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IIT Hyderabad: A Space to Explore

U. B. Desai director@iith.ac.in. IIT Hyderabad: A Space to Explore. Vision and Mission. Vision and Mission of IITH. Vision

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IIT Hyderabad: A Space to Explore

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  1. U. B. Desai director@iith.ac.in IIT Hyderabad: A Space to Explore

  2. Visionand Mission

  3. Vision and Mission of IITH Vision IITH • Vision IIT-H will be the cradle for inventions and innovations. It will advance knowledge and scholarship to students in science, technology and liberal arts, and equip them to handle the challenges of the nation and the world in 21st century • Mission To be recognized as ideators and leaders in higher education and research, and to develop human power with creativity, technology and passion for the betterment of India and humankind

  4. Thrust at IITH Ambience for Uninhibited Thinking: A place where the mind is set free Vision IITH • Inventions and Innovations • In Technology development • In Science • In Teaching • In Entrepreneurship • In all our activities

  5. Create Vision IITH • High quality scalable and flexible education and research environs for growth of the nation • Human resource for the country • New Eco-system for Inventions and Innovations • Inclusiveness • Collaboration with colleges and institutes in the locale of IITH • Avenues for greater industrial presence on IITH campus • S & T for rural India • Entrepreneurs • Vehicle for social change • World class green infrastructure for teaching and Research

  6. New, Contemporary and Encompassing Academic Structure • Schools as cluster of similar departments • Promotes confluence between disciplines • Essential for today’s graduates • Challenges for innovations resides at the intersection of disciplines • Some Schools • Bio-X • Electrical & Information Technologies • Mechanics & Thermal Technologies • Chemical Science & Material Technologies • Physical Sciences and Mathematics • Green Technologies • Design • Management & Tech. Policy • Liberal Arts Flexible Academic Structure Vision IITH

  7. Some Differentiators Vision IITH • Medical School • In the early days, offering only postgraduate degrees • Energy Systems • School of Design • Media Design • Industrial Design • Architecture (overlap with Civil Engrg.) • School of Liberal Arts • Economics, Psychology, Social Anthropology, Language and Literature, Contemporary studies • Fine Arts • Media Arts • Center for Technology policy • Community extension center: Technology Playground

  8. Hub and Spoke Approach Neighborhood Research Labs Neighborhood Industries Neighborhood Colleges Hub: IITH Tech. Societies Neighborhood Institutes of Excellence Vision IITH

  9. Entrepreneurship: A vehicle for social change Vision IITH • Policies to facilitate entrepreneurship at IITH • Entrepreneurship Incubator at IITH • Development of a seed-fund to support angle investment in start-ups • Setting up and S and T park on IITH campus • e-Cell • A Student wing • National and International Biz-Plan competition • Ideas Competition • Executive development program • Lecture series – by budding and established entrepreneurs • Tie-up with national and international students’ entrepreneurship bodies

  10. IITH-Japan Collaboration

  11. IITH-Japan Collaboration Vision IITH • A Unique Win-Win Opportunity • ODA Loan for construction of smart and state of the art infrastructure for specific buildings on IITH campus • Faculty and student exchanges with Japanese universities e.g. Univ. of Tokyo, Keio Univ., Osaka Univ, etc. • Joint Ph.D. / Masters guidance • Bidding for joint projects • Establishment of Research centers in cutting edge areas • Presences of Japanese faculty, even for short term, is a great value add • Modules on specialized topics (if not in person) thru High Definition interactive video conferencing • Collaboration with Japanese industries (e.g. Hitachi, Nissan, and others)

  12. IITH-Japan Collaboration … • Research Project on Information Networks for Natural Disaster Mitigation and Recovery • Visits by IITH Faculty and students to Japanese Universities and Industries • Collaboration in process on research in • Information and Communication Technologies • Energy and Environment • Nano-Technology • Urban Safety and Planning • Design and Manufacturing • Todai– IIT Scholarship Program, JENESYS Scholarship • Hitachi – IITH Lecture Series Vision IITH

  13. Master Plan IITH Campus will house at least 32,000 people Vision IITH • For 20,000 students • Post Graduate (Ph.D. and M.Techs.) ~ 12,000 • Undergraduates 8,000 • Visiting Students (International and National) • Post Graduate 2,800 • Undergraduate 1,200 • Faculty (Regular) 1,500 • Visiting Professors and Postdocs 1,000 • Project Staff 4,000 • Permanent Staff 1,500

  14. Master Plan

  15. Master Plan Vision IITH

  16. Zoning Vision IITH

  17. Vision IITH

  18. Brief Profile

  19. Foundation Stone for IITH: Feb. 27, 2009 Vision IITH

  20. Brief Profile • Students: • 340 B.Tech. students in 3 departments • 100 M.Tech. students in 6 departments • 70 Ph.D. students in 11 departments • Faculty: • 50 faculty in 11 departments • State of the art innovations hub being set up in several discipilines Vision IITH

  21. UG:PG Ratio at IITH Welcome Batch of 2010

  22. Research a fundamental pillar at IITH • All aspects of Engineering, Sciences, and Design • Largely governed by the faculty we hire • Incumbent on all faculty to submit proposals for sponsored research Vision IITH

  23. Innovations Hub / New Labs at IITH • X-Material Innovations Hub • Nano-X Innovations Hub • Cyber Physical Innovations Hub • High performance computing • Fluid mechanics lab • Solid mechanics lab • Computer Aided Engineering lab • Thermal engineering lab • Turbo machinery lab Welcome Batch of 2010

  24. Innovations Hub / New Labs at IITH … • Mechatronics • Speech and Image Processing Lab • Soft Computing Lab • Disaster Mitigation and Recovery lab • Systems Security lab • VLSI lab • Device simulation lab • Drug Delivery Lab Welcome Batch of 2010

  25. State of the Art Equipment Welcome Batch of 2010

  26. Large Number of Sponsored Projects • http://www.iith.ac.in/research/projects_list.html Welcome Batch of 2010

  27. Possible modes for collaborations with universities overseas Vision IITH • Student exchange • Summer Internship • Faculty exchange • Honorary Chair Professorship at IITH • Adjunct Faculty • Offering of highly specialized modules • Bidding for joint projects • Establishment of Research Centers in cutting edge areas • Co-Guiding of Ph.D. students • Any other avenues which could lead to a Win-Win situation

  28. Expectations from Faculty at IITH Vision IITH High quality paper publications Patents (Generating IPR) Setting up state of the art research program Setting up state of the art research labs in cutting edge areas Sponsored research Developing new courses in emerging areas Guiding Ph.D., M.Tech. and B.Tech. students

  29. RiccardoGiacconi, a Nobel Laureate in Physics: “A scientist is like a painter. Michelangelo became a great artist, because he had been given a wall to paint” IITH must offer this wall to all its faculty and students Vision IITH

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