ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: IT-Day on March 19-Report

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The Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University celebrated IT-Day on 19th March, 2010 at G-11 as the IT-Day, which in less than a decade will celebrate its diamond jubilee. It is overwhelming that our institution has been producing engineering stalwarts for 90 years now.

The chief guest for this momentous occasion was Mr. N. K. Shrivastava, Senior Deputy Director General, Telecommunications Engineering Centre in dept. of Telecommunications, Ministry of communications and Information Technology Govt. of India. When invited to address the gathering, Mr. Shrivastava described the transformations in the educational system, the advancement in technology, limitless potential of telecommunication industries and also gave us a brief introduction about the future of telecommunication.

Mr. N. K. Shrivastava, an IT-BHU alumnus and a gold medalist in Electronics Engineering in 1975 was conferred the IT Distinguished Alumni Award in the presence of esteemed dignitaries like Prof. D. P. Singh, Vice Chancellor BHU, Prof. Virendra Singh, Dean of Faculty of Engineering, Prof. K. P. Singh, Director IT-BHU and Prof. S. N. Upadhyay, former Director of IT-BHU. Prof. D. P. Singh extended his heartfelt congratulations to the faculty and students and gave his blessing to the institute. Prof. K. P. Singh also thanked the students and staff for their support and the bright future of our college and the imminent conversion to IIT.

Soon after the enlightening discourse, the eagerly awaited prize distribution began and students with meritorious performances were felicitated overall and in their respective fields. Awardees were handed the mementos by the hon'ble Chief Guest. Awards were also presented for the best hostels with GSMC hostel in the top spot with Dhanrajgiri and Morvi having to settle for the rest of the podium places. 18 students were awarded IT-Colour for outstanding performance in Games and Sports activities and 4 students, Gaurav Mittal (5th year, Mathematics & Computing), Raunak Kalra (3^rd year, Mining), Abhinav Pandey (3^rd year, Electrical), Aviral Srivastava (2^nd year, Mechanical) were awarded the same honour for excellence in cultural events.

The prestigious distinction of Institute Blue was conferred on Prof. Virendra Singh, Praharsh Sharma (4^th year, Electronics), Abhishek Modi (4^th year, SMST), Satyendra Nath Singh (5^th year, Mechanical) and Gaurav Garg (4^th year, Metallurgy). And finally the Outstanding Student Award the year award was bagged by Prachi Mittal (4^th year, Electronics) for all round excellence.

The curtains were drawn by Dr P. K. Mishra inviting all present to the IT cafeteria for tea and then reminding us yet again that we all could also be the ones receiving the honors by putting our best foot forward. 

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IT-Day celebrations-Photos

For photo album, click here.

 

IT-Day celebrations-photos.pdf

 

 

Dr. P. K. Mishra, Prof. K. P. Singh, Mr. N. K. Srivastava, Prof. D. P. Singh, Prof. R. K. Pandey, Prof. S. K. Balasubramanian	Prof. R.K. Pandey, Prof. S.K. Balasubramanian, Prof. Virendra Singh
Prof. D. P. Singh, Mr. N. K. Srivastava, Prof. K. P. Singh	Audience at IT-Day
Abhishek Modi, Prof. Virendra Singh, Mr. N. K.  Srivastava, Prof. K.P. Singh	Praharsh Sharma receiving IT-Blue Award

 

 

ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: Student Awards on IT-Day by Alumni Association

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The Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University celebrated IT-Day on Friday, 19th March, 2010 at G-11, which in less than a decade will celebrate its diamond jubilee. It is overwhelming that our institution has been producing engineering stalwarts for 90 years now.

The awards are planned and funded by IT-BHU Global Alumni Association, New Jersey, USA. The selection of students for awards is based on the demonstrated skills and personal qualities by the individual student.

The Student Awards are started from this year (2010). The first awards were given out on IT-Day. The alumni association will continue the award program each year.

There are 3 categories of awards. Each category will have a maximum of 5 awards:

a) 2010 Student IIT-JEE Award

This award is given to the students who have obtained highest rank in 2009 IIT-JEE in general category. Students with top five ranks in IIT-JEE (who were admitted to IT-BHU during 2009-10 academic session) are selected for the award.

The top rank holder gets Rs. 5,000 as prize money, while next 4 rank holders receive Rs. 3,000 each.

b) 2010 Student Leadership Award

This award is given to students showing multi-faceted personality and leadership qualities. They will have to excel in different fields such as academic, interacting with fellow students, alumni relations, social service, competitions, etc.

Each student selected will receive Rs. 3,000 as prize money.

 c) 2010 Student Achievement Award

This award is given to students having achieved extraordinary success in any field such as technical competition, essays, scientific paper, sports and cultural competition, social work, etc.

Each student selected will receive Rs. 3,000 as prize money.

Each award winner will receive:

-Check for the prize amount from IT-BHU Global Alumni Association

-Award certificate, issued by the alumni association and presented by Director of IT at IT-Day function

-Citation certificate listing achievement of each awardee, issued by the alumni association and presented by Director of IT at IT-Day function

-Memento

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2010 Student Awards-List of students receiving awards

a) 2010 Student IIT-JEE Award (all first year B. Tech. students)

(http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2009/07/index-campus-view.php#004403)

JEE 2009 top five rank holders among IT-BHU students:

b) 2010 Student Leadership Award

c) 2010 Student Achievement Award

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Comments by some winners of awards:

Srishti Didwania (IIT-JEE topper):

I feel very lucky that the year I joined here as JEE topper, it has been recognized and awarded. I think it was very encouraging and people at better ranks should join here the year ahead and prefer a better stream at IT-BHU rather than a lower one at just any other IIT.

Chandan Kumar (Leadership Award):

I like to thank IT-BHU Global Alumni Association for honouring me with this award and this award will boost me in continuing my effort to guide my younger friends and working in my fields.

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Example of Student Award Certificate

 Example of Citation for Student Leadership Award  

 Signed and scanned copies of Student Award certificates

award certificates-vish and bansal.pdf

 Signed and scanned copies of citation for Student Awards

citations IIT-JEE.pdf   citations-achievement.pdf   citations-Leadership.pdf

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Student Awards by alumni association-Photos

Prof. T.R. Mankhand, announcing IBGAA awards, Aviral Srivastava helping him to read Citations	Deep Jariwala, Prof. Virendra Singh, Prof. K. P. Singh
Award ceremony	Chandan Kumar, Prof. Virendra Singh, Prof. K. P. Singh
Ashish Ojha received IIT-JEE Award

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Mementos given out to awardees

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: ANNUAL REPORT of IT-GYMKHANA (2009-10)

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(Forwarded by Praharsh Sharma, General Secretary, C.C.A. Wing, IT-Gymkhana. Email: praharshsharmaster@gmail.com)

IT-Gymkhana and its all three wings organized numerous activities during the 2009-2010. This report was read out by President, IT-Gymkhana (Dr. P.K. Mishra) during IT-Day function on March 19, 2010.

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Co-Curricular Activities (C.C.A. Wing)

C.C.A. Wing witnessed an entire plethora of events during the session 2009-10 with each of its existing and new clubs hosting and bringing out endeavours for students of IT-BHU in all its forms. Three new clubs (Media & Press Club, Drishti Club and Robotics Club) apart from existing clubs (Astronomy Club, Aero-modeling Club, Cine Club) were constituted. All clubs conducted activities like Presentations, Talks, Workshops, and Competitive Events being held gloriously in all clubs for students of IT-BHU.

* Robotics Club, conducted a host of workshops for students related to Basic Mechanics, Basic Electronics, Simulation Tools, Programming, Gears and Devices etc. and competitive events like ‘Fresher Robotics Event’ were held.

* Astronomy Club conducted Workshops on Astronomy for students enlightening them about various astronomical phenomena and opportunities for them in the field of Astronomy. Deliberation by Winner of an International competition in Astronomy was organized. It also organized competitive events like Astronomy Challenge #1 and subsequent events like Astronomy Challenge #2 are yet to happen in this session.

* Cine Club conducted ‘Cine Critics Confluence’ which comprised of Movie Critics and subsequent Quiz/GD/Deliberation over the same. A Movie Making Competition during Spardha 2010 and ‘Director’s Cut’ during Kashiyatra 2010 were also launched and conducted.

* Media & Press Club published ‘Pulse’, ‘Goonj - Kashiyatra 1’, ‘Goonj – Kashiyatra 2’ and ‘Goonj Spardha’ pertaining to dedicated efforts of the team within short time. Other issues of the same and publication of ‘Trillium’ is yet to be witnessed.

* Drishti Club has been incepted recently and efforts have begun to hold Talks, Sessions and Presentations on topics of Ethics, Moral Education, Environment, and Ecology etc. so as to benefit all round development of students. A talk by ‘Sir E. Emmet Brady’ from Bio-mimicry Guild Speakers Bureau, USA was organized in addition to talks by Yogesh Upadhyaya (CHE77) from New Jersey, USA during their visits to IT-BHU.

* Aero-modeling Club conducted its introductory workshop for students to make them aware about the subject. Subsequent workshops and an Air-Show with cooperation from NCC are planned by the end of session.

Thus, all clubs and activities of C.C.A. Wing have focused on technical, managerial and entrepreneurial activities for all round development of students, strengthening the very purpose of C.C.A. Wing.

Cultural Wing

Cultural wing, IT-Gymkhana organized various events in the calendar year 2009-10 to promote cultural activities among students. As introduction and training to first year students various workshops were held in Sep-Oct 2009 viz. Dance workshop, Indian Music workshop, Western Music workshop, Theatre workshop, Literary workshop, Fine-arts and creative workshop were held. These events were followed up with competition for the first year students and IT-Open competition. IT Open dance and music competition was held on 29th and 30^th October 2009 at G-11 and Swatantrata Bhavan respectively. IT open Literary and theatre competition was held in the following week.

* Kashiyatra’10: The annual national cultural festival of IT BHU was held from 22^nd-25^th January at full fervor with 5 pronites and national level dance, music, literary, theatre and fine arts competitions held under their respective clubs.

The pro nites included India meets Europe live concert hosting David Laborier and Michel Mootz from Europe in fusion with Pt. Deobrat Mishra and Pt. Mangala Prasad Mishra, Hasya Kavi sammelan with the biggest names like Dr. Kumar Vishwas and Rahat Indori Ji, Ethnic wear competition, Crosswindz- the western music competition with bands coming from all across the nation, Antarnaad- the final show hosted one of India’s best band “Band of Boys” which mesmerized the jam packed crowd for over 2 hours. Other informal events included treasure hunt, online cryptology contest and Mr. and Miss Kashiyatra.

Games and Sports Wing

Session 2009-10 turned to be one of the most busy and active session in the history of IT Gymkhana being the witness of so many activities through out the year which are still going on. The session started with the orientation program of the first year students which was organized in the Gymkhana to make the students aware of highly rich culture and facilities of games and sports of IT-BHU. After a grand orientation program of first year students highly busy Sports Calendar of Games and Sports Wing Stared working. A total of 23 internal events were organized during the session. In the brief these tournaments are………

The first tournament was Adel Memorial Inter Hostel Football Tournament. In this Tournament Total 9 hostel participated and finally DG Hostel turned as Hostel Champion leaving behind Morvi Hostel as runner up in a very thrilling final match. 1^st Year Cricket Trials, 1^st  Year Athletics  Trials, 1^st Year Lawn Tennis Trials, 1^st  Year Hockey Trials, 1^st Year Squash Trials, 1^st Year Table tennis Trials, 1^st  Year Badminton Trials, 1^st Year Chess Tournament, 1^st Year Handball Trials, 1^st Year Carom Trials, 1^st Year Table Tennis Trials were organized.

After these trials all the teams started their preparation For BITS-Pilani Tour an All India Games & Sports Festival of BITS-Pilani. Finally from 16^th to 20^th Sept. IT-BHU contingent participated in BIT-Pilani Sports fest. There in Bits-Pilani The performance of IT-BHU was outstanding Specially Girls teams did very well and finally ended our trip with Medals in 17 different events including Team and Individual events and bagged 2 gold medal 8 silver medal sand 7 bronze medals and finally declared as  second best Outstation team of the Tournament.

Games and Sports wing also organized Inter Year Cricket Tournament, Inter year Volley ball Tournament, IT open Swimming Tournament, Inter-Hostel Basket ball Tournament, Inter-Hostel Hockey tournament, IT Open Badminton Tournament, IT Open Table tennis Tournament, IT Open Squash Tournament, IT Open Lawn Tennis Tournament. Also Dr. A. K. Chandola Memorial Inter-Hostel Cricket Tournament In this tournament total 9 teams participated and after one months of playful time finally C. V. Raman Hostel lifted the winner’s trophy and outplayed all his opponents in a very convincing way and De hostel was satisfied with the runner up position.

District level Shri Mahaveer Football tournament was organized during Jan. 14^th 18^th 2010, bringing back the football fever to its peak. In this tournament total 6 best teams of Varanasi took part and finally DLW Team came out as champion. IT BHU Team could attain the 3^rd position. Finally it was the time for the most awaited activity of IT-Gymkhana which in not merely an activity but it’s a dream of all the sports persons not only from BHU but also from various engineering colleges across the country which is turning to be a brand name of Games and Sports among the technical colleges. It is nothing but our All India Games & Sports Festival “SPARDHA”.

This year Spardha touched the new heights where total of 19 games were organized and a total of 39 prestigious colleges across the country participated in the festival. IT-BHU was the overall champion. BIT-Durg was awarded the best outstation Team’s Trophy.

This year 4 new games were introduced in the Spardha’10: Kho-Kho, Tae-Kwon-Do, Clutch and Base ball. Among these, Clutch became one of the biggest LAN gaming events of India. Apart from all these addition for the first time Spardha was organized for 5 days. Separate catering for all the outstation participants was arranged.  24 hrs running K.P. Food plaza was developed for all the students. 

This year Gymkhana also witnessed the following events for the first time

* Blood Donation Camp

* Teacher’s Day

* Diwali

* Lohri & Makar Sankranti

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: Dr. M. K. Meshram (Electronics Engineering) receives BOYSCAST Fellowship

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We are pleased to state that Dr. Manoj Kumar Meshram (Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronics Engineering, IT-BHU) has been awarded with BOYSCAST Fellowship for the year 2009-10. It has been awarded by DST (Department of Science and Technology, New Delhi).

Dr. Meshram received the fellowship for conducting advanced research/undergoing specialized training in the area of “Smart Sensors & Materials” for a duration of 12 months at Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ONL8S4K1, Canada.

The DST will provide funds for all the expenses incurred for the work. The Fellowship will be started from June 2010.

The offer letter from DST is attached here.

(Dr. M. K. Meshram)

Dr. Meshram can be contacted at: mkmeshram.ece@itbhu.ac.in

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About BOYSCAST Fellowship:

BOYSCAST Fellowship is a prestigious fellowship from of govt. of India, and one of highest awards among research community. All expenses are covered by DST.

Better Opportunities for Young Scientists in Chosen Areas of Science and Technology (BOYSCAST)

The scheme provides opportunities to Young Indian Scientists and Technologies (up to the age of 35 years), to interact with international scientist community and institutions and to participate in research and training activities in frontline areas of science and technology. The duration of the Fellowship is 3-12 months.

Annually, on an average, about 40 young scientists are awarded this fellowship in various areas, such as plant-microbe interactions; plant genetic resources; agricultural ecology; biodiversity and conservation biology; transplant biology; industrial microbiology; semiconductor physics; mathematical science; electronic material and processing; earth and atmospheric science; palaeoclimatology; organometallics; supramolecular chemistry; manufacturing engineering; computer and information science, earthquake engineering and structural dynamics.

The selected young scientists are also encouraged to attend scientific conferences and visit other institutions in the host country. Candidates selected under this scheme are expected to further generate and spread their expertise at the S&T laboratories/ Institutes across the nation.

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So far (as we know of) there are only four faculty members from IT-BHU who have received the award:

-Prof. V. P. Singh in 1991 (Mechanical Engineering) for session 1991-92

-Prof. V. K. Srivastava in 1991 (Mechanical Engineering) for session 1991-92

-Prof. S. P. Singh in 1992 (Electrical Engineering) for session 1992-93

-Dr. M. K. Meshram in 2010 (Electronics Engineering) for session 2009-2010

For the year 2009-10, 103 scientists have been awarded BOYSCAST Fellowship by DST. The link below provides the list:

http://dst.gov.in/whats_new/whats_new10/boyscast09-10.pdf

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Biography of Dr. Manoj Kumar Meshram

From 2000 to 2001, Dr. Meshram was a Senior Research Fellow in the Electronics Engineering Department, at IT-BHU, where he carried out his research work on Microstrip array antenna. From August 2001 to July 2002, he worked as Assistant Professor in Electronics and Communication Engineering at the Dehradun Institute of Technology, Dehradun, India, where he carried out his research work on MMIC and microstrip antenna. In July 2002, he joined as a Lecturer in the Department of Electronics Engineering, Institute of Technology, BHU, where he presently works as Assistant Professor.

He has been awarded with the INSA Fellowship 2008-09 to visit South Korea for two months under Bilateral Exchange Programme. He visited Hanyang University, Seoul, South Korea between 11 June, 2008 to 8^th Aug, 2008 with Prof. Jaehoon Choi, where he carried out his research work on the design and development of microstrip antenna for WCDMA and WiMax repeater. He has been also awarded with Boyscast fellowship 2009-2010 for conducting advanced research for the duration of 12 months at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. He will be joined by Prof. Natiala Nikolova (research chair of high frequency, McMaster University) and carrying out his research on microwave imaging of human body tissues (especially for the breast cancer detection).

He has published 26 research papers in national and international journals and conferences. His research interests include frequency scanning antenna for radar system, microstrip antennas, tapered slot antenna, ferrites, MMIC, quarter-wave microstrip antenna, UWB antenna, and microwave imaging of human body tissues.

Dr. Meshram is a Member of the Indian Science Congress Association, India, and a Life Member of Indian Society of Technical Education (ISTE), India and Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (IETE). He received the Best Paper Award during the 87th session of the Indian Science Congress Association in January 2000 at Pune University, Pune, India. He is in the reviewer’s list of several reference journals in India and abroad.

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Education of Dr. M. K. Meshram:

*B. Tech. in 1994 in Electronics Engineering from Govt. Engineering College, Jabalpur

*M. Tech. in 1999 in Electronics Engineering (Microwave Engineering) from Govt. Engineering College, Jabalpur

*PhD in 2001 in Electronics Engineering from IT-BHU

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Profile of Dr. Meshram can be viewed on the department’s website at: http://itbhu.ac.in/ece/index.php/people/research-scholars/68.html

(Following info is taken from the above website).

Research Areas

*Microstrip antennas and arrays

*Shorted Microstrip Antenna for Mobile Communication

*Wideband/Dual-Band/Triple Band Microstrip Antenna for Wireless communication

*Microstrip Antenna for WCDMA and WiMax repeater

*Left Handed Metamaterials

*Frequency Selective Surfaces

(UWB Microstrip Antenna

 Publications

*Amit Kumar Singh, Manoj Kumar Meshram and B.R. Vishvakarma, “L-Strip Proximity Fed Shorted Rectangular Microstrip Antenna for Mobile Communication,” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. No., , pp.. (In Press).

*Kalpana Chaudhary, B. R. Vishvakarma and M. K. Meshram, “Satellite Solar Powwer Station: System Architecture, Concept and technologies”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol.4, No. 6, June 2009, pp. 1063-1069.

*Kalpana Chaudhary, B. R. Vishvakarma and M. K. Meshram, “Comparative Analysis of Conversion Efficiency of 2.45 GHz Rectenna Configuration for Microwave Power Transmission”, International Journal of Applied Engineering Research, Vol.4, No. 5, May 2009, pp. 665-670.

*Amit Kumar Singh and Manoj Kumar Meshram, “Slot Loaded Shorted Patch for Dual-band Operation”, Microwave and Optical Technology Letter, Vol. 50, No.4, April 2008, pp. 1010-1017.

* M. K. Meshram, “Analysis of L-Strip Proximity Fed Rectangular Microstrip Antenna for Mobile Base Station” Microwave and Optical Technology Letters, Vol. No. 8, Aug 2007, pp.1817-1824.

* Amit Kumar Singh and M. K. Meshram , “Shorting pin loaded dual-band compact rectangular microstrip antenna” International Journal of Electronics, U.K. , Vol. 94, Issue 3-4, March 2007, pp. 237-250.

* Rajesh K Vishwakarma, J.A. Ansari and M. K. Meshram, “Equilateral Triangular Microstrip Antenna for Circular Polarization Dual-Band Operation”, Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics, Vol. 35, August 2006, pp. 293-296.

* Vishvakarma, B. R., Meshram, M. K. and Thanoon, W.A., "An E-Plane Ferrite Loaded Simple Wave Guide Radiator", IEEE Trans. Ant. & Prop. (USA) vol. 51, No. 6, pp.1315-1320, June 2003.

* Meshram, M.K. and Vishvakarma, B. R.," Gap-Coupled Microstrip Array Antenna for Wide Band Operation", Int. J. Electronics (U.K.) Vol. 88, No. 11, 2001, pp. 1161-1175.

* Meshram, M.K. and Vishvakarma, B. R., "Scanning Characteristics of Ferrite Fed Microstrip Array Antenna", Int. J. Electronics (U.K.) Vol. 88, No. 5, 2001, pp. 549-559.

*Meshram, M.K. and Vishvakarma, B. R.," Analysis of A Gap-Coupled  Microstrip Array Antenna”, IETE Technical Review, New Delhi, India, vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 147-152, March-April 2001. 

 Courses

UG Level

* Microwave Engineering

* Electromagnetic Field Theory

* Radar Engineering

* Linear Integrated Circuits

* Electronics Instrumentation and Measurements

* Microwave Integrated Circuits

PG Level

* Artificial Intelligence

* Project/Lab

* Electromagnetic Field Theory and Microwave Antenna

 Membership

* Life Member, the Institution of Electronics and Telecommunication Engineers (India)

* Life Member, Indian Society of Technical Education (India)

Honors & Awards

* BOYSCAST Fellowship 2009-2010 for conducting advanced research on breast cancer detection with Prof. Natiala Nikolova at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada for 12 months.

*INSA (Indian National Science Academy, India) fellowship to visit South Korea for two months under Bilateral Exchange Programme for the session 2008-2009 (Worked at Hanyang University with Prof. Jaehoon Choi, period: 13^th June-8^th Aug 2008).

*INSA (Indian National Science Academy, India) fellowship to visit UK for three months under Bilateral Exchange Programme during 2007-2008 (Not availed).

* Best paper award during 87^th session of Indian Science Congress, 3-7 Jan’2000, Pune University, Pune, India

* Delivered an invited talk in 88^th session of Indian Science Congress, 3-7 Jan'2001, IARI, New Delhi, India.

* Reviewer of Elsevier Journal of Electronics and Communications.

*Reviewer of Journal of Microwaves, Optoelectronics and Electromagnetic Applications, Brazil.

*Reviewer of Indian Journal of Radio and Space Physics, India.

*Reviewer of ICTACT Journal on Communication Technology

Additional links:

* Boyscast Fellowship

http://dst.gov.in/scientific-programme/ser-hr-development.htm

* MMIC (Monolithic Microwave Integrated Circuit)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolithic_microwave_integrated_circuit

 Photograph of a GaAs MMIC (a 2-18GHz upconverter)

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: Dr. Yogesh Chandra Sharma (Applied Chemistry Dept.) awarded Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) by Meerut University

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Dr. Y.C. Sharma (Associate Professor of Department of Applied Chemistry) has been awarded D.Sc. in chemistry of CCS University, Meerut, UP in the convocation held on 19 Feb 2010. Topic of his D.Sc. thesis was “Economically viable removal of arsenic and mercury from aqueous solutions and wastewaters”.  

 (Dr. Yogesh C. Sharma)

Dr Sharma has been student of Department of Applied Chemistry and did his Ph.D. in 1991. He has published large number of research papers in reputed international journals. He is member of Editorial Boards of many journals and is regular reviewer of journals like Energy & Fuels, Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., J Agriculture Food Chem. (all ACS journals),  nearly a dozen of Elsevier  and many other journals. He has worked on different aspects of environmental remediation and is currently doing pioneer work on synthesis and characterization of biodiesel.

He can be contacted at: ysharma.apc@itbhu.ac.in    

Dr Yogesh Chandra Sharma Ph.D., D.Sc.

(SERC Visiting Fellow/INSA Visiting Fellow/ISTE National Awardee)

Department of Applied Chemistry

Institute of Technology

Banaras Hindu University

Varanasi 221 005, India.

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Additional link

* Chaudhary Charan Singh University, Meerut (formerly Meerut University)

http://www.ccsuniversity.ac.in/

* Department of Applied Chemistry, IT-BHU, Varanasi.

http://itbhu.ac.in/apc/

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: Deep Jariwala (4th yr Metallurgy) published research paper in Nature Materials Journal

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The research paper of Deep Jariwala (final year student in dept. of Metallurgical Engineering) was published in the premier materials science journal, Nature Materials. It has received a lot of media attention the world over. The relevant web links of the news articles are pasted below.

The research was headed by Prof. P. M. Ajayan (Metallurgy 1985), Deep Jariwala and Dr. Anchal Srivastava (Science faculty, Dept. of Physics, BHU), who are co-authors in the work. The paper published was titled as “Atomic layers of hybridized boron nitride and graphene domains”.

Deep Jariwala is also a recipient of 2010 Student Achievement Award (given out on IT-Day on March 19, 2010) by IT-BHU Global Alumni Association.

Deep Jariwala

Prof. P M. Ajayan

Dr. Anchal Srivastava

Deep Jariwala

Senior undergraduate student,

Dept. of Metallurgical Engineering,

IT-BHU, Varanasi.

Email: deep29jariwala@gmail.com

Home Page: http://sites.google.com/site/deepjariwalasite/

Prof. P. M. Ajayan

Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor of Engineering

Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Rice University,

Houston, Texas, USA.

(Metallurgy 1985 alumnus from IT-BHU)

Email: ajayan@rice.edu

Home Page: http://www.owlnet.rice.edu/~rv4/Ajayan/

Dr. Anchal Srivastava

Lecturer,

Department of Physics

Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi.

Email: anchalbhu@gmail.com

Home page:

http://www.bhu.ac.in/science/faculty/Department_of_Physics_Dr_A_Srivastava.htm

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Chronicle interviews Deep Jariwala about his recent research publication:

Q-1: Please describe your research project

Our project involved synthesis of a new two dimensional hybrid material by mixing graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), two structurally similar materials but having remarkably opposite electronic properties. This new system allows us to synthesize 2 dimensional semiconducting materials with tunable electronic and optical properties which opens up new possibilities for making novel electronic and optical devices. This is very first time it has been demonstrated that graphene and h-BN can be combined into a single atomic layer hybrid. Moreover the remarkable new properties it shows are very exciting from a materials research perspective. This research promises to open up a whole new area in research of 2 dimensional semiconductors as well as graphene band gap engineering. This research is also promising from industrial application point of view. This is because we have managed to synthesize these films on large areas and the process can be easily scaled to synthesize them on 6-10 inch wafers.

Q-2: How the research was carried out?

The explosion in graphene research started after 2004 when graphene was first isolated on an insulating substrate. Right from the very beginning people realized its potential in replacing silicon and taking electronic gadgets to a whole new level. This is because graphene shows superior electronic properties than silicon in many respects and thus promises to make computers and electronics faster, smaller and flexible. However, nothing practical can be achieved on an industrial scale until large area synthesis of high quality graphene can be realized and a band gap is opened in its electronic structure. Thus our research was focused on band gap engineering in graphene by doping it with boron and nitrogen simultaneously.

However, on performing certain theoretical calculations it was realized that boron and nitrogen will segregate and form hexagonal boron nitride domains. The central idea was to mix graphene and hexagonal boron nitride which are structurally very similar materials. Although both these materials are structurally very similar, they are opposite in nature of their electronic properties i.e. while graphene is a semimetal, h-BN is a wide band gap insulator. We thought that by mixing both of them new hybrid electronic materials with tunable bandgap and electronic properties can be realized. We attempted to synthesize this hybrid material in a state of the art thermal CVD facility at Prof. Ajayan’s lab. A copper substrate was used for deposition of the films. Later these films were transferred onto other substrates and characterized by various techniques like XPS, AFM, Raman spectroscopy, TEM, EELS, SEM and UV-Visual spectrophotometery to confirm the predicted structure and properties. Then using conventional lithographic techniques micron size electronic devices were fabricated and tested.

Since it was a new material hypothesized as well as synthesized, the experimental observations and theoretical predictions had to be correlated. For theoretical modeling we sought help from a group based in University of Utah. Besides these there were Dr. Lijie and Dr. Li (post docs at Prof. Ajayan’s group) who are the lead authors. There were also people involved form AIST, Japan; National High Magnetic field laboratory, Florida, USA and Praire View A & M University, Texas, USA. This research was multidisciplinary in nature and involved inputs from people with varied backgrounds like materials science, physics, chemistry and electronics. The team work and co-ordination was very important for effective and timely realization of the goals. Moreover a sound understanding of the problem among all the members was essential in addition to knowing each others forte and weakness. In recent times most of the outstanding research works are multidisciplinary in nature and hence involve teamwork with members from a variety of disciplines.

Q-3: What advice will you give to students to work on a research paper?

Over the last decade or so there has been a tremendous rise in the number of scientific journals throughout the world. Therefore one has a lot of choices/options in publishing ones research work. However to publish in the most reputed journals the effort has to be extraordinary. I would advice students to do a lot of literature reading. This is how I started with. After extensive literature surveys in a particular interest area one is able to get a bigger picture on the subject matter and can identify potential problems which are yet to be solved/addressed. In that light one must go through review articles as well. Normally professors and scientists have a good idea and knowledge about potential problems in specific research areas. These problems, if properly addressed either theoretically or experimentally will lead to a well recognized research and can be published in reputed journals. Therefore I also advice students to interact with faculty as well other eminent scientists who often visit our institute for delivering lectures/workshops and try to discuss about such topics. Students should also try and attend conferences and national seminars on topics of their interest. This will give them an opportunity to closely interact with the leading scientists in the area and will also improve their awareness on the subject.

The most reputed journals are looking for research works which have either addressed persisting problems in a particular area or have discovered/devised/synthesized a completely new phenomena/device/substance. Moreover, a lot of major researches are getting multidisciplinary and group activities as mentioned before and thus a person with a particular background plays a very specific role in a project. One must be open to honest collaborations and partnerships for carrying out interdisciplinary research. The only difference between research in India and developed countries in Europe and USA is the scale of funding. Due to the large funding, more sophisticated instruments are affordable by a large number of institutions, giving them the technical advantage to perform the most difficult and sensitive experiments. Moreover the greater amount of funding attracts more intellectuals to these institutions and consequently they prosper. However, comparing by intellectual capital Indian scientists are at par with everyone else in the world.

Q-4: What is your career plan?

I do not plan to take to take up a job anytime soon and thus I have not participated in campus placements. Working with Prof. G. V. S. Sastry at my department and spending two summers at Rice University under Prof. Ajayan has inspired me to take up a research career. I am very thankful to my mentors who have always supported me and shown me the right direction. I have also learnt the value of hard work and the importance of ethics in the academic world from them. I have appeared for GRE and have applied to universities abroad for a PhD position. I mostly plan to join Prof. Ajayan’s group at Rice University as a PhD student. However I am trying my luck at other reputed universities like MIT, Caltech and Northwestern. Should anything work out at any of these places I may consider going to these universities. After PhD I don’t know what direction will my career take but as of now I am more inclined towards an academic career.

The experience at Rice University opened my mind to new areas and possibilities of carrying out research. It was a very inspiring experience which motivated me to go in-depth in the area of my interest. It also exposed me to the global publishing and academic scenario which is very different form what we see in India. At the same time my experiences with Prof. Sastry and Dr. Anchal at IT-BHU have taught me that in spite of resource limitations excellent research can be pursued if one has the right mindset, thinking and determination.

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Following is the links of publications which published paper of Deep Jariwala.

His original research paper on Atomic layers of hybridized boron nitride and graphene domains can be viewed here.

Publication Links:

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100301165740.htm

http://www.nanowerk.com/news/newsid=15110.php

http://www.media.rice.edu/media/NewsBot.asp?MODE=VIEW&ID=13823&SnID=99880918

http://www.zeenews.com/news607926.html

http://news.oneindia.in/2010/03/02/2d-graphene-quilt-offers-new-microelectronicpossibilities.html

http://www.dnaindia.com/scitech/report_2-d-graphene-quilt-offers-new-microelectronic-possibilities_1354436

http://www.azonano.com/news.asp?newsID=16224

http://www.physorg.com/news186682880.html

http://www.rdmag.com/News/Feeds/2010/03/environment-rice-researchers-make-graphene-hybrid/

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2010-03/ru-rrm030110.php

http://www.sciencecodex.com/rice_researchers_make_graphene_hybrid

http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/rice_researchers_make_graphene_hybrid_00002075.asp?rsstopicid=0&sessionid=1

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Published article in Nature Materials, published on February 28, 2010

http://www.nature.com/nmat/journal/vaop/ncurrent/abs/nmat2711.html

Article abstract

Nature Materials

Published online: 28 February 2010 | doi:10.1038/nmat2711

Atomic layers of hybridized boron nitride and graphene domains

Lijie Ci^1,6, Li Song^1,6, Chuanhong Jin², Deep Jariwala^1,7, Dangxin Wu³, Yongjie Li^1,7, Anchal Srivastava^1,7, Z. F. Wang³, Kevin Storr⁴, Luis Balicas⁵, Feng Liu³ & Pulickel M. Ajayan¹

Abstract

Two-dimensional materials, such as graphene and monolayer hexagonal BN (h-BN), are attractive for demonstrating fundamental physics in materials and potential applications in next-generation electronics. Atomic sheets containing hybridized bonds involving elements B, N and C over wide compositional ranges could result in new materials with properties complementary to those of graphene and h-BN, enabling a rich variety of electronic structures, properties and applications. Here we report the synthesis and characterization of large-area atomic layers of h-BNC material, consisting of hybridized, randomly distributed domains of h-BN and C phases with compositions ranging from pure BN to pure graphene. Our studies reveal that their structural features and bandgap are distinct from those of graphene, doped graphene and h-BN. This new form of hybrid h-BNC material enables the development of bandgap-engineered applications in electronics and optics and properties that are distinct from those of graphene and h-BN.

1. Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Rice University, Houston, Texas 77005, USA

2. Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba 305-8565, Japan

3. Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA

4. Department of Physics, Prairie View A&M University, Prairie View, Texas 77446, USA

5. National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Tallahassee, Florida 32310, USA

6. These authors contributed equally to this work

7. Present addresses: Department of Metallurgical Engineering, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India (D.J.); Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi 221005, India (A.S.); Department of Chemistry, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China (Y.L.)

Correspondence to: Pulickel M. Ajayan¹ e-mail: ajayan@rice.edu

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Published article in Printed Electronics World, published on March 02, 2010

http://www.printedelectronicsworld.com/articles/rice_researchers_make_graphene_hybrid_00002075.asp?rsstopicid=0&sessionid=1

2 March 2010

Country: United States

Rice researchers make graphene hybrid

One-atom-thick sheet offers new microelectronic possibilities

Rice University researchers have found a way to stitch graphene and hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) into a two-dimensional quilt that offers new paths of exploration for materials scientists.

 The technique has implications for application of graphene materials in microelectronics that scale well below the limitations of silicon determined by Moore's Law.

 New research from the lab of Pulickel Ajayan, Rice's Benjamin M. and Mary Greenwood Anderson Professor in Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science and of chemistry, demonstrates a way to achieve fine control in the creation of such hybrid, 2-D structures.

 Layers of h-BN a single atom thick have the same lattice structure as graphene, but electrically the materials are at opposite ends of the spectrum: h-BN is an insulator, whereas graphene, the single-atom-layer form of carbon, is highly conductive. The ability to assemble them into a single lattice could lead to a rich variety of 2-D structures with electric properties ranging from metallic conductor to semiconductor to insulator.

 Because graphene is a conductor and h-BN is an insulator, the proportion of one to the other determines how well this new material conducts electrons. Lijie Ci and Li Song, both postdoctoral research scientists in Ajayan's lab, found that by putting down domains of h-BN and carbon via chemical vapor deposition (CVD), they were able to control the ratio of materials in the film that resulted.

 Ci and Song are primary authors of a paper about the work that appeared in the online edition of Nature Materials this week. Ajayan said the discovery is thrilling for a materials scientist.

"From a graphene perspective, it now gives us an opportunity to explore band-gap engineering in two-dimensional layered systems," he said. "The whole phase diagram of boron, carbon and nitrogen is fascinating, unexplored and offers a great playground for materials scientists. This is only the first instance showing that these structures can indeed be grown in 2-D like graphene," Ajayan said. "I think the whole new field will be exciting for basic physics and electro-optical applications."

 Graphene has been the subject of intense study in recent years for its high conductivity and the possibility of manipulating it on scales that go well below the theoretical limits for silicon circuitry. A layer of graphene is a hexagonal lattice of carbon atoms. In bulk, it's called graphite, the stuff of pencil lead. Graphene was first isolated in 2004 by British scientists who used Scotch tape to pull single-atom layers from graphite.

 "Graphene is a very hot material right now," said Song, who had teamed with Ci to investigate doping graphene with various materials to determine its semiconducting properties. Knowing that both boron and nitrogen had already been used in doping bulk graphite, they decided to try cooking it via CVD onto a copper base.

 Structurally, h-BN is the same as graphene, a hexagon-shaped lattice of carbon atoms that looks like chicken wire. Ci and Song found that through CVD, graphene and h-BN merged into a single atomic sheet, with pools of h-BN breaking up the carbon matrix.

 The critical factor for electronic materials is the band gap, which must be tuned in a controlled manner for applications. Graphene is a zero-gap material, but ways have been proposed to tailor this gap by patterning it into nanoscale strips and doping it with other elements.

 Ci and Song took a different approach through CVD, controlling the ratio of carbon to h-BN over a large, useful range.

 It remains challenging to produce single layers of the hybrid material, as most lab-grown films contain two or three layers. The researchers also cannot yet control the placement of h-BN pools in a single sheet or the rotational angles between layers - but they're working on it.

In fact, having multiple layers of the hybrid at various angles creates even more possibilities, they said. "For pure graphene, this rotation will affect the electronic properties," said Ci, who moved with Ajayan's lab from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute to Houston in 2007.

 The researchers are considering producing these materials on industrial-scale wafers. Graphene sheets several inches wide have already been synthesized in other labs, Ci said. And because graphene can be lithographically patterned and cut into shapes, the new material has great potential to be fabricated into useful devices with controllable electrical properties.

 Co-authors on the paper with Ci, Song and Ajayan are visiting students Deep Jariwala and Yongjie Li and visiting professor Anchal Srivastava, all at Rice; Chuanhong Jin of the Nanotube Research Center, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Tsukuba, Japan; Dangxin Wu, Z.F. Wang and Feng Liu of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Utah; Kevin Storr of the Department of Physics at Prairie View A&M University; and Luis Balicas of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory in Tallahassee, Fla.

 Funding for the research came from Rice, the Office of Naval Research's Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative program on graphene and the Basic Energy Sciences Division of the Department of Energy.

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Deep Jariwala in Chronicle October 2009 issue:

Summer Internship abroad-First Hand Report

http://www.itbhuglobal.org/chronicle/archives/2009/10/summer_internsh_1.php

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ITBHUGlobal.org: The Chronicle: BHU shines at National Youth Festival at Rohtak, Haryana

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(Forwarded by Aviral Srivastava, 2^nd year Mechanical Engineering. Email: avirals1@hotmail.com)

Banaras Hindu University staged a fine performance at the All India 25th Inter-University National Youth Festival held at Rohtak, Haryana from 2-6 February to emerge as the second runners-up. All participants representing BHU secured positions in their respective events. The university secured the first position in Western Group Song, represented by ITBHU students- Vikram Gulathi (2^nd year, Mining), Nandit Pathak (3^rd year Ceramic), Akshay Ranade (3^rd year Engineering Physics) and Abhinav Pandey (3^rd year Electrical).

The Quiz team comprising Aviral Srivastava (2^nd year Mechanical), Anant Raman Sharma (3^rd year, Metallurgy) and Raunak Kalra (3^rd year, Mining) bagged the second position. Aviral Srivastava also secured the third position in debate. Other notable achievements include 2^nd in Creative Dance Solo, Folkdance group and Mimicry. Thanks to the exemplary performance of the students, BHU also won the Literary and Dance Championship!

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