agency: Ministry of Housing and Urban
hydrokinetic turbines and performance prediction
Affairs, New Delhi
of small hydro turbine models
Sanctioned Outlay: Rs. 583.63 crores
Funding Agency: Ministry of New and Renewable
• Pre cast reinforced concrete Planks in connection Energy, New Delhi
with the precast panel technology
Sanctioned Outlay: Rs. 1900.08 crores
Funding Agency: Ministry of Housing and Urban
Some representative Consultancy Projects initiated
Affairs, New Delhi
during this year:
Sanctioned Outlay: Rs. 592.80 crores • Site visit and expert opinion
• 5G Advanced ORAN Massive NIMO Base Station • Evaluation & Analysis of samples
Funding Agency: IIITB COMET Foundation, • Comprehensive evaluation of designs for storm
Bengaluru, Sanctioned Outlay: Rs. 124 crores water drains proposed under cm relief fund
• Mass Production of High Performance carbon • Hydrological survey and flood assessment/disaster
fibers and nanofibric separators by Electro-spining management
techniques for rechargeable batteries and super- • Technical advice
capacitors
• Protection of infrastructure

Funding Agency: National Technical Textiles
• Vetting of strucutral design
Mission, Ministry of Textiles, Udyog Bhawan, New
Delhi, Sanctioned Outlay: Rs. 130.2 crores • AI driven trading platform

• Design and development of an intelligent • Synthesis of atorvastatin impurities

unmanned aerial vehicle applied to open cast • Waste water analysis & recycling - rice industry
minefield surveillance for real-time monitoring,
• Design of protection measures for safety of the
hazards and vulnerability assessment
bridge
Funding Agency: I-Hub Foundation for COBOTICS • DPR vetting of Jamrani dam to Haldwani-Kathgodam
(Technology Innovation Hub of IIT Delhi Govt. of India) water supply scheme
Sanctioned Outlay: Rs. 164.37crores • Feasibility study report
• Design and development of new prototype for RIS- • Reviewing the DPR for talghati drinking water &
aided communication water body creation project, Pauri Garhwal
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• Appraisal of detail project reports Internal Funding for R&D

• Nala/canal diversion report of coal mine block The Institute released funds to the tune of Rs. 5471.395
located in chandwa tehsil, lateha district of crores in total for R&D related activities. Funds to the
Jharkhand state tune of Rs 4.59 crores were sanctioned as FIG for
• Techno-economic review of updated dpr of keyi shp initiation of research for new faculty members. The
(2 x 11.5 mw) in district lower subansiri of Arunachal funds released by the Institute during the FY 2022-23
Pradesh were distributed across the following areas:
• Evalation of cost escalation of shp projects by kreda 1) Faculty initiation grant given to the new faculty
in various location in kargil members to provide funds for establishing research
• River trainig along gaula and nandhour river, nainital infrastructure for an individual.
district
2) SMILE - Scheme supports the procurement of major
• Soft rock study for earthwork for railway formation equipment above Rs 25 lakhs. For each proposal,
for east west rail corridor from gevra road to pendra, at least two departments/centers must be involved
south east central railway to maintain the interdisciplinary nature. Application
• Development of ganga expressway (group-iii)- has to be from a group of faculty members from
evaluation of binders different departments/centers. A total of 25 projects
• Hydraulic model study have been sanctioned with a total amount of 49.815
Crore.
• Four laning of najibabad bypass
• Soil investigation 3) Matching Grant - Scheme supports the equipment
procurement with 50% sanctioned grant from
• River protection works
external agencies or Rs 20 lacs. Scheme can
• Proof checking of buildings be availed by an individual faculty or a group of
• Investigation of mechanical characteristic of building faculty. Under this scheme institute can provide a
materials commitment letter with the proposal submission to
external agencies. A total of 75 projects have been
• Wind analysis
sanctioned with a total outlay of 5.773 crore.
• Topographical survey
4) Technology Readiness Level Booster Scheme was
• Structural Audits
launched in April 2022, In order to boost the TRL of
• Bridge design vetting IIT Roorkee technologies, a total of 7 technologies
• Canal protection works proposal have been reviewed with a total outlay of
• Vetting of building design, material selection for ens 45 lakhs.
compliance - residential colony for bro in leh 5) Facilitating grants to faculty members for filing
• Specialised services for construction of proposed patents, research publications and/or international
major dhyanchand sports university at meerut uttar travel
pradesh under uppwd on epc mode • Leverage grants and bridge grants
• Preparation of gis based master plan for tripura state • Fellowships for PhD student
• Plastic waste characterization in daily waste and • Conferences, seminars, exhibitions
market survey • Publications
• Universal accessibility for suburban stations of • Student research/ competition/ event
central and western railways
• Architectural safety review aspects of tata steel,
Corporate Interaction
sahibabad unit To showcase our Research & Innovation to the industry
• Vetting of i&d works at khalua nala and corporates IIT Roorkee has participated in PANIIT
PIWOT Global Virtual Technology Summit, DST-CII
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Tech Summit, CII India Design Summit Exhibition, CII 26) BIA AND RSSIA
Advance Material Summit and DST - CII India Singapore 27) CIPET & IIT-R
Technology Summit. In order to leverage Industry-
Academia linkages, institute continuously promotes 28) Chellaram Diabetes Research Centre, Pune
the activities like participation in corporate summits, 29) NTTM Ministry of Textiles, GOI
generating opportunities for students (internships, 30) NID Haryana & IIT-R
fellowships and work studentships), Research
collaborations with corporate entities via execution of 31) Kasper India Private Limited
MoUs and MoAs with corporates. In this year total 41 32) Government of Odisha (Department of Water
MoUs were signed with various government and private Resources)
entities. The list is as follows: - 33) IAF & IIT-R
1) Tata Consultancy Services Limited 34) CWC & IIT-R
2) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation 35) SBL Specialty Coatings Private Limited
3) GE HTC & IIT-R 36) National Power Training Institute NPTI
4) Himalayan Environmental Studies & Conservation 37) The M. K. Morse Company, USA
Organization (HESCO)
38) Fare Labs Gurugram
5) ITDA, STF (Uttarakhand Police)
39) Luit Renewable Solutions Private Limited
6) BEE & IITR
40) Doon University
7) DRDO, IIT Roorkee Centre of Excellence
41) MDS IndoCan Inc
8) Ministry of MSME, GOI
9) RFRF Nagpur Some of the prominent MoUs are:
10) National Highways & Infrastructure Development
1. CIPET and IIT Roorkee signed an MoU to strengthen
Corporation Limited
academic and Research Cooperation in the field
11) International Institute of Technology Banglore of petrochemicals, plastics, polymers, chemical
Comet Foundation engineering and material science
12) SGRRU Dehradun
13) Nuclear Fuel Complex & IIT-R
14) John Deere India Private Limited
15) National Rail Transportation Institute
16) RDSO Lucknow
17) MORTH
18) Deloitte
19) HDFC Bank Limited & IIT-R
20) Partnership With NIET & IIT-R
2. Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee and the
21) Partnership With NIT Uttarakhand & IIT-R
National Power Training Institute (NPTI) have
22) Partnership With Graphic Era Institute & IIT-R signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to
23) Partnership With COER & IIT-R develop a Center of Excellence (CoE) for research
and consultancy in Supply Chain Management of
24) Partnership With SRHU & IIT-R
Green Hydrogen at the IIT Roorkee’s Greater Noida
25) INFLIBNET Centre Gandhinagar- Shodhganga Extension Centre (GNEC).
Project
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3. MoU signed between DRDO, and IIT Roorkee

to establish Centre of Excellence by conducting
5. International Centre of Excellence for Dams
directed research in critical & futuristic advanced
technology areas for defense & security. Building on the R&D potential of the institute,
the Central Water Commission, Department of
Water Resources, River Development & Ganga
Rejuvenation, Ministry of Jal Shakti entered into a
Memorandum of Agreement with IIT Roorkee for
establishing an International Centre of Excellence
for Dams to create an interdisciplinary platform
where academia, industry, professional, civic bodies
and other stakeholders would contribute in creating
knowledge-based solutions to make dams on entire
globe are safe. It is a synergetic concept and is
expected to leverage the individual strengths of the
multi-faceted players it encompasses. Under this
MoA, the Ministry of Jal Shakti under DRIP Phase II
and III has provided a Grant of Rs 108.99 crores to
IIT Roorkee for establishing this unique Centre of
Excellence.

4. IIT Roorkee has signed an MoU to develop

indigenous defence technologies, and equipment
via collaborative R&D. The rationale behind the
partnership is to establish long-term relationships
and work together to promote the development
of indigenous technologies and equipment in
the areas of obsolescence management, self-
reliance, upgradations, and digitalization through
indigenization of equipment. The aim is to realize
the self-reliant Indian defence system. The MoU This CoE promotes the “Make in India” initiative in
outlines the collaborative effort between IIT Roorkee the field of dam safety by engaging in cutting-edge
and IAF to achieve the government’s ‘Make in India, research, developing technologies, and application
Make for the World’ vision. products. This CoE accelerates the innovation to
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provide the most appropriate solutions to various TechSarthi:

challenges in the dam safety and creates a pool of
It is an initiative to support industrial units in and around
qualified personnel for dam owning agencies and
Roorkee. It focuses on industries within a 175 km radius
equips industry with cutting-edge theoretical and
of IIT Roorkee to assist in adopting technically sound
practical know-how.
solutions, accelerating their growth, and achieving
6. AZBIL Corporation the “local to global” goal. This programme has been
launched as part of the 175th anniversary celebrations
IIT Roorkee and The Azbil Corporation, Japan have
to appraise industrial units to assess the existing level of
signed a MoU to establish research collaboration.
technology, offer workable solutions to their issues, and
The Azbil and IIT Roorkee will engage in collaborative
suggest enhancements to increase overall efficiency.
research and run internship programs in areas of
Via the I-STEM portal, IIT Roorkee offers access to its
mutual interest. The collaboration will involve joint
R&D resources to the industries. The initiative aims
academic activities, industry-led projects to promote
at creating opportunities in and around Roorkee by
digitalization, exchange of expertise and resources,
working with the small-scale industries which lack the
and talent development in select STEM (Science,
resources required to take their products from local to
Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) fields.
global standards. It was conceptualized keeping in mind
This partnership aims to foster research and
the major issue of lack of access to newer technologies
development, promote knowledge-sharing, and
and infrastructure to solve the issues that are stifling
create opportunities for students to gain valuable
their growth.
experience.
Additionally, it identifies market and product potential,
7. M.Tech Semiconductor Technology in
as well as evaluating a company’s technology and
collaboration with Taiwan universities
intellectual property ownership. This programme
To build the international collaboration and was launched by the Honourable Chief Minister
strengthen India’s Semiconductor Technology and of Uttarakhand on April 8, 2022. The following
Manufacturing, and train manpower as per global organizations have come forward to support the initiative:
Industry needs, as well as boost research capabilities CII Uttarakhand, Startup Uttarakhand, NASSCOM
and collaboration in semiconductors, IIT Roorkee Uttarakhand, Directorate of Industries Uttarakhand,
has started a M.Tech program in Semiconductor Udhyog Suvidha Kendra, SIDCUL Manufacturers
Technology which will be jointly offered by the Dept Association, SIDCUL Entrepreneurs Welfare Society,
of Electronics and Communication Engineering Roorkee Small Scale Industrial Association, and
and the Dept of Physics at IIT Roorkee and select Bhagwanpur Industrial Association. Under this scheme,
partner Universities of Taiwan. To this effect IITR IIT Roorkee has partnered with over 25 industries in and
has signed agreements with the National Tsing around Roorkee to discuss some of the technical issues
Hua University (NTHU), and National Yang Ming that are stifling their growth. Following that, the faculty
Chiao Tung University and National Taiwan Normal and students from the institute are assisting industrial
University. units by proposing technical solutions to their problems
that are also commercially viable in order to contribute
to the development of the industries. IIT Roorkee
is currently helping the local industry with capacity
building, shop floor technology upgrades, and software
development and apps for supply chain solutions,
user experience, interface design, remote monitoring
and control, web interfaces, and dashboards. Current
work on technological improvements, better health
and safety practices, pollution control and sustainable
waste management practices, acquisition of needed
technologies and expertise will have a greater impact on
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the qualitative effect of socioeconomic development of and granted during FY 2022-23 are given in table 1
local industries and, as a result, regional development. and a graphical representation of year-wise growth in
number of intellectual property applications filed in the
Intellectual Right Property last five years are given in Figure 1.
Activities
The Institute’s IPR Cell is the focal point for all issues IP Type Applications Granted
related to Intellectual Property. The range of work of filed (No.) (No.)
the IPR Cell includes patent filing, copyright registration, Indian Patents 82 34
design registration, patents publication, and preparation
Patent Cooperation 01 00
of patent examination response, which facilitates the
Treaty (PCT) Application
granting process and transfer of technology. It regularly
organizes different workshops, and other informative Trademark 2 2
sessions to encourage students and faculty members Industrial Design 9 2
to invest in IP. Particularly, sessions on use of Derwent Copyright 3 1
Innovation software and XLSCOUT are the regular
Total IPs 97 39
features of IPR cell webinars. Many competitions on IPR
are also organized from time to time. This year, two short-
term IPR certificate courses have been organized, and
more advanced and core IPR courses are scheduled for
the near future. In an effort to develop a holistic IP culture,
several workshops, webinars and expert presentations
were held. Recently two new policies were launched,
one is Technology Readiness Level Booster (TRLB)
scheme. The scheme is designed to support TRLs of
technologies for which IP is filed and present TRL is 3 or
4 to boost to 7 or 8. A maximum amount of Rs 15 lakh for
1 year can be provided for boosting the TRL. The other
scheme is Financial Support for Faculty led Startup,
which is a seed fund support and is applicable to start
IPR Course Conducted:
the work of a startup. A faculty member or a group of
faculty members can apply for this support on behalf of The IPR Cell has also conducted two short-term
their startup. Under this scheme a maximum amount of certificate courses on Introduction to Intellectual
Rs 15 lakh can be provided to a faculty led startup. The Property Rights and Creativity Innovation & Intellectual
IPR Cell is continuously committed to smoothen and Property Rights, where the participants were explained
expediting the process of IP filing and granting. This about the meaning, nature, significance, needs and
year 82 patents are filed which is the highest number management of Intellectual Property Right (IPR). Patent
so far. Law, Patentability requirements, Patentability search &
strategic use of Patent information, Infringement etc.
Patent and other IP Filing:
Impact Lecture Series Conducted:
During the period from April 2022 to March 2023,
The IPR Cell IIT Roorkee has conducted various
the IPR Cell received 130 Intellectual Property (patent,
Impact Lecture Series by inviting external experts on
trademark, design and copyright) applications
innovation, intellectual property rights, and start-ups.
from students and academic members. Respective
The objective of this series is to enhance faculty and
Intellectual Property Assessment Committees (IPACs)
student understanding of Innovation & Entrepreneurship
evaluated these disclosures. There have been 82
(I&E) and IPR.
patents filed in total. An overview of IPs filed/registered
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Licensing Activities in FY 2022-23

Support to Entrepreneurship
IIT Roorkee encourages creation of Scientific
Enterprises in the campus and incubate such ventures
in the Technology Innovation & Development of
Entrepreneurship Support (TIDES). The start-ups
created in IIT Roorkee in the last one year for translating
the technologies include:
• Farmicorn India Private Limited
• Design Therapeutics, Inc.
• M/s Prayas Greentech Pvt. Ltd.
• CogXR Labs Pvt. Ltd.
• E-sense
• AGROCAM
• Sensing Bharat
• Radiant wave technology Pvt. Ltd.

Technology Licensed in the

last one year (April 2022 –
March 2023)
By Prof. Sujay Chattopadhyay and Bhuvanesh E.
1. In-situ charging system for implantable pacemaker,
(PPE)
licensed to Healagnostic Pvt. Ltd.
The present invention provides synthesis of
By Prof. Indranil Lahiri, Siddharth Sharma, Prof.
a low cost bipolar membrane having superior
Debrupa Lahiri and Prof. Partha Roy (BSBE)
performance by functionalization of base polymers
The present invention relates to a self-rechargeable of glass transition, Tg< room temperature and
battery system consisting of nanomaterials possessing good chemical, mechanical and thermal
incorporated piezoelectric system as nanogenerator stability. Catalyst (2, 6) Pyridine dicarboxylic acid
and a rechargeable battery to replace the classical also called Dipicolinic acid, (DPA) layer is used for
non-rechargeable batteries used in the pacemakers. water dissociation. At normal pH (~7.0) DPA acts
The piezoelectric system is essentially a piezoelectric as deprotonated dicarboxylic acids anions (-COO-
polymeric mat attached to a full-wave bridge 1) and its presence at interface, water dissociation
rectifier and a voltage multiplier. The rectified and potential at 100 mA•cm-2 gets reduced to 2.345
modulated voltages from the piezoelectric system V from 2.65 V, while a commercial (FBM) BPM
are fed to the rechargeable battery. Nanomaterials showed potential of 1.972 V. Application of nylon
are incorporated as second phase reinforcement based woven fabric reduced the overall cost of
material to the piezoelectric system converts BPM compared to PEEK based woven fabric as
mechanical energy arising from the movement reinforcing material. DPA deposition increased
of the heart electrical energy and concomitantly current efficiency (η) of BPM electrodialysis from 59
generate voltage to replenish charge of the battery to 64 % (while the same η with Fumatech BPM is 81%
used in operating the pacemaker. and the energy consumption (E) got reduced from
11.56 to 10.26 kWh•kg-1
2. Low cost reinforced bipolar membrane fabricated
with interface layer, licensed to Permionics
Membranes Private Limited, Vadodara
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4. Biosensor for detecting cancer using exhaled

breath, licensed to Tata Steel Limited
By Prof. Indranil Lahiri, Prof. Debrupa Lahiri, Prof.
Partha Roy, Siddharth Sharma and Swati Haldar
(MMED, CON and BSBE)
The current invention relates to the field of non-
invasive early detection of cancer using exhaled
breath. The current invention relates to a biosensor
and method of early detection of breast, lung
and oral cancers by monitoring of volatile organic
compounds in the exhaled breath of cancer patients.

3. Development of formaldehyde modified

thermoplastic starch and its blending with low
density polyethylene (LDPE) for biodegradable
packaging bags, licensed to Agrsar Innovatives LLP
Greater Noida
By Prof. P. P. Kundu (ChED)
The present invention relates to formaldehyde
modified thermoplastic starch and its blending with
low density polyethylene (LDPE) for biodegradable 5. A system and method for through wall imagine,
packaging bags. The invention provides a licensed to Dirghadhi Technology Pvt. Ltd.
method of making a thermoplastic starch, where By Prof. Dharmendra Singh, Bambam Kumar and
the thermoplastic starch is a blend of starch Smitha Puthucheri (ECE)
with a plasticizer to improve gelatinization and
another plasticizer to reduce retro gradation in a A cost effective TWI system which has the capability
thermoplastic starch. to detect, identify and classify various living and non-
living targets has been developed indigenously. The
system is based on Stepped Frequency Continuous
Wave (SFCW) radar concept and working from 1.5-
3.5 GHz, which can provide good range resolution
and cross range resolution, that can be used for
imaging a target behind the wall. The scanning time
to image the target is reduced by introducing the
concept of array antenna and it is fabricated in our
laboratory. The crosstalk in the antenna array is
minimized by the coating of developed microwave
absorber, which improved the image quality. An
assembly of complete TWI system with developed
algorithm and display system is designed and
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the prototype is fabricated. The developed TWI on rotogravure printing cylinder, licensed to UFlex
prototype is successfully evaluated for various Limited
targets like different dielectric materials as well as
By Prof. Yuvraj Singh Negi, Anurag Kulshreshtha,
for living targets.
Brahma Prakash and Sauraj Singh (PPE and DPT)
The present invention relates to water based ink
formulation for rotogravure printing ink medium and
pigmented ink. The invention provides formulation
of water-based ink basically for magenta pigment
and use of additive for increasing the cross-linking,
while printing and improve the adhesion and fast
drying. In this invention we formulated the water-
based ink the use of acrylic acid, butyl acrylate,
methylmethacrylate and Maleic Anhydride as
monomers.

6. A water based ink formulation for rotogravure

printing ink medium and pigmented ink, licensed to
UFlex Limited
By Prof. Yuvraj Singh Negi, Anurag Kulshreshtha,
Brahma Prakash and Prof. Millie Pant (PPE, DPT and
ASE)
National Start-Up Day
The present invention relates to the water based
ink formulation for rotogravure printing ink medium
and pigmented ink. The present invention provides
IPR Newsletter
the method of synthesis of acrylic copolymer resin. IPR Cell has launched the first ever newsletter, which
Properties of acrylic copolymer resin was discussed provides all information pertaining to IP activities within
and analysed emphatically. Further the five types the campus.
of waterborne inks were developed using neat
acrylic copolymer resin. The physical properties
of the waterborne inks including pH, viscosity and
surface tension were analysed and further printing
on the surface of the polyester film to evaluate their
suitability and potential for printing application.
The adhesion, rub resistance, drying time, gloss
and colour values of the waterborne ink improved
significantly.
7. A water based ink formulation for magenta
pigment application for elongated engraved cells
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Incubation Activities
Technology Innovation & Development of
Entrepreneurship Society (TIDES)
It is a Society formed under the Society Registration Act,
1860 to promote innovation and entrepreneurship at
IIT Roorkee and local Uttarakhand region. TIDES runs
and manages a Business Incubator “TIDES Business
Incubator” at IIT Roorkee to facilitate incubation of new
startups with innovative technologies by incubating
them. TIDES Business Incubator is recognized as a
leading Incubator by Government of India.
The TIDES team is led by: Prof. K K Pant, Chairman,
Governing Body & Director, IIT Roorkee; Mr. Azam Ali
Khan, CEO; Dr. Sanjeev Manhas, Faculty Incharge; and
other members from academia and industry.
Startup Portfolio
TIDES is offering two type of incubation programs as
given below:
• Pre-incubation at TIDES, IIT Roorkee offers aspiring
has a track record of supporting successful ventures
entrepreneurs a platform to refine their startup
in various sectors, fostering entrepreneurship and
ideas. It provides mentorship, resources, and
innovation.
access to industry experts. Pre-incubation supports
early-stage ventures, helping them develop Overall, TIDES has incubated over 150 deep tech
business models, validate ideas, and prepare for startups across India. These startups are working on
the incubation program. innovative solutions to some of the most pressing
challenges facing the country.
• Incubation at TIDES, IIT Roorkee nurtures startups
through resources, mentorship, and infrastructure. TIDES has positively impacted more than 12,000
It provides office spaces, labs, prototyping facilities, beneficiaries through its innovative initiatives. The
and connects startups with industry experts. TIDES incubator has supported over 35 life science and allied
offers workshops, training, and access to investors. It startups, 115 technology startups, and 25 women-led
startups. TIDES has also equipped startups with over 60
advanced lab instruments, supported over 75 patents,
and disbursed over 10 crore funds. The incubator’s
portfolio startups have achieved a remarkable market
valuation of over 3000 crore.
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Funding and Acquisition

TIDES is running 12+ startup funding programs in
collaboration with more than 5 ministries such as DST,
MEITY, BIRAC etc.

iHUB DivyaSampark, TIH,

IIT Roorkee
iHUB DivyaSampark a section 8 company (Non-
Government Organization) is a Technology Innovation
Hub, at IIT Roorkee was set up as a result of 2019
union budget announcement under National mission
NM-ICPS initiated by Department of Science &
Technology (DST) to build innovative solutions, to train
manpower and encourage entrepreneurship for the
world’s current challenges. It aims to promote and
enable interdisciplinary, collaborative, and translational
innovation in smart devices, materials, technology and
Partnerships & Collaborations the broad area of cyber-physical systems.
TIDES’ partnerships with over 50 partner ecosystems Focus Area:
help to create a strong and vibrant entrepreneurship
• Affordable health care
ecosystem in India. These partnerships provide
entrepreneurs with the resources they need to succeed, • Industry 4.0
and they help to promote innovation and economic • Sustainable smart cities
growth.
Activity Focus Area:
• Entrepreneurship
We encourage and support young entrepreneurs
to pursue entrepreneurship as a career. Young
entrepreneurs will also be able to expand their networks
which not only minimizes the risk of pursuing start-ups
but also offsets the opportunity costs of high-paying
jobs. So far supported 17 start-ups with funding support
worth Rs. 7 Cr
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We provide support via: Technology/Product

• Incubation Support Development
• Acceleration Program (up to Rs. 2Cr)
iHUB DivyaSampark works as a bridge between
• Seed Funding (up to Rs. 50 lakhs) Indian academia and industry, encouraging disruptive
• Entrepreneurship-in-Residence (EIR) technologies to benefit the masses by identifying the
need for technology in CPS and developing a solution

45
based on the same

17
Startup Supported Entrepreneurs
Supported
19 14
Projects Supported Funding
(Rs. In Crores)

17 0
Current Companies Graduate Companies
14 07 08
Doctoral
Publications Patents
*All companies are not graduate as all our on its initial Fellowships
stage.

Also supporting 150+ young and innovative minds

via Chanakya UG Fellowships

Our one startup Evigway Technologies Pvt. Ltd. selected Skill Development
as one of the Top 35 Startups in “Emerging Technologies”
The iHUB DivyaSampark initiative prepares young
by the Ministry of Electronics & IT, Govt of India in “Digi-
people in less-developed areas for technological and
Week 2022”
digital changes in the future. We also provide students
Our Two startups DTown Robotics Pvt. Ltd & TechXR with the opportunity to interact with experts from
making into the list of top 30 deep-tech startups academia and industry through a variety of short-term
training programs.

So far, we have trained 8000 + Students &

Faculties via training programs in emerging
technologies.
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serve as extension arms of iHUB DivyaSampark and IIT

Roorkee. These spokes are predominantly established
in remote regions, aiming to ensure that innovation can
reach a wide range of individuals.

All these activities are focused on New-age smart

technologies (CPS), including IoT, Robots, Drones, AI, ML
Blockchain, and similar smart devices for Industry 4.0,
Smart cities, and Digital health.

These efforts have established a research base Awards received by the Startups
of 120 individuals in cyber-physical systems
and generated 144 job opportunities. associated with the Institute
• Powerzest had been selected by AICTE India
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION Council for Technical Education) and the Ministry
of Technology’s Innovation Council to showcase
Microelectronics and Information Research Centre, their ground-breaking technology at the National
NYCU, Hsinchu, Taiwan Technology Week, a prestigious event organized by
• Top-up Fellowship for Dual-Degree Program in the Government of India.
semiconductor devices is launched in association • National Health Agency (NHA) report highlights a
with IIT Roorkee. ground-breaking innovation in eye screening: Logy.
• Skill Development Program for the semiconductor AI (TIDES’s startup) Eye Screening Solution!
industry is being discussed. • Ovolo IT Building Solutions Pvt. Ltd. ('Ek Inch’
Alliances (Hub Spoke Model) application) has signed a MoU with Construction Skill
We firmly believe that innovation knows no bounds Development Council of India (CSDCI) to enhance
and can originate from any corner of the world and up the skill development landscape in the construction
until now, we have established 14 spoke hubs, which industry.
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• Ednam Solutions Pvt. Ltd. has received funding of • Institute Innovation Council Regional Meet 2022:
26 lakhs through the prestigious Startup India seed IIT Roorkee received the best poster award for the
Fund Scheme (SISFS) finest Innovation Ecosystem.
• Invitante Solutions Pvt. Ltd. (Gofresh) has been • Clean-tech start-up Log9 incubated at IITR has
selected as one of the promising startups under bagged the 'Best EV Tech of the Year' award by the
the prestigious NextGen Startup Challenge Contest Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV)
(CHUNAUTI 4.0) organized by Next Generation in Delhi.
Incubation Scheme (NGIS)
• Jaan Innovation Pvt. Ltd., our accelerated start-
• Bhoomicam Pvt. Ltd. has been selected among the up awarded “Company of the Year” 2021 by CIO
top 5 best startups in the Indian Geospatial Industry magazine.
under the esteemed GW Startup Catalyst program.
• Heal-Agnostic startup has been featured among
As part of this recognition, they have been awarded
the top 25 Innovative companies of 2020 in the CII
a prize of $10,000 for a media, communications, and
Industrial Innovation Awards 2020.
outreach package pro bono.
• Seismic Hazard and Risk Investigations Pvt Ltd, another
• Indi-Energy has been selected to represent India
start-up by IITR won India-Israel Industrial R&D and
at Viva Tech 2023, Europe's biggest exhibition for
Technology Innovation Fund (I4F) worth 6.0 Cr.
startups and technology!
• Greengrahi Solutions got various achievements
• In just 11 months, Hypekar Pvt. Ltd. has provided
such as being selected among top 10 start-ups at
exceptional services to 125+ clients across
Europe’s biggest accelerator Program Climate KIC,
Dehradun, Uttarakhand, and achieved a revenue of
been awarded Nidhi Prayas Grant 2020, Awarded
4.5 lakhs.
Kellogg Social Impact Grant in Evanston, US 2021
• Log9 Materials, the pioneers in graphene-based and awarded Zell fellow's program by Kellogg
nanotechnology, have been making waves recently school of management, U.S.
with their latest project named India’s first EV cells.
• Vidcare Innovations for winning the P&G Health
• Indienergy have participated in Elecrama Award Vision Award at SLINGSHOT2021 @ Singapore
2023 and showcased their products/technologies Week of Innovation & Technology.
related to sodium batteries and won the first prize
• Indi Energy – an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT)
of Rs 10 lakhs in Electraverse Sparks Competition at
Roorkee, startup has won the prestigious National
the prestigious Elecrama Award 2023.
Startup Awards 2022 in the category of ‘Energy
• Prof. Sidhartha Khare, founder of Bhoomicam Pvt. Storage.’
Ltd. incubated at TIDES, IIT Roorkee, has been
• Brainovative Pvt Ltd is developing VANI, a wearable
awarded research project funding of 76.10 lakhs by
silent speech assistive device converting muscle
the IIT Bhilai Innovation and Technology Foundation
response to voice, winning the National Innovation
(IBITF).
Contest 2020 and receiving a Rs. 6,00,000 grant.
• Tri-OM adaptive solutions has been selected under
• Indi Energy team, TIDES, IIT Roorkee-based startup,
the Startup Srujan Seed Support (S4) Programme
working in the space of Na-ion Battery Technology.
to Build their prototype on - DNA-D Construction
The startup won the First prize (10 lakh rupees) in
Technology. Recently, they also got the funding of
DRDO, Ministry of Defence, Govt. of India Dare to
20 lakhs under "Startup India Seed Fund ".
Dream 3.0, open innovation challenge, nationwide.
• E3Biocleantech Pvt. Ltd. for winning the best startup Also won the first prize in the Spark Startups
award at Uttarakhand Udyog Mahotsav (UKUM- Competition at Electroama Award 2023 for their
2023) held on 18th March at Quantum University. Sodium-ion battery technology.
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• UMA ROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY, RavenEye Other Prominent Institute Awards

Geospatial Pvt. Ltd., and Indi Energy were
recognized at DEFEXPO_2022 for their innovative Following are the awards received by IIT Roorkee in
contributions in the defense sector. terms of getting recognized for the Academics, R&D
and other activities.
• During IUHC2022, Vivek Prajapati founder, TRI-
OM Adaptive Solution presented their construction 1. Department of Architecture, IIT Roorkee has
technology to dignitaries, garnering significant emerged at Rank #1 in the National Institutional
interest in the innovation. Ranking Framework (NIRF) Rankings for 2023.
This is the third consecutive time IIT Roorkee
• Fermentech Labs, incubated at TIDES Business Architecture department has been ranked #1 in
Incubator, IIT Roorkee, emerged as winners of NIRF India ranking.
the AgLIVE 2022- Innovators Pitch Competition
organized by CII FACE. 2. CII Innovation Award 2022: IIT Roorkee has been
conferred the CII Innovation Award 2022 as the
• Startup Bhoomicam Pvt Ltd., incubated at TIDES Bio most Innovative Technical Institution of India along
Incubator, secured first place in the AABTonics 2022 with the Grand Jury Award. IIT Roorkee has received
competition and received a Rs. 50,000 reward and this award for the third consecutive year.
pitching opportunity.
3. IP Questel Award 2022: IIT Roorkee received the
• The Startup Expo 2022 at IIT Roorkee showcased Questel Intellectual Property Excellence Award
129+ startups, inspiring young entrepreneurs to use 2022.
deep technologies for addressing real-world issues
and achieving "Make in India innovative" solutions. 4. In NIRF Innovation Ranking 2023, IIT Roorkee has
Among 129+ start-ups supported at IITR, Indi Energy, secured 5th position for the third consecutive year.
Cypher and Super Good Nano AI incubated at 5. Eat Right Campus award 2022: IIT Roorkee has
TIDES, IIT Roorkee secured the winning position of bagged it the Eat Right Campus award 2022 from
"Best Startup Award in the Startup Expo 2022." the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India
• TIDES-incubated startup NSMR Pvt. Ltd. secured (FSSAI)
Rs. 55.50 lakh funding from NRDC's Technology
Development and Commercialization APEX
Program for their solid liquid bio-Nano materials in
healthcare.
• Log9 Materials, a startup founded at IIT Roorkee,
raised $40mn in funding, led by Amara Raja
Batteries Limited and PETRONAS Ventures, valuing
the company at $250mn.
• Gohempture, a startup incubated at TIDES, IIT
Roorkee, qualified for the BIG Grant from BIRAC
2022, advancing their market-ready hempcrete
building technology.
• E3BioCleanTech Pvt. Ltd., incubated at TIDES, IIT
Roorkee, received the Best Startup Award at UKUM-
2023 for their innovative clean technologies and
turnkey nature-based solutions.
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Administration Affairs
The Office of the Dean (Administrative Affairs) oversees the Institute's administration processes and services as
well as manpower management for non-faculty and non-project employees (permanent, temporary, and outsourced).
In light of this, the agency is in charge of developing regulations for administrative structures/links, evaluation of
staffing/manpower needs at various levels, defining duties/ responsibilities and authority levels, job functions/profiles,
recruitment policies, career/promotion stages, and allocating and sanctioning of optimal manpower resources
to various units, as well as related staff hiring/recruiting. Department wise list of academic staff is provided here.
Additionally, kindly refer to the list of non-teaching officers below.

Sr. Month Group Staff Count

No. A B C
1. April 2022 0 0 0 0
2. May 2022 0 11 32 43
3. June 2022 0 18 43 61
4. July 2022 0 1 2 3
5. August 2022 0 1 2 3
6. September 2022 0 4 0 4
7. October 2022 0 0 8 8
8. November 2022 0 1 2 3
9. December 2022 0 2 3 5
10. January 2023 3 0 1 4
11. February 2023 0 1 0 1
12. March 2023 0 0 3 3
Total 3 39 96 138

Faculty Awards & Recognition

During the year, 22 faculty members (13 Assistant They also review manuscripts for publications. We are
Professor Grade I) on regular basis and 08 on Assistant proud that their efforts have received recognition in the
Professor Grade II joined the Institute. The number of form of many awards and distinctions, some of which are
full-time faculty members on the roll of the Institute as listed below:
risen to 515 comprising 180 Professors, Nil Professor
• Prof. Gaurav Raheja, Department of Architecture &
(Contract), 125 Associate Professors, 173 Assistant Planning, has been conferred the DAAD Research
Professors (Grade-I), and 37 Assistant Professors (Grade- Ambassadorship for the second time at the Embassy
II). In addition, there are 25 adjunct faculty members and of Federal Republic of Germany, New Delhi.
28 post-doctoral fellows on the roll. Around 08 faculty
members retired and 09 resigned during the year. Apart • Prof. Millie Pant, Department of Applied Mathematics
from educational and research pursuits, the faculty of the and Scientific Computing, appeared in the list of best
Computer Science scientists in India with a Rank
Institute meet national and global obligations in diverse
of 70 and also among the list of top 2% scientists
ways. Many of them have accepted membership of
prepared by the Stanford University
various national committees and editorship of journals.
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• Prof. R. P. Singh, Department of Biosciences and for I- CON Contest with a Cheque of Rs. 10,000/,
Bioengineering, has been nominated as DBT- by Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS) at
Nominee by Institute Biosafety Committee, FRI GEOSMART International Conference 2022. In
Dehradun. addition, he secured first rank in AABTonics National
Level Geospatial Competition and received a cash
• Prof. Kiran Ambatipudi, Department of Biosciences
prize of Rs. 50,000/- by GIS multinational company
and Bioengineering, has been selected as fellow in
AABSys IT.
the National Academy of Dairy Science of India
• Prof. Praveen Kumar, Department of Civil Engineering,
• Prof. Krishna Mohan Poluri, Department of
awarded with Best Paper on Road Research Award
Biosciences and Bioengineering, has been
by Indian Roads Congress. In addition, he has been
awarded with SERB Science and Technology Award elected as President of India Nominee (Visitor’s
for Research (SERB-STAR-2022) from SERB-DST Nominee) by IIT Bhubaneshwar, IIT Hyderabad,
• Prof. Pranita P. Sarangi, Department of Biosciences Academic Staff in NITs and IIEST, Shibpur
and Bioengineering, has been awarded with Travel • Prof. Anumita Mishra, Department of Civil
for Technique Award, American Association of Engineering, has been awarded the ASCE 2021
Immunologists. USA. She was also featured in the Reviewer Award by Journal of Hazardous, Toxic and
“Women in STEM: Vanguards of India @75" published Radioactive Waste, ASCE.
by Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)“on the
occasion of 75 years of Indian Independence.” • Prof. Rajat Rastogi, Department of Civil Engineering,
has been awarded with Best Paper Award on
• Prof. Amit Agrawal, Department of Civil Engineering, Sustainable Transportation by 2nd International
has been awarded Outstanding young faculty for Conference on Transportation Infrastructure
2022 by Institute. Projects – Conception to Execution (TIPCE2022).
• Prof. Kaustav Chtterjee, Department of Civil • Prof. Nikhil Saboo, Department of Civil Engineering,
Engineering, has been awarded the IEI young has been awarded with Certificate of Merit Award
Engineer award 2022 by Institute of Energy. by 2nd Global Road Construction and Safety
• Prof Anjaneya Dixit, Department of Civil Engineering, Conference.
has been awarded Ramanujan Fellowship for 2022 • Prof. Narendra Kumar Samadhiya, Department of
by SERB. Civil Engineering, has been awarded the Indian
• Prof Sanjay Kumar Ghosh, Department of Civil Geolegend Award by Indian Geotechnical Society,
Engineering, has been awarded Satish Dhawan Kochi during IGC- 2022.
Award for 2022 by Indian Society of Remote • Prof. Ravindra Pandey, Department of Chemistry,
Sensing. has been awarded with Institute Young Scientist
Award.
• Prof Satyendra Mittal, Department of Civil
Engineering, has been awarded International • Prof. Sayanti Chatterjee, Department of Chemistry,
Academic Achiever Award for 2022 International has been awarded DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship
Award Committee. In addition, he also awarded Award.
Teacher with highest potential in same year by
• Prof. Debasis Banerjee, Department of Chemistry,
Dubai University
has been awarded Bronze Medal by Chemical
• Prof Indrajit Ghosh, Department of Civil Engineering, Research Society of India (CRSI- 2023).
has been ASEM-DUO fellowship for 2022 by ASEM- • Prof. M. Sankar, Department of Chemistry, has been
DUO, South Korea awarded Bronze Medal by Chemical Research
• Prof. Kamal Jain, elected as Vice President of Society of India (CRSI- 2023).
the Executive Council of the Indian Society of • Prof. M. Sankar, Department of Chemistry, has been
Geomatics, by Indian Society of Geomatics. elected as a Member, Board of Studies, by NIT Delhi.
• Prof. Siddhartha Khare, Department of Civil • Prof. K K Pant, Department of Chemical Engineering,
Engineering, has been awarded the Bronze Award has been appointed as Editor of Chemical
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Engineering Science and Food and Byproducts • Prof. Ranjana Pathania, Joint Faculty, Centre of
Processing. Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management,
has been elected as a fellow of the National
• Prof. Amit Dhiman, Department of Chemical
Academy of Sciences, India, (NASI).
Engineering, has been appointed as Editorial Board
member of Heat Transfer. In addition he has been • Prof. Kamal Jain, Joint Faculty, Centre of Excellence
also joined as member of the editorial board of in Disaster Mitigation and Management has been
Journal of Computational and Applied Mechanics elected as ‘Vice-President’ of the Indian Society of
(JCAM), Hungaryevents Geomatics Executive Council (ISG-EC).
• Prof. Hari Prakash Veluswamy, Department of • Prof. Roopam Shukla, Centre of Excellence in
Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the Disaster Mitigation and Management, has joined the
Amar Dye Chem Award for Excellence in Research editorial board of Community Science Journal.
and Development in Chemical Engineering (under
• Prof. Nachiketa Rai, Department of Earth Science,
35 years) in 2022 by Indian Institute of Chemical
has been awarded with Outstanding Teacher Award
Engineers (IIChE).
2022, IIT Roorkee.
• Prof. Hari Prakash Veluswamy, Department of
• Prof. B.K. Maheshwari, Department of Earthquake
Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the
Engineering, has been awarded with IAMSG John
Shrimati Saroma Sanyal Memorial Prize (IEI).
Baker Medal in 16th Int. Conference of the Int.
• Prof. Shabina Khanam, Department of Chemical Association for Computer Methods & Advances in
Engineering, has been awarded the Outstanding Geomechanics, Torino, Italy.
Teacher Award under UG category.
• Prof. B.K. Maheshwari, Department of Earthquake
• Prof. Vimal Chandra Srivastava, Department of Engineering, has been the part of a multi-institutional
Chemical Engineering, has been awarded the team constituted by USDMA (Uttarakhand State
Herdillia Award for “Excellence in Basic Research Disaster Management Authority) to undertake
in Chemical Engineering”, by Indian Institute of geological and geotechnical investigation around
Chemical Engineers (IIChE). In addition, he has Joshimath town in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand.
been recognized as Top 2% Scientists, by Stanford Had field visit to Joshimath during August 16-18,
University ranking. In continuation he has been 2022 and January 5-7, 2023.
appointed as Editor of Editor, Transactions of Indian
National Academy of Engineers • Prof. Ravi Jakka, Department of Earthquake
Engineering, received quadranial ‘ISET TG Sitharam
• Prof. Shishir Sinha, Department of Chemical Mid-career Research Award for Innovations in
Engineering, has been awarded the CDS award, by Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering’ in the
Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE) year 2022 from the Indian Society of Earthquake
• Prof. Sumana Ghosh, Department of Chemical Technology.
Engineering, has been awarded Institute Research
• Prof. Ritesh Kumar has been awarded as E4F
Fellowship for Outstanding Young Faculty
Fellowship from Imperial College London, UK.
• Prof. N.S.M. Reddy, Department of Chemical
• Prof. Biplab Sakar
Engineering, has been awarded Institute Research
Fellowship for Outstanding Young Faculty • Prof. R. Balasubramanian, Department of Computer
Science and Engineering was awarded with Faculty
• Prof. P.P. Kundu, Department of Chemical
Chair.
Engineering, has been recognized as Top 2%
Scientists, by Stanford University ranking • Prof. R. Balasubramanian, Department of Computer
Science and Engineering was awarded with
• Prof. R.P. Bharti, Department of Chemical
Ramkumar Prize for Outstanding Teaching and
Engineering, has been appointed as Associate
Research 2022
Editor of Frontiers in Chemical Engineering
• Prof. R. Balasubramanian, Department of
Computer Science and Engineering was awarded
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with awarded with ICPC Coach Award in 45th • Prof. Brijesh K Yadav, Department of Hydrology,
International Collegiate Programming Contest, received the Ramanujan Fellow award conferred by
Dhaka, Bangladesh. DST, Govt. of India.
• Prof. Balasubramanian Raman, Department of • Prof. Brijesh K Yadav, Department of Hydrology, has
Computer Science and Engineering, elected as been selected for Association of Global Groundwater
Guest Professor/Visiting Researcher at Institute for Scientists (AGGS)-Fellow award for his contributions
Document Analysis Knowledge Science (IDAKS), in the areas of Groundwater Hydrology
Osaka Metropolitan University (Formerly Osaka
• Prof. Brijesh K Yadav, Department of Hydrology,
Prefecture University), Osaka, JAPAN (Feb’20 -
has been nominated as the Chairperson of the
Mar’24)
"Expert Committee on Groundwater" by the Sikkim
• Prof. Apurv Kumar Yadav, Department of Electrical Government on the recommendation of the
Engineering, has been appointed as Associate Honorable High Court of the state.
Editor, IEEE Transactions on Transportation • Prof. Brijesh K Yadav, Department of Hydrology, has
Electrification. been nominated as AGGS (Association of Global
• Prof. Abdul Saleem Mir, Department of Electrical Groundwater Scientists) Fellow for his contributions
Engineering, has been awarded with IEEE PES in the area of Groundwater Hydrology.
Technical Committee Working Group Recognition • Prof. Brijesh K Yadav, Department of Hydrology, has
Award for Outstanding Technical Report. been elected ‘Secretary General’ of the Association
• Prof. G.K. Singh, Department of Electrical of Global Groundwater Scientists (AGGS)
Engineering, Secured rank 2 in India and 563 world • Prof. Brijesh K Yadav, Department of Hydrology,
ranking (top 0.103%) in the area ‘Artificial Intelligence’, has been nominated as a member of the state
and 557 world ranking (top 0.103%) in 'Electrical and committee of Dams Safety of Uttarakhand State.
Electronics Engineering', in 2022 as per Stanford
University Report. • Prof. Brijesh K Yadav, Department of Hydrology, has
been nominated as the Chairperson of the "Expert
• Prof. N.P. Padhy, Department of Electrical Committee on Groundwater" by Sikkim Government
Engineering, has been awarded with Global Lifetime on the recommendation of the Honorable High
Achievement Award for outstanding contribution to Court of the state.
the Academics, Research, and the Society at The
• PProf. Himanshu Joshi, Department of Hydrology,
Maldives National University, Male City, Maldives.
has been an invited Member, National Board of
• Prof. Biplab Sakar, Department of Electronics and Accreditation, GOI.
Communication Engineering, has been awarded
• Prof. D.S. Arya, Department of Hydrology, has been
with “New Faces in Compound Semiconductors” in,
nominated as a member of the state committee of
Compound Semiconductor Week 2022, University
Dams Safety of Maharashtra State.
of Michigan, USA.
• Prof. Manoj K. Jain, Department of Hydrology, has
• Prof. Gowrish Basavarajappa, Department of
been nominate as a member of the state committee
Electronics and Communication Engineering, has
of Dams Safety of West Bengal State.
been awarded with RIDE Young Scientist of the Year
Award – 2022. • Prof. Sumit Sen, Department of Hydrology, has been
selected to serve on the WMO HydroHub Think
• Prof. Tharun Kumar Reddy Bollu, Department of
Tank for the next couple of years.
Electronics and Communication Engineering,
has been the winner of silver and gold medals in • Prof. Sumit Sen, Department of Hydrology, has been
Epilepsy and MDD challenges, BIOMAG 2022 nominated as a technical committee member for
spring shed mapping of Indian Himalayan Region
• Prof. Meenakshi Rawat, Department of Electronics
including mountainous regions of the country by
and Communication Engineering has received the
Ministry of Jal Shakti, New Delhi.
Institute Research Fellowship (IRF).
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• Prof. Ankit Agarwal, Department of Hydrology, Hydrologic Prediction in Data-Sparse Regions' in

has been awarded the 2023 Division Outstanding Water Resources Research (WRR) journal
Early Career Scientist Awards of the European
• Prof Arun Kumar, Department of Hydro and
Geosciences Union (EGU).
Renewable Energy awarded by Niti Aayog as a
• Prof. Ankit Agarwal, Department of Hydrology, has member for Advisory group, Increasing viability of
joined the Water security Journal as a guest Editor hydropower projects in North eastern region
for Water Security for Sustainable Development.
• Prof Arun Kumar, Department of Hydro and
• Prof. Ankit Agarwal, Department of Hydrology, Renewable Energy awarded by Ministry of Power,
has received SYSTA Award by IAHS at the IAHS as a member for Committee to increase viability for
Scientific Assembly 2022 at Montpellier. hydropower projects
• Prof. Ankit Agarwal, Department of Hydrology, has • Prof Amit C. Bhosale, Department of Hydro and
been nominated as a selection Panel member for Renewable Energy, received "Invited Missionary" at
the DAAD Falling Lab 2022. https://www.dwih- University Paris Saclay.
newdelhi.org/en/event/falling-walls-lab-india-2022/
• Prof Sonal K. Thengane, Department of Hydro and
• Prof. Ankit Agarwal, Department of Hydrology, has Renewable Energy, awarded SERB SIRE Fellowship,
received DAAD Research Ambassador title in an for working in Purdue University, USA.
orientation meeting on 18–20 September 2022 at
• Prof. Ramesh Chandra, Institute Instrumentation
the German Embassy New Delhi.
Centre was felicitated for his contributions towards
• Prof. Ankit Agarwal, Department of Hydrology, Developing Technology for DRDO by DRDO, New
has been nominated as a technical committee Delhi & by Hon’ble Defense Minister Shri Rajnath
member for the 8th R&D International Conference Singh Ji on 07.06.2023
on “Global Trends in Water Resources, Power and
• Prof. A Ramesh, Department of Management Studies
RE Technologies’’, from 20-23rd December 2022 at
has been awarded as outstanding teacher award in
IIT Gandhinagar by the Central Board of Irrigation &
2022.
Power, New Delhi.
• Prof. A. Tariq, Department of Mechanical and
• Prof. Ankit Agarwal, Department of Hydrology was
Industrial Engineering has been awarded the HAL
the first Indian to receive the Outstanding Early
Professorial Chair position.
Career Scientist Award from European Geosciences
Union on 23-28 April 2023 for his contributions to • Prof B.K. Gandhi Department of Mechanical and
the field of hydro-climatic extremes Industrial Engineering has been awarded with the
NHPC Professorial Chair position.
• Prof. N.K. Goel was awarded Ravi Mohan Mangal
Institute Chair Professor of IIT Roorkee. • Prof. D.K. Dwivedi Department of Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering has been awarded with
• Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Department of Hydrology,
INSA Teachers Award 2022 by the Indian National
has joined the Water Security Journal as a
Academy of Sciences
guest Editor for Water Security for Sustainable
Development. • Prof. P.M. Pathak Department of Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering has been awarded with the
• Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Department of Hydrology,
Best Paper Award for “Path Planning and Control
has been selected as Editor in the Editorial Board
for Omni-directional Mobile Robot using Q-Learning
of Cambridge Prisms: Water Journal of Cambridge
and CLIK Algorithm for Home Environment” in
University Press
IMAACA
• Prof. Ashutosh Sharma, Department of Hydrology,
• Prof. S.P. Harsha Department of Mechanical and
has received Editor's Choice Award and Most
Industrial Engineering has been awarded with the
Cited Paper 2022-23 for a co-authored paper on
Indian Railway Professorial Chair position.
‘Transferring Hydrologic Data Across Continents
– Leveraging Data-Rich Regions to Improve
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• Prof. Sneha Singh Department of Mechanical and • Prof. Kirtiraj K. Gaikwad, Department of Paper
Industrial Engineering has been honored as the "20 Technology, Received FSSAI Research Award 2022
Young Women leaders in India in the year 2022" from Food Safety & Standards Authority of India
by British Council (selected for Platinum Jubilee (FSSAI), Prize includes a certificate of excellence
Women in Leadership Program in South Asia). and a cash prize of 5 lakh INR
• Prof. S. Ganpule Department of Mechanical and • Prof. Pradip Maji, Department of Polymer and
Industrial Engineering has been awarded with the Process Engineering received the JSPS invitational
Institute Research fellow. fellowship of Japan.
• Prof. Varun Sharma Department of Mechanical and • Prof. Gaurav Manik, Department of Polymer and
Industrial Engineering has been awarded with the Process Engineering, invited as visiting faculty at
outstanding young faculty, 2023. Khalifa University, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
• Prof. Anjan Sil, Department of Metallurgical & • Prof. Sham S Ravindranath, Department of Polymer
Materials was felicitated as Eminent Academician and Process Engineering, received the Prof. B. B.
for his significant contributions to the field of Pandey Memorial Award by Hon’ble Minister for
Materials Engineering, in a "National Conference on Road Transport & Highways, Mr. Nitin Gadkari. Ltd.
Emerging Trends in Materials Chemistry (NCETMC)",
• Prof. M. L. Kansal, Department of Water Resources
Jiwaji University, Gwalior, during 27-28 February
Development and Management received Best
2023.
Poster Paper Award during the IWA World Water
• Prof. Debrupa Lahiri, Department of Metallurgical & Congress & Exhibition, Copenhagen, Denmark.
Materials was felicitated as “CII-Women in STEMM”
• Prof. M.L. Kansal, Department of Water Resources
by the Confederation of Indian Industry.
Development and Management received Best
• Prof. Anil Kr Gourishetty, Department of Physics Paper Award in International Conf. on Innovation in
awarded with “Samskrita Vrati” by Central Sanskrit Smart and Sustainable Infrastructure (ISSI-2022), in
University, New Delhi Gandhinagar.
• Prof. Soumitra Satapathi, Department of Physics • Prof. Ashish Pandey, Department of Water
received Fulbright Faculty Fellow on Climate Resources Development and Management served
Change and Fellow of Energy Institute (FEI) as Chairman, The Institution of Engineers (India),
Roorkee Local Centre.
• Prof. Davinder Kaur, Department of Physics honored
with Institute Chair Professor. • Prof. Ashish Pandey, Department of Water
Resources Development and Management served
• Prof. Dharm Dutt, Department of Paper Technology,
as Executive Vice President (HQ), Indian Water
honored by Gujrat Paper Mills Association with a
Resources Society (IWRS).
cash of Rs. 1.50 lakh and a Memento.
• Prof. Ashish Pandey, Department of Water Resources
• Prof. Subhash Chander Sharma, Department
Development and Management served as Editor,
of Paper Technology, conference paper has
Indian Journal of Soil Conservation.
been selected for the best paper award at IEEE
International Conference Organized Graphic Era • Prof. Mohit Prakash Mohanty, Department of Water
Deemed to be University, Dehradun. Resources Development and Management received
the International Travel Grant from UNESCO for
• Prof. Chhaya Sharma, Department of Paper
attending the 9th International Conference on Flood
Technology, One of the Ph.D. work is selected in the
Management (ICFM9) held in Tsukuba, Japan.
best 51 PMRF work at PMRF National Symposium, IIT
Madras.
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Students Affairs
In 2022–2023, students maintained an elevated Appetizer:
sense of responsibility and discipline while performing
exceptionally well academically. We at Student Affairs The Appetizer app has been updated with a digital
have adapted to many fresh approaches to work and Mess system, focusing on quality assurance and user
have operated steadily to help students live balanced experience. The app has been implemented in 12
lives in harmony with their teachers, other students, and messes, providing real-time menu views and leave
families. By enabling re-boarding gradually, it was made applications. With 5000 active users, the app generates
sure that the fresher’s could adjust to their surroundings a rebate of 10 lacs annually, potentially reducing financial
without difficulty. At the start of the academic term, burdens and improving mess operations.
orientation programmes were organised. The
counselling service offered advice to students on issues
Bhawan Monitoring Committee:
relating to their personal lives, challenges resulting from The Bhawan Maintenance & Monitoring Committee
financial difficulty, and psychological and emotional addresses student representative challenges by
issues that were interfering with their academic goals. conducting regular checkups and surprise visits to
All of the activities done by Student Affairs is done with ensure compliance with fire safety, health, hygiene,
the aim of supporting students' academic endeavours as and performance norms. The committee's active
well as encouraging general personality development, participation in inspections prevents health and hygiene
realising their potential, and supporting their ideas, with irregularities and aids the Office of Dean Administration
a focus on responsible student leadership. in identifying construction-related problems

Student Affairs Council Mess Monitoring:

(SAC) The Mess & Canteen Monitoring Committee is
established to address mess quality and standards in
The Students Affairs Council is active throughout food outlets. The committee conducts regular checkups
the academic year around. Regular meetings are and surprise visits, with active participation from chief
held by SAC officials to guarantee that all pertinent wardens. This prevents health and hygiene irregularities,
information about student issues is covered. In order improving students' perception of mess quality and
to increase student involvement in Institute matters, the enforcing FSSAI norms.
representatives communicate with student senators
and members of other SAC committees. Many student- Outreach Cell, IIT Roorkee:
related issues were addressed and resolved in the Led the students' run Outreach cell to improve IIT
years 2022–2023 as well as new initiatives. Here are a Roorkee's academic reputation among JEE qualified
few examples of these: and appearing students. Visited coaching institutes
in Kota, Chandigarh, Hyderabad, and Indore, invited
Bhawan App: top 250 JEE Advanced students, held an open
Successful Implementation of Bhawan App Project house, and utilized social media platforms. Sought
in association with IMG under the guidance of CCB college information and spoke with KOTA counsellors.
Chairman for proper grievance redressal mechanism of Established JEE Counselling forums on Facebook
all issues faced by Bhawan Inmates. Bhawan App has and WhatsApp, resulting in a faster perception score.
Data of all the students of Bhawan, complaint redressal Introduced GambitoR, the first nationwide technical
system, Online guest room booking, Timings for all the examination for classes 9-12.
Bhawan workers and staff and Bhawan Notice Board
and calendar for each student
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Wellness Centre of undergraduate teaching assistants (UGTAs) with a

CGPA of at least 8 and good communication skills. They
The Wellness Centre comprises a dedicated team of receive feedback from freshmen students and track their
professionals committed to supporting the well-being of progress through regular meetings. The program has
IIT Roorkee community. The Wellness team at IIT Roorkee conducted various events this year, including a webinar
has provided 3135 counseling sessions, with 984 new on GATE and competitive exams, a Progate Orientation
registrations and 2151 follow-ups. They have organized Session, a Demystifying CAT webinar, and a Gateway
events like orientation programs, online training, and to Study Abroad seminar. The Web Development team
the opening of the Biofeedback facility and Brain Gym is constantly improving the website, and social media
room. They have also provided physical hearing aids handles have been covered during the academic year
to students with hearing disabilities, enhancing their 2022-23. The team also works on team wellness, which
communication abilities and overall well-being. In June consists of undergraduate and postgraduate students,
2022, the team organized an interactive group session research scholars, and Bhawan assistant wardens. They
on exam stress, an expert talk program on mental help students reach out to mental health professionals
health issues, a seminar for married research scholars, and provide support for those hospitalized for
an open-mic night event, seminars on digital detox and psychological/psychiatric reasons. The Students' Aid
productive mind training, and a Mentors' workshop to Committee (StAC) was established in 2017 to provide
enhance participants' mentoring skills. The team has financial support to needy students in financial distress.
played a crucial role in promoting mental health and The total institute-approved financial assistance
well-being among students and staff at IIT Roorkee. recommended during the financial year 2022-2023 was
The Student Mentorship Program (SMP) is a student-run Rs 3,08,39,211/-, with 418 students receiving financial aid
initiative that aims to induct freshmen undergraduates this year.
into the institute ecosystem by assigning experienced
senior students to mentees. The program includes Cultural Society
activities such as mentor recruitment, mentor
workshops, ice-breaking sessions, and the introduction Cultural Council or Cultural Society, popularly referred
of branch coordinators. Mentors are provided with to as ‘Cul-Soc,’ is a student body responsible for all
a mentor guidelines handbook, and a departmental the cultural events in the institute. Currently, there are
cross-mentorship drive is organized to avoid monotony 15 active cultural groups under the Cultural Society.
and generate interactions. Mentor evaluations are Students under the Cultural Society participated in
conducted annually to assess mentors' performance national level activities. India’s largest Digital Arts
and effectiveness in guiding their mentees. Career Talks festival was organized by the Film and Media Council
are annual events designed to help students explore (FMC) of IIT-BHU, where students from On-Rec and
diverse fields and develop a better understanding of Photography sections won first (Rant it, Infinite Tales) and
various career paths. The SMP Web Development team second positions (Trim it up, straight from site). IRMUN
is working on a new official website and is working (International Republic Model United Nations) group
on a new initiative called the SMP-AMP Collaboration. won the best delegate (1st Position) as Russia in MUN-
Campus Connect is a mobile application designed to IIT BHU and 3rd and 5th positions in ICFAI Dehradun.
facilitate communication between first-year students Among several academic institutes, Choreography
and SMP mentors at IITR. It features features such as Group won the Footloose competition in Thomso’22.
uploading meeting data, providing feedback, and a IIT Roorkee participated in Inter-IIT Cultural Meet 5.0 at
mentor search function. The app also features SMP core IIT Madras from 9th-11th Jan 2023, where IIT Roorkee
team members who can be contacted with queries. secured an Overall 4th Position out of 22 IITs with 672
The Academic Reinforcement Program (ARP) is a points. In individual art activities, we won Gold in Charcoal
student-run initiative that helps first-year students Art, Gold in Group Dance, Silver in Street Battle, Silver
understand course material. The ARP team consists
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Winners of Inter-IIT Cultural Meet 5.0.

Darpan 2023 by Fine Arts

Best Delegate as Russia at MUN-IIT BHU

in Canvas Painting, Silver in Costume Design, Bronze in

English Slam Poetry, Bronze in Improvisational Comedy,
and Bronze in STEW. Our Choreography group won
the Dance Arts Cup with the highest score considering
all dance forms. As feedback from the inter-IIT Cultural
meet, two new groups, namely “Fashion” and “Improve,”
were created to provide expression to these art forms, Performing arts festival activities by various cultural
which are being practiced in other premier institutes. groups
Celebrating the great presence and progress of India
in G20, with the theme of the event - “Vasudhaiva
Kutumbakam,” a three-day exhibition “DARPAN 2023” Technical Affairs
was organized by the Fine Arts group from 24th March Blockchain Society:- There are currently 44 members
2023- 26th March 2023. in the Blockchain Society IITR. The society have been
organized various events, a few are as follows
The event series includes several events and workshops
to promote blockchain technology and education. The
StarkCON Meetup on November 13th, 2022, provided
networking opportunities for programmers, enthusiasts,
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and future creators of CAIRO in the web3 ecosystem.

The Lumos X Blockchain Society on December
15th, 2022, offered beginner-friendly sessions on
web3, blockchain, and NFTs. WAGMI x BlocSoc on
December 27th, 2022, introduced Siddharth Chinoy,
VP of engineering at Mudrex, about Web3.0 and
launched WAGMI, a student-led Web3.0 community
in top-tier colleges. In January 2023, BlocSoc held
an intro talk for IITR freshers, introducing them to the
world of blockchain technology. The Summer of Bitcoin
Experience with Shashwat Vangani on January 10th,
2023, provided an online session for students aiming
to participate in the Summer of Bitcoin 2021. Workshops
on January 16-20, 2023, covered Saylor Academy’s
Course PRDV 151: Bitcoin For Everybody, introduced
Solidity, and Azure Dev Day. A recruitment talk and test
were held on March 11th, 2023, to help freshers explore
career opportunities in blockchain and how BlocSoc
can assist them in their professional growth. Blogs on
• Collaborating with E-summit’23, we hosted a Web3
April 4th, 2023, provided insights into the Elliptic Curve
hackathon where students eagerly competed
Digital Signature Algorithm, while lectures on April 12th
for a chance to win Rs. 2,00,000 in prizes. Their
and May 10th, 2023, shared opportunities with Web3
enthusiastic participation aimed to find inventive
and the Inter-Computer Protocol (ICP) blockchain.
solutions to our problem statements.
Projects:- Inter IIT Tech Meet 11.0 : Metamask Snaps,
Wagbi, Refi Next, WageWiseX, Satchel, Cross Chat,
TransiFy, BlockGpost, EAStore, Quantum NFT Bridge
BlocSoc Achievements:Team members won ETHIndia
2022 grand prize, “Best DeFi Project” in Polygon Track,
Graph Prize Pool, Connext Track, Push Protocol Pool
Prize, and zkBob Track. MIT Bitcoin Club members won
MIT Hackathon twice, earning $2500, 1000, and 1000
prizes. Inter-IIT tech meetup gold medal, ETHForAll FVM
track 18th, and $1500 prizes. Members have secured
numerous fellowships, including Summer of Bitcoin,
yAcademy Fellowship, ETHIndia Fellowship, Polygon
Fellowship, ETHIndia Grants, Des Femmes Mentorship,
and Starkware Grants.
Competitions:
• A 48 hour long Hackathon, conducted during
Cognizance 2023. It was an open themed hackathon,
where participants built web3 applications to win
fellowships worth Rs. 3 Lakhs.
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ACM Student Chapter:- There are currently 03 groups Projects:- Quantum Machine Learning, Quantum
ACM - 26 Members. QCG - 30 Members, BlocSoc - 44 Hardware: Superconducting Qubits, Using RNN to
Members and VLG - 25 Members. The society have assist optimization of Quantum Neural Nets, Quantum
been organized various events, a few are as follows State Preparation and Forward-Forward Project
The QCG has organized various events and workshops to Competitions: Various competition were organized
promote the field of quantum computing. These include including QHack’23, Quantum Science and Technology
Open Projects, Amazon Braket Workshops, PaAC x QCG Hackathon 2022, IBM Quantum Challenge 2022 and
Student Talk Series, Dead & Alive Hackathon, QCG Intro Quantum Lock: A Provable Quantum Communication
Talks, StarkCON Meetup, Workshop on AI Generated Advantage
Art, Talk on Peek into the Contemporary AI Era, VLG
Achievements:- “OneFormer's Universal Image
Intro Talks, VLG Recruitment Talks, Project Discussions,
Segmentation and Neural Implicit Surface Reconstruction
Foundational Discussions, and Decoding Research
from Noisy Camera Bservations are accepted in CVPR
Internships. Open projects have been implemented,
2023, AAAI STUDENT ABSTRACT 2021, NEURIPS 2022,
with 20 projects completed. These projects focus on
DevRev, Grow Simplee, and CloudPhysician.
various topics, such as BB84 protocol, VQA, quantum
memories, quantum teleportation, Amazon Braket MOTORSPORTS
Workshops, and many more. Research paper discussions IIT Roorkee Motorsports is a technical group that
have been conducted on various topics, such as participates in the world's largest Inter-Collegiate
quantum analogues, quantum memories, and quantum Engineering competitions, Formula Student and FSAE,
teleportation. Advance discussions on Authentication by designing and fabricating an open-wheel formula-
of Hybrid PUFs have also been conducted. QCG style electric race car. The team has participated in
Recruitments 2023 have been conducted, with 9 1st various events, including the EV Expo 2022, Daimler
and 2nd year UG students being recruited. Members India Commercial Vehicles Hackathon 2022, and
of QCG publish blogs and Qbytes to keep the public Thomso. In January 2023, they won the MathWorks
updated on the latest developments in the quantum Modelling Award and participated in the Formula Bharat
sphere. Workshops on AI Generated Art have been competition. In February 2023, they organized an Intro
held to explore the principles and techniques behind Talk for first-year students and showcased their vehicles
creating art using AI algorithms. Talks on Peek into the at the Uttarakhand Udyog Mahotsav. In April 2023, they
Contemporary AI Era have explored the possibilities unveiled their new formula-style race car, RMSE 23,
and potential challenges in the AI field. VLG Intro at a ceremony attended by IIT Roorkee's Director. In
Talks have provided an introduction to deep learning July 2023, they made a comeback at FSUK, achieving
and its applications in various fields. Recruitment Talks notable results, including first among Asian teams in
have introduced freshers to deep learning topics and Engineering Design, Cost and Manufacturing, and Top
provided opportunities to apply for VLG core teams. 3 overall.
Fundamental discussions have focused on various AI
topics, empowering individuals with the necessary basic
knowledge to navigate further in these fields. These
discussions cover topics such as generative modeling,
vision and language models, trustworthy machine
learning, federal learning, and reinforcement learning.
SMP's Career Talks featured Jitesh Jain as a speaker,
discussing undergrad research and his journey. VLG
presented AI Manga Generation and Sensorium
projects at Techzibition, a technical exhibition hosted by
STC. Online demos were also showcased.
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iGEM Kumati, Talwari, Dhikuli, and Chakrata. The project has

conducted on-paper reports on the market, tourism
The team won the Gold Medal at the CRISPRLY iGEM
attraction, regional, religious, and traditional aspects.
Competition in Paris, developing a rapid, sensitive
The project has also discussed with the Panchayat of
diagnostic kit for high-risk HPV detection. They worked
Gadharona village, exploring tourism potential and the
for over a year to develop a webapp and machine
unexplored places. The project has also conducted
learning model for predicting guide RNA binding
corporate level interactions with companies, business
accuracy. The team participated in the All India iGEM
travel, target customers, and developed a unique selling
Meet 2022, winning the Best Education Award and
proposition. It has also received support from the Indian
networking with other Indian teams. CRISPRLY was
and Uttarakhand Tourism Ministry. Articles and blogs
presented at the Inter IIT Tech Meet 2022-23 and
about the visit to Timli have been released. Project
received the Best Paper award. The team collaborated
ARK has focused on creating products from flower
with UBA, AIIMS Rishikesh, and Stony Brooks University
waste, prototyping bamboo-less incense sticks, and
to spread awareness about cervical cancer. CRISPRLY
researching patents. The project has visited Haridwar
was published in an international journal and a news
for market research and has collaborated with various
service. The team also received a Promega Grant worth
temples and NGOs for employment. Project Anushruti
2000USD to aid their experiments.
has launched an extension for video calling and plans
Design Studio to build a business model by charging a fee per month
The design studio has been involved in design branding or the number of hours used. The project has also
for various cult, tech, and sport meet-ups across participated in events like Enactus Nationals, Inter-IIT
Bhawans. They have also participated in the Pan-IIT Tech meet, and Hultz Prize.
Design Association, which aims to form collaborations Quantum Computing Group
and events on an independent scale for design. They
The Quantum Computing Group (QCG) is a student-run
have proposed new events for design in Inter IIT tech
group at IIT Roorkee, aiming to instill and elevate the
and cult meets and have represented IITR in design-
culture of quantum computing among its 25 members.
specific problem statements at Inter IIT Cult Meet. The
studio has participated in competitions such as World The Quantum Computing Group (QCG) organized
Usability Day Design Challenge, VIT Palette, and has open projects for students to complete over a four-
represented IITR in various cultural and technical fests. week period. Two projects were released, based on
They have also participated in GODOT Game Jam, Grover’s Algorithm and MEV protocol, and 20 projects
winning the “Best Gameplay” award last year. The were completed. The group also conducted online
studio plans to go outside IITR for industry projects and discussions on BB84 protocol, Variational Quantum
has hosted guest lectures by alumni from top design Algorithms (VQA), and quantum teleportation. QCG
companies. They have also hosted workshops, including collaborated with AWS-Amazon to conduct workshops
AfterEffects, Illustrator, Photoshop, and Blender, with on quantum algorithms and their implementation on
over 200 participants. The studio has also participated QPUs and HPC hardware using Amazon Braket. QCG
in competitions and hackathons, such as the 72-hour also collaborated with the Physics and Astronomy Club
design hackathon HEXCODE and the 48-hour branding (PaAC) to conduct seminars on Many-Body Quantum
sprint. The 55th Inter IIT Sports Meet branding project Theory and its implications in Quantum Computation
involved a 3-4 month-long project, delivering a website, and Information. The annual Qiskit Fall Fest Hackathon,
mobile app, banners, flexes, posters, handbook, medals, “Dead & Alive,” was held in collaboration with IBM Qiskit
certificates, and jerseys. in IIT Roorkee. The hackathon provided a platform
for students to learn and explore the vast domain of
ENACTUS
quantum computing through innovative projects and
Project Khoj focuses on 12 villages in Uttarakhand, prompts. The group also conducted introductory talks
identifying and developing them through research on Quantum Computing, Quantum Walk, Post Quantum
and development. The villages include Timli, Chamba, Cryptography, and Dead & Alive.
Dharchula, Beri, Kaudilya, Gadharona, Chharba,
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Projects:- Quantum Machine Learning improves NP- Secrets to Startup Stardom, The Paradime Product
Hard problems accuracy using QAOA. Quantum Challenge, and more. The LFX Mentorship Program
Hardware studies transmon qubits’ Hamiltonian and and MHL Fellowship Selections were also recognized.
qubit control, implements basic gates on Qiskit Pulse, The Solana India Fellowship Program was a hands-on
and optimizes Quantum Neural Nets using RNNs, 8-week program for developers to learn to build on
CNNs, and graph NNs. Quantum State Preparation uses Solana, the fastest blockchain in the world. IIT Roorkee
uniformly controlled rotation gates. consistently bagged the highest GSoC selections
globally, with a majority of members being members of
Achievements:- QCG members secured 34th rank in
SDS. InfoSecIITR secured 6th place globally in Hackday
QHack 2023, QHack 2022, and QHack 2022, with a
CTF Qualifiers 2023 and qualified for the final rounds
quantum solution for accelerating genome mapping.
in Paris. SDSLabs was the overall winner at ETHIndia
They also participated in IBM Quantum Challenge
Hackathon 2022 and won 2 sponsor tracks. Three
2022, an annual challenge. We use the optimal classical
teams from India qualified for the Sejong CTF 2023,
machine-learning attacks to forge both the CPUFs
achieving 1st place in both CSAW CTF 2022 qualifiers
and HLPUFs, and we certify the security gap in our
and finals. The Data Science Group (DSG) members
numerical simulation for construction which is ready for
published research papers in numerous international
implementation.
conferences, including AAAI, WACV, ACM Multimedia
Software Development Section Asia, Microsoft Membership Inference Competition,
The Winter off Code is a month-long coding extravaganza and CSAW 2022 Embedded Security Challenge. Team
for freshers, preparing them for GSoC proposals and “Kaala Khatta” won the ICPC Gwalior - Pune regionals,
selection. The Syntax Error Hackathon is a 2-3 day representing IIT Roorkee and India in the ICPC World
overnight hackathon promoting innovation culture on Finals in Egypt.
campus. The Blogathon is an event where students write Society of Business (i-ShARE)
blogs on their favorite machine learning models, sharing
The IIT Roorkee community is increasingly interested
their knowledge and insights with the wider community.
in management consulting, making it a highly desirable
Bring Your Own Project is a month-long sprint where
career path. The Society of Business IITR plays a crucial
individuals try to manifest their ML project proposals
role in nurturing the campus community’s passion
with code. The Global Game Jam is an offline site for
for consulting and other business-related fields by
the world’s largest game jam event. Makers is a month-
spearheading various enriching activities throughout
long event where students work on curated ideas or
the year. They take the initiative in organizing domain-
bring their own plans to life. Lectures and workshops
specific events and competitions, aiming to foster a
are offered throughout the year, including Linux Party,
strong community of adept problem solvers and bolster
Introduction to Development, Web Development,
the flourishing culture on campus. The collective vision
JavaScript, and more. Competitions include Hackentine
is to empower students with essential skills and create
CTF, Backdoor CTF, Algophobic, Noobematics,
a cohesive network of individuals who excel in tackling
Numberphile, n00bCTF, Codeblitz, Insomnia, Endgame,
challenges and finding effective solutions. Recently,
Project Gauss, Starter’s Hypothesis, and Code-off.
ShARE IITR was rebranded to Society of Business
Applications have been launched, including playCTF,
IITR to cater to not only Management Consulting but
Quizio, Beast, Vibe, Enchant, AMMR, ISLR2Julia, and AI
also other allied domains like Product Management
Kavach.
and Data Analytics. This will give the students in the
Achievements :-The Inter IIT Tech Meet 2023 saw group higher career-related incentives as they will
several awards for InfoSecIITR, including Gold Medals have more options and will make the group marginally
for Drona Aviation’s Pluto Drone Swarm Challenge, more active. Previous activities under ShARE IITR
Consensys’ Metamask Snaps Problem Statement, include the ShARE Leadership Programme, which
Cognitive Garage’s Easy Automation of Complex offers coaching from former McKinsey and BCG
Decision Making, Grow Simplee’s Route Planning for consultants, focusing on solving global client cases with
Optimized On-time Delivery, Grad Capital’s Seeking multinational corporations and global institutions. The
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programme aims to enhance students’ initiative-taking computer vision in the context of art generation. The
abilities and foster an entrepreneurial spirit. Junior talk also discussed the remarkable possibilities and
team members are tasked with preparing consulting potential challenges in the world of AI, highlighting
presentations within a 4-week timeframe, focusing how AI has transformed various fields like healthcare,
on diverse problem statements from various sectors, transportation, and finance. The ethical implications of
such as Energy, Technology, Mobility, and the Global contemporary AI and its impact on society were also
Economy. Intra-ShARE involves teams of 5 forming analyzed. An intro talk was conducted for IIT Roorkee
teams of 5 and receiving guidance from 3 mentors. students, introducing VLG and its achievements. A
Collaborations include the Consulting and Analytics recruitment talk was conducted for freshers, introducing
Club IIT Guwahati, Associate Dean of Corporate Affairs them to deep learning topics and their future scope. A
and Data Science Group IITR, and TiDES IITR. Startup recruitment test was conducted to shortlist candidates
projects include Food Darzee, ALYF, Let’s Transport, and test their knowledge on topics such as deep
Ekinch, and Business Baazigar. On-campus initiatives learning, machine learning, and thinking ability. Project
include the Leadership Programme, PM Mentorship discussions covered topics such as model inversion
Program, Business Baazigar, and Business Baazigar. attacks, image restoration, neural radiance fields,
These initiatives aim to develop students’ skills, create OpenAI Whisper, mechanistic interpretability, Language
a cohesive network of individuals, and foster a strong Models (LLMs), and GANs. The event provided an
career path in management consulting and other opportunity for attendees to learn about AI and its
business-related fields. potential applications in various fields. The conference
focused on fundamental AI topics, aiming to empower
The campus community has introduced two new verticals,
individuals with the necessary basic knowledge to
Product Management and Data Analytics, alongside the
navigate further in these fields. The sessions covered
existing Consulting vertical. These verticals focus on
topics such as generative modeling, vision and
consulting, data analytics, and product management,
language models, trustworthy machine learning, federal
aiming to cultivate a comprehensive business culture
learning, and reinforcement learning. VLG and ArIES
and foster a well-rounded business mindset among
hosted a seminar on “Decoding Research Internships,”
students. A comprehensive in-house curriculum was
where Dhruv Grover guided students on pursuing
developed for each vertical, incorporating hands-on
research internships in programs like MITACS, DAAD,
projects and expert input from alumni and industry
and EPFL. Jitesh Jain delivered an informative session
professionals. These verticals aim to provide students
on pursuing research as an undergrad. VLG presented
with opportunities to explore diverse areas and develop
two projects for Techzibition, AI Manga Generation
skills in various business domains.
and Sensorium, and presented online demos. Open
Achievements :- The individual has won numerous projects were released in various AI domains to help
awards, including national finalists in KPMG ideation people explore deep learning and resume building.
challenges, ZS Campus Beats Challenge, B-Plan Four projects were released: AI image detection, image
competition, Ericsson Innovation Award, and “Trash to matching, multilingual recommendation model, and
Treasure” hackathon. They have also won silver medals stable diffusion. The Forward-Forward Project (March’23
in various tech entrepreneurial competitions, supply - Present) explored new ways to build and train neural
chain case studies, product case studies, and case networks. Achievements and competitions included
study challenges. They have also won gold and silver “OneFormer: One Transformer to Rule Universal Image
medals at the 11th InterIIT Tech Meet. Segmentation” by Jitesh Jain, “Neural Implicit Surface
VISION AND LANGUAGE GROUP Reconstruction from Noisy Camera Observations” by
Sarthak Gupta, and the SENSORIUM Track at NEURIPS
The workshop on AI Generated Art, attended by 80+ 2022. The competition focused on predicting large-
attendees, explored the principles and techniques scale mouse primary visual cortex activity, a challenge
behind creating art using AI algorithms. Participants that had not been established before.
discovered the fascinating capabilities of generative
adversarial networks (GANs), deep learning, and
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E-Cell of like-minded individuals on WhatsApp and Discord,

sharing daily newsletters and engaging with like-minded
E-Cell IIT-Roorkee, established in 2006, aims to
individuals. The Alum Talk Series is an initiative of
promote entrepreneurship among India’s youth by
Entrepreneurship Cell IIT Roorkee to spread awareness
fostering ideas and providing guidance in the startup
about alumni and their commendable work in the field
ecosystem. With 80 members and two secretaries, the
of entrepreneurship. Five alumni have been given talks,
team has organized events and initiatives in 2022-23.
including Aman Bhandula, co-founder Farmako, Akshay
Despite the pandemic, E-Cell IIT Roorkee has shifted
Singhal, Shivam Gupta, Lavika Aggarwal, Sonesh Jain,
its focus to interactive offline activities, attracting over
and Sambhav Jain. Delta IIT Roorkee is an opportunity
2500 students. The team has conducted interactive
portal that connects students to professionals in the
programs like Sector Analysis, Weekly AMA, and Startup
outside world. It regularly updates IIT Roorkee students
Internship Session, with a team size of 90+ members.
with new freelance projects, internships/jobs, upcoming
As the world returns to normalcy, E-Cell IIT Roorkee will
competitions, and other opportunities from various
continue to offer engaging, interactive learning and fun
companies and startups. The Summer Internship
activities for its members and the entire Rland Junta,
Programme (SIP) is an annual internship program
spreading entrepreneurial culture on campus.
organized by Ecell IIT Roorkee, connecting students
Events:- The Endeavour Entrepreneurship event, with internship opportunities in various industries and
organized by E-Cell IIT Roorkee, was a five-day start-ups. The event took place from April 9th-10th,
competition for first-year UG and PG students. Over 275 2022, and all processes were completed.
students participated, including brainstorming sessions,
E-Cell IIT Roorkee offers intra-team webinar sessions
workshops on Business Model Canvas and Pitching,
in May to help young members learn the basics of the
and a final pitching round. The event celebrated the
startup world. These sessions, led by experienced
perseverance and struggles of entrepreneurs to
seniors, provide ideas to test new skills. Investor shoe
bring value or create value from preexisting things.
is an intra-team activity where teams conduct market
Other competitions include IdeaStorm, Productathon,
research and analysis for their respective startups in
Saleable, Investor’s Vista, Design Case Challenge, and
the Indian market. The sessions cover various sectors,
Campus Ambassador Program. The event received
including Agritech, Healthcare, Fintech, E-commerce,
over 1000 applications and 764 selected, with the best
Fashion, and sports, providing in-depth analysis of
ambassadors receiving free attendance at E-Summit
industries, driving them, and niche sectors for growth.
and internship opportunities in startups participating in
Weekly discussions aim to improve analytical skills and
the startup expo.
startup knowledge, with two people leading discussions
Initiatives:- The Entrepreneurship Club IIT Roorkee on topics like Byjus, Lenskart, and Nykaa.
is a student-run organization that aims to provide
The E-Summit 2023 event featured various partners,
a conduit for members to access entrepreneurial
including TIH and UNESCO, to boost participation.
resources, network with community entrepreneurs, and
NPCI was the title partner, BLU Smart Mobility was the
share ideas. The mission is to foster entrepreneurship
travel partner, and IVY Growth was the accelerator and
thinking, promote business knowledge, and technical
consulting partner. Services partners included Give
skills, and enhance confidence among the members.
My Certificate, Yes Startups, Tricycle, Crater. Club, Zing
The club hosts a series of discussions to solve
Bus, Henry Harwin, and Media Partners Amar Ujala,
problems faced by different teams, with an audience
The Times of India, and Entrepreneur India. Event
count of 7500+ people weekly. Startup Weekly
partners included Productathon, Junior Hachathon, and
Digest is a weekly email newsletter for IIT Roorkee
Community Partners.
students, keeping them updated on startups, fundings,
acquisitions, partnerships, and announcements by the Cognizance 2022 was a successful edition integrating
GOI. E-Network is a network for E-Cells from various virtual and in-person experiences showcasing the
colleges and universities, providing mentorship and event’s commitment to recognizing excellence in the
networking opportunities. E-Community is a community
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industry. In addition, Cognizance 2022 conducted the coordination of the various sports activities in the
several social initiatives, including food distribution institute. It ensures that adequate facilities are given to
drives called FIFA (Food Initiative for All), drives to raise sports persons.
awareness if single-use plastics, and Green Week,
Facilities: - Inauguration of new lab, equipment, PVC
reflecting the event’s commitment to promoting social
flooring, wooden weightlifting platform, LED lighting,
and environmental awareness and responsibility.
synthetic flooring in tennis, basketball, stairs, squash
Thomso ‘22 - was organized after a three-year gap courts, fencing, and unisex restroom at LBS stadium.
and surpassed all its previous editions in quantity and
Notable Achievements: 55th Inter IIT Sports Meet (for
quality. Thomso ‘22 extended its outreach to renowned
Students) held at IIT Roorkee & IIT Delhi, December 2022.
NGOs like Milan Foundation, DKMS BMST, PETA India,
IIT Roorkee won the Overall General Championship in
and CRY, who participated enthusiastically in events,
55th Inter IIT Sports Meet.
generating awareness regarding sensitive societal
issues. Thomso’s association with these NGOs was Notable Achievers of the contingent in the Inter-IIT
based on its core values of creating awareness about meet: Badminton (Women & Men) – Gold; Athletics
social causes such as women’s empowerment, child (Women) –– Silver; Basketball (Women)- Gold; Cricket
education, cancer patients, and poverty alleviation. (Men) Bronze; Football (Men) Gold; Hockey (Men) Gold;
Squash (Women) Bronze; Volleyball (Men) – Gold;
Inter IIT Tech Meet 11.0:- The Inter IIT Tech meet 11.0
Basketball (Men) – Gold; Volleyball (Women) – Bronze
was organised by IIT Kanpur from 10th to 12th February
& (Men) Gold; Weightlifting (Men)- Gold; Athletics (Men)-
2023. The event saw participation from 23 IITs. IIT
4th; Tennis (Women & Men) – 4th.
Roorkee’s contingent also participated in the meet and
won 12 medals in the 13 problem statements (which IIT Roorkee players have been achieved the best
was the highest by any IIT). Overall, IIT Roorkee was player Individual Award (Men) in 6 categories namely;
the first runner up and bagged Silver in in the General Football, Hockey, Volleyball, Weight lifting, Badminton
Championship. and Basketball.

Techshila - Inter Bhawan Technical Meet:- For the first Notable Achievers of the contingent in the Inter-IIT
time in IIT Roorkee an Inter Bhawan Technical Meet - staff meet: In Badminton (Women) – Gold; Cricket (men)
Techshila was organised. The event included 8 problem – Gold; Football (men) – 4th; TT (men) – 3rd; Athletics
statements spread over varied proficiencies which (men): 100 & 200 meters – Gold, Shot Put (Men) – Silver
saw huge participation from all Bhawans. A two -day and Javelin Throw (Men)– Silver; Athletics (women):
exhibition was also organized to showcase the various Silver in 100 meters. Long Jump (Women)-Silver
notable projects of all technical groups Notable Achievers of the contingent in the Aquatic
meet: 36 th Inter IIT Aquatic Meet held in, October
SPORTS COUNCIL 2022; 100 M Back Stoke (Men)- Bronze; 100 M Butterfly
Sports and games are important components of human (Men)- Bronze; 200 M Individual Medley (Men) –Bronze.
resource development because they promote excellent
health and a spirit of healthy competition, which has an
Internal Competition
impact on student affairs. Youth have a positive and deep • Institute Colours Trophy Tournament & Open
impact on the holistic development of their personality- tournaments were conducted from January 2023
a potential source of energy, passion, and creativity. to March 2023. Blue Hawk team won Overall
Sports, as a practical method of education, promote champions –Gold with 136 points, Black Mamba-
recreation, develop social harmony, and instill discipline Silver with 80 points & Red Bulls- Bronze with 72
and dedication in general life. The Institute Sports points.
Council (ISC) was in charge of this critical component for
• Inter Bhawan Comeptition:- Among all Bhawnas
the development of the campus’s sports environment.
various competition have been organized, In
The Institute Sports Council (ISC) is a constituent body
Men’s Category; Jawarhar Bhawan won the overall
of the Student Affairs Council. It is responsible for
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championship with 96 points (first), followed by Rajiv • 1968-BATCH AWARD FOR OVERALL BEST
Bhawan with 76 points (Second) & Radha Krishna ATHLETE (FEMALE):- The Award for overall Best
Bhawan with 72 points (third). Athlete (Female). Rs. 10,000/- is to be awarded.
In Women’s Category; Kasturba won the overall • DR. K.V. MITAL MEMORIAL AWARD (FOR MEN)
championship with 136 points (first), followed by FOR INSTITUTE TENNIS OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP
Sarojini KIH with 96 points (Second) & Vigyan Kunj :- Dr. K.V Mital Memorial Award (for men) and Mrs.
with 78 points (third). Sushila Mital Memorial Award (for women) cash
Prize of Rs. 5000/- will be given to the Institute
• Annual Athletic Meet:- The met has been
Open Tennis championship winners in the men &
organized for various competitions; long jump, pole
women categories.
vault, high kump, shotput, discuss throw, javelin
throw, 100- 500 m. The students have judged by all • 1959 Batch Award for Excellence in Badminton:
over performance and can be awraded with Lion’s 1959 Batch Diamond Jubilee Award for Excellence
Trophy, Stampe Cup, Barnett Cup, Vijya Nagram and in Badminton of the year, established by Dr. Prem
Krishna Hudda Cup. Krishna, an alumnus of the IIT Roorkee BE-1959
Batch) specifically given a Trophy, to the winners
• Institute Open Championship: - Various open
and runners of the Institute open competition.
championship have been organized in the year
2022-2023, the categories included Badminton Other Events organized by ISC-
(Men & Women), TT (Men & Women), Squash,
Weightlifting and Power lifting. Students have • Workshop on Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation
performed remarkably in all categories. (CPR):- The Institute Sports Council (ISC), in
collaboration with the Indian Resuscitation Council
Alumni Awards Federation and the Indian Medical Association
Roorkee branch, organized a Cardio Pulmonary
For the past several years, the following alumni awards
Resuscitation (CPR) training workshop for faculty
have been bestowed to students for their outstanding
members, staff, and students at the Open Air
performance in the respective areas.
Theatre of IIT Roorkee. During the Workshop
• KCPL AWARD FOR PLAYERS IN FOOTBALL & the participants learned the vital techniques to
CRICKET:- The award shall be given to the best provide a primary rescue service in the event of
cricketer of the year/best footballer of the year, to any emergency relating to heart during any sports
be decided on the basis of his performance in the activity or accident.
Inter IIT Sports Meet. Rs. 10,000/- is to be awarded
to the best cricketer and best footballer. Cinema Club
• ANOOP SINGH KHURANA MEMORIAL Cinema Club came of out of hiatus imposed by COVID
TROPHY (FOR INSTITUTE SQUASH OPEN period and “URI-The Surgical Strike” and “Rocketry:
CHAMPIONSHIP) :- A Trophy is to be awarded The Nambi Effect” were screened for IIT Community
to the winner and runner of the institute open on 13th August and 14th August to celebrate and
competition. Rs. 30,000/-and Rs. 20,000/- are to be commemorate 75 years of independence of India. Till
awarded to the winner and runner respectively. March 2023, “Karthikeya” and “Bhediya” were screened
• JAIKAMAL AWARD FOR THE BEST ATHLETE as per popular demand and “Kantara” was screened
(MALE& FEMALE) OF THE YEAR :- Jaikamal Award keeping diversity of IIT Community in focus.
for the Best Athlete of the Year” established by Mr.
Jai P Agarwal, an alumnus of the IIT Roorkee (BE-
1959-Civil Engg.), In Rs. 10,000/- is to be awarded to
the best athlete in the male and female categories
respectively.
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Society for the Promotion of

Indian Classic Music and Culture
Among Youth (SPIC MACAY)
After being closed for two years, SPIC MACAY (Society
for the Promotion of Indian Classic Music and Culture
Among Youth) IIT Roorkee section has been very active
in this session. SPIC MACAY IIT Roorkee chapter has
organized workshops under ‘Dashank Shrankhla’ for
students from various academic institutes near IIT Performances under Shruti Amrut Series
Roorkee between 14th to 19th November as initialization
workshops.

Workshops held under Dashank Shankhla

IIT Roorkee SPIC MACAY section organized Shruti

Amrut as part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav on 4th and
5th February 2023 under G-20, which was promoted
by the Ministry of Culture. The event included excellent
performances and interaction with artists such as Padma Virasat: A series of performances, interactions, and
Shree awardee Ustad Shahid Parvez and Vidushi Hema workshops.
Badthwal.
SPIC MACAY IIT Roorkee section has organized the
biggest SPIC MACAY event of Uttarakhand, “VIRASAT,”
NCC
from 6th February to 13th February, under G-20 activities. The National Cadet Corps is an organisation aiming at
These performances included Sattriya dance form, flute the development of leadership, character, comradeship,
recital, Qawwali, Kathak, and Carnatic Vocal art forms, spirit of sportsmanship and the ideal of service, among
along with workshops for Kalighat painting, Paper Mache the youth in educational institutions. The motto of NCC
and Sattriya Dance. Several children from schools near is “Unity and Discipline”.
IIT Roorkee have attended these workshops. On World Health Day, NCC IIT Roorkee organized a
blood donation camp in collaboration with NSS IIT
Roorkee, promoting door-to-door campaigns and
bringing blood banks to the campus. A mass yoga event
was held at Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, sharing basic
yoga techniques and benefits. A visit to the Bengal
Sappers, an Indian military regiment, was held to teach
students about soldiers’ lives and ammunition. A rally
was organized to celebrate 75 years of independence,
raising awareness about ‘Vocal for Local’. A flag march
was held on 12th August, urging people to participate
in the ‘Har Ghar Tiranga’ campaign. A poster-making
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competition was held for students of Adarsh Bal Racing, and an Ideathon competition on “Don’t Drive
Niketan (ABN) school, and a fire simulation exercise when Drunk.” These initiatives aim to promote a culture
was hosted. NCC Day celebrations included a blood of safety and adherence to road safety guidelines.
donation camp in association with HDFC Parivartan as
our contribution to society. NCC cadets participated in a
one-week training camp, A run for Nation Marathon on
the occasion of Swami Vivekananda’s birth anniversary,
attended a seminar on Army Day, and held a self-
defense workshop at IIT Roorkee’s Taekwondo Hall.

NSS
NSS IIT Roorkee has organized various initiatives to
promote national pride and freedom among young
minds in Roorkee. These include the Quiz Competition
“Udbhav: Swatantrata ka Sangrah” on Independence
Day, the Plantation Drive to raise awareness about
greenery and environmental conservation, the NSS
Day visit to Bal Kunj Orphanage, the E-Waste Collection
Campaign to address the growing issue of toxic electronic
waste, and the Mind Over Matter initiative to provide
emotional support. The Pragati test series, introduced
in 2023, aims to assess students’ knowledge, identify
areas for improvement, and enhance their preparation
for the upcoming JEE Main examination. The series
was highly effective, with 15 students qualifying in JEE
Main 2022, achieving over 90%ile scores. The Pragati
test series also featured an interaction session on
climate issues and Gross Environment Product by Dr.
Anil Prakash Joshi, highlighting mental well-being and
reducing stigma surrounding mental health issues.
Campus MUN 1.O, organized by NSS IIT Roorkee, is
an intellectually stimulating event commemorating
National Youth Day. The Model United Nations (MUN)
simulation fosters global citizenship, diplomacy, and
active participation among young individuals. The event
also hosted an inaugural Live Webinar on “Defensive NSS IIT Roorkee organized various events to
Riding Techniques” to promote road safety during commemorate National Road Safety Month 2023,
National Road Safety Month 2023. NSS IIT Roorkee focusing on road safety themes, promoting a culture
also organized the Mock Road Safety Audit for National of safe practices, and promoting responsible behavior
Road Safety Month 2023, in collaboration with iRAP, among individuals. The event included quizzes, case
to raise awareness about road safety and promote studies, workshops, and an Ideathon competition on
proactive approaches to identifying and addressing "Don't Drive when Drunk." The webinar, hosted by Prof
potential hazards. The events also featured various Mark Stevenson, focused on the intersection of safe
events to commemorate National Road Safety Month and sustainable transport and population health. NSS
2023, including quizzes focused on various road safety IIT Roorkee also collaborated with FIAPO to create
themes, case study competitions, workshops, Slow Bike
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an inspiring webinar on "Farmed Animals and Us" learn and develop their skills in rock climbing.
and "Role of Youth in Protecting Street Animals." The It promotes physical fitness, teamwork, and
event emphasized the importance of understanding adventure spirit among the students. The
and improving the relationship between humans and course may include both theoretical and
farmed animals, emphasizing compassion and ethical practical session, where participants will learn
treatment. In February 2023, NSS IIT Roorkee organized about climbing techniques and safety measures
an event on "Health and Hygiene" in Mubarikpur village and practice climbing on artificial or natural rock
near Hastinapur, showcasing students' artistic abilities surfaces.
and understanding the constitution. The National
b) 
Trips to Engage Campus Students: Another
Social Summit 2023 was an annual event promoting
initiative the institution took was organizing
social engagement, innovation, and creativity. The
a trip to Jim Corbett National Park. This trip is
Mega Mentorship Program was launched to provide
intended to engage campus students in wildlife
guidance and support to students from across the
conservation, environmental awareness, and
country, attracting approximately 250 students. The
experiential learning. It provides students with
Education team at NSS IIT Roorkee organized a
an opportunity to explore the rich biodiversity of
comprehensive program to assist students preparing
the park, observe wildlife in their natural habitat,
for JEE and Navodaya entrance exams, including study
and understand the importance of conservation
materials, practice tests, and mock exams. The second
efforts.
Sustainability Conclave 2023 focused on sustainable
futures and environmental conservation, featuring a 2. Important Achievements
Career Guidance Workshop and an Orphanage Visit.
a) Friendship peak expedition in September 2022:
One of the notable achievements of the club
was the successful Friendship Peak Expedition
in September 2022. This expedition involved
a group of students and faculty members who
undertook a challenging trekking expedition
to Friendship Peak (5289 m), a mountain peak
located in the Himalayas. The expedition
showcased the institution’s commitment to
promoting adventure activities and providing
students with opportunities for personal growth
and self-discovery.
b) Organized 10 Treks and Trips with more than
1000 Participants: The club has organized a
series of treks and trips, involving more than
1000 participants. These outdoor adventures
not only provide students with recreational
opportunities but also help them develop skills
Himalayan Explorers club such as leadership, teamwork, resilience, and
(HEC) problem-solving.
c) 
Annual Club Day Attended by Chief Guest
1. New Initiatives Undertaken Baljeet Kaur: Club’s Annual Club Day served
a) 
Organizing Rock-Climbing Course: The as a significant event, graced by the presence
institution has introduced a new initiative by of Chief Guest Mountaineer Baljeet Kaur. This
organizing a rock-climbing course. This course occasion celebrated the achievements of
aims to provide students with an opportunity to various clubs within the institution.
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Placement
IIT Roorkee has the privilege of embracing the finest • 1233 job offers till now have been materialized. As
students to its management, science, and engineering the recruitment process for the session 2022-23 is
programmes. The Placement and Internship cell still on, many organizations are expected to come.
is the nodal point for recruitment of students from • 751 internship offers (for all the registered students)
Institute. The placement season at IIT Roorkee was in could be gained this year.
hybrid mode throughout the Year. The placement and
• 279 Pre-Placement Offers including 2 international
Internship activities continue to grow in continuum.
offers were received.
A core Placements and Internship team of student/
staff along with the Placement Advisory Council work • 133 companies for summer Internship recruitments
round the year to look after the smooth execution and 279 companies for Placements participated in
of the activities. The selected students have been campus (as the recruitment process for the session
successful in exceeding the demands of the 2022-23 is still on, many organizations are still
international recruiters. IIT Roorkee students can excel expected to come).
and advance in the competitive job market thanks to • Out of 279 companies 63 companies were the first
the institution's top-notch research facilities, extensive time visitors.
institute-industry collaborations, good international
• More than 1126 'A' Category job offers (for the first
exchange programmes, interdisciplinary scientific time) were received. ‘A’ category jobs offer CTC >
research collaborations, and excellent industrial training Rs. 8.0 lacs.
opportunities.
• Placement and Internship Cell has been conducting
Highlights: many negotiations with company officials to extend
Branch Eligibility, lowering the CGPA cut offs, for
• The necessity of diligent preparation has been extending waitlist and have been organizing walk-in
consistently communicated to the aspirants. interviews at the last moment (through hybrid mode)
Placement & Internship Cell has successfully post results of online tests to allow greater pool of
partnered with over 1000 esteemed companies students to appear for interviews, which enabled
that registered for placements and internships. As a positive situation for students as well visiting
a result of these collaborations, our students have companies.
secured more than 1984 combined offers, providing
them with exceptional opportunities to explore. • Complete computerization of the placement
processes along with Placement and Internship Cell
• Multiple sessions of campus recruitment on each app to ensure efficient utilization of our resources
day were conducted. We managed to conduct has been done.
the processes of over 50 top notch companies in
hybrid mode across the globe on the first day of • In collaboration with IMG Team, a complete
Placements (December 1, 2022). optimization of placement portal (Channeli) is being
done to make it more user friendly for virtual mode,
• More than 4500 companies were contacted for the to provide more facilitation for sharing information
campus placements. and to reduce paperwork and for increasing the
• We work with the proactive approach to invite the overall performance.
companies. We are continuously working hard on • Public Sectors Undertaking/Government
building connections with international firms through organizations like Oil & Natural Gas Corporation
different modes like LinkedIn, SalesQL and Alumni (ONGC), UIDAI, National Health Authority, Hindustan
network and have been receiving positive response Petroleum Corporation Limited, Bharat Electronics
from many firms across the globe. Ltd., CDAC, Bangalore, and Engineers India Ltd.
visited for the Placements and hired some good
talents.
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• Some of the companies which hired interns from the touchpoints where participants can interact with
campus for the first time include – Blume Global India Microsoft mentors, leaders, and interns throughout
Pvt. Ltd., DevRev Cloud India Pvt. Ltd., FactWise, JM the program. Uber's She++ is an outreach program
Fiancial Services Ltd., Lime.ai, Nimbleedge Pvt. Ltd., designed to create a platform for young women
NK Securities Research, Plaid, Qube Research & in technology, enabling them to connect with
Technology, Zepto, etc. technology leaders at Uber and participate in
inspiring conversations about exploring careers in
• Major MNC’s which participated in the Campus
technology and many more.
Placement for the first time for Placements are
91Squarefeet, Barclays, Bert Labs Pvt. Ltd., Bhanzu, • Even though some regular recruiters didn’t visit
Blume Global India Pvt. Ltd., Boston Consulting this year due to low current market scenario,
Group (India) Pvt. Ltd., Candor Health, ClimaJo Pvt. the Placement & Internship team was able to
Ltd., CNH Industrial, DeNA, Digit Insurance, Ginco, compensate for their absence by partnering with
Godrej Properties, GoKwik, Haber, Intellect Design new top notch companies with equal or greater
Arena, JM Financial, Jungleegames, Luminous, stature. It is requested to note that the team could
Power Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Max Life Insurance, retain about 100% of Placement and Internship
Prototyze, Quintics Management Consultancies offers.
Pvt. Ltd.. Reliance Industries - New Energy. Rystad
Energy India Pvt. Ltd.. SEDEMAC Mechatronics Important Features:
Pvt. Ltd., Sun Petrochemicals Pvt. Ltd. (SunPetro), Since the start of ‘on-campus recruitment’ (Hybrid Mode)
Tata Projects Limited, Vedanta Limited, Zee for the session 2022-23, from 1st December 2022, 279
Entertainment Enterprises Ltd. etc. companies participated in the campus placement and
• Virtual/Physical Meetings of Professor-in-Charge, 2nd Phase of campus recruitment is still on.
Placement and Internship Cell with companies Some other key companies that participated in the
for establishing relationships and contacts at the campus recruitment programme were
highest level are being organized regularly.
Tata Projects Limited, Microsoft, American Express,
• The Placement and Internship Cell, with the EXL Service, Standard Chartered, Oracle, Axis Bank
help of DORA, signed an MoU with companies Ltd., Blume Global India Pvt Ltd., Larsen and Toubro
like Alphgreps and Blume Global to start their Limited, BNY Mellon Technology, Jio Platforms Limited,
Scholarship of (Rs. 25 lacs) for the final and pre-final AECOM, Enphase Energy, Wells Fargo International
year students. Solutions Private Limited, Amazon Development Center,
• The Placement and Internship Cell collaborated with Intel Technologies, Samsung R&D Delhi, Jio Platforms
several companies like Google organized a STEP Limited, Bajaj Auto Limited & Chetak Technology Limited,
internship for software developers, particularly Qualcomm, Navi, SAP Labs India Pvt. Ltd., JP Morgan
those historically underrepresented in the field. This Chase & Co, Google India, ICICI Lombard General
program aims to bridge the gap between academic Insurance Co. Ltd., Bank of America, Vyas Edification,
study and professional internships. JP Morgan Sprinklr, Axxela, Goldman Sachs, Schlumberger Asia
Chase hosted a workshop in the field of Quantitative Services Limited, Reliance Industries, Reliance Industries
Research, while Flipkart facilitated a Buddy Limited, Deloitte, Société Générale, Jaguar Land Rover,
Program to prepare students for case challenges. Edgeverve Systems, Mastercard India Services Pvt.
Publicis Sapient organized a workshop intended Limited, CNH Industrial, Ramboll India, Tata Consutancy
to improve our students' competitive programming Services. These companies were indeed impressed
and analytical skills. Goldman Sachs held a Women by the comprehension and the quality of students and
Emerging in Finance (WEiF) workshop to assist our recruited a significant number of students in comparison
female students in establishing their careers in the to other similar institutions.
finance sector. ENGAGE, a program by Microsoft, Regular recruiters like Arup India Pvt. Ltd., Bajaj Auto,
provides multiple engagement and evaluation Hindustan Unilever Limited, ITC Limited, UIDAI, ONGC,
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JSW Group, Tata Steel Ltd., Cairn Oil & Gas, Enphase Department wise Statistics
Energy, Midas Research and Development Center India
Private Limited, Trident Limited, Texas Instruments, S. Degree Registered Effective Total
Maruti Suzuki India Limited, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd., N. Placement Offers
Jaguar Land Rover India, Tata Motors, Ramboll India, (A) (B)
Applied Materials, nVidia, Intel Technologies, SRF Ltd., 1 Architecture 24 10 10
Larsen & Toubro Ltd., Tata Advanced Systems Limited, and Planning
John Deere India Pvt. Ltd., etc. followed the same 2 Biosciences 19 14 14
trends as the past few years and hired students for their and
operations pertaining to core engineering. Bioengineering
3 Chemical Engg. 90 85 92
Programe wise Statistics 4 Civil Engg. 125 105 111
A glance at overall placement statistics in the following 5 Computer 98 96 111
table and the figure clearly reflects that the campus Science Engg.
placement for the year 2022-23 has been quite 6 Electrical Engg. 136 123 140
satisfying despite the low market scenario across the 7 Electronics & 92 86 101
globe. Communication
Engg.
Academic Number of students Number 8 Engineering 24 19 24
Programme registered for of offers Physics
Placement made 9 Production & 47 41 48
B.Tech./B.Arch. 853 828 Industrial Engg.
10 Mechanical 120 105 115
IDD 3 2
Engg.
IMT 47 45 11 Metallurgical & 62 47 50
IMSc 55 45 Materials Engg.
M .Te c h . / M B A / 324 238 12 Polymer 16 11 12
MURP/M.Arch. Science and
M.Des./MIM 18 8 Engineering
Total B.Arch/B. 853 742 828
M.Sc. 110 61
Tech
Ph.D. - 6
Total 1410* 1233*
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Sector Wise Statistics Degree Reg- Effective Total

is- Placement Offers
Degree Regis- Effective Total
tered (A) (B)
tered Placement Offers
(A) (B) 1 M.Tech. Artificial 12 12 14
Intelligence
IDD – B.Tech (Civil 1 1 1
2 Architecture and 18 6 7
Engineering) & M.Tech.
Planning
(Data Science)
3 Bioprocess 3 1 1
IDD – B.Tech. 1 1 1
Engineering
(Computer Science
and Engineering) and 4 Chemical Engg. 14 9 10
M.Tech. (Computer 5 Civil Engg. 46 20 21
Science and Engg.) 6 Computer Science 23 23 25
IDD B.Tech. Engineering 1 0 0 Engg.
Physics & M.Tech. 7 M.Tech. Data 14 13 13
Photonics Science
Total IDD 3 2 2 8 Disaster Mitigation 7 1 1
Int. M.Tech Geological 18 16 17 and Management
Technology 9 Earthquake Engg. 29 20 22
Int. M.Tech Geophysical 29 26 28 10 Electrical Engg. 19 15 23
Technology 11 Electronics & 20 14 17
Total IMT 47 42 45 Communication
Int. M.Sc. (Applied 33 25 27 Engg.
Mathematics) 12 Hydro and 11 1 1
Int. M.Sc. (Chemistry) 8 6 6 Renewable Energy
Int. M.Sc. (Physics) 14 11 12 13 Hydrology 17 9 9
Total IMSc 55 42 45 14 Infrastructure 7 3 3
M.Des. in Industrial 16 8 8 Systems
Design 15 Mechanical & 23 18 20
Master in Innovation 2 0 0 Industrial Engg.
Management 16 Metallurgical & 8 8 11
Total M.Des./MIM 18 8 8 Materials Engg.
M.Sc. Appl. Geology 17 11 11 17 Nanotechnology 2 1 1
M.Sc. Biosciences and 17 6 6 18 Packaging 10 6 6
Bioengineering Technology
M.Sc. Chemistry 24 19 20 19 Photonics 7 5 5
M.Sc. Economics 11 4 4 20 Polymer Science 9 8 8
and Engineering
M.Sc. Mathematics 23 12 13
21 Pulp & Paper 10 8 8
M.Sc. Physics 18 7 7
Engineering
Total M.Sc. 110 59 61
22 SSEM 6 1 1
Ph.D. 6 6
23 WRDM 9 1 1
24 MBA 10 10
Total M.Arch/MBA/ 324 213 238
MURP/M.Tech
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S. Sector Job offers

No. (Nos.)
8. Insurance 19
9. IT / Software 411
10. Others 48
11. Telecommunication 3
12. Trading 7

Summary
A = Effective Placements Grand Total of A = 1114
B = Jobs Offered Grand Total of B = 1233

Year wise Placement

Year 2022-23 2021-22 2020-21 2019-20 2018-19
Job 1242 1426 910 975 1127
offers Internships:
(Nos,)
The Placement & Internship Cell was also able to
secure significant number of offers for the mandatory
summer internships of the pre-final year students
from companies such as Microsoft, Futures First,
PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited, Amazon,
Sprinklr, Jio Platforms Limited, Texas Instruments,
Samsung R&D Institute, Bangalore, Goldman Sachs
Services Private Ltd., American Express, Samsung
R&D Delhi, Oracle India Pvt. Ltd., Qualcomm, Tata
Steel, Zomato Ltd., JP Morgan & Chase, Google, Cisco,
Enphase Solar Energy Pvt. Ltd., Axtria Inda Pvt. Ltd.,
Vedanta Limited, Cairn Oil & Gas, Kotak Mahindra Bank
Ltd., Quadeye Securities, ITC Limited, Wells Fargo,
Bajaj Auto Ltd., Zepto, Adobe, Nimbleedge Pvt. Ltd.,
Sector wise Placement Chetak Technology Ltd., Citibank, Blume Global India
S. Sector Job offers Pvt. Ltd.,D.E Shaw, Jaguar Land Rover India Ltd., BNY
No. (Nos.) Mellon, Standard Chartered GBS India Pvt. Ltd., Axxela,
1. Academics 91 Rodic Consultants Pvt. Ltd., Reliance Industries Limited,
2. Consulting 108 Avua International Pvt. Ltd., Salesforce, JP Morgan &
3. Core 306 Chase etc. among others. A total of 751 internships were
4. E-Commerce 44 arranged by the office.
5. Finance 175 Overall, the placement session 2022-23 concluded
6. FMCG 12 on a successful note despite the low market scenario
7. Govt. / PSU 18 across the globe.
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International Relations
The Institute is committed to international cooperation and has been actively involved in partnering with countries
to develop initiatives in the fields of engineering, applied sciences, social science, and management education. The
International Relations Office coordinates all international activities of IIT Roorkee. There have been 86 International
students who were enrolled at the Institute in the academic year 2022-23. There are 14 distinct nationalities that are
represented by these students. Overall the on-campus strength of International students is 210, which represents 28
different nationalities.

International MoUs signed

S. Organization Country IIT Roorkee Date of
No. Champion execution
1 Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto Portugal IR Office 05-04-2022
(FEUP)
2 UK Centre For Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) United Kingdom IR Office 12-05-2022
3 The University of the Philippines Los Banos Philippines IR Office 30-05-2022
4 The Ecole speciale des Travaux Publics, du France IR Office 01-06-2022
Batiment et de l'Industrie (ESTP Paris)
5 National Taiwan University Taiwan IR Office 24-08-2022
6 Wollega University Ethiopia IR Office 08-09-2022
7 Ambo University Ethiopia Prof. Sandeep Singh 08-09-2022
8 Haramaya University Ethiopia Prof. Himanshu Joshi 08-09-2022
9 University of Gondar Ethiopia IR Office 08-09-2022
10 Addis Ababa Science and Technology Ethiopia IR Office 08-09-2022
University
11 University of Lausanne (UNIL) Switzerland IR Office 11-09-2022
12 Queensland University of Technology Australia IR Office 01-10-2022
13 The Royal University of Bhutan Bhutan Prof. Kamal Jain 06-10-2022
14 Osaka Metropolitan University Japan Prof. V. C. Srivastava 24-10-2022
15 Addis Ababa University Ethiopia IR Office 15-11-2022
16 Hanyang University, Seoul South Korea Prof. Bhaskar Jyoti 23-11-2022
Deka
17 Queen's University at Kingston (Canada) Canada Prof. Ashish Pandey 30-11-2022
18 K.N. Toosi University of Technology Iran Prof. Sandeep Singh 28-12-2022
19 Astana IT University (AITU) Kazakhstan Prof. V. C. Srivastava 02-02-2023
20 University of Saskatchewan Canada IR Office 03-02-2023
21 Niigata University Japan Prof. Bal Krishna 21-02-2023
Maheshwari
22 Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) India Prof. Rajdeep 24-02-2023
Chatterjee
23 MDS IndoCan Inc. Canada IR Office 29-03-2023
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Joint Degree Programmes/Joint/Dual Master’s Degree Programmes

Joint Doctoral Degree Programmes at present, IIT Roorkee has Joint Doctoral Degree Programme (JDDP) Agreements
with the following universities:
1. University of Alberta, Canada
2. University of Strasbourg, France
3. Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand
4. National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan
5. IIT Roorkee has signed Joint/Dual Master’s Degree Program with Taiwanese universities.

S. No. Name of the Student Department Host Institute

1. Mr Rishi Jain Department of applied mathematics & AIT, Thailand
scientific computing.
2. Mr. Vijay Saini Mechanical & Industrial Engineering University of Alberta, Canada
3. Mr. Praveen K. Vidyarthi Department of Hydro & Renewable Energy University of Strasbourg, France
4. Mr. Soumya R. Nath Electrical Engineering University of Ontario Institute of
Technology, Canada

Students selected for Commonwealth Split-site Scholarships for January 2022 session (12 months), United Kingdom

S. Name Year of Study Program/ PhD Supervisor Host Institute

No. PhD Department/Year at IITR
1 Ranjana Rathaur 4 Chemical Engineering/4th yr Prof Sumana Ghosh Cranfield University
2 Simran Kaur 3 Chemical Engineering/3rd yr Prof Patit Paban University of Bath
Dhillon Kundu
3 Rahul Gautam 3 Polymer and Process Prof U K Ghosh University of
Engineering/3rd yr Birmingham
4 Aakriti Gupta 2 WRDM/2nd yr Prof Thanga Chelliah Loughborough
University
5 Chetna 2 Architecture and Planning/2nd Prof Shubhajit Loughborough
yr Sadhukhan University
6 Ravi Verma 3 Civil Engineering/3rd yr Prof P K Garg Cranfield University
7 Sumit Parvate 3 Polymer and Process Prof Sujay Loughborough
Engineering/3rd yr Chaattopadhyay University
8 Ramesh Kumar 5 Physics/ 5th yr Prof Monojit Bag Cranfield University
9 Isha Rathore 3 Architecture and Planning/3rd Prof E Rajasekar University of Bath
yr
10 Abinesh G. 2 Hydrology/2nd yr Prof. Ankit Agrawal University of
Birmingham
11 Priyanka Singh 3 Hydrology/3rd yr Prof. Himanshu Joshi University of
Birmingham
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S. Name Year of Study Program/ PhD Supervisor Host Institute

No. PhD Department/Year at IITR
12 Anshul Yadav 3 Hydrology/3rd yr Prof. Sumit Sen University of
Birmingham

Nominations for DAAD Scholarships under the “Combined Study and Practice Stays for Engineers from Developing
Countries (KOSPIE) with Indian IITs 2022/23” (December 2022 to July 2023 max. 6 months), Germany

S. No Students Name Departments Host Institutes

1. Rushikesh Mundane Paper Technology Technische Universität Dresden
2. Manish Kumar Yadav Civil Engineering Technische Universität München
3. Mayank Gautam Polymer and Process Engineering Technische Universität Dresden
4. Rangoli Goel Civil Engineering Leibniz Universität Hannover
5. Aadil Hamid Bhat Paper Technology Technische Universität Dresden

International Relations Office Recent Launches

The International Relations Office has introduced a range of online applications to facilitate a streamlined and
paperless application process. Presented below are the tables showcasing the latest online application releases

S. No. Application To Whom Launch Date

1 Web Calling (Click to Call) through IR Portal (Intl. International Relations Office & June 2022
Students Admission Applications and IRO Staff) IITR Departments
2 Online Screening Process for Exchange/Internship International Relations Office October 2022
programs
3 MoU Template International Relations Website August 2022

IR Office Participation in Various Events

• Online meeting with Diponegoro University, • IIT Roorkee Actively Participated in the UNESCO-
Indonesia on March 28, 2023 India-Africa (UIA) Hackathon- Study in India
Education Fair (22-25th November 2022)
• IIT Roorkee Participated in iHED Conference 2023
Related to Internationalization on March 3, 2023 • IR Office Participated in the French Day Celebrations
at French Embassy, New Delhi on July 14, 2022
• A meeting between IIT Roorkee and the University
of Alberta on February 14, 2023 • HIMGIRI APARTMENT FOUNDATION DAY
CELEBRATION ON 25th SEPTEMBER, 2022
• Meeting between Dept of Physics, NTNU (Taiwan)
and IIT Roorkee on January 19, 2023 • The Indo-German Publication – CANDIDE – 13 on
Sepetember 8, 2022
• Meeting to Discuss Collaborations between IIT
Roorkee and NYCU on January 18, 2023 • Independence Day Celebration at Himgiri
Apartments on August 16, 2022
• IR Office participated in the QS Higher Ed Summit:
Asia Pacific 2022, Indonesia held on November • International Football Tournament-2022 on July 23,
9-10, 2022 2022
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• Farewell of International Students, 15th June 2022 • Visit of the delegates from IAHS to IIT Roorkee on
November 22, 2022
• IIT Roorkee celebrates the 175th Year of Foundation
in Kathmandu, Nepal on June 9, 2022 • The University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka Signs MoU
with IIT Roorkee on November 15, 2022
Visits (IITR Delegations, International Delegations)
• Visit of Prof. Umesh Garg from the University of
• The delegation from the University of Adelaide,
Notre Dame, USA to the International Relations
Australia visited IIT Roorkee on March 31, 2023
Office on 28 Oct 2022
• Visit of Prof. Kevin Deluzio from Queen’s University,
• MoU signing Ceremony between the National
Canada to IIT Roorkee on March 30, 2023
University of Uzbekistan and IIT Roorkee
• Meeting between IIT Roorkee Delegation and H.E.
• Visit of the delegation from France to IIT Roorkee on
Mr P Harish, Ambassador of the Indian Embassy in
October 7th, 20
Berlin, Germany on March 25, 2023
• Collaboration Meeting between IKCRI and IIT
• IIT Roorkee delegation visited the Freie Universitat
Roorkee on September 22, 2023
Berlin(FU Berlin), Germany on March 24, 2023
• IIT Roorkee Delegates Visited the University
• Delegates from IR Office Visited to IR Office,
of Surrey, UK to Strengthen Collaborations on
University of Potsdam, Germany on March 21, 2023
September 22, 2022
• Signing of Student Exchange Agreement between
• Meeting between Imperial College London, UK and
IIT Roorkee and Niigata University, Japan on
IIT Roorkee on September 22, 2022
February 21, 2023
• IIT Roorkee Commorated 175th Year Anniversary
• Mobility & Dialogue Mr. Ibai Rigby’s from the RWTH
in London, UK with Alumni Meet on September 20,
Aachen University, Germany, Visit to IIT Roorkee on
2022
January 27, 2023
• Visit of Delegates from the Institute of Engineering
• Visit of Prof. K.D.P. Nigam from IIT Delhi (University of
(IOE), Tribhuvan University, Nepal to IIT Roorkee on
Adelaide) to IIT Roorkee on January 24, 2023
September 18, 2022.
• The Delegation from the University of Montpellier
• MoU Signing Ceremony between IIT Roorkee and
and IRD France visited IIT Roorkee on January 9,
Arizona State University on September 15, 2022
2023
• Visit of Prof Praveen Linga, National University of
• Visit of the Delegate from the University of Surrey,
Singapore to IR office on September 9, 2022
UK to IIT Roorkee on December 26, 2022
• Visit of the Delegation of University of Alberta to IIT
• MoU Signing Ceremony between IIT Roorkee and
Roorkee on August 17, 2022
UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH) on
December 05, 2022 • A meeting was organized between the delegation
of UoA and Director, Dy. Director, Dean, Faculty
• Meeting with NTNU, Taiwan: IIT Roorkee Outreach
members of IITR.
Visit on November 23, 2022
• Visit of Prof Catherine Button, from the Newcastle
• The Delegation from IIT Roorkee Visited NTHU,
University, United Kingdom to IIT Roorkee on July
Hsinchu City, Taiwan on November 23, 2022
29, 2022
• Visit of IIT Roorkee delegation to Japan from
• Visit of the Counsellor – Science & Technology,
(November 14-20, 2022)
Embassy of Hungary to IIT Roorkee on July 27, 2022
• Meeting with NYCU, Hsinchu City, Taiwan on
• Indo-German Science & Technology Centre (IGSTC)
November 22, 2022
sponsored, bi-lateral workshop on “Securing
sustainable treatment for drinking water production
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and water recycling with focus on anionic India / French Institute in India to IIT Roorkee on May
contaminants: SuWaRec” on July 22, 2022 26, 2022
• Meeting between IR Office Delegates & Taipei • Visit by Prof Tetsuo Kidokoro, University of Tokya,
Economic and Cultural Center on July 14, 2022 Japan to IR Office on May 22, 2022

• Visit of Prof. Fadhel Ghannouch from the University • Visit of Prof. Praveen Linga, Professor in the
of Calgary, Canada, to IIT Roorkee on July 6, 2022 Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering at the National University of Singapore
• The delegation from Tribhuvan University Visited IR (NUS), to IIT Roorkee on April 21, 2022
Office on June 22, 2022
• Visit of Dr Sanjeev K Varshney, DST to IIT Roorkee
• IIT Roorkee at NAFSA 2022 in Denver, Colorado, on April 11, 2022
USA on June 3, 2022
• Visit by Prof. Jhuma Sadhukhan from the University
• Visit of Dr Fabien Chareix, the Attaché for Academic of Surrey (UK) on April 9, 2022
and Scientific Cooperation, Embassy of France in

Exchange Programmes
Nominations for HSLU Spring 2022 semester (February to July), Switzerland AY 2022-23

S. No. Name Email Study program/ Country

Department/year
1 Karnik Advaiya Ashok karnik_a@pp.iitr.ac.in BTech/Chem Engr/3rd yr Switzerland

Nominations for Student Exchange Program at HSLU, Fall 2022/23 Semester (September 2022 to February
2023), Switzerland

S. No. Name Email Study program/ Country

Department/year
1 Avantika Verma avantika_v@ar.iitr.ac.in BArch/Architecture/3rdyr Switzerland
2 Janani R. G. janani_r@ar.iitr.ac.in BArch/Architecture/3rdyr Switzerland
3 Shreyes Gupta shreyes_g@ar.iitr.ac.in BArch/Architecture/3rdyr Switzerland

Students selected for Mitacs Scholarship for May to October 2023 session (12 weeks), Canada (22-23) May 23
Oct 23

S. Name Department Year Host University Email (IITR) Course (BTech,

No. MTech etc.)
1 Vaibhav Sharma ME 3rd University of Alberta vaibhav_s@ BTech
me.iitr.ac.in
2 Riya Earth Sciences 3rd University of riya@es.iitr.ac.in Int. MTech
Lethbridge,
Lethbridge, Alberta
3 Apoorva Verma Electronics and 3rd Universite Laval apoorva_v@ BTech
Communications ece.iitr.ac.in
Engineering
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S. Name Department Year Host University Email (IITR) Course (BTech,

No. MTech etc.)
4 Masoob Alam Metallurgical 3rd University of Windsor masoob_a@ BTech
and Materials mt.iitr.ac.in
Engineering
5 Sourabh Motiani Earth Sciences 3rd Western University sourabh_m@ Integrated
es.iitr.ac.in MTech
6 Saana Tandon Chemical 3rd University of Calgary saana_t@ch.iitr. BTech
Engineering ac.in
7 Amisha Kumari Earth Sciences 3rd Athabasca University ms.amisha_k@ Integrated
es.iitr.ac.in M.Tech
8 Nitin Sengar Mechanical 3rd Athabasca University nitin_s@me.iitr. Btech
ac.in
9 Priyansh Rathi Electronics and 3rd University of British priyansh_r@ece. BTech
Communication Columbia - Vancouver iitr.ac.in
10 Vishal Trivedi Mechanical 3rd Simon Fraser vishal_t@me.iitr. B.Tech
Engineering University ac.in
11 Ritvik Mahajan EE 3rd Queen's University ritvik_m@ee.iitr. BTech
ac.in
12 Sameer Talwar Electrical 3rd York University sameer_t@ BTech
Engineering ee.iitr.ac.in
13 ABHAYANK Civil 3rd Laval University abhayank_b@ BTech
BANSAL ce.iitr.ac.in
14 Manik Goyal Civil Engineering 3rd York University manik_g@ce.iitr. B.Tech
ac.in
15 Manuvansh Rai CIVIL 3rd UNIVERSITY OF manuvansh_r@ B.TECH
ENGINEERING WINDSOR ce.iitr.ac.in
16 Akhil Agrawal Civil Engineering 3rd University Laval akhil_a@ce.iitr. BTech
ac.in
17 Urvi Gupta Civil Engineering 3rd UBC, Okanagan urvi_g@ce.iitr. Btech
ac.in
18 Rylan Fernandes Metallurgy 3rd Toronto Metropolitan rylan_cf@mt.iitr. Btech
University ac.in
19 Ayushi Raj Chemical 3rd University of Windsor, ayushi_r@ch.iitr. BTech
Ontario ac.in
20 Khushi Jain Chemical 3rd UBC khushi_j@ch.iitr. Btech
ac.in
21 Eeshan Punde Chemical 3rd Simon Fraser eeshan_gp@ BTech
Engineering University ch.iitr.ac.in
22 Anet Maria P Earth Science 3rd McMaster University, anet_mp@es.iitr. Int Mtech
Hamilton ac.in
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S. Name Department Year Host University Email (IITR) Course (BTech,

No. MTech etc.)
23 Anand Jee Earth Science 4th Athabasca University anand_j@es.iitr. Integrated
Choubey ac.in M.Tech
24 Harsh Kumar Mathematics 3rd Toronto Metropolitan harsh_k@ma.iitr. Int Msc
University ac.in
25 Kamal Utla Physics 3rd McMaster University kamal_u@ph.iitr. Btech
ac.in
26 Harshita Verma Biosciences and 3rd Dalhousie University harshita_v@ B.Tech
Bioengineering bt.iitr.ac.in
27 Pratyush Jha Engineering 3rd McGill University pratyush_j@ BTech
Physics ph.iitr.ac.in
28 Abhishek Sharma Civil engineering 3rd Toronto Metropolitan abhishek_s1@ B Tech
University (Formerly ce.iitr.ac.in
Ryerson University)
29 Achhar Sharma Civil 3rd Queens University achhar_s@ce.iitr. BTech
ac.in
30 Harshini Civil engineering 3rd University of Calgary harshini_s@ Btech
ce.iitr.ac.in
31 Harshini Physics 4th University of British harshini_p@ Integrated Msc
Paranjape Columbia ph.iitr.ac.in
32 Abhishek Kumar Mechanical 3rd UQAM Montreal abhishek_k@ BTech
and Industrial me.iitr.ac.in
Engineering
33 Antara Das Chemical 3rd Queen's university, antara_d@ch.iitr. B.tech
Engineering Kingston ac.in
34 Sambit Prabhu Electrical 3rd Lakehead University, sambit_p@ BTech
Thunder Bay ee.iitr.ac.in
35 Shreshth EE 3rd York University shreshth_m@ BTech
Mehrotra ee.iitr.ac.in
36 Ekansh Nayak Chemical 3rd University of Waterloo ekansh_n@ Btech
ch.iitr.ac.in
37 Shubham Chittora Mechanical 3rd McMaster University shubham_c@ BTech
Engineering me.iitr.ac.in
38 Aadarsh Raj Civil Engineering 3rd University of aadarsh_r@ BTech
Saskatchewan ce.iitr.ac.in
39 Parth Sharma Mechanical 3rd University of Regina parth_s@me.iitr. BTech
and Industrial ac.in
Engineering
Department
40 Harsh Pal Mechanical 3rd University of Victoria harsh_p1@ B.Tech
Engineering me.iitr.ac.in
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S. Name Department Year Host University Email (IITR) Course (BTech,

No. MTech etc.)
41 Vanshita Chemical 3rd University of regina, vanshita_jr@ Btech
jaikrishna rawat Engineering regina, Saskatchewan ch.iitr.ac.in
42 Arnav Arora Physics 3rd Waterloo arnav_a@ph.iitr. Btech
ac.in
43 Apurba Prasad ECE 3rd University of Waterloo apurba_pp@ BTech
Padhy ece.iitr.ac.in
44 Chaitany Raghav Electrical 3rd Carleton university chaitany_r@ BTech
Engineering ee.iitr.ac.in
45 Siddhant Malik Earth Sciences 4th UQAM siddhant_m@ Int. MTech
es.iitr.ac.in
46 Aashi Jain Mechanical 3rd University of Windsor aashi_j@me.iitr. Btech
ac.in

Selected students for DAAD WISE Scholarship, Germany AY 2022-23

S. No. Student Name Class/Year/Department Duration Country

1 Atal Agrawal IMSc./ 3rd/Physics May 15, 2023 - July 20, 2023 Germany
2 Ms Medha Maudgil IMSc./3rd /Mathematics May 10, 2023 - July 14, 2023 Germany

Nominations for ANU - FRT 2022 Program (Remotely supervised between May - August 2022 for 10-12 weeks),
Australia

S. No. Name Email Studyprogram/ Dept./Year Country

1 Vinit Singh Yadav vyadav@ec.iitr.ac.in PhD/ECE/4th yr Australia
2 Priyanka Chaudhary pchaudhary@ph.iitr.ac.in PhD/Physics/3rd yr Australia
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RESOURCE & ALUMNI AFFAIRS

Description: 17 Shri Pradeep Kumar Kapse
18 Mrs. Krishna Kumari kapoor w/o late shri Suresh
Dean of Resources and Alumni Affairs office is the nodal
Kapoor
office for alumni connect in IIT Roorkee and is currently
headed by Prof. R.D. Garg, the Dean, Resources and 19 Shraman Foundation
Alumni Affairs. The office also works extensively 20 Prof. Manoranjan Parida & Dr. Purnima Parida
towards arranging financial resources in the form of 21 Shri A. K. Sabarwal
donation to promote research and academic excellence 22 Ms. Giruba Beulah SE
at IIT Roorkee, honouring and awarding alumni with
23 Shri Narendra Swarup Agarwal
various awards, in-campus alumni meets etc. During
2022-23, the Institute received a total donation of Rs. 24 Shri. Atul Kumar Gupta
106,895,835.50/- through DORA office. The Institute 25 Shri Prabhat Kumar Sinha
expresses its deep gratitude and appreciation for the 26 Smt. Manju Gupta
constant support shown by our alumni and other well- 27 Shri Anand Kumar Jain
wishers of IIT Roorkee. The major donors for the last
28 Shri Manmohan Kumar Nagalia
financial year were Shri Ashok Soota, Shri Om Prakash
Kulshreshtha, Dr. Surendra Goel & Kusum Goel, Dr. Sushil 29 Shri Manmohan Kumar Nagalia
Sharma & Shri Mohinder L. Nayyar, Shri Pradeep Kumar 30 Shri Vijay Kumar Dutt
Kapse to name a few. There were Batch Donations from 31 Mr. Arvind Nayak & Mrs. Sangita Nayak
1996 and 1997 Batches, too.
32 Shri Arvind Kumar Jain

The Donations received are 33 Shri Anandroop Bhattacharya

34 Mrs. Margaret Cilamkoti & Mr. Chandra Mohan
as under: Cilamkoti
1 Shri Ashok Soota 35 Smt. Manasi Patwardhan
2 Shri Mohinder l. Nayyar & Dr. sushil Sharma 36 Dr. Hira Prasad singh
3 Dr. Surendra K Goel & Smt. Kusum L goel 37 Shri Adarsh Kumar Pradhan
4 Shri Om Prakash Kulshreshtha 38 Shri Pradeep Kumar Kapse
5 Prof. Kewal K Saluja & Mrs. Neeta Saluja 39 Shri Pradeep Kumar Kapse
6 Dr. Purnima Parida and Prof. Manoranjan Parida 40 Shri Swami Saran
7 Shri Virendra Gupta 41 Lt. Col. Kuldip Singh Dahia
8 Shri Pradeep Kumar Kapse 42 Shri Trilochan Singh Kohli
9 Shri Umesh Bajaj 43 NMDC Ltd
10 Blume Global Pvt Ltd 44 Shri Lakshmi Sampath & Smt. Shree Ayengar
11 Shri Niraj Kalsi 45 Ms. Ambalika Sharma
12 Smt. Veena Mittal 46 Shri Jeewan Lal Kapoor
13 Horiba India Pvt. Ltd. The alumni from various batches have initiated projects
14 AlphaGrep Securities Pvt. Ltd. to provide better facilities to the students for their
15 Shri Ashwani Kumar Goel academic progress.

16 Shri Ishwar Dayal Singhal

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The contributions by a Class have always been critical in the growth and eminence of their Alma-mater. During the
FY 2022-23, keeping up with their philanthropic gesture, the following batches left their legacy behind by making a
unified donation towards the academic needs of the students:

Emerald Jubilee Reunion of 1967 Batch (Including 1968 B.Arch.)

Sl. Donor Name Purpose of the Corpus Donation Amount

No. Established for
1 Class of 1996 1996 Batch Donation 5,192,201.00
2 Shri Gaurav Agrawal (Representative of1997 Batch) 1997 Batch Donation 4,646,017.50
3 Shri Uddesh Kohli (Representative of 1962 Batch) 1962 Batch Financial Aid for 1,500,000.00
Poor Students
4 Mr. Manoj Agarwal, Mrs. Manju Gupta & 1980 Batch EWS Girl 1,286,114.00
Mr. Prabhat Gupta (Batch Representatives) Scholarship
5 Prof. Tashi Nautiyal (Batch Representative) Sarojinites for Sarojinites 270,000.00
MCM
6 Shri Arun Kumar Sharma (Batch Representatives) Batch 1971 MCM Scholarship 250,000.00
7 Class of 1983 Batch Professional Development & 11,000.00
Innovation award

Alumni Meets/Reunions (From 01 April, 2022 to 31 March, 2023):

IIT Roorkee rejoiced in organizing various Jubilee Reunions & Alumni get-togethers for different batches of alumni.
The following is a glimpse of the enthusiastic participation of the alumni along with their families in the re-unions:
i) Emerald Jubilee Reunion of 1967 & 1968 (BArch) batch was celebrated during October 28-30, 2022. 56 enthusiastic
alumni along with their families had participated.
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ii) Silver Jubilee Reunion of 1997 & 1998(BArch) batch v) Silver Jubilee Reunion of 1996 & 1997 (BArch) batch
was celebrated during November 18-20, 2022. 167 was celebrated during December 09-11, 2022. 149
enthusiastic alumni along with their families had enthusiastic alumni along with their families had
participated. participated.

vi) Pearl Jubilee Reunion of 1992 & 1993 (BArch) batch

was celebrated during December 24-25, 2022. 38
enthusiastic alumni along with their families had
iii) Golden Jubilee Reunion of 1972 & 1973 (BArch) batch participated.
was celebrated during November 23-25, 2022. 101
enthusiastic alumni along with their families had
participated.

vii) Silver Jubilee Reunion of 1995 & 1996(BArch) batch

was celebrated during March 24-26, 2023. 160
enthusiastic alumni along with their families had
participated.

iv) Diamond Jubilee Reunion of 1962 & 1963 (BArch)

batch was celebrated during November 27-29,
2022. 34 enthusiastic alumni along with their
families had participated.
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List of Outstanding Service Award

(OSA) 2021
1. Mr. Pitamber Shivnani, MD & CEO GE T&D India
Limited
2. Mr. Kiran Panesar, Staff Software Engineer, Google,
CA US
3. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Bhatnagar, President Technical
at Reliance Jio

List of Distinguished Alumnus

Award (DAA) – 2021
1. Prof. O. P. Malik (1962 ME Electrical Engg.), Professor
Emeritus, University of Calgary, Canada
2. Prof. Rajeev Ahuja (1986 MSc Physics), Professor,
Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
3. Dr. Dinesh Srivastava (1982 BE Metallurgy and
Materials Engg.), Distinguished Scientist & Chief
Executive, NFC
4. Dr. S.S.V. Ramakumar (1984 MSc Chemistry), Director
(R&D) and Board Member, Indian Oil Corporation
5. Dr. Shailendra Kumar Joshi (1981 BE Electronics &
Communication Engg.), Retired Chief Secretary,
Govt of Telangana
6. Dr. Dinesh Kumar Likhi (1981 BE Metallurgy and
Materials Engg.), Retired Chairman cum Managing
Director, MIDHANI
7. Mr. Saurabh Agrawal (1982 BE Chemical Engg.),
Group CFO and Director, Tata Sons
8. Mr. Sumit Dhawan (1996 BE Computer Sciences
Engg.), President at VMware, California, US

List of Distinguished Young

Alumnus Award (DYAA) – 2021
1. Prof. Raju Kumar Gupta (2005 BE Chemical Engg.),
Professor, Department of Chemical Engg., IIT Kanpur
2. Mr. Ankit Garg (2010 BE Chemical Engg.), CEO Co-
Founder, Wakefit
3. Mr. Mukul Rustagi (2013 BE Electrical Engg.), Co-
Founder, Classplus
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Institute Events
175th Year Special Activities A number of Fellowships/Internships/Incubation
facilitation schemes have been taken up as a part of the
The Thomason College of Engineering was founded
175 years celebration. These include PhD Fellowships
in 1847 by James Thomason, the Lieutenant-Governor
to faculty members/scientists/engineers of AICTE or
of the North-Western Provinces (in which Roorkee
UGC recognized academic institutions or government
then lay) to aid engineers and surveyors at work in
funded research organizations who get admission in the
the construction of the Ganges Canal. Being the first
full time PhD program of the Institute for three years.
Engineering College in India, the Thomason College
This scheme is applicable to the institutions in the states
has earned a Heritage status that has become the
of Uttarakhand, UP, Haryana, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh,
University of Roorkee after the Independence of India.
and UT of Chandigarh. Two months summer internship
On 21 September 2001, an ordinance issued by the
for UG students under SPARK program, research
Government of India declared it as the nation's seventh
opportunity for M.Tech students, are also included in
Indian Institute of Technology, renaming it to the current
175@IITR initiatives. IIT Roorkee has offered summer
name, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee. The
internships to the students from different institutes
ordinance was converted into an act by the Parliament to
under the SPARK internship on the occasion of 175
make IIT Roorkee an "Institution of National Importance”.
years. Also, IIT Roorkee is offering startup funding to
With a profound legacy, Indian Institute of Technology
promising ideas/innovations/prototypes developed
Roorkee (erstwhile University of Roorkee) is celebrating
under all these schemes.
175 years (1847-2022) of its existence and contribution
in imparting higher education and for the development As a part of the 175-year Celebration, a Calendar for 2022
of the society. – Capturing 175 years (1847-2022) of institutional journey
of imparting technical education and contributions in the
The celebrations for the 175th Year began from
development of the society was released.
November 25th, 2021, and culminated on November
24th, 2022. As part of the 175th year celebrations, the A commemorative Coin, Stamp and a Coffee Table
institute has conducted a plethora of activities in all Book have been released on occasion of 175 years of
domains and surroundings. Partnering with academic IIT Roorkee.
institutions and research organizations around Roorkee.
IITR@175 initiative has reached out to institutions around
Roorkee for collaboration, fostering research activities,
offering research internships and handholding in
developing laboratory infrastructure and to attract
funding from various Govt and non-Govt organizations.
Under this partnership the following academic
institutions are supported: Graphic Era (Deemed to
be University), Dehradun; Swami Rama Himalayan
University, Jolly Grant, Dehradun; Noida Institute of
Engineering & Technology, Greater Noida; National
Institute of Technology, Uttarakhand, and College of
Engineering Roorkee (COER). This has created avenues
of collaboration not only in research and innovation, but
also opportunities and support for startup incubation
and commercialization. This is in alignment with Hon’ble
Prime Minister’s vision of creating a knowledge and a
resource base for academic institutions.
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Uttarakhand State awareness about the significance of IP and the role of

women in innovation.
Earthquake Early Warning
System India’s G20 Presidency: Role
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee displayed the of Startups, MSMEs, and
fully functional Uttarakhand State Earthquake Early
Warning System (UEEWS), at the 3rd National Platform
Corporates for Atmanirbhar
for Disaster Risk Reduction (3rd NPDRR) exhibition Bharat
on March 10-11, 2023, held at Vigyan Bhawan in New
IIT-Roorkee, in collaboration with Micro, Small and
Delhi. The earthquake early warning system (EEWS)
Medium Enterprises (MSME) and MDS IndoCan,
Laboratory team had the privilege of presenting India's
organized a workshop at IIT Roorkee Saharanpur
first regional earthquake early warning system, UEEWS
Campus as a pioneering initiative to foster collaboration
in the presence of The Honorable Prime Minister, Shri
between academia, industry, and commercialization
Narendra Modi, and Honorable Home Minister, Shri
sectors. This workshop aimed to bring together diverse
Amit Shah. The political stalwarts personally interacted
talents and expertise. By leveraging the strengths of
with the team and received a detailed briefing on the
each sector, the workshop explored ways in which
system's capabilities and benefits.
startups, MSMEs, and corporates can contribute to

World IP day 2023 India's self-reliant (Atmanirbhar) vision. This unique

platform facilitated the exchange of ideas, knowledge,
IIT Roorkee's IPR Cell and IPR-Chair, along with the and experiences, fostering innovation, and creating
Institute's Innovation Council, organized an Experts synergies that can drive the nation towards economic
Panel Discussion and Essay Writing Competition on growth and self-sufficiency.
"Women Driving Innovation through IP and Creativity"
on 26th April 2023. Over 200 students participated, National Technology Day
2023
showcasing their writing skills and creativity, while
raising awareness about the significance of IP and the
role of women in innovation. The Hon’ble Governor of Uttarakhand, Lieutenant
The essay writing competition helped students develop General Gurmit Singh ji visited IIT Roorkee on the
their writing skills and foster creativity while raising occasion of National Technology Day on 11th May 2023
with a focused and definite agenda for the development
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of Uttarakhand state. The event emphasized on

strengthening women empowerment, connectivity,
Convocation
emerging technologies, organic farming, local products, The 22nd Annual Convocation of the Indian Institute
tourism, wellness, self-help groups, ayurveda and other of Technology Roorkee was held with great pageantry
important topics. The Chief guest, in his powerful address on April 06, 2023. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Hon’ble
to the gathering, highlighted the significance of future Minister for Education; Skill Development and
oriented research and development and technology. He Entrepreneurship, Govt. of India was the Chief Guest in
also commended the institute’s Yoga wellness program the Convocation, total 2022 Degrees of UG, PG & Ph.D.
for faculty and students. This was followed by a round were awarded.
table discussion on "Future Growth of Uttarakhand and
Role of IIT Roorkee - Opportunities and Possibilities" 34th National Road Safety
with Shri Yashpal Sardana (Plant Head, Hero Moto
Corp), Brig. Krishnendu Das (135, Infantry Brigade), Prof Month
Lalit Kumar Awasthi (Director, NIT Uttarakhand), Prof. To mark the National Road Safety Month 2023, NSS
Meenu Singh (Director, AIIMS Rishikesh), Prof. Akshay IIT Roorkee organized an impactful series of event
Dwivedi (Dean SRIC, IIT Roorkee) as panelists and Prof. by hosting its inaugural Live Webinar on Defensive
Rajat Agarwal (ADII, IIT Roorkee) as the moderator. Riding Techniques followed by Mock Road Safety Audit
(workshop-cum-project with iRAP), Road Safety Quizzes,
G20 Health Working Group Case study competitions, Workshops (on Riding Posture,
Mounting & Dismounting, Safety Gears, Vehicle Check-
(HWG) Meeting up, Panic Braking, Riding on bad roads & Balancing
IIT Roorkee participated in the G-20 Health Working challenge), Slow Bike Racing, Ideathon (on Don't Drive
Group (HWG) meeting held in Hyderabad from 4th to when Drunk) and Webinars (on Safe and Sustainable
6th June 2023. The institute showcased the following Transport & Road Safety: Individual Behaviour Matters).
cutting-edge medical technologies developed at the
institute National Social Summit 2023
1. The BLO Detector, developed by Prof. Indranil Lahiri The National Social Summit, was a grand culmination
and team. This portable and affordable device offers of various events that aimed to promote social
quick screening for breast, lung, and oral cancers, engagement and foster a spirit of innovation and
providing a convenient solution for early detection. creativity. Stereotypes are a ramification for a country
as culturally diverse as India. For a rapid progression
2. Prof. Pravindra Kumar and team has introduced
of such a diverse country, embracing the idea of
innovative solutions related to phthalate
perceiving “Beyond Conventions” is the need of the
contamination. These solutions involved a phthalate
hour. The main events were guest lectures followed
binding protein-based approach to extract
by the events Action Plan (B-Plan/ StartUp Pitching),
phthalate from contaminated water. Additionally,
Sociothon, Nukkad Natak (Street play), Model United
an engineered oxygenase gene capable of
Nations, Policy Case, Case Study, Work Presentation,
degrading phthalate and its isomeric forms was
Debate, E-Sports, Quizzes, Treasure Hunt and the Pre-
showcased. Prof. Kumar also highlighted the utility
Summit-Events, which featured Meme-it-up, Pixels (a
of an expression vector constructed from the
photography competition), Caricature, Art Talkies and
transcriptional factor and virulence gene Cra, which
Micro Fiction (a creative writing competition).
facilitates the removal of fusion tags.
3. The startup venture, Super Good Nano Pvt. Ltd., Conclave 2.0
led by Prof. Gopinath Packirisamy demonstrated
groundbreaking advancements in nanotechnology, The Conclave perceived the idea of a sustainable
contributing to the field of medical research and future in alignment with the United Nations Sustainable
development. Development Goals (SDGs). The theme highlighted
the pertinent sustainability issues, namely, waste
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management in order to build a greener and cleaner between the founders and various stakeholders, thus
world, environmental conservation in different ways promoting a thriving entrepreneurial culture. IIT Roorkee
including wildlife conservation, self-defense for girls, and students, faculty, startups, and more than 100 industry
career guidance for children in the village. It consisted representatives participated in the event.
of the following events: Career Guidance Workshop
(guiding students about discovering their true interests), International Day of Yoga
Orphanage Visit (spread love and joy at the orphanage
A 7-day yoga camp was organized at Lal Bahadur
‘Vatsalya Vatika'), Guest Lecture on Environmental
Shastri Stadium IIT Roorkee (Every day from 6:00 AM to
conservation through Wildlife Conservation by Dr.
7:00 AM) with all common yoga protocols designed by
Jerryl Banait, Waste Management Drive (Bharatpur jaat
the Ministry of Yoga. The main motto of celebrating the
village), Self-defense Workshop (Taekwondo Training
International Yoga Day was to raise awareness about the
School), Blood Donation Camp at Saharanpur Campus.
benefits of practicing yoga among the people. Every year
a theme is set for the International Yoga Day. The theme
for this year was Yoga for Vasudhaiva Kutumbakam,
which signifies “the world is one family. Yoga experts
were invited from Gurukul Kangari University, Haridwar,
and Patanjali University, Haridwar, to demonstrate and
administer different yogic kriyas, aasanas, pranayams,
meditation and acupressure techniques for the benefit
of campus community. It saw a huge turnout of around
700 people

Desh ka Maan: Samvidhan

NSS IIT Roorkee took the initiative to conduct Painting
and Quiz Competitions in six different schools of Roorkee,
spanning from grade 1 to 8. The competitions aimed to
engage and inspire young minds, encouraging them
to reflect on the theme of "Desh ka Maan: Samvidhan",
which emphasized the importance of honouring and
understanding the constitution of our nation

Hindi Pakhwara
Since 1980 the Institute has been organizing Hindi Day/
week/pakhwara every year on 14 September.This year
the Cell organized Hindi Pakhwara during 14 Sept. to 28
Startup Expo 2022 Sept. 2022. During this period, cell organized different
IIT Roorkee organized its first-ever Startup Expo as type of competition like Hindi Translation, Noting
a part of the institute’s 175 years’ celebrations. The & Drafting, Hindi Essay Writing and other incentive
event showcased 50 amazing startups, their products schemes for the staff. The prize distribution ceremony
and technologies in emerging fields of AI-ML, drone of these competitions was held on September 30, 2022.
technology, robotics, health sciences, agriculture, Chief guest of this function was Acharya Vishnudatta
environmental, energy sector and e-commerce. The Rakesh. Total 38 winners including officers/faculty/
event was conceptualized with a defense-centric theme. employees/students were awarded in Hindi Pakhwara.
The objective was to serve as a medium of interaction
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Vigilance Awareness Week • Prof. Arun Kumar Grover, Honorary Professor,

Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, Date:
The IIT Roorkee employees made a commitment to 04-05-2023, Topic: Scientific Heritage of the North-
advance probity in public life and to create a society west of India: A Comprehension
free of corruption as part of Vigilance Awareness Week,
• Prof. Barry T. Rouse, Distinguished Prof. College
which will be observed from October 31 to November of Veterinary Medicine, Univ. of Tennessee (USA),
6, 2022. The team at IIT Roorkee commits to upholding Date: 08-02-2023, Topic: Immunity to Viruses: What
a culture of honesty and integrity and strong corporate determines the outcome?
governance based on openness, responsibility, and
• Dr Kinshuk Dasgupta, Head Advance Carbon
justice.
Material section, G&AMD, Material Group, BARC

Institute Lecture Prof at HBNI, India. Date:07-07-2023, Topic:

Bhabha Kavach: Translation Research Towards
• Shri K. Rajaraman, Secretary, Department of Indigenization.
Telecommunications, Ministry of Communications, • Prof. Gopal Narayanan, University of Massachusetts,
New Delhi, date: 22-10-2023, Topic: - 5G services Amherst, Date: 16-08-2022, Topic: Imaging black
and their roll-out in India. holes with the event horizon telescope.
• Dr Anil Bhardwaj, Director, Physical Research • Prof. Prashant Kumar, University of Surrey, UK,
Laboratory, Ahmedabad., date 08-05-2023, Topic: Date: 26-12-2022, Topic: The Air We Breathe, Covid-
Indian Planetary and Space Missions. 19 & Beyond
• Dr Anuradda Ganesh, Chief Technical Advisor, • Prof. Sourav Pal, Head Department of Chemistry,
Cummins India. Date :13-03-2023, Topic: Hydrogen Ashoka University, Sonipat, Haryana, Date: 28-04-
Economy (Study for the Heavy Commercial Vehicle 2023, Topic: “Research and Innovation in Education:
Sector) Path to world-class institutions”
• Dr SUDARSHAN KUMAR, FNAE, FCI, FSEES, • Prof. Yashwant Gupta, Distinguished Professor in
AFAIAA, PhD Institute Chair Professor and Head the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR),
of the Department Indian Institute of Technology, heads TIFR's National Centre for Radio Astrophysics,
Bombay, Date:31-03-2023, Topic: Flame Studies: located in Pune, as the Centre Director. Date: 07-
Future of Energy. 11-2022, Topic: Probing the universe using radio
• Mr. D K Singh, IAS and Secretary General, National waves: where engineering meets astronomy.
Human Rights Commission Govt. of India, Date:15- • Prof. Zare, Stanford University-reg, Date: 19-12-
02-2023, Topic: Human Rights and Education 2022, Topic: Using Tiny Water Droplets for Human
• Prof. Om Parkash Malik, University of Calgary, Health.
Canada, Date: 11-11-2022, Topic: Adaptive and • Prof. Tomasz Paterek, Xiamen University Malaysia
AI- based control applied to non-linear dynamic and University of Gdańsk, Date:14-07-2023, Topic:
systems. Using Quantum Information to Test Gravity.
• Shri A P Parigi, Co founder, Radio Mirchi & • Mr. Lalit Mohan Kapoor, Entrepreneur and
Times OOH Media, Former MD & CEO, Times Nutritionist, Silicon Valley USA, Date: 23-04-2022,
Innovation media ltd, Member, Business Advisory Topic: Learn to Reverse Chronic Diseases Naturally.
Council, SAID Business School, Oxford University,
UK, Date: 07-11-2023, Topic: The Future of Work, Life
& Learning A Prespective.
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FACILITIES
Infrastructure immediate needs. MGCL worked swiftly and enabled
the remote access service to help users access all the
During the last financial year, few major infrastructure subscribed information resources remotely.
projects namely Construction of Faculty residences at
Vikas Nagar, Phase-I & II (180 Flats), and the construction, During the reporting period, 2570 new members were
Replacement and retrofitting of 11 KV RMUs at various registered/renewed membership and utilized the
Substations at IIT Roorkee, Renovation of fire-fighting circulation services facility. Currently, Central Library
system at Triveni Apartment and New Technology has over 8500 registered members. Faculty members
Building at Saharanpur Campus, Renovation of New and Students can draw books and textbooks as per
Examination Hall including Civil, Electrical, AC & Fire the below-given privileges. Every student has to pay
Safety Works, Installation of 200 kW Microgrid at overdue charges Rs.2/- per-book per-day after due
Electrical Department, Upgradation of Sports Complex date.
and facilities with High Mast LED lighting system, The Institute has access to over 11,900 eJournals/
Retrofitting’s of ACBs in LT Panels at several Substations eProceedings, 8 Full-text databases, 22 bibliographic,
in IIT Roorkee Campus, SITC of New ACBs in LT Panels, citation and other special databases, 3 Databases of
APFC etc. at several Substations in IIT Roorkee Campus eStandards, 7 journal archives collections and 63070
respectively. Some of the building projects that would eBooks from several reputed publishers, aggregators
be constructed in the near future such as ‘Construction and the national consortium eSodhSindhu. A detailed
of 572 Seaters Students Hostel (Phase-I) at Vigyan list of library resources is given in the following table.
Kunj (EWS Scheme), ‘Construction of Boy’s Hostel
800 capacity at Vigyan Kunj (CPWD), Construction S. N. Types of Publications Addition
of Chemistry Department, Construction of Western
1. New Books Acquired 845
Academic Block, Establishment of Electrical Distribution
2. Hindi Books Acquired 249
System SCADA and Centralized Monitoring and Analytic
Centre. 3. Gratis Books Acquired 346
4. eBooks Acquired 3979
Mahatma Gandhi Central 5. Braille Books Acquired 64

Library 6.
7.
Theses
Dissertations
203
647
Mahatma Gandhi Central Library (MGCL) is one of the
8. eJournals (IITR+eSS) 11972
oldest academic libraries in the country. Today, MGCL is
9. Full-Text Databases (IITR+eSS) 8
housed in a modern, centrally air conditioned building
equipped with all the latest ICT facilities. MGCL offers 10. Bibliographic, Citation and Other 22
academic support services to the faculty members, Database
researchers and students of IITR by meeting their 11. Online Standards packages 3
academic and research information needs. MGCL 12. Online Newspapers & Magazines 5
served the IITR fraternity enthusiastically in providing 13. Print Newspapers & Magazines 37
all desired information support services needed by the
14. KNIMBUS- Remote Access Software
users during the challenging COVID-19 global pandemic
scenario when teaching and research activities were 15. GRAMMERLY Premium-Language
passing through extreme stress. In such a challenging Support Software Tool
situation, MGCL acted swiftly with bold conviction and 16. TURNITIN- Plagiarism Checking
enriched information resources in electronic forms Software
and started many new online services to fulfil users’
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FACILITIES, COMPUTER LAB, CBS eBooks Library, CRCnetBase eBooks Library,

DeGruyter eBooks Library, Cambridge University Press
SOFTWARE AND TRAININGS, etc. Online Library, Edward Elgar eBooks Library, Emerald
a. Library is spread over four floors with a carpet area BMEeBooks Library, IOP Society eBooks Library,
of 80,000 sq. ft. and a seating capacity of 500 users. McGraw-Hill Access Engineering & Education eBooks
Besides this, the library has a 24x7 open reading Library, SpringerNature Online Library Wiley Online
hall for 80 users. Library, Oxford Scholarship Online Library, SAGE eVidya
Library etc. The remote access service of the library
b. Library opens 362 days a year from 8.30 am till
called eLibrary (https://elibrary.mgcl.iitr.ac.in), along with
12.00 midnight; and 24x7 one week prior to exams
its complementary Mobile App (mLibrary), is one of the
till the end of exams.
most sought online services among the ITIR fraternity.
c. Library has a well-equipped computer lab having More than 63,000 eBooks and more than 11,900
30 all-in-one computers dedicated to users for eJournals are accessible through eLibrary portal and
browsing information and academic resources. mLibrary mobile app. Currently, there are more than
The library also provides printing and photocopy 8000 registered users of the remote access services.
facilities at very nominal rates. During the reporting period, the remote access services
d. MGCL subscribed to a large number of scholarly have been used more than 3 lakh times by 3377 active
resources (viz. eJournals, eStandards, eDatabases, users. More than 2.9 lakhs electronic resources books/
eBooks, etc.) from renowned scientific publishers chapters and research articles) were accessed in terms
and also facilitated access to online eResources of remote access-based views and downloads.
available through eSodhSindhu consortium for IITR. As an extraordinary achievement the central has
e. As diversity and inclusion have become a concern received CERTIFICATION SURVEILLANCE AUDIT
for the Institute and society as well, issues, MGCL OF MGCL: Surveillance Audit of MGCL’s Quality
has proactively established a special library having Management System ISO-9001:2015 was completed as
Braille books for differently-abled users. per standards and norms in Feb. 2023 by the auditors of
British Standards Institutions (BSI) for Certification.
f. Library subscribes to Grammarly Edu - A writing tool
to check spelling and grammar and to Turnitin – a MGCL organized the “National Seminar on Information
similarity check software to help IITR fraternity avoid Systems & Services for Research & Innovation
plagiarism in their writings. (NSISS-2022)” on 22nd September 2022 at Indian
Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand.
g. Library organized the following training sessions for The Organizing Secretary Dr. C. Jayakumar, Librarian
the benefit of library users: moderated a Panel Discussion on “Enhancing Research
- Orientation Session on Press Reader in Academic Institutions: Role of LIS Professionals”
(Newspapers & Magazines) – 31 Jan 2022 during the seminar.

- Info Session on Scholarly Communications and

Plagiarism – 12 Feb 2022
DPIIT IPR Chair
The IPR Chair which was awarded to IIT Roorkee under
- Online Training Session on Turnitin for Faculty &
erstwhile Scheme for Promotion of Copyrights and
Scholars – 19 Feb 2022
Patents was continued after the twelfth five-year plan.
- Webinar on Using Journal of Visual Experiments) After the advent of new IPR Policy in the year 2016, DPIIT
in Classroom – 15 March 2022 became the Nodal Centre for IP related issues in India
The Central Library has access to eBooks from several and as such new scheme, Scheme for Pedagogy and
publishers/aggregators, e.g., ACS eBooks Library, Research in IPRs for Holistic Education and Academia
Bloomsbury Architecture Online Library, Bloomsbury (SPRIHA) was introduced in the year 2017. Prof. Rajat
Design Online Library, Bloomsbury Collection, Agarwal is the IPR Chair at IIT Roorkee
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The DPIIT IPR Chair is mandated to organize various Training Program on IPR at National Innovation
activities with a holistic vision of creation of human Foundation, Dehradun on May 18th 2022.
intellect and capacity building in the area of Intellectual
5. An online IPR Repository has been developed by
Property Rights. Apart from regular teaching, research
the IPR Chair IIT Roorkee dedicated to learning
and awareness creation in the field of IPR, Chair was
of various IPR related Acts. The purpose of this
also involved in various activities as per guidelines of
website to provide in-depth information to people
DPIIT, Govt of India. Few important activities carried out
about various IPR related laws The website can be
in the FY 2022-23 are as follows.
accessed at https://iprchair.carrd.co/. A dedicated
1. Prof Rajat Agrawal is member of various National website titled IPR Update Live has been developed
Level Expert committees and Think Tanks formed by by IPR Chair IIT Roorkee. The link to website
DPIIT on issues related to IPR. Various Suggestions https://iprupdate.live/ . The website is exclusively
in the form of detailed report like research Report developed for disseminating IP related activities
on Resultant Benefits of Improvement in IPR on the which are happening world over. With a single click
Indian Economy especially in terms of increase in of mouse, the users can get themselves acquaint
GDP, FDI and Per Capita Income, research Report with the latest happening in the world of IPRs.
on Analysis of “The Hague Agreement concerning
the International Registration of Industrial Designs” E - LEARNING CENTRE
and research report on Royalty and its scope in
The E-Learning Centre (ELC), formerly the Educational
India have been submitted to DPIIT.
Technology Cell (ET CELL), is part of IIT Roorkee and
2. Prof Rajat Agarwal attended JPO/IPR Training focuses on producing high-quality video, web, and
Course for IP Trainers from November 8 - 22, 2022 multimedia-based instructional materials. It also develops
at Tokyo. It was sponsored by Japan patent Office content for the National Programme on Technology
and organized by APIC. He was awarded with ‘IP Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) project and offers short
Friend’ award at the Training Program by Japan courses for faculty development. The center also trains
Patent Office. faculty to develop their own e-content, facilitates video
3. Prof Rajat Agrawal became Danida fellow by and web-based lectures, creates question banks,
attending Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC) and controls e-content generation through feedback
Scholarship Programme titled “Fostering Innovation mechanisms.
and Commercialization of Intellectual Property During the year 2022-23, E-Learning Centre recorded
Rights” from 13th March – 31st March 2023 in 20 courses, covering 08 disciplines at IIT Roorkee.
Denmark. The course was fully funded by Danida During the year, E-Learning Centre provided 161
Fellowship Centre, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, semester-long courses content to National Programme
Government of Denmark. on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) which are
4. Prof. Rajat Agrawal conducted thirty-three workshops offered as Massive Open Online Course. The Centre
in the Financial year 2022-23, in the domain of IPR has an archive of 770 full semester-long courses. The
at different parts of the country to sensitize people viewership (enrolled) of courses through web stood
from Academia, Industry and other fields on as to at 469156 for 161 active courses. The Centre has
how IPRs are the new age tool for improving lives. successfully done live-streaming of important events
Few important workshops conducted by Prof. such as Convocation, which were watched by more
Agrawal include, workshop on IPR and innovation at than 27000 viewers. The Centre also covered various
CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow Institute activities such as national and international
on 12.09.2022, workshop on Business Models for Conferences, Inaugural Ceremonies, International
Start-ups, under one week one Lab Initiative of CSIR Conclaves, Institute Lecture Series, GIAN Courses, and
at Central Building Research Institute, Roorkee On various other technical and cultural activities like Smart
10th January 2023. Workshop on Innovation and India Hackathon, Thomso, Cognizance, Tech Meet,
Creativity for CDAC Mohali on February 27th .2023, Sports Meet, E-Summit etc.
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Computer Centre
ICC is dedicated to provide best-in-class IT services Department of Science and Technology (DST)
& support to the academic, research & administrative and the Ministry of Electronics and Information
activities of the institute. Technology (MeitY).

Major Facilities • Wired & WiFI Internet facility at New Mathematics

& HSS Building. The project has been completed
• PARAM Ganga Supercomputer@1.67 PF this year succesfully.
• Scientific & Engineering Software
• Wired & WiFI Internet facility in river View
• High End Graphic Workstations Apartment: Wired & WiFi Internet facility at newly
• GPU Based HPC (NVIDIA DGX1) constructed Riverview Apartment has been
• Microsoft Azure completed this year succesfully.
• AWS • In–Progress: Network Infrastructure Upgradation
• Eduroam Plan for Saharanpur Campus along with its
Integration with IITR Main campus using NKN Private
• Data Centre
VPN Architecture.
• Email Services
• In Progress: Network Upgradation of Bhavans.
• Ultra-High Speed Intranet Services
• 20 Gigabit Internet connectivity  everal webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences
S
were organized, a few of them are listed below: -
• OFC based P2P SRE and GNEC Campus connectivity
• NKN Virtual Classrooms • Parallel Computing with MATLAB on PARAM Ganga
• NKN Video Conferencing Services • Intel's oneAPI Profiling Tools under NSM
• Collaboration services • Online Workshop and webinars on COMSOL v 6.1
and its various modules
• Live Streaming Facility
• Online workshop on ArcGIS Pro or education and
• Online Classes (Microsoft Teams, Webex)
research
• Online placement services
• Online sessions by Microsoft on M365 and MS
Notable Activities in the
Department:
• PARAM Ganga – High-Performance Computing
(HPC) system under the NSM has been established
at IIT Roorkee, coordinated by CDAC Pune, the
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Instrumentation Centre
Institute Instrumentation Centre (IIC) houses large number of sophisticated instruments used for high magnification
imaging, material characterization, precision chemical analysis, etc. The Centre is run by trained technical manpower
and researchers, who are guided by experienced Faculty experts.

Total no. of faculty 01

Adjunct/ Visiting –teaching faculty 01
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 02

Overall Performance

Sr. Laboratory No of No. of Samples

No. Users Analyzed/No.
served of Hours
1 High Resolution Imaging
1.1 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (Carl Zeiss, Gemini 300) 308 3260
1.2 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope (Carl Zeiss, Ultra Plus) 317 3880
1.3 Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscope with Low Vacuum 312 4020
(ThermoFisher, Apreo S)
1.4 Electron Backscatter Diffraction (AMETEK EBSD with Apreo FESEM) 40 384
1.5 Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) 130 356
1.6 Scanning Probe Microscope (SPM/AFM) 61 193
2 Characterization of Materials
2.1 Powder X-Ray Diffractometer (XRD) 306 3907
2.2 Gracing Incidence (Thin film) X-Ray Diffractometer 85 704
2.3 Pole Figure XRD 8 104
2.4 SQUID Magnetometer (Quantum Design, MPMS3) 61 4368
2.5 Thermo Gravimetric/ Differential Thermal Analyzer (TG/DTA) 231 4523
2.6 Fluorescence Lifetime System (FLS) TCSPC 8 27
2.7 Vibrating Sample Magnetometer (VSM) - Lake Shore 78 1400
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Sr. Laboratory No of No. of Samples

No. Users Analyzed/No.
served of Hours
2.8 Physical Property Measurement System (PPMS) 45 3888
2.9 UV-Vis NIR Spectrophotometer 32 66
3. Chemical Analysis of different Materials
3.1 Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS MS) 285 6932
3.2 Liquid Chromatography Inductive Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry 06 213
(LC-ICP-MS MS)
3.3 Microwave Plasma-Atomic Emission Spectrometer (MPAES) 235 2870
3.4 Microwave Sample Digestion (MSD) 2 56
3.5 X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) 359 1840
3.6 Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy (UPS) 27 110
3.7 Electron Probe Micro-Analysis (EPMA) 3 14
4. Advanced Labs (Special Facilities)
4.1 Macromolecular Crystallographic Unit (MCU) 25 6480
4.2 Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy 86 1219
4.3 Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) 117 1193
5. Other Facilities
5.1. Liquid Nitrogen Plant (20 litres/Hour) 44571 Ltr
5.2. Repair Lab 180 instruments

Academic Activities
Programmes Students Degrees NOTABLE ACTIVITIES IN THE DEPARTMENT:
Offered On-Roll Awarded Fluorescence Lifetime Spectrometer (Make: Edinburgh
Instruments, Model: FLS-1000-xs-t, installed in March
B. Tech -- --
2023) is among one of the powerful analytical probes
M. Tech -- -- being used extensively for analysis and characterization
Ph. D 01 01 of compounds/materials in chemistry, materials science,
physics, biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, environmental
R & D ACTIVITIES science, nanotechnology etc. A variety of light emitting
diode (LED)/laser diode (LD) devices are employed
Project Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount as light source to generate ns/ps pulses over a wide
Status Rs. in lacs) Rs. in lacs spectral range. The pulse excites the sample from
New -- -- -- -- which the emission can be detected in UV-Vis range.
Ongoing 01 95.40 -- -- The fluorescence decay kinetics along with the lifetime
Completed -- -- 03 15 data usually provide an unambiguous identification of
fluorescing material. The present fluorescence lifetime
MAJOR FACILITIES: - system is able to probe fast kinetic decay taking place
1) Fluorescence Lifetime Spectrometer (Make: in sub-nanosecond to fractions of second time domain.
Edinburgh Instruments, Model: FLS-1000-xs-t, Beside this, method is also used to analyse the complex
Installed in March 2023) photochemical and energy transfer processes occurring
in the excited state. Polarization accessory may be used
2) UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer (Make: Agilent, to determine the fluorescence anisotropy.
Model: Carry 5000, Installed in Sept. 2022)
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The UV-Vis-NIR spectrophotometer (Make: Agilent, Model: Carry 5000, installed in Sept. 2022) is a high-performance
spectrophotometer with good photometric performance in the wavelength range of 180 nm to 3300 nm. Using a
PbSmart detector, the Cary 5000 extends its NIR range to 3300 nm making it a powerful tool for materials science
research. Common application of UV-Vis-NIR Spectrophotometer includes: measurement of transmittance, absorbance
and reflectance spectrum, thin film thickness analysis, anti-reflection coating analysis, analysis of novel nanocomposite
materials, colour measurements and colour matching, optical density measurements, optical bandgap analysis, etc.

PUBLICATION
Book Book Chapters Paper in Conferences Paper in Journal IP Filed/ Granted
Total -- -- -- 08 --

Continuing Education Centre (CEC)

Continuing Education Centre (CEC) was established in Continuing Education Centre offers many programs/
1955 for the promotion of knowledge up-gradation by courses of both short (up to 3 weeks) and long
organizing refresher/specialist courses for executives, durations (up to a year) in sponsored as well as open
working professionals and aspiring individuals. In participation mode. Further, during the lockdown period
addition to the knowledge up-gradation of experienced many courses in open participation mode were also
professionals, CEC IIT Roorkee courses also offer a launched in online/digital delivery mode jointly (through
launch pad to technology professionals and students in partnership MoU) with EdTechs to facilitate good
the domains that are most sought after by the industry. outreach, implementation support, and involvement of
Through these courses CEC also provides opportunity industry experts to impart industry relevant learning.
to visit and study at IIT Roorkee for a short duration. This The following empanelled service providers in the
educational space, on virtual platforms.
year the Centre has conducted 35 online/physical modes
short term courses in which about 1523 participants • TimesPRO
have been trained. The Centre has organized 21 Open • Imarticus
participation courses of long duration in which about • CloudXLab
730 participants participated successfully. Feedback
• Simplilearn
received from these courses is very encouraging. In the
year 2023-24, a number of new programs with leading
partner organizations have also been planned.

Quality Improvement Programme (QIP)

Pursue upgrading the faculty members’ abilities at the Official Language (Hindi) Cell
nation’s AICTE-approved degree-level engineering
colleges in order to enhance the quality of technical Official Language Cell was established on 31st January,
education in the nation. Currently, the initiative is 2002. Since the inception of its establishment, the
being carried out and overseen by the National QIP Official Language Cell has not only been committed
Coordination Committee (NQCC), which is financed by to comply with the Official Language policies of the
AICTE (A Statutory Body of the Government of India). In Government of India, but has always been eager to
the year Financial Year 2022-2023 Twelve (12) on roll promote the implementation of Official Language in
Ph.D. scholars doing their work under QIP from various the administrative and academic fields of the Institute.
AICTE approved engineering colleges across India. The cell plays a special role in Hindi translation of the
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Institute’s Annual Report, Annual Accounts Report, institute, so that they might be encouraged to do
Institute website and all other necessary documents, their official works in Hindi.
forms etc. Apart from this, on the occasion of Hindi
4. Participation in NARAKAS Haridwar Activities:
Day and International Mother Language Day, various
Narakas is a Town Official Language Implementation
competitions and incentive schemes are conducted
Committee, which consists a group of central
and prizes are awarded to the faculty members, officers,
government offices. IIT Roorkee is also a member
employees, students and school children of the institute.
of Narakas, Haridwar. Director & staff of IIT Roorkee
Hindi training is also provided to the staff members
participated in meetings, conferences and many
every year on optional basis in language and typing
other events organized by Narakas, Haridwar time
course of the Central Hindi Training Institute.
to time and got awarded also on a big plateform.
Achievement: On 23rd January, 2023, Town Official
5. Hindi Function & Comptetion: Since 1980 the
Language Implementation Committee Haridwar
Institute has been organizing Hindi Day/week/
awarded Rajbhasha Shield and Certificate to Indian
pakhwara every year on 14 September.This year
Institute of Technology Roorkee in 35th meeting of
the Cell organized Hindi Pakhwara during 14
TOLIC for excellent implementation of Official Language
Sept. to 28 Sept. 2022. During this period, cell
in 2021-22
organized different type of competition like Hindi
Translation, Noting & Drafting, Hindi Essay Writing
and other incentive schemes for the staff. The
prize distribution ceremony of these competitions
was held on September 30, 2022. Chief guest of
this function was Acharya Vishnudatta Rakesh. Total
38 winners including officers/faculty/employees/
students were awarded in Hindi Pakhwara.

IITR was awarded with shield & certificate

Departmental Activities: The details of various
activities performed by the office during the year
are following:
1. Institute Official Language Implementation
Committee: The progress of Official Language in
the institute is being monitored regularly by the
committee after every three months. More than 82
Meetings of this committee have been held till 31
6. International Mother Language Day & Comptetion:
March, 2023.
on occasion of International Mother language day
2. Progressive Reports of Hindi: Quaterly & Halfyearly 2023, some competitions like Transcreation, Poem
reports, based on hindi progress in the institute, are writing and Essay writing were organized for the
sent after every three & six months to Ministry of institute students in their own mother tongue. Poster
Education, Regional Implementation Office (North) making competitions were also organized for the
Ghaziabad. & Narakas, Haridwar Secretariat. schooly students in their mother tongue, so that
3. Hindi Lecture & Workshop: Official Language Cell different languages might be encouraged and alive
organized Hindi Lectures & Workshops on different among IIT community.
topics to promote Hindi among the staff of the
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7. Publication of Hindi
Magazine: “Praudyogikee
Rethink! The Tinkering Lab
Manthan” is a half The objective of the Tinkering Lab at IIT Roorkee is to
yearly Hindi Magazine provide a creative and hands-on learning environment
published by Hindi cell. It where students can foster innovation, develop problem-
consists articles based on solving skills, and bridge the gap between theoretical
technology, science and knowledge and practical applications through
research as well as on experiential learning. The lab aims to inspire and
subjects related to official nurture students’ creativity, encourage collaboration
language, translation, and teamwork, and support entrepreneurial initiatives,
education, sports and ultimately equipping students with the skills and mind
health. Selected three Hindi Magazine set necessary for real-world problem-solving and
articles of it are awarded “Praudyogikee Mathan” innovation.
also in Hindi Function.
Academic Courses Supported
Hindi Magazine “Praudyogikee • Additive Manufacturing (MIN 601)
Mathan” • Advance Manufacturing Process (MIN 572)
8. Hindi Language & Hindi Typing Training: Weekly • Product Design and Development (MIN 575)
Classes of Hindi language & typing were organized • Design Thinking (IDN- 503)
by the cell in office and Computer centre. On 16-17 • Form Design (IDN -504)
January 2023, Hindi Typing Exam was conducted
in four sessions at the lab of the Electronics and R & D ACTIVITIES: - Tinkering Lab have provided
Computer Engineering deptt. for 34 registered incubation support to following projects.
employees of the institute and 51 of Dehradun. Like 1. Pre-incubation Projects supported by Tinkering Lab
that language exam was conducted at Dehradun like Black Hawk and AlaoEase.
centre.
2. Startups incubated at TIDES and TIH supported by
9. Hindi Book Exhibition: On the occasion of Hindi Tinkering Lab like Ednam Solutions Private Limited,
Function, Hindi Books Exhibition was held in Brainovative Labs Private Limited, Linearized
Mahatma Gandhi Central library from 16 to 30 Sept Amplifier Technologies and Services Private Limited
2022. There is ten thousand Hindi books around. and Uma Robotic Technology
3. Non-Funded Projects of UG, PG, Ph.D. students,
faculties and Student Technical Council groups
supported by Tinkering Lab including 74 projects a
few of them are IRDC 2022, Zip lock, Designathon
2022, Saturation Assembly, Design Thinking
- Ravana Bizzare Project, Machine Learning
Implementation using Raspberry pi, Mars rover,
Ideation project, Photodetector Devices screening,
Singapore Auv Challange 2022, Repro Air, IDN-701
- Design Project, Robotic Arm, Techsarthi, Smart
Door Lock, Laser Scanning, 3D Bioprinting And
Hindi Book Exhidition Cell Culture Facility, Gas Stove for Blind People,
Aerothon’22, Balsawood RC Plane, Zoetrope many
10. Translation: The Cell has played an important more.
role in translation of Annual Report, Convocation
Report, circulars /orders and proof reading of JEE
ADVANCED 2023 Information Brochure’s Hindi.
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MAJOR FACILITIES: Public Sector Undertakings, and industries listed

more than 550 problem statements from 61
o Vertical Milling Centre organizations of various Ministries and Industries.
o Multijet Project MJP 3600 max Tinkering Lab conducted the Internal Hackathon,
o Bio 3D Printing and Cell Culture SIH software and hardware edition 2022 in March
2022, where 11 teams from the Institute were
o Fiber Metal Laser Cutter
shortlisted post three screening stages with 13
NOTABLE ACTIVITIES IN THE ideas under various problem statements given
by PSU’s/Industry personnel/ Central Ministry and
DEPARTMENT: student innovation category. After the successfully
• Tinkering Lab is setting up a Cyber-Physical Space hosting previous two SIH Hardware editions in 2018
facility Under iHUB DivyaSampark in Embedded and 2019, IIT Roorkee got selected by MHRD MIC
Design for Drone/Arial Robots with Control, and to host the Grand Finale of Smart India Hackathon
coordination for autonomous flying. Surveillance, 2022 as well for the hardware edition which was
remote sensing, and data analytics activity with AI/ held at Tinkering Lab from Aug 25, 2022, to Aug
ML and scalable Cloud support, Drone Architecture 29, 2022. The event witnessed nineteen teams
Design and Assembly with Innovation using Additive comprising 127 participants and mentors from PAN
Manufacturing and AR/VR for Metaverse. India

• A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was also Patents supported by Tinkering Lab

signed with iHUB Divyasampark IIT Roorkee and
TIDES IIT Roorkee in January 2022 to motivate • A planar to spatial tendon driven under actuated
newly admitted undergraduates. It is a peer-to- continuum arm mobile robot
peer technical mentorship program Tinker Next; • A free form tool fabrication using flexible 3D printed
which provides funding and mentorship possibilities mold and low melting fusible alloy for Electro
from the industries most diligent experts, once get chemical machining process
approved by the review committee. It connects • Liquid tool based electrochemical machining
juniors (Mentees) with their seniors (Innomentors) texturing device and its process
for technical learning through project ideas
provided by the innovators. The projects can be • A material for absorbing lower middle frequency
in broad fields domains viz., Artificial intelligence, sounds
IoT (Internet of Things), Data Sciences, Blockchain, • Anti-rotational pads for helmet
Software Development, Computer Vision and • A biodegradable and biocompatible polymer based
Image Processing, Quantum Computing, Product functionalised bilayer scaffold for peripheral nerve
Design, Electronics &amp; Robotics, and UI/UX and guided motor neuron regeneration
design. Since its launch, seven projects have been
enrolled and two expert talks and one industry visit Some of the Key Events/Programs
have been organized.
• Educators Training Program on Artificial Intelligence
• The World’s Biggest Open Innovation Model, SIH (AI) of things
2022, was organized by the Ministry of Education’s
• Workshop on Cyber Security
Innovation Cell (MIC) and the All India Council
for Technical Education (AICTE). The event is a • Smart India Hackathon 2022
nationwide initiative to provide students with a • Workshop on Additive manufacturing
platform to solve some of the pressing problems • Workshop on Metaverse
we face daily, thus inculcating a product innovation
culture and a mindset of problem-solving. SIH • Think Thursday:
2022 focused on both Software and Hardware • Intro Talk ‘23
approaches to develop innovative solutions for • Productathon
problems and challenges from various Central
• Workshop on Rapid Prototyping: An introduction to
Ministries/ Departments, State/UT Governments,
Additive Manufacturing
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R&D Projects Fabricated in Tinkering Lab

Design and Application 220 Hz. The proposed metamaterial was fabricated
using additive manufacturing and installed in a
of Labyrinthine Acoustic commercial home air sanitizer with a heavy blower. It
Metamaterial for Noise control in is found to reduce the noise level of this appliance by
Home Appliances 6 dB at high blower speeds, by 6 dB at medium blower
speeds, and by 5 dB at low blower speeds. Thus, the
Broad range low frequency sound attenuation is the proposed metamaterial has great potential for low
key challenge in machinery noise control, which may be frequency machinery noise control.
addressed through the use of Acoustic Metamaterials.
This experimental work a new Labyrinthine Acoustic Biomechanics of Head Trauma
Metamaterial that consists of paired sub-wavelength
In this project, we are trying to study the effect of impact
folded slit-type air cavity surrounded by sound hard
on the human head surrogate model. We have used a
boundaries, and combined with a micro-perforated
3D printing machine to print the human head surrogate
slit panel. FEM simulations show that the proposed
model. To print it we used polycarbonate material and
metamaterial gives high sound attenuation, with more
the printed head model - half section (sagittal plane) and
than 70% sound energy reduction at 380 to 600 Hz
checked the effectiveness of the available ISO helmet
frequencies, with the sound attenuation bandwidth of
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and to make it safer we developed anti-rotational pads

for existing helmets (patent published). Basically, the
available helmets are only designed to mitigate the
effect of linear impact/acceleration but we found during
the accident both motions were experienced by the
human head. To mitigate the effect of angular motion,
developed low-cost anti-rotational pads and attached
them in helmets and found that the chance of brain
injury due to rotational motion decreased (magnitude of Fig(i) Computed brain simulant strain for impactor
shear strain decreases). velocity of 3m/s

Fig(ii)- Fabricated 3D models

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Bioimplant Tinker Next- Technical mentorship

During these days permanent bioimplants having program
some issues like secondary surgery after bone fixation, Tinker Next is a peer-to-peer technical mentorship
stress shielding and lot more, to overcome these program that connects first and second-year
issues researchers are working on non-permanent undergraduates to an Innomentor for apt technical
or biodegradable implants. my research area is learning through the self-selected project ideas from
development of biodegradable implants which minimize Innomentors. The ideas will be fully supported in terms
the disadvantages of permanent implants as well as less of facilities and consumables until graduation from
harmful for human body. the program. The projects will have the opportunity to
get funded by TIH /TIDES. The following projects are
currently running under the mentorship program
i. Condition Monitoring and Fault Prediction of
Electrical Equipment
This proposal gives end-to-end solutions for
condition monitoring, starting from low-cost sensor
design to data acquisition and fault prediction. By
adopting analog devices and corresponding circuit
design techniques, a variety of low-cost sensors will
be designed to sense voltage, current, frequency,
temperature, and light. The microcontroller-based
data acquisition system with a transceiver helps
to store the monitored data into a database.
Fig (iii) – Scaffold structures
By designing a machine learning algorithm, the
discrepancy in data can be identified and correlated
3D Printing Scaffold for Tissue with other sensor data, to predict the nature of the
Engineering Applications-Neural, fault and its time of occurrence.

bone, and pancreatic ii. Anomaly Detection in CPU usage

Designing a scaffold by AutoCAD or Solidworks Anomaly Detection means the identification of

software then printing the design by 3D bioprinter with unexpected events or outliers in a process. Outliers
bio-ink and characterizing the scaffold for biomedical are the data points that deviate significantly from
applications. In the cell culture facility, we culture the the general behavior of the data. It is used to detect
cell on a sterilized cell culture disc inside a biosafety threats to our system that may cause harm in terms of
level 2 hood and keep the cells inside the incubator for security and leakage of important information. We'll
growing and proliferation under optimum conditions. be using the Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving
Then grown cells have been used for biocompatibility Average (ARIMA) model for time series prediction.
tests of the 3D printed scaffolds. ARIMA is a class of models that does forecasting
based on it's own errors, past values and lags.
iii. Bicopter
A Bicopter with VTOL capability. Communication is
established using IOT. For future aspects it will use
Machine learning with various sensor data. MATLAB
and IOT knowledge will be a plus point for mentee.

Fig(iv)- Bio Printing cell culture and biological study

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iv. Reproair Greater Noida Extension

Evaporative cooling without humidification at 1/4th
electricity consumption compared to A/C also Centre
provides air compared to A/C. The working of IIT Roorkee GNEC Campus is spread over a lush green
the product is based on the concept of indirect area of 10.42 acres in the knowledge park II of Greater
evaporative cooling. Noida. Its campus is highly secured and well connected
through the Noida-Greater Noida Expressway, Yamuna
Expressway and the Metro making it an exciting
platform to showcase IITRs strength and capabilities in
the fields of education, research, consultancy, emerging
technologies and incubation, with an aim to accelerate
the process of nation building. Being surrounded by
a large number of technical institutions and in close
vicinity of expanding industrial hub IIT Roorkee, through
this Extension Centre intends to extend its outreach to
the industry and academia.
Several short term & sponsored courses were organized,
a few of them mentioned below
v. A high-performance Voltage Source Inverter and • Startup Masterclass On “Building A Technology
Motor Control System for Electric Vehicles Based Startup"
The purpose of this work is to develop and produce • Mid Term Examination MTech VLSI
the power electronics and motor control system
• Training Program for CPSUs By NPTI
needed to control such an electric machine,
where the final product is used to drive a fully • Training to IRCON Employees On Advance
electric prototype racing car. This project involves Surveying
conceptual work, design choices, prototyping, • Brainstorming Session On “Application of
testing and development of such a high-voltage Metagenomics and Metabolomics In Geosciences
and high-performance motor controller system
for Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motors. In
the system development process, simulation and
modelling tools have to be applied to investigate
different solutions and technologies. These tools
are to be used to design the electric circuits,
program code and mechanical design needed for
the system. The final product is to be installed in a
racing car.
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Departments, Centres and

School

R & D Activities
The Department has facilities like Climatology Lab,
Computer Lab, and Computerized Design Studios
equipped with state-of-art equipment and software, an
Department of Architecture Art Lab, and a Workshop. A prestigious lab on Net Zero

and Planning Emissions, set up under the INDO-UK program, is the

latest addition in the department. Alongside, seven new
The Department of Architecture and Planning imparts labs have been set up in the Department namely Virtual
high-quality education in the professional fields of Reality Lab, SPARSH (Spatial Planning research), Urban
Architecture and Planning and offers the Bachelor Dynamics Lab, Civic Design Lab, Industrial Design Lab,
of Architecture (B. Arch.), Master of Architecture (M. Fabrication Lab, Built Environment Lab, Laboratory
Arch.), Master of Urban and Rural Planning (MURP) and for Inclusive Design, SURREAL Lab and Infrastructure
Ph.D. programs. The B. Arch. was started in 1956. The Planning Lab to conduct high-end research in various
department has the singular distinction of being the spectrum of architecture and planning.
first in India in instituting a Masters Degree Program M. Project Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount
Arch. in the year 1969-70 and later another one, MURP Status Rs. in lacs) Rs. in lacs
in 1973-74. The Department has been ranked as No. 1 in New - - 1 40.20
the country for architectural education for 3rd year in a Ongoing 4 75.72 - -
row by NIRF. Completed - - - -

Total no. of Faculty 15

Major Facilities
Adjunct/ Visiting –Teaching Faculty 1
SIMPOD for climate simulation and full-scale building
No. of PMRF 11
envelope testing.

Academic Programmes Student Achivements

The Department offers a Five-year course leading to • Ms. Chetna, has been received Commonwealth
bachelor’s degree in Architecture and Two year courses Split-site scholarship and worked for 2 Semester in
leading to Masters in Architecture and Masters in Urban Loughborough University in the U.K.
and Rural Planning. Also PhD Scholars are pursuing • Mr. Abhishek Kumar, has been awarded with the
Research in the Department. prestigious Prime Minister’s Research Fellowship
Programmes Offered Students Degrees (PMRF).
On-Roll Awarded • Adhitya Bandari, has been awarded with Best
B. Arch 164 32 Poster Award in the 2nd Institute Research Day held
M. Arch/MURP 50 30 on 14th March, 2023.
Ph.D 116 7
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• Mr. Shreyes Gupta, has been selected for Exchange

Program in Lucerne University for Applied Science
and Arts (HSLU)
• Ms. Avantika Verma, has been selected for Exchange
Program in Lucerne University for Applied Science
and Arts (HSLU)
• Ms. Janani RG, has been selected for Exchange
Program in Lucerne University for Applied Science
and Arts (HSLU)
• Ms. Shraddha Pandit, has been selected for SPARC
Project Funded International Lab Fellowship in
University of Tokya, Japan
• Mr. Sagar Sinha, has been selected for SPARC
Project Funded International Lab Fellowship in
University of Tokya, Japan

Other Highlights
• Mr. Viany Gautam, has won Anoop Singh Khurana
Squash championship with a cash Prize of Rs.
Department of Applied
20000/- Mathematics and Scientific
Publication Computing
Book Book Paper in Paper in IP Filed/ The Department of Applied Mathematics and Scientific
Chapters conferences Journal Granted
Computing (D-AMSC) was established in the year 2022
Total 2 6 29 20 -
with the aim to groom the students in computational
methods and make them ready to take on.
Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences
were organized, including; a workshop on Primary/ Total no. of Faculty 04
Secondary Education Intervention was organized under
No. of PMRF 01
SAADRI-YP CoEDMM Unnat Bharat Abhiyan IIT Roorkee
and SMUS INDIA CONFERENCE 2023 as part of the No. of INSPIRE Fellow 01
ongoing Sponsored Research Project titled Global
Centre for Spatial Methods of Urban Sustainability. In Academic Programmes
collaboration with Technical University of Berlin. The
Programmes Offered Students Degrees
Conference was attended by participants from more
On- Roll Awarded
than 30 countries.
Ph. D 25 09

R & D Activities
The core research areas of the faculty at D-AMSC are
numerical differential equations, numerical optimization,
operations research, evolutionary algorithms. data
science, and machine learning and their applications in
various domains like image processing and computer
vision and supply chain management, multi criteria
decision making etc.
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Project Status Sponsored Amount

(Rs. In lacs)
New 01 13.40
Ongoing 03 118.00
Completed - -

Students’ Achievements
• Ms. Arti Tiwari, has received Commonwealth
Scholarship in Liverpool Hope University
• Ms. Princy Verma, has received INSPIRE Fellowship

Other Highlights
• There are many national and International
collaborations have been nourished, to name a few
are University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, Liverpool
Hope University UK, IRDE – DRDO Lab, Dehradun
and UFLEX, NOIDA. One student enrolled in Joint
PhD degree program with AIT Thailand.
• 03 technologies have been commercialized to
Industries.
• A water-soluble acrylic–styrene co-resin formulation,
its method of synthesis and repulpability properties
• A water-based ink formulation for magenta pigment
application for elongated engraved cells on the
rotogravure printing cylinder
• A water-based ink formulation for rotogravure
printing ink medium and pigmented ink Department of Bioscience &
Publication Bioengineering
Book Book Paper in Paper in Patents Filed/ A Centre of Biosciences was started in 1980 and
Chapters Conferences Journal Granted
Total - 10 05 17 02
upgraded to a full-fledged academic Department of
Biosciences and Biotechnology in 1986. It was renamed
Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences as the Department of Biotechnology in the year 2002.
were organized, including; Risk Modelling and The department has teaching and research programmes
optimization using simulation: a case of milk supplying which encompass various basic and applied aspects
chain, How AI-enabled Technology is Potentially of modern biotechnology. A B.Tech.(Biotechnology)
Improving Civil Justice System and Learn Korean: course started in 2005. In January 2021, the department
An easy way to get started and One-day workshop was renamed to Department of Biosciences and
on Decision Making through Applied Maths and Bioengineering.
Scientific Computing Total no. of Faculty 30
Adjunct/ Visiting Teaching Faculty 02
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 07
No. of PMRF 02
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Academic Programmes Students’ Achievements

The department offers Bachelor’s and Master’s degree • In the academic year 2022-2023, team iGEM IIT
courses Roorkee diligently worked to participate in various
• B. Tech. (Biosciences and Bioengineering) events. Their biggest achievement was winning the
Gold Medal at the iGEM Grand Jamboree held in
• M. Tech. (Bioprocess Engineering)
Paris-Expo Porte de Versailles, Paris for their project
• M. Sc. (Biotechnology) CRISPRLY. The team worked day and night on
Programmes Offered Students Degrees building a Point of Care diagnostic kit for the early
On-Roll Awarded detection of Cervical Cancer. The final judging was
done based on an intensive judging round where
B. Tech 147 29
they were assessed on a multidisciplinary level,
M. Tech 11 09 including Machine Learning and Microfluidics.
M.Sc. 47 31
• The team also presented their project at the All
Ph. D 187 32 India iGEMMeet(AIIM) held in IISc Bangalore where
they received constructive feedback about their
R & D Activities work and could make suitable improvements for
their final presentation in Paris. The team won the
The department focuses on a diverse range of research
Best Education Award at the AIIM on the basis of
topics, addressing critical challenges in animal health,
their project and poster presentation.
cancer biology, DNA-protein interactions, plant
molecular biology, biotechnology, bioenergy, infectious • iGEM IIT Roorkee also received a 2000 USD grant
diseases, nanobiotechnology, structural biology, from Promega Corporation, which aided them in
immunology, bioremediation, computational biology, performing the wetlab experiments for the project.
medical informatics and many other fascinating areas at • Lastly, CRISPRLY was also presented in the
the forefront of scientific exploration. A brief description Engineer’s Conclave of the Inter IIT Tech Meet
of the research projects and consultancies are as follow: 2023, and the team won the Best Paper award for
Project Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount the same.
Status Rs. in lacs) Rs. in lacs
New 07 574.74 NIL NIL Faculty Entrepreneurship
Ongoing 18 2368.55 NIL NIL
Completed 14 2197.02 03 80.52 • DIPAK Jantech Pvt Ltd is a start-up, which uses Virtual
Cow Infrared Imaging Analytical System (CIRAN) for
the early detection of subclinical mastitis, the most
Major Facilities economically devastating disease in cattle. CIRAN
• Translation and Structural Bioinformatics Facility platform uses a multidisciplinary approach and
• Ashok Soota Molecular Medicine Facility expertise from Veterinary Science, Infrared imaging,
and Artificial Intelligence to develop a heat signature
• BSL 3 Virus Containment Facility
pattern of the cow to early diagnose subclinical
• MALDI-TOF Facility mastitis for timely therapeutic intervention.
• LC-MS Facility
• SwasthGarbh (Healthy Pregnancy) mobile App for
• Surface Plasma Resonance Facility providing antenatal care and real-time medical
• Confocal Microscope Facility support to all pregnant women. The App helps in
• FACS Sorter Facility enhancing the quality of antenatal care, improving
clinical parameters (hemoglobin/BP) and reducing
medical/obstetric complications. This is the first
pregnancy App that provides instantaneous access
to doctor’s advice in case of any emergency.
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• DWAAR Pvt. Ltd. is a start-up to initiate the

development of inexpensive yet comprehensive
detection tools that will specifically identify the
hallmark proteins and genes for antibiotic resistance
and will help to both diagnose and monitor the
incidence of AMR. Rapid detection of AMR can save
a lot of lives when timing is crucial to determine the
therapeutic path.

Publication
Book Book Paper in Paper in IP Filed/
Chapters Conferences Journal Granted
Total 02 07 42 157 01

Notable Activity in the

Department:
Ashok Soota has made generous donation to IIT
Roorkee in developing a molecular medicine facility.
The institute has decided to name this molecular
medicine facility as ‘Ashok Soota Molecular Medicine
Facility’. The major goal of this center is to utilize the
expertise of faculties from various disciplines towards
the development of newer technologies related to
the healthcare system and also to develop manpower
through training and research. On the research front,
major emphasis is on two thrust areas: drug discovery
and development and diagnostic. The aim of this
Ashok Soota Molecular Medicine Facility (ASMMF) to
bring together researchers from a range of disciplines
who have a common focus on developing precision
medicine and diagnostic solutions to combat diseases
in areas relating to diabetes, cardiovascular disease,
cancer, infectious disease and neurological disease.
The Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering
has organised various seminars. A few are mentioned
below:
• Prof. Rakesh Kumar Mishra delivered Dr. GN
Ramachandran Memorial Lecture on Nuclear
architecture and the structural basis of the cellular
memory
• Dr. Amit Sharma delivered Dr. C. B. Sharma Memorial
titled “Malaria: Some Glimpses from Structural
Biology to Epidemiology”
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Project Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount

Status Rs. in lacs) Rs. in lacs
New 16 455.91 - -
Ongoing 29 1689.43 272 1052.54

Department of Civil
Completed 16 716.16 579 4342.19

Engineering Major Facilities

The Department of Civil Engineering at the Indian Institute • Rock Triaxial with accessories
of Technology, Roorkee is the oldest and the largest in
the country. The department has produced a number
Students’ Achievements
of renowned engineers who have made noteworthy • Mr. Saurav Kumar, secured the AIR 1 in Gate 2023
contributions to the planning and implementation of civil Examination in Geomatics Engineering.
engineering projects both in India and overseas. • Mr. Vijaya Kumar Thota, Selected for the CoPREPARE
Total no. of Faculty 56 Master Exchange Scholarship program.
Adjunct/ Visiting –Teaching Faculty 02 • Ms. Pritipadmaja, Selected for an IIT Tirupati
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 02 Navavishkar (NAV) I-Hub Foundation (ITTNiF) -
No. of PMRF 14 Google Earth Engine (NAV-i-GEE) Research Program.
• Ms. Eshta Ranyal, awarded with “Shastri Best
Academic Programmes Research Paper Award (SBRPA 2022-23)”
• Mr. Anurag Tomar, awarded with Best Pitch Award” in
The Department offers a four-year course leading to
the SPARC-funded INDO-US two-day workshop on
the Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering and two
“CIRCULAR SOLUTIONS TO SANITATION-MAKING
year courses leading to Master’s degree in six major
PROFIT FROM TOILETS “.
specializations of civil engineering (viz., Environmental
Engineering, Geomatics Engineering, Geotechnical • Mr. Prateek Tripathi, selected for the “2022
Engineering, Hydraulics Engineering, Structural Exploration Science Summer Intern Program”
Engineering and Transportation Engineering). hosted by the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI),
Houston, and NASA.
Programmes Offered Students Degrees
• Mr. S.K.P. Kushwaha: - Selected as ISPRS SC Board
On-Roll Awarded
of Directors for the Newsletter Editor-in-Chief
B. Tech 687 144 Position.
M. Tech 158 71 • Mr. Gowtham Balasundaram, awarded with second
Ph. D 302 31 Prize in the 7th India Water Week Conclave,
organized by the Department of Jal Shakti,
R & D Activities Government of India.

The Department has a strong focus in the research areas Other Highlights
of Structural Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering, • Prof. Satish Chandra, awarded with S. R. Mehra
Transportation Systems Engineering, Remote Sensing, Memorial Award 2022.
and Construction Technology and Management. With
top-notch laboratories, the Department actively engages • Mr. Rajat Shikhar, Alumni Civil Department awarded
in both basic and applied research. Additionally, it with Distinguished Alumnus Award - Entrepreneurial
delivers high-quality technical advisory assistance and Excellence 2022.
consulting services. • Dr. Sudhir K. Jain, Alumni Civil Department awarded
with California Institute of Technology Distinguished
Alumnus Award - 2022
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• Mr. Vishal Mishra, selected for Georgios Agricola • 2nd International Conference on Transportation
Scholarship from VSB – Technical University of Infrastructure Projects Conception to Execution
Ostrava (8000 CZK per month) for a research stay (TIPCE - 2022)
at VSB – Technical University of Ostrava, also he • 9th International Symposium On Hydraulics
awarded by ISPRS Foundation (TIF) a cash travel Structures (ISHS - 2022)
grant of USD 900 and a fee waiver of 350 Euros for
• Seven Days Training Program on Total Quality
attending the prestigious ISPRS Congress in Nice,
Management Including Quality Control Tests
France.
• Specialist Lectures and Practical Session On
• Mr. Tushar Bhardwaj and Mr. Akash Kumar Pandey, “Application Of Geosynthetics For Dam Safety And
secured first rank in AABTonics National Level Rehabilitation
Geospatial Competition organized by leading GIS
• Geomatics Survey Camp
multinational company and received Rs. 50000/-
as prize money and an invitation to pitch in front of • Civil Conclave 2022
investors for their start-up. • Hands-on Training on Advance Surveying
Instruments “Karyashala”
Faculty Entrepreneurship • Training on Remote Sensing and GIS Technology
Bhoomicam Pvt. Ltd. Startup received award at India’s for Environmental Monitoring, Planning and
biggest Geospatial platform from former ISRO chairman Management
Dr. A.S. Kiran Kumar. The idea was selected as Bronze
award winner for ICON-ISRS contest 2022 held at
HICC Hyderabad during GeoSmart India Conference.
His start-up has won another competition and secured
first rank in AABTonics National Level Geospatial
Competition organized by leading GIS multinational
company AABSys IT, they received Rs.50000/- as prize
money and invitation to pitch in front of investors

Publication
Book Book Paper in Paper in Patents
Chapters Conferences Journal Filed/
Granted
Total 01 06 54 173 03

Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences

were organized, including InSAR Karyashala 2022,
Transportation Infrastructure projects conception to
execution (TIPCE), Sustainable building materials,
Applications of Geosynthetics for Dam safety and
rehabilitation, Geomatics Survey Camp, Application of
Geographics Information, Application of remote sensing
and GIS in environmental mapping, monitoring and
management and Civil Conclave 2022. A few are also
mentioned below:-
• Workshop On Principles and Applications of Satellite
Radar Remote Sensing (InSAR Karyasala 2022)
• Technical Seminar on Bitumen
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R & D Activities
The department pursues research work in the broad
areas of chemical engineering such as liquid & solid
waste management, green catalysis, sustainable energy,
Department of Chemical energy storage, process design and intensification,

Engineering
process modeling & simulation, drug delivery, transport
& separation processes, process safety, CO2 capture &
During last year, the Department of Chemical utilization, and biochemical and bioprocess engineering.
Engineering made significant growth in research and Project Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount
publication. The Global and National Ranking of the Status Rs. in lacs) Rs. in lacs
Department is 151-200 and 6th, respectively, as per QS New 09 303.01 3 53.75
world university ranking 2023. One new faculty member, Ongoing 10 2084.55 1 5.78
Prof. Ishan Bajaj joined the department in the month of Completed 09 260.25 1 39.49
April 2022.
Total no. of Faculty 24 Major Facilities
Adjunct/ Visiting –Teaching Faculty 05 • X-ray diffraction (XRD) unit
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 03
• Particle image velocimetry (PIV) unit
No. of PMRF 05
Students’ Achievements
Academic Programmes • Naitik Jain, awarded with Donald-Othmer award
A Master’s course in Equipment and Plant Design from
was initiated in 1970. Later on, two new Master’s • the global AIChE Student Chapter Committee.
courses namely Industrial Processes were inducted. • Adarsh Babu, has received the ANSYS Fellowship
Subsequently, the specialisation of Equipment and • Dinesh Patel & Abhishek Dharmesh, were awarded
Plant Design was redesigned, updated and re-
• with cash prize of Rs 25000/- in TataMaterial
christened as Computer Aided Process Plant Design.
The Department was running three post-graduate • NXT 4.0 competition
programmes leading to M.Tech. (Chem.) degree with • Ishan Kumar, awarded with Aastha Mukul Dixit prize
specialization in Computer Aided Process Plant Design, • for best Engineering Project
Industrial Pollution Abatement and Industrial Safety &
• Uttam Gupta, Shubham Khange & Vinod Kumar were
Hazards Management. These 3 specializations have
awarded with cash prize of Rs 10000/- in Synergia
been merged into a single M.tech. programme in 2018.
CTRANS Industry-Academia event organised by
A five-year integrated programme on Hydrocarbon
CTRANS IIT ROORKEE Idea competition in, Prize
Engineering offering dual degree of B.Tech. (Chem.
money Rs 10000/-.
Engg.) and M.Tech. (Hydrocarbon Engineering) has
been started from the session 2003-04. • Krunalsinh Y. Chauhan, awarded with Best oral
presentation in 4th National Conference on
Programmes Offered Students Degrees Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science,
On-Roll Awarded ACES-2023. Akanksha Singh Rajput, awarded with
B. Tech 117 126 Best oral presentation in 4th National Conference
M. Tech 16 15 on Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science,
Ph. D 25 12 ACES-2023.
• Mamleshwar Kumar, awarded with Best Poster
Award in 2nd Institute Research Day (IRD) and in
N0ET-2022
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Faculty Entrepreneurship Notable Activities in

• Prayas Greentech Pvt. Ltd. is a start-up, in the area the Department
of waste recycling. Presently it is focusing on the
development of various products including Army
trackway from waste plastics and water treatment
technologies. It has received initiation grant under
Nidhi Prayas Scheme for the development of wall
tiles from waste plastics. It has also been registered
under Startup India.
• NSMR Private Limited is a start-up based on the
Technology that was transferred from Prof. Siva
Mohan Reddy, IIT Roorkee. Raised a funding of Rs.
55 Lakhs for the demonstration of the technology at
the pilot scale. Other areas that were in discussion
for funding and technology transfer to the industry:
Liquid/ gaseous fuels generation from waste (A
waste to wealth approach)

Publication
Book Book Paper in Paper in Patents
Chapters Conferences Journal Filed/
Granted
Total 01 06 43 99 8/10

Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences

were organized, including 175 Year Celebration:
International Conference Chemical Engineering:
Enabling Transition Towards Sustainable Future.

Signing of MoU between IIT Roorkee and CIPET

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and simulations, and other areas of theoretical chemistry

are being pursued.
Project Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount
Status (Rs. in lacs) Rs. in lacs
New 04 184.36 3 53.75
Department of Chemistry Ongoing 20 974.53 1 5.78
Completed 07 115.8 1 39.49
The Department of Chemistry was established in 1960.
It is, since then, engaged in providing the highest level
of academic education in the country. The main focus
Major Facilities
of the teaching and research in the department is (1) 500 MHz NMR: This facility was established
centered on interdisciplinary themes which have gained in February 2022 and has functioned very
worldwide attention and appreciation. extensively throughout the past year with over
15,000 samples data recorded including both solid
Total no. of Faculty 27
and liquid samples. The facility has also served
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 04
other departments such as Chemical Engineering,
No. of PMRF 07
Biosciences and Bioengineering, and Paper and
Polymer Technology (Saharanpur Campus).
Academic Programmes (2) Single Crystal XRD: A state-of-the-art single crystal
The department offers four programmes: 2-year M.Sc. X-ray diffractometer laboratory (SCXRD Lab)
(admission through JAM); 5-year integrated M.Sc. sponsored by DST-FIST, New Delhi, has been
(admission through JEE); 5-year BS-MS (admission established to enable determination of the three-
through JEE) and PhD degree. Two-year M.Sc. program dimensional structure of organic, inorganic, and
also involves a compulsory research project for a organometallic compounds. Single-crystal X-ray
semester, whereas the integrated MSc program involves diffraction is one of the methods of choice available
a research project for one full year as partial fulfillment for determining the absolute configuration of chiral
for the award of the degree. molecules including drugs and peptides. We have
collected the data and solved the structures of
Programmes Offered Students Degrees
about 200 samples.
On-Roll Awarded
BS-MS 59 NA Students’ Achievements
M.Sc. 84 42 • Ms. Isha, has been selected as Trainee Scientific
Integrated M.Sc. 27 10 Officer C at BARC.
Ph. D 173 17 • Mr. Anuj Rawat, has been awarded with ‘Best
Presentation Award’ in the international conference
R & D Activities on“Chemical Engineering: Enabling Transition
Towards Sustainable Future ChemTSF 2022”.
The department currently has faculty with expertise in
frontier areas of research. Active research in the areas of Notable Activities in the
asymmetric synthesis, transition metal-based catalysis,
visible light photoredox catalysis, electrochemistry,
Department
mechanochemistry, organic functional materials, • A new synthetic experimental laboratory has
polymeric membranes, nanobio interfacial chemistry, been developed at the Department of Chemistry,
nanomaterials, organotin compounds, bioinorganic IIT Roorkee named PO!TION LAB which aims to
chemistry, high energy density materials, ultrafast explore a Journey from POISON to POTION, to
spectroscopy, nonlinear spectroscopy, quantum dots as convert wastes and pollutants to value-added
sensors, energy harvesting, systems chemistry, active products through the approach of synthesis-driven
matter, artificial cells, computational catalysis, modelling catalysis focused on sustainable research themes.
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• New computational laboratory has been developed

in the Department of Chemistry.
• Ultrafast laboratory and sum frequency generation
laboratory has been established.
The Chemistry Department has organized various
training programmes, workshop & seminars including
ChemDay 2022, Computational Catalysis Lecture
series, Prof. W. U. Malik Memorial Lecture, Contemporary
Facets in organic synthesis (CFOS) 2022, Workshop on
Computational Laboratory
Solar Photovoltaics and Emergent Materials for Energy
and Environment (EMEE-2023). The detailed list is as
follows:
• National Workshop on Solar Photovoltaics (WSPV-
2022)
• Computational Catalysis Lecture series (Via Webex)
• Professor W. U. Malik Memorial Lecture
• ChemDay-2022 (Annual Symposium of Department) Department of Computer
• 2nd National Conference on Contemporary Facets
in Organic Synthesis (CFOS-2022)
Science and Engineering
• National Conference on Emergent Materials for The department of Computer Science and Engineering
Energy and Environment (EMEE-2023) continuously endeavors to create and sustain an
academic environment conducive to the highest level
Publication of research and teaching. The goal is to develop
human resources with sound knowledge of theoretical,
Book Paper in Paper in systems, and application aspects of Computer Science
Chapters Conferences Journal
& Engineering.
Total 03 36 88
Total no. of Faculty 18
Adjunct/ Visiting –Teaching Faculty 01
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 01
No. of PMRF 03

Academic Programmes
The department has offers degree in B. Tech., M. Tech.
and Ph.D. programmes.
Programmes Offered Students Degrees
On-Roll Awarded
B. Tech 118 102
M. Tech 31 34
X-ray Diffractometer Laboratory (SCXRD Lab)
Ph. D 79 07
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R & D Activities
The department currently has a faculty working in
Computer Networks and Cyber Security, Computer
Architecture, Algorithms, Artificial Intelligence and
Machine Learning, Data Analytics and Natural Language Department of Design
Processing, Cloud Computing and Internet of Things
The vision of the Department of Design is to evolve
(IoT), Vision and Image Processing, and Theory and
as a unique entity focusing on design and innovation
Software Engineering
culture based on human-environment engagement in
Project Status Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount collaborative partnerships with society, industry, and
(Rs. in lacs) Rs. in lacs
other stakeholders.
New 6 11875 2 77
Ongoing 19 909.24 2 102.44 Total no. of Faculty 15 {02 (Full Time) + 13
Completed 3 168 4 149.9
(Joint Faculty)}
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 1
Student Achievement No. of PMRF 1
• Rahul Dugar, Piyush Sethia, Harsh Bhartiya of Team
“Area 151”, achieved 60th rank in the 45th World Academic Activities
Finals of International Collegiate Programming
The Department of Design to offer two programs
Contest held in Dhaka, Bangladesh.
focused on the broad theme of innovation and product
Notable Activities in the design. The Master of Design (Industrial Design)
program will focus on the concepts and principles
Department leading to a successful product design. It aims to
• Intelligent Systems lab was inaugurated with a provide an engaging environment to foster creativity
sitting capacity of 14 research scholars. 2 High-end and skills through an interdisciplinary process of
servers were installed (48C/96T, 128 GB Memory, teaching and training. The teaching-learning pedagogy
1.5GB Cache, 1 Nvidia A5000 GPU and 64C/128T, is designed to train and develop professionals who are
256 GB Memory, 4 Nvidia A5000 GPUs). able to challenge the existing designs, collaborate and
create functional, usable, user-friendly and sustainable
• Prof. Sandeep Kumar, MoU Signed between IIT
products. The Masters in Innovation Management
Roorkee and Oracle Corporation USA for joint
program aims to provide students with an exposure in-
ownership on work done on the token based
products and process innovation, services innovation,
access mechanism to web services.
market and marketing innovation and organizational
Publication innovation.

Book Book Paper in Paper in Patents Programmes Offered Students Degrees

Chapters Conferences Journal Filed/ On-Roll Awarded
Granted
Total 2 2 34 49 2 M. Des. (Masters of Design) 33 NA
MIM (Master of Innovation 9 NA
Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences Management)
were organized, including Advanced Certification Ph.D. 18 NA
Program in Cyber Security, Overview of AMD’s FPGA
Solutions on AI/ML, Video Transcoding, Video Analysis
and HPC and Devbhoomi Cyber hackathon R & D Activities
Design education, especially focused on ‘Industrial
Design’ and ‘Innovation Management’ has a strong
potential to accelerate the process of product
conceptualization, design and prototyping
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Project Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount prize in a Poster presentation by SynergIA (Industry-
Status (Rs. in lacs) Rs. in lacs Academia Event) organized by the Center for
New 1 24,73,800/- 1 9,44,000/- Transportation System, IIT Roorkee.
• Ms. Asawa Aishwarya Santosh, has been awarded
Student Achievement with 3rd prize in Zuno Fellowship Program organized
by Zuno by foundit.
• Mr. Sreehari S., has been awarded with 1st prize on
the Designathon 2022 organized by RuPay. • Ms. Sakshi Singh, has been awarded with 3rd prize
in ARTTD’INOX 3D Challenge.
• Mr. Iram Khan and Ms. Shravani Kakde has been
awarded with first & second Prize in GATI Logo Other Highlights
Design organised by IIT Roorkee & GATI.
• A team of students received 1st Prize & a cash prize
• Mr. Himanshu Dhiman and Ms. Shravani Kakde
of H7,175 in LOGO Design Competition organised
has been awarded with 1st prize in Rebranded -
by Diversity and Inclusion Committee (DInC), IIT
Designathon organized by IEEE, Manipal University
Roorkee.
Jaipur.
• Team of students; Mr. Himanshu Dhiman, Mr. Pratyay • A team of students received 3rd Prize & a cash prize
Banerjee, Ms. Shravani Kakde & Ms. Somya Burman of H40,000 in National Level Competition Arttd’inox
has been awarded with 1st prize in Design Case 3D Challenge by Jindal steel 2022.
Challenge organized in E-Summit IIT Roorkee with
Divami Design Labs.
Publication
Book Book Paper in Paper in IP Filed /
• Team of students; Mr. Himanshu Dhiman, Ms. Chapters Conferences Journal Granted
Shravani Kakde & Ms. Somya Burman has been Total NA 1 15 8 1
awarded with 1st prize in Rebranded – Designathon
organised by IIIT Nagpur. Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences
• Team of students; Mr. Himanshu Dhiman, Mr. Iram were organized, including MSME Innovative (Design)
Khan, Ms. Revti Naiker, Ms. Sakshi Singh, & Ms. Scheme” Industry-Academia Interference, Frugal Digital
Shravani Kakde has been awarded with 1st prize Technology for Healthcare Delivery, Scientific writing
in Best Pitch in Fresher’s League organised by IIT for design research, Institutional voids and innovation
Palakkad (TECHIN). in emerging economies: How do companies react,
• Mr. Abhishek Srivastava, and Ms. Somya Burman, Innovative Design: Ideation to Realization and Innovative
has been awarded with first & third Prize in Design: Ideation to Realization.
Logo Design organised by Diversity and Inclusion
Committee (DInC), IIT Roorkee.
MSME Awareness Programme
• Team of students; Mr. Himanshu Dhiman, Mr. Neeraj (26th February & 22nd March
Choudhary, Ms. Sakshi Singh & Ms. Shravani Kakde 2023)
Burman has been awarded with 2nd prize in EACT-
Awareness Programme on ‘MSME Innovative (Design)
A-THON Case Study Competition organised by
Scheme’: Industry-Academia Interface in collaboration
Enactus Club, IIT Roorkee.
with Design Innovation Center, IIT Roorkee, SMAU,
• Mr. Neeraj Choudhary and Ms. Somya Burman, has Haridwar and DFO, MSME Haldwani. This comes after an
been awarded with second & third Prize in Poster MoU between the Ministry of MSME, GOI and IIT Roorkee
Design Competition organized by GATI, IIT Roorkee. signed last year. The ministry has nominated IIT Roorkee
• Team of students; Mr. Himanshu Dhiman, Ms. as Implementing Agency for the promotion of the MSME
Shravani Kakde, Ms. Somya Burman Burman has Innovative (Design) Scheme. The core objective of this
been awarded with 2nd prize in Design-athon scheme is to bring the Indian manufacturing sector and
organised by GRID Design Studio. Design expertise/ Design fraternity onto a common
• Mr. Roshan Pendor, has been awarded with 2nd platform. It aims to provide expert advice and cost-
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effective solution for real-time design problems, new

product development, continuous improvement, and
value addition in existing/new products. This specialist
advice will be provided by experienced designers for
new product development as well as enhancing existing
product portfolio. Department of Earthquake
Engineering
The department of Earthquake Engineering is an
interdisciplinary department which was established with
the aim of training manpower in the specialized field of
Earthquake Engineering to deal with the problems posed
by strong earthquakes to engineering infrastructure.
Total no. of Faculty 16
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 01
No. of PMRF 04

Academic Activities
The Department of Earthquake Engineering offers
postgraduate M.Tech (admission through GATE/
MSME Awareness Programme sponsorships) and Ph.D (through selections/
sponsorships) programs in following specializations:
• Soil Dynamics
• Structural Dynamics
• Seismic Vulnerability and Risk Assessment
Programmes Offered Students Degrees
On-Roll Awarded
M. Tech 30 25
Ph. D 12 06

R & D Activities
The Department of Earthquake Engineering is actively
Mr. Alok Sanwal, COO of INEXT Lecture on How to involved in carrying out sponsored research and
develop a new newspaper as a new product. consultancy projects through self-guiding state-of-art
test facilities having capability to convert research on
paper into technology for field implementation.
Project Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount
Status (Rs. in lacs) Rs. in lacs
New 04 671.31 09 375.14
Ongoing 10 1004.79 14 396.72
Completed 01 112 06 156.61
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Major Facilities
• Shake Table Facility
• Pseudo-dynamic test facility
• Masonry lab,
• Dynamic triaxial test system,
• Ground penetration radar,
• MASW geophysical characterization system

Student Achievement
• Mr. Prathmesh Kulkarni & Mr. Anubhav Choudhary,
M.Tech. (Structual Dynamics), secured second rank
in the national design competition organized by
INSDAG.

Faculty Entrepreneurship Details

• SHRI is a start-up basically address issues related to
seismic hazard and risk assessment.

Publication
Book Paper in
Chapters conferences
Paper in
Journal
IP filed/granted Department of Electrical
Total 06 56 34 2 patents
granted
Engineering
The Department of Electrical Engineering of the
Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/ Thomson College in the year 1897, and was one of
conferences were organized, including 17th Symposium the earliest such specializations in the world when the
on Earthquake Engineering”, 1st Webinar Series on discipline itself was in its infancy.
Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering organized by IIT
Total no. of Faculty 37
Roorkee and ISET.
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 01
No. of PMRF 06

Academic Activities
The department offers a four-year undergraduate
programme (B.Tech.) in Electrical Engineering and runs
four postgraduate (M.Tech.) programmes in Electrical
Drives & Power Electronics, Power System Engineering,
Systems & Control, Instrumentation & Signal processing
and Electric Vehicle Technology. In addition to this,
the department offers two Integrated Dual Degree
programmes of 5 years’ duration, B.Tech.(Electrical
Engineering) and M.Tech. Instrumentation & Control),
B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering) and M.Tech. (Power
Electronics).
During this year, the department launched a new
master’s program in Electrical Vehicle Technology.
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The sanctioned strength for this program is 15. In spite and Hydrogen Technologies organized by Maldives
of last minute approvals etc., the program received National University, Male City, Maldives.
encouraging response and 9 students joined it.
• Mr. Soju J. Alexander, awarded with Diamond
Programmes Offered Students Degrees Jubilee Best Research Paper Award for the year
On-Roll Awarded 2022, by CSIR-Central Building Research Institute.
B. Tech 671 134 • Mr. Saurabh Sharma, selected for Commonwealth
M. Sc 90 50 Split-site Scholarship, tenable at Loughborough
Ph. D 191 22 University, Leicestershire, United Kingdom.
• Mr. MohdAzeem selected for Research Internship
R & D Activities position under NTU Singapore India Connect
Research Internship program
The Department has specialization in research
areas such as: ANN and fuzzy logic applications in Publication
robotics and control, Distribution system planning and
Book Book Paper in Paper in Patents Filed/
operation, Economic dispatch and planning, Flexible Chapters Conferences Journal Granted
AC transmission system, Optimal system operation, Total 01 - 76 64 01
Power system protection, monitoring, control and
simulation, Power quality, Relay coordination, Power Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/
system automation, Artificial intelligence applications conferences were organized, including 17th Symposium
and Voltage stability of power system, Telemedicine, on Earthquake Engineering”, 1st Webinar Series on
ECG signal analysis and classification, Digital signal Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering organized by IIT
and image processing, Intelligent instrumentation, Roorkee and ISET.
Industrial instrumentation, Medical system modeling,
Instrumentation and bio-informatics, Process
instrumentation and control, System analysis and
optimization, Data base management, FPGA based
control, System automation and monitoring, Reliability
engineering, Robotics, System modeling, Computer
controlled system including process control, Computer
controlled multi-quadrant solid-state converters,
Condition monitoring of electrical machines/drives, High
performance computer controlled DC and AC drives,
Department of Electronics
Modeling and simulation of electric machines. and Communication
Project Status Sponsored Amount
(Rs. in lacs)
Consultancy Amount
Rs. in lacs Engineering
New 10 250.27 - -
The Department was established in 1964 and has a long
Ongoing 21 1990.1 07 20.75
tradition of excellence in educating, mentoring, and
Completed 06 228.58 02 7.38
inspiring future technology leaders and researchers in
the area of Electronics and Communication Engineering
Major Facilities and conducting research that is in consonance with our
• Six rack Real Time Digital Simulator (RTDS) societal needs and our country’s aspirations. Our up-to-
date and progressive Electronics and Communication
Student Achievement undergraduate and post-graduate programs as well as
our research activities have been nationally recognized
• Ms. Pooja Chauhan, awarded with Global
year-after-year, and our alumni have an extensive track
Distinguished Young Scientists Award at the 2023
record of making a positive difference in the world.
IEEE IAS Global Conference on Renewable Energy
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Total no. of Faculty 39 R & D Activities

Adjunct/ Visiting –Teaching Faculty 0 The Communication, Networks & Signal Processing
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 03 group envisions performing cutting edge research
No. of PMRF 08 in the area of wireless and optical communication,
signal processing and computer vision, wireless sensor
Academic Programmes networks and big data mining, and cognitive radio. We
aim to bridge the gap between academic institutions
The Department of Electronics and Communication
and Communications, signal processing, and data
Engineering offers the undergraduate and Postgraduate
mining industry. The students of this group are trained
in Communication, Network & Signal Processing/
with state-of-the-art curriculum which provides a strong
Microelectronics and VLSI/RF & Microwave Engineering/
foundation needed for meeting their responsibilities as
VLSI for Industry Professionals. Besides that, many new
leaders and researchers of future applications in the
course mentioned below have been introduced for
field of Communication.
undergraduate and postgraduate students.
(i) New Courses Developed/Introduced: The Microelectronics and VLSI group aims to
bridge the gap between academic institutions
• ECN 604: High Speed Semiconductor Devices
and Microelectronics industry. Students are given
• ECN-639: RF Filter Design and Synthesis for comprehensive exposure to the latest CAD tools for
Communication Systems IC design and basic Semiconductor fabrication and
• ECN-640: Advanced Analog IC Design characterization techniques.
• ECN-637: Microwave Photonic ICs The RF and Microwave group is a recognized group
• ECN-638: RF Integrated circuit design for mmWave in industry, academia, and government research
radio partnerships. This group has a proven track record
• ECN-636: Advanced Characterization and to deliver its research in the field of RF and THz
Techniques technologies.
• ECN-503: Terahertz Electronics Project Status Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount
(Rs. in lacs) Rs. in lacs
• ECN-509: Terahertz Design Lab-I
New 17 685.5 1 9.44
• ECN-502: Terahertz Design Lab-II Ongoing 30 2424.21 None
• ECN-602: Terahertz Communication Systems Completed 20 950.39 1 11.33

• ECN-607: Terahertz Sensing and Imaging

• ECN-603: Millimeter-wave and Terahertz Antenna Major Facilities
Design • Microelectronics Laboratory
(ii) New Degree programs Developed/Introduced: • RF Wafer characterization facility
• M. Tech in Semiconductor Technology in • Jio 5G Innovation Lab
collaboration with Taiwan Universities.
Student Achievement
• M. Tech in THz Communication and Sensing
• Dhanunjay Reddy and Sanjay Shrestha won Gold
Programmes Offered Students Degrees medal on Data Analysis Competition in BIOMAG
On-Roll Awarded 2022 data competition
B. Tech 448 89 • Sanjeev Kumar and Varun won Silver medal on
M. Tech 66 30 Data Analysis Competition inBIOMAG 2022 data
Ph. D 206 76 competition
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Notable Activities in the Faculty Entrepreneurship Details

Department • Dirghadhi Technology Pvt. Ltd., the primary aim
Newly developed Beyond 5G/6G wireless lab: i) Image of DTPL is to provide a cost-effective solution for
(top) shows connection between 5G base station the applications involving contactless detection
(Core network and gNB) and commercial 5G phone; and identifying the targets with development for
ii) Image (left) shows the page downloaded using live the products such as satellite-based agriculture
5G network; iii) Image (bottom) shows the FPGA setup information system, ground penetration radar.
used for testing 5G Advanced Base station software • Linear-AmpTech, is dedicated towards indigenous
algorithms. development of radio frequency front end, sensors
and wireless solutions. Major products of the
company include RF power amplifiers design,
SDR Spirit Software, WAIT (Warning Ahead Of
Intersections and Turns), AI Qube Data Core and
Private Blockchain Network.
• Nano AI Technology, has the primary objectives
as the development of new frontiers in edge
computing, reduction in processing time,
computational resources, and power, and designing
innovative applications and novel architectures for
artificial intelligence.

Publication
Paper in Paper in IP
Conferences Journal Filed/Granted
Total 62 74 IP filed (8), Patent
granted (3)

Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences

were organized, including Radio Frequency Front end
design and solutions for advanced Wireless and space
communication”, 3 Days workshop on LabVIEW and Data
Acquisition Systems, Fourth lecture of “Industry Lecture
Series” 5G architecture & 5G’s industry use cases etc.
Newly setup Optical Wireless Communication (OWC)
Third Prof. A. K. Kamal Memorial Lecture - The
Laboratory
Department initiated Prof. A. K. Kamal Memorial Lecture
series from the session 2019-20, in memory of Prof. Aditya
Kumar Kamal, the founder HOD of the Department of
Electronics & Communication Engineering, IIT Roorkee.
Prof. Shiban Kishen Koul (Emeritus Professor, IIT Delhi)
delivered a lecture on ‘Engineering Education and
Innovative Research-New Opportunities’ as part of the
third lecture was held on 11th November 2022.

Newly installed Electron beam evaporation system in

Microelectronics Labora
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the areas of English, Economics, Psychology, Sociology,

Fine Arts and related inter & cross-disciplinary subjects.
The department runs two academic programmes a
two-year M.Sc. in Economics and a five-year BS-MS in
Economics

Programmes Offered Students Degrees

On-Roll Awarded
B. Tech (B.S-M.S Eco.) 33 NIL
M. Tech (M.S. Eco.) 11 11
Ph. D 222 22

R & D Activities
Project Status Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount
(Rs. in lacs) Rs. in lacs
New 01 37.50 NIL 00.00
Ongoing 11 714.84 01 25.00
Completed 04 64.14 01 7.3

Student Achievement
• Amritha R Krishnan, has been selected for Fulbright
Nehru- Doctoral Fellowship 2023- 2024.
• Abhilasha Gusain, has been awarded with The
Sabin Award for Comics Scholarship, 2022.

Other Highlights
• Ankit Maurya has been Awarded India Alliance
Travel Grant of INR 5000/- to participate in the India-
European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)
lecture course on Noninvasive Brain Stimulation
Department of Humanities - Advances in Research and Clinical Practice. In
and Social Science addition he has been also awarded with ‘Best
Poster Presentation’ and a cash prize of INR 5000/-
The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences ’ on Institute Research Day
in IIT Roorkee (erstwhile University of Roorkee) was
established in 1966 with a vision to integrate human Publication
values and social concerns with technical education. Book / Paper in Paper in Journal IP Filed/
Book conferences (National & Granted
Total no. of Faculty Details Degrees Chapters (National & International)
Awarded International)
Total 02 12 78 NIL
Adjunct/ Visiting –Teaching 27 76
Faculty

Academic Programmes
Over the years, it has developed into a lively department,
encompassing teaching and research programmes in
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Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/ Hydrology (viz., Surface Water Hydrology, Groundwater
conferences were organized, a few of them are listed Hydrology Watershed Management). The Department
below:- also offers Ph.D. program.
• Tribal Development in India: Prospect and Programmes Offered Students Degrees
Retrospect On-Roll Awarded
• Environmental Change and Socio-Cultural M. Tech 81 13
Transformations in lndia Ph. D 43 02
• Capacity Building Programme on Quantitative and
Qualitative Methods for Research in Social Sciences.
R & D Activities
The Department of Hydrology has made significant
advancements in emerging fields through research
projects, the establishment of new research labs, and
the introduction of new courses. The Department
faculty members having specializations in surface water
hydrology (Floods, Droughts), water resources systems,
watershed management, Geo-hydrology, groundwater
geophysics, stochastic hydrology, hydro-informatics,
environmental hydrology, atmospheric physics, climate
change, etc.
Project Status Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount
(Rs. in lacs) Rs. in lacs
New 02 99 06 146.81
Ongoing 09 683.2 03 76.5
Completed 02 24 03 50

Major Facilities
• Hydraulic Flume channel.

Student Achievement
• Ms. Pooja Patle, Mr. Aman Kumar, Mr. Prabhat
Department of Hydrology Dwivedi, Ms. Sujata S. Kulkarni and Mr. Vijay Kumar
Bejagam has received the prestigious prime
The Department came into existence with the inception minister research fellowship.
of the International Post Graduate Course in Hydrology
• Ashish Mishra, has received the Sivapalan Young
in 1972, being the first such a program in a developing
Scientist Travel Award (SYSTA)
country. The courses, offered by the Department are
presently sponsored by the Government of India and • Ms. Shivani Parashar, has been selected for ANSYS
UNESCO. fellowship award
• Mr. Shubham Tiwari, has received the “Best Paper
Total no. of Faculty 09
Award” (ICIWRM’22)
No. of PMRF 03
• Mr. Gaurav Vaghela, has been awarded with
distinguished “Asian Young Professional on Water
Academic Programmes Research”, and “Excellent Abstract Award”, along
The Department offers two-year courses leading with “International Travel Support” at (SEAWE-13)
to Master’s degree in three major specializations of
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Publication 6. Indo-German Workshop on 20-22 July 2022

7. Natural-Hazard Symposium for The Indian Himalayas
Book Chapters Paper in Journal
2022
Total 03 60
8. 9th International Groundwater Conference
The department has organized various training 9. International e-ITEC training course from 28th to
programmes, workshops & seminars including:- 30th November 2022
50 years of excellence, the department organized a 10. PRAVAAHA 2023
yearlong event series. As part of these celebrations, 11. Sustainable Agri-Water Use” on January 20, 2023
the department hosted its first-ever three-day water 12. e-ITEC Sponsored Training Program on
tech fest named “Pravaaha” from March 20-22, 2022. Ecohydrology
Several training programs were also organized,
13. Training Program ‘Hydrological Analysis and
including sessions on soil pollutants impact assessment,
Planning for the Hydro and Thermal Power Projects’
space technology applications for compound extremes,
from March 13-17, 2023.
and experimental hydrology techniques. Furthermore,
the Department of Hydrology sent a delegation to the
University of Potsdam and the University of Hamburg in
Germany, strengthening collaborations and establishing
MoUs. The department’s symposium activities, such
as the EcoHydrology Symposium and the Natural-
Hazard Symposium for the Indian Himalayas 2022,
garnered significant attention from the media. Notably,
several renowned researchers visited the department
to foster collaboration. 9th International Groundwater
Conference-2022 and two-day pre-conference training
on groundwater modeling using FEFLOW was much
success involving 300+delegates.
1. Two-week Training on Emerging Space Technology
Applications for Compound Extremes 2022
2. Hands-on Training Program on “tools and techniques
of experimental hydrology”
3. Workshop on Scientific visualization
4. 1-day workshop on 1D- 2D Dam Break Modelling
using the MIKE platform
5. Google Earth Engine (GEE) Workshop on 20 July
2022
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Project Status Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount

(Rs. in lacs) Rs. in lacs
New 06 3565.57 53 395.72
Ongoing 35 5094.15 139 1990.17
Completed 04 475.20 31 463.04
Department of Hydro and
Renewable Energy Major Facilities
• Hydraulic Turbine Testing Facility
HRED is carrying out research, development, and
training advisory services to provide key inputs for the • Laser Diffraction based LISST- infinite online
full realization of renewable energy potential in different sediment monitoring instrument
areas such as solar, wind, and biomass through its • OPAL-RT Real Time Digital Simulator
diverse interdisciplinary faculties and well-equipped • 2D Laser Doppler velocimetry system
laboratories specific to each of the areas. HRED has
• High performance computing facility
expanded its reach to the areas of green hydrogen,
batteries, electric vehicles, and grid integration including Student Achievement
both theoretical and experimental research activities
supported by several funding sources. • Sukhanth Babu Pagadala, received BSHPC Cash
Prize.
Total no. of Faculty 9
• Sachin Aggarwal, Awhwani Kumar Goel, received
Adjunct/ Visiting –Teaching Faculty 3 ALEO Manali Hydropower Award
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 02
• Arnab Baruah, Dwarika Dass Balwant Kaur received
No. of PMRF 07
Thapar Cash Prize.
• Pabbathi Sowmya, Ahzam Shakeel, Iram Naaz,
Academic Programmes Sachin Aggarwal, Ankur Singhal, Sachin Aggarwal
The department offer M.Tech. programmes in received Chhattisgarh State Power Generation
“Renewable & Hydro Energy Systems” and Corporation Hydro Award.
“Environmental Management of Rivers and Lakes” and • Sachin Aggarwal received Usha Annual Award.
PhD program. At the UG level, department offer elective
• K. Bheemalingeswarareddy has been awarded for
subjects on Renewable Energy, and also offers a minor
best video clip
program in Renewable Energy Technology to B.Tech.
students of the Institute. • Priya Gupta has been awarded for best poster
• Ms Jyoti Pal has been awarded for best poster
Programmes Offered Students Degrees
• Ms Mamta has been awarded for best research
On-Roll Awarded
paper
B. Tech - -
M. Tech 40 08 Faculty Entrepreneurship Details
Ph. D. 57 08 E3BIOCLEANTECH is a DPIIT certified startup from
IIT Roorkee, India, founded in 2022 by the experts of
R & D Activities water, energy and environment. We are a deep-tech,
research-based team providing novel and sustainable
Department deliver high-quality technical advisory clean technologies and turnkey solutions in the area
assistance and consulting services in the area of of wastewater treatment, clean energy and carbon
renewable energy and environmental management of capture.
water bodies.
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Publication • International Conference on Hydro and Renewable

Energy: Net Zero carbon Energy Systems at IIT
Book Book Paper in Paper in IP Filed/
Chapters Conferences Journal Granted Roorkee sponsored by Biologic, Virtual Hydromet,
Total 2 12 18 48 5 and Virtuaal Infrapower.
• Training cum workshop on “Hydraulic–Turbine
Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences
Model Testing, Cavitation, Silt and Abrasive Erosion
were organized, including SFME International
Measurements” at HRED, IIT Roorkee.
Conference and SBM International Conference. A few
of them are mentioned below
• Workshop on “Development of National Scheme for
Advanced grid-scale energy storage technologies”
at IIC New Delhi sponsored by NVF, USA.
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Project Sponsored Amount

Status (Rs. in lacs)
ICSSR (2021-23) 9
SRIC, IIT Roorkee 20
Department of Management Completed Ministry of Environment 90.80
Studies and Forests GOI
NFCG, CII (New Delhi, New 9.74
The Department of Management Studies has, over
Delhi, IN)
a short period, acquired and developed adequate
infrastructure, expertise and resources to excel in
imparting management education. Other Highlights
Total no. of Faculty 24 • Mr. Amit Pandey won the cash prize of Rs. 10,000 in
Adjunct/ Visiting Teaching Faculty 04 NISM Conference 2022
• Ms. Simran won the cash prize of Rs. 25,000 for
Academic Programmes second best paper at NISM Conference
• Ms. Charu Vadhava the won cash prize of Rs. 10,000
The department of management studies imparts in NISM conference, Mumbai
high quality education in the professional fields of
• Mr. Kunal Rao the won cash prize of $50
business management and offers Maters in Business
Administration (MBA- Two years full time Program) Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences
& PhD. Programmes. At present, more than 114 PhD. were organized, including SFME International
Scholars are pursuing research in the department. The Conference and SBM International Conference. A few
department has subscribed large number of databases of them are mentioned below
for excellence in research.
• Avenir “The Annual Business Conclave”- 2022
Programmes Offered Students Degrees • Shaping the Future of Management Education for
On-Roll Awarded Sustainable Emerging Economics Conference
B. Tech - - • A Fireside chat show with Padma Shri Dr. B.V.R.
M. Tech - - Mohan Reddy
Ph. D 114 20 • Workshop on Bloomberg Terminal
• Sustainable Business Management International
R&D Activities conference
• Two days workshop on Markov Decision Process
Project Sponsored Amount and Reinforcement Learning
Status (Rs. in lacs)
• Workshop on Flipkart
New IIT Roorkee 37.5
Environment Defense Fund 24
Environment Defense Fund 16.25
New Venture Fund, 10.42
Washington
Environment Defense Fund 24
Ongoing Department of 74
Biotechnology, GOI
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Department of Mathematics
Although being an integral part of the Engineering
programs of the Institute for the last 175 glorious years,
the Department of Mathematics attained its present
independent status in 1960. Besides Undergraduate
and Postgraduate programs in Mathematics, the
department offers Ph.D. degrees in various areas of
Pure and Applied Mathematics, Operations Research
and Statistics. Department has collaborations with many
National and International Organizations in various
fields of Mathematics.
Total no. of Faculty 27
Adjunct/Emeritus/Visiting –Teaching Faculty 02
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 02
No. of PMRF 02

Academic Programmes
The Department offers a five-year Integrated UG/
PG program in Mathematics, and a dual degree BS-
MS (Mathematics and Computing) programme since
last year. It also runs its traditional two-year MSc
(Mathematics) programme.

Programmes Offered Students Degrees

On-Roll Awarded
BS-MS 88 -
Int. M.Sc 119 31
M. Sc 73 31
Ph. D 119 11

R&D Activities
The department has a strong and dedicated team of
faculty members having expertise in various areas
of pure and applied Mathematics, Statistics, and
Operations Research. The department has around 100
Ph.D. scholars, including many of them admitted through
the funding of various sponsored research projects.
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Project Status Sponsored Amount

(Rs. in lacs)
New 08 152.30
Ongoing 24 436.15
Completed 09 101.31 Department of Mechanical
and Industrial Engineering
Notable Achievements
The Department of Mechanical Engineering came into
The job placement of students from the Department is being in the year 1946 and the first batch of Mechanical
always among the highest in the country both in terms of Engineers graduated in the year 1949. The department
salary packages and the status of the hiring companies. was renamed as Department of Mechanical & Industrial
Several students Ph.D. from this department are well Engineering on its silver jubilee in 1974 when an
recognised in different prestigious institutes (e.g. IIT, ISI, undergraduate programme in Industrial Engineering
and IIM) of our country and industry in abroad. was started. At present it offers both undergraduate and
postgraduate courses in various facets of Mechanical
Other Highlights and Industrial Engineering.
The Department faculty have mentored many student
Total no. of Faculty 45
from IIT, NITs and NISERs who were offered internship
Adjunct/ Visiting –Teaching Faculty 1
to the department.
Emeritus Faculty 1
Publication Ramanujan Fellow 1
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 3
Book Chapters Paper in Paper in
No. of PMRF 6
Conferences Journal
01 05 65
Academic Programmes
Many conferences/ workshops were successfully The Department offers two different four-year courses
organized by the Department funded by SERB, CSIR, leading to the Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical
UCOST etc. Some are listed below. Engineering and Bacherlor’s degree in Production and
• International Symposium on Recent Advances in Industrial Engineering. The department also offers two
Computational Analysis and Modelling year courses leading to Master’s degree in six major
• International Conference on Dynamical Systems, specializations of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Control and their Applications (viz., CAD, CAM & Robotics, Machine Design Engineering,
Production and Industrial System Engineering, Thermal
• High-end workshop on Mathematical Modeling
Engineering, Welding Engineering and Additive and
and Dynamical Systems with applications using
Joining Technologies).
Mathematica and Matlab
Programmes Offered Students Degrees
On-Roll Awarded
B. Tech 605 158
M. Tech 88 33
Ph. D 176 42
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R&D Activities Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences

were organized, including Organized 9th International
Project Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount
Status Rs. in lacs Rs. in lacs and 49th National conference on Fluid Mechanics
New 16 888.87 27 258.43003 and Fluid Power. Organized 7th national workshop on
Ongoing 23 2010.66 17 211.57033 Research Methodology in Fluid Mechanics: Challenges
Completed 23 990.499 10 46.85970 in CFD. Organized two days national seminar on
“Inflatable Structures and Lightweight Materials: A new
Major Facilities: era of Space and Defense Applications”.

• Portable FTIR multi-gas analyzer DX-4000 Gasmet.

• Multi axis vibration simulation shake table-6.
• Advanced audio-video conferencing facility
(Committee room)
• High performance computing facility.

Student Achievement:
• Dr. Aditya Kumar, has been appointed as Assistant
Professor at NIT Trichy.
• Mr. Pritam Ghosh has received best paper award at
7th National Symposium on Shock Waves.

Other Highlights:
• Alumni funds of 1.2 crores INR were invested in the
department’s auditorium renovation and fellowship
programme for female students.

Notable Activities in the

Department:
Prof. Rahul Mulik established a wire based arc additive
manufacturing facility for high temperature metals at
very cost effective manner in Machine Tools Lab.

Faculty Entrepreneurship Details

RoboLife is a start-up, incubated at Technology
Incubation and Entrepreneurship Development Society
(TIEDS), IIT Roorkee. It has developed a proprietary and
patented technology (patent applied) to produce robots
that can register patients in hospitals in a non-contact
way.

Publication
Book Book Paper in Paper in IP Filed/
Chapters Conferences Journal Granted
Total 1 1 58 230+ 2
granted
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Student Achievement:
Mr. Ankur Kumar of MMED was awarded AMPP EMERG
India Scholarship (INR 150,000) by NACE International
Foundation in India, at the AMPP annual conference
Department of Metallurgical in Denver, Colorado (USA) on March 21, 2023. This

& Materials Engineering

prize honours exceptional Indian students who are
pursuing careers in the field of Corrosion Science and
The Department of Metallurgical Engineering was Engineering.
established in 1963 with a four year B.E. program in Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/
1963. Subsequently, the M.E. programs in (i) Physical conferences were organized, including Advances in
Metallurgy and (ii) Extractive Metallurgy was started in Materials & Processing: Challenges & Opportunities
1969. The department has been actively involved in (AMPCO-2022),Thermo-Calc workshop, Training
research since its inception with the first Ph.D. degree program: Glass vacuum sealing, IVth Prof. M.L. Kapoor
awarded in 1970. With the broadening of the scope of endowed Lecture.
research output and curriculum revision to adapt to the
changes in engineering materials to meet sustainable Publication
development goals-2030 in various advanced
Book Paper in IP filed/
technologies the name of the Department was changed
Chapters Journal granted
to Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at the turn of
Total 02 57 02
the century.
Total no. of Faculty 25
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 01
No. of PMRF 08

Academic Activities
Programmes Offered Students Degrees
On-Roll Awarded
B. Tech 71 68
M. Tech 07 13
Ph. D 176 42

R&D Activities
Project Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount
Status Rs. (in lacs) Rs. in lacs
New 04 93.27 01 20
Ongoing 25 904.87 01 20
Completed 04 104.53 04 6.38

Major Facilities:
• Fe-SEM Model: Sigma 300 Practical, powerful,
Productive
• Dedicated Powder XRD
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2. Mr Dakuri Ramakanth, has been awarded the

prestigious “Indo German Science & Technology
Centre #IGSTC Industry Institute fellowship” to carry
out their research work in the area of active food
packaging.
Department of Paper 3. Ms. Pragti Saini, has been awarded with the Best
Technology poster award, Institute Research Day 2023, IIT
Roorkee
Department of Paper Technology offers two years
4. Ms. Pragti Saini, has been awarded with the Best
M. Tech. degree in Paper Technology and Packaging
oral presentation award, Industrial and Research
Technology to cater the needs of the paper and
Conclave 2023, IIT Indore for the topic “Improvement
packaging industries and simultaneously impart
in organoleptic properties of virgin and recycled
knowledge of the allied chemical and process industries.
polyolefins by reducing Volatile organic compunds”.
The departmental research activities are tuned with the
needs of industry. 5. Mr. Vijayakumar and Mr. Kamal Kumar, has been
secured 2nd position at the “Business Plan Event
Total no. of Faculty 06 2023” & secured 3rd position at “Vaayu” organized
No. of PMRF 03 by NIT Kurukshetra under E-Summit 2023 &
business plan competition held by E-Cell of Delhi
Academic Activities Technological University.
6. Ms. Prachi Jain Kumar, has been secured 2nd
The Department of Paper Technology offers 03 distinct
prize in a poster presentation at National level
courses to cater to the diverse needs and interests of
conferences on “Women in Academia, Research,
students:
and Management of Food Safety and Toxicology
1. M. Tech- Pulp & Paper Engineering (WARM-FOST)” for her Ph.D. research work in
2. M. Tech- Packaging Technology the area of Food safety and packaging on 24-25
3. Ph.D.- Paper Technology February 2023
7. Mr. Praveen Kumar Kunam, has bagged 1st Prize for
Programmes Offered Students Degrees Paper Presentation (AMIFOST – 2023) in the area
On-Roll Awarded of Sustainable Food Packaging at International
M. Tech 44 19 Conference on “Multidisciplinary Approach for
Ph. D 33 03 healthy & Sustainable Foods, at Amity University,
Noida.
R & D Activities 8. Mr. Lokman Hakim, has bagged the 1st Prize for
Paper Presentation (AMIFOST-2023) in the area
Project Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount
Status Rs. in lacs Rs. in lacs
of Sustainable Food Packaging at International
Ongoing 06 165 01 7.19 Conference on “Multidisciplinary Approach for
Completed 01 135.558 15 305.84 Healthy & Sustainable Foods, at Amity University,
Noida.
Student Achievement Other Highlights
1. Ms. Konala Akhila, has been awarded the 1. NIT Kurukshetra E-Summit’23- Business Plan Event
prestigious “Indo German Science & Technology 2023- Our team “The King Makers” got 2nd place
Centre #IGSTC Industry Institute fellowship” to carry with a cash prize of 10k.
out their research work in the area of active food
2. INDIAPRENEUR 12.0 - Our team “The King Makers”
packaging.
is selected as the winner and received a cash prize
of 30k and investment from the investors.
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3. INNOVWAVE 2023- Our team “The King Makers” is

one of the winner to receive the 1 lakh fellowship.

Notable Activities in the

Department Department of Polymer &
• NABL- accredited Paper Testing Laboratory
increased 14 tests and further accredited up to Process Engineering
2025. The Department of Polymer and Process Engineering
• Technology Transfer: A water-soluble acrylic- (DPPE) is one of the unique departments of the Indian
styrene co-resin formulation and its method of Institute of Technology Roorkee (IITR), located in the
synthesis; developed by Dharm Dutt, Anurag Saharanpur Campus of IIT Roorkee. The Department
Kulshreshtha, Akshay Dvivedi, Millie Pant, and houses state-of-the-art advanced characterization
Brahma Prakash, and the technology has been equipment’s such as DSC, TGA, FTIR, UV-vis-IR, DMA,
transferred to M.S. paper Delhi. UTM, XRD, AFM, SEM, Raman, DLS, GPC, Rheometer,
Twin screw extruder, Injection molding machine, Micro
Publication extruder & injection molding machine, Hakke blender,
Rubber processing instruments, to name a few.
Book Book Paper in Paper in IP Filed/
Chapters conferences Journal Granted
Adjunct/ Visiting / Teaching Faculty 10
Total 09 22 87 05
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 02
No. of PMRF 03
Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences
were organized, including 2nd Lecture for Dr. B.L. Bihani
Endowment Series was held on 27th September 2022 Academic Activities
in which Dr. Subhash Maheshwari was the speaker. The Department of Polymer Science and Process
Engineering offers a two-year M. Tech program with a
current intake of 22 students. The department runs a
Master’s program in Polymer Science and Engineering
and doctoral programs. The M Tech. program imparts
fundamental and applied knowledge to the students and
trains them to be professionally ready and well-trained
for industry and academic jobs. Among the several
industries relevant applied and theoretical courses
taught to these students, some of them include: Advance
Polymer Characterization, Macromolecular Chemistry,
Advanced reaction engineering, Polymer rheology and
Physics, Molecular Modeling and Simulation, Polymer
Processing, etc.

Programmes Offered Students Degrees

On-Roll Awarded
M. Tech 30 (09+21) 06
Ph. D 52 16

R & D Activities
The department faculty and students are engaged in
cutting-edge technology and engineering domains
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such as, but not limted to, membrane separations, • Manjinder Singh has been selected for
phase change materials, advanced hybrid polymer Commonwealth Split Site fellowship 2023.
composites, memristic and conductive polymer
materials, fire-retardant materials and aerogels, Other Highlights
adhesives, drug delivery and tissue engineering, easy- Arpit Dubey and Suvidha Khaire, M.Tech Polymer Science
clean coatings, polymer modified bitumen and rheology and Engineering Students under the mentorship of Prof.
of performance materials, nanogenerators, micro- Gaurav Manik won the Silver Award, a cash award of
swimmers and electrospinning, process modeling and Rs. 5 Lakh total and an Engineer at Heart memento for
simulations, molecular modeling and simulation. their innovative idea on “Self-cleaning solar panels” in
Project Status Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount the 5th Edition of L&T Techgium Open Innovation, 2022.
Rs. in lacs Rs. in lacs
New 03 82.76 L 06 26.0 L Publication
Ongoing 04 120.61 L 02 4.366 L
Book Book Paper in Papers in IP Filed/
Completed 07 344.03 L 06 26.0 L
Chapters Conferences Journals Granted
(during 22-23)
Total 01 10 11 108 02/03

Major Facilities Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences

FE-SEM, AFM, X-Ray Diffractometer System, ICP-ES, were organized, including;
Surface Area Analyzer, Gel Permeation Chromatography, • Industry Day Celebration-2022
Modular Compact Rheometer, Micro Injection Molding • An Invited talk on ‘Molecular scale solvation of
Machine, Micro Small Twin Screw Extruder, Mini Extruder responsive macromolecular solutions.
& Batch Mixer.
• An Invited talk on ‘Applied Research Towards
Students Achievement: Sustainable Development’ as part of Sustainability
Lecture series.
• Prakhar Tripathi, has been awarded with the NTU-
• Talk on ‘CO2 utilization and mineralization to
INDIA Connect Fellowship
functional materials’
• Dr. Nishant Jain received the “Young Scientists
• An Invited talk by Dr. Debdatta Ratan Scientist in
award” in the 4th National Conference on Advances
Naval Materials Research Lab.- DRDO
in Chemical Engineering and Science 2023 was
held recently in IISER, Bhopal. • Invited Talk on “Role of Academic Institutions
towards Atmanirbhar Bharat through the Eyes
• Dakuri Ramakanth has been selected for IGST
of MSME Sector on National Education Policy”
fellowship-2022 & Commonwealth fellowship –
by Dr. Subhrakamal Dutta, MOE
2023.
• An Invited talk on ‘Sustainability Nexuses:
• Pragya Gupta received the Institute-level A K Goyal
Solutions and Management Framework for
Green Energy Prize & Gold Medal/1L Cash prize in
a Brighter and Healthy Future’ as part of
Convocation,
Sustainability Lecture series by Dr. Mohan Gupta
• Pragya, has been awarded with Department Gold
• An Invited talk on ‘Breakthroughs in Sustainable
Medal & Shyam Bihani Cash award.
and Smart Products Through AI-Enabled
• Shiva Singh & Chhavi Verma received Polymer Green Chemical Synthesis and Sustainable
Processing Society graduate student travel award Engineering’ as part of Sustainability Lecture
2023-PPS-38 St. Gallen, Switzerland. series
• Mayank Gautam, received DAAD fellowship.
• Rahul Gautam, has been selected for Commonwealth
fellowship 2022
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Department of Physics Programmes Offered Students Degrees

On-Roll Awarded
The Physics Department of IIT Roorkee is a world-
famous center of quality teaching and cutting-edge M.Sc. 24 28
research. Equipped with latest state-of-the art research M.Sc. Integrated 16 16
facilities and international standard infrastructures, the
department is well-known for its expert faculties and R & D Activities
high-quality students.
The department is actively involved in disruptive
Total no. of Faculty (39) technology research including energy conversion and
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 03 storage, advanced fiber optics and communication
No. of PMRF 06 system, quantum optics, High-TC superconductivity,
IT, AI ML, to excel in the new areas of research and
Academic Activities development.
Project Status Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount
Programmes Offered Students Degrees Rs. in lacs Rs. in lacs
On-Roll Awarded New 10 1426.16 - -
B. Tech 52 31 Ongoing 22 1736.534 - -
Completed 16 448.572 03 10.00
M. Tech 13 15
Ph. D 28 13
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Major Facilities
• Gamma Irradiation Chamber
• Gamma Spectrometer
• Wide Bandwidth Trans Receiver Test System

Students Achievement:
• Mr. Rinku Prajapat received IGSTC Industrial
Fellowship at GSI, Darmstadt, Germany.
• Mr. Gagan Kumar Sharma received Fulbrite Kalam
Climate Fellowship & Commonwealth split-site
Scholarship at US & UK .

Publication
Book Book Paper in Papers in IP Filed /
Chapters Conferences Journals Granted
Total - - 67 153 02

Webinars/Symposiums/Workshops/Conferences were
organized, including SFME International Conference
and SBM International Conference. A few of them are
mentioned below Department of Water
• Emergent
(E-QMAT)
phenomena in quantum materials
Resources Development
• Conference on Optics Photonics and Quantum and Management
Optics – COPAQ 2022
The Department of WRD&M was established as an Asian
• Electrical and optical properties of perovskites: African Centre to honor India’s commitment for capacity
matching views by the two communities (EOPP building in the area of Water Resources Development
2022) & Management. The department is a balanced blend
of academicians and field engineers. The faculty
is experienced in planning, design, construction,
operation, maintenance and management of water
resources development projects.
Total Faculty 10
Adjunct / Visiting –Teaching Faculty 03
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 02
No. of PMRF 03

Academic Activities
The Department is offering post graduate programme
(P.G. Dip./ M.Tech.) in three specializations: Water
Resources Development (WRD), Irrigation Water
Management (IWM), and Drinking Water and Sanitation
(DWS).
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Programmes Offered Students Degrees The department has organized several outreach
On-Roll Awarded activities, out of which few are mentioned below:
M. Tech 64 15 • International Conference on Climate and Weather-
Ph. D 16 04 related Extremes 2022
• National Workshop on “On-farm Water Management
R & D Activities for Future Water Security at New Delhi, sponsored
by Indian Water Society, Department of WRD&M,
The main aim of the department is to develop IIT Roorkee, and CWC, Ministry of Jalshakti at CWC
manpower that can take the responsibility of sustainable New Delhi
development and eco-friendly natural resources
management. The department is actively involved in • A session titled “On Farm Water Management
research, consultancy, and extension activities. The for Future Water Security” was organized in 7th
department has a strong focus in the research areas of India Water Week -2022 at Inda Expo Centre,
Design of Water Resources Structure, Irrigation Planning Greater Noida., by Indian Water Resources Society,
and Management, Flood Control, Irrigation and Water Department of WRD&M, IIT Roorkee, and CWC,
Managment, Hydropower Development, Drinking Water Ministry of Jalshakti, New Delhi.
and Sanitation. • National Workshop on “Drinking-Water & Sanitation:
Project Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount Current Situation and Future Challenges at IIT
Status Rs. in lacs Rs. in lacs Roorkee.
New 03 102.03 06 187.3
Ongoing 23 2346.06 08 271.34 • One Day Workshop on RESilience to Climate
Completed 07 120.93 13 85.46 Change and SUstainable WatEr Supply (RESCUE),
sponsored by Asia Pacific Network for Global
Major Facilities Change Research (APN).
• Training on Advanced Tools and Techniques for
• Hydro Surveyor
Managed Aquifer Recharge (MAR), sponsored by
Students Achievement: Asia Pacific Network for Global Change Research
(APN).
• Ms. Ritu Tiwari carried out internship in the
University of Alberta, Canada from Jan 2022 to • Training on Approaches for Management of
Dec 2022, under the Commonwealth Ph.D. split site Groundwater Quantity and Quality with special
scholarship programme. focus on MAR (coordinator), sponsored by Asia
Pacific Network for Global Change Research (APN).
• Ms. Kusumita Umesh carried out master’s research
at the University of Potsdam, Germany from October Publication
2022 to March 2023 under the Co-PREPARE Master
Book Book Paper in Paper in
Exchange programme.
Chapters Conferences Journal
• Ms. Aakritit Gupta carried out internship in the Total 06 18 80 74
University of Loughborough, UK from March 2022
to February 2023, under the Commonwealth Ph.D.
split site scholarship programme.
Other Highlights
International Conference on Climate and Weather-
• Mr. Vidyasagar Tummakuri is carrying out internship
Related Extremes (ICCWE2022)
in the Uni. Of Warwick, UK from Feb 2023 to Jan
2024, under the Commonwealth Ph.D. split site Extreme climate and weather events induce various
scholarship programme. extremes such as floods, droughts, heatwaves, and
cyclones. The hazards associated with these events
and the exposed and vulnerable human and natural
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systems develop into significant risks. Several scientific 4th A N Khosla Endowment Lecture: The Department
findings and reports warn that the frequency and of WRD&M organized the 4th A N Kholsa Lecture in the
intensity of the climate and weather-related extremes memory of Padma Vibhushan Dr. A. N. Khosla on 19th
will magnify in the near future, given the concomitant January 2023. Prof. Venkappayya R. Desai, Director, IIT
changes in climate and socio-economic dynamics. The Dharwad delivered the lecture on the topic “Promotion
International Conference on “Climate and weather- of Water Harvesting and Voluntary Afforestation through
related extremes - New dimensions, Challenges, and Traditional Indian Knowledge System.”
Solutions” shall gather 150+ leading scientists, faculty
members, policymakers, field engineers, research
scholars, and students under a common platform to
interact and showcase various dimensions related
to climate and weather-related extremes, particularly
related to floods, droughts, heatwaves, and cyclones.
Workshop on Drinking-Water & Sanitation: Current
Situation and Future Challenges: The WRD&M
Department organized a workshop on “Drinking-Water
& Sanitation: Current Situation and Future Challenges”
on 1st July 2022. Ms. Vini Mahajan, IAS, Secretary,
Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Ministry
of Jal Shakti, Govt of India, New Delhi was the Chief
Guest of the event. Ms. Mahajan applauded the
initiative of WRD&M Dept. IIT Roorkee to start a new Farmer’s Awareness Programme to sensitize
MTech Program on Drinking Water and Sanitation. She Farmers on “Agrometeorological Advisory Services”:
highlighted different programs of the Government of The WRD&M Department organized a Farmer’s
India such as “Har Ghar Nal ka Jal” program to ensure Awareness Programme to sensitize Farmers on
clean and adequate water supply to every household “Agrometeorological Advisory Services” under Gramin
in the country. During the technical session of the Krishi Mausam Sewa Project (GKMS) on 13.10.2022.
workshop, notable speakers delivered their talks: Mr. Dr. Mrityunjay Mohapatra, Director General of
Manish Wasuja, WASH Specialist, UNICEF India; Dr. Lior Meteorology, Indian Meteorological Department, New
Asaf, Water Attaché, Embassy of Israel; Prof. CSP Ojha, Delhi released a Technical Bulletin namely “Tools for
Prof. M L Kansal, Prof. Prasenjit Mondal, Prof. Basant preparation of Weather based Advisory Bulletins” during
Yadav from IIT Roorkee highlighted different aspects of the said programme and addressed the farmers & other
drinking water and sanitation. stakeholders.
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Centres
Floods, Cyclones, Fires, Avalanche, Landslides,
Cloudbursts, and their early warnings are other focus
areas. The interdisciplinary nature of the Centre
supports various research and consultancy projects

Centre of Excellence in through sponsored funding from Govt. of India and

other National and International funding agencies.
Disaster Mitigation and Project Status Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount
Rs. in lacs Rs. in lacs
Management New 03 98.00 13 131.76
Ongoing 14 662.815 35 312.77
The Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and
Completed
Management (CoEDMM) is India’s first joint academic
and research centre for Disaster Mitigation and
Management with a moto of Foreseeing, Facilitating and Students Achievement:
Fostering Disaster Risk Reduction. Creating a National • Ms. Chanda Kumari, has been received a travel
Database for the rapid dissemination of information and and stay award for the Summer School at Lund
knowledge is also a core objective of the Centre. University, Sweden
Total no. of Faculty 03 • Mr. Anandu P. and Mr. Manish Dewrari, has been
Joint Faculty 17 awarded the prestigious Prime Minister Research
No. of PMRF 03 Fellowship and are working on the development
of indigenous early warning systems for natural
Academic Activities hazards.

The courses offered in the Centre are a two-year post- • Mr. Shubham Awasthi, has been received Best
graduate specialization course in Disaster Mitigation and Paper Award in the International Conference on
Management and the doctoral programme focussing BDCC 2023 at IIT Kharagpur
on Earthquake, Landslide, Cyclones, Floods, tsunamis, • Mr. Shubham Awasthi, has been received DST-SERB
Cyber Crime, Avalanche, Fire, Industrial disaster, CBRN International Travel Scheme (ITS) Grant to attend
(chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear), and EGU General Assembly 2023 (EGU-2023), 23–28
Geomatics Technology. The Centre has 17 joint faculty April 2023, Vienna, Austria.
members and three core faculty members specializing
in disaster-related domains Other Highlights
Programmes Offered Students Degrees • The South Asia Alliance of Disaster Research
On-Roll Awarded Institutes (SAADRI), hosted at CoEDMM, got
M. Tech 15 10 registered as a society, ‘South Asia Alliance of
Disaster Research Institutes Society’, under the
Ph. D 32 1
Society Registration Act, 1860. The SAADRI is a
platform for alliance partners to seek collective
R & D Activities contributions towards the regional need for disaster
The Centre aims to achieve excellence in critical areas risk reduction and climate-change-induced risk
of education and research at par with international resilience.
standards. Regional issues, especially Earthquakes,
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• Under National Education Policy (NEP) a new course Institute of Technology Roorkee, the Centre of
‘Introduction to Climate Change’ is introduced Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and Management
to the new UG curriculum of IIT Roorkee to make (CoEDMM) and the South Asian Association of
undergraduate students aware of climate change Disaster Risk Institutes (SAADRI) jointly organized
and the challenges associated with it. This would a field expedition & training program on “Disaster
help get five nectar elements, ‘Panchamrit’, Management Action Frontiers”.
mentioned by the Hon. Prime Minister of India
to deal with the challenge due to climate change
through innovative and indigenous ideas generated
by young researchers.

Notable Activities in the

Department
• To enhance capacity building in changing
climate, CoEDMM has set up a new laboratory for
vulnerability and risk assessment.

Publication Forecasting and Early-Warning of Extreme Events

Book Book Paper in Paper in and Disasters (FORESEED) high-end workshop was
Chapters Conferences Journal conducted at the Centre of Excellence in Disaster
Total 0 6 19 37 Mitigation and Management (CoEDMM), IIT Roorkee,
from 2nd - 8th January 2023. The Karyashala event
Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences is organized with the support of the Science &
were organized, a few are given below Engineering Research Board (SERB), a statutory body
of the Department of Science & Technology (DST),
• 2-day “Technical Workshop on Earthquake Early
Government of India, under the 'Accelerate Vigyan'
Warning System” together with the National Science
scheme. A total of 15 Participants from different institutes
and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction
across the country participated in the seven day high-
Taiwan.
end technical workshop on Weather Research and
Field expedition & training program on “Disaster Forecasting Models as well as introduction to landslide
Management Action Frontiers” early warning systems in the Indian Himalayan region.
• Forecasting and Early-Warning of Extreme Events
and Disasters (FORESEED) high-end workshop
(Karyashala)
• Disaster Risk Reduction on Museums and Heritage
Safety in the Himalayan Region”, and a photography
Exhibition on “Hill Heritage at Risk”
• CoEDMM has been selected to organize the IDRiM
2023, the 13th International Conference of the
International Society for INTEGRATED DISASTER
RISK MANAGEMENT (IDRiM), Japan.
• On the occasion of International Day for Disaster The Centre of Excellence in Disaster Mitigation and
Risk Reduction (IDDRR) and aligning with the Management (CoEDMM) and the Department of
activities of the 175th-year celebration of the Indian Architecture & Planning, Indian Institute of Technology
Roorkee jointly organized a two-day workshop on
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“Disaster Risk Reduction on Museums and Heritage

Safety in the Himalayan Region”, and a photography
Exhibition on “Hill Heritage at Risk” on 24th and 25th
February 2023, at BSBE Auditorium, in collaboration
with the Global Rescue Foundation, and with support
from National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA).
The workshop aimed to build disaster management
capacity by training museum and heritage site managers
and young professionals.

On the occasion of International Day for Disaster Risk

Reduction (IDDRR) and aligning with the activities
of the 175th-year celebration of the Indian Institute
of Technology Roorkee, the Centre of Excellence in
Disaster Mitigation and Management (CoEDMM) and
the South Asian Association of Disaster Risk Institutes
(SAADRI) jointly organized a field expedition & training
program on “Disaster Management Action Frontiers”
from 10 to 14 October 2022.
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Nanodevices) for UG students (open elective) has been

designed. The course was designed in order to give a
glimpse of nanotechnology-based devices in different
sectors.

Programmes Offered Students Degrees

On-Roll Awarded
B. Tech NA NA
M. Tech 8 5
Ph. D 38 9

R&D Activities
At present, the centre research activities are broadly
divided into three major domains-Nanotechnology for
(i) healthcare, (ii) energy, and (iii) environment. Albeit, the
researchers at the centre are also involved in research
activities in cutting-edge fields of nanotechnology
like quantum technologies, nanoelectronics and

Centre for Nanotechnology optoelectronics, nanoscale simulation etc. The

researchers are publishing in reputed journals and
Centre for Nanotechnology was established in actively participating in international conferences.
December 2005 as one of the Centres of Excellence. Project Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount
The faculty members associated with the centre are Status Rs. in lacs Rs. in lacs
involved in developing state-of-the-art facilities at New 4 65.86
the institute and vigorously pursuing interdisciplinary Ongoing 12 431.18
research on various current aspects of Nanoscience Completed 6 264.04
(last five year)
and Nanotechnology.
Total no. of Faculty 18 joint Faculty Notable Activities in the
+ 1 core Faculty
Adjunct/ Visiting –Teaching Faculty Nil
Department
No. of Post Doc. Fellows 3 • Dr. Gopinath’s startup company Super Good Nano
No. of PMRF 5 Pvt. Ltd.--Winner of Best startup Award in the Startup
Expo 2022 on 25th November 2022 held at IIT
Academic Activities Roorkee.
• Dr.Gopinath’s interview on “Nanotechnology can
Currently, the Centre offers M. Tech and Ph.D. programs
provide affordable treatments” was published in
in ‘Nanotechnology’. The courses are designed to give
the journal “Nature Medicine” 28, pages 630–632
the students an overview of the interdisciplinary domain
(2022)- (IF=87.241) (Q1)
of nanoscience and nanotechnology-starting from the
fundamentals of the overlapping domains of physics, Faculty Entrepreneurship Details
chemistry, biology, and material science of nanoscience
to their applications. Advanced nanomaterial Super Good Nano Pvt. Ltd., a nano-biotechnology-
characterization techniques, simulation, and application based startup, is incubated at the Technology Incubation
in nanodevices and technology development-based and Entrepreneurship Development Society (TIDES)
courses are introduced. Recently, a new course (INT-301 Incubation centre at the Indian Institute of Technology
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(IIT) Roorkee. The company is a proud recipient of the

prestigious BIRAC-GYTI Award, the Best Startup Award
winner in the Startup Expo-2022 IITR.

Publication
Book Book Paper in Paper in IP Filed/
Centre for Photonics and
Total 2
Chapters
3
Conferences
31
Journal
75
Granted
4 Quantum Communication
Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences
Technology (CPQCT)
were organized, including Nano Meet-2023:- One-day The Center for Photonics and Quantum Communication
brainstorming session on future of nanoscience and Technology aims at carrying out frontier research
nanotechnology. with specific objectives including, but not limited
to, the development of components, devices, and
systems for photonics, quantum communication, and
allied technologies. The Center also aims at creating
skilled manpower required for the implementation
and advancement of these technologies in industry
and academia, which would be carried out by running
relevant academic programs and courses.
Total no. of Faculty Details
Joint Faculty 10
Adjunct/ Visiting –Teaching Faculty 02

R&D Activities
Project Status Total No. of Amount
Projects (Rs. in lacs)
Completed Projects 1 32.10
Ongoing Projects 3 137.48
New Projects 1 18.18

Publication
Paper in Conferences Paper in Journal
Total 09 04

A few webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences

were organized, including XLV Symposium of Optical
Society of India – a Conference on Optics, Photonics &
Quantum Optics – COPaQ 2022
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Major Facilities
• Channel Noise & Vibration Data Acquisition System-
H50.69 lakhs

Center for Transportation Notable Activities in the

Department
Systems
• CTRANS published 1st edition of the Newsletter.
The aim of CTRANS is to promote multi-disciplinary
research and education for manpower development
in transportation systems encompassing all modes
of Transport such as Road Transport, Non-motorized
Transport(NMT), Rail Transport, Inland Water Transport,
Air Transportation, Freight & Logistics Transport etc.
Centre Objectives-
1. To promote multidisciplinary research on
transportation systems.
2. To provide technical support to national projects
related to the growth of Transportation System in
the country.
3. Establishment of International Linkage for
collaborative research in the frontier areas.
4. Creation of a Resource Centre for rapid dissemination
of information and knowledge.
Total no. of Faculty Details
Adjunct/ Visiting –Teaching Faculty 12+1
Adjunct/ Visiting –Teaching Faculty 02

Academic Activities
Programmes Offered Students Degrees
On-Roll Awarded
B. Tech NA NA
M. Tech 15 (8 new) 7
Ph. D 25 (2 new) 4

R&D Activities
Project Sponsored Amount Consultancy Amount
Status Rs. in lacs Rs. in lacs
New 1 27.8 0 0
Ongoing 1 55 0 0
Completed 0 0 2 10.62
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School

Mehta Family School of

Data Science and Artificial
Intellitgence
The School is broadly organized into following discipline
areas, and encourages inter-disciplinary studies. Data
Science is a blend of various tools, algorithms, and
principles, with strong mathematical and statistical basis,
with the goal to visualize, discover, explain and predict
hidden patterns from the raw data in an intelligent
manner. Artificial intelligence systems demonstrate the
following behaviors associated with human intelligence:
planning, learning, reasoning, problem solving,
knowledge representation, perception, motion, and
manipulation and, to a lesser extent, social intelligence
and creativity.
Total no. of Faculty Details
Several webinars/ symposiums/ workshops/conferences
Joint Faculty 22
were organized, including Centre’s Industry Day,
Centre’s Research Day
Academic Activities
The School has begun offering a full-fledged “BTech,
MTech and Ph.D in data science and artificial intelligence”
from this year. The faculty members of the School are
offering executive education programs in Accelerators
for Deep Learning

Programmes Offered Students

On-Roll
B. Tech 40
M. Tech 40
Ph. D 07

Publication Publication
Book Book Paper in Paper in IP Filed/
Chapters Conferences Journal Granted
Paper in conferences Paper in Journal
Total 0 0 21 16 Total 03 06
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Institute Account
1 Summary of Balance Sheet
2 Summary of Total Income & Expenditure
3 Details of MoE Expenditure
4 Details of Other Account
• General Corpus Fund
• Endowment Corpus Fund
• Donations Received
• Grant/Assistance Received from GOI

Summary of Balance Sheet as at 31st March 2023

Amount in Rupees
Sources of Funds Schedule Current Year Previous Year
Corpus/Capital Fund 1 3,623,224,000 2,892,322,216
Designated/Earmarked/Endowment funds 2 7,511,291,571 6,953,669,258
Current liabilities & Provisions 3 20,046,207,507 18,938,104,734
Un-Secured loan 3A 2,394,521,293 2,256,080,536
Total 33,575,244,371 31,040,176,743
Application of Funds
Fixed Assets 4
Tangible Assets 15,940,855,841 15,100,638,576
Intangible Assets 189,506,463 169,147,758
Capital Works-In-Progress 3,908,123,097 3,096,859,782
Investments From Earmarked/ Endowment Funds 5
Long Term 6,451,417,269 5,208,504,743
Short Term
Investments - Others 6 2,406,338,341 2,305,319,421
Current Assets 7 3,078,283,394 3,631,766,722
Loans, Advances & Deposits 8 1,600,719,966 1,527,939,742
Total 33,575,244,371 31,040,176,743
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Summary of Total Income & Expenditure 2022-2023

(Rs. in lakh)
Head of Accounts Opening Allocation Internal Total Expenditure
Balance Receipts Available fund during the year
MoE Main A/c 0.00 64864.81 7148.22 72013.03 72013.03
PM Research Fellowship 0.00 780.46 0.00 780.46 780.46
ASEAN Fellowship 0.00 46.04 0.00 46.04 0.00
UGC 9.92 78.25 0.27 88.44 78.46
CSIR 18.76 41.63 0.90 61.29 22.46
FEE 5197.06 0 17273.49 22470.55 19925.45
BRP 186.76 0 411.23 597.99 420.78
Total 5412.50 65811.19 24834.11 96057.80 93240.64

Details of MoE Expenditure

(Rs. in lakh)
Sl. Head of Accounts Expenditure
2022-23
1. Equipment
(i) Replacement of obsolete equipment & modernization of laboratories 3273.25
(ii) Equipment of new department/placement cell education Tech. Cell/EPBAX 34.17
(iii) Office equipment/Automation
A few new offices 0
Computerization of Adms. Functions 312.73
2. Up gradation of Computing facilities 905.26
3. Up gradation of Networking & Multimedia Facilities 1423.15
4. Strengthening of library 1543.62
5. Renovation/Extension of Buildings (including support services)
(i) Furniture- (For Hostels, Departments, Admi offices etc. 768.39
(ii) Monitoring substation 128.83
(iii) New Hostel Vigyan Kunj Roorkee (EWS) 2331.00
(iv) Transit Accommodation 3.65
(v) Renovation of Old hostel 33.00
(vi) Faculty Housing Phase -1 500.00
(vii) Renovation of Academic Space 89.00
(viii) Academic block for Math & HSS 400.00
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(Rs. in lakh)
Sl. Head of Accounts Expenditure
2022-23
(ix) Roads for Roorkee /Saharanpur Campus 199.86
(x) Renovation of Departments 96.76
(xi) AC for Faculties in Roorkee & SRE Campus 592.96
(xii) Sewerage System and STP Rke Campus 10.33
(xiii) Sports Civil & Electric work 800.21
(xiv) Mehta family school of DS&AI 5.90
(xv) Wheel chair lifts 105.13
(xvi) Renovation of Guest House 6.81
(xvii) Greater NOIDA 10.99
TOTAL 135,74.96
6. Establishment Expenses
(i) Pay & Allowance 216,31.19
(ii) OTA and Honorarium 11.26
(iii) LTC 2,27.02
(iv) Children Education Allowance 1,32.62
(v) Medical Expenses 11,26.49
(vi) Professor Development Allowance (PDA) 4,15.65
(vii) Reimbursement (Tele-Internet) 56.88
(viii) Retirement benefit 21,57.73
TOTAL 257,58.84
7. Academic and Educational Expenses
(i) Departmental Operating Costs 2076.64
(ii) Contingency 302.93
(iii) Student amenities /course/ Other Educational Expenses 586.84
TOTAL 29,66.41
8. Assistantship/ Fellowship/ Merit-cum-Means 7591.36
9. Maintenance Expenses
(i) Estate & Electric Maintenance 3670.82
(ii) Water Power & Fuel/Electricity 2035.23
(iii) Property Tax 24.48
(iv) Repair & Maintenance of Equipment/Furniture/Vehicle 75.02
TOTAL 58,05.55
10. Other Expenses 1173.89
11. Pension & Pensionary benefits 9360.93
12. Outsourcing admin & Estate, Security 4151.80
13. HEFA Interest paid 1629.14
GRAND TOTAL 720,12.88
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Details of Other Account

General Corpus Fund
(Rs. in lakh)
Description Amount
Opening Balance (Including FDR) 476,61.51
Receipts/Trfd from various A/c 42,91.65
Payments (Including Loan) 45,96.96
Closing Balance (Including FDR) 473,56.20

Endowment Corpus Fund

(Rs. in lakh)
Description Amount
Opening Balance (Including FDR) 65,24.27
Receipts/Trfd from various A/c 23,65.81
Payments (Including Loan) 7,92.98
Closing Balance (Including FDR) 80,97.11

Donation Received
(Rs. in lakh)
Scheme/Programmes Amount Received
Donation Received 18,64.41
TOTAL 18,64.41

Grant/Assistance Received from GOI

(Rs. in lakh)
Scheme/Programmes Amount received
DST 89.56
ICMR 27.87
EDCIL 3.28
AICTE 9.11
DBT 46.14
TOTAL 175.96
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Organization

Prof. Kamal Kishore Pant

Director

Prof. U. P. Singh
Deputy Director

Prof. D.S. Arya Prof. Partha Roy Prof. M L Sharma Prof. A.K. Sharma
Dean, Administration Dean, Resources and Alumni Dean Finance & Planning Dean, Faculty Affairs
Affairs

Prof. Akshay Dvivedi Prof. Mukesh Kumar Barua Prof. Umesh Kr. Sharma Prof. Apurbba Kumar
Dean, Sponsored Research Dean, Students’ Welfare Dean, Infrastructure Sharma
& Industrial Consultancy Dean, Academic Affairs

Prof. Vimal Chandra Prof. Sujay Chattopadhyay Mr. Prashant Garg

Srivastava Dean, Saharanpur Campus Registrar
Dean, International Relations
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Heads of Departments
• Prof. Gaurav Raheja • Prof. Brijesh Kumar Yadav
Department of Architecture and Planning Department of Hydrology

• Prof. Millie Pant • Prof. M.K.Singhal

Department of Applied Mathematics and Scientific Department of Hydro and Renewable Energy
Computing
• Prof. Usha Lenka
• Prof. Pravindra Kumar Department of Management Studies
Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering
• Prof. Premananda Bera
• Prof. Prakash Biswas Department of Mathematics
Department of Chemical Engineering
• Prof. Andallib Tariq
• Prof. Rama Krishna Peddinti Department of Mechanical and Industrial
Department of Chemistry Engineering

• Prof. Praveen Kumar • Prof. B.S. Sundar Daniel

Department of Civil Engineering Department of Metallurgical and Materials
Engineering
• Prof. Sugata Gangopadhyay
Department of Computer Science and Engineering • Prof. Dharm Dutt
Department of Paper Technology
• Prof. Inderdeep Singh
Department of Design • Prof. Gaurav Manik
Department of Polymer and Process Engineering
• Prof. Manish Shrikhande
Department of Earthquake Engineering • Prof. Vipul Rastogi
Department of Physics
• Prof. Anand Joshi
Department of Earth Sciences • Prof. Ashish Pandey
Department of Water Resources Development and
• Prof. Mukesh Kr. Pathak Management
Department of Electrical Engineering

• Prof. N. P. Pathak
Department of Electronics and Communication
Engineering

• Prof. S.P. Singh

Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
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Appendix
Institute Hospital Delhi, M/s Shri Swami Bhumanand Hospital, Haridwar.
New MoU has been signed with M/s Singh Pathology
The Institute Hospital at IITR had tirelessly providing Lab, Roorkee. All these hospitals will provide treatment
medical services during the pandemic as well as to the referred patients from IITR at CGHS (Central Govt.
been actively pursuant in improving the healthcare Health Scheme) rates.
infrastructure. The institute had arranged for COVID-19
Vaccination (Covishield/Covaxin) of Regular /Retired
Employees of IIT Roorkee and their dependents,
Impactful Initiatives
through Vaccination Camps under supervision of CMO, Diversity and Inclusion
Haridwar and Chief Medical Superintendent, Civil
The Institute has always recognized the importance of
Hospital Roorkee. These vaccination camps have been
inclusion and diversity in higher education and research
immensely beneficial to the IITR fraternity.
by ensuring equal opportunities for all. "GATI" is an
In view of the pandemic, the institute had established innovative Pilot Project launched by the Department of
Covid Care Centre at Ganga Bhawan Hostel of IIT Science and Technology (DST). GATI seeks to change
Roorkee. The Medical Officers of the Institute Hospital institutions by increasing their awareness of the positive
provided their services in the centre under duty roster impact that gender advancement can create. I am excited
for 24 x7. The centre was under direct supervision of the and very happy to share that IIT Roorkee has made it to
CMO, Haridwar and Chief Medical Superintendent, Civil the top 5 GATI achievers in the institutes of the National
Hospital Roorkee. Importance Category. In total, from the 30 GATI pilot
The institute has appointed two General Duty Medical institutions which were initially selected to participate in
Officers, has facilitated the clinical and biochemical tests this joint program of DST and British Council, 12 have
for the patients at Pathology unit by procuring a number received GATI achiever recognition. IIT Roorkee has
of clinical equipment like Semi Auto Bio Chemistry always demonstrated a strong commitment to societal
Analyser, ESR Analyser etc. causes, recognizing its role as a premier educational
institution in driving positive change. Following are few
One Microwave Diathermy machine, One Short Wave of the contributions by IIT Roorkee towards being the
Diathermy machine, One Combination Therapy forebearers of Diversity and Inclusion in the society.
machine, One Interferential Therapy machine, One
TENS, and Two Traction machines were procured and Other Initiatives
installed in the Physiotherapy Unit of the hospital for the
benefit of patients. Four Fowler beds, One OT Table and In line with the NEP’s fundamental principles of Inclusivity/
One Horizontal Autoclave were procured and Installed Women Empowerment, the following schemes have
in the Indoor of the Hospital. The overall Hospital been introduced in the Academic Year 2022-23:
infrastructure has been improved by installation of more 1. Application fee waiver for girl students: Application
Air conditioners, CCTV Camera fee for the female applicants for applying in the
The Institute Hospital has entered into agreements Masters/Doctoral programs offered by the Institute
and has got renewed agreements with several other has been waived off.
Healthcare units for facilitating healthcare and medical 2. Golden Girl Scheme in PG and Ph.D.: To encourage
services to the Campus residents. Some recently and facilitate talented female students towards
renewed MoU are with M/s Artemis Hospital, Gurugram, higher education, the institute has introduced a
M/s Arogyam Hospital, Bhagwanpur, Roorkee, M/s unique scheme called the ‘Golden Girl’. Under this
Pushpawati Singhania Hospital & Research Institute,
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scheme, the first rank holder (Gold Medalist) female to Low-Cost Energy Briquettes” had been selected
candidates from the top 50 NIRF ranked institutes of for demonstration in UNNATI” (Unnat Bharat Abhiyan
the country shall be offered admission only through Networking for National Atmanirbhar Technological
interview at the institute. Such candidate will be Intervention) Mahotsav & Expo.
admitted into the Masters and PhD programs of the
IIT Roorkee is committed on developing and promoting
institute with full institute assistantship and there
sustainable methods and technologies in a way that
will not be any requirement of qualifying in All-India
they are integrated with daily life, of not only employees
level exam like GATE/JRF etc.
but of all the residents of the campus. With an eye on
3. Zero Hour: The institute has been known for moving towards sustainability and pollution reduction,
providing good care to the needy students and we had observed the June 15th as a petrol/diesel-based
faculty members. In order to reduce the disparity vehicle-free day on campus.
with respect to language, knowledge etc., the
Anushruti Academy for the Deaf, dedicated solely to
institute has created a unique interaction window for
the deaf or hearing-impaired children, was established
the students and faculty members. In this window,
in our campus in 1989. It is a social initiative of I.I.T
called ‘Zero Hour’, faculty members engage the
Roorkee, a unique feature being the only special school
needy students every week where they interact
in a premium Technology institute. IITR alumni are a
separately in vernacular languages to bridge
major part of the support and success of this school.
language barriers, if any, and help them sorting out
Six new classrooms are being constructed on the First
their difficulties.
Floor from the CSR grant of National High Speed Rail
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan: Corporation Limited (NHSRCL). Recently, Anushruti in
collaboration with Skill & Entrepreneurship Development
The institute actively engages with various social issues Institute (SEDI), organized an introductory program
and strives to make a meaningful impact on society. on “Real Skills & Real Jobs” for the students and their
Through being a platform to implement government’s parents to create awareness about the possibilities on
initiatives like the Unnat Bharat Abhiyan, IIT Roorkee vocational training and employment.
leverages its knowledge and expertise to address rural
development challenges and promote sustainable ASMITA stands for A Skill Management, Improvement
growth in villages. and Training Academy for women. Under the skill
management part, ladies of the campus create work
Unnat Bharat Abhiyan envisions a transformation in the opportunities for underprivileged fully skilled girls and
rural development processes by leveraging knowledge women, under the skill improvement part, we train
institutions to help build the architecture of an inclusive semi-skilled girls and women as interns, under the
India. The idea is to enable the faculty and students of skill training part, they train unskilled girls and women
HEIs to work with the people of rural India in identifying in Stitching, Embroidery, and other skills. ASMITA also
development challenges and evolving appropriate provides free education to women and girls of the less
solutions for accelerating the sustainable growth of fortunate classes of society
villages.
IIT Roorkee’s developed technology “Portable Manual
Briquetting Machine for Converting Forest Bio Residue
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Finance Committee
Padma Shri Dr. B.V.R. Mohan Reddy Chairperson
Chairperson, Board of Governors, IIT Roorkee &
Executive Chairman, Cyient Limited, Hyderabad

Prof. Ajit K. Chaturvedi Member

Director, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee upto. 12.10.2022

Prof. K.K. Pant Member

Director w.e.f. 12.10.2022
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Additional Secretary (TE) Member

Ministry of Education
Government of India
Department of Higher Education
New Delhi

Additional Secretary & Financial Advisor Member

Ministry of Education
Government of India
Department of Higher Education
New Delhi

Principal Secretary to Government of Haryana Member

Technical Education Department
Chandigarh

Prof. U.P. Singh Member

Department of Chemistry
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Dean, Finance & Planning (Ex-Officio) Member

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Prof. M. Parida
upto 19.09.2022 Permanent Invitee
Deputy Director
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Sri Prashant Garg Secretary

Registrar
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
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Building & Works Committee

Prof. Ajit K. Chaturvedi Chairman
Director upto 12.10.2022
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Prof. K.K. Pant Chairman

Director w.e.f. 12.10.2022
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Prof. M. Parida Member

Deputy Director upto
19.09.2022
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Prof. U.P. Singh Member

Department of Chemistry w.e.f. 12.12.2022
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Dean, Infrastructure Member

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Er. K. Muruganand Member

Superintending Engineer (Civil) upto 31.12.2022
Oil & Natural Gas Corporation -5
Vasant Kunj, New Delhi

Er. Anupam Singh Member

Superintending Engineer (T&C) upto 31.12.2022
Power Transmission Corp. Ltd.,
Government of Uttarakhand

Sri Surendra Singh

w.e.f. 01.01.2023 Member
Ex-Additional Director General, CPWD
Flat No.B604, Prince Apartment
54 IP Extension, Patpatganj,
Delhi - 110092

Sri Rakesh Gupta Member

Ex-Sr. Executive Director, w.e.f. 01.01.2023
NBCC (India) Ltd.
B-603 Vidyut Apartment
Plot N 81 IP Extension Patpatganj
Delhi – 110092
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Prof. C.S.P Ojha Member

Department of Civil Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Prof. Mukesh Kumar Pathak Member

Department of Electrical Engineering upto 31.12.2022
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Prof. Yogendra Singh Member

Department of Earthquake Engineering upto 31.12.2022
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Prof. Akhil Upadhyay Member

Department of Civil Engineering w.e.f. 01.01.2023
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Prof. Barjeev Tyagi Member

Department of Electrical Engineering w.e.f. 01.01.2023
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Institute Engineer Member

Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Dean, Finance & Planning Special Invitee

Indian Institute of Technology of Roorkee

Sri Prashant Garg Secretary

Registrar
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee

Administration / Officers
(w.e.f. 1.4.2022 to 31.3.2023)
Chairman, Board of Governors Shri B.V.R. Mohan Reddy
Director Prof. Ajit K. Chaturvedi (upto forenoon 12.10.2022)
Prof. Kamal Kishore Pant (w.e.f. 12.10.2022)
Deputy Director Prof. M. Parida (upto 19.09.2022)
Prof. Udai Pratap Singh (w.e.f. 12.12.2022)
Dean, Administration Prof. Ravi Kumar (upto 02.06.2022)
Prof. D.S Arya (w.e.f. 03.06.2022)
Dean, Faculty Affairs Prof. M.R. Maurya (upto forenoon 01.06.2022)
Prof. A. K Sharma (w.e.f. afternoon 01.06.2022)
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Dean, Sponsored Research and Industrial Consultancy Prof. M. Shrikhande (upto 06.06.2022)
Prof. Akshay Dvivedi (w.e.f. 07.06.2022)
Dean, Academic Affairs Prof. A.K Sharma
Dean of Students Welfare Prof. M.K Barua
Dean, Finance & Planning Prof. M.L. Sharma
Dean, Resources and Alumni Affairs Prof. B.R. Gurjar
Dean, Infrastructure Prof. U.K Sharma
Dean, International Relations Prof. P. Arumugam (upto 31.01.2023)
Prof. Vimal Chandra Srivastava (w.e.f. 01.02.2023)
Dean, Saharanpur Campus Prof. Sujay Chattopadhyay
Associate Dean Innovation and Incubation (ADII) Prof. Rajat Agrawal
Associate Dean Faculty Affairs Prof. P. Sumathi
Associate, DoSW (Bhawans & Mess) Prof. M.A Iqbal
Associate, DoSW (Students Wellness) Prof. Kiran Ambatipudi (upto 28.02.2023)
Dr. Avlokita Agarwal (w.e.f. 01.03.2023)
Associate, DOSW (Students Activities) Prof. A.K. Gourishetty (upto 02.01.2023)
Prof. M.V. Sunil Krishna (w.e.f. 03.01.2023)
Assoc. Dean Corporate Interaction (ADCI) Prof. Akshay Dvivedi (upto 24.07.2022)
Prof. Sai Ramudu Meka (w.e.f. 25.07.2022)
Associate Dean, Infrastructure (Electrical & AC) Prof. Anubrata Dey
Associate Dean, Infrastructure (Civil) Prof. Rajib Chowdhury (upto 16.05.2022)
Prof. E. Rajasekar (w.e.f. 17.05.2022)
ADOAA (IT Systems & Admission) Prof. A. Swaminathan
ADOAA (Curriculum) Prof .C.N Ramachandran
ADOAA (Evaluation) Prof. Bhavesh Bhalja
Professor -in-Charge, Transportation Prof. Sudhakar Subudhi
Professor-in-Charge, Training and Placement Prof. Vinay Sharma (upto 24.07.2022)
Prof. Kaushik Pal (w.e.f. 25.07.2022)
Professor-in-Charge, Guest House Prof. Yogesh Kumar Sharma
Professor-in-Charge, Safety Prof. Vishal Kumar (upto 05.01.2023)
Prof. Amit Dhiman (w.e.f. 06.01.2023)
Professor-in-Charge, GNEC Prof. Soumitra Satapathi
Professor-in-Charge, Archives Prof. R.S. Pasupuleti
Professor-in-Charge, Security Prof. D.S. Arya (upto 24.07.2022)
Prof. A.S Maurya (w.e.f. 25.07.2022)
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Professor-in-Charge, STEP/TIDES Prof. S.K. Manhas

Professor-in-Charge, Prof. Gaurav Raheja
Inclusion and Accessibility Services (IAS)
Coordinator, Intellectual Property Rights Cell Prof. Rajat Agrawal
Coordinator, Incubation Centre for Construction Prof. Bhupinder Singh
Technology in Building and Roads
Chairman, Hindi Cell Prof. Manoj Tripathy (upto 17.07.2022)
Prof. K.M Singh (w.e.f. 18.07.2022)
Chief Vigilance Officer Prof. S.P. Singh (26.09.2022)
Prof. Tanuja Srivastava (27.09.2022)
Liaison Officer for SC/ST Prof. Prakash Biswas
Liaison Officer (OBC) Prof. J.P. Narayan
Nodal Public grievance Officer for Centralized Prof. C.S.P Ojha
Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System
Students’ Ombudsperson Prof. B.K. Mishra

Chief Wardens & Wardens/Faculty Advisor

Azad Bhawan Prof. Debasis Banerjee (ChW)
Prof. Uaday Singh (W)
Prof. D.B. Karunakar (Wel. W)

Cautley Bhawan
Prof. Champoungam (ChW)
Prof. Tarun Sharma(W)
Prof. D.B. Karunakar(Wel. W)

Ganga Bhawan Prof. Ankik Kumar Giri (ChW)

Prof. Gaurav Sharma(W)
Prof. Pradeep Srivastava (Wel. W)

Govind Bhawan
Prof. Pratap Mohanty (ChW)
Prof. Pradeep Srivastava (Wel. W)

Jawahar Bhawan
Prof. Ravindra Pandey(ChW)
Prof. Basant Yadav(W)
Prof. Sohom Chakrabarty (Wel. W)
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Kasturba Bhawan
Prof. Rishman Jot Kaur Chahal(ChW)
Prof. Sarbani Banerjee (W/Wel. W)

Vigyan Bhawan (Girls)

Prof. Pushpa Choudhary(ChW)
Prof. Swastika Banerjee (W)

Vigyan Bhawan (Boys)

Prof. Kusum Deep(Wel. W)
Prof. Manish K. Asthana(ChW)
Prof. Amit Bhosale (W)

Radha Krishnan Bhawan

Prof. D.B. Karunakar (Wel. W)
Prof. Varun Sharma (ChW)
Prof. Shubhajit Sadhukhan(W)

Rajendra Bhawan
Prof. Sohom Chakrabarty (Wel. W)
Prof. D. Bharat (ChW)
Prof. S.P. Pradhan (W)
Prof. Ashish Yadav (W)
Prof. Sohom Chakrabarty (Wel. W)

Rajiv Bhawan
Prof. Puneet Gupta (ChW)
Prof. Siddhartha Khare (W)
Prof. Pradeep Srivastava (Wel. W)

Ravindra Bhawan
Prof. Sourabh Arora (ChW)
Prof. Akhilesh Kumar Mishra (W)
Prof. Pradeep Srivastava (Wel. W)

Sarojini Bhawan
Prof. Harshit Sosan Lakra (ChW)
Prof. Aparajita Singh (W)
Prof. Sarbani Banerjee (Wel. W)

Himalaya Bhawan
Prof. Sonal Atreya(ChW)
Prof. Roopam Shukla (W)

Himgiri Apartments
Prof. Rakesh Ranjan
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K.I.H., A.N.K. & Married Hostels (GP,MRC,DSB,Azad Wing & QRST Block, Vikas Nagar)
Prof. Thanga Raj Chelliah (ChW)
Prof. Kusum Deep (Wel. W)

Malviya Bhawan & Indira Bhawan, SRE Campus

Prof. Millie Pant (ChW)
Prof. Pradip K. Maji (W)
Prof. Sham Sunder (Wel. W)

*(ChW)-Chief Warden, (W)-Warden, (Wel.W)-Wellness Warden

Faculty Advisor, Cultural Society/Spic
Macay/Cinema Club
Prof. Meenakshi Rawat

Faculty Advisor, NCC & NSS

Prof. Diptimayee Nayak

Faculty Advisor, Himalayan Explorer

Club
Prof. Ajanta Goswami

Chairman, Sports Council (ISC)

Prof. Nagendra Kumar

Faculty Advisor, Sports

Prof. P. Vinod

Nominee of Director
Prof. Bhanu Prakash Vellanki

Faculty Advisor, Cultural, SRE Campus

Prof. Saurav Kumar Sasmal

Faculty Advisor, Sports, SRE Campus

Prof. Gaurav Manik
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Administrative and Other Staff

Registrar Shri Prashant Garg

Finance Officer Shri G.K. Rastogi

Joint Registrar Dr. Shyam Narayan

Dr. Suman Kumar (On Lien at JNU, New Delhi)

Dy. Registrars Dr. Sheeba Ramola

Shri Abhishek Kumar
Shri S.K. Jainth (On Deputation at Ministry of Labour &
Employment, New Delhi)

Assistant Registrar Shri Rajkumar Sharma

Ms. Bibi M. Barbhuiya
Shri D.K. Toppo
Shri Jain Singh
Shri Lalit Kumar
Shri Jitendra Dimri
Maj. (Retd.) Reeti Upadhyay
Shri B.S. Meena
Shri Lokesh Verma
Dr. Manoj Bhatt
Shri V. Vijayaraj
Shri Mahavir Singh
Shri Yashpal
Shri Jyoti Gurung
Smt. Chitra Maini

Institute Works Department

Institute Engineer Shri Ajay Kumar Sharma

Institute Architect Shri Bhavneesh Lal

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Executive Engineer Shri Nepal Singh

Shri A.K. Barnwal
Shri Trilok Nath Tiwari
Shri Anshul Pal

Assistant Executive Engineer Shri P.K. Dauhare

Shri O.A. Verma
Shri N.S. Rana
Shri Neeraj
Shri Mayur Sharma
Shri Jitendra Meena

Mahatma Gandhi Central Library

Chairman, Library Advisory Committee Prof. R.K. Peddinti (upto 22.05.2022)
Prof. Mahendra Singh (w.e.f. 23.05.2022)

Librarian Dr. C. Jayakumar

Deputy Librarian Shri Sanjeev Kumar Sunny

Assistant Librarian Shri A.K. Sharma

Shri Ramniwas Soni
Dr. Rimai Atonring
Shri Sakhawat Hussain
Hospital
Chairman/Chairperson, Hospital Advisory Committee Prof. R. N. Dubey (upto 31.12.2023)
Prof. Indra Vir Singh (w.e.f. 01.01.2023)

Chief Medical Officer Dr. M.K Jha

Institute Medical Officer Dr. (Smt.) Vandana Suhas Khobragade

Dr. (Mrs.) Anjula Roy
Dr. Rao Farman Khan
Dr. Alok Anand
Dr. Jeetinder Singh

General Duty Medical Officer Dr. Anant Choudhary

Dr. Vaishali Bharadwaj (upto 01.10.2022)
Dr. Vibhu Sharma
Dr. Vipin Kumar
Dr. Ravi Kumar Gupta
Dr. Shyamasri Chakraborty Dey
Dr. G. Chandana
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Institution of New Awards/

Scholarships
The following awards/scholarships have been instituted with contributions from Alumini and Corporates to recognize
and encourage the students to excel in various disciplines:

A. Awards
1) Shri Hari Chand Nagalia Gold Medal
2) Smt. Prem Lata Nagalia Gold Medal
3) Shri Suresh Chandra Kapoor Gold Medal
4) Mrs. Mavis Bertha Wilkinson Gold Medal
5) Shri Jagdish Narain Saxena Gold Medal
6) Smt. Sukh Devi Kulshreshtha Gold Medal
7) Mr. Bevan Ross Wilkinson Gold Medal
8) Frau Odillie Schiffer Gold Medal
9) Smt. Lalit Kishori Gold Medal
10) Frau Gertrude Felden Gold Medal
11) Shri Jiya Lal Kulshreshtha Gold Medal
12) Alphaverse award
13) Best B.Tech. Project award in Electrical Engineering Department
14) ENCORE Awards

B. Scholarships
1) Batch 1980-Girl Fee Waiver Partial Scholarship
2) HORIBA Talent Hunt Scholarship
3) Shanti Swarup Gupta Scholarship
4) Adarsh Kumar Pradhan MCM Scholarship
5) Arvind Kumar Jain MCM Scholarship
6) Sarojinites for Sarojinites MCM Scholarship
7) Sampath and Ayengar Scholarship
8) Shri Gyanesh Kumar Saxena MCM Scholarship
9) Shri Rakesh Kumar Saxena MCM Scholarship
10) Dr. Sarojini Devi Bisaria MCM Scholarship
11) Dr. Jagdish Sahai Kulshreshtha MCM Scholarship
12) Smt. Kamlesh Kumari Kulshreshtha MCM Scholarship
13) Shri Raghubir Sahai Kulshreshtha MCM Scholarship
14) Prof. Aruna Kulshreshtha MCM Scholarship
15) Prof. Sushma Kulshreshtha MCM Scholarship
16) Smt. Rashmi Srivastava MCM Scholarship
17) Smt. Mata Pujniya Lila Wati Ji MCM Scholarship
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Medals and Awards (AY 2022-23)

1. KUBADIA DRUPKUMAR VIJAYKUMAR, 5. ATUL SINGH,
Bachelor of Architecture B.Tech. Chemical Engineering
Smt. Chandravati Department Gold Medal for Singhal's Tech for Society Award for meaningful,
securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating relevant, innovative, impactful and commercially
students of B.Arch. viable project as a part of the final year curriculum
amongst the graduating B.Tech. students.
Smt. Kailash Kambo Award forsecuring the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Arch.
Everest Award of Excellence for securing the 6. JOGESH GURJAR,
highest CGPA amongst the B.Arch. graduating B.Tech. Chemical Engineering
students.
Singhal's Tech for Society Award for meaningful,
relevant, innovative, impactful and commercially
2. MANAS GANESH AVINASHE, viable project as a part of the final year curriculum
amongst the graduating B.Tech. students.
Bachelor of Architecture
Best Project Award for best project amongst the
graduating students of B.Arch. 7. NAGENDRA SINGH RAJPUT,
B.Tech. Chemical Engineering
3. ADITI KOTHIALA, Singhal's Tech for Society Award for meaningful,
relevant, innovative, impactful and commercially
B.Tech. Biotechnology
viable project as a part of the final year curriculum
Mrs. Mavis Bertha Wilkinson Department Gold amongst the graduating B.Tech. students.
Medal for securing the highest CGPA amongst the
graduating students of B.Tech. (Biotechnology).
8. NIPUN AGGARWAL,
Best Project Award forbest project amongst the
graduating students of B.Tech. (Biotechnology). B.Tech. Chemical Engineering
Prof. Ranvir Singh Shastry Cash Prize forsecuring Singhal's Tech for Society Award for meaningful,
the second highest CGPA amongst the graduating relevant, innovative, impactful and commercially
girl students of all B.Tech. programmes. viable project as a part of the final year curriculum
amongst the graduating B.Tech. students.

4. NAITIK JAIN,
9. VISHAL TRIPATHI,
B.Tech. Chemical Engineering
B.Tech. Chemical Engineering
Kapil Garg Department Gold Medal for securing the
highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of Singhal's Tech for Society Award for meaningful,
B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering). relevant, innovative, impactful and commercially
viable project as a part of the final year curriculum
Prem Prakash Gupta Cash Prize forsecuring the
amongst the graduating B.Tech. students.
highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of
B.Tech. (Chemical Engineering).
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10. YAVNIKA GARG, 12. AMIT KUMAR,

B.Tech. Chemical Engineering B.Tech. Civil Engineering
Best Project Award forbest project amongst the Best Project Award for the best project amongst the
graduating B.Tech. students of Department of graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering).
Chemical Engineering.
Professional Development and Innovation Award
13. ANGEL MEHTA,
for the Innovative project in the final year amongst
the graduating UG and PG students of engineering/ B.Tech. Civil Engineering
architecture under the category of Best Women Best Project Award for the best project amongst the
Innovator. graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering).

11. ANURAJ SAXENA, 14. ANIRUDH VERMA,

B.Tech. Civil Engineering B.Tech. Civil Engineering
Manmohan Das Seth Department Gold Medal for Best Project Award for the best project amongst the
Securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering).
students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering).
Best Project Award for the best project amongst the
graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). 15. ANKIT KUMAR GUPTA,
Kedar Nath Agarwala, I.S.E Memorial Trophy B.Tech. Civil Engineering
and Cash Award foracademic excellence and Best Project Award for the best project amongst the
outstanding community service amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering).
graduating UG/PG students.
Prabhakar Swarup Civil Engineering Award
forsecuring the highest CGPA amongst the 16. ANSHUL SACHDEVA,
graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). B.Tech. Civil Engineering
Prof. C.L. Toshniwal Award in Civil Engineering Best Project Award for the best project amongst the
for securing the highest marks in the compulsory graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering).
courses of Environmental Engineering amongst the
graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering).
17. ANSHUL SAINI,
Shri Shiv Nandan Swaroop and Avadh Narayan
Bhatnagar Cash Prize forsecuring the highest B.Tech. Civil Engineering
CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. Best Project Award for the best project amongst the
(Civil Engineering). graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering).
Madhusudan DayalMithal Medal forsecuring the
highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of
B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). 18. ANUP,
Rai Bahadur Sohan Lal Bhatia Medal forsecuring B.Tech. Civil Engineering
the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students Best Project Award for the best project amongst the
of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering).
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19. ANURAG YADAV, 25. MD JUNAID MAHMOOD,

B.Tech. Civil Engineering B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering
Best Project Award for the best project amongst the Best Project Award for the best project amongst the
graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). graduating students of B.Tech. (Computer Science
and Engineering).

20. APOORVA KAUSHIK,

26. KEERTHANA NUTI,
B.Tech. Civil Engineering
B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering
Best Project Award for the best project amongst the
graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). Professional Development & Innovation Award for
Innovative project in the final year amongst the
graduating UG students of engineering/architecture
21. ARCHANA KUMARI, under the category of Judges' Choice.
B.Tech. Civil Engineering
Best Project Award for the best project amongst the 27. SHASHANK AITAL,
graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering).
B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering
Professional Development & Innovation Award for
22. HARSH KUMAR, Innovative project in the final year amongst the
B.Tech. Civil Engineering graduating UG students of engineering/architecture
under the category of Judges' Choice.
Rural India Technology Based Upliftment (RITU)
Excellence Award forSignificant contribution
towards development of rural India either in the 28. SHREYAS DODAMANI,
form of a final year project or part of any other
B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering
initiative at IIT Roorkee amongst the graduating
student of B.Tech./Int.M.Sc./M.Tech., and dual Professional Development & Innovation Award for
degree programmes. Innovative project in the final year amongst the
graduating UG students of engineering/architecture
under the category of Judges' Choice.
23. VARUN MISHRA,
B.Tech. Civil Engineering
29. SAKSHAM SINGHAL,
Vinay Krishna Cash Prize forsecuring the second
B.Tech. Electrical Engineering
highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of
B.Tech. (Civil Engineering). Smt. Sukh Devi Kulshreshtha Department Gold
Medal for securing the highest CGPA amongst
24. DIVYANSH AGARWAL,
the graduating students of B.Tech. (Electrical
B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering Engineering).
Best Project Award for the best project amongst the N.S. Agarwal Innovation Award for innovative work
graduating students of B.Tech. (Computer Science in their field amongst the graduating UG students.
and Engineering).
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30. ANCHIT PROCH, Air Cmdr S.C. Mehra Scholarship for securing the
highest CGPA amongst the graduating female
B.Tech. Electrical Engineering
students of B.Tech. (Electrical Engineering).
Best Project Award for thebest project amongst
the graduating students of B.Tech. (Electrical
Engineering). 37. S SHANMATHI,
B.Tech. Electrical Engineering
31. ADITYA SHARMA, Om Bala Thapar Cash Prize for best all-round
performance amongst the graduating UG girl
B.Tech. Electrical Engineering
students.
Professional Development and Innovation Award
for Innovative project in the final year amongst the
graduating UG students of engineering/architecture 38. VISHU SAXENA,
under the category of Judges' Choice. B.Tech. Electronics & Communication Engineering
Shri Hari Chand Nagalia Department Gold Medal for
32. VATSAL DIXIT, securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating
students of B.Tech. (Electronics and Communication
B.Tech. Electrical Engineering Engineering).
Professional Development & Innovation Award for Best Project Award for the Best project amongst
Innovative project in the final year amongst the the graduating students of B.Tech. (Electronics and
graduating UG students of engineering/architecture Communication Engineering).
under the category of Judges' Choice. Professional Development & Innovation Award for
the Innovative project in the final year amongst the
graduating UG students of engineering/architecture
33. ABHISHEK SARONIYA, under the category of Best Innovation.
B.Tech. Electrical Engineering
N.S. Agarwal Innovation Award for innovative work
39. YASH JAIN,
in their field amongst the graduating UG students.
B.Tech. Electronics & Communication Engineering
Best Project Award for the Best project amongst
34. AGRIM AGRAWAL, the graduating students of B.Tech. (Electronics and
B.Tech. Electrical Engineering Communication Engineering).
N.S. Agarwal Innovation Award for innovative work Professional Development & Innovation Award for
in their field amongst the graduating UG students. the Innovative project in the final year amongst the
graduating UG students of engineering/architecture
under the category of Best Innovation.
35. SUTHAR NISARG MANISHBHAI,
B.Tech. Electrical Engineering
40. GARVIT AGARWAL,
N.S. Agarwal Innovation Award for innovative work
B.Tech. Electronics & Communication Engineering
in their field amongst the graduating UG students.
N.S. Agarwal Innovation Award for innovative work
36. DHRITI GUPTA, in their field amongst the graduating UG students.
B.Tech. Electrical Engineering
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41. SANJANA NARAYAN, 47. RUTHIK KANTILAL JADHAV,

B.Tech. Electronics & Communication Engineering B.Tech. Production & Industrial Engineering
N.S. Agarwal Innovation Award for innovative work Best Project Award for the best project amongst
in their field amongst the graduating UG students. the graduating B.Tech. students of Department of
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering.

42. TANYA RAMPAL,

48. VAIBHAV SAINI,
B.Tech. Electronics & Communication Engineering
B.Tech. Production & Industrial Engineering
Smt. Kaushalya Arya Cash Prize for the excellent
overall performance amongst the B.Tech./ B.Arch. Best Project Award for the best project amongst
graduating female students. the graduating B.Tech. students of Department of
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering.

43. ANAND CHOUDHARY,

49. RACHERLA GEETIKA,
B.Tech. (Engineering Physics)
B.Tech. Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. Frau Gertrude Felden Department Gold Medal for
(Engineering Physics). securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating
students of B.Tech. (Metallurgical and Materials
Best Project Award for the Best project amongst
Engineering).
the graduating students of B.Tech. (Engineering
Physics).
50. DHARAMSOTHU VENU,
44. EESH GUJRANIA, B.Tech. Metallurgical & Materials Engineering
B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering Best Project Award for thebest project amongst the
graduating students of B.Tech. (Metallurgical and
Best Project Award for the best project amongst
Materials Engineering).
the graduating students of B.Tech. (Mechanical
Engineering).
51. ADITYA BIPINCHANDRA GITE,
45. KRITIN R. AGRAWAL, B.Tech. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering Hari Krishna Mittal Leadership Award for the
significant contribution towards enhancing the
Best Project Award for the best project amongst
entrepreneurship culture at IIT Roorkee amongst
the graduating B.Tech. students of Department of
the graduating UG/PG (including Ph.D.) students.
Mechanical & Industrial Engineering.

52. AISHWARYA,
46. ASHANA SHARAN,
B.Tech. Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering
Sarojini Naidu Cup for the excellence in academics
P.K. Kapse Award to Medhavi Girl for obtaining the
and sports amongst the B.Tech./ B.Arch./ IDD/ Int.
highest CGPA amongst the graduating girl students
M.Sc./ Int. M.Tech. graduating students admitted
of B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering).
through JEE (Advanced).
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53. MEDA RADHEESH SHARMA, 59. YASH SANJAY KUTE,

B. Tech. Polymer Science & Engineering Integrated M.Tech. Geological Technology
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of B.Tech. CGPA amongst the graduating students of
(Polymer Science and Engineering). Integrated M.Tech. Geological Technology.
Best Project Award for thebest project amongst the Best Project Award for best project amongst
graduating students of B.Tech. (Polymer Science the graduating students of Integrated M.Tech.
and Engineering). Geological Technology.

54. SHIVAM MISHRA, 60. AKSHAY VIJAY KAMATH,

Integrated M.Sc. Chemistry Integrated M.Tech. Geophysical Technology
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest Frau Odillie Schiffer Department Gold Medal for
CGPA amongst the graduating students of securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating
Integrated M.Sc. Chemistry. students of Integrated M.Tech. Geophysical Technology.
Best Project Award for thebest project amongst
the graduating students of Integrated M.Tech.
55. VINIT GUPTA,
Geophysical Technology.
Integrated M.Sc. Applied Mathematics
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
61. KRITIKA SHARMA,
CGPA amongst the graduating students of
Integrated M.Sc. Applied Mathematics. Master of Urban and Rural Planning
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of Master
56. AARUSHI VIJ,
of Urban and Rural Planning.
Integrated M.Sc. Applied Mathematics
Smt. Kailash Kambo Award for securing the highest
Best Project Award for thebest project amongst the CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.U.R.P.
graduating students of Integrated M.Sc. Applied
Mathematics.
62. MANSI SOOD,
Master of Architecture
57. VANSHAJ KERNI,
Smt. Kailash Kambo Award for securing the highest
Integrated M.Sc. Physics
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Arch.
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of
Integrated M.Sc. Physics. 63. DIBYANK DARSHI,
Master of Urban and Rural Planning
58. PARTH BAHUGUNA, Br. C. Selvam and Mrs. X. Espirith Selvam Award
for the project work related to betterment of rural
Integrated M.Sc. Physics
India or the design/construction of buildings for an
Best Project Award for thebest project amongst the NGO amongst the graduating students of M.Arch.
graduating students of Integrated M.Sc. Physics. or M.U.R.P. programme of the Department of
Architecture and Planning.
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64. KM SWAPNIL SINGH, M.Tech. Environment Management of Rivers and

Lakes.
M.Tech. Alternate Hydro Energy Systems
MEENAKSHI POWER AWARD for securing the
highest CGPA amongst the graduating female 70. VAIBHAV BISLA,
students of M.Tech. Alternate Hydro Energy M.Tech. Environmental Management of Rivers and
Systems). Lakes
Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Corporation
65. PAGADALA SUKHANTH BABU, Hydro Award forsecuring the highest CGPA
amongst the graduating students of M.Tech.
M.Tech. Alternate Hydro Energy Systems (Environment Management of Rivers and Lakes).
BSHPC Cash Prize forsecuring the highest CGPA
amongst the graduating students of M.Tech.
Alternate Hydro Energy Systems. 71. SHUBHALI SINGH,
M.Tech. Bioprocess Engineering

66. SACHIN AGGARWAL, Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech.
M.Tech. Alternate Hydro Energy Systems programme(s) of Department of Biosciences and
Electrosteel Award Cash Prize for thebest Bioengineering.
dissertation amongst the graduating students of
M.Tech. (Alternate Hydro Energy Systems).
72. SAMIKSHA,
M.Tech. Chemical Engineering
67. SRISHA GUPTA,
Smt. Prem Lata NagaliaDepartment Gold Medal for
M.Tech. Alternate Hydro Energy Systems securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating
A.K. Goel Hydropower Award for the best students of M.Tech. programme(s) of Department of
dissertation in Hydropower subject amongst the Chemical Engineering.
graduating students of Department of Hydro and
Renewable Energy.
73. AASHUTOSH GARG,
M.Tech. Environmental Engineering
68. IRAM NAAZ,
Shri Suresh Chandra Kapoor Department Gold
M.Tech. Environmental Management of Rivers and Medal for securing the highest CGPA amongst the
Lakes graduating students of M.Tech. programme(s) of
Electrosteel Award Cash Prize for the best Department of Civil Engineering.
dissertation amongst the graduating students of Prof. C.L. Toshniwal Award in Environmental
M.Tech. (Environment Management of Rivers and Engineering for securing the highest CGPA
Lakes). amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. Civil
Engineering with specialization in Environmental
Engineering.
69. POOJA CHOUDHARY,
M.Tech. Environmental Management of Rivers and
Lakes
Meenakshi Power Award for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating female students of
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74. THOTA VIJAYA KUMAR, 79. WASIM AHMAD,

M.Tech. Geomatics Engineering M.Tech. Structural Dynamics
Amba Prasad - Kalawati Memorial Cash Prize Smt. Lalit Kishori Department Gold Medal for
forsecuring the highest CGPA amongst the securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating
graduating students of M.Tech. Civil Engineering students of M.Tech. programme(s) of Department of
with specialization in Geomatics Engineering. Earthquake Engineering.
The Indian Service of Engineers Cash Prize
forsecuring the highest CGPA amongst the
75. AJAY DWIVEDI,
graduating students of M.Tech. Structural Dynamics.
M.Tech. Geotechnical Engineering
Tara Chand Kanti Devi Cash Prize for securing the
80. TANYA MALVI,
highest CGPA amongst the graduating students
of M.Tech. Civil Engineering with specialization in M.Tech. Soil Dynamics
Geotechnical Engineering.
The Indian Service of Engineers Cash Prize
forsecuring the highest CGPA amongst the
graduating students of M.Tech. Soil Dynamics.
76. MANISH KUMAR YADAV,
M.Tech. Transportation Engineering
81. ROSHAN SAHU,
Sunita Bahadur Memorial Medal for securing the
highest CGPA amongst the graduating students M.Tech. System and Control
of M.Tech. Civil Engineering with specialization in
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
Transportation Engineering.
CGPA amongst the graduating students of
M.Tech. programme(s) of Department of Electrical
Engineering.
77. AMOL PRASAD SHARMA,
Shri Bishwanath Bhattacharya Memorial Award
Masters in Innovation Management
for Best dissertation/thesis work amongst
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest the graduating students of M.Tech. and Dual
CGPA amongst the graduating students of Degree programmes of Department of Electrical
Masters in Innovation Management programme of Engineering.
Department of Design.

82. KUNAL PANWAR,

78. KALE ANURAG ANIL,
M.Tech. System and Control
M.Tech. Disaster Mitigation and Management
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. M.Tech. programme(s) of Department of Electrical
programme(s) of Centre of Excellence in Disaster Engineering.
Mitigation and Management.
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83. SOURABH KUMAR SHARMA, 88. DIVYA SHARMA,

M.Tech. RF and Microwave Engineering M.Tech. Materials Engineering
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech.
programme(s) of Department of Electronics and programme(s) of Department of Metallurgical and
Communication Engineering. Materials Engineering.

84. ABHISHEK SHUKLA, 89. KAUSTUBH SHARMA,

M.Tech. Dam Safety and Rehabilitation M.Tech. Packaging Technology
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech. CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech.
programme(s) of Department of Hydrology. programme(s) of Department of Paper Technology.
Shyam S. Biyani Cash Award forsecuring the
highest CGPA amongst the graduating students of
85. SAURABH KUKRETI, M.Tech. Packaging Technology.
M.Tech. Thermal Engineering
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest 90. PRAVEEN KUMAR KUNAM,
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech.
M.Tech. Pulp and Paper Engineering
programme(s) of Department of Mechanical and
Industrial Engineering. Professional Development and Innovation Award
for the Innovative project in the final year amongst
the graduating PG students of engineering/
86. PANDYA RONAK MANISHBHAI, architecture under the category of Best Innovation.
M.Tech. Data Science
Prof. Kumkum Garg Department Gold Medal for 91. JATOTH JAI KUMAR RATHOD,
securing the highest CGPA amongst the graduating
M.Tech. Infrastructure Systems
students of M.Tech. programme(s) of Mehta Family
School of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence. Shri Ravi Mohan Mangal Cash Prize for securing
the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students
Mrs. Chander Mohini Kapoor And Jeewan Kapoor
of M.Tech. Infrastructure Systems of Centre for
Merit Prizefor obtaining the highest CGPA amongst
Transportation Systems.
the graduating students of M.Tech. Data Science.

92. PIYUSH KUMAR,

87. M KRISHNA CHAITANYA,
M.Tech. Irrigation Water Management
M.Tech. Artificial Intelligence
S.K. Kumar Department Gold Medal for securing
Professional Development and Innovation Awardfor
the highest CGPA amongst the graduating students
innovative project in the final year amongst the
of M.Tech. programme(s) of Department of Water
graduating PG students of engineering/architecture
Resources Development and Management.
under the category of Judges' Choice.
Dr. A.N. Khosla Medal for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech.
programme(s) of Department of Water Resources
Development and Management.
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93. SIMRAN GULERIYA, programme of Department of Bioscience &

Bioengineering.
M.Sc. Applied Geology
Dr. A.N. Khosla Medal forsecuring the highest CGPA
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
amongst the graduating students of M.Sc./ M.Tech.
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Sc.
(Science) programmes.
programme of Department of Earth Sciences.

99. PRAKHAR DIXIT,

94. ISHA,
Ph.D. Department of Polymer and Process
M.Sc. Chemistry
Engineering
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
Excellence in Doctoral Research Award for
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Sc.
outstanding Ph.D. work in Engineering Stream
programme of Department of Chemistry.
under the category of Applied Research.
Dr. Hari G. Garg Cash Prize for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Sc.
Chemistry. 100. MANISHA MALIK,
Ph.D. Department of Mathematics
95. RISHABH GUPTA, Dr. Sushil Sharma Excellence in Doctoral Research
Award for outstanding Ph.D. work in Science
M.Sc. Economics
Stream under the category of Applied Research.
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Sc.
programme of Department of Humanities and 101. SHWETA TRIPATHI,
Social Sciences Ph.D. Department of Biosciences and
Bioengineering
96. NIKITA, Excellence in Doctoral Research Award for
outstanding Ph.D. work in Engineering Stream
M.Sc. Mathematics
under the category of Fundamental Research.
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Sc.
programme of Department of Mathematics. 102. ANKIT BABU,
B.Tech. Civil Engineering
97. KRISHAN JOSHI, Best Project Award for the best project amongst the
graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering).
M.Sc. Physics
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Sc. 103. ANUPRIYA,
programme of Department of Physics. B.Tech. Civil Engineering
Best Project Award for the best project amongst the
98. HARDIK GARG, graduating students of B.Tech. (Civil Engineering).
M.Sc. Biotechnology
Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Sc.
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104. PRANAW RAJ, graduating UG and PG students of engineering/

architecture under the category of Best Overseas
B.Tech. Computer Science and Engineering
Innovator.
Best Project Award for the best project amongst
the graduating students of B.Tech. (Computer
Science and Engineering). 110. SPARSH WADHWA,
Master of Business Administration
105. SARTHAK SHARMA, G.M. Singhvi Department Gold Medal for securing
the highest CGPA amongst the graduating
B.Tech. Mechanical Engineering
students of Master of Business Administration.
Dr. A.S. Arya Cash Prize forexcellent overall
performance amongst the B.Tech./ B.Arch.
graduating male students. 111. AHZAM SHAKEEL,
M.Tech. Alternate Hydro Energy Systems
106. AYUSH KUMAR DIXIT, Chhattisgarh State Power Generation Corporation
Hydro Award to securing the highest CGPA
IDD-B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering) and M.Tech.
amongst the graduating students of M.Tech.
(Thermal Engineering)
Alternate Hydro Energy Systems.
Vidya Dutt Department Gold Medal for securing
the highest CGPA amongst the graduating
students of B.Tech. (Mechanical Engineering). 112. PRATYAY BANERJEE,
M.Des. Industrial Design
107. PEDDAPOTHULA SAHITHI PRIYA, Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Des.
Integrated M.Sc. Chemistry
programme of Department of Design.
Best Project Award for thebest project amongst
the graduating students of Integrated M.Sc.
Chemistry. 113. MAYANK GAUTAM,
M.Tech. Polymer Science & Engineering
108. GULLAPALLI TEJDEEP, Department Gold Medal for securing the highest
CGPA amongst the graduating students of M.Tech.
M.Tech. Electric Drives and Power Electronics
programme(s) of Department of Polymer and
Mr. Bevan Ross Wilkinson Department Gold Process Engineering.
Medal for securing the highest CGPA amongst the
Shyam S. Biyani Cash Award for securing the
graduating students of M.Tech. programme(s) of
highest CGPA amongst the graduating students
Department of Electrical Engineering.
of M.Tech. Polymer Science and Engineering.

109. LOKMAN HAKIM,

M.Tech. Packaging Technology
Professional Development & Innovation Award for
innovative project in the final year amongst the
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