IIT Mandi Brochure
The Only IIT in the Himalayas
A new bower of learning and knowledge generation has germinated in the Shivalik Range of the Himalayas. Founded in 2009, IIT Mandi is one of the youngest IITs in the country. After the appointment of Prof. Timothy A. Gonsalves as the first full-time Director of the Institute in January 2010, IIT Mandi has made rapid strides towards becoming a world-class technology institution.
Vision
IIT Mandi's vision is to be leader in science and technologyeducation, knowledge creation and innovation, in an India marching towards a just, inclusive and sustainable society.
At IIT Mandi a team of inspired faculty and students are striving to realize these ideals:
- Spearheading cutting edge research and development in solution-oriented technologies needed by people of the region, the country and the world.
- To achieve excellence and high impact locally and globally by strongly supporting inter-disciplinary R&D; the faculty are establishing collaborations with industry and research groups in India and abroad.
- Imparting a project-oriented education to students with a view to innovating sustainable technologies for widespread use.
- By a commitment to working closely with and for industry. This includes an innovative design-oriented curriculum that exposes students to real-world projects throughout, collaborative R&D to solve problems of industry, advanced degrees for working professionals, and continuing education for industry.
The Schools
To encourage synergistic mingling of minds, faculty are organised in broad multi-disciplinary Schools. The offices and labs of the different Schools are co-located, even overlapping. While some faculty work in pure research, others work on applied research in collaboration with industry. IIT Mandi has a strategic focus on partnerships with like-minded Institutions and industry in India and abroad.
The School of Computing and Electrical Engineering is interested in delving into the underlying fundamental principles of information theory, theory of computation, communication theory, quantum mechanics and the laws of electromagnetism. It applies these to pressing needs of society, through initiatives such as ICT for Sustainable Development, and Green and Renewable Energy Technologies.
The School of Engineering covers tangible physical structures and artefacts such as transport vehicles, transport systems, machines, materials, manufacturing, processes, designs, etc.
The School of Basic Sciences includes mathematics, physics, chemistry and life sciences. Faculty are involved in theoretical and experimental research. They work closely with their engineering colleagues on R&D projects.
The School of Humanities and Social Sciences: The emphasis on innovation and relevance to society highlights the importance of this School. Along with the goal to train the Engineering students, the School aims at conducting advanced research on Language, Literature, Cultural Studies, Psychology, Economics,Management, Policy Studies, etc.
Academics
- There are around 215 students in 1st and 2nd year B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science & Engineering and 23 PhD and MS (by research) students in various Schools
- The 27 young faculty and 6 senior faculty bring a potent blend of exuberance and experience.
Research Interests of Faculty
Note: Italics indicates mentor faculty from another IIT| Name | Areas of Interest |
| School of Basic Sciences | |
| Dr. Lalit Malhotra | Thin Film Physics and Technology, Amorphous Semiconductors, Charcogenide glasses, Selective Coating, Dilute magnetic semiconductors, solid state sensors, hydrogenated amorphous silicon and transport conductors |
| Dr. P.C. Deshmukh | Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics |
| Dr. Prasanth P. Jose | Soft condensed matter physics mainly in studies of: bio-molecules, polymers, liquid crystals & granular materials, computational modelling of collective response functions & phase transition in these systems |
| Dr. Suman Kalyan Pal | Photophysical behaviours of organic molecules and inorganic nanomaterials with the aim to develop materials for light emitting diodes, charge formation & recombination mechanisms in organic photovoltaic materials using advanced laser spectroscopy |
| Dr. Bindu Radhamany | Electronic structure & crystal sturctural properties of strongly correlated electron systems using photoemission, diffraction and X-ray absorption spectroscopic techniques |
| Dr. Hari Varma | Photoionization studies of atoms, to undestand the nature of electron-electron correlation, to study the effect of relativistic effects and the effect of external potential on energy levels and also on other photoionization |
| Dr. Manoj Thakur | Operations research, Optimization, Soft computing, Machine learning, Computational Finance, Mathematical modelling of Eng. Problems |
| Dr. Nitu Kumari | Nonlinear dynamics and chaos, mathematical modelling of population dynamics, Spatiotemporal dynamics of extended systems, Epidemiology, Patterns and Waves in Ecology, Ordinary and Partial differential equations |
| Dr. Syed Abbas | Almost Periodic Solutions, Monotone Operator Theory, Functional Differential Equations, Stochastic Modeling, Method of Time Discretization & Applications |
| Dr. Pradeep Parameswaran | Development of Organic/Inorganic hybrid materials towards Catalytic and material application |
| Dr. P. C. Ravikumar | Total Synthesis of Natural products, New Synthetic Methodology development, Design and Synthesis of new assymetric ligands |
| Dr. Chayan K. Nandi | Characterization of DNA based metal nanoparticles for biomolecular sensors and Real time protien folding dynamics using smFRET |
| Dr. Rajendra K. Ray | Computational Fluid Dynamics,Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations,Two-phase Modeling and Sediment Transport, Stochastic Differential Algebraic Equations. |
| Dr. Pradyumna Kumar Pathak | Quantum Optics, Quantum information, Nanophotonics and Mesoscopic physics |
| Dr. A. Chakraborty | Theoretical dynamics of highly excited molecules |
| Dr. Prem Felix Siril | Polymer and noble metal nanostructures, Nanocrystallisation of simple organic compounds, High energetic materials, Heterogeneous catalysis, Thermal analysis and gas absorption calorimetry. |
| Dr. Subrata Gosh | Organic synthesis, asymmetric catalysis, medicinal chemistry, applied chemistry, New synthetic methodology |
| School of Engineering | |
| Dr. Sateesh Gedupudi | Thermofluids, Phase change heat transfer, Flow boiling and instabilities in Mini/Micro-channels, Thermodynamic analysis |
| Dr. Rajeev Kumar | Solid Mechanics, Vibration, Smart material/Structure Finite Element Method, Modeling & Control, Optimization (Genetic Algorithms) |
| Dr. Vishal Singh Chauhan | Design Engineering, Plastic Deformation and Fracture of Metals and Alloys, Electromagnetic Radiation from Metals and Alloys |
| Dr. B. K. Mishra | Composite materials, Fracture mechanics, Wave propagation |
| Dr. Subrata Ray | Physical metallurgy, Composites and Tribology |
| Dr. Sunil Kale | Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Particle-laden flows, Combustion and Energy Conversion |
| School of Computing and Electrical Engineering | |
| Dr. Dinil Mon Divakaran | QoS provisioning, Performance evaluation, P2P systems, Optical networks and Application of Queueing theory and game theory |
| Dr. Gagan Garg | Cryptology, Algorithmic number theory and Sequence design |
| Dr. Deepak Khemani | Artificial intelligence, case-based reasoning, planning |
| Dr. Timothy A. Gonsalves | Computer networks and distributed software systems |
| Dr. Genemala Haobijam | Design of analog interegrated circuits and radio frequency intergrated circuits using CMOs. Design and modelling RF IC components |
| Dr. Bharat Singh Rajpurohit | Renewable energies, Power electronics & Grid intergration, Power System Harmonics, Power system operation, Control analysis, Parameter estimation of electrical machines |
| Dr. Trapti Jain | Power systems |
| Dr. A. K. Sao | Multi-modal biometrics, Image processing, Video programming, Pattern recognition |
| School of Humanities and Social Sciences | |
| Dr. Shweta Rao | Food and cultural studies, Feminism, Postcolonial studies |
| Dr. Sumit Mazumdar | Development economics |
Note: Italics indicates mentor faculty from another IIT
| Research Publications from IIT Mandi Research Projects |
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Transit Campus
The transit campus of IIT Mandi is situated in the premises of the Vallabh Degree College in Mandi town. It consists of a large Academic Block, an Annexe with administrative offices, faculty flats and a Guest House and three student hostels. It boasts a library, laboratories, high-speed Internet from 2 service providers, and sports facilities.
Permanent Campus
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The Opportunities
By 2015, IIT Mandi will have about 1,500 students, 150 faculty and 300 staff. By 2030, the Institute will grow to 8,000 students, 800 faculty and 1,200 staff. IIT Mandi offers young professionals and academic visionaries a rare opportunity to help an Institute grow from a fledgling to a renowned Institute of National and Global stature. It offers industry a reliable, committed partner in their quest for novel and cost-effective products and services to address the burning problems of society. It seeks partnerships with like-minded academic institutions world-wide. You are invited to join hands with our dedicated faculty and students in this exciting journey into the future!
| Prof. Timothy A. Gonsalves Indian Institute of Technology Mandi Mandi – 175001 Himachal Pradesh, India | director@iitmandi.ac.in+91-1905-237731 www.iitmandi.ac.in |